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Chapter 4- Beginning of the End

4 years later (2012)

Bella POV

"Yes mom, I'm being careful… Yes mom, I know what the date is… Yes, I've been meditating everyday… Yes.. yes –"

This kept going on for 15 minutes while she nagged me. It was even worse during these once a week phone calls. With the lack of signals during these travels have limited my contact with my human world.

Yes, I'm still human.

6 months after the fated encounter with James and forcing the Cullens out of my life I was finally able to grab ahold of my life and live before I turn 22.

It should have taken an average person to heal a broken femur between 7-18 months with the physical therapy, but being the freak I finished in 6 months. The doctors were all stumped and wanted to hold me back for observations about my blood cells or my stem cells or something like that but Vicky was able to get me out of it.

That's right. Vicky, as in Victoria.

She wasn't there to kill me but there to save me in the ballet studio. She was there to make sure I was safe. She didn't know of James' plan until I reached out to her during the mini escape from Alice and Jasper at the airport. I wasn't able to contact her during the time because there was always a Cullen by me when James caught my scent.

Vicky was the mother figure I needed when I first remember her. According to her, she saw me when I was 6 months old and she caught a scent that was not of hunger but of family. She thought she was going crazy because the Olarin family died with her. She was turned at 24 in the early 1700's. Her entire family was killed during the wars of King Louis XIV's of world domination. Her family was one of royal blood and was targeted during this time. A vampire feeding during the chaos came across her still beating body and was compelled to turn her for a future mate. However, when she awoke after her 3rd day, she remembered her violent slaughter of her family and killed her maker during her newborn stage, but not before he taught her how to hunt. She tried to search for any survivors of the Olarin family but was unsuccessful.

When she caught my scent, she felt the pull to me and kept watch over me. She met Renee and Charlie and told them about her vampirism. To her surprise, they were not shocked. They knew of supernaturals and my future connection. They were only disappointed it started so fast. As the years went by and Victoria became an extended family member was when Renee and Charlie felt comfortable telling her a little of myself. When they divorced, they promised to keep in touch. They never gave Victoria my full name until I was 9. To her, I was always her little birdie Bella.

Once the name Isabella Marie Swan was said to her, it was all they needed to say. She was confused at first because she knows she has heard that name before. The familiarity of it was annoying her until she remembered her newborn years. She told them that her maker was the one to utter the name at first and never thought about it until then. She left 10 months after that to research more about me, because the Swan library was missing a few critical information.

That was when she met James and thought he was her mate.

She knew from her first 50 years of vampirism that her mate was a tracker. After encountering a Shaman who had a vision about her and her mate, Victoria got the Shaman to tell her all about her mate. And he revealed to her, everything but his name. Only that she was going to meet him after meeting the bird and he is to be a strong tracker.

Once satisfied. She used her small skill of altering memories on the Shaman and left in peace knowing she will not be alone soon.

She knew of her skill in her first year as a newborn. She had accidentally went out in the sun and sparkled in front of a teenager. She begged and begged to forget he saw it. She felt some kind of pull from her mind towards his and saw the memory of her sparkling. She went with her gut and thought of a new memory, and to her surprise, that is what the teenager remembers.

Since then, she discovered her skill in altering and blocking a mind. Too weak for the Volturi to know, but strong enough to alter a supernatural's mind.

Meeting James, she was unsure about how to feel. She definitely felt a lust towards him, but nothing more than that. To say she was disappointed was an understatement. She knew that her life with him would be unsatisfactory in living. She contemplated on living if this was what her life with a 'mate' would be like, however she stayed for me. She knew I would need her when I turn 22 and she said 11 more years won't be anything compared to her 300 years of life.

Venturing with James was taking too long because he enjoyed the hunts and the kills and told him that she will be researching in Rome and if he wants to come he can. James is banned from Rome and was unable to come with her.

Hitting her 10th library in Rome is when she met Dmitri. She felt the immediate pull and as did he. They mated that hour in the Vatican Library and was banned from their services. Laughing with joy and completion of joining with her true mate she lost track of time. Thinking only a few months went by, she went to call James and told him the news and was happy to know that he had no hurt feelings and was happy for her and willing to stay friends. When she dialed the phone to call me, she was answered to the defeated voice of Renee and the police department.

It's been 4 years since the last time we spoke and a month after she left, I was kidnapped.

Dun Dun Dunnn.

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