Title: After Life

Summary: Aro kidnapped Bella and changed her, growing impatient with Edward. Edward tried to rescue her, but couldn't. So now Bella's in Russia, with Demetri, and the snow.

The chapters will alternate. Every odd numbered chapter is in Bella's POV every even numbered chapter is in Edward's POV. Enjoy.

Thank you to Heart.and.Empire, ScarlettInk, SugarSweetCutie, and Krae Z. Rooke for reviewing.

And now, somethin I 4got to do in Chapter One…

Me: I don't own Twilight or the characters.

Stephanie Meyer: Nope. I do!

Me: Can I buy them off you?

Stephanie Meyer: …. How much do you have?

Me: Digs in pocket um…seven cents, some lint, and a piece of gum.

Stephanie Meyer: No. They're still mine, but I get the gum.

Me: NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, enough of me being randomly crazy. Time for the story….

Chapter Two: Thinking

I stared out the window of my room, without really seeing anything at all. It was snowing. We were in Alaska, so of course it was snowing. I could hear Tania, her family, and my family downstairs, but they just made a kind of white noise in the background.

I was thinking, again, of Bella. I was thinking of the note she had left me, two years ago.

Edward-

I'm going to Italy with Aro. He has promised to change me. I'm sorry. I wanted to wait for you to do it, but I don't want to grow old before I change, Edward! So I'm going to Volterra with Aro. Maybe we'll meet again. Maybe not.

-Bella

It was even in her hand writing. I wished she had come to me before she had decided it. I would have promised to change her sooner. I would have thought that no matter how badly she wanted to be a monster like me, she would wait for me. I never thought she would go to the Volturri. To Aro.

After my 'little Italian adventure' as Alice calls it at the odd moments its talked of, I would have been sure Bella would have stayed far, far away from them.

Apparently, I was wrong.

A knock roused me from my thoughts.

"Edward, may I come in?" Alice asked politely. I sighed. She entered anyway.

"Alice, what do you want?" I asked. My voice was rougher than usual. Rough from not speaking. Rough from screaming into the frequent storms.

"I just wanted to ask you how you've been lately. I know you haven't been feeding." She said softly. I sighed, again.

"I haven't been. And honestly Alice? I've been feeling the exact same way I've been feeling for the past two years." I said. Alice shook her head.

"Dear brother, when you will let her go? Bella would hate to see you suffering at your own hands." She said, gently placing a hand on my shoulder.

I shrugged it off and turned to her.

"You talk like she's dead!" I growled.

Alice frowned. "She is a Volturri now. We haven't heard from her in two years. By now, the Bella you knew probably is as good as dead Edward." She said it softly, but her words still stung me.

"Leave." I said in a deadly whisper. She sighed and left, gently closing my door.

I wished I could be away from my family. I wished I could leave them all. But knew that without them there to be my supports, I would crumble room the pain I was in.

My dead heart, that hadn't beat in near a century, had been pulverized by that simple note. And it still was.

I sighed again, I seemed to be doing a lot of tat lately, and returned to starring out my window. The snow was falling lazily today. Big, fat flakes, slowly drifting down to land on the ground with other like them.

'Every snow flake s unique. No two look alike.' I had no idea why the thought suddenly came to me.

"-was thinking of going to Italy." I jolted upright at the sentence. It was Eleazer talking.

I hurried down the stairs.

"Who said something about Italy?" I asked. Carlisle and Esme looked at me for a moment.

"Eleazer did." Carlisle said slowly.

"Yes, I was just saying that I was thinking of going to Italy for a few days. To visit with some relatives near Sendrio." He said. I smiled at him.

"May I come along?" I asked. My voice held a little too much desperation.

'Just wants to see that girl.' 'Wonder why the sudden interest?' 'Could never stay long…' 'Need to go hunting' 'Edward, I know you're listening! You can't go!' The last of the thoughts was room Alice, before I pulled up my mental walls to block out most of the thoughts.

"Oh, um, of course Edward." He said. I nodded and smiled.

"When are we leaving?" I asked quickly.

He smiled at me. "As soon as you get done hunting." He said. I nodded and left.

I hunted until I was filled to bursting. I returned the house I swiftly as I could.

"All ready to go?" Eleazer asked me. I nodded hurriedly.

We left swiftly, and several gruelingly long hours later, we were in Italy. I left Eleazer and headed to Volterra.

I couldn't wait. Yes, maybe her note had said she was leaving me, but I couldn't wait to see her again.

"Bella, oh Bella. My love. I'm coming." I said softly as I entered the city.

A/N yes I know. I'm a terrible person for letting him get that close. Well, please review. 3 would be nice. Okay, well, good bye!