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.

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Chapter Five: Duty

I stared at the man we had come to find. He looked about twenty-three, with chocolate brown hair and red, glowing eyes.

"There he is." Demetri said. The man was drinking from a woman, in plain view, and sparkling in the sunlight. He was pretty obvious.

"Okay, let's go." Jane said. I nodded and pulled up the hood of my gray cloak. The vampire had not noticed us yet. Jane hissed, and the man dropped his dead meal as he spun to face us.

"You have broken the law." Jane said, her voice a monotone that spoke of using that saying far too many times.

The man leered at her.

"Ah, little one. You are no match for me." He purred. Demetri growled, but Jane held her hand up, just as Aro had.

"Isabella, sing to him." She said.

I didn't open my mouth.

"Sing Isabella. It is your duty to the Volturri. You must do your duty. We all must. Now sing!" She commanded.

I sighed. I had no idea what effect my voce would have on a vampire, much less an insane vampire. Because clearly, this one was not sane.

"Stop this trouble you are causing. Come to us and be at peace. We shall never let you falter. We shall ,make you whole again. Come to us. Come to us." He looked as though he was trying not to move.

"Again." Jane hissed. I glared at her, and she glared back.

I sighed and sang it again, louder. The man walked slowly toward me. He stopped mere inches from me.

"You are an angel. You are the angel of death. Please sing to me again, my angel of death." The strange vampire murmured, his face to close to mine.

Jane's razor-sharp nails separated his head from his body. No blood sprayed. Of course not, he was already dead. I watched in silent pain as his head rolled away.

Not pain from his death. Pain from his words.

"Sing to me, my angel of death." Just like the werewolf in Russia. And just like then, painful memories assaulted me. His face, his eyes, his smile.

Pain laced through me. I wanted so badly to die, then and there. To be free of my pain forever. Or to just not be forever. But that was one wish I could never have.

Jane and Demetri continued to rip the vampire to shreds, and then they set the remains on fire. They were oblivious to my pain. Blind to my suffering. I stayed where I was, not moving at all, letting the pain run through my body.

Finally, it was gone. No, not gone, I corrected. Just back where it stored up, waiting to wash over me, and hoping to drown me again. I took a deep, unnecessary breath, and opened my eyes.

Demetri was at my side as Jane scanned the area, making sure all the human remains were also gone.

"Isabella…how are you, after that?" He asked, his hand gesturing toward the fire which was already reduced to glowing embers and ash.

"No better than before. But no worse either." I murmured.

He nodded, and then, very slowly, he embraced me. I stiffened.

"Demetri, what are you doing?" I asked, my musical voice cold.

He sighed and let go of me, holding me at arm's length.

"Isabella, can you not forget him?" He asked.

I was silent for a moment.

"No, never. He will always hold my heart Demetri." I said, that same dead heart aching at the thought of him.

"Even after the note? Even after he left you alone, again? Even after he broke his promise to you?" Demetri asked, sounding skeptical. I nodded, but I stayed silent. Again, the pain was too great for me to speak without screaming.

His note. The note he had left me shortly before Aro kidnapped me.

Bella-

I'm leaving. You are just a human. I know I promised to change you, but I don't think you would survive. So I am leaving, again. Please, live a good life. I'll remember you, really I will. I just…I don't think it would have worked out, in the end. I mean, really, a vampire and a human? Absurd. Well, must go now. Again, live a god life.

-Edward

Written in his impressively elegant hand, it was hard to mistake the note for some one else's. Although I wished dearly it was. The pain would not be so intense, otherwise.

It still hurt to think that he could dismiss me so easily, again. Especially after he had promised never to leave me again. I turned my back on Demetri.

I was telling him the truth though. Edward did, and always would, hold my heart captive, whether he wanted it or not. And there was no way I could change that.

"Let us return." I said. Jane nodded and Demetri sulked.

Several hours later, we were nearing the walls of our home.

A/N so, how was it? I know that THIS note contradicts the earlier note from Bella. It's SUPPOSED TO. Trust me, it will work out later on. Please, three reviews again.