At the end of time,
At the end of us,
At the end of everything we've had,
Only faith helps you, only grace can do,
Only you can take the pain.
I hated everything and everyone that came across my path from here on. Through out my three day period of pain, nobody helped me, but instead watched me wither in distress which was unbearable, in case you're wondering with pleased expressions – during my pain, I began to wonder where Edward was, and how much I needed him with me. He left you A voice in my head told me, so cold and cruel. He doesn't want you. He'll never want you.
It was none other than the cruel voice that brought me to my senses – nobody would ever want me. Never, ever – it was so clear now. Edward didn't want me from the start, he just wanted my blood, and as soon as he tasted it, he was satisfied and done with me. Well, surprise, surprise, after he'd saved me from death from James, he cared not for me anymore – left me broken and disorientated. Why did I not listen to the voice sooner? It opened my eyes to the world for what it really was.
From now on and forward, I detested Edward and would never forgive him – Eternity was how long my odium would boil against him, and guess what? That's exactly how long the two of us would live, and longer. How could he leave me? Did he not hold any regret? Of course, he wouldn't know the meaning of that word, would he?
At that moment, the door swung open and Jane's child face stared at my enraged expression uncomprehendingly, then after a minute or two, a smile uplifted upon her face. "Is their anything wrong, Bella?" Jane asked, walking toward me calmly, the smile still on her face which burned my insides. "Would you care to tell me what wonders you're mind? I'm intrigued."
A cold glare was hurled toward her direction from me, giving her my answer before I spat it out, venom laced in my tone. "I don't wish to tell you anything. What I would like is for you to leave me alone!" I snapped, baring my teeth followed by a hiss afterwards. "Understood?"
To my disclosure, Jane stood still, looking at me with a look that I had never seen before. I knew that I had to watch my step when in her presence, even if I was the same species as her. "Isabella," Jane said, her voice strangely tranquil – it made me petulant. As much as I loathed hearing my given name coming out from her lips, my head turned automatically. Her child face, which was contorted with evil, almost caused me to shudder. Truth be told, I was afraid of Jane – who wouldn't be? – my human memories had not faded, and I still remembered the look of torment upon Edward's face, and all this little monster had to do was stare at him. Even though I had vowed to myself that I despised him, I still cared.
Yet another growl emitted from deep within my chest. "Why won't these feelings disappear?" I questioned aloud, seething. Just at that very moment, another presence entered, Jane's head snapped up, mine, however, did no such thing. No matter how hard I tried, the feelings still remained, lingering around my hatred. Where was Edward? I kept questioning myself over and over again, trying to put some common sense into myself. He wasn't here! He doesn't care! Those were the answers I came up with.
"Bella." Aro sighed. My head snapped up and my posture and composure straightened – it was reverent. I opened my mouth to speak, but my words had found themselves ensnared. His eyebrows pulled, and then a smile lit his face. "Thinking again?" He asked, looking intrigued to know my reaction. I snarled, showing my bright extremely dangerous teeth. In that time, I wanted to throw foul words at Aro, but I held myself back, knowing that wouldn't be that wisest of decisions.
"How can I not?" I had murmured, exasperation clear in my tone. Despite the fact that I'd only been a newborn Vampire for three days, I wasn't exactly use to the scent of blood I could always smell, no matter how far away. For my sake, Aro had decided to keep me in one place during the time being – I could hardly blame him, I suppose, what with me being a newborn and very… delicate to the smell of blood – I wasn't precisely on the stage where I could control the blood-thirsty demon in me just yet, and wouldn't be for quite some time, either. "Why did you choose me, out of all humans?"
Aro looked quite mystified by my question, but answered nevertheless, his voice a matter of fact, like it was the outer-most obvious, and it was stupid how I'd asked such a thing when the answer was ever so evident. "You intrigued us, or rather, me."
However, I couldn't help but wonder what was – or use to be – intriguing about myself, after all I vividly remembered seeing myself as you're ordinary, typical average seventeen year old – but it seemed Vampires thought different of me. "How so?" I questioned, my brows creasing in wonder.
Again, that very same look appeared on his facials and truth be told, it was beginning to annoy me – what was so obvious? It most certainly was not obvious! Not remotely. "For a start," Aro began, studying me, a hint of anxiety in his expression. "You could avoid Jane's torturing of the mind, as well as Edward Cullen's mind-reading, and I was curious to as of why that was, after all you were just an insignificant little girl."
Insignificant. Even in this muddled up and frustrating bloodthirsty state that word somehow affected me. After all, it did mean small and weak, and I was neither of those descriptions – not in the long run. Glancing over at Jane in the corner made me smirk; her small physique in such a cowering position. Then, a thought came across me, which was, what's so frightening about Aro? Besides, he didn't give out that aura of a leader. Or at least, not to my standards.
Blocking out the rest of whatever Aro was saying, I concentrated on a random anointment-object in order to distract myself from how bored I was becoming. Much to my surprise the vase – I could've sworn – moved slightly to the left. In that exact moment of time I sensed a strong power of some sort, and weirdly enough, the energy was radiating off of me. Worried and a bit scared, I whipped my head around only for it to be faced by Jane and Marcus. Still not accustomed to the whole not having to breathe, I took a deep breath only to jump at the sound of a smashing sound, followed by flickering of the electricity.
"It seems that the battle is close to beginning," Aro whispered, a dark smile dancing its way across his pale lips. "So very close…"