Time, time was all that I had. I left my last home in order to escape the pain that was haunting me. At first my family came with me, then it was just me and husband, Edward. We have been on our own now for 30 years. We just got word that they are settling down again in some remote town in Canada, just north of Forks. We are heading back there now, my pain has gone, and I am ready to resume my immortal life.

We had been running for days. We started from the Island Esme, and made our way north, to our new home. When Renee died it was almost like a weight was lifted off of my heart. Never again would I have to see someone that I loved die.

"Bella, I'm starting to hear their thoughts." I could not yet hear them through the sounds of the woods. We were running through dense forest, teeming with life.

"I am so excited to see them again." It was not long before I could hear the voices of my family, and those that were near close to family.

"Tanya is with them!" I looked at Edward and he smiled at me. Our speed picked up as were got closer, then the house was there, on the edge of a large clearing. On the porch stood my family, those who I would spend the rest of my life with. Jacob was behind Renesmee with his arms around her, Carlisle and Esme were off to the side, Alice was bouncing side to side on her feet and clapping her hands as Jasper watched her smiling. Rose stood by Tanya with a smirk on her face.

"Where is Emmett?" My question was answered by a large boulder landing in our path and Emmett appearing behind it. He knelt down, putting his elbow on the rock and holding out his hand.

"Hey Bella, come say hi to daddy!" I slowed down and stopped in front of the rock, Edward kept going and gave Emmett a punch on the shoulder as he continued to the porch. I knelt down and grasped his hand. "I have been waiting a long time for this," he growled.

"Hey Emmett I brought you a present," I pretended to dig through my pockets with my free hand and quickly snatched my arm forward and flicked him on his forehead, then quickly sped to the porch.

"Wha...Hey! I will get my rematch you know!" Everyone laughed as Emmett moved the boulder, grumbling to himself.

The closer I got to the porch the bigger Alice's smile got and the more she started to bounce from side to side. It was pretty obvious that if I made her hold in her excitement anymore she could have died...again. "Alright Alice, come here."

"Oooooh Bella! We have soooo much shopping to do," Alice jumped off the porch and grabbed me in a hug. "I'm so happy that you like shopping with me now!"

"Alice I just decided to go, don't just look into the future and see things like that!"

Everyone greeted me again and we spent the night talking about our stories of the last 30 years.

"So Tanya what are you doing here?" This was my question, I had been begging to ask since it was rare to see Tanya without the rest of her group.

The beautiful blond took a second to answer, she then smiled " The others are traveling, so I figured why not come say hello." Tanya looked sad, it had to be hard for her to be the only one of her coven without a mate.

This time Renesmee ran over, the excitement evident on her face. Edward looked at her and smiled a big smile as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Mom guess what!"

"What?"

"Jacob and I enrolled in school with everyone else this time!" Her smile was infectious. It was odd to see someone so ecstatic to start school. Then again, Renesmee had never been to school before.

"Thats great Nessie!" When she saw my excitement, she went to the kitchen and was back in a flash with two packets of paper, she handed one to Edward and me. They were school enrollment forms, " uhhhh I don't know Ness, we just got back."

"Its fine! Carlisle just got a job at the hospital and everything! You have to go to school with me mom!"

"It seems Bella, that we have no choice." Edward was smiling at Renesmee.

"I knew you were going to take your time deciding so I already enrolled you two."

My jaw fell open, " you what?" This question was pointless. My vampire mind easily picked up everything she said.

Nessie grabbed the papers back and took them back to the kitchen, "These were only a courtesy to you guys."

"Edward, whose side did she get that from."

"I really do not know my love." Realization hit me like a brick as I sat there and thought about who could have influenced Renesmee into doing such a thing.

"Jake get in here!" Jake came walking around a corner with his arms behind his back and whistling. He was playing like he didn't know what he had done wrong, but I could see right through him. "Who gave my daughter the notion to do such a thing?"

"Why Bella, I have no idea. Whoever did such a thing is a fiend! Just a low down...handsome...scoundrel," Jake was trying to hold back his laughter. Finally his big smile crossed his face and he took off running and I was after him. He dove through an open window and rolled when he hit, as he was coming out of the roll he transformed and was off into the woods with me hot on his tail. It was good to be home.

It was stupid of me to go so far out. I knew that there was a bear in the area, but I went out anyway. "Idiot," I cursed myself. Berating myself now would not do anything to help. I peered over the rock that I had been hiding behind trying to get a better view of the beast that had forced me to hide . A large grizzly bear was steadily walking towards my hiding spot. It stopped every few feet to smell a spot before picking up its pace again. "Bastard." The thing was tracking me, it was going to be very hard to get away. Grizzly are known to track prey for miles and days in order to get it. I knew that I had to find terrain that I would be able to scale easier than the bear would, flat ground was almost a death sentence. They can run much faster than a human.

I knew it was now or never to try to get away from my hunter. I broke away from the rock at a bent over walk, I picked up pace as I crested a hill and out of the line of sight from the bear. I started sprinting and found a low bush that I could use for cover. I hid on the other side and waited, catching my breath. I looked through the bush and the grizzly came running over the top of the hill, it had seen me. "Shit!" It continued down the hill at its pace and I turned making a run for it. I was running faster than I had ever run before, my life depended on this. I could hear the grizzly behind me panting as it drew nearer.

I was starting to slow down, my body almost at its limit. My heart was beating harder than ever before. I was almost done running when I heard running water. A surge of adrenaline pumped through me and I put on a burst of speed that was faster than anything I had put out before. I saw the source of the sound. A waterfall was just feet in front of me, but my predator was closer than ever before. To my luck a tree had fallen over and was over hanging the water. The only thing I could think about was how lucky this was and seemed like a part from a job I had been offered. I ran up the fallen trunk and the tree began to fall in. The grizzly continued after me and was on the tree as well. I got to the point of the log and leaped. I had never jumped higher or farther before, but it still wasn't enough, I was going to land in the water. The tree fell in after I jumped, the bear falling in with it, I heard its roars as he went over the edge of the falls. "Oh Shiiiiiiiiii...." I landed in the water and was immediately pulled into the flow towards the edge. I swam with all my might in the chilling water. I grabbed the edge just before I went over. I pulled myself up, panting and dripping from head to toe. I was completely exhausted. I looked over the edge and saw the grizzly climb out of the water and shake itself. It looked up and saw me flipping it off, "Go to hell!"

The sun was setting and the forest was getting colder, it would be impossible to make it back to the house at this rate. The bear could still be the cause of my death yet if I froze. I got up and started to move away from the water where it would be colder. After some time searching I found a small outcropping of rocks that could easily form shelter. I took my clothes off and rung them out, and gathered everything I could to use for warmth. Using rocks I started to sharpen sticks to make spears in case the bear found me, I had no intention of falling asleep not with being hunted.

I sat there for what felt like hours drifting in and out of sleep in my makeshift blanket of forest moss and leaves. I jerked awake at the sound of a snapping twig in the distance. "You have got to be shitting me." The familiar pant of the bear started to fill the night's sounds. I grabbed my make shift defensive weapons and prepared to fight for my life. I could see the bear through the moonlight, its massive form stopping every few feet sniffing and looking. I prayed that it could not see me through my forest cover, then I remember my clothes, the ones I had taken off and set out to dry. The bear was close now, close enough that I could strike it with my spears.

It sniffed my clothes and looked around. Its eyes were in shadows but I could tell we locked eyes. It reared up on its back legs and roared, and swiped at where I sat. I managed to roll out of the way as its massive paw found air. Gripping my spear I thrust forward trying to get a vulnerable spot. I hit something hard on the bear, and as it turned the spear was ripped from my hands. It swiped again and tried to jump back. I felt the pressure of its claws but I couldn't feel any pain, that would come later if I survived the fight. I evaded more swipes and bites as I circled around to my other spear. I found it with my foot and went to pick it up. The bear rose up to roar once more and I stabbed its head. The roar was cut short and the grizzly started to shake its head, pulling the stick from my hands again.

I turned and ran, I didn't care if I had killed it or not, I wasn't going to stick around to find out. I had no clue what direction I was running, I was just getting away from what was hunting me. I started to get tired fast, exhaustion was setting in. My stomach was hurting from running, I doubled over catching my breath and felt something wet on my stomach. I looked down and all my energy drained from my body and the pain struck at once. My torso was cut, blood was running quickly. I was going to die if I didn't get it stopped. I had to force myself to move I was dead if I sat there, I was probably dead wherever I went. At least I told myself that there was chance, its all I could think about. "You will live!" I repeated this in my head over and over. Moving from tree to tree using them as support. "I will live, I have to, to find him."

With the loss of blood it became a chore to breathe, a chore to think. For a while now I had been moving towards a light. As I got closer that light turned into many lights, at what seemed like a house. I hit the last tree before a clearing, resting looking at the place where my possible savior could be. A strong gust of wind came from behind me and that was all it took to topple me. I fell forward into the clearing and landed face first.

"Damn," I could feel my consciousness slipping, I looked up again at how close I was to the house. This time there were figures in a doorway, when I blinked they were gone. The ground suddenly got farther away, the house was getting closer. I realized that I was moving, that there were hands on me, that there were....voices, they faded in and out with my consciousness

"He has lost a lot of blood, we have to hurry!" A man with golden eyes and hair was above me talking. My eyes roamed around the room, there were people running around, but when I saw her I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She was wearing a white robe, she had blond hair, but her eyes...her eyes were black as night. Our eyes were glued together, time ceased to pass as I took in every detail of her. She started to move towards me and I reached out to her.

"Emmett! Get Tanya out of here now!" And she was gone. More voices muddled by my loss of blood.

I tried to raise my head up but I couldn't, the golden eyed man was in front of my eyes again saying something but I couldn't hear him. I grabbed out at his shirt, I felt the last bit of my control slipping away, I tried to pull him closer as I looked into his face.

" Her eyes....black...just like that man's" that was the last thing I said before I fell into oblivion.

This chapter is going to be the start of a longer continuous arc. There will be no more time skips for a few chaps now.