Bella fretted all day about her meeting with Alice. What would happen? Would the others be there? Her mind was at ease though knowing Alec would be there. Would HE be there? If he was, she wasn't coming. Bella was going with Alec, end of story.

Bella ran around the Institute all day with Jace as her guide. She wanted to learn her way around, considering it was embarrassing to ask someone to guide her all the time. "You're actually not too bad, vampire," Jace told her. Bella glared at him, "I- I am not a vampire. Get that through your mind... I am not okay with this." Jace shrugged, it wasn't his problem. "Look," Jace finally said. "We need to talk... sis." Her eyes narrowed, waiting for him to continue. For a while, they just kept walking until he pulled her into a room.

"This is my bedroom," Jace said shortly. "And the perfect place to talk if we don't want to be overheard. Bella gulped, she wasn't exactly liking where this was going. "You may fool the others, but you don't fool me. You're working for Valentine, aren't you? Why has he sent you here? He wouldn't dare have you hurt Clary or I... so what does he want?" Jace demanded angrily. For a moment, Bella was appalled. He couldn't possibly think this! "Where did you come up with that idea?" she asked bitterly. "I wonder what your answer would be if I put a truth ruin on you?" he inquired.

"Do whatever it takes to prove yourself an idiot."

Jace pulled out his stele and grabbed Bella's arm. She gulped. The blade stung as it dug into her arm. Finally, he was done. "What does Valentine want?" Jace asked. "How the hell should I know?" Bella honestly answered. Jace pursed his lips, "Are you working for Valentine?" Bella shook her head, "NO you IDIOT! That's what I've been trying to tell you!" Jace paced back and forth for a few minutes.

"Then why did you come?" Bella's eyes stung. "I came to help you, you jerk" and with that she walked out of the room leaving Jace with a dropped jaw. She ran down the fall, feeling a tear roll down her face.

She sat against a wall, finally, and began screaming. It hurt so bad. It felt almost like the bite James had given her a few months before. Alec heard it and ran to her. "Bella? What's wrong?" he asked. She closed her eyes and screamed again, "It burns! Get it off my arm!" Alec grabbed her arm. He got angry, and somehow came to blame himself. The only way...

Alec pulled out his knife and, with much hesitation, dug it into her skin and tore off the piece of skin that bared the Truth ruin. Then she begun bleeding... a lot. Normally he'd use a healing rune... but with this girl it would not work. Bella looked like she was about to faint, and he had to do something. He took off his shirt (something he didn't often do) and wrapped it around her forearm. He picked her up with a strength he didn't know he had and ran to the infirmary.

Maryse was already there. "What happened?" she asked, eyes wide. Alec replied gasping, "Ruin... on arm... hurt... had... to cut... off." She stared at Bella, whose clothes were covered in blood. "Put her on the cot," she finally said. Alec obeyed. Maryse unwrapped Alec's shirt from Bella's arm. It looked seriously bad.

Maryse, being an expert in first aid as she was, quickly wrapped some goss (spelling suggestions?). She thought about all of the possible ways to heal her without using a healing ruin. "I wonder..." Maryse whispered to herself. Her plan was crazy... would it work? If she was to do this, first she'd have to get Bella to wake up... then prepare her for her awakening...

"Alec, darling, I have a plan. First we must find a way to wake her up. When she is awake we must tell her to turn into a vampire, as their healing abilities are incredible. However before we do this we must be equipped with blood. After all this blood she has lost, the thirst will be unbearable and she may not be able to control herself. We have blood... much of it. But how do we get her awake...?"

Alec knelt by Bella's side, for no good reason, and grabbed her hand... "Bella, wake up," he pleaded. This did nothing, but she moved her hand assuring them that she was alive. "We wait," Maryse decided. Alec remembered how he and Bella were supposed to go meet up with the vampiress tonight. "No. We must act..." Alec responded numbly. Bella licked her lips and slowly fluttered her eyelids.

"I'm such an idiot."

Maryse laughed sadly. "No you're not," Alec assured her. Bella's face got red as she remembered, "You're right. JACE is! That no good dirtbag put an effing ruin on me because he thought I was working for Valentine!" Maryse and Alec seemed very surprised. Bella stood up confidently, but then moaned. "Turn into a vampire. We have blood... It will help you heal," Maryse remembered. She went and got a few bags of blood.

Vampire! Bella opened her eyes fiercely. Now she had no control, at all. She couldn't even think about keeping control. The smell was so good... and she needed blood! A low growling sound came from the back of her throat. Maryse instantaneously handed her the blood. Bella poured the blood into her mouth and licked her lips. But she was still hungry. Blood dripped from her fangs. "More," Bella demanded quietly. Alec handed her the other bag and she drank it.

"It tastes so good that it's embarrassing!" Bella said putting her head down. Maryse smiled happily, "You're healed, I think." Bella decided this meant she was aloud to turn human, so she did so. It was healed, for the most part. There was a huge bruise on her arm now, and it was a greenish purple color. "That looks revolting!" Bella exclaimed.

"How 'bout we go show Jace a piece of our mind?" Alec suggested happily. Bella smiled sinisterly, she liked that very much.

They walked into Jace's room to see Jace and Clary sitting on the bed talking. Bella put her hand over her mouth to hide her smile. But she covered it with the hand that she hurt so Clary saw the bruise. "Oh my god, Bella! What the hell happened to your arm?" she asked. "Jace did it," Bella accused. Clary laughed, as if she was joking. Alec looked at her seriously, "No, really Clary. Jace did it."

"I did not!" Jace yelled defensively. "YEAH!" Bella snarled. "Your stupid ruin that you drew on my arm did this! And it did nothing. I knew you were a bastard, but did you honestly think I was working for Valentine?" Clary turned her head towards Jace with the most angry glare she had ever given, well, anyone.

Alec, Bella, and Clary walked out of the room, all angry at Jace.

"Alec, Alice will be there already, even though it's 1. Anyway, she'll see us going. Let's just go, I need a few hours away from Jace," Bella sighed. Alec agreed and the two left leaving Clary smiling.

Alice froze and in her mind saw Clary and a boy at Target. The clock read 1:12. So they wanted to come early? She was meeting them there. "Emmett, Jasper, Edward? She's coming now. And she's bringing a boy," Alice whispered. Alice could see the anger in Edward's eyes. "I call hugging her first!" Emmett said sarcastically.

"You don't really think..." Edward started. Alice knew what he meant. "Yes," she replied firmly. "And it's time you do same." Edward shook his head, "You know I can't do that. She is everything to me." Alice's eyes narrowed, "Too damn bad."

Okay, so I want to know if anyone is seriously still reading this story. A ton of people subscribed, but I haven't been getting reviews. I know there are stories I've subscribed to that I don't even read, so I want to know if this story is like that.

Also I want to know if you still think this is interesting/ if you like where this is going. I haven't really gotten into the main problem yet, but I will somewhat soon!