Title: Solstice
Author: marjorie16
Fandom: Twilight
Summary: This is a story mid New Moon. Edward leaves Bella. Bella befriends Jacob. The werewolves kill Laurent BUT Victoria gets passed the werewolves and bites Bella.

Laurent: "...but if you knew what she had planned for you, Bella..."

Well, what if you did?

* Third Person POV

CHAPTER 13

"She's not here. Nobody's here."

"Impossible. Alice said Victoria would be at this meadow." Isabel was feeling numb before but now she's just irritated. It was already frustrating to say goodbye to Edward, the man she still loves but who could not truly love her, and now this: finding nothing in the goddamn meadow where so many happy moments of her human life happened.

"How could you even say that? She probably saw this Victoria here weeks ago." Jane said. What she lacks in size she makes up with her loud irritating voice. Isabel had much rather have Alice as a sister than Jane. Unfortunately or fortunately, she's a Volturi now.

Isabel heaved a deep breath to calm herself. "Alice would know. She's talented. Maybe something changed. Yes, that's right. A decision was made and it altered the future." She turned to Aro who was hovering on a broken tree branch. "I have to go back. I'm sorry this is taking long, master. If you wish to return to Italy, that would be okay. I'll stay until I have my revenge. I'm going to go back to the Cullens. I have to see Alice and convince her to hunt Victoria with me. It'll be faster."

Suddenly, Aro's head came up. "NOO!"

Everyone was startled except for Marcus who was staring at Isabel.

Aro was also startled with his reaction. If there was anything he didn't want to happen, he would not want Isabel to go anywhere a strong coven that, at the moment, rivals their own. He would not want Isabel to remember being happy with the Cullens. He had to admit, he was envious of them. If they had Isabel, his coven, powerful as it is, would seem inferior when compared with theirs.

He had to think fast. How could he convince Isabel to halt her revenge?

"Jane, Demetri and Felix will continue the search. When they have found this Victoria, they will bring her home alive. Her scent is faint, but still here. It wouldn't be a problem to Felix to hunt her down."

"What?" Jane exclaimed. Demetri and Felix nodded. Jane was feeling angered. It was like being demoted! Demetri and Felix are guards. She's a member of the Volturi. Her place is beside the ancient ones!

"I'm the one with the revenge!" Isabel said.

"As I said, they will not kill Victoria. You will. For now, I want you to come home to Italy with me. Marcus has a celebration in Volterra. It's St. Marcus's day. I want you to see it."

Isabel was torn between what her master wants and what she wants. She sighed deeply. Her master knew best. She turned to Jane who was fuming silently. "You will not hurt a single hair in Victoria's head."

"Don't worry. I'm saving my energy for something infinitely more irritating."

* * *

"She left."

"Just like that? Did you tell her that you love her? Did you tell her you're sorry? Did you do everything in your power to make her stay?"

"I don't know, Alice."

"Ugh. I should have been there. I could have talked some sense into her." Alice was exasperated, pacing around their huge sala. She had already seen what happened but she still felt it wasn't enough.

"Calm down, Alice."

"Jasper," She turned around to face him. "He just let Bella go. What could be more frustrating?"

"She said she forgives me."

Alice turned back to Edward who was sitting gloomily at the foot of the huge staircase. "She did? She forgave you? But… I don't understand. She forgave you but she didn't come back with you."

"That's the really confusing part. She forgave me." He looked at Alice's lovely eyes and shrugged. "She doesn't want me anymore."

"Ugh. Would everyone please calm down?" Rosalie emerged from the staircase. "Let me explain something since nobody can't seem to notice it. Edward, she wants you. But you hurt her too much. She's was broken. Now, she's all glued up and scared to death that you would do it again." She smiled. "You must have done a pretty good job breaking up with her, Edward. You have to convince her that it was all a lie. I'm guessing that didn't even occur to you at that time, did it?"

"I did. I told her that I shouldn't have left and that I was saving her from my world."

"Did you elaborate on it?"

"I---" Edward sighed. "No. Not really. I didn't get much chance she was saying things and there was an audience."

Edward stopped midway through his sentence. Alice's mind saw Isabel's future.

"She's coming here! Bella's coming here!" She exclaimed. "She needs my help!"

And then the future blurred and it was replaced with three vampires walking on their front door.

"Oh man. Aro stopped it. Bella's going to Italy. What is it with that guy? Now we're going to have unwanted visitors." She pouted and ran upstairs to Carlisle's study. "Carlisle!" she called.

Jasper carefully sat beside Edward. Edward already knew what he was going to say but he had to let Jasper say it.

"Look, I'm sorry for this, bro." He started. "I don't know what to do to make it better for you."

"Well, I say, Edward, that you should run to her in Italy and spill everything before you regret it for the rest of eternity." Then, Rosalie went back to her room.

Edward sighed. Rosalie was right. "I never thought I'd do this, but I'm actually going to follow her advice." He stood up.

Alice called for him. "Edward! You're not leaving without me. I'm coming with you."

Edward looked at Jasper. "When she has that tone, there's no stopping her."

Alice came out on the corridor and looked down on the men. "But we have to stay here for a while. We've got company. We need to be here when they come."

"Okay."

Alice smiled. "We're going to get her back, Edward."

"I don't think that's going to be easy." Japer said. "There's something about Aro that's a little off. He feels envious of us and very possessive of Bella."

"I'm not surprised. I saw that in his mind too. He wants what we have: a family. He thinks Isabel can give him that."

"What? How can Bella give him that?"

"Well, it seems we need Isabel here so much. That we're not complete without her. Maybe he thinks she could complete them."

"Okay, why are you calling her Isabel?"

"Because that's her name now. That's what she wants to be called."

"Her name is Bella. She'll always be Bella." Calling her 'Isabel' makes me feel like Bella doesn't exist anymore. I don't want that.

"Bella is there, Alice." Edward explained. "And she wants to be called 'Isabel'."

"Suit yourself. I'm going to call her Bella."

"Guys, I'm telling you right now." Jasper interrupted. "This is dangerous. If Aro wants Bella, it's going to take a lot more than a love confession to get her back. Aro is not going to let her go that easily. Especially now that he knows she's a powerful shield."

Edward nodded. His existence right now seem so much like a solstice. The sun shined long and bright when he had Isabel. And now, the night is haunting his days. He was determined to get his midnight sun.

How far would he go for love? He asked himself. As far as it takes.

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This is very short comapred to the ones before. I'm really sorry. School started and everyone's been busy. I'm hoping to get the story done before February. So, if you haven't done it yet, click that "Author Alert" button. I've got another story in mind. Also, please review. I would like to know what you think will happen now.

There's a lot of confusion in this. I would like to clarify. Isabel is still in love with Edward, but because Edward left, she thinks she's not good enough for him. And that she's okay with that. If he didn't want her, she'd deal with her grief. On the other hand Edward belives that because Isabel fargave him, that she doesn't want anything to do with him. But he's determined to change her mind.

See.

Isabel is not bad. She's being cleverly manipulated.

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