Alice's hands flew up over her mouth as the blood curttling scream continued to tear out of her mouth.

" What?!" I yelled terrified. I started to turn around when something hit me. Something hard, cold, and sharp hit me in the back of the neck. I screamed and grabbed my neck. I looked down at my hand and my whole hand was covered with blood. I looked up at alice then fell to the ground.

Alice's POV

Bella looked at me with a questioned looked. My hands flew up to my mouth and a scream I have never heard before tore up my throat and out my mouth.

" What?!" bella yelled. Her expression changed from question to fear. She started turning around when demitri, in his long black cloak, stepped forward and pulled out a big metal daggar out of his cloak and swung it at bella. It hit her in the back of the neck. She screamed and grabbed her neck. She turned white when she looked down at her hand and it was covered in bright red blood. Her eyes rolled back in her head and she fell to the ground. Her blood poured out of her neck. It was so hard to resist. I could taste her blood in my mouth. Mouth watering. No! Stop it alice! I thought to myself. She is your best friend! Just stop... Demitri looked down at bella and rolled his eyes. He squatted next to her and took in her smell. He wrapped his hand around her neck and pulled her up to his lips. He moved his lips across the base of her neck then dropped her. He looked up at me and smirked. He cocked his head and looked into my golden eyes.

" Helpless humans." he said he straightened out his posture then walked into the doorway. He stuck his head out the door and looked both ways. He turned around and slammed the door. He kept a grip on the door handle and looked at me. He released his grip and walked over to me. He turned the opposite way from me and pulled his hood off. He walked over to the window and rested his hands in the white windowsill. He stood looking out the window for a while before he again, turned to face me. His steps were graceful. Quiet and beautiful. He stepped his graceful steps over to me. He put his hands on either side of my head and brought his face close to mine. I pushed my self closer to the wall. My back was pressed hard against the wall. I was uncomfortable. This wasn't right. What did he want? Did it have something to do with rosalie? Was she ok? All these questions poured into my head. He turned his head to look out the window then looked back at me.

" I can't believe I'm doing this right now." he whispered under his breath. He pushed himself closer into me and shuttered. He stepped back.

" This isn't right." he said. He looked at me and understood that I felt the same way.

" I was sent her to do this." be looked down at the ground and laughed to himself.

" Why?" I asked, " is everything ok?" I hope everything was ok with rosalie. What if he came because she never arived? What if he didn't even know that she was coming. I was beginning to feel worried.

" Me and the volturi want to make you an offer. We want you to join us with your sister. If you do, we won't hurt the rest I your family and...the girl." he said looking at bella. She was sprawled out on the floor. I felt so bad for her. She always seemed to get hurt when all she wants to do is stand up for herself. After we came back, when Edward left her, she became much more strong and independent. She had more self-esteem. I looked upat him and he said, " you know, I'm looking for a new mate." he said. He stepped up to me and pushed himself into me.

"Wait, what about---" he cut me off.

" Well...lets just say she's, well, gone." he brushed his lips across the upper part of my neck down to the base of my neck. I was tense.

" Umm...no I don't think I should...I mean I already have a---" he cut me off again. He tends to do that alot.

" Are you sure." he said in a sadistic tone. He pressed his lips to my neck and twined his fingers in my hair. His smell was irresistable. It was a different smell than my brothers. It was sweeter. Charming in a way. Was I serious. Was I really falling for a guy my family hates? How was this possible? What is he doing to me? I pushed him away when he got to my cheekbone. He turned away from me and said, " I'm sorry," he looked out the window again," it's just that you are so strong for your size and we would love to have you I our clan." he looked at me and I fell to the ground and began to shake.

" so...what's it going to be?" he asked. I had to make a huge discision right now. If I didn't go I could risk my whole family's lives. If I did. Well I would be with my sister but I would feel like a monster that way.

"No," I said, " I'm not going with you." I said. I felt good about it. I did what was right.

"Well you just made a big mistake." he said. He jumped out if the window then ran into the it hit me. My family and the wolves. The volturi and... a girl. Her face was a blur but she had bright red hair. The ground was covered with golden leaves. Edward stepped forward and lightning cracked through the sky. Bella looked back at Jacob and her hair blew in front of her face. The black cloaks started pouring into the meadow. Bella started running. Edward looked back and bella jumped into his arms. She whispered something in his ear and he hugged her. Rosalie stepped forward out of the mob and pulled something put of her cloak. Then just like it was there it was gone. I was still shaking in the corner. Jasper had knocked down the door and he had his arms around me. Bella was still sprawled our of the floor, the blood still pouring out of her neck.

"Carlisle!" jasper yelled. Carlisle entered the room and looked at jasper. Jasper pointed at bella and hugged me tighter. I knew he tightened his grip so that he would resist bella and her blood.

"What's going on in here?" Edward asked. He grew tense when he saw bella laying on the floor. He ran over and knelt down next to her. He grabbed her and brought her up to his chest. He wrapped his hands around her. He dug his face into her neck and sighed.

"I'm so sorry bella." he whispered in her ear. He lifted his head up and gently set her down in the lake of her own blood. Her clothes were soaked with blood and she was pale. Emmet walked into the room and stood against the wall next to jasper.

"Get her out of here." Edward said. He stood up and looked at me. He had bella's blood all over him. How did he do it? How could he dig his face into human blood unlike any other? How could he resist something so tempting? He was strong. Like Carlisle. He did something none of us could do. He protected a human girl...that he fell in love with.

"Yeah. She's marrinating." emmett said with a smirk. Edward glared at him and said, " this is up time for jokes. She's bleeding to death." he snarled at emmett. Emmet rolled his eyes.

"I was just kidding." he said. Carlisle picked up bella off the floor and carried her out of the room. Emmett followed. Jasper picked me up and carried me out of the room. I laughed and looked back at Edward. He was staring at the pool of blood on the floor. I stopped laughing. I felt bad for Edward. All he wanted was to protect bella. It didn't seem like much, but it was harder than it seemed. She was just prone to injury. Like some kind of weird Swan curse. I looked up at jasper who was looking at me. I smiled and he kept walking. He walked into my bedroom and shut the door.

Bella's POV

I opened my eyes slowly and blinked several times. I rolled over on my side and a sharp pain shot through my neck. I rubbed my hand across the upper part of my neck and felt stitches. What happened to me? I rolled back in my back and sat up. The pain shot though my neck again. These next couple of weeks are going to be harder than it seems. I looked around the room. I was in Edwards room on the lounge chair. He was sitting on the floor looking at me. I smiled and layer back down. He stood up and walked over to me.

"You look like crap...in a beautiful way." he said laughing.

" I feel like crap...in a crappy way." I answered back. He sat down on the chair next to me.

"I'm sorry." he said, " we had an...unexpected visitor." he said.

"It's ok." I said, " It's not your fault. I don't even remember what happened. All I remember is Alice screaming and then the numbness. Then I woke up here." I explained. He sighed. He grabbed my face in his cold, hard hands and said, "It's my fault I let this happen to you." He let go and stood up.

"You should get dressed." He said. I looked down at my clothes. The blood had dried and my white shirt was now a red-brown color.

"Need help?" he asked. He put his hand out in my direction.

"It could help." I said. He let out a laugh. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me off the chair. The pain shot through my neck and I moaned in pain. Edward looked at me.

"Are you ok?" he asked. He had a worried look on his face.

"Yeah, im fine. It just hurts." I explained. He wrapped his arm around me. We stepped out of his bedroom and walked down the halway to the stairs. Sitting on the living room on the couch was Jacob. Why is he here? I thought. Edward looked at me and smiled. Jacob stood up and walked over to me and Edward.

"I got her." He said. Edward let go of me and Jacob wrapped his arm around my waist. Edward growled and Jacob rolled his eyes. He started walking towards the door.

"Where are we going?" I choked out. I cleared my throat and reapeted the question.

"It's a surprise." He whispered in my ear. I stepped out of the Cullens house into the blinding light of the morning sun.