A/N: I own nothing. and i just have to add that my vampires can in fact cry. i was writing the next chapter and i had to have someone cry. so, yea. they can cry. on with the story.

Chapter 7:Familiar Faces

I looked around my stateroom. It was first-class. It was too big for me though. I wouldn't need all this space. My bags were already in my room. I started to unpack and noticed there were two beds. I knew I wasn't going to be sleeping, but why were there two beds. Then there was a knock on the door. I opened it to see a ship steward.

"Yes, can I help you?" I asked in a polite voice.

"So sorry for the disturbance."

I shook my head. "There wasn't any disturbance." I smiled sweetly.

"I assume you noticed two beds instead of one. You will have another person staying with you. I'm sorry if this is any trouble at all."

"It's no trouble. I was going to get lonely anyway. This room is so big." He smiled and motioned for a person to step inside. They were standing to the side. A woman stepped forward. She was strikingly beautiful. She also had very pale skin and scarlet eyes. This woman was a vampire. What a coincidence. I took a bag from her and looked toward the steward.

"Thank you. We'll be just fine." He nodded, and I closed the door. I looked at the woman. She looked so familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Oh, well.

"Do you need any help getting unpacked?" I asked politely.

"No, dear. That's fine. It shouldn't take long. After all, we are vampires." She smirked. I laughed. It took her 20 minutes to get unpacked. I sat on my bed reading a book while she unpacked. I looked up.

"I'm sorry. I didn't catch your name." I said. She smiled.

"My name is Rose, dear. Rose McGowan." My whole world stopped. Rose McGowan?! There were two explanations I had running through my head right now. A) This is another woman who happens to have the same name as my dead mother. B) This is my mother. A vampire like me. But I saw her. I saw her get shot by a man.

"If- If you don't mind my asking, but where did you come from? What country?"

She smiled sweetly. "I was born in Ireland, but I lived in England." My eyes went wide. I gasped and covered my mouth. She came over to me.

"What's wrong, dear?"

"Did you have a daughter?" She gasped and backed away.

"How did you know that?"

I didn't answer her. "Was her name Bella?" She nodded with an incredulous look on her face.

"She was taken away from me. When I was reborn, they told me she died."

I shook my head. "She too was reborn." I said. "I never died, Mum." At once her arms were around me. Tears started to stream down my face.

"Bella!"

"Mum!" We hugged for what seemed like forever. I finally let go.

"How?" I looked at her.

"They left me on the ground bleeding to death. A man and a woman came along. They took me to a house down the street from ours. When I woke up, they told me what I was, who they were, and how they live."

"What were their names?"

"The man's name was Liam and the woman Siobhan." My face lit up.

"They're from the Irish coven of vampires. I learned about them while I was with the Volturi." Her eyes widened and she backed away.

"You- You were with the Volturi?"

"Yes. You don't need to be afraid, Mum. They were kind to me. Teagan is a vampire, too. She is back in Italy. They took very good care of me. Marcus even adopted Teagan and me as his daughters. He is a very good father figure to me." I looked down. "Speaking of fathers..." I trailed off. Mum shook her head.

"He was killed in the raid. They found him in the alley when he came out to look for us. They left him in the alley. Survivors were gathering and looking for loved ones for a week." I sat down on the bed and patted the spot next to me. Mum sat down and put her arm around my shoulder.

"So, how is Teagan? Causing trouble?" We giggled.

"Of course we are. She's doing well. She's actually in a relationship with another vampire who is part of the Volturi guard. He's actually the one that changed her."

"I see. What is his name?"

"Afton. He's like my brother. Felix, too." She raised her eyebrows at me.

"Again, he's like a brother. I was in a relationship, but it didn't go so well."

"Did he hurt you?" I closed my eyes.

"In more ways than one."

Mum hugged me. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." I looked up at her face and smiled.

"I'll tell you when I'm ready to calmly talk about it." She smiled warmly.

"Well, let's get off this dreary subject and explore this ship. You need to tell me about where you've been and what you've done." I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at her.

"You don't want to know."

"Bad?"

"Let's just say the only happy times I've had were escaping from hell, becoming a vampire, and Marcus adopting me."

She nodded. "I understand. Well, maybe one day you'll open up more. But until then, we'll just have fun and talk about the good times we've both had!" I smiled and we continued walking. We explored the ship until almost everyone was back in their staterooms. We walked to the back of the ship and sat down on a bench. I laid down and looked up at the stars. Mum sighed.

"It's a beautiful night."

"Yes, it is." I sat up. "Mum, I know this is totally out of the blue, but what year is it? We were kept in the dark from the time I was taken and I never thought to ask anyone. I don't even know how old I am."

"Oh, honey, it's 1940. You must be around 17. In human years, of course." I smirked.

"Oh, sweetheart. I missed you so much. I still can't believe that you are sitting right in front of me." She kissed my cheek.

"Well, believe it, Mum, because you're stuck with me for the rest of time." She looked around.

"Well, it's like a ghost ship, so let's go back to our room." We got up and started walking back.

"Mum, I left my bag on the bench. I'll meet you back at the room." She nodded and continued walking. I jogged back to the bench and grabbed my bag. I slung it over my shoulder and turned. I bumped into someone.

"Oh, excuse me, sir. I didn't see you."

"That's alright." His voice was so harmonic. I looked up into these golden eyes and gasped. He was gone in two seconds. That was the man from the meadow.

"And I'm still seeing things." I said to myself. I shook my head and walked back to my room, knowing he was somewhere watching me. I just walked to the staircase and went down a deck. I walked along the corridor and turned the corner until I saw the one person I didn't want to see. Damien. I shot back around the corner. He didn't see me. I peeked around the corner. He was talking to a man who looked to be in his late teens or very early twenties. At the sound of Damien's voice, my mouth filled with venom.

"Hi, Peter."

The man answered back in a thick accent. "Hello, Damen."

"It's Damien."

"I'm sorry. I am still learning much English."

"It's alright. So, you're from Italy, huh?"

"Yes. I lived there with my father near a small village." This couldn't be the same Peter. I had to get to my room, but they would see me. Damien would recognize me, but Peter wouldn't. His head was too thick. I had to get passed them somehow.

"Come on, Bella. Think." If only my hair were a different color. Or my face was different. I sat on the floor and put my head in my hands, trying to think of something. Red hair fell into my face.

"Huh?" I pulled a lock of my around to my eyes. I gasped, and it turned back to brown. I concentrated again and my hair turned a very light brown. I stood up to look in the mirror. My eyes were blue now.

"Well, I don't know what this is, but I'll use it." I changed my hair to red and kept my eyes blue. I took a calming breath and walked casually around the corner. I knew that Damien would know it was me when he caught my scent, but I could tell he wasn't breathing because of the humans. His eyes were black. I walked confidently passed the two despicable dogs. I couldn't even call them dogs because that would be an insult to all dogs. Damien and Peter looked at me, and they both smiled. I walked passed them pretending not to notice them. Once I got to my room, I saw Damien take a breath and his eyes widen. I smirked and opened my door. I walked inside and slammed the door as hard as I could. I slid down to floor and put my head in my hands. Mum's voice startled me.

"Bella, is that you?" She walked out of our room and gasped. "Who are you? How did you get in here?" I looked up.

"Mum, it's me." I shook my head and my brown hair came back. I stood up and looked in the mirror. My eyes were brown again.

"Wha-"

I cut her off. "I just found out that I can change my appearance. That would have helped so much in Italy. Oh, and the scum of the earth and his sidekick are here." She gave me a puzzling look. I sighed.

"Remember when I said that I didn't have a lot of happy times?" She nodded. "And I was in a relationship that didn't go so well?" She nodded again. "Well, he's here. With another guy that I met on my oh-so happy travels." I slid to the floor and put my head in my hands. Mum sat down across from me.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"I guess." I took a deep breath. "Ok, I'll start at the beginning. When I was taken from England, I woke up on a truck with Teagan. We met a woman named Charlot. She said we were on our way to Germany or Italy. We were taken to some sort of camp. They took us to a building where we were inspected like animals. They took 5 girls away and sent the rest of us to another building." I took another breath. "One of the guards took me behind a building and raped me." Mum gasped and hugged me.

"Oh, honey. You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to."

"No. I need to talk about it. He did. And then I got cleaned up and taken away from the others. Teagan was still with me. We ended up going to a mansion outside of a small village in Italy. The man who owned the house was nice to me at first. His son, who was with Damien just now, is the spawn of Satan. I would stake my existence on it." I chuckled dryly. "His name is Peter. Teagan was his maid. I was his father's. Vincent was pig-headed and always talked down to us. This one day my friend and I found Peter trying to have sex with Teagan. She got away but she had a couple of bruises from where he hit her. We escaped from them and went to the village. A woman named Maria helped us. She hid us in her shop until nightfall when we snuck out. A man named Francis and his sons helped us. We were trying to get to Switzerland so we could go home. We were passing the city of Volterra when we were attacked. There was fighting nearby, and we didn't realize how close we were to the fighting. Teagan and I were the only survivors."

"Oh, dear."

"That's when Felix and Demetri found us. They toyed with us and brought us to Aro. He had Eleazar see our powers. Felix turned me. Afton turned Teagan. When I woke up, Marcus explained everything to us. Shortly after we learned how to hunt and what to avoid, Marcus adopted Teagan and me."

"Well, at least you had a father-figure throughout this all."

I smiled. "Yes. Marcus did love us. Whenever Caius would try to make us look bad when we were having fun, Marcus would persuade Aro to let us off with nothing. Aro valued me-rather he valued my power-more than anyone. Renata didn't warm up to me well because Aro paid more attention to me. I didn't care about his approval or anything, and she didn't approve. Felix told me that she's trying. She just isn't used to anyone stepping into the spotlight."

"I see." I nodded.

"Now comes the good part." I said sarcastically. "Caius invited their old friend Paulo and his family to the castle to stay for a while. It was Paulo, his wife Mirari, and their adopted son, the spawn of Satan, Damien." My voice was dripping with anger. "Damien was nice at first. I didn't think anyone could be so perfect. There had to be a catch, but we had the most amazing time- until he told me that he was going to fight in the war. I was so mad at him. He told me this the day before he was supposed to leave. He tried to comfort me, and we ended up on my useless bed. I told him that I wasn't ready for anything like that yet. I had set boundaries and limits. He knew that I didn't feel comfortable with it, but that didn't stop him. He was a lot stronger than me. When Demetri and Teagan finally busted down the door, it was too late. He had already raped me. Demetri threw him off of me and beat the shit out of him. Him and Teagan brought me to Marcus and told him what happened. When Damien showed up in Marcus's study, I told him to leave and never come back. I barricaded myself in my room for a good week and a half to two weeks. Anyone could have easily broken down the door, but they all respected my privacy and my want to be alone. When I finally came out, I went hunting and realized that I need to get away. I'm going to Alaska to stay with a family of vampires there. They drink animal blood, but I'm willing to try a new lifestyle." It took a moment for Mum to gather in all this information at once. When she finally came back to this planet, she pulled me into a tight embrace.

"Oh sweetie. I wish I could have been there for you."

"You were there with me, Mum. I thought about you everyday." She smiled and put her hand on my cheek. I streak of light fell on her face sending tiny rainbows everywhere. She giggled.

"Well, I didn't realize how long we were sitting here. Come one, let's go up on deck and see what there is to do."

For the next 3 days, we met new people and did some fun things. Mum worked on her drawing skills while I took up dance again. I practiced on the deck near the front. Nobody ever goes down there. One day on deck, I was holding a pose for Mum to draw when a chilling voice filled the air.

"Well, well, well. My little mouse decided to come out." I looked up and saw Damien standing there with Peter. Peter didn't recognize me. Damien walked down the stairs and toward me. Mum stood up and walked in front of me. Damien chuckled.

"What's this another friend here to protect the little mouse?" There was no way I was backing down now.

"No, scumbag. This happens to be my mother. Now if you don't mind, we were busy before you rudely interrupted us." I took up my pose again and Mum resumed drawing. Damien just stood there, not believing I had just said that.

"You really don't want to upset me again, do you Is-" I rushed over to him in a flash while Peter wasn't looking and clamped my hand over his mouth. I spoke in a low growl that only Damien, Mum, and I could hear.

"If you value your existence, you will not say my name in front of him." My voice sent chills down his spine. I walked back to my spot and took up my pose again. And yet again he spoke.

"Do you, Isolde?" I wanted to mentally thank him for not saying my name, but he didn't deserve it. I just keep my pose and waited patiently for Mum to finish.

"I really don't care, Damien. You can't control me anymore." I immediately built up my shield around Mum and me. I had gotten down how to protect one other person. I was still working on two other people at once. I felt him push against my shield. I was stronger now. This took as much strength as it did with Jane. I got impatient blocking his power.

"Are you done yet? I still have yet to dance, and you're holding me up." Mum finished and took out her violin. She began to play a lively, but soft tune. I walked away from Damien and began to dance. I was half way through my dance when Damien spoke once again.

"Do you want Peter to find out who you are?" I looked at him, and Mum stopped playing. She sent him a deathly glare. I calmly walked up to him.

"Do you want to not have a dick for the rest of your existence? Well, that wouldn't be much seeing as you never use it." I said sweetly. He backed away, knowing I wouldn't back down. He knew I had changed. Mum sat back down and continued playing. I resumed dancing. We had gathered a little crowd. They all admired my dancing. I didn't realize how many people had gathered to see me. When I finished, the people smiled and applauded. I did a little bow and walked over to Mum. A little girl stood on the stairs still looking at me. I waved at her. She blushed, smiled, and ran to her mom. She hid in her mom's leg. I smiled and turned to Mum. She pointed to something in the distance.

"I can see the tip of the Statue of Liberty." I looked out and sure enough, there it was-too small for anyone else to see.

"So where are you headed when we get there?" I asked.

"I'm going to live in Maine. The neighbors were getting suspicious of me. I've always wanted to go to America. Maine was in the North and where I'm going it's very overcast." I nodded.

"I'm going to stay with a family in Alaska. They sound very nice."

The next morning we pulled into port. Of course the sun was shining. We stayed in our stateroom until it was time to go. We got all of our things packed and onto a cart. I dressed appropriately for the weather, but made sure to cover everything I could. Mum did the same. Luckily, we weren't discovered. When we got through to the City, I immediately sensed another vampire in the area. I looked around. Mum tapped my shoulder and pointed to a corner. A man was standing there with a younger looking girl who had strawberry blonde hair. I put my things down and turned to Mum. I hugged her tight.

"Well, if you ever want me to come visit, just write to me." I wrote down the address and gave her the paper. I picked up my things and walked over to the man. He smiled and opened his arms.

"Bella, you turned out to be very lovely." I smiled.

"Eleazar." I hugged him. "How are you?"

"Very good. This is Tanya. She is one of my three daughters." I smiled warmly at her. She hugged me.

"Welcome, Bella. You'll love it here."

"I'm sure I will." I looked back at Mum and waved. She blew a kiss to me. I turned back to Eleazar and Tanya.

"Let's go meet my new family."

A/N: Sorry this kind of took a while. I've been kind of busy with school and stuff. I promise to make the next chapter spectacular. Sneak Peek: Edward. Enough said.