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Edward's point of view:

I was running hard and fast, bringing a whole new meaning to vampire speeds. I got the location from Demetri's mind and then there really was no stopping me. I could see the clearing from the video in front of me and I started to run even faster. I entered the clearing just as Bella's eyes were closing.

'I love you Edward,' she whispered and I wasn't sure if she was conscious to the fact I was there or not.

'No!' I yelled, dropping to her side and collecting her into my arms. 'Bella, please. I need you. Don't die Bella. I love you so much,' I said frantically. Bella didn't respond but she was still alive. I just knew. There was only one thing for it. I swung her over my shoulder and ran into the forest, targeting the closest animal I could find, a deer just a hundred metres to the left.

I held Bella tightly and fell upon the deer before it had time to think, snapping it's neck. I cut the vein open and pressed it to Bella's lips, but she didn't respond, I couldn't get her to drink it.

Bella's point of view:

I was drifting, floating, flying, soaring.

I glided around, totally unconscious and blissfully happy.

There was no pain here. No hunger. No thirst. My every need accounted for, except one. I needed Edward and I needed my family but they couldn't be here with me.

Then the scene changed. I wasn't drifting around in the water anymore. Now I was sinking, falling, drowning. I struggled against the dark water, trying to push it away from me but I couldn't. I wanted to find my way out but I couldn't tell which way was up and which way was down know. Some of the water tried to force it's way into my mouth but I didn't let it in, I wasn't drowning if I could help it. My vision shifted entirely and I was gone, my body lying underneath me. It looked strange actually, to see Edward holding a deer to my lips and my body stiff and unresponsive. I reached for him but my hands went straight through him.

'Edward!' I screamed but he didn't hear me. He shook my body a few times, examined me all over, then realized I was dead. He roared at the sky and I felt my heart ripping in two. 'Edward, please! Edward, I love you! I'll come back for you!' I screamed as loudly as I could, still floating upwards.

'Bella! Please!' He cried, sobbing into my chest. My heart was being ripped out my chest. He turned his face to the sky. 'Why!? Why, Bella!? Why not me!?' He yelled and I felt my heart wrench one last time then I was in a blinding white light. There was a window in front of me and I stood by it, looking down.

I saw my family take my body back to Italy and bury my body with the traditional ceremony they used when a higher member of the guard died. I saw Edward, Victoria, Matt and Jane telling Theo and Rosie that I was dead and I saw everyone slip into a depressive state. Edward was the worst, he wouldn't even hunt unless they dragged him out. The Cullens moved to Volterra so Edward could be with Theo and Rosie and though they didn't join the guard they fitted right in with everyone else like they had been there forever.

One of the first things that they had done apart from grieve was track down Conn. It was oh so satisfying watching Edward, Jane, Victoria and Matt torturing him to death. Conn had actually begged for them to kill him before he actually died.

Edward's point of view:

Bella was gone. We had killed Conn, buried Bella and moved to Volterra. I was only alive because Bella said she didn't want me to die. I couldn't deny her that. This was even worse than when I had left her though. At least I knew she was still alive. Bella had died in my arms and there was no chance of her ever returning. Theo and Rosie walked into the room, their faces no longer holding the youthful innocence they used to.

'Papa?' Rosie asked tearfully - or as tearfully as a vampire can - walking over and sitting on my lap. Theo sat down next to me and rested his head on my shoulder.

'What is it Rosie?' I replied, resting my head on top of hers.

'Will you tell us a story?' She asked and I smiled.

'Do you both want a story?' I asked them and they nodded. I smiled at them and thought for something I could say. 'Did I ever tell you about the time uncle Emmett tried to flush his head down the toilet?' I questioned and they both giggled, shaking their heads.

*Flashback*

'Hey, Emmett! I bet you can't fit your shoulders inside the toilet!' Jasper called to Emmett who was sitting across the room from him. Carlisle and Esme were on holiday together and Alice and Rosalie were shopping, leaving us three guys to screw up the house. Emmett grinned at Jasper's challenge.

'I bet I can!' He cried back and they shook hands, the loser agreeing not to see his wife for the next month. (This wasn't true, they had actually agreed no sex for a month but I couldn't really tell Rosie and Theo that) Emmett ran straight upstairs into his bathroom, Jasper and I following. He got inside the bathroom and proceeded to shove his head inside the toilet, twisting his shoulders to see if he could get them in. Jasper and I howled with laughter as Emmett spluttered and coughed, trying to get the toilet water out of his mouth. He eventually got his shoulders in then went to stand back up but he was stuck inside it. Jasper and I took advantage of the situation and flushed the toilet a few times, when Alice and Rosalie walked in.

'What the hell are you doing to my husband!?' Rosalie yelled and Jasper and I backed away from Emmett.

'He got himself stuck in there of his own accord!' Jasper yelled back. Alice started to giggle and soon enough her and Rosalie were on the floor, laughing their heads off. The toilet bowl cracked and Emmett stood up, his entire head soaking wet. That started everyone laughing again.

*Flashback over*

Theo and Rosie started to laugh at the story and I forced a smile onto my mouth.

'Was that a good story?' I asked them and they nodded.

'Yes, papa!' Rosie cried and they smiled at me. That was a story before Bella had come into our lives. Bella. Depression overwhelmed me again and I couldn't let them see it.

'Why don't you two go play with auntie Jane for a minute. Papa needs a minute,' I told them and they nodded, jumping off of my bed and running out the room. As soon as they were gone I fell off the bed, curling into a foetal position on the floor. The depression enveloped me and I felt myself falling apart at the seams. I wrapped my arms around myself and tried not to make any noise, I would not upset anyone else in the castle. I jumped out the window and ran to Bella's grave. We had buried her in a large meadow of long grass and beautiful flowers. She would have liked it here. I knelt in front of her grave and touched it with my fingertips.

Here lies Bella Swan,

Beloved mother, daughter, sister, friend and lover.

You may be gone but you are not forgotten.

'Bella,' I sighed, talking to her even though she couldn't hear me. 'I don't know whether you can hear me but I can't stand being without you. I need you so much. I can't survive without you. Please, love, come home. I'm already losing my mind and you've only been gone a few weeks. I love you so much, Bella. I need you so bad,' I said, turning my face upwards to where she would undoubtedly be. As of heaven could refuse an angel like her.

Bella's point of view:

I watched as Edward told Rosie and Theo a story about Emmett getting his head in the toilet and I laughed with them. Then Edward said he needed a moment alone and they ran off to Jane. Edward sank on the floor in a foetal position, holding himself together. After a while he jumped out the window and ran to my grave. He touched the stone and I felt a spark run through me. He read the words before turning his face up, looking almost directly at me.

'Bella,' he sighed. 'I don't know whether you can hear me but I can't stand being without you. I need you so much. I can't survive without you. Please, love, come home. I'm already losing my mind and you've only been gone a few weeks. I love you so much, Bella. I need you so bad,' he begged and as he said the words "I love you" my body started to tingle. After a while my entire body felt as though it was on fire and it was ten times worse than when I was changed. My mind drifted and a voice came through into my head. It was loud and quiet, rough and gentle and it held all the accents I had ever heard.

'When an immortal soul mate professes their love in such a meaningful manner for their dead significant other the other will be reborn. It is a rare occurrence Isabella Swan and you and your mate are the seventh couple to experience it since the dawn of time. When you are reborn you will be a vampire but your powers will be greater than ever before. You must tell no one of this conversation except your mate. Goodbye Isabella Swan, live your second life well,' the voice sounded and my eyes flew open. I was in a frickin' coffin. Great. Don't get me wrong, I was grateful for my second chance at life but this was just unnecessary. I thought about what the voice had said and wondered if I could teleport. It would save me a hell of a lot of time. I focused on my grave and imagined myself standing there. No sooner had I thought it then a pull started in the pit of my stomach, tugging my body before disappearing totally.

I opened my eyes to the meadow I was "buried" in. Success! The meadow was so beautiful, when I found Edward we would have to stake our claim to this place.

'Well done, Isabella Swan. You are learning fast,' the voice came again and I nodded, smiling. I looked around and bit my lip, unsure what to do next. I thought about my room in the Volturi castle and I knew it was empty now, no one wanted to be in there after me. I teleported straight there and smiled. I looked in the mirror and I looked the same as ever, in a sapphire blue satin cocktail dress. I walked into the throne room, avoiding everyone, and I burst inside, making as much noise as I could. The forty odd vampires inside looked up at me and gasped.

'Bella's back,' I said, grinning at everyone. They just stood there in shock until two small forces barrelled into me, knocking me back a few paces.

'Momma!' Theo screamed, hugging me tightly and nestling into my neck like he always did. Rosie was sobbing.

'Momma! I-I th-thought you were d-d-dead!' She wailed and I pressed my lips to her forehead.

'Sssh, sweetie, it's okay. I'm back now and I won't leave you ever again,' I whispered and she nodded, her small hands clutching my dress as tightly as they could. Theo kissed my shoulder then slid out my arms, running around like he was crazy.

'Momma's back! Momma's back!' He cried, laughing and hugging random people in the room. I noticed how Victoria, Matt, Jane, Demetri, Aro or any of the Cullens weren't in the room. I positioned Rosie so she was balanced on my hip and I looked at the vampires.

'Can anyone tell me where Victoria, Matt, Jane, Demetri, Aro and the Cullens are, please?' I asked and Caius came forward. He hugged me quickly before stepping back so I could pick Theo up as well.

'I'll take you to them. Welcome home,' he said and I smiled, following him out of the room. He led me down the hall to a doorway into one of the lounges. 'They're all in there, having a meeting,' Caius said so quietly that they wouldn't be able to hear. I nodded and mouthed that I wanted him to announce that they had a guest. He grinned and knocked on the door.

'Come on in Caius!' Aro called, his voice hollow and lifeless. Caius opened the door so they couldn't see me and smiled kindly at them, acting perfectly.

'You have a guest,' he told them, his voice sad as well. I hoped he was controlling his thoughts.

'Send them in but I'm afraid we aren't much company right now,' Aro's reply came and Caius nodded, gesturing for me to enter.

Eep! I'm so nervous about this sequel! I hope it does okay! Tell me if this is to far-fetched or what ever because I'm really unsure about it!

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