OK so…2 things.

First off:

PLEASE FORGIVE ME! (You'll see why…)

And second:

From all the reviews I've gotten, it seems that no one realized what happened with Edward at the end of the last chapter.

Reread the last bit of it again.

You guys do realize his change is completely over before that last pain in his throat starts. Then all of a sudden when he's able to move again the pain is 'gone' when he goes after the noise...

Did no one catch what really happened there? O.o

Anyways…

Lights! Camera! …Read!


I floated to the shore and stood up only to let myself fall to the soft sands of the coastline. I lay on the bank and let the wind dry my skin and damp clothes.

The sun was hidden by the clouds so I didn't have to worry about exposure. To be honest though, I couldn't care less about that right now.

I let my mind wander. My thoughts were only of Edward.

I didn't know how long it had been since I left the castle, but I knew it must have been days since the skies had changed several times since then.

As the seconds passed by, my heart ached to be with Edward again. But that wasn't a possibility now.

There was only one option.

I knew I couldn't bear to be alone anymore at a time like this.

I needed my family, now more than ever. Even if it would be torture to stay with them and I'd be in constant reminder of what I've lost, I still wanted them back in my life.

The problem now, I had no idea where I was.

I pulled at my gift and searched for Esme. I couldn't find her. I searched for Carlisle, nothing. I tried the rest of the family and still I couldn't track them.

I tried to look for a vision of where they were or where I was, but still nothing came to me. I tried not to panic and reached in my pocket for my phone.

Unfortunately, my stupid little ocean cliff diving stunt had ruined my phone. The screen was completely screwed up and water dripped from the bottom of it.

I groaned and threw the phone far out in to the ocean.

I stood up quickly and started running west. I ran for about thirty miles before I reached a small town.

As soon as I was within hearing distance, I picked up the dialect of the townspeople, they were speaking Romanian. Luckily, I knew Romanian but I really had no idea how to find my way out of the country. Without taking any money with me when I left and now with out a phone I wouldn't be able to fly out.

I walked out of the woods onto the crowded streets of the small town. I tried several times to ask some of the people for help, for some sort of direction. The more I tried to ask for their help the more people started to flee away from me.

"She's filthy…out of the woods. I bet she's one of those from Transylvania! The eyes of the devil, she has. Be careful with that one…" One of the ladies I had asked for help whispered to another as she clutched to her belongings and rushed to get away from me.

So that's why they were acting that way.

Damn legends. Why anyone would believe in all those Dracula fairy tales is beyond me. I rolled my eyes and searched the streets for some kind of street sign with the name of the city on it.

"Welcome to Timisoara" Great, a town I've never heard of. Why didn't I pay attention to where I was going?

I sighed and walked down the street where most of the stores were, maybe there's a town information center somewhere with some maps.

As I walked along the sidewalk a loud screeching noise caught my attention. I whipped my head to the right following the sound.

A truck was skidding to try and stop. In the middle of the road was a little girl, no older than five. She was crossing the street chasing after a little bird and didn't notice the truck coming straight for her.

I quickly searched to make sure no one was looking and then dashed off towards the little girl. Just as the truck was about to hit her I pulled her backwards. Her head had just barely missed the truck's bumper.

The truck kept going forward and then swerved into a newsstand just a few feet ahead. The people out on the streets rushed to help the man from the truck. To my relief no one seemed to notice me or the little girl.

I looked down at the little one in my arms. She was staring wide-eyed at me with deep green eyes. My chest tightened and I forced back my sobs. They reminded me so much of Edward's. I forced my sudden thoughts aside and I smiled weakly at her.

The little girl jumped up and wrapped her arms around my neck, squeezing as hard as she could. I stood up with the girl still wrapped around my neck and took her to the sidewalk. I set her down and a kneeled in front of her.

"Hey sweetie, are you ok?" I asked her in Romanian.

She nodded and smiled. "You angel. You save me."

I smiled and pushed a lock of her brown hair out of her face.

"My name's Bella. What's your name?"

"Lylliana."

"And where's your mother? She must be worried sick about you."

She pointed at the store right beside us, a gift shop.

Just then a woman runs out of the shop and takes the girl in her arms and scolds her for wandering the streets alone.

I explained what happened with the truck. The woman cried and hugged her daughter fiercely.

As I stood up to leave the woman stopped me.

"Thank you so much for saving my little girl. If there's anything you need…anything at all…"

"Actually there is something I need help with. I don't know my way around here. Do you happen to have a map?" I asked.

She smiled and ushered me to follow her into the shop.

She told the little girl to play with her toys in the back room and then proceeded to go around the counter. She pulled out one of the maps from the shelf behind her and then handed it to me.

"Thank you." I smiled.

Before I could reach the door, I felt small hands grasping my leg. I looked down to see the little girl tugging on my jeans. I bent down to her eye level.

"Be careful for me, ok?" I told her.

"Ok." She giggled and hugged me again. "Tell God, I say hi!" she whispered in my ear.

I laughed and pushed aside another piece of hair from her eyes. She ran back towards her mother and jumped into her arms. I smiled and walked out of the store.

I opened the map and sighed. Well at least Timisoara was in the far west of Romania.

I walked to the outskirts of the town and then bolted off west. I ran for about three hours before I started to see more familiar places. It would still be able another half-day run before I would get to Spain.

As the trees went by in a blur my mind wandered back to the little girl I saved. I didn't know why I saved her. I had seen many people die before, but when I saw that little girl I just felt like I needed to save her. She was so beautiful. And her eyes…her eyes broke my already torn heart. In that moment I met her eyes on the street, my heart ached at what I could never have, a daughter.

But that opportunity was long gone. I wasn't human. I had never had thoughts about baring any children. I never wanted one. But seeing that little girl, brown hair…green eyes, Edward's green eyes… What I wouldn't give to bare Edward a child…

Edward.

A choked sobbed escaped me. I need to get my mind off of him.

I let my instincts take over and took down a few deer. It gave me the small distraction I needed. As soon as I finished, I was back to running. The fresh blood in my body allowed me to run faster.

Some hours later, as I approached the city limits of Valencia, I slowed my pace. I was very close now. Just a few more minutes and I would be home.

But was it my home still?

Would they let me stay with them after they knew what happened?

As the pale blue house came into view, so did Alice's pacing figure. When she spotted me she ran straight for me and held me for dear life.

I broke down.

I fell limp in her embrace and let myself cry. I couldn't hold back anymore. Every thought and dreaded memory flashed before my eyes, eating away at my heart. I was completely lost. I didn't even realize someone had picked me up and moved me. When my cries subsided, I opened my eyes. I was laying on one the couches in the living room.

Alice was holding me in her lap and Esme sat beside us with her hand in mine.

I slowly sat up and took in my surroundings. Carlisle, Emmett and Rosalie sat on the opposite couch. Jasper was walking down the stairs cautiously and then sat down beside Alice and I.

The room was silent. They were all waiting for me to speak first. But I couldn't find my voice.

"Bella, what happened?" Alice asked softly.

I turned to look at her. "Didn't you see?"

She shook her head. "No…I lost all visions of you and Edward just after you arrived back at the castle. I didn't think anything of it though. Before the holiday I couldn't see you guys either."

"But…you were expecting me when I arrived…"

"Well I just started getting visions of you again. I had a vision of you leaving the castle, of you jumping off a cliff and then one of you showing up here today, falling into my arms crying." She shifted and took my hand in hers. "What's going on Bella?"

I dropped my gaze to my lap. She hadn't seen anything. How to explain?

"It's Edward…" I choked out. They all stiffened. My sobs threaten to escape me again. I felt a wave of calm hit me. I took a deep breath. "He told me to leave the castle…that he didn't….he doesn't want me anymore…" I felt Alice's grip tighten.

"What do you mean he doesn't want you anymore?" She asked.

I told them about the first mission, about the night Edward and I fought, about what Laurent tried to do, and then finally about the meeting.

"…he just told me to leave. He doesn't love me anymore. He didn't want me to stay…" Jasper tried to calm my hysterics but this time it didn't work. All the memories kept flooding back and my heart broke even more.

"How could he do that to you?" Rosalie snapped. "What the hell is wrong with him…"

"No. That's impossible Bella." Jasper said as he jumped up from the couch. "Edward would never do that. It's not like him. And besides…the love that I felt from him towards you…It's unlike any emotion I've ever felt before. It was pure and fierce. Something's not right. Bella he would never just stop loving you, even if he thought you were cheating on him, that kind of love wouldn't just go away."

"You didn't see what I saw, Jasper. What I felt from him…God, he was so angry."

Jasper shook his head and started pacing. "Something must have happened to him. His love was too intense to just simply disappear. It has to be something else."

"Jasper's right, Bella. This doesn't sound like something Edward would do." Carlisle agreed. "Before that first mission was Edward acting any different?"

"He was sort of distant, but he told me he was just trying to adjust to being at the castle again…"

"What about with the Volturi?" he asked.

"Other than Laurent joining the guard, everything else has been the same." As soon as the words came out of my mouth the image of Aro biting into Edward's neck flashed before my eyes. I gripped the couch and took deep breaths to calm myself.

"Bella?" Carlisle crouched down in front of me. "What is it?"

"There's something else about Edward…" I started. I looked up to meet Carlisle's eyes. "Before I left Aro, he –"

"Oh my, God!" Alice yelled. "He didn't!" she growled.

I buried my face in my hands. "I'm sorry…I couldn't do anything to stop it…"

"What happened?" Carlisle asked calmly. I looked up but didn't meet his eyes.

"Aro bit Edward." I whispered.

"No…" Rosalie gasped.

I heard Jasper and Emmett growl fiercely.

Carlisle's eyes closed and I could see his hands clenched tight into fists. It was the most anger I had ever seen him in. He was always so calm and to see him like this made me feel worse.

"Bella, I know it's hard for you to think back to it. But will you please show me what happened exactly?" Carlisle asked after a few moments. I nodded.

I opened my mind to search out for his so I could project my memories.

The room was silent, not one of their thoughts drifted to my mind. I furrowed my brows in confusion and tried again.

Nothing.

I thought back to earlier in the day, when I was trying to track them and have a vision, but nothing came to me then either.

I looked away and stared at a vase on the side table. I tried to lift it with my telekinesis.

Nothing.

I whipped my head around to the television and tried to turn the sound on.

Nothing.

I met Carlisle's eyes once more. I tried to sense his emotions.

Nothing.

My breathing was labored and coming in pants.

This couldn't be happening.

What the hell is going on?

My hands started shaking in panic.

Jasper rushed to my side and cupped my face with his hands. I could feel him trying to drown me in calm through his fingertips.

After he was finally able to calm me, I felt a gentle hand at my shoulder.

"Bella, what's wrong?" Carlisle asked me.

"I…" I turned to look at him. "I think I've lost my powers…"

Six gasps and another blanket of calm later, Carlisle sat down next to me and took my hands in his.

"Do you know how this could have happened? Do you think someone did this to you?"

I furrowed my brows and tried to think back. "I…don't know."

"When was the last time you used them?" he asked.

I winced as I replayed today's events back in my mind.

"When I was called in for the meeting where Ed–" I took a deep breath. "When he told me he didn't…want me, I was using Jasper's gift. He was angry, enraged, he seemed broken. I tried to read his mind but he was blocking me. I tried to project my thoughts to him but he yelled for me to stop. After that I–" I stopped as the memory played out and gasped.

"Then what?" Emmett asked impatiently.

This can't be right.

Impossible…

He can't be.

"Bella?" I looked up at Carlisle.

"Edward yelled 'enough' and I suddenly felt weak and fell to my knees. I felt exhausted. I thought I was just going into shock…"

"What are you trying to say?" he asked.

"I think…that Edward took away my powers."

They all looked at me in confusion and doubt clouded their eyes.

"What are you talking about? How could Edward be able to do that? Did his powers grow again? What's going on?" Emmett asked in one breath.

It was silent for several moments.

Everyone looked at me expectantly.

My mind was racing, trying to figure out if it could be true.

Did Edward's gift manifest?

Did he really take mine away?

How would it be possible?

Could he really be…

Again the answer was staring me right in the face.

I should have realized it much sooner.

If only I had realized before it was too late!

I abruptly stood up and raced up to my room.

I held back the sobs that threatened to escape again as I took in Edward's lingering scent.

I swung open the closet door, pushed through the mountain of clothes and reached up to get the box. I rushed back downstairs before anyone had the chance to get up and follow me.

I set down the jewelry box and six raised eyebrows stared back at me.

"Bella?" Carlisle started after I didn't say anything. I let out a deep breath and opened the box to retrieve Didyme's journal.

I handed it to him as I spoke.

"This is Didyme's journal. I found it the day Edward and I came for the holidays. She was Marcus' late wife. She had visions of the future like Alice but could also see the past." I paused to take a seat next to Carlisle. He had already begun to flip through the pages. "She had a vision, a prophecy of sorts. At first it kept changing. But before she died she had one final vision. She did everything she could to make sure it would happen."

I've probably failed her now.

"What were the vision about?" Alice asked.

"At first she had a vision of a girl that tore the limbs of a vampire that wanted to rape her. Then she set him on fire. The crazy part is that she didn't even touch him. It was her gifts. The girl then ran to a village and massacred the whole town. She was later confronted by the guard led by Caius. She kills him and the guard agrees to form an alliance with her to take over the Volturi.

"The second was of a boy who would be found that would be the key to controlling the girl. He was the only hope of making sure she wouldn't go on anymore killing sprees or take over.

"When Bethany joined the guard her vision changed. Bethany was destined to find and help her. The girl would then become neutral and wouldn't have any problems with the Volturi. When Aro found out, he was angry. He wanted this vampire for his guard. With that the vision changed again. The two vampires in the vision would meet in the guard and centuries later they would take over the Volturi.

"The last entry she wrote the night before she died…She knew it was coming and prepared for it. She left the journal for me to find so that I could be informed for things to come. She had a final vision of what would happen with the girl and boy. But she didn't write it down. She said she didn't want it to mess up the outcome."

"But why are you telling us all this? Why now?" Jasper asked.

"Because I believe Didyme's vision was altered. I think that maybe it was possible that the genders of those powerful vampires had changed. Laurent has the gift the girl had in the visions. Aro has been very protective of him and he believes Laurent will be capable of multiple gifts but that they haven't manifested yet…"

"Okay, but that still doesn't explain anything else."

"I think that the boy in Didyme's visions might be Edward."

The room was dead silent.

They were trying to make sense of all the information I had given them.

"I mean it sort of makes sense. If Laurent is meant to be that extremely powerful, the only way to control him would be to strip his powers, right? If Edward was the cause of me losing mine, and if he really is the other half of the prophecy, the Volturi with this kind of power at their disposal…They will be unstoppable."

"Fuck." Emmett said under his breath.

Carlisle was still flipping through the journal. I could tell he was speed reading through the entrees.

"Bella…" he said suddenly. "I think you're wrong."

I furrowed my brows in confusion.

I thought my conclusion made sense. I guess I could be wrong…

"Well half wrong anyways…" He continued. "What if you're right about Edward, but wrong about Laurent?"

"What do you think then?" I asked.

"I think it's quite obvious…"

I stayed quiet and waited for his decipher of the visions.

"I think that Didyme was right to begin with, that this powerful vampire was indeed female. I believe that you are that vampire, Bella."

"Me?" I asked skeptically.

"Yes, think about it. As soon as Bethany joined the guard her vision changed completely. Her destiny was to find this girl, and she found you."

I blinked, my brain quickly registered this but I couldn't believe I didn't make that connection earlier.

"But I've never slaughtered a whole village Carlisle! And Caius is obviously still alive. If I am part of this prophecy is that what my future entails? And what about Laurent? Is it just coincidence that he has the same abilities the girl had in Didyme's vision?"

"I have a theory about that." Carlisle started. "Maybe that was your destiny before, but since the future was altered by Bethany, it must have changed everything. If Bethany had not joined the Volturi, you could have been the one turned by James and Victoria instead of Alice. Eventually after your change, you might have crossed paths with Laurent and absorbed his gift leading up to the events in that alternate future. It could have been what Didyme originally saw happen."

I shuddered at the thought.

If I am that girl, Laurent could have been the one trying to force himself on me then too. Only that time I would have destroyed him and then taken out my rage on a helpless town.

"You make a good point."

My mind wandered to thoughts about the second vision. I felt the familiar tightening in my chest before I let loose a heart wrenching sob. Jasper quickly took me in his arms trying to soothe me.

"Oh god, Carlisle, you're right! I know it. The second vision she had. It's exactly what happened to me at the meeting with Edward. I can't believe this is happening. I was so completely wrong."

Jasper tried to calm me again but it took a few minutes to achieve.

"What are we going to do? We can't just leave him there…Even if he really doesn't want to be with me… We can't let him stay with the Volturi. Especially without my powers, they could do so much damage with his new ability."

"What the hell…" Alice's hands went up to her temples as if she had a headache.

"What's wrong, Alice?" Jasper asked her.

Before she could answer, all of our heads snapped in attention to the sound of running getting closer to the house.

We immediately stood up and went outside to see who was racing up towards the house.

I took a step forward as they came into view.

"What are you doing here?"

Alright I know I said you would find out who the boy in the dungeon was in this chapter, but if I would have written more at the end of this it would have to be much MUCH longer and It just wouldn't flow all too well.

But since I know you guys are anxious to know…If you guys PM me or leave a review with who you think is visiting the Cullen's and you're right, then I'll give you a sneak peek for next chapter that pretty much says who the boy in the dungeon is. Does that sound alright?

I'm so excited for my next chapters!

I hope you guys liked this one. ; ]

Please review!

-Jan