BPOV

A few hours earlier…

It was very lucky that I received the message from my brother when I was alone. Since I met Edward, it's been a very rare occasion for me to be alone. And it became even rarer once I had undergone my transformation into a vampire. But it was during one of those rare times that I received the message I had been both anticipating and dreading.

I was sitting in the front room of my cottage, gazing into the flames of the fire. I was not cold of course, but the flames were incredibly beautiful to watch, and it also reminded me of when I was human. My beautiful nine month old daughter (who actually looked around three) was tucked up in bed and had been asleep for hours. Edward had gone out hunting with Emmet, and the rest of the Cullen's were at the main house, along with Jacob and the rest of the wolves. Though I hated being away from Edward for any length of time, it was a sort of relief to have a few hours to reflect on my life. And it was while I was reflecting that I got the shock of my life.

Tap, tap, tap. My head snapped to the window, and there, staring at me through the glass, was a beautiful snowy owl. Her big amber eyes were looking straight at me, and in her beak was a letter. I recognised the owl straight away, for it was my twin brother's owl, Hedwig. And before I'd even opened the window I knew what the letter was about.

It was time.

I ran to the window and wrenched it open, letting Hedwig fly into the room. She dropped the letter on the sofa, before retreating to the other side of the room. She was staring at me, and I swear she had a look of confusion on her face. I knew what it was. Her senses were telling her to get away from me, that I was a threat, but she knew who I was. She knew I would do no harm to her. I quickly ran to the kitchen at human speed so I wouldn't scare her, and got her a bowl of water. If she had flown to Forkes all the way from England she deserved a break. She seemed to warm to me a little more once I had given her the water, and she hooted appreciatively.

"Hey, I'm still me" I said smiling to her. I then turned my attention to the letter. My hands were shaking as I opened it, and unfolded the letter. It read:

My dearest sister Bella,

It is time for you to come out of hiding. I feel terrible asking you to leave your family, especially your daughter, but I have found the last horcrux. We have lost the sword of Gryffindor, but we think there may be another way to destroy the horcrux at Hogwarts. We also need to destroy the horcrux you found in Forkes sister. You must be very careful when coming over here, if the death eaters get wind that you're still alive, you'll be in terrible danger. There is the possibility that you will never return to your family Bella, you know that as well as I do. We are all missing you dearly, and can't wait to see the new you. We'll send someone over to Forkes once you're here to answer any of your family's questions, and hopefully they will understand. Meet me just outside Hogsmeade at 8 o'clock on Thursday the 14th. We can beat him once and for all Bella, we can end this.

Harry.

I let out a big breath that I had been holding in. and then I remembered that today was the 14th. I quickly looked at the clock standing on the mantelpiece. It was 7:45pm.

"Well that was good timing" I said to Hedwig, who was now having a bath in the water. I knew that this day would come eventually, but when I had first come to Forkes I'd had no intention of falling in love with a human, let alone a vampire. And then my life turned upside down, and I'd slowly but surely began to forget about the wizarding world. I think I told myself if I didn't think about it, it would never happen. But here I was, with an owl in my living room, ready to leave my family to help someone whom they didn't know even existed.

I walked over to the small book case next to the fire. I move it out of the way to reveal a loose floor board. Once I had removed it, I pulled out my wand, a DVD and Ravenclaws Lost Diadem. This was the reason I had come to Forkes in the first place, to find out where Voldemort had hidden one of his horcruxes. It was kind of weird how Edward had led me to it, as I had found it buried under a tree near our meadow. I next turned to my wand. It was funny how, even after all this time without it, I instantly felt whole again once I touched my wand. I put both the Diadem and the wand in my jacket pocket. I had been prepared for this day ever since I knew I was in love with Edward. The DVD contained a recording of me, telling my family why I had left and what I was. I knew they'd never let me go if I told them in person, so I would have to tell them via recording.

I left the DVD on the sofa where they would easily find it. I then went into Renesmee's room. She was still fast asleep, her lilac eyelids fluttering as she dreamed. I held her hand to my face to see what she was dreaming about. It was beautiful colours, and butterflies, and me and her having a cuddle on top of a hill. My heart instantly broke, and I felt the pricking in my eyes as the tears that I could not cry came.

"My dearest Renesmee" I whispered in her ear. "Always know that you are loved. Mamma loves you so much. You will grow up to be a beautiful woman, and mamma is so proud of you. You're the most beautiful thing Edward has given me. Please look after your father. Don't let him do anything stupid. Never doubt that I'm not thinking about you wherever I am, and please be safe. When you grow up, make sure you don't get yourself into trouble, and don't break Jacobs's heart like I did. Mamma will always love you baby, I'm so sorry I must leave you. Now sleep my beautiful Nessie."

And with that, I ran out of the room without a backwards glance, for I knew if I looked at her again I wouldn't be able to leave. I quickly got my phone out of my pocket and dialled Jacobs's number. It only rang twice.

"Hey Bella" Jacob answered in a cheerful tone.

"Hey Jake, I erm, need to go somewhere for a bit, do you think you could come over and just watch Nessie? I don't want to leave her in the house on her own" I said, glancing at the clock. It was 7:55pm.

"Yeah sure thing Bella" Jake replied. "Ill be there in a few"

"Could you come really quickly?" I asked "It's really important"

"erm, sure" he replied. I knew he knew something was up then.

"And erm Jake, there's a DVD for Edward on the sofa. Can you make sure he gets it please? It's important." I said frantically. I could hear Jake was running, he'd be here in less than a minuet.

"Okay Bella, is everything okay?" Jacob asked, as I heard him speed up.

"Goodbye Jacob" I whispered, before hanging up.

I quickly held out my arm. "Hedwig!" I whispered, and she just looked at me.

"Come on, you'll never fly back to England in time, well apparate together" I said urgently. She still just looked at me.

"Come on Hedwig, Jacob will be here any second, and I need him to see me apparate or they'll think I've gone crazy!" I was nearly yelling. I could hear Jacob approaching the cottage. Thankfully Hedwig flew onto my outstretched arm just as Jake opened the door. He took one look at Hedwig and jumped backwards.

"Whoa Bella! Why the hell do you have an owl on your arm?" he said quickly, staring at Hedwig.

I took a deep breath. "Goodbye Jacob" I said again, looking straight at him. His face turned to confusion, before he said

"Bella, wha-"but I didn't hear the end of the sentence, as I apparated away from Forkes.

AN: Okay, so I know this wasn't the chapter you guys were expecting, but I had to write this for the story to make sense. We'll probably reach the castle again in two or three chapters, once Bella has been reunited with Harry and the gang, and we see The Cullen's' reaction to the DVD. I've been so surprised how popular this story has been! Please leave reviews, I love getting them! Also, I've got exams at the moment, so I'm sorry if it takes a while for me to upload new chapters.

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