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I'm alone, on my own,

And that's all I know.

I'll be strong, I'll be wrong,

Oh but life goes on.

I'm just a girl,

Trying to find a place in this world.

Chapter 13: A Place In This World

Emmett POV

"Then go Rosalie. We both know this marriage is dead anyway. I'm doing something for me." I spat at her. I knew it was done, in a way, I always knew. She didn't love me, she loves the thought of me. The thought that she had someone like me, that existed to please her. I knew then, that if I had to choose between a human teenage girl that actually cared about me and wanted me to be happy, and my wife that only cares that I am ready and waiting for her next order, the decision was easy. I couldn't stay married to someone that didn't love me.

We ran through the woods and the scene that unfolded itself in front of me almost brought me to my knees.

"Put. Her. Down. NOW!" I growled at the blonde. He held Bella by the neck so she was facing us. It didn't take me long to give her a once over. Her right leg was dangling sickly, definitely broken. Her left wrist dangled at her side as well. She was bleeding from the head, and her body was twitching.

"NO DAD!" I heard her scream. I looked over and saw Charlie laying in a heap on the forest floor. I hissed. Jasper, Edward, Esme. Help Charlie! I spoke fast, knowing they would hear me. I soon heard the wolves approaching, they busted into the forest quickly, rushing over to check on the man laying on the ground and to help Charlie. There were three vamps, Alice and I had the one messing with Bella. She began to gasp for air and I lunged at the man. He threw Bella to the side and he body connected with a tree. Alice rushed over to Bella and I focused on this asshole.

"You messed with the wrong girl." I spat, pouncing on him. I could feel him struggling to throw me off of him but I was too strong for him. I sat up and locked my hands together in one large fist, bringing it down with a crack to his chest. He stopping moving, and I knew I had cracked him. I was ripped off of him by his red headed friend and landed on a rock nearby. I got up and rushed back over to the blonde but he had healed and was back up. He wasn't so easy to catch this time. I saw Bella in Alice's arms being thrown across the forest by the redhead and was distracted by the sickening thud her body made when she hit the ground. It was like all of the air had been sucked from her. before I could stop him, he was kneeling next to Bella.

"Don't move! Don't!" Edward rushed from his place near Charlie. 'Are you kidding me?'

"Here's a little present for you all." James laughed, making eye contact with Alice and I. I watched as he lifted her right wrist to his lips. His eyes never left the Alice's.

"Please… p-p-please.. I-I-I…I can't… I'm going to… I-…I n-need…" Bella stuttered and I couldn't be filled with more pain. Impossible, but I was sure I had boiling blood through my veins. He bit her. The fucking asshole had the audacity to bite Bella. My Bella. I growled, but it was drowned out by her screams. The black wolf, I think it was Sam, rushed at him before any of us could think. Before I knew it, James was flung into a pack of wolves, waiting to rip him apart. Sam looked to Bella in concern but this only made her screams louder. I rushed to her side with Alice.

"Alice! She is changing!" I couldn't lose her heartbeat…the sound of her breathing…the rise and fall of her chest. I ran my hand over the wound in her stomach where a branch stuck out of her. I could feel tears I would never cry in my eyes.

"I need her Alice." I whispered.

"No, no, no! It's not the right time!" She shrieked and I looked to her like she was crazy. Right time? Had she seen Bella change? Alice looked around her for help, but we both knew there was no one with the right kind of control. Carlisle wasn't here. Alice sobbed and brought Bella's wrist to her mouth and began to suck out the venom. Bella was deadly quiet. I didn't like how her screams had stopped. She was still convulsing though. Alice pulled Bella's arm from her mouth.

"Her blood is clean…why is she still shaking? Emmett what's wrong with her?" Alice screamed. My eyes scanned over Bella's shaking body.

"I-I….I'm…" Bella studdered and I felt my insides burn. I remembered all that Bella had told me about her epilepsy.

"She had a seizure. Alice quick call Carlisle!" She rushed away to call Carlisle when Bella let out an ear piercing scream. It was like life had been given back to her. She had found her voice again.

"NO! Go a-way! Leave m-me alone!" She tried to thrash around but I only held her tighter. She couldn't move with her injuries.

"Bella you need to get to the hospital. Sweetheart you need help." With my words she began to cry.

"NO! Just…my d-dad… let me…just… l-let me die…" I was paralyzed by her words. She wanted to die? How could she say that…I needed her…I couldn't let her die. My head shot around at the sound of Bella's name. Bella half sat up. There was Charlie being helped by Sam Uley and two of the guys from the reservation. He was alive.

"Dad?... D-dad? Let me see my dad!" She screamed but I came to my senses and held her down. I heard sirens in the background.

"Bella you and your dad need to be taken to the hospital. You need to stay calm." Alice said, appearing on Bella's other side. Her eyes were full of unshed tears.

"He better LIVE! S-save my dad!" She screamed. It was as if that scream had taken the life from her again and her eyes slowly began to close.

"Bella please…come on Little One, you have to stay with us. Please look at me." I whispered, but it was lost in the sound of the wind and rain. I let the paramedics do their thing and I insisted on riding with either her or Charlie so I could be there with them. I rode with Charlie because Alice just couldn't let go of Bella. Today had to have been the worst day of my life, and not because of my ending marriage.

I watched as Bella fell asleep in the hospital bed, thinking about that night. The night I almost lost Bella. She wouldn't even speak to me now, but I refused to leave her side. Carlisle had even bent the rules for Alice and I so that we could stay with her all night, considering we didn't sleep.

The last four days have been pure hell. Bella hadn't woken once, not even after her surgery. Sam and the pack had been by to check on her, Billy and Jacob had been by daily. Jacob had gotten a lot bigger and I knew it was only a matter of time before he made the transformation. I expected Billy to be mad and hold a grudge because both Bella and Charlie were in the hospital, but Sam had told him about Alice sucking the venom from Bella to keep her alive. The Quileute's respected that more than anything. Billy also heard that it had broken up my marriage when I went to help Bella, he thanked me for this as well. I went up to check on Charlie a few times a day and he would ask about Bella. I would always just tell him she was sleeping.

When Carlisle asked Bella about the seizures and she claimed that she had two that day, I was beside myself. Why had she had two seizures? We all had many questions, but they would have to wait. I looked over to the video camera that still sat on the table beside the bed. We weren't sure what it was there for, but we decided it was best if Bella made the decision on what to do with it.

Bella POV

It was five o'clock the next day and I was being released. I hadn't gotten to actually talk to my dad, so I left him a note letting him know I loved him and I would visit every day. I let him know I was just fine and that he could call me anytime of day or night and I would be there for him. Carlisle even told me that if it was needed, visitor hours did not apply to me. For this I was thankful, though all I did was nod to him.

I was placed in my guest room and they left me to work things out on my own, like I wanted. I didn't want them near me. I couldn't stand the fact that I was in their house, let alone be in the same room as them. Esme brought me up a platter of dinner and I muttered a small 'thanks'. Esme was like a mom, it almost felt disrespectful to ignore her motherly antics. I sighed and began to eat the soup and bread she had brought me. I was sitting on my bed when I noticed some stuff had been brought for me from my house and was sitting in the corner. I threw my good leg and casted leg over the bedside and carefully stood up with a slight wobble. I refused to feel weak. I got up and limped over to the corner, rummaging through some of my belongings.

'Clothes…laptop…toothbrush…hairbrush…shampoos and body wash…razor…video camera?' I picked it up confused. I didn't own a video camera… I hobbled back over to my bed and opened it up seeing a tape inside. I was curious so I opened the screen and rewound it. I pressed play and sat frozen on the bed as I saw myself. I watched until I heard him mention Alice and then I really perked up. I had forgotten about this part. I could hear him on the camera through my screams. I sat there…paralyzed listening to what he said. I felt tears rolling down my cheeks. I couldn't be bound by my hate for them right now…I needed to tell Alice. I carefully made my way down the hall and down all the stairs. I emerged in the living room and they were all shocked to see me.

"Bella, you shouldn't be up and about. All you need to do is speak and we will hear you…let us help you." Carlisle told me and I simply walked to the other side of the room and sat on a chair. I looked around them room. It didn't seem as welcoming anymore.

"Bella why do you have the camera?" I looked at them all now.

"I want to know about vampires." They all looked to each other and back to me.

"Bella are you sure you don't want to wait? You just got out-" But I interrupted Emmett.

"I want to know." He sighed and nodded his head. They all sat down somewhere in the living room and Carlisle stood, speaking.

"We, yes, are vampires. Our kind is not like in the books and movies though. We don't fear crosses or garlic…we can go in the sun, but not without exposing ourselves." I listened intently.

"So the strength…the pale, cold skin… lack of eating…the eyes…it's all…a vampire thing." I stated more-so than asked. He nodded.

"Then why are your eyes gold and their eyes were red?" I knew my tone seemed harsh, but they should have told me this already…they should have trusted me.

"It depends on our diet. When a vampire drinks from humans, their eyes are red." I nodded. Made sense.

"And what do you eat then if your eyes are gold?" He smiled humourlessly.

"Our family," he began, gesturing to the Cullen's around him. "Consider ourselves vegetarians. We only survive off the blood of animals." This shocked me.

"So…you don't kill people." He shook his head. This made me feel a LOT better. They weren't like James, they weren't murderers.

"And how do you… do you have the be dying to…how are you turned into…" He nodded, acknowledging that he knew what I meant.

"When a human is bit by a vampire venom is injected into the human's bloodstream and the change begins. It usually takes three days to make the full transformation. The venom attacks the heart and it stops beating, fully changing the human into a vampire."

"The burn…" I trailed of thinking about my own experience. I looked down to my bandaged up arm and unwrapped it carefully. Once I had the white wrap off I looked to my bite wound. It was almost fully healed, leaving a pale crescent shaped scar. I ran my fingers over it and gasped.

"It's cold…" Carlisle nodded, walking over to me.

"Yes, it is, because of the venom. The venom still flows through all of us even, making our skin hard and cold. Like marble." I looked to all of them and back to my scar. It was just like their skin. I felt like I had been tagged in a way…by James.

"James! What happened… he…." They all looked at me confused.

"James was the blonde one." I confirmed and they nodded and Jasper spoke this time.

"Taken care of. Edward and I helped the wolves rip him apart and burn him." The horror I felt must have shown on my face because he quickly continued.

"Ripping a vampire apart and burning the pieces is the only way to kill it. Ripping him apart immobilized him but no matter how far apart we put the pieces, he would have just been put back together again. We have to burn the pieces to ensure he isn't reassembled." I nodded in thought.

"You can put yourselves back together?" He nodded. This made me feel so breakable. I looked down at my casts and sighed.

"So this would never happen to you guys." They all looked down and I had my answer.

"What about Victoria and Laurent?" They seemed confused again. "The redhead and other guy." This time Emmett spoke.

"They took off…but we will catch them Bella. I promise." I looked him in the eye and missed him. I missed him so much. But I wasn't ready to let them all in again that easily. I still couldn't look at Alice. That made me think of my next question.

"So…you aren't all new vampires…why do you look so young?"

"Well, the venom stops the aging. You are forever frozen at the age you were changed at." Carlisle spoke. I nodded.

"So how old are you all really? When were you changed?" They looked around and sighed.

"Look. I know I'm getting personal here but you all lied to me. I deserve to know this. You should have told me this already." I spoke quietly considering they could apparently hear me. Super-hearing… great.

"You're right Bella… I was changed in 1645 by a rogue vampire. I am 392 years old, but I was changed when I was twenty-seven. So I was born in 1618." I nodded and they continued like a circle. Esme continued.

"I was changed in 1924 by Carlisle in Kansas. I had jumped off a cliff after the death of my son and Carlisle found me and saved me. I was changed when I was twenty-five. That makes my birth in…1899. I am now 111 years old." I smiled sadly at her. It sounded awful. Jasper continued.

"I was changed in 1865 by a woman named Maria in the South of Texas. I was twenty at the time, serving in an army during the Civil War. I was born in 1845 so that makes me 165 years old." His southern accent was much more noticeable now. The war knowledge made sense too. Emmett continued.

"I was changed in 1927 when I was twenty. Carlisle changed me when Rosalie found me after I was attacked by a bear in North Dakota. I was born in…1907 so that makes me 103 years old. Rosalie was changed in 1925 when she was eighteen by Carlisle because she was left beaten in the street. She was born in 1907 as well so she is also 103 years old." I nodded sadly. Poor Rosalie…she was horrible to me but no one deserves to go through that. Carlisle continued now.

"Edward was changed by me in 1918 when I found him dying of Spanish Influenza. He was seventeen at the time, born in 1901. He is now 109." I nodded and then moved my eyes to Alice finally.

"I um…I don't know." I looked to her confused.

"You don't know?" She shook her head. Jasper spoke for Alice.

"See, when we are changed it isn't always a guarantee that we will remember our lives. We only remember what we do by documents and records, we also know a lot because each of us, except Carlisle and Alice, know who changed us. Carlisle, as our sire, provided us with a lot of details. And he remembers because of the research he did for us." I put my head down to look at the video camera in my hands. I had hoped she would remember something at least so this wasn't such a shock.

"Do you have a cable to hook this up to the TV?" I whispered. They all looked at me worried.

"I need you to see this." I told them with a little more confidence. As Esme wandered around looking for a cable I spoke to the room.

"Did any of you know James before the other day?" They all shook their heads. I sighed. 'She has a right to know Bella.' I felt tears welling in my eyes as Esme handed me a cord. I hesitated for a moment before thanking her and hooking it up to the camera. Emmett got up and hooked it to the TV and I held the camera in my hands, rewinding the tape, shaking slightly. Emmett gave me a worried look but I shook my head slightly so show him I was alright.

"I've already um…watched it…up in my room." I told them. I took a deep breath and hit play. The picture now appeared on the big screen TV. I didn't want to relive it, but my eyes were glued to the TV.

"You just ask the best questions don't you. Why don't you tell us your name?" James said. I had been a little unclear on the events of that night, so this helped me to fill in some blanks.

"B-Bella." He laughed on the screen making everyone cringe.

"Well, B-Bella. What do you think we could want with you?" James handed the camera to Victoria and we could now see myself and James on the screen.

"I…I don't know…what are you?" I replied. There was a resounding gasp as the camera caught footage of him grabbing my right arm and throwing me into a waiting tree trunk, the thud very audible. I let out a yelp and fell to the ground. He picked me up and threw me again. I looked to see Alice and Esme sobbing tearlessly. On the TV I hit the ground and rolled into a rock. My head connected with a thud and I winced at it. I heard a low growl coming from Emmett.

"You're so strong…and cold… you're eyes…your teeth…" He grabbed a chunk of my hair and lifted me off the ground.

"You're onto some my beautiful Bella. You know…I know your friend Alice." Emmett's growl deepened and I could hear him mutter "She isn't yours." Jasper growled at the sound of Alice's name. This was the part where he smelled my head.

"Mmmmm…you smell…intoxicating."

"My blood appeals to you…" He laughed. He walked me over to a tree and sat me down carefully against the trunk.

"You know…Alice and I go way back…" This was the part where my screams filled the forest when he grabbed my leg, hard, breaking it. Everyone was paying careful attention at the mention of Alice's name. I looked over and she was standing, watching the screen. I felt tears welling in my eyes. He kept talking, his hands roaming my body, leaving bruise after bruise. He gripped my left wrist and squeezed it hard too, breaking it. I unconsciously rubbed my casted wrist.

"I knew Alice as a little girl…I used to visit her every night." He laughed as if this amused him. I looked to Alice and her eyes were wide. Everyone was flickering between myself, Alice and the screen in disbelief.

"Drove the little girl crazy…" He whispered through my screams.

"She would go to her mommy and cry… 'There is a man that comes to my window at night mommy!' and of course no one would believe her. I stayed with her for years… I bit her once…and sucked out my own venom…just a little taste…" He licked my head again. When did he do all this? I was fully unaware at the time.

"Finally she started to scare her little sister Renee so mommy Clarke sent little Alicia away to an insane asylum. But I followed her there too. She would cry…and cry…so I broke her out… and I bit her. I came back but she was all gone…bitch left me. She could have had so much with me…but she ran after she woke up after 2 days instead of three." Alice was standing in the middle of the room frozen in place. Poor Alice…

"So I went to visit her sister Renee… she started to complain too so mommy put her up for adoption so she didn't have to deal with her too. All too much fun in Jacksonville." He grabbed my jaw in his cold hand at this point and I stopped screaming, pleading with him.

"Please…please I can't handle this… I'm going to have an episode… please stop." I cried to him. He leaned forward and licked a tear off my cheek and then ran his tongue over the cut on my head. Jasper was now holding Alice, who had sunk to the floor, though no one took their eyes from the screen.

"What I want with you? Oh…just a continuing game…with my dearest Alice. Have they not told you of our kind?" Alice sobbed at this. We could all see myself start twitching.

"NO dad run!" The camera flung around to my dad and his partner. We watched as I the other man grabbed my dad and threw him into a tree. My screams were shrill on the camera and everyone cringed as we watched Victoria snap the neck of my dad's partner. The screen came back to myself and James, who was holding me in the air and the Cullen's came into view. The camera was soon forgotten once the fight was in full force, and it soon went blank. I sat there in tears and watched Alice.

"I'm sorry Alice, but I knew you deserved to know…I um…I know where you belong…" They all looked to me in confusion. I sighed.

"Emmett, there is a photo album upstairs in the box you guys brought for me. It should be at the bottom." He nodded and was off in a blur. 'I will never get used to that.' I thought. He came back soon and handed me the album. I flipped through it to the back. It was an album of Phoenix, and in the back was a section I had made with my mom.

"Alicia Clarke goes missing from asylum in 1975, at seventeen years of age, born on May 10th, 1958. No body has been located. Miss Clarke left behind little sister, Renee, 5, and mother Ruth Clarke, 33." I read aloud and turned the book around to show a picture of Alice with long brown hair. They all gasped.

"But Bella…where did you get this?" Jasper asked me, Alice was still unable to speak, and just watched me in disbelief. I sighed, wiping away a tear. Emmett came over to me and knelt beside the chair.

"Renee is my mom… it just… all matches up. My mom said she remembers being five when her mom made her say goodbye to her older sister and her sister just never came back. She told me of a man that would visit her at night like her sister used to complain of and her mom quickly put her up for adoption. Her adoptive parents decided to clip these for her so when she was older she would have a history…a past. We went through this years ago, and I never thought anything of it until I watched the tape. Um… can I have a piece of paper and a pen?" Emmett nodded and grabbed them from the coffee table. I did some calculations on it for her. 'Disappeared at 17 in 1975…' I took a clean sheet of paper and wrote on it.

"Alice Clarke, changed at the age of 17 in 1975 by a vampire named James in Jacksonville, Florida. Was born in Jacksonville to Tim and Ruth Clarke on May 10th, 1958. Little sister Renee Clarke came along in 1970." I then stuck it in the back of the book next to her picture and handed it to her. She held it with shaking hands. 'Do vampires shake?'

Emmett put his arm around me and I leaned into him, not caring that I was mad anymore.

"But…this could only mean that…" Alice sobbed.

"Sweetheart, you're so young! You're only fifty-two!" Jasper joked, all smiles. He seemed so happy. He hadn't caught on yet. All he could see what that Alice had finally found her place in this world.

"But…I'm…Bella?" I nodded and let out a sob.

"You're my aunt."

Bet none of you saw that coming ;) Read and Review! By the way...I know I don't have all the details correct about the Cullen's and I made some stuff up, but that's how I wanted it in this story, so don't worry, it was not a mistake.

Songs:

A Place In This World – Taylor Swift