Alice supported Bella as they wandered out of the fair and towards the car park. Luned trailed behind with Rose, staring in amazement as more and more strange things came into view. Huge metal poles, standing as high as a castle keep topped with…Luned peered up, squinting. Glass? But glass was so rare; surely it could not be that! She ran into Alice's back, so transfixed was she on the view above her, she hadn't noticed anyone halt.

She was bumped backwards and stumbled slightly, finally lowering her gaze to see why everyone was stopping, and to watch Bella moving ahead with something small shining in her hand.

"What is that?" Luned asked, tilting her head to the side and staring wideeyed at the shiny white thing on the dirt in front of her,

"That would be a car," Alice said, grinning at the confused look on Luned's face.

"What is car? Luned demanded, still unsure as to what was going to happen next.

"A car," Bella said, poking the metal thing she held into the side of the thing called car. "It's a mode of transportation. Like a horse, except faster."

Luned nodded and stepped over to the bonnet, attempting to climb on.

Alice snickered.

"What the hell is she doing?" Rosalind asked, frowning at the sight of the young woman, tripping over the edge of her dress, trying to find a way of settling herself without slipping off.

"Why is there no saddle?" Luned asked, slipping again. "It must be very difficult to hold your seat without one.

"She is trying to ride it, like a horse." Alison erupted into peals of laughter. "She's never seen a car, Rose."

"Obviously." Rose remarked dryly.

"Luned, you don't ride on it, like a horse." Bella said softly, twisting the key and listening to the pop of the locks. "You ride in it."

Luned slid down the bonnet again, now turning back to the car and watching Bella open the driver's door.

"In?" She said nervously.

"Yes, Luned. I told you, there are a lot of things you won't understand."

"But you do, my lady." Luned frowned.

Bella sighed, closing her eyes and pressing her lips together in pain. "Yes, Luned. Because this is my home."

"Really?" The Welshwoman said in excitement. "I am getting to view your home?"

"Oh, yes." Alice smiled, trying to stifle the last of her giggles. "You are."

"How thrilling!" Luned stepped to the door Bella was still holding open. "Is this where we ride?"

"No, Luned. This is where Rose or Alice rides." Bella gazed imploringly at her friends, said to Alice in particular "Please, I can't bear it."

"No problem," Alice said seriously, all trace of humor vanishing as swiftly as it came. She circled the car, taking the keys from Bella. "You hop in the back with Luned. I think there are some things that are going to need explaining."

Bella nodded, opening the back door and gesturing for Luned to get in. The other woman looked at the door warily and leant down to peer inside. "Really, my lady? I climb in here? Are you certain?"

"Absolutely," Bella replied.

"Does she have to keep up the language?" Rosalie asked, before sliding into the front passenger seat. "We have left the fair, after all."

"She's very into her character, Rose," Alice answered. "Don't worry about it."

Luned hopped in the car carefully, scowling at the odd material that covered the seats. "What is this?" She asked, running her hand over the cloth.

"It's called velour." Alice remarked from the front of the car.

Rose tapped her foot impatiently. "Can we get moving? I want Bella home and in bed, sleeping off that mulled wine."

"Shuffle over, Luned." Bella poked her head into the car, gesturing so the Welshwoman could have no doubt what she meant. "And I'm not drunk, Rose. I don't need to sleep. I need my computer."

"What is this computer?" Luned questioned, bouncing on the seat. "You spoke of it earlier. These chairs are wonderful. Much more comfortable than a saddle, or a bench."

"You'll see, Luned." Bella sighed. "There's a lot for you to see. Just…look. I'll explain as much as I can." She leant across Luned and strapped on her belt before securing her own. "For now, homeward bound."

"I'll help," Alice added. "It won't be easy, and," she bit her lip, watching Bella in the rearview mirror. "And you need time."

"Thanks, Alice." Bella murmured, another tear slipping down her cheek.

Alice turned the key in the ignition and the car spluttered to life. Luned leapt in her seat, her head hitting the roof. "What…what…" She stammered, terrified. "What sort of torture is this?" Her dark gaze turned to Bella. "Please, my lady. I said I am sorry! I did not mean to cause your love's death! Do not punish me, please! I beg of you!"

Rose snorted. "Is she on drugs? Seriously?"

"Luned," Bella said sharply. "No one's torturing you. I told you, this is transportation."

"Then why have you strapped me in, so I cannot escape?" The other woman demanded, fear in her eyes.

"Seat belts are for safety, Luned. Cars go a great deal faster than horses do. In an accident, without a seatbelt, you're far more likely to die."

Luned watched Bella carefully, paying particular attention to her mistress' own seatbelt. She nodded stiffly, but remained wary, her hands gripping the edge of the seat by her legs tightly, so that her knuckles showed white.

"Let's go," Alice said, putting the car in reverse and pulling out of the makeshift carpark.

Luned's grip tightened as she was thrown forward and then backwards against the seat.

"Sit back, Luned." Bella sighed. "It will be easier."

The maid did, although her eyes still burned with terror.

"Home," Bella murmured, watching the scenery pass. "Although not so sweet."

* * * * *

"So those were…people's homes? Luned asked Alice incredulously.

"Yep. They're called high rise apartments. Some of them are offices."

"Offices? What are offices?"

Bella opened her apartment door and Alice led Luned in. "Forget about them for now. This is an apartment. Bella's. Let me show you around."

"Is there something wrong with that girl?" Rose asked Bella as the other two women wandered away.

"Don't worry about it, Rose. She's from the country."

"Come on. They can't be that backwards, can they?"

"Homeschooled," Bella said stiffly. "On a farm."

"Oh." Rose wandered into the kitchen.

"I'm just going to check something on my computer, okay? Just give me a minute."

"Sure thing!" Rose called. Bella heard the sound of the kettle switch being flicked on, cups clattering.

Bella slowly crossed her small lounge to her computer desk and stared down at her computer. It was old, really old, but it did fine, if a bit slow. Bella chewed nervously on her bottom lip. Somewhere out there, on the World Wide Web, would be the words; the death of Edward, and hopefully James. Alison's death and Rosalind's. Whether or not Esme had her baby.

Bella sighed and pressed the on button, listening to the familiar buzz as it came to life.

The water in the bathroom came on, followed quickly by a high pitched scream.

"It's okay, Luned!" Bella heard Alison say loudly over the continued shrieks. "It's a shower. For washing!"

Bella shook her head. At least when she had gone back in time, she had a vague idea of what things would be like from the little attention she had paid in history class in high school. Luned would know nothing at all, would have to learn everything as though she were a newborn baby.

Bella shook her head, smiled bitterly as the search engine came up on her computer. She sat in her chair, steadying her breathing and resting her fingers lightly on the keyboard.

After what must have been a solid five minutes of debating whether or not she actually wanted to do this, she quickly typed, Cullen Castle and inhabitants, 1137.

She waited.

Nothing.

She drummed her fingers on the computer desk and waited a bit more.

Still nothing.

Then a black screen.

"Damn it!" She cursed. The screen had been threatening to give out--typical that it would happen right now. She slapped the side of the monitor in frustration and stared blankly at the dark screen.

"Rose!" She called out finally.

"Ya-huh?"

"I'm going to the library for a minute. I'll be back."

"Okay, we'll be here."

"Keep an eye on Luned for me, okay?"

"Country girl is just fine with Alice. See you in a few."

Bella scooped up the car keys Alice had dropped on her small table near the door and hurried out of her apartment. Now that she had decided, she wanted to know, couldn't wait another second to see what had eventuated with her other friends, the ones that she would never see again. Tears blurred her vision as she stumbled down the stairs and to the car park, missing the lock and scraping the key against her car. She leant her back against the cool metal for a moment, allowing the tears to run freely down her cheeks. They were all gone, as though they were some kind of dream.

She pictured Alison's peaceful face, Rosalind's laughing one. She concentrated carefully on Jacob's black dancing eyes and Esme's friendly ones.

Finally she allowed herself the most painful memories of all. She wrapped her arms around her cold aching chest and pictured a smoldering emerald fired gaze, bronze hair blown carelessly in the breeze. Muscled arms on either side of her face as he pressed her into the grass. She sobbed, heartbroken as she remembered his face in his final moments, pleading with her to be safe from his brother, using his final breaths to declare the love he had been so frightened to give. She slid down the car, gripping herself tighter, her sobs out of control. Her Edward. Her love. How could she ever be happy again?

* * * * *

Luned sunk into what Alice had called a sofa.

For a while, there had been so much to see, she hadn't had a moment to think about things that were too painful to be remembered, instead she was recalling a bath entirely different from any she had ever known, a bed much harder than even the highest nobles, something called a toilet, which was a newer version of a privy, that thankfully cleaned itself.

And tea. Alice was pressing an oddly small cup of the drink into her hand.

"It helps you relax," Alice said, nodding, and bringing her own cup to her mouth. Luned sipped at it, testing. It was an odd blend of unrecognized herbs, but interesting. And sweet.

"I like it," Luned said slowly.

"Good." Alice grinned.

Luned lapsed into silence again, her last sight of Jacob causing her eyes to tear. She had no one but herself to blame for his death. She had been a fool, set on revenge, and she had paid the price. Or more correctly, Jacob had paid the price, and she would have to live with the continued guilt, not only for her loss, but for Bella's as well.

She looked down, let a single tear drop into her tea. Poor, innocent, loving Jacob. And the only time he had taken her--another tear slipped do her nose--was when she was playing the fool and stealing Edward's coin. Luned's greatest relief was that James would never have Isabella now.

Not that it was anywhere near being worth the misery she had caused.

* * * * *

After wiping away the worst of her tears, Bella had finally climbed into her car and taken herself to the local library. Now she sat before a computer, the search engine beaming at her, daring her to find out the truth of her loved ones.

With an indrawn breath she typed the same as earlier; Cullen Castle and inhabitants, 1137.

This time, the answers were there immediately.

She clicked onto the first site.

A/N - Oh, my, you guys have blown me away! All the alert adds, and favorite adds, and reviews...I was gaping like a fish at the computer all of yesterday! I only hope I can live up to your expectaions!

I'll clear up a few questions straight off for you - this is still a romance, yes! And clearly, no one has yet had their happy ending! No, Edward is not going to die again (that would be silly, and completely overdone) but that's not to promise the continuing existence of everyone else! Just him!

The story says Bella and Leah, because you can only pick 2 major characters...although there are many more than 2! (Leah of course being who Luned, appearance wise at least, is loosely based on and for now, Luned and Bella are the focus). POV's will shift, probably considerably more than in 'A Faire To Remember', but for now it will be those two.

Overall, I hope you enjoy this as much as you did 'A Faire To Remember'!