I hope you enjoy this chapter and please let me know what you think. No flames. Disclaimer: All the characters belong to the author. Except any of the characters I came up with, along with the story line. The story line is all mine. This chapter is a lead way from more problems to happen and everything is not black and white. I wrote something at the bottom of this, so please read it.

Bella was waiting in her parent's informal living room for Jacob to show up. She texted Jacob about picking her up after she left Charlie's home and he had promised that he would take her out for dinner. She was hoping they could have a night together and not have to worry about everything else, or really that she had to worry about anything else. She played with the strap on her purse has she waited for Jacob to pick her up. She had no idea what they were doing; he had only texted back with that she should wear a dress and heels. So that is why she was standing in her parent's informal living room dressed in a fit-and-flare type of dress with a high neckline that tied around the neck and a full skirt that only hit her at mid-thigh. The back was completely open and gave this flirty look to it. To complete the outfit, she was also wearing a pair of nude 5" heels with ½ platform; the front part of the heel was in closed by mesh fabric and the upper part of it with leather. Jacob finally showed up and escorted Bella out to his car and made Bella wear a blindfold. She was beginning to freak out a bit and could not figure out what Jacob had planned or why she had to wear a blindfold. Jacob finally made it to a small private airstrip, where is father's private jet was waiting to take them to New Orleans. He planned on showing Bella a good time and he wanted her to start forgiving him. When they made it to his father's private jet, he helped her up on to the plane and into a seat.

"Jacob…where are we?" Bella asked while trying to take the blindfold.

"It's a surprise Bell…I promise you will have fun." Jacob said while catching Bella's hand that was reaching to take her blindfold off.

"Jake please…you know I hate surprises." Bella said while grabbing Jacob's hand and holding it. He smiled down at their entwined hands and then looked back up at her. He was really hoping that she would soon forget about their past.

"Did I tell you…you look beautiful." Jake said while kissing Bella's hand. Bella began to blush and she could feel her cheeks warming up.

Later,

New Orleans, Louisiana

They had finally landed and Bella felt like she was getting off a plane but was not sure. She was hoping like hell that Jacob had not gotten her on a plane, because she knew for a fact that she should not be leaving her small town. Where she had protection from anyone trying to kill her. Jacob finally removed her blindfold and kissed her forehead.

"Surprise," Jake said while smiling at her. Bella looked around where she was standing and could see that she was defiantly not in Ohio and that she was standing beside a private jet.

"Jake…where are we?" Bella asked while biting her lip and looking up at him.

"New Orleans…I know a fantastic restaurant." He said while smiling. "I figured we could get dinner and then stay at your families plantation home that you guys have down here." His smile got bigger, that he was showing off his dimples.

"What!" She yelled.

"Bella…we don't have to stay at your families plantation home…I just assumed." Jacob replied quickly, thinking that was the problem.

"No…that's fine." Bella said while biting her lip. "I just thought we were going somewhere in Ohio…I should be back home." Bella said while panicking.

"Bella…its okay." Jake said while resting his hands on her shoulder.

"No…its not fine…Jake damn it." Bella said while biting her lip and pacing back and forth.

"What's wrong Bella?" Jacob asked her. He was beginning to worry that he had done something wrong. Bella could not really say anything, because that would be going against his father and their traditions and she did not want to make his father mad at her.

"Never mind…lets have fun." Bella said while taking his hand. "Take me to this restaurant." She decided quickly that she would just have fun, because how much trouble could they get into for a night.

"Okay…your wish is my command." Jacob said while throwing an arm over Bella's shoulder and directing her towards a waiting car. Jacob drove the car to towards the restaurant, they pulled up outside and began walking towards the entrance to the restaurant. Bella noticed three large men standing off in the shadows of the parking lot. Something about them was beginning to make Bella nervous.

"Jake…do you see those guys over there?" Bella asked Jake while motioning with her head and grabbing onto his arm tighter. He looked over to the three guys and just chuckled.

"They probably think that I am very lucky to have a girl like you." Jake said while wrapping one of his arms tighter around Bella. He was figuring there was nothing to worry about the guys, just that they were drunk and probably up to no good.

"Jake…I don't think it's that." Bella said while looking back at the guys. She noticed them walking towards them. "They are walking towards us." Bella said in a worried tone.

"They are probably drunk." Jake said while directing her towards the restaurant. Bella did not see one of the men grab her from behind. She began to scream, the guy holding her, placed his hand over mouth and she tried to bite and kick him, but nothing was working. She watched in horror as one of the men went to hold Jacob from the behind, but Jacob tried side step him, but that did not work. The guy grabbed him from behind, while one of the other men began to punch and kick Jacob in the stomach. In that moment, she was wishing he had come into his werewolf heritage. She watched has Jacob fell to the ground, clutching his stomach, has one of the men began to kick him in the head and the stomach, everywhere. Bella tried to scream, but nothing was working and guy holding her, hit her upside the head with something heavy. Everything went black and the only thing Bella could remember was seeing one of the Jacob laying helplessly on the ground.

A week later, July 12th

New Orleans, Louisiana

Bella did not know what was going on, just that she was locked in a cold dark room. Her head was pounding from whatever the guy had hit her in the head with. She heard screaming coming from somewhere, but she did not know where. She went to touch her face, but she found out that her hands were tied behind her back and that she was sitting on a chair with her feet tied to the legs of the chair. She had a cloth that was tied around her face that was not making it possible for her to scream. She tried to look around the room, but the only thing she could see was that she looked to be in some type of warehouse. More screaming could be heard and Bella was beginning to cry, because she felt like this had happened before. Before she could think of anything else, the door to the room she was sitting in, burst opened and in walked Edward. Edward ran towards Bella and began to tare at her restraints. He finally got her free and he wrapped his arms around her midsection and she began to cry.

"I can't leave you for a second can I?" Edward tried to laugh. Everything in him was screaming to protect his mate and make sure that people, who had hurt her, would pay for what they did. He began to sniff her and nuzzle his head into the crook of her neck. There was something off by her smell; something was not right about her. "Did they give you anything?" He asked, hoping that was not the case.

"I don't know…I don't even know how long I have been here." Bella said in a whisper. "Why?" She asked. He began to sniff her again and she tried to pull away, he stopped sniffing at her when he got to her stomach and his heart dropped. He figured out why she smelled so differently. He could hear a faint heartbeat, the heartbeat of his and Bella's child. Vampire children developed quicker than normal babies, so that meant no human doctors and normally the pregnancies lasted longer than human pregnancies. He stood up quickly with only one thought in mind, getting his mate and unborn child to safety.

"Edward…where's Jacob?" Bella asked. Bella had noticed that Edward's eyes had completely went dark.

"What about the mutt?" Edward growled. Not wanting to think about the mutt being around his mate.

"He was with me…this was all his idea…are we even in New Orleans still?" Bella rambled.

"Yes we are…and he probably being held somewhere else…we need to get you out of here." Edward said while picking Bella up bridal style.

"We need to get Jacob out of here too." Bella said while trying to make Edward put her down.

"I need to get you out of here." Edward growled.

"Edward please…all of this is my fault…he wouldn't be here if it wasn't because of me."

"When he was born…his life has been in danger…just because of what he is." Edward said while getting a firmer hold on Bella. His mind was clouded, by the though of her being pregnant with his child and how much he just wanted to protect her.

"Edward…we have to do something." She could see him take a deep breath of air before saying,

"Fine…but I am getting you out of here first…okay." He said while placing a kiss on her forehead. She felt bad for getting Jacob into this mess. It was her fault that he had tried to impress her with this amazing dinner. "Then when his pack members get here…we will save him, while your being guarded by my friend." Edward said while beginning to rush out of the building. He had managed to knock out a few of the guards on the way out to his car. He placed her in the back seat and then got in himself, while turning on the car and flooring it. He zoomed through the city while heading out of the city. He was glad that he had his mate back in his arms. He was still mad at her for what she had said to him, but they had to get along now, with a child on the way. He knew that she would not figure out she was pregnant for a while, because she was not planning on this. He hoped when she did find out, that she would be okay with it. He finally made it to his friend's house. His old friend was a powerful witch that the late High Queen, Elena had known. He pulled Bella out of the car and carried her up to the house; Bella had managed to fall asleep on the ride the house. His friend lived an hour outside of New Orleans and down in the bayou. The witch in question was standing on her porch, staring at Edward has he walked up the steps. The house was a two-story antebellum plantation home. The witch in question was woman in her mid forties, but was actually nine hundred years old and every bit the most powerful witch alive. She was a very pretty with her light blond hair and light blue eyes and tan skin. She looked the Gräfin (countess) that she had been born to be. She was from Germany, during the medieval era.

"I see you found her." The witch said.

"Yes Ave…I need your help." Edward rushed out has Avelina cleared off her kitchen table and motioned for him to place her down.

"She will be fine Edward." Avelina said has she placed both of her hands over Bella's stomach and began to smile. "And your child is strong to."

"So she will be fine?" Edward asked while placing his hand on Bella's forehead and kissing her head.

"Yes…but she will need her rest…just like her mama did." Avelina said while smiling, she was happy that the prophecy was coming true. The supernatural world needed a new ruler. "Take her up to your room and she should wake in a few hours." Edward just nodded his head and carried Bella up stairs to the room that he was borrowing. He placed her gently down on the bed and kissed her forehead, before covering up with the blankets on the bed. He sat down on the rocking chair that was beside the bed.

A few hours later,

Bella finally woke up and her eyes felt crusty. She finally got her eyes open and she looked around the room she was in. The room had wood floors and three doors leading to somewhere she did not know, the room also had large custom drapes. The room was large and had a crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Bella's eyes landed on Edward when she was done looking over the room, he was staring back at her.

"How do you feel?" Edward asked her while taking her hand in his. He began to rub his thumb over her the top of her hand.

"I feel okay." She said while trying to sit up, but Edward pushed her down.

"You still need to rest." He said while frowning, he did not want her doing anything. He wanted to do everything for her.

"But Jacob needs us." She said while trying to sit up again.

"His pack hasn't got here yet…until then we are staying here." Edward growled.

"Edward please…we can't leave him there…they are going to kill him." Bella begged.

"Bella…let me worry about it." Edward said while pushing her back down. "Now rest…I need to go talk to my friend okay." He said while standing, he could tell that she was glaring at him.

"Where are we Edward?" She asked him.

"Where at a friend mine…now rest."

"I have been a sleep for while now…quit treating me like a child." Bella said, but she really wanted to yell it, but her throat was beginning to hurt. "How did you know where I was at…Charlie said you were on a road trip?" She said while sitting up and crossing her arms of her chest.

"Avelina had a premonition of you in a warehouse…I have spent a week trying to find you and I came down here to visit the witch I was telling you about from before…seeing has you're not going to sleep, while not get up and come visit Avelina…she is the one that actually saved you." Edward said while leaving the room and heading downstairs. He caught Avelina sitting on one of her couches while reading a book.

"Is she up Edward?" Avelina asked without turning around to face Edward.

"Yes and she is driving me insane already." Edward said while walking further into the room and taking a seat across from Avelina on one of her other couches.

"It's probably her hormones." Avelina said while smirking at Edward. When vampires or humans got pregnant with a vampire child, they got all their emotion heightened more than a regular pregnancy, along with the all the signs of being pregnant coming earlier than a normal pregnancy.

"Great." Edward sighed while thinking of his pregnant mate. He did not know how he was going to tell her.

"She doesn't know does she?" Avelina asked.

"No and you're not going to tell her." Edward hissed. "I don't need her being mad at me right now...we have more pressing issues to deal with."

"She will find out soon enough and she may hate you for not telling her sooner." Avelina said calmly.

"Why would I be mad at him?" Bella asked while coming into the room. She had only heard part of the conversation and did not understand what they were talking about.

"You must be Bella." Avelina said while standing walking towards Bella. "You are more beautiful than the dreams I used to have of you." Bella looked at her with a surprise look and then at Edward.

Classes are starting up for me tomorrow, so I will not be updating like I normally do. I will have chapters up every Saturday if I can, or every other Saturday. Something like that, because this is my senior year and I am doing my thesis this semester, so I am going to be busy. I promise to finish both of my stories, but its going to take me longer to finish them. I may put a schedule up on my profile, I am just not sure yet. I have to see what my classes are like first.