A/N: know, it's been quiiiite a while since I've updated and I won't make excuses... A lot of things came up and sadly, updates might be a little slow moving along now due to school and such. Have to apply to college and scholarships, gosh so many things to do that I don't want to do... Wish me luck getting into college!

Summary: Bella Swan is suddenly teleported to the Bronze Age through a mysterious portal where she's suddenly accused of murder. There's a mysterious man helping her and it turns out he's the queen's son, heir to the throne! Join Bella in her quest to prove her innocence, and more importantly, to return home before it's too late.

Rating: M (For several reasons, enough said.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, it belongs to SM. What does belong to me though is this plot and any original characters that I add in there. I repeat: I make no profit off of this.

CHAPTER FOUR: ROYAL BLOODS

Alice decided to help out, "Royalty? A princess? Of royal blood? Yeah choose your pick."

Bella's eyes widened again, this time they were as big as saucers. The fact that Alice was royalty wasn't surprising; she held an air of royalty around her so it was pretty obvious. But suddenly the puzzle pieces were fitting together. "Um...What year are we in?"

"Year? What's that?"

"Holy shit!" Bella squeaked, "I'm in the past!"

Everything made sense now, the weird prehistoric way people were dressing and the strange accent they had. How was that even possible? Magic was definitely not possible, or was it? Bella remained quiet for several moments trying to gather her thoughts. Time travel did seem plausible in this situation, no matter how unlikely it was.

"Bella?" Alice's voice called out. "What do you mean you're in the past?"

Bella froze for a moment. "Oh sorry, I'm just recalling something from the past." She gave a nervous laugh before quickly dismissing it. "Was this Emmett your only brother?" Bella really did not want Alice thinking about the notion of time travel; after all, it was probably some mistake. If it was true, she wasn't sure if Alice should know yet.

Alice stared at her, almost calculating before giving her natural smile, "Oh no, there's Edward. He's a bit of a grouch though. He doesn't like me very much these days. I guess I give him a headache, but I don't know how. Maybe I talk too fast for him? I only talk fast when I have a lot to say and I don't want to waste time. Don't you feel the same way?"

Bella stared at her, eyebrow lifted in surprise, sure she just mentioned speaking fast but there was no way anyone could understand it. "Um..." she trailed off. "Sure?" Bella was not sure if she should have revealed that she did not hear a thing. It didn't matter because slowly, Alice stood up and grabbed her lamp.

"Alice?" Bella panicked, was she leaving? Leaving her down here alone? In the dark?

Sensing the panic in her voice, Alice shook her head, "No silly, I'll be right back." Bella gave a slight nod before hearing the distinct clang of a door closing. Now, she was left in complete darkness to mull over her thoughts.

Could time travel really be the answer here? Bella reached for her phone to look at the NO SIGNAL sign. She sighed, knowing it wasn't going to be that easy, but used the brightness to provide a little light inside the small dog cage. It was definitely made of brick, she could see the jagged ends, the same as the stairs she was roughly dragged down on her way here. Slowly, her eyelids grew heavy. She checked her phone and it read 4:58 AM. When did it get that late? Had she been in this dog cage and talking to Alice for that long? Shouldn't the sun be going up by now? The sound of metal clanging brought her back to her situation, Alice must be back.

"She's not even here and yet she was threatening me. Damn Alice." A young man stood in front of her cell, she couldn't see his face since he was pretty tall, too tall for the cage to let her see. His voice was rough, as though someone just woke him up from sleep, probably Alice. The stranger suddenly crouched and finally Bella could see his face, she did a double take. He was...well, to put it bluntly, gorgeous. He looked about her age, maybe a few years older, and he looked as though he survived many wars. He looked mature and his eyes were no doubt green. His hair was pointing in all the right directions , a natural bed head. He was wearing the clothes people in this time wore, except it was definitely more male suited. This young man wore a sleeveless white robe that revealed his well toned biceps, which reached his ankles, and from what Bella could see, he was wearing leather sandals. Around his biceps were these gold braces, relatively short. On his forehead, a golden band adorned with rubies.

The young man cleared his throat, clearly uncomfortable with the way Bella was ogling him. She blushed, embarrassed; never before had she stared at a man as though he were a piece of meat. "Sorry..." she muttered, low enough for him not to hear but loud enough to make her feel better and justified. It wasn't her fault, the man was...well...he looked good.

"You must be Bella. Supposed murderer," he guessed, hitting the mark in the center.

Well, two could play at this game. "You must be Edward. Supposed brother of Alice."

"It's not supposed in my case. It is rude to not refer to a royal blood as such," he pointed out. Bella narrowed her eyes, in warning, was he saying she did commit murder?

"Well then, Prince Edward." Bella snapped, "If that's so, why are you here?"

"Alice thinks you're innocent." He added quickly, "I do too, but to a certain point." Bella's expression softened, why didn't he say so in the first place? She was starting to get angry.

A moment of silence stretched between the two before the door opened to reveal Alice. She entered with a cheerful attitude to find this tense atmosphere inside the cell area.

"Stop ogling each other, geez, I can feel the lust in the air," she announced with a hint of sarcasm.

My response was immediate, and the same as Edward's. "Please," we both muttered in perfect synchrony.

"Well, well, well!" She clapped her hands. "You guys are in sync too! Destined for each other."

"Come on Alice, I wouldn't want to even think about sharing a bed with a commoner." Edward took a few steps back, as if standing next to Bella's cell could transfer commoner germs over to him. Bella growled; she was vaccinated!

"Whatever!" Bella snapped. "I wouldn't want to be with a bitter prince like you anyway. Way too much trouble. I bet you can't even make your own bed or make your own tea."

"What did you say?" Edward hissed. "I didn't quite hear you. I don't speak commoner language."

"What was that?" Bella countered. "I don't understand royal jackass language."

The two glared at each other, the anger in the air so thick and compressed you could cut it with a blunt knife.

"What is a jackass?" Alice suddenly asked, breaking the tension. Edward seemed to agree with her, he didn't seem to know what it was either but he assumed it was an insult. Bella, on the other hand, was rolling on the cold, hard cell floor. The fact that Alice asked was not the funny thing, the way she said it with a straight face, in addition to the accent in which she said it; it was damn hilarious.

Edward finally broke the charade, "Okay, I can't do this. She is obviously out of her mind." Alice flashed a knowing smile and Edward was again reminded of the threat hanging in the air. "Forget it," he muttered.

Once Bella finished gasping for some much needed air, Alice shook her head and sat down, motioning for Edward to do the same.

"Wow, Prince Edward, sitting on the floor like a commoner. How does it feel?" Bella taunted, although this time there was less malice in her voice.

"Well, if you must know, commoner, it feels absolutely filthy. If I rolled over in it like a pig, I would probably die."

Bella rolled her eyes at his sarcasm, one of these days, she was going to kick him where it really hurts.

"I'm going to kick you if I ever get out of this stupid cage."

"Just make sure you stay away from my wonderful nether regions," he replied with a confident smirk.

"Wonderful nether regions, my ass."

"Ew." He scrunched his nose. "I don't think so. I don't know what that meant, but I'm quite familiar with what an ass is. I want to be as far away from yours as possible."

Bella gritted her teeth, reaching between the bars with her arms. She missed him by at least ten centimeters. "Darn."

Edward gave a sarcastically evil chuckle; it sounded as though someone was prepared to take over the world. "Better luck next time, commoner."

Bella huffed, a piece of her hair flew up then went back down to where it was originally. "My name is not commoner, it's Bella."

Alice remained quiet throughout this ridiculous banter. Some of this didn't even make sense, what was the purpose of these insults? Could they even be considered insults?

She smiled and clapped her hands, loud enough for it to be able to burst an eardrum and cause an echo that lasted at least five whole minutes.

"All right, lover birds. I think we have things to discuss." She interrupted the two before Bella or Edward began another series of meaningless insults. "Like maybe, Bella's judgement day in two days time?"

"Oh yeah. Judgement time? What's that? Like people passing judgement on an alleged criminal?"

"Well of course, what else could judgement day be?" Edward frowned, giving her Alice's famous I-can't-believe-you're-so-dumb look.

"Why you little..." The two began bickering again.

Alice's eyes switched between the two before she facepalmed. "Back to the point!"

In another area, hidden from prying eyes, two people whispered in urgency.

"Don't worry, they won't know I did it," a deep voice reassured the woman standing before him.

"How do you know that?" the woman hissed, clearly panicking.

"It is her word against mine, who would ever believe her? Besides, there was no evidence left in the room."

The woman seemed to relax for a moment, "All right then. Good thing you got her there at the right time."

The male grinned. "Of course, bringing one from another world is no easy task. The Aquarii star is only visible once a year. I brought her here for a reason; her destiny is to die for my cause."

A/N: The Aquarii star is actually seen all year long I think but for the sake of the story it will be once every year. This will be quite important in future chapters! Thanks to all that follow and favorite this story, until next time!