Prologue

Sauntering down the streets of Rochester, New York, 1915, Isabella Marie Swan grinned, her glowing red eyes scanning the small amount of men and women littering the streets this late at night.

There was a group of young men at the opposite side of the street bolstering about, laughing and drinking, but she simply gave them a glance and an eye roll. A few feet in front of her were two women, carrying a few bags and talking about their husbands and she laughed upon hearing the lack of their sex lives. Further along the road was a woman, stumbling along the walkway and groaning to herself, her breathing ragged.

Stuffing her hands into her slack pockets and tilting her head to the side while staring at the woman in confusion, Isabella pushed off the balls of her feet and was stood next to her the next second. She looked at the woman, slowly staying next to her, but not saying anything.

The woman made a pained face and let out a pain filled groan, sweat rolling down her face and the woman squeezed her eyes closed, her hands clutching her large stomach.

"Hey," Bella said, blinking at the woman when she jumped in shock, staring at Bella with confusion and hesitation. "What's up with you?" Bella asked, genuinely confused and curious.

The woman let out a bark of laughter, looking almost hysteric as she did. "What's up with me?!" The blonde whisper yelled, taking a step into Bella's bubble of space. "I'm pregnant you idiot! My water broke and I'm in labour!"

Bella took a step back, her hands raised up in a surrender gesture. She took in the beauty of this pregnant blonde woman, but she felt an odd pull more towards the woman's stomach than the woman herself.

"Tell me what to do and I'll help." Bella shrugged, ready to do whatever the woman asked of her.

"Ha! Oh my god, this is just simply ridiculous!" The blonde laughed to herself, incredulous.

"Look lady-" Bella tried to start, taking a step towards the woman.

"JUST TAKE ME TO A DAMN HOSPITAL!" The blonde screamed, bending over in unimaginable pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Bella snapped to attention, carefully picking the woman up bridal style and crouching slightly. "Hold on to me really tight, close your eyes, and whatever you do, don't let go or you'll die." She told the woman.

The blonde looked ready to scream at her again after she gripped onto Bella's neck and closed her eyes, but before she could both she and Bella were launched into the air, jumping from building to building.

Bella used her sense of smell to find the local hospital, the overwhelming smell of disinfectant, chemicals and death alike making her scrunch her nose up in displeasure.

Gracefully landing outside the local hospital as carefully as she could as to not further agitate the blonde in her arms, she walked into the hospital and grabbed the first doctor she came across.

Bringing his face closer to hers and staring into his eyes, she gave him an order. "This woman's in labour, do something about it. Now." She commanded, to which he nodded and gestured to follow him while he shouted orders.

Bella trotted behind the man, then was surrounded by some nurses as she was guided into a room down the hallway.

"Could you set her on the bed over there please?" A nurse asked, smiling at Bella reassuringly as she pointed to the bed.

Bella nodded her head and made her way over, setting the groaning blonde onto the bed, and stepping backwards.

The blondes right hand shot out, grabbing Bella's arm and yanking her back to the bed, firmly gripping Bella's hand. "You're not going anywhere!" She ground out.

Bella nodded to the blonde, gently squeezing her hand. She stood directly next to the blonde, standing tall and proud, but a few of the nurses were rather confused that she didn't seem to be in any pain with the deep hold the woman had on her hand.

"Alright, she's ready to start pushing!" A nurse called out and the staff went to work.

Bella continued to squeeze the blondes hand to help calm and reassure the woman, she couldn't take away the pain she was in, but she could offer some sort of comfort, no matter how small.

2 hours and 37 minutes later, the blonde finally had her baby; a baby girl. The woman had cried out of happiness when she was told it was a girl, but she was weak and tired after the whole ordeal.

As the blonde Bella had met slowly began to nod off, Bella stepped away from her to walk over to the two nurses cleaning up the new born baby. She cleared her throat, alerting the two cooing women to her presence.

"Oh hi," The one to her left said, smiling at her.

"Would you like to see her?" The nurse to her right asks.

Bella nodded, eager to see the child she had felt the pull to. She stepped forwards as the nurses stepped to the sides and Bella couldn't help the loving smile that graced her face upon seeing the baby.

She was such a cute little thing with light blonde spikes of hair, tiny fingers and toes, small chubby cheeks, cute lips, but what caught Bella's attention most were those crystal blue eyes staring into her own deep crimson eyes.

Bella and the baby girl looked at each other, a sense of protection and love filled Bella's chest, but the baby felt secure, safe, almost like this stranger was her home. The baby blinked up at Bella before an adorable toothless smile lit up her face and she waved her arms in the air, a silent plea to be held.

Bella gulped and looked at each nurse, seeing if it would be alright if she held the baby, to which both nurses nodded and urged her forward.

Ever so gently, Bella placed her arms under the baby girl and carefully picked her up, cradling the girl in her arms. As if it was natural she swayed lightly, letting the baby grip her right index finger in that tiny little hand.

The baby slowly closed her eyes, looking perfectly happy and content within Bella's arms. Walking towards the bed that the mother of this baby lay resting, but awake, she settled the child on her chest, fast asleep.

"She's beautiful. What will you call her?" Bella asked, looking at the woman she had met and stayed with only a few mere hours ago.

After a minutes silence the woman spoke. "Rosalie…" She whispered. "Rosalie Lilian Hale."

It was a second after the woman said Rosalie's name that Bella knew she would never leave Rosalie's side.