Eternal Wounds

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own New Moon, or Twilight, or Eclipse.

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Bella POV (A few weeks after the Cullens leave in New Moon)

I stood in front of the Cullens' house, tears sliding down my cheeks. My eyes were already sore, but I couldn't stop myself from crying. I missed him. But he didn't love me. Alice, Emmett, Carlisle, Esme and Jasper were gone. I didn't care much for Rosalie. Their names opened new wounds in me. I missed them so much.

I couldn't let this go on any longer. I saw people in school staring at me, frightened, confused, upset looks on their faces. They didn't understand. I knew Charlie worried for me. He was immensely concerned. I couldn't keep crying all day. Neither could I mope. But I was afraid. I couldn't pick myself up after he left. I would just make the situation worsen.

This had to stop. And so I decided to end my life. It was obvious, Charlie wouldn't worry for me, he would feel the pain, and it would be gone soon enough. As for Renee… she had Phil. I hoped Charlie wouldn't have a heart attack when he heard I was dead. I would miss Charlie and Renee a lot.

Renee… she would blame Charlie for this. It was in her nature. I choked up again when I thought of her angry, demanding expression she would have when she was yelling at Charlie. I sighed. It was better to do it quickly, get it over with.

How would I die? I toyed with the idea of jumping down a cliff. I didn't fancy the idea of my body piercing through the icy cold water, and then suffocating. I decided on poison. Poison was fast, lethal and easy. I just had to grab some rat poison from the shop nearby.

I opened the door of my truck and revved up the engine. I was ready to go until I heard the voice. It was soft, twinkling. "Where are the Cullens?" I glanced out of my truck's window. A small girl, nearly the size of Alice stood at the door of my truck, with two tall, slender men behind her. The thing was, they all had ruby red eyes. And they were all pale white. One of the men had their dark hair cropped short; the other's flowed down to his shoulder.

"They're gone," I examined all of them. They were definitely vampires. But they weren't vegetarians. I made my voice neutral. "The scent is fading. About three weeks, I should say," the long-haired man murmured. This wasn't good. The fact that they were speaking openly meant that I was about to be vampire feed. It wasn't that bad a way to die. At least I didn't have to get the rat poison. I shrugged and braced myself for one of them to leap at me.

The long-haired man had paused, eyes unfocused. "They're scattered, Jane." The girl – Jane – shrugged. "We'll just have to find Carlisle, then." Her tone was menacing. The two men nodded. It seemed like she was the leader – of what? A coven? The shorter haired one smiled at me. "Who wants this kill?" I looked at him, trying to seem fearful. It wasn't going very well.

Jane smirked. "Let me have some fun with her first." She looked hard at me, and then widened her red eyes in surprise. "It doesn't work on her." She closed her eyes. The other men looked at her in some surprise, and then the long-haired one laughed. It was full of glee. I looked at them, trying to approximate their age. Perhaps over a hundred years? It was hard to tell.

"Finally, someone who's immune to you," he smirked. "Felix, what do you think?" The shorter-haired one shrugged, seemingly uninterested. So now they had names. "Why don't we just finish her and be done with it?" Felix asked, bored. Jane shook her head. "She could be of use to us. Aro would be delighted to meet her." Felix muttered something about Aro being delighted to meet anyone, and Jane gave him a piercing glare.

Surprise enveloped me as I realized they were from the Volturi. I decided it was time to open my motor-mouth that always said too much. "Why don't you kill me now, or let me go on my way and kill myself?" All three of the vampires turned their heads in shock at me.

"She knows." I sighed. Now what? The nameless one stepped up to Jane, long hair swinging in the wind. "You can't penetrate her mind. She knows about us. We'll have to bring her to Aro."

Jane opened her mouth to argue, but Felix beat her to it. "He'll read our minds later, anyway. If we don't bring her, we'll miss a good dinner. If we do… we might see an interesting show, and have a new member." She shrugged again, and then raised her hand to my head and I crashed into unconsciousness.

A/N: I hope you like it. Review; give flames, lots of flames, burning criticism that is useful. And not rubbish. R & R, you know the usual thing… enjoy it, by all means.

Love,

Celande