Bella POV

"Ow! Not so tight Alice!" I say as my best friend tightens the corset on my dress.

Alice is helping me get ready for the Mate Festival. All male vampires come to try to find their mates. So it's law that all non-mated and single girls attend. The girls are supposed to be dress up in their nicest clothing to be presentable.

Alice is 5 foot 3" with short black hair. Alice is only coming to the festival because I don't want to go alone. Alice found a mate lat year at the festival. His name was Jasper. He is the head of the prince's security. Everyone was shocked that Alice being a lowly commoner was claimed by Jasper when he is so high in ranking.

Of course Jasper didn't really choose her since no one gets to pick their mates but they are in love that's for sure. Since Alice is still 17 she has to stay with her parents till she is 18 before going to the palace to live with Jasper.

Lucky for Alice she turns 18 tomorrow. So tomorrow she will go live with Jasper.

"Hush Bella you have to look good today so you can find a mate and live closer to me." Alice answers.

All the vampires either live in the palace or in the very wealthy part of the community that was made for vampires. The 2 place are closer to each other then from here to the palace. Alice hopes that today I will find my mate and be able to go with her tomorrow, since I turned 18 a week ago.

"There all done! Come look in the mirror Bella." Alice told me.

I walked to the mirror and gasped. I was wearing an elegant dark blue dress it was modest but made my breasts and milky white skin look good. The sleeves didn't cover my shoulders and went down to my wrists.

Alice had on a black dress similar to mine. Alice had to where black to attend the festival. Black meant you were taken by a human or had a vampire mate.

After Alice did my hair so it flowed in smooth waves down my back we left for the festival.

"Bella can we go see Jasper before we go searching for your mate?" Alice asked.

"Sure" I tell her. I couldn't say no she hadn't seen him in almost three weeks and missed him like crazy.

Alice quickly led me to a tent and past a large vampire that let her in knowing who she was. He told us to there while he made sure it was okay to enter. He came out shortly and let us enter.

It was a large tent with some couches, chairs and a table.

Sitting on a couch was Jasper. As soon as he saw Alice he ran and embraced her.

" I missed you so much my pixie." Jasper told Alice. Jasper called Alice his pixie because of how small she was. " Let me introduce you and Bella to my friend."

Jasper took Alice's hand and led her to a man with bronze hair who was sitting in a chair reading a book.

" Alice, Bella, meet Edward." Edward stood stood and smiled at Alice. When he turned to me his smile dropped as he stared at me with wide eyes.

All of a sudden Edward fell to his knees grabbing both my hands. I didn't understand what was going on. I heard Alice squeal happily.

Edward was saying something to my but I couldn't hear him. I suddenly was having trouble breathing in the tight corset. My vision started to blur and I was swallowed into darkness.

Edwards POV

I was trying to enjoy my last few minutes of quite before I had to go face the girls who wanted to be my mate when Jaspers mate came in.

I smiled when he introduced her but when I looked at her friend I frowned.

My body all of a sudden got weak. I then knew what was happening. I had found her. I grabbed her hands and fell to my knees before her.

"Please accept me. For I accept you." I say which are the required words to say to your mate.

She didn't say anything back and I was starting to panicking when all of a sudden my mate fainted.

I immediately grabbed her waist before she could fall. I quickly carried her to the couch.

" Alice loosen her corset so she can breath a little easier." I tell Alice.

Alice quickly hurries over and loosens the corset while I hold her in a sitting position.

She was breathing better and I could tell she was waking up I told Jasper to take Alice and go have fun. I had Emmet send news to my father that I had found her.

Finally when I thought I couldn't take it any more she opened her eyes.

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