Disclaimer- I own absolutely nothing. Funny enough, twilight belongs to someone called Stephenie Meyer. However the plot is mine! waaahaaay.

AN- This little story has been running through my head for ages! I've already have everything planed out so updates should be quite frequent as all i have to do is flesh out the chapters. I have no Beta so please keep that it mind. I will try and catch all mistakes but a few will most likely slip through. Let me know if you enjoy this or not as I have no idea if anyone would. If you follow my other story A Blooming Rose, i am sorry for the long wait for an update but i have had a hectic year. Plus my muse has gone and died on me. I am working on it though and HOPEFULLY a new chapter should be up This week. Hope you enjoy, so read on!

Chapter one- Meredith.

Bella P.O.V

Bella closed her eyes as she let the soft breeze whip through her hair. Being outside always refreshed her mind. The four walls of buildings felt like they where closing in on her when she was inside to long. Claustrophobia is what the doctor had told her mother. Bella just felt like she was more in tuned with nature. There was nothing that could beat being out when the sun was high in the sky and everything was painted in a soft light. Bella carried on walking across the deserted clearing she was in. The grass seemed greener today, mocking her. She was going to miss this place most of all.

Bella was on her way back to her house in phoenix. She could walk the pathway blind with the amount of times she had visited this clearing in the last three years. That was going to change soon though. Renee had married a minor league baseball player about two months ago. Phil was a brilliant guy and he balanced her mother out. Renee and Phil just clicked like two puzzle pieces. A lot better then her father Charlie and her mother ever did. There was nothing wrong with her father or mother individually, they where just not right for each other. Toxic. It couldn't be helped.

Bella dug her toes into the soft earth for a moment. She would have to put her shoes back on when she reached the road. Renee always had a stern comment or two when she spotted Bella without any shoes on, which was quite often. Bella didn't like the confined feeling shoes caused her feet. However social necessities wouldn't let her run around barefoot. She didn't want to rush back. This was likely the last time she would get to visit this place.

Bella diverged from her pathway and stumbled down a small bank. She would only sit for a few minutes. She needed to soak up the fresh air if she was going to be on a plane for the next six to seven hours. It was Renees idea really. She was going to go live with Charlie in five months time when the league was back up and Phil had to travel. Renee said she would stay at home but Bella could tell she would miss Phil if she had to. She couldn't do that to Phil or Renee. She never knew, forks could be fantastic. Unlikely but still a possibility.

Renee had sat her down and talked to her last week. She wanted her and Bella to spend some quality time together before she left. After a lot of talking she had finally gotten on to the point of going on a vacation out of the country. Sure, Bella and her mother had travelled before but never out of America. It was exciting. Renee was thinking of places like Brazil or The Caribbean but Bella was already adamant on the place she wanted to go. She had been since she was eight and first picked up a book about ancient civilisations. Egypt was there destination. Bella always dreamed of going and here was her chance. It was a bittersweet victory. The hovering of leaving her mother was thick in the air. She wouldn't be coming back here, no, she was going straight to forks so these would be her last moments to make memories. Of course she would visit but it wouldn't be the same.

Bella was going to focus on the here and now. She was finally ticking off a bucket list number. Bella got up from her seat on the bank and began her walk home again. Renee and Phil where most probably cuddled up on the sofa, ignorant of the world outside of their bubble. The thought made her smile. She would be lucky if she found someone who... fit her like Phil did Renee. Bella had seen what had happened between her mother and father. She could look upon relationships without rose coloured glasses, not like the rest of girls her age. True love was not often and happily ever afters you had to fight for.

Life was not a Shakespearian novel. So don't treat it like it was. It would only end in heartbreak for everyone involved. Bella spotted the road leading to her house up above. The heat made the image distort slightly. It was lucky she lived in a hot place even if she didn't look like it. Egypt was going to be boiling in the summer and she felt like she was prepared for the heat she knew was to come.

Bella had no idea what she was going to do with her life. At seventeen, shouldn't she have an inkling of what she wanted to do when she left school? Bella knew she wanted to get into ancient history or literature but that was as far as she could get. Did she want the picket fence and apple pie life? Bella couldn't hold in the snort. Definitely not. She wanted flavour and spice! Something exciting, an adventure! That was unlikely. Bella wasn't the kind to get that kind of life. Too studious. She found the weirdest things fascinating, not to even mention her non existent grace. Real life was far from an adventure novel.

As Bella reached the road she saw a fallen tree of to the edge. The leaves where darkening and falling of. Something big must of happened because it was a large tree and it was still standing perfectly fine two days ago. The end of the tree was jagged and ripped. It wasn't sawn down then. Bella shook her head and carried on walking. Why was she just standing there like an idiot wandering why the tree had been chopped down. She was running late as it was. She promised her mother she would be in by half two for dinner, it was pushing quarter past three. To be fair her mother was most likely pre-occupied and would not notice her late arrival.

The old swing that sat in there front lawn came into view. The paint was cracked and flacked in places and you could see the metal from underneath shining through. Bella loved that swing. She had great memories of her mother and her sitting on that very thing, laughing about mundane things and gossip Renee had heard. Bella wondered if she could get Renee to send it down to forks. Renee couldn't take it with moving around from spot to spot with Phil, so why not her? She wondered if it would fit in with Charlie's house.

After dinner She would have to check she had packed everything. Her and Renees flight left at four. Bella couldn't wait to see all the museums and stalls. Egypt was a mine field for the senses. The bright colours, cuisine, the music and the soft fabrics they used. Her senses were in for a feast. She needed to make sure she packed all three cameras. Bella was an organised being and she had different cameras for different things. One for art. One for architecture and the other for just being out and about.

Walking through the door she greeted her mother with a kiss and Phil with a smile. Yes she was going to make the best out of this. She had been dreaming of this trip for far too long to let a storm cloud rise above it. "Are you looking forward to the trip Bells?" Renee asked her as she sat twirling her fork in her bolognaise. Bella rose an eyebrow at her mother. She knew the answer to that. Renee let a chuckle escape and Phil joined in with her.

Bella ran through what she had to do in her head before they left. She had already drawn out on a map there destinations. The museums and markets they wanted to visit. She had packed all of her clothes. She needed to go over her mothers stuff. One fault of Renees, she was hair brained. She would forget her head if it wasn't attached to her body. Yeah, she would definitely have to go through that.

Bella looked around the yellow kitchen she was eating her dinner in. This was the last time she was going to see the bright walls. The last time she was going to be eating in here. The walls seem to close in on her when she thought that. Her breathing came a little faster. She was going to be stepping into the unknown. She had no clue what might come hurtling her way. This could be the end of everything she knew. Bella took in a deep breath. She needed to calm down. She refused to have a panic attack over a plate of half eaten spaghetti. This wasn't the end of anything. This was a new beginning.

Bella P.O.V

The flight was a nightmare. Bella Didn't do well with keeping still and in confined spaces very well. Luckily She had fallen sleep hallway through. When Renee and Bella had final left the plane they both sported haggard looks. They couldn't wait to get to their hotel and just rest for the night. Bella was determined they would go out early tomorrow. The first stop was The Egyptian museum in Cairo. It housed the world most extensive collection of Pharaonic antiquities. Bella had bought two, thirty two GB SD cards for her camera just for the place. She wanted to kick off big and what other better way?

So that was what she was up to right now. She was standing outside the massive building basically vibrating with excitement. Renee was next to her smiling at Bellas obvious happiness. Snatching up her mothers arm She dragged the taller woman to the entrance. "Did you know the original collection was established in late nineteenth century under Auguste Mariette and housed in Boulaq?" Renees eyes danced with mirth as she regarded her daughter. Most teenage daughters only got this excited over their parents buying them a knew car. Not her Bella though.

"No, but now I do." Renee let her drag her around for a little bit but then told Bella she needed to sit down for a little while. Renee promised to meet her in half hours time in the little café outside. Bella hardly took notice of her when she left. There was too much to see! Bella refused to leave before she had a proper look at all she could. She would keep going until her feet dropped off if she had too. Every exhibit was magnificent and the layout was easy to follow.

The Museum was filled to the brim With ancient artefacts. It was a treasure trove for any history fan. Everything in this building had a story to tell. Secrets to whisper. The past was literally in every little thing in here. Bella could feel her fingers tingle with the urge to touch. She wondered how many artefacts in this building the museum didn't know the facts about. How many secrets they held. Bella was so pre-occupied she didn't see the person she bumped into. Bella stumbled back and apologies profusely.

The man looked to be in his early forties. Bella could of sworn she saw a fleck of red in his brown eyes but dismissed the thought. "Don't worry little one. I am Amun." Bella smiled at the man. "How many wonders do you think are sitting in this building? Just waiting to be discovered." Bellas hands automatically clasped in front of her. She was practically bouncing on her feet. The deep baritone of Amuns chuckle seemed to shake the room with its Deepness. "I think you could find more...wonders to discover outside this building. You like history?" She nodded her head. With the way she was acting she should just paint geek on her forehead.

"Well I will leave you too it. You must visit the market just down the road. Its a lovely place. Especially the stall owned by Meredith. You might find something... Amazing there." The strange man gave her one last nod and glided out of the room. Bella carried on looking around the collection she was currently flicking through. They had so many things Bella could spend hours examining, unfortunately she was running out of time to meet her mother outside. She would look at a few more things and then she would have to go. Her mother would understand if she was a few minutes late.

In a corner sat a calendar. Bella strode towards it. The Egyptians needed calendars to tell them when and when not the Nile would flood. Their whole agricultural system balanced on this. Without the calendar there would of been rampant famine through the country. It was fascinating to see in real life. Long, long ago, many lives would depend on this. Something so simple held so much power. It made Bella think of how easy some parts of the world had it now.

Wondering through the halls and stopping at a few exhibits to get a better look, Bella made her way through the museum. Something glistened and shone in the corner of her eye. Turning her head she saw the most iconic symbol of ancient Egypt. King Tutankhamun's death mask. Bella walked over to it and got as close as the glass and safety line allowed her to. The picture of this mask is the first thing she ever saw or knew about Egypt. It is what started her in getting interested in the Egyptian civilisation.

Bella took a step back, still facing the mask. There was so much here and yet she wanted to see more. Know more. Maybe this was her calling. This is what she should do with her life. Sure there wasn't really much more archaeology to be done but the things people had found already still needed explaining. There where so many artefacts that just didn't have a backstory. Maybe that's what she could do. Become some sort of curator. Bella could see herself doing just that.

She made a mental note to ask her mother if she could go to some temples while they where here. Maybe even a tomb or two. They where here for a month. She was going to fit in as much as humanly possible. She wanted to see where they lived. How they lived. She was going to be a sponge while she was here and suck up as much knowledge as she could. When would she get another chance like this? Likely never again. Bella started compartmentalising what she wanted to see and how bad she did. Listing them in priority.

Bella saw Jewellery held in a glass case. If she tried hard enough she could see Dancers wearing them. She wondered if the beat would of been fast or slow? It hardly mattered. It wasn't as if she would ever see such a thing no matter how much she wanted too. She did know how fantastic it would of looked though with the setting sun glinting off the metal. The gold and jewels of the jewellery would of shined a lot more two thousand years ago. It would of been a magnificent sight.

Of course everything wasn't rainbows and unicorns back then. Disease was prolific. When you were poor you where very poor. A broken leg would of been a death sentence. Some one as clumsy as she was wouldn't of lasted too long in a world like that. She would of been long gone. Medicine while advance for its time was no where near the way it was now. That's not even taking into account all the wars and tribal fights that was going on back in that time. It was a very bloody world back then. Its why people died so young.

Slavery as well. The Egyptians were horrifically known for it. It was no way too live and slaves didn't have a way out. To except the beautiful parts of history you had to except the dark and deranged part of it as well. Ancient civilisations where bathed in both. You could bet if you found something majestic you would find something just as evil too. It was the way of life back then.

Bella sighed and looked at her wrist watch. She had five minutes left before she was expected to meet Renee outside. Bella dragged her feet as she left. She could spend a lifetime in here but sadly her time was up. Reaching into her back pocket she pulled out the map and notes she had made. Bella saw that their next destination was a spa, her mother had suggested that one. The man, Amuns, Voice rang in the back of her head. Surely they could spare twenty minutes to look at this market. She knew which one he was talking about as it was on the map. She could pick up gifts for everyone there. If she did it now, she wouldn't have to rush doing it the last day.

The breeze brushed over her skin as she exited. The soon was high in the sky and blazing down in all its glory. As much as she loved the hot weather, it did no favours for her pale skin. She had SPF thirty on and she was still tinging a shy pink on her shoulders and arms. She needed to invest in a higher one and maybe a big hat. Sunburn was not about to ruin this trip. Bella skipped the steps two at a time and jogged over to the little café. To fit the market and the spa in they would have to hurry.

Renee was sitting at a little round table under an umbrella. Large sunglasses firmly in place. Her mothers smile made Bellas heart warm a little. Smiling back was instinctual. "You ready to go baby?" Bella stopped at the table and lent her arms on it as she plonked down on the free seat. "Well you see, I met this man in there and he told me about a little market around the corner. I was wondering if we could pop over so I could pick up my gifts early?" The smile never left her mothers face.

"Of course Bella. lets get going then, I could do with picking up some gifts for some friends anyway." Renee stood up and linked her arm with Bella once she too stood. Renee plucked her hat of her head and put it on Bellas. "Going a little pink there honey." Bella smiled. She would miss her mother when she left for forks. Bella banished the thought from her mind. She wouldn't ruin this with depressing thoughts. She can be depressed when she was on the plane to forks but not any sooner. She could hold it together until then.

Bella P.O.V

The market was rich with colours and smells. It was a little busy but Bella could see why, it was a very lovely place. Renee had strolled over to a stall through the crowds after she told Bella to meet her back here in twenty minutes time. Twenty minutes was not long enough.

Wondering through and browsing Bella stopped a few stalls after the middle. She didn't know what had caught her eye but she walked over to the stall anyway. The fabric they had used for a marquees was a bright crimson red. Not that shocking as all the other stalls boasted bright colours too. Standing in front of the stall, Bella looked through the little trinkets on show. The old lady behind the table looked withered but friendly. "Hello dearie, my names Meredith. Is there anything particular you're looking for?" Her accent was thick and a little broken in places. what where the chances she would come to the stall the man had suggested?

"My names Bella and not really. I ran into a man that said to come to this stall. He was called Amun? He seems like a fan of yours." A Brightness in the lady's eyes ignited and she shook her finger back and forth. "I Know just what your looking for." The lady hobbled to get up and Bella reached over the table to give her a helping hand. The lady shot her an appreciative smile. Meredith walked over to a small wooden box and unlocked it. Her hands shook as she reached into its depths and pulled out a necklace.

It was breath-taking. The collar was slightly fanned with Blue beads and gold lotus's dangling from the chain. Proudly in the middle stood a lapis lazuli scarab Beatle. Engraved look like some form of crest or name. It wasn't as extravagant as some of the jewellery she had seen in the stands but it wasn't plain and boring. "How much?" The old lady smiled mischievously at her. "For you? Free." Bella waved her hands in front of her. She really could not except that. It looked like real gold. Before she could rebuff Meredith, the little woman had grabbed her palm and placed the necklace in her hand with strength Bella was not expecting.

"It belongs with you. wear it with pride. Here as a thank you for visiting, how bout a douse of some perfume?" Meredith Held up a medium sized vile with some shimmery, translucent liquid. Bella took the vile and opened it taking a sniff. "It doesn't smell like anything?" The fire in Merediths eyes only grew brighter.

"It takes on a lovely smell when you put it on. Go on dearie! Just a bit on both sides of the neck" Bella hoped the confusion didn't show in her smile and dabbed a bit on both sides, Handing the vile back. Meredith wobbled back to her seat and shakily sat back down. Bella unfurled her fingers and gawked at the intricate necklace. Well, best not to look a gift horse in the mouth as grandma used to say. Bella unclasped the back and stringed it around her neck. It felt cool and heavy against her chest. Bella smiled one last time at the lady and walked away.

When she had walked down past two stalls a wave of dizziness settled on her and she stumbled. Shaking her head she managed to clear it before it came back ten times stronger. It felt like some one was inside her, hand wrapped around her brain and heart pulling her down and down. Grasping one of the poles to the stall she tried to set off again only to end up grasping another pole a few feet down. Her heart was going like a hummingbirds. She couldn't see straight. Did she have heatstroke? She had kept hydrated.

She needed to get out of here and lay down. The more she moved the faster the world span around her. The colours seemed so bright it hurt her eyes. The people buzzing around her faded in and out of focus with every heart beat. God what was wrong with her, where was her mother? This wasn't normal. She couldn't breath, she only ended up gulping in huge amounts of air. Everyone just kept on walking past her. No, she needed to leave NOW! Pushing off from the stall Bella bulked for it. She managed to get out of the crowd and down an alley way before she collapsed to her knees.

Clambering back up on to unsteady feet, Bella held on to the wall as she tried to walk through the alley way. She felt like she was going insane. Things where flashing and she could here the old lady telling her not to worry loud and clear in her ear. It just made everything that much worse. The jerking on her heart got worse and she fell to her knees again. It was pulling her to the ground, no, through the earth.

She needed out of here, out of this town. The down sensation was getting worse and worse by the minute and she couldn't stop it no matter how many times she rubbed her chest. Looking at the end of the alley way, she could see people moving around slowly. Too slowly. Bella squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again. it was still the same. Why wasn't anyone helping her? She needed a hospital. Bella fell to her knees one more time and gave up trying to stand. She would crawl if she had too. All she had to do was find her mother.

She could hear someone calling her name but she didn't recognise the voice. It was male and deep. a rather vicious pull left Bella trying to claw into the dirt with her finger nails as she tried to pull herself to the ending of the damn alley way. She felt like she was dying. Voices in her head started whispering to her. That she needed to let go and let it happen. Yeah, she wasn't going to die so easily. Giving up on trying to move Bella tried to scream for help. All that left her throat was a broken sob.

The pulling was becoming more frequent now. It felt like it was happening every heartbeat. The chanting in her head grew louder and louder. Let go, let go, let go. A flash of something not moving slowly, flickered across the exit. The chanting and the pulling mixed as one like a giant ticking clock in her head and she just wanted it to end. She felt like her mind was bleeding. Bella raised her face from the dirt and saw four boots. She used her last bit of strength to roll onto her back and looked up.

The man from earlier, Amun was standing above her with a woman around his age. There was no mistaking it now, his eyes where red, just like his friends. The woman beside Amun was smiling broadly as if her dying was the best present she could ever have. Bella tried to ask for help but it was useless. Her voice box refused to work. The chanting still ever present the woman beside Amun lent down so her face was right next to hers. Her eyes where shining bright red and it was the only fact Bella could focus on. The woman opened her mouth and Bella hoped she was going to help. "Let go, Bella."

Her body convulsed of the floor nearly snapping in two and only now did she scream. Everything faded to an eye burning white light that sizzled her eyes. The Pull she felt was the worst one yet and all Bella could do was fall into oblivion.