Forgiveness
BPoV
It's been ten years since the Cullens have left me and I couldn't be happier. I have become a royal guard for the Volturi and the most powerful vampire in the world. I have friends who adore me and a surrogate fathers who can't get enough of me. I am on top of the world. Yet there is something missing and I can't figure out what. My name is Bella Swan and here is the story of how I got where I am now.
Flashback
"Edward!!!" I fall to the ground and curl up into a ball. I don't know how long I was there but I hear a twig snap to the left of me. I look up to see if it is Edward but when I look into the eyes I notice they are red. I can feel my heartbeat pick up and I know they can hear it too.
"Don't be afraid of me. I know who you are Bella Swan and I know you know what I am. I have wanted to meet you for a long time. My name is Aro and I am known as the king of the vampires. I rule in Volturi along with two others who you will meet in time. I have heard a lot about you. I still can't fathom a human girl who accepts and falls in love with a vampire. Then again the Cullens were always different." He extends his hand to help me off the ground. When I grasp it he puts his other hand over mine and gets this look of intense concentration and when he next looks up at me his eyes are wide with surprise.
"Marvelous simply marvelous." I cock my head to the side and look at him curiously. "I have a gift much like Edward's." I cringe at his name but Aro continues on unaffected. "You see I can see everyone's past event simply by grasping their hands. Your mind though is strangely blank to me."
"Edward's…" I cringe again and this time Aro looks at me curiously. "He couldn't read my mind either. We haven't tested it on any other ability. Why did you want to meet me?"
"Well you see it's illegal to tell a human of our world. There are certain laws in place that prevent vampires from revealing themselves to humans."
At that moment it all clicks into place. I was wondering why the king of vampires had heard of me and why he wanted to meet me. He wanted to know if the Cullens were planning on changing me.
I look at him and say, "The Cullens never told me they were vampires. I kind of figured it out with some help of my friend Jake. It doesn't matter anyway, they are gone and I won't reveal your secret."
He chuckles "Oh I know you won't reveal the secret because it's about to become your secret as well." With that I see his bare his fangs and the next thing I know there is a sharp pain in my neck and then darkness.
When I woke up I was in an ornately decorated chamber. I could see each individual brush stroke and each jewel encrusted in the ceiling that was ten feet high. Realization dawns on me that I am now a vampire.
I hear a slight cough and look over to see a girl about my age dressed in rich robes. "Hello I'm Jane. Aro requested that you meet him in the chamber once your transformation is complete." I nod and follow her through a maze of hallways. We finally stop outside huge golden doors. She opens them and I follow her in. I walk into the middle of the chamber and see three thrones and three exquisite creatures sitting regally upon them. One of them is Aro while the other 2 I don't know. With a start I realize I am standing in front of probably the most powerful being on this planet.
I see Jane bow and hastily do the same. "Ah Bella I must say it looks like vampirism was made for you. You don't have the crazy symptoms of a newborn and you look absolutely exquisite. To my left is Marcus and next to him is Caius. I would like to test your shield abilities with Jane here as well as her brother Alec."
I turn just in time to see what seems like a blast of fire hitting an invisible shield about a foot from my body. Then a gassy substance hits the same invisible wall. "It seems Bella that you have a shield that protects you from external attacks as well as mental powers. But it doesn't prevent things like future seeing and empathy like Jasper and Alice's powers. Truly remarkable. I would like you to meet Thomas. He has the gift of being able to tell you a vampires' power."
A man of about 28 steps out and bows to the kings. He turns to me and extends his hand. He gets a stunned look on his face before it is replaced with awe. "She has the shield of course but also the ability to absorb someone's power and make it her own."
Everyone gets a really stunned look before turning to Aro. "Bella I would like to extend an offer for you to join the royal guard. You will of course be trained so you can be ready to face anything and we will teach you how to use and control your gifts."
I think about it while looking at the floor. I can't go back to Charlie and tell him what is going on. I definitely can't go back to Phoenix and my mom. The only place is here or with the nomads. I finally look up and I can see everyone has an expectant look on their face. The kings are sitting on the edge of their thrones and I can tell they really want me to say yes. "I will do it on one condition. I will drink animal blood and never tell me to kill a human." I can see that they don't want to agree with my condition but they grudgingly agreed.
End Flashback
For the next year I trained nonstop. They taught me everything from karate to sword fighting. They even taught me politics. I had to learn proper etiquette as well for when we had guests. I rose through the ranks and was soon the most highly ranked guard. It wasn't all work and no play. I became great friends with Alec and Jane and after about a month we were inseparable. Wherever you saw one of us the other two were close at hand unless one of us was on assignment.
I got sent on assignment no one else was even considered for. Sometimes they even sent me on mission the king's would normally take care of. The loss of the Cullens still weighed on my mind though. It wasn't so much that I missed Edward but I missed the others. I had gotten over Edward a long time ago. I realized I wasn't in love with him it was more of an infatuation, plus the fact that I'm gay certainly helped getting over him and seeing him for what he really was. He was possessive and manipulative and a little stalkerish. He was right to say he didn't love me. He was only with me because I was his singer and the fact that my mind was blank to him. I missed Alice, Emmet, Esme, Carlisle and even Rosalie and Jasper. But as much as I miss them I hate them as well. They claimed to be my family and yet it was so easy for them to desert me. If I ever saw them again I don't know if I would forgive them.
The entire castle knows the story of the Cullens and what they did to me. I know for a fact that at least half the people want to rip their throats out. They have all come to love me and have incorporated me into their family and would do anything for me as I would for them.