Takes place when she was a human Bella(I do not like vamp Bella), so pretend this is about four weeks after New Moon. And pretend Aro could read Bella's thoughts, or else this may not work.

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Volterra. Bella could hardly believe she was in Volterra. In the lair of the Volturi, to be exact, the very place she and Edward had left with barely their lives less than a month ago.

" Bella Swan," cried Aro in delight, drying to seem as comforting as possible, despite his overly gothic appearance. "What brings you to Volterra?"

His hand outstretched, he waited patiently for Bella to place her palm on it, so he could read all the thoughts she'd been having for the past week. Bella shook her head, almost miserably.

"I-I'd rather just talk to Caius, if you don't mind," she murmured, to low for a human to hear clearly, but a vampire, on the other hand, could.

"Of course," he said, perplexed, "but you must realize afterwards, I must read your thoughts. Safety purposes, my dear."

She nodded weakly as Aro went to show her Caius's room. If she was right... well, this may be her last day on Earth, which she hoped wasn't. Perhaps she should have stayed with Edward after all, remained with the Cullens rather than this totally different type of vampire known as Volturi.

As they entered Caius's room, Bella looked around in shock. This place, this room of Caius's, was utterly depressing. Nothing, nothing at all in the room but black walls, thick black carpets, Caius, and a large novel he seemed to be reading.

"Go away," he sighed without even looking up from his book.

"Brother," said Aro in his ever-calm voice. "Edward's mate, Isabella, would like to converse with you."

Normally Bella would have corrected Aro that she preferred Bella, but frankly she was anxious to get this over with.

"For how long? As you can see I'm reading a rather intriguing novel and would wish not to be thrown into your childish antics."

Caius was getting slightly grumpy, and that could be dangerous. Bella needed him as calm as possible.

"How long would you say you need, dear one?"

"Just a few minutes," she whispered.

Caius sighed and set down his book, leaving a black bookmark in the pages.

"Alright, then," he said. "What is it you need?"

Bella glanced at Aro and said, "C-could you leave the room?"

"I shall wait in the halls," he said. "Normally, I wouldn't do this, but you're a human, and really, you couldn't harm anything."

He left the room quickly and quietly. It was silent for a bit, then suddenly, Bella said, "Caius, do you remember when I had last came to Volterra?"

"How could I forget? One, it was four weeks ago, and two, Aro won't shut up about it. continue on, please."

"I left, and I couldn't stop thinking about the Volturi. Especially you. I confessed to Edward, he was sad at first, but said if I desired it, I should go to Volterra and, well, Caius, I love you."

The last words slightly rushed, as if Bella was trying to get it over with. Caius was silent, but in the end said, "Well, we can't have this, can we? I'm sorry, Miss Swan, and I'm sure the Cullens will never forgive me, but... oh well."

He strode briskly up to her, and eventually had her cornered up to a wall when he finally sank his teeth into her neck. When she was almost dead , Aro rushed in.

"Caius," he said. "I've heard your conversation from outside and before you kill her it is vital I read her mind."

Caius nodded as Aro clutched her palm in his, and with an expression between amusement and shock, said, "She does love you. Are you sure you want to kill her? She still has enough of a mix of blood and venom to become a vampire."

Caius should have felt no hesitation to say 'No', he knew that, but there was something... something unexplainable. He couldn't kill this human, no matter how weird she was, to love him.

No, he thought. She must be killed. She must.

But, either way, he still replied, "Just... just let her become a vampire. You've recently found a new guard member that can erase memories, correct? Make her forget everything, take her to live with the Romanians, the Irish, something, just not here."

Aro nodded, and, hoisting the now screaming in pain Bella on his back, left the room.

To this day, Caius still regrets he didn't let Bella stay.