Bella and the Volturi
Okay - I'll give this a try. Please remember this is my first Fanfic, so be nice. I would, however, like to get some reviews...
Disclaimer: Sadly, I am not Stephenie Meyer; the Twilight novels are not mine!
"Bella! Bella, my love, wake up!"
Groggy, and deeply asleep, Bella rolled onto her stomach and mumbled incomprehensively. Edward signed, but didn't give up.
"Bella… You have to wake up, please…!"
"What, Edward?" asked Bella, still half asleep.
"Alice just called and…" Edward hesitated.
Bella's eyes popped right open and she sat herself up, making Edward jump, a hundred percent awake, now.
"Alice called? What's wrong?"
Once again, Edward sighed, and Bella caught the worried look in his eyes.
"Is it that bad?" she whispered.
Edward lowered his face, somber.
"We should get going. I'll explain you everything…" he grumbled, after a long silence that had sent Bella's heart flying with adrenaline.
Bella stiffened.
"Get going? What? Where are we going?"
"At my house," Edward answered simply.
"Your house? Why? Edward, it's – " Bella glanced at the dark clock on her night table – "three thirty in the morning…!"
"I know. I'm sorry. But it's too late…" responded Edward, his voice dark.
"Too late?! Edward, please, tell me! You're scaring me…" pleaded Bella, nervous.
"I should have seen it coming…" Edward shook his head, lost in his thoughts. "Come, Bella. Get ready…"
As gentle as ever, despite the tension Bella could feel excruciating from him, Edward helped her out of bed and gave, one item at the time, a pair of pants that would keep her warm – the night was pretty cold – a shirt, some socks and a pair of shoes.
When Bella finished dressing up, Edward came to kiss her behind the ear, and if Bella did loose her track of though when he breathed on her, everything came back when she saw him offering her his arms to pick her up.
"Edward. Tell me what's going on. Now, please."
Edward laughed once, darkly.
"As I said, quite a temper…" he whispered under his breath.
Bella ignored him, and, trying really hard not to look like a swollen five-year-old, she stumped her foot to the ground, for Edward to understand she was dead serious with her question.
"The Volturi are here," Edward finally admitted.
Edward glared murderously over Bella's shoulder, lost in his thoughts, and Bella felt chills of fear run on her arms as Edward's declaration sank in.
"What…? The –? " Bella chocked on the last part of her sentence.
Edward hurried up to Bella when he saw wince and nearly fall.
"Bella, love. Don't worry. It'll be fine. I won't let them hurt you, neither will my family!"
"But Edward… The Volturi… You know what they want – you told me yourself they would not give us a second chance if they came to learn that we had not yet respected our promise…" Bella halfway sobbed.
Edward shushed her calmly and kissed her of the top of her head, hoping to calm her down.
"Carlisle was explaining them the situation when Alice called. Everything seemed to be fine…
"Then, why…?" started Bella.
"Do they want to see you?" completed Edward.
Bella nodded her head once.
Edward sighed.
"You know how Aro is – he's curious to see you again… And… He is wondering if you are still immunized to his power – to which you are, don't worry.''
"And Marcus? And Caius? Are they there, too?"
"Yes. With Demetri, Felix and Jane."
Bella nodded silently, and Edward pulled her even closer to him. A minute went by without neither of them talking.
"Love, we have to go," Edward finally said. "Alice told me they would send Demetri after us if we took too much time to get there…"
Bella stiffened at the idea, and Edward chocked back laughter.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked.
"Yes," Bella answered weakly.
Edward smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Everything will be fine. I promise," he told her.
Bella didn't have time to answer that she was already in Edward's arms, securely held to his ice-cold chest.
"I love you."
"I love you, too. Edward, do you think we'll ever get the chance to live without worrying about danger…?" ask Bella, curious, but still scared.
Edward laughed darkly.
"I hope so. Until then, I'll never let anything happen to you. To us," he answered back.
A slight smile warmed Bella's face, and she nudged into Edward's neck to kiss him softly.
"Thank you," smiled Edward.
Silently, Edward slides out of Bella's window and the two of them leave Bella's house for the Cullen's.
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I'll try to post a second chapter as soon as possible.
Thanks!