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Summary
AU. Bella is the oldest vampire in the Cullen clan. She woke up to her new life in Volterra with a offer that possibly changed he life. This is really the story of how the family we all love comes together. Edward will be the last, I am still unsure if he will come in human or already a vampire, I haven't gotten to him yet in my writings in my notebook. A lot of it is the same order but the years and time frames maybe off, but hey like I stated to start, this is an alternative universe so don't jump down my throat if it doesn't match up exactly to the book. This is me just playing around with my favorite characters in ways I thought would be fun.
Chapter 1 – Bella POV
Hello, I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Isabella Marie Swan Volturi Cullen. Long name huh, I would like to tell you my story of how my life has been thus far and how I got to where I am today. I was born four hundred and eighty nine years ago. I was turned into a vampire when I was eighteen by a random nomad who pulled me out of a dinner party that I was attending with my mother and father and then he left me lying in an ally burning. When I woke up and the internal flames had cooled I was in a beautiful bedroom that was huge with stone walls and big wooden doors. There was a girl who looked to be fourteen or fifteen. She was blonde and had blood red eyes. When I looked to her she put down her book that she was looking at and sighed.
Glad you are awake, now follow me." She said while getting up and putting on a dark grey cloak.
"Where…" I stopped, shocked at the sound of my own voice, it was different, more musical. "Where are you taking me?" I asked as I stood up at an impossibly fast rate. "Whoa, what's going on?" I gasped.
"We are going to see Aro; he can explain it all to you since you are his new favorite." She sneered at me walking out of the door.
I followed her without any more questions since I knew I wouldn't be able to get any more information out of her. It took a lot of effort and concentration to stay behind her and not pass her.
We had walked down a huge long stone hallway that had wooden doors lining it just like the door to the room I woke up in I was noticing how I could smell the stone, wood, and even the fabric that we were wearing. I could also hear people moving and talking on the other side of the doors along with everyone's breathing, but I heard no heart beats, weird. So I felt my chest and I too had no heart beat.
We stopped in front of a set of double doors that two men with red eyes stood on the sides of as I was starting to have a panic attack about my heart not beating anymore, I had barely noticed the two men checking me out and smile before they opened the doors.
The girl leading me walked into the grand circular room while I stood frozen in the hallway still freaking out in my mind. There were three throne-like chairs which had a man in each, they had red eyes too. The middle one with straight black hair stood up and clasped his hands together.
"Oh Jane dear, what have you brought me?" The man asked. So I learned that the girl's name was Jane.
"Aro, I have brought you the newborn like you have asked of me, she has awoken." She said as she walked up to him, bowed and placed her hand in between his.
He closed his eyes in concentration for a moment while holding her hand and then when he opened his eyes he released her hand and said, "Ah, yes, thank you Jane. You may now be excused."
"Yes master." She said. She bowed again then turned and walked passed me and out of sight. I did not miss the glare she gave me and then the quick look of shock.
"Child, come in here please. Trust me, we wish no harm on you, we only want to talk to you." This Aro guy said with a cheerful and welcoming smile on his face.
I walked into the room and the doors closed behind me. "Very good my dear, my name is Aro. These are my brothers Marcus and Caius." He said pointing to them over his shoulders in turn. "And who, my dear, are you?" He then asked me.
"Um, my name is Bella, well Isabella Swan, but I prefer Bella." I said nervously.
Aro walked up to where I had stopped slowly and watching me carefully. "Well it is nice to meet you Bella. Do you mind if I shake your hand young one?" He asked me. This confused me slightly.
"Uh sure." I said as I extended my hand towards him.
He held my hand in between the two of his just like he did with that Jane girl's and when he released it he said, "Ah, very interesting, very interesting indeed."
"What is it brother?" Marcus asked trying to understand what is so interesting. I wanted to know too.
"She is mute to me, there is nothing." Aro said while he continued to look at me awe struck and in wonder.
"Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude but can someone please tell me what is going on? Where am I? How did I get here?" I asked getting frustrated. A growl ripped through my chest and I was shocked that I was able to do it.
"Oh yes, sorry dear child I almost forgot that we haven't explained anything to you yet." He said looking to me apologetically. "We my dear, as well as you are vampires. We are the rulers of our knid making sure that order is kept along with our secret. Some vampires have special gifts and mine is that I can hear and see ever thought that anyone has ever had with one touch of their hand. Marcus can see the bonds that people have and Jane can make people feel extreme pain by looking at them. You seem to be a mental shield."
"I am a vampire?!? No! That's not right, not possible." I stammered while I kept backing away from the crazy man that was standing in front of me.
"Yes you are Bella, that is why you have no heart beat and you are so pale, your eyes are read like ours and your senses are so enhanced. You don't need to breath and you will never sleep again." Caius said to me looking very annoyed.
"Fine but why am I here?" I demanded finding my confidence.
"Some of our guard found you in an alley after you were bitten by your maker while they were on a mission. You were brought here so you can be taught what you are and the rules of our kind." Aro said. "I am going to offer you something though, usually we only offer new comers like you a spot on our guard but I would like to offer that you join my brothers and I as rulers. I can sense your greatness and your thoughtfulness. So what do you say?" He asked me.
"Uh, well, will I have freedom to leave when I want if I choose to join you? What if I wish to see the world or I get tired of it here?" I questioned.
"For you my dear we will make the exception and if you join us and then later decide to leave we will allow it, and just so you know in advance you can come back anytime you wish, you will always be a Volturi and ruler no matter what." Aro told me. I noticed that Marcus and Caius looked shocked but then nodded their agreement.
"Are you thirsty Bella? You must be, all newborns are." Caius said.
With that my throat felt like it was on fire. My hand flew up to it like it could magically put it out.
"Heidi, bring in a drink please." Marcus said a little louder.
The most beautiful woman I ever saw at that point walked in with a tiny woman following her looking at everything in awe. Then I heard it, a heartbeat and the flames in my throat intensified.
"Bella my dear, drink." Aro whispered to me, though I heard him plain as day I know the human didn't, as he started leading me to her. I looked at Aro horrified that I had to take this woman's life, I am not a murderer. "You must, it is the only way to stay strong, sane, and to ease your throat." He then whispered after taking in my face.
Against my better judgment I did as I was told to soothe my throat. I felt horrible afterwards.
I lived with them for a long time, longer than I really thought I would. I never fed as often as the rest of the vampires in the castle because I hated killing humans. I didn't understand how they all could so easily. I would sometimes go month without feeding much to my "brothers" dislike. It worried them though we all knew I wouldn't die.
One hundred and sixty four years after I joined the Volturi a very interesting vampire came to us looking for more information about what he had become. He was a handsome tall blonde man and he had golden eyes.
"How can we help you young one?" Aro asked standing up to greet him like he always does.
"Hello, my name is Carlisle Cullen. I have come here to fully learn about what I have been turned into. I have heard from other nomads in my travels that you are the rulers of our kind so I thought it was best to come to you to get the correct information." Carlisle said looking to all of use sitting on our thrones and Aro standing. I couldn't take my eyes off of him since I was still trying to figure out how his eyes were golden and not red.
"Carlisle, you heard right, I am Aro, these are my brothers Marcus and Caius and my sister Bella." Aro introduced us while pointing us out in turn. Marcus and Caius nodded their hellos and I waved. "Do you mind if I shake your hand?" Aro then asked him.
"Of course." Carlisle said walking up to him.
Aro took his hand in between his. After a minute Aro opened his eyes and said, "Ah, very interesting, I can tell you your maker has been taken care of. Your diet is very interesting. Why deny what you want and what you are?"
"I do not kill people, it goes against my morals. People will not die and be punished for what I am." Carlisle said proudly.
"What is it? Will you clue us in?" Caius asked Aro as he stood up in his frustration. Caius is the only one of us rulers who doesn't have a gift and Aro's gift annoys him the most though he is really jealous of me.
"Sit down brother." Aro said to him, Caius did as he was told. Aro then explained, "Carlisle here drinks the blood of animals. He discovered after several months of starving himself and not dying that their blood can sooth his thirst. That explains how his eyes are golden."
"Carlisle would you like to stay with us for a while, be our guest?" I asked.
"That would be nice, I think I would like that." Carlisle said giving me a smile.
I could tell that Aro was getting ready to call for someone to show Carlisle to his room so I quickly got up and was to his side in an instant "I will show him to his room brother." I said looking him in the eyes to show how serious I was. Aro looked at me a little nervous and then composed himself and nodded for me to go ahead.
I should probably explain why Aro was nervous and why Caius is jealous of me. You see shortly after I arrived here Eleazar came back from a mission and read what my gifts or powers were. Along with being a mental shield I am also a physical shield, telekinetic, I can read minds when I want to, and I can control fire. When I get mad I sometimes cannot control my gifts. We have lost a couple guard members with me losing control of my fire gift.
"Come on Carlisle, I will show you to your room, it is right next to mine so if you need anything I can help you." I said to him as we exited the throne room. When we got out of hearing range from the throne room I asked, "Carlisle, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"Of course you can." Carlisle said smiling to me encouragingly.
"Do you really feed off of animals?"
"Yes I do." He answered.
"And it really works, keeps you satisfied and everything?"
"Yes though I believe that human blood gives us more strength. I think animal blood and denying the monster within allows for a more stable, and more human, no pun intended, person. I find I can handle being around humans easier than others of our kind and I can be around a larger group of us without problems either. It is also nice that my eyes are not a bright red so I do not scare the humans around me if I am near any." He said looking proud of himself.
"That is very interesting. Do you mind if I try the animal blood thing? They have humans brought in but I hate killing them. My "brothers" told me that only human blood would sustain me since that was all they knew. I never feed as often as they do because I feel so guilty. You, or we, will have to leave the castle to hunt so we will have to wait until after nightfall since it is always sunny here." I said.
"Of course you can try hunting animals with me, I would be honored." He said.
By that point we got to Carlisle's room. "Ok well thank you, we can go whenever you like, just let me know. My room is right next door." I said pointing to it. "I have a huge library in there if you would like to read anything help yourself."
"Thank you Bella, I greatly appreciate your hospitality." He said with a great smile before going into his room.
I went back to the throne room extremely happy, I think I have made a new friend who I have a better connection with than my "brothers".
Carlisle stayed with us in Volterra for a couple of decades, almost a century. We hunted animals once every couple of weeks and I stopped drinking humans. It was a little hard to find the animals appetizing but after the first ten years I had no problem with drinking their blood over the humans. I thoroughly enjoyed our hunting trips, Carlisle and I got along really well, much better than I ever have with anyone else, almost like a great father-daughter bond.
One evening I was sitting out in the garden reading over a journal I wrote before Carlisle had arrived here when I heard his light footsteps and smelt his scent. "Here you are Bella, I have been looking for you." He said sitting down on the bench next to me.
"Well how can I help you Carlisle?" I asked looking to him as I put down my journal.
"I want to tell you something." He said to me while looking at me nervously.
"What is it Carlisle, don't fret I can handle it." I said with a little chuckle, it seems a lot of these people think because I am stuck at eighteen forever that I can't handle any big news without freaking out.
"Oh, well, I am leaving tomorrow. I am going to America to see what the new world is like." He said in a rush.
"Oh Carlisle that is not what I was expecting you to say at all. Carlisle I do not know what I will do without you, my life has gotten so much better since you have arrived here." I said pulling him into a hug and dry sobbing into his chest.
"Well I feel the same way. Why don't you come with me? It would be nice travelling and living with someone else and not just by myself." Carlisle said with a smile and a hopeful look in his eyes.
"Um, well, if you are sure you would like me to join you then I would love to. I just need to talk to the brothers and inform them that I will be taking my leave." I said excitedly as I got up to go find Aro and let him know.
Carlisle laughed at me and said, "I would love if you did. I will see you later. We will leave tomorrow evening."
I ran as fast as I could to find Aro. I passed several of the guard members and they all looked at me confused, I never run around the castle. I found Aro in his study reading over something that I totally didn't care about at that point of time. I obviously shocked him as well because he looked up to me a little worried and said, "Bella, what's wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong, well it could be but I don't think that it will be. Have you heard of Carlisle's upcoming departure?" I asked as I sat in one of the chairs across his desk from him.
"Yes I have and I am sad to see our dear friend go." He said to me looking sincere.
"Well I would like to go with him. He asked me if I wanted to join him and I do. I already told him that I would go with him. I am letting you know that I will be taking my leave now." I said to him with all the power and confidence that I had.
"Bella, you cannot leave us now." He said looking to me distraught.
"Oh yes I can! You promised me that I could leave whenever I wanted to and that I was welcome to return whenever I was ready to. I am leaving tomorrow evening with Carlisle. Do you want to test me brother? You know what I am capable of and I am not afraid to remind you personally." I snarled at him, venom dripping from every word at the end.
Aro shrunk back in his chair then said, "I do remember, you don't need to remind me. We will miss you greatly and will eagerly await your return." He was shaking, a part of me found this hilarious and wanted to play more with it.
"Thank you for understanding." I said with a sweet smile as I exited his study.
I helped Carlisle move his things that he wanted to keep but not take with us since we were traveling light, into my room since I knew it would remain untouched by everyone. Carlisle and I took the next ship over to America. It was torturous having to pretend to sleep and we even had to eat so disgusting human food. I would have preferred swimming to America but we both agreed that it wouldn't be a good idea to risk being seen in any way as not 'normal'. When we got to America I pretended to be Carlisle's younger sister, I was Isabella Marie Cullen to everyone. Since Carlisle had studied medicine he worked as a doctor everywhere we lived and I worked as a nurse since it still wasn't a regular thing for girls to attend schools so easily. Sometimes in between relocations we would travel the world to see the changes or find nomads and make friends. I never revealed that I was a Volturi member to anyone and the ones that already knew since they had visited Volterra while I was there knew not to tell others about me, they were helping keep my secret and let me attempt to live as normal as a life as possible.