Red and Gold

Bella's POV

I screamed and kicked and squirmed on the cold tiled floor, trying my hardest to project my shield, but it wouldn't work, it wasn't even protecting me.
I was too drained.

I heard Jane's high, childish snigger as she increased the pain she was sending my way.

She sounded childish, but deadly.

I couldn't see anything, courtesy of Alec, but I could hear everything going on around me.

I heard Renesmee screech in pain and Jacob's protective growl then his own yelp of pain.

I sobbed, willing the tears to come but they didn't.

Jane let up her torturing of me and suddenly I could see again although I wasn't sure that I wanted to.

I was lying on the ground, breathing heavy, unnecessary breaths.

Across the room, I saw Ness, lying unconscious in Jake's arms, her long bronze coloured hair, spread around her and Jake sobbing, into his hand.

The sight broke my heart.

Never before had I seen Jake cry, and never again did I want to.

As I watched my poor baby, start to come around and hear her moans and whimpers as she felt the pain, all I wanted to do was run over and envelope the both of them in my arms and tell them that everything was going to be alright.

I struggled to my feet and started to run over to the both of them.

But I felt my arms, being pulled behind my back, as I was forced to my knees.

I let out a deranged shriek and closed my eyes tightly then opened them again.

I caught Alec's gaze as I struggled against Felix's strong hold.

"Please."

I begged not letting his break his stare,

"Please stop me from hearing this, from seeing this, please, I can't handle it anymore."

Jane laughed but seeing that Alec was about to oblige she shook her head at him and pushed him back.

"PLEASE!" I pleaded.

I thought that the look that flashed across Alec's face was guilt, but I couldn't be sure, it was gone in a second and he just shook his head solemnly.

Alec had become almost a friend to me whilst I had been held here, so it hurt me even more than the torturing when he said no.

But suddenly the room was cleared of all sound and I thought that perhaps Alec had given in to me.

But when I listened again I could still hear, Jacob's soft sobbing and Nessie's ragged breathing.

The sounds that had stops were the murmurs and laughs of the Volturi members.

Aro had entered the room, his white hair was sweeping out behind his as he glided to his throne.

He sat and beckoned Alec and Jane to him.

"My brothers won't be joining me today," Aro said to the room, "As they do not agree with the decision I have made."

I didn't know if that was a blessing or a curse. I

looked at Aro, while shaking slightly.

Here was the verdict that I had been waiting for, for almost two months. I thought back.

Two months ago I had been at home with Edward, in a compromising position, might I add, when Edward had broke off mid kiss and jumped out of bed.

He had pulled on his clothes as quick as lightening and stood in front of the bed, facing the door in his defensive crouch.

"Get dressed and run," he hissed at me from the corner of his mouth.

I did just as he said was sprinting on my way up to the Cullen's house, when I felt someone catch me in a vice like grip.

I turned around coming face to face with a pair of crimson eyes.

Demetri was stronger than me and although I put up a good fight, He managed to detain me and before I had known it I was in Volterra, Kneeling in front of the volturi, with Renesmee, Jake, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, Carlisle and Edward, by my side.

"I am sure that a few of you know why you are here."

Aro had explained, rising to his feet and walking slowly over to me.

I had heard Edward growl as Aro reached out and touched my face.

He removed his hand and sighed, then carrying on to walk down the line of my family this time stopping in front of Jake, who in his human form, could do nothing to protect himself.

Renesmee held out her hand to the cowering Jake and he took it and held it tightly as Aro reached down to touch his forehead.

He stood there in silence for a while, then straightened up and said,

"Whereas some of you have no knowledge of why you are here at all!"

He held his and out to Renesmee and she smartly obliged bowing her head in answer.

Aro touched her cheek and smiled slightly to himself. He pointed at Ness and Jake the swept his hand as if dismissing them.

Felix and Demetri had then glided across the room, taken hold of Renesmee and Jake and took them to a corner of the room, leaving them there to grab helplessly onto each other in fright as they watched us on our knees.

Aro then swept across to Alice and Jasper, touching each of their heads in turn.

He sent Jasper over to where Ness and Jake where and Alice to the other side of the room.

Jasper and Alice clung onto each other as long as they could before they were ripped apart after one last fleeting kiss.

Edward was next and he was sent to stand next to Alice, he stared sorrowfully at me, blew me a kiss and took his place, then Esme, Carlisle and Emmett were sent to stand next to

Jasper, Ness and Jake and Rosalie went to stand by Alice and Edward.

I was the only one who remained on the floor.

"Bella dear, I am afraid, that you need to let me into your mind." Aro said snidely, his long ghostly fingers gliding along my cheeks.

I looked over towards Edward who nodded curtly.

I had then taken a deep relaxing breath and thrown out my shield opening my mind.

When I couldn't keep the shield out any longer, I sighed and my eyes flashed up to see that Aro was smiling.

He motioned for me to go and stand with Ness and Jake and the continued then by walking back to his throne and sitting smiled.

"I have you all gathered her today, as a crime has been committed. A crime that you have all been convicted of before but never prosecuted."

I gasped The only crime we had ever been accused of was creating an immortal child.

But who…I glanced over at Rosalie.

"The people on the right," Aro smiled over at my side of the room, "are innocent."

He then turned his attention to Edward, Rosalie and Alice.

"And two of you on this side are guilty."

My unexistent heart stopped.

Not Edward surely not Edward.

"Dear little Alice here,"

He gestured at Alice who's eyes were big and frightened.

"Came to me and told me that her brother and sister had committed adultery together."

I saw Edward and Rosalie glance at each other then down at Alice who was cowering away from the both of them.

My breath caught in my throat.

Edward and Rosalie?

It couldn't be.

I felt my anger rise, but I was subdued by my sorrow.

It couldn't be true.

"And had decided that together they need something that was purely theirs, they didn't want to pretend that Renesmee was their daughter. They wanted there own perfect child, so they created Grace."

Aro's smile faded.

At my side Renesmee clutched my one hand and Esme my other and I felt Jake put a hand on my shoulder. I turned to the left to see, Carlisle, Jasper and Felix struggling to hold Emmett back,

who was growling, in between sorrowful sobs and cursing Edward and Rosalie to oblivion.

I couldn't believe it.

"So," Aro carried on. "When Alice saw their plans, she wasn't sure whether it was true or just a thought that one of them had, had.

So she did nothing about it.

Then one day when she was out hunting she ran past a clearing and had to double back, because what she saw, was so unbelievable, she didn't know whether she was dreaming.

Edward and Rosalie sat in the clearing, caught in the middle of an embrace, whilst a pale skinned, dark haired child played with a pile of bracken at her feet.

Alice had then wasted no time and came straight to me, with her find. Which made me very proud of the girl."

He winked at Alice who smiled weakly up at him.

He beckoned her forwards and she walked daintily across the tiled flooring.

She stood in front of Aro, who stepped down and as if from nowhere had pulled out a black robe for her.

Alice heaved on the robe and sneaked a look at me and everyone else on our side of the room.

"I'm so sorry." she said quietly walking towards us.

"I wanted to tell you all I did, but I didn't want those two," she pointed savagely across at Edward and Rosalie "To be around any longer. They disgust me."

She closed her eyes then opened them again.

"I'm so sorry, for brining you all here, and sorry that I have joined the Volturi, but I promise that I will only do good."

She then looked pointedly at me and Emmett and whispered,

"I'm so sorry and I would give you all the love in the world, if I could guys."

Aro had then interrupted her.

"Jasper, you also have the option to stay with us here in Volterra, if you wish to stay with Alice."

Jasper stepped forwards after turning quickly to nod his head at us and smile sorrowfully and apologetically.

"Where Alice goes, I go." he said to Aro.

Alice smiled lovingly and took Jasper's hand, Aro dismissed the two of them and they turned back around to look at us, Alice blowing kisses and Jasper sending us his love in our thoughts.

Then everything had happened in a blur.

Rosalie had snatched out as Alice went passed her, but she missed so started to wail,

"ALICE, YOU STUPID BITCH I'M GOING TO KILL YOU. I HATE YOU ALL, YOU WILL ALL PAY FOR THIS!"

Emmett, Jake and Renesmee had then pounced towards Edward and Rosalie but had been held back, then taken down to the dungeons.

Esme and Carlisle had been dismissed and sent home, both after hugging and comforting me.

Then I had fallen to the ground, feeling as if I was shattering into tiny pieces as I saw Edward Rosalie's faces lighting up as young toddler with long black hair was led into the room.

Her eyes were crimson and she was beautiful.

"Edward and Rosalie, you are to be banished and your child destroyed.

Rosalie, you will be disposed of while you Edward will be talking some time away then returning to join us in the Volturi."

"NO!" Edward, Rosalie and I screeched at the same time, Rosalie gripping onto to Edward who shook her off gazing over at me, the sorrow blazing in his eyes.

I looked away, disgusted and upset that I still loved him.

The three of them were then pulled frown the room screaming and crying.

"BELA I'M SORRY! THEY MEAN NOTHING TO ME, IT'S YOU I WANT!" Edward exclaimed, "PLEASE I MADE A MISTAKE, I'M NOTHING WITHOUT YOU!"

I started at the floor, until, their screams and cries faded away,

"Bella although you have done nothing wrong, this is an opportunity that I can't let pass by, you will join the Volturi effective immediately." Aro continued.

"No!" I shouted I looked up and glared at Aro, trying to look angry but feeling empty and hollow inside.

"I want to go home, to be with Esme and CARLISLE AND RENESMEE AND JAKE!" I couldn't help myself when I shouted because what I really wanted to do was cry.

"Fine." Aro swished his hand, "You will stay in the dungeon until you change your mind.

And with that I was carted off to the dungeon and although concrete walls were no match for a vampire, I had not bothered trying to escape.

Because my love was gone and I never wanted to see him again.

As the month went on, I got weaker and weaker, obviously I couldn't die, but I became hungrier and hungrier and my shield stopped working.

It was after Emmett had calmed down enough to be sent home, that Jane had started to come into my room secretly each night to torture me.

She was getting angry that Aro was paying so much attention to me.

She had been forbidden by Aro harm me and that made her want me to hurt even more, so she disobeyed him, night after night.

Recently Alec had been trying to stop Jane.

He had told me that he had been ordered by Aro to protect me and he was trying his hardest to stop Jane, but she didn't give in.

Instead, he tried to stop me from feeling what she was doing to me, but sometimes, she was too powerful for Alec to stop the pain from reaching me.

Soon, Aro had finally had enough of waiting and that is why he had called me, Renesmee and Jake to him today.

"I have come to you with a compromise." Aro said, distracting me from my thoughts.

"If you agree to join the Volturi, I will let your daughter and her husband go home, but if you do not agree, I will have to dispose of them.

I mean if they were to mate and have a child, it would be a half vampire, half shape shifter and without saying too much, I think that you know how much of a threat that could be."

There was an evil glint in Aro's crimson eyes.

There was silence

"Would my family be able to visit?" I said quietly.

"We are your family now Bella." Aro sighed.

"Fine the Cullens' then!" I exclaimed,

"And Ness and Jake. And would I be able to see Alice and Jazz?"

"Of course my dear." Aro said.

"And I would never have to hurt any of them would I?" I almost whispered, my throat closing up.

"No."

"Then I will join." I bowed my head.

"At last!" Aro rejoiced.

He walked over to me and gently handed me a black robe that I unwilliingly slung over my shoulders. "

Jane, Felix, Demetri, you come with me, Bella you may say goodbye to Nessie and Jacob, then Alec will show you to your headquarters."

and with that Aro swept from the room, followed by Jane who gave me a frightening glare.

"No Jane" Aro said without turning around.

Jane sighed and unwillingly left the room also.

I ran over to Ness and Jake and hugged them sobbing tearlessly, envying the wet salty water that was running down their own cheeks.

"I'm gonna miss you mom." Nessie grabbed onto my hand and hugged me fiercely.

"And me," Jake hugged us both together and I kissed his cheek.

"I love you both," I said, turning them to face me and holding both of their faces in my hands.

"Goodbye mom." Ness said and she turned to walk away.

I pulled Jake closer and whispered in his ear,

"Take care of her Jake and Charlie. Okay? And next time I see you, I'm expecting grand children"

Jake smiled sadly.

"I'm so sorry about Edward."

"I know you are."

He kissed my forehead, then followed Renesmee.

I stood still, listening until their footsteps, faded completely then fell to the ground sobbing.

I felt a pair of strong arms lift me and pull me on their back.

Alec, sprinted wordlessly out of the hall and I closed my eyes and didn't open them until I felt myself being sat on a soft bed.

"Thanks." I said looking at my hands, then up into his red eyes.

He fidgeted uncomfortably."It's okay, I guess."

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

"We are family now Bella." I scrutinized his face. He seemed sincere.

"We weren't family before and you were nice then too."

"I'm a nice person."

"You're in the Volturi."

"So are you."

"I know, but I didn't choose to be."

He didn't answer, so I raised my eyebrows.

"I guess, I just know what it feels like to have your family ripped apart." he sighed.

"Yeah because you're the people ripping the families apart!" I exclaimed angrily.

He glowered at me.

"You are on of us now Isabella." He said, moving away from me, his black hair almost covering his eyes, when he moved his head towards to door.

"And if you don't want me to try to get along with you, then I won't." and with that he left the room.I

instantly felt guilty for what I had said.

I didn't know what it was about Alec, but he made me feel safer and he was the only one who had been decent to me recently.