DC: I don't own twilight. sadness…

What if Bella didn't make it to the meadow scene with Laurent? What if she was changed by a couple of nomads? Its 500 years later and Aro is throwing a party for the Volturi. Every vampire has to come and that includes Bella's coven and the Cullens. The Cullens see Bella but she doesn't seem to remember. Or does she?

EPOV

Edward.

I ignored the voice inside my head.

Edward! You need to come down here now! We have news and we aren't sharing it until you come down here.

I sighed. Alice was going to kill me if I didn't get down there but what was so important that I had to go? My life was a living hell since I had left Bella. Still I did want to keep all of my limbs so I got up and went downstairs. Everyone was already there standing around Alice and Carlisle.

"Alright now that everyone is here I would like to tell you that the Volturi have invited us to a party that will be hosted in two weeks. All vampires are required to come." Carlisle gave me a sidelong look.

Including you Edward. You chose to leave Bella so you need to get over it. Please son, you're ripping the family apart.

I winced but nodded. Emmett let out a whoop.

"Let's get our bags packed then! I wanna try out their gym and see if it's Emmett resistant!" Rose hit him over the head causing Jasper to laugh and Alice to chuckle. Esme went over to Carlisle.

"What is this party for?" she asked him. I listened in truly curious for a change.

"Well I think Aro is looking for new recruits but he mentioned a certain gift he was looking for," he informed us warily.

"And…? That gift would be?" Rose asked sounding slightly bored.

"A…well a mental shield," Carlisle hesitantly said his eyes sliding to me. Everyone else did the same. We had figured that Bella would have been a mental shield had she been changed. But there was no chance of that now. It had been 500 years since I left her and Alice hadn't pried to see when she died. It was too painful to think about

"What? I'm not gonna break. You can relax guys," I snapped irritated. Jasper sent a calm wave my way and I welcomed it. I gave him a small smile.

"Well? Let's get packing! And everyone needs a couple extra suitcases for shopping," Alice rambled on as I tuned her out. I went back to my room and packed everything I needed.

One week later…

"Finally! Italy at last," Alice squealed as we got off the plane.

"Jeez Ali! Tone it down girl," Emmett boomed laughing when he scared a few humans.

Jasper put his arm around Alice and whispered in her ear causing her to giggle. Emmett and Rose were making out like always. I rolled my eyes at them. Esme reached over and put her hand on my arm.

Are you alright dear?

I nodded my head and gave her a quick smile. She smiled back and pulled her hand away. Carlisle wrapped his arm around her waist. We went and got our luggage. Alice had the most of course. I ignored the thoughts of the humans around us.

A limo pulled up. A vampire got out and opened the door for us.

"Thank you Demitri," Carlisle said nodding at the dark haired man. Demitri gave a quick nod and flashed a smile.

We loaded up and were soon on our way to the Volturi's castle.

"So how many have arrived yet?" Esme asked trying to make small talk with our driver.

"You are the third group to arrive and by far the largest," Demitri gave us a quick glance before concentrating on the road again.

"A few nomads have also arrived. So around ten others but more will come in soon," he continued with a small smile. Esme thanked him and fell quiet. Jasper and Emmett were making bets as always and Rose was arguing fashion with Alice again. That was an argument she was never going to win. Carlisle and Esme were simply holding each other paying no heed to us. I sighed my chest aching at the love they had. What an idiot I was.

I was pulled out of my musings as we arrived at the Volturi castle. Demitri had others take care of our bags.

"We will give you a tour in an hour but please feel free to explore. These are the keys to your rooms. Heidi will collect you in one hour. Have a good day," and with a final nod he left.

"Let's go explore! Emmett said with an excited grin. Rose rolled her eyes but nodded as did Alice.

"I do want to see their library…," Jasper mused before smiling, "let's do it!"

I agreed with them. Carlisle and Esme decided to stay and let us have our fun. We were wandering through the throne room when we heard laughter and the sound of running feet.

"No! Stop it Tony! I swear to god Anthony if you don't stop.." the doors burst open and a girl ran through them. She wasn't paying attention and ran into Emmett. She bounced off and fell to the floor but was up in the same breath. Her black eyes were alight with excitement and alarm. She had dark brown hair. My thoughts were interrupted as a boy ran in and scooped her up in his arms.

"Haha! I got you now Beauty!" he yelled in triumph swinging her around.

"Ahh! Put me down!" she squealed laughing. He set her down and turned to us.

"Who are you?" he asked his red eyes taking us in. He wrapped his arms around the girl's waist from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. Before we could open our mouths the girl spoke up. Her eyes were wary but alert.

"The big guy is Emmett and the blonde is his wife Rosalie. The blonde man next to her is Jasper and the short girl next to him is his wife Alice. And that," she said turning to me, "is Edward. They are the Cullens."

All of our mouths had dropped open while she said this. Emmett was the first to realize this and snapped out of it.

"How do you know all of that?" he asked her.

We looked at her silently waiting for her reply.

"What? Don't recognize me brother bear?" she mocked him putting her hands on her hips. I noticed the boy backing away from her smirking.

"To good to remember the little human you left behind?" she snapped at us still glaring.

"Bella?" Alice gasped.

"Ding ding ding! We have a winner!" Bella said scathingly then turned and stormed out grabbing the boy on her way out. We heard him laughing as they walked away along with Bella's growling. We turned and looked at each other with wide eyes.

"Holy shit."

Okay I just have to say I am so very sorry to those of you who had the stories "is that really you Bella?" and "cousins" as favorites or alerts. I got an inspiration and I needed to rewrite them. Please read and review though! Ill try my hardest to update but no promises. Can I try for 10 reveiws? Thnxz