So first story since being back, I really hope you guys like it since you liked my other Alec and Bella fic. You know the drill; let me know what you think.
Chapter 1: A Choice
"The red pill or the blue pill? You take the blue pill, the story ends; you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes." –Morpheus (The Matrix)
"I present you, as well as your two companions, with the same offer I have several times before. Even you, Miss Isabella, are welcome to join my rank," Aro stated. Bella thought it odd the way his name flipped off the tongue as though it were something to be caressed instead of just a simple word.
His words were like a double loaded shot gun. Like a gun man telling you to run for your life into a field of deadly sharpened knives. He was looking at Edward like a predator to an insufficient prey that would leave him only hungrier. However it was the look in Edward's eye that surprised her, that continued to surprise her no matter how many times she had gotten a glimpse of it here and there. It was a look of distance. A look that told Bella he was not here, protecting her, but somewhere else entirely.
Bella scanned the room. She had never seen so much diversity among vampires before. She knew that Aro's entire guard was not in this room. In fact she knew this was not even half of it. But there were some key members she had been told about. There was Chelsea who was able to change bonds between people, powerful thing to mess with, especially with mates. Heidi was leaning casually next to her, her blond curls cascading down her back in what looked like a field of luxurious wheat. She was the fisherman, the one who lured the Volturi's meals to them by the dozens. Felix and Demetri, they looked to be exact opposites of each other. Felix was the tall brute of a man that looked as though he could rival Emmett. His features seemed to fall in straight jagged angles. His hair line a perfectly straight buzz cut his nose adjacent to his right and left eyes that glowed red and hungry. Demetri was only a little taller than her, and had wild features, and wild dark eyes that seemed to want to track everything like his ability labeled him to do.
And then there was the small blond girl. She had tried to hurt Bella; she had succeeded in hurting everyone else. She was able to cause immeasurable amounts of pain, and she seemed to enjoy it. The dark haired boy was standing next to Jane. His red eyes were staring at her without fault as if trying to strip apart her soul like a banana and see what its depths held. Alec, he was the second of the so called witch twins.
Bella chanced a glance over at Alice; she however looked at Aro defiantly. Could Alice be right? Was this where she belonged? The Volturi seemed to have a stigma that loomed over them like humidity on a rainy day. These were true vampires, not the ones that had sheltered and guided her into their world. These were real creatures of the night, everything, lacking the cliché, in which Bram Stoker had gone on about in Dracula. Alice had seen her becoming a vampire; for some reason this fate was meant for Bella and was intertwined like the close knit workings of steal.
"And once again Aro, we politely decline your offer," Edward stated. His voice was void of emotion, of any type of caring at all. Bella looked down at the way the spider-web like pattern in which the floor had cracked when Felix had violently slammed Edward's head into the equally granite like floor. She remembered the resounding crack that echoed through the halls and ran through her spine like a thousand needles. He wasn't fighting to keep her safe though, that thought didn't seem to cross his mind when Demetri was shoving her roughly through the tunnels and alleys to get to the Volturi manner. No, he was fighting to keep her human, and weak. Alice had been right.
"He won't, but I will," Bella stated, her voice clear and loud, though it did not need to be. Alice was right; Edward was not going to change her. He would rather have her become a shriveled up old lady than to offer her eternity. Even with the Volturi's order to change her into a vampire by the date they were given, Edward would find a way around it, he always did.
Edward turned his gaze on her, his eyes seeming to give off heat as took in what she had just agreed to. But this was all a part of the plan, get changed, get back. Alice looked ahead, her beautiful face stone like. She was no doubt trying to denounce that she knew anything. Bella couldn't read her thoughts, but she was pretty sure with the years she had known Edward, she had found a way to hide her thoughts from him.
Aro's gaze was the one that made her feel uncomfortable. His eyes, blood red and glowing, were bearing directly into her forehead from where he looked down at her from his throne. He looked like he wanted to eat her, which considering might not be too far off.
"Bella," Edward hissed. He was using that tone again that dripping with condescension and arrogance, god she hated that tone.
"I didn't come here to save you Edward, I came here to join the Volturi," Bella squared her shoulders. Alice was never wrong, if she said she was meant to be here, than she would take her word for it.
"What an interesting turn of events!" Aro exclaimed giddily.
"Bella don't do this," Edward reached for her shoulders, shaking them roughly. She started to feel bruises form on her arms and was beginning to get a head ache from the roughness.
"Edward, s-stop," she started. Like an answer to her command, Edwards hands dropped, his gaze shifting up to the ceiling. There was a swirling mist around him and Bella looked throughout the guard and found the dark haired one, Alec, smirking.
Bella reached up and touched his face. There was a part of her that would always love him, even if he didn't love her back. He had tried to kill himself over the maddening blood lust that over took him from being away from her. But he had gone away, that had to mean something.
"Please take the Cullen's out of here," Aro ordered. Felix and Demetri nodded, guiding a senseless Edward out of the cathedral like chamber. As they left, she saw Alice and gasped. There was a sinister look on her face. Her smile was crooked and not light and airy like it usually was. She couldn't have….tricked Bella could she? Alice was her best friend, if she said Bella would find what she was looking for in the Volturi, than she would. She, however, couldn't shake the ever present notion of feeling betrayed.
She turned around; facing Aro alone now she was met with the same sinister look.
"Welcome to the Guard Bella," He greeted. With that she felt arms on her. They were pulling her hair and limbs. There were several of them, all latching their teeth onto her. She screamed, begged them to stop, this was not what she wanted. Alice had been wrong, Alice had been so wrong.
Then the teeth were gone, and it was nothing but bone crushing pain as she burned into oblivion.
So what do you think? I promise it will pick up. Read and Review.
Much love~ Azriel Night
