Disclaimer: Twilight is not mine, unfortunately.
Please review!!! This is probably going to be a very short story, with only a couple short chapters,
but I would LOVE to know what y'all think about it!
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As she settled into her seat, Bella finally looked over the rest of her flight information. Before she was too preoccupied to pay attention to anything more than what time and what gate she was leaving from, but now she sees that it will be approximately a 20 hour trip, connecting in Boston and then Paris. 20 hours to think about what she was doing.
What was she doing? She is not exactly sure what she is hoping for. To be saved? To become… changed? To fall into that dark, sweet death, no longer feeling the pain she was inside? Would they take pity on her and let it be quick, or would they make her suffer as punishment for the Cullens, who weren't supposed to tell anyone their secret? As much as she tried not to think about them, the holes in her heart were a constant reminder.
Finally, the plane landed in Pisa, Italy. Trying to find her way out of the airport and to a taxi of some sort was difficult, making Bella wish she had taken a foreign language other than Spanish in school. Eventually she found someone who could speak a little English, and she was on her way to Volterra in a bus with a Christian missionary group.
As soon as they pulled up to the city gates Bella excused herself from the group, saying that she will find her way from there. The bus pulled away, and she was left standing there. Unsure of where to go to find the people she was in search of. She was walking around and sat on the edge of a fountain, trying to decide where to go when a woman approached her. She was tall with long, mahogany hair, wearing a very short miniskirt paired with a long sleeved, high necked red vinyl top that was extremely tight.
"Hi there! You look like you're looking for something, maybe I can help…?"
She was very beautiful, and reminded Bella of Rosalie. It was that thought that made her think that maybe, just maybe, this woman could help her find the people she was looking for.
"Um, actually, I'm looking for someone… er, well, a group of … people…". Bella sat, staring into the woman's violet eyes, hoping that she would understand what she was saying.
"Oh, well, I work with Volterra visitor relations, and we're going to be offering a tour of one of our beautiful medieval castles in just a few minutes. Would you like to join us?"
Evidently she didn't. It was then that she noticed the small group of people behind her, clearly tourists, with their fanny packs around their waists and their cameras around their necks.
" I don't think so. I really need to find who I'm looking for" Bella replied. She didn't have time to sight see, she was here for a reason and didn't want to get side tracked.
"Are you sure? What's your name?" She flashed Bella a big, white smile.
"Um, B-Bella."
"Well, Bella, I'm Heidi." She leaned towards Bella, as if telling her a secret." If I can be perfectly honest with you, my boss likes to have a certain number of people coming through the tours, and I haven't been pulling the numbers he likes recently and he actually threatened to fire me. It would really help me out if you would come. I promise, it won't take too long." She pulled her face back away from Bella's, still smiling.
"Ah… well, I guess I can, if it's not going to be too long." Bella got up and grabbed her carryon, following Heidi. Then it dawned on her. Heidi just dazzled her! Oh well, it's not like she has a set schedule to stick to. Maybe it will get her closer to the one she needed to see.
She followed Heidi and the others through a luxurious lobby and what appeared to be an office waiting room. Heidi was talking about the castle: who had lived there, how long it had been there, that there was a city run business that was run out of it, now. Bella wasn't really paying attention, she was thinking about how to go about her set task once the tour was over. Maybe if she took Heidi aside afterwards and just asked her straight out where the Volturi are, she would help her.
The group turned down an ornate hallway, and then went through a pair of gold covered doors. As the other visitors spread through the room that they had gone into, Bella saw the others in front of them. There were 5, including Heidi, who had shut the door behind them. Bella heard a large bolt slide into place. Everyone was confused, some thinking this was all part of the tour, others demanding to be shown the way out right away.
None of them noticed the clear, vapor-like mist coming towards them.
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