A/N: to my adoring readers, I'm sorry I updated the disclaimer and left you hanging. But I wanted to be able to think about what to start to write. Which reminds me: I'm dedicating this chapter to Kay, she reviewed to get Jane right to the last quiz, but I didn't get in time. So my friend, this is yours.

Quote of the Chapter: "Life is a river with many twists and turns. Those who have a boring life, are floating downstream on the wrong river!"

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Chapter One:

Getting Started, Coming Together

Bella POV:

Ever since Rosalie and I took down the Volturi in one night without a scratch, the land of mythical creatures was in an uproar. Not everyone took to having the new rules in the land of mythical creatures and mere mortals.

The rules were as follows:

All vampires have to be vegetarian vampires. You can eat any animal you want, so long as it is NOT a human.

All werewolves have to try to get along with vampires.

Fighting is babyish, and therefore outlawed unless a good reason is present.

Do now piss the new Volturi members off; this will end in a rather painful death for you.

Do not, under any circumstances, tell a human what you are (if you are mythical) this penalty is death.

And above all, do not touch Bella's Bugatti Veyron, doing so is NOT recommended for state of health.

O! Last one: Do not piss off the new Volturi, I mean come on, look what happened to the last one!

Just then, Jane tinkered her way into the main room. Alice had a ball redecorating, and since we acquired the old Volturi's cash reserves, we were now living large-r than before!

"Bella? We have a problem. There has been an attack in the city. A young man decided to hunt humans and has been evading us all day. How would you like to proceed?" She asked. Since we changed her eating habits, I've really liked her. She is very pretty when her eyes aren't ruby red. And she knows it too!

"Hmm. I don't really know. Call a meeting of the Keepers, I'll leave it open for opinions." She nodded, and then left.

In less than two seconds, I heard the buzz of the pager for the Keepers. In seconds, my whole family was in front of me.

"Hey guys, we have a problem. There is a rouge vampire loose in the city, and since we don't have a guard, I don't know how we should proceed." I addressed them all. We all took turns being 'in charge' when in reality, everyone was in charge; we just took turns sitting in the office waiting for reports.

Emmett looked excited. He was still miffed Rose and I took away his fun when we massacred the Volturi, but he forgave us when we let him ignite the last rule-breakers for insubordination. "Why, it's simple! I go out and search. Bella can make it cloudy so it'll be safe, and then I can attack and bring him back here!" Rose whacked him on the back of his head.

She hissed at him. It was clear he should take that as a no. Jane spoke next. "Ah. That's where you're wrong my dear Emmett, to make it more amusing for us, we should make him want to come here. Rose, I think you know what I mean." She grinned evilly, so did Rosalie.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, go pretend to be sluts to lure him in. I don't care how you do it, but there will not be murders in my city so long as we are in charge of things." Rose and Jane left to dress "up" or down, depending on how you looked at it. They disappeared within the moment, and soon they brought the rule-breaker in to meet us.

The troublemaker's name was Al. He was from Peru and he was a new vampire.He walked into the antechamber and was confused. There were 15 people in here, and none of them were members of the Volturi.

"Excuse me, but I'm looking for the Volturi, a couple of girls came to find me, said it was urgent…" Al said, looking around.

"O, you poor little man. I'm sorry, but they're all dead. WE are the Volturi now. And now is the time where you grovel for mercy." Bella said. She and Rose got to yell the most; after all, they were the ones who landed everyone in this place in the first place.

"I'm sorry, your highnesses, but May I be so bold to inquire who killed them?" he asked, looking around. He was nervous now. He Eyed Emmett and the werewolves questioningly, but they gave him nothing.

"Rose and I did. All of them are gone except for Jane. But before I, well the werewolves over there, rip you to shreds. What is your power?" Bella asked, looking over to Rose.

"Mind Control, but did I hear you say werewolves?" Al asked, utterly confused. I mean really the dogs and vampires are supposed to be enemies, not part of the Volturi – TOGETHER!

"Hmm. Interesting. Would you like to be a part of the guard? We have simple, simple rules. You hunt animals only. No humans – EVER! What ever the Volturi say goes, short of suicide or homicide (unless otherwise instructed), and those werewolves over there? Yes, those ones are in charge of you. Oh yea, if you lay a molecule on my daughter Creesia, my father Charlie, my grandfather Billy, or Sam's fiancé Emily, you die. It's quite simple. Agreed?" Bella asked, she was so nice and normal, but as soon as duty called, she was all business. She never did something that one family member voted against though. The powers of mind conversation are amazing.

"Agreed." Al said.

Bella was excited now. "Perfect. You're on fetching duty. Emmett? Please escort Al to the guard wing. He has his choice of rooms." Emmett complied. He gleefully, but forcefully removed Al from the room. You see, even after being five weeks as the Volturi, these people are too dense to realize that you don't mess with The Peace Keepers. Little did they know it would be the ones closest to them to retaliate first.

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A/N: so how did you like that? I loved the rules in the beginning, but that's just me. I'm really excited to be writing another story, and I was so flippin excited when I got a whole inbox full of reviews and PMs. Thanks to those who made contact with me. That's part of the reason why I hurried up and wrote the first chapter tonight. But most of the characters I add or modify are mirror images of people I know (my friends) in real life, so when I get so attuned with the character, it's because I already know them, so to speak.

So that was chapter one, and many thanks to Weazle who came up with the name of Bella's car. The story may be slow for a while, but I swear it'll pick up eventually. I just have to figure out what's going to happen…

Much love, and bis nacht

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