Chapter 1

Bella's POV

Previously: Finally looking down to the mattress that I sat on it was as hard as stone, filled with grime and smell of blood that came off was enough to make my stomach curl up. These thoughts was not helping my emotions I let out a long loud sigh, my sigh being cut off by my door being unlocked……

When the door was unlocked I was momentarily blinded by the brightness of the light. When I had regained most of my sight though still a bit blurry I noticed three figures wearing black cloaks stood in the doorway, the one that stood in the middle spoke first

"Hello Bella it's nice to see you again although I was hoping we would meet again when you had been changed." I just glared back at him not moving from my tiny mattress.

As I glared at the three figures I realized who they were Aro, Jane and Demitri I gasped when I realised I was in Volturi. Within the seconds that it took me to come to the realization and begin to move further into the corner of my hell hole of a 'room', Jane had grabbed my hair and was yanking me to my feet and closer to Aro. I screamed when she had yanked out a fistful of hair. When I had quietened down and all that was left were silent tears running down my face Aro spoke to me again with an emotion in his voice that scared me

"It's time for little Isabella to learn where her place is while staying here." While he said those words his long spidery fingers traced my jaw line light as feather, I couldn't help but cringe away from him, but my efforts only earned one hard slap to the right side of my face.

That sent me flying into the left wall where I crumbled into a ball on the ground. Before I really had time to register the pain that was surely to come from the blow, I was yanked back to my feet by Demitri grabbing my wrist in a death grip that would surely break if I tried to struggle. So I stood there as still as my shaking body would allow me. While I stood there glaring at Aro, Aro turned his back and began to stroll out of the room. Before he left though he called over his shoulder

"Bella you will learn your place in my castle and if not you will end up dying…….By dying I mean being buried 10 feet under." All three of them chuckled as a shiver ran down my spine.

With that he continued to walk out of the room with Demitri me and Jane following behind him. We walked down so many hallways and took so many turns that I got the impression that unless you were a vampire you would never find your way out after what felt like an hour of walking but was probably only a mere half an hour Aro stopped outside of a room the door looked like every other room we had passed.

Aro then turned around with a malicious smile spread across his face

"Bella, Bella it's time to grow up" I gulped seeing so many images of what could happen when he opened that doo. As if knowing what I was thinking he yanked the door open nearly taken it off its hinges. He sped across the threshold while Demitri pulled me into the middle of the room and pushed me too my knees in front of Aro. Aro then spoke to Demitri so fast I didn't understand a word. He was gone with the door closed before I could blink.

My eyes flattered back to Aro who was smiling down at me

"Oh Brothers why don't you come out and join me" he said in a mocking voice and two other man were on either side him. Two the left Marcus stood and on the right stood Caius.

"Do you know why you're here…human?" he spat of course I did, I hadn't been changed by the time they came, but I was stubborn so did not answer him.

"Answer me" he snarled

Again I did not answer this time earning a kick to the stomach making me lose all the breath I had held. I slumped down next to the wall I had been kicked into. Once I had my breath back I answered in a tiny hoarse voice that I thought would, could not be mine.

"I wasn't changed by the time you checked" I said while meeting his gaze.

"Good Girl" Aro said "Now come here" I didn't want another kick or hit so crawled and knelt where I had been minutes ago.

"Now for the rules of your stay here"

"1. you will refer to us as Master.. Do you understand?"

"Yes…" his eyebrows shot up with his hand coming back before he could hit me I screamed "yes master" He smiled at this

"Very Good …rule 2. Every other vampire is either sir or madam do u understand?"

"Yes master"

"Third rule you do everything that is asked of you with no emotion" he did not wait for a reply this time instead continued on.

"Failure to comply will result in punishment….. if u do a good job then you will be rewarded …understand"

My voice was filled with uncertainty as I replied with the 2 words that would become my life.

"Yes Master"