I'm Still Standing

Summary: Bella is broken after finding that all Edward wanted from her was a child. As a newborn vampire she had no one to turn to except the Volturi. There she accepts a position with them. What will happen to her now?


Chapter 7


Weeks few, it was quiet back at Volterra, nothing much happening except my first attempt to witness the killing a vampire. I looked at him as he knelt in front of us, begging to be killed. It reminded me of Edward, he had come here to kill himself. Aro granted it after a few minutes of arguing between the 2. The words that came out of Aro's mouth turned my stomach, making me feel extremely sick. I gulped, Emmett placed his hand on my shoulder and I looked behind my seat at him. His blood red eyes asking me if I was alright and all I could do was nod before we were whisked away into another room, one that smelt of blood. The vampire had knelt down again and I looked at him before turning and burying my face into Emmett's chest, I couldn't stand to see the vampire's eyes in his dying minutes. Emmett placed a hand in my head, soothing me. The jumped at the sound of something swishing through the air, a second later a something hit the ground and then the smell of fire filled the room.

"Get me out of here," I whispered to Emmett. He guided me out of the room, all I could here was the roar of the flames.

"Bella Emmett," a voice rang out a week later. The big double doors had opened and in came 4 unexpected vampires: Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle. They had all stayed together, even though Edward and Rosalie had broken the family up. I smiled at them, standing from my seat and walking down to them, glad that Aro, Marcus and the 2 wives were busy away from Volterra.

"Bella," Alice's voice floated through my ears, as the pixie hugged me.

"Its god to see you again sister, Emmett," Jasper said, standing next to Alice. I looked down.

"Uh, I'm not married to Edward, I'm not your sister anymore," I replied in a whispered. Alice laughed.

"Don't worry, you soon will be again. I didn't purposely look for you," she winked before bursting out into laughter again, though I was unsure of what she meant so I simply shrugged. I looked up at Jasper and hugged him too before going over to Esme and Carlisle.

"I missed you all," I replied, my voice was soft with joy. Esme smiled at me, enveloping me into a hug followed moments later by a hug from Carlisle.

"We are all proud or you, Bella," Carlisle said. I nodded.

"I got her back, Renesmee's with me. Though Alice probably saw it in her vision," I said, looking at Alice.

"Where is she, we weren't aware you got her," Esme chimed in.

"She's with Jane," I replied, seeing the silently shocked faces of what was once my family, "Renesmee gets along with Jane really well. I appointed Jane as her bodyguard." They all seemed to understand. Emmett walked up to us and greeted everyone.

"We were worried about you Emmett," Esme smiled at him.

"I'm sorry, I uh needed time away from you, after Rosalie and Edward deceiving us, it was hard on me, I mean I had lost my angel and so when Alice said Bella was here, I had to see how she was coping, she was doing way better than me," he chuckled, running a hand through his brown hair. Jasper seemed to lean forward, noticing something similar between me and Emmett.

"You've been on a human diet," he said. If I could blush I would of as I let my head drop.

"It was easier this way. No humans are killed here," Emmett replied, like it was nothing, "finding animals is a pain around these areas."

"I'm sorry," was all I could say. It took me a few seconds to continue, "I didn't intend to, but the gold reminded me so much of him, I didn't want something that reminded me of him, please understand."

I felt arms around my waist, looked up slightly I saw Alice was hugging me again.

"Its ok Bella, we understand," Jasper smiled, "if I can remember correctly, we've all been on that diet before, its nothing to be ashamed of. And like Emmett said, no humans are killed here." I nodded.

"Come, I bet you're dying to see Renesmee," I said, changing the topic. I turned, Emmett beside me as we headed towards Renesmee's room.

Jane looked up as we walked in, her eyes immediately narrowed in a glare.

"It's alright Jane, they're with me, they won't hurt Renesmee," I said, sitting down next to her. Rensemee crawled into my lap, her hand on my forehead as she showed me that she had beaten Jane at every single game they had played. I smiled at her, chuckling.

"There are some people that would like to meet you again," I said; "You remember Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle right?" she nodded. I pointed towards the door were the others were waiting. She squealed, squirmed out of my lap and headed towards them.

Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle left a few days later, wanting to check up on their home in Forks. See if Edward and Rosalie had destroyed anything. They had told me that they left to keep an eye on Renesmee but soon found out Rosalie and Edward had planed to run, and before they could do anything, the 2 had gone, Renesmee with them. I thanked them, hugged them goodbye before heading to my room.

Emmett came in a few minutes later, sitting down behind me, his hands gentle on my shoulders as he gave me a massage.

"They're gone. You ok?" he asked, breaking the silence. I nodded, enjoying his hands, as they loosed the tight muscles in my neck and shoulders.

"Yea, thanks. You could have gone back with them, you know," I said.

"You don't want me around?" he asked, a hurt tone in his voice.

"No its not that, I don't want to tie you down here. I know you don't really like the Volturi," I said, turning to face him.

"Bella, you're family to us. I don't think the others would have left without at least one of us staying here with you," he replied, referring to the rest of the Cullens. I smiled, wrapping my arms around him waist in a hug.

"I'm here for you always Bells," he whispered into my hair.

I sighed as we walked through the thick forest. Aro and Caius had decided we needed to pay some coven a visit. I didn't take much notice as I hung back from the rest of the group. I looked at them, Aro and Caius up the front with a few guards, Emmett was talking to Alec, probably talking about video games and fighting strategies. Everyone seemed chatty; obviously it was only going to be a friendly visit, a warning maybe, nothing big. I heard a sound close to me. My eyes darting around and after a few seconds before noticing a broken branch that Felix had just walked onto. I sighed, glad that Renesmee wanted to remain with the wives at home. Emmett turned to look at me; I smiled at him before he turned back to the conversation with Alec. I looked up at the canopy of trees, watching as the sun filtered through the leaves. A cool wind blew before I felt something hard connect with the back of my head. I landed on all four, groaning as red clouded my eyes. I snickering cam from behind and I looked to find Rosalie. I glared as she swung the think tree trunk she had in her hands. I rolled dodging another impact with her weapon. I stood, ran around her. I was quicker due to feeding on humans and jumped on her back, her head in-between my hands.

"Get off," she yelled swinging the trunk behind her. It missed and so she backed up into a tree. My hands loosened and she threw me off her.

"Edward left me because of you," she hissed, "he left me because you took Nessie away." She balled her hand into a fist, aiming for my face, coming in contact with my check and the corner of my left eye. It hurt, a lot. I cried out as I kicked her in the stomach. I could see something in the corner of my eye, yet I didn't stop. I punched her before grabbing her by the neck, biting down onto her. She screamed as venom flooded through her veins again. I bit her again. The second bit didn't seem to be as painful as she slammed on into the ground. She was about to punch me in the gut when someone wrenched her off me. I sat up, my head spinning as I saw Emmett pinning her up against the tree.

"She's mine," I said to him, picking up the tree trunk that Rosalie had dropped. Emmett backed up as I advanced on her, striking her on the shoulder. She grabbed it and pulled the tree of out my grasp, flinging far away. I growled, lunging at her, missing her and landing on the ground. I felt her come up behind me and I kicked out, hearing her crumble to the ground. I stood walked over to her and continuously punched, copping a few myself before talking her head in my hands again and twisting them before she had a chance to free herself. Her hands slid from mine, limp. I had just successfully killed my first vampire. I rolled off her and collapsed, feeling Emmett cradle me.

"Stay with me Bells," he said. He had lifted me up and was running to the rest of the group. Darkness covered my sight.

"Is she going to be ok?" I heard someone say. I tried opening my eyes, one was stuck due to swelling.

"I hope so," I heard Emmett reply. He sounded closer then the other and that when I felt him shift from underneath me. I remembered clearly that Rosalie had attacked me. But how long was I out for, I had no clue.

"Jane, keep Renesmee out," another voice, Caius I think said. So we were back at the Volturi. I must have been a couple of days then. I tried to move, finding every part of my body sore and stiff. I blinked with my good eye, focusing my vision. I saw Emmett look down at me.

"She's awake guys," he said. I looked around, seeing everyone crowded around me. My fingers twitched and I felt fabric, I must have been placed on a bed, with Emmett as my pillow.

"Ho…how long?" I asked, my throat sore, hoping someone would decipher my question.

"3 days Bells," Emmett replied. I looked at him, his eyes seemed to have darkened a bit, indicating he must have been with me the whole 3 days.

"how you feeling?" I asked. I groaned, turning my head to the side, seeing a bag of hanging up.

"We had to get blood into you somehow," Aro said as he stood next to the bag, "You should be right in a couple of more days, she did a number on you, not as bad as what you did to her." I tried nodded, pain flooded my neck.


TBC...


AN: and I just killed off my fave character (besides Edward and Bella), aw. Anyways R&R. Thanks to those who reviewed, i'm glad you want me to continue this.