Sorry it took so long! As always I love ya so much Tori! I couldn't have done this chapter without you!
Bella POV
I heard the door open and Carlisle walked in. I whimpered again and got to my feet. Edward got up with me, but stopped me before I could walk out.
"What's the matter Bella?" He asked, concern written all over his beautiful face. God, I loved this man. Did I just say that? Did I love him? Did he love me? No, he couldn't. I'm just a dog to him. Now I was probably going to lose him. Life, living or undead, sucks. Death is so much easier, no pain . . . well there's no pain after.
How did Edward want me to respond? Should I transform in front of him and say "I'm not really a dog"? That's probably too blunt since his not expecting anything like that at all. Nobody would expect their dog be a weird vampire that is in love with him. This world is just full of surprises. I just turned and trotted off downstairs. Alice, my accomplice, was gathering everyone in the living room.
"Bella and I have an announcement."
"Alice. Bella is a dog. She doesn't have an announcement. You have an announcement," Edward told her. I shook my head and sat in the center of the room. I barked sharply to get everyone's attention. I was just about to signal to Alice to start my intro when the window behind me shattered. Within that second, Jane and Alec were in the Cullen's living room. Their red eyes bright like they had just eaten. I looked at them in shock.
"We've been looking for you, Bella," Jane states with a smirk. Everyone else in the living room is just as shocked as I am. Why didn't Alice see this? Edward was the first to rise, snarling. The rest of the family quickly followed.
"What do you want with our dog?" Emmett roared. Jane blinked at the family's reaction. She and Alec shared a look after recovering from shock an both broke into snickers.
"Dog? Bellsyboo has you all fooled, huh?" Alec said between laughs. I really hated when he called me that. I got to my feet and snarled a very menacing snarl. The twins stopped laughing and backed off a few steps. Jane recovered first.
"Bella. Aro just wants to talk to you. He's not happy you ran away in the first place," She told me. Esme brought attention back to them.
"What do you mean she has us fooled? How can Aro talk to a dog?"
Jane snickered again, "Come on, Bella. Show them who you really are, if you don't then we will." I whimpered silently thinking about what I should. They would have to find out sooner or later, I just would hate for them to find out like this . . .
"You guys are insane!" Emmett growled at them. Jane nor Alec succumbed to Emmett or the rest of the Cullens.
Here we go . . . I felt the distinctive shimmer of the transformation and opened my eyes now on level with Esme's. The entire family took a moment to register the change. Then everyone who had no idea was snarling at me. Esme and Carlisle calmed down from their moment of surprise, but were still looking at me disappointedly.
"You stupid girl! How could you lie?" Rosalie was the first to shoot accusations.
"Bella. We trusted you. How could you not trust us?" Esme looked on the verge of tears. Edward, the one I loved the most, was just looking on, disgusted. I turned away, to the twins.
"I'll go see Aro ..." Maybe he'd kill me.
"No Bella! How could you guys? This is what she was afraid of! Why she didn't tell you all sooner!" Alice screamed at them. Alec grabbed my arms and dragged me out. Not fighting back at all, we soon ended up on a private jet to Volterra, Italy. No one came with us, only Jane, Alec and I went. The Cullens stayed home. My only distraction was my MP3, I played That's Classy by Breathe Carolina over and over again, hoping it would distract me. After, I started using Dot Dot Curve for the rest of the ride.
"We're here." I was led off the plane. It was night and pitch black. I followed the twins to a manhole. We traipsed our way to the castle underground. I walked into the feeding room and glared at the three ancients.
"Isabella, my dear. It's been far too long since we've seen each other!" Aro crowed. I shook my head.
"Aro, if memory serves, and it usually does, last time we saw each other you were giving the order for me to be destroyed."
"Isabella. The circumstances were very ... complicated," Caius snickered. I gave him a very rude hand gesture. The guards all snarled at me.
"The only complication was that you all did not agree with my concern for the human population and I wouldn't give in."
"Yet you still ended up with those Cullens!" Caius bellowed. I remembered this argument like it was yesterday.
Years earlier ...
"Who is Carlisle?" I asked in my innocent voice. The ancients treated me like a daughter. I knew it only came from my unique physical power. Aro and Caius looked at me in surprise. Marcus just kept his familiar mask of calm on.
"Who?" Aro asked, regaining composure. I blinked, my doe brown eyes going wide.
"That man you and the others talk about. The one who 'bears a striking resemblance in behavior to me,'" I quoted a frequently used line.
"Just a vampire who has ideals to yours," Caius said smoothly. I was silently cheering, but I had learned long ago not to show my true emotions in front of the ancients. I was finally gong to get out of here!
"May I go visit him?"
"No!" Caius and Aro roared. I skittered back a few steps. It was back to annoy both Aro and Caius.
"Why?"
Aro regained his calm composure, while Caius stayed angry. "Isabella. Carlisle Cullen has a bad habit of stealing the ones we love from us. If you were to visit him, then you might never come back."
"I give my oath to come back."
"No."
"I'm going anyway."
"If you walk out that door you will be hunted for the rest of your existence!" Aro bellowed.
Back to the present ...
He is right. Maybe I was suppose to meet the Cullens are one point. I sigh, not wanting to respond to anything they say. I am waiting for Aro to make his decision about what he going to do about me.
The Volutri made conversation for awhile; I did not listen to what they said. A few times they called me but I did not respond at all. Edward was occupying my mind, I am wondering if Alice had told him what she saw.
"Kill her." That is what I heard and it immediately broke me out of my thoughts. Aro started chuckling. "That got your attention? I've been yelling about blood and boys for about ten minutes!"
"Sorry," I mumbled and dropped my head. Something is going to happen, I could feel it ... Nothing can end like this.
One ...
". . I wish I was lying but you broke the rules, Bella, and we all know that you are in love with that mind rapist of yours," Aro stated while making a joke at the end. Huh, never thought of calling him a mind rapist . . .
I smirk, "True . . ."
Two . . .
Aro looks at Caius, he nods and turned to me. His eyes turned into an ominous black as he raised his hand ready to grab my throat. I closed my eyes.
Three. I braced for the impact of death.
Wait!" Edward and Alice ran into the room. Alice's small body covered in bright clothing, it's amazing how she had to change before coming to save me. I shake my head and run over to her.
I wanted to update before I left on my week and a half vacay. Sorry if its short, but I'm leaving tomorrow right after school. No time to work on it anymore.
-Jinxed Jess
