Chapter 10

BPOV:

The sky was dark, only a little sliver of the moon was visible. The air was cool and crisp, and the forest was full of noises from the animals that made their homes here. We walked in silence for a while, everyone quietly contemplating the recent events. Carlisle looked over Ben when we crosses the portals, but couldn't really do much since we were in the wilderness. The only injury we could find that was bad was a knife wound on his side. It wasn't serious, and even though the Sidhe are not as durable as vampires, we are harder to kill then humans. We needed to get back to the house as soon as we possibly could, something was off about his injury.

I turned to Angela, "Angela, did my parents ever make it out of there in time?" I asked her.

"No, I am sorry Princess, Aro and his men captured them and dragged them away. They were going to leave, but the village was attacked, after that they refused to leave their people helpless," she said watching the ground as she walked.

I stopped walking. I doubled over and fell to the ground. I couldn't hold in the sobs this time. No more, this was to much, to much for just one person to handle. I cried to the sky asking the Goddesses why they had allowed this to happen. I screamed until my throat burned and my voice started to crack. When I finally started to calm down I realized that I was being held in somebody's lap. They were rocking me and petting my hair, telling me that they were here for me. I sniffed and looked up, and there was Edward. He had handed Ben off to Carlisle and came to me in my fit. He reached his hand up and brushed my hair out of my face and he dried the tears from my eyes.

"Are you going to be okay Bella?" He asked me. I just nodded my head and tried to stand. I wavered a bit but with Edwards help I could manage. From then we pressed onwards.

We were walking for a few more hours when I noticed that the noises in the forest had died down. Just as I was about to say something Alice gasped. All of our eyes snapped towards her glazed unfocused ones. Seconds later she blinked and came back to reality. "What did you see," I asked, pushing through everyone to get closer to her.

"Aro and his men are coming for us, they went back to the portals and caught our scent," she whispered.

"How long?" I asked. I needed to know how long I had to figure out a plan.

"Five minutes, give or take a minute," she answered. I nodded my head and started to think. Maybe I can make a portal like my mom did, a temporary one that led to the Cullen house instead of a different realm. "That will work," Alice said. I looked at her and smiled in thanks.

"What could work?" Emmet asked. I explained it to him. He just nodded and grunted in his approval.

I closed my eyes and centered myself. I pulled my magic from the very pit of my being and began a summoning spell, "A gateway is what I seek, to take me and mine to safety, Moon Goddess and Earth Mother let it be." The air wavered and rippled and a portal appeared, right on the other side I could see the Cullen house. I breathed a sigh of relief. "We have to go now," Alice whispered. I stood to the side and let the others go through first. Just as Edward crossed the portal with Ben, I heard them come up behind me, I looked at Edward and shouted, "Get them to safety, I love you," and quickly shut the portal before he could say anything back.

"Princess Isabella, I presume," I heard from behind me. I turned toward the voice. Not ten feet away from me stood five vampires. I straightened my shoulders and held my chin high. "You are correct, I am Princess Isabella Swan of the Sidhe," I said with as much confidence as I could muster. I studied the vampires. The one who spoke was tall and lanky, he had long black hair and blood red eyes, he wore a black robe, the clasp that held it together around his neck was made of gold and sapphires. The vampire that stood to his left was a small female, she looked about fifteen, and next to her stood a boy that looked exactly like her, twins maybe. To his right stood a big, burly looking vampire, with brown hair and a sculpted jaw, the vampire next to him was about the same body type, a little smaller with dirty blonde hair and a more slender face. They all wore long grey robes with plain gold clasps.

"Oh how rude of me," the one who spoke first said, "let me introduce myself, I am Aro." I looked at him, waiting for him to continue. "You have heard about me," he assumed. He was right I have heard stories about him my whole life. I wanted to yell at him, to curse him, better yet I wanted to kill him. I kept myself under control. I didn't want to die, and right now if I started a fight, I would lose. I told myself to stay silent, something that was much easier said then done.

Aro began to walk closer to me, with every step he took closer, I took a step back. I did not want him closer then he was. He smiled at me, "you are afraid of me," it wasn't a question, he was stating it. "Your mother was afraid of me too when we first met, strange, she didn't seem too frightened when I killed her," he said. It took me a minute to process what he said. That was enough time for him to close the distance between us. He was on me, pining me to a tree behind me. "Not to worry though dear Princess, I will not kill you, my sources tell me you are much more powerful then your mother ever was," he whispered into my ear. I held back my tears, I would not let him see my weakness. He pulled back from me and abruptly let me go. I fell to all fours and tried to make up a plan of escape. I suddenly felt a sharp quick pain to my head, my vision blurred at first and then everything went dark.

EPOV:

"Get them to safety, I love you," those were the last words she said before the portals closed. I dropped Ben to the ground and tried to get to her, I just wasn't fast enough. She was there in the forest, with Aro and his guard alone. I screamed my frustrations out and looked back at my family. Alice came to me and put her hands on either side of my face. "Don't worry Edward, we will get her back, I know we will, I have seen it," she said trying to reassure me.

"How can you tell me not to worry Alice? The woman that I love is somewhere in the woods with that lunatic and I don't know how to get to her," I said pacing in a circle.

"Edward," Carlisle said, "lets go inside and get Ben attended to, we can all sit down and think of a way to save her." I nodded and picked Bed up off of the ground. I looked over at Angela. Her face was wet with silent tears. She looked back at me and turned to follow the others into the house. I followed them carrying Ben.

I laid Ben on the bed that was bought for Bella while we were gone. Carlisle immediately started to work on him., "Angela, is there any known poisons in the Sidhe world that could do this sort of damage?" Carlisle asked her. She turned to answer him, sitting down next to Ben and I sat on my black couch engulfing myself in Bella's mouthwatering scent.

My mind started to wander to Bella, is she okay? Why did she do that? Questions kept forming in my head, questions with no answers. I didn't even get to tell her I love her. I wanted to tell her in the forest before this happened, but she found out about her parents and I couldn't. She needed my comfort, she didn't need any complications. But she told me she loved me before the portal closed. I was lost in thought when I heard Angela calling my name.

"What?" I asked looking at her. She smiled, "you were thinking about Bella huh?" she asked. I nodded and averted my eyes out the window. "I should have known she would do this," she said. I looked back at her and sent her a questioning gaze. She understood that I didn't know what she was taking about. "She has always been selfless, she would rather them capture her alone then all of us," she continued, "she was the only royal who treated us peons like we were equal. Her mother and father were never mean, but they weren't nice either. She was the only one who actually saw us as more then servants. She is stronger then she believes." I was about to respond when I heard Carlisle call the family meeting.

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Once we were all gathered in the family room Carlisle spoke, "I know we are all worried about Bella, but we wont help her any by letting that take over, we need to think of a way to save her."

"I have had a few visions after she closed the portal," Alice jumped in. "One was of Aro pining Bella to a tree, he let her go and then Felix hit her over the head, she blacked out and then nothing. Then the second was of Bella being held in Vultera, I know that for now she is safe."

"What does Aro want with her?" Emmet asked.

"He wants to mate with her," Angela said coming into the room, "it didn't work with her mother, so he wants to try with her, I heard them talking about it when they attacked Faylinn." A growl erupted from my throat, "no way, if he touches my Bella I will break every bone in his body," I said. "Of course, you are her soul mate, it is natural for you to want to keep her safe," Angela smiled at me. An idea came to me then. I looked at Angela, "you can send messages to Bella that aren't detectable right?" I asked. She nodded. "Bella is unconscious right now, that much we know, can you send her a message? Maybe she can find a way to reply," I said, a new found hope rising to the surface. "I can try, if anyone can find a way it would be Bella," Angela said. I nodded and we got to planning. I was going to get her back, and Aro will die, that I am sure of.