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I felt a feeling of dread fill me one morning, months after my power surfaced. I still didn't know what it was though. It hasn't really done anything yet. I just sometimes get these weird feelings, premonitions if you will. Well, Edward and I were just laying in our bed when I got one of those feelings. I stiffened up and Edward could tell.

"Bella?" He asked gently.

"Edward, has Alice had any visions lately?" I asked quietly.

"No, she hasn't. Why? Is something wrong?"

I cursed and answered him softly. "No, but something is coming our way, something bad. And it's the..."

I never got to finish my sentence because a crash came from downstairs and then someone yelled. I glanced at Edward worriedly. All he did was utter one word, filled with as much hate as could be expressed in one word.

"Damn."

We ran downstairs at vampire speed. The Volturi and their guard were standing in the door. The rest of the Cullen family showed up shortly after us. I looked them over to make sure no one was hurt.

"Aro, Marcus, Caius. Had I known you were going to come to visit, I would have been better prepared. But either way, it is good to see you." Carlisle said politely, subtly breaking the tension-filled air. Something wasn't right.

I crouched aggressively. This was not going to go smoothly. I had a feeling on that.

"Carlisle, how nice it is to see you and your family again. And Bella, too." Aro said in the jovial voice. It made me sick. He was too...happy. All the time, happy.

"Aro, why are you here?" Edward hissed quietly, anger evident in his voice.

"Well, I've come to see if Bella would like to reconsider our request." Aro answered. His attitude was so annoyingly happy, it made my teeth hurt.

As soon as Aro had said that, I could feel a weird prickling on my skin. I was angry, furious that he would think I would ever want to be part of his guard. No way in hell was I going to Volterra.

I snarled at Aro. "You know my answer. So leave now and never come back.

Aro replied in a tone that was not his own. "I'm not leaving without you, Bella. My request wasn't so much of a request, as it was a demand."

I snarled angrily at him. That was it. My power finally made itself known. Everyone within a few inches of me stepped away with looks of horror and fright on their faces. I only had eyes for Aro though.

"Aro. You will take your coven and leave. You are in dangerous territory." I yelled at him, not knowing where my sudden courage came from. The next thing I knew, Aro was gasping for breath, his lungs apparently not working. My anger eased a little and Aro started breathing easier. He got really angry at that and snapped his fingers. Jane immediately stepped from within the group and focused her powers on Edward. He cried out and fell to the floor, writhing in the grips of the fiery pain that Jane controlled.

"Stop!!" I screamed desperately. Aro snapped his fingers again. Jane relaxed and I glanced at Edward. He hopped up from the floor in no time, but he looked really bad. I glared at Aro and said the one thing I knew I was going to regret.

"I will come with you, of my own choice, if you promise never to harm the Cullens again."

As soon as I said that, several incomprehensible shouts came from the Cullens around me. I looked sadly at Edward. He didn't approve of this, silently shaking his head and mouthing the word no. Still looking at Edward, I told Aro to let me say good-bye to my family or it'd be worse for him.

All the Cullens were frowning, their eyes too bright with unshed tears. As I passed, they all hugged me, one by one. They all whispered to me how they would get me back, how they'd always be there for me. The last one to hug me was Carlisle.

"Please don't let him come after me. Keep him here, keep him safe, at any cost. I'm begging you, Carlisle." I pleaded softly with him.

"I'll do my best. I promise you, Bella. I will do my best to keep him here." Carlisle responded grimly.

I looked back at my family one last time, not knowing when I would see them again, not knowing if I would see them alive again. I whispered sadly. "Please forgive me. I'm so sorry."

I turned and faced Aro, angry and sad at the same time. He snapped his fingers again and two vampires grabbed my arms so that I couldn't run away. Like I would, when the safety of my family depended on me. The whole flight to Italy, I remembered my family and all the good times we've had together.