I stood in front of my floor length mirror watching as my grey dress twirled around my body, like a waterfall at the beginning of spring. Heidi stood behind me tying the corset, roughly I might add, so it fitted my figure perfectly. The dress stopped just above my knee to reveal a pair of black tights and grey ankle boots.

The bed started to stir. I swatted Heidi's hand away and turned to my friends, Ellie sat up and looked at me then Heidi, smiling tentatively, "how you feeling El?" I mumbled softly.

"Good, my eyes are sore though."

"That would be because of your crying. Whether you like it or not Ellie, you have to hear Demetri out. Don't try and interrupt my insanity, I know you want to. Look, he genuinely likes you, he didn't want to make you upset, only comfort you and tell you it's all right, please just hear him out for me El Bell?" My face turned into my puppy dog look and she nodded reluctantly, "perfect, now time to change you."

I grabbed her hand excitedly and dragged her into my wardrobe, I hate being shorter than her, I tossed her a floral top, green and blue, before chucking her passing her a pair of denim shorts and daps. She changed quickly and let me sit her down to my vanity so she could do her makeup and hair.

Once she was done I led her from the room, "he's really an awesome guy, and keeps to himself quite a lot though, a real catch." She nodded, waiting while I knocked on his door.

He opened it up looking worn but his face lit up when he saw Ellie, I shoved her into his room and closed the door. Time to pray for the best, nah my plans always work.

Once I was back at my room Erika and Emily were already up and rifling through my wardrobe, Erika has already decided she's stealing my purple plaid shirt then, oh well, I handed her a skirt and she got changed sitting at the vanity while I gave Emily a nautical T-Shirt and some pale blue skinny jeans.

As they finished changing and getting ready I pulled them from the room much to their protests and handed Erika over to Cameron who gave me a thankful nod before pushing Emily into Felix and locking the door.

Well my part is done, I skipped into the Throne Room not looking impressed, immediately Aro and Caius gulped, oh they better be wary.

"What is it child?" Aro asked unsure.

"I may love you guys, but never did I ever say it was okay to force my friends into staying here, you need to be gentler around people! They have people who love them at home, what have you done to cover for them because you can't say their dead because that would implicate us here!" I saw from the corner of my eye Gianna burn three files with my friends names on saying 'deceased', "So that was your plan! To say they died, keep them away from their family's forever that's cold, even for you! Tell their families they got a scholarship to some posh, cruddy school and they have to stay in Italy if you have to, but don't cut them off from their families which love them! They aren't like me, this is not the sort of thing they are used to handling, I have been through crap all my life and they have pulled me through it, but not once did I want this life for them. I just wanted to live a long happy life travelling the world and I was sentenced here. Why do that to them?" I took a deep breath and peeked a glance at them, they looked thoughtful, Aro motioned for Gianna to go over before whispering something to her; she sped from the room once he was finished, not very fast, but still fast for some human in six inch heels and a tight skirt on.

"I'm going out," I stated pointedly before turning on my heel and walking from the room and outside down the streets, the sun beat down on my skin, aroma's of fresh pasta's and pizza's filling my nose and the annoying pinch of someone at my legs.

I looked down to a cute little girl in a pink dress with her brown hair in bunches and white tights covering her legs. She was crying, I knelt down to her level in the middle of the cobble stone streets.

"Hey, what's up sweetie?" She pointed to a group of drunken men who were making their way over to us. "What about them?"

"Hurt... us... bad."

"C'mon then," I picked her up under her arms and rested her on my hip before walking in the opposite direction to the men. "So what's your name sweetie?" I asked trying to distract her, an obvious distraction.

"Katy, Katy Pierce."

"Cute name Katy is. Okay Katy, where do you live?"

"Out of town, I was getting some things for my mama when the men showed up."

"Well let's get going."

I heard the men still following us as we passed the city gates and out into the country.

After about half-an-hour of walking the footsteps ceased to follow us, just in time for Katy to point out her home; a sweet little cottage with little primroses resting up the sides and smoke breathing from the chimney, a tall, brunette woman slaving away in the kitchen, she looked up when the rickety old gate creaked as I pushed it open, her eyes widening when she saw little Katy in my arms.

The door swung open as the woman bustled out and took the child from my arms, "Katy what happened?" She turned to me and nodded, "thank you."

I turned and left then, making my way down the country road once again, my feet making soft and muted thudding crunch sounds on the gravelled road. Wind grazing through my hair and animals snuffling in the wet, dewy grass.

People talking from behind me... I turned abruptly, it was those men from earlier, they caught me looking and picked up the pace, as did I.

"Awe Darlin', don't move so fast, you lost us our toy." Asshole's, they just called Katy a toy.

I brought my walk to a brisk pace and turned the last corner before the gate into the town when another one of the men appeared in front of me, awe crud, I turned back around and I was blocked in.

They smelt hugely of alcohol and drugs.

"You lost us our toy, now you must take her place," one with scrumpy clothes said, stepping closer to me, I took a step back and bumped into the body of another. "Look, she's eager to get close to you."

"Can't wait," he murmured in my ear, beer and vodka forcing itself in my nose.

He shoved me into a wall where I turned around to face my five oncoming pursuers. One of them kicked my face into the wall; I felt warmth pool down the back of my head before the pain hit, soon followed by a pain in my chest which made me scream.

Another scream sounded, but it wasn't mine, the sound of cracking bones and blood pooling onto the floor. Silence then fluttered in and cool arms hooked behind my back and underneath my legs before the ground disappeared from beneath me.

Pain shot through my stomach. Blood covered my eyes. My day went black.