I don't know how I made it to the clock tower, but I did. Somehow, something inside me showed me the way, as if there was some giant magnet pulling me to the center of something important. Something that my whole life revolved around. I felt the need to get close to it, whatever it was, to feel whole.

So I ran through the sea of red, not caring if I bumped into people or not, much to the displeasure of my boots. Once I reached the water fountain, I searched frantically for Bella, searching every shadowy place I could find. But I couldn't find her. Great. How the hell was I going to explain this to dad? Oh, sorry dad. I kinda lost Bella went I to save her from a group of puritanical vampires! I'm sure that would go over well. Especially with the pack. Oh my god, that conversation would be a nightmare. Especially with Jake. I suddenly felt myself on the urge of a panic attack. I nearly collapsed on the fountain bench as tears started flowing. I tried to cover my sobs by choking them, but to no avail. I began to break down in front of a crap load of people, but I didn't care. There had to be a way for me to find Bella. I almost lost her once. I wasn't going to make that same mistake again. My savior, or so I thought came in the appearance of a gorgeous woman with beautiful mahogany colored hair dressed in a red velvet dress, with a scarf covering her head and black gloves adorning her hands.

I sensed her sitting down right next to me, scooting a little too close. "Hey hon, what's the matter? Are you lost?" Something about this woman spooked me, and I don't know why. Yet, at the same time, I was fascinated. With my head still buried in my knees, I shook my head, still crying.

"No. I just...I'm looking for my sister. She came here to find her boyfriend, but she ran off! Oh, my dad's gonna kill me!" I wailed louder in my knees, not giving a crap who could hear me. Stupid pregnancy hormones. I felt her put an arm around my shoulders, which made me flinch a little. She felt cold, which was odd, because we were directly in the sun. I felt her lift me up from the stone fountain, leading me away from the sunlight.

"Here, hon, come with me. I'm sure we can find your sister together." I sniffed as she lead me inside where I felt a cool rush of air. I looked up, noticing I was in some sort of hallway that belonged in a fancy hotel. With her arm still around my shoulders, the mysterious lady in red led me through a back alley, and down a flight of brick stairs that oddly reminded me of a dungeon. Suddenly, I was scared. An eerie sense of foreboding filled me with suspicion. We came upon an elevator where I was shoved gently inside. As the elevator moved further down into the earth, I stole a glance at my "savior." She took off her headscarf, wrapping it around her neck. She was stunningly beautiful. I was under a trance until I noticed her eyes. They were red. Oh fuck. I gasped, and she turned to look at me.

When the elevator opened, she moved to walk out. But I stayed, pressing myself against the wall. She looked at me, almost coquettishly. "What's the matter, don't you want to find your sister?" I shook my head furiously.

"Um, no thanks. I think I can find her on my own." I went to press the up button, but she grabbed me by the arm.

"Oh, I don't think so," she smiled so sickly. I tried to escape from her grip, but it was no use. She dragged me through a reception area, where a woman looked at us with concern. Ignoring the woman's questions, my captor dragged me down a dimly lit hallway that definitely reminded me a dungeon. I begged with her to let me go, but she ignored me. We then came to a pair of double doors. Not letting go of my arm, she knocked three times before the doors opened. "Master Aro, I found another one wandering about. She said she was looking for her sister." Oh fuck. I heard that name before, which could only mean one thing. I was brought in front of the Volturi.

Before I could run, a pair of strong arms held me up on both sides. It hurt like hell. "Hey, watch the merchandise, pal!" Before I could give whoever was holding me hostage a piece of my mind, I suddenly went blind. I screamed.

"Maggie, I told you to stay in the car!" That was Alice, but where was she?

"Alice! Where's Bella?!"

"I'm right here, Maggie."

"Bella, help me. Please...I'm frightened." Oh boy, here come the waterworks. My head fell, my chin resting on my chest as I felt the tears fall. Then I heard something I thought I would never hear.

"Felix, Alec, Demetri...That's enough." It was that melodious voice I've been hearing in my dreams. I felt myself sinking down to the ground gently. Choking on my sobs, I felt someone pull me into their arms. Hesitantly, I reached up to feel who it was. Recognizing the soft, long hair, I clung harder than ever to my sister.

"Hey, it's alright. I'm here." Bella helped me up, not letting me go. We hugged for moment before an oh so familiar voice broke me out of my reverie.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" I gasped, immediately recognizing that voice. That oh so delicious voice that belonged to that handsome man in my dreams. But there's no way he could be real. Could he? I slowly let go of Bella, and turned to the source of the voice. Once I set my eyes on him, something inside me set off a jolt, awaking something that I was unconsciously aware of. It was him. He was real. And he was more handsome in person. Then I realized something. This must be Aro, one of the Volturi kings. Oh crap. What was even worse was that I found myself extremely attracted to him, and I don't know why. I tried to back away, but it felt like some invisible magnet pulling me forward. He must've sensed it too, because he was slowly making his way towards me like I was walking towards him.

We finally stood face to face, and I felt incredibly small compared to his tall stature. I could feel his eyes taking in my form, and blushed slightly as I looked away. "It's so lovely to see you in person, Margaret. I've been waiting a long time for you." What the fuck does that even mean? And how the hell did he know my name.

I could barely raise my voice above a whisper. "It's Maggie." He just chuckled.

"But Margaret is far more fitting for a lovely young woman as yourself." I shivered as he brushed a loose strand of hair behind my ear, causing me to blush deeper. He looked at me for a moment before turning his attention to Edward and Bella. "You see, Edward? What did I tell you? Aren't you glad that I didn't give you what you wanted yesterday?" I noticed that Edward had gone visibly tense. His bullshit meter was going off the rails.

"Yes, Aro, I am." A moment of silence fell as Aro took in Bella. Dude, you're kinda being a creep right now. Back off.

"La tua cantante. Her blood appeals to you so much. How can you stand being so close to her?"

"It's not without difficulty." Aro chuckled.

"Yes, I can see that. It makes me thirsty. But not as thirsty as her sister's." I visibly gulped as his gaze fell upon me once again. Dude was really scaring me now. Last time I checked, blood smells metallic. How the fuck does my blood have a stronger appeal to him than Bella's? Surely all human blood is the same. "Now, let us have the story." Aro grabbed Edward's hand and fondled it like he was fondling...something else. I turned scarlett at the thought of him touching himself, even more so at the thought of him touching himself when thinking about me. At this rate, I'm going to die from a nosebleed.

"Aro can read every thought I ever had. By one touch. And now you know everything. So just get on with it." Now my face was as red as a tomato. If he touched even an inch of my skin, he would know all my fantasies, thoughts, feelings, past events. I made a note to not let him get too close.

"You're quite the soul reader yourself, Edward. Though...you can't read Bella's thoughts. Fascinating!" He started backing away slowly, not taking his eyes off Bella. It was like I wasn't even in the room anymore. "I would love to see, if you're an exception to my gifts as well." He held out his hand towards Bella. "Would you do me the honor?" Oh, fuck me. I think my panties just got wet a little, and it wasn't from my pregnancy. I shivered at his baritone voice. He must've noticed, because his eyes flickered over to me, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

Bella hesitantly stepped forward and took Aro's hand. He bowed his head, attempting to concentrate. But then he raised his head, looking quite shocked. "Interesting. I see nothing." He let go of Bella's hand, slowly turning away, looking like he was in deep thought. "I wonder...Let us see if she's immune to all our powers. Shall we Jane?" Oh shit, this can't be good. The petite blonde turned her head towards Bella, an evil smile plastered on her face. That's when I decided to step in before I lost my nerve.

"Bella, no!" I stepped in front of my sister, only to feel like I was set on fire. My whole body writhed in pain. And in that brief second before Edward stood in front of me, I caught Aro's eye. For this first time since I met him, I saw fear in his eyes. I collapsed on the floor, Bella quickly kneeling down to my side.

"What did you do to her?! She's pregnant!" Oh yeah, I forgot. One of my hands shakingly made its way to my growing bump, clutching at it. Aro watched me with an intense gaze as I struggled to get up. Bella then noticed Edward, who was also writhing in pain. "Stop! Stop! Just stop hurting him, please!" Aro gave Jane a knowing look, and Edward ceased his seizures.

"Master?"

"Go ahead, my dear." I struggled to get up, only managing to sit up before wincing in pain. One arm supported me as the other reached out for Bella. However, Bella didn't collapse like Edward and I. Aro gave this maniac-like chuckle that scared the shit out of me. I ended up collapsing on the cool, marble floor. Although the pain was gone, I still seized a bit, clutching my stomach. "She confounds us all! So...what do we do with you now?" Aro's eyes flickered between Bella and I as she helped me get up on my feet, which was a struggle. But I made it.

"You already know what you're going to do, Aro." I glanced at the ancient vampire on the left, who looked bored as hell.

"She knows too much. She's a liability." My eyes narrowed at the blonde at the right. Something tells me he's a major asshole. Aro sighed, his shoulders heaving up before going down.

"That's true." I held onto Bella tightly as we faced our fate. I looked at him, and I could see his stance falter a little when he saw my expression. "Felix." My head turned towards the back, where a larger vampire looked ready to kill. He came walking towards us, and I prepared myself to die.

"Bella, I love you." It was barely audible, but I'm sure Aro heard it, judging by the twitch in his face.

"No!" Edward somehow managed to recover, and flipped both Bella and I upside down, making us face the three ancient vampires. I suddenly felt queasy. I nearly collapsed do to the immediate vertigo I just experienced. Aro's face was hard to read as I managed to land on my knees, clutching Bella's legs. Bella and I watched as Edward and Felix battled it out. Alice tried to help, but she was detained by another vampire. Somehow, Felix managed to launch Edward ten feet into the air before slamming him down on the floor, making the marble crack. Both Bella and I gasped in horror.

Edward laid comatose as Felix raised and turned towards us. A rush of adrenaline hit me as I managed to stand back up. "Bella, no!" I shoved her out of the way. Luckily, Edward was able to recover, and came at Felix's side like a bullet. But it threw me up in the air a bit, and I crash landed, hitting my head hard.

"Maggie!" I tried to get up, but it was all in vain. My head hurt like hell, preventing me from getting up. My vision blurred as I watched the two vampires slamming each other around, damaging precious architecture. I turned my head and looked at Aro, and caught a glimpse of anger on his face. My gaze turned back to the fight, where Felix slid Edward under a bench before punching it, narrowly missing Edward's head. He raised Edward up in the air, holding him by the neck. The two managed to whip around in a blur, which made it hard to see what was going on. While Edward tried to get out of Felix's grip, it was impossible. Felix was too strong. He ended up flipping Edward upside down, causing him to go crashing onto the stairs that led to the dais. I was certain they were going to kill him, because it looked like Felix was going to rip his head off.

"No, please! Please! Kill me! Kill me! Not him." My eyes widened.

"Bella, are you fucking crazy?!" Somehow I managed to raise my voice, and Aro looked at me before returning his gaze to Bella. He slowly made his way down the dais and towards Bella.

"How extraordinary. You would give up your life, for someone like us. A vampire. A soulless monster."

"Get away from her!" My eyes darted between Edward, Bella, and Aro. Bella, who seemed to become more defiant after watching Edward get his ass handed to him, offered the strangest rebuttal I ever heard.

"You don't know nothing about his soul." Oh crap, now she's done it.

"Bella, for the love of god, shut up!" I managed to scold her before wincing. Aro smiled at her before muttering something in Italian that I couldn't make out. He looked back and forth between Bella and Edward, before switching back to English.

"This is a sadness. If only it would be your intention to give her immortality." He looked at Bella, almost like she was a snack. That's when I realized what he was about to do. Before I could protest, Alice spoke up.

"Wait! Bella will be one of us! I've seen it. I'll change her myself." Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Edward glare at his sister. It feels like he doesn't want Bella to become a vampire. Aro offered his hand towards Alice, who broke free of the vampire's grip and gave it to him. Aro's face went into a deep focus, as if he were dreaming. "Mesmerizing. To see what you have seen, before it happens." He turned towards Bella hungrily. "Your gifts, will make you for an intriguing newborn. Isabella." When Aro touched her face, something strange came over me, and I became angry. Almost if I were jealous. Wait, what?

Aro must've felt my reaction because he looked at me before quickly taking his hand away from her face. He slowly backed away as Bella helped me get on to my feet. Suddenly, everyone's gaze fell on me. And I felt a certain blonde give me a death glare. "What about that one then, Aro? Clearly she's much of a liability as her sister." I returned his glare, not faulting. Aro looked at me, with some sort of dreamy look on his face.

"I think, Caius, that we don't have to worry about this one. She seems to be a carefully guarded young human. So very trustworthy…And honest. Almost as if she's too pure..." He made his way closer to me, and I panicked. All hell would break loose when he touched me. I broke myself free from Bella and tried to back away, but that only made him come closer. Stupid invisible magnet. My eyes fluttered shut as he let his hand rest on the side of my face. As he read my thoughts, I tried looking away, but he kept my face steady. The range of emotions I saw on his face was unreal. I saw intrigue, humor, sadness, and mostly anger. "I think…"he said to me as both hands cupped my face. "I shall be seeing you quite soon my dear."

His eyes lingered on my lips for a moment, contemplating what to do, before he broke away. "Go now. Make your preparations," he signaled Felix to release Edward.

"Let us be done with this, Aro," the ancient vampire said. "Heidi will arrive any moment. Thank you, for your visit." I suddenly felt weak, and almost collapsed on the floor. Aro somehow managed to catch me (Plz recall the scene where Edward saves Bella from the van. Do it. Right now!). We both shared a look before he released me, and I scampered over to Edward, Bella, and Alice. Both vampires supported both sides of me. As we turned to leave.

"To return the favor, I would advise that you follow through on your promise soon. We do not offer second chances!" The angry blonde cast his eyes towards me, looking suspicious.

"Goodbye, my young friends." As Alice and Edward helped carry me out of the room, I turned to look back at Aro, who only stared at me, quite longingly. As we walked through the darkened corridor, I saw the woman in red, Heidi, leading a group of innocent tourists, including some children. My stomach churned. No,no,no,no! Not the little ones. I muffled a cry as I heard screams of terror coming from the throne room. Alice could only look at me sympathetically as we were lead back into the outside world.

ARO POV

After our meal, Marcus, Caius and I sat in our thrones as the rest of the guard cleaned up the remains of the tourists. My thoughts went back to Isabella's sister, my mate. My Margaret. I began to process what I've seen in her thoughts, which were not pretty. It was hard for me to control my anger with my brothers present. But I couldn't help it. After I've seen young Margaret being beaten, raped, and emotionally abused by that former suitor of hers, I felt the need to break every single law I put in place to hunt him down and end his miserable life. Then I thought of the child she was carrying. The poor, innocent babe that young Margaret will have to raise alone. But then I wondered, what it would be like for her to raise the child here? Clearly, all her needs would be taken care of and she would not be living in fear. Plus, I've always entertained the thought about having a child myself, but since becoming immortal I abandoned that thought.

I saw Margaret's life flash before my eyes. From her being born to seeing her in her adolescent days. I was slightly annoyed when I saw visions of her with this one suitor, the one before that mongrel. I could see how in love she was with this boy, and how she still harbored feelings for him. This made me sad. I was her one true mate, and the thought of her being in love with another man was quite painful. But then again, she didn't know that she belonged to me, and in time she will. I brightened up at this thought, trying to imagine what she would be like as a newborn.

Clearly, she had all sorts of ideas about our kind. I had to chuckle when I saw those visions of her dressed up as a vampire, and how she begged for a coffin to be placed in her room. Such a naive young woman. Soon she shall know better. Although, I did find myself a little turned on when I saw how risque she became when she entered her late adolescence.

What concerned me the most were the thoughts she had right before she left. I had frightened her. And so did the others. When I saw her get hurt during that fight between Felix and the Cullen boy, I almost lost my nerve. As a mate, I must protect her at all costs. Including the little one inside her. I had to chuckle a bit when I read her opinion on Caius. It would seem that he might have met his match with her.

But Jane was an entirely different scenario. When I saw young Margaret take the fall for her sister, I wanted to cry out. Seeing my own mate suffer at the hands of her own coven was disgraceful, even though young Jane had not intended for Margaret to be the victim.

What I did find most surprising was all the dreams that she had. I had always appeared in them, and even though we never crossed paths until now, she imagined me perfectly. I would have to ask Marcus about this phenomenon. It also surprised me how physically attracted she was to me. When I read her thoughts about me pleasuring myself to her made it excruciating to sit in my throne. I had to stop myself from going after her.

I was broken from my thoughts by an annoyed Caius.

"Honestly Aro. I don't understand how you can let the Cullen's get away with their empty promises. That girl is a liability. Especially now that she revealed our existence to her sister."

"It was not Isabella's fault that our existence was revealed to her sister. A rogue vampire revealed himself to her when she was walking through woods with her sister. I've read her thoughts brother." It was true. The majority of the fault laid on a nomadic vampire, who seemed to be doing a favor for another nomadic vampire. I've seen how my mate was almost killed that day, and I became filled with rage. If I ever come across that sorry excuse for a vampire…

"But surely you can't let her sister walk around free. She knows too much. She needs to be punished!" My jaw tightened. Caius was going a bit overboard here.

"No Caius, she will not be punished. I trust her completely."

"How could you be so foolish brother? Surely humans can't be trusted?" My experience with humans over the many millennia I have been alive has proven this to be true. Humans are greedy creatures who seek nothing but destruction, wanting to purge the world of any impurities, such as our kind. And with their modern technology, this could easily be done. But Margaret was different. I could see that she was a pure soul, whose been mistreated very much throughout her life, not only by that mongrel of a suitor but by other peers as well. Her adolescence years were hard to watch.

"You may be right about humans Caius, but Margaret is different. I trust her completely because she is my mate." This shocked Caius into silence, and for once, I was grateful for it. I strode up from my throne, and exited the room without a single glance back. Once in my office, I slumped against the door, feeling the need to sob. While vampires can't technically cry real tears like humans, the feeling was still there. My mate has gone so much in her short life, and I made a vow to take care of her for all eternity.

Once my emotions were in check, I sat down and composed a letter to Carlisle.

Carlisle,

I'm sure Alice has already told you of the events that conspired here in Volterra, regarding your son Edward and his mate Isabella and her sister. Recently, I've discovered that young Isabella's sister is my mate, and that she is in a precarious predicament. I've read her thoughts. She's living in constant fear for her child and herself over an abusive suitor she had recently left. I'm asking you, Carlisle, as a friend and your leader, that you and your coven keep a watchful eye on young Margaret, while she still lives her human life. I have yet to decide when I will claim her as my own, but for now, keep her in your circle. This favor should not be taken lightly, and the repercussions for failing this task are left to be desired. I will be sending Demetri to keep a watchful eye on her. Please send me regular reports on how young Margaret is doing until I come and collect her.

Regards,

Aro