Alirght this will be my last chapter till I return. Hope you like it! Things are going to get exciting next chapter. Now the next chapter will either be really long or short. Your reviews will decide. (Oh this is random but Eclipse is an awesome movie! I mean Twilight sucked. New Moon was good but the actors sucked. But Ecilpse is just amazing! Now I'm guessing most of have seen it, but if you haven't, you really must!) So that's all...to the story!

Disclaimer: Stephenie owns characters and I own mine.

Chapter 13

BPOV

Lana and Jace were both in my room. Lately we had locked ourselves away from the rest of the castle. We only left to hunt. We were all planning. Planning our escape. As soon as Edward showed up and looked at me, almost disgusted by the fact that I was a member of the Volturi. I should be disgusted with myself! I don't know why I hadn't seen it before. We should have left a long time ago.

"So Bella, are you sure we can do this?" Lana asked.

"Do what?" I asked returning from my thoughts.

"Leave Volterra!" Lana said as if it was the most obvious thing. Which I guess it was since that is all we talked about.

"We are three powerful vampires. I'd like to see them try and stop us."

"But Aro has the entire guard on his side," Jace said. "And even if we do manage to get away. Where do we go? Aro will have us hunted until the end of eternity."

"Yes Aro has the entire guard on his side. But if we practice with my shields we could all be protected, and with Lana's true power we could obliterate the guard into pieces. Then we make a speedy get away with Jace's power," I explained. I had thought this over a lot. And if everything went according to plan then we would have no problem getting away.

"But what about Demetri? As long as Demetri is here he can track us anywhere in the world. If Aro sees what we all can really do then he won't rest until we are under his control again," Jace said. He did have a point.

"Alright, let me worry about Demetri. He is the only vampire here who actually accepted our presence. Maybe we can somehow talk to him," I said. Though I doubted myself if this would work.

"Well if anyone could convince him, it would be you Bella," Lana said seriously.

"Me?" I asked.

"Yes. He respects you Bella. If anyone has a chance of swaying his loyalty to Aro it's you," Lana said.

"I'll have to talk to him the next time I get," I said seriously. "But anyway I think we should practice some more." I jumped up from the perch on my bed. Lana groaned. She had gotten sick of practicing but knew it was necessary. Jace had pretty much mastered his gift.

"Ready," I said to Lana.

"Ready," she said focusing. Our practice was to use both of our powers. Her eyes turned black and the air became charged with electricity. She had her focus locked onto a small vase I had stolen from Aro's room. I doubted he would mind, yet again if he did I didn't care.

So Lana focused on the vase and had her hand was held out lightly towards the vase. With her hand held out a bolt of lightening flew from her fingertips. The vase exploded and right after the vase exploded into pieces. I focused on my physical shield. I focused on the flying pieces and threw out my hands. My shield molded around each one and in that second each stopped moving, and stayed suspended in the air.

"Cool," Jace said quietly in astonishment.

I slowly let all the pieces come together and let them fall into my hands. I threw the vase out. Lana and I had been mastering our skills for a while and I was proud of our progress.

Lana cracked her knuckles. "That was fun."

I smiled. I felt like we were ready for this. When the time came no one would be able to stop us. Now we just had to find the right time.

"I still can't believe no one has heard our practicing," Jace said suddenly. "I mean no one has even questioned why we keep breaking things."

"They probably just think its Bella throwing a hissy fit," Lana said. I flicked my wrist and my shield threw her into the wall.

She glared at me put soon she smiled and laughed. She looked deviously at my floor.

I knew what she was thinking, "Oh don't you dare think about messing with my floor!"

Lana just smiled and placed her hand on the floor and I lost my balance in a violent earthquake shacking my floor.

Once I regained my ground I threw out my shield and wrapped it around her raising her up into the air. She struggled feebly then gave up.

"Aren't you going to help me," she asked Jace. He looked up at her then laughed.

"No I think I'll have to leave you hanging."

I joined in with his laughter until I heard a vampire approaching then a knock on the door. I got nervous and lost my focus so Lana crashed to the ground. We all looked at each other. Had our practice drawn attention? Had someone finally noticed?

I hesitantly answered the door. Felix stood there looking quizzically into the room. Lana jumped up from the ground and smiled. "So what's up Felix?" Lana asked.

"Aro wants the guard in the council room for a brief meeting." We all soured at the news. We followed Felix into the council room. Everyone stared at us as we walked in. The entire castle knew my past now. I used to be the human who fell in love with a vampire. And that vampire had left me allowing me to be changed into a vampire in the end no matter the fact that he only left to keep me human.

I ignored everyone's gaze and walked in and faced Aro like everyone else.

"Welcome everyone. Now I have an announcement to make. In a few days we will be having our Masquerade Ball to celebrate the founding of the Volturi. We have invited many covens from around the world to visit. I want my guard to make sure everything goes smoothly."

Aro went into the specifics of the event. He gave each section of the guard their duties for the event. Lana, Jace, and I were given the task of welcoming the guests and leading them into the ballroom where the event would be held. While Aro talked about the event Lana got very excited. It was the excuse she needed to go shopping, sadly.

I however found this event to be very useful. It could be the excuse we needed to escape the Volturi. Lave while everything is so busy. It could work in our favor.

"Oh and one more thing," Aro said drawing back my attention. "I will be welcoming a new member of the guard officially during the event."

At once I knew he was talking about the mystery vampire. Apparently he wouldn't be staying a mystery for long.

Once we were free to go Lana pulled Jace away back into my room. "Ok we have a lot of planning to do, as well as shopping."

"Lana I think I have a plan," I interrupted.

"Was it the same as mine?" Lana asked.

"Well I had a plan too," Jace added.

"Wait were we all thinking the same thing?" I asked.

"Escape during the ball?" We all said at the same time.

"Well I guess we were," Lana said with a giggle.

"Alight then, we should get planning," I said. I was filled with more hope then I had ever felt as a vampire.

EPOV

Once I had arrived home I had to endure the scolds of my family. I remember they had all been disappointed in me that I could just walk away so easily. They all wanted to know why and I had to repeat my encounter with Jacob and then I got into the specifics at Volterra where I met Bella as not only a vampire but also a guard member. It had been hard for all of them, including myself, to believe that Bella was a Volturi guard member.

It had been a week since I returned and I was consumed with thoughts of Bella. She hated me, but I still couldn't stop thinking about her. She wanted nothing to do with me. What if she moved on? What if she was with someone else? I tried not to dwell on these torturing thoughts but they never seemed to fully disappear.

"Edward," I heard Alice call from downstairs. I reluctantly got up and went down to see what she wanted. The entire family was gathered in the living room. Even Carmen, Eleazar, Kate, and Tanya. They were all staring at what Alice held. I walked closer and got a good look at what she was holding. It was an invitation.

Dear Guest,

You are invited to the Volturi's Masquerade Ball to celebrate the founding of the Volturi.

The event will include the introduction of a few of our guard members including Isabella, Lana, and Jace Volturi. Along with the introduction of our newest member.

We look forward to seeing you in Volterra.

We all stared at the invitation. "When's the date?" Carlisle asked.

"In a week," Alice said.

"So are we going?" I asked.

Alice got very still and her eyes widened. Seconds later she regained her composure. "We will be going but once we are there things might get a little tricky," she said.

"We have a lot to prepare for," Esme said already making a list of the things we needed for the ball.

"Rose," Alice said. "We need to start shopping." Rosalie nodded and both ran off to look through their latest fashion catalogues.

Carlisle looked at me. "Are you sure you can handle this?"

"I don't have a choice," I whispered. He nodded and left to plan with everyone else. So this was really going to happen. We were going to go meet Bella again. Though now she was Isabella Volturi.

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