I sat in my room, staring out the large stone window and down below to the courtyard, overwhelmed with plant life. Demetri and Jane were wrestling as Alec watched from the side. Caius, Marcus, and Aro hadn't moved from their thrones since they released me from the dungeon. After moments of watching Demetri and Jane grapple, I turned from the window and grabbed a pen and paper. Something stirred inside me, a sadness? A longing? I couldn't tell but it would come out on paper.

Untouchable like a distant diamond sky
I'm reaching out and I just can't tell you why
I'm caught up in you
I'm caught up in you

Untouchable burning brighter than the sun
And when you're close I feel like coming undone

In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream
It's like a million little stars spelling out your name
You gotta come on, come on
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on
Little taste of heaven

It's half full and I won't-

The door slammed open and Felix appeared in the doorway. "Isabella, come downstairs." With no explanation, I followed Felix out of my room and closed the wooden cherry red door behind me. The air in the hall was charged, the hair on the back of my neck stood and I stopped, crouching into a defensive position, a hiss echoed through the air. Felix turned to me, curious. His expression changed slightly, a frown appeared on his face. "Isabella, what's wrong?"

I stood slowly and peaked over the banister down to the main floor of the foyer. Marcus, Jane, Aro, Caius, Demetri, and Alec stood in front of a group of vampires, there were six. I growled and hopped over the banister, landing on one knee, my hands against the floor. I looked up through my hair and I was met with six pairs of liquid gold eyes. A second hiss emanated from my lips but before I could charge the Cullens, Demetri grabbed me around the waist. I thrashed in his arms, wanting to take down the six vampires that were the object of my loathing. "Demetri, let go of me." He refused and I growled once again.

Aro strolled from where he stood so he was within my direct line of vision, a cruel smile plastered across his face. "Isabella, please." I hissed. "Very well. Jane, Kate?" Electricity coursed through me and pain caused my muscles to spasm. An ear-splitting scream broke the silence in the hall as I twitched and thrashed on the ground.

"Bella, no!" His voice. A growl interrupted my scream as Edward called my name. A hand touched my shoulder and my head whipped around to glare at my former love. His expression froze and fear replaced worry.

My lips parted slightly, just enough for a hiss to sneak out. "Don't touch me." I whispered sinisterly.

His other hand, he laid on my cheek. "Bella, love?"

I stood quickly and Edward was to his feet in the same second. Charging him out of fury, he was pinned to the ground in seconds but before I could cause any real harm, someone pulled me off by my hair and tossed me across the room. My head hit the wall and my vision blurred. I ignored the foggy scene in front of me and focused on who had just attacked me. Emmett. I rushed toward the buff vampire and stopped to throw a kick into his jaw. He caught my foot before it made contact and twisted it to the side which gave me enough leverage to push off with my other leg and throw a second kick. Emmett was too preoccupied with my first leg to see the second coming. A crack stopped everything. After finishing the attack, I ended in a low crouch. The other Cullens; Alice, Edward, Carlisle, Jasper, and Rosalie, all stared at me in disbelief and horror.

A gasp caught my attention and I turned my head to see Aro. He was furious. "Isabella! How dare you attack our guests! Felix, Demetri!" The two men were at his side in an instant. "Take her to the dungeon. She should be familiar with it enough."

"No!" We froze at Edward's exclamation.

Aro stared at Edward before responding. "Excuse me?"

Edward stepped forward and moved to where I was standing. "I said no. She had every right to attack me, especially after what I did to her." His eyes landed on me. "Bella, please forgive me." My recently cut hair swam around my face as I shook my head. "Bella..." I felt my telepathic shield break, literally break. It was like my shield was a blockage for the flow of energy and it had broken because there was too much pressure against it. My head spun as I fell to the floor, my senses had dulled returning to the quality of a human's. My hands gripped my head in pain...could vampires get headaches? "Bella? Bella! Carlisle, what's wrong with her?"

A pair of cool hands moved my hands from my skull, I moaned in agony. "I'm not sure, she seems to have a headache. Alice, do you get headaches?"

"Only when I'm trying to see past an obstacle, like one of those mutts."

The hands gently rolled me onto my back and placed their hands on my temples. "That must be it. Her shield must have gotten in the way of her visions so the shield broke. Jasper, could you help her with the pain?"

A cooling sensation washed over me, the pain vanished and the pressure was gone. I wanted to open my eyes, to be able to walk away from them. But I was too weak, I couldn't. A cool hand grabbed my own. "Bella, please don't go. I'm so sorry for leaving you in that alley, I wasn't disgusted with you. I was angry, but not at you, at myself. I was upset that I had given you an example like that and I was planning on leaving you alone but then Alice had a vision. Of you voluntarily killing yourself to get away from the Volturi. I can see why, now. They've cut your hair, beaten you, abused you, and starved you." Edward squeezed my hand. "I'm so sorry, Bella." He sobbed.

I let him see into my mind, I fed him the memories of the pain and agony, and what they did with Gianna that almost drove me insane.

Edward gasped, it was shortly followed by a hiss. "You did this to her! You monsters!" He released my hand and I heard a resounding thud. "Give her back! Give my Bella back!" Someone laughed and there was a whoosh of air followed by another thud. "Aro, give Isabella back."

Aro laughed. "I'm afraid I can't do that. She agreed to join or run. She ran but was unsuccesful."

Carlisle cleared his throat. "If I'm correct the rules were that Bella had to avoid you, correct?" Silence. "She avoided you, did she not?" Aro growled. "Very well then, Bella is free to go."

Two strong arms picked me up and began to carry me. I was eventually placed in the seat of a car against someone, most likely Edward. "Bella, Chelsea brainwashed you. You were starving so you told Caius that you'd do anything for blood, he told you that for food, you would need to break your connections with us. You agreed and Chelsea cut our ties. Please remember, Bella. I can't live without you. I love you." A pair of cool lips touched my temple and I wasn't sure how I wanted to react.

All I knew was that I was free from the Volturi, forever.