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Chapter 14

"Maybe she should've died from the change if it's taking her this long to wake back up," I heard a girlish voice.

"Nonsense my little one; the power that she had with all of us was only a window of possibilities that could come out of her when she awakens."

I heard the voices conversing and started to wonder how I could hear when I was dead. I noticed that there was an absence of pain, fire, and my heartbeat. While I was growing up, I was always taught that Hell was an eternity of pain, suffering, and sorrow. What did the voice mean when it said that I should've died during the change? Does that mean that I am not truly dead?

After much thought, I decided to test out and see if I was truly still alive. I tried out small and wiggled my fingers.

"Looks like she is finally waking up," a deep yet velvet voice stated. I went through my memories to try and put a face to the familiar voice, but I came up with a blank. I do remember the voice being there at the beginning of the intense pain that I experienced recently. I decided to take a gamble and open my eyes. When I opened them, I was not prepared for the intense colors and light that shot through my eyes. I immediately closed them again.

"It'll take a few moments but you will get used to the change."

"Excuse me but who might you be?"

"As soon as you open your eyes, I can properly introduce myself and you can put a name to my face."

I opened eyes and came face-to-face with a pale hand. I took the hand with much caution as it gently lifted me onto my feet. The world spun around as I got off of the ground too fast.

"I'm sorry about that. I have forgotten that you have not yet experienced your heightened abilities."

"It's perfectly alright, but what do you mean by heightened abilities?"

"I'll explain later, but I should introduce myself before we continue on. I am Cayden Anthony Volturi."

Once I regained my balance, I looked up and was met by a pale, outstretched hand and a pair of bright, ruby-red eyes.

"I am Isabella Marie Swan, but I prefer to be called Bella," I replied back as I outstretched my hand to shake his.

"A pleasure to meet you," he said as he took my hand, raised it to his lips and gently planted a kiss on it.

"As it is to meet you."

"Isabella, dear, I am happy to finally see you awake. I am Aro, one of the leaders of the Volturi, and this is Jane and Renata; both members of my guard," a tall, very pale man said as he gestured first to himself and then to the two tiny girls standing next to him.

"I am pleased to meet you too. I don't mean to be rude but I am afraid I have no idea who the Volturi are nor do I know anything that is going on at this moment."

"All will be explained in due time, but we need to get you cleaned up first." I was confused until I looked down and noticed the tattered remains of my clothing and the abundance of blood and mud spread upon them. "I will have a bath drawn out for you and some new clothing for you to change into." He turned to look at Jane, "Jane, would you please ask Heidi to find some suitable clothing for Bella, unless you would like to do it?"

"Yes Master Aro, I'll be on my way." She turned and left out of the door, with Aro and Renata following closely behind. He was moving so fast that it seemed like he was floating. He suddenly stopped and looked at me, "Isabella, I would like to see you in the chamber room after you've cleaned up."

"Yes sir."

"I'll see you then." He turned and disappeared through the door.

"The water for your bath is ready Bella."

"Oh! Thank you Cayden." I started heading toward the bathroom, "Cayden, I am still confused about everything and I was wondering…"

"All will be explained once you've washed up and relaxed a bit. Heidi should be up momentarily to help you with anything you may need."

"Thank you." He turned and left in the same fashion as Aro had done a bit earlier.

As I was heading off to the bath, I passed by a vanity. I caught a glimpse of what I looked like as I passed by and immediately ran back, a little too fast. I crashed into the vanity and broke everything into pieces. What in the world is wrong with me? I have never been strong and I have surely never seen anyone break furniture just by touching it. I went to carefully pick up and shattered piece of the mirror. I saw my reflection and gasped at the sight. My skin was even paler than before, my lips were fuller; my hair was shinier and fuller despite the dirt and mud that has hardened throughout it. The feature that caught the most attention were the deep, crimson irises that my eyes now held, unlike the chocolate brown ones I held just a few days ago. If I remember correctly, Cayden held the same paleness and red eyes as I, only his eyes were a brighter shade of red. The eyes made me look like I was a demon from Hell. So that's what I was changing into, a demon. I was beautiful, yet I was a despised creature. Why had I become like this? I started to sob, but quickly noticed that I wasn't producing any tears. It was if the pain and intense heat during the change had evaporated all of the tears that I once had, proving that I was definitely not human.

I heard someone walk into the room and immediately tried to quiet my sobs.

"Isabella, my name is Heidi. Let's go and get you cleaned up." She gently picked me up with ease and carried me into the bath room. She helped me remove my clothing and get into the bath. The water was warm and relaxing. As I lay my head onto the edge of the tub, I heard something snap.

"Oh my goodness! Did I break the tub too?"

"No, you just cracked it a bit. You aren't used to your strength and don't know how to control it quite yet."

It was then that I looked at her and took in her appearance.

She was tall and very statuesque, almost as if she was carved straight out of the finest of marble slabs. Her hair was a deep, rich mahogany color and was more lustrous than mine could ever be. Lastly was her perfectly symmetrical face. Nothing was out of place and all was in proportion with rest, and her eyes were an even brighter red than Cayden's, like there was a special kind of sparkle to them. Her voice matched her body in the way that it was smooth and silky like the finest of fabrics and very enticing.

"You're gorgeous, actually gorgeous is an understatement."

"Thank you Isabella. You are quite gorgeous yourself, even when you are covered in mud and blood. Your voice sounds like beautiful chimes ringing."

I had noticed the change in my voice but I would hardly even compare it to the beautiful ringing of chimes. "Thank you, and please call me Bella. Isabella sounds too formal."

"I can do that Bella, but I am afraid that Aro won't oblige to that. He is truly infatuated by you and thinks that your name truly captures your beauty." If I was human, I would've blushed, but thankfully I felt no heat run up through my body and into my face.

"Let's get you all cleaned up and dressed, Aro tends to get a tad bit impatient and he really wants to know more about you."

I figured that I would just go along with what Heidi told me to do instead of asking her questions. Aro and Cayden said that everything will be explained after I changed so I figured the faster I get clean, the faster I get my answers.

I ended up being dressed in a dark burgundy dress that just to the tops of my feet. It was a very fairy inspired dress that had some medieval era elements to it.

"Bella you are probably going to be dressed in many clothes that are very much like medieval style clothes. Aro says that you look like a 'medieval goddess'."

"Well that will certainly be a change from what I would normally be wearing." The dress was paired with burgundy boots that are said to be from that time period too. The final article of clothing was a black cloak that was a dark as night.

"I'll brush your hair out and then we'll go and meet back up with Aro."

She led me through a door, which led into another room very similar to the one that we were just in.

"This happens to be my room, so if you need me, I am most likely to be in here when I am not hunting. And to answer your question, yes I am one of the hunter's." She said as she led me to her vanity.

"I was wondering why your scent was so familiar. I happen to have some freesia perfume spray. You don't need any because your scent is already perfect."

"Oh…thank you…Are we able to get going now?"

"Of course, follow me."

I was led through a maze of extravagant and ornate corridors that eventually led us to the throne room.

"This is where I leave you. I have other matters to attend to. They are on the other side these doors and probably can hear this very conversation. There's nothing to worry about."

"Okay." I was nervous but decided to turn around and walk towards the door. As I was opening the doors, I heard an excited voice echo throughout the chamber.

"Welcome Isabella to Castle Volterra, home of the Volturi and the Volturi Guard. I am delighted to see that you are all cleaned up and to see that I was right about you and your medieval look, don't you agree Cayden?"

"Of course Aro, as if she walked out of a history book herself."

"Come here Isabella and let us get a closer look."

I obliged but was surprised that I reached the other side of the room within a couple of strides.

I looked up and saw Aro, Cayden, Renata, Jane and two other men. All five of them were cloaked in black robes that completely hid their bodies. Aro has very pale skin that is almost translucent. It's similar to onion skin. He has very long, jet-black hair and clouded burgundy eyes, almost milky. To his right stood a man that was almost identical to Aro in the way that he had the same jet black hair, pale, translucent skin, but his eyes were a darker, less milky burgundy. To Aro's left, was another man that had similar facial features and structure as Aro but his eye were duller and his hair was as pale as his skin. They could possibly be brothers, which is another question I would ask them later.

I turned slightly to look at Jane, who was standing off a bit to the side. From what I could tell, Jane was very tiny with lank, pale brown hair trimmed short. She had a rather slim and androgynous figure with a face too pretty for a boy with wide-eyes, full-lips that seemed to match her child-like voice. Renata was standing next to Aro, almost in a relaxed yet protective stance. She was small, that much I could tell, but her hair and body were covered by the cloak. Her face though was an image of perfection. She looked innocent but I could tell that she was probably like Jane; young and innocent yet powerful and lethal. Cayden was the last one that I looked upon. His skin was pale, but not translucent as Aro's or the other men. He had shoulder length, straight blond hair with a bit of brown mixed in and it was loosely tied back with a black ribbon. His eyes still held the intense ruby-red color as they stood out from his pale, symmetrical face.

"Ah Isabella, your beauty is hard to find even among vampires," Aro greeted me kindly.

"Vampires? Like the ones that turn into bats, sleep in coffins, drink human blood, hate garlic, and cannot go into the sunlight?"

"Yes, we are vampires but most of those myths are false. We haven't even told you anything yet, so I guess this is the opportune moment to. Well let's begin. All of us here within this castle are vampires. We cannot be killed by any means except if you rip us apart and burn us so we are essentially immortal. We aren't able to sleep, become fatigued, or even eat human food; we thrive only on human blood. We are able to go out into the sunlight without dying, but the effect the sun has on us would expose to the world that we aren't human, and secrecy is the key. No human shall know of our existence, if they do than we have no other choice but to change them or kill them."

"What about the absence of a heartbeat?"

"Our bodies only need the nourishment of blood to survive. We have enhanced abilities such as supreme speed, agility, strength, smell and sight." He continued to explain some more vampire characteristics, but I wasn't able to focus on him.

I smelt possibly the most delicious scent in that I have ever smelt. Right after the scent hit my nose; there was a burning sensation that burned through my throat. It was like I was in the middle of the desert and in desperate need of water.

"What's going on?"

"You are thirsty. Please try and stay in control for a few more moments. I'll take you in another room," I heard Cayden's voice say. He picked me up and carried me to another room in which the scent was dulled but still very much there. My body was trembling as I fought to keep my consciousness and stay in control.

"What is happening to me?"

"Your animalistic instincts are appearing because you haven't fed yet and the scent that you smell is the smell of blood."

"It doesn't smell like blood, it smells so appetizing."

"It is our only source of nourishment." He paused a moment.

"Welcome guests to Castle Volterra!" Aro voice sounded through the halls.

I tried to focus on what he said next but an animalistic feeling was building up inside my body; threatening to break through. The scent that I had smelled had increased tenfold. My mind was all jumbled and I felt like I was losing control. Soon I was bursting through the doors and attacked the closest person to me. It continued for about a minute.

I slowly began to regain control of my body and when I regained complete control, I observed the scene displayed in front of me. I saw men, woman and children of different ages and color lying in pools of blood with expressions of surprise and horror forever etched into their faces.

What had I done? I know I hadn't killed all of the people but I had killed some and that much I was aware of. I looked down and saw that I my whole body was covered in blood. The fire in my throat had vanished and it was only then when I realized what I had truly done.

I have just killed and drained many people of their blood for my own selfishness. Though it was not deliberate, the remorse was still there.

I truly was the sickest creature ever. I was a creature who massacred humans and drained their blood. I was a true demon.

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