Um… okay I haven't updated this story for aaaaaaaages and I'm really sorry especially as I left it on a cliffhanger for about a year but hey. I don't know how many people will still be reading this but I hope you enjoy this chapter after the long long long long wait.

Bella's POV

I stood there waiting for the reactions of the Cullens. My old family. But there was nothing. Silence and disbelieving looks for several seconds then…

"BELLA" The Cullens yelled in unison and I was suddenly bombarded by Esme, Emmett Jasper and Carlisle.

"What the hell"! Emmett shouted

"How can this be possible" questioned Carlisle

"Oh honey it must have been so hard all these years" Esme soothed sympathetically.

"Alice" Jasper said simply. Everyone turned to look at her.

"I found out a few weeks ago but there are really more pressing matters at hand" Alice said while the Cullens stared at her in disbelief. There was a murmured agreement from everyone.

"Bella" said Rosalie quietly looking at me shyly.

"I'm so sorry for how I treated you before I really don't know…"

"Its okay" I assured her and she hugged me.

"I still don't understand…" Carlisle trailed off.

"Allow me to explain" Darren offered. "We found Bella alone in the woods of forks while hunting one night she was seriously ill, cold and depressed"

"The night we left" Esme whispered looking guilty and upset. Darren nodded.

"We could not leave her there and she seemed to ill t be aided my human medicine, we changed her and gradually she told us the whole story of how she ended up there in the first place."

The Cullens looked so unbearably guilty.

"I wanted to tell you" I said desperately "But I thought you didn't care about me, I thought you didn't want me anymore"

"Bella we haven't been complete without you, things never went back to normal when you were gone" Carlisle spoke softly.

"I'm sorry" my voice broke but of course no tears came.

"Dear what on earth are you sorry for" Esme looked bewildered.

"Because I didn't say anything, and now Edward is going to die and your going to lose him and it's all my fault"! I said hysterically.

"No it's our fault we should never have left" said Jasper using his gift to calm me.

"Hate to break up the reunion and everything but we have to leave now if we have any chance of saving Edward" Alice said urgently. "I've booked flights for me and Bella that leaves in about an hour but they were the only available ones, you guys will have to make your own way there". The Dawsons and Cullens nodded. "C'mon Bella movie it"! Alice grabbed my hand and we ran to the Ferrari, followed my the others, Elizabeth was on the phone trying to arrange a flight. Alice started the Engine and we raced off with good luck shouts from the others.

"Alice what can you see"? I asked frantically.

"I can't concentrate fully until we're on the plane" she said apologetically "But Edward hasn't reached the Volturi yet, if they turn him down we still have a chance"

"What if they…" I couldn't say kill him out loud. "Then we have absolutely no chance, but we've got to stay positive". I was about to ague that there was not much to be positive about but there was no good in saying that. We got to the airport in no time having not exchanged a single word. We were just on time as we hurried onto the plane. We would arrive in Italy at about 9:30am. Edward would arrive at around 6am so Alice said, and would not waste anytime in visiting the Volturi. I had never met the Volturi but from what I'd heard they terrified me. They had never seemed so close as we were speeding along towards them. Alice looked like she was sleeping in the seat next to mine but of course she wasn't. It was vital I did not disrupt her as she focused entirely on Edward's future. I wished I could sleep. The same thought pattern went round and round my head and I wished for dreamless sleep. The time seemed to go so slowly and I found myself staring out the window into the dark night.

"Bella, Bella?" Alice waved her hand in front of my eyes and I slowly turned my head to her. I'd been staring at the chair in front of me for the past… I didn't even know.

"What time is it"? I asked

"3:15 am in our time" she answered Edward's just getting off his flight"

I looked at her panicky.

"Its okay" she said quickly "the Volturi are going to turn down his request". I sighed in relief. "Of course he doesn't know that yet but once he does it wont take him long to think of a way to disrupt the peace of Volterra giving the Volturi reason to kill him. I nodded.

"What will he do"? I asked

"I'm not sure he may just do something as quickly as possible, but knowing Edward he'll give in to his more theatrical side which would certainly give us more time"… I left Alice to ponder to herself and stared ahead again. Silently praying that everything was going to be fine.

Edward's POV

I drove down the empty highway in the early hours of the Italian morning. It was, I suppose a beautiful day, the sun was rising above the fields and hills of the countryside. But I could not appreciate the beauty. The only beauty in my life was gone, nothing was beautiful to me, I couldn't feel t he warmth of the sun anymore. My sun was gone.

I was driving a Lamborghini, any normal person would have been tremendously excited to drive this thing. I could not be. Knowing what I was about to do. Well I had really made a mess up of my life. I found the only thing in my life worth living for and thrown it away like Alice with last seasons clothes. The pain was only bearable because I knew it would be ending soon.

Bella's POV

We will be landing in Volterra in 10 minutes. The pilot announced. Excellent, I thought, we were landing half an hour early.

"Edward's about to reach the Volturi" Alice said "Pretty soon we'll be able to see Edward's plans when they turn him down".

When we got off the plane we quickly found a suitable car. When I say suitable I mean fast. A BMW I didn't know what sort, I didn't really care. I jumped in and Alice drove off at a speed probably double the limit. This journey would be amazing if it wasn't for the purpose of our being here. The scenery was beautiful, the wind in my hair with Alice my long lost best friend. I wished I had a clear mind to notice it properly but all I could think of was Edward. He would have been here too, only hours ago.

Edward's POV

"I'm sorry Edward but the loss of talents such as yours would be a tragedy, we shall not kill you without incentive". Aro said politely.

"I understand" I said in a monotone. Thoughts of how to provoke the Volturi were already storming my brain. So many ways. A massacre across the city, lifting a few cars, revealing myself in the sunlight. I didn't want to hurt anyone, sunlight it was, I would wait till noon and then step into the light in the city centre. They wouldn't like that. So it was set. In a few hours I would cease to exist. Finally.