Hey, hey Everyone!

I know this has been a long time coming but I've been seriously busy this week with family stuff. I was going to update last night but my internet messed up, making me very irritated might I add so I've resolved to updating the first chance I got and here I am, updating. Sorry for the wait! :(

In this chappie, your views on Ollie may change even more for the better, hopefully. I hope you enjoy it :D

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Without further ado...Enjoy!

Chapter 20

Traitor

Frantic hands, warm and cold, soothed my face and bump as I tossed, trying to wake me from my own personal subconscious hell. The cushioning floor beneath me twisted and tangled with my legs, acting like chains and restraints, rather than a comforting platform. The trickles of reality crashed down from me as I dreamed a dreadful dream...a horrific dream...

I tried to focus my eyes against the blinding light but the vanishing blue blinded me past comprehension. Again, I tried to focus but the blue light streams made it very difficult to do. I couldn't see a thing and I felt helpless. For once in my life I had to rely on my other senses...

I could hear voices, many voices, or I think they were voices. There were too many and they were frenzied and too fast for me to make anything out but I think they were voices. I listened closer but I couldn't make it out! They were like a verbal blur, a frenzied verbal blur. I may not have been able to hear a word they were saying but I could definitely sense by their tone of voice that they were worried and desperate for something or someone. It worried me. There was a stale stench in the air that smelt of...blood and sweat and just...exhaustion. It was so cold, I could feel the goosebumps rise on my arms and legs, even though I felt like I should be far from it. I was breathing heavily as if I had just ran a hundred miles and my heart was erratic, almost in rhythm with the voices.

Finally, the brightness began to fade so it was possible to focus, a little and I was able to make faint outlines of people. There was a person either side of me. A huge person to my right and what seemed like a female figure to my left. Past the female's 'head', I think, there was a massive group of people, all bunched together. It looked like I was lying down and at my feet, stood two other people. No, they seemed like they were...crouching at my feet that seemed to be at a crazy angle. The brightness faded more and soon, I was able to see some of their features.

The person on the right of me was huge. The first thing I recognized was his worried but beautiful face – Seth. To my left, it was a female. Her mahogany locks were what drew me to her – Bella. They were soo worried and frantic and anxious. It worried me too much as they were looking directly at me. I could see that it was their hands, mainly, that soothed me in this weird place. Though, their hands were moving too fast and anxiously to do anything worth while. If anything, they made me even more anxious than I already was. There were many people around us, like on lookers. They watched like it was some home movie or something. It disturbed me.

I listened closer to their words but they still made no sense. They were speaking too fast. Suddenly, an excruciatingly sharp pain scrapped across my abdomen as if something was tearing, causing more pain than I've ever felt in my life. I screamed so loud that I would have thought that it was from a foreign body other than my own if it weren't for the pain inside me as it was the shrillest, most cringe worthy scream that's ever escaped my mouth. I've never felt pain like this. It was so foreign but it hurt agonisingly.

The hands around me were hastened and more anxious.

"What ever you do, don't push. You hear me? Not yet! Aro!" Carlisle bellowed to something behind my head, worriedly and angry. I've never seen him like this before.

What was happening? I didn't understand. Why were they so worried? Terrified? It was odd. Suddenly, all thought of questions flushed out my head as another scream slipped through the slit of my closed mouth. The tearing pain returned with a vengeance and I couldn't stop it. I didn't know how to stop it.

"It's okay, just breath, Baby, just breath." Seth tried to comfort me.

It was working until the pain returned and I was screaming at the top of my lungs again.

"ARO!" Seth screamed to the place Carlisle had, desperately. I looked at him and I could see my reflection in his deep, pained eyes - tired, sweaty and crumpled up in pain. He looked worried and desperate to stop my pain. As my imprinter, his mission was to make me happy and protect me fro everything but I guess, in his eyes, he thinks he's failing me. I had no idea what was happening though. Why wasn't I allowed to push? What was I pushing? "You're gonna be fine, baby, okay? FINE!"

"It's too early! IT'S TOO EARLY!" I screamed in to his face. I frown after saying them as if they were words said by someone else but through my body. I didn't even know what was going on and that statement sounded like I did. What was this? This dream felt too real and I needed to escape.

"We know, Baby but...they're coming and we can't stop them. You;re going to be okay, I promise." Seth whispered, his forehead against mine, breathing deeply and raggedly. His words were too intense to comfort and suddenly, I felt a lot more concern and tense. Another scream echoed through my throat as I panted and Seth snarled.

"They're closer! There's no time! Alright…" Carlisle began. I saw him circle around to my rear and poke around. That felt weird...and very, VERY cold. "Izzie, there's no more time to waste. They're twisted and distressed. On your next contraction…I need you to push. Very hard-"

My eyes widened, exponentially. "WHAT? No! It's too EARLY!" I protested but even then, I felt another coming and I started to hum past the pain.

"Okay...one…two…three…Push!"

My eye shot open and I was still screaming when I shot up from my bed. A dozen pairs of hands were at various places on my body but I didn't take no notice of them. My breathing was breathing anymore, I was panting, very hard panting and I couldn't control it. My head swam with he dream and I couldn't smooth out and forget the awful pain etched into my head. Seth was the first person to speak,

"What on earth?" He panted. He soothed my sweaty face with his hands but I could hardly feel it. I hardly caught what he said.

I tried to make out the understanding of the dream, to allow myself time to think what it meant but all I was getting was Seth in one ear and Bella in the other.

"Izzie? Izzie, sweetheart, are you alright?" He asked, panicked. I didn't answer him, my eyes were closed.

More and more details of the dream started to register and I knew what situation I was in. My hands shot to my stomach which alerted Bella and the others. But I ignored their questions and kept my eyes closed, think of the dream.

"Izzie! Answer him!" Bella ordered. I shook my head.

"What was that? Was that a 'no' you're not alright or a 'no' you won't answer me?" He asked, frantically. I shook my head again.

There was an aching pain in my stomach, totally different to the other but highly familiar to me. I scrambled to any place that was away from the others and I vomited out on to the floor. The dozen hands turned to two dozen and a lot more frightened and anxious.

"IZZIE?" Bella screamed.

The vomit kept coming and I wasn't even in the position to make it stop so I allowed it. I was so weak and I needed a relief.

In mid-vomit, I realised what the cushioning floor was - it wasn't a floor at all! I froze and then scrambled off the platform of my labour. I ignored the gasps and hands, frenetic hands reaching for me. I fell to the floor and shuffled as far away as possible from the large circular podium, crashing into the column directly behind me. Seth slid, from at least a few feet away, over to me in alarm and protected me from what ever had me spooked. He said something to me but I couldn't even see him any more, or any of them for that matter. All I could see was the large white bed in the middle of a turret room.

I coward against the column, realising the similarities between this scene and the one in my dream. I recoiled from their approach hands.

"Baby? Izzie? What's wrong?" Seth asked again. He knelt closer to me, with Bella on the other. His movement stirred me and I was briefly knocked back down to reality. I saw the petrifaction in each and every pair of eyes glaring this way in consternation. Then I saw nothing again apart from the platform of horror-filled dreams. I began to shake with fear of its initial use and then started to wail. This tipped them over board.

I faintly saw Bella glance, frightened and anxious at Seth and then at Edward who both mimicked her countenance.

"Izzie! Talk to me!" Seth pleaded, I still sobbed but I could feel them subsiding. I tried to calm myself further, it was beginning to get easier. My breaths became shallow, more to their regular patterns. They waited extremely patiently. Eventually, I found that I was able to speak, barely, but speak.

"It's…it's…it's the…" I stuttered, still giving shallow breaths as if I was in labour.

"It's the what?" Bella asked confusedly, following my gave to the object of my torment and the source of my behaviour. "Iz…It's just a bed. It's just a bed!"

I shook my head frantically at her. "N-No! It's…I….I GIVE BIRTH ON THAT BED!" I screeched, with a few sobs escaping afterwards.

They gasped and gazed bewildered and frightened at me, especially Seth.

"WHAT? What do you mean?" Esme inquired, worriedly.

Everyone moved closer, terrified by my statement, wanting to know the real deal.

"It's…It's exactly what I said! I GIVE BIRTH ON THAT BED!" I screamed, burying my face in Seth's chest. He soothed my back, way too anxiously to console.

"We're gonna be here for the next month?" Emmett asked, loudly. I shook my head at him, he frowned, perplexed.

"NO! I'm…I'm, gonna be…" I started but cut off because of the terror of the thought. Carlisle, however, didn't need me to finish the sentence to understand my point. His eyes widened as he registered it.

"Early?" He finished, perfectly. Everyone waited for me to rebut him but when I didn't they all gasped again. When I nodded, there was total panic. Carlisle calmed them. Then turned back to me with bulging eyes. "How early?"

I shrugged and then started to sob again. Seth soothed me and they all waited for me to calm.

"So you were dreaming, what about?" Zafrina asked, desperately. I was quiet for a few moments before I answered which made them nervous and wary about my answer.

"Let's just say…when I do eventually go into labour…it'll be the second time." I riddled. They understood completely and glanced at each other. Now that I had gotten it out, I began it calm down quicker. My breathing slowed and my heart returned to its original rhythm.

"Well…that explains the screaming then." Emmett mused. I chuckled once and nodded sincerely. I nodded even harder when he said, "It hurt?"

"You're okay now though. You're okay!" Bella assured me. Somehow, looking around the room, I knew I wasn't.

"Am I?" I challenged. She followed my gaze around the room and frowned. She sighed heavily and then hugged me, securely.

Now that I'd gotten it all out, I was beginning to calm faster and easier. My heart slowed and my breathing returned to its original rhythm.

There was silence among the spectators and it gave me a chance to take in my surroundings.

The vast, cavernous circular room was brighter than I expected. There was no artificial light what so ever. Spindly window slits in the shape of rectangles, two stories high, threw rainbow sparkles down on to the stone floor below. The curving sienna, stone walls harboured large wooden chairs, like thrones. Notwithstanding the situation we were in, I actually did appreciated the natural beauty for this place. Despite the feelings this current plight gave me, while peering into the sparkling light on the stone floor made me relaxed and calm.

The beauty of this place made me forget about the actual location of it and I turned to Bella.

"Where are we?" I asked, quietly. I wasn't sure on whether I wanted to know. She sighed.

"Volterra. Volturi's turf, in Italy." She explained. I stared at her blankly.

"Ollie brought us. I've never heard of his power before." Edward mused, looking around the room, thoughtfully.

"Indeed, I've never encountered teleportation before, either." Eleazar agreed. "It's quite remarkable."

"Well, thank you. It was courtesy of my creator, Aro. It's quite useful actually." A soft, male voice sounded from the door. I didn't have to look at the door to know who it was, his voice was enough torture, let alone his piercing eyes that now infiltrated my protective guard around my body I created for myself. It was like he was melting it away. "It's good when you get compliments from people you not really crazy about." He added sarcastically.

"My son…haven't I asked you repeatedly to call me your father?" Aro scolded from behind Ollie. I saw Ollie roll his eyes but he didn't comment. I spun back around into Seth's chest. "Greetings, everyone. I hope you're enjoying your stay."

"Are you seriously gonna try to shit us with that bullshit?" Edward shouted. I looked at him briefly. He didn't notice. "Just get to the point. Why are we here?"

"I would have thought that was obvious. We want young Alyssa. You are standing between us, therefore you must be dealt with." Aro said, bluntly.

There was a deadly silence. No one spoke. No one moved. I shivered into Seth on the floor, partly because I was cold and partly because Aro was just creepy. He sent shivers down my spine and definitely not the good ones. His eyes didn't help his case, it helped none of their cases. They were trying at act 'graciously' and 'hospitable' despite their actions and they go around looking like everyone and anyone's nightmare. They look like ghosts with their complexions too. The Cullens and more than half the people in here have the same complexion and still don't appear all that scary. Not as much as them.

"Don't expect us to stand still as you break all your laws." Eleazar retorted, flippantly. Aro scowled at him, evilly.

"Breaking our laws? Us?" Caius asked, dubiously. Eleazar just glared at him, flanked by his coven and Carlisle. Caius sneered. "We are trying to build a bigger and better guard to enforce our rules to keep our secret just that – a secret. How can you not want that?"

"At the cost of a human's life?"

"Yes. I mean, we slaughter human lives left, right and centre. What difference is one more going to make?" Marcus asked, bored. Bella snarled.

"She is my sister, you f**cker. She may mean nothing to you but she means everything to me and you'll go through my twice over, thrice over to get to her!" she shrieked, angrily, shooting up from beside me and charging forwards. I cried out to stop her, just as Edward restrained her, with the help of Emmett as he needed it. Bella was barely past losing her newborn strength and was still strong anyway. She could challenge Emmett and have a chance of winning.

"Bella, calm down!" Edward whisper yelled as he locked her arms behind her back with his as Emmett stood at the front, clasping his huge hands on her shoulders. "You aren't helping the situation. We feel as you do but fighting isn't going to help Izzie right now."

"No, Edward, Emmett, let her go. I'm sure Jane needs a work out anyway." Aro chimed, nonchalantly, looking rather amused by Bella's behaviour. I scowled as he succeeded in taunting Bella and she snarled.

"Bella, please?" I called out, softly and she instantly ceased, looking over at me. She sighed, aiming one more snarl at Jane before coming back to my side, murmuring sorry as she stroked my hair. "Don't be sorry for sticking up for me. I just don't want you to get hurt."

"Then perhaps you should just come with us." Demetri spoke, coyly with a smirk. I scowled at him which only made him chuckle.

"He has a point. The longer to hide behind these vampires and...dogs, the more at risk they are at being hurt. Just come with us now and we'll spare them. I'll have Oliver personally return them home." Aro assured me, or tried to anyway. Seth snorted beside me, shaking his head as his hold became tighter on me. I soothed his forearm, telling him that it wasn't going to happen anyway.

"No way. I trust them. I'll never come willingly." I murmured, angrily. He growled but didn't comment again as he strolled from the room, angrily with his brothers and guard on his wake. Felix stood at the door, glaring at Ollie stood in the door way for taking up his time. I gulped, seeing Ollie's eyes pierce into mine. They looked pained and regretful. Couldn't understand him. His actions don't match the feelings he was portraying with his eyes. He was a mess, emotionally and mentally. I felt for him a little. I saw him sigh, closing his eyes for a minute before opening the and the pain there intensified as he turned and swept from the room in two strides, Felix slamming and bolting the massive door behind them with a smirk.

I sighed, thankful that we were alone again as I dropped my head back on Seth's chest, closing my eyes. The babies were kicking with all the noise and excitement that's happening out here and I've never been so hopeful that they'd just...sleep. Just so I could think and get my head around all this. Seth was feeling them from behind me as they gave me kidney shots and mostly, I just nodded at his constant question, 'Are you okay?' because we both knew that I wasn't. I saw no way out of this. At all. Not without someone getting hurt, whether it was from fighting, or me giving myself up. Seth should be devastated with that outcome. I drowned out their insistent strategic talk and let my eyes drift closed and sleep take over me.

The time here went by without no measure. I had no other way of telling if it was night or day other than the brightness passed the windows of this horrid turret room. No one hardly spoke. The vampires didn't have to sleep, but the wolves did and they took shifts. Shifts! What has this world come to that people have t take shifts to get some shut eye? I knew that it was their way of making sure someone was always up to know what was happening at all times. They also had to phase just to vent some aggravation and stiffness in their bodies. Apparently, it always felt better, physically, when they were in wolf form and being in this spacious but dull, dim room couldn't be healthy for them. They were used to running and the forests, not walking and stone walls...almost like a cage to them. Besides, with so many vampires in the room, it was hard for them not to phase.

That was interesting. The vampires in the room were so captivated in wonder and curiosity that the Volturi could have come in and snagged me without them noticing. No joke! If it weren't for Seth, I'd be defenceless as the whole Cullen family took this chance to study them up close without fear of them retaliating if they got too close. Garret and Benjamin were the most curious, asking Seth question upon question about them. Stephan and Vladimir were the only ones that kept a very long distance between them. The anxiousness and fear in their eyes was unmistakable. Zafrina and Leah formed and unusual bond too. Leah spoke to no one that wasn't a wolf but her or the Cullens. Which seemed to shock the other wolves but that was that.

Then things began to get weird...

About five hours ago, I was delivered food. Food. To say we were all gob smacked was an understatement. Seth was wary to let me have it but even he couldn't deny me after my stomach gave a growl that could rival a wolf's. I ate it and it was the most delicious thing I've ever eaten, not just because it was nice but because it was also my favourite dish. It didn't escape my notice that it was exactly the same meal I had on that anniversary with Ollie but I didn't tell anyone that. I had a very sneaky feeling that this was courtesy of him though. No one would have known that apart from him. Then, just a couple of hours ago, baggies of human blood were delivered. It was unusual, even I knew, for the Volturi to offer blood in this form. They would have just thrown in a few humans themselves and allowed the whole human drinking vampire population, which was most of the room, to fight each other over them but there must have been loads of blood baggies, the kind you'd find from a blood bank, ready to be drained and they did. Other than the Cullen and Denali Clans, every vampire has blazing red eyes, evident of their feast.

I was sat between Seth and Jake's bodies, drowsy and cold when we heard the deadbolt on the door. Jake shot up, going straight to Nessie's side as Seth's helped me up to stand and wrapped his arms around me, protectively. Everyone flocked around me as Jasper's strategy had stated, providing perfect protection at all my sides, just like at the reception back on First Beach. It was a good three minutes before the door swung open after they unlocked it, making us all more suspicious but when who it was entered, I can't say I was a little shocked when he closed the door behind him, locking himself in here with us. I frowned as Ollie stood at the door, arms crossed and gazing casually at us all, his eyes lingering on me for longer than I was comfortable with.

The circle tensed as Ollie began forward, deeper into the room. We were all silent, wanting to know this strange behaviour but he seemed so calm and collected, casual. Almost bored but determined. He scanned the room, looking finally over at an unoccupied section of the room before walking a few steps in its direction before stopping and raising his hands as if something would appear before them if he held them there long enough. There was a collective gasp as something did appear, in the form of a steel bar wall, like on a cage. It stretched from one side of the circular wall to the other, making a segment of the room totally closed of like a prison. I tensed, wondering what the hell that was for before he turned and grinned, his gaze not on me but on the Cullens and Denalis.

"So..." he started, nonchalantly as if we were chatting about the weather or a what happened on America's Got Talent or something, arms crossed and still grinning. I frowned. He was being soo strange! "I figured it wasn't fair to you veggies not having anything to drink and the others did...Being a veggie myself, I can understand the sight of watching others drink humans while your sill thirsty and craving-"

"Wait!" I cut him off, stunned. His eyes snapped to me, curiously. He grinned, probably guessing what I was going to ask. "You're a vegetarian? As in...you drink animals?"

He chuckled and nodded, proudly. "I've never drank human before. I refused my first thirst. I demanded animal. I don't know why. I just thought maybe..." he trailed off, looking down unsurely. I frowned. I was curious as to why.

"Maybe...?" I prompted. He sighed, shaking his head but lifting his eyes to me.

"Maybe you wouldn't like it if I killed innocent people." he finished, looking me dead in the eyes with sincerity. I felt my heart swoon for his reasoning. So he fought the thirst for human blood for me. Why?

"Oh..." I was stunned, looking away from him, almost embarrassed but flattered. Then he laughed, darkly, making me frown again. "What?"

He looked at me and sighed, sadly. "Then it didn't matter anyway...because I wasn't allowed to return to you." he murmured, lowly. I gulped and looked away again, feeling Seth's hold on me tighten I heard him sigh again before I heard foot steps. He was approaching the 'cage', his hands lifted again with purpose. I gasped again as a minute later, quite a few grizzlies were tapped within the caged area, all somehow sedated or something as they were limp and lying on the floor, motionless. I stared in wonder as Emmett shouted out, "GRZZLY! AWESOME!" Rose rolled her eyes at him, but grinned.

"H-How did you...?" Carlisle asked in awe before I was able. Ollie turned and grinned again.

"I can teleport as you know but I can also teleport things from other places. Like the bars from the prison cells in California. I should probably return them after, I guess." he added with a chuckle as Carlisle frowned, disapprovingly.

"And the grizzlies?" Kate asked, astonished.

"Zoos." he replied simply, with a shrug. Emmett laughed, rubbing his hands together. Ollie glanced at the wolves. "There should be enough meat there to satisfy you too, I suppose."

Jake stared at him for a minute, probably to check his sincerity in all this before glancing at Sam, who shrugged. Jake sighed, "Thanks, I guess."
"Sure...whatever." he replied with a wave of his hand before strolling back over to the door. He paused there, turning back to add, "I'll be back in an hour...to dispose of evidence and stuff."

"Evidence?" Edward asked, confused. Ollie sighed.

"Do you really think that Aro would let me do all this? Who do you think gave Izzie the food or the baggies? Jane? Felix? Ha! Nah...it was all me. Defiantly, if you will." he admitted with a shrug as if it didn't matter. We all just stared at him, confused, and thankful and suspicious maybe. He didn't seem bothered by that last one. "You're welcome."

"Why?"

"Why what, Mind Reader?" he asked, looking at Edward.

"My name's Edward." he retorted, curtly. Ollie shrugged.

"Your point is...?" he trailed off suggestively but when he got no reply, he sighed, knowing he was waiting for an answer to his question. "Can you just thank me and get drinking already?"
"No. Why?" Edward repeated, flatly. "What's your game?"

"You know, I could just easily take them all away." he pointed out, irritated.

"Edward." I warned, sternly. He looked at me. "Does it really matter? The fact is, he's done it. Now say thank you."

He looked at me, incredulously but with another stern look, he sighed, "Thank you."

Ollie shrugged. "I didn't do it for you."

"Who for then?" I asked, exasperated. He looked at me like I was crazy. I frowned.

"They're protecting you, Izzie. They won't do much protecting if they're starving to death, will they?" he asked, rhetorically, irritated even more. I was stunned for the third time in ten minutes. He sighed. "Despite what you may believe, any of you. I don't want this for her, for you."

"Huh?" Jake asked, lamely, shocked. Ollie sighed, angrily now.

"You think I wanted anyone in this position right now? Let well alone the person being the woman I love? Who is pregnant to say the least?" he shouted, incredulously. Seth snarled a little with his declaration of love for me. I sighed, my heart melting slightly at him saying it, despite my head's protest to react to the words. "Oh, dude, get over yourself, will you? You have no right to be jealous. It's your kids she carrying, not mine. Does it make you feel better to know that I'm fiercely jealous of that fact?"

Seth laughed once. "Yeah."

"I thought so, because you're a d**k. You let them get her though, and I'll kill you myself." he threatened, viscously. Seth bared his teeth but I knew that if he didn't protect me to his full capacity, he'd never forgive himself and he'd let Ollie kill him. I sighed, knowing that was truer than I wanted to believe. That didn't stop his brothers from growling at him for the thought. He just sneered back. I knew that even when he was human, Ollie hated being ganged up on. He despised it and anyone who did it to other people. He was the sort of guy who'd get involved in a two on one fight to even the odds for the one guy, even if he didn't know him. Ollie once told me a story that that's how he became friends with John in 5th grade. It wasn't a serious fight but to John, he's forever grateful to Ollie...or was forever grateful, now that he thinks he's dead.

"But as you were saying..." Bella prompted. He sighed, looking back at her from the wolves.

"I never wanted any of you here. I tried to assure Aro that we'd find someone to be on the guard. Practically begged him to leave her alone but I have no control over this. He's delusional and power hungry. I know that he's had enough of you Cullens. He's...fearful of you, Carlisle. It's quite amusing...But for now, I'll leave you to eat. If I don't get back then they'll wonder where I am and then I'll probably end up in here with you so...enjoy. Like I said, I'll be back in an hour."

And with that, he left, slamming and bolting the door behind him as we all stared at the place where he'd exited, surprised and, at least for me, utterly confused. They looked between each other as if to see if anybody else believed his generosity and sincerity. Edward took one look at Bella's astounded face and seemed to believe. I knew that Bella hadn't expected anything like that from Ollie. Never. He wasn't that generous when he was human, let alone when he was supposed to be a 'bad' Volturi guard. Well, I'll tell you this – what he's just done is no actions from someone who is trying to kill us. No way. I believe him when he says he doesn't want me in here. He's never wanted me in danger. An example of that was with the pig.

All the vegetarian vamps looked over to Carlisle now, wondering how to proceed. I knew, as he's a great thinker, considering every angle and possible route, that he'd most likely take the offering as Ollie was right, they needed their strength up so that they can protect me. He couldn't deny that fact. He looked at me, for some reason before Edward, who nodded. Carlisle sighed.

"Let's drink. Ollie was right. We need strength, just be cautious." he told everyone and they made their way over to the grizzlies conveniently sleeping in the caged area.

There was a cage door to it and Carlisle pulled it open, gently and they al got to drinking them, Emmett a little bit disgruntled that he couldn't wrestle his food before he drank from It but happy all the same that Ollie had provided him with his favourite. He drained three. There was plenty. There must have been 25 grizzlies in there and I was silently praying that Aro wouldn't come back while the carcasses were here. When the vampires were finished, they pulled the lifeless grizzlies from the cage and placed them near the wolves, who had transformed in anticipation of the feast. Bella and Benjamin had swapped Seth out to be with me while he ate, but I could tell his eyes never left me throughout the meal. Watching them eat was a bit...disturbing, actually. Seeing the tissue and muscle being ripped away was gruesome to watch but I couldn't deny them their food. In typical Carlisle fashion, he and the other vamps that were intrigued by them, watched as Sam and Jacob had first pick since they were Alpha males, then their Betas which were Paul and Leah before the rest of them dove in to eat. They ran like an actual wolf pack in these forms, it really was intriguing.

Ollie returned an hour later as promised and hardly looked at anyone this time as he disposed, as in teleported, the stripped carcasses out of the room and returned the cage wall back to whichever prison cell he'd took it from. Carlisle thanked him once again, offering his hand and for a minute, I thought he was going to leave him hanging as he just stared at it but then he grasped it, reminding him nonetheless that he did it for me, which made me look away from the exchange. A minute later, Ollie left, leaving us stunned still but satisfied. Seth returned to me but Benjamin and Bella stayed with me anyway, chatting nonchalantly as the time droned droned on.

I fell asleep again sometime later, not bothering to check if it was night or day before I went but was woken with a loud crash. My eyes snapped open and I realised that I was in a different position. Seth was standing in a corner with me cradled in his arms, tightly as something happened on the other side of the room. I noticed that I was surrounded by the other wolves too, in their wolf forms. My heart turned erratic as I glanced around me, my eyes settling onto a battle of sorts including Bella, Jane, Edward, Demetri, Benjamin and a guard member I didn't recognise. Aro stood in the back, near the door with the rest of them, watching on in a bored stance as if he'd rather be anywhere else.

I struggled slightly and Seth looked down at me, shocked and put me down, though he kept a strong hold on me as he explained the situation. Apparently, Jane had antagonised Bella using Nessie and Bella lunged at her, who was cut off by Demetri so Edward got involved. The guard member I didn't recognise, who Seth said was Afton, was ordered to help Demetri finish off Edward while Jane fought with Bella. Not liking that, Benjamin jumped in, knocking Afton back and it was now three on three and from the looks of it, Aro was either disgruntled with the odds or really, really bored.

To his side, Ollie stood, head bowed to the floor with his eyes closed. As if sensing my gaze, his head shot up, his eyes connecting with mine. His were wide and pained, obviously not liking the fight in the middle of the room now. As soon as our eyes connected, someone lunged forwards from the group of vampires huddled the next corner from the wolves and I and I looked over to see that it was Tanya and was helping Edward with both Demetri and Chelsea, who had lunged not a second before.

Then it all went sour...

Aro ordered Renata to separate both sides with her physical shield, which resulted in Bella being thrust towards the Volturi and totally defenceless. I gasped, moving towards her on instinct but Seth's grip tightened as did the wolves around me. No one was prepared for what happened next...

Ollie snarled, lunging towards Bella at the same time Felix did but instead of double teaming Bella, who was still defenceless with Edward snarling and clawing at the barrier only a nanometre thick between him and his beloved, he made a sharp turn, knocking Felix into the barrier to his left and crouching in front of Bella, defensively. Bella actually gasped along with everyone else, including the Volturi. Ollie continued to growl as Aro glared pin pointedly sharp daggers at him in betrayal and disbelief.

"Oliver...What are you doing?" he exclaimed, horrified. Ollie snarled in response, backing towards Bella until his hand touched her forearm. With a flash of blue lightening, Bella was stood beside Carlisle and Emmett on the other side of them room with the others. Edward ghosted from one end to the other as the whole Volturi was stunned still.

"Traitor!" Jane screamed, shrilly but Aro was shaking his head, still in disbelief. "Aro, Master, he's changed sides. He's never been on our side! Kill him!"

"No!" I screamed before I realised it and Jane glared at me, earning a growl from Bella, which was echoed by Seth and the other wolves.

Oliver...please, don't do this." Aro asked, astonished.

"It's already done, Master!" Jane shouted.

"Shut up, Jane!" he ordered, viciously, leaving Jane wide eyed but quiet. He turned back to Ollie, almost pleading now. "Please, Son, I gave you this life. Don't waste it."

"You gave me a life I didn't want and if you expect me to be grateful for that, then you are sadly mistaken. The only thing you gave me, was a chance to see Izzie again but that's it. Now, you can go to hell!" He bellowed back, glaring at the whole coven and guard.

Aro snarled, spinning on his heel before stalking towards the door, angrily, followed by his brothers and the guard. The one called Kamicharika turned back at the door, looking disappointed and sad which Ollie returned with a look of indifference and hate before she swung the door closed behind her and locked not only us back in, but Ollie too. He just stared at the door, sighed and then sat down on the steps leading up to the thrones with a huff. Kicking his legs out from him, he looked like nothing had just happened and he has been sitting there all this time but the rest of us stared at him, shocked and reeling from what just happened.

We were all pulled out from it when Bella and Edward made towards him. Edward extended his hand, offering it to Ollie much like Carlisle did and again, Ollie just stared at it for a long time before grasping it, only Edward didn't let go, he boosted him to his feet, much to Ollie's surprise. Before he could say anything though, Bella hugged him, only for a second but she still hugged him which made me gasp in surprise. She gave me a sweeping look before stepping away with a face of indifference. Ollie was as surprised as me, his arms at his sides and staring wide eyed at Bella, almost looking for an explanation.

"For saving me." was her only response. Ollie frowned.

"Sure...though I still didn't do it for you." he added, honestly.

"For Izzie." she stated with a nod. He shrugged, thoughtfully.

"Sure. You're her big sister. She'd be devastated but I was thinking more of the lines of your daughter actually. I know what it's like to lose a mom." he replied, indifferently and Nessie was beaming at him. She gave him a hug too. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Ollie actually hugged her back.

"Thank you for saving me at the Wedding too." She said, smiling. He chuckled.

"Sure...How's your neck?"

"Sore but okay."

He just nodded before sitting back down.

"So what now?"
"What do you mean, what now?" Ollie said, confused, looking at Benjamin.

"You. You're in here. What does that mean?" he asked, curiously.

Ollie shrugged. "You heard Jane. I'm a traitor. I guess you could look at it as Aro giving me permanent leave from his guard. I'm in here not only because I helped B, but also because he found out about the food and the blood too. No big. I don't care. Would've done it again and sooner next time."

"Thank you." I whispered, before I was even comprehending that I was. He looked over to me with a small smile and light eyes.

"You're welcome." he murmured back, looking down again with a shrug.

"So are you on our team now?" Nessie asked, hopefully. Ollie laughed, throwing his head back.

"I guess. No, I'm on Izzie's team." he corrected, smiling down at her.

"Cool...You could just take us out of her then!" she exclaimed as if she's just had a massive break through and I seriously kicked myself for not thinking of it earlier.

"Could you?" I asked, hopefully. He looked at me before sighing.

"No."

"But you made those carcasses disappear."

"Sure, yeah but most likely, now I'm 'on your team', Aro would have told Kamicharika to block out my power in here. I can't take you anywhere." he answered, sadly. I sighed, resting my forehead on Seth's chest. He's been tense ever since Ollie came in here and there was no change now. I rubbed his upper arms in hopes of calming him down and he did some, sighing.

Three hours later, it was the only time when the Wolves had allowed themselves to sleep all at once and the vampires were stood around, talking about anything and everything. I was quiet, as usual but I had requested some alone time as I sat in one of the thrones just to think about everything that's been happening. Bella and the Cullens stayed close but Ollie did too, his eyes never leaving me the whole time, making me feel weird. My heart was revelling in his attention and gaze but my head was in contrast, demanding that I think of Seth instead of him.

Then I felt like something was different in the air. At the same time, Ollie stiffened and Eleazar's head snapped over to me, wide eyed and alert, which placed the other vampires on alert. As if sensing danger, the wolves sprang up and Seth made a beeline for me at fast pelt but was thrown back by something unseen to all of us, crashing into one of the thrones but lunging forwards again in a desperate measure to get to me, only for it to happen again. He snarled at whatever it was preventing him and Bella made forwards, eye wide and frightened as she also collided with this mysterious force. I looked around when I saw Ollie move, looking frightened but like he may know what was going on but hoped he was wrong. He made forwards, slowly as the others watched him with his hand raised as if he was expecting to touch something. I couldn't eleven steps before his hand flattened out in the air, as if he was touching something and he cursed loudly, punching the 'wall' aggravated before muttering, "Renata!"

"What?" Bella asked, worriedly, joining him at the resistance and frowning when she felt what he was.

"Renata must be taking advantage of her being separated from us to place her shield so that we couldn't get to her." Ollie explained, irritated and worried as he felt through the air as if he was trying to find a weak spot. He growled, thumping it again.

"What does this mean?" Seth asked, now in his human form and standing the other side of Bella, his eyes not leaving mine. I stood, wringing my hands together in fright and anxiety.

"I don't know." he replied, anxiously just as the deadbolt on the door opened and it swung open. Jane, flanked by Kamicharika and Renata, entered the room in a timed power walk, her eyes fixated on mine with an evil smirk on her face. Ollie launched himself at Jane but was thrown back by the same shield Seth had been attacked with. Getting to his feet, he snarled and glowered.

"Well, well, well...unprotected, I see, Izzie. Your entourage aren't doing a very good job, are they?" Kamicharika taunted, darkly. I gulped as they came closer, closer than Seth, Bella and Ollie could get. They must be in the same shield as me now and I took a step back, ending up sitting in the throne. They all chortled, evilly, still advancing until Renata wrapped a strong, long fingered hand around my upper arm, yanking me up, making me yelp and Seth snarl in response, looking terrified and helpless, hitting the barrier again right along with Bella and Ollie.

"What are you doing?" I cried, grimacing from the force Renata was using on my arm. I looked down and could already see the bruise forming.

"Aro wishes to speak with you. You see, he wants you to go willingly. The fool can't bare to force you so I suggested we do something about it and this came up. Kammy also mentioned something about punishment for the fight Bella started with me and of course, I'm all for that." Jane answered, angelically. I gulped. "So you're coming with me. To Aro and there's nothing they can do about it. We have you now."

"No! Please, take me!" Bella exclaimed, desperately. "I started the fight, not her. You should be punishing me!"

"Punishing you? You won't feel anything that we have in mind for Izzie and it's either her or your daughter." she growled back, making Jake growl and hold Nessie tighter to him. "She, foolishly on your part, is the only human in here and the only one who will feel the most of what we have to offer, therefore, she comes with us. Perhaps you'd think twice about attacking me next time because it won't be you who pays for it."

And with that, she dragged me from the room, roughly, as I cried and pleaded, struggling and fighting but their hold was too tight an I was just hurting myself more.

Just as the door swung shut behind us, I heard Seth scream an agonised, "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

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