Chapter 21
BPOV
"CHARLIE!" I yelled as I ran to his slumped form in the chair. Emmett was still holding down Jane, keeping her face, especially her eyes to the floor.
"Just get him comfortable Bella" Carlisle told me as he come over to help me.
"He has been through a lot tonight, just let him rest" I scooped up Charlie in my arms, which was easy now that I was a vampire and laid him out on the soft carpet next to his chair. He was only just breathing so I sat down next to him and glared over at Jane. Emmett had now released her, under the condition that she wouldn't attack anyone on the plane again. Aro had readily agreed, but obviously for other reasons than Emmett, I think he just wanted us to readily agree to what ever he told us we had to do. Edward sat down at my side and kissed my cheek gently before putting his arms around me and pulling me into is lap. I kept one hand resting on Charlie's and the other entwined with Edward as he tried to soothe me. I noticed him looking meaningfully at Jasper who came over also and put his hand on my shoulder and I instantly calmed down. I noticed everyone else visibly calming down too. Alice was sitting in the corner of the room with a very familiar look on her face, I was the only one apart from Edward who noticed it. I looked at her questioningly after she came out of her trance with a look of horror on her face.
Don't you DARE she mouthed at Edward. Edward just gripped me tighter and shook his head at her. I tried to tune into his thoughts but they were all focused on Charlie now and I had no idea what Alice had seen. Perhaps it was better that way. We spent the rest of the flight in silence, apart from my sobs into Edward's chest as I started to worry about Charlie. He still hadn't woken up when we arrived in Italy. I scooped him up in my arms as we left the Plane and got into the waiting cars. His being in such close proximity didn't even phase me as I placed him gently along Edward and my laps in the car reserved for us and Aro. Aro sat in the front seat, next to the driver.
"Now Edward" he said turning around to face us.
"I'm sure you know already why you are all here, but Bella wont yet." He was looking intently at me as he said this.
"Bella my dear, you see since what happened in Seattle last summer, we have had a little bit of trouble with humans becoming more and more suspicious of us. This is why I brought you over here. I figured that Edward would be able to know what to say to the humans in Volterra to calm them, seeing as they seem to be the most suspicious of the lot. They are the ones rising suspicions after all. They are scared of us, and we needed reinforcements to help us out. You were the only family who would be able to do this without breaking the rules about not eating while in Volterra. Of course there are the family in Denali, but you were our first choice, considering Edwards abilities. We will let you go after you have calmed things down, but until then you will live with us. Your father knows too much though Bella, and I'm sorry about that, but he is going to have to be changed. There is not much I can do about that without breaking the rules that I myself set in place." This took a while to sink in. I was surprised that Aro couldn't deal with something as simple as this himself, but as he said, the humans were already suspicious of him and it might only make things worse. Although he could have just asked Alice. By this time I had already decided that I would help them and then leave as soon as I could. Nothing was going to stop me going home. We pulled up outside the gates at Volterra and Aro spoke quietly to the guard outside the car before we were let in. I heard Charlie's heart rate increase as he woke up when we were driving through the city. We stopped before the square and entered the same way as we had the first time I had come to this now hated place, so many horrible memories here had caused this hatred, I could tell by the look on Alice and Edwards face that they felt the same. I jumped down the hole after Carlisle and Esme and caught Charlie as Edward dropped him into m waiting arms. I could tell that I had probably bruised him a bit, but he was shaking so hard I don't think he noticed. Jasper put his hand back on Charlie's shoulder to calm him as we waited for everyone else to appear suddenly behind us. We settled at walking at human pace for a while, but Aro was obviously getting very impatient so I had Charlie climb onto my back so that I could carry him the rest of the way to where ever Aro was leading us. We emerged into the first room I remember coming to on my last visit here and the same receptionist smiled warmly at us. I noticed the change in her immediately, she had gotten her wish and had joined the Volturi vampires. Her now red eyes took in the general atmosphere of the room and stayed quiet as we all filed through another door. I hadn't noticed it on my last visit, but it was just as big and scary as the other doors in the building. It opened out into a passage with more doors lining the walls. It wasn't very long, but Aro directed us to the last door on the left before disappearing into one of the other rooms. We quickly found ourselves in a largish room with a rather uncomfortable looking bed. The room was empty apart from that and I realised why we were here.
Charlie.
Yes I know it's not very long, but I should be doing homework… I have the rest of the story planned out and im not looking forward to writing the next 5 chapters…. Sorry at least three of them will have me crying the whole time… but I promise… the ending is good…. At this stage…
Please don't kill me for the next chapter, it has to happen for my plot to work. Im so sorry!
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And rokinwriter please don't expect the next chapter to have good grammar, I will be lucky if I can see what im typing through the tears.