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Chapter 20

Unloved

Bella's Point of View

Excruciating pain. That was all I felt. A burning fire coursing through my veins and into my heart. It was worse than the pain Victoria inflicted on me during her torture sessions. But there was a reason why this pain was worse than anything. I was changing, but not because of simple pleasure. It was to save the Cullens. To save them from getting killed.

Even though it pained me when they left, it still isn't right for them to die just because of me.

There was no point in screaming. It might annoy the royal vampire family, and they might kill me because of it. I didn't know them well enough to know what to do. But a man said that I would be an asset to their family, which must mean that they need me for something important.

My heart had begun to accelerate when the big man—I had heard that his name was Felix—bit me. It threatened to jump out of my chest at any given moment. And my pulse quickened along with my heart. The fire had started in my left shoulder and descended down my arms, then my chest and stomach and down to my stomach, leaving my head and heart for the end. But it hurt so much. Oh, how I wanted to tell that stupid vampire family to kill me because of the pain. But of course they wouldn't do it.

I was a prize to them. Nothing more.

But this fire, it was like a witch burning at the stake. No one being able to save her, she would die because she was different. Somehow, I was dying but returning to the land of the living. The witch would never return.

On the third day, my heart accelerated to a million miles per hour—that's what it felt like. It accelerated for a long time before slowing down quickly, along with the coursing fire. It stopped when my heart stopped beating.

"You may open your eyes, my dear." A male voice answered in the darkness. Had my eyes been closed all this time? Opening them slowly, everything seemed so much clearer. The walls around me, I could tell every crack and marks of paint from many years ago. The covers under me, they felt stiffer, like hay. The smells around me were more profound; the smell of burning candles, mouldy castle walls, old furnished wood, it was all profoundly accurate. Sitting up, my eyes spotted a man sitting at my bedside. He had long flowing black hair, ruby red eyes that shone in the dim light of the room and had deadly pale skin, paler than anyone I had ever seen in my life. My eyes could tell that the fabric of his black jacket and pants had been quite expensive.

He really was royalty.

"My, immortality really does suit you Isabella." He whispered my name slowly and disturbingly, widely grinning as he looked over my new body. Frankly, I didn't want to see how 'beautiful' I must be. It didn't matter anyways.

"And you are?" My voice frightened me. It wasn't my voice. It sounded… like bells, beautifully chosen bells that could bring anything to life. But… at the moment, my voice sounded flat, like something was missing in my life.

Truly, many things were missing.

"Where are my manners?! My name is Aro. Welcome to the Volturi." He mentioned joyfully, extending his hand for me to take it and rise from the bed.

"Don't get too comfortable. The Cullens will save me." He didn't seem very positive about my statement. Aro's ruby eyes looked me over sceptically, like I was lying or something.

"My dear, it has been three days and no one has come. It has been quiet during your transformation. And… I'm quite shocked no one saved you from your terrible faith." He answered as we made our way down the hallways.

"What do you mean by my terrible faith?"

"You were badly hurt when my dear companions have brought you here along with your father. What happened to you?" Aro asked with plenty of concern.

"Someone wanted revenge against me. She finally captured me and tortured me."

"And who saved you, my dear?"

"My father." He tsked as his head looked away. I was eternally grateful for my father. He risked his life to save me and… he ended up getting killed in the process. All because of me. "What are you disapproving about?"

"It's quite a shame that your friends did not come in time to save you themselves. They might have been too late, and we would have never been able to meet." He sounded ecstatic about the encounter. But… it was true. The Cullens didn't save me. Charlie did. He fought Victoria and could have lost. He didn't know how to fight as a vampire. It was all knew to me and yet, he did kill her.

And then we were captured by these vampires. Charlie was killed because of this. "And yet, they didn't save you now, when you needed it most. I assure you, your father did not feel a thing during his death. I made sure of it. A member of our guard can blind the victim from everything, sight, pain, feeling anything. Your father had a painless death. It was quite merciful." Aro mused, happy of his work. I stopped dead in my tracks, bawled my marble hands into fists and sent daggers his way.

"You don't know the meaning of mercy. My father saved me and because of me, he was killed." Aro walked up to me and placed his papery hands on my face, expecting me to go along with it. I shook my head and he removed his hands willingly.

"Bella, he did not die because of you. Our laws must be upheld. Think of it this way, he could have been spared if Carlisle's coven had came earlier. I am quite fond of Carlisle. If he had mentioned that your father was part of his family, he would have been spared." It was true. Carlisle considered me and my family part of his family. He would do anything to keep us together. But now… it was too late. I didn't have anything anymore.

"I…" No words came to my mouth. It was as if nothing could make the situation better.

"You're quite close to the Cullens, am I correct?" He asked as he placed an arm behind me and we walked once more.

"I was…" was my feeble answer. Why was I telling this stranger so much? There was no point. He knew so much about Carlisle to begin with that there was no point in hiding things. And besides, there might be trouble in the end if Aro was unhappy… He seemed to be the leader of the Volturi.

"Using past tense?"

"They left me… There's no point for them to come and save me. I'm nothing to them." When did my heart start to turn to ice? Was I so deprived of love that my heart decided to take a turn for the worse? It was a possibility. And it might stay that way if Aro forced me to stay. "Absolutely nothing…"

"My dear Bella, you are many incredible things, but not nothing. Here, you will be treated like royalty. You will be able to develop anything your heart desires. We don't judge." He admitted, placing a finger under my chin, making me look at him.

I never wanted this to happen. My only hope would be that the Cullens would come and save me. But that hope was long gone now. Like I said before, my life meant nothing to them. Edward had left me because he didn't want me. And no news was heard from them for six months. All that I had was Jacob, and even now he didn't want me. No one wanted me in their lives.

They had left me for practically dead. They never wanted me back in their lives. It was all just a lie… Everything that Alice had told me, Edward telling me he loved me again, Rosalie's little heart-to-heart, it was all lies… No one wanted me. Never in my life have I felt so unloved. Charlie wasn't with me anymore, Renée had told me that my change was too much for her—she wouldn't want me now that I was a vampire—and Edward would find someone else, someone that could compare to him. My eyes closed and the darkness overtook my sight. Being alone would do that to a person.

Suddenly, my heart started to feel colder, the love leaving my heart and turning its warmth to ice. Everything was being pushed out of my heart, like it was forced out of it. A loud thud could be heard. Opening my eyes, I was shocked. Aro was now leaning against the wall in front of me, about twenty feet away. He looked to be laughing but also in pain.

I gasped. Why was he laughing? And what had I done? "Remarkable!" He laughed hysterically as a pair of strong arms took a hold on my arms, brought them behind my back and that person slammed me onto the floor, a sickening crack from the floor and my stomach. A gasp of pain escaped my lips, my head sinking to the floor in defeat. "Felix! No need to be so hostile! Please release her." The tight grip on my body had been released but I couldn't get up. It felt like when my body crashed to the floor, the strength had been removed as well. "Please help her to her feet." Aro said kindly and someone lifted me.

I looked up at Aro and he walked up to me, a large smile on his face. What was he smirking at? "My dear, you have the tremendous gift of telekinesis. You're special."

Edward's Point of View

How could I be so blind?! Of course the Volturi would go after us this way. But we hadn't expected that they would take Bella to harm us. What did we do to them anyways? It surely wasn't something Carlisle did. It had been decades since they had seen one another.

We were now in our living room, thinking of a plan to retrieve Bella and keep her safe. But every option we took had some downfalls. Alice had seen the outcome and at least one of us died. It had been five days since Bella had been taken by the Volturi, and we hadn't even started buying our tickets for Volterra yet. We didn't have a strong enough plan yet. There were constant phone calls from the police station, asking if we had seen Charlie anywhere. Apparently, they were calling everyone in Forks for some hint of their Chief of Police. Since Carlisle was close with the police station, the phone calls were mostly for him and the answer would always be the same. 'We're still looking'.

No one knew that Charlie had died at the hands of the Volturi, except for us. The day of Bella's departure with the Volturi, Alice had seen Aro's decision about Charlie's fate. It wasn't pretty. He was ripped apart and burnt aside, where Bella couldn't see him. And then… they had the gull to change her!

What was even more horrifying was the reason behind Bella's transformation. She didn't want us hurt, so she let herself be changed to save us. Esme had a few dry sobs when she heard that. Frankly, we all needed Bella back. She had affected us these past few weeks in more ways than one.

"What are we going to do? We need to hurry. It's been days!" Emmett replied impatiently. He wasn't too happy about this whole waiting process. Em was pretty worried about his little sister. I just wanted my angel back in my arms, safe and sound.

"That's what we're trying to figure out. We can't just run in and expect them to give her back. Aro wants her for something." Alice explained. She had been looking into the future for days and couldn't find one option good enough for survival. She was as upset as anyone in the room. It was her best friend that had been tortured, beaten and captured twice without anyone saving her. "Emmett, I want her back too." She whispered desperately, her eyes darting to the floor sadly.

Emmett looked away in guilt and gave an apologetic smile to Alice, which she took without hesitation. "How about we try to sneak her out?"

"That's just going at it blindly. We don't know what Bella is capable of, now that's she a vampire." Carlisle mentioned calmly, a hand placed on Esme's worried shoulder. She was at a loss for words these days.

"They're trying to block me constantly, changing their ideas. I can't even see Bella." Alice croaked out before Jasper wrapped his arms around her tiny frame. She buried her spiky black hair into his chest and let out a few sobs.

Suddenly, a horrible stench came in my nostrils. We all wrinkled our noses and before anyone could say a word, a shirtless man with russet skin and dark eyes entered our house. This man had cropped short hair and only wore a pair of jean shorts and sneakers. "Jacob Black?!" I asked surprised, a werewolf on our territory was a shock to everyone here.

"Where's Bella?"

So… what'd you guys think? What will be Jacob's reaction? What is the Cullens' plan to get Bella back? Is Bella really turning cold? Those are all very good questions. It just means that you're going to have to read the next chapter:P So REVIEW please:)

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