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A/N: Sorry this took so long. I had a crap week. Not only was I busy as hell but I was sick. Eww… I got a head cold and some serious migraines. I couldn't see straight and the fluorescent lights in the classrooms and hallways were not helping my case. PLUS I threw out my shoulder!

Anyways, you all have my permission to light your torches and grab the pitchforks. I mean, I gave you guys that horrible cliff-hanger and then I disappear and don't update until a few days after I usually do. I am a terrible person. :(

Also, I guess I should warn you, but I am going to be sporadically updating for the next few weeks. I have a lot of stuff that has started with school (spring sports and finals to study for) and I am dedicating about 17 hours a week just to sports and work outs to stay in shape. So, if I go a week and a half without updating, please be understanding and don't send hate mail!

Anyways, I want you to know that I love you all and I am NOT giving up on this story (some people have been asking that) and I plan to finish up this story before I begin on one of the other stories that I have bouncing around my over crowded noggin. It is a party up in here.

So, let's end my little prattle and move along, move along, like you want me to. (Lol!)

So, Indulge Your Curiosity, Loves, With CHAPTER NINETEEN!!

Chapter Nineteen

APOV

My senses blurred, no longer focused on the present. I could feel myself being dragged away to a possible outcome, a decision. And by the force of the pull that I was experiencing, this was going to be one hell of a vision. I had found, over the past few decades, that the stronger the pull that I felt, the more potent or set in stone the vision tended to be.

I could no longer sense my family around me as my head swam with glimpses of what could be. I saw the typical flashes that always led up to the main vision. But these flashes were different that the "vampire Bella" ones that I had been seeing lately.

I could see our family standing around, with grave looks on their faces. But before I could decipher why they were standing there, the vision wavered out and was replaced with a different one; a much darker one.

I saw Bella.

She was standing there, in a bright white and marble room, very much a human (contrary to recent visions of her being a vampire), but I couldn't decipher that was in her eyes and in her expression. She looked scared, but not quite. Maybe it was more determination?

The vision pulled out, as Bella seemed to be standing her ground against something, not flinching. What was coming for her?

I could not see why but I could see Bella's shoulders and back tense up, her hands going up defensively in font of her, as if she was shielding herself from something. I saw s flash of something black before everything went black and I was dragged back to the present.

I knew that Edward would be spewing questions at me as soon as I was fully back in the present. So to head off his questions, I searched for Bella's future.

I couldn't find anything; it was all blackness.

What did this mean? I couldn't get a feel for when my vision was going to take place, but from how strong and clear it was, I knew that it was soon. But how soon is soon?

As I drifted back into the present, I could hear Edward let out a low hiss, no doubt having pulled Bella into his arms. He would not, for the life of him, let go of her anytime soon.

"Alice, sweetie, what is it? What did you see?" Esme asked, her kind, motherly voice worried.

"I saw…" I began as I took back the wheel from Jasper who had taken over it when I had been overcome by my vision. I shook my head once, to clear it, before continuing. "I saw Bella."

Emmett snorted, not seeming to understand. "You always see Bella and you always say that she is becoming a vampire soon or something like that. So this is nothing new."

"No Emmett." Edward hissed, his arms wrapped tightly around a very confused Bella.

Oh, Bella. Please don't let my vision come true. I didn't think that I could stand to lose my best friend right after I had just gotten her back. I think our family would truly be torn apart if she were to die. As Rose had said before, Bella was the glue that was responsible for holding our family together.

"Alice did not see Bella as a vampire." Edward continued to hiss at Emmett.

"Well, then what did she see?" Emmett asked, voicing the confusion that everyone was feeling.

"I saw… I saw Bella die." I whispered, but I knew that they all heard it.

Esme and Rosalie gasped, while Emmett and Jasper just stared at Bella with wide eyes. Carlisle, on the other hand, looked contemplative, most likely wondering how this could be avoided.

Bella, for some odd reason, took one look at all of our worried faces and laughed.

My God, she laughed.

BPOV

"I saw Bella die." Alice whispered as she turned around in her seat, glancing around at all of our expressions. I didn't bother looking around at anyone; I knew that they were going to be shocked and upset. So I just let my head loll to the side as I absorbed this new information.

The fact that they were taking this so seriously was almost comical. I had the entire Volturi on my side, willing to protect me. So how the hell would I die?

So I went opened my mouth to tell them not to worry, I found myself laughing instead.

"Bella?" Carlisle asked me. I opened my eyes to see his face close to mine, a worried expression painted on it. "Sweetie, Alice just told you that you were possibly going to die as you are laughing."

"I know." I giggled, clamping a hand over my mouth in an attempt to contain my laughs.

"Then why the hell are you laughing?" Rosalie exclaimed, her eyes wide with her blatant shock.

"Love, are you sure that you are okay?" Edward asked, worried, as he pulled my body closer to his.

"Of course I am fine." I told them. "I get death threats just about every other day. This is nothing new to me. So don't get so worked up over it. I am sure that it will amount to nothing." I shrugged slightly as I glanced out the window, noticing that we were nearing the exit for Volterra.

"Bella, this vision was pretty resolute. I don't think that very many factors will sway the outcome of this one." Alice told me, her bright golden eyes boring into my own.

I sighed and pushed my hand roughly through my hair. Well, if they wanted to make a big deal out of this, I guess that I could try to take this seriously.

"I honestly think that you are blowing this ridiculously out of proportion but if you want to take this seriously, then fine, we will. What do you want to do about this?" I asked.

"You are acting so nonchalant about this. Are you sure you are okay?" Jasper asked from the front seat.

"What do you want me to do? I mean, someone is threatening to kill me again. Big deal. Does it ever stop? I am always getting my life threatened so this is nothing new to me." I reminded them. I mean, when I had first met their family, within a few hours of being introduced, I was on the run from crazy vampires. They had to be use to this by now.

"Well, let's pull over somewhere and talk this over." Carlisle suggested; always the voice of reason.

Everyone seemed to agree so Alice pulled into a Pottery Barn like store that was on the side of the road and everyone exited the Hummer.

"Alice," I called out. "You are aware that this store is closed, right?" I asked her as she waltzed up to the front doors of the store.

"Yes. But a couple of doors have never stopped me before." She claimed as she giggled the handle a little and pressed her body against the spot where the doors joined.

With a slight creak, the store's doors swung open and the strong scent of evergreen and maple hit my nose. It was a comforting smell, reminding me of the dense forests surrounding Charlie's house in Forks. I missed him so much.

I felt the longing for my home overcome me.

I felt a cool hand on my shoulder. I turned to look at Jasper as I felt a huge wave of contentment wash over me.

"You miss them so much." He stated as he led me through the large, deserted furniture store.

"Yeah, but what can I do? I mean, they think that I am dead. There isn't any coming back from that." I sighed. "Plus, sometimes I think that it is for the best. If they thought that I was alive, it would be complicated to have to try to keep them ignorant while juggling everything the Volturi throw at me, too. This way it is much simpler. More desirable? Not at all. But definitely simpler."

"I understand. I know what it feels like to leave someone behind. We all do. It isn't easy." Jasper looked at me, his eyes showing only sympathy for me.

"Well, it has been a few years and I have had plenty of time to cope with it. But that doesn't change the fact that, no matter how tough the Volturi make my exterior, inside I am just a girl who wants her mommy and daddy." I let out a little laugh at my immaturity.

We came to the middle of the store where living room displays were set up. All of the Cullens were sitting around a coffee table in various types of couches, armchairs and chaises.

Edward patted the spot next to him on the love seat. I smiled and plopped down next to him while Jasper took his seat by Alice on the couch.

"Why are we in a deserted furniture store?" I asked, curious as to why we were here. We could have just as easily talked in the Hummer.

"Well," Alice began. "I wanted everyone to be comfortable and be able to see everyone easily. I know you guys were uncomfortable in that back seat because of all the bags. I wouldn't want you to get a paper cut, Bella. Especially considering that was what landed us here in the first place."

"True." I agreed as I settled into Edward's arms.

"Alice," Carlisle spoke, getting right down to business. "Do you know when your vision will occur?"

"No, I do not." Alice replied, shaking her head. "I do know that it will be soon though. Within the next few weeks is my guess."

Carlisle nodded once before questioning her again.

"Any guesses as to why someone would want you dead?" Edward asked, flinching when he said the last word.

"Sure. There are plenty of people who are probably offended that I am in the position that I am. There are people who want my position, too. The list goes on and on." I rolled my eyes as I recalled who all wanted me dead.

"What would be the most likely reason?" Jasper asked as he wrapped an arm around Alice's delicate waist.

"Well, there is always the possibility that someone will lose control and drain me." I stated. It was the most obvious reason and it explained why in the vision someone would be attacking me or whatnot.

"That is logical and a definite possibility. But you can defend yourself, right?" Carlisle asked.

"Of course, if I have enough energy, it would be easy." I sighed as I tried to think of another logical reason as to why someone would kill me.

"There is also the possibility that Aro tries to change me and I resist, causing something to go wrong. That could definitely happen. Aro is all for instant gratification so I figure that he will eventually change me by force." I thought out loud.

"Well, let's hope that it doesn't come to that." Esme sighed as she fingered the material of the chair she was sitting in.

"Do you have any idea as to the who, the what, or the why behind the vision?" Carlisle asked Alice.

Alice shook her head again. "Nope. I know that Bella was standing in a white marble room and she was tensed as thought preparing to fight. But a black blur enters the vision and then I lose it."

"Black blur? Could you tell what the blur was?" Esme asked.

"No." Alice sighed, looking at me apologetically.

"White marble room?" I asked as I thought back to all of the rooms in the castle. There was definitely a whit marble room there. I shuddered as I thought of its purpose.

"Yes. Do you know of any white marble rooms?" Alice asked. Everyone's eyes were on me, waiting for my answer.

I simply nodded. "Can you draw it for me?" I asked, praying that it wasn't the dreaded room that I was thinking of.

Alice agreed and went in search of a pencil and paper. I put my head in my hands, knowing that the vision Alice had, if it took place in the same while marble room, could very likely come true. I had actually been anticipating this but I hadn't expected it to happen so soon.

"Are you okay, love?" Edward asked.

"Peachy." I grumbled, not taking my head out of my hands.

I felt a soothing hand press into my back in an attempt to relieve my tension.

"Here you go." Alice said as she thrust a drawing into my line of sight.

The drawing was perfect. It showed in detail each individual tile on the floor; the flowing grain of the marble. It showed the plain, yet daunting, walls that stood strong around the room. There were even the large Greek-like pillars that adorned the frames around the large ornate doors.

"Holy shit." I cursed and pushed myself away from the offensive drawing.

"This isn't good." Carlisle said as he stood beside me, gazing at the drawing.

I had completely forgotten that he had stayed with the Volturi before. Of course he would know of this damnable room.

I stared at him with wide eyes, begging him to help me out. If this room was where my future stopped, then it made sense.

I would die.

"What is it?" Jasper asked as he gazed at the sketchy calligraphy of his wife's drawing.

"The execution room." Carlisle and I spoke at the same time. (A/N: I almost left it here but that would have been cruel!)

"This is the Volturi execution room?" Emmett asked, appalled. "I always pictured the place to be red and black with corpses hanging everywhere. Not this pristine white room."

"It doesn't look like it would be scary or anything, but it truly is." I told him. "The first time I had to clean it up, I almost had a panic attack. Everything is snow white. There is no color variation. Just whiteness everywhere… If you are locked in there long enough, you would surely go crazy." I told him, shivering at the memory.

"Well there goes my theory." Emmett said as he sunk back into his chair.

"You had a theory?" Rosalie scoffed. "About what?"

"About how Bella died!" Emmett exclaimed as he leaned back, putting his hands behind his head.

"Care to share your theory?" Rosalie prodded.

"Well, I figured that maybe she just tripped and fell down the stairs or something." Emmett stated, receiving incredulous looks from every member of the family.

"Hey! It could happen!" He said defensively.

When everyone nodded and agreed I was shocked. "What the hell? I am not that clumsy." I defended myself.

"Sorry Bella, but you are. Anyways, that won't work because someone attacked her. So that one is out." Jasper smiled apologetically and I just scowled at him.

"What could possibly cause you to be put in the execution room?" Carlisle mused. "Only the worst of the worst have been dragged in there."

"I have no clue." I sighed, exasperated. I leaned back and buried my head in the crook of Edward's neck.

"Shh, love." Edward's soothing voice whispered in my ear. "It will be alright. No one will get to you, I promise."

"Well, you know what another possibility is." Rosalie spoke up, breaking the silence that had settled around us. "Maybe Bella's argument with Aro regarding her humanity spirals out of control and it leads to a fight. I mean, you don't want to be changed do you Bella? So it only makes sense that if he were to force it upon you that you would try to fight him off."

"That makes sense and it definitely sounds like something Aro would do. But who knows? The old bastard is so unpredictable." I replied.

"Those are the only reasons I can think of that would warrant the execution room." I sighed as I pushed myself out of Edward's arms. "What do you propose we do?"

"I vote that we take you away right now and hide out for a while until this all blows over." Edward suggested, completely serious.

I rolled my eyes at him.

"No can do, Edward." I smiled at him. "I am 100 percent sure that Aro would never let the just 'blow over' like you think. No, he would search until he found me. Of that I am positive."

"I know he would, I have read it in his mind. He is way too possessive of you. I just thought that I would toss that idea out there for you." Edward shrugged as he waved his arms at me, signaling that he wanted me to come back to his arms.

"You are way too possessive of me too." I sighed as I walked back over to him.

"Yes, well, I have reasons for being possessive. His are unwarranted." Edward smirked.

"Anyways, I think that we should return to the castle and you guys should stay for the rest of the week, leaving when you originally planned on leaving. We will try to iron out the rest of the details of the vision as we go but we are going to have to remain on our toes. I don't want any of you goes going anywhere alone at any time. Okay?" I commanded them, knowing that this would be dangerous for them too, not only my life would be at stake.

If I died, Edward would, of course, do something completely rash.

"What do we do when a problem arises?" Esme inquired, her warm golden eyes looking around at all of her children.

"I don't know. I really don't know, Esme." I answered. "We will have to figure it out later on. Let's just go back. I don't want them getting suspicious of why we were out for so long without checking out the keys to the car or any of the other protocol shit that we have to do." I ran my hands through my hair again and got up.

"What time is it anyways?" I asked as the family stood up and prepared to leave, getting rid of all evidence that we were there.

"Quarter past four." Alice said as she appeared by my side.

"Ugh!" I groaned as I pushed open the store's doors and made my way through the slight rainy drizzle towards the Hummer.

"What's the matter?" Esme asked.

"I missed my training session." I told them.

"So?" Emmett asked, clearly not getting the point.

"They will know that I am gone! I was hoping to get back and slip back without it being noticed that I wasn't there. This is terrible!" I cried as Edward crawled back into the Hummer and situated himself next to me, just as before.

"I am sure that we can make up some excuse as to why you were late and missed the session." Edward said, trying to comfort me.

"I would like to see you try." I mumbled into his shoulder. "I really hop you guys have your gloves handy (A/N: Haha! Get it? Gloves are handy? Sorry. I thought it was funny. Anyways…) because you know he is going to try to pull something over you guys."

They all pulled out their gloves and put them on while Alice exited the highway and we could see the dark structure of the gothic castle looming in front of us.

"Show time." I mumbled mainly to myself as we pulled into the road that led to the garage.

"Alice." I called, suddenly remembering something. "Switch with me. You aren't allowed to drive."

Alice nodded and we quickly shuffled everyone's seating arrangements so that I was driving with Carlisle in the passenger seat. Edward, Esme and Rosalie sat in the middle row with Emmett, Alice and Jasper in the back.

I could feel the nervousness course through my body as I neared the garage. I had no clue what to expect from Aro and company as soon as I was in the castle but as much as I tried not to think about it, I couldn't help but to play out a few "what if…" scenarios.

"Bella…" Jasper said from the back. I glanced up into the rearview mirror to see him looking at me with a nervous look on his face. Why was he nervous?

"Care to tone down the emotions for me?" He asked.

Oh, right.

"Sorry." I muttered as an apology as we turned into the garage. As I pulled towards the front of the building, near the castle's entrance, I caught sight of something that I really didn't want to see.

"What did you think you were doing?" Aro asked as he appeared next to my window.

"Shit." I heard Emmett mutter.

Shit was right.

A/N: QUOTE HUNT!

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