man am i getting these out, im on fire baby ;) the reason is cause im on summer hols now, and so have alot more spare time :P also, im going on holiday next tuesday, and im kind of hoping to have this story finished by then so i dont have to keep you all waiting :) i think there are about 10 chapters left :) please read and review :) xx

BPOV

Caius escorted me to my room, as promised, and then left me so he could fetch me some blood. I knew I didn't have much time, but I hoped that Aro would be held up with the vampires in the main hall. Many of his audiences took up to an hour.

As soon as Caius left I ran down the hall, thankful for the first time that my room was not only close to Aro's living quarters, but also in a nearly silent section of the underground catacombs. It would be highly unlikely to come across anyone around here.

I arrived at Aro's door quickly, and leaned against it, making sure that there really was no one in side. Satisfied, I pulled it open and stepped in to his suite.

I had never been in here before, but I allowed myself to marvel at its beauty for only a second before I got down to work. I saw his desk out of the corner of my eye, and ran for it. Luckily for me, the phone was lying face down on one of the corners, as if it were waiting for me. Thanking my lucky stars, I picked it up and exited the room, looking up and down the corridor before sprinting back to my room. I placed the phone under my chair, making sure it was on silent, and waited for Caius to return.

Minutes later he came in carrying a jug of fresh blood. I cringed slightly at the smell, but gulped it down anyway. If I was going to have to defy Aro, I would need all the strength I could get.

"Thank you, Caius."

He looked at me sceptically, before taking back the now empty jug.

"You seem on edge, Isabella. What was it you and Aro were talking about? He seemed loath to leave your side. If there is something going on between the two of you, then I will not judge you. We can make it so your Cullens never find out."

"Aro and I? Romantically linked? I do not think so, Caius. What you saw was merely a result of my bad sense of direction. I got lost, and Aro was informing me of where I was. I love my husband, Caius. I would never seek romance from another source."

"Of course, I am sorry for assuming. I will leave you to your rest." He gave me one last sceptical look before he left. Caius was a man not easily fooled. He knew something was going on, just not what. I wished that I could have confided in him, and I would soon, but first I needed to make sure that someone outside the Volturi knew what was going on, so that there may be some resistance.

Once the sound of Caius' footprints faded away, I pulled out the phone from under the chair, and called a number that I hadn't used in a long time.

Ring ring ... ring ring... ring ring... ring ring...ring ring...hello you have reached Jake, Steph and the munchkins we call children. Please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as. Bye.

"Jake it's me... Bella. If you are there please, just pick..."

"Bella? Bella Swan? Or should I say Cullen?" I almost laughed at how youthful Jake still sounded. He would be approaching 30 by now, but he stilled sounded like a happy go lucky 17 year old.

"Yeah Jake it's me, but I don't have time right now for chit chat. I need you to listen to me, and listen carefully. Do you have a pen and paper nearby?"

"Yeah I do bells, let me just find I pen that works. What's going on?" I could hear him shuffling around on the other end of the line.

"I don't have time to explain everything Jake; you are just going to have to trust me. I need you to get hold of the Cullens for me. I'm not with them right now, and the Volturi cannot know that I have contacted them, hence why I need you to do it for me. Do you still have Carlisle's number?"

"Yeah I do, as long as he hasn't changed it..."

"No he hasn't. Ok so I need you to phone Carlisle, and tell him exactly what I am about to say? Ok? You ready to write it down?"

"Yeah... but why aren't you with them? What do the Volturi have to do with all of this?"

"Jake! Carlisle can explain everything to you, because I really do not have time for this, I have 15 more minutes' tops. OK so just write this down. Aro is planning something, taking powers and re-wiring them in to other vampires, forcing them to do his will. The vampire Aro is channelling from had a power that forced people to do his will. They become like slaves, and have to obey Aro. He knows that I know about it, so I might not have much time. I need help. Tell them that I don't think Caius is in on it, but that he is the only one in Volterra that we can trust. That should be as much as Carlisle needs to know, I don't have time to explain more, I have to get this phone back before Aro notices it's gone. Got it?"

"Bella... this sounds dangerous. The wolves can help."

"Jake, I can't ask that of you. I thought you had stopped phasing? I can't ask you to go through that again."

"You are my best friend Bells. We just need to be in the presence of vamps for a while, and the phasing will start. If I can help, I will. I will talk to Carlisle about it. Is there anything else you need me to do?"

"Destroy the phone you are on now, and never call this number back. I can't let Aro find you, and he could find you if he got hold of your number. Just change it, don't let him get you Jake. I have to go."

"Of course, Bells. Be careful, I hate to think what would happen to the Cullens if they lost you. Edward wouldn't be able to cope."

It had surprised me in the last few months of me being in forks that Jake and Edward had become close friends, they had even remained in contact throughout our travels.

"Tell him I love him, Jake. And that I'm sorry. I tried to stay out of trouble, really I did."

"I believe you, Bells. Stay hidden, and stay safe. Love you, Bells."

"Love you too."

I hung up, before we could get any further in to the conversation. I just hoped that Jake would stay safe. He was still special to me, even though we hardly talked anymore.

I sat on my chair, staring at the wall for a few seconds. Edward would know soon that I was in trouble, and nothing would stop him from coming for me. I just hoped that this could be resolved without any of us losing someone we loved.

EPOV

High school was unbelievable. No matter how many times you shouted at the girls to stay off your back, they just wouldn't. Alice had finally persuaded me to return to the world of the living this semester, and I was already regretting it. When I had spoken to Bella about it during her last phone call, she had been all for me returning to school and keeping myself busy.

I figured that she would regret that decision once she heard what I had gone through. High school girls never changed.

They were, however, slightly less forward than usual, since I had taken back my title of broodiest teenager in the United States. I never spoke to anyone outside of my family, even the girls who approached me had to be simply pushed away or told to go away by Alice. Even the teachers struggled to get an answer out of me. I missed Bella too much to enjoy this high school experience.

I couldn't wait for Bella to join me here next year, then I would show the members of this dull little community how in love I really was. They would see a whole new side of me, in just 11 months time. I could hardly stop myself from skipping every time I thought about Bella returning to me.

It had been too long since I had seen her perfect face, or held her in my arms. I missed her so much it hurt, and it was really starting to affect me. Even Alice was becoming sick of me, now constantly trying to take my mind off Bella, where she had once held me as we talked about her long in to the night. Everyone was looking forward to her return.

I was just another ordinary day in high school as far as I was concerned. I had already sat through double math and Spanish, and I only had lunch and then one more lesson before I could go home to my bed and my piano.

I was just walking down the corridor when I heard Alice coming up behind me. Her hair was ruffled and her eyes bright. I didn't want to know what her and jasper had been up to in the toilet, janitors closet, empty classroom or all of the above.

"Edward, will you stop practically running down the corridor. I need to tell you something."

I turned to face her, motioning with her hand for her to continue. She sighed and pulled me in to a nearby classroom which had no one in it.

"Really Alice, if you want more of this, go find jasper, I don't like you in that way."

"No need to get snarky with me, mister. We need to get home; I had a vision of Carlisle receiving a phone call. He calls for you half way through, he looked pretty troubled."

I immediately dropped my attitude and turned to face her fully.

"Did you catch any of what was said? Was it Bella? Did it have something to do with her? What if she's in trouble?"

"Calm down, Edward. I couldn't hear any of it, I think it may have been one of the pack. Otherwise I would have been able to hear what they were saying. He receives the call in 10 minutes, so you are going to have to drive fast."

We dashed out of the classroom and towards the parking lot, where Rose, Emmett and Jasper were waiting. We each hopped in to a car, Rose and Em into her red convertible, Jasper and Alice in to her brand new porche 911, and me in to my new model Volvo. Ok, so our cars were getting predictable, but we knew what we liked.

I presumed that Alice had fabricated some story as to why we were all leaving, as no one tried to stop us as we peeled out of the parking lot.

I was the first at the house, and just walked through the door as a phone rang somewhere in the house. Carlisle's phone.

I arrived at his office door just as he picked it up.

"Hello, Carlisle Cullen speaking."

I was so glad at that moment that I had vampire hearing to hear the other end of the conversation.

"Hi Dr Cullen, its Jake Black here."

"Jacob. It's wonderful to hear from you, how are the pack? I do hope this is just a social call."

"I'm afraid it's not Doc. The pack are doing well, but it seems one of yours isn't. I'm calling to pass on a message from Bella." I took another step in to the office, standing close to Carlisle so I could hear every detail. If Bella had had to contact Jacob, something must be wrong. "I got a call from her about 10 minutes ago, with a message to pass on to you. She said she couldn't call you herself because then Aro would know she had stolen the phone. She figured they wouldn't recognise my number."

"I understand. I'm going to put you on speaker so that the rest of the family can hear, is that ok? I looked around to see that everyone else had gathered in the small study.

"Of course. It would be easier that way. Can everyone hear me?" a series of yes' chimed. "Ok here goes. I'm reading off a piece of paper exactly what Bella said. Aro is planning something, taking powers and re-wiring them in to other vampires, forcing them to do his will. The vampire Aro is channelling from had a power that forced people to do his will. They become like slaves, and have to obey Aro. He knows that Bella knows about it, so she might not have much time. She needs help. She told me to tell you that she doesn't think Caius is in on it, but that he is the only one in Volterra that we can trust. She said that was all she could tell us at the moment, she didn't have much time. I think she had to return the phone before anyone noticed it was missing."

I stood stock still. Bella was in danger. And not just normal Bella danger, this was serious. If Aro had found a way to control vampires... and not just influence them, force them to do things... this was bad.

And Aro knew Bella knew about it. He could kill her in seconds if he wanted to keep her silent.

"And she definitely didn't say anything else?" Esme sounded worried, really worried. I looked around the faces of my family, and they were all turned to the phone or me, fear in their faces. They too knew what this could mean for Bella.

"Edward, she told me to tell you that she loves you, that she loves you all, and that she's sorry. She tried to stay out of trouble. I guess that just never works out for Bella."

I shuddered, thinking back to all the times she had tried to get herself killed in the past. This was definitely the most lethal.

"Carlisle, what do we do?"

"I spoke to the rest of the pack while I was searching for your number, and we have agreed that we will help in any way we can. Bella is like one of us, and you are all our friends. We don't want to see any of you hurt. But first, I have some questions. Why is Bella with the Volturi and not you?"

I barely listened as Carlisle explained the last few years to Jacob. I was trying to figure out a way to help Bella. We had no way of contacting her, and we couldn't just storm in and take on the Volturi, there were too many of them, and we didn't know who among them were in league with Aro. We needed a plan, and it needed to be good.