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Jane looks at me and starts to smile. With Edward and Aro not being able to read my mind, I assumed that nothing would happen to me. Alex's power didn't even work on me. I didn't know what exactly I was. Maybe I was a shield with heightened powers.
My thoughts of me being unharmed goes out the window when I feel the pain. The pain was excruciating, which meant one thing. Jane's power worked on me.
Pain. That is the only thing that I was feeling at the moment. The pain started at my toes and went all the way to my head. I felt like I was being lit on fire over and over again. It was twice as worse than the bite that James gave me.
I let out a scream and fell to the ground. Everything started to fade, all I could pay attention to was the pain that Jane was inflicting on me. I barely heard my family yelling in shock. I barely managed seeing members of the Volturi guard restraining my family so that they couldn't get to me. They didn't want them to help me. They just let Jane continue torturing me. Jane had a pretty smile on her face. Enjoying the fact that she was causing me so much pain. These people were really cruel. They were more terrifying than their book descriptions.
I wanted this pain to stop. No, it needed to stop. I screamed in pain again. "Stop it." My voice came out as a whisper. The pain then intensified. That was enough. I squeezed my eyes shut and clenched my hands into fists.
"STOP IT!" I screamed as loud as I could. That's when something unusual happened. I felt my body lifting off of the ground. I floated a couple of inches off of the ground before a force exploded out of my body.
I screamed as an unknown force came from my body. The force pushed everyone away from me. Everyone was knocked off of their feet. The only two people that didn't fall down was Caius and Marcus because they were sitting on their thrones.
I then slammed back onto the floor. I breathed heavily, suddenly exhausted from the energy that had left my body. The unknown force acted as a shield for me. To protect me from the pain that Jane was inflicting on me.
Alex was soon at my side. I guess when the force hit everyone, Felix lost his grip on him. I turn my head slowly to see Edward holding Bella in his arms. Good, she's ok. Edward looked at me in worry. He was worried about my well being and wanted to see that I was ok. This was a shock for all of us.
It was at that moment that it hit me. Everything was quiet. No one was saying a word. Alex helped me to sit up. I was leaning on him the whole time though. I was so weak that I couldn't sit up on my own. I managed to look around me and saw everyone's expressions. Everyone was in shock. Even Caius and Marcus were at a loss for words. Every eye in the room was centered on me. I felt like a frog that was about to be dissected.
I look over to see Alec helping Aro up from the floor. Aro looked at me intrigued. He looked like a kid in a candy store. "Oh my. Wasn't that fascinating." Aro makes his way over to me. Alex pulls me into his side as I remain sitting on the floor. All of my energy was gone.
Aro knelt down in front of me. "In all of my years. I have never seen anything like that. You are extremely gifted Sophie." I remain quiet. I look at him uneasy as he continues to stare at me. I was in deep trouble. I wish that I had remained in Forks. I should have listened to Alice and Alex about staying home and not coming here.
Aro stands up and turns around to walk towards his throne. "Yes, very interesting. Jane's gift has no effect on Bella but it effects Sophie. Yet Sophie has a power that acts as a barrier, as if it protects her. They both confound us. But what do we do with you now?" He turns and looks at the five of us.
"They are a liability Aro. They know too much. Not to mention that one of them lives with them."
Aro sighs sadly. He looks at me while he ponders. "Your right Caius. Felix." All the blood drains from my face. I turn to see Felix heading towards Bella and Edward.
Edward growls and launches himself at Felix. I can't do anything but watch as everything unfolds. I still don't have enough energy to move. Alex pulls me further into him. He was crouching over me, to protect me from harm. I watch in terror as everything unfolds around me.
I turn my head in time to see Edward being thrown into the marble wall. It crumbles when Edward makes contact with it. Edward gets up and runs into Felix. The both of them soon turned into blurs. I couldn't keep my eyes on them. They were just blurs and it was starting to make me dizzy. I closed my eyes and took some deep breaths. Trying to calm myself down.
"Stop it! Stop it please! Kill me, not him." I hear Bella screaming. I look over and see that Edward is being held down by Felix. Felix is about to rip Edward's head off.
"No, Edward." Everything comes out as a whisper. I wanted to crawl over to stop everything but with Alex crouching over me and having no energy, prevented me from doing so.
Aro held his hand up to stop Felix from killing Edward. He walks over to Bella who keeps pleading for Edward's life. "You would save his life. Someone who doesn't have a soul."
"You don't know anything about his soul," replies Bella.
"You know, you and Sophie are a lot alike. It's too bad that he won't change you." Aro leans in to bite Bella. To end her life.
"Wait! Bella will become one of us. I've seen it. I'll change her myself." Alice lifts her hand out towards Aro.
"Alice what..." Edward trails off as Felix pulls him back.
Aro waves Alice forward and Demetri let's her go. She walks to Aro and places her hand in his. It's only for a minute or two and he releases her hand and smiles. "Oh my. To have seen what you see before it even happens. Very well, Bella will need to be turned. Preferably soon. You may all go to make your preparations."
"We will be visiting you soon to make sure you go through on your end. It would be wise that you follow these orders. We do not give second chances," says Caius.
Alex helps me up and scoops me into his arms. I'm grateful because I don't feel that I have enough energy to even walk. Alex meets Edward, Alice, and Bella in the middle of the room as we start to walk out of the room. That's when Aro stops us.
"Before you all leave, I would like to say something to Sophie." We all turn around as I stare at Aro incredulously. A feeling of dread overcomes me. Please don't tell me that he's going to make me stay here.
I stare into his red eyes as he smiles. "I am so intrigued about what happened with you Sophie. I would like to invite you to join us. Alex can stay here with you of course." He can't be serious.
I take a breath and try to smile at him. "Thank you for the offer but I will have to kindly decline. I want to remain with my family." Aro let out a sigh. He smiled but I could tell that he was disappointed.
"That is very disappointing. I had really hoped that this wouldn't get messy." Realization then hit me full force, Aro never had the intention of letting us all go. Once that force came out of me, he had decided that I would stay here. That's why no one attacked Alex to get to me. They knew that Aro wanted to keep me here. Alex pulled me closer into him while I looked at everyone around me. Demetri, Felix, and Jane all had smirks on their faces. A mist started to appear at Alec's fingertips. All of them were waiting for the word from Aro so that they could take me by force. They were itching for a fight.
Dread was overtaking me. "Aro, please don't hurt them." I pleadingly looked into Aro's eyes. I didn't want to stay here but if it was a life or death situation then I would. I would stay here in Volterra just to protect my family.
He opened his mouth to say something when Marcus suddenly appeared beside him. "Aro." He extended his hand and Aro immediately took it.
Aro then smiled and looked at Marcus. "Thank you Marcus, that was very enlightening." Without a glance, Marcus glides back to his chair.
"Marcus can see relationships between individuals if you remember correctly. Sophie, you have strong ties with Edward and Alice. You share a strong sibling bond. I haven't seen a strong tie like that before between family members. Extraordinary though, it seems like you are Alex's mate. After all this time Alex has finally found someone to love. Edward and Bella have a very strong bond as well but not as strong as you and Alex. It's amazing how strong all of these ties are. They are so strong that if they were severed then there would be significant damage. I can tell that you would like to go back to Forks so you may all go. However, we will be keeping an eye on Sophie. I believe in the next year or two she will be turned into one of us. She shows great potential. Farewell my friends." I didn't say anything. Alex immediately started walking towards the door. I let out a little sigh of relief.
Demetri leads us out of the room and walks ahead of us in the hallway. We all follow behind him when I start to see a crowd approaching us. I know what is about to happen. Heidi is leading the group towards the room that we just left. Demetri looks at her and smirks. "Nice fishing Heidi."
She smiles at him and looks at us curiously. "Thanks. They do look rather appetizing." Her gaze flickers to all of us and narrows at the site of Alex. I'm still in his arms and this causes her to scowl. "Alex," she hisses under her breath.
Alex grips me tighter into his arms. "Heidi." He doesn't say anything else to her.
Demetri turns his head to Heidi as we pass her. "Save some for me will you." She gives him a smile before leading the crowd into the throne room.
"Welcome guests! Welcome to Volterra!" I could hear Aro sing from the room. Edward gripped Bella into him tighter as we quickened our pace. Realization hit her about what was happening once the screaming started. I just buried my head into Alex's shoulder to try and tune out the screams of terror.
Sorry for the long wait. I kept rewriting this chapter over and over again. Either the next chapter or the one after it will be the last chapter for New Moon. Hopefully I can get into Eclipse soon. Until next time!