Chapter 12:
We walked slowly into the house and I had an idea who it was, but I wished against it.
Edward opened the door. I tried to look past him, and I saw Esme and Carlisle sitting on the couch, and other people sitting across from them.
It was members of the Volturi. Jane, Caius, Demetri, Felix, and standing in the middle was a happy looking Aro.
"Oh my!" cried Aro, "There they are! How are you?"
"Very well." Said Edward, not tight but, like something Aro was thinking bothered him.
"And you Bella?"
"Fine." I agreed.
"I have longed to see you. Word got to me that you had been changed and I couldn't stand to wait another second." He said these words excitement spilling all over. "I wanted to see if you had any, powers."
"Yes," said Carlisle, "It seems Bella's power of mind has brought her the power of, so far, she is able to move things, with her mind. We found out when she knocked Edward off his chair from across the room."
"Really? That is so exciting! Power of mind, I haven't seen anything like it. Not in a long time. I wonder-."
"No!" yelled Edward.
"If Bella," continued Aro as if he hadn't heard Edward, "is still immune to our powers. Relax Edward, not Jane's power, mine. Bella?" He asked stretching out a papery thin hand.
Edward sighed. I walked toward Aro and He took my hand in his. His burgundy eyes burned into mine, searching, but finding nothing.
"Very strange."
"She is still immune to Edward's as well." Said Carlisle.
I backed up and sat down next to Esme. Edward walked behind the couch and stood behind me. I looked around at the faces. All of them very sad looking except of course Aro.
"Would any of you reconsider joining us in Italy? Edward?"
"No thank you."
"Alice?"
"No, I don't think so."
"Bella?" His eyes were pleading.
"No thank you."
"Wait a second." Said Jane suddenly. "Carlisle said 'so far,' what other powers does she have?"
Carlisle looked at Alice. "Alice sees more things coming for Bella in the future. We did not see fit mentioning it since Bella does not have the power yet."
"What is the power?" asked Aro. I think he might have been a little annoyed. From the refusal of the three of us, or the fact I had more powers.
"We think that it might be that Bella gains powers that allow her to gain more powers." It took a little while for the words to make sense to me. How? What? When? New questions, no answers.
"Gain new powers!" cried Jane, "That's impossible! Gaining new powers, I never heard such a thing!"
"It didn't make sense to us either," said Alice, "But it is, visions like this are certain. And the powers she gains are usually enhanced."
"Impossible! Ridiculous!" she continued.
"Bella has some most interesting qualities that is for sure." Said Aro, thinking.
"They should appear in as little as a half an hour, or less." Said Carlisle.
"Or now." Added Alice. Everyone looked at her in surprise. She has to be one of the Volturi. Such an asset. I new what it was. Caius was thinking that I should be one of them.
"I have already refused." I said looking at Caius.
"She reads thoughts," said Edward.
"She gains powers that have to do with the mind. It was only a matter of time before she gained your power." Jane was almost shaking with anger.
"It can't be," she snarled, "it's ridiculous! How can she gain powers!" She glared at me trying, I knew, to burn me with her thoughts. You could almost hear the little click when it didn't work.
"It seems impossible. By now, she probably gained Aro's power."
This is ridiculous. Soon she will be more powerful than the Volturi themselves! The thought came from Aro. It shocked me that Aro, of the Volturi, would be thinking this way. The Volturi wouldn't break rules would they? I didn't realize until Aro's eyes darted to me that I had been staring at him.
What did he think? Asked Edward looking at me. I stood over next to him and so low as to not be heard whispered, "He doesn't want me to be more powerful the them."
That doesn't surprise me, though, the Volturi have never been ones to break rules. I'll be watching their thoughts more closely.
Again whispering, "I might have to fight the urge not to tick them off further by showing off a little."
Please, Bella. We don't want another war, not with them. I nodded.
This is getting good. Will the Volturi live up to their thousand year old standards? Find out in the next chapters. Their getting bigger so get time! See ya!