Third Person POV

She sat still as she looked into the mirror, she really hated mirrors. She watched herself grow up in one. And then stop. She hated this day too. June 20th. She could

make herself look like the 25 year old woman she should be, but she would never be. She was stuck at sixteen forever. Like her mom, sigh.. Her Mom. Her whole life,

her mom had been her hero! The women she wanted to be like when she grew up. But now, she never would. Stuck like her "father". The man she would never meet.

He left her Mom before she even could think that she was pregnant. She always had that resentment and hope feeling when she would think of him when she was

little, now she was on her own. She grabbed a silver hairbrush, a stupid birthday gift to herself, and threw it at a wall. It made a dent, but all that was left of the

hairbrush was a magled piece of silver. She grabbed her car keys, her purse, containing an Ipod, wallet with a black card, cell phone, and three pictures. Her plane

ticket was in the car, with one last look at her little Italian hotel, she got in and headed to the airport to vist "Uncle Aro."

As the plane is about to take off

HPOV

I grabbed my purse and took out the pictures I kept in there to begin my little ritual. It was kinda stupid, but we all did these things right? Right. The first was a picture of my family, Mom, who was actually smiling, my identical sister Elizabeth a.k.a Lizzie, my brother, Anthony, we were triplets, "Grandpa" Jim, "Grandma" Jane, Uncle Jack, Aunt Sally, (A little ironic huh?), Aunt Susan, Uncle Joe, and my cousin Taylor. (I call her my cousin cause she's like a sister, but my only sister is Lizzie!) I kissed my finger tip, then each one of them. I flipped to the next one, It was of my Mom and Dad. They looked so happy. My Mom was still a human at the time. I kissed each of them. Then it was the last one. Me and Greg. I was in love with Greg, I think he loved me too. If you call dressing me up, showing me off those all those vampire business associates, then flirting with a bunch of girls, love! I left without an explanation. Sometime I wondered if I did the right thing. I put the picture away and closed my eyes to dream, cause, yeah! I can.

At the Volturi Place.

"Hailee!" Jane ran to give me a hug.

"Janie!" I hugged her back, "Where's Aro?"

She frowned, "He's in a bad mood. They're in the main room."

I smirked, "I can change that. Thanks Jane." I unwrapped the scarf around my neck to show off my necklace. It was a rope like chain, holding a diamond the size of a walnut, it was a gift from Aro, he loved seeing me wearing it.

I pushed open the big wooden doors and dropped on my knees into a deep curtsy, (I knew it was total "sucking" up, but they melted like butter when I did it) immediately drawing the attention of Aro.

"Caius, look who has come to visit us, our little flower. But she is much to big to be called little."

I looked up, "You flatter me Aro, but I am only 16."

He shook his head, "No Hailee. You are our rose in the weeds, our diamond in the dust, our pearl of the world-"

"I believe she gets it, Aro." Caius looked at me sourly, "What is you business here child?"

I turned my head, "I was in Rome and though I would stop by to stay "Hello." but I could leave if you want me to." They wouldn't let me leave, whenever I was here they would ask me to do little "assignments" I did them cause it made me feel a little better, then worse.

"No. But how long do plan on staying?"

"No more than two days."

He nodded, "Heidi, take Miss Hailee to her room please."

We walked to my room in silence, it had been my room since I was four. When we arrived Heidi turned to me, "Aro requests you wear the dress with the red hanger, and whatever is in that." She pointed to a beautiful crafted wooden box, then left.

Me, being so patient, ran to the wooden chest, and opened it, and looked for the red hanger, i pulled it out and stared at "it". It was a black dress. I sighed and put on the dress. It looked really good on me. I walked over to the wooden box. Inside was a BEAUTIFUL tiara! I fixed my hair in an up do, but left a layer down, framing my face. The crown and dress looked beautiful together. I walked around my room for a bit until there was a knock on my door.

When Jane came to get me we went downstairs, she lead me to a room with like 20 different animals in it. She left to go get her dinner. I shuddered at the though of drinking human blood. When I was done I went upstairs to read. Tomorrow I would get my "assignment" from Aro. Yay. Note the sarcasm.

Okay, so, what do ya think? It's gonna get better, I swear! plz R&R! please!