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Bella POV

As Jane skipped forward as I waited in horror to what would happen next. She looked harmless enough, standing a couple inches below my petite 5'4 frame. I quickly noticed that her soft facial features matched that of the beloved prince I saw just moments ago. Jane smiled in pleasure as she glared daggers in my direction. My eyes snapped shut on their own accord waiting for what was to come, after a few minutes nothing happened. Slowly they opened and I glanced at Jane, her smile dripped off her face and turned into a fierce snarl. She began to growl in rage as she took one step forward ready to attack. Aro stopped her, I'm not sure if I should be thankful, and began to gently pat her head while he spoke to her in words to quick for my ear.

As Aro approached me again I grasped Angela's hand harder. I turned to face her and tears were flooding her eyes. Will this be the last time I see my best friend? Will the death be swift or will these monsters relish in our suffering. Angela met my eyes and all I could think of was to smile at her reassuringly. I will not let my fear show to her.

Aro then pulled me away from Angela and the rest of the tour group. He then announced that the feeding could begin. He leaned down to her ear deeply inhaled and whispered "My dear though you will be spared tonight you will witness what we truly are and what you shall soon become." Terror assaulted every inch of my body.

Then to my horror the monsters began to slowly approach the tour group. Their was nowhere for anyone to go. They huddled in a tight group in the middle of the ballroom. The group clung to each other and whispered words of love into their significant others ear. This was the last thing that they would ever do; not really understanding what their impending fate was but knowing that this was the end. I looked hysterically from face to face trying to locate Angela. That's when I saw her huddled safely in between the arms of an older couple. I silently thanked them for holding her; she shouldn't go through this horror alone.

The next minute everything happened so quickly but yet slowed down to show every gruesome detail. The group didn't even have time to scream in reaction to the monsters pounced to grab the person of their choice and move off to a corner of a room to greedily feed off the body. Again my eyes searched out Angela and then I heard the only screams in the room. Heidi was somehow torturing Angela. All I could see was my friend writhing in pain on the floor clawing at her skin in agony and screaming about spiders. I couldn't understand what was happening. I know Angela feared them but I didn't see any around her. Heidi just danced and twirled around Angela's body while humming merrily.

I immediately tried to run forward to stop the cruelty only to be stopped by Aro. Whether he stopped me so I couldn't get hurt or to hold me so I couldn't turn away I wasn't sure, all I know was I needed to save Angela from her torture. I screamed and flailed my arms and legs to try to break free but it was all in vain. I was no match for his grip and strength. "Please make her stop" was all I could manager to gasp out.

"Heidi dear, let's not play with our food we are not animals." Aro ordered before Heidi pouted and Angela's screams were silenced. Then Heidi smiled menacingly at me as she began ripping Angela's limbs from her body. Finally she took Angela by the neck and started to rip apart her throat with her teeth. As she dropped Angela's lifeless body Heidi was covered head to toe in blood. What are these people? Vampires were the only logical answer. This is what I am to become. Slowly darkness took over me when I couldn't absorb any more of this sickening behavior.

When I came to I was still in the hellhole of a ballroom. It showed no trace of the terrors that happened just hours ago. All the surfaces were wiped clean and all chaos was restored to balance. I slow began to rise to my feet. I began to look around for an escape then I heard the double doors open and the room slowly begins to fill up with the vampires all cloaked in black robes with blood red eyes that just glowed from the fresh meal.

They all took their positions around the raised platform in room. I noticed that the three ancient looking ones, including Aro, sat at the chairs on the platform. While the others positioned themselves protectively around the platform, I assumed that the three in the chairs were the most important among the group.

"My dear you're finally awake. Welcome to the Volturi family." I heard Aro speak as he rose from his chair. How could someone so cold be so cheerful? "Please make yourself at home. May I ask what your name is?"

"Isabella," I quietly mumbled.

"Isabella what a beautiful name." I'm not sure how he could hear me. I my response was barely audible. "Now I'm sure you would like to know about what happened earlier." He asked. "Well we are vampires my dear, unlike the myths that are in the human world we do exist."

All I could do was look at the floor as tears and fear took over. I collapsed, this is what I am to become. Suddenly someone was consoling me I looked up to see it was Jane. I didn't know what to do. Survival instincts took over as I leaned into her small frame, if this is what I am to become I didn't want to go through this alone. If I had an ally maybe I could make it through this.

I could here clapping in the background. "Wonderful, Jane please take our dear Isabella under your wing and show her what is means to be Volturi." Aro stated, obviously pleased with the situation.

Then the double doors began to open again. I looked up to see three men approaching the middle of the room. They stopped and bowed low, in front of Aro and the two flanking him. As I got a better look of who just walked in I noticed that of the three 2 were huge, reminding me of bodybuilders but they moved with such grace despite the bulk of the muscles they carried. The one in the middle was tiny compared to the others. It seemed like he called the shots and the bodybuilders enforced what he had to say.

"Father," the small one spoke, sounding like an angel. "We return successfully from the newborn wars in the America's. All order has been restored and our secret remains." He then deeply inhaled and looked towards Jane and me. The angel dropped into a crouch and started to growl menacingly. In turn Jane dropped her embrace on me and stood protectively in front of me returning with a ferocious growl of her own.

"Don't even think about it Alec." She sneered. So this is what became of the beloved son I was swooning over earlier. He looks just like the artist portrayed him only his eyes were black. It's as if the painter portrayed the opposite effect in his eyes letting me see into his soul instead of him into mine. I saw loneliness, hurt, and anger. He slowly got out of his crouch and turned towards Aro questioningly.

"Isabella's fate has already been decided. She shall become one of us and we will welcome her into the family." Aro's authority rang clear as he stared at his son. The person to the right of Aro suddenly shifted in an almost panicked state and grasped Aro's hand. The whole room stood still as a wide smile took over Aro's face and he began to laugh.

"My brother Marcus has shown me something amazing, which I will not reveal because we will not force love to happen. Just know that you cannot fight whom your soul mate is no matter how hard you try." After Aro's cryptic message whispers to what he meant filled the room. Soul mates everybody here has know each other for hundreds of years, I'm assuming, if they were soul mates it would have been discovered long ago, I'm the only difference.

"Father," Jane said. "Will it be okay if I took Isabella to get cleaned up she has had a hard day and this is a lot to absorb."

"Of course, of course my dear go with Jane she will share her quarters with you until further arrangements have been made." Aro said as though it was his idea. As I was whisked out of the room I could hear Aro lecturing Alec on his behavior towards me.

"He was just surprised that's all. Alec, Felix, and Demetri have been taking care of the newborns for months. I'm sure they haven't fed recently." She paused realizing her mistake and I dissolved into tears once more. She soon opened the door to her chamber and helped me into bed. I cried myself to sleep; all those people murdered and Angela I'll never see her again.

So I'm going to clear a few things up. I made Heidi's power the ability to make people see their worst fear. So Angela saw spiders all over her body. Jane is being helpful because I needed a way to get Bella and Alec together, and well I like a nice Jane. I promise lots more Alec in the next chapter.