CHAPTER 6
"Arghh…." I moaned as I opened my eyes and lifted my head off of the floor. I was sitting in a very dark room, but since seeing in the dark is not a problem for me, I could see the thick walls of stone, and bars that surrounded me. A prison?
And then I remembered the last thing that had happened to me. Felix had hit me over the head so hard I actually fell unconscious. I never thought that could happen to a vampire.
I must be in Volterra, inside the castle, in the dungeon or something. I chuckled to myself and stood up from the stone floor and dusted my hands off on my dress, it was ripped, dirty and totally ruined. I sighed; I could hear the murmurs of conversation coming from above my head.
"Good morning Isabella."
I darted around looking at who stood on the other side of the bars. It was a small man, almost a boy, with ruby eyes and darker hair then his sister.
"Would you mind coming with me Bella?" Alec asked, almost kindly, but I was in no mood to be polite.
I walked towards him as he open the cell, and walked down the big dark hall never saying a word.
The hall was damp, with every wall made of stone. And just like every other room, it was fairly dark.
Finally we walked through the big wooden doors into the reception and down a hall once more until we reached another door. The castle was like a maze.
"Come Isabella." Alec said as he opened the doors revealing a large round room, Where Aro and his brothers sat talking amongst themselves.
"Ah! Bella!" Aro greeted, coming forward to say hello.
He looked exactly the same as he did 68 years ago.
"Hello Aro." I responded as politely as I could manage. He smiled at my effort.
"Thank you dear Alec. And please thank your sister for me; I haven't had the chance to talk with her about yesterday." He said to Alec over my shoulder. Aro looked back down at me.
"Do you mind Bella…?" He asked as he held up his hand to touch mine, to see everything I have seen, feel everything I have felt.
"Yes I do mind." I said as I jerked my hand away. "You wouldn't be able to see anything, anyways. My mind is blocked to you."
The conversation behind Aro stopped, and the room fell silent.
"As you wish Bella, there is no need to be hasty…" Aro smiled, but the conversation between his brothers behind him never did return.
"Why am I here Aro?" I asked my eyes burning into his milky red ones, there wasn't a lot he could do to me now, it's not as if I was human anymore.
"Well Bella you see, me and my brothers were discussing the many benefits of your gift as a human the other day, as you recall you can block others powers." He smiled at me again. "And then we remembered our agreement. With that we were simply curious of your new talent now that you have….changed."
"So we decided to bring you here, because Isabella, we want you to become one of us."
There was a long pause before I could answer, I remembered all those years back when Edward and Alice declined the Volturi, but that was a long time ago.
"I don't have a power." I murmured.
"Oh really Bella? Look at this large room and tell me what you see…"
I stopped for a minute, because all I saw in this room was exactly what I saw when I first walked in. Caius and Marcus sat behind Aro in large chairs, some of the Volturi guards stood against the walls, everything was the same, it always looked this way, even 68 years ago….
And suddenly something did change. Aro was no longer looking at me, but he was looking at the three people beside me.
On the other side of me stood an angel, his hair was messy; his eyes were dark and dangerous. On the other side of him was a pixie, with dark pointy hair, and a small smile on her face. But beside both of them stood a girl, just an ordinary human girl, with long dark hair and terrified eyes. She clung close to the angels' side, never daring to move an inch.
La tua cantante…
I closed my eyes for a minute, and when I opened them Aro was looking at me with eager excited eyes, the boy and two girls were gone.
"How did you know?" I whispered, never before had I believed I had this power. I thought of it as a simple way of remembering my past.
"I could see the signs Bella, when you were human many of your memories involved your dear Edward…" An inaudible growl escaped my lips. "…Alice and the rest of the Cullens. You choose to remember the things you want and you have brought that to this life, and when you cross something that reminds you, you can see it, as if it is through the eyes of someone else. Am I correct Bella?"
Aros' eyes were searching my face, eager for my answer. His theory was possible and accurate. Every time I had these flashbacks I was standing in a part of my past. The meadow, Forks, School, Volterra….
Maybe Aro was right.
"Um…Yes you're correct." I sighed.
"Well then Isabella, Welcome to your new life, Volturi Guard! Congratulations!" Aro beamed clapping his hands together.
"Wait! What!?" I shouted. "I never asked to be apart of this!" I said waving my hands around.
"Bella, the talent you have is like nothing we have ever seen; of course there are the powers of being able to see people's memories. But never had we met anyone capable of reliving someone's memories, through someone else's eyes!" He laughed. "It's amazing!"
"But…But…" was all I could say. I was at loss for words.
" Welcome to the Volturi Isabella,"
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EDWARD
" We need to leave NOW!" I yelled, my voice echoing through the large white house.
Carlisle and Alice stood in front of me, with Rosalie and Emmett behind them.
"Edward we don't even know what"- Carlisle began to say, but I interrupted.
"No. We know where they went, and we need to get to Italy fast." I said grabbing the keys to Alice's Porsche.
"Alice we need a fast car, can we take yours?" I demanded looking up to meet her worried stare.
Edward I can't see her, I can't see anything.
Alice's thoughts sounded in my head.
"Then we better leave now." I said turning on my heels and walking out the door.
BELLA
Its funny, really. Memories from my human life were the one thing I wanted to lose, and now I get stuck with them forever.
My mind seems jumbled up and confused, but the only thing I can think about is how ironic my power is.
I laugh to myself, the sound drowned by the many murmurs of voices in this busy room.
No matter how much I try to forget Edward Cullen, it always ends up being impossible.
Something inside my brain is telling me to forget him, but I can't really do that can I?
Bella Sawn and Edward Cullen were in love once upon a time,
But I'm not Bella Swan anymore, I'm Izzy James, Isabella Volturi.
I now mean nothing to him, so maybe that's exactly what I'll do.
I'll kill Bella Swan once and for all. I will be everything he never wanted me to be.
I will be everything he never wanted me to be, I will be everything he never wanted me to be...
So Here's to you Edward, Cheers!
I thought as I bent my head down to the innocent woman's throat.
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