Disclaimer: Stephanie owns all the characters. I'm just borrowing them.

I stared at the note in front of me. No matter how many times my family and I read it, each line seemed to get sharper, more like a revenge. Like it was a slap in the face or something to put us in our place.

Dear vampires of the earth,

I am proud to say that we, the volturi, have realized how hard the rules are to keep and that we are ending them. We will still govern the vampire world and the human world as well. The humans will know about us as we will tell them tomorrow, and each one of you must own at least one slave. We will check up on you once a year to make sure you are following the rules. Humans are indeed lower than us so make sure they understand that. Now that we understand each other, find your human in peace. Or you will be burned.

Sincerely,

Aro, Caius, and Marcus

I looked at the faces of my frozen family. Carlisle's expression was pained and filled with frustration and compassion. Esme was similar to Carlisle's face, however she buried her head on her husband's shoulder before I could see any differences. Emmett and Rosalie were too much in shock to make any expression. Jasper and Alice gazed at each other, though Alice's eyes were far away- looking ahead for results of this catastrophe. Edward's face mimicked Carlisle's. Except his eyes were harder, more vicious and angry. I didn't know how I looked but I'm sure it was close to how everyone else appeared. Nessie was with Jake.

But something else was bothering me about this letter. Not just because of the words realized how hard the rules are to keep or each one of you must own at least one slave. It was the reasoning behind the letter itself. The volturi just gave up on their rules because they felt outnumbered. I was positive of that. They felt embarrassed and ashamed so they just gave up like true cowards. Such great leaders.

Edward's arms wrapped around my shoulders, in attempt to comfort me, but I wasn't the one who would need comforting. I wasn't the one who needed protection. I wasn't a human. The humans were the ones who would need comforting. Who knew if this was their last night in their beds? Tomorrow disaster will strike. Suddenly a wave of compassion, guilt and anger boiled inside of me. If I never moved to forks, the volturi would have never had felt ashamed. The human race would continue, this is my fault.

Another thought crossed my mind and I made my knees buckle to the ground. Charlie! I'm going to cause Charlie to be killed!

No.

I won't allow Charlie to be a slave. Or worse. He will stay safe. So will Renee and phil, and angela and ben….. This can't be happening. If I hadn't gone to forks…..

Everyone stared at me, and I was sure that they knew what I was thinking.

"Charlie can stay with us. Or I'm sure La Push will keep all the humans safe, Bella." Carlisle chimed in before Edward.

"But what about Angela and Ben? Or my mom, or-

"Bella. we will do what we can do. Perhaps this note is a fluke and this is a sick way of revenge," Emmett's words didn't enter my head. My mind kept on thinking of all the humans I've met. Mrs. Cope, Mike, Jessica, Sue, Billy, and Doctors that Carlisle worked with everyday. I understood how upset he would be- Carlisle existed to save human life.

"Emmett, this isn't any joke. I've seen the results of this. It's not good. There are human slave trade centers, families being ripped apart. Vampires raping women. This isn't a world we want to live in. Just wait until a couple of decades- any vampire who is averse to this corruption will get used to it. All except for us and probably the Denalis. We must stick together. We will have to own 'slaves' but we won't control them. We will build them a house near ours and let them live in peace. Except when the volturi visit. This will be the way forever,"

"No! The women cannot be raped! These vampires will have no control and its disgusting-no offense Edward and Bella, you love each other. But this is a profanity! World destruction! I cant stand this! No freaking way!" Rosalie stormed out of the house dragging Emmett with her. We all understood her story. We all thought this was disgusting.

Though I know one thing for sure- tonight will be one of the shortest nights of my life. But I had to talk to one person before we all went to our rooms. Someone who wanted to protect human life as much as we did. Jacob.

This is the first chapter of my new story. I was going to continue my other after breaking dawn story but i couldnt think of any original ideas. If you have any, send me a message or add a reveiw below. I really tried to capture Bella's pov. I know this is short and i hope you like it. I will try to post longer chapters in the future (and try to get new chapters up more quickly). If you have any ideas, write a reveiw or message me! Thanks! and Enjoy! :-)