A/N: If you think my story is good. Tell other Twilight fans. I want readers. It makes me feel good to see that other people like my story. This chapter is the one that gave me the idea to write. My imagination gave me this scene first. I built the stroy from there. So I hope you enjoy this, I surely will.

It was almost like a reception area, except the normal human wouldn't want to wait there. If a human was brought into this room, it was only for a moment, before you would be taken to the rooms beyond. That's where they waited for you. It gave me the creeps when Jane and the others led me through it for the first time. I thought they were taking me to see a doctor or something, but I knew that wasn't it. I can still remember how fast my heart was beating, and Jane grinning at me when she noticed.

I wasn't scared though. I was anything but. I was more nervous than anything. I looked up at the blinking florescent lights above me.These lights were spread along the roof from the hall that reminded me of The Shining to the reception area. My mind swam and I felt aware of another pair of eyes on me. I looked at the receptionist and my mood turned to curiousity. She was human. I was confused. She just sat there with this over prenounced smile on her face, showing off her human good looks.

"Hello Jane." The receptionist said happily. I couldn't tell if she had something mentally done to her, because she never even glanced at me.

"Good Morning Gianna." Jane sang. Jane started, leading me into a room beyond the reception area. I took a glance at Gianna as I walked by. I was still curious as to why she was so comfortable with all these vampires around. Did she even know what they were?

Jane led us into another hall where two others stood. Another boy, about the same age as Jane walked forward. They caught each other in an embrace and then both looked at me.

"Bella. This is Alec." Jane said.

"Hello." I said shyly.

"A pleasure." He chimed.

"And this is Demetri." Jane said again. I looked at the man with Alec, he had long dark hair to his shoulders,unlike Felix's cropped short. I said hello again, and he merely nodded.

"Aro is waiting." Alec whispered to his sister. Jane nodded and started to walk again. I followed, and a slow trickle of fear crawled up my back. I walked slower than usual. I didn't want to admit it, but I was scared. Jane led us into another hall. There were only two doors that stood out. I thought we were headed to the one at the end, a nice golden one, but we turned and headed into a wooden door. I glanced around me as we walked in and my mouth dropped open. It was as if we had walked into the chamber of a castle. stone walls and floor. There were no windows, but light came in from slits in the walls. There were large throne like wooden chairs scattered around the room. My breath caught when I saw a large drain in the middle of the floor. I could only guess what that was for.

It was who I saw that made me shiver. There were five men standing in the room. All of them wearing balck cloaks.Three of the five had long hair. One had white hair, the others had black. The man in the middle was frail. He had long black hair and deeply prefect looks. Not beautiful though, but perfect. He smiled at me as we walked in and I knew immediatly that this was Aro.

"Bella!" he sung. "Welcome to my home."

I didn't say anything to him, I just stared. He laughed, I grimaced.

"Was your traveling well?" he asked, walking towards us, his friends came closer too. I nodded and he smiled."Welcome home Jane." he said, coming forward and kissing her on fully on the lips.

"Thank you." she answered lovingly.

"Leave us." he said and turned around heading to the largest of the chairs, and sitting down. Once everyone was gone except for us he beckoned me forward. "Take a seat Bella."

I slowly, but with determination, sat on the chair close to him. He watched me as I did this.

"Are you afraid of me Bella?" he asked.

"Yes." I answered a little too quickly. He laughed silently, and said something under his breath, I never caught it. He never spoke for another minute. He kept watching me, and it seemed like he was trying to conclude something in his mind.

"Do you mind if I touch you Bella?" he asked slowly.

"What?" I was confused.

"Oh. no. " he laughed. " I want to see something."

"See what exactly?"

He laughed again. "All my words are getting mis-understood. Let me explain." He smiled at me carefully. I didn't smile back. What I did do, was slowly inch away from him.

"I believe Edward told you about our quirks. Things that we can do that humans can't."

"Like move really fast."

"Yes. He probably also told you that each of us usually has a unique trait that sets us apart from everyone else."

"Yea."

"Yes. Edward can read minds, am I right?"

"Yea."

"Well I can too."

"Oh."

"Don't worry I can't read anyones mind unless I come into contact with him or her."

"Oh."

"Jane has notified me that you are different."

"So has my mother."

"Oh. Yes, well. It has come to my understanding that the Cullens' powers don't work on you."

"Yea."

"I just wanted to see-"

"If yours didn't work on me either."

"Well, yes."

"I'm not letting you touch me."

He watched me for a moment and then he nodded. We sat there, watching eachother for a few minutes. His eyes were deep red and I wondered if he was going to leap at me and then watch my blood seep down into the drain. He'd probably use my blood for other things.

"You're probably hungry."

"And tired." I added.

He smiled, and stood up.

"Well, I'll get Felix to show you to your room."

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"So, are you glad you're here?" Felix asked, turning his head towards me as we walked. I shrugged my shoulders, not looking up into his face. I did look at his body though. It was muscular under the white dress shirt he wore. A little more built than Edward but defineitly no where near as much as Emmett. I looked up into his face and blushed. He was watching me with curiousity, but there was a smile on his face.

"Do you miss your dad yet?"He asked as we walked up a flight of stairs.

"Of coarse."

"Not enough to go home."

"Would you let me?"

He laughed at this and we stopped beside an average looking door. He didn't answer my question though. It's not like I would go home if they let me. I was curious to see myself as a vampire. Even if it had to be like them. I could tell by looking at these people that they would be Edwards and the rests' enemies. Edward was being more of an enemy now, and I wasn't afraid of these people. Well except Aro.

Felix slid a key into the lock and the door opened. He followed me inside. It was a nice room I guess, definetly a place I could get used to. The walls were all wooden, as well as the floor. Except for a very comforting looking rug in front of a fire place. The bed was king size and sat in the corner. It looked like an antique with the design on the bed posts. There were two arm chairs sitting facing the fireplace and another one next to the bed. I couldn't help but smile. I walked in and placed my bag on a chair, sitting on the bed. I couldn't wait to fall asleep in it.

"You like it." Felix said, he was standing in front of the door, watching me.

"I really do."

"Good."

I looked at the table beside my bed, an array of food sat on it waiting.

"I can't eat all this." I laughed.

" We didn't know what you liked, so we got the load." He said with a smile.

"We?"

"Gianna and I."

"Oh."

"Are you scared?" He asked after a moment.

"Not at this exact moment, no."

"You're not scared of being alone with me?" He said with a sly grin.

"Should I be?" I challenged.

"I like you already." He said, laughing.

Felix bid me a good sleep and then he left. I ate as much as I could without getting sick, then changed into the one pair of pyjamas that I brought. I was in bed and sleeping within ten minutes. I didn't dream this night, if I did, I didn't remember it in the morning.

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I sat in Jaspers arms waiting for Rosalie and Edward to return. Carlisle and Esme were sitting on the sofa. Emmett rose when they walked in. He grabbed Rosalie into his arms and held her. Rosalies arms slid around his back and she leaned her head into his shoulder. He looked down at her and kissed her gently. Edward stood there, doing nothing. I could tell he wanted someone to hold. That was his own fault.

Emmett and Rosalie broke apart and looked at Carlisle.

"A plane leaves for New York in two hours. From there it'll be straight to Venice." Carlisle said with an even tone.

"How long will that take?" Edward asked quietly. Carlisle glanced at him.

"We'll be there tomorrow around noon."

"But tomorrows the day they're going to change her." I said loud and quick. Edward looked at me with curiousity. He was probably aware that I was second to him for how much I cared about Bella.

"It will be at midnight." Carlisle went on. " We'll just have to hope nothing happens before then." Everyone was watching him, wanting to know what to do next. Carlisle turned around and took Esme's hand, lifting her from the couch. " We wont need to bring that much." He said to everyone, yet looking into Esme's eyes. She smiled up at him. Jasper stood up, lifting me as well. He let my feet touch the ground but he didn't take his arms from around me.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Emmett said, breaking the momentary silence. We all nodded and started to head out the door. Edward stood there, watching as we passed. As I walked by I took him into a hug. He hugged me back, tightly. He buried his head into my shoulder. I could tell that he would cry if he could.

"We'll get her." I whispered into his ear. He didn't answer. He let go and I walked out of the house.

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The plane ride was horrible. When we got to New York, we had to take two hours waiting for the next plane. Edward sat in the airports uncomfortable neon-colored plastic chairs, his face in his hands. He was getting pretty impatient. I felt so sorry for him. I was also nervous about getting to Bella in time to slap her for what shes doing.

We arrived in Venice at about four pm their time. We were late. Carlisle had a car waiting for us, the windows tinted to impossible. We went the speed limit as we drove and within the hour we were standing outside of a large dead-bolted door, outside of the Volturi's keep.

We all glanced at eachother and Carlisle lifted his fist and knocked.

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I must of slept for a very long time, because when I awoke I could see a ray of sunlight coming through the curtains. I didn't even realize that there were windows. I got up and threw open the curtains. Sunlight engulfed me, warming my body with tingleing sun rays. I smiled. I looked at my watch, it was 10 pm. Tomorrow night at this time I would be getting ready to change. Then I'd have three days of treacherous pain to look forward to. I turned around to see what I was going to be wearing today. There was a white suit lieing on the arm chair next to by bed. I put it on and walked to the mirror to see how I looked. Not that bad. The bottoms were capris, tieing along the waist. The top had long sleeves that tightened at my wrists and then left extra fabric to cover half of my hands. There was a small V-neck with elastic that went under my breasts and met in the middle of my back. I still wore my bra though. The bottom of the shirt went just below my hips, covering my waist. I thought it made me look pretty thin. I liked it.

I went to my bag and grabbed my hair brush and tooth brush, and then looked around. I saw a sliding door to the left of the room and went to open it. A small bathroom sat on the other side, with a large jacuzzi to the back. I knew what I was doing that night. I quickly brushed my teeth and hair. I walked out of my room and into the hall way from before. I had no idea where to go and how to get there, so I just strolled along the hallway. I eventually found the stair case from this morning. I almost tripped on the last step but was caught in someones strong arms. For a moment I thought it was Edward, but It wasn't. It was Felix. I smiled up at him apologizing. He smiled back warmly.

"You're not going to attack me if you get to close?" I asked as he set me back on the ground.

"No. I'm able to tell the difference between what I do want to eat and what I don't." he said.

"Kind of like choosing between cheese cake and spinach?" I grinned.

"Kind of. Come I'll take you back to the reception area. I ordered you some food."

"Thanks." I followed him down a long hallway, past the golden door and the door that led to the haunting drain in the ground. Soon we were back in the reception area. I saw Gianna's face, and she actually acknowledged me.

"Good evening." She said.

"I'll leave you here." Felix said to me. " Do you think you can find your way back to your room?" I nodded and he left. I turned to Gianna. She smiled and reached under the desk, pulling out a bag. I smiled and retrieved it from her hands.

"I'm Bella." I said.

"Gianna." She answered smiling. We talked for about 15 minutes. I asked her why she worked here and she said that it paid good. I knew there must of been other reasons. She was actually a pretty cool person, once I got to know her.

After I was done eating, she stood up and bid me farewell. I said good-bye and she got up and left. Her shift was over. I stood there for a bit, then I looked around. I went and sat on one of many leather couches that were on the other side of the room. I put my face in my hands and cried.

After about an hour, I got up and walked back to my room. Felix came and played cards with me. Soon Demetri and a couple others were seated on the soft rug infront of the fire place. When we got bored of cards we just sat there talking. I knew I shouldn't be enjoying myself. I knew I should be afraid of these vampires in front of me, but I couldn't. I was intrigued by them. We sat up laughing until about 2 in the morning, then Felix realized that I still needed to sleep, so they left. I crawled into bed. After a few minutes I cried again. I liked it here, but I missed Charlie.

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We walked into the waiting room. I had never been here before but I hated it already. It smelt like blood and sweat. The seven of us were greeted by the receptionist. She looked slightly surprised to see us.Did she know who we were. I was also surprised to see she was human. Jasper was surprised too, but for another reason. I looked at him, his nostrils were flaring. I squeezed him hand for support.

"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked.

"Yes you may." Edward said. "Tell me where the hell-"

"Edward." Rosalie hissed. Edward stopped talking, but he looked angry. Carlisle walked up to the receptionist and smiled warmly.

"We'd like to speak to Aro." He said.

"One moment please." She said, reaching for the phone on her desk. "Theres some people here to see Aro." She murmered into the phone. "I don't know. Yes. Yes. Alright." She looked up at Carlisle. "May I ask who you are?"

"Tell them Carlisle Cullen is here to see him." He smiled at her slightly. Her eyes widened in realization.

"Uh. Carlisle Cullen." She said again into the phone. I looked at Edward, he was getting very agitated. "And his family. Yes. " She hung up and smiled, showing off her teeth. "Why don't you just take a seat." She pointed at the sofas."They are excited to see you. Someone will be out in a moment to bring you in."

"Thank you." Esme said.

"No problem."

We went and sat where we were supposed to. None of us spoke to eachother. Edward had his eyes closed. Esme and Carlisle sat watching the receptionist. Emmett and Rosalie where whispering to eachother intently. Jasper slid his arm around me and rested his head on my shoulder. I sighed. I sat listening to what was happening around me. There was a knock at the door and the receptionist went and opened it. She took a bag from someone on the other side, came back in and placed it on her desk. She picked up the phone, waiting for an answer. While she waited she smelt the bag and moaned.

"Theres something here for you." She said playfully." I don't know, but it smells really good." She laughed. "Hurry up then." She hung up, smiling. Someone walked in from the rooms beyond. He winked at the receptionist and she smiled.

"Good afternoon Felix." She said.

"Hello Gianna." He started to walk to the door out when he noticed us. He lifted his chin slightly.

"Carlisle." He said taking in our faces. "Edward." he laughed mockingly.

"Felix." Edward said wit hatred.

"Let me guess why you're here." he said smiling. He looked behind him. "If you speak to her, we'll make it faster." He smiled again and then left.

"Jerk." I said.

"Here Here." Emmett said. The door opened and Bella walked out. Edwards head popped up when he smelt her. He opened his mouth to say somthing, but I hushed him with my mind. He looked at all of us, we were all staring at him. He looked like he was about to kill something.

Bella hadn't noticed we were here.

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"yummy. Smells good." I moaned, looking into the bag and pulling out my food, Greek. Gianna smiled at me.

"If you were one mintute longer, I would of eaten it myself."

I laughed and passed her half my sandwich.

"Nah I have my own." She said lifting a brown lunch bag off the floor.

"Looks good." I said, and we both laughed. I took a large bite and swallowed."You don't know what your missing." I said.

"How was your night?" She asked. I picked at the corner of the desk. I laughed.

"It was interesting. Never play cards with a vampire." I smiled.

"Why?"

"They all have perfect poker faces." We both laughed again." I must of been up until 2 in the morning, we only played cards for 2 hours before I got mad and gave up. You should of seen Felix's face every time I lost. He wouldn't stop mocking me."

"That's Felix for you."

"I guess. He's a cool guy though." I murmered between bites.

"Who else played?"

"Uhm Demetri and a couple other guys whom I don't remember thier names. They're all so hard to pronounce, I just gave up." I giggled. The door out to the hall opened and Demtri walked out. "Hey we were just talking about you." I said. He just nodded at me. I glanced at Gianna and she smiled. Thats when I noticed he was holding a gun. I stepped back. "Uh oh. Gianna I think I'm gonna go."

"Yea. See you later." she said with an awkward smile. I headed to the door, just when the door across the room opened. I didn't even look, I knew who it was.

"Too late Isabella." Demetri said. I moaned and backed up against the wall to the right of the hall door. I started to hypervenilate when I saw the large crowd of people walk in, following Felix. He looked at me sympatheticly and went to stand my Demetri.

"Oh. I wonder what's in here." A tourist said to his wife. I moaned and sat against the wall, trying to breath without throwing up. All the people were talking about what they were going to do afterwards.

"Wait why is that guy holding a gun?" Someone announced. I could tell that they realized that they were being herded, because more vampires came in and stood, keeping them in line. I could hear people screaming, saying they wanted to go home. A tear trickled down my face, and then I heard it. A child cry. I lifted my head and saw her. She was in her mothers arms. Her mother was trying to comfort her but it wasn't working. I acted quickly.

"Felix!" I yelled. He turned around. "You said no children." I said angrily. He looked around and saw her. He looked at me again. I gave him a pleading look. He thought for a second and then he reached forward and grabbed the child. Holding it away from his body, he brought her to me. I took her in my arms and held her tight.

"Be good for mommy." A woman said from the crowd. I tried to comfort the child my humming in her ears. She stopped crying and held her arms around my neck, which was wet from her tears and mine.

After everyone was gone, I stopped crying. I could hear faint whispers coming from the room beyond, and then the slight smell of blood wafted into my nose. I rubbed the childs head slowly, and then looked around.

I caught eyes with someone, and I started to cry again.

"You shouldn't of come." I said, standing up. Edward was there, with everyone. I looked into the faces of Carlisle, Esme, Emmett,Rosalie,Japsper, Alice and him. Alice ran forward first and threw her arms around me. I put the child downand she wrapped her arms around my legs. She had stopped crying, but I didn't. I hugged Alice back, but I didn't say anything.

"Bella. I missed you so much." She said, pulling away. I smiled slightly at her, but my eyebrows were burrowed and I kept surprise and fear in my eyes. She stepped back, and I felt like puking. Edward took a step towards me. I stepped back, shaking my head slowly. More tears streamed down my face. I couldn't look up into his eyes, because If I did ,I would run to him. I didn't want to. I picked up the child.

"Bella, You're being absurd." Carlisle said.

"No. this is the first time I'm not." I said, taking another step backwards. I turned around and headed towards the door. Someones hand grabbed me around the wrist.

"Bella. We didn't come all this way for you to do this." Rosalie said angrily.

"Since when do you care!?" I screamed. She looked hurt, and I shook my hand loose.

"What're we supposed to do now?" Japser asked.

"Go home."

"I'm not leaving without you." Edward said agrily. I gave him a sideways look. "Alive." He said again. I couldn't help it. I laughed. I couldn't stop.

"Typical." I said and turned around again, despite their protests, and walked into the hall. I made sure the door closed behind me.

A/N: I know it's long but I didn't want to stop writing until I got to the part where the meet. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

If you like this story, check out chapter 1 of my other Twilight/New Moon based fic.

In the next chapter: Will the Cullens go home alone? Or will they be forced to Drag her back?