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Do i knock? I don't exactly know what the protocol is when making a visit to the Volturi. "Hello?" it was pitch black in the city. The only lights coming from bars and hotels that happened to still be open, I figured that the volterri would be more welcoming to me in the middle of the night rather than the day when they might be expecting food rather than guests.

Seriously. Edward wasn't kidding when he said it would be as if he never existed. If a vampire doesn't want to be found, then you won't find them. sigh. Edward, my love, do you ever think of me? I only allowed myself to think of him when i had moments to myself, afterall, I couldn't be certain that I won't break down even after six months without him.

At that moment I heard a low hiss behind me. Turning, I found myself face to face with the predator, his red eyes glistening with the blood he recently drank. "Hey there baby. See anything you like?" His rippling pectorals enhancing the adrenaline running through my system. He had dark muddy brown hair and was covered in their muscles that gave him the look of a true bodybuilder.

"Sorry, do you happen to know someone from the volturi?" His dark eyebrows raised in what i assumed was shock at knowing immediately he was a vampire.

"Hmm. Strange, you actually know that i'm a vampire, and yet, you are still not afraid. Even when I have all my strength." He still hadn't answered me though and my rage was starting to ignite even more. I didn't care that he was a vampire, he was standing in my way. "Well, to answer your question I am a member of the volturi guard. My name is Felix." As he said this he winked at me.

"So what you're telling me is that you can take me to your leader or whoever runs this place?" I was frustrated that now that I had found one of them he wasn't willing to just take me where I clearly needed to go.

"Yeah, sure, I'll take you to Aro." He turned around and started walking further into the dark alleyway. "Unless you're too afraid of me" he said with a sneer when he realized I had yet to take the first step into the dark.

"No no, I'm coming. I'm Isabella by the way." There was no way in Hell that I was going to allow another vampire to call me Bella. Not right now at least.

He finally stopped after what seemed like an eternity of walking next to a manhole that was his intended target. "What are we doing here? I thought you were leading me to Aro."

"I am, but you caught me off guard and this is the closest way to get there. I'll go down first and put a pillow or something soft at the bottom for when you follow." With that he gracefully slid into the manhole and fell into the oblivion.

How did he expect me to follow him through that? surely the volturi were civilized and didn't live in the sewers. sigh. here goes nothing. I slowly crept into the hole holding myself up before letting go of the street and the happy feelings i once had. Screaming all the way down I was reminded of the feeling you get right before the end of a water slide, when you know it's about to end and you're getting in too deep.

I landed on the cold marble hard streets of the volturi's secret walkway. So much for a soft landing What on Earth happened to Felix. "Sorry Isabella, there was nothing soft in here for you to land on. It was either the ground or I catch you. Both of which i'm sure you would be uncomfortable with." He actually looked genuinely sorry for not having anything to catch my fall. That was the first time i'd seen a vampire be genuine in a long long time. I gave him a small smile, alerting him to the fact that he was forgiving. No hard feelings.

He led me from hallway to hallway, room to room until we reached a giant doorway. The mahogany doors with their own unique intricate carvings that I had a feeling were carvings of the volturi histories just like how Carlisle had his many paintings about his life. At the doors, Felix told me to wait for a minute while he got the leaders ready to meet me.

Not three minutes later, I was being escorted into the spacious room with three thrones at the top of ivory stairs. In the chairs were three distinct vampires. I was only able to make note of their pale almost papery thin skin, that looked even softer than the plushiest stuffed teddy bear.

"Hello dear one." the one in the center continued, "My name is Aro, tell me, how did you come to find out about us?"

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