-Carlisle-

I stopped the car in the driveway, sighing. "Jasper, Emmett, could you give me and your sister a moment?" I asked. They both nodded and were out of the car in a flash. I barely heard the car door slam shut. I looked over at Mira who stared down at her hands while tears gently fell onto them.

"Aro was going to come here anyway and demand to know what you've been through," I whispered softly. "I thought that setting it as a punishment would be best. I'm sorry for saying it so harshly."

She nodded, and wiped some tears away. "I'm sorry," she croaked.

"For what?"

"For…not opening up to you, causing trouble, and being a bad daughter. I would've been better off still a slave," she said. I didn't think she wanted me to here the last part though. She then looked at up at me tear framed eyes. "I should've never escaped…All I do is worry about my brother now."

I leaned my head on the steering wheel and looked at her with worry in my eyes. "If you hadn't escaped Mira, you would've been in much worse condition. At least now you have freedom."

"But my family doesn't," she croaked. "Every damn time I close my eyes I see my parents giving me that blank stare…or…or Antonio being beaten to near death. I would rather take their place then see them suffer. Suffering was the worst part of it all."

I didn't really know what to say. How could you really think of something on the brighter side of what she's been through? She was hurting so much inside and all my family could do was try and mend her heart back together. "What was it like before you became a slave?" I whispered. I had been wondering that for a while now and it was the perfect time to ask. Maybe it would get her off of her negative thoughts.

She bit her lips, trying to think. "We lived in Milan, Italy. My father worked for some Italian designer along with my mom. I'd hardly ever see them, but our times together were happy ones." A smiled appeared on her face. "I remember for my eleventh birthday my father surprised me with this sapphire crystal you could only get in some kind of cave in Germany. Antonio was so jealous. He…" she giggled a bit. "He broke it into pieces and flushed it down the toilet." My eyes widened and I smiled a bit. "But, he did make me this." She reached within her shirt and pulled out a silver necklace with a sapphire on the end. "He made me this when he broke the stone. He said it was a better gift than a damn crystal my father got. There was actual thought in the present and not just something you could pick up at a thrift stop."

"If you were eleven, then when did you go to Joseph's coven?"

"About a week after my birthday," she sniffed. "They just came into my house and took us without explanation. I…think my parents were gambling with the coven and lost…" She closed her eyes and a small sob escaped her lips. I clicked off both of our seatbelt and brought Mira into my lap.

"It's alright," I whispered as I rocked her back and forth. "You're safe here sweetheart," I whispered as Esme appeared outside my car door. She opened it and I got out with Mira in my arms. Esme stroked her hair was we walked inside with her still in my arms. Emmett and Jasper were sitting on couch looking at us with worry. I let Mira stand on her own and she just leaned into my arms. I looked over at Jasper and he nodded understanding. Soon, she calmed down and was able to breathe normally.

"Come on sweetie," said Esme. "Let's get you changed for Aro. Alice should be here soon and she can do your hair."

Mira nodded, as Esme put her arms over her shoulders and walked her upstairs.

-Rosalie-

I sped home with everyone in my car. Edward said that Carlisle needed us home early so we just ditched our last two classes. From what he said, Mira was crying the last time Carlisle updated on her. I was so worried for that girl. She had gone through so much and had been raped so many times. I thought I had had it bad when I was human and was betrayed by that motherfucker, but I found someone else who had gone through so much more.

"Why the hell does Aro have to come?" asked Edward in one of his annoyed voices. "I mean, seriously we could just call him."

"He just wants to know about Mira's past," explained Alice. "He's more concerned about Mira than us."

"Why?"

This time Bella chimed in. "She reminds Aro of his only daughter he had when he was a human. Carlisle told me and I could see a little resemblance between the two. I mean with the hair and everything. She even has his smile, but not as weird."

"Well, do you see anything happening with Mira in the future?" I asked. "I mean, after Aro comes and all."

Alice sat there for a second. "I only see her singing in the talent show…but she looks older. It must be in the later years of high school. Oh god that song has so much hate in it."

"Damn," murmured Edward. He put his arm around Bella and brought her in very close. He started giving her small kisses on her lips and ending in a long kiss. My eye twitched.

We were in front of the house within minutes and I could hear Mira sniffling a little while Esme told her sweet things. Anything to calm down my sister from the fear I knew she was feeling. I didn't need Jasper around to tell me that.

Alice was the first one to go into the house. She bounced up the stairs as I followed. Emmett was waiting for me at the top and pulled me into a hug. I felt so comfortable in his arms as he swayed me a little. I could stay like that forever and a day.

"She needs you," he whispered as he brought me into a loving kiss. "She needs someone who can understand when Aro gets here. You're the only one who can really understand."

I smiled sadly and began to walk to Mira's room. She was humming a small tune as Alice and Esme compared outfits. Her eyes were a little red, but she seemed content. I silently thank Jasper as I pulled her over to her vanity table.

"Is everything okay?"

She shook her head a little. "I'm just scared to tell them everything."

"Just remember they need to know this for your own safety. If you tell them, then they'll find Joseph a lot sooner."

"But-""

"No buts," I said. "Joseph will be found and we will help kill them when we do find him. No one, not even a vampire, has the right to violent a woman like that. It's immoral, and un-gentleman-like."

-Edward-

Bella stood in front of me while four figures appeared in front of the house. Aro, Jane, Alec, and Felix stood in their robes. Their thoughts were all worried about Mira as she approached the front door. Carlisle answered it immediately and led them to the living room with a small smile.

Where is my precious Anastasia? I looked at Aro for a split second. Was that his daughter's name? For some reason I think he believed that Mira was Anastasia's reincarnation. I could believe it, since I saw one person that looked just like my mother about fifty years after I was turned. But who knows?

"She'll be down in a second," said Esme as she walked down the stairs with the girls behind her. Mira was pacing upstairs, thinking of how she was going to greet Aro and the guards.

"How has she been?" he asked us with desperation.

"She has been a little trouble at school, but I think it's it from this new found freedom. Don't worry, she'll be find though," said Carlisle. "She's going to be singing in the talent show so maybe you'll get to see her. Only if you do come, don't wear those robes."

Aro chuckled as he sat down on a couch. "I hope to see her then. It would be nice to see her sing. I've never heard her voice."

"It's beautiful," whispered Jasper as he looked up at the stairs. I followed his gaze and saw Mira standing at the top. She wore a pair of fitted jeans along with a light blue polo. Her hair was half up, half down and some curls were at the end. Her makeup was done perfectly and she looked like she belonged with the Volturi guard. She just looked a lot more superior than she usually did. I didn't know if it was her stance, or that guarded expression that looked as if it held so many secrets.

She's slightly scaring me…- Alec

She has changed a little bit.- Jane

Oh god she looks so sad. I wish that son of a bitch would just show himself so I could kill him.- Felix

My poor Anastasia…- Aro

"Hello dear," said Aro as he got up. Mira walked down the stairs and bowed her head slightly in respect. He cupped her face in his hands and looked into her eyes. "Still the same. I can't see a thing, only sounds." He pulled her into a hug. I had never seen Aro show so much compassion towards anyone. Mira brought out his soft side. When he withdrew, Mira smiled slightly.

"I hear you want to know more about my past," she whispered quietly.

Aro walked her over to the couch and sat her down next to him. Carlisle took her other side. "Yes," he breathed.

"Ask away then," she said in a voice that was barely audible.

Everyone seemed to think for a few seconds. By there thoughts, they didn't know what to really ask. I cleared my throat. "Was there any other kind of tortures you had to go through?"

Mira shifted in her seat. "Yeah…" she answered. She thought for a while. I already knew what she was going to say by her thoughts. "I was forced…to watch children be killed by those murderers," she whispered. "I would try to look away, but they would hold me head and eyes open to watch."

That fucking bastard!- Emmett

"What about Antonio?" asked Jane. "Aro said that he heard you screaming his name."

She clenched her fists. "That was painful for both of us." Tears started to well in her eyes, but she was able to dry them up. "I had witnessed him being whipped, beaten, and stabbed numerous times, but there is one thing that stuck to both of us…" She cleared her throat a little. "I wasn't doing as Joseph had commanded me to one day and as punishment, I had to…watch him be changed into a vampire. They locked me in a room with Antonio after he was bitten and wouldn't let me out." She bit her lips, recalling the memories. "When his change was complete, his bloodlust was almost out of control. He made me sit in the farthest corner away from him until they let me out to see that I was still a human. I don't know how he did it. I guess that disappointed Joseph since he carved in, Never Forget on my back."

"Never Forget what?" asked Alec

"Never Forget who you belong to. I will always belong to Joseph. At least in his mind I'll always belong to him."

I clutched onto Bella, thinking what it would be like if she was in this position. God, I wouldn't be able to live. She was my angel and I was hers.

"Do you know why he would take you of all people to be his…slave?" asked Felix. He had been quite this whole entire time.

She leaned back on the couch, thinking. "He would sometimes say I was a scary beauty. I really didn't know what that meant, but I guess it would good in his mind. I still had my virginity too so maybe he thought I was perfect for him. I really couldn't answer that. There could be numerous reasons." Tears glistened in her eyes, but she somehow kept them under control.

They started asking more questions that the family already knew the answers to. Sometimes her tears would spill onto her cheeks, but then Aro would brush them away. He really seemed to care for Mira in a different level than the family. It was like our family feelings were much calmer than his.

"Do you know where you were?" asked Alec. "If you don't, could you describe your surroundings?"

Mira thought for a while. Her eyes were a little glassy, but that was from her crying. "Um...whenever they let me outside, I'd see an ocean of some kind. It was definitely on a coast. Then there were a lot of trees surrounded wherever I was."

"What language did they speak?"

"English, Italian, and some other that I wasn't familiar of."

Well that narrows some things down!- Alec.

"What about the vampires? What were their powers?"

"Joseph had seduction and the power to bend the will of a woman. Brooke could disguise her scent along with others. Antonio could make illusions." She started naming off vampires and I could tell that the guards were taking all of the information in. Aro didn't even think if letting them into the Volturi, he must have really hated them.

"Joseph also had a twin who was turned into a vampire. He didn't talk about him very much and I don't know his name. Joseph hardly ever spoke about him.

They interrogated her a little more, and now we were in a silence as Mira started to hum a small tune. Aro's eyes widened as he looked at her with a stunned expression. Our song. She remembers our song! "Where did you hear that melody from?"

Mira stopped humming and looked at Aro. She shrugged. "I've always hummed it. I would sing it to the children before they…" She trailed off and looked outside the window. "They really liked it. It seemed to calm them."

Aro brought her into a fatherly hug. I had never seen the two so content since I had known them.

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