Chapter Six, Sorrowful Stories

Bella was curled up on the couch in the Cullen household. She felt as if she wasn't able to breath, as if hope had disappeared from the world. She didn't know what she was going to do. She knew something must be wrong, because she knew her family well, and she knew they wouldn't leave her. But she felt as if there was no hope to discovering this secret, like there was no point in searching.

That's when the doorbell rang.....Bella forced herself to her feet and opened the door slowly. And in an instant she felt she could trust the Vampire in front of her, she was beautiful, with long dark red hair, and golden eyes....She was tall and slim, and wore a dark jean jacket, over a dark green shirt and black jeans. Bella knew she could trust her because of her golden eyes, with a deep look of sympathy in them.

"Um.....Hello?" Bella asked, she relaxed a little, but was still very upset and not sure what to do. "Can I help you?"

"No...But I think I can help you." The girl said, with a heavy Italian accent, which frightened Bella. "Can I come in? I'll explain everything."

Bella nodded and let her in, then closed the door behind her. She watched the girl apprehensively, not sure what to expect.

"You are Bella Cullen is that correct?" The girl asked her, and Bella nodded.

"Please miss, would you allow me to tell you a story? It's a bit long but I think it could help you."

Bella sat down, "Of course." She said, awaiting the story. And the girl launched into it right away.

"My name is Avary, I grew up in Italy...But that was years ago, and I can scarcely remember those days...But I shall try. When I turned sixteen, a young man moved just down the street of me. I met him in town one day, and was charmed by him. He was handsome, and kind, and we soon fell in love. He asked my father his permission to marry me, and we were engaged. He had to travel, for his education, so he wrote to me often and promised when he returned we would be married. I was willing to wait, I loved him very much. One day, on my twenty first birthday, he came home. I was so excited to see him, at first I did not notice how different he was. He still spoke kindly to me, but he had changed. For one thing, he was more beautiful then anyone I had ever seen, this didn't shock me because I loved him so much I had always found him beautiful. But it wasn't until I saw his eyes....." Avary broke off here, and seemed to be lost in memories. Before going on slowly, after composing herself. "They we're red, red eyes. He told me he was a little bit ill, and I was filled with sympathy for him. He took me to a hill where he said we would watch the sunset together...That's when he attacked me, all I remember is the shock and pain I felt as he bit into my skin....And I remember the days and days of agony I was in. I woke up in a large, fancy room. Wondering where I could be. Then he came in, with another man by his side.....Legends of Vampires in my town were quite clear, and I knew what had happened to me. The first thing I noticed about my fiance, was not that he was a vampire though. I was not angry for what he had done to me. I understood that he had wanted to be able to be with me forever. And at first I thought it was quite romantic. But then I realized that he was not the man that I had been engaged too, he was not his kind gentle self...He was a monster, he was prideful, and he never spoke a kind word to anyone. I spent two days in this place, that I discovered was Volterra, Italy with the Volturi, when I knew I could not stay here any longer. I heard of the Cullen Coven, and decided I would follow the same way of life, hunting only animals.

I had discovered that my Ex-Fiance's power was to control the minds of people he met, which is where you come in.....This all happened hundreds of years ago. But the Volturi have kept his power a secret from almost everyone. Because they wanted to use him. His name is Thor, and I believe he must have stopped by here some point because he would have had to meet you for him to be able to control your family--"

"He did!" Bella interrupted, as a look of realization came across her face. "We we're wondering why a member of the Volturi had stopped by, and after that weird things started happening."

Avary nodded in reply. "I've been trying to figure out what Thor and Aro are up too, and I soon discovered that Aro was wanting Thor to control your family, making them join the Volturi, but they couldn't get to you. Because of your power." Avary said, "So I've come to help you stop him."

"How will we do that?" Bella asked, slowly.

"That's what we need to figure out."

Authors note: DUN DUN DUN! hope you guys enjoyed it! Sorry it took me so long to write this chapter! Please review!