A/N-. Thanks for all the reviews!

WARNING- this is a harsher chapter! Poor Bella! Will things ever get better for her?

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I had absolutely no idea where I was. My arms were above me and apparently I was tied to some sort of pipe connected to the ceiling. My feet were tied together with ropes that were cutting into my skin. All I could think of was, " What have I got myself into now?"

Then it hit me. Kidnapped. Volturi. Slave. Aro. Being hit.

I was somewhere in the Volturi palace, possibly a basement? I couldn't move anywhere and my arms were starting to ache. Even though I was half awake, an evil thought came into my mind, "They could do whatever they want to me now."

How could I have been so stupid? Yelling at Aro like that! Now that I thought of it, I really never noticed his physical appearance. He had chalky white skin, but it looked delicate, like it could break under a slight touch. He had slicked back hair. I hadn't noticed anything about the guards Felix, Demetri, and Ciaus.

But they all wore long black cloaks.

And they all had evil smiles that shouldn't be trusted.

And my arms were burning now! Couldn't someone untie me? But there wasn't a sole in the dark room, only me. I felt a rush of fear. I hated the darkness. I almost wanted to scream out so someone could come down here and get me.

But then the anger returned almost automatically.

What right do they have to bring an innocent girl here against her will? A girl who has her whole life ahead of her. A girl who has family, friends, animals, ect. They had no right AT ALL!

So I screamed. And not just an " Ahh", but like a really loud scream. I had never screamed like that in my life. It was ear piercing. I heard footsteps in the room above me. I had stopped screaming to catch my breath, but if no one came down here than I would start again.

There was a door that I had not seen before (It was too dark), it flew open and hit the wall with a loud "THUD". My anger was now about to turn to steam if someone didn't DO SOMETHING.

Then I looked at the person who was standing in the doorway, clearly with an unpleasant look on his face.

It was Aro.

Aww, did I ruin his tea party?

"Aww, did I ruin your tea party?" I pouted.

He gave me his evil smile (Is that like their thing here?) and walked gracefully towards me.

"Now what did I say before, my Bella?" He said calmly.

Don't talk unless you've been instructed to. But like I was going to say THAT out loud.

So instead I said, " I'm not YOUR Bella!"

He chuckled softly.

" Ahh, well, you are now. Get this through your thick skull: Edward doesn't want you anymore. You're just a pathetic human and he only wanted you for your blood, which unfortunately he never got."

I could hear my heart rip in two. I had never thought of him only wanting me because of my blood.

My body started heaving large sobs. Aro walked over and patted me back the pack quite roughly.

" There, there, my Bella. Since nobody else wanted you, we decided to take you in ourselves. That, and the fact that you just know too much about us."

Yeah, like that made everything better.

" Now, in order to teach you discipline, you must know what will happen to you when you do bad."

And with that he took another gag from his pocket and placed it correctly on me, then got a whip that was hung on the wall (how could I've not noticed that before?) and walked back over to me.

" You are going to get whipped 12 times for shouting at me yesterday. Got it?"

I nodded my head slowly. I suddenly had a guess of what this room was other than the basement. It could be the "torture" room. He walked behind me with the whip and I flinched. My whole body tensed, ready for the incoming pain.

And then I felt the sting of the whip. Well, it wasn't technically a sting. It was more of a thousand bees stinging on the same part of my back.

It hurt like hell. Even all the hitting put together couldn't add up to be this painful.

"Rule #1- Always do what you are told, without a doubt."

He whipped me again and I flinched.

"Rule #2- Never disobey any of us."

He whipped me harder, however the pain was still bearable.

"Rule #3- Don't talk unless you've been instructed too."

When he whipped me this time, my world started spinning, but I still listened.

"Rule #4- If you are caught stealing, you shall be sentenced to death."

My breath was starting to get jagged as he whipped me again.

"Rule #5- Absolutely no trying to run away. We will find you and you will have to face the punishment."

And with that he whipped me again.

"Rule #6- you work for us. If we have visitors, you must not give them more attention then you do us."

I stopped listening after the 7th whip. My ears were ringing, and my back was hurting so bad, but I had no choice but to endure it.

He continued to preach the rules. He stopped at number 10.

At this point I didn't care anymore. My body was limp and drowsy from pain, and I almost wanted to throw up.

He chuckled and said, "I'll be nice to you Bella and only give you 11 because your blood is about to make me attack you."

I was bleeding? To no surprise, I told myself.

And he whipped me once more. Then he left. Left me to bleed here on my own.

He came back a couple minutes later with a washcloth and began to wash my back. It stung when he laid the fabric on it. I wanted to scream, but I didn't. Then he added some medicine.

He then did something I would never of expected. He untied me! First my arms, then my feet! My whole body was sore everywhere.

He said, " Ok, now I'm going to show you your room so you can get some sleep and then later on I'll have someone give you a tour of the palace. Got it?"

I nodded, not caring. He led me into hallway, after hallway, after hallway. I was already confused. Why did vampires need so much space?

They were a mystery to me.

I was lead into another dark room.

" This is your room, Bella."

He turned on a light switch by the door.

It was kind of like my room back home.

A single small bed in the middle of the room, with purple comforters and pillows. There was a desk with a writing lamp on it. There were dressers holding clothes and underwear, I'm sure. No closets. No windows.

I sighed, heading towards the bed. He had laid out PJ's on the bed. I suddenly looked down at the bloodstained clothes I was wearing. It wasn't what I had on before when I came. It was a turquoise light dress. I had no shoes on.

" Who dressed me?"

" Me." He replied coldly.

" WHAT?"

" Well, yes Bella. You are my slave and your body belongs to me. Oh and you might want to change into that." He said, gesturing towards the PJ's.

And with that he walked out of the room, door slammed behind him.

What was wrong with these people?

I sat down on the edge of the bed. I then glanced at the desk. It had pencils and paper on it. So I went over to it and sat down in the chair. I grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil, and I started to write:

Things the Volturi People Have In Common:

They all wear black cloaks (Or at least the vampires do)

They all smile evilly.

They all have red eyes

They all-

And with that I drifted….

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Ha-ha she fell asleep during writing! I hope that wasn't too bad I'm really enjoying writing this! I need more reviews though! Come on peoples you can do it! It just takes 10 seconds of your time and it means the world to me!

Discussion Topics:

Doesn't it feel weird that Aro dressed Bella? I felt weird when I wrote it.

Is Bella a slave or a servant?

What kind of "visitors" was Aro talking about?

Okay just some ideas to make you want to read more!

~Angel~

Oh yeah I forgot! Whenever I post the chapter, I immediately begin writing the other one. So when you're done reading this I could probably already be half done with the next chapter so review, review, review!