Chapter 17

BPOV

I couldn't move, couldn't think. "Carlisle over here, Esme is better its Bella I am worried about," I heard Alice tell him. "Alice what do you see?" he asked her. "its not good, I cant tell you how long but she will stay like this, right now im sure she can hear us but that will change."

And like a switch it did, I couldn't hear anything I was slipping into a black hole it felt like. When the light returned, I was in place I hadn't seen in over a hundred years.

"Isabella, its nearly noon child. Your mother will have your head if you don't get up now," Tessa warned.

"Really Tessa, after all these years do you think my mother scares me?" I retorted. That when I heard her coming up the stair. "Damn," I rushed to begin washing, Tessa was snickering "go head laugh you will regret it later."

I loved Tessa truly I did, but she favored my mother so much it burned me. Just as I was about to apologize to her my mother walked through the door. "Isabella why are you not dressed?" my mother sneered. I flinched at the sound of it. "Sorry mother, I wasn't aware there was a need to rise earlier until now."

"Yes, well we have company that will be arriving within the hour so do hope you can be presentable in time," she said as she left the room. I turned to Tessa, "Who is coming?" "Your mother placed me in silence I cannot tell you." I begged her and begged but she wouldn't budge, but I knew what would make her tell. "If you don't tell me then I will simple hate you forever," I said shamelessly. Tessa sighed, "You certainly are a pest, well fine ruin the surprise. Master Mason and his family are visiting." Was that all? That pesky boy who teased me and pulled my hair as a child, ugh great. "Well that's not even worth knowing," I told her as I went to get dressed. "Wait Mistress Swam ordered me to dress you in the blue gown that she bought you yesterday," Tessa told me as she went to grab the dress. "Whatever mother wishes," I said as I rolled my eyes.

Soon mother was calling Tessa, "I would hurry miss, you mother doesn't like to be kept waiting."

Ugh this was not the way I wanted to spend my day. I left my room and as I walked down the stairs I caught the eye of a gorgeous man with emerald eyes. He took my breath away, it was so intoxicating that I nearly missed the last step and went to fall and with reflexes I had never seen he caught me. "Why are you alright miss?" this god like creature ask me. "Yes, Thank you," I whispered. He set me upright and took my hand to introduce himself, but before he could mother interrupted. "Oh well I see Edward and Isabella have reunited," she said gleefully. We looked at each other again, in shock. This was the boy who used to torture me as a child. "Pleased to have you here Edward," I greeted the way my mother expected me to. "Pleasure is mine Isabella," he returned. "My Isabella you are lovely, you have grown into a fine women," Mrs. Mason remarked "Why you are just glowing, isn't she Edward?" she directed at her son. "Yes, she is indeed," I blushed as he said the words. "Well Isabella why don't you show Edward the grounds while we retire for tea?" she told like I had a choice. "Yes mother, Edward would you like a tour?" I muttered. "Why yes, that would be just lovely," he answered. Who was he? This is not the boy I remember.

We walked the ground for a while then they left but not before securing a yes to a dinner invitation. Mother fussed about me for what seemed like forever the following day. "Mother it is only dinner, you act as if.." I couldn't finished the statement for the look in my mothers eyes said it all. "You are using the dinner to arrange a marriage between us are you not?" I asked her hoping I was wrong. "Mr. Mason inquired about your suitors that is all. This merely a dinner," she insisted.

Once there it was like a Castle. They lived in one the most beautiful houses I had ever seen. "Welcome Ms. Isabella," Edward said as he took my hand and lay a kiss on it. Oh lord. "Would you care to join me in the garden?" he asked. I nodded and allowed him to lead me. "Do you remember when we were younger and played on these grounds?" he asked me. "Yes, you use to tease me and pull my hair. That I remember well," he flinched at my words. "I was a rude child, but I assure you I am not going to tease you or pull your hair," his word were teasing. "Then what will you do?" I probed. He blushed, "I would like to kiss you," he whispered, I almost didn't hear it. "Do you really? Are is this being pushed by your father?" I asked him. "No this is all me. I had my father inquire to your mother about your suitors to see if there was the chance you could be mine," he confessed. My heart warmed and I blushed, he truly wanted me. A boy I hated had become I man I could not help but stare at. "Then kiss me," I whispered. He leaned in closer to me and pressed his lips to mine.

The world went dark again and I was brought to another time in my life, it was like I was reliving it all.

"Well Bella, how would you like you tea?" my love asked as he moved the tea pot to the table. "Let us take it in the study," I told him. "Tessa, " I called to her. "Yes, miss?"

"Would please prepare my bath, I will soon be retiring," I told her and she nodded and left to do just that. We had just sat down when the smell of smoke became strong. "Is something burning," I questioned as I went o check, and the kitchen had been engulfed. "Edward how will we get out," I begged. We seemed trapped. Mother was screaming from the door, she had made it outside. "hold on to me," my love told me as he took me in his arms. I could feel the heat of the flames, and my flesh burning. I was sure I was dying when I felt grass. I could faintly hear things around me. "Edward you can not go back in there," I heard mother scream. "Tessa is trapped I have to get to her," he said. Then nothing. The last the I heard was Tessa sobbing near me, "He saved me, he died to save me."

The darkness took over again but I could hear things. "Alice," someone asked. I know that voice. "She is coming back, it didn't last as long as I feared."

I blinked until I could see again, the faces before me were worried, it took a moment but I recognized and who I was and where I was. "Alice what happened?" I asked her.

"She seemed to black out, that is the best way it put it. I wasn't seeing you anywhere after a while, it was like you vanished." She paused , "Bella what did you see?"

"it was strange, I relieved the best and worst days from my human life. The first time Edward kissed me and the night he died. We died. " I told her.

EDWARD! "Edward, they have him!" I screamed. "Bella calm down, Emmett Jasper and Rosalie went to get him back," Alice said in a calmly way but that was not the effect it had one me.

I got up and headed to my closet, at some point they had moved me to my room. "How long have they been gone?" I demanded. She didn't answer me. "Alice! How long?" I yelled at her. "Four days, they checked in last night. They havent made any headway.," she told me unwilling I might add. I tore through my closet looking for the right outfit. I settled for the black mini Alice had bought me a long time ago that I never wore. "Then I will have to do this my way," I shut the door and pulled on the dress along with my red heels she bought to go with it. I also took out the huge ruby necklace I had from my human years and placed it around my neck. When I walked out Alice almost lost her cool, you could tell she wanted to cheer for my outfit. "Carlisle, I need to ask you now to forgive me for the things I will have to do," I told him with sadness in my eyes. He pulled me into a hug and kissed my forehead. "Bella, you are my child and I will forgive you anything," he told me with much love.

"Thank you Carlisle. I will go now," I turned to Alice "You need to go as well meet up with Jasper and the others, don't make a move until you hear from me."

I left before she could refuse me. I had things to take care of if Aro was going to take me seriously. My first stop the blood bank, I drank more human blood then I thought I would handle. I need my eye color to change and fast. After hitting the blood bank I caught the first flight out to Italy.

The flight wasn't easy after consuming all that human blood but I did my best to hold my breath.

Once in Italy I hit up another blood bank taking in more blood. I stopped shy of the door when I saw a mirror. I took the change to see myself. My eyes had turned almost the deep red I needed. I was going to have to take a human, a live one.

I searched the streets for an unworthy of life soul. Around midnight I got what I was looking for. He was stalking this young girl, but once he saw me he changed his prey. Little did he know he was the prey in this situation. He approached me when we enter an alley. "Where you headed love?" he slurred. I turned and stared at him, "Oh this is exactly where I wanted to be." He was shocked; I was on him faster than light and threw him against the wall. "This will only hurt…a lot" I snickered. I had never done this before but it came so easy. I bit into his neck and the blood flowed so easily into my mouth.

Nothing compared to this feeling, well maybe Edwards kiss. I made my way to the nearest eatery so I could use the bathroom mirror to check my eyes and this time they were blood red. "perfect," I purred. I pulled my cell phone out to call Alice. "Bella, I didn't think I would hear from you," she said relieved. "Yes, well I can understand that. I am calling to say good bye, I am going to Aro and will join him. I have been enjoying his way of alive on my way to Italy. I have to say we have been missing out." I paused "Good bye Alice." I hung up and didn't look back.

Getting into the Volturi's chambers would be the easy part, getting out the hard part. "I am here to see Aro," I told the human in the front. "And who are you?" she asked. "Isabella Cullen," I said loud enough that I knew the one coming up behind me would hear. "Well we have been expecting you," Felix spoke. I turned to replied and the shock at my appearance was all over his face. "I am sure you have," I said with lust in my voice. "Come with me, I will take you to him," he said leading me past the doors. "Aro we have a visitor.," Felix told him. "Why who have we here," he asked. "Isabella Cullen, I can understand the confusion with my change in diet," I replied "I have come to join you."

"Well this is a surprise. Not that you are here but that you have given up Carlisle's lifestyle," he remarked. I sneered, "Yes well you have the only person I have ever loved. So choosing was not a hard thing at all," I answered. Aro smiled, "Well lets reunite the love birds! Felix go and take fetch Edward from Jane." Felix left and did exactly as he was told. I know it hadn't been long but waiting for him to return was torturous. "Bella is that you?" I heard my love asked. I turned to face him, "Yes it is me darling."