Broken Deal

"We won't talk of this if you won't tell him about this."

Maybe she was being just a bit delusional. I wouldn't doubt on that. I could see the fear showing evidently on Heidi's pale face. Well, Dimitri's and Felix's as well, but I know that Aro wouldn't give them such a harsh punishment as Heidi's. Heidi didn't have any special ability, plus, she was only good for luring tourists. Surely, Aro would find another lurer that was still as good, or maybe better, than her. I sighed and shook my head lightly. I wouldn't tell Aro about this, and I know that he couldn't look into my mind. I also know that he would grow suspicious to why Alice had returned, when she had clearly stated that she was leaving.

"Sure, but can you hide from him?" I asked, then cocked my head towards Alice as Heidi's eyes followed my action. "Can Alice hide from him? You do know that Aro can read minds with a simple touch."

It was the truth. Besides, I know that Aro didn't exactly have to go touching Alice, even though it was his way to get into our memories and read every single ounce of it, he could have peer into Felix' or Dimitri's heads, he would still get the same result. Either way, these three would get into trouble if Alice was to return. I didn't really care, that was a part of me that didn't care. The other part was different, I actually felt sympathetic towards them. Heidi had her reason for kidnapping Alice, and the other two…I couldn't quite figure out their reasons yet, but I know that they were fond of Heidi.

Heidi's eyes went wide, and the other two didn't look very happy about the situation. They did the crime, they'd have to pay for the time, except if Aro did know, their time would be up.

"What are we going to do?" Heidi asked in a low whisper, possibly for the other two to hear. Unfortunately, I heard exactly what she had said, and because of that I couldn't help but chuckle. It was quite odd how your behavior would change after your transformation. Right now, I had to control the urge to rip these three apart for hurting Alice, or even kidnapping her.

"You should have thought of that before digging yourself a grave." I muttered a reply, which earned two growls coming from the men. I ignored them, and turned to look at Alice when I realized that she had been quiet ever since Heidi and I had started a conversation. I couldn't read the look on her face right now, and it wasn't because she had her head turned away from me. There must be something that she was keeping from me, but I know that later she'd tell me. Well, hopefully anyway.

"They're leaving." Alice murmured softly. I blinked once, or twice, and turned to still see the three of them standing there. Their lips were moving, perhaps they were engaging in a small talk that they didn't wish for me to overhear.

"They're leaving?" I asked, completely confused about what she was talking about. If they were leaving, wouldn't they be gone?

"Yes, they're leaving the Volturi," Alice paused and looked over to the three. Their mutterings stopped, and they locked their gaze towards Alice.

"Try to get out of our future, would you please?" Heidi seethed, and I fought the urge to lunge at her.

"It's not like she can block them either!" I snarled at Heidi, and she instinctively flinched back. Dimitri was about to come forth to protect her, but I shot him a death glare that got him to cowered back to his spot.

"As long as you won't tell where we're heading, then we are good." Heidi said with a sigh. Alice turned then, her eyes locking onto Heidi.

"He will be able to see where you are if he was to ask me to show him why I'm here. Not only that your secret would be out, but my and Bella's would be as well. I cannot say that it is fair for the both of us, but you need to understand that since you have brought this on yourself, you cannot reverse the damage that has done." Alice said a matter of factly, and I turned to look at her with a smile.

"Nicely said."

She giggled as she turned to me. "Thanks, now what are we going to do? Whether Heidi and those two are leaving Volturi, Aro would still know. We can't actually protect them." She paused and turned to look at Heidi, her gaze hardened. "Even though there isn't any good reason for us to be protecting you." She said harshly, even though her voice remained calm.

"It's not that I'm begging you to protect us." Heidi snapped, and I turned to glare at her. This time, she didn't flinch. And as right now, I was sick of trying to make her see some senses. I'd rather be with Alice – alone – other than talking to these three.

"Let's just go back. Since I can't go back to Forks, my 'third' room is the best place that I want to be at right now." I said with a tired tone. If I was a human, I would be yawning at the moment. I didn't even know what time it was, but I know that it was late, since the moon was shining too brightly up above.

Alice nodded, and turned to leave without saying anything. I chanced a look over to Heidi, and her crimson eyes were looking back at me. They were begging me not to leave. They were begging for my forgiveness. I wasn't going to do what she wanted me to do, because I wasn't like the same human that I once was. I could still remember a glimpse of my humanity, but I do know that I was stubborn and helpless back then. Now, since I had become a vampire, I wasn't going to be that girl anymore. Besides, I didn't need anyone to protect me, I didn't even need Edward to be here to hold my hands. He had done enough for me to despise him, even though I didn't want him to know that. He had done so much things that had dissatisfied me while I was his wife. Okay, so I was still his wife in the paper, but at heart I wasn't.

"Bella…Please…" Heidi pleaded, but I ignored it as I joined Alice by her side. Trees began to blur, and soon enough we were standing before the large entrance of the castle, with Aro and the rest of the guards by the gate.

"Welcome home, Bella and Alice." Aro said in a sadistic sing-song voice, and I suppressed the urge to shudder.

"I'm sorry for being out for too long." I said quietly. In front of Aro, you could never know what might happen to you, especially when he was standing here as if he had been waiting for you. Granted, I didn't even know how long he was standing here.

He waved a hand dismissively at the situation, and beckoned for Alice to come closer. She hesitated for a moment, I know that she had a good heart, and I do know that she wouldn't want Aro to see what Heidi and the other two had done to her, but there was no avoiding Aro to see that once he had his hand on her. She reluctantly walked up to him, offered her hand out as he took it, and grasped it around his own. His eyes glazed over, and soon enough he was wearing a frown. When he had let go of her hand, a growl erupting from his chest, and he turned to his guards.

"Heidi, Felix and Dimitri are in the woods. Their scents are still fresh. Jane and Alec, go and find them, and bring them back. I do not care if they would return in pieces, bring them back so they can receive their punishment."

Immediately Jane and Alec, and the guards set off to their task. I didn't even want to know what the punishment would be, but judging by Alice's body language, it was enough that the punishment wouldn't be of their favor. I moved up to her and took her hand in mine, squeezing it gently in reassurance. She relaxed, but only a little. I couldn't blame her, no one could be fully relaxed in front of Aro.

"I apologize, Alice, for the misbehaviors of my members." Aro said sincerely, it could have been fake, or it could have not. Either way, it might as well be sarcasm.

"That's fine. No harm done." Alice quickly answered, and shot me a look that I know was meant for me because she looked back towards Aro once again. He didn't notice that, hopefully.

"No harm done? What they did was unacceptable!"

He was exaggerating a little bit much, I think. The way that he was fuming at his members at the moment, I would thought that he was fuming at his children. Which would be quite funny, since they all looked older than teenage years.

"Aro, really it's no harm done." Alice softly said, and I know what she was doing then. She was trying to get Aro to spare their lives, but I didn't think Aro would have any of it by the look of his face.

"Alice, I agreed to let you go back to Forks, yet they had gone against my wishes. I will not let this happen again, and because of that, they will be disposed."

This wasn't going to go well. Already, he was talking about taking those three out as if they were garbage. Dimitri and Felix were his best members, Heidi was just a caller bait for the humans. If those three were to die, he would have a very hard time looking for a replacement. Well, he wouldn't have a hard time looking for a replacement for Heidi, as I had mentioned earlier.

"I'll just go back into my room, if that's okay with you?" I asked, looking up at Aro. His face softened, and he nodded.

"Of course, but do you mind if Alice could stay here and converse with me for a while Bella?"

The glimpse in his eyes didn't make me feel comfortable about leaving Alice here. I looked over at Alice as she looked up at me. She offered me a reassuring smile, and even though that smile assured me that she was going to be fine, I couldn't shake the negative feeling off of me.

"It's okay, Bella. You should go and rest. I'll join you soon." She took my hand and gave it a light squeeze, and I instantly beamed down at her like an idiot that I was.

So I left, yes I left Alice alone with Aro because she said it's going to be alright. However, I shouldn't really have left because when they had thought I was out of earshot, I heard a glimpse of their conversation and that had concluded why Aro had asked her to stay, and why Alice agreed to follow Dimitri and Felix into the woods.

"Your plan worked like a charm. Now I do not think Bella would want to send you back to Forks, again." Aro said, and I could hear the smile in his tone.

"As long as I can see with my own eyes that she is safe, I will do whatever to stay here." Was Alice's reply, and I couldn't help but to be semi-angry at her for going back on her words.

A/N:

Sorry it took me ages to get this chapter done.

I'm not gonna go into why I've been updating kind of slow lol.

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