Chapter Two: The Revelation

Previously:

"Bella…" someone breathed and I didn't even have to look to know who it was but I gazed up into his heartbroken eyes anyway.

"Yes, Edward. It's me." I said with a small smile playing on the edges of my mouth, not from happiness, obviously, but because I knew that the future has just made itself a bit more interesting.

Now:

"But…how?" he finally asked after a few minutes of trying to form coherent sentences.

"A vampire bit me." I said as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

"Who?" I could see his anger began to fuel as he spoke.

"What you forgot about her already?" I said coldly.

"Victoria." He whispered as the fear began to settle.

"Yes. Victoria took my life away from me. But that's not even the worst part, Edward." I knew that I was losing control over my emotions but I didn't care. He deserved to know this. He deserved to know how much pain his leaving put me through.

"What could possibly be worse, Bella?" His use of my former name only added fuel to the fire.

"Edward…she took them. Everyone. Anyone that I have every loved is now dead because of me. And she didn't even have to mercy to change me afterwards. She changed me first so that I could live everyday of eternity knowing that, in a way, I killed them as well. Do you know what it's like to live day after day constantly seeing the unfading images of my parents ripped apart on my living room floor? Or my innocent friend from school drained of blood in her own house? Or better yet, my only best friend decapitated in the middle of the woods? No. You don't. And you never will. She just physically took away their life but I know that them seeing me every day, as a zombie, a shell of my true self was tearing them apart just like I was dying inside as well. Edward, your leaving killed me from the inside out and yet I stand here as the exact thing that you didn't want me to be. A monster."

I could tell that each and every word that I said hurt him, but it was the truth. And it just set me free of all of the anger and pain that I've held back. I could feel my eyes turn from complete black, back to their original gold.

"Bella, I'm so sor—" he began but I didn't want to hear it.

"You will address me as either Princess or Isabella but you absolutely will not call me 'Bella'. She died…when you killed her." I said calmly but with authority.

Everyone, including the human, looked like they were on the verge of dry-sobbing right there in the throne room. Even Aro hadn't known the extent of my aversion to this coven. But my attitude towards them should be enough for him. As I looked at Edward, I could almost hear his heart breaking but I held my held up high as I stood my ground with the confidence that I found along with becoming a vampire. I have mourned over their leaving long enough and that alone didn't bring them back. Now it's time for me to move on.

"Follow me to your temporary bed chambers." I said with no emotion what-so-ever. I didn't even wait to see if they were following but eventually I heard their light footsteps behind me.

It was then that I recalled what my attire was for that evening. I wore a blue dress that hugged my torso and flowed out at my waist. It was decorated with miniature sapphires and deep blue sequins on the upper body section and was plain on the lower. It was a ballroom gown, elegant nonetheless and it matched flawlessly with my five inch, open-toed high heels that were the same color as the dress with one medium-sized sapphire on the buckle above my toes. Perfect.

As I walked through the halls with the Cullens on my heels, almost literally, Jane and Felix came down the hall looking at me with sympathy. I was pretty sure they heard my speech and I immediately knew that the mystery of Isabella Marie Swan-Volturi's transformation was revealed. I smiled at them with understanding and paused in the hallway, knowing that they wanted to speak to me.

"Isabella…" Jane said before giving me a strong hug that could rival even Emmett's bear hugs.

"Yes, Jane?" I responded in an almost whispered voice.

"Why didn't you tell us?" she asked, evidently gesturing towards Felix as well. He chose that moment to come and give me a hug that was slightly looser than Jane's, in addition to a kiss on my forehead.

"At times, it was very painful and difficult to talk about and other times I just didn't want to relive the memory." I said with a slight smile.

"We were really worried that you would never—" Jane began before she was interrupted by Felix.

"We'll just see you later when you're done…taking out the trash." He said with amusement as I gawked at his disrespect.

"Felix!" I scolded him before he walked away, leaving me to deal with the Cullens who haven't said a word since we exited the throne room. Luckily, we reached their chambers by the time I came to realize this small piece of information.

"Alright," I began, "Carlisle and Esme will be on the first door to my right, while Jasper and Alice will be directly across the hall from them. Next to Alice and Jasper are Emmett and Rosalie, and across from them is Edward and…" I paused and looked at the human, waiting for her to introduce herself.

"Melissa." She said in a small voice.

"Hello, Melissa. I'm Isabella and it's nice to meet you." I said with a comforting smile which she returned with a nod instead of replying. I was starting to like her already.

"Well, Edward and Melissa are right across the hall from Emmett and Rosalie. My room is directly North at the end of the hall. If you have any problems feel free to knock on my door and ask for help. Do not leave the castle without my permission. And since we share correlated diets, I will accompany you on all hunting trips. Any questions?" I said in a nonchalant voice.

"I have one." I heard come from the leader.

"Yes, Carlisle?" He was always the inquisitive one.

"If you don't mind me asking, what is your special ability that you demonstrated in the throne room?" I actually minded him asking quite a lot because it was none of his business but I held my tongue and answered his question. There was no reason to act impolitely towards him. Besides the obvious.

"My power controls light and energy. I can draw energy away from anything that has any and use it in any form that I choose to." I answered leaving out how my limit was as far as my imagination could stretch.

"Did you form a theory as to why this ability became yours?" He was pushing and I knew that my answer would pull him right where he didn't want to be.

"Actually, yes I have. All my life I carried everyone else's burdens on top of my own. I always took their pain away even though it was only hurting me in the end. So now, instead of me taking their pains and burdens, I draw their energy from them." Silence. I laughed to myself.

"Any other questions? Okay then, you know where to find me. But please do not interrupt me for now because I will be asleep." I looked at their faces and knew they were confused. But the person who asked the question surprised me.

"What do you mean 'sleep'?" Jasper asked looking at me as if I'd gone crazy.

"My power gives me the ability to sleep in order to regain energy, instead of always taking someone else's." he nodded but I knew he didn't believe me.

I turned to leave but a hand on my wrist froze me right where I was. I knew it was him without seeing his face.

"Edward…please remove your hand from my arm unless you want to lose it." I said in my charming voice, though I was two seconds away from tearing his own arm off and beating him with it.

"Not until you talk to me." He responded with such determination that I almost hesitated with what I was about to do. Almost.

I used my control over energy, even though I was running low on it myself, and drain almost every drop of energy from his body. And all of a sudden, I was full of it. His arm went limp and I heard his body hit the ground with a thud. He wasn't unconscious because he wasn't human but he was too drained to even think about trying to move. His back was on the ground and I knew that if his eyes were open he would be looking at me.

"Edward, I'd recommend that you don't make this stay any harder than it already is for me or you. I don't want your sympathy and I definitely don't want any of your lies." With that said, I picked him up by his neck with ease and gave him every ounce of his energy back, which made me feel even more exhausted than before. I placed him on his feet and he opened his eyes and looked at me pleadingly. For what? I don't know. But I knew he heard what I'd said. I turned and walked straight to my room. Making sure to lock my door, I lay on my bed, got under the comforter and went into a blissful slumber, afraid of what might be waiting for me when I awake.

Author's Note: I thank everyone that is reading my story and making it their favorites but I'm beginning to get worried about the reader's thoughts. Do you like the new, confident Isabella or do you want the old, timid and shy Bella to come back? Please, review and let me know.