Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Stephenie Meyer does. And if I did own Twilight Bree would have never died. Also some of the dialogue in this chapter was taken from Eclipse. These words are not mine; they are Stephenie Meyer's originally.

"You there. Your name."

I glared at the tiny vampire who had spoken. Jane they had called her. I didn't answer her. My name was none of her business.

She smiled at my silence.

With her smile my world exploded in agony. I screamed as blinding pain, both mental and physical, shot through me. I felt like I was dying all over again. But this pain was worse than that of the raging fire burning through my veins. It was sharper. This pain seemed everlasting. But it wasn't. Finally it ended.

"Your name," Jane said once again.

"Bree," I managed to gasp.

She smiled and the pain returned. I screamed and screamed until finally it stopped again.

"She'll tell you anything you want to know," an angry voice said. "You don't have to do that."

It was one of the male vampires. He had not been here for the fight. He had come with the human girl. The luscious smelling girl who's sent we had all been hunting.

"Oh, I know," Jane said with humor.

She turned back to me and said, "Bree. Is his story true? Were there twenty of you?"

I thought. Were there twenty? Or nineteen? I didn't know! I told her this and flinched. Would my uncertainty bring more pain?

It didn't. Instead she asked me about someone named Victoria. Jane wanted to know if she created me.

I told her I didn't know her name. Riley had never told us her name.

"He said our thoughts weren't safe…" I said.

For whatever reason Jane shot a quick glanced at the male who had spoken earlier. Edward. She looked back at me just as quickly.

Jane asked about Riley and why he brought us to this place. I told her of how were supposed to obliterate the yellow-eyed vampires. I told her how he had said it would be easy and that Seattle was theirs. He told us that the strange vampires were coming to get us because the city was theirs. I told Jane that Riley gave us the human girl's scent and said that whoever got her first could have her.

Jane had listened as I told her all of this. When I finished she said, "It looks like Riley was wrong about the easy part."

I nodded in agreement. I sat up from where I had been laying on the ground. I told Jane about how we split up, how the other group never came and how riley didn't come to help us, as he had promised. I also told her how I had been afraid and how one of the blonde vampires (who was obviously the leader of the yellow-eyed vampires) had said they wouldn't hurt me if I stopped fighting.

After I finished telling her all of this Jane said, "Ah, but that wasn't his gift to offer, young one. Broken rules demand a consequence."

I didn't understand.

Jane turned away from me and looked at their leader. Carlisle. I remembered his name. They had said it earlier. Jane asked him about our other group. He told her that they had split up as we had. They continued to speak for another minute before Jane finally turned her attention back to me.

"Felix," She said. It sounded like a bored command.

"Wait," the one called Edward said. Jane looked surprised but Edward was now speaking to Carlisle. "We could explain the rules to the young one. She doesn't seem unwilling to learn. She didn't know what she was doing."

"Of course," Carlisle said. "We would certainly be prepared to take responsibility for Bree."

Jane looked surprised. "We don't make exceptions. And we don't give second chances. It's bad for our reputation-"

"But that decision isn't for you to make."

Jane turned to look at the petite black-haired vampire who had interrupted her.

"What was that you said, Alice?" she said quietly. It was obvious Jane did not like being interrupted.

Alice didn't look intimidated. "I said that the decision on what to do with Bree is not yours to make. You are not the leader of the Volturi. Bree surrendered and is willing to learn our rules. You cannot destroy a young one who had expressed remorse. That is someone else's decision."

Jane looked murderous. "Fine. But you have not heard the end of this. I will consult with Aro. The young one will live…for now."

She and the other vampires, who had been silent throughout the entire discussion, left quickly.

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