Chapter 13

A/N: Hey guys, again sorry for the long wait, this is on my new Netbook which I have found hard to type on but I shall get better. Enjoy and REMEMBER review.

EPOV

The only sound was our feet as we gracefully walked along the corridors leading to the main room. Once we had arrived in Italy, we were greeted by a car which was directed to take us to Volterra. We knew she would be there with her brother, ready to great us, Jane. Her smug smile on her face was confusing to us but as I tried to search her mind I found that they were both thinking of random ways to kill people and feast on them. This made me wonder what they knew and why they didn't wish for me or my family to know.

Making our way down the usual path we found ourselves yet again in the long dark damp corridor which led to the same room. Memories of me and Bella down here flashed through my mind and I instantly felt saddened by her not being with me. Coming back to reality I carried on walking down the damp, dingy corridor before soon we saw the vast wooden doors which stood high, leading to the main hall.

Jane carried on walk and soon she stopped before the door, pressing her pale ice hands carefully onto the wooden doors she gave them a small nudge and they gracefully slid open. Seeing over her head I saw Marcus and Caius sitting as usual in their seats, the empty seat however remained empty, this was unusual. Jane continued on into the room as her heels clicked across the floor, we all followed behind her. However, as I got further into the room I began to smell the scent, frasers, Bella smelled like that, confused swept across my mind.

Soon, I caught sight of Aro as he was standing near another door which led to a mysterious location I was not understood with. His cold blood eyes opened as he looked at me; however his head was filled with him rehearsing a famous Shakespeare play, 'Romeo and Juliet'. My confusion increased, what was he hiding from me. A smile came across his face as he made his way back to his centre seat between Marcus and Caius. Looking at his brothers he nodded as I scanned their minds but just again they too were thinking of strange things, Marcus was thinking of moral virgin girls, dancing naked as he watched and fed from them, Caius was singing an accent lullaby in his head.

Finally we came to a stop in front of them as Alice looked at me, I read her mind and sighed as she told me that she couldn't see anything, something was blocking her visions to see their future. At that moment, Aro stood up as he placed his hands together and a smug smile spread across his face, "Why don't I make this quick to break your wonder of why you are here", he said and clapped his hands.

Only seconds later did the door that he had just been standing in front of opened and in came Demetri and Felix came in, however what they were dragged would of broke my dead heart. Bella. But this being didn't look like my Bella anymore, her hair was dirty, tangled and unbrushed, her face was covered in patches of dirt and scraps, her body was thin and pale, her feet bruised as it looked like she hadn't used in for a while. Her eyes were closed as her hair was placed partly covering her face, even like this she still looked like an angel, my angel. But soon, the sadness and shock was replaced with anger and revenge for what they had done to my love.

A growl erupted from my chest as I made a lung at Aro but was held back by Jasper and Emmett as Aro made a deep laugh at my reaction to my lost love. "You now see why you were bought here", he spoke and then looked to another door which layed opposite the door in which they had bought my love from. The door creaked open as in came Heidi, but she was carrying a bundle in her arms, confusion spread across my face as Heidi looked up and smiled. She came closer and that was when I noticed what she was carrying in her arms was a child, a baby who looked like he was 7 months old.

He had small lines of bronze hair as his eyes were closed, he seemed to be sleeping as his tiny chest rose and fell. His hand was clasping his blue blanket tight in his sleep but soon Heidi pressed a cold kiss to his head which immediately woke him up. His eyes snapped open and what showed behind his small lids shocked me, green emerald eyes flashed as he began to cry. At that one cry, I heard a gasp and turned to see Bella's eyes opened and staring at me, her eyes were tearing up, she was shaking her head almost like she couldn't believe that it was me. Then her eyes went to the crying child as she began to cry more, she shook with sobs as Aro laughed which only spurred on my anger which had been continually growing.

"I guess you must be wondering who this child is, hmm?" Aro asked as I nodded and then looked at the child, I already knew the answer but in my head I knew it was impossible.

"My son", I crocked as I felt a lump in my throat, threatening to make me sob with anger at myself to doing this to my Bella and the fact that I didn't prevent this from happening. Aro gave another laugh as he looked at Demetri and Felix, giving them a nod they dropped Bella to the ground without making sure it was soft, she dropped to the ground with a thud, before I knew it I was by her side. Reaching out I touched her arm, it felt like lava to my dead skin, but she flinched from my touch and looked at Aro.

"Please… don't harm my son, please", she sobbed again. Aro gave a sigh and made his way over to where we were and looked at Bella.

"Bella, we have been through this over and over again and you know the answer, you don't have a choice but to allow my plans to continue on as they are", Aro said as Bella covered her face with her dirtied hands and cried more. I reached out again to touch her shoulder but stopped when I knew she would only flinch away from me again. I turned my face back to Aro as he was looking at Heidi, she seemed too busy trying to calm the baby but he didn't seem to want to be comforted by her and so he continued to cry out.

"Shall we get on with it", Marcus said as Aro turned to him and nodded.

"Yes, we shall", he said and then turned back to me. I could already see that he had something cruel planned but yet his mind was mixed with him thinking of other things to prevent me from reading his plans. He turned and walked back to his seat, sitting down he rested him arms on the arm rests next to him and then looked up at me and smiled, it showed he was ready.

"Now, we can begin. You see Edward, we asked you to change dear Bella here, and you said you would but as we've heard, someone seemed to stop that. However, for some reason here is yours and Bella's son, I wish to know how he can be hear, obviously he was born half human and vampire. This is as you must known, impossible and yet here he is. So, we offer you a choice which you must choose one or the other, if you do not then we will choose", he said and nodded to Felix and Heidi. They nodded and walked to the centre of the room before me, Aro could still be seen between them as Heidi looked down at my crying son, his cries were filled with terror and the plea for his mother to hold him and keep him safe.

"Right, here we have Bella and your son, Alex, All you have to do is choose one", he said. Confusion swept over my face.

"I don't understand, what do you mean choose?" I asked as Aro smiled and placed his hands together as he slid his fingers between each other and lent forward in his seat, almost like he as going to whisper to me and yet his volume remained the same.

"I think you know what I mean, choose which one you wish to live and take with you. You can only choose one, the one you choose will be released and you can take them away. We will not bother you again but the one you don't choose will be left here for us to do with them what we please", he said and smiled. I was shocked at his proposal, how could he be asking me this, was this real.

Bella was crying more as she shook her head, finally for the first time she looked up at me properly. "Please… choose him, Edward choose your son, save him", she said as I looked at Alex who had finally managed to calm down. I was torn, if I chose Alex then Bella would be left here and done with what they pleased, but if I left Alex here then he would be either killed or raised as a killer, Bella would never forgive me.

"Choose, you have a minute", Aro said as it echoed in my ear, here it was the choice I had to make, it would change my life now, forever. I looked from Bella to Alex and then to Aro as he smiled, his red eyes glowed against his pale ice cold skin.

"EDWARD, CHOOSE HIM", Bella screamed as Felix held her. My mind buzzed with choices as I looked back up to Aro, I had made my mind up.

A/N: Right, well enjoy this chapter, not sure when I can update again, might be in two weeks. Bye xxxx