Chapter 6

BPOV

I woke up early the next morning, and I wondered if I had dreamt everything up. Then I looked around me, and I realized that I was in the beautiful room Heidi and Jane designed for me, and that I was lying in bed with Alec.

"Buon mattino, il mio dolce Isabella."

"Good morning, Alec."

There was a knock on the door, and then a male vampire came in. He looked shock to see Alec and me in bed together.

"Hello Isabella, I am Demetri. Aro sent me to inform you that your change will begin in an hour. He asks that you get dressed and meet him in the throne room, ready to begin your transformation into an immortal."

"Thank you Demetri. Oh, and call me Izzy, please."

He nodded at me and smiled before leaving so quickly my eyes couldn't follow his movements.

"Angel, I'm going to go to my room to get ready and I will be here in an hour to take you to Aro, alright?"

"That's perfect Alec."

He gave me a quick kiss on the lips before getting dressed and leaving my room.

I decided to take a quick shower, and found it stocked with my favorite shampoo and conditioner. Once I got out, I dried my hair, before walking into my closet.

I put on a BCBG sleeveless dress that had a deep V-neckline at the front and back, and a banded tiered empire waist with crossover detail at the front of the dress. It had a pleated full skirt with rosettes with ruched texture appliqué. The dress ended at midthigh. I also picked out a pair strappy, gold heels.

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To accessorize, I put on a gold ring that had an amber jewel in the center in the shape of a heart. I also put on a matching necklace, and three gold bangles that had amber and diamonds decorating them. I also put on a pair of gold hoops that matched the bangles. I left my hair as it was, opting to just brush it out.

Deeming myself ready, I opened the door to find Alec standing there waiting for me.

"Are you ready, angel?"

"Yea I am. Alec?"

"Yes, Bella."

"How bad is the pain of the change?"

"It feels as if you are burning alive slowly, but it doesn't end. It keeps getting hotter and hotter until it recedes to your heart, and then it dies out quickly. You burn for three days give or take a couple of hours. But don't worry. I will be numbing your senses the entire time. I refuse to let you feel pain."

"Thank you Alec. But what if you need to feed? Won't using your power for so long weaken you?"

"Not to worry. I just fed, and my sister Jane will be bringing me bags of blood every few hours so I can keep my power going."

This said, we reached the throne room. I walked in the open doors and saw what looked to be the entire coven. At one point, Carlisle had shown me pictures of them, and I remembered some of their names. On the thrones were Aro, Caius, and Marcus. Behind them were Athenadora, Caius' wife, and Sulpicia, Aro's wife. Then I saw Jane, Demetri, Felix, Chelsea, Afton, Heidi, and Santiago closest to the thrones.

Aro came to me and took my hand, leading me to an altar like structure in the middle of the room. He had me lie down, before putting shackles on my wrists and ankles, tying me down spread-eagled.

"I assume Alec has explained the change to you on your way here, Izzy. I see you are confused about the shackles, however. They are to make sure that you do not hurt yourself as you thrash around during your change."

"That's fine. So, is it time?"

"Yes it is. I shall see you in three days, il mio nipote. Alec, if you please."

At this, Alec came forth and leaned close to my neck.

"Mi perdoni, Angelo."

He bit into my neck, pushing in his venom, and sealing the wound. He repeated the action with the other side of my neck, both of my wrists, ankles, the crease of my elbows, and the bite mark James had given me.

Then I felt extreme pain spreading through my veins, a slow spreading fire, burning more of me with every beat of my heart. I bit my lip and locked my muscles in place to keep from crying out and thrashing around. I refused to cause any of the vampires in the room to feel sorry for me. I would burn, and burn in silence. Then, I felt the burn ebbing away, along with all of my senses. I knew then that Alec was keeping his promise to me. Finally, I was alone in my mind, with no connection to the outside world, only the knowledge that it was there.

While I was alone in my mind, I thought of everything I wanted to remember about my human life. I remembered my parents, and growing up in Phoenix. I remembered my friends. I remembered Forks. I remembered the Cullens, both the good, the bad, the great, and the terrible. I remembered coming to Italy, and everything that happened since I got here. I remembered that I had a new family waiting for me to wake up, and I remembered Alec, the person I was going to some part of my life with, unsure of how long that would be.

Slowly, I felt myself regaining my senses, and I wondered if it had already been three days.

I opened my eyes and I saw everything. Every dust particle in the air, every line on the ceiling, every imperfection in the walls. Then I felt a presence next to me and felt myself moving. I jumped across the room and noticed that I had a whole coven of vampires surrounding me. I felt scared and wanted to get away. I slipped into a crouch, and then…

I heard laughing.

A man was approaching me. I remembered now! It was Aro, my new uncle. I remembered what I was and where I was and I stood up slowly. Aro took my hand.

"Amazing! I still cannot read a single thought. You make quite an amazing vampire Isabella. Welcome to immortality."

I laughed happily, and immediately fell in love with my laugh. It was amazing, a beautiful high tinkling sound like bells.

"Are you thirsty, daughter? I hunted a mountain lion for you, and brought you its blood. You can go hunting later, but this will help you relax."

I turned around to see Marcus smiling at me, holding a goblet of blood. I approached him with a grace that was lost to me in my human life. I took the goblet in my hands and smelled it. It smelled…..

Absolutely revolting.

"Ewwww."

"What do you mean, my darling niece."

I faced Caius to answer. "It smells revolting. It smells like blood when I smelt it as a human, like rust and salt."

Aro laughed, clapping his hands together while everyone else looked at me with shocked eyes and slack jaws.

"Absolutely amazing. Isabella, darling, you must meet my good friend Eleazar. He is staying here with his family for a few weeks. You may have heard of him during your time with the Cullens?"

"Ah yes, Eleazar. Carlisle told me so much about you and your family. Your gift is to tell a vampire's gift, if I am not mistaken?"

"Yes it is, my child. And you have quite a few gifts my dear."

"More than one!" Aro looked at me like a child at the candy store.

"Yes, more than one. Her first power is a highly strong mental and physical shield that is able to expand to shield others using barely any energy. This can also be used to make herself invisible, and to cut off her scent and any sounds she makes. She may be able to expand her shield and use it to make copies of the powers of others, but I'm not completely sure. Her second is an immunity to bloodlust, as you have just seen. Third, she is telekinetic, which is the paranormal ability of the mind to influence matter, time, and space. Basically, she can move things with her mind, freeze or manipulate time, and make things appear out of thin air. This expands into mind control as well. Lastly, she can control the weather."

By the time Eleazar finished talking everyone was staring at me slack-jawed.

Aro was the first to come to his senses, "This is absolutely amazing. My niece is the most powerful vampire in the world, and the soon to be princess of the Volturi."

Now it was my turned to be shocked. "Pr..PRINCESS!"

"Marcus replied, "Of course. As my daughter, you will take the Volturi name, which means you will be crowned as our princess, as I am one of the kings."

"Oh, I understand, and I would be honored to be your princess."

My father looked proud, Aro had that creepy excited smile on his face, and Caius appeared to be smiling. At least, it LOOKED like a smile. Honestly, it looked like a cross between a grimace and a smirk. We'll have to work on that. Oh, where was I?

"Izzy, may I speak to you for a moment?"

"Sure Alec, let's go to my room."

We ran to my room at vampire speed, and I was just reveling in the amazing sensation. Once we got there, we sat down on the corner of my bed.

"What is it Alec?"

APOV

"Izzy, this morning, the Irish coven arrived as well as Eleazar's. Maggie, one of the coven is my soul mate."

I looked down, ashamed. A few nights, I had made love to this beautiful woman, and now I found my mate in another.

"Alec Volturi! Do not look down in shame! Just the other night we told each other that if one of us found our true mate we would split on happy terms. This was simply not meant to be. Now, go to your mate and get to know her. I'm sure I won't make a good friend in her by taking up her time with you. You are a good friend, Alec. It just seems we were meant to be brother and sister, not lovers."

She had me shocked by this speech. I could not believe how a woman could have such a capacity to love.

"Thank you, Izzy."

I walked out off her room, happy that I could have a friend in such an amazing woman.

BPOV

I watched as Alec walked out.

I was really happy for him, but I couldn't help but wonder why no man ever seemed to stay with me. Was there something wrong with me that made it impossible to keep a mate?

"My daughter, what bothers you?"

"O, father! I didn't hear you coming. Nothing is wrong, I'm just thinking."

"Angel, I can tell you are lying to me. Tell me what's wrong." He seemed truly interested in what was wrong. I knew he wanted me to be happy, and to trust him.

"It's just….I understand that things happen but….some things aren't meant…am I unworthy of love?" I started to dry sob, finally understanding the impact of having no tears. It made it so much harder to just let go of my emotions.

"o, my daughter. I promise you will be happy, just give it time. Edward doesn't, never did, deserve you. And Alec found his true mate. I promise you that yours will be a part of your life sooner than you can imagine." He gave me a hug. Walking out of the room. He had a twinkle in his eye that made me believe he knew something I didn't know.

My father walked back into my room. "O, Izzy, come to the throne room. There is someone here I think you should see."