By the time we reached Aro's home, the sun was gone and the full moon hung in the sky.

It was an ominous feeling as I stared at his home that rested upon a black mountain, people causally walking in and out of the front door as the lights inside were dark.

Alec tugged on my arm and brought me close to him.

"Do not worry tonight, ma biche. You just have fun." He nodded and I smiled weakly.

Edward walked past me, his form gone within a blink of an eye and into the front doors, as if he had no patience to wait for us.

Alec and Esme walked at my pace and when we reached the inside, I felt as if I had walked into a Romanian castle. It was covered with marble and stone, everything hard and cold just like the owner himself.

Though, I had to admit, it was quite beautiful.

Alec directed me to the ballroom, my eyes casting down to the amounts of bodies that danced and stood in the great hall a table filled with food just to my right. People laughed and talked, all minding their business as we came down the stairs to join them.

"Do I know any of these people?" I asked Alec.

"You've met some. You probably do not remember, though." He told me and he was right. Everyone who he had introduced me to commented on how beautifully I had grown, though I couldn't remember any of their faces.

After the tenth person Alec introduced me to, I started to zone out and stare at the people around me.

The place was a mixture of vampires and humans and they all mingled, staying close together. I had noticed that some humans, mainly the women, were dress provocatively sticking very close to the male vampires. Some other humans, though, looked worn out. They dragged their feet along the marble pavement and tried their hardest to keep their heads up.

It had not gone unnoticed to me that most of the humans in the room had visible bite marks scattered across their body.

My fear rose as I tried to stay as close to Alec as possible, who undoubtedly sensed my anxiousness.

"Its okay, my doe. They will not hurt you." He promised me as I nodded my head quickly, watching as he walked away to talk to someone.

A crowd of eruptions caught my attention as I saw Edward, standing in the middle of a circle of women. He had the slyest smile on his face as the women fawned over him, both vampire and human. I watched as the humans stuck their arms out for him but the red headed human, who I had met earlier, snapped at them, clinging onto his side as a blonde vampire decorated his other arm, holding onto it tightly as she kissed the side of his neck.

Edward raised the metal champagne glass to his lips, taking a long swing as he brought back down, his lips stained with blood as he continued to flirt. I noticed the blonde vampire held nothing back as her hand worked vigorously inside Edward's pants. My cheeks redden but I could not look away. Victoria whispered something in his ear, bringing her arm out and dangling in front of him. He wasted no time into sinking his teeth in the crease of her inner elbow, her blood dripping from the side of his mouth.

I gasped to myself, watching as his eyes flicked up to me.

I turned around and nearly tripped as I tried to find Alec.

It wasn't until I had seen Edward biting Victoria that I had noticed that it was happening all around me. Vampires were sucking the blood right out of the humans!

And most of the humans didn't seem to care!

In fact, some of the woman moaned in approval, feeling as their blood drained out. Not enough to kill them, but enough to make them feel weightless as they stumbled around as if they were drunk.

But I noticed, not all of the humans were enjoying this. The ones who I noticed earlier, the ones who looked tired and sad did the same thing as well, dangling their arms out in front of the red eyed creatures. When the vampires bit them they winced in pain, but tried to contain their screams. They're eyes widened as they teetered on the very line of life and death itself, the vampire pulling away in just enough time to keep them alive.

I felt the air leave my lungs.

What kind of place was this?

"Alec." I whispered out of fear, turning around to bump into a man behind me.

His eyes were dark with red, his hair long and black as he wore a suit similar to Edward's. But it was his smile that got me. His white teeth were stained with blood and I felt the bile rising up in my stomach.

"Bella." He said with a hiss that caused an immediate reaction out of Alec, who was now by my side.

"Aro." Alec said. "A pleasure, once again."

"Why yes it is." Aro said, not taking his eyes off of me. "My my my, Bella. Have you grown up. How old are you now?"

"Seventeen." Alec answered for me.

Aro glared up at Alec who went motionless next to me.

"Such a beautiful young woman…" He reached out, his chilling fingers touching the side of my cheek and causing me to flinch. "Your blood just as pure as when I first saw you."

"Bella, why don't you go find Esme?" Alec suggested. "She should be by the dinner table." Alec pushed me out of Aro's way, and directed me away from them. I turned around my shoulder only to see both Alec and Aro had disappeared. I felt my heart sink as I walked towards the table, feeling very vulnerable as the vampires around me continued to feast on the humans.

I felt sick to my stomach.

"Did you enjoy the show?" A voice said behind me and I quickly turned around to see Edward standing with the blonde vampire at his side.

"Show?" I asked quietly.

"We saw you staring, sweetheart." The blonde said with a full smirk. "Nothing to be ashamed of. We know you enjoyed it."

"I don't know what…"

"You can join us, human." The blonde said and Edward hissed in her ear, her lips pursing together as she ignored him.

"No thank you." I said with a quiver.

"She isn't very pretty, anyways." The blonde rolled her blood red eyes as Edward stood still, staring at me as I fidgeted, standing in front of them. "I guess we must settle with Victoria." She purred, her hand rubbing against his chest as she pulled away. "Let's go Edward."

Victoria walked up to the blonde, the two enveloping each other as they kissed passionately.

"You will be okay by yourself, yes?" Edward asked me gently.

He insulted me earlier, ignored me when we were walking in, and let his girlfriend insult me as well but is asking if I will be okay?

This man made no sense.

"I will be fine." I told him.

"Come, Edward! We have tons of things to do." The blonde giggled as she trailed her fingertip of Victoria's pink lips, smiling as she cupped her breast.

Edward was gone in an instant.