Told ya so ;). Here is the next chapter! Stephanie Meyers owns everything twilight. Some of this Chapter is in EPOV.
Previously in Chapter 18
"Yes I'm going to be ok. Now I really do have to go, were about to get out of the car and go in."
"Alright Bella. Don't get yourself hurt. Please, anything but that. Come back to me at once, you have a wedding to attend to."
"I know, and I'll be there. Please don't break anymore furniture while I'm gone."
"I won't. I love you Bella. I will only ever love you", I felt the tears trying to break free from my eyes.
"I love you to Edward. Only you forever", and with that the line went dead. I stepped out of the car and into Volterra, holding onto my father's hand for dear life.
It was dark and cold. Nothing but torches surrounded the outside of the giant castle. I was squeezing my father's hand so hard that, if he were human, I would have definitely done some damage. I had been so close with the Volturi for my whole life and have not once felt scared of them. But, seeing as how I almost killed the leader's daughter, I was scared for my life. We greeted Felix outside.
"Hello Felix, how are you?"
"I am doing very well this evening Carlisle. I see that Bella is with you. Finally found your father I see?"
"Yes, I have", I smiled. I have to be confident and just hope for the best. If I show them how scared I am, they'll just use it against me.
"I'm so very happy for you. The others are gathered in the great hall. We were not expecting a visit from you two. We were going to make a visit quite soon, seeing as though what Bella here did to our dear Sarah", Felix narrowed his eyes at me.
"Yes Felix, that is exactly why we are here. We are here to straighten things out", Felix nodded at my father.
"Well then, let's go inside shall we?" I looked at my father and he gave me a reassuring smile. He grabbed my hand and we followed Felix into the castle. When we reached the great hall, everyone was awaiting us. And then, there she was. The shrew herself Sarah. Sitting next to her father Aro with a big nasty smirk on her face.
"Carlisle old friend!" Aro exclaimed from his seat.
"Aro, so very nice to see you", Aro got up from his chair to shake my father's hand. Then he turned to face me.
"Bella, it's nice to see you again. So I see it turns out Carlisle is your father after all?"
"Yes he is."
"That's marvelous! I'm so very happy for the two of you! Bella you have been searching for far to long."
"Yes, I have. It's been far to long", so far so good. I just have to keep this fake smile plastered on my face and see where this takes me. Aro made his way back to his chair and took a seat.
"Alice saw us coming for a visit I presume?", crap here were go.
"Yes, she did. We thought it was best to come here. This is between Bella and Sarah, not the rest of the family."
"You are right Carlisle, this does not involve the rest of your family. Bella, my dear, please step forward", I took a deep breath and walked so I was now standing in front of Aro and Sarah. "Bella, I have much respect for you. We, the Volturi, have done nothing but protect you and care for you these last 200 years. And here you try and kill my own daughter?"
"It wasn't like that Aro."
"Oh? Then would you like to explain to me your side of the story?"
"Sure. Well, I had a bad day. I mean a really bad day. My power finally decided to make an appearance-"
"Power? What power?"
"I'm not really sure how to explain it. All I can tell you is that my head literallyexploded and I nearly made the house fall apart. I've been messing around with it for the past few days. I can make other people's thoughts my own, though, Edward can't read my mind unless I open it to him", Aro's eyes widened in surprise.
"Fascinating. I wonder if my ability would now be able to work on you?"
"I'm not sure. We could try, do you want me to finish the story first?"
"Of course my dear, go right ahead."
"Ok, well after what happened with my head, I decided to take a nap because I was really exhausted. When I awoke, the boys and Esme went hunting. Alice and I were doing homework in the dinning room and Rosalie came in to join us. Alice had an unexpected vision of Sarah coming to visit. I first suggested that we call everyone out hunting, but Alice had told me it would end up worse then if were to just take care of it ourselves. She said that no matter what, she saw this ending in a fist fight. Both Alice and Rosalie wanted to beat her up as soon as she got to the house, but I declined. I needed to talk to her first and find out why she was there. So Sarah came in our house and told me that Edward had invited her and that he wanted to see her which was not true. Edward and I are together. I can see that it bothers Sarah a lot. In fact, we are getting married soon-"
"WHAT!" Sarah screamed from her seat. Aro held one arm out to hold her back
"I'm sorry Bella. Congratulations on your engagement. Now please continue with your story."
"Thank you Aro. So Sarah kept telling Alice, Rosalie and I that Edward had invited her which is false. We gave her the alternative to leave so nobody had to get hurt. Sarah pushed me first and all hell broke loose."
"I did not push you first Bella!"
"Stop your lying Sarah yes you did! When you left after...what happened, our entire family went out into the forest to look for you. To make sure you were ok. I regretted my actions right after you walked out the front door. I want to apologize to you. I'm sorry for hurting you and I hope you are ok", Sarah snorted.
"I do not accept your apology whatsoever. I'm standing by my story. Edward invited me and he didn't want you to know. I hate to break it to you, but it's true Bella."
"No it's not Sarah!"
"Girls, Girls settle down!" Aro held Sarah back while Carlisle was taking my hand and pulling me back. "There is only one way to see who is telling the truth here. Sarah give me your hand, I need to see", Sarah nodded and gave Aro her hand. After a few minutes, Aro turned to look at me and rose and eyebrow. "Interesting. Bella, my dear, let's see if I can finally get into that head of yours", I nodded, not knowing what to expect. I walked forward and took Aro's hand. He closed his eyes and concentrated. After a minute or so, he pulled his hand away. "Your mind is still blank to me as it always is. You may go back to stand next to your father", I nodded and walked back over to my spot, next to my father. "Ok, somebody is telling the truth, and somebody is lying and that person is you Bella", my eyes shot open in shock.
"What?! I am not lieing to you Aro! Did you not see what had happened in Sarah's mind?"
"Yes I did see. I saw Sarah talking on the phone with Edward. I heard Edward's voice in her head, inviting for her to come to Forks, but to keep it secret. And then I saw you running outside towards Sarah attacking her", no, no, no, no, this was NOT HAPPENING!
"I can assure you 100% that is not what happened Aro!" I was in tears now.
"I'm so very sorry Bella, but that is what I see that happened. I know how my power works. There is no way possible for her to make this up, I would know if she was. And as much as I don't want to do this, you will have to be punished", I looked over to my father, tears gushing down my face. How is this happening?!
"The video tape."
"I beg your parden Carlisle?"
"Bella and the girls recorded the fight. There is proof to Bella's side of the story."
"Well Carlisle have you seen this video?"
"Yes I have and I would love to show you what I saw", my father stepped forward and took Aro's hand. A minute passed and Aro let go of my father's hand.
"All I see is Bella attacking Sarah. The same images I saw in Sarah's mind."
"You've got to be kidding me! Whatever your seeing Aro, it's not true! Let try to open my mind to you please!" I started yelling.
"Bella, all you can do is make your thoughts my own. There is no way for me to tell if you are telling the truth. And how is it that what I am seeing in Sarah's mind, I am seeing in Carlisle's mind as well hmm?" I looked at Sarah who rose an eyebrow at me and smirked.
"The video tape is at home. We can have Alice bring it here for you to watch Aro. I can assure you that whatever you are seeing is false", my father pleaded.
"Nonsense, bring the whole family. I would like to hear everyone's side to this. In the meantime, I want Bella locked in the cellar. Have Marcus and Alec take guard so she does not escape", I fell to the floor with my head in my hands. How was this happening? Why is what Aro seeing is false? My father rushed over to my side and gathered me in his arms.
"I'm so sorry Bella. I'm so very sorry. I know your telling the truth and I know what I saw in that video. We will figure this out, everything will be ok", I couldn't speak I was crying so hard. All I could do was sob into my father's arms and nod my head.
"Carlisle, please take Bella's phone and go and contact your family. She may have no contact with the outside world, even her beloved Edward", I started crying even harder. I couldn't see straight, my eyes were flooded with tears. I felt my father reach into my pocket and take my phone. I then felt two strong arms pick me up and carry me away. I convulsed in their arms to try and get out of them.
"Bella, please be still", I heard Marcus's voice say to me. All of a sudden the air around me became very cold and the light around me became very dark. I landed on he ground hard and heard the cellar door slam shut. All I could do was curl up in a ball and cry. Edward. Oh god what have I done?! I promised him! I promised I would make it back to him and everything would be ok. I cried and rubbed my engagement ring between my fingers. I laid on the floor all night, praying to whatever God there was out there that I would somehow make it out of this alive.
EPOV
I was sitting with my siblings in the living room, watching Emmett and Jasper play some new video game. It held no interest to me right now whatsoever. All I was thinking about was my Bella. Was she ok? When will she be back home? What's going to happen with Sarah? I felt a wave of calmness wash over me. I looked over at Jasper and gave him a thankful smile. It will be ok Ed. I nodded at Jasper and he went back to playing his video with Emmett. Then I felt my phone vibrate in my pants. I pulled it out immediately and saw Bella's name flashing. I flipped my phone open.
"Bella?"
"Edward, it's Carlisle."
"Carlisle?"
"Hello Edward."
"Where is Bella, I need to talk to her", silence on the other end, "Carlisle?!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and started paying attention to our conversation.
"I won't lie to you Edward, they took her", no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, My worst fear was realized.
"Where is she? What did they do to her? Carlisle what happened?"
"Edward, calm down. She is not hurt. They locked her up and have two guards looking after her. Something isn't right here. Aro saw a completely different story unfold under Sarah's mind. It was completely different from what Bella described. Then I told Aro about the video tape and had let him search my mind to find it, but he said he saw the exact same thing that he saw in Sarah's mind. I don't get it! Aro's power is to powerful! He would be able to tell if someone was making something up, but he wasn't able to."
"What did Carlisle see in Sarah's mind?"
"He said he saw her talking on the phone with you. He said he heard your voice and you were inviting Sarah to come to Forks, but you wanted to keep it a secret from Bella. And then, he saw Bella attacking Sarah and beating her", I felt the ache in my chest ready to explode.
"That did not happen whatsoever Carlisle!" I yelled into the phone. "There is no way I would ever invite her to come here!" I was gripping the sofa so hard that it started to come undone underneath my fingertips.
"I know and that's the thing. Something is going on and we need to figure this out. Aro wants everyone to come to Italy. Bring the video tape." I shot up from the couch immediately.
"Were on our way. We'll be there as fast as we can. Are they planning on doing anything to Bella?" Please God, no.
"As far as I know, they are waiting until you all get here. We will figure this out Edward. Bella will make it out of this."
"Ok, were leaving the house now. We'll see you soon", I slammed my phone shut and started walking toward the front door, "everyone needs to come. We have to leave now. Rosalie get the video tape."
"Already have it in my hand and ready to go."
"Alice got that passports?" I saw her running back in the room with all our passports in hand.
"I'm way ahead of you."
"Do you see anything at all?" She shook her head.
"I told you it's different with Bella. Because she is half, her future is nothing but a haze. I'm sorry Edward. I wish I knew the answer", I slammed my fist into wall. I saw Esme cover her mouth in shock.
"I'm sorry Esme, I just, I...I don't know how to handle this. I can't lose Bella", she shook her head understanding.
"Don't worry about the wall Edward, we need to get going", I nodded and we headed out the door.
A/N
Do you love me or do you love me? Two chapters in two days. I feel like you all deserved it because of my lack of updates. Things will get cleared up with what Aro is seeing and all that good stuff. So review! Tell me what you think is going to happen! I'd love to hear your theory's!