Chapter 2-

Their blood red eyes set in their beautiful pale faces stared at me from under their heavy black cloaks and they began to advance. Terror flooded through me and I turned to run. They were a lot faster though, of course they were and I found myself caught in the arms of the black haired man, his bloodthirsty eyes glaring into my own. I was going to die, I was going to die and I hadn't even had a chance to say goodbye to the people I loved. I closed my eyes and felt his ice cold lips touch my neck, they parted, preparing for the bite.

'NO!' I woke up screaming, gasping for air, my face wet with tears I wasn't aware I'd been crying. Bella was by my side in an instant. She slipped into the bed beside me and pulled me close to her.

'Shh, shh Sari it's ok, it's ok sweetie, you're safe.' The safeness of her voice, her embrace, comforted me and I stopped hyperventilating but a fresh batch of tears fell from my eyes.

'Don't cry, no no don't cry. What's wrong Sari? What happened sweetie?' Bella rubbed circles on my back in an attempt to calm me down.

'I had a nightmare, just a dream. It was nothing, I'm fine now Bella.' I tried to make my voice sound normal, genuine, but I knew that she would see right through me.

'Tell me about it Sarella, it will help I promise. I used to have nightmares all the time when I was human, telling Edward about them helped me.' She stared into my eyes and I knew she was telling the truth, it would help to tell somebody about my dreams.

'It was the Volturi.' I said. 'Every night, when I fall asleep, they come for me. They want to kill me Bella. I'm so scared! I don't want to die, I hate them. They're going to come for me in real life soon, of course they will, I'm a human who knows too much.'

'Just like I was.' She spoke quietly, I could hear the fear in her voice, she was afraid of them too. Bella sat up and pulled me into her lap.

'Let me tell you something baby,' she said, 'I'm scared of them too. When I was human they wanted to kill me, then they wanted to take away my daughter, and now, of course, they will want you too. But I will never let them hurt you. Sarella Elly Black you are a very special girl. I love you so much, we all do. There is no way that the Volturi will ever be able to hurt you. You are safe and you always will be.'

'Bella...' I started off cautiously; I didn't know how they would react to this. Of course I wanted it but I suspected that the rest of the family didn't. 'I don't want to be human anymore. I want to be a vampire, like you.' She opened her mouth to speak but I continued. 'I'm fed up of being inferior to you all. I hate that you only speak loudly for me, that you have to be careful around me constantly just so you don't kill me, that I have to sleep and you get to stay awake all the time, that you can run fast and drive fast and I have to go at stupid human pace, and most of all Bella I hate that I have to grow up. I'm going to get old, I'm going to die. It's so unfair!'

I finished my rant and Bella laughed at me. I scowled at her.

'I'm sorry Sarella; it's just that you are exactly the same as me when I was human. I hated all those things too. I wanted so badly to be like this, a vampire. I understand Sari and we don't feel any differently. We all think that you should be a vampire too, if that's what you want. It's your mother and father that don't agree. They want you to have a normal human life, they don't want you to feel that you have to be one of us just because your whole family aren't human. They don't want you to feel pressured, and Jacob doesn't want you becoming one of his natural enemies. He knows it will be harder for you to be around the pack and he knows you and them don't want to lose your friendship. I disagree though; we have a very close relationship with the pack. You could have that too.'

'Then change me now! If it's just them stopping you do it now whilst they're away. I'd be changed long before they got back, maybe even developed some control. There would be nothing they could do about once it had happened! Oh please Bella, please!' I begged her.

'If you want to be a vampire Sarella then I think you have every right to be. But none of us would ever change you without your parents' permission. You need to make them see that it is the right thing to do. You can't do something this huge and life changing, without making them understand. They have to know that you really want it.' She explained. I knew she was right, every word she spoke made perfect sense to me. Of course I couldn't go against my parents wishes, and I wouldn't be happy if they were unhappy about it.

'But how do I convince them?' I asked.

'That's something you have to figure out for yourself Sarella. Now go back to sleep. Everything will be fine, I promise. I love you.'

'I love you too Bella, thank you for talking to me.'