Chapter 19

Bella's POV

We landed in two hours. I was completely ready now that Alice had seen the outcome. We got off the plane and headed straight for the castle. We all just wanted to get this over with. Especially Edward and I, we wanted to start getting ready for the wedding.

When we got inside the castle, we were greeted by the Volturi's secretary, Giavanna. She led us into a big, gray stone room. There was one entrance and it was guarded by two members of the Volturi.

"Welcome, welcome, my dear Cullens." Aro greeted.

"Thank you, Aro, but I am pretty sure that this is not welcome worthy." Carlisle replied coldly.

"Oh, Carlisle, don't be silly. I would never harm my dear friends." Aro disputed.

Edward growled. He must be lying. I could feel the anger swell up inside of me. It was one thing to bring us here to die, but to lie about it!

"Ahhhh... yes Edward. It is great to finally meet you. Your convient mind reading abilities put mine to shame." Aro said glaring. He wanted us for his guard. I could see the evil twinkle in his eye.

"I'm sorry I don't feel the same way." Edward hissed.

"You shouldn't speak to me that way, my boy." Aro growled back.

At that second, Jane began to look at Edward, using her gift to cause him agonzing pain. He dropped to the floor. All of a sudden, I felt my shield, the one that stopped Edward from reading my thoughts, shoot out and engulf Edward. His pain stopped and he stood up shocked. Jane was trying as hard as she could, but she could not hurt him so she screamed. I guess I could not only control minds, but shield them too. I was like the ultimate weapon.

"Who is doing this?" Jane screeched.

I put my hand up and giggled. She shot me a look that was supposed to start the pain, but I was protected.

"Grrrr!" She hissed.

"My my Bella. You have a wonderful gift, indeed." Aro stated.

"Thank you." I replied politely. They were going to die in a minute, so I might as well be polite to them.

"Oh Alice! You are here as well! How fantastically wonderful!" Aro cried in glee.

"I am delighted to meet you, Aro." Alice said. "Carlisle has said wonderful things about you."

"Oh my dear Carlisle. I am so sorry that I must destroy you and your family. But before I do, Edward, Alice, Bella? Would you like to join the Volturi?" Aro said. "I wouldn't want to waste such wonderful gifts."

Chelsea tried to sway their thoughts, so I quickly shielded them. It was easy to use my newly aquirred gift. Edward had explained her gift to me before. She can persuade people, and break their bonds with others. A limited thing, compared to mine.

"Never." Edward ripped.

"No thank you." Alice replied sweetly.

"I'm sorry, but I am staying where I belong." I replied. And I belong with Edward.

Aro saw that Chelsea's gift had nothing on my shield.

"Oh well. Such a waste!" Aro said sadly. He was clearly depressed over this.

He snapped his fingers and his guard began to corner us in. They thought this would be an easy fight. I began to concentrate hard on commanding them to stop. After a few seconds, they did. Their faces showed confusion, but their bodies could not move.

"Now!" I screamed. It was hard to hold my concentration on such a large group. There were atleast 15 members of the guard.

Edward and the others began to tear apart the guard. Emmett, of course, was laughing his head off with joy.

"Ha! One newborn girl has brought all of you down!" Emmett squealed and chuckled.

Once all of the bodies were ripped apart, I let go of my concentration. The release of power relieved me. I collapsed down onto the floor, my mind was so stretched and tired.

The others piled up the bodies and set them on fire. Edward grabbed me and carried me outside with the others. We started back to the plane, and left the fire to burn down the building. No one said anything to me. It must have been obvious how stretched my mind was.

"Edward? Are you alright?" I asked once we had boarded the plane.

He just laughed and laughed.

"Of course I am alright. We are all fine, thanks to you! You are the only one who was hurt." He finished the last sentence with a whisper.

"I'm not hurt. My brain just feels a little stretched at the moment." I chuckled.

"Oh, I am sorry. Are you okay now?" He asked.

"Yes, I am fine. I promise you. I'm sorry I couldn't stop Jane sooner." I said softly.

"Don't be silly, Bella. You didn't know that you had that gift, none of us did. I am just glad that you found it at that time." He smiled. "You are amazing, Bella. Now that the Volturi are gone, you are probably the most powerful vampire in the world."

"Oh, I guess so. But I really don't care. As long as I can protect my family." I smiled back. He kissed me softly on the lips.

"You are really something, Bella. My sweet Bella." He said lovely.

"Sorry to interupt you two, but who will take care of the dangerous newborns now?" Carlisle asked, poking his head over the seat.

"I guess we will have to. We don't have to be like the Volturi. But if things get out of hand, we can stop them and maybe convince the newborns into our way of life." Edward said.

"That is a good idea, my son." Carlisle smiled. "Great job, Bella. I think with more practice, it will be easier."

I smiled.

"Thank you, Carlisle." Carlisle was one of the nicest people I have ever met.

"Oh and that shielding gift is wonderful. It seems you were made for this life. Even before you were a vampire, you could shield yourself, and now you can shield others as well." He smiled.

"I always knew that I belonged with you all. Edward just couldn't accept it." I gave Edward a playful look. He smiled and kissed me again. Uhhh... I could just melt away into his arms.

Esme got up from her chair and came over to me. She pulled me up into her arms.

"Thank you for saving my... OUR family." She said into my ear.

"It was no problem, I'd do it any day." I smiled.

Then she went and sat down.

Someone tickled my head from behind and of course it was Emmett.

"You rock Bella!" He said. "Super vamp!"

"Thanks Em! You rock too!" I giggled.

"You are an awesome sis, Bells." Alice and Rose said at the same time.

"You are awesome, Bella. You saved us all." Jasper said.

"Thanks everyone, but you guys shredded them. I couldn't have done it alone." I smiled.

Emmett booming laughter echoed through the plane.

"As soon as we get back, we have to start working more on the wedding Bella!" Alice said.

"Okay, Alice." I sighed.

It was a nice flight home. I couldn't wait for the wedding, now that the danger was gone. I looked over to Edward and smiled.