Edward's POV

After Bella left, all I wanted to do was run after her to convince her I still loved her, to make her see that I wasn't lying. But Alice had warned me against it, saying, "Let her go Edward, she'll come back when she's had time to think." Though I was anxious and worried about Bella I knew that my words would do probably more damage than good, so I heeded her word.

That left me sitting in my house with nothing to do, but to wallow in my self loathing and stupidity, and listen to everyone's silent rants, which all contained the same theme.

"Poor Bella. How could you Edward?" Esme asked irritated.

"Man, that was stupid, I wouldn't have even done that." Emmett commented angrily yet with a hint of amusement.

"Son, what were you thinking," Carlisle demanded.

"I can't believe you did that!" Jasper thought incredulity.

Rosalie was the most surprising. She out of everyone had ranted and screamed the most insults silently in her head at me, loud and clear.

"You miserable excuse for a vampire! How could you do that to her? I mean it Edward you might have just lost her FOREVER!

Alice was shaking with rage. She had been ever since we got back. I had never seen her so angry before. She hardly looked at me, but when she did she gave me a death stare so cold I thought she just attack me if I said anything to her.

I was about to take my chances though and ask her when Bella might come back, when her face went completely blank. I knew this face, I had seen it time and time again, she was having a vision. I looked into her mind to see what she what she seeing, which if I still needed air would have taken the breath out of me.

"Bella, no!" I exclaimed getting up.

"What is it son?" Carlisle asked no longer upset with me, but worried for me.

"Jane, Alec, and Felix found Bella. They want to take her back to Italy, to join the Volturi."

"What?" they all exclaimed. For they all knew that once you joined the Volturi they wouldn't let you leave willingly. In fact they would do almost anything to make you stay, and Bella was just a newborn, one at this point in time very vulnerable. I just couldn't let her get sucked into that. Their cruel tendencies and their choice of prey. I shuddered at the thought mentally.

"We have to find her now," I said tensely.

"Edward there's not enough time, she will have already made her choice." Alice said quietly.

"We have to try. We can pick up her scent if we go back to Jacob's house and follow the scent from there. Please, we have to try." I asked desperately. They all nodded, not saying a word, and I knew they would help.

And with that I took off, my family trailing me, to try to find the love of my existence before she made her decision.

Bella's POV

I was astounded. Shocked. Me, apart of the Volturi. I tried to think back to what all I knew of them. It wasn't much. I knew that they lived in Italy, and were the closest to royalty there was. I also remembered what Edward had said, that you didn't make them mad or break the rules unless you wanted to die.

They sounded pretty fierce and I could tell by the color of their eyes that they didn't go by a vegetarian lifestyle, but then I weighed my options. Where else did I have to go? I had ruled out going back to the Cullens, and I didn't like the idea of going out on my own, but to Italy? That was a big decision, one that I needed to know more about before I made up my mind.

"If I joined, would I be able to leave if I wanted to?"

"Of course," sounding a little offended now, "It isn't a cult, you could leave anytime you wished."

"Would I have to drink human blood?" I asked worriedly.

"Not if you wish, of course human blood is what we prefer, but we could definitely work something out." he said switching from offended to amused by my worried expression.

Ignoring that, I thought about what he was offering. It sounded like a good deal, but I just couldn't shake how Jane acted toward me. I definitely didn't want to join them if they just randomly hurt people. That was just plain wrong.

"And what about Jane?" I asked, my voice hard.

He grinned. "Ah, don't worry about her, it will just take her time to get used to you is all."

Not to sure of that I asked, "Does she do that to everyone she meets though?"

He grinned wider. "Only those she sees as threats."

"What?" I exclaimed shocked. "How could I be a threat? It's not like I have any powers or anything."

"Ah, well you will have to ask Jane about the first part, but you do have a power or talent I should say. Remember how Jane's talent didn't affect you?"

I nodded mutely.

" If it had affected you, you would've felt immense pain instantly, but nothing happened."

I took a breath. This was a lot to take in, but exciting too. I might actually have a talent or gift of some sort! I thought about all the great talents some of the Cullens have. What Felix had said made sense, even so as I thought about how Edward could never read my mind. I could only wonder about what my talent could be.

"Do you know what mine is?" I asked eagerly.

"Well, that's not really my area of expertise, but if you come with us, you can find out and we will even help you master it."

"I don't know…" I was sorely tempted now, but I was just so uncertain about everything, I didn't know what to do.

"Please?" he asked, his voice taking a all new form, softer more gentle.

"Why?" I asked confused by his tone.

"There's just something about you," he replied a little shyer.

"What is it?"

He leaned in close and whispered, "That's why you need to come, I haven't figured that yet."

I smiled, "Ok, I'll come"

Then in turn he smiled too and said, "Good."

Don't get me wrong I still wasn't over Edward, but I couldn't help but feel that this might be a good decision for me, a fresh start. There was really nothing here for me now anyway. I knew I was taking a risk, one that I wasn't too sure of, and I'll admit that I'm scared. But I was excited too, never had I felt so different, so unlike myself. In fact as I thought about it I knew that I was no longer like the old Bella Swan. I wasn't the clumsy, mediocre human that didn't have a backbone. I am strong now, and will continue to be as I make this big leap. I wasn't stupid though either. I would not let my guard down with these people until I was sure I could trust them.

Felix took my hand and we started walking the same way Jane and the other vampire had.

"What is your name?" he asked as we walked.

"Bella." I responded simply.

"Bella…" he asked looking puzzled.

"Just Bella," I said smiling.

He still looked puzzled, but I just laughed and asked "Where are we anyway?"

There you go, another chapter done. I hope you like it! I'm not adding the next chapter though until I get at least three reviews, (Insert evil laugh here.), so you better review! :-)