Thank you for being so patient with me, I hope this chapter makes up for your wait.

This is picking up where Bella meets the guards, and then it goes to the next evening when Victoria is on trial in front of the Volturi leaders and Diana. I think you'll be slightly surprised, but it all depends on what you expect in most plots like this.

I don't own Twilight.

Enjoy!

In the library:

Bella's P.O.V.:

Aro had led me to a different part of the library, and soon I found myself face to face with the whole lot of the Volturi guards, including Felix and Demetri who had Angela and Jessica in their laps.

"Bella!" they waved.

"Hey guys." Aro laughed beside me.

"I know you've already met Felix and Demetri princess, but allow me to introduce the rest of my guards." He motioned for some to come forward and I saw a boy and a girl looking about fifteen come forward. "This is Alec and his twin sister Jane, they are part of the main guard." The two bowed.

"Your highness."

"It's a pleasure to meet you both." I looked at Aro.

"They have special talents; Jane here has the illusion of pain. It's quite strong, and Alec here has the ability to halt your senses."

"That's amazing."

"Thank you milady." Jane bowed.

"Now this here is Renata, she can produce a physical shield around an area for protection. Demetri is our expert tracker, Felix is the strongest, Chelsea has manipulation, Afton like Felix is one of our strongest, and of course there's Santiago our expert strategist." They all bowed.

"Nice to meet all of you."

"A pleasure to meet you as well Princess." They said in unison.

"Wow…where's Caius at?"

"I think he skipped off with Athenodora, but there's really no telling." I was a bit awkward with Caius, because every time he looked at me it was hard, but maybe that was his normal look I don't know.

"Princess!" I turned seeing Clarinda come over. "The queen wishes to see you."

"Coming." I nodded and left the Volturi and my friends alone. I followed Clarinda back to the throne room and I saw Marcus and Deidre there with Diana.

"Isabella." Marcus greeted me with a kiss to my forehead, and I kissed his cheeks.

"You summoned me Lady Diana?" I curtsied to her.

"No need for curtsying Bella, this isn't the 16th century. I wanted to tell you that we've caught Victoria." My eyes widened.

"Really?"

"Yes, Laurent and the others are bringing her now and she will have a trial this evening."

"You…you're bringing her from Forks right?" how could she have her back here in just a short amount of time.

"On our private jet Bella, she won't cause a problem." I sighed in relief. "I'm going to give her a trial, and she will have the choice to repent her madness, or I'll have to execute her."

"Are…" I looked at Marcus. "Are the Volturi going to be in the trial as well?" she nodded.

"They will, they know Victoria and I think maybe Heidi can help Victoria come around." She did mention Heidi and Victoria were once in the same coven, and speaking of Heidi I hadn't seen her around at all since the ball.

"Where is Heidi anyway?" Diana snickered.

"Apparently she's rather fascinated by one of the guards here, he has no extra powers but he's quite the womanizer when it comes to redheads." I laughed.

"Which guard?"

"Thomas, our happy go lucky Irish prince." I hadn't really met Thomas, but I did know he was a flirt among the girls. "Do you want to attend the trial Bella?"

"Well…I'm your princess so isn't it required of me?"

"It is but I know of your issues with Victoria so I'm giving you an option." I shook my head.

"I want to be there, I don't care what she might try I know she won't last in a room full of royals." She smiled and looked at Marcus.

"Like I told you, Isabella is very brave even around so many vampires." Marcus laughed.

"I'm glad." He walked over and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Might you excuse us your majesty?"

"Of course, be back here in three hours they should arrive by then." I felt Marcus lead me away and soon enough we made it back to my room. I was a little nervous about the trial tonight, but I trusted Diana.

"Cara mia." I felt Marcus' cool breath blow in my ear, and it made my blood chill in my veins. I turned and wrapped my arms around his neck, kissed his lips and felt his hands move from around my waist to my hips. I felt my mouth move from his lips to his neck, and I felt his breath increase as it blew onto my flesh.

"Marcus…" he moved his hands to my shoulder and pulled me back.

"No love." He took a moment and stared at me. "Not now."

"You…you don't want me?" I felt my fear come back and he put his hands on my face.

"No it's not that…I do wish to make love to you; but I would rather wait until our wedding night." I figured he'd say that. "There's also the anger of the queen for her friend deflowering the beloved princess that worries me." I had to giggle, Diana was protective.

"Ok…it's just that I remember whenever Edward kissed me, he would be hesitant. As if he were afraid he'd break me from one small kiss."

"Cullen was a fool to leave you, and a fool to treat you like you're made of glass when you are clearly stronger and braver than the average human."

"Thank you." He kissed my head.

"Bella, I am falling in love with you and I know you are in love with me. I would love nothing more than to marry you in the vampire world and the human world, but I feel we should get to know each other more."

"That's just it…I feel like I know you more than I knew Edward. I know about your past, and you know about mine, and I feel like we know each other already." He smiled again.

"We do, but we don't have to rush."

"Well…I have a few weeks before Diana changes me."

"Perhaps after you've been a vampire for a while you and I will marry, and I would like your father's consent." True that, if Charlie was going to be a vampire then he might as well meet my mate.

"Yes…but I…" he put a finger to my lips.

"Isabella, when the night comes I promise to shower you with my love and I do believe it will be a night you will never forget." He pulled me into his arms and despite how cold his skin was through his clothes I felt warm, but probably because I was blushing from his earlier comment.

"I love you." I said those words, and he kissed my hair.

"And I love you." We stood there and just held each other, and I felt his love warming my heart causing it to thump loudly in my chest.

This man was mine, and mine alone. I would never let anyone ever take him from me, and I know now that unlike Edward, he will never leave me.

Later that night:

I had changed clothes just a moment ago, Diana had told me that when it came to trials everyone was dressed in black just in case there'd be an execution. I changed into a long black dress, whereas Jessica and Ange wore some black ensembles but not dresses. They didn't need to attend the trial, but they wanted to because I was.

"Princess, are you ready?" I walked to the door and saw Felix with Jessica.

"Ready." I accompanied them to the throne room, where Diana was already seated in her throne, the three leaders of the Volturi were standing at the bottom of the staircase, and the guards surrounded the entire room. I took my seat next to Diana, and as the others filed in quickly I heard her clear her throat.

"We are all here for the trial against the woman Victoria, she has committed crimes of stalking and attempted murder to the princess and her father. Bring forth the prisoner." Some guards left and I saw Laurent enter after they'd gone.

"The prisoner has agreed to remain bound and cooperate with the court your majesty." He said.

"Very well." Soon the guards came back and I saw Victoria between them; her wrists and ankles were chained but…couldn't vampires break those? "Those are special chains Bella, we only use them for certain prisoners."

"What're they made of?" she gave a small smirk.

"It's basically steel chains baked in vampire ash, it gives the metal more strength." Ok that was new. As they brought Victoria over to the Volturi leaders she looked up at me with a nasty glare.

"You!"

"Silence Victoria!" Diana shouted. "You have not been given permission to speak!" Victoria's lips moved into a thin tight line. "Now then, Aro if you will."

"Thank you your grace." Aro bowed at Diana and turned to Victoria. "Victoria you have been brought before this court, in the eyes of the Volturi and the Vampire Queen Diana on the sole charges of your attempts to slay the Princess Isabella. Do you deny it?" Victoria glared at me again.

"My attempts were to kill the human mate of the vampire Edward Cullen, the man who murdered my mate James."

"And is that human here in this room?"

"Yes…your so called princess." Aro turned to me, and back to Victoria.

"The Princess Isabella, she is indeed whom you thought was Edward Cullen's mate, but she is not." He turned to Diana. "Your majesty?" Diana stood and made her way from the throne.

"Isabella Swan is not the mate of Edward Cullen nor is she just a plain human as you may think. She is the descendant of the Queen you see before you, and the future mate of the Lord Marcus of the Volturi." Victoria's eyes widened. "I understand that you were not aware of this, therefore I will give you an option."

"Option?"

"The usual punishment for attempted murdering a mate of the Volturi and the princess of the vampires is punishable by death, but from what I can see…death is not your destiny." That surprised me.

"Your majesty." Caius spoke up. "This girl has committed crimes of attempting to slaughter the princess for the death of her mate."

"The man she knew as her mate was indeed not her true mate." Diana turned to Caius. "It seems that this girl was misled."

"What're you talking about?" that time Victoria spoke.

"Victoria, your friend Laurent has told me that even though you loved James, he didn't love you." She didn't believe it.

"No…he did he loved me!" I could see how calm Diana was, and as she approached Victoria closer she put a hand on her head.

"Victoria, from my touch and even when I look upon you I can see you have not found your true mate."

"What…what're you saying?"

"I have the power to see the destinies of anyone, and I can see that killing you would make your destiny disappear. I know your true mate, and I'm offering you a chance to keep your life."

"B…what's the choice?"

"You will be part of my guard, but you'll have to live in isolation for the next year which means you will remain in your part of the castle and will not be allowed outside without my permission. You will be fed when everyone else is, and if you wish to speak to me or anyone else then a guard will come to me. Anything else you wish to do will need my permission."

"What'll happen once I'm out of isolation?"

"You will remain part of the guard, but you'll be given more privileges and you should be able to figure out who your mate is. Now…do you accept these terms?" Victoria didn't answer. "Think it over for a minute, and then you will answer." She moved back to the throne and sat down, Victoria bowed her head and seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.

"Do you think she'll take it?" I whispered to Diana.

"Just wait dear." A few moments had passed, and then Victoria looked up at us.

"I accept the terms." Diana smiled.

"Excellent, now before you are taken to your quarters I must ask you to give an apology to the princess for blaming her for James' death. You should know it was not her fault but his, and he paid for it." Victoria nodded and looked at me.

"I apologize for all I've done to her royal highness Princess Isabella, and I promise that I will not ruin my chances of living by endangering her ever again."

"That will do, Laurent, Raoul please escort Victoria to the south wing of the palace. Put her in the Rose quarters." The rose quarters were an entire area of red, white, pink, black, and yellow colors, several parts of the palace were named after flowers, but the largest of all were the Lily quarters and those were mainly taken by Diana in her periods of slumber.

"Yes milady." The guards escorted Victoria away from the room and I gave a deep sigh of relief.

"Lady Diana." Aro turned to us. "That was positively remarkable."

"Thank you Aro, the court is dismissed but I must meet with the Volturi leaders alone. The princess and her ladies must be escorted back to their rooms, Joseph, Clarinda, Deidre take them please."

"Yes your majesty." We were taken back to my rooms, and the minute I set foot inside I laid back against the bed where Ange and Jess joined me.

"That went well, Lady Diana knew what she was doing." Jess.

"She sure did, but I wonder who Victoria's mate is?" Angela.

"I do too…now I'm just glad she won't be trying to kill me anymore." I sighed, that was one big obstacle out of the way.

"So Bella, how are things between you and Marcus?" Jessica had her flirty tone back.

"We're fine, but what about you and Felix?"

"He's so sweet, if I ate him I'd get cavities." We laughed, Jessica had really hit it off with Felix and I was glad for her. "What about you Angela? Demetri still a ladies' man?"

"He is, but he only wants me. I admit that today we…well…"

"You did it? I mean the big IT?" Jessica gasped.

"No no no we didn't….we just…well we almost did but he…"

"He stopped didn't he?" she nodded looking at me. "Marcus did the same with me, says he wants to wait until we're married and I'm turned."

"That's what Felix told me."

"And Demetri me, these boys want to be careful."

"They should, don't want to risk us breaking our backs from their love." We laughed again and I sighed again. "Now…that's one obstacle down and one more to go."

"Oh what's the other one?" they leaned in.

"Explaining to Charlie how he's related to the queen of vampires and that his future son-in-law is a thousand times my age."

I appreciate the support you've given me, but the next update will be in another week because I have three other tests coming. I finished this one quickly in my spare time so I figured I'd update already.

I wanted to make Victoria good in this because there's so many where she's killed by the Volturi or raises an army against Bella and there's rarely any when she turns good. Can you guess who Victoria's mate is? Hint, it's not Laurent.

Next chapter has a time skip, where they head for Forks to pull out the big scene to 'kill' Bella, Jessica, Angela, and Charlie.

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Later!