More on Bella's pregnancy here, and her thoughts on becoming a mother and Marcus a father; and I'm still deciding on what Bella will have, but I have an idea.

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Bella's P.O.V.:

The next morning:

"Princess, the doctor is here." I had been sitting in my room most of the time away from Marcus. I wanted to get my thoughts straight before I could decide anything.

"Coming Clarinda." I got up, I had felt a little better since yesterday, but I was still feeling sick. My stomach felt like it was doing summersaults, and my throat was so dry I could barely stand it. I drank a little blood every hour, but I couldn't drink more otherwise I'd get sick again.

"This way." Clarinda led me into the large dining hall, where I saw a lot of equipment set up, and a long bed like in a hospital. A man was on the other end of the room talking to Diana, along with Aro and Marcus.

"Oh there you are, Arthur I would like you to meet my granddaughter the Princess Isabella." The man came over, bowed and kissed my hand.

"A pleasure principesse."

"Nice to meet you doctor." Marcus came over and kissed my cheek.

"How do you feel cara mia?"

"Not good, but not as bad either." He led me to the bed and helped me up onto it.

"You seem better Isabella." Aro smiled at me.

"Now then, princess if you will lift your shirt please but only the stomach." I did so as I leaned back on the bed. "Hold still please." He took out some strange cream/ointment and rubbed some onto my belly. It was cold, but not bad; he turned on the screen to his ultrasound, and then grabbed a tool prodding it at my belly.

An image came to the screen, but it looked…it looked like more than a mere dot or anything I'd seen in pictures.

"Oh my…" he gasped at the image as did Diana and the others.

"What is it?"

"It seems….that this pregnancy is…it's rapidly growing."

"There shouldn't be much of an image there." Diana.

"The baby, seems to be about two months along." I looked at the image closer. The baby had a head, and it was growing limbs too. "And you just found out you were pregnant yesterday?"

"Yes."

"From the details the queen described to me, you should have only been two weeks pregnant."

"But the baby is growing fast, what does this mean?" Marcus.

"I would say that, since your bodies are different from a human in some ways, the child could possibly grow within half the time of a human baby. Human pregnancy goes from 8-9 months at most, so this little one could go from 4-5 months."

"Really?" I had only five months before my baby was born?

"Indeed so princess and it looks perfectly healthy from my view. I would take it easy though, I've never known vampires to have children the natural way. Have you had any cravings?"

"Other than blood cravings no."

"Hmm, would it be alright if I tested something?"

"What test?" I looked at Diana and Marcus.

"Nothing out of the ordinary, but when you drank your blood, does it usually come back up?" I nodded. "That is strange, and this is a vampire child; good thing I came prepared." He pulled out a cup and a thing of…milk? "This is just a test, to see if the baby likes it." I carefully took the glass, and put it to my lips but when the milk touched my touch I felt it come back but swallowed it. I felt it go into my stomach, but once it got there the summersaults stopped.

"Oh…" I looked at Aro, who came over and touched my stomach.

"The baby likes it." He looked at Arthur. "It's calmed down."

"This proves my theory, seeing as you're pregnant princess it's likely your body will reject a lot of blood and want regular food for the infant. I'm not staying stop blood, just have enough to satisfy your urges and have a little human food to give the baby what it needs."

"Oh no…" I groaned leaning back against the bed.

"I'll be back to check on you in say…three weeks?" I nodded.

"That's fine."

"Very well, it was nice meeting you princess, and good to see you again my queen." Arthur bowed and Marcus lifted me from the bed leading me out of the room. I couldn't believe it, I knew once I became a vampire I would be giving up my human life but now…I'm a princess and I'm having a baby, Marcus's baby, in just four months.

"Are you alright?" we ended up in the old bedroom of mine.

"Yes, I'm just surprised is all." I sighed. "I never imagined becoming a mother, especially as a vampire." I sat down on the bed, touching my stomach feeling my child move. "Are you angry?" he looked at me shocked.

"Bella I would never be angry with you over this, I too am shocked that we are going to be parents. I never imagined becoming a father, but we are going to have a child together. No doubt Diana is happy about this, and so will Aro and the others."

"But…what if the baby's…?" I almost couldn't say it. "What if the baby's…born immortal?" he closed his eyes and tensed before sighing.

"It's likely…that it won't be able to live. Immortal children cannot control their blood thirst and once they taste it they can't be controlled. However…if this child is growing inside you, then I will no doubt believe that it won't be immortal when it's born. If it grows inside, then it will grow outside."

"This baby will be the only natural born vampire." He put his arm around me and I laid my head on his shoulder. "They'll be a jewel among the others."

"Just like you my love." He kissed my head and someone knocked on the door.

"Brother, sister it's Aro. May I come in?"

"Sure." He opened the door and walked inside smiling. "Were you there the whole time?"

"No, just until the part where Marcus told you about the immortal children; Bella, I don't think the baby will be immortal once it's born."

"You don't?"

"I agree with Marcus, the child is growing now, so it may not stop growing until it reaches adulthood."

"Oh…thank you." That was a big relief, I knew this baby wouldn't be immortal as a child. "I can't wait to tell my dad, and the girls…how are they?"

"They miss you." He smiled. "But they will be overjoyed to know this. I will be going home tomorrow, and if you want you can come as well unless…?" he waited.

"No, I want to tell them. I'll need to speak with Diana first though."

"You can whenever, should I get her?" I nodded.

"Please." Aro nodded and left us alone. "I'll want to see her alone my love, is that alright?" Marcus smiled.

"You don't have to ask sweetheart." He kissed my cheek and Diana came in. "Excuse me." Marcus bowed and left shutting the door behind him.

"Feeling alright dear?" she sat next to me.

"Yes milady, Marcus and I are shocked, but glad. I'm going to be a mother…but…"

"But what?"

"I'm worried about the other vampires, the women. I'm the only one to have a child, and they might get jealous and try to take the baby from me."

"Honey no one is going to take your child from you, they'll be protected by you, Marcus, my coven, and the entire Volturi. No one is going to hurt the baby and if they try they will be severely punished." She put her hands on my face. "You are my granddaughter, my descendant, I will protect you with all my might and so will the entire Volturi. You and your family will be safe, your happiness will remain and no one is going to take that from you."

"I know…but I'm still worried. I'm a princess and the wife of Marcus, one of the leaders of the Volturi, I can't help but feel like I'll be in danger now."

"Bella look at me." I looked up to meet her eyes. "You are not weak, you are strong, beautiful and intelligent, you have people around here who will do anything to help you. Your father is with you, so are your friends, they will strive to protect the child but you and Marcus will raise it. This is your life and no one else's, not even the Cullens can stop you from anything. You. Are. My. Granddaughter. You are like me when you love others, you protect those you love, and you are not some fragile little toy that breaks after a few uses."

"Milady…"

"You are a good woman Isabella, nothing will ever change that. Do you understand?" I nodded. "Good, now get your things together, you will leave for Volterra tonight."

"Tonight? But Aro was leaving tomorrow morning?"

"Change of plans, I too will come. My guards will come as well but some will remain here."

"Is Victoria coming?" she nodded.

"Still have to keep an eye on her, Raoul will accompany her." She winked. "This is underground don't forget, so the guards who don't like going out will remain here."

"What about Laurent?"

"He'll come as well, but he'll drop back and forth to check up on the others here. You don't have to worry." She stood up. "I'll get Marcus, but you'd better shape up and listen to the doctor's orders. That baby's going to want more than blood."

"Yes mother." She laughed and left me alone. I grabbed my suitcase making sure everything was inside right and it was; Marcus came in and rubbed my shoulders.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes, better than alright." We finished packing the rest of our things, now all we had to do was wait until Diana gave us the ok to go home. Home to Volterra.

Later:

"Are you ready?" Aro asked.

"Yes, we're ready." Diana and her guard had already headed to Volterra before us. We had Laurent going with us and he would lock the place down after we left the tunnel.

"Here." I got into a black car and Marcus joined me while Aro sat up front with the driver, who was Joseph. Clarinda rode with the others in a van, and Diana was with them. Our things were in the trunk, and Laurent had the key to lock up so we were alright.

"Drive." I told Joseph and he started the car. We drove off through the tunnels, then Laurent used a switch to lock down the area before we reached the other end. Soon enough it was locked up good and tight, and so we drove into Rome seeing all the lights everywhere.

"You alright Bella?" Santiago asked.

"Yes, just can't wait to see my dad." I leaned into Marcus.

"You're gonna be a great mother princess."

"Thanks Felix."

"But just to warn you, Athenodora and Sulpicia will likely spoil that kid rotten."

"Not if I have any say in this." I heard Aro laugh.

"All of us will want to spoil that child, but you are the mother and Marcus is the father so you get to choose just how far they can go."

"I know." I laughed, I knew the entire Volturi would want to spoil my baby, but being too spoiled led to too much pride, too much want and begging, so I wanted my baby to learn that earning things for well reasons would be better than just receiving them for nothing.

"How long before we reach Volterra?" Marcus

"Just a few hours brother, no need to rush. They already know we're coming."

"Excellent." It would be good to see Volterra, since I'd never been there. I couldn't wait to tell dad and the girls about this, they would be so stoked and Charlie would be a granddaddy.

"I can't wait…I can't wait…" I kept mumbling but it looked like no one would be listening.

Now the question is…who's going to be the godparent?

Next chapter will pick up when Bella tells the others about the pregnancy. It will be about the same length as this one, maybe a little longer. It'll be mostly about Bella's plans for her baby and a little on the Cullens but no going to their part.

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