First- Thank You and Welcome to all of my loyal Followers, Reviewers and Newcomers. Secondly- I will not give anything away but I promise that by the end it will all become clear and Thirdly- "Kayley" is my original character from my fanfic: "LOVE OR POWER" if you choose to check that out... Thank you for your time, now on with the story...
"What an interesting exchange of words between lovers" remarked a voice from the shadows.
"Wouldn't you agree, Felix?"
A deep throaty chuckle followed, "Indeed Demetri."
Both Edward and Alice stiffened at their voices and pushed me behind them. While I looked for a way to escape, the red eyes came closer and dropped their hoods.
"Aro wants to speak with you again" the taller of the two addressed the drama King of High Noon.
"No rules were broken"
Edward answered as his fingers groped the air behind his back trying to find me.
"Let the Volturi decide that" the shorter one, Demetri established with an air of authority.
Alice once more nudged me forward in his direction and was met with a very different result "Get… your MOTHER F*** hands OFF me. You BITCH!" I hissed with as much venom as I could muster.
"Bella!" said Edward appalled at the scene I was making. "Language!"
But I was on a role,
"SHUT UP Edward! This is ALL your fault anyway, the BOTH of you!" I stated pointing a finger at the two leeches.
"Bella!" squealed Alice embarrassed.
The giant, Felix chuckled again "Quite a little spitfire you've got there Edward."
"He hasn't got me," I corrected, causing the boy of my nightmares to look at me stunned.
"What?" Demetri asked, politely voicing the curiosity.
"We're not together, I've outgrown Edward Cullen and his stupid CHILDISH antics"
"Bella?" he gasped but I ignored him.
"Enough!"
Ordered another voice, this time belonging to a little girl. As she got closer I could see that she was an early teen with the same burgundy red eyes as Felix and Demetri.
"Jane," He sulkily confirmed.
Jane gave our group a glance over replying "Aro sent me to see what was taking so long" before turning around and gesturing us to follow her. Edward tried to grab me but I jumped out of the way and bumped into Felix.
"Sorry" I apologized,
his response was to offer me the crook of his arm. Realizing that my choices were slim, I accepted. Tuning out the Cullen children's growling, I half expected them to break out into a tantrum because their favorite "toy" was taken away.
My heart started racing once more as it got darker and darker going through a tunnel and finally into an elevator. Then the pain in my abdomen rekindled itself.
Coming back in a flurry, I began to get dizzy and next thing I knew I was being carried in Felix's arms.
Edward's angered snarling growl was starting to revile a grizzly. Then he stopped and Alice's whimpers replaced them.
I barely took notice of either as I was so focused on my own problem. I could only pray to whatever god that existed. That this wouldn't be it. I couldn't lose him, not here. Not now and Not in this place! By the time the ride was over I was not in good shape but then a miracle happened on the other side of those doors in the lobby….
I winced as a wave combination of pain and light hit me. I opened my eyes to find that we were in a bright lit reception area.
At the sound of someone clearing their throat a young couple of teenagers broke apart from their make out session.
"Alec! And… Kayley? Does Aro know you're here?" asked Demetri with an amused look on his face.
The 5.1ft thirteen-year-old human girl with shoulder length honey colored hair and pale green eyes. Detangled her arms from short darker haired vampire boy that was Jane's twin.
"Not yet but I'm sure he will once Alec goes back in there."
"You little Minks" said Felix, his vibrating chest laughter making sure I stayed conscious.
Jane sized up her brother's girlfriend "You've been away too long, the Master's had Demetri work around the clock trying to find you."
"Kayley" put her hands on her hips "My life keeps me busy, you know that"
Their banter was broken up when a shriek of agony escaped through my lips. The pain was growing more intense by the minute. Everyone rushed towards my crumpled up position in the giant's arms. Everybody arguing at once as my breathing became more labored,
" THAT'S ENOUGH!" a clear voice finally rang out.
People turn around to see Kayley walking towards us with the fire of determination in her eyes. "While you're all busy fighting, Bella is it?"
I barely had the energy to nod.
"-Bella, is growing closer to death's door! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING BY BRINGING HER HERE?!"
Before the "children" start again the teen held her hand up:
"Okay! Felix!- Lay her over there on the sofa and bring me the water vase with the flowers then step away. Demetri, Jane and Alec!- Keep the Cullens back, preferably on the other side of the room. Their presence makes her makes her condition worse"
Felix did as she asked, moving my body to the designated place then grabbed the vegetation before stepping back and letting Kayley through. She knelt beside me,
"Try to relax Bella, just breathe" she said gently pulling my shirt up exposing my bare stomach.
"-Wh-what are you doing?"
"I'm going to save him" she quietly breathed into my ear.
"-You're what h-how?"
"Shh!" I squeezed my eyes shut as another trembler of pain shot through me.
"Please hurry," Next thing I knew I felt cool droplets of water trickling down my stomach, followed by flower petals.
Then Kayley began speaking in a language I never heard before and the louder and faster the chanting became. The cooler my skin got and the more the pain receded until it was gone.
I instinctively sat up inhaling my first relived breath of oxygen. "Th- Thanks, Wh-what did you do?"
"Rest easy, I promise he's fine. The little guy is just taking a long nap until you get out of Volterra."
"If I get out…"
"Bella, don't let what the Cullens have said about the Volturi cloud your judgment. None of them have gotten to know the Volturi apart from Carlisle. So their opinion means nothing. If you show them the proper respect, the leaders…Well Aro anyway, is bound to be reasonable." Kayley advised me.
It had grown awful quiet in here I looked over and saw two swirling smoke pillars and the vapers were coming from Alec's hands with the other three vampires on standby.
Felix looked over at us "Kayley?" She nodded "Yes", at hearing his girlfriend's voice.
Alec lowered his hands and the smoke reversed itself seeping back into his palms.
The second their senses came back Alice and Edward flashed toward us but The muscles of our group restrained them before they could touch me. Both Felix and Demetri each suppressed a hand on their throats and kept their arms behind their back in police fashion.
Our sudden choice of action had gotten the attention of the pretty human secretary but she was smart enough to look away and go about her business.
Jane took charge again, "Kayley- is the human stable?"
"Yes," was the teen's immediate response as she helped me up before wrapping a protective arm around my body.
"-Good, we've kept the Masters waiting long enough. Alec and I will go in first. Then Demetri and Felix with the two idiots. Finally, you and the human will bring up the rear, understood?"
I saw Kayley nod next to me.
"Bella…Bella please… look at me" I heard the boy rasp fully beg but I refused. Then the pixie joined in "Bella… just LO-" but she was cut off by Demetri applying pressure to her vocal cords.
"Enough! You Cullens are honestly more trouble than your worth" said Jane rubbing her temples as her brother came up to join hands.
Together, they led the way out of the reception area and down the hall to these giant metal doors with these big knockers where the twins paused. Alec gave a sly triumphant smile to Kayley as she rolled her eyes muttering "The size of your ego I swear…"
She was unable to say anything else though as Jane heaved the doors open with little to no effort and strolled on in to this huge marble throne room.
There were three thrones perched on the dais where two men on either side occupied them. The man on the left had dark brown wavy hair that came to his shoulders with an utterly bored look on his face. And to the right was a snowy white short haired man who wore an expression of disgust and anger.
The middle throne was empty as the shoulder length straight raven haired man in question stood pacing irritably back and forth just below the steps.
His face lit up though once he saw Jane.
"Jane! My darling! What took so long? This is unlike you?" he asked in a light feathery voice.
This had to be Aro.
The little girl bowed her head, "My apologizes Master, we had an unexpected turn of events."
The man raised a seemingly delicate eyebrow. "Show me, Cara Mia" he reached for her hand which she gave willingly.
Aro then bowed and closed his eyes over their joined appendages. Only to open them and step away a minute later. He clasped his hands together as he announced to the room.
"Well, it appears Jane has brought back plenty of surprises with her today. Some good and some quite…shocking. But let us have the good first… Bella is alive after all! Isn't that wonderful!-"
I looked around, so that's why the Pea brain was in Volterra.
If it was eight or even seven months ago I would have found it tragically romantic. Now, I'm beyond disgusted. He spent the last few minutes of my dumping lecturing me on not being reckless and stupid for "Charlie's sake" and now he turns around and tries to pull this bullshit without an ounce of regard for his own family!
Aro seemed to read my expression, "Trouble in paradise I see?"
"-More like extinct paradise since hurricane Edward blew in and destroyed everything in its path. Your Majesty" I said uncrossing my arms in frustration to bow.
"Bella" he rasped from his position in Felix's hands. But I focused my eyes on the Vampire King. It was he who could either break me or save me (and my child).
The man put a pale hand over his silent heart, flattered. "In only five minutes Isabella, you have shown more respect than your former lover has in the past twenty-four hours. For that, we will judge you separate from the Cullen coven."
Just as I breathed a sigh of relief he spoke again.
"I am not sure if your "friends" told you when they exposed our secret. That what they were doing was illegal. Humans are not to know about us. Normally in most cases they are executed when they're no longer useful but you…Isabella-"
Aro lulled over my name in a sweet caress before continuing.
"-You are different, you are gifted. I have seen evidence in both young Edward and Jane's mind that their power has no effect on you and just now when I touched your skin, not one stray thought of yours entered my mind. You have the opportunity to become a vampire…"
I blinked as my heart sank, "So those are my only options…Be a vampire or Become someone else's dinner."
"Sadly yes," he answered. "It would be a shame to kill you. Though if you do decide immortality, you do not have to join the Cullens. You can choose us and we will help you. It is your choice-"
I dry swallowed and spoke up. It was now or never. "I choose…my son"