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151Chapter 36

Previously:

That's when everything went wrong. Bella stumbled backwards out of my reach. Her eyes widened as she fell off the cliff backwards.

"No! Bella!" I ran to the edge and looked into the water below me. Crap we were high up. I couldn't see her. All I saw was the water below me. I knew Jacob would get to her but I wanted to help. I had to help in case Victoria was in the water.

So I did something stupid. I jumped off of the cliff to try and rescue Bella.

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Cold. That is what engulfed me as soon as I hit the water. The water was freezing. I same up to the surface to get a breath of air.

I was breathing heavily as I looked around me frantically. "Bella!" I looked all around me and I wasn't getting a response.

I took in a breath of air before submerging myself in the water. I looked around me trying to see a glimpse of her. I was almost out of air when I saw her hand floating in the water.

I quickly went back up to the surface before returning back into the water. I swam as fast as I could to get to her.

Bella's eyes fluttered when I got to her. I grabbed her hand and tried to pull the both of us back to the surface.

I struggled to get both of us up. With Bella's weight and the waves it was almost impossible. I managed to get us to the surface before we were hit with a wave.

The wave sent us both spinning in the water. I lost my grip on Bella. I looked around me and swam back to Bella.

I managed to grab her arm before looking up. That's when I saw red hair. It was like fire was underwater. I jerked back in fright. No, my nightmare couldn't be coming true.

It was then that I slammed my head on the rocky surface of the cliff. My vision instantly became fuzzy. I tried to move but I couldn't. It was then that I started to give up. I couldn't fight my way out of the water anymore.

Guilt quickly overcame me. I left my family and here I was about to die in a watery grave. I started to lose consciousness when I faintly felt something tugging on my arm.

It was only when I broke the surface that I started to gain my senses back. I started to cough and gasp for breath. I was alive but how?

I turned my head to see a very tan hand pulling my arm towards the beach. Once we got to the beach, the hands of my rescuer let me go.

I crawled on the sand away from the water. I kept coughing and looked up to see who rescued me.

Standing before me was the La Push hot head. Who looked very angry.

"Why in the world is a Cullen doing on our land." Crap. I had to calm Paul down before he phased.

"Calm down Paul. I just came here to see Bella."

"Well there she is. Now you can go back to those vamps of yours."

I looked over to see Bella sitting up with Jacob's help. Oh thank goodness she's ok. I got up to go over towards her but stumbled back from exhaustion. Paul caught me before I could hit the ground.

"Geez. Take it easy. You almost drowned." I managed to gain my balance before stepping away from Paul.

"Bella, are you ok?" Bella looked up at me and immediately scrambled up to hug me. I hug her again when we are roughly pulled apart from each other.

"Hey!" I look to see that Jacob freaking Black is holding Bella back while Paul has his arm wrapped around me.

"Paul let me go," I tell him. Jacob is staring at me and I can feel Paul's glare.

"No way. Vamp chick is on our lands. This is breaking the treaty." I manage to get away from him before whirling around to face him.

"Last time I checked, the treaty applied to vampires. As you can tell, I am a human. So technically I'm not breaking the treaty." Paul narrows his eyes.

"You live with them."

"They adopted me wolfy!" I then hear a laugh behind me.

I turn to see Jacob laughing. "Wolfy, that's funny."

"No its not," grumbled Paul.

I huffed. "Fine. I didn't mean to intrude. I just needed to see Bella and make sure that she was ok. I'll be going now." I step away from Paul.

"No!" I turn to see Bella running towards me. She grabs onto my arms. "Sophie you just got here. Please don't leave!" Her eyes are pleading for me to stay. Us being gone had really affected her.

"Bella, I can't stay in La Push. The hot head over here has clearly made it known that I'm not welcome." I heard Paul growling but I chose to ignore it.

"Fine. You can come with me to my house then. You tried to save me when I fell off that cliff. Your wet and cold. Please just stay with me at my house." I stay silent for a minute.

I nodded my head. "Ok."

"Wait a minute," interjects Paul.

"No way are you going to Bella's house!" Great now Jacob is getting angry.

"You don't have to like me Jacob. Yes I am a Cullen but I'm human. So it shouldn't be a problem for you." I can tell that Jacob is about to yell at me.

"Enough!" I turn to see that Sam had run out of the forest. Sam gives me a hard stare. "Take her to Bella's house. She's not a vampire so the treaty has not been broken."

"What! Sam are you..." Paul looks like he is about to explode.

"Enough Paul! I don't have time for this. I have to go to the hospital." Paul grumbles out a fine and then Sam leaves us.

"Wait, what's going on?" I look at Bella. This is going to be a shock for her. Harry Clearwater just died from a heart attack.

"Bella, Harry Clearwater and old Quil both just died from a heart attack." Wait what?

It was only Harry that had died in the book. How in the world did Quil's grandfather die too? He was supposed to be alive.

What does this mean for the plot?

The car ride to Bella's house was awkward. Jacob was driving Bella home in her truck. I however, was riding in my car while Paul drove just behind them.

I could clearly tell that he wanted to be somewhere else. Well the feeling was mutual. Paul wasn't saying anything to me. He just kept grumbling under his breath.

"You know I could have driven to Bella's house myself. You don't need to take me."

"Yes I do need to take you. You are in no condition to drive. I just saved you from drowning." I turn my head and glance at him.

"Why did you save me from drowning? You clearly don't like me."

Paul sighs. "You jumped into the water to save Bella. I couldn't just let you die for trying to save her. You also happen to be human so that would have left me feeling guilty if I let you die. It's not that I don't like you. You just live with a bunch of vampires. Oh, and you stink by the way."

"Thanks for pointing that out," I say sarcastically.

"Why did you come back anyway? You said that you had to check on Bella and make sure that she was ok." Oh crap. What do I even say? I can't really tell him that I come from a different world where this is all a book series. I don't know how he would react to that.

"I had a dream about it." That wasn't technically a lie. "I kept having this nightmare where Bella jumps off of that cliff and pretty much drowns. I try to save her but Victoria is there and she kills the both of us."

Paul turns his head to look at me. "Wait, the redheaded leech was in your dream?"

"Yes. I assumed that Victoria is after Bella so I had to come and see that she was ok."

Everything was quiet for awhile after that. Paul finally spoke. "Are any of them back as well?" Them meaning my family

"No. It's just me. I didn't even tell them where I was going."

"They must be pissed." I sigh.

"You have no idea." Paul finally pulls up in front of Bella's house.

"Thanks Paul. For saving me and driving me here." Paul just grumbles. I'll take that as a your welcome. I open the car door and start to get out when Paul grabs my arm.

"Wait!" I stare at him confused. "We need to get you and Bella out of here. There's a vampire here." I turn my head to see Carlisle's car parked just down the street. Alice was here. I forgot that she would be at Bella's house after she jumped off of the cliff.

"Paul I'll be ok. That's Carlisle's car." I shake his hand off of me and dash towards the front door. Bella is right behind me.

"Stop! It's a trick." I turn to see Jacob holding on to Bella's arm. Paul is staring at me while standing behind Jacob.

"Jacob it's not a trick. That's my father's car. I'm going inside." I head straight for the door. I wait for Bella to come and unlock it. She soon comes to my side and unlocks the door.

I barely hear two car doors closing as I walk into the house. The house is dark. You couldn't see anything. Bella reaches over to the wall and turns the light switch on.

There standing in front of us is Alice. All three of us jump in shock right before Bella launches herself at Alice.

"Alice!" Alice looks shocked to see me and Bella.

"Bella? Sophie? You're ok?"

I try to smile and give Alice a wave. "Hi."

Alice breaks away from Bella and looks at the two of us. "Do you mind telling me how the two of you are alive?"

Silence envelopes us. Bella finally speaks up. "What do you mean?"

Alice lets out a sigh. "I had a vision that you fell off of a cliff and Sophie jumped in after you. I didn't see the two of you getting out of the water." Alice quickly turns to me. "You and me are going to have a chat Sophie. Do you have any idea how worried we were when you just left and disappeared." Crap. I was in deep trouble.

"I went to the cliffs to go cliff jumping. It was for recreational purposes," said Bella.

"In all my life I have never met someone to do something so stupid!" Well, angry Alice was scary. "Why in the world are you here Sophie?"

"I had a dream that Bella was going to jump off of a cliff and I got worried. I decided to come and check on her. I didn't find her here so I decided to drive around and ended up in La Push. I found her on the cliff about to jump. I managed to get to her in time and almost stopped her before..."

"Before Bella fell," concluded Alice.

"Yes. I jumped in after her and tried to get her to shore. I didn't realize that the weather was so bad."

"That was stupid Sophie but I understand why you did it." I got quiet and looked at Alice. This wasn't the end of our conversation.

"Where have you guys been all this time? Does he know." I look at Bella sympathetically.

"No he doesn't. We haven't seen him in a couple of months. He's in Rio right now. He only calls to check in every so often. Says he wants to be alone. The rest of us have been living in Ithaca, New York for the past six months. Me and Jasper where in Denali when I had my vision. Sophie was there in Denali visiting our cousins when we got a call that she suddenly disappeared. Me and Jasper flew out there to try to find Sophie. I took the first plane here when I had my vision. Only Jasper knows that I'm here, everyone else thinks I went to search by myself."

I couldn't help but to feel guilty. Everyone was worried sick about me. I then notice Alice frowning before she sniffed Bella.

"Bella, what is that awful wet dog smell? You stink." Bella looks perplexed.

"That's probably Jacob. He's a werewolf." Alice then looks shocked.

"A werewolf! Bella, werewolves aren't good company to keep."

"Speak for yourself." I whirl around towards the hallway to see Jacob and Paul. Jacob was glaring at Alice while Paul just looked at the situation.

"What are you doing here," questioned Bella.

"I needed to make sure that you were ok."

I look at the two of them. "Then why is Paul here," I say.

Paul just looks at me simply. "I'm the back-up." Alice walked in front of me.

"Well I'm not going to hurt her."

Paul snorted. "No, the red headed leech is wanting to do that."

Alice looks shocked. "Victoria? I haven't seen her here. Wait, Bella how did you get out of the water? I didn't see you or Sophie getting out."

"Oh. Jacob rescued me and Paul was able to pull Sophie out." I glanced at Paul who looked at me with an unreadable face.

"I didn't see the both of you getting pulled out. I can't see past you mutts." Paul and Jacob immediately started to growl. I was pretty sure Paul was close to phasing.

"Watch it! Don't get us upset." I haven't seen anyone this angry before. Bella rushed to Jacob's side.

"Stop! Please don't do this." Bella looked at Jacob and then at Alice. I think Alice understood Bella's wordless question.

"I'll go to let the two of you chat. Sophie and I need to have a conversation about her little trip. I'll come back as soon as the dogs are put out." Alice takes my hand and pulls me outside of the house.

We walk a little ways before she stops in front of me. She looks at me before speaking. "What in the world where you thinking? Do you know how worried we were? We got a call a couple of days ago saying that you were missing. No one could find you. Rosalie had a fit, she almost destroyed the house in worry."

"Alice, I'm sorry. I felt terrible but I needed to know that she was ok. That nightmare that I kept having was scaring me. I was only going to come to Forks and then go straight back to Denali. I didn't plan on jumping off that cliff. Does Edward know?"

"No, he doesn't. We all thought it would be best that he didn't know until we found you. He's already upset with himself about what happened between the two of you. We didn't want him to get upset further."

I nodded my head. I started to walk around the yard before turning back to Alice. "How's Alex?"

Alice sighed. "Terrible. He's freaking out that you left. Oh I know about the kiss by the way. I saw it." Of course she did. "You need to call him. He's upset but he will he glad to know that you are ok."

"Ok. I'll do that." I look at Alice to see her zoned out. She was having a vision. She suddenly looked scared. This couldn't be good.

"Edward," she says. Edward? I can't question her because she immediately pulls out her phone and calls Rose.

"Rose, where's Carlisle? Fine. Just have him call me back. Have you heard from Edward?" There's a pause before her whole face looks to be in horror. "What? Why would you do that?" Alice's jaw tights in anger.

"Well your wrong Rosalie. Yes, the both of them are fine. I didn't see them getting pulled out. I'll explain later." Alice's eyes narrow. I almost feel that she's about to crush her phone.

"No you can't talk to her right now. Save your remorse for someone who cares." Alice ends the phone call before turning to me.

"Sophie. We need to get inside now!" Alice gently grabs my arm and rushes me back towards the house.

"Alice what's going on?" Alice stops and looks at me.

"It's Edward. Everyone went to Denali to help search for you. Jasper told everyone why I am here in Forks. Rosalie called Edward and told him about my vision. Sophie I thought that you and Bella where both dead." Realization started to dawn on me. No.

Alice looks at me before saying her next words that stab me in the heart. "Sophie, Edward thinks that you and Bella are both dead. He's on his way to Volterra to kill himself."

Terror engulfs me. Edward thinks that me and Bella are dead. I can't imagine what he's going through. The last time that I talked to him, I told him I needed time to think. I yelled at him the last time I saw him. He's probably being racked with guilt. I try to dial Edward's phone number but nothing happens. He probably crushed the phone when Rosalie called him. I am furious with Rosalie. She could have at least called Alice to make sure everything was ok before calling Edward. Me and her were going to have a chat later.

Alice darted into the house. I was right behind her.

"Jacob. Who was on the phone?" I hear Bella ask him. I entered the room to see Jacob backing away from Bella. Jacob was trembling with anger.

"What happened?" Alice looked between Bella and Jacob.

"The phone started ringing. Jacob answered it and told whoever it was that Charlie wasn't here. Jacob who was on the phone?"

Alice spoke up at that moment. "It was Edward on the phone Bella." All the color drained from her face. She kept her eyes solely on Jacob.

"Why didn't you let me talk to him?" Her voice was starting to get higher.

"He didn't ask for you Bella." Paul came out of nowhere and started to pull Jacob away from us. It was in that moment that I was glad Paul was here. I didn't want Bella to get hurt in case Jacob phased in front of her.

I turned to Bella. "Bella. What exactly did Jacob say to him?"

"Jacob answered the phone and told him that Charlie wasn't here. He told him that he was helping to arrange two funerals." It was like a punch to the gut. No.

I started to tune everything out at that point. Edward thought I was dead. I walked into another room lost in my own thoughts. I kept going over everything in my head when my phone started ringing. I instantly answered it, not bothering to look at the caller id.

"Hello?" Silence. I didn't hear anything on the other line. "Hello?" Still no answer. I almost hung up my phone when the voice finally answered me.

"Sophie?" I couldn't help but to gasp as soon as I heard his voice.

"Alex?"

"Your alive?"

"Yes. I'm ok." The line goes silent again. In the background I hear the sound of wind. "Alex, where are you." The line then goes dead. I look at my phone in shock, he hung up on me.

"I'm right behind you." My head snaps up and I turn around to see Alex standing right behind me. I look at him for the first time in three days.

Alex's eyes are golden but they look empty. His blonde hair is in disarray. His clothes look perfect but he looks like a hollow shell inside them. He looks miserable, and I know that I'm the cause of it.

Without thinking I walk towards him and he engulfs me into a hug. I bury my head into his chest while he smells my hair. I feel him start to relax. "I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you."

Alex pulls away. "Do you have any idea how worried I've been. You said you would be at the house once we got back from hunting. I tore the house apart when I saw that you were gone. We all went looking for you but we didn't know where you were going. You didn't even leave a note. I thought the worst when I got Rosalie's phone call telling me that you were dead. It felt like my dead heart was being ripped to pieces."

It was at this moment that I wanted to die under a rock. "I'm sorry. How did you get here so fast?"

Alex ran his hand through his hair. "I was already on my way here when Rose called me. I remember you saying that you missed Forks so I thought I would look here. Why did you come here anyway?"

I sigh. "You remember my nightmares that I was having. My nightmare was about Bella. She jumped off of a cliff into the water. I tried to rescue her but Victoria was there. She killed the both of us in my dream. I came to make sure that Bella was ok. I didn't plan on actually jumping off of the cliff."

"Of course. It's always her," mumbled Alex.

"Alex!"

"What? You almost died by trying to save her from a decision that she was making. You are always putting your life at risk for her. You mean the world to me. I just found you, I don't plan on losing you." I don't say anything. I just look at him.

I sigh before turning away from him. "Come on. I need to talk to Alice."

I head into the living room to see Bella putting things in a backpack. She writes something quickly on a notepad.

"Alice? What's going on?" I completely forgot that Jacob and Paul were still in the house.

"There's another one! When did he get here?" The both of them jumped back in surprise. Jacob and Paul were both glaring at Alex. Bella just looked confused.

"Oh joy. There are wolves here too," states Alex. He doesn't seem happy to see them either.

"Alex, behave." I turn to Bella. "I'll explain later," I tell her. "Alice."

Alice sighs and looks over at me. "I'm taking Bella to Volterra. We need to stop Edward from killing himself." I paused before saying something that I know no one will like.

"I'm coming too." Everyone tells me their objections clearly.

"No way!" Paul looks like he's going to explode.

"Neither you or Bella will be going to Italy," objects Jacob.

"No absolutely not! There is no way that you are going anywhere near the Volturi." Alex grabs my hand and pulls me back.

Alice just looks at me. "Sophie I don't think that's a good idea."

"Why not?"

"I don't want to sound mean but there's something off about you. Remember what happened a couple months ago?" The memory of the vase exploding in mid-air comes into my mind. "We don't know why exactly that happened. If we go to Volterra and the Volturi finds out, they wouldn't let you go. They would keep you."

"Alice I understand about your skepticism, but I have to go with you. Edward thinks I'm dead too. What would happen if only Bella goes? He may think that she's not real since I'm not there. Unless you want him to die, I need to go." I look pleadingly at Alice. She just stares at me in thought.

"No. I don't care! I barely managed to escape them fifty years ago. I don't want to take a chance where you are forced to be on their guard."

Alice lets out a sigh. "She has a point Alex."

"No! She's not going."

"Yes I am going Alex. You can't stop me. I need to go to save my brother!" Alex just stares at me. We don't say anything to each other.

"Fine," responds Alex finally. "But if your going then so I am. I am not letting you go there alone."

"Alex you can't..."

"Yes I can. I was able to leave them once. I'll make sure that we come back to Forks." I nodded my head and followed Alice and Bella out of the house.

I grab my bag from my car before heading to Carlisle's car. Alex is walking right behind me. Paul is standing in front of the house as he watches Jacob pleading with Bella not to go.

I hop into the backseat with Alex as Alice sits in the driver's seat. Bella opens the passenger door and climbs in.

"Bella, I'm begging you. Please don't go." Jacob grabbed Bella's arm just as she shuts the car door. Come on Bella. We don't have time for this!

Bella looks at Jacob before sliding her arm out of his grip. "I'm sorry Jacob. Please look after Charlie for me."

Jacob looks devastated. He walks away with Paul trailing behind him.

Alice pauses before putting the car into gear. With that we are racing out of Forks. Heading to Italy to save Edward.

felt like an eternity has gone by once we landed in Italy. We were flying into Florence and would be driving to Volterra.

You would think that having read New Moon, I wouldn't be worried. I knew the outcome of what would happen. But no, I wasn't calm. I was downright terrified. The plot has changed some so I had no idea if we would make it out alive or not.

I barely said a word to anyone on the plane. Alice told Bella all about the Volturi. I didn't really say anything to Bella. Alice was the one to tell Bella about Alex. She really didn't say much about him. Just that he used to be apart of the Volturi's guard. I didn't know what Bella was thinking about that information.

My mind kept going back to Alex. He was risking so much to be going back to Italy. Alex wasn't happy about going back, but I was glad to have him with me. I held onto his hand while we were in the plane. We had to be careful because I was afraid that Aro might try to keep Alex there with them.

The story has changed slightly with my presence here. I wanted to hopefully change the story where we don't get to see the Volturi. I just wanted to leave Italy alive.

Alex grabbed my hand once we landed and we all ran outside of the airport. Alice quickly got a yellow porsche to drive us to Volterra.

"A porsche Alice?" We all quickly get into the car. Alice races out of the airport and heads to Volterra. She's not wasting any time. I was grateful for that.

Alice quickly glances at me. "I didn't think you would be opposed to grand theft auto. I just got lucky to find a fast car." I send her a small smile and look out the window. I don't like it when people steal but today was the one exception. We had to save Edward's life.

Alex held my hand while we were in the car. He kept tracing patterns on the hand to calm me down. It worked for the most part.

I tuned everything out until I head Alice say that Volterra was right ahead of us.

I looked ahead of me and saw the city appearing before my eyes. Volterra would look magnificent and beautiful full of rich culture to a regular person. To me though, it looked ominous and deadly. I knew what really lurked in the shadow.

My grasp on Alex's hand tightened. I looked at him to see that he was staring at everything around him. He was remembering about his time with the Volturi.

I tuned everything out while I looked out of the window staring at my surroundings. Alice was weaving through the town to try to get us as close to the square as possible. It was ironic that today was St. Marcus day. Unknown to everyone, he was actually a vampire living in the town. Everyone believed he was this great man who drove vampires out of the town. When in fact he was a vampire himself. There was red all around us. Everything blended in together. Making everything look like blood.

I'm brought out of my thoughts when Alice slammed on the breaks. My head flies up to look at her. Alice quickly looks at me and Bella.

"The both of you need to get to Edward. If me and Alex go he will assume that we are lying. He'll just rush into it." I open my car door and hopped out. I turn to look at Alex.

"Sophie, you'll be ok. Everything is going to work out. He'll be under the clock tower at the other side of the courtyard. Go!" I nodded my head and slammed the car door shut.

"Come on!" I grab Bella's hand and we both start running.

We are soon engulfed into the crowd. We were surrounded by people who were wearing nothing but red. The crowd was thick and never ending. We would turn a corner and more people were standing before us. Me and Bella had to start shoving people out of the way to get through. I had to ignore the shouts and protests of the people we were shoving away. We both just kept on running and looking around, trying to find the clock tower.

Being here was my worst nightmare. Me and Bella kept running through the crowd. Running through this crowd was exhausting. As soon as we would see an opening, the path would be blocked. We were constantly turning in different directions to get through everyone. I started to panic, worrying that we wouldn't make it there in time.

Finally, after shoving through people, the clock tower came into view. "Bella look! Right there!" Bella looks at the clock tower and we run straight for it. I looked up and saw that it was almost 12. We only had a couple of minutes before Edward walked into the light.

We were both exhausted from running but we kept going. I needed to save Edward and protect my family. I would save everyone, even if that meant I would die in the process.

Edward finally came into view. He was starting to take off his shirt so he could step into the sunlight. It was at the moment that I tripped and slammed on the pavement. Of course this would happen to me. Bella turned to help me up but I shook her hand away.

"Bella go! You need to stop him! I'm right behind you." Bella nodded her head and ran in the direction of Edward.

I got up on my feet and made my way back towards the clock tower. I ignored everyone who were shouting at me. I just kept shoving people out of the way. I made it to the fountain and saw that Edward and Bella were nowhere in sight.

Well that's good. I needed to get inside so Edward would see that I'm alive also. I was afraid that if I didn't, Edward would assume that Bella wasn't real and he would rush into the sunlight. I ran through the fountain before making it to the doors of the clock tower.

The doors were closed and they looked heavy. I started to shove my body against the door to hopefully get inside. Miraculously I was able to shove my way through the doors which caused me to stagger inside. Once I did, Bella and Edward broke apart from the kiss they were sharing. Well this was awkward.

"Oh. Sorry. I didn't mean to intrude. I can just give you two time together and come back later." I look to see Edward looking at me. He paused before coming towards me. Before I could think, I was swept up into his arms.

"Oh my God. Thank goodness that you are ok. You have no idea how terrible I felt in the last 24 hours." I hug him back. It was at that moment I wanted time to stop. I had my brother back. "Sophie, I'm so sorry. for everything." I back away and look at him with a smile.

"It's ok. I'm just glad that you are alive. Oh and don't scare me like that ever again!" Edward cracked a smile and gave me another hug.

It was at that moment that realization hit me. Everything faded away and made me remember what dangerous position we were really in. A voice brought me out of my thoughts. Which caused me to step away from Edward. I looked into the shadows in front of me. Looking into blood red eyes.

"Well, well, well. It looks like little Sophie is all grown up." Oh crap. This wasn't good.

My whole body froze at that moment. I looked ahead of me to see two shadows approaching us.

It was Demetri and Felix. Both of their red eyes were focused on the scene in front of them, but they were mainly looking at me.

"Sophie. What has it been, eight years? You are so grown up. My how time flies by." Demetri was having fun with this. They both were.

Edward stepped in front of me and Bella. I took Bella's hand in my grasp. "Greetings gentlemen. It looks like I won't be needing your services today."

Demetri and Felix look at Edward menacingly. "Yes, well let's take this conversation to a more appropriate venue shall we. Aro wants to talk with you," replies Demetri.

Edward nodded his head. "Ok. Bella go with Sophie and enjoy the festival." I knew that wasn't going to happen.

"The girls come with us." Felix stares Edward down. I glance to see Demetri staring straight at me. I felt that his blood red eyes were staring into my soul which caused a shiver to go down my spine. I was a meal to him. I was currently scared out of my mind.

"No. You can go to hell." Edward pushes me and Bella further behind him. Demetri and Felix both take a step forward.

That's when the doors to the clock tower burst open. Alice comes in with Alex right behind her.

"Easy guys. There's a festival outside. We wouldn't want to make a scene. Not to mention that there are ladies present."

"No, we wouldn't," agrees Felix. Felix's eyes narrow at Alex. "Alex. What a surprise."

Alex gives him a smirk. "Hey guys. Felix, how's the hand doing?" Felix lets out a growl while Demetri holds his hand out in front of Felix.

I let go of Bella's hand once Alex came over to me. He takes my hand in his and stands in front of me. This did not go unnoticed by Demetri and Felix. Demetri actually raised an eyebrow.

"Enough." Another voice comes towards us. Demetri and Felix immediately put smirks on their faces. They knew that they had us now. Jane emerged from the shadows. She looked at each of us. "Aro was wondering what was taking so long." She stared at me a second longer than everyone else before turning around.

Alex grips my hand as we follow her. Of course Demetri and Felix had to walk behind me and Alex. I could feel their stare on my back.

We all walk in silence for a little bit. I was so uncomfortable. I was about to officially meet everyone in the Volturi.

We stop in front of an elevator and Jane steps aside. "After you," she tells us. We all enter the elevator and Jane steps in after us. Jane pushes a button and we start to descend further below. We were going deeper into the lion's den.

I suddenly feel someone sniffing my hair and turn to see it's Demetri. "Do you mind? Some people like to have their own personal space." Alex squeezes my hand in warning. I needed to be careful about what I said to him. To everyone in general.

Demetri just chuckled while Felix smirked. "Sorry, it's not my fault that you smell so appealing."

Alex growled and turned towards Demetri and gave him a glare. Demetri just smiled at Alex.

"Easy Alex. We wouldn't want anything unfortunate to happen."

"Enough. We have reached our floor." We are interrupted by Jane. We all exit the elevator and move towards the room where Aro, Caius, and Marcus are waiting for us.

A woman stands up at the receptionist desk. She says hello to us in Italian. "Is she human?" I look over at Bella as she clings on to Edward.

"Yes," Edward answers her.

"She wants to be..." Bella trails off. She knows that Gianna wants to be a vampire. I then feel someone leaning over my shoulder.

"And so she will be," Demetri whispers in my ear. Alex growls and puts me right in front of him. Taking me away from Demetri and Felix. Fine by me. Felix just chuckles at his actions.

Jane soon opens two huge doors and leads us to a large room.

"Well sister. They send you to get one and you've brought three...and two-halves. Such a clever girl." Alec, Jane's twin brother.

Jane smiles at Alec as she walks towards Aro. He looks exactly the same from the last time that I saw him. He looks so happy to see us.

"Bella and Sophie are alive after all! Oh I am so happy to see the both of you alive. I do love a happy ending." Aro glides down to Edward who already has his hand raised up. He takes it and smiles as he reads Edward's mind.

Edward turns and looks at Bella. "Bella, you remember that I've told you that some of us are gifted. Aro can read your mind by a single touch. Every memory that you've ever had, he can see it."

"But to hear someone from a distance. That would be so convenient." Aro smiles and steps away from Edward. He turns to face us.

It was at that moment that I got my first glimpse of Caius and Marcus. Both of them were sitting on their thrones. You could easily tell the both of them apart. Marcus looked bored while he looked at us with disinterest. Caius looked like he wanted to kill someone. He was scowling at us and seemed angry.

I couldn't help but to feel like I was the most interesting thing in the room. Everyone in the Volturi where looking at us, but I felt like I was the center of attention. The human sibling of the Cullen's was here in Italy at last. No doubt everyone knew about me and here I was on full display for them to look at.

"It comes to my understanding that Edward cannot read your mind Bella. It seems that you are just like Sophie here," says Aro. I step back a little. Being here was making me uneasy. I felt that something bad was going to happen. I step more towards Alex. He puts his arm around my waist to comfort me.

"I wonder. I would love to see if Bella is an exception to my gift as well. May I have the honor?" Aro steps forward and holds his hand out for Bella. Me and her both know that it's not a request.

Bella takes a step forward and places her hand in Aro's outstretched hand. She looks to me before looking back at Aro. I can tell that she's scared.

Aro then took a step away from Bella. Releasing her hand and looked at us. "I see nothing, how extraordinary." He then turns to me and smiled. "Sophie. It's been what eight years? You were only ten years old when we met." I tried to smile at him.

"Yes, hello Aro." Aro walked towards me. Alex went rigged beside me. He stepped a little bit in front of me. Aro stopped and looked at Alex.

"Alex, it's been a long time. It's been fifty years since you left us. Such a shame."

"It's actually been very relaxing. I've been enjoying my retirement," Alex replies through his teeth. Aro narrows his eyes but keeps a smile on his face.

"Well, how good of you to see us again." Aro turns his head back to me. "Sophie. As I remember last time, I couldn't read your thoughts. Do you mind if I try to read them again?" Alex growled lowly at Aro, telling him to back away. I place my hand on his back. Alex instantly relaxes.

"Alex, it's ok." I go around him and walk closer to Aro. I stop right in front of him and give him my hand. Aro takes it and looks at my hand in concentration. He lifts his head and looks into my eyes.

"Extraordinary. Like the last time, I see nothing. I am so surprised at this revelation." I walk back to Alex who looks relaxed.

I turn to glance at Alice and she is watching the whole situation. She didn't want to be here. None of us wanted to be here.

Aro walks back towards Caius and Marcus. "I wonder." He pauses and turns towards Jane. No. I know what's about to happen. "I wonder if they are immune to our other gifts. Jane dear?" I look at Jane to see that she is smiling.

"Yes master?" She looked like a kid on Christmas morning.

"No!" I turn to see Edward running towards Jane. That's not a good idea Edward.

"Pain." Edward stops and collapses on the floor in pain. I can't move. I just stand in shock. Alex keeps me steady as I watch my brother withering in pain.

"Stop! Please!" Bella looks terrified. She now knows the extent to what these people are and what they can do.

"Jane," interjects Aro. Jane stops staring at Edward and looks at Aro.

"Master." Edward instantly stops withering in pain. Alice goes and helps him stand up. He looks on helplessly as Jane tries to use her power on Bella. It's not going to work though.

Jane stares at Bella. Waiting for her to start screaming in pain. Her smile turns to frustration when nothing happens. Jane is broken out of her trance by Aro's laughter.

"She confounds us all. Why don't we try it on Sophie next." My whole body froze at that. I didn't expect him to suggest such a thing. Jane's frown started to turn into a smile.

"No! You will not..." I place my hand on Alex's shoulder. He stopped talking and looked at me. Everyone in the room looked to be on edge. Alex was someone who they wanted back. If he used his power, it would be almost impossible for the five of us to go back to Forks together.

"Alex, not here." He looks at me but doesn't move. I walk a couple of steps away from him.

"Jane," instructs Aro.

Jane looks at me and starts to smile. With Edward and Aro not being able to read my mind, I assumed that nothing would happen to me. Alex's power didn't even work on me. I didn't know what exactly I was. Maybe I was a shield with heightened powers.

My thoughts of me being unharmed goes out the window when I feel the pain. The pain was excruciating, which meant one thing. Jane's power worked on me.

What do you think? Sophie is slightly different than Bella which is why I decided that Jane's power would work on her. What do you think will happen next? Thank you again for reading this story. Until next time!