Author's Note: Posting this thing I wrote awhile ago because I'm still unable to write and feeling incredibly guilty about it. Once again, it won't affect any of my other stories, I'm just stuck with the worst writing block I've ever had. Hopefully I'll break through it soon, but for now, hopefully you guys will be satisfied with getting something from me.

Chapter 1

"It's okay, Bella, I'll protect you," Edward said, wrapping an arm around the human as he dared to glare at any red eyed vampire who so much as glanced their way.

The one who needs to be protected is you, Bella couldn't help but think. Seriously though, it was Bella who had to save his ass after he tried to kill himself, and it was Edward who had gotten himself into this mess. And while Bella did love the boy, she was really curious as to where his brain went, as they were clearly outnumbered, and Edward really shouldn't be doing anything to piss anyone off. Even Alice, who was usually bubbly and bouncing all over the place, was keeping quiet and calm with her eyes on the future.

Really, they had been politely detained by the Volturi and were being delivered to the Volturi Queens here: as in, the women who would decide if they lived or died. Even Bella, who was currently scared of her mind, preferred that the Volturi stay polite and not feel the sudden urge to break Bella's body over anyone's knee.

Of course, she kept her mouth shut and her thoughts to herself; she found that keeping quiet and acting shy kept her out of a lot more trouble, and it was a lot easier to observe everyone that way. For instance, upon examining the short and scary blonde named Jane, Bella knew that she was the one most likely to torture them, and enjoy every second of it. Therefore, Bella knew it was most important to stay off of Jane's shit list, especially with that crazy power Jane had used on Edward to "convince" him to come down into the castle.

They were brought through a door, and Bella was surprised to see that they went from walking in a medieval and dark castle to a very modern reception area. With Felix and Demetri flanking them, Jane led the way. She walked right up to the woman behind the receptionist desk-a woman, Bella realized with quite a bit of surprise, who was human.

"Hello, Gianna. We are here to see the Queens," Jane told the woman with a certain tone of voice that suggested this was an everyday occasion.

"Of course," the woman replied with a bright smile. She typed something on the computer, then turned back to them and said, "The Queens will see you now."

For some reason that Bella couldn't quite understand, she found the whole exchange hilarious. So of course, this meant biting her lip and repeating the mantra of "Don't laugh, don't laugh, don't laugh," in her head while taking and squeezing Alice's hand as hard as she could.

Even doing all of that barely got Bella through it, and she let out a relieved breath as the three of them were led through another hall, then stopped in front of a pair of very, very large doors. Then, she felt a whole new swell of anxiety as those doors were opened and Bella laid eyes on a very large, very lavish throne room, with three gorgeous, regal vampires sitting on the three thrones in the middle of the room.

"Come," the blonde woman in the middle said, beckoning everyone forward.

"Always one for the dramatics, aren't you Sulpicia?" The dark haired woman asked with a roll of her eyes, but despite how at ease and off guard she looked, Bella could tell that she wasn't one to be taken lightly-being a vampire queen aside, of course.

"Oh, hush, Didyme," the woman Bella figured was Sulpicia hiss back. "We are vampire queens and it's only fact that we should act as such."

"Drama queen," the other blonde coughed, before scowling. "I say we just kill them all and get it over with; they did break the law, after all."

"How many times must I tell you that the Cullens are old friends and should be treated as such, Athenodora?" Sulpicia shot back, arching an eyebrow at the other queen. "And no matter what you may think, death and destruction isn't always the answer."

"Oh, fuck you," Athenodora grumbled, clearly upset with her idea being shut down.

"You do, darling, at the very least every day," Didyme purred, staring at the grumpy woman from under heavy lidded eyes, looking all sexy and shit.

" I'll do it again, too; as soon as this idiocy is over," Athenodora growled back, making sure to include both of the queens. "And you better be prepared, because I plan to torture and punish both of you."

"Really now? And how do you think you'll fair in a two against one match, hm?" Sulpicia asked, turning her body towards the other blonde. "Because I think-"

Jane cleared her throat, cutting off the very interesting, and undeniably awkward conversation. The three queens turned to face the little blonde, who said, "I'm sorry to interrupt your foreplay, my Queens, but as you are aware, our guests are here and in the room."

"Oh, of course. How could we forget them like that?" Didyme said, focusing her attention on the three guests. However, she mostly focused her attention on the wide eyed, incredibly confused human who was currently wishing she didn't have to hear the queens' conversation.

Really though. Fucking? Punishment? Two against one? The straight laced, terrifying blonde that was Jane saying the word foreplay? Was this really what the Volturi, the most dangerous coven in the world, acted like? And why was she the only one showing any type of reaction while Edward and Alice kept straight faces like this was a normal, everyday occurrence when they visited?

Didyme's gasp made the human jump, although even she wasn't sure why. The quick clap and squeal from the suddenly engaged vampire made Bella jump twice more, and then quickly blush with humiliation when she heard a few of the guards snicker. Although, on the bright side, at least a few vampires looked confused by their queen's behavior. The weirdest part of all, however, was that Edward stiffened, his grip on Bella's hand tightening-when he had even grabbed Bella's hand, the human had no idea-before he let Bella go and reluctantly stepped away. Even Alice danced away from Bella, trying to hide her smile.

Bella looked towards them, shocked at the sudden one-eighty in their behavior, but didn't have a chance to ask what in the hell they thought they were doing in front of the vampires who were probably going to kill them all. Why didn't she have the chance to ask? Because a certain black haired queen was suddenly in front of her, pulling her into a tight hug that stole Bella's breath before she started swinging Bella back and forth like a rag doll.

"Didyme?" Sulpicia asked, furrowing her brows in confusion at her mate's strange behavior. Steepling her fingers, her hands resting in her lap, Sulpicia leaned forward. "Just what do you think you're doing to the possibly soon-to-be-dead human?"

"A new kind of torture?" Athenodora asked, her own calculating red eyes bright with interest.

"Oh, my mates, this is amazing news!" Didyme all but squealed as she released the human, but only to turn Bella in her arms so that the human now faced the other queens. Holding her up much like Rafiki had held up Simba in the lion king, she presented Bella to her mates. "Look! We have a daughter!"

Both Sulpicia and Athenodora inhaled sharply in surprise, staring with mouths hanging open at the human as they both felt a strange tug in their stomach. A tug that urged them to protect and care for the bewildered human that was in Didyme's arms. A human who currently had her legs kicking in the air as she gazed around the room in complete and utter confusion, as she had no idea what was happening.

"Crap," Athenodora muttered, and although she didn't look it, she was feeling pretty amazed and happy while continuing to stare at the human.

"Athenodora, language," Sulpicia chided. "Not in front of the human. Do you wish for her to think you were raised in the gutter?"

Among the stunned and befuddled guards, that last comment was too much for a particular black haired woman named Corin standing between Sulpicia and Didyme's thrones. Corin, who broke out into unrestrained, clutch-at-her-stomach, bent-over-in-two laughter that echoed around the throne room. Among the guards, some also cracked smiles at the black haired woman's behavior, like Alec and Felix, while others chose to ignore or frown at her, like Jane did. Edward, of course, scowled at the woman, while Alice quickly changed the course of her thoughts and hid her smile.

"I'm glad you find this so funny, Corin," Didyme said dryly, a small smile curling on her lips as she carried Bella much like a mother would a baby back to her throne. As she sat down, putting Bella in her lap, she added, "Just remember how much of a rare gift a familial bond is; it is not something to be looked down upon."

"I would never, my Queen," Corin assured the woman as she tried to control herself. However, she still couldn't wipe the smirk off of her face as she added, "It's just the reactions of my Queens and the human is a very...interesting...thing to witness."

Athenodora huffed and scowled at the guard as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I am not amusing, Corin."

"Of course not," Corin replied, almost cheekily. There was a reason why she usually stood between Didyme and Sulpicia and nowhere near Athenodora, and now was a perfect example of that reason. Had she been anywhere in Athenodora's strike range, she surely would have been grabbed and tossed across the room, at the very least. However, since she wasn't anywhere near Athenodora, the queen turned to Sulpicia.

"Cia," Athenodora said in complaint.

Sighing at her mate, Sulpicia reached out to cuff Corin over the head, a move that really didn't cause the guard member any damage. After all, this behavior had been going on since Corin's human days, and they really couldn't expect anything, whether it be punishment or praise, could change the woman's personality now.

"Ow," Corin said for Athenodora's benefit, but everyone could tell by the tone of her voice how fake the pain was. Thankfully, before Athenodora could do something, like demand Corin be smacked again, the human gained everyone's attention.

"Um," Bella spoke up from where she was being cradled, her face pressed tightly against Didyme's breasts, sounding, not to mention feeling, incredibly awkward due to the current situation. "No need to be rude-"

"Please, Bella," Didyme interrupted. "You may be as rude as you want. And you may also ask for whatever you want. Do so, and we will do whatever is in our power to perfect things for your liking."

"That is not a good thing to encourage, Didyme," Sulpicia hissed in scolding. "If you let her behave that way, then she will become spoiled. Do you really wish to change her like that?"

"I would love to spoil her," Didyme said with a pout. "She is our daughter, after all. However, I suppose you might be right, to some degree...perhaps I should try to moderate my desires to a certain degree."

"Oh, will you let the human speak? We can discuss the rest of this later. And Didyme, release your grip before you suffocate her," Athenodora grumbled, trying not to sound too jealous, as she wanted to be near Bella too.

"Whoops," Didyme said, and loosened her grip so that the human could not just straighten, but breathe properly.

"Thanks," Bella murmured to Athenodora, who only grunted and nodded, despite how pleased she was inside. Taking a huge breath and glancing nervously towards Alice and Edward-Edward, who only looked agitated, and Alice, who was clearly encouraging-Bella found the ability to speak. "Sorry to ask this," Bella said, struggling to remain polite, "But I was wondering, exactly what is going on here?" And why am I sitting in the lap of a queen like I'm a four year old? Bella also wanted to add, but wasn't ready to yet, in fear of sounding too rude. It wasn't something she wanted to do, even if the queens did try to encourage it.

From next to her, Corin snorted and mumbled, "Not too quick upstairs, are you kid?" Without needing any encouragement, both Sulpicia and Didyme reached out to slap Corin upside the head, not nearly as gently as before. This time, Corin's entire head snapped forward, but she didn't come close to so much as stumbling. "Ow," she said, rubbing the back of her head, but no one was being very sympathetic towards her at the moment.

"Ignore Corin," Didyme murmured, stroking the human's hair in a mothering fashion. "We shall tell you everything."

And so they did. In fact, they might have told Bella a lot more than anyone, whether they be guard or Cullen or even Bella herself, found necessary. However, they were the Queens of the Volturi, and no one dared to interrupt them. So not a single person spoke besides a queen, not for an entire three hours.

By the end of it all, Bella still felt incredibly confused, but at least she understood part of what was going on.

Apparently, there was a familial bond between Bella and the three queens due to some family lineage, or simply fate. This meant that Bella was a daughter to the three queens, and they would feel this way for the rest of eternity. From this moment on, Bella would have three more mothers and more power than any vampire save for the queens themselves.

Holy shit, Bella was a fucking princess.