Recap: All these thoughts pained me as I was running through the back forests of Volterra. Suddenly, I came upon a huge castle, where I could smell other scents of my kind. I left my thoughts behind and slowly approached the castle, not knowing what would be waiting for me there next.

Disclaimer: As I've said for the past 18 chapters, I don't own Twilight. Although, I might want to consult Alice to what's in the future… but even then I probably won't own it :[ Now on with the story!

Chapter 18: Sandra

BPOV:

In front of the castle doors were two short looking vampires with bright crimson eyes. One boy, and one girl. They looked young, and they looked like brother and sister.

The girl spoke first.

"Good Afternoon. What brings you to Volterra?"

"There are too many reasons to list." I surprisingly found myself being truthful.

"I am Jane, and this is Alec. What is your name?"

"I'm Bella. Do you live here all by yourselves?"

There was a slight giggle from both of them.

Alec spoke, "No. We are part of the group called the Volturi."

Wait. Volturi? Had Edward mentioned them? Weren't they like some vampire leaders which he said not to get involved with? But then again, Edward had told me a lot of things and a lot of them had been lies.

I'll always love you.

The words burned in my mind and heart.

Jane brought me out of my deep thoughts.

"Bella? Did you hear me?"

"Oh! What did you say! I'm sorry, the past few weeks have been rough. I seem to be zoning out a lot more than I should."

"Oh, no worries. I understand. I was asking if you'd like to come inside. We were just about to eat."

"Oh. Um, sure."

They led me into the beautiful castle. It was even more breath-taking from the inside. It was beautifully furnished. They led me through a maze of hallways until we ended up into a room, which looked slightly like a banquet hall. The walls were made of red bricks, and the floor was a lovely mahogany color which was decorated with one very large Persian rug. The walls were decorated with numerous paintings which seemed to range in time periods. In the middle of the large room there was a long, wooden table with a crème colored table cloth. There were no chairs or plates set. Then my eyes wandered to the other side of the room. There were at least ten other vampires standing there.

"JANE!" the one in the middle boomed.

"Yes sir?" Jane asked sounding a bit frieghtened.

"Who is that?" his eyes glazed over towards me.

"Oh, um, Aro ,sir. This is Bella. She was visiting Volterra and we asked her to join us. "

"Oh. I see. I will much enjoy getting to know. So without further ado, shall we start the feast?"

Everyone murmured in approval.

Then it actually occurred to me that no one had noticed or asked about my eyes. I noticed that everyone had red eyes except for me. I wondered what type of feast this was going to be.

I got my answer soon enough.

In walked ten more vampires. But they weren't alone. They were each carrying a human over their heads. And I understood how this feast would be done. And if it was possible, I swear that I would've been sick.

I squeaked 'excuse me' before running out of the room as fast as I could. I never looked back. While running, I decided to try and think of a new place to go.

APOV:

Rosalie and I were racing through the streets of Volterra when I screeched to a halt.

I said, "Rosalie. Stop."

And before I knew it the world around me faded, and soon I saw something else.

Bella was running, fast. Flashes of places passed through her head. Athens, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Cairo, and Paris. Whoa. Wait! I was in her head? This has never happened before. I could see more cities she was deciding on. She was going to pick…

And the vision faded out. Why hadn't it gone to the end? I had to know where she was going to go next.

Rosalie seemed to see what happened.

"Alice! What happened?" she sounded concerned.

"I don't know. I was having a vision of Bella. She was running. Going somewhere else. Picking a new place. Different cities flashed through her mind. It was actually like I was in her mind. It was creepy. I've never done that before. It was soo weird!" the words came out in a rush.

Before I could say anything else to Rosalie my sight of her clouded and I saw something else again.

I was in Bella's head again. It seemed like she had chosen where she was going. Paris. As she was running, images of Edward went through her mind. And before I knew it I was in her thoughts.

She was thinking hard about my brother.

He never loved me.

It was all lies.

I knew I was never good enough for him.

I'm not good enough for love.

I might as well just die.

Images of suicide flashed through her mind.

No. She thought. That would kill Alice. Just because her brother hurt me, doesn't mean I'll hurt my best friend or my ex-sister-in-law.

You just need to get away for awhile and then you'll probably be able to face him and his new…. Wwife.

Hah. Yeah right. He probably never cared about you. They'll probably just flaunt themselves in your face.

Bella's thoughts echoed throughout my mind. I couldn't listen to this anymore! She was literally putting herself down because of my idiot brother! And on top of it all, she was having an argument on whether not she can face that female dog Tanya. I suddenly got out of Bella's head and it was just like I was standing right next to her now. She ran for more. Then my vision blurred. There was a lot of blurriness before I saw the last part of my vision.

Edward was laying on the bottom of the forest floor.

Suddenly my vision ended. And I took everything in.

Edward had collapsed.

Bella was suicidal.

Bella was self-deprecating.

I had to put a stop to this. Ignoring Rosalie's questions, I pulled out my cell phone and called Jasper.

EPOV:

The hunting trip was going great. I had just separated myself from everyone because I sensed two mountain lions further north.

I approached my prey and drained them in a matter of seconds. Getting ready to turn back the way I had come I sensed something. So I stopped.

Two vampires. Females. By their scents I knew one of the was Tanya. I groaned. The other I didn't recognize. They were also clouding their thoughts so I couldn't hear anything.

Then I saw them. It was Tanya and some friend of hers. She had long dirty-blonde hair that complimented her golden eyes.

"Hello Tanya." I said politely(Esme has taught me well) "Who's your friend?"

"Oh her? This is Sandra."

"Hello Sandra. I am Edward."

"Hi Edward."

Tanya spoke next.

"I feel so bad about Bella leaving. What happened?"

Like she didn't know…

"Who's Bella?" Sandra asked.

"She is.. was.. my mate, I guess you could say. But she left." I said sadly.

"Oh! I am soooo sorry!" she said.

Running up to me she gave me an unexpected hug. She reached for my temples and touched them softly. Here maybe this will help you feel better.

And everything started to turn black. I felt like I was melting.

The last things I heard before I blacked out were Tanya giggling while she said "Thanks so much Sandra!"

~***~

I woke up to see Jasper and Emmett crouching beside me.

"Dude! What happened? You're a vamp! You can't pass out!" Emmett said, sounding much like himself.

"Frankly, I have no idea." I said truthfully.

"Well on another note, are you ready to find Bella?" Jasper asked.

"Who?" I said.

Both Jasper and Emmett gaped at me.

A/n: Alright! Sorry so much for not updating! Summer was hectic and I didn't have much writing time! Also, my computer got a virus, so that was also fabulous…

School's started so updates will be limited, but that's why I wrote a long chapter. I hoped you guys liked it! Please review!

XOXO

~The True Mrs. Goode-Cullen