Curate, connect, and discover
Summary: While Alice and Bella rush to save Edward, they meet a woman on their way. They decid to use her as a bargaining chip to save their lives.
A/N: I got this idea from a few different stories and I wanted to do something like this for a while but just never had the right idea of how to execute it. Sorry if it's shit but hope you enjoy!
Bella's pov.
As me and Alice got on the plane to go to Italy to save Edward, I was trying not to freak out. The woman next to me noticed me stressing out and she asked "Are you alright?"
"Y-Yes. I'm just nervous about flying is all." I said, trying horribly to lie. She seemed to be able to see right through me but didn't push me to tell the truth.
"If you say so." She sighed quietly and pulled out some headphones and started watching a show on her phone.
As I turned to look at Alice, she was in the middle of having a vision. I didn't know if I should disturb her or not but as soon I was going to touch her arm, she snapped out of it and looked at me.
"The girl next to us, we need to bring her with! She will help us from beinging harmed by the Volturi." Alive said. She looked a bit frazzled, as if whatever the outcome of not taking her with was the worst thing in the world.
"How am I supposed to do that?!" I whispered shouted.
"I don't know but we desperately need her Bella!" Alice whispered shouted back before going back to trying to watch Edward's future.
She acts as if it's not the most suspicious thing in the world! I turned to look at the woman next to me. She was pretty. (H/L), (H/C) hair that framed her face well. (E/C) eyes that sparkled from the light on her phone. She looked so content and peaceful. I felt so bad for having to disturb her.
I gently tapped her arm, which cause her to take out her headphones and look at me.
"Excuse me but I just really need someone to talk to." I lied. I was hoping that she would be willing to help if she knew the kind of situation we were in.
"It's fine. What is it that's bothering you?" She asked sweetly. She had a motherly vibe to her now. Not like the "I want to be left alone" vibe I got from her once she put on her headphones.
"Well, my boyfriend thinks I'm dead and he wants to die too. So he flew to Italy to kill himself tomorrow. " I said. That wasn't a lie but she didn't need to know he was a vampire.
"Why Italy of all places? Why didn't he just do it at his house?" She asked.
"W-well he has family there and wanted to say one last goodbye to them before he died." I said.
Her face changed for a minute. She glared at me as if she knew that I, once again, had lied to her. But the next second, it was back to normal. As if she never glared at me.
"Well what part of a Italy is he going to?" She asked.
"Volterra." I spoke.
This caught her interest. Than she started to chuckle.
"Of all days he could have picked to do it, he picks it on the day of the St. Marcus day festival." She said and she smiled.
"What's the St. Marcus day festival?" I asked rather interested. She didn't sound like an Italian.
"It's the day St. Marcus ran the vampires out of Volterra." She said.
Oh no! What was Edward going to do?! He would expose vampires to a whole city that believed they had been banished!! I decided to push that thought out of my mind and focus on the now.
"Are you going to Volterra by any chance?" I asked, trying to sound innocent. This seemed to make her brighten up. She than gestured to the bright red robe she was wearing.
"Of course! I was gonna go join the festival but my flight got delayed so I will sadly be late to the festival." She replied. This was perfect! I wouldn't have to force her to come to Volterra with us!
"Would you mind joining me and my friend to Volterra? We don't know the roads to there very well." I said.
"Sure! I don't mind helping and it seems you need all the support you can get right now." She said, while smiling gently. I let her go back to her show and tried to sleep the rest of the flight.
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After we landed, Alice left to get us a car and only a few minutes later came back with a yellow porsche while telling us to get in.
She immediately floored it as soon as the girl got in the back seat.
"By the way I totally forgot to ask for your name." I stated.
"Oh, yeah. My names (Y/N)." She happily replied.
"I'm Bella and this is Alice." I said as I introduced us. I than turned to Alice.
"So I'm guessing you didn't rent this car?" I asked her.
"Well I didn't think you were apposed to grand theft auto." She said.
"Not today." I told her. The girl in the back chuckled.
"So I got in a car with a bunch of crazy people? How lovely." She said. She seemed so at ease with all of this.
Alice than started to have a vision and I asked her what it was the about.
"They rejected him. He's gonna expose himself to the humans." She states.
"No! When?!" I frantically asked.
"He's gonna wait till noon when the suns at it's highest." She says. The girl in the back looked confused.
"Are you guys high or something?" She asked, throughly confused. Alice whispered to just ignore her, which seemed to do the trick.
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Once Edward and I were safe inside, two men in capes approached.
"We won't be needing your services after all, gentlemen." Edward said as he pushed me behind him.
"Aro wants to speak with you again." The big man said. He was very intimidating.
"No rules were broken." Edward stated.
"Nonetheless, we should take this to a more appropriate venue." The shorter one stated.
"Fine. Bella why don't you go enjoy the festival." Edward stated without breaking eye contact from the men.
"The girl came with us." The big guy says.
"No, you can go to hell." Edward said.
Than suddenly the lock on the door was broken and Alice and (Y/N) walked in.
Alice than said, "Come on guys, it's a festival. We wouldn't want to make a scene." Everyone but (Y/N) knew the underlying message in Alice's sentence.
"No, we wouldn't." The big guy says. He than eyes (Y/N), who is now standing next to me. He than snapped his eyes back to Edward. Before anything else can happen, a young, blonde girl comes walking in.
"Enough." She says in a monotone voice.
"Jane." Edward quietly says while bowing his head.
"Aro sent me to see what was taking so long." She says as she looks at the men than at (Y/N). She than starts to walk away expecting us to follow.
"Just do as she says." Alice says while we start to follow Jane. The whole time we walked it seemed like the vampires couldn't care less that (Y/N) was here. It was almost as if it was normal, but I didn't focus too long on that thought. I was too freaked out by these vampires and so was (Y/N).
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Once Jane pulled open the doors to a throne room. A boy starts to talk.
"Sister, we sent you out to get one and you bring two and a half. Such a clever girl." The boy states and (Y/N) is now hiding behind us. She was now shaking with fear and looked like she could cry.
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As we had finished agreeing to Edward turning me, Caius spoke up.
"They are hiding another human." He glared at me as (Y/N) was shaking behind me. Alice than pulled me away so (Y/N) couldn't hide anymore. The poor girl was so scared she wouldn't even look up from the floor.
Than the most bizarre thing happened, Aro started to laugh and clap his hands.
"Oh, mi amore. Playing tricks again, are we?" Aro happly asked her. The girl than stopped shaking and looked at Aro with the most happiest smile. Like a lover that has just seen their long lost lover for the first time in forever.
"I got bored. Do you blame me, mio re?" She playfully asked him.
Aro held out his hand for her and she took it without hesitation. After a few moments, Aro started to chuckle.
"I am sorry you had to miss the festival, amore. But even if this didn't come up, you would have missed it anyways." At his statement, (Y/N) glared at him but that just made him chuckle more.
"You know it's the truth. We wouldn't have let you leave once you got back." Aro than finally let go of her hand and kissed her forehead. His gaze than turned to us and he started to glare.
"How dare you use our mate as a bargaining ticket!" Aro yelled at us. Caius than used his vampire speed to pick up (Y/N) and put her on his lap while, once again, sitting on his throne.
If it wasn't for the sound of purring, I would be completely terrified right now. (Y/N) seemed so unbothered by Aro's outburst.
Alice finally spoke up, "We didn't realize she was your mate. We just thought she was someone you would like to meet." Aro glared more at Alice.
"Do not try to fool me Alice. I saw the vision you had of our mate. You were going to use our stunned moment to than leave before we snapped out of it." Aro had stopped yelling but his anger still stayed.
"We should kill them for that!" Caius yelled. (Y/N) than started to run her fingers through his hair which causes him to slightly relax and start to purr again.
Marcus seemed to not care about anything but the girl. Like if he looked away, than she would disappear.
"Why is she human?" Edward asked, now only realizing (Y/N) was here.
This angered Aro even more and he said, "Because we were letting her enjoy her last month of traveling before turning her." This caused the guard to now get more agitated. Like they were ready to unleash hell if we tried anything.
"I would suggest you leave before you make the situation worse." Marcus' raspy voice stated without looking away from his mate.
Aro than turned away from us and walked back to his throne. "Go and make your preparations."
"And remember that the Volturi don't give second chances." Caius sneared. Than (Y/N) turned to us and glared.
"Don't think I will forget this." She said as she smirked Evily at us.
Edward pulled me out of the room as Demetri lead us away.
"Did you know?" I asked Edward and Alice. But before they could speak up, Demetri answered.
"Of course they didn't. The masters haven't told anyone outside the coven and they had only met her a few months ago. Your the first coven to meet her." Demetri than smirked. "And you just made a horrible first impression."
I gulped at the thought of what she would do to us if we were to cross paths again.
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Mi amore = my love
Mio re = my king
(I believe these are accurate but I could be wrong.)