A Respected Life

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I woke up in a castle like room. Rocky walls and floors with a queen sized bed. Beautiful red drapes and comforter for the bed. Suddenly I heard a whooshing sound and a pasty, paper like vampire was standing over me as well as another vampire. They were both black haired. Crimson red eyes and ivory coloured skin.

“Hello, Bella.” The papery man with longer black hair said. Obviously seeing my confusion he told me his name.

“My name is Aro and this is Demetri.” He said pointing the other man, Demetri.

Demetri looked at me in a sweet way that looked like he was admiring me.

I struggled to keep the fear away from my eyes. I knew I was scared of them and my eyes wouldn’t obey me. They showed all the fear on my face. Their eyes were all ruby red. Not one of them were the topaz color I came to love and trust. I knew they would never try animal blood and I was an unlucky soul that just so happened to run into the wrong people- or should I say vampires- at the wrong time. That was only one of my main fears. I knew I was going to die one way or another. Either they would change me or they would suck my freesia sweet blood from me and watch as I suffered and begged they kill me faster. I knew it was highly unlikely for me to become one of them.

They saw the fear in my eyes and posture as I stiffened and talked in a very trusting voice.

“We will not kill you… we only want you” Aro said. Demetri put his hand on Aro’s shoulder. Aro smiled as he read the thoughts of Demetri.

“Demetri will not even give in so you do not need to worry.” Aro said, a little smug.

I stiffened as I processed the words in my head. They wanted me changed and that was something

I would never want again. If I could never be with…Him… again then I would never want to be a vampire. To live with that on my shoulders that he never wanted me. I couldn’t handle that!

I looked at Aro with a little hint of fear mixed with a lot of shyness. “It doesn’t matter…either way I’m dead and he doesn’t want me. He left me…” I screeched at them until I broke down crying.

Aro looked at me and noticed my pain. Demetri looked like he was about to cry-if that were even close to possible- and I could tell he had been in that same situation before. I wondered when it happened to him.

“Oh, dear Bella… I know how you feel, if you would like I could tell you my story.” Demetri whispered into my ear.

I looked up at him and nodded. Why was he being so nice and caring? He carried me to my bed and he started to tell me his heartbreaking story.

“I was in love with this girl named Allysia. She told me I was the most amazing person she had ever met. I-like you- figured out she was a vampire. We fell into a deep, unbreakable love- or so I thought- and then she told me it was just a plan.” I could hear the pain in Demetri’s eyes as he spoke.

He kept going. “She said that she was planning on killing me eventually. That the Volturi hired her to find the sweetest smelling human she could find and kill him/her. I later found out that that was a lie. The Volturi planned on turning me when they found out about me. When I was human I had a good sense of direction and intuition and it was heighted along with my senses when I was turned. You see… I’m like you in many ways, abandoned and special. The only difference is that you- Isabella Swan- are a gorgeous young lady. No one should have left you.” I could see the honesty in his eyes as I looked into his gorgeous ruby eyes. When I looked at him I could see something that I hadn’t seen in a long time since I met…Him.

Aro’s POV

I listened to the familiar story we all knew and thought of every night. I felt a strong feeling I hadn’t felt in years ever since I killed my sister-Didyme- sorrow. I felt horrible but I never knew I could because I never felt sorry anymore. In my thousands of years in living I learned not to care.

That’s when I remembered when Demetri put his hand on my shoulder sharing his thoughts with me.

“Aro… I feel a strong feeling I hadn’t felt since Allysia met me for the first time. You remember that feeling right? Love? I love her Aro. Let me do it. I want trust from this gorgeous girl. Please?”

The fact that Demetri was begging meant that he really cared. I knew at that point he was being honest about loving this unique and gorgeous girl.

At that moment Marcus walked in and stopped in his tracks. Shock crossed his face. He put a hand on my shoulder just as Demetri did.

“What is he doing?” Marcus yelled.

I whispered a short answer neither Bella not Demetri -despite his vampire senses- would hear “He’s telling her his story”

Marcus stiffened.

“Why? You do know he’s falling in love with her right? And so is she?”

I nodded my head.

Bella’s POV

I felt complete sorrow for him. I couldn’t believe someone else knew how

I felt.

Then Aro heard his phone ring a familiar song- Au Clair De La Lune- ouch.Aro started to mumble some words. The only ones I could make out were: She’s going to be changed, Carlisle.”

So Alice had seen me being changed. They were still dead set against me being turned.

Aro’s POV

I looked at Bella seeing the confusion and sorrow on her face that mimicked Demetri’s. They really were perfect for each other.

Just then my phone rang. It read: Carlisle.

“Yes Carlisle?” I sped through my speech quickly so that Bella wouldn’t over hear.

“Aro! What are you thinking?” He screamed into the phone. “You must be crazy to turn Bella!”

“Well Carlisle…no matter what you do you are too far away to stop me now. We are turning her in less than five minutes and if you don’t care about her like your son Edward said then why are you calling?”

“Edward did what?” He was now over furious. He sounded as if he were about to squash the phone to dust.

“How could he say that?”

“I don’t know Carlisle but he broke Bella’s heart. She is severely injured and we are turning her now!”

“No! Wait, can I come and be the one to do it?”

“You can come but I have chosen Demetri to do it! It turns out he has fallen in love with Bella.”

“Fine! But wait until I get there. I don’t care who does it! Let me come see my daughter becomes a vampire!” I was utterly shocked when he said daughter.

“Carlisle…She is not your daughter any more. She is more or less my daughter!”

“No! She’s my daughter”

“Why are you so protective? Any ways…She’s going to be changed, Carlisle”

“I am so protective because I still consider her my daughter. I always will. She will never be close to being your daughter. You don’t care for her like I do. You only want power, beauty and strength. You know Bella has all those characteristics!”

“How about this… You can come see Bella during and after the transformation. How does that sound?”

“Thank you so much Aro! I’ll be there in 5 hours”

And with that I hung up the phone.

I turned back to Bella and said “Bella, Carlisle will be coming during and after the transformation. I’m guessing he will want you to go on that disgusting vegetarian diet but whatever you do… follow your heart.”

She nodded and then looked shock.

Bella’s POV

I could feel the shock come across my face. Carlisle was coming? Why?

I saw Aro swiftly come to my side and ask if I was ready. I nodded a weak nod as of yes.

“This will heart a lot Bella. But remember I do and always will love you!” Demetri and I had talked for less then five minutes while Aro was on the phone with Carlisle and we had started to fall in love. That was why I could look at him differently then any of the others. With trust and love in his eyes I knew I would always love him.. for the rest of eternity.’

He slowly kissed my neck and whispered “I’m sorry love.” He was sorry for the pain he was going to put me through. I then remembered the moment with James.

I felt his teeth sink into my neck. At first all it felt like was a syringe into my neck- like a heated up steak knife into butter- but then the excruciating fir began. I held in my screams. There was no use.