Twilight Collision: Falling Into Pieces

Into the Vampire Den

 "Jane, you've returned!" Aro spoke first the moment that we entered the chamber and all crimson eyes were on us.

The chamber of the Volturi, the ruling coven of our kind, was filled with the same faces that had welcomed me when I first came here alone. There were vampires who came to visit the three leaders, Aro, Cauis and Marcus and wanted to gain their favor, some came to secure safety among the walls of Volterra, and there were those who were merely there to see if they can get a chance to see something interesting. It looks like, they were in luck.

Only Aro was present the throne room and was surrounded by his guards, who were looking at us and assessing any danger that we may pose to their master. Cauis and Marcus were nowhere to be found, or at least too far for me to hear their thoughts.

Aro glided effortlessly towards Jane and kissed her lightly on her lips before walking back and looked at me with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Master and I have brought him back alive, just as you wished." Jane smiled angelically, and she took her place behind Aro along with the other guards who were hovering behind him, ready to pounce at any sign of danger.

Ahhh Edward. I am relieved to know that you have not tried doing anything rash while you were away. The tone in his mind suggested that he already knew that being rash was exactly what I was doing before his minions came to get us.

"I'm afraid that won't be necessary now" I told him and my arms around Bella's waist tightened to hold her closer. Aro's eyes flickered towards the movement and his smile grew wider and turned ecstatic.

"Alice and Bella! Welcome!" He was clapping his hands together. "Oh! This is just wonderful!"

I saw in the corner of my eye that Bella's eye furrowed. She had been silent throughout the long walk here, but I knew that she was observing her surroundings and all the vampires in front of her.

Why does he sound like we're best buddies? Alice thoughts came to me and I just shrugged my shoulders. They'll find out soon enough.

"Felix... do tell my brothers that we have company. This is a something that they should not miss!"

"Yes master" Felix nodded and disappeared back the way we had come.

"Oh Edward!" Aro's attention was back to me. "I am glad that I did not give you what you wanted. Don't you see? It worked out for you after all!"

"Yes, it did." I had to agree.

"But... how could this happen? You were so sure of her death yourself!" Aro was looking at Bella with interest and Alice with full of longing. She was the talented vampire that he coveted so much, much more than me and my ability to read minds at a distance. He was looking at both of them, waiting for an explanation.

"I am under the impression that Alice would be able to fill in the blanks?" Aro raised his right hand with his palms up in invitation and my sister looked at me questioningly.

What's up with him?

"Aro has a gift that is much stronger than mine" I started to explain "If I can read whatever thoughts is passing through your mind, Aro can read every thought that you have your whole life with just one touch"

"True but to be able to read the thoughts of everyone around you without touching them..." Aro trailed of.

Ahhh such convenience. He added in his mind.

Alice raised an eyebrow. Everything?

I gave a slight nod and saw where Alice's thoughts were heading. Her human memories were gone and if Aro would be able to read everything then he might be able to see what really happened to her before she was turned, but the moment her hands touched his, the only memory that flashed where of those when she woke up as a vampire.