Chapter 3: A Long Talk

No ones P.O.V

"Mate bond? Edward could it be?" Bella turned towards her husband with hope in her eyes. Their little family might still be safe. Edward simply nodded, further more confirming what everyone was thinking, while keeping an eye on Roselle and the kings. Murmurs broke out on both sides, some louder others quieter, some confused others outraged.

"That human wench cant be a wife!"

"Could it be?"

"How did they find her?!"

"It must be a lie!"

"It must be one of the Cullens schemes!"

The voices only got louder from there on, no longer was it possible to recognize who spoke what in the mix of voices.

Caius was the most cautious of the kings, not believing what she said, but the expression Marcus was showing, was not to be messed with. Or rather any emotion he showed, since the death of Didyme.

Was she his mate? But then what about Didyme? Did he feel the regret because he was about to hurt the mate of his soulbrother? So many thoughts were flooding his mind, while he looked at his brothers. Marcus looked very surprised, eyes wide and now returning to their dark red shade instead of black. Aro looked positively ecstatic at the deal, not that horrid mask he used to intimidate other but actual joy mixed with his usual madness.

"As tempting as this is... What makes you think the child is no danger? Where you smitten with sweet promises from dear Alice?" Aro asked in a suspicious manner. Marcus gave a soft growl at Aros words, who simply waved him off in return.

"I know nothing about the child, just like you. None of us would even know she existed to begin with. She was seen by a non-human third party by pure coincidence. That's why you are here, no? To see the 'crime' yourself?" she asked. Obviously she had done her research on the whole subject.

"But she has committed no crimes, right? She is no immortal child, she has not created chaos and thus exposed your kind to humans. The only thing that you have as a point is, that she 'might' do one thing or another to endanger vampires, but an uncontrolled newborn is of far bigger danger than she is, a half vampire with 7 experienced vampires around her." She explained logically, which surprised Aro greatly, as he had almost expected her to be more of a emotional person, not that this side of her didn't please him.

"Oh? I see but if you have thought this far, you sure have a plan on what should be done from here on?" I didn't go past his notice that she avoided answering the question about her being smitten with the Cullens, but he was far to curious to see how far he could push her within their boundaries and laws until she hit a dead end. And he was not disappointed as she took a moment to think, something that he could clearly see in her eyes. The two of them were so immersed in their conversation, that they did not noticed how everyone had turned quiet to listen to them, only occasionally growling at the opposite group.

"I suggest to simply watch her, instead of killing her. It would be good to gather knowledge instead of destroying it, for future instances. She could come with you or you leave someone with her. That way you can act as soon as she confirms to be a threat." she replied calmly.

Bella looked horrified at the girl. How dare that female suggest something like that?! She hissed angrily and spoke angrily before Edward could stop her.

"No one will take my daughter! Didn't you come to save her?!" Her outraged yelling was met with 4 growls, those of the kings and surprisingly Jasper.

"That's right, I came to save her. Which means that she wont be burned for the reasons they stated." Roselle explained patiently whit a calculating look. "I have nothing to do with anything else." she said while giving Jasper a pointed look, to which he nodded in reply.

"Truly a smart choice, whether your own or not." Aro complimented with a glimmer in his eyes, as he watched Jasper closely while he stood next to her.

"What shall we do, what shall we do" he asked rhetorically while putting his hands together.

Carlisle chose that moment to speak once more. "Aro, please. Let us talk it out like we always have. We can surely find a solution which will be good for both sides."

"Yes I'm sure you assembled your... friends so that we could talk." Aro said with sarcastic glee, only his brothers recognized the bitterness in his eyes.

Carlisle apparently didn't know what to reply to that, nut Edward seemed to have an idea."What if we were to send them away? Would you do the same? We have only called them to make sure, that you wont judge before hearing us out." Edward continued to wager, Bella hissing while clinging to his arm. A new murmur broke out on both sides.

"Aro, I have not once betrayed you. Please give us only this one chance." Carlisle asked once more.

Aro looked over at Marcus, who gave a nod so subtle, a human eye wouldn't have seen it. Caius on the other hand continued to glare at them, without a doubt because of the werewolves.

Roselles P.O.V

I really hoped it all would end well, never being a fan of violence when it could be solved by words. After a few moments the black haired king, Aro as I now knew, turned towards the blonde man who stood with his family, beautiful caramel haired woman by his side. While I was looking at the group of people I saw Aro do some kind of hand movement before the Cullens started to talk quietly among themselves and the people around them. Quiet a few looked displeased, others worried.

I was not sure if this was the best course of action, but it was the only thing they could do right now. I had done my part, now it was up to them to find a solution. I didn't take long for the other vampires to depart and be gone within the second, something my eyes would probably never get used to...well at least not while I was human. I watched curiously as the giant wolves moved behind the Cullens not leaving like the rest.

"The shape shifters wont leave. They say we are too close to their territory for comfort." The bronze haired man said.

"As long as they stay far enough away. I'm not responsible for... defensive actions from my guard" Aro simply waved his hand and after only a split second of hesitation, many of the people in black cloaks disappeared, now leaving only about half the amount of people behind.

"We simply wish to keep our family safe." the blonde man stepped forward now that the situation was a little less tense. "Of course I see that Roselle has made good points, but we don't want to send family that far away and we doubt that people from your guard would take kindly to our diet. I'm sure there is another way" I looked him in the eyes, that man was truly speaking only for the best of his family, no ulterior motive could be seen, at least not from me. The light in his eyes was after all not unfamiliar to me. We are both trying to save a family member.

I tried to concentrate and find another solution but I was getting tired, it seemed like Jaspers power could only do so much. So I only focused on the ones closest to me: Jasper, the kinds and the blonde man.

"Then just move your coven to Italy." the blonde king said next, clearly unhappy.

"We cant, Jacob has imprinted on her. We cant move him and his pack that close." he said with a frown.

I could feel the headache coming back and massaged my temples before I truly noticed. So the girl could not come alone to Italy, but neither could her family. Leaving one of the...guards? here was als not an option. I was getting restless, just wanting all of this to be done with and not continue to push this whole thing farther then it should.

"What about short time checks?" I asked while rubbing my eyes to lessen the pressure.

"My, what an excellent idea! You truly are wise beyond your years." I could hear Aro speak in his gleeful voice. Is he ever getting tired of it?

"You will just have to come to us on certain times for a few days so we can check on little Renesmee, that surely wont hurt the boy. And a few spontaneous check ups from the guard should also be no problem for your treaty." He was speaking as if he found the solution to any problem in the world. The man was thinking it over and then nodded, stepping up to Aro to shake his hand.

I sighed, too tired to care about anyone else. Finally...With that we should be done. "I'm counting on you Jasper. Don't make me regret this." I told him.

"Of course, we will contact you within the next days for a report." he said, to which I nodded. They better keep their part of the deal.

For a short moment I heard someone yell and growls erupt around the snowy field, but before I could react to anything else, I was already up in the air. Everything around me blurred into a mass of white, black and gray as the world continued to spin. I heard more yelling, growling and a sound that reminded me of breaking porcelain. I felt the sudden weight on my legs as if I had jumped and landed suddenly, as they collapsed beneath me and I fell to the ground. A burning pain spreading there and on my left side, while the freezing cold was stinging my hands and face. I could barely recognize the long brown hair of the man who, spoke to me before my world turned to peaceful blackness.

A/N: I'm sorry! I'm sure you all expected an epic fight but the fight scene never turned out any good so I cut it out and had to change this chapter accordingly. You will also notice that I probably already have changed this in the last chapter too. I'm also very sorry that this chapter was so boring, but I did try to give hints about Roselles backstory here too! But it should be explained more and her relation to Jasper in the next chapter or the one after that.

Also I'm still in time for this months update as it isn't the 1st just yet in my timezone xD See you all next month!