The two days flew by and before I knew we were on the plane to Italy. Emmett sat next to me, sleeping. His condition was better, but he still had pain. I prayed, wished and hoped as much as I could that he'll be fine, and with fine I mean one of us again. I know it was selfish, despite the fact that I prefer being human more than being a vampire, but you must understand that with this situation it was different. Though, I always wondered how it would be if Emmett was a human. Well, he was gorgeous.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by the speaker; we were going to land. I turned my head to see Emmett, still peacefully in sleep. I smiled slightly at the sight. The innocent in his face never went away. I lift my hand up to caress his cheek softly with my fingers, trying to wake him up. I hated it to wake him up, knowing that sleeping was the best thing he could do for his condition.

'Rosalie, he's going to wake up in a few minutes,' Alice whispered from behind me.

I turned my head to look at her. 'Okay, thanks,' I whispered back to my sister who sat next to her husband. 'Did you see something?' Alice and I agreed that she would look in the future for Emmett. That calmed me a little bit down, maybe if we hadn't a future seeing vampire in the family, I wouldn't have agreed with this whole trip.

Alice shook her head. 'No,' she answered. 'I saw Carlisle talking with Aro, but I didn't saw any sign of them wanting to cause Emmett harm.'

I nodded slowly. 'Okay, good. Keep looking.' I turned back to Emmett who was moving a little bit; he was waking up. 'Hey, sweetie,' I whispered softly to him. 'It's me,' I caressed his cheek lovely. I felt the pressure to kiss him, every day it was getting harder. Emmett and I weren't used not to touch each other, if we didn't kiss we hugged or sat with each other, but with his delicious scent... Sitting next to him on the plane was even hard, but I was distracted with the fact why we were on the plane.

'Oh, my ears hurt,' Emmett moaned. 'I hate landing,' Emmett sat op straight slowly.

'How are you feeling?' I asked worried.

'As usual, though I'm starting to get used to it. For my transformation I worked with my brothers on the railroad. And if I didn't work on the railroad I worked with my father on our farm, so I'm kind of used to tiredness and pain,' Emmett said, his voice a little bit hoarse.

'This is different, Em,' I said. 'You can't compare this with working on a farm. This is different.'

'How do you know?' Emmett asked me suspicious, what shocked me. 'I mean, you never worked on a farm or on a railroad. You come from a rich family, I come from a poor one. I had to work hard so we could at least have food and you could sit down and wait until your maid came to serve you and your family the dinner for that day.'

First I couldn't find the right words to reply. Some were rude, others were understanding. So I just said: 'I'm sorry,' before I turned my head away, not wanting to see the fierce in his eyes anymore. I didn't understand why he was so rude with me, but I couldn't blame him. In our human life we were exactly the opposite. I was rich, he was poor. I did what I wanted, he had to work. I was spoiled, he was happy with food. Everyone adored my beauty, everyone adored the way he was.

'No,' I turned my head back to Emmett who was shaking his head, the fierce in his eyes gone. I'm sorry. I don't know what happened to me, I was kind of irritated and I abreact it on you. It's just that...' Emmett sighed and closed his eyes. 'It's just that this whole situation sucks,' he swallowed.

'Oh honey,' I bit my bottom lip. I couldn't take this anymore either. 'It's okay, you're going to be fine, I promise you. And I never break my promises, right?' I looked impatiently at him, waiting for an answer. 'Right?' I asked again when he didn't reply.

Emmett nodded. 'Right.'

***

'Carlisle! My dear friend,' Aro smiled surprised as he walked of his throne towards us. 'What a surprise!'

After the flight, Alice stole an car and we came here as fast as we could. I was directly by Emmett's side, with Jasper behind us, Esme on the other side, Edward in front of us and Bella, Alice and Carlisle around us. Renesmee and Jacob didn't come with us. Renesmee because Jacob wouldn't let her go without him, and Jacob because with him around it's difficult for Alice to search into the future because he will be involved if it turns out into a fight. I could feel Bella's shield hovering over us.

'Aro,' Carlisle nodded. 'I understand that this is very unexpected, but this is an emergency.'

Aro pursed his lips. 'Hmm, the fact that I smell a human?' Aro peeked with hungry eyes at Emmett, what made me clutch mine hand around his tighter. Aro stepped slowly closer. 'Emmett?' he asked disbelieved. 'You look...' Aro couldn't find the right words to describe my husband. 'Human,' he finally said. I swear, he was imagining sucking Emmett's blood in his head.

'Aro, I would appreciate it if you and your guard would back off a little bit. This is still my son we're talking about,' Carlisle told him straight and stern. I was seriously proud about my father. Emmett's safety was the most important thing now and he understood that.

A frown came on Aro's face, but he replaced it quickly with a smile. 'Of course my friend, I understand it,' Aro sighed. 'Jane, Alec, please,'

I turned my head to see Alec and Jane, the Volturi twins, walking back with reluctance. I narrowed my eyes suspicious at them. I never liked those two, they not only scared me, they weren't... normal. There was something odd about them. They were always holding hands and it was like they enjoyed torturing humans. I remember that I once asked Edward about it, he had said that it had to do with their past.

'Of course, master,' Alec said politely before a grin came on his face. 'Though, he does smell good.'

I growled. 'Back off, dwarf,' I snapped.

Jane narrowed her eyes. 'I would watch your mouth to my brother,' she threatened.

'Rosalie, please,' Carlisle whispered to me. 'Not now,' I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to the conversation between Aro and Carlisle. 'I'm sorry for that, Aro,' I almost growled when Carlisle said that. Did he forgot what Alec said or something?

'I understand, my friend,' Aro replied. 'Alec, Jane, watch your mouth next time. These people here are our friends, not our enemies.' Yeah right, I snorted when I remembered the day that the Volturi came to visit us to see Renesmee, ready to attack. Like friends would do that.

'Yes master,' Alec and Jane both replied at the same time. That was something odd too; it was like they could read each other’s mind. I guess it was a twin thing or something. They always defended each other, like Jane now did with Alec. Apparently they shared a very strong bond... Though, I still didn't like them.

Aro stepped closer and reached his hand to touch Carlisle. 'May I?' he asked and before he waited for a reply he laid his hand on Carlisle's arm. Suddenly Carlisle froze. I frowned and turned to Edward who swallowed uncomfortably. Suddenly I realized what was going on as I remembered Carlisle's words. "I also promised that I would never tell anyone about this.". The book... Aro would see that Carlisle told us about the book... We knew that someday he would know, but we expected it to be another time... If Emmett wouldn't be a human anymore, if this turns out into a fight then Emmett would be helpless!

I knew it for sure when Aro's expression turned from curious to anger. 'Carlisle,' Aro spoke my father's name with disgust. 'I thought we made a deal about the book, didn't we?' he spat in Carlisle's face. I closed my eyes scared. The room filled with love and calmness, but I think that even Jasper couldn't make this better.
'Did he tell them about the book?' Caius asked incredulous, walking of his throne with Marcus following him. Great.

'Aro, you must understand that it was an emergency,' Carlisle replied quickly. 'Yes, I promised you not to tell anyone about it, but this is about the health of my son.'

'We once let you go, Carlisle,' Aro told me sternly. 'And you know that the Volturi never gives people a second chance. You were lucky, and yet you disappoint me again. You must realize that you have to face the consequences now.'

'No, Aro, please, listen to me!' Carlisle pleaded. 'Please, you must understand this,' Carlisle sighed. 'If I have to break a promise to save my son then I wouldn't think twice of breaking that promise. Wouldn't you do the same for your guards? Wouldn't you do the same for Marcus or Caius?' that was a smart move of Carlisle to involve Marcus and Caius in this, Aro can't say yes now or he would face the problems.

Aro narrowed his eyes, what wasn't a good sign. 'Guards,' he said and I gasped when the rest of the guards walked into the room. my family turned our backs to Emmett as we stood in a circle, with Emmett in the middle. I looked in the hungry eyes of the guards, realizing that this really was the end.

'Aro, please, let at least my family go, they have nothing to do with this!' Carlisle pleaded.

For a moment I thought that Aro changed his mind until he spoke:
'Attack.'