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Chapter 2 Present

~Raven's POV~

I was awoken from sleeping for who knows how long by three pretty girls.

"We are sorry to disturb you, but our master has informed us to help you freshen up once you woke up." One of the girls spoke.

I slowly sat up and immediately unbuttoned my jeans, ever since the day I woke up to bloody sheets, I have been feeling bloated. My clothes don't feel like they fit right.

"Are you feeling alright, miss Raven? Do we need to get the physician?" A different girl spoke.

"I'm fine." I answer her, but my voice was so dry.

"Allow us to take care of you. You are in safe hands." The last girl spoke kindly.

I nod slowly as the girls all split up. Two left to go through individual doors while the last one walks up to me and helps me stand. Once I was on my feet, I held myself up as she strips me. I ignored my self-conscious issues as she then wraps a robe around me then led me to one of the doors. It was a beautiful bathroom.

I was surprised by the luxury then I hadn't realized that I was by the bathtub. Led over to the bath, I removed the robe and stepped into the bath. It felt so nice after three torturous days with bitch one and bitch two. The entire room smelled like rose petals and oranges. In the water were rose petals, red daisies and few sun flowers and most of all, orange slices. Now this is heaven.

Feeling the bliss, peace and relaxation, I couldn't help but sigh happily when they were taking care of me. After cleaning me and helping me feel less dirty that I have felt for the past 3 days, I feel much better. I haven't felt this good in a long time.

Once I was done, they gently patted me dry before wrapping the robe back around me. Out of the tub, they dried my hair and braided it into French braids.

When they finished with my hair, they helped me get dressed. First with a strapless and wireless bra and underwear, then a dress. It felt so light against my body, not tight. Especially in all the right places. But for some reason, my stomach feels really bloated then my normal size, the dress made it look like my stomach grew. *Stomach isn't actually this big.

"How is that possible?" I thought before I was brought back to reality when the door opened.

"You're up, and dressed." The blonde man from earlier spoke before he just stops talking and stares at me. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to stare. But you look absolutely beautiful. Blue is a great color on you."

I was blushing at his words. "Uh, thank you...."

"Demetri. It's a pleasure to finally and properly introduce myself to you, miss Raven." Demetri bowed like a gentlemen before taking my hand and placing a kiss on top of it.

"It's nice to meet you as well, Demetri. How did you know my name?" I ask, shy.

"That depends. On what you know." Demetri answers.

"Can I please just get an answer? These past few days have been literal hell for me. First my sister turns out to be a secret obsessive bitch courtesy of the woman claiming to be my mom. Second, my best friend's father dies of a heart attack and I go to his funeral. Third, I'm forced to come to Italy against my will to find everyone around me acting crazy. I swear to God I feel like I'm going to explode and I can't relax fully knowing that my bitch of a sister has done something really stupid and I can't help but feel that if I take another step I am going to get killed. I don't want to die." I state, until the end, tears were rolling down my face.

Demetri then wraps his arms around me and rubbed my back. For some reason, I enjoyed his touch.

"It's alright, love. You don't have anything to worry about. You are perfectly safe here." He whispered soothing to me.

"But why? I don't understand." I whisper back.

"You will, love, you will. Before we check up on you, we wanted to get some food in you first." He says calmly.

"Food?" I question while licking my lips at the word, then paused. "'We'?"

Before getting an answer, the door opened again. Demetri placed his hand on my back and led me back into the room that I woke up in. I got a better look at it now, and it was amazing!

"You're awake." I hear Jane's voice sound relieved as I see her walk up into the room along with three males with her.

"We are relieved to see you up, principessa. (princess) And feeling better, I hope." The raspy voice one asks.

"Much. Thank you. The pampering helped sooth me gratefully." I answer politely.

"You are very welcome, Raven. I know you must have questions, and we promise we will give you answers. But first, we are here to let you eat." He waves his hand and the second tallest man walks over to the couch and sets a tray of food. I was practically drooling.

"Please, angel, eat." Jane requests, sounding desperate, as she took my hand and led me to the couch.

I sucked on my lip before reaching for a cracker. Taking a bite, I nervously helped myself. I felt my stomach thanking me for eating. I swear to God I will punch Bella and Alice in the face the next time I see them. It tasted so good that I couldn't help but sigh in bliss. Remembering that I wasn't alone, I opened my eyes and saw everyone staring at me. I felt the blood rushing to my cheeks, then ducked my head. I felt the couch dip.

"Don't be embarrassed, Raven. You're hungry. No one is judging you." Jane says, comforting as she lifted my face to look at hers. Taking a breath, I slowly began to take another bite of the grapes.

"Sorry." I reply, then snort. "I can't help but feel like I'm eating for two." I joke.

I was kind of expecting them to laugh as well, but once glance and I saw that they were looking at one another.

"Is something wrong? I was only joking." I ask.

"No. Nothing is wrong. It's just... well, when you are done eating we would like for you to get a checkup. Just to make sure that you are completely alright. Who knows what else they did to you?" Jane answers.

"Oh. That is very sweet of you. Of all of you. But I don't wish to be a burden." I say.

"You are not. You were brought here against your will by your ungrateful sister which was wrong on her account. You are our guest. Please let us treat you, and pamper you and make sure that you are taken care of in our care." A new voice spoke. It was the boy that I stood by back in the big room. "Forgive me for not introducing myself to you, Raven. My name is Alec, Jane's twin brother." He got down on one knee on my right, took my hand and placed a kiss on top, like Demetri did.

"It's nice to meet you, Alec. You all probably know my name, but it would be impolite of me to not give you my name in return. My name is Raven, Raven Swan." I reply, polite.

"Ah, so polite, you never see that in this generation." I smile at the eldest man. "Are you full? Do you wish for something else to eat?"

"I'm very full now, thank you. I really was hungry." I answer him as I notice the 1/3 amount of food left on the platter. "I am ready for the checkup."

"You're being very cooperative, for a young girl surrounded by strangers." The tall man spoke.

"Felix!" Jane hissed, annoyed.

"I am just curious. Why is she suddenly so comfortable? How much does she know?" 'Felix' asks, worried.

"I don't know. That is why I am being cooperative, so I can get some answers. Cause, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm starting to feel a little scared right now." I answer him. He suddenly had this look full of guilt across his face, I felt hurt inside.

"I'm sorry. We- I don't want for you to be scared. Since you know everyone else's names, it would be appropriate for me to tell you mine. My name is Felix. It is great to have you here with us. We just wish it would have been under better circumstances." Felix says, calmly. I nod my head, silently thanking him for calming my down.

"Let's go then. Shall we?" Jane stood up and held her hand out for me. I smile softly as I take it.

Walking out, we journey down the hall and arrive at what looked like a doctors office within this castle. Inside, we were greeted by another man with red eyes. He graciously introduced himself to me as he helped me up to sit on the patient chair that you normally sit on.

Taking my blood pressure, heart rate, and all that, he held the results in his hands.

"Well, Ms. Swan. I am pleased to say that your results are very good. Your blood pressure is up a little than it should be, but that is only due to recent drama and events. You're still a little malnourished, but I can see that will be taken care of once this is done." He says looking at those around me. "You are absolutely, positively, alright."

"That is a relief." I reply.

"But, before I let you go, there is one last test that I would like to perform. But, I will only do it if I have consent." He says.

"If you believe this test is important, I am not one to question a doctor. You have consent." I reply.

"First, the men should kindly turn around, I will need for you to lift your dress so I can scan your stomach." The doc explains.

"My stomach?" I repeat as Jane helped me stand.

"Is that necessary?" Alec asks.

"I'm afraid it is, for I am the one who requested this test." The eldest answered.

"Master?" Demetri and Felix spoke, shocked.

"Trust me. We all need to know. Go ahead, Preston." He replies.

"Of course, my king. Ms. Swan." The doc bows before walking towards a machine.

The men all turned completely around, Jane helps me lift my dress up enough so my stomach was showing. Laying down, the doc puts some cold gel on my stomach before holding a handheld tool against it. A few seconds later, he stops moving and something showed up on the black and white screen.

"My king. It's positive." He said, almost as if he regrets finding out.

"Oh, my." His king, I guess, sounded distressed.

"What's positive. Can someone tell me what's going on, please?" I ask, while Jane wiped my stomach clean.

"Ms. Swan. You're pregnant." The doc answers, cautious.

"What?" I ask frozen.

Everything just felt frozen to me. Space. Time. Me. I couldn't move. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

"Raven. Raven." I was shaken out of my trance by Demetri.

Coming back to reality, I see that Demetri and Jane were holding me as I was standing. My dress was back down, as the doc looked beaten up, with himself.

"What do you mean I'm pregnant? I am not questioning your skills as a doctor, but I'm a virgin." I ask.

"Maybe your test is faulty?" Alec suggests.

"The scan and test are conclusive. It's positive. I'm afraid Ms. Swan is pregnant." The doc answers.

"How is this possible? I have never had sex with anyone. Or get the option of donated sperm. I mean, that was kind of my plan but when I was 19 or 20, not 16!" I say, defensive.

"What the fuck?!" I mutter to myself, covering my mouth with both hands.

"Please, piccola principessa, (little princess) remember to breathe." The king gently rubs my shoulders, trying to calm my down. "How far long?"

"By the size and shape.... I would say 3 almost 4 weeks." My eyes widen.

"Wait. Say that again." I request.

"Almost 4 weeks."

Calculating in my head, the time of my last period, to the night.... Bella made dinner.

"What is wrong, Raven?" Jane asks.

"Bella's dinner." I whisper. "It all adds up." I turn to look that them. "Bella is a horrible cook. Any time she gets in the kitchen, she gives someone food poisoning. No joke. But out of nowhere, she decided to make dinner while Dad was called on a case. I was suspicious, but since she was getting better through her depression, I didn't even think of it. I didn't even notice that I fell asleep early that night. When I woke up... my legs were hurting, my head was dizzy... and my bedsheets... were soaked in blood."

Their eyes widened from shock.

"I had no idea why there was blood. I thought it was just my period... but my periods never caused a headache like that. I wanted to tell my Dad, but I didn't know what to do." I rant, then began to sob.

"I'm a virgin. I know I am. I'm a virgin." I repeat trying to convince myself that the bad thing I'm thinking of didn't happen.

Jane rushed over and pulled me into a hug. I sobbed into her shoulders.

"Shh, it's okay. Everything is going to be okay." She whispers to me, but all I could do is cry.

~Jane's POV~

"How could someone do this to her. Raven of all people. I always knew humans were despicable beings. I'll kill anyone who tries to lay a hand on her. No one is taking my mate from me. I know Alec, Demetri and Felix think the same." I thought while trying to sooth my mate while the men kept their distance. This is a girl thing.

"Is there any way to know or see how this happened?" Master Marcus asks lowly, so that Raven wouldn't hear.

"I'm afraid not. The drug and the semen is long out of her system. And even if we could see her memories of that night, she said she went to bed early and woke up to bloody sheets and pain in her legs. So, I doubt she can recall anything. I'm sorry, my king. I have honestly, no idea what to do." Preston answered.

"Can't you figure out a way to tell who it belongs to, at least?" Alec asked, trying to be gentle, but was clearly angered by all this.

"Well. I could run a DNA blood test. But I would only run it once the baby is born. Ms. Raven is under too much duress as of this moment and it would be best to wait. That is the best option. For both her and the baby." Preston answered.

"But we promised to give her answers. She doesn't know about us. Or vampires. Or that she is our-"

"Demetri. Calm down." I hiss. "We will get to that. Let's try to calm her down."

"Raven." I spoke calmly. She hums. "I know you want answers. Why you're here? What's going on? We want to tell you, we really do. But, do you think you can wait just a little while longer? Please? You need to focus on your health right now. Can you do that for me?" She nodded her head for me then kept it snuggled against me.

~Raven's POV~

Crying. That is all I could even do at this point. I didn't want to think it, but it's the only option that makes sense. I was raped. Jane's hug felt nice. I felt safe. And I didn't even care to question why.

"Well, now that the tests are done, what would you like to do now?" Jane asks.

"Can we go back to that room? Please?" I request.

"Of course. And it's not just any room. It's yours." Jane replies.

"What?! My room? Why would- That doesn't... what?!" I ramble, surprised.

"It's ridiculous, I know. But it will all make sense soon enough." Jane stops me.

"I really wish I could know a bit more." I reply.

"I know, angelo, (angel) we want to tell you, we really do, but we should let you settle down and relax a bit before dumping it all on you. Now that you're pregnant, we will have to take some precautions to make sure you stay calm. We don't want you or the babies to get hurt." Jane says.

"Okay. I understand. But there is something I want to know first." I reply.

"What's that, giovane? (young one)" The king asks.

"I'm already along almost 4 weeks, right?" I ask, the doc nods. "Can you tell if it's just one? Jane did say 'babies' as in plural."

"Of course. Just climb back up on the table, lift up to show me your stomach and we can do the scan again." The doc answers.

Alec kindly helped me back onto the table. As the men turned around, Jane helps me lift my skirt.

"Okay. Let's take a look." He zoomed in on the screen. "It looks like..... twins."

"Twins?!" Me, Jane, and Alec asked in sync.

"Yep. Just look. There are two spots in one sac. That means it's identical twins." The doc answers.

I smile as I get a hug from Jane and Alec. Feeling happy, they cleaned the gel off of me before walking me back to my room. For some reason, it did feel right to call it mine. The doc had promised to prescribe some vitamins for me and for my babies.

"How did it go, brother?" I jump slightly hearing a new voice coming from the room.

"Splendid. It appears young Raven is pregnant. With twins." He answers.

"Well, now, that is wonderful news." A second new voice replies.

"How are you feeling, dear?" The first voice asks, a man steps up to me.

"I'm fine. Just trying to take it all in." I answer, politely.

"We are glad you're feeling better. Join my brother and I? We have much to discuss." He held his hand out for me. What surprised me, was that he was wearing gloves. Taking his hand, he helped me sit on the couch.

"We thought you might be hungry after almost 3 hours with our physician, so we had a fruit platter prepared. We hope it's to your liking." The second voice spoke. A blonde man sat in a chair adjacent to the couch.

I saw the platter on the table and was already hungry again. It smelled sweet.

"You didn't have to do this." I try to protest, but then my stomach rumbles.

"It seems we had to." Mr. Blonde smirks letting out a little chuckle.

"Well then, thank you very much." I reply before taking a bite of the strawberry.

"Brother, how far have you gotten with miss Raven?" Mr. Blonde asks.

"Not far. Due to the scans, we haven't even gotten all of our names. Just the guards." The eldest man answered.

"Well now, how about we fix that?" The other dark-haired man asks.

"I would like that, very much. Some names would give me less of a headache." I answer.

"Well then, allow me to introduce myself and my brothers. My name is Aro Volturi. My brother, Caius." Aro points to Caius who waves at me.

"Pleasure to meet you, young one." Caius greets. I smile kindly.

"And last but not least, the one who's been taking care of you, Marcus." Aro points to the man who's been by my side with the other four.

"I'm glad to know that our mystery doesn't give you headaches anymore." Marcus says.

"I'm glad to know all of your names as well. I am also very thankful for you all being very sweet and kind to me even when you didn't know me. I hope you don't mind if I ask, but why?" I ask.

"We don't mind you asking questions at all. We figured you would have questions, but knew it wouldn't be best to overwhelm you, especially now since it's confirmed your pregnant." Caius answers.

"We shall take this slow, and if you want to stop all you have to do is say so, if that is alright with you, miss Raven?" Aro asks. I nod my head.

"Alright, let's start with something obvious, have you ever noticed how the Cullens appearance seemed a little different? Their skin color, their eyes?" Aro asks. I nod my head remembering their gold eye color, and when I accidentally bumped Rosalie I felt how cold she was. But I didn't say anything.

"Good, and have you noticed our skin color, how cold it is and our eyes?" Aro asks.

I nod my head, "I did. But I didn't want to ask because I assumed it was a family genetic disease." I answered, honest.

"That was very kind of you to consider that, even though it sadly isn't true." Marcus says, which made me feel better.

"I have a question, if I may, Master?" Alec asks.

"By all means, dear Alec, go ahead." Aro answered.

"Raven." Alec says, taking a seat down next to me on the couch. "Do you believe in the supernatural? More specifically, vampires or werewolves?"

"Well, that is a random question that gets brought up. But, yes, I do." I answer honest. They all looked at me with wide eyes.

"Why would you believe in something that may not exist?" Demetri asks, curious.

"Because everyone needs something to believe in. Children believe in the Easter Bunny, Santa, the tooth fairy because children need to keep ahold of their imagination growing up. If something bad happens in their life, their imagination is their safe space, a place where they can go and come back to reality feeling better. I believed in all of those until I was 12, that's when I was introduced to the world of the supernatural." I answer.

"Vampires, werewolves, witches, wizards, it all made me feel like there is something inside of everyone that makes us special. Like a single flaw. Like is someone is stronger that someone else, or faster. Or smarter. Everyone has something special about them, that no one else has. And for me, it's probably my art skills and innocence." I explain.

"Art skills?" Caius questions.

"Yes. I want to be a photographer. To show the world what I see through my eyes, and hope my photos and drawings can show them. And now that I'm pregnant, I can do a maternity theme." I answer.

"Why that is a wonderful idea. What did you have in mind?" Aro asks.

"Well, I would get some dresses or maternity clothes and then pose in photos various places. Fields, beaches, places like that. Then I would add some animals." I answer.

"That is a lovely idea, you are very creative, Raven." Caius says, which made me blush.

"So, vampires, huh?" I noticed everyone's face turn serious, but some still had soft smiles, non threatening for me. "Let me guess, I'm in a room full of 'em?" I ask. They all nod.

"Yes, my dear. You see, we are a race of vampires called 'Cold Ones'." Aro explains.

"Figured." I say, earning a smile from him.

"Anyway, we have the basic vampirism. Super strength, speed, enhanced senses, and of course, the thirst for blood." Aro paused, seeing my eyes widen.

"You're not going to kill me, are you?" I ask, carefully.

"NO!" I hear four voices exclaim. I didn't jump this time.

"Sorry, angel, we didn't mean to shout. But you do not have to worry. No one here will hurt you." Jane says, calmly as she took the other seat next to me.

"I had a feeling. That would explain the nice feeling I am getting from you four. Could someone explain that?" I ask.

"I can explain that, my dear. As humans have relationships, we vampires have soulmates. You see, a vampire can't just fall in love with a random human, there is a bond that they feel in their soul that pulls two partners together. Like two puzzle pieces. Two halves that were made to be together. But in this case, a very rare one, you my dear are a mate to four vampires." Marcus explains.

"F-Four. V-Vampires?" I stutter, shocked.

"Yes." Marcus replies, calmly.

"May I know.... who?" I ask, my eyes falling to my lap.

Instead of getting an answer, I felt my hands being held by Jane and Alec, while I felt hands gently touching my knees. Glancing up, it was Felix and Demetri. Taking a breath, I came to the realization that the four right next to me are my soulmates. My other halves, my everything. I saw that the sun was a couple hours from setting.

"Do you think we could get some air? It's a bit stuffy in here." I ask.

"Of course, sweetheart. Can you walk or would you like to be carried?" Demetri asks.

"Carried, if that is alright." I answer.

"Of course." I was then lifted from the couch and held into his arms. It felt just like Felix's moment when he was carrying me to the throne room.

We walk away from the couch and toward the door on the left of the fireplace. Going outside, was a small pathway to a garden.

"It's so beautiful." I comment as Demetri sat me down on the bench.

"Yes you are." All four of them say at once. I blush like crazy and duck my head, but then felt a hand lift my face up to see Felix.

"Don't hide from us. You are beautiful." He says sweetly.

"Even if I'm impure now." I reply softly, knowing they could hear me. I place a hand on my soon to be big tummy.

"We don't care about that. So what if you were raped, we still love you." Alec says.

"My brother is right. There is no way we could ever stop loving you. We know we just met and all, but we can't help but love you." Jane replies.

"You are our entire world, Raven. We've been waiting for you for a long time. We can't wait to spend eternity with you." Demetri says.

I couldn't help but tear up, they want to spend time with me. Even after finding out what happened, they still love me. I felt this warm feeling in my chest. Love. I'm starting to fall for them already.

Standing, I hold my arm out to hug them. Jane smiled brightly before being the first one to hug me back. Alec joins in, then Demetri and last, Felix. It felt really nice to be in their arms. All of their arms. Jane starts to be sneaky as she hugs me tighter against her chest, but was careful of my stomach.

As the sun started to set, they walked me back inside. Aro talked about me going home to let me get my affairs in order while Bella gets punished. When I felt myself getting tired, they decided to pause everything so I could sleep. Helping me change, Jane brushes my hair and gave me some pain meds and my new night vitamins.

Climbing into bed, Alec pulls the covers over me.

"So, are you guys going to stay with me?" I ask, shy.

"If you wish. But since there are four of us, we can figure out a way for all of us to be with you. If you wish to suggest something, just let us know." Felix answers.

"Can two of you snuggle with me, and take shifts to change out? That way two of you wait patiently and can be ready if your needed by the kings while the two snuggle and protect me?" I suggest.

"That is a brilliant idea, love. Who would you like to snuggle with first?" Demetri asks.

"The twins, please." I answer.

"Of course." Jane says.

"We don't mind." Alec replies.

I smile as they climbed into the bed and under the covers. I snuggle into Jane's chest as her arms went around my waist. Alec then wraps his arms around the both of us. As I felt myself falling asleep, Jane was now in front of me, as I felt Alec's chest against my back.

"I wonder how Dad is doing back home? I hope he isn't too worried." I thought as sleep finally took over.

~Back home~
~Third POV~

Charlie was fuming, he read Raven's note that Bella and Alice kidnapped her to go to Italy to save Edward. Raven had written not to worry, but he couldn't help it since she was his little girl.

Ring
Ring

"Hello?" Charlie answers his phone.

"Hello, Chief Swan. This is Mike Newton. I have a confession. There's something I need to tell you. It's about Raven." Mike confesses.

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