Snow.
It was my name now. Bella was no more. Only snow existed now. Bella was a thing of the past. She was dead now, gone with everything human- Gone with Edward. After all how could he ever love what I had become? A bloodthirsty monster whose only purpose seemed to be killing, drinking, and getting stronger so one day soon I could kick Jane off of her pedestal and be Aro's right hand man. After all I was the most powerful vampire ever! All I needed was training and I could eventually kick even Aro off his own throne and rule…well practically the whole world.
No I'm not being ambitious. I really will knock Aro down and be head of all vampires. My powers were simple. When I came in contact with a new power from another vampire I stole it. I was like a sponge. I copied their own powers but when I stole it was multiplied with the transfer, so everything I absorbed was intensified. Of course when I replicated the vampires power they still had it, but my version was much, much more powerful. And the best part was, when I got the power I never lost it, even when I lost contact with the vampire I got it from.
So as you can see, I can take any vampires powers for myself-even Aro's. with those powers I will one day rule the world. All I had to do was meet a few more vampires and I would be strong enough.
Uh-oh Jane was coming for me. until the time came that I was reading for my mass destruction of the world I was laying low, that meant Aro would NEVER touch me until my plans were fully intact and underway. Then I might have some fun dangling in front of Aro the fact that the world as he knew it was about to change. Forever.
Right at that moment I was in a hallway underneath Volterra, Italy. The red carpet underneath my feet was dull under the dim lighting I had brought with me. there was a storm outside and it had knocked out our power. I was heading down to the deepest part of our tunnel system to get it back on because I was the only one with infrared vision. Well the only one NOW with infrared vision. The previous person with that particular power was at the bottom of the ocean now. He had decided to be very greedy with his power and wouldn't let me get close enough to touch him to copy it. A scuffle had soon followed with had ended with him tied to a rock and even with those amazing vamp muscles he sank to the bottom of the ocean. For good. It was a rather large rock.
I almost tripped as I came to the last door leading to the generator room. After all doors don't give off much heat so their color blends in very well with everything else around me. thankfully I had finally found grace, and poise after becoming a vampire. I hardly tripped at all anymore.
The door creaked open and I turned of my infrared with a click of my fingers. I clicked my fingers again and my hands and arms started to glow. I didn't let it spread to the rest of my body because I wanted to be able to see in front of me. not be blinded by myself. I held my arms straight out like I was an airplane so I could only see my arms in my peripheral vision and moved forward. The generator stood in front of me like a huge tower, black as night and almost too big for this room. I moved my hands in front of my face to see the knobs and switches that would turn the generator on and read the labels.
After a few seconds or so the generator hummed to life loudly. I stepped back and closed the metal door.
As I had noticed before Jane was coming up behind me. slowly, for a vampire. Something was wrong according to the set position of her jaw.
"snow, I have been looking for you everywhere." She said with her normal cruel voice. "Aro wants you for a mission. Come at once." On normal occasions I wouldn't have standed for her ordering me around, but since it was Aro who wanted me I had better start getting a move on up too the surface of the tunnel before he became impatient and cranky. Oh I couldn't wait to give him a taste of his own medicine.
I sped up the tunnel almost at a run. My walk was much faster than any human could have run. Moments later I hit the mouth of the tunnel and walked into the lighter part of the cave. With the electricity I didn't need my arms anymore. I snapped and turned it off.
Aro was waiting for me at the mouth of the tunnel I had just walked out of. He said a few polite words of greeting and led me into his office on the other end of the floor.
Aros office was like you would expect from a vampire, very dim lighting, a few spider webs, overall just a creepy room. Aro sat down in his feathery armchair on the other side of the desk. He then nodded at me and I was able to sit in the luxurious armchair on the opposite side of the desk. Aro leaned forward and in a grave face began.
"Snow, do you know why you are in my office?" of course I didn't know. But I was uneasy. No one came into Aro's office unless they were in trouble, or were being given a mission.
"no Aro. I do not." Aro didn't like slang. He was a very old fashioned thinker. He felt that we should leave the English language as I was instead of changing it.
"you are here, Snow, because I have a mission for you. It is up to you to choose to take it. This is a choice, Snow, not an order. If you decide to turn it down I will ask someone else, though I would rather it be you."
"what is the mission you speak of, master?" I was curious as to why I was being given a choice. Choice of whether or not to take on a mission rarely happened unless it was really dangerous.
Aro looked at me gravely. It pained him to ask me this, I could tell.
"to find and capture the Cullen's."
A flood of memories suddenly invaded my mind. Edward. I had tried so hard over the past eight years to rid my mind of their faces, to make them meaningless, but to no avail. Their beautiful faces still hurt me right to the core every time they were brought up.
Should I take this mission? After all, they were the ones who had asked me to leave. I wasn't what they had expected. I wasn't the same Bella. I was ruthless. I fed constantly…on humans, though I knew I didn't need to. I don't even like human blood. Their lucky I never got what I really wanted….werewolf blood. Jacobs blood had called to me so strongly I had him locked with my teeth on him multiple times, when Edward or Alice would bust in before I hurt him. Jake had taken it well though. He didn't mind that I kept trying to kill him because he knew it wasn't voluntary. When I went after him I literally lost my mind. After a while Jacob seriously learned to control his temper so he would never phase within a mile of where I was. you see, I only craved werewolf blood when they were in werewolf form. When they were in human form I felt nothing, just like with other normal humans.
How could I do that to them though? They had never hurt me. yes they had kicked me out but it was for good reason, and they were never cruel about it.
"if I may ask, master, why would you have them captured?"
Aros face gave nothing away. "because they are up to their usual tricks, and its getting out of hand. So I am sending you, if you decide to take the job, to bring them here by any means necessary, to teach them a lesson."
I knew If I thought this through I would never have the guts to say yes so without thinking I replied. "I will do as you ask master."
Aro smiled faintly. "thank you Snow, I would not have asked if I thought you were not up for the job. You will do me proud. Pack your bags. You leave tomorrow."
