I was still a bit upset that I couldn't go to Forks with the rest of the guard. I was never allowed to leave the castle. At all. I don't know why either. I'm just as good as the rest of them. I have a power!
Actually my ability is…strange. Don't ask why Aro let me stay with the Volturi because my power kind of sucks. I have sharp spikes that stick out everywhere on my body. Some even come out of my face. I had to cut my black hair short. It's sort of a pixie cut except it sticks out in odd directions and I can't do anything to fix that. Luckily, they aren't always showing; only when I need them. They're more of a defensive power. It makes me look like a porcupine! Maybe that's why I wasn't allowed to come because the Cullens probably would start laughing. You would too, believe me. I wish I had a power that was dangerous (it was already pretty dangerous) but also didn't make me look stupid.
Oh, wow. I totally forgot to tell you who I am. My name is Annika and I'm a very pissed off vampire at the moment. I've been a vampire for awhile so don't even start on that crap about oh, I'm a human who suddenly turns into a vampire because I was carelessly wandering through Volterra. I'm not an idiot. I'm one of the younger ones in the guard though. Only a hundred twenty-four years old.
Right now I'm sitting at the front desk acting as the temporary secretary. We ate Gianna. She didn't taste all that good. Blah, I still remember the taste. Let's just say it was the most disgusting thing. Alec looked like he was going to puke. I made fun of him of it.
Alec and I don't really have a very good relationship. We're always at each others throats, trying to outdo the other. Everyday. Aro made sure that our "bedrooms" were as far away from each other as possible. Wait until Alec sees what I did to his room today. Hope he likes pink.
I heard the elevator doors open with a sharp ding! Ah, they must be home. Took them long enough. Aro walked in with everyone else following. No one looked very happy. Chelsea came over to the desk.
"It's my turn to cover being the secretary. Go take your break. Aro's orders," She said while nodding her head slightly in Aro's direction.
I gave her one last look before I followed the large crowd into the main room or "the throne room" as Caius likes to call it, and took my seat next to Alec (blah). He rolled his eyes when I sat down but said nothing.
"So, I guess you failed," I said, teasing him.
Alec just gave me a hard glare. "Shut up for once. I don't want to deal with you today."
Too bad for you, honey. You're going to have to deal with me once you see your nice remodeled room. Aro was sitting in his chair with his head in his hands. I'm guessing things didn't go well in Forks. Jane was clawing away at her chair. Bits of wood fell to the floor. Oh yeah, it definitely didn't go well. I leaned over behind Alec's back to whisper to her.
"What happened?" I asked.
She didn't even look at me but just uttered one word. "Bella," she said, her teeth grinding together.
Before I could settle back into my seat, Alec leaned back, crushing me against the back of his chair. Oh, you're nice.
"Stop it, you two," Caius called.
Aro looked up and walked over to our direction. Jane cowered a bit and Alec tensed.
"I should have brought you along," Aro whispered more to himself than me. "You could've destroyed them all." He took my face in his hands.
Um, yeah right. What was the puffer fish going to do? Were they all going to die of laughter? I don't think so. In order for my power to have any effect I sort of need to be in contact with someone. It's kind of hard to rip someone's head off when they're waaayyy over there. Just saying. Well, I have spikes in my wrist that can come completely out of the skin that I can just grow back (that's the only ones that grow back) but it's not like I'm going to stand there and just throw spikes at people. Can anyone say boring?
Aro let his hands drop to his sides and drifted back over to his seat. "You're all dismissed!" his voice rang out.
Jane was the first one out the door, pushing everyone aside. She didn't want to spend another minute in that room. I couldn't blame her. The whole atmosphere was tense and quiet. Alec followed closely behind her leaving me one of the last few in the room.
I was sitting on my unused bed when I heard loud shouting. Ha! Alec must have seen his room. It serves him right for trying to break my head with his chair.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hm, that must be Alec knocking on my door to pay me a visit and make small chat. He wasn't knocking hard enough to break the door but he made it shake a little.
"Come in!" I said in a mock sing-song voice.
Alec didn't hesitate to swing open the door. The yelling didn't start right away. For a few moments he just stood in the doorway and glared at me before giving a big sigh. He sat down on the bed next to me.
"Do you enjoy making my existence miserable?" He asked. Wow, he's actually calm!
"Yes. It's a great hobby of mine." I smiled at him.
A/N: Whew! Done with the first chapter! I hoped you enjoyed it even though it was kind of short. I'm going to make the next chapter longer so don't worry. Thoughts? Suggestions? Review please and tell me how I'm doing.