Prologue
"Must you really go?"
A man frowns.
A young teenager of about sixteen or seventeen years with carbon black hair wore a grim smile upon her impossibly natural shade of bright, vivid, shocking, rich red lips. Her skin was frighteningly pale, yet mesmerizing to gaze at. She had spring green irises with a thin and peculiar, azure blue ring encasing it. Deep, dark, purple-colored pupils - almost mistakenly black, along with her irises, helped to dominate her beautiful face, contrasting gorgeously with the green and blue.
"Father," she replied in a singing mezzo-soprano, alto voice, "there is no one else."
"I am sure that anyone else would handle the job well," the man all but pleaded.
"Neither man nor woman of our large family is incompetent, father," the girl began," but you know as well as anyone of us that my abilities are far beyond efficient."
"You realize that we won't see each other for years to come?" he demanded.
"During which time I will deeply miss you, but bask in pride that I am serving my father, whom is dear to my soul and close to my non-beating heart," she replied smoothly.
"You really will help me destroy the threat upon our family," he said; a statement, not a question.
She nodded.
"The threat of the true wolves, as well as the misguided ones.."
He nodded.
"I will find someone worthy enough to watch over you in the shadows. You shall never see that person, he will simply find you several times a decade and watch you for two months. Then he will report back to me.
"For now, be safe my daughter, Eldunari."
Clad in long, black, silk robes, Eldunari walked out of the throne room of her family's majestic abode.
The beautifully made doors slammed shut, separating the father and daughter.
Despite the barrier, Eldunari spun around to face the doors and quietly swore an oath in a tongue never heard to anyone outside its origin. It sounded ragged and rough like the Bear's claws on stone, yet there was a delicate music and a strong ring of emotion in it, like Bear's shout of happiness or her cry of sorrow.
"I do so swear to return to my beloved home. It might take many years but I shall, at the end of my travels, find my way back home. I do so swear this oath in such a delicate tongue, for the sacred language of the Bears cannot be ignored. This oath is binding, and I shall heed to fulfill it. I do so swear, upon my life, this oath to my father: Aro, the great leader of the Volturi, to return home."
Eldunari quietly slipped out of the castle and into the night, slipping the hood on her robe onto her head as she disappeared into the darkness with impeccable speed.