AN: I am sorry it has been so long since I posted anything. I have had a lot going on in my life but the biggest thing that kept me from posting was just writers block and outright not wanting to write. For those that didnt know I was pregnant in May and June, I had a miscarriage July 2nd. I really did not feel up to doing much of anything. Now for the disclaimer, the characters don't belong to me they belong to Stephanie Meyers. No matter how much I wish I was as capable as her I am not. The plot on the other hand is an idea of mine after I was issued a challenge by a fellow reader/writer (you know who you are). Thank you for thinking of me when you issued the challenge, it was an honor to write this. Thanks also go out to my beta, Karebear you know I cannot do this without you hun.

Katie 3

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I've become
Bring Me To Life- Evanescence

CPOV (Caius)

My life has become a bore; I have been alive for over two thousand years and when you have been alive that long things become so mundane. Most of the vampires alive would think me cold, unfeeling, and downright vicious. Truth is I could care less about the day to day bullshit we put up with. I could care less about the mundane matters that I have to deal with due to the fact I am a king. I am uncaring in only the fact I don't care about anything. I am exactly what they say, I am vicious I am unfeeling; I am evil; it really just depends upon your perspective of evil though.

Today started out as any other day, a boring humdrum normal day. That is until the doors opened on the boy who wanted death because his "mate" had already passed. One would have never thought that things would have gotten interesting to me. As I said I usually don't care about anything, but something, about this situation stunk, I mean what vampire in their right mind would leave their mate instead of changing them. I looked at Marcus; he shook his head slightly. Just as I thought, she wasn't his mate. No matter, Aro will deny his request, and we will go on with the rest of our day.

Aro walks forward and touches the boy's hand, Aro's excitement showing through a lot as the images play through the boy's thoughts of the girl. Aro turns and walks back to us his hand reaching out towards Marcus to get information regarding the bonds between them.

"I can find no reason to grant you death Edward. No wrong has been done. Not now that she is dead, unfortunate yes, but she wasn't your mate. If you wish to join the guard you may but at this present time I have to deny your request for death," Aro says. He walks back over to Edward, touching his hand. "I see well then you may go."

The boy left the room quickly, his face showing determination.

"Aro, you know he will do something to force our hands," I say.

"Unfortunately you are correct; his plans include walking into the sunlight and exposing us." He says.

"Then why did you let him walk out of this room brother," I ask.

"Because without a wrong being done by him, we cannot really do anything without looking bad," He says.

"Who cares if we look bad, we have one rule and one rule only." I say heatedly.

"Yes, and we will stop him right before he does it Caius," He says.

"We better Aro, the humans would panic. It wouldn't be good for our food to panic, especially in this day and age where they could almost retaliate." I say.

"Hush now brother. Jane, Felix, and Demetri keep an eye on him and stop him before he does anything stupid. When he makes a move to walk into the sunlight bring him to us here."

"Yes Master," three voices chorus.

They leave the room; my eyes land on my brother. My aggravation getting the better of me a growl slips from my throat.

"Why did you just let that boy go Aro, you know damn well he is going to try and expose us for what we are." Impatience lines my voice as I continue speaking, "He has no respect for anything, especially if he could tell a human that is not his mate of our existence."

"Now Caius, you know we couldn't kill him without probable cause. It would make us no better than animals, besides, we don't know for absolute sure that he would do anything, and if he does well that's what Jane, Felix, and Demetri are therefore, to stop exposure of our kind from happening."

"But Aro, exposure had already happened. Yes, the girl is dead, but he still exposed vampires to her then he left her with no regard for our laws. He left her alive with knowledge of our kind. What if she had told someone, wouldn't we, then have one hell of a mess on our hands? Wouldn't we have to kill more humans, not that I mind that but there are only so many ways to make things look like an accident before the humans start to question all the deaths."

"We will just have to see Caius, now, please settle down," He says with a small growl.

"Fine, but mark my words, he will cause trouble, I just know it." I say with a huff turning and slamming my way out of the throne room. I head towards my wing of the castle, my annoyance getting the better of me as I slam each and every door on the way through. Rage pours through me at the thought of the boy being allowed to go free and then the thought occurs to me. Why do I even care? What is it about this boy that has set me completely at edge? I am usually aloof and uncaring, why did this bother me so much. I start pacing my room examining my thoughts and actions regarding that boy stumped. A knock at my door and a short time later I was back in the throne room, no thought in my head as I disinterestedly helped sentence a couple who disgustingly created an immortal child.

Now I can't say that we are not cruel, but even we wouldn't suffer a child to this kind of life. They have no control and always have to be put down as they will expose us. My thoughts get away from myself as a smile falls to Aro's face. He always did enjoy death and mayhem just a little too much, me, I couldn't understand how he could always be so cheerful every time we had to end someone. Alec makes his presence known with a message that they found Edward getting ready to head out into the sun from under the clock tower.

"I told you that little boy would try to do something to expose us, but you just had to let him go. You wouldn't believe me when I told you he would expose us; you thought to give him a chance. You forget yourself brother; we are Volturi, we don't give second chances."

"Remember your place brother," he says with a hiss.

The doors open and five vampires instead of four walk through the doors along with one human. My eyes are drawn to her. She is a quiet thing with long brown hair and expressive eyes, eyes that are full of fear. She should fear; we are the stuff made of nightmares and for the first time in existence, I can feel myself starting to care about something other than myself.