A Past of Vampires
Heidi's POV
I hurried through the shadows lining the streets of my home city of Volterra, after eating after another one of my successful fishing trips. I've lived her for centuries along with the rest of my family, the Volturi. We're the most powerful, and unchallenged, coven in the entire world. I paused suddenly, when I caught Jane's scent in the air. What was she doing now? Why wasn't she inside? Aro always wanted to make sure she was safe. After all, Jane was Aro's special pet. In his eyes, Jane is second to his wife, Sulpicia. I'm invisible when those two are around. I jogged to my sister's side and then I saw her staring at a box with a frightened expression.
"Jane, what is it?" I asked calmly. "Heidi," Jane started slightly at the sound of my voice. "I...I just...I was...I...I think someone abandoned a pet or something." I took a deep breath and peered into the box and Jane followed my lead and then we both saw something we never dreamed of seeing—a little human baby sleeping peacefully. I picked the child up and took her out of the box. I hissed to Jane, "Get rid off the box. I'll take the child back to the palace and tell Aro that I took you with me for a walk. Hurry." Jane got rid of the box and was back before I'd gone three feet. "Girl, you are fast," I murmured to her. Jane nodded and muttered, "Figured you could use some help getting the grates open." I smiled at my sister and we hurried to get this little child inside. Then Jane asked, "What's it's name?" I shrugged and then I saw the locket. I pulled it out, and barely turning my head toward Jane, said, "Her name's Bella, Isabella Marie Swan." Jane nodded and said, "That's a pretty name for a pretty little girl."
We quickly entered the main hall where executions occurred and we ate, well, where pretty much everything, except for our 'sleeping' happened. I paused and quickly returned to the lobby when I saw that someone was going to destroyed. Alec saw me and sat down next to me. Jane went in and joined Aro. "Heidi, you can't keep that child sheltered forever. It's not even yours anyway. Shouldn't you put it back where you found it?" Alec said so calmly. I'd never hated Alec before, but suddenly I wanted to rip off his head. I wanted to kill him. Chelsea came in and I said, "Chelsea, can you take Bella for a second?" "Sure, Heidi," she said calmly. I stood up and leaned over Alec. "Listen, Alec. Your sister and I found her on the streets in box. Her parents abandoned her. I may be a vampire, I may drink human blood, but leaving her just wasn't an option. No one even seemed to notice that something was wrong. It was after I came back, though. And I will do everything in my power to keep little Bella sheltered for as long as I can." Alec flinched and then Chelsea giggled. I took Bella back from Chelsea and continued rocking her gently. "Hey, Alec , you mind telling me if they're done in there with the 'trial,'" I called to my brother. I heard no reply.
Then Corin came out and said, "Heidi, Aro, Caius, and Marcus want to see you and what you found." I glared and snapped, "It's a human baby, for crying out loud, Corin. It doesn't even know how to talk yet. Bella can't be more than four months, at most." I rereentered the hall and said, "Masters." Caius drifted forward and said, "Explain! Now! Heidi!" I gulped and said, "I went for a walk after we'd finished eating and brought Jane with me. I could smell human in the alley, which was unusual in itself, so we figured we'd find out what it was. I sent Jane on ahead, and then said I'd catch up. When I did, I saw her standing stiffly beside a cardboard box. We looked in and found Bella. She'd been abandoned. I couldn't leave her and she needs a home and I was hoping maybe I could keep her. Now Bella, and that box, weren't there when I came home, either, because I would have noticed it, Caius."
Marcus, who had been 'bored' throughout this entire thing, suddenly looked interested and asked, "You said she was abandoned?" "It's the only explanation that fits. Why else would she have been in a box?" I replied instantly. Aro frowned at me and said, "Heidi, find her parents." Caius quickly nodded his head in agreement with Aro, but remained silent. Marcus suddenly said, "No, brothers. Heidi is right. And we know what happened to her parents. We killed them, on accident. I'll take her in and raise her as my child, as my daughter." Aro nodded and said, "I hope you know what you're getting yourself into, brother." "I do, Aro," Marcus said. "May I have my daughter, Heidi?" I handed Bella over to her new father, to Marcus, and then Aro dismissed me.
I breathed a quiet sigh of relief when it was all over. That had been so close. Bella Volturi, Isabella Marie Swan Volturi, I think to myself. My new sister. My little sister.