Author's Note: I don't own Twilight or any of the characters. I certainly didn't make any money from writing this either. I did this with love for the characters created by Stephenie Meyer. The only character(s) that belongs to me would be Katherine Montgomery and the people from her life. The idea just came to me one day and I wanted to get it down while I remembered so I hope that you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed writing it! Reviews are always welcomed!
Darkness giving way to dim candlelight. These things were old friends to him.
Silence. It too was a dear friend and it left him room to be alone with his thoughts.
Floor to ceiling shelves. Dusty books. Ancient scrolls. These things meant nothing to him at the moment.
All of these things seemed to surround the dark-haired ancient vampire but none of these things held his attention. He wasn't looking for a text to back up the thoughts dancing around in his head. There was no scroll that held what Aro sought. He didn't even worry about where his wife happened to be at the moment. Sulpicia was safe and well taken care of. She had company to keep her satisfied after all. That was all that he cared about. He had no need for her companionship at the moment.
Aro sat in his room, alone and lost in his thoughts. This was when he could be the most dangerous however. He was thinking, plotting, planning. When he got an idea in mind, the ancient vampire could be more stubborn than anyone in history. His mind was turning as he tried to come up with the proper plan to execute to get what he wanted most at the moment. He couldn't have Isabella and Edward Cullen or Alice Cullen for that matter although he wanted to add them to his coven. There was also Zafrina and Benjamin. Their extraordinary gifts would be incredible additions to the Volturi coven. That much was clear to him now that he had met them. Their own covens would fight to keep them but that wouldn't stop him from trying. Aro knew that he would have his turn, that if he waited long enough that he would get what he wanted the most. It would just take some time and a better plan than he had put forth before.
No, that wasn't what the ancient vampire wanted the most right now. What he wanted right now was what the Cullen clan had. He wanted his own human-vampire hybrid. He couldn't allow another family to have something that seemed that powerful without having something similar himself. He couldn't allow any other coven to seem like they were more powerful than the Volturi after all. No one would fall into line if they thought that Aro, Caius and Marcus were losing their hold on their world. They wouldn't continue to be the most powerful coven, the law for their supernatural world, if the Cullens were allowed to appear to have the upper hand in any way. They had already caused Aro to back down once. Now he knew that he needed to get his hands on a hybrid of his own.
The one thing that he could think to do was to bring women in to the tower, sort through them and find someone acceptable. He was, after all, going to be quite picky about the identity of the mother of this hybrid. He wanted the woman to be someone with the potential to have a supernatural gift should she be turned. That way he would be able to fold her into the coven as well should she survive as Isabella Swan had survived the birth of Reneesme Cullen. Aro wasn't as concerned with that part of the plan however.
His preference for father, other than himself, would be Alec or Demetri but he had no idea if that would work out as he had it planned. While he could bind the woman to whomever he wanted, Aro did want it to be her choice. He wanted it to be as natural as could be expected, given the circumstances that he knew that he'd be putting her through. Then again, he knew that the right woman could potentially create a powerful hybrid even with someone such as Felix as the father. It would take some convincing but he thought that he could send Heidi out to gather potential women. He would have to sort through them but if he found one, Aro knew that he could find a place to keep her in the tower until he found the right vampire mate. Eventually he would tie the two togother with Chelsea's help if that was what it took.
The ancient vampire briefly considered the possibility that the woman could live through the birth much like Bella had as well. If that happened, Aro hoped that he found a woman who would come through the process of becoming immortal with a powerful gift. That was something that he could plan for though. He knew if he found the right woman that they would know if she might come through with an ability, a gift of her own. Someone who had a gift in their human life would likely come through with a gift in their immortal life after all. Aro knew he'd only have one shot at making sure that the hybrid that was created was talented in his or her own , right though. That would just mean that he would have to try again if the first attempt failed. Assuming that he could try even once.
As he sat, planning what his first move would be, Aro realized one thing. For this to be successful, he had to find a willing victim first. While he could perhaps use Corin to make the woman content with being there, he thought that he might have the most success with someone who was willing even without any kind of supernatural assistance. That wasn't going to be easy but he knew that somewhere out there he would find the right subject for his plans.
