The Ultimate Betrayal
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters unfortunately for me, although I wouldn't mind owning Edward or Jacob, but why pick one? Have both xD
AN: This is my third fanfic, but proberly my 30th or more attempted story, yes I do have loads of unfinished stories and ideas but I had to write something about Irina. I had an urge to write this for some unknown reason so let me know if you like it!
I ran through the snow, barely leaving any tracks in the fine blanket of white powder, I can run faster than any of my sisters. Out of my whole family only Edward and Carlisle can run faster than me. I sighed as I thought of my cousins, the cousins who had wronged me so. I was a bit nervous about seeing them again, it's only been a few months since I last saw them but so much had happened in that short space of time.
The last time I saw them, I had laurent well he wasn't with me at the time of their visit since he had gone to visit a friend for a little while. He promised me he'd return soon once he had sorted out a few things and settled a few favours. That's about all he told me on the subject before he left. He didn't come back to me and in the short time i had known laurent i had found he was a man of his word, if he promised he would return then he would. Tanya and Kate told me he was a nomad, most likely moved on after trying to live by our lifestyle. After weeks of worrying It was Carlisle who told us the fate my dear laurent, who had come across the remains of a small pile of ash mixed in with burnt wood and recognised Laurent's fading scent, Carlisle said the scent was so weak that he'd must have been dead for a while.
He explained the situation to my family, how laurent was hunting and came across Edward's dear little human and was ready to kill her until several shape shifting dogs ripped him to shreds to protect Bella. I was slightly angry when i heard he'd been hunting a human but we all fall off the wagon, our lifestyle isn't the most easiest to live by, However I didn't like Bella. I had never met her before but she had caused so much trouble. First she somehow manges to drive Edward to our doorstep just by being near him then runs off to get herself killed by James, if it wasn't for bella Edward may have not taken an instant dislike to Laurent. Then we hear Edward is heartbroken over the little human because they've broken up, that he can't even bare to be in the same room as his own family.
Then she almost gets Edward killed by the volturi, to make matters worse she befriends the giant mutant wolves that killed my laurent! I couldn't believe it when Carlisle called and asked for our help, I would only have considered it if they had agreed to our offer. In exchange for our help we would be allowed to hunt the wolves and kill them. Even though I blamed Bella for a lot of things I shouldn't, I was willing to put everything aside and be friends, I knew it was the wolves who killed him, them who caused me the heartache. Yet due to the friendship the Cullen's and the dog's we were prohibited from hunting and killing them, doing so would anger our cousins.
After we refused our 'distant family' help against a newborn army we all felt terribly guilty, if we had helped perhaps they wouldn't have had felt the need to ally themselves with mutts. I also felt guilty but I wasn't so ready to forgive and forget, laurent and I were just starting to test the waters and my feelings for him were deeper than anyone first thought, than I even first thought. In all the centuries I've been alive he was the only one who managed to catch my eye out of all the male vampires I'd met and I liked him despite the glowing red eyes he possessed and he liked me despite my brief encounters with human males.
My sister's and brother were relieved when we all received a wedding invitation from Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan; I recognised Alice's delicate and neat handwriting immediately. I missed Alice and her sister Rosalie, such nice girls and their not even a century old yet. My sister's took the invitation as a good sign, that we were wanted at the wedding and took it as a chance to make amends. I refused to go and as the other's left I went on my own journey.
I wandered everywhere, from our home in Alaska to Canada and various other places. I made no decision to go anywhere; no doubt Tanya was proberly ringing Alice all the time asking if I would return soon. So I wandered through the snow endlessly into different states and back again.
I loved the snow, winter had always been my favourite season, even when I was human and living in Russia. Back then winter was the most deadly time of year and you could easily freeze in your own home but I loved it, seeing the thick white soft covering vast landscapes made me feel at home. One of the reasons I loved Alaska was for its weather and the amount of snow, I especially loved climbing the mountains there.
As a vampire it was strange when I went out in the snow for the first time, it was no longer cold but was slightly warm to my touch and it didn't melt in my palm. I wondered if it would be snowing in forks when I arrived, I had never been there before since the Cullen's move once every few years and so far have only lived there twice. I hear it's almost constantly raining and any snow that settles is washed away.
I was coming across the mountains now, I knew I was north of forks now, all that stood between me and my cousins was some mountains and a thick forest. I was willing to accept Bella as one of the family now, I wonder if she's still human, it's only been about three months since the wedding.
I easily jumped from rock to rock on the cliff I was on and quickly scalded the rocky cliff face if there wasn't any perch for me to stand on, I could easily dig my hands into the rock which felt like soft clay and hoist myself up without damaging my clothes or getting my light blonde hair dirty. I reached the top pretty quickly and stood taking in the view.
Several miles away I could see the town, between it and me was a large space filled entirely with tall trees, not one part of it was disturbed and what would have normally been a sea of green was very lightly dusted with snow as it fell all around me and on the forest below but suddenly a movement below in the forest caught my eye and I froze.
She was walking slowly, gazing off in some trees. She was tall and had dark brunette hair that came down to the middle of her back in wavy locks; it was the complete opposite to my short straight silvery blonde hair. Her skin was smooth and pale like mine so I knew she was a vampire. She had a very beautiful face, perhaps even more beautiful than Rosalie but her eyes stood out. Even though I was miles away I could see the red iris she had although I detect that it had a more orange tint to it. So this is the famous Bella.
I caught sight of some movement next to her, it was a large man with muscled arms and dark skin, his black hair was messy and hung at his shoulders. He was charging off into the trees while tugging at his shirt before he suddenly disappeared from my sight. I turned back to bella who was now looking all around herself; her eyes flitted up to the cliffs next to me and swept over them until she reached me.
Suddenly Bella made eye contact and stopped scanning the cliffs, her eyes fixed on me, she saw me staring at her and she stared back. Seeing her made me a little angry, bringing back the memories of the things she had done to my family. After a few seconds she started to raise her hand, palm up towards me, I felt my annoyance break through and my lip twisted. She immediately tensed and for a second I thought it was because of me but a few seconds later I heard it.
The echo was sharp and defined to my vampire hearing, the first was a high pitched cry, one of joy I'd imagine then it was closely followed by a deep throaty howl. My head instantly snapped to the sound, a little way off to where bella was there was a small clearing, a large wolf towered over a small elk his dark fur on his muzzle was stained with fresh crimson blood, it was one of the dogs. No doubt the man who was with bella a few minutes ago. Perhaps one of the ones who had killed the man I was falling for but he was turned to something next to him. I looked closer and realised with horror where the cry had come from.
Next to the wolf was a small girl, aged around two or three. The girl had dark hair that hung in ringlets down to her waist; her skin was extremely pale to be human, perhaps a shade darker than ours. She possessed so much beauty for a young child it didn't seem natural but what really shook me was how she too stood over a large stag, her hands around as she pressed her lips to its neck and started drinking greedily from it.
An immortal child. My mind flashed to a memory from several centuries before. My mother stood in the middle of the clearing in her arms was a beautiful little boy with dark hair, pale skin and blood red eyes. The flames licked at their bodies as their screeches filled the air. I couldn't stop the raw pain and anger that rose within and my face twisted in that pain and anger, unable to watch the child again I looked at bella, her hands were open infront of her in some sort of apologetic sign.
How dare she! How could she create an immortal child! Surely with seven members of his coven Carlisle can keep better control over a newborn, Jasper especially has experience with them! How dare bella raise her hands like that as if it was nothing! I pulled my lip back and let a deep growl fly at her before turning away and running back down the cliff face.
Anger coursed through my dry veins, this was the deepest betrayal I could think of, the Cullen's had gone too far, Carlisle knows what happened to my family, knew how an immortal child ripped us apart. He had to be in on it, there's no way a newborn can handle an immortal child on their own whilst fighting bloodlust themselves. Me and my sisters believed in upholding the volturi law, we would give them no reason to return to hurt our family ever again and yet it was our 'family' who seemed content to tear it apart again. Bella is a newborn herself, she should be supervised when out in the woods, it's too risky for newborns under a year old to be running around on their own. I thought Jasper would know better than to allow this, he had trained and raised newborns for decades!
I ran and ran, they've already created an immortal child I wouldn't put killing a cousin past them at this point in order to keep their secret. I reached the sea quicker than I thought I would and dived in. I didn't know where I was going; I wouldn't go back to Denali that much I was certain. So I wandered through the dark snowy wilderness however the snow which I once found so comforting didn't bring the same relief as it once did. Not only were the Cullen's still in league with the overgrown mutts but they had also created a vampire child. Immortal children had caused such devastation in our world, so many had died. All of the Cullen members had been born long after that time but the remaining stories and tales were enough to stop any new vampires repeating the mistakes of older ones.
I kept remembering my mother and the boy who had caused me to lose her, my mother, Sasha would disappear for a while before returning, she encouraged us to do stuff on our own and not wait around for her, we had no idea to what she was doing or up too. I couldn't let this girl destroy my family, it's taken us centuries to rebuild our life to this point and if the volturi find out I knew about this child and didn't report It then this time me and my sisters won't be spared. If Aro's finds out that bella saw me watching the girl he'd come back, I couldn't prove my innocence in a matter of an immortal child this time.
This child is no more than three months old to this vampire life, making it a hundred times worse than an adult newborn vampire. This was no natural child of Bella's from when she was human for we surely would have known. I couldn't tell if the child looked like bella, vampire transformation tend to change a person's looks quite a lot so Bella had little in common with the girl for facial features or hair colour. I did notice the girl had brown eyes but that could easily be eye contacts for when she is outside. No normal two year old girl can take a stag down with her bare hands anyway. Who would stand by this child if the volturi come?
Would all the Cullen's perish? Edward would, his wife and his new 'daughter' would surely die so I doubt he'd stand by. I knew Rosalie might, we all knew she yarned for a child, it was no secret so she proberly supported this unnatural child and Emmett would go with her. Carlisle and Esme maybe, but I also doubt they'd stand by and watch their 'children' die. Alice and Jasper I was unsure of, as far as I knew neither would have wanted a child, Alice normally goes by her visions, she'd see her own death if she stands by them. It would surprise me if Jasper fought; he had had a somewhat healthier respect for Volturi law than the rest of his family.
Even if some survived they had still wronged, the child shouldn't be alive at all and it seems none of the family had reported it. Guilty by association, the same thing Caius wanted to kill Me, Tanya and Kate for; we were oblivious to our brother's existence, if Aro didn't possess his powerful talent then we would have died, the Volturi will most likely kill the whole family for the association with the girl. Will the Cullen's tell my sisters they saw me, will they say the reason why I ran away? I highly doubted it, I'd expect Tanya and Kate to react the same was as I did.
Slowly the anger faded, it didn't disappear but I thought more about it. The Cullen's were our friends, more than friends, they were family, we had a true connection to them due to our ability to create stronger bonds. We got on so well with each member of the family. We had helped them out as much as they had helped us out, we'd even lived together at one point, Tanya had once even taken an interest in Edward, who very politely turned her advances down. To turn them in to the volturi would also be betrayal on my part, which is the greatest betrayal? Surely it would be theirs, creating a child that can have devastating effects on all it comes into contact with. I was sure Bella had created this child, we knew she had chosen this life, had Carlisle and Edward not taught her the basic rules we all need to abide by?
I couldn't stay quiet about this, but as much as I loved the Cullen's as my family I need to uphold the law. To remain quiet would make me as bad as them, guilty as much as they are. I would go to the Volturi and I would be hated for it, but it needs to be done. This may be the most difficult thing I will ever have to do in my entire life but I'm not sure if it will be a decision I will regret making.
Days had passed now, too lost in my thoughts and memories after what I had witnessed on the outskirts of Forks to notice the time passing so when I pinpointed where I was and was surprised to see I had gone so far east. It would not take me long to reach Italy from here, I had the money with me to catch a plane, Money which Alice had helped us acquire with her ability to see the stock market. Trying to push the thought of the Cullen's away I started to pick up my pace, running to the nearest city so I can reach a nearby airport.
I was running to destroy lives, running to save my sister's from a cruel fate, running for my own conscious, running to make the ultimate betrayal.
AN: Dun Dun Dahh or however it goes, I'm not sure wheather to keep this as a one-shot or write another chapter or two on this keeping in mind that Irina spent about six weeks in the company of the volturi. I really want to hear what you think, do you want more Irina? It will only take a few seconds to review, I do answer all reviews, thank you for reading my lovely's x