** A.N – I do not own any of the characters for this fic. I am quoting the actual book but I understand that the original text belongs to Stephanie Meyer **
Wait for me
Bree POV
My throat burned causing me to wail and shriek loudly. The blonde one – Jasper? – growled ferociously at me and I cringed back but the intense pain that was constantly on my throat caused my hands to involuntarily clench and pull up the earth of the clearing that we were in. Jasper crouched before me and soon the other blonde vampire was by his side and I heard his voice sounding remarkably calm 'Have you changed your mind, young one? We don't want to destroy you, but we will if you can't control yourself'
'How can you stand it?' I growled 'I want her' Once again my hands clenched into the soil.
'You must stand it. You must exercise control. It is possible, and it is the only thing that will save you now' the pain from my throat now made my head pound and I grasped it with both hands. I heard the girl speak then, the girl that we'd all been instructed to kill. I growled at her, she was the reason for Riley to take away my life. I hated her. She looked away but I kept my scarlet eyes on her, whenever she turned her head to me I shuddered as her movement wafted her scent towards me.
Suddenly the two blonde vampires in front of me retreated and joined the others where they all circled around the girl leaving me on my own. I wondered what all strange-eyes were uniting against; I remember one of them mentioning the Volturi, the clan of vampires Riley had told us to stay clear of. I smelt them before I saw them; they smelled sweet, much better than the scent of the girl. Thinking about the smell of the girl made my head pound again and my fingers flew up to my temple and tried massaging it. I heard the greetings of the two groups but I couldn't make any sense of it, me head was aching too much. It was then I felt eyes on me and heard a harsh voice 'You there. Your name' I looked up at her and saw a diminutive woman with red eyes. I decided I wouldn't give her the satisfaction of answering her so I tightened my lips – already closed to lessen the scent of the girl – and glared at her. She smiled back and suddenly I felt a pain like no other, if possible it was worse than the transformation, my back arched into a position which it shouldn't be in. It carried on forcing my arms behind my back and my legs against my chest. Finally the pain stopped 'Your name' the little woman said again. I gave in.
'Bree' I gasped. She smiled and the pain started again, I screamed but the torture was shorter this time.
'She'll tell you anything you want to know,' said the bronze-haired boy 'you don't have to do that'
'Oh, I know' she replied. I couldn't see her face from my position on the floor but I could imagine a sick smile playing across her angelic features. 'Bree,' she directed to me 'Is his story true? Were there twenty of you?'
'Nineteen or twenty, maybe more, I don't know!' I cringed; I didn't know if my answer would suffice, I didn't want to be in that pain again. 'Sara and the one whose name I don't know got in a fight on the way…'
'And this Victoria – did she create you?'
I don't know. Riley never said her name. I didn't see that night… it was so dark, and it hurt… he didn't want us to be able to think of her. He said our thoughts weren't safe…'
'Tell me about Riley. Why did he bring you here?'
'Riley told us we had to destroy the strange yellow-eyes here. He said it would be easy. He said that the city was theirs, and they were coming to get us. He said once they were gone, all the blood would be ours. He gave us her scent' I pointed towards the girl 'he said we would know that we had the right coven, because she would be with them. He said whoever got to her first could have her'
'It seems like Riley was wrong about the easy part' I nodded and carefully sat up, grateful that I wasn't subjected to that pain again.
'I don't know what happened. We split up, but the others never came. And Riley left us, and he didn't come to help like he promised. And then it was so confusing, and everybody was in pieces. I was afraid. I wanted to run away. That one' I looked towards the blonde one 'said they wouldn't hurt me if I stopped fighting'
'Ah, but that wasn't his gift to offer, young one. Broken rules demand a consequence' I looked up at her confused but she turned away and started talking to the blonde vampire. I didn't pay any more attention to the conversation until I heard the small vampire speak 'Take care of that Felix. I want to go home' I looked up shocked and saw a huge dark shadow walk towards me. He crouched down in front of me and leant over. I raised my eyes and saw his slight olive complexion and his short black hair, he reminded me of Diego, as soon as I made the comparison something stirred inside of me and I knew that I couldn't die because of him. When his eyes met mine I attempted to convey my feelings to him, he gulped and suddenly seemed uncertain.
'Please' I breathed.
'I'm sorry' he breathed back.
'Please' I repeated. He stared deep into my eyes and it seemed to change something within him.
'Ok, but you're going to have to act as though I have killed you'
'Of course'
'Now' he whispered. I screamed loudly and went limp.
'I'll come back I promise. Wait for me, please' he then stood up and rejoined the coven.
'We'll leave you to clear that up' said the small woman without turning round. The group the darted away leaving me with the golden-eyes. I heard the vibrations of the ground when the vampires remaining turned to leave but I heard a voice.
'Wait, Bree, she's still alive' it was the voice of the bronze-haired boy. He ran over to me.
'Have they gone?' I whispered.
'Yes, they've gone' he replied. I breathed out and looked around at the shocked faces of the coven in front of me.
'What the heck' said the big one.
'Emmett, she asked Felix to save her and he did. He seems to have found his soul mate and he couldn't let her die' my head was reeling; soul mate? All I did was ask him not to kill him.
'It was when he first heard your voice Bree, he was… as you say smitten. And we will return, he has to think of a way to loosen the bonds securing him to the Volturi first. But he will return'
