My awesome readers, I want to thank you for all of your well wishes and heartfelt messages toward KS! I promise that I will return to it although it may take a while for me to get back to it, so please be patient with me! Now, I really hope you like this new story...but there is one small catch! I really need your input and ideas for this story! I want to hear what you think will happen to the characters as the chapters go. I know where I want the story to go and already have the major scenes plotted out, but what I want from all of you is filler, twists, turns, shit like that! I have never written a story like this so what you are willing to give me will be exceptionally helpful and I will make sure that your idea is known and dedicated to the appropriate chapters! Now, let's get this party started shall we?
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"Are the rumors true Carlisle? Is there really a vampire queen out there somewhere?" Alice, my dearest sister/meddling pixie, can't seem to help herself when it comes to fairy tales. I remember back in 1918 when I was first changed, Carlisle always telling me the story of the mysterious Vampire Queen that fled Italy when the Volturi came in and took over. If I'm not mistaken, they killed her when they finally tracked her down. The only problem is that she kept coming back; reincarnated I guess you could say. They were always able to pin point her location and destroy her before she even had a chance. You see, according to the stories, she is the only one that can banish the Volturi and literally bring peace to our kind. If she were to take over, her word was not only law, but if anyone stepped out of line, they would be a pile of ash before they could even blink.
"Can you tell us the story again Carlisle? You are the one that was there, you witnessed what they did to her...right?" Alice asked. I don't remember this part of his story. Could it be true? Could she really exist?
"Alright, I'll tell you the story, only this time, I will tell it to you from my perspective." Carlisle took a seat by the fireplace in our sitting room with a weary look upon his face. Letting out a sigh, he propped his elbows on his knees and ran a shaky hand through his golden locks preparing for the inevitable. "Before I even get started, you all must understand that I had no idea this was going to happen. If I knew, I would've tried to stop it at all costs, gathered an army and fought against the Volturi." He paused looking each one of us in the eyes before he let out another sigh and continued on with the story. "I found the Volturi many many centuries ago while traveling around Europe trying to find some sort of reprieve from this damnation we call life. I wanted a friend. Someone to spend my time with to fill the empty void in my life. At the time, I was led to believe that they were indeed the vampire royalty. Damn, if only I knew then what I know now." Yep, my father definitely had the weight of the world on his shoulders. "We infiltrated Volterra. The guards there had no idea we were coming and when we did, we hit them with everything we had. The brothers were able to recruit a few on our side. Apparently, their powers could be of use to them and they wanted to keep them around. That's when their collection started. Now, I wasn't there to fight and I didn't. They knew they were on their own. I was waiting outside by the fountain while they entered the castle. Around an hour later, the brothers were dragging this woman out. She was kicking and screaming, pleading for them to cease and desist what they were doing and she wouldn't turn them into ashes. They tied her to the gallows that were in the square and started hitting her with everything they had. They tortured her for days. Most of the time, I looked after her, trying to help ease her pain as much as I possibly could, tending to her wounds, feeding her when no one was looking. The day before she was reduced to ash, I made a promise to her. You see, the last thing she ever spoke to anyone was that she would indeed return to me when the time was right. Due to my compassion, she would spare my life if I stood with her when the time came. I did just that. I pledged my immortality to her for as long as I existed. I hope that each and everyone of you will do the same for the vampire world will never be right until she rules once again. After her execution, I left Volterra and have never returned. The brothers send me invites, and I kindly refuse to keep them away from me and my family. If they ever found out what I've done and told you, we would cease to exist. That's why we never stay in the same place for too long and avoid them at all costs."
"What else do you know of this queen dear? You already opened the can of worms, you might as well spill them all out now." Esme requested. My dear sweet mother. I wonder how she is feeling about all of this right now? Her mind is completely blank like everyone else in the room. Guess I'll get the reaction when he is completely finished.
"I know that the only reason the Volturi were able to over throw her was because she wasn't mated. She is destined to have 2 mates to rule by her side. Once she has been mated properly, the three gain every power known to our world. They become sponges and are literally the most powerful family in our world. The kicker is that the three of them have to power to give their gifts to those closest to them." Well, this just got really fucking interesting. She can give others our powers? How the hell is that possible? How the hell is having 2 mates possible? We are very selfish and territorial creatures. I honestly can't see 2 males sharing a female. Hell, how would that work exactly? Nevermind...Em just showed me. It does look rather interesting and possibly even pleasing. Just like an oreo. The men on the outside while the female is the cream filling. Damn him and his perverted mind. Oh well, guess it's something else to add to the spank bank.
"Are you and Em still with us? It looks like you are both a million miles away. I take it you like the idea of 2 males to a female." Carlisle chuckled. "If I can have your undivided attention, we can get back to the story. Now where was I? Oh yes, the sharing of gifts. Only those who are closest to her will be given the privilege to drink from her. You will slip into a dream-like state for 24 hours. When you wake up, you will attain all of the gifts known to our kind AND gain new ones as they are created. You will become a supreme being. You will learn how to use each gift and will literally become indestructible. No one will be able to touch you. Now, are there any more questions? Comments? Concerns on the matter?"
"I'm good!" Em replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
"I hope I get the privilege of meeting her." Jazz stated with sparkling, mischief filled eyes.
"She won't hurt us will she?" Esme asked.
"Not at all Esme. We have nothing to worry about." Alice answered before Carlisle got a chance which caused his eye to become the size of saucers.
"Alice? What have you seen?" Carlisle asked.
"It's time!" was all she gave us with a wink and dashed out of the room while blocking my ability by screeching Barbie World in Japanese.
~*AtWFD*~
"Ready to hunt Eddie?" Em asked. Oh how I hated when he calls me that god forsaken name.
"Sure, ready for you castration for calling me Eddie?" I replied nonchalantly with a small shrug of my shoulders. Fuckin douche. I really hate it when he calls me that shit. It's fuckin EDWARD!
"Ouch! Lighten up bro!" Just then Em got this really serious look on his face. "What do you think about the rumors and Carlisle's story about the vamp queen?" He really truly wanted to my opinion on the matter? Since when did he get so...serious? "If she was to come, would you pledge your immortality to her?"
"I'm not sure Em. I need to actually get to know her before I do such a thing. I mean, this is some serious shit bro. I'm not gonna put my neck on the line for some bullshit feud."
We picked up the pace running through the forest. The deeper we went, the darker it got, or at least it seemed that was the case. I didn't like it one bit. I had the strangest feeling that something was going to happen.
Before I knew it, Em and I ended up in some sort of meadow. There were purple and blue wildflowers scattered amongst the overgrown grass. The trees opened up to it causing light to beam down upon it and make it appear to be glowing. We ended up stopping in the dead center of it, glancing around and taking it all in. Just then, something clicked.
"Dude, does it feel like we are supposed to be right here this very minute or is it just me?" Em asked while a shiver racked through his entire being.
My skin started to tingle and it felt like I was drowning in a bowl of rice krispies. "Are you drowning in a bowl of rice krispies as well?" I asked while cocking a single brow as a shiver ran down my spine.
"Yeah. What do you think it means?" he asked truly confused by this revelation.
On the other side of the meadow, a form burst through the trees running like a bat out of hell. Almost like they were running from someone or something in our case. All I could see was a head full of chocolate locks looking over her shoulder not paying attention to where she was going. Before Em and I had anytime to react, she barreled into us causing us to foll head over heel until all three of us stopped in a crouching position, teeth bared, snarls ripping from our throats.
Once I got my bearings, I finally noticed the goddess in front of me. I turned my head toward Em who was doing the same thing as I was. Slowly, we stood out of our crouches, palms to the air to show her that we meant no harm, so we could get her out of her defensive position and talk to us in a civilized manor. Still in her crouch, she covered her teeth and cocked her head to the side, appraising us, and slowly rose out of her crouch.
"Are you ok miss? Is there anything we can help you with?" Em asked with an odd twinkle in his eye.
"We need to get the fuck out of here. I'm being chased and this is not going to end well. We need to leave NOW!" she stated. Just then my phone rang.
"Hold on just a minute?" I asked her while pulling it out of my pocket and answered my phone. "Alice?"
"You both need to stay with her. Keep her there. They aren't going to harm any of you."
"My sister, Alice, said we need to stay and that they will not harm any of us." I relayed.
"How the hell would she see that? Does she have the gift of sight?" she asked.
"Yeah, she's our little pixie fortune teller." Em stated. Alice growled through the phone causing us all to chuckle.
"Bring them all back to the house when you're done." she stated then hung up on me. Little pixie bitch. Still love her though.
"Who are you?" I asked her.
"Bella, and you are?" she asked.
"I'm Edward and this is my brother Emmett." I held out my hand for her to shake while I finally took her appearance in. She was a fucking goddess. Hell, Aphrodite herself ain't got shit on Bella. She was around 5'6", long milk chocolate locks that had a natural curl to it, curves in all the right places, and eyes that were of a warm butterscotch tone. Damn, she was fucking hot as hell. Her purple top was torn all to hell, barely concealing her luscious tits while she wore a fuck hot dark wash pair of bell bottom jeans that hugged her sinful hips and thighs perfectly. To top it all off, she had on a pair of black sparkly skechers. According to Em's thoughts, we were on the same page...she was positively delicious.
"I need your help, I'm looking for..." Just then, 2 men entered the meadow and were headed straight for us. It looked to be the Volturi guard. Before we could even blink, Em and I pushed Bella behind us and crouched in front of her, ready for a fight, snarls ripping menacingly through our venom glistening teeth.
As the men came closer to us, they slowed down. When the were located around 5 feet from us, the both fell to their knees, bowing their heads.
"Your majesty We have been waiting for you. We are your most loyal and humble servants to command at your will." they said in unison.
"How can I trust you, Felix and Demetri, after you participated in my death so long ago?" Bella asked.
Wait...what? Your majesty? Could it be?
"Please, we did it because we chose to stay with them to gain inside access to their ways and provide inside Intel for your arrival." Felix pleaded.
"We would never turn our backs on you our queen. We swore to serve you to the end. Carlisle.."
"Where is he Demetri? I must find him at once. I need to be updated on all that has been going on while I was away. Where can I find him?" she asked.
"Actually, if it's Carlisle Cullen you're looking for, he's our father." I added. "We don't live far from here, but I must insist that we all hunt before we go there." I added.
"Felix, Demetri, you must refrain from hunting humans while in our town." Em stated.
"We only fed from humans because it's the law in Volterra. The brothers want us at our best and filled with human blood at all times. If it wouldn't have blown our cover, we would've stayed with our expected diet of animals." Felix stated.
"When our queen was ruling, she prided on preserving the human race at all costs." Demetri added.
"It's true." Bella piped in. "I refuse to be considered a monster if I can help it. Ruling our race was never about power or fear. I wanted to preserve our humanity as much as possible. Give back to the human race. I consider them a charity case. I can't stand the thought of any race suffering in this world." she added with a shy smile. "Either way, you both will need to prove your loyalty to me and will be treated like roaches until I feel I can trust you again, so be prepared." she stated with an evil smirk. "Gentlemen, please, lets hunt and then take me straight to Carlisle."
With that, the 5 of us were off and on the prowl.
~*AtWFD*~
After I told the entire family about the queen vampire, I had the sneaking suspicion that she would be here sooner rather than later. Alice knew when but she has been withholding the information from the entire family. I couldn't help but chuckle when Edward tried to find out, but all he got were the Barbie World and Macarena songs in various languages from her.
As soon as I was finished, Esme and Alice went to work. They kicked us out of the 3rd floor and sent us to the game room in the basement. When we came up to get a peek, all we saw was furniture being delivered late into the night along with various paints and woods. The racket coming from the third floor led us all to believe that they were remodeling the entire floor. When they spotted us, we were torn a new asshole and sent back downstairs sulking. We were curious and just wanted a peek.
When Edward and Emmett decided to go hunting, I was at my wits end. I didn't want them leaving the premises until I knew for sure it was safe for them to do so. Yeah, that worked out real fucking well. Here I am, pacing the yard with Jasper hot on my heels waiting for the danger to come to us.
"I'm sure they are alright. I trained them both well." Jasper stated hoping to alleviate some of my worry.
"They've been gone for 5 hours. They said it would be a quick trip and promised to be back within the hour." I continued my pacing, mumbling under my breath so no one could understand my rants and raves. Esme and Alice were finishing up with their little project. We would finally be able to see what had them so busy for the past 18 hours.
I was literally about to start pulling my hair out when I heard...giggling? Where the hell was that coming from? Jazz and I stopped our pacing to focus on where the sound was coming from. A few minutes later, Edward and Emmett came barreling through the forest with someone perched on their shoulders cackling like a crazy person. When they arrived right in front of Jazz and I, they slowly slid the female off of their shoulders and gently set her on her feet in front of them.
"Carlisle, long time no see." Oh my god, it's her. After all this time, she still looks the same.
Jasper and I slid to our knees in front of her and bowed our heads, giving her our utmost respect.
"Please, get off of your knees. Both of you." she replied placing a hand on each of our shoulders. Just as we got to our feet, 2 of the Volturi guards came walking through the trees into our yard. Jazz and I crouched in front of our queen and family members, prepared to rip them to shreds.
"It's alright Carlisle. They are here to regain my trust and prove they are worthy." she placed a hand on our backs to ease some of the tension.
"She's right Carlisle. I've seen it. I knew they were coming." Alice glided over to us and curtsied to the queen. "Welcome your majesty." she replied.
"If you are family to Carlisle, you are family to me as well. Never bow to me. Please, it's Bella to all of you aside from Felix and Demetri." So her name is Bella this time. "Now, how about you introduce me to my new family members?" she asked as Esme came out to join us.
"Certainly. This lovely woman beside me is my mate Esme, you've already met Edward and Emmett, this here is my son Jasper and beside him is our own pixie fortune teller Alice. Everyone, this is Bella. The vampire queen."
~*AtWFD*~
After the introductions, Alice and Esme swept Bella off into the house to give her the complete tour. Em and I were both upset at her departure. We had gotten to know each other while hunting and ignoring the douche bags that were accompanying us. It appeared that they both thought they would be the ones to mate with her, but they could tell that they were wrong. They kept it to themselves though. They already pissed off the queen enough for her to destroy them on contact, so they bottled it up and started to prove their loyalty by feeding from the animals. I figured they would grimace st the taste after drinking from humans for so long, but found out rather quickly that they preferred feeding from animals. Hell, if I didn't know any better, I thought they were gonna bust a nut as soon as they sank their teeth into their throbbing pulse. Their eyes rolled into the back of their heads and they let guttural moans of pleasure. I was extremely surprised.
What surprised me more was the conversation Em was getting ready to start with me.
"I don't get it man. I just met her and I can't stand the thought of her being away from me." Em whined.
"I know exactly how you feel. It's like a part of me is missing when she isn't near me." I added.
"Do you think..." Em started.."she is our mate?" he asked.
"I honestly don't know Em. There's definitely something there though. I can feel it. Like a tugging in my chest beckoning me to where she is." I stated.
"Yeah, me too. It feels like there is a rubber band connecting me to her." he added. "I have a sneaking suspicion though man. Care to test a theory with me?" he asked.
"Sure. What did you have in mind?" I asked.
"Ok, this is gonna sound strange, but I want you to run to the right, towards the river while I run to the left towards the boulders." I have no idea where he is going with this, but decide to play along anyway.
"Alright. Ready? GO!" We both took off running and sure enough, I felt like there was another pull added to the one towards Bella. Completely freaking the fuck out, I run back towards the house meeting Em where we left.
"Did you feel it too?" I asked with wide deranged eyes. Em had the same look and just nodded his head in the affirmative. What the fuck was going on? This is so not normal.
Just when I was going to dig a bit deeper into this situation Em and I were in, Bella came bounding out of the back door and ran straight into Em and I's arms wrapping an arm and a leg around each of us. Giggling like a school girl, she whispered in our ears that she missed us. Em and I tightened our hold on her.
"We missed you too." we stated in unison.
Finally, we released each other and set Bella back on her feet. Carlisle and Esme were standing a few feet away with looks of pure happiness and adoration on their faces as the watched us. Alice giggled and gave us a knowing smirk with a wink while Jazz sized up Felix and Demetri still not trusting them.
Bella cleared her throat gaining everyone's attention. "I think we should start gathering our forces tomorrow after we all get settled. We need to start preparing for the downfall of the Volturi. My only question is how you all feel about the situation. I want everyone to be honest with me and we will go from there. Carlisle, I need to talk to you in private if you will. Jazz, I need you to start strategizing a training plan. I need everyone to be ruthless when it comes to this fight. Alice and Esme, prepare a shopping trip for tomorrow so we can relax and get better acquainted. Edward, Emmett, come with me and Carlisle. This includes you just as much as it does me. Felix and Demetri, play nice the Jasper." she gave Jazz a wink and mischievous smirk while grabbing each of our hands and leading us into Carlisle's office to hash out the details and bring her up to speed.
A/N: So, be brutally honest. How do you like it so far? I really hope you enjoy this story. I will have another chapter up tomorrow, or at least try to. If I don't, I want to wish all you lovely strong women a Happy Mother's Day! Maybe I can get my kids to rub my feet while I write another chapter for you! ;) Now, please review and rec this story.
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