Disclaimer: I do not, under any circumstances and no matter how much I wish I did, own Twilight. Stephenie Meyer is the brilliant genius that deserves credit for Twilight. I just borrow her characters to play with for a while ;)

Prologue:

As I looked in the black eyes that burned with her thirst for revenge, revenge that would only be complete with my death, I knew only one of us would walk away from this fight. I would do everything within my power to make sure it was me. I stared at the army that stood behind her, waiting for the order to attack, and I knew I would have to kill them all. I felt no remorse as I came to this conclusion. I was created and trained for this sole purpose over 100 years ago. I was powerful, one of the most powerful vampires to ever exist, but I knew that it would not be easy to survive, even for me. I had no idea what this army was capable of. I heard my enemy give the order to attack. The newborns rushed forward and I prepared myself to end them all.

Chapter 1: Leaving

As I walked from my room to the throne room every vampire I passed bowed and murmured, "Princess." This is around the time I give you the condensed version of my life. My name is Amanda Volturi. I was born in 1847 and was changed into a vampire in the year 1863, at the age of 16. I was created for war, and that's all I knew for the first 50 years of my vampire life. A vampire by the name of Bradley changed me to help him take over the Southern Lands. See, Bradley knew I would be powerful. He had a gift for knowing those kinds of things. We were in the process of taking over the whole South when the Volturi decided it was time to step in. Things had gotten a little messy in the midst of war. My whole coven was destroyed but Aro gave me the choice to join or die. I, of course, joined. I have been with the Volturi for the last 99 years. I rose through the ranks of the guard quickly, and Aro soon bestowed the honor of being Princess upon me.

I was headed to talk to him at the moment. I entered the throne room and the members of the guard that were inside bowed to me as I walked to where my father sat upon his throne. I knelt at his feet and bowed my head, speaking in a clear voice, "Father I wish to speak to you and Mother. Alone. Please."

"Of course, my dear daughter. Guards leave us. Brothers, if you will please?" My father instructed everyone to go.

"Thank you, Father." I said before continuing, "Well, I bet you're wondering why I wanted to talk to you guys alone. The thing is that I want to leave and go off on my own for some time. Wait! Just listen to me before you say anything okay?" I stopped my dad before he could interrupt. He nodded his consent and I started talking again. "It has nothing to do with you guys. It's not because of any of the guard. I just want to travel on my own for a little while. I need some time off from being Princess Amanda all the time." I sighed.

"If that is what you truly want, sweetheart then we will not stand in your way. You will always be the Princess of Volterra." My mother smiled warmly at me. I smiled back and then turned to my father. I looked at him expectantly.

"Very well. I guess I can't talk you into taking at least one guard with you?" He questioned, with a bit of hope in his otherwise defeated tone.

"Sorry dad, but no. Most everyone in our world recognize the guards. Doesn't exactly help my incognito status." I answered with a bright smile.

"Very well, my dear. I shall let you do what you want, as you very well knew would happen." Aro said with a small smile.

I laughed, because he was right. I knew he would allow me to do whatever I wanted, if it would make me happy. I looked into my parents crimson eyes, and felt my own ruby eyes tear up at the thought of leaving. "I'll miss you both. I'll miss everyone here." My voice had a slight hitch to it.

"We will miss you as well, daughter. I expect the guard are not going to be very happy about this. They will miss their princess dearly." Mother cheerfully exclaimed.

My father chuckled at this before asking, "When will you leave, Amanda?"

I thought about it. "I was thinking sometime this week." I replied.

"Well, be sure you come and say goodbye before you leave."

"Of course, mom. I wouldn't dream of leaving without saying bye to you and dad. And everyone else." I chuckled. "Do either of you know where I can find Jane and Alec, by any chance?"

"The last I saw of them they were headed to relax after getting back from their last mission." My father answered.

"Thanks, daddy." I smiled and left. I went to Jane's room to see if she was there. I could sense her before I even got to her door. I knocked and was greeted with the door being flung open and Jane tackling me to the ground in a hug. "Haha I missed you too Janie." I told her with a smile. Jane and Alec are my two best friends in the world. When I first came to the Volturi, Jane didn't particularly like me because of the fact that her power doesn't work on me. No vampire can use a mental ability on me, because of my mental shield. I have a few other powers as well but I'll explain them later.

"Princess I'm sorry for tackling you like that but I has been a long 5 days without my best friend." Jane sheepishly apologized as she got off of me.

I smiled a huge smile as I got up and looked at her. "It's okay Jane. I really did miss you too." I walked into her room while asking her how the mission went.

"The same way all the others go." She rolled her eyes. I chuckled at that. It was true all missions go the same way. Either we kill everyone or we recruit. The Volturi don't give second chances.

"Where's Alec?" I asked.

"I'm right here Princess." His voice floated in through the open door mere seconds before he appeared in the doorway.

"So you are." I laughed. "I need to talk to the both of you." They exchanged a glance at my serious tone.

"What is it Amanda?" Alec questioned.

I sighed. This was going to be hard. "I'm leaving for a little while. I'm going to travel alone for some time." I told them without making eye contact with either of them.

"Why?" They both screamed at me. I flinched.

"I just need a break from being the princess for a while. I'll come to visit and call and everything. I promise Janie and Alec." I look from Jane's crimson eyes into Alec's. Both sets of eyes held understanding.

"Well I don't like it but I understand." Jane said, as Alec nodded in agreement.

"When are you going to leave?" Alec asked.

"Probably sometime this week." They both looked shocked. I guess they weren't expecting me to leave so soon. My assumption was proven correct when they both breathed out, "So soon?" I nodded, not making eye contact.

"We just got back, but I guess we have to make the most of the time we have." Jane stated. We spent the rest of the night just hanging out in Jane's room. Felix and Demitri joined us after a couple of hours. We had a great time just goofing off. Too soon though they had to go back to their guard duties. I hugged them all as I left to make my way back to my room.

A week later:

I was standing in the throne room once again. I was leaving today and my parents were throwing a vampire's version of a going away party. Earlier in the week, Aro sent Heidi out "fishing" for tonight. My father also told me that they everyone got me a small present, but I would open them after dinner.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the throne room of the Castle Volterra. This is the last stop on the tour." Heidi threw a smirk at me when she said that. A smile crept onto my face as I studied the humans who would die to feed us today. My eyes landed on a girl around my age, my physical age of course. I walked up to her smiling.

"Hello. How was the rest of the tour?" I pleasantly inquired. I heard her heart start to race and her breathing sped up.

"I-It was w-w-wonderful." She stuttered out.

I leaned in to whisper in her ear, "Well that's good, because you won't live to go on another one." I kissed her neck and then my razor sharp teeth pierced her jugular. I moaned at the delicious taste of her blood, so much sweeter than normal due to her fear. I vaguely noticed everyone else in the room feeding as well. I could hear the screams of the humans as I drained my prey dry. I dropped her body the floor when I was finished. The last scream suddenly cut off as Jane finished off her meal. The guards started disposing of the bodies.

When they were done my father looked at me and asked, "Well my dear are you ready for your gifts?" I smiled as I licked a drop of blood off my bottom lip and nodded my head.

"Very well who's would you like to open first?" I thought about it and flashed in front of Jane and Alec, who were standing just to the side of my father's throne. I held out my hand and looked at Jane expectantly. She smiled and reached into her robe and pulled out a small package wrapped in purple paper. I took it when she held it out to me. I tore the wrapping paper off to find a necklace box. I opened it and pulled out a beautiful silver locket. Engraved on the front was A+A+J=Best Friends.

"Open it." Jane whispered. I did as I was told. Inside was a picture of her, Alec, and I on the right side and on the left was another engraving. This one said We love you, Princess.

"Thanks you guys." I told them as I hugged them both.

"That's not our only present." You could hear the slight amusement in Alec's voice.

"Well? Give it to me then." I told him with a smile on my face. He handed me another package wrapped in purple paper. I opened this one to find a homemade sketch book. It was worn brown leather with my name in flowing golden script across the top. "I love it guys!" I exclaimed as I grabbed the twins in another tight embrace.

I flashed over in front of Heidi. Her gift was a charm bracelet with a treble cleft charm, all sterling silver. Demitri was next he gave me a charm for my bracelet. It was a shopping bag because he knew how much I love to shop. Then it was Felix's turn. He ended up giving me another charm for my bracelet, which was a small version of a portrait of the two of us that I drew. Next were Chelsea and Afton. They gave me two charms for my bracelet. Afton's was a painter's palette and paint brush, and Chelsea's was a cluster of books, symbolizing two of my favorite hobbies. I went to my Uncle Marcus next. He kissed my forehead before handing me my present. I opened it to find a set of car keys. I looked at the remote and squealed in excitement. It had Ferrari across it.

My uncle chuckled and said, "I know you won't get a chance to drive it much, but it will be here for when you come to visit. Also it will be here for when you come home for good." I just jumped on him and gave him a bone crushing hug and a kiss on the cheek. I went to my Uncle Caius and Aunt Athenodora. They gave me a brand new composition book with their favorites of mine already in it and space for new ones I create. Finally, I was in front of my parents. My mother handed me a small package wrapped in shiny gold paper. She hugged me as she gave it to me. I opened it to find another set of keys, belonging to a Kawasaki. I looked at my dad questioningly. He laughed softly before telling me to follow him. I did as he said and followed him to the garage. As soon as I stepped through the door I screamed in excitement. There sitting next to a brand new fiery red Ferrari was a beautiful black and red Kawasaki Ninja 250r. I flashed to my father and jumped on him, wrapping my legs around his waist as my arms went around his neck.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I yelled before hopping down and doing the same to my mother. "Can I take it with me?" I begged, throwing on my puppy dog face for good measure. I knew my parents couldn't resist that look.

"Of course, sweetheart." They replied at the same time. I squealed once again before calming down enough to look at my family. They were all my family for all intents and purposes.

"You guys don't know how much all the gifts mean to me. I love you all. I'm gonna miss you all so much, but I promise to visit often." My eyes were filled with tears that would never fall. I got on my new bike and started it. The engine purred to life. "Goodbye everyone. I call and talk to you all soon." I shot out of the garage and looked back at my family. I raised my hand in farewell and saw them all wave to me. Time to have some adventures.

A/N: Well this was my first attempt at FanFiction. Review, please. So I know if I'm doing a good job or not. Thanks :)