Chapter 1
Guard's P.O.V.
I silently watched the scene unfold before me. As Aro stood in front of this Edward Cullen character and he clasped his pale hands behind his back and looked at Edward. He walked around him in circles, his eyes watching the pathetic vampire kneeling on his knees, asking for his death.
"It's a shame really," he looked at him, "that you are asking for me to grant such a horrid wish. For some pity human girl," Aro said well looking at him.
"You don't get it, " he looked forward, pain evident in his eyes, "she's dead. Gone. I just loved her so much," he weep softly and shoved his face in his hands.
Aro put a comforting hand on his shoulder welling leaning down to whisper in his ear, "you're gift is to so precious. I can't kill you Edward, you're gift is just to rare to pass up."
Edward glanced up at Aro, his face contorting into a pained look. He then lifted his hands up, clasping them together. He was practically begging for his death.
"Aro...please! I can't live without her!" he then dropped his head again, "I...just can't."
I looked at Aro, seeing his jaw flex impatiently. He stopped circling Edward, his eyes narrowing.
"Guards! Take him away!" he said stiffly.
Two lower ranked guards hurried to Edward and roughly gripped Edward's forearms and lifting him up. Aro's hand whizzed through the air at a fastening speed and then a loud sickening crack was heard through out the room. I could seeing his skin crack at the intense hit, his eyes widening slightly at the pain.
"Take him away," Aro repeated in an monotone voice.
The two guards dragged him away, but I looked away well feeling pity for the vampire. Aro then faced the royal guard. His dark eyes meeting everyone's, then meeting mine. His usual smile met his lips and he grinned widely.
"She is not dead," he announced proudly.
"What makes you think so?!" Caius augured.
"Because," was all he said.
"Are you blind? Did you not see how much grief he was in?" Caius pointed out.
"I have a plan gentlemen! A great plan!" Aro said loudly.
"What is this great plan you speak of?" Jane said as she walked in.
Aro looked at her and grinned some more.
"I still have some interest in this Bella character,"he explained.
"And?" Caius urged.
"Apparently Edward can't read her mind. She has some sort of force field around her mind," Aro said excitedly.
"Interesting," I heard Alec mumble next to me.
"And you're plan?" I heard Marcus say slowly.
Aro laughed loudly, "I want one of my personal favorite guards to meet her," he started, "but she can not know of them. She has ready seen the best of my guards."
"So who are you considering?" Jane asked curiously.
"I'm not quite sure, but I have someone in mind," he said as his eyes met mine yet again.
I frowned. Why would he even consider me? I looked down, avoiding his eyes at all costs. I know I'm completely different from every vampire out there, but I'm the only kind that I know of. A sole breed.
"But I need them to get close to her and I MUST get a sample of her blood."
"But that is to risky. All off us have venom," Caius stated rather annoyingly.
"Yes! But one of us don't," Aro whispered.
I felt myself grow tense as I heard some of the guards shout in out rage. Chaos breaking out.
"Who? I must know who!" I heard Caius shout over the other voices.
"Silence!" Aro shouted.
The room became eerily silent as Aro focused his eyes on me. Some caught on and followed his stare, all eyes eventually lead to me. Caius slowly stood up and accusingly pointed a singe bony finger at me.
"You! I knew something was off about you," he said in a tense voice.
I could feel Alec stare harshly at me, while Jane looked at me more curiously. Dropping my head and I continued to avoid everyone's eyes.
"Is this true? You actually have no venom?" I heard Marcus say.
His deep voice calmed me down slightly and I looked up and met his eyes. I stiffly jerked my head as a 'yes.'
"Get the human! You all must see his fangs grow at the sight of blood!" Aro exclaimed loudly.
"How is that possible Aro?" I heard Jane ask him.
Aro glanced at her, "I don't know. I just know he's different," he whispered in Jane's ear.
I then felt a heavy hand roughly grab my arm and jerk me forward. I landed on the hard granite floor with a low grunt. Placing my hands on the floor and lifting myself up, I could feel the fiery anger bubble up inside me as I searched for the culprit. It grew quiet again as I glared at every single vampire. The three grand chairs that held Caius, Aro, and Marcus now faced me. Caius's face held a envied look, well Marcus looked slightly bored.
"Ah! Kale, you finally made your presence known," Aro said and excitedly clasped his hands in front of him, "Come! Stand next to me!"
Clenching my jaw and throwing Aro a hard glare well I shook my head and I stayed put. Aro lost his grin and his eyes narrowed yet again, but it was directed at me.
"Demetri! Felix! Force him to his knees!" Aro demanded in a horribly disturbing voice.
I saw the two start rushing toward me. They both blurred then they appeared right next to me and gripped my forearms in an iron hard hold and forced me to kneel. My knees made contact with the floor and the granite beneath me cracked around my knees. Aro then walked toward me well deliberately taking his time making his way toward me.
"Demetri grab his jaw," he quickly followed Aro's command.
He hurriedly grabbed my jaw and gripped it tightly. I then heard the sound of the human's heart beat. My gums throbbed, practically humming at the smell of the human's blood.
"Bring her closer!"
She put no struggle against the guards as they got closer and closer to me. A few seconds later she was positioned right in front of me.
"Hold her wrist out over his mouth and watch," Aro said in an excited whisper.
I briefly caught glance at all the others trying to desperately see the scene unfold before them. The hand around my jaw grew hard and forcing my mouth open well another hand shot up and tangled into my hair and yanking my head back. One of the guards holding the girl grabbed her wrist and cut her skin and I saw a line of blood ooze out from the thin cut. With my mouth wide open I saw in horror as my fangs grew and a growl erupted from my throat. My instincts taking over and I managed to yank away from Felix and Demetri's hold and latched my mouth onto the girl's wrist. I gulped her blood in greedy mouthfuls and eventually wretched my mouth away from her wrist. I stood on my feet and looked away from the many eyes staring at me.
Then the girl spoke,"why aren't I turning?" she said in a hushed tone.
"Because he's not like us," Aro said in an smooth voice, "well you're no longer needed."
"What! No! I-" her voice was cut short when a loud snap was heard and her body fell to the floor with a heavy thud.
Raking a hand through my hair as Aro walked and stopped right next to me and said, "you will be on the next flight out to Forks, Washington. Jane and a few others with keep an eye on you, but at a distance. Further instructions will be given," and he moved away from me.
"ARO!" I finally yelled.
"He speaks," Caius said under his breath.
My gaze shot to him and I could no longer hold the anger. I made my toward him and literary a second my hand was around his neck and lifting him off his chair. His eyes met my and he laughed with out any amusement. My grip around his neck tighten and his breath caught short.
"The same as anyone else!" my eyes narrowing into slits, "just a typical vampire..."
Fear crept into his eyes but it was cut short when I felt a hand grip the material of my cloak and yanked me away from Caius. My back painfully met the wall at the other side of the room and Aro's hand went around my neck. His hand dug so hard into my skin that blood started flowing onto his hands. Lifting my hands up and struggling to fight his hand off.
He leaned in close toward my ear, "know your place, Kale."
Releasing me from his grip and I fell to the ground. I placed my hand onto my neck and felt the skin heal beneath my finger tips. I stood to my feet yet again and made my way toward the door. Ignoring Caius's snide remarks and the many scandalous whispers of the other vampires.
...Hours later I was sadly on a flight out to Forks, Washington. Glancing out through the window, I could see the Seatle Airport. After a complicated landing and spending over an half rampaging for my luggage, I was finally in a taxi cab headed for Forks. The taxi driver was obliviously use to the area and he constantly kept glancing at me through the rear view mirror.
"You new to town?" he asked.
I met his overly curious eyes, "yes," I mumbled annoyed.
"Staying with family?"
"Yes."
"Silent one, eh?"
I grunted in response and looked back out the window. Silence feeling the air again and I boredly watched trees whiz by in blurs.
"Well I'm assuming your going to attend Forks High School?"
"Well, I guess I am."
"It's a nice school. You'll enjoy it. It's sure been awhile since a new kid came, well recently a girl named Bella Swan did, but that's nobody's business," he said in a rushed voice.
Well Aro was right. The girl was still alive.
"They needed some new in this town anyway," I said under my breath as we made our way into town.
...
I slammed shut the taxi door and handed the driver a crisp fifty and walked toward the trunk of the car without another word. Gripping the trunk and lugging out two big luggages and dragging them toward the porch and stopping by the door.
A loud whislte came from behind me, "nice crip you got there," the driver said in slight envy.
I shook my head and entered the house and slamming the door shut. My eyes took in the lavish modern decor as I made my way deeper into the huge empty house. But a note on the dining table caught my eye. I grabbed it and read it:
"Dearest Kale,
You've finally arrived! Straight to the point now! You've already been enrolled in Forks High School and conveniently you have all the same classes as Bella! But with strict instrustions from me: Jane, Felix, and Demetri are in the area, any mishaps will result in severe punishment. You are to get to know Bella, get on her good side, and MAKE her forget about Edward! And when the time is right, you simply drink her blood and bring some. I expect that you won't get romantically involved with her either. Don't mess up.
Sincerely, Aro"
I dropped the note and sighed.