Delphi Oracle's prophecy:
A mortal will fall into Immortal hands
she has fallen from the light
The dawn has ended
No new day shall come
for the fallen has fell
with a shattered heart
broken by a lying truth
In darkness she finds her only solace
and though it may mend her heart
it does so with poisonous intentions
and its true intention shall be revealed
when life shall fall from Love of the Darkest Kind
Aros POV
Never before has someone came and asked to be a member of the guard.
Interesting.
I tilted my head towards the visitor and continued to watch her, lightly touching the hands of my brothers to ensure full access to their thoughts and opinions on the newcomer.
Caius' thoughts were bent on finding out whether or not if the newcomer had a gift and how she could contribute to the maintaining of Vampiric order or should I say, to Caius' own warped ideas of order.
Marcus' thoughts were along the same lines as mine; pondering why one would come of their own free will to join the guard but I must confess, as a light smile tugged at the corners of my lips, I was curious to see the capabilities of this newcomer.
"My dear, you must understand that the sole purpose behind the creation of the Volturi Guard is to ensure the upholding of the one Volturi law; of complete secrecy from the human race. To this end and in order for the guard to overcome any adversary they may face, members usually possess a powerful gift that sets them apart from their peers; whether it be" – I pointed at Demetri- "a extraordinarily powerful tracking ability or" – I gestured at Jane- "the ability to inflict upon the recipient of her wrath feelings of immense physical pain, almost akin to burning…"
At this I noticed my dear Jane giving the newcomer a sinister smile devoid of any emotion, I hope the newcomer realised who she was dealing with. However when I glanced at her, I saw her unphased at the possibility of facing, what I knew to be, a very, for want of a better word, enlightening experience.
"You want to know if I possess a gift?"
My smile deepened and I noticed Caius straighten in his chair.
"Well my dear, if you possess one, we certainly shant say no to a demonstration?" I left my challenge hanging in the air, hoping to hide my enthusiasm for a demonstration of the newcomer's talents.
For the first time of the evening I noticed her lips rise at one side into, what I could only assume was a knowing smirk from the original bland expression of her mouth.
"I would be more than happy to." She stated almost sarcastically.
I didn't even try to hide the glimmer that I knew was shining from my eyes at the prospect of seeing this mysterious woman's ability.
"Pray tell, is your gift offensive, defensive or otherwise?" I inquired innocently
"A bit of all three really. However I would probably class it as offensive."
There was strange undercurrent to the tone of the newcomer when she said this, almost as if a human was speaking of something they didn't understand, couldn't comprehend.
I was most definitely looking forward to this.
I gestured at Felix.
"Felix if you please. My dear please allow your demonstration upon Felix. He is physically very strong and should be able to withstand whatever you throw his way without crumbling…"
I finished with an obvious mocking tone, hopefully making the newcomer feel like I was threatening her confidence and perhaps provoking her slightly so she wouldn't hold back. She simply smiled at Felix and whispered, quite clearly to us vampires "Should be", echoing my previous words with a confident air.
I again tilted my head slightly to the side and calmly stated "begin".
Felix lowered into a crouch and shot at the newcomer in a tackle that would take any vampire out, I should know, I had seen him use the technique in many of his memories of past endeavours.
However the strangest thing happened.
The newcomer simply disappeared and re-appeared at the other end of the tower, smiling her confident smirk.
I opened and closed my eyes a few times, blinking rapidly, having not noticed her, what must have been, extremely swift running.
Then a shiver ran down my back, odd, that had never happened before. I noticed an almost imperceptible change to the atmosphere that only extremely sensitive creatures like vampires would even register, yet consider occurred. And we all had felt it. At exactly the same moment we all looked over at the newcomer and, well my eyes certainly, opened in pure awe and perhaps…dare I say it.
Fear.
What can only be described as darkness seemed to swirl around the newcomer and before I could warn Felix, he had charged again, taking her evasion as a blow to his already colossal ego.
The woman's smile only deepened.
It was her plan to use his anger against him, how very clever of her.
When Felix got within three metres of her, the darkness accumulated and gathered at the front of her and, in an image that would be burned into my mind for the rest of eternity, it exploded in what can only be considered as a wave or a pulse of darkness and hurled Felix across the tower floor and into the wall in a resounding smash that continued to echo around the room.
What was even more surprising was that Felix hadn't hit the floor yet.
He was still held against the wall of the tower a good ten metres or so off the ground by an unseen force. However I looked closer and noticed an almost invisible shadow that seemed to encapsulate his body and I glanced back at the woman. Her hand was outstretched before her with the same almost invisible dark force surrounding it.
She then closed her fist and Felix fell from the ground smashing against the floor.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I had never in all my years as an immortal encountered such a gift, such power. I looked up to where he was before and noticed the outline of his body slightly against the wall where he had smashed there beforehand. Felix was lying in a pile on the floor.
Even from here I could see the cracks running through his body from where he had been hurtled with what can only be considered as an extremely powerful force into the wall.
Shock ran through my system as the appreciation of the strangers ability ran through my head.
He was breathing heavily but I knew that the cracks would mend themselves soon.
I turned around to the stranger and took in her appearance.
She hardly seemed ruffled. I lightly touched Caius and Marcus' hands and registered their thoughts.
Caius was in practical awe of the newcomer and wanted to her for the guard as soon as possible. Already his mind had started to formulate twisted plans for her and her gift.
Marcus' thoughts were jumbled and full of worry and anxiety; he was searching for the consequences of her joining the guard, the possible downsides for us.
The biggest one being she was, obviously, the most powerful vampire we had ever encountered.
My thoughts, as usual, mirrored a semblance of both of my brothers.
I was in awe of this young woman and her practically omnipotent gift and at the same time was afraid of the consequences of accepting the hand of someone who was so powerful into the guard. While I continued to stew over these thoughts I decided to try and distract her.
"You said, my dear, that your power was a mixture of offensive and defensive etc. Would you care to elaborate?"
I saw her face become again the composed mask that she wore.
"When I was human, I possessed a mental shield; I was immune to any form of mental attack. When I was transformed I discovered I didn't possess a mental shield per sé, more a kind of shadow or black fog clouding my mind from mental probing or attack. I am mentally untouchable."
Her façade broke whenever she smirked at Jane with this comment.
Jane's mouth lifted with a snarl.
"I can also create a blanket or shield that can protect me physically".
I looked between her and Jane.
"Jane would you mind testing the newcomers statement please."
I said with just a hint of the burning curiosity in my mind.
I hoped for the Volturi's sake and for my own selfish sake that she wasn't practically untouchable; that she may have one weakness.
I glanced at Jane and noticed that her sadistic smile had returned.
For ten seconds there was no screaming or pleas for mercy which usually accompanied Jane's favourite hobby.
All I could hear was the inevitable and growing growl of Jane's rejection.
I chuckled to myself.
"Well it seems my dear, you are quite talented. Any other tricks?"
She vanished again and appeared right in front of me, startling myself and my brothers. "I can move as a shadow for very short distances, comes in handy when dodging..." She glanced down at felix with this statement.
And then what can only be described as pouring ink into water she vanished again and re-appeared at her former position.
Caius was practically dying with excitement. He reminded me much of a schoolboy, lost in a toy shop. I rolled my eyes at him.
Before thinking more of the decision I would make, I looked at our guest.
Really looked and studied her physical features.
She had long mahogany brown hair and a heart shaped face; she was average to smaller than average height for what looked to be an eighteen year old girl.
The woman had full red lips with a slight imperfection on the top one which only seemed to increase her general beauty.
I glanced along her perfect feminine curves and noticed she wore black knee high boots, dark blue jeans and a black shirt.
Altogether, She was a very alluring female and from the way she held herself I could see perhaps, that she may have been insecure in her apparent beauty.
She had crimson eyes but I could not smell any death among her and so I presumed she bought donated blood and drank it. This amused me in that she was, clearly, extraordinarily powerful, yet she didnt want to hurt a human. Ironic.
Why was I stalling I thought to myself?
"My dear, im afraid I did not catch your name?"
I said lightly with a hint of friendliness.
She met my eyes.
"Isabella"
She breathed deeply.
"Isabella Swan".
I smiled at her, a full smile that was sincere in its welcome, for how could I let a catch like this go.
"Welcome Isabella, Welcome to the Volturi."
A/N
First Fic...Rather scary one must say, hope you enjoyed it as much as i had writing it...Re-reading it now i can see so many things i should've added and perhaps just a few things i should've taken out but sure hey, thats life! lol. So you know what to do, review - review- review!