Prologue: She was there that day, that awful day. The day where the Volturi had almost wiped out the Cullen's, her dear friends. She was standing quietly in the background, but she could see everything. Boy could she see everything. From then on the one thing that scared her was the Volturi. She didn't like being scared. It was against her nature. Now living with the Cullen's, Carlisle comes home one day to see the Volturi guard. Aro is in need of him, and his family. If they were to refuse, the guard had strict orders to kill them on the spot. Now is the perfect time for Anna Marie to face her fears. This is her story.
I was sitting beside Esme, while she was looking at a Home Living Magazine. She looked calm, but I knew we were all scared. On a plane to Volterra, Italy. The least likely place I would EVER like to be. Esme noticed the scared look on my face and grasped my hand. She had one of those motherly "Everything's-going-to-be-okay" looks. I smiled sadly and grimaced as I felt a cold hand on my shoulder.
The way I could feel how cold the hand was reminded me that I was not one of them. I was a half vampire like Bella's daughter Reneesme. I turned around.
"I thought I said no talking." Said some big bulky guy.
"I wasn't talking." I simply stated.
"You were about to."
I decided I wasn't in the mood to get in an argument with the Volturi guard, so I just said, "Sure, whatever."
The guard smiled slyly at me and said, "Good thing you're one of those shields, cause if you weren't I'd stick Jane on you."
I just looked down.
"Keep moving, we don't have all day, Aro's waiting." Felix said. I had decided I would learn every member of the guard's name. So I made a game of it. I tried to figure out what everyone's name was. After all, I didn't have anything better to do.
I looked over beside me at Jasper. Poor thing. Jasper was trying his best to calm us all down, but no matter how hard he tried it was hard to manipulate the emotions of nine people, especially when he wasn't so sure of what was going to happen himself.
They lead us down several dark halls. Finally we got to the throne room. I think I turned even paler than I am as I saw the three people I feared the most. I had watched Caius kill Irina. I had seen how powerful they were. And they scared me.
"Ah, now who is this?" Aro said smiling at me.
"Aro, this is my family's dear friend Anna Marie." Carlisle replied coldly.
He nodded his head towards me.
"Don't bring her into anything, you called my family here, now what do you want?" Carlisle asked.
"Ah yes, you see, I don't want any more of these half vampire species. So, uh, no more half vampires." He said
"You called my whole family to Volterra because you wanted to tell us no more half vampire children? Bella's a vampire; she can't even have children now." Carlisle said, trying to remain calm, this had caused his whole family stress, and this is all Aro wants? There had to be something more, a catch.
"You're right Carlisle. Guards!" Each one of the guards grabbed one of the Cullen's but not me.
"Well, you see I heard about your little family friend here, and I just had to meet her. I have some plans for the future Carlisle. You can understand that. The reason I brought you here is because if young Anna Marie here decides not to take our offer, I will tell my guards to kill each and every one of you." Aro said, like his plan was all coming together now.
"And your offer?" I asked boldly.
"I will tell you in time, first I would like to get to know you a little." He held out his hands to me. I let down my shield and let him take my hands.
I knew what he would see. I'm a half vampire. Mostly human. My mother died in childbirth, I was to human so my dad disowned me. I was a part shield. It took energy out of me to use it, but I could put it up and take it down whenever I wanted to. I also had power over the elements. Water, Wind, Fire, and Earth. I could replace any atoms with the atoms of the elements. For example, I could make my hand air, water, fire, or earth. It would still be there, it would just be the element.
His eyes glared into mine for three seconds then he broke the gaze. I'm glad he did because I couldn't have held it for much longer anyway.
"That's very interesting. So here's my proposition, and it's very simple. You can either join us, the Volturi, or you and your friends can die." He said.
"Now before you make your decision, let me tell you the benefits. We will leave you the choice to either stay a half vampire or become one of us. You would rank high in the guard, for your power is very useful. It is to useful to just be left alone in the dark. Now make your decision carefully because as soon as I tell my guards to kill your friends, they don't wait for second thoughts." Aro said smiling like he had just won an important battle that was like stealing candy from a baby.
I didn't have to think very hard. My comfort, for 9 "peoples" "lives".
"That's not like you Aro, to force someone to be in your guard." Carlisle stated.
"But you see, dear friend. I'm not forcing her. I'm giving her a choice." Aro replied as he looked at me for an answer.
"I would never let Carlisle down that easily," I replied, "Aro, I… I…I accept your offer." I said.
"Marvelous, Jane, show her to her room." Aro told Jane, and I stepped away into a dark tunnel, probably never to see what brought me comfort ever again.