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Annie's POV

Sitting in the metal chair, I swung my feet back and forth. I was so short, my feet barely touched the floor. For a sixteen year old, being five foot one wasn't really normal. Even in Italy. Sighing, I looked around the busy airport trying to find my two older brothers. They weren't blood brothers (ha) but they sort of adopted me when I was five. They told me they tried looking for my parents but for some reason, the only thing they could find out was that they were German and weren't looking for a missing five year old girl.

"Annabelle, I got your ticket." I looked up from the floor and smiled seeing Demetri. He was the more mature one of my two brothers. He was almost always serious and very concerned with work and all that other boring adult stuff. Felix was more of a fun, let's wing it sort of guy. "It leaves in twenty minutes."

I nodded and took the slip of paper, placing it in between random pages of my passport. Felix appeared a moment later, holding out a gelato. Rolling my eyes, I took it from him and began eating in silence. It was broken, however, when Demetri cleared his throat. "Annie… You know this is for the best, right?" I just swirled the ice cream in my cup with the little plastic spoon and nodded, not saying anything.

Being part of the Volturi family definitely made me an outcast with the rest of the humans. No, they didn't know what they were but they just knew they were different and in their words "freaky". And since I shared the surname, I was automatically a freak. Moving to a new country made me bitter since I would be leaving the only family I knew. "I know but still. I don't know this guy or his coven!"

Felix affectionately ruffled my hair. "Don't worry, Ann. We know this guy and I can say we trust him with our precious little gem." Sighing for the millionth time today, I just grabbed my two light suitcases and stood up. "I think I should start boarding now."

Demetri held a poker face but stood up with me. "Right." I started walking off and I had made it to the entrance for boarding but I stopped. Thinking about the past eleven years with my brothers and how they would always care for me, teach me things that the school didn't even know, and playing around I knew I couldn't just leave them hanging. Abandoning my suitcases, I ran towards my brothers and jumped to give Demetri a hug. I didn't even realize until now but I was crying softly. Demetri embraced me back, making sure not to crush me. Felix, wanting a little love, decided to join the hug as well.

"Uh… this is starting to get weird." What, it was! Being in between two stone hard, freezing cold males in the middle of the airport was probably a strange sight. Setting me back on my feet, my brothers smiled gently before pushing me towards the boarding entrance again. "We'll call you everyday if we have to, Annie. We'll miss you."

Giving one last hug, I grabbed my suitcases and began running in the hallway to board the plane. Five minutes until departure! Calling over my shoulder, I waved one last time. "Send my regards to all the others!" What? Don't like my vocabulary? Don't blame me, I've been living with really old vampires. Their language was bound to rub off on me, especially at such a young age.

Once on the plane, I relaxed into my window seat. Looking out the window, I said a goodbye to Italy in my head before closing my eyes.

Goodbye Volterra. Hello USA.


"Passengers, this is your pilot speaking. We will be landing in Seattle, Washington in fifteen minutes." The pilot translated his message in English and Italian before cutting off the speaker. Waking up at his voice, I sat up and stretched my arms above my head. I've been on this plane for almost eleven hours and my legs were starting to cramp. Not to mention I was near starving. Airline food just wasn't my thing.

"Please remain seated and buckle your seatbelts. We are preparing for landing." The stewardesses started making their way through the plane, making sure the passengers were obeying the rules.

Ten minutes later, we had landed in Seattle, Washington. I had the assistance of one of the stewardesses to take my carry-on bag out of the little compartment and soon, I was on my way to the baggage claim. Looking for two bright red suitcases I also looked around for either the infamous Carlisle or just a regular chauffeur. I found my bags first though. Quickly picking them up out of the rotator, I began making my way towards the entrance of the airport. Surprisingly, it was kind of busy for 10 pm.

I began scanning the names on all the little cards that people were holding up. Christian. Margarette. William. Harry. Jose.

Ah, Annabelle V. My eyes wandered up from the card to see a blond male who looked no older than 23. He was smiling and looking around, probably for me. Next to him, I saw a smaller brunette woman with a heart shaped face. Instantly, I could tell she was a naturally caring type. Walking forward with my two bags, I decided to study them further. Shocked, I saw their eyes were a golden color instead of the red I kind of expected.

Stepping closer until I was five feet away, I stopped and cleared my throat. The man and woman looked at me and smiles instantly lighted up their faces. "You must be Annabelle. Pleasure to meet you." He held his hand out for me to shake and I took it, suppressing the shiver. His hands were freezing. "Yes, I am. But please, call me Annie." He nodded and gestured to the woman behind him. "This is my wife, Esme. You'll meet the rest of the family later at home. Oh. I almost forgot, silly me. I'm Carlisle Cullen."

I began following the two out of the airport to a nice looking, silver Mercedes. "You own a Mercedes? Wow, it's really pretty. Demetri was more of an Audi fan." Carlisle raised a perfect eyebrow at me. "You like cars, huh?" I shyly nodded, feeling self-conscious suddenly.

He just chuckled at my blush. "It's alright, dear. We have a member of our family who is also a fan of fancy cars. Maybe you two will get along." I just smiled and handed the bags to the kind man before sitting in the backseat of his car. Buckling up, I was pleased to feel the soft leather of the interior. "How long until we get to, uh, God I forgot the name. I am so sorry." Esme, sitting in the front seat just laughed.

"It's alright. We live in a little town called Forks. It's almost always overcast and raining but don't worry. You can travel around wherever you wish." By the time she finished, Carlisle was seated in the driver's seat. "The drive will take about three and a half hours but if you don't mind faster speeds, we could get there quicker." I just nodded before relaxing into my seat. "Felix used to drive almost 150 on the highway when he was feeling lucky."

Esme looked into the rearview mirror and smiled gently. "Can we ask a few questions, dear? You don't have to answer them all if you don't want to." I nodded. I had nothing to hide anyway.

"Shoot."

"How long have you been living with the Volturi?" Ah, I knew this would be one of the first questions asked.

"I've been with them since I was five. Demetri and Felix found me out in the streets and they took pity and brought me to the Volturi Castle. They tell me I awed the three brothers and that was why I was allowed to stay." That and I have a unique gift.

Esme got a look of sympathy on her face while Carlisle just frowned. "Why are you moving here with us? Not that I mind, of course. Just curious. My husband never really told us." I felt my eyebrows rise up in surprise. He didn't tell them?

"I have emphysema. I don't smoke and neither does anyone I know so I couldn't have gotten it from that. So the only answer is inheritance. Aro saw my condition was worsening so he thought it would be best to send me to the greatest doctor known to live. Or so I'm told." Carlisle looked shocked that a person as young as me had such a disorder and at the sorta compliment. His frown remained on his face though as he focused on driving. "How old were you when you were diagnosed with this?"

"I was just nine years old. I was running around and had what I call an attack. I couldn't breathe and my chest hurt." I shrugged like it was no big deal. "It slowly progressed as I got older but now it's more controllable. I have an inhaler and a pill I should take twice a day, everyday." Carlisle nodded and after that, conversation seemed to die down.

An hour later, gathering my courage, I quietly asked, "Can I ask a few of my own questions? Aro talked about you but in vague detail."

Esme nodded enthusiastically. "Of course!"

"Why are your eyes gold? Everyone in Volterra had red eyes and it's my first time seeing different." Carlisle smiled and briefly glanced in the rearview.

"We don't drink human blood. We survive off animals." My eyebrows shot up to just about my hairline. Vegetarian vamps? "It's definitely not as tasty but… it makes us feel better about what we are." I just nodded. "How many more members are in your coven?"

Esme got a motherly look in her eyes and answered. "We have five more. Rosalie and Emmett, Alice and Jasper, and Edward. They're all very nice and excited for you to arrive. Especially Alice although she won't tell us why."

The names were all pretty and I felt my eagerness rise as I thought of meeting the five new vegetarian vampires. "I think those are all my questions, honestly."

Esme and Carlisle laughed softly before the silence came back, this time not as awkward. For the remaining hour and a half, we all quietly chit chatted about our lives and things such as favorite foods and such. Well, I guess I was really the only one talking about favorite foods since they don't eat.


"Here we are." Waking up from my little nap, I looked out my window to see nothing but trees. It was almost 1 am now and I was dead tired from both the flight and the drive. Wanting to just sleep, I trudged my way out of the car and waited patiently for Esme and Carlisle. I grabbed my carry on and followed them into the car, yawning multiple times.

"Oh, dear, you're really tired. You can meet the rest of the family tomorrow after you're well rested." I nodded and stifled another yawn.

I followed Esme into the guest room, placing my bags on a random spot on the floor. Without even taking my shoes off, I climbed into bed and snuggled into the nice smelling comforter.