Chapter One
Ten years later
I half ran through the halls towards the meeting chamber. Aro had summoned me and it was not wise to keep Aro waiting. I stumbled and used my power to stand myself up again. I then got to thinking. If I could support my own body weight with my power I could go my faster. I formed a disc of power under my feet and levitated 3 foot above the ground then shot forward. I almost bowled Felix over and only supernatural speed and reflexes saved him from being smashed flat to the floor. He grinned.
"Found a new way to travel Di?"
"Yeah forget walking this is sooo much better."
Chuckling he darted off in the other direction.
I used my power to open the double doors ahead of me and zoomed through them stopping at Aro's feet. I almost toppled off the disc and used a barrier of power to stop myself falling off.
"Good Evening Diamond."
"Good Evening Lord Aro."
He smiled and looked pleased.
"My dear as you know today is your thirteenth birthday and I deem you old enough to turn."
The blood rushed from my face making me look deathly pale.
"T-today?"
I gulped.
"Yes my dear one, now, in fact. Santiago? Demetri? If you please."
The guards advanced on me and I backed away quickly. Heat was shaking out from me in waves. Heck I was shaking. I began to feel sick in the pit of my stomach. All at once my body began to quiver and then it burst out of me. I Shifted. Into a werewolf. I stared dumbly at my white paws whimpering. Then there were presences in my head. They were surprised and concerned. I whimpered more and backed into a corner. Was I hallucinating?
No.
A deep voice spoke to me.
W-who are you?
I am Jacob Black, Alpha of the New Pack.
And the coolest.
The best.
The greatest.
The most awesome.
More voices spoke to me.
W-what AM I?
I asked in my head.
A werewolf.
Duh!
Shut it Seth you're scaring her. Where are you the Pack should be there for you.
Ummm, Italy, Volterra.
I sent them an image of the Volturi palace. By accident a couple of images of Aro and the guards chasing me slipped in. To my surprise the entire Pack reacted angrily.
Those scumballs.
How dare they attack a member of our Pack?
Wait they were trying to change you?
Holy shit!
Diamond do NOT let them bite you! Their venom is poisonous to wolfkind.
Yes Alpha.
I felt hard cold hands grab my body and lift me struggling into the air. I could feel the Alpha's panic.
Do NOT let them bite you Diamond! That is an ORDER! Come to Forks in America, Washington State DO NOT let Aro touch you again nor divulge the information I have given you. Those are ORDERS!
I began to panic.
How do I phase back?
Think human and you will be human, now phase before they bite you.
Yelping I formed my human image in my head and phased back into a human. Naked. In front of the entire Volturi guard. I snatched a robe from Demetri who had been attempting to tie me up in wolf form with it. I put it on quickly and made a break for one of the doors opening it with a slam with my power. I created the power disk beneath me midstride and began zooming down the corridors. I yelped as I was tackled from the side off the disk and went down under Santiago's bulk. He picked me up by the scruff of the neck and dropped me at Aro's feet. My knees hit the stone with a thump that sent pain flashing lights across my eyes.
"Now Diamond you have a lot of explaining to do. Why did you run away dear one?"
I kept silent.
"Santiago?"
Santiago moved into action in a blur. He slapped me across the face hard then kicked me in the ribs hard enough to break them in two. I screamed and sobbed with pain.
"I'm going to ask again Diamond, why did you run away?"
"Orders," I sobbed "My Alpha-"
I choked on the words. I literally couldn't say them.
"How long have you known your Alpha?"
"The five minutes I was a wolf."
"Have you ever phased before?"
"No never before."
"Do you remember where your parents lived before they were killed on vacation?"
I flinched at the reminder of the nomad that had killed my parents.
"No but it was somewhere nea-"
I choked on the words again. I didn't realise my home had been so near to the wolves location.
"Near where?"
"N- I can't tell you I have orders not to."
"Tell me Diamond dear one, whose orders do you follow?"
"Yours," I whispered.
"Good, now tell me where the wolves are."
"I-I they, they liv-"
I broke off literally retching, my stomach muscles burned.
"Well if you won't tell me I'll have to beat it out of you."
He motioned for Santiago to attack. He began such a brutal attack it could only be described as torture. Afterwards they dragged me down to the dungeons and chained my hands and feet together. As they left that night I fell into a dreamless and blessedly painless sleep.
