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Chapter 2-
Demitri P.O.V-
I had just finished feeding after Heidi brought in a new batch of tourists for us to suck dry. Today, there was a girl with blue eyes. Adelina had blue eyes. I missed Adelina with every inch of my being. Her laugh, her eyes, her lips, her everything. I found myself reminiscing about the time when I was human, the time where I was happy, the time where I was whole.
Flashback-
1214, Athens, Greece
"You can't catch me, Dem!" Adelina screamed while running away from me. She had plaited her hair that day and was wearing a beautiful maroon gown. I'd wanted to express my objectives to woo her for quite some time. But I had never picked up the courage to say the words. What if she rejected me? What if she wanted someone else? Sure, we were best friends and knew everything about each other, but could I be sure?
I ran after her and caught her, spinning her in my arms while doing so. Oh, how much I loved that angelic laughter of hers! She looked into my green eyes with her brilliant blue eyes. She looked concerned. "Are you alright, Dem?"
"How do you tell a girl of your intentions to woo her?" I asked trying to hint her of my intentions.
She looked hurt and heartbroken for a moment but soon covered it up with a false smile of hers. I could always tell when her smile was real or not. Her dimples didn't look so prominent when her smiles were fake. "Who is the lucky girl, Dem? Is it someone I know?" She asked curiously. Oh if only she knew the girl was her!
"It is someone you know like the back of your hand." I smiled at her. She puckered her eyebrows in confusion. I knew she had no idea whom I was talking about. I figured it was better to get it out rather than keep it in me and regret it in my later years.
"It is you, Lina. I love you and I want to court you." I said looking at the ground. I was scared of her reaction. I was scared of rejection.
"Demitri Grogorvich, I love you too." She said smiling softly at me. I instantly took her face in my hands and kissed her with all my might. Our first kiss was filled with the passion of years of longing and pure, true love.
1215, Athens, Greece
I had been courting Adelina for little over a year. I wanted to ask her to marry me and spend the rest of my life with me. I'd asked her to meet me at the hills right outside our village. We loved going there ever since we were kids. I had my grandmother's silver wedding ring tucked into the pocket of my trousers safely.
"There you are, Dem! I was beginning to think you were not going to show up!" Adelina said running to me. I caught her and spun her around in the air. I looked into those beautiful, blue eyes of hers and kissed her out of the blue. She was surprised but reacted to my kiss after a while.
I released her from the kiss and bent down on one knee. "Adelina Erikson, will you marry me?" I asked holding out grandmother's sapphire ring. It was almost the colour of her eyes which I loved so much. I looked up to see her in tears. She wasn't going to reject me, was she?
"Oh god, yes! Of course yes!" She said and enveloped me into a tight hug. I slipped the ring onto her finger and kissed her softly and lovingly.
1216, Athens, Greece
I was walking along the plains outside our village with Adelina in my arms. We were to be married next week. I couldn't wait to officially call her mine. Until she was Adelina Grogorvich. Suddenly, out of nowhere a pale red haired man appeared in front of us.
"I'm bored, let's have some fun, shan't we?" He asked cackling with a British accent. Something in his words sounded cruel and chilling. I pushed Adelina behind me and walked up to him. "I'd rather not. Now if you don't mind, we would rather continue walking."
"Bravery, I love to see that in humans. Maybe I'll give you the gift of immortality!" He said smiling wide. That was when I noticed his eyes. They were as red as blood. Some sort of animal instinct was screaming at me to run away. But I didn't want to seem weak in front of this insane man and I would protect Adelina.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." I managed to say before he bit me. The next few days were agonizing and I felt like I was burning. The transformation was excruciatingly painful. Finally, I could begin to feel the fire fading away. When I woke up, I could see everything clearer. What on earth had happened to me? My throat was burning but I paid no heed to it. I'd drink water later. I need to find Adelina.
"Lina, where are you?" I said, only, it wasn't my voice. The voice which came out of my mouth sounded so euphonious and melodious. I felt her tenor, her scent in a room adjacent to mine. I didn't know how it was possible but I felt like I could find her from the other half of the world. I knocked down the door to find Adelina bleeding out. The burning in my throat intensified but I ignored that. I had to somehow save the woman I loved.
"Lina!" I shouted and was at her side within a moment. I laid her head on my lap. She looked like she had been stabbed in the stomach various times. She caressed my face with her bloodied hand and looked into my eyes like as though she wanted to communicate how much she loved me. After a while, her hand went limp, her chest stopped rising, her heartbeat stopped and her eyes lost their usual shine. She was dead, my Adelina was dead. That day, I vowed to find the man who killed her and make him feel twice as much pain as she probably felt during the last few hours of her life.
I was snapped out of my trance when there was a loud knock on the door of my bedchambers in the castle. "Who is it?" I asked even though by my talent, I could tell it was Felix. I enjoyed spending time with Felix. He was one of the few people who could make me laugh after everything that had happened in my past. "Master has called us for a meeting, we must get going, bro." Felix said.
An abrupt meeting with master? I wonder what the cause of this was. The last time we had a meeting on such terms was when we had to travel all the way to America to kill the Cullen coven. That didn't work out so well, the baby girl turned out to be half human and not an immortal child. We had just been embarrassed in front of almost the whole of the vampire world. It undermined our authority as law makers.
I swiftly got up from the bed I was sitting on and opened the door. I smiled at Felix "Let's get going then." The throne room had begun filling up. We took our places and waited for the rest to arrive. Master Marcus looked bored and melancholic as he normally was, Master Aro seemed to be lost in his thoughts while Master Caius looked furious.
Once Afton entered, Master Aro got up. "My guard, I am afraid the vampire world is in danger again. Stefan and Vladimir joined a coven in Ecuador and they have begun creating a new-born army against us. Two of the new-borns had the good sense to run away and informed us of this. They have been showed mercy. Their numbers are said to be over a 150 vampires, several of them with powers. We have no other choice but to ask the other vampires to aid us." He said seriously.
"But Master, why do we need help? We can do this ourselves. We must not seem weak in front of the others. We all have powers; we can easily defeat this army." Jane said haughtily.
"Not without suffering huge losses. Pride will always be the Achilles heel of even the most powerful. Be sure to remember that, Jane" Master Marcus said wisely. He rarely spoke; the situation must be serious if he is paying attention to the meeting.
"Yes, you are right, dear brother. Chelsea, Afton, you will go to recruit the help of the Amazon coven. Alec, Heidi, You will recruit the Denali coven. Santiago, Jane, you will recruit the Egyptian coven. Demitri, Felix, you will recruit the help of the Cullens. Corin, you will recruit the American nomads while Lucrezia (A.N- A new member of the guard. She has the power to control water), you will recruit the European nomads. You will depart in a week's time. Am I clear?" Aro said.
"Yes, Master" We all said at the same time and began to depart. I stayed back though. I wanted to know if the red haired, British vampire who had turned me was one of the Ecuadorian coven.
"Master, may I speak with you?" I asked him.
"Of course, Demitri." He said and held out his hand. While this may seem weird, I knew he could see what troubled my mind by just touching my hand. "Ah!" He exclaimed. "I was wondering when you would come to enquire of the matter. It has been centuries since the event, are you sure you still wish the same?" He said.
"Yes, master. I have never wanted to do anything as much as I want to kill him. He took away my happiness and left me incomplete. I know you want to see if he deserves mercy, but the only reason I continue existing is my need for vengeance."
"Demitri, eight centuries is a long time to carry a grudge. Are you sure you wouldn't feel better to just let go of the pain and the heartache and start anew?" Master Marcus asked me.
"He killed my love. There is no one else for me in the world. I think she deserves to be avenged, Master. I would have some closure after killing her killer."
"She would've wanted you to move on, Demitri. She would have wanted you to be happy. But if it is vengeance you wish, you shall have it. To answer your question, yes, he is one of the members of the coven." Master Aro said.
"Thank you, Master." I said smiling. I was finally going to avenge Adelina. After killing the redhead, I would beg Master Aro to kill me. When they would finish with killing me, I would meet Adelina in the afterlife. I would finally hold her in my arms after eight centuries of missing her. Master Aro must have read my thoughts of killing myself as he smiled sadly at me.
"If she is anything like how you remember her to be, she would have wanted you to start afresh. Remember than, Demitri." Master Aro said as I stood in front of the door. I nodded and began to leave.
Felix was waiting outside for me. He must have noticed my upbeat attitude. "What's got you so happy, bro? We have to go convince the damned Cullens to join us. Those vegetarian vampires are a disgrace to the rest of our race."
"It's not about the Cullens, Felix. The redhead is a part of the Ecuadorian coven. I can finally have my revenge." I told him smiling widely.
"I'm happy you're finally getting some closure, bro. We'd better begin to get ready for this war. If it's as worse as Master Aro says it is, we're going to need every moment of practice we can get." He said and we began walking towards the training rooms.
A.N- In the next chapter, Sienna and Demitri meet. Let me know whether you want it to be written in Third person P.O.V or Sienna's P.O.V or Demitri's P.O.V or both Sienna and Demitri's P.O.V's