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'Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.'
Peter Wastholm
Italy was considered a place of magic and myth surrounded by beautiful people in striking and exquisite clothes, as well as amazing food …. Well at least according to human magazines, television, and internet.
… For the vampires, Italy was considered forbidden, sacred; many even called it a cemetery: Volterra in this case was said to be the worst place to be according to the vampire networks. Volterra was called 'La Forca' which was Italian for 'the gallows' by the vampires.
Renesmee sighed as she rolled her eyes up to look at the summer sun, she couldn't figure out why people would say such things about such a gorgeous place. Yes she could actually understand why, but to make Italy itself sound like a land of nightmares and horrors was not understandable. It had only been a few hours and already she was in love with the place; the people were just so innocent to what was actually protecting them and the views of the city were just breath taking; Volterra was a sort of old charmer, unlike many other places she had been too.
Watching as the square filled with humans, Renesmee sat on the steps of the Volturi office. This simple action obviously attracted much attention from the locals; she wasn't surprised by it either. The Volturi didn't come out much, so when they did, humans were probably stunned by their haunting beauty and their meticulous grace. They were also drawn in by their mysterious nature, and their strong and attractive odor, everything about a vampire was alluring to a human, making them easy prey … Vampires were the perfect predators as her father continuously told her.
…. She could see why her mom fell for her father; she'd take a guy she'd just described any day. Of course he couldn't be more beautiful than her, also she'd want his feelings not to be based on 'magic'.
A throat cleared and she turned to find a woman, young at that staring at her, waiting for something.
"Renesmee?" She asked her voice thick with that beautiful and natural Italian accent.
"Yes." Renesmee replied as she took in the woman's appearance.
The woman was probably no older than twenty five; her coffee colored hair was put back in a neat long and curled ponytail, with her bangs at the sides of her temple. Perfect light brown olive skin matched with brown eyes that were dusted with smoky liner and shadow, and pretty pink lips. Designer clothes, matching white-ivory, one button jacket, v-neck vest, flared pants, white heels.
"My name is Caprice Melara, Signore Afton has instructed me to take you wherever you wish to go." The woman continued.
According to her family, the secretaries usually always knew that the Volturi were vampires, she only felt pity for the woman if it was her goal to become a vampire.
She wouldn't deny it though; she did smell like a good dish.
….. Three years in Romania cooped up with Vladimir and Stephan was not a smart thing to do, but her parents thought it was a good idea while they chased down Jaspers old colleges for some unknown reason, they claimed it would be a great learning experience for her. Yeah she learned so much, so much that now she sometimes speaks like a carnivorous vampire.
To be perfectly honest, she wasn't afraid of her parents, if she ever went back to her home, she knew that they wouldn't say anything, they'd be mad, but she could be worse, if she was dared and pushed. Though if Vladimir found out, she really wouldn't want him to get a hold of her, she'd seen him disappointed, she'd seen him thirsty, and she'd seen him depressed. If she brought out his betrayed and worse yet his angry side, then she'd fear.
They'd become close to one another over time, she was five when she was taken to him and Stephan and she became attached them quickly and after three years of being with them the attachment was glued together. Especially her and Vladimir, their relationship was something that couldn't be described. Vladimir had told her once that she was his human side, he saw what he could have had, had he stayed human.
So if that was the case why didn't she go to Romania? Her parents would expect it of course, and while she was sure that Vladimir would be on her side she didn't need to deal with the drama that she was sure would come when facing her family.
Her mind a haystack of thoughts, she looked up to find the secretary waiting for her again. "Oh sorry, yeah can we go to Florence; I need to get some shopping done." Renesmee said as she stood up.
The secretary nodded as she turned to walk away as she spoke. "Follow me, my car is outside town."
It was as if the entire Volturi was turned into a gossip column, the whispers between one another as they spoke of the new guest, the Cullen's daughter, a Cullen, an actual Cullen was there in Volterra willingly staying as a guest. It was the biggest thing to be heard about since the last time they heard talk of a Cullen.
Aro sighed as he walked into his private study, unsurprised at the sight of his fair haired brother.
"Caius." He acknowledged as he took a seat in his chair.
His brother spoke angrily as he watched Aro. "I sent Chelsea in to try and pull the girl to us … the unfortunate thing is, she's is more like her parents and even more loyal to her family then she acted."
Aro smirked at his brother as he spoke. "I know, that's why I hadn't sent her myself, dear Renesmee's' recruitment is not what I want."
Caius looked at him suspiciously as he asked. "Then why did you ask her to stay here? I know for a fact that in spite of Carlisle's parting you are not desperate enough for companionship to seek it out in a child … Much less a child that has been refused her own life."
"That may be true, but it is also not at the same time. Renesmee Cullen may be young, but she is very much an intellectual being. What we seek from her is knowledge of the new world, and what she seeks from us is knowledge of our world, of the old world, we can learn from one another and mentally grow… Also, she is a Cullen, she has quiet the influence on many other vegetarian covens, and even some of the more private covens that do not wish to become involved with us."
"So we are using her influence to gain the trust of the others?" Caius asked.
"Yes we do want the trust of other covens; however we will not gain it by taking advantage of Renesmee's influence."
Caius lifted a brow as he asked another question. "Then how do we gain the others trust?"
"Renesmee is looking to find herself, and when she does she will leave us and we will let her go like we did her grandfather, so when other covens hear that a Cullen stayed and has respect and loyalty to us, the Volturi, they will follow" Aro explained.
Caius nodded his head in understanding, but stopped when another thought crossed his mind. "How do we gain her trust and loyalty though?"
Aro smiled. "We gain her by giving our respect and loyalty, which will not be a problem, for once you and the others get to know her, you will find that she is not like her parents as much as you all believe her to be, but more like Carlisle is."
Footsteps stopped at the door, and Aro allowed the vampire entrance as he spoke. "Enter" Watching as the blonde vampire wearing a grey suite walk into his study.
"Forgive my interruption; I thought you'd like to know Renesmee Cullen and Caprice were heard talking about leaving to Florence for the day." The blonde said.
"Thank you Afton, anything else?" Aro asked as he watched the vampire hand over a folder.
"These are the latest calls we've received yesterday, I also have Drew replacing Caprice for the day," Afton continued.
"Excellent" Aro said as he skimmed through the papers in the folder.
"May I be of any more service to you?" Afton asked as he stood still in his place.
"As soon as Renesmee returns I will need you to inform her to be ready for the day by sunrise tomorrow" Aro ordered "Of course, I will be going then," Afton replied as Aro waved him off.
"What are the plans for tomorrow?" Caius asked.
"Tomorrow Renesmee will meet our lovely wives. Renesmee won't know how to start her journey and I believe that my charming wife just may be able to guide her in the right direction." Aro replied.
Caius stood up as he spoke again. "What will you be telling the Cullen's?"
"They have not contacted us in any way since our last meeting, I'm positive that they won't be doing so until they become hopeless and desperate enough for our help in searching for Renesmee, and until then we have nothing to fret about. Besides Renesmee is an adult in the world's eyes, her family needs to learn that her affairs are her own."
"Very well then, I take it that Renesmee Cullen will be under your care."
"Yes … and I expect you to treat her like you treated Carlisle."
Caius didn't reply as he left the room, leaving a smirking Aro to his own musings. Shaking his head he looked down at the box on his desk, grasping it in his hands he opened it and chuckled down at the diamond necklace.
'Such a silly way to choose a destination.'
Obviously Caprice had never used her vehicle to its full potential as she was holding tightly to her seat while Renesmee drove quickly through the busy freeway.
"Please tell me you're not old enough to drive." Caprice asked hoping that smaller girl in the driver's seat was just as young as she looked. Hoping she could make the girl hand over her key to which she still didn't understand how she ended up letting the girl drive.
"Yep, just turned eighteen …. I was told that you have to be eighteen to drive in Italy once … Is it still that way."
Caprice turned to the younger girl with wide eyes. "Please tell me that someone taught you how to drive back in America."
"Of course, can't you tell?" Renesmee asked with mock hurt in her voice.
"We should be in Florence in about half an hour at this rate." Renesmee continued as she sped up more to pass a slower car.
"And we can be pulled over any minute now." Caprice cried.
"If there were police out here we would've been able to spot them by now, if they hadn't already pulled us over." Renesmee replied smoothly.
"If I survive this, I'm warning you that if I ever have to take you anywhere to never allow you to drive." Caprice moaned as she tightened her grip on her seat as Renesmee pushed down more on the gas, accelerating their speed.
"Don't worry, I've never once been in a crash, and I always driven this way." Renesmee soothed with a brilliant smile adorning her face. It didn't help calm down the full-blooded human as Renesmee could hear her heartbeat accelerate as well going triple the beats it had been just a while ago. She held back her smirk; she liked this girl so far.
Maybe, just maybe and she wasn't going to get her hopes to high about this. There was a chance this human would stick around longer than what most secretaries did.
'Oh my son's my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all her life.'
Dinah Mulock Craik
There had never been a time where Bella and Edward never knew where Renesmee was, or what she was doing when they weren't there with her. She always did what she was told, making the right decisions on everything she did, never once did she ever complain about anything. Though there were a few times she didn't understand why she couldn't go out with her human friends, a conversation which would lead to an argument, but it was never anything so serious before, nothing like this.
She was yelling at them, yet she wasn't even there in the room, crying out and the bedroom walls stood silent. It was nothing anybody could have foreseen, and obviously nothing they could have stopped. Bella's' eyes looked down at the picture in her hands of her and Renesmee at her first graduation. They had been living in Spain attending a Catholic Night school, Renesmee had barely been eleven years old and it had been the first time they attended the act altogether as a family. She'd been so proud, yet so mad at the same time, Renesmee had been insistent that she be allowed to attend a few semester classes during the day. Never wanting to give up on the idea that she could make human friends without her and Edward choosing the ones that were appropriate to be around her, in the end Edward decided against it, believing that it would be too dangerous for Renesmee to befriend teenagers that were three years older than her.
Despite it all though Bella understood, she understood it all too well, Renesmee was so much like her family, right now reminding her of her own mother Renee. The woman was always the butterfly wanting to flutter to the next rose bush as soon as possible, never being able to stay in one place for far too long. Renesmee also got that from her vampire instincts; never could they stay in one place for too long, Vladimir and Stephan were a great example of that.
Vladimir, the once feared leader of the vampire world, the dark king of Romania, the enemy of the Volturi; once he found out about Renesmee, there would be no stopping him in his search, he was far worse than Edward when it came to Renesmee. They'd attached themselves to one another when Renesmee had been left in his and Stephan's care for three years. It was odd that they became close but good to, Vladimir and Stephan showed Renesmee the darker side to being a vampire, showing her the ugly side of it all. Yet Renesmee still loved them, Bella and Edward had hoped staying with the two Romanians would have scared her away from the vampire world but it didn't, it had only increased her curiosity. Thankfully they didn't have to worry, moving to Spain had helped make her forget about being a vampire, making her focus on being human the whole time, while they were forced into drinking human blood, luckily it was from donation bags courtesy of Carlisle, as soon as they were back to Forks they immediately went back to the vegetarian lifestyle.
Bella thoughts changed as she picked up another picture of Renesmee, it had been on her sixteenth birthday. She could remember it clear as day, everything had been done up by Alice and Rosalie as always, Renesmee had insisted that she didn't want a birthday party, but it was her little girls sixteenth, and she'd gotten her first cycle a day prior, she'd been terrified, so many emotions wafting off her, and Jacob, he'd been like a dog in heat, needing to be with her but being denied all access to her by the men of the house as well as Renesmee herself. Thankfully at that birthday party, despite the luscious smell of blood that was everywhere Renesmee was, herself, Jasper, as well as a few others that had been there didn't have the thirst as they had expected. That was probably the one time she should've seen the signs, they were as clear as day, practically beating at her. Renesmee had been so empty that day, and now that she actually thought about it, Renesmee was empty only because she was forfeiting the idea of leaving Jake; Renesmee always had the belief that if things happened it was because they were meant to be, and her period must have been seen as a sign to her, telling her that her and Jake were meant to be together, that their relationship was going to be inevitable.
Inevitable, meant to be, signs, the words were so right for the predicament they were in at the moment. Jake was god knows where with the pack, Edward and Carlisle as well, Alice and Jasper had went back to France to escape from Rosalie and her judgments. Rosalie and Emmett were in Denali, It was just her and Esmee at the house now, everyone else was gone.
Thankfully with the fact that Charlie had married into their world, it became simple to talk to him about everything of her world. It was something that they found a loop hole in, he was protected by shifters, wolves, the Volturi weren't able to do anything about her father since he was protected. So it was making her life easier at the moment she'd just gotten back from her father's house, and it was an interesting chat. He agreed with Alice, saying it was all there, every sign was as clear as water; Renesmee was exactly like her and Edward that it was scary, but for that she was easy to read for him. She'd hid her depression with smiles and laughter, Renesmee had always spent time with each one of them whenever she was able to, shopping with Alice, working on cars with Rose, cooking with Esmee, just being there with herself, Jake was mostly always with her no matter who she was with. Jasper was always enjoyed talking about the his time and other time periods that he'd learned about, it was a shocker but Jasper was a great teacher in every subject and Renesmee went to him about every subject she could go to him for, history being something she loved to go to him for. Emmett was usually there to play fight with her, making sure her body got good energy and used her abilities when given the chance, Carlisle and Renesmee did test on the difference between the four known species, Vampire, hybrid, Shifter, human. Then there was Edward, books, music, dancing, and instruments, she always did that, and when the day was over she would go to sleep, trying to get enough hours and less hours at the same time, resulting in only having four hours of sleep every day, completely wearing herself out and literally falling asleep as soon as she hit the bed.
Renesmee, wherever she was Bella hoped that her daughter knew that she was hearing her cries and she was ready to listen to what she was saying.
Renesmee smiled as she walked through the crowds of people as she looked at the clothes through the windows. So many places and so little time, she wanted it all, and she would have it all even if it took all her strength. Smiling she was glad she moved the money from her trust fund when she was twelve, it was also a good thing her family had made her many I.D. cards, different ages that were all believable at least. All that money including the money she'd gotten from the families foreign accounts, she'd be set for life.
Well more like a few lifetimes, so it wouldn't matter if she took money from them in the first place, it wasn't like they used them ever. She wasn't stealing it either, her grandfather had always told her that the money was there for when any one of them needed it, and she needed it right now or she'd be walking around in her own skin. Well she doubted that Aro would allow her to do that, she was sure that he wasn't that cruel, but she'd rather not dress in the clothes he did provide for her, she'd end up looking like Jane.
Walking into a store filled with purses and other accessories, she grabbed everything that caught her eye. The thrill of shopping, Alice would be so proud to see her now, and the best part was no parents to tell her that she couldn't get what she wanted this time. Reaching into her jacket pocket she handed over the card to the cashier with a beautiful smile.
The woman was checking her out, as always being a vampire attracted all people of every gender, and it made shopping so much easier if the cashiers were attracted to you, they were much nicer to you then.
"Where would you like to go now?" Caprice asked from behind her.
Renesmee pulled the tags off one of her new wallets and slipped her cards and I.D.'s into the slots, after that she pulled out one of the purses out one of the bags and pulled the stuffing out and the tag off slipping the wallet into the bag.
"Now we look for clothes, we start with intimates first, then we move to the other stuff." Renesmee said. Caprice nodded her head. "There are a few stores a few blocks down from here." Caprice said as she kept up with her.
"Then let's get going, we only have eleven hours, and seven minutes left till sunset." Renesmee said enthusiastically as she placed her bags into the back.
"You actually know the length of the day." Caprice said as she stared at her from across the car.
Renesmee smiled as she replied. "Doesn't everyone?"
Caprice merely lifted a brow as she got into the car. "Let's just get going." She said as she started the engine.
Carlisle sighed as he watched the door open to his and Edwards's hotel room revealing a sweat drenched Leah, she walked into the room with her entire body glistening in the moonlight.
"Honestly you could've left a little later." She said as she collapsed on a chair, her demeanor completely relaxed and at ease with her nudity. Something he knew that the Leah from nineteen years ago would have blushed at. The thought of being completely nude in front of any other being was something humans were not casual about.
"Hello Leah." Carlisle responded with a soft smile as he turned in the direction of the dresser so that she could have something on when and if Edward came back.
Leah glared at him as she spoke again. "I was at your house when I found out you left, then I find out your already here in New York! Are you trying to make me hate you more?" She asked.
"Forgive us, Edward has been rushing everything." He said as he handed her some of Edwards clothing.
"Yeah and I've been trying not to phase …. But knowing you all it seems like every second of every day I have to phase, making it more harder for me to age, which means no man my own age won't want someone this young that'll never age." Leah bit back dryly, her words were empty and he knew that she wasn't angry about phasing so much. He did feel guilty for not telling her where he and Edward had been going.
While he would admit that they weren't his children, through the years he'd come to care for the Black pack, especially for the two siblings, Leah and Seth the outsiders within their own people. Two completely different people that were possibly the strongest and most loving beings he'd come to know besides his own wife. They were always so willing to learn something different about the world and themselves their ears practically jumping off their heads in order to grasp everything there was. He hadn't a fair chance after meeting them, destiny seemed to want him to take them as he had his children, and he couldn't resist taking in two lost and innocent shifters.
Still though, as close as they'd come to be Leah hadn't ever truly been one to care for Edward and Bella; more specifically the lone female shifter truly didn't like her step-sister at all, and she wasn't shy about that fact either. She had even left Washington when she'd learned of Jacob and Renesmee's engagement, being as she was one of the few that had been against it from the very beginning. Her reasons for coming back were still unknown and where she had gone had never been spoken of either and he truly had been worried about her the entire time.
"I'm sorry, what are you doing here chasing us down though? Shouldn't you be with Jacob in Forks?" Leah was Jacobs second in command, and he was sure she was feeling some of the pain that Jacob was feeling from the loss of Renesmee. She should be with Jacob consoling and caring for her alpha. Something didn't seem right.
"I tried; he's too depressing." She bit her lip nervously before continuing. " … I wanted you to confirm something for me." There was always a catch; never did Leah do something without reason.
"Yes …." Carlisle pressed on as he turned away from the window and walked over to the sitting area, taking a seat across from Leah, knowing that she was still trying to figure her words out.
"Pregnancy makes women extremely emotional right?" Leah asked carefully, she seemed nervous more so about the words than the question to the point where she turned away from him. Something that was completely out of character for her.
"Yes they become twice as emotional as a normal woman would be because of the hormonal changes the body goes through." He answered honestly.
"And vampires your emotions are just as strong right?"
"If we were to compare are emotions to humans, we could compare the strength of them to that of pregnant women most likely stronger though." She never asked questions regarding his own kind and that made him worry that she was now.
"Is it possible for a child to pass their emotions to their mother while their still in the womb?"
Carlisle sat back as he answered. "There have been some reports of women claiming that they could feel their unborn child's emotions, but they've never been looked into that I know of." Wondering where all this was going.
"But with a vampire is it possible for the mother to feel her half vampire child's emotions … and the child to feel the mother's feelings?"
She threw him off with that last part and as he pieced together the questions as he realized exactly what she was suggesting at. " … Are you suggesting that Jacobs reaction was-" He stopped mid sentence as he watched her face fall and she refused to look at him and for once he wished he could read minds like Edwards. "… It's exactly what I'm saying." She replied bitterly.
"The bonds between mother and unborn child are strong, stronger than most people can believe if it is a true and loving bond especially and with Halflings it seems to be much stronger than even that. The possibility that a Halfling is capable of empathy from the womb is quiet the risk, especially when there's a shape-shifter around that has feelings for the mother. It could complicate some things. I mean it would make sense in many ways though Renesmee does have the tendency to understand and read people better than others. … We always assumed that it was because her mind processes things much quicker than normal humans and her intuition was more prominent that a vampires. … This would make much more sense though."
What about Nahuel though? When they had did the study on him and his sisters none of this had popped up. … Then again, when it came to the Hybrid's the two genders showed many different things, the females stronger and faster than the males were, especially when on a carnivorous diet. But it was possibly that the women were empathic, he'd never thought of testing Renesmee on that, and something like that wouldn't show up on the autopsy table either.
If it was true then, that would mean that Bella had still been in love with Jacob when she had been pregnant with Renesmee. What of the imprint though? The theory was that they needed to imprint with someone that was capable of continuing the gene. It was possible that Renesmee did carry the gene though, but if she was in actuality empathic, what if when he imprinted she remembered the feelings that Bella had held for him while she was pregnant and it was truly that, that Jacob had imprinted on instead. It had to be, before she was even born Renesmee could differentiate the people who were talking to her, knowing each one of their names and voices by the time she was out of Bella's womb, and with a perfect memory like hers and perfect recall it was the only logical answer.
…. That would mean that Jacob had imprinted on the last human piece of Bella though.
This would surely crush Jacob and Edward.
"Hey do you know of any good restaurants?" Renesmee asked as she stuffed more bags into the trunk of the small car, it was interesting how many people actually drove Mini Coups in Italy; she didn't think much on it though.
"Yeah there's one down the street." Caprice said as they walked away from the car.
As they walked into the restaurant the host greeted them with a smile on her face. "Il buono benvenuto di pomeriggio a Quattro Leoni, sarà appena il due di lei?" She said.
Renesmee smiled as she replied. "Sì."
They followed the hosts into the restaurant and she walked them to a table outside right next to the railings. "Un cameriere sarà con lei brevemente." The girl said before she left.
"You speak Italian?" Caprice asked as she looked over her menu.
"Yeah, I wanted to come to Italy for a class fieldtrip a couple years back and I studied the language, but in the end my parents said no." Renesmee replied.
Caprice nodded her head and Renesmee began to ask a question she'd been wondering the whole day. "So tell me, how does one get a job with the Volturi, I mean I'm sure they don't put help wanted ads in the paper."
It was then a waiter came up to them and asked for their drinks. "Sì avrò un Limoncello." Renesmee said as she turned to Caprice to hear her order. "Avrò il Punzone UN Champagne di La."
The waiter looked between the two of them as he asked them if they wanted any appetizers. "Farà lei ordina qualunque antipasti dopopranzo."
Renesmee looked down at the menu and skimmed it quickly till she found what she wanted. "Sì, avrò il Bertolli Bruschetta."
"E lei manca?" The waiter asked as he turned to Caprice, she waved her hand softly as she spoke. "No ciò sarà tutto il ringraziamento lei."
"Molto bene poi, sarò di ritorno con le sue bevande in un momento." The waiter said before he turned and walked off with their orders. Renesmee turned back to her as she went back to her conversation. "You were saying?"
Caprice smiled softly at that as she answered. "When I moved her I just barely graduated from University, and since I never worked a day in my life no one would hire me, in the end I got a job at this not so extravagant bar, and one day I come in and I find a new flyer up. They were looking for a secretary and there was no need for experience. I was nineteen by then working in a rundown bar for really crappy pay so I thought what the hell and I scheduled an interview. I landed the day time position, and with it came really great benefits."
"Wait so you aren't from Volterra?"
"No, I'm from Sicily … My grandfather lives in Volterra though and he's unwell so I decided after school that I would move here and help out, it was a bit difficult at first but then I got this job and now I can actually pay for the treatments he needs and still live a comfortable lifestyle without worrying about it."
" … Oh that's very interesting." Renesmee said truly amazed at how the beautiful human had given up a life of her own to care for her grandfather.
Caprice laughed softly at that and Renesmee looked at her questioningly. "Not really, accordingly, I must have impressed one of the big guys as Drew calls them because they had been close to rejecting me."
"So do you plan on staying here in Italy or will you be going back to Sicily?"
Once again their conversation had to be paused as the waiter came back with their dinks and Renesmees' dish. He placed them down on the table carefully and pulled out his pen and pad ready to take more orders from then.
"La sono le signore pronte a ordinare o lei avrà bisogno di più tempo?" He asked.
Renesmee pulled up her menu again as she looked through her menu not listening as Caprice ordered her meal. She was taken away from the menu as the waiter spoke to her "E per lei manca?"
"Oh sì amerei il Pesce spada un Siciliana di la e Polenta con la Salsa al pomodoro come un lato e se lei potrebbe coprire il Polenta con alcuni parmigiano." Renesmee said as she handed the menu to the waiter.
"Farebbe che è tutto il colpo mancato?" The waiter asked.
"Sì." Renesmee said as she turned her attention back to Caprice while the waiter went back to the kitchens.
"No, maybe I never really thought about it, my only family is here so I might as well be too. What about you, I can tell that you are not from Italy at all, you sound American." Caprice said.
"I am; I'm from Washington though me and my family move around a lot due to my father's job." Renesmee said smoothly, it was a simple cover her and the others used for question such as this.
"I see, and what are you doing here in Volterra, I mean it's not exactly a famous spot like Rome and Florence are."
"My family and I didn't exactly agree on some things and since I'm eighteen I decided to leave, I figured they wouldn't bother to look here seeing as they really don't like Italy very much."
"And the Volturi are what to you? From what I can tell so far it's obvious that you're high on the food chain seeing as Afton has me running around changing all sorts of schedules and other stuff since you arrived, which never happens when someone comes in to see them." Caprice said.
Perhaps the girl didn't know what she was working for. "Aro is my granduncle; he offered to let me stay here with him for the time being."
"Aro!" Caprice said shocked with wide eyes.
"Yes Aro."
"So you're a Volturi as well." Caprice said.
Renesmee nearly choked on her food at the question, taking a deep breath she looked up at the other woman wanting to laugh at the concept of her being in the Volturi.
"No …. His sister married my grandfather." Renesmee said hesitantly saying the first thing that popped into her head.
"Really, I can't believe he's that old, he doesn't even look a day over fifty." Caprice replied.
"Yeah …. It's genetics, we all age slowly." She replied before she took a good gulp from her drink, though it was no use she could drink a hundred of them and still not get drunk.
"Obviously you don't even look eighteen."
Renesmee smiled at that before she went back to her food, it was weird for her calling the people that had tried to annihilate her and her family. It was necessary still, something she'd been taught since she was a child was to always have a cover story, people would question why so many people that were young or not even related living together, and questions for a coven of vampires posing as humans was not good, people would begin to uncover the truth, and the truth would be the death of them if the Volturi had any say in it. That's why when humans ask questions she tells them that she'd been adopted, and that her father is her older brother, her mother and her aunt Alice are half sisters – it was a proven fact that they nearly looked alike so they called themselves that. While Rosalie and Jasper were twins, and Emmett was well, he was solo. Her father, Emmett and herself were the only ones who went by Cullen when in the presence of humans, Rosalie and Jasper still went by Rosalie's' human name Hale. While Alice and her mom took on the Mason surname; to many people questioned why they all took the name Cullen so they decided that others would take different names and it was how they ended up with the different names and split up.
Even Seth and Leah took on different names since they'd stopped aging as well; both now went by Black when in the presence of humans.
It was weird that today at this moment she would have been taken on the name Black as well, Renesmee Carlie Mason Black …. It didn't sound right, not to her at least.
She heard the waiter's footsteps from behind her and looked down at her plate, she'd finished it completely. Obviously she was hungrier than she had initially thought, the cons of being a half vampire, even if you satisfy your blood thirst doesn't mean you've satisfied your human needs and it also applied vice versa.
The waiter came and put down their place, his memory excellent as he gave them to the right person. Taking Renesmee's finished dish he spoke. "C'è nient'altro posso prenderla?"
Renesmee held up her glass as she replied. "Un altro Limoncello sarebbe bello."
"Un Limoncello e per lei la signorina farebbe lei cura di anche un altro ricambio?" The waiter said as he took her glass and turned to Caprice.
Caprice smiled as she responded "No sono il bel ringraziamento lei."
"Avrò ragione di nuovo con lei beve la signorina." The waiter said before he left them.
"What is that?" Caprice asked as she looked at Renesmees plate.
"Swordfish, have you ever tried swordfish, it's absolutely amazing." Renesmee said as she took a bite out of her food.
"It looks amazing." Caprice said as she began eating her food as well.
"So since your Aro's grandniece you know a lot about the others." Caprice said; her eyes sparkling with want of gossip.
"Not really, I mean I met some of the older ones when I was like a month old but the other ones I don't know." The brunette's eyebrow lifted with more unspoken questions and she continued. "I mean, they stay here in Italy and my parents and Aro don't exactly see eye to eye, so I was never allowed to come here, and because of that I don't know any of the others, heard of them, never meet them though. … Not that I can actually remember because like I said I was like a month old when they came to see me." Well she hoped that was understandable and human like.
"Your parents refused to allow you to come here, to Italy, the entire country just because of a feud between your families."
"Pretty much … My mother has a fear that I'll pick up some bad habits from him, though, I already picked some up from my cousins Vladimir and Stephen, but supposedly my granduncle is even worse than my cousins. ... Supposedly though, I can't actually really say, they seem about the same when it comes to their moralities and beliefs. … Kinda, sorta, okay not really but really their all equal in the badass terms."
"So does that mean you're related to Jane & Alec?"
Oh how she wanted to laugh at the ridiculous question. Jane and her related that would never happen, she felt bad for Jane's brother Alec, how he put up with such an evil little person was a question to her. Then again she did remember her mother claiming that Alec was just as evil, more so he was more controlled about it than anything.
"No …. I think my father told me once that Aro took them in when they were younger."
"So … he'd adopted them all?" Caprice asked carefully.
"I guess … I don't know I don't really keep track of that stuff." Renesmee replied as she took another bite out of her meal.
Gulping down the piece of meat she continued. "It wouldn't surprise me much though, my grandfather does the same thing, all of my aunts and uncles were adopted other than my father. All four of my father's siblings were adopted, and he even took in two other's some years back when I was younger."
"That's different ... Did your father adopt you as well?"
"No, no he's my father through flesh and blood all the way, same with my mom as well."
It was silent after that but comfortable as they ate their meals. Renesmees' mind traveling to her home, her family once again, she knew that deep down she was being selfish, she was being foolish, but it didn't matter, they were also being overprotective and selfish as well, most of them at least.
Pushing open the large double doors to Marcus' personal library, Alec looked around the room to find said man looking out of the large windows, staring at the large and bright moon.
"Tomorrows moon will be full." Marcus said quietly.
"I can see that." Alec replied softly.
"How is Jane doing, I was told that Aro had her take some time off to calm down."
"She's been better; the brake in her leg was clean so she won't be complaining of any fragments hurting her."
It was quiet in the room and Alec contemplated leaving then, but he was stopped at the sound of Marcus' voice. " … Do you believe Aro made a wise decision in allowing the Cullen to stay with us?"
He was unsure how to answer the question, he could be honest and blunt, though it wouldn't be wise, or he could tell Marcus what he wanted to hear, making him seem weak in his own thoughts.
It was a trick question, it must have been, and he'd have to dance around his answer to see what Marcus was expecting from him to say on the matter.
"Renesmee Cullen, I found it odd that she came here right when the rest of our people have begun to rebel against our laws, taking stands against us. Her family should be disciplined for their instigation … Though I must also say that regardless of all the trouble they caused I'm glad it happened, I've never seen Aro nor Caius as happy and active since then, so perhaps all the chaos can be seen as a good thing, it's a breath of fresh air for the two of them. For that reason I can understand why Aro has allowed the young Cullen to reside here, Aro might see Miss. Cullen's desertion as a way to bring more chaos which would bring more crime and punishment." Alec said.
Marcus nodded his head as he replied. "But what do you think about it? Do you believe this will end badly for us or her? Or do you believe that we are all going to be rewarded?"
The situation was confusing, was it a trap or were they truly trying to get his idea on the matter.
"Off the record of course." Marcus continued on.
If that was the case then there was no need to keep his thoughts secret, Marcus always meant what he said.
"Off the record ….. I don't know what to make of the matter; we don't know anything about this girl other than what she is and who her family is, besides Aro of course, your brother knows her just as well as the rest of us." Alec replied.
And it was true. Who could actually say that this girl was anything like her family, who said she wasn't someone who just wanted to cause trouble? Aro knew this too, knew what she was doing here and what he wanted from her from the moment he asked her to stay.
Renesmee smiled happily as she walked into the lobby area, the night was young and the moon was high and glowing, her hands were filled with boxes of clothes and shoes, while both her arms were covered with the handles of bags, life was good, and it was even better that she placed clothes in other bags in order to get rid of all the bags she had on her, to many and she'd never be able to see where she was going.
Walking up to the elevator she pressed the button and watched as the doors opened. They closed and she listened to the music, it was odd, she couldn't imagine her mother and father in the very same elevator with Jane, Felix and Demetri. The elevator stopped and Renesmee looked at the top to see that she was only a couple of floors down from her own. She sighed and watched as the doors dinged open revealing the most angelic looking person she'd ever seen.
He was tall, nothing like Demetri, but tall nonetheless, with short brown hair, and messy bangs, his lips were full and red, his skin pale and perfect, and his eyes, dark and red with bags beneath them.
He was perfect. Perfect in a way that she knew deep down was not a good thing, perfect in the most dangerous way and perfect in the most hypnotizing way. Her mind was screaming at her to drop everything and run and hide and at the same time those ruby gems of his were luring her in and she couldn't help but want to fix everything that was wrong with him and make the all his problems go away.
He took to stand next to her a smirk growing on his face as he looked at her and her bags and boxes of clothes and shoes.
"Shopping?" He asked.
His voice, that voice of his. 'Oh his voice.' Renesmee thought to herself. It was a bit scratchy, but still so beautiful, strong, youthful and unique.
She smirked back at him as she replied haughtily. "I just reinvented the term 'shop till you drop.'"
Back to the story at hand.
Poll will Be up for another two weeks, please take it and help me out .. or you can just email your choice. Either one works with me.
Lady Grimshaw.
