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RATING: Teen
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Valeria was in Oregon to hunt before the battle. She'd be back in a few minutes but she took a small detour. A noise halted her though; panting, footsteps, and a thud. Curious, she flickered over to the side of a building and crouched down to watch. What she saw stunned her. Demetri and Felix along with the Witch Twins were in the dark alleyway. So not my luck. Valeria mentally groaned as she saw the three kings. Her sight stayed on the silver ancient one though. He looked no different from a thousand years ago.
Silky blonde hair reaching to his shoulders, piercing crimson eyes, an angular face that looked as if his looks could rival the gods, and that scowl that was permanent on his beautiful face. She growled lightly and decided to make her exit to avoid detection. She rose and fled quickly, though she met eyes with Caius briefly before she ran. That bastard. She hissed as she ran back to Washington. Venom tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of the events over the past centuries. Throwing the thought away, she scowled and returned at nightfall.
The witnesses were already gathered and the shape-shifter was busy gathering logs for a fire. Soon a bonfire was up and everyone was seated around it, telling stories while Bella stayed with Nessie inside the tent.
But Valeria stood alone in the shadows, looking at the mountains in the distance. The cold didn't affect her but she wore a grey asymmetrical cape with no sleeves over a black shirt, skinny jeans, and black high-heeled boots that reached her knee. If you looked closer, it wasn't actually modern clothes, it was actually from her time. She heard soft footfalls behind her and Bella appeared beside her. "Thank you... for helping us."
The fair-haired vampire sighed and looked over to the brunette with a smirk "It's no problem at all. Your child is special. Hardly any other mothers survive birthing a hybrid."She turned her head back towards the mountains. "Your shield seems powerful as well." Bella knew that the vampiress beside her was referring to the time when Kate helped her train her shield.
"...Do you have a gift?" She asked quietly, biting her thumbnail a bit.
Valeria chuckled darkly "Of course I do. It's the power to make anyone's insides shatter in an instant." She trailed off, noticing the slight tilt in Bella's head. "I'm guessing you're wondering about why the Volturi is not hunting me down right now." The mother nodded slightly and Valeria's crimson eyes fogged slightly with the memories. "You see, back in 110 AD, they did find me in Greece. I saw Caius, and he saw me. We were true mates." She smiled wistfully. "But that was not to last."
Bella turned her head fully to look at the ancient "What do you mean? Shouldn't you be like... weak already? Edward told me that true mates can't stand to be apart from one another because their souls are tied together with the love they hold with one another.."
"Ah, therein lies your answer." Valeria whispered, when Bella looked confused, she decided to elaborate. "Caius fell in love with a mortal for her beauty, thus our love was... let's say, it was a hindrance to him so he locked me up in a tower. I despise being locked up, but I noticed three days later, Caius was with the girl. She was not a mortal anymore... she was immortal. Felix and Demetri visited me every single day, always checking up on me. After many conversations I found out that woman's name was Athenodora."
She paused, her lips slightly curled in a soft growl "Indeed, I resented Athenodora for a few decades, but over time, I learned that there was nothing to actually hate. I gave up on Caius' and I's love once he married her and I escaped. He was not good for me anyway.." She laughed softly "Why am I even telling my past to you, young one?"
Bella smiled softly "Maybe I have another gift of making people open up to others easily."
"Possibly so." Valeria agreed and the two walked back to the bonfire just as the sky started to light up.
The female stood next to Esme as the small group waited for the Volturi to come. Carlisle hugged his wife softly trying to reassure her that everything would be okay. Valeria crossed her arms under her grey cape that stopped at the waist and she sighed as everything went silent, everything except for the occasional nervous murmurs going around the group.
Everyone heard the wind whirling rapidly across the field, the snow being crushed under many feet in the forest, and the soft whispers of cloaks flapping gently in the wind. Valeria smirked in anticipation and shifted her weight to her right leg, it was such a human gesture that it shocked many of the witnesses present.
The wind stopped and in sight came the Volturi walking away from the covers of the trees towards the group.
Hell yeah I posted this way earlier than expected but I'm just wayyyyy too excited to sit still.
Sorry if the chapters are short.
Recap;
Valeria is in Oregon to hunt one last time but she runs across the Volturi. After that, she returns to the Cullens and ends up telling Bella her tragic past and as they wait for the Volturi, Valeria seems to be observing everything around her. What will happen next?
Stay with me and find out!