Chapter 1: Arriving

Okay this is set in 2009 but it takes place ten years after Breaking Dawn and two years after MAX. The timing is a little off but it will work! Enjoy

I sat in my cushy overly expensive 1st class seat next to Blade, my designated partner in most Volturi assignments, we work well together. His dark name came from his odd habit of always having a switch blade on his person. Either it is concealed on his person or it is out in the open, intimidating everyone around him. He was not just my partner in the Volturi, Aro and Chelsea had paired us up due to the increase in successful missions. For now this assignment was simply surveying the half-breed Renesmee and gauging her mental and physical stability. That was all Aro allowed us to do, soooo, boring.

Bella and Edward Cullen had failed to keep the Volturi in touch. They had even changed location; now living in a Canadian town that was the smallest towns with the least sun. Of course we all had to hide who we truly were, in shame from the humans. How I hate them! How I detest how I used to be one of the abominations of this world. They were only good for one thing, food. They would have killed me, leaving me for death. The last laugh remained mine, I had tracked my killers down and they had the honor of becoming my first independent kill.

"Calm down," Blade instructed me as he analyzed my body language.

Grudgingly I let it go. "How long will we be stuck in this hell hole?" I demanded of Blade.

"Not even a year, Pet. Be patient, we must stay under cover," he replied. "Keep your gift under control, and blend in," I snorted and he gave me a look. Blade also had a very powerful gift, he could turn invisible at will. I had first found him, or more over sensed him lurking in a dark corner and I brought him back to the Volturi.

"Fun year, nothing interesting, living off who's blood? This will be very boring," I complained.

"I agree, but stay vigilant. They brought the shape shifter with them, not to mention the half-breed and eight full vampires stay friendly," he informed me.

"Friendly is boring. Blade what will we eat?" I demanded.

"Would you like chicken or beef?" the flight attendant asked in a fake voice.

"Neither we not hungry," Blade informed her. She walked away looking confused.

"when we do get there we can't eat any humans, Jinx. The town is much too small," Blade said as the hostesses back rounded a corner. "Animals should be fine enough," he whispered in my ear.

"We will be living off of rats!" I whispered in his ear to soft for any human to hear.

He chucked darkly. "You know, I have always wanted to eat a moose," he whispered back in my ear.

A smile played on my scarlet lips. "Flight attendants prepare for landing," the polite announced.

I glanced at Blade.

An hour later we were still waiting as luggage was spat onto the carousel. Blade disappeared and was back in a flash, luggage in tow. "Shall we?" he asked in a smooth voice. I nodded compliantly, and we walked outside into what should be sunlight but instead was darkness… As soon as we reached the tree line we broke into a swift run, heading to the small cottage the Volturi had picked for us.

"You realize we have to enroll in high school as juniors and claim our parents are 'out of town,'" he informed me sullen faced.

"Now, after twenty five years I go back to school the same age, ironic…" I murmured as we strolled into the tiny living room.

"But keep your eyes open," he reminded me for the umpteenth time.

"Because something unexpected could happen at any time," we said in unison.

"Trust me, I've been with the Volturi longer than you have!" I assured him. "I'm parched," I declared to him, scarlet eyes flashing. The dark blue contacts had already dissolved in my eyes. "I haven't had any thing to drink in days!"

"Agreed, but no humans," he teased me.

"I'm not a child," I told him, cross. I dumped my belongings and shot quick as a whip past him. "Race ya!" I challenged. We still didn't have to go to school for a few days. "Do I have to call you Griffith?"

"Yes, it is my old human name," he told me. "And I get to call you Claudia!"

"Ugh! Don't remind me!" I moaned.