Hi everyone. So here's chapter 2 J
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I brushed through my long hair and studied my 14 year old self in the mirror. My long bronze coloured hair hung to my waist, and my brown eyes flecked with green and gold stared back at me. I sighed, another day, oh joy. Note the sarcasm. I scanned my room, which the Volturi had let me decorate myself. Sport posters hung along my gold and brown walls, along with various posters of my favourite bands. My guitar and piano stood in the corner, with my sports stuff at the other side. I guess your wondering Volturi ? When did this happen? Well it all started at the orphanage, one day I was told that two people had come in requesting to see me, and possibly adopt me. I didn't know what to think, since I'd never even been fostered before. Well it turns out these two people just happened to be Aro and Heidi, posing as husband and wife. I'd heard of the Volturi before of course, how they lived in Italy, drank from humans, and basically ruled vampires. Needless to say I was a slightly worried. We talked for hours, Aro explaining everything to me, and surprisingly I opened up to them both and everything just came out In a rush. What I was, my powers, how my family had left me.
Aro had told me he had somehow heard about me and had come to investigate. In the end he offered me a place in Volterra. Needless to say, I took it. I jumped at the chance of being with others of my kind, and not having to hide and be alone anymore.
I still drink animal blood, while everyone else drinks humans. Believe me I've tried to convince a few vampires in Volterra to only drink animals, but they slowly slipped back to their old ways.
I washed my face and grabbed my clothes for the day, not caring how I looked, I suppose you could say I was a bit of a tomboy, ok scratch that, I was a lot of a tomboy. Slipping into some torn jeans, and a Hockey jersey, I tied up my converses, grabbed my notebook, and made my way downstairs. Various vampires greeted me on my way down the hall, and I nodded in return. I'm not much of a talker, I just don't see the need to. I walked out into the hot sun of Italy and made myself comfortable on a bench, in the Volturi's private gardens. My skin doesn't exactly sparkle in the sun, it has an almost unnatural glow, that models would kill for, lucky me, it came naturally. I stared aimlessly at my notebook, where a few lines of piano notes filled the page. I was composing a new song at the moment, a lullaby almost. I'd already managed to make a replica of the lullaby my father used to play to me, it wasn't hard seeing as I remembered it all. Well I could hardly forget really. I hummed to myself, jotting down any notes that came into my head and just enjoyed being able to soak up the sun. I stayed this way for about three hours, until I heard footsteps approaching. I glanced up lazily, and saw Aro approaching me warily. Aro always did amuse me, he seemed almost nervous around me, I'm not surprised, I had been known for my vicious temper after all. After a while though, I'd learned to vent it all out on sports. Mainly ice hockey, which was my all time favourite, well along with running of course. Aro had even gone so far as to have a private ice hockey rink build for me under the Volturi castle, complete with stands and a score board, for my 12th birthday. Needless to say I was extremely grateful. I seem to remember hugging him in excitement, clearly I got caught up in the moment.
'Annalise', Aro greeted me with a smirk. I mimicked his actions 'Aro', I greeted. He sat on the bench next to me, and we sat in silence for a few minutes. 'We have guests coming on Tuesday, who will be staying with us for a few months.' Aro stated, breaking the silence. I mentally noted that today was Sunday, and murmured 'cool' under my breath, knowing he could hear me. I wondered slightly, why he was bothering to tell me this at all. 'Their animal drinkers, like you.' He spoke in his smooth voice.
I looked up curious, now I was slightly interested. 'Really, who are they?' I asked surprised, I only know of two groups that are like me the Denali's and 'Them'. Aro's mouth twitched slightly in response, gazing down at me he said simply, 'You'll find out tomorrow'. I evenly matched his gaze, confusion, and curiosity burning in my eyes. I quickly put up my cool, unbothered façade, and turned away shrugging, 'whatever'.
He stayed for another few minutes, and left before the silence got awkward, I watched his retreating figure waiting until he was out of sight, 'What the hell?' I muttered to myself. Surely he can't be implying that it's the Cullen's coming tomorrow, I'm sure I could see it in his eyes. I quickly located his thoughts and looked into his head. Crap, he's blocking me. Now I'm plain suspicious.
I sat outside for another half hour pondering my thoughts, until I decided to actually do something. I ran to my room, vampire speed, grabbing my ice skates, hockey stick and putt, before racing down to the ice rink. It was completely empty, and for that I was grateful. I slipped on my skates, and gracefully slid onto the ice, thanking god I hadn't inherited my mothers clumsiness. I skated around the rink a few times, at human speed, and did a few turns, and jumps, before grabbing my stick and putt. I practiced my shots and manoeuvres for the rest of the night, before glancing at the time on the giant score board above my head. Hmm already 1:00 am, time really does fly.
I skated to the side of the rink, not before noticing my close friend Carl standing at the edge of the rink, watching me with a smirk. I walked over to him with my arms crossed, studying him. Carl had longish black hair, burgundy eyes, and of course the pale skin. He had been changed at 19, in the 1950s by a member of the Volturi, and was bought back to Volterra. 'Well look who it is' I snarled playfully, before leaping and capturing him in a bear hug. He laughed and spun me around. Carl was one of the few people I could actually talk to in Volturi, he listened to my problems, and understood me, ' I didn't know you got back already.' I laughed stepping back. 'I know, I just got back, and you were first person I came to find.' Carl had been away doing business for the Volturi for about two months, dealing with a group of newborn vampires in Tokyo, who were intent on going on a killing spree. 'So how did it go?' I questioned him as we walked slowly up to my room. Carl had super strength much like Emmett has, just without as much muscle. 'Yeah it was good, we managed to track them down, and deal with it', he answered. 'Cool cool', I said smiling. He slumped into a chair by my desk, as I sat on the end of my four poster bed. I still needed sleep as I was half human, but only about 5 hours a week. We chatted aimlessly for a while about nothing, until I brought up what Aro had said today. 'Yes' Carl said, 'I'd heard about that, but I don't know which coven it is.'
I sighed to myself. 'Do you think it's them?' Carl questioned me lowly.
'I don't know' I muttered in reply, 'but if it is, I'm just gonna have to face them. We both had mirrored frowns as we sat in silence. I checked the time, 8:00 am. I rolled off my bed and stretched out, with a yawn. 'Well I'm gonna try and get some sleep, than maybe go hunting. See you later?' I asked, glancing over at Carl. 'Yeah' he murmured, 'I'll see you later'. He pulled me into a one armed hug, and left. I changed into some comfortable sweat pants and a tank top, snuggling under my duvet. Could I really face my parents and the rest of my family? I thought to myself as I tossed and turned. Even the thought of them tugged at my heart. I thought back to the times I had gotten sudden bursts of anger at them, and trashed my room in a rage, or broke down in tears begging for them to come and get me. Well those times were, over I was stronger now. And that was my final thought as I drifted into an uneasy sleep, almost two hours later.
Ok, so the meeting of the Cullen's is coming up soon.
I hope you all enjoyed this one
Laters
Joy
