Angela POV
When I got back into my room, I couldn't decide what to do. On one hand there was a gorgeous redheaded vampire that wanted to get to know me and another vampire that knew the cullens. The other held a very volatile pack of wolves that don't like the redhead and were not above going to my grandfather to keep me away from her. I needed advice, and there were no other humans that I could talk to about this.
But what about non-humans? A quiet whisper echoed from the back of my mind, call Caius. Caius could help, after all he did talk to me after that happened and helped me then. So with a single minded drive, I grabbed my cell phone and dialed a number that I had to commit to memory. Caius had practically thrown a fit when I asked if I could just save it in my phone.
We are trying to be a secret Angela! We can't just have our number saved on random phones, stupid little devices that they are.
"Volturi Castle Tours, this is Heidi speaking. How may we help you today?" A seductive voice came over the phone's speakers, bringing me out of the memory.
"Hey Heidi, it's Angela Swan. I need to speak to the kings, and before you try and tell me there aren't any, I am not in the mood for lies. Just tell Caius to call me back." I hung up before she could try and persuade me that I was crazy. I tossed the phone onto my bed and followed it with a sigh.
I guess nothing left but to finish the stupid journal. At least now I have something to psychoanalyze. A mental groan followed at the thought of
Caius POV
I was reading a rather interesting piece of literature when a bemused Heidi walked into my library. This alone was strange as Heidi had an excellent facade to hide behind, add in the fact that I am usually left alone while in my leather bound sanctuary and I was intrigued by this occurrence. I looked at her, giving silent acknowledgement of her presence.
"A girl called the phone at the counter asking for the kings. It was on the secret line as well."
"Must you be so dramatic? I swear that you take after Aro rather than your sire, Marcus. Who was the girl and why did she seek an audience with my brothers and I?"
"She said her name was Angela Swan, she wants you to call her back." I was somewhat confused by this, Angela had never called since the night her mother departed for the next life. May whatever god awaits have mercy on her soul, if there be any. Something must have happened, something she can't handle alone.
"Young Angela called? Very well, I will call her back." Heidi was even more surprised that I knew the young woman, judging by her reaction. I could not blame her, only Felix and Chelsea knew of the young human. I looked in askance of Heidi.
"Is there anything else she said or is that all?"
"That is all my Lord. Do you wish me to inform the others?"
"Tell them that I wish to call a meeting, do not tell them why." And with that I left for the Council room.
Aro was there already, I idly mused if he had forgotten how to use his legs with how much he sits on his throne. Marcus was arrived within 5 minutes of me. Now to the, oh so fun, explanation of Angela Swan.
"Caius, why did you call for us?" Aro sounded upset, almost as if I had upset his nap.
"Peace, brother. What I called this meeting for will have to come with a prelude. I have a story to tell, and unfortunately I cannot tell all of it as it is not mine. About a decade ago, I had heard rumors of a human knowing our secret in the American Northwest. Boredom motivated me to take Felix and Chelsea to investigate and if needed, fix the problem. We did succeed in a way, we found the human in a small town on the West coast. However we decided not to change nor kill her, she was doing well enough of that on her own. The Woman's name was Isabella Swan, a former 'toy' of the Cullen's as she called herself. We decided that we would monitor her and kept in contact. One way I contacted Isabella was through her daughter, Angela."
"You not only let the girl live but you revealed yourself to another human!" Marcus was incredulous, and not without grounds to be so. I ruefully smiled as I recalled why I let the humans live.
"In truth, I was going to execute the woman. We had set up a watch on her while we waited to kill her and fake the cause of death. However Angela, her daughter, is rather interesting individual, she had noticed Felix when he was watching her mother. She had thought that he was related to the Cullen's and practically attacked him." At this two members of the black robed guard had differing reactions. One had started to shake with repressed laughter, the other slumped their shoulders and released an audible sigh. A small smile grew on my face at that. "I was hunting at the time and returned to see Felix hiding in a tree while a 10 year old girl was prowling around the base, yelling child-like insults up to him. Then noticing me, the girl turned on her new target. The look in her eyes was not unlike Athenodora and Sulpicia when they reprimand the guard. It pains me to say that I ended up treed next to Felix until Chelsea came to check why we had not contacted her."
"She was such a sweet child, I don't see why you two were so afraid of her." This came from the previously laughing figure.
"She is evil!" The petulant answer came from the man who towered over many. "She realized that we were not them before you even came! She just wanted to scare us!"
"Anyway" I continued without acknowledging the comments from the guard. "Angela eventually demanded to know why we were being 'stalking albino goths', her words exactly, outside her house. Chelsea had decided that the girl deserved to know and told her. Angela had decided that since we were going to be watching her mother, she would help. We tried to tell her that it was either death or vampirism for her if she did, but she had already made up her mind. Finally after the most wearing 30 minutes of my life, I told her to call us if her mom did anything drastic. I have only received two calls from her, one was just little over an hour ago."
"That is all well and good Caius, but what will we do about this human family who knows our secret? Caius you must already have a plan." Markus commented after the story settled in.
"Unfortunately, the mother is no longer in the equation so to speak. She is now among those who have passed on, that was the reasoning for the first call of young Angela. The second one is the reason for this meeting."
"And what would be so important that the meeting was called in the first place?" Aro had shown once again that his fatal flaw was curiosity. Markus simply raised an eyebrow and leaned forward to show his interest.
Hiding a grin, I laid my plans bare before my coven.
Alice POV
"You are sure about this Alice?" Tanya was trying to talk me out of going back to Forks, alone.
"Yes Tanya, I had a vision of a dark cloaked vampire in Forks, it has to be the Volturi. There is only one reason they would be in Forks and that is Bella, I have to do something." I turned back to the door only to find Laurent at the door, blocking my way.
"You are not going to Forks, Alice." The words that came with a subtle french accent stopped my thoughts in their places.
"Why?" "Laurent?" Tanya and I spoke at the same time. Laurent kept his orangish colored orbs on me. He had never fully agreed with the vegetarian diet, choosing to drink humans every once in awhile. My family had some grievances with his lifestyle and our relationship with him had reflected that, I will be the first to admit we were a bit condescending.
"You have left only misery and hate in Forks, Mary Alice Brandon. I will not let you ruin my sister's chance at happiness, happiness that you destroyed I might add."
"Your sister?" The curious, almost accusing, response from Irena, who had came down the stairs, let all know that Laurent still kept a few secrets, even from his mate.
"A redheaded vampire that the cullens have caused enough pain."
"Victoria." I breathed. The Denali coven looked between Laurent and I in confusion. No doubt that Laurent had not told them who he had been traveling with when he met Carlisle.
"You actually remember one of the lives you ruined? I'm surprised, after all you left someone you called family without a care, why would you remember a vampire who you only met once?" Laurent's mocking tone was not even trying to hide itself. Anger rose up in my chest when he continued. "I am so happy that you actually noticed someone beneath the great cullens. Next we will work on how to treat family, obviously you need a refresher."
"We left to protect her!" The words leapt unbidden from my mouth, almost a mantra that I had repeated over and over again, once for every time I wished to go back to Forks. I almost believed it, I wanted so badly to believe it.
"ISABELLA SWAN IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!" He roared, stopping me in my tracks. Irena had even stepped back in shock at her mate's outburst. Taking a deep unnecessary breath Laurent continued, even though my heart wished for him to stop. "You left a woman who grew psychologically dependent on your family, and you couldn't just leave it at that could you? You ripped her whole world down, burnt it and then pissed on the ashes. The only way she lasted as long as she did was because of Victoria and her sister. But even medicine can be poison, Bella still remembered you and did not, could not go through that pain again."
I was frozen, doubts plaguing me and holding me still. Why didn't I see that? Why didn't I do anything? How could this happen?
"The blame for the death of Isabella Swan lay directly at your feet, Cullen. At yours and your family's." Laurent continued, the words sounding as if they were a guilty verdict. The final blow was delivered in the same way, same tone. "What made it worse is that she never stopped considering you her family." The final, illusionary hope that Laurent was playing some demented joke shattered. I barely noticed the Denali's somewhat confused and appalled visages from the information revealed to them.
"I-I have to go see her grave. I-I have to apologise!" I sounded hysterical, I doubt that any would have guessed that Alice Cullen had stuttered, that the psychic would have not been prepared for the future.
"You do, you die. I only tell you this because Irena considers you family, otherwise I would light you on fire myself." Laurent's words once again held me in shock, and the Denalis were no different. "The wolves consider your treaty with them null and void. They, like I, believe that Bella's death was caused by you and you broke the treaty by killing a human. There are only two people who would be able to get them to consider not killing you on sight."
I started to grasp at the one straw of hope left. I had to make this right, or at least try to.
"W-who?"
Laurent smirked, as if it was a joke that I could even attempt to get what I wanted, no needed. His smirk grew into a cruel grin as the hopelessness of his next words grew on my face.
"The daughters of the woman you killed. I will only give you one of their names. Renesmee Swan, adopted daughter of Isabella Swan and Mate of the pack leader of La Push. You only get what you deserve Mary Alice Cullen."
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A.N.: I am sorry for the late update on my stories, I had one hell of a time trying to graduate and the following week was chaos. I am about halfway done with WBY and Reconvergence when I post this and I will try to have both updated by the end of the week. Thank you so much for the Follows and the Favorites and the Comments. Please continue, you guys are awesome and I love hearing from you. Slendersean out.
