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Michelle POV

Last night was the best night I have ever had in my life! For the first time in a long time, I felt safe and loved, and it was all thanks to Demetri. As cliché as it may sound, Demetri was my knight in shining armor. Like I've said before, the night he rescued me, I felt something between us, we had feelings for each other. He liked me and I liked him back. I got up from the bed and saw that Demetri wasn't at my side. Bummer, but I'll survive. I walked over to a mirror and fixed my hair, but I couldn't help looking at my bruises. There were hardly any on my face but my legs and stomach were covered in greenish blue bruises. I winced in pain as I touched one that was on my hip, definitely the worse out of all of them. I heard a knock on the door. "Come in!"

"How did you sleep beautiful?" said the ever charming Demetri as he walked in.

"Who, me? I looked around as if there were other people in the room, making him chuckle. "I slept the best I have in years and it's all thanks to you," I said as I hugged him tight and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Are you hungry? I had Gianna prepare you breakfast and it should be ready, lets go."

"I'm starving, but do you have any clothes I can change into? These are kinda gross after laying in the forest yesterday."

"Already taken care of, Gianna laid out some clothes over there on the seat for you to change into."

"Let me go change," I said as I grabbed the clothes, "and then we'll go to breakfast!" I smiled as I walked into the bathroom. I changed into a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a cute pink top with black crocheting and walked out of the bathroom.

"You are looking great Michelle, now lets go before your food gets cold." We walked down a long hallway, lined with several sculptures and paintings. As an art geek, everything I saw was beautiful, I wanted to stay and see more artwork but my hunger couldn't wait. We went into a large room where I smelled breakfast. Hash browns, sausage, and scrambled eggs, my favorite!

"Aren't you going to eat?"

"I'm not hungry, I ate before I came and got you this morning."

"Fine, suit yourself," I was eating my breakfast when Felix barged in.

"You both are wanted in the meeting room by the leaders, they wish to speak with you immediately." What did Felix mean when he said "leaders" and why did they want to see me immediately? So many questions rushed through my head at one moment and it gave me a headache. A piercing headache caused by the blows to the head I took the last night, great, just what I needed right now.

"What's wrong love?"

"Nothing, just a headache, it'll pass. So lets go meet these leaders of yours who are dying to talk to me." We walked hand in hand until we reached our destination.

Aro's POV

We told Felix to fetch Demetri and his human for a chat. Today is the day that we determine if the human girl has powers or not. And if she has no useful power, we kill her. I invited Eleazar from the Denali coven to our meeting today as he would be vital in determining whether the human has a special ability or not.

"Master Aro, Demetri and the human are here to see you," Gianna, the secretary told me.

"Splendid, let them in!"

Demetri and the human walked into the room, and once again, the human's delicious scent filled the room. I stood in front of them and started my speech.

"Welcome to Volterra. I am Aro of the Volturi, and these are my brothers, Marcus and Caius. This here is Eleazar, a close friend of ours.

"What's the Volturi? I've never heard of you guys before." I couldn't help but think, "of course you have never heard of us, you humans aren't supposed to know about us…" I had to tell her that we're vampires, there was no beating around the bush.

"To be brief, we are the royalty in the vampire world. We make the rules for vampires to follow, and if they break them, we carry out punishments. The Volturi is made up of vampires with special abilities who help enforce the laws. I can see a person's history with the touch of a hand. Marcus can see how strong relationships are. Demetri can locate anyone in the world once he has their tenor in his mind. Jane can create illusions of pain and Alec can numb a person's senses.

"Vampires? So they really do exist? Fine, but what do you want with me?"

"Demetri believes that you may possess a special ability useful to us and that's why we are gathered here. But first, I'd like to know more about you, will you do me the honor?" She held her hands out hesitantly and I quickly took them into mine. Her name was Michelle and was a young human, only 16 years old, so I didn't expect to see a lot but from what I saw, she had lived a miserable life. Her life was full of beatings at the hands of her drunken stepfather, it amazed me how cruel some humans could be to their children. I saw her getting attacked by the man and being left out to die in the forest until Demetri found her. Demetri had been with the human since then and had already developed a liking to the human. The human had also developed feelings for him. Interesting, I'll have to ask Marcus later how strong their relationship is.

"Eleazar, please come forward and do what you must to determine whether Michelle has a power or not." The girl looked terrified, as did Demetri when Eleazar walked up to her. A low growl escaped Demetri's chest as I motioned him to stand at my side. I couldn't have him interfering with the process that would decide the fate of his beloved Michelle.

Michelle's POV

I was horrified out of my mind. I mean, who wouldn't be scared out of their right mind being in a room with 7 vampires who could probably kill me in a matter of seconds? I'm trying to be brave, for my sake and Demetri's sake, because if something happened to me, he wouldn't forgive himself. I stood there, shaking, on the verge of crying when one of them approached me, must have been Eleazar.

"Give me your hands miss Michelle," he told me in a demanding, yet calm tone. I placed my hands in his, noticing how cold he was, probably a vampire thing. My heart raced and my head pounded as he pulled me closer to him. Now I was freaking out. The throbbing in my head got worse and worse.

"Eleazar, do you see anything?" Aro impatiently asked. Anyone could tell that he was frustrated that it was taking so long, but he had no choice but to wait.

"Aro, I do see something, something you will like." He let go of my hands and gave them to Aro. I fell to the ground, clutching my head with my hands, forcing my eyes shut, and began to cry. I felt someone come to my side, I sensed it was Demetri, but just to be sure, I opened my eyes and saw that it was him, what a relief. He helped me get up from the ground and held onto me so that I didn't fall again.

"Marvelous!" He let go of Eleazar's hand and walked towards me. "Brothers, Eleazar informed me that Michelle's ability is she can see the future. Isn't it wonderful?" He said clapping his hands together.

"So would that explain these terrible headaches I've been getting?" I asked.

"Yes it would my dear Michelle. Since you are human, the visions drain you of your power. For now you need your rest. Demetri, take Michelle to her room and answer any questions she may have about our kind. We will call for you both tomorrow."

Something tells me that my life here will be anything but boring.