Annabelle had started to get used to being a vampire. She got her meals from tricking tourists in to the castle, like the other Volturis did. She was thou not quiet used to being a Volturi. Everyone she met knew her name, even though she knew she hadn't met them before. It was like being famous.
"Alec," Annabelle started one day. "How come everyone I meet know my name, but I don't know theirs?" Annabelle and Alec were walking in the town. It was early. So early that the sun wasn't up yet. "The Volturis are kind of famous in the vampire world. Somehow everything that happens in Volterra gets out to the other vampires all over the world," Alec answered and stopped for a moment. "Do you want to do something fun?" Annabelle nodded.
Alec started running, and Annabelle ran next to him. She couldn't believe how fast they were running. It was like flying on the ground. "As a vampire you have more strength and more speed than you had as a human. It's the best part about being a vampire." Alec ran away from Annabelle. Annabelle tried to find him again, but couldn't. She stopped. She wasn't comfortable with running like that without Alec there. Alec came back. "Sorry, it's one of the games we usually play when we're out of the castle. It's kind of hide and seek in a fast version."
Suddenly they heard a large bell ring. "Ops, time to get in," Alec said. Annabelle followed him inside again, and they walked to the Volturi Hall.
"We have to do something," a women said when Annabelle and Alec entered. Annabelle didn't recognize her. "Jane, we will do something, I'm not quite sure what yet," Aro answered. Annabelle looked at the women again. She was Alec's sister. The one who could make a person feel an awful pain. She had the same red eyes as the rest of the Volturis, and blond hair. Annabelle thought she was beautiful.
"What have happened?" Alec asked. Everyone turned to look at him. "There is someone who's building an army of vampires in London. We need to get control over the situation, and we need to stop it before it gets too far," Aro said it with a calm voice, like he had it under control already and didn't know what to do about the control. "Jane and I can go take care of it," Alec offered. Jane nodded. "You know we're capable to do it."
Aro looked from Alec to Jane and back to Alec again. "I know you two are strong, and I know you two can cooperate perfectly, but I'm not sure how many vampires the army contains, and I don't want to send you off to an impossible war," Aro sighed. "We have to find out how many vampires they are first." Alec nodded to show that he agreed with Aro. Jane looked like she wanted to protest, but she also nodded.
Aro sighed and looked at Marcus. "What do you think we should do?" he asked Marcus. Marcus was silent. He thought about it, and said "I think Annabelle and Heidi can go check out how many vampires the army is." Annabelle looked at Marcus with a slight hint of shock. He wants ME to go to London to find out how many vampires there's in the army? Aro looked at Annabelle. "Not a bad idea, Marcus," he said. "Heidi, come here."
A girl stepped forward to Aro. She had the same red eyes as everyone, and black hair. She had lips red of lipstick. Annabelle thought that she also was beautiful. "Heidi," Aro started. "Take Annabelle with you and tell her what you two are going to do. Then tell me when you're leaving."
Heidi walked towards Annabelle. "Hi," she said. "I'm Heidi, please follow me." Annabelle looked at Alec. Alec nodded at her and smiled. Annabelle followed Heidi out of the leader room, and into a smaller, but nicer room. The wallpaper was light grey, and there was a big red sofa there.
"Now, let's get started," Heidi said while she sat down at the sofa. Annabelle sat down next to her with a slow move. "First, we can't expose ourselves. Then the army would know, and we'll probably get killed. Second, all we're going to do is to count the vampires in the army, and then we're heading back here." It sounded so simple, but Annabelle was still a bit nervous.
"We'll take the morning flight to London tomorrow, and hopefully we'll get back here with the evening flight tomorrow. I have a contact in London that can help us with finding the army, so I hope it wouldn't take too long." Heidi took a book out of her purse. It was small and red. She noted something, and the closed the book and putted it in the purse again. Annabelle was curious about the book, but didn't want to ask. "Anything you have questions about?" Heidi finished. Annabelle shook her head and Heidi smiled at her.
"Then we're done here. I'll go to Aro to get the tickets for the plain and to tell him when we're leaving and you can go back to hanging out with Alec. I think he really likes you, by the way." Heidi went out the door, and closed it behind her.
Annabelle turned her head and looked at the room more closely. It was a huge chandelier in the roof, it was a dark brown desk in a corner, with a matching chair and one whole wall was covered by a bookshelf. Annabelle went to see what kind of books they had in the bookshelf, but there were nothing she had heard of.
"You want to read?" The sudden voice scared Annabelle. She turned around and there was Caius. She smiled. "No, I just wanted to see want kind of books you have in this castle," she answered. "But I'm going out now." Caius smiled at her. "You don't have to walk just because of me. Just keep looking, and I'll just sit quiet in the corner working."
"Why did Heidi bring me here, if this is your room?" Annabelle asked Caius. "There's really no meaning to the whole mine and yours concept here. And besides you were only planning the trip to London, so I put my room in outline for that." Annabelle walked toward the door. No matter what he said it was kind of embarrassing being caught in another person's room.
"Well, see you later then," Caius said and smiled at Annabelle when she walked out the door.