Alright, so this is another one of those filler like chapters. I'm building up to something I promise, I hope you guys like this one.-Jess
Chapter Six
Emmett and I find Carlisle in his office, we knock and wait until Carlisle tells us to enter. Carlisle looks up as Emmett and I walk into the room.
"Mia, Emmett, what can I help you with?" he asks.
"Uh...well I was wondering if you could tell me who the Volturi are?" I ask.
"I would tell her but it's always better when you tell it" Emmett says to Carlisle.
Carlisle nods and stands up, walking to a painting hanging on the wall. I make my way over to him and take in the painting that was in front of me. Carlisle begins to speak….
" To understand the Volturi, you must first learn my history, I was born in London, sometime in the 1640s. People back then didn't keep accurate records of time, at least not for people who were of the common background. My mother died giving birth to me and my father was an Anglican pastor, who along with other pastors hunted werewolves, vampires, witches, and other creatures of the supernatural. They claimed that they were ridding the world of evil and sin, however many times they would end up killing innocent civilians mistaking them for supernatural creatures. Once my father got too old to lead the raids I took over and soon discovered a coven of vampires in the sewers of London. I was attacked by an old vampire that was starved and left for dead.
"Then what happened? Did your father find you?" I asked.
"No, but I knew that if he did, he would kill me. So I hid in a nearby potato cellar for a period of three days, waiting for the transformation to end. When I emerged I was horrified by what I had become and tried to kill myself in many different ways. Eventually I became so crazed with hunger that while I was hiding in a cave I attacked a herd of deer and found that I could live on animal blood. I found hope in the fact that I wouldn't have to kill humans and over the course of two centuries perfected my ability to resist bloodlust caused by human blood. I spent much of my time studying and becoming a 'patron of the arts.'
"So you were all alone? You had to deal with the fact that you were a vampire by yourself?" I ask.
Carlisle smiles at me, "It's not as bad as it seemed and I did soon meet another vampire by the name of Alistair. Alistair wasn't the type to enjoy company, so I didn't spend much time with him. We parted on odd terms and I took my studies to Italy, where I stumbled across the Volturi."
He leads me to another picture, this one with three people in it.
"Who are they?" I ask.
"They are the Volturi; Aro, Marcus, and Caius, they were much more educated and refined than the vampires I was used to and I soon found myself living amongst them. But they lived on human blood, we got into many arguments about that fact and I spent two decades with them trying to convince them to give up human blood. I was however unsuccessful and left them to come to the new world."
"Whoa, so these Volturi are bad news?" I ask.
"Only to those they think threaten their way of living" Carlisle says.
"So, lets say a human knows that vampires exist. What would happen to that human?" I ask.
"The Volturi would kill them, humans can't know that we exist. It would endanger them and us" Carlisle says.
I nod and look at Emmett, "Okay, thanks for the history lesson Carlisle" I say.
"Anytime and Mia, you don't need to be afraid of the Volturi. They have no reason to seek us out" he says.
I gulp and walk out of the room, Emmett behind me. I whirl around to face Emmett.
"We have to find Brandon" I say.
"Why didn't you tell Carlisle about Brandon?" Emmett asks.
"Because he doesn't need to know" I say.
"Mia…"
"No Emmett, Brandon doesn't know he might be in danger and I want to keep it that way" I say.
"And you don't think he'll know when a group of vampires comes after him and tries to kill him?" Emmett asks.
"His mom is already trying to kill him, I don't think he'll notice if a few more try" I say.
"Yeah, sure because one vampire trying to kill you turning into like six isn't something you notice" Emmett says.
"Just don't tell Carlisle, at least not yet. I'll figure something out" I say.
"Oh, this ought to be good" Emmett says.
"Don't doubt me, just get out there and find Brandon. We can bring him here and I'll figure out a way to hide him or something" I say.
"You want to hide the human in a house full of vampire?" he asks.
"At least until I can get in touch with Wesley" I say.
"Oh no! You are not bringing Wesley into this. He already has his hands full with the pack. He doesn't need possible fugitive hiding on his hands" he says.
"Let me worry about Wesley, you just go find Brandon" I say shoving Emmett towards the door.
He rolls his eyes and sighs, "Fine but I don't agree with how you're going about this."
"Yeah, yeah, just go" I say waving him off.
He walks out the door and I run back upstairs to my room, now I had to figure out a way to stop Alice from seeing it in the future and Edward from reading it in my mind. My phone rings and I glance down at the screen. It was Wesley, I hit answer.
"Hello?" I say.
"Mia, we need to talk. It's important, let the Cullens know that I'm coming right now" Wesley says.
"Okay, why?" I ask.
"I can't explain right now" Wesley says.
"But Wesley…"
I hear nothing but a dial tone, he had already hung up on me.
He has me watching this house in the woods, I duck down as someone comes out of the house and takes off running.
"Why am I here?" I ask.
"Because we need to know how many of them we're dealing with" he says.
"Why can't I just go in there and rip them all the pieces, quick and easy" I growl.
He chuckles, "soon little wolf, soon."