Have you ever realized that green can be a really annoying color? Especially if you have nothing better to do than look out the window of a speeding car at the rows and rows of blurred green trees. I am sitting in a black car with leather seats, that are really starting to irritate me. My arm is numb from the hours upon hours of driving through Italy. It took us seven hours of driving and one twelve-hour flight to get this far. I think that they are taking a lot of twist and turns to throw me off if I try to escape. Not that I would, I would be track way to easily and with no weapons or back up I would be killed on sight. Leo is being kept in the car behind mine, he has been graced with the ever pleasant Felix and Demetri. I however have been settled with the witch twins. Jane is driving and Alec is sitting in the seat next to mine. They haven't said a word. I finally can't stand it anymore, I pull my useless phone out of my pocket only to have it snatched out of my hands by Alec. "No phone calls." He says bluntly, crushing my phone to dust. "Damn." I mutter. I knew they could hear me but, I decided not to care. "How much longer?" I ask once again looking out the window, my eyes closing. "Not much longer." Jane says. I roll my eyes and say, "Is that an Italian time? Because I can't seen to find that on my watch." Jane locks her jaw and grits her teeth. I let myself fall asleep.
I am jolted awake by a cold hand on my shoulder. "Wake up." Someone says I look up. It's Alec. I slide out of the car. As soon as I get my feet on the ground he snapped his hands around my wrists pinning them behind my back. "Whoa, whoa, whoa." I say as he pushes me forward to the wooden doors. "At least take me out to dinner first." I hear a slight snicker. I see Leo a few feet ahead of me. I think about running for it. I could, I'm faster than them…Probably. I didn't have time to run, the long hallway gave way to an open throne room. Three chairs on an elevated platform held three vampires. On the floor in front of them where metal chairs that had locks on the wrists. Not strong enough to hold vampires but strong enough to slow them down. Alec pushed me down into the chair, Felix did the same thing to Leo. The locks clicked into place and Aro stood. "Diana," He sighs as if he had been waiting his whole existence to get me here. "Diana's friend." He said looking at Leo. Leo scowled at him. "Why haven't you killed us yet?" I ask him sounding annoyed. Caius sits up a little straighter, he was always the one looking for blood to be spilt. "Do you want death, child." Caius sneered. I rolled my eyes at him. If I was going to die I might as well show how I feel about them. "Okay, Caius, no need to be dramatic. plus, this child has a name Aro said it twice already." I say looking him dead in the eye. He stands his face twisting into a scowl. "You insolent little girl!" he shouts "Jane!" He looks to the most known member of the guard. Jane stares at me trying to use her gift on me, I once again flip it back on her. She drops to the ground in pain. she screams in agony, I keep my focus. A loud clack fills the room, like thunder. My head whips to the side, I lose my focus. I snap my head back I see Caius in front of me. He slapped me! The bastard slapped me! I look at him, i don't use my powers on him. That's what he wants. He wants to be threatened, if he was then the other members of the guard would fly into action I would be dead in seconds. I watch him as he slowly goes back to his seat.
Aro walk to me and reaches for my hand, I have nowhere to move he grabs my hand. I copied my grandmother's shield. No access mind. He drops my hand in frustration and reaches for Leo's. I unlike my grandmother haven't developed my shield. Leo is exposed. Everything I ever told him, suddenly went from being our private little chats to my dirty laundry. Aro drops Leo's hand, "Interesting…" Aro says. "Very interesting…" Aro looks at me and then back to Leo, he slightly chuckles as if he was planning something sinister. He takes his place in his chair on the platform. Marcus, the quietest of the trio, stands holding a scroll. I roll my eyes, so over dramatic this lot. Marcus clears his throat and speaks, "You have been brought upon this council, under the light of the following crimes, drawing attention to your selves, then after drawing said attention you continued to stay in the same area, not immediately vacating the city as is Protocol . This is a danger to our kind. And is punishable by death." He looks up for his scroll making eye contact with me and Leo before continuing. "The evidence will be reviewed and a decision will be made." He rolled up the parchment and set it on the tabel. Now here is the difference between the American court system and the voutri method, they debate in front of you. Here's the catch you can't say anything. At all. They talked in hushed tones, I only caught bits and pieces.
"The Cullens will…"
"Not guilty…"
"The boy is…"
"The girl can…"
After about twenty minutes, three girls -human by their pounding hearts -brought them their execution robes. Think black robes with red lining and gold buttons. Leo and I were released from the chairs. I however was pulled aside by Felix. Leo was forced to his knees by Jane, I knew this would happen, I want to close my eyes but I can't. I knew the end was near when I saw that news report. Leo looks at me I see the boy that I tried to save in the alley. I see the eager face that just wanted to learn more. I saw the first thing that I ever did all my own, that I fixed. Marcus holds his left arm, Caius holds the right. My heart quickens and I see Leo glance at me one more time. I shake my head, the tears spilling over. Aro walks, slowly hood over his head like death himself. Leo looks forward eyes unblinking, like he is focusing on something in the distance. Aro places his hands on the sides of Leo's head. Then as if their is some kind of telepathic countdown they all pull. A small scream escapes me. His body drops to the floor. My friend is dead. I am not. I wish I wasn't. A small black box tumbles from his jacket. Felix let's go of me.
"Alec," Aro says, you can hear the smile on his face. "You are to escort , to her new lodging, or anywhere else in the castle she wishes to go." Demitri and Felix pick up the body and take it out of the room. everyone slowly dissipates, even Aro. No one pays attention to the little black legs feel like jelly as I walk over to the box. I reach for it I notice my hands are shaking. I grab the box turning it over in my hands. Alec clears his throat. I shove the box in my back pocket. I stand looking at him. I wipe the drying tears off my face. "I'm not a Cullen you know." I say. Alec looks confused. "Cullen was my mother's maiden name. My surname is Black." He looks at me studying me. "Where would you like to go ?" He asks a ghost of a smile on his face. I shrug and become very interested in the pattern of my beat up toms. My mind flashes to the edges of the countless buildings, more tears fall, they hit the cold marble floor. If I was home then I would be distracting myself staying up later going to the bonfires, crashing local teen parties, killing my liver. Doing the things that would alert my Uncle Jasper to my spiraling out of control, then He would talk to my mom who would talk to Aunt Rose and then Rose would tell Jasper how to make me feel like myself again. I would only talk to Jasper when I was in this kind of mood. I feel a cold hand on my back. Alec is guiding me through the halls of the castle, slowly, not as pushy as before. I let myself be guided, I just really wanted to sleep.
We arrived in a small room. I can't make myself observe it. "Do you want to take a shower, watch a movie or…?" Alec asks. I gain control of myself and walk into the small bathroom. Turing on the water. I step under the spray and wash my hair. I let the tears fall. I take the towel off the rack and pull up my hair. I put on the clothes I had on before since my things were still in Vegas. As, I'm pulling my pants back on the black box falls out. I pick it up and walk into the main room. I scan the room, Alec is no where to be found. I sigh in relief, I really want to be alone right now. I crawl into the fluffy bed and pull the towel from my hair, dropping it on the floor. I look a the black box, I pull the lid off. It was a ring. I pull the small silver ring out of the box. On the inside of the ring was an engraving Thanks for the chance. -Leo. I slid it on to my index finger, a perfect fit. The ring had three stones. Two regular diamonds and then a blue one in the center. I curl up into a ball and fall asleep. I dream of Leo, how his body hit the floor, how he joked with me, how he was my friend. But mostly about how I didn't fight for him, how I just let him die.
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I roll over trying to fall back asleep. There is no clock in the room, so I have no way of knowing howling I have been here. "You scream in your sleep."
I jolt up, looking for the voice. It's Alec, he is sitting on the couch that I just noticed. My eyes are puffy from crying, and my vision is limited but I can still see him. "I thought you might want some clothes, Heidi went out and got them so sorry if they are not actually clothes." I glare at him, I don't need -or want - a babysitter. "Why are you here?" I ask harshly. Now, don't get confused I'm not a rude person I'm a direct person. I don't beat around the bush, I find it pointless and a waste of my breath and time. Alec looks taken aback by my anger. "Aro, told me to tend to you." he says coolly. I roll my eyes at the name of the pretentious lunatic that sentenced my friend death. "Well... Alec dear, you can tell Aro that I said that he can take his ego and shove it right up his ass." Alec stands and walks to the door, as he grabs the handle he turns to me and says, "As you wish." and walks out.
I look at the stack of red, white and black on the white coffee table. After debating for a while I grab the pile, walk to the bathroom and change. I find that I have been brought especially tight black pants (multiple pairs), red shirts and a white dress. I put on the black pants and a long sleeve red shirt. Yes, I am in Italy but its not like I'm going to go outside. I sit on the edge of the bathtub and try to work out my next move. I can't do anything really, I'm basically the volturi's bitch until they trust me with enough freedom that they don't have someone watching me twenty-four sev- Knock, knock. I look up to see the locked bathroom door slightly shaking from someone's pounding fist. I stand up why can't they just leave me alone. I swing the door open, mouth moving a million miles a second. "What do you want? Can't I just be alone for five fucking minutes? It's not like I really want to be here! I'm not going to draw a mother fucking portal in the bathtub and jump in to Narnia!"
Jane looks at me. "Aro wishes to see you." she says shocked that I could yell at her. The little blonde princess of doom has probably have been yelled at in her life by a voturi prisoner. My brain clouded by anger, I shout again, "Well, as I told you brother earlier, tell Aro to go fuck up someone else's life! And don't you dare try and use you power on me unless you want to feel it on you on full fucking power!" I push past her. I heard Felix's snickering outside the bedroom door. He stops when he sees me. "Which way is the throne room?" I ask seething. He points down the hall. I run until I see the wooden doors, I push them open so hard that everybody can hear the hinges snap. Two vampires rush to the door. One runs at me. Without hesitation I slam her to the ground. Cracking the marble floor. Two more try to restrain me. Big mistake. I kick the first one in the stomach sending whom ever it was into the wall. I grab the next on and push him in the last one. I stand in front of the three leader of the volturi. Everyone stands shock that I took out all of their immediate safety details. Aro has a slight smile on his face, like he just won the lottery. I take a deep breath, channeling all my hatred into my words and say,
"Listen here you sons of bitches!"
