Chapter 9
I do not own Twilight in any way.
A/N - I hate this whole chapter, excluding the end, but here you go anyway. Not sure if this going to be the last chapter or not.
The next morning, they stood in a snow covered field.
Sarena stood with her Coven with Garrett by her side.
"If we live through this, I'll follow you anywhere", Garrett told Sarena.
"I'll do the same", Sarena told him.
The Volturi appeared in the distance.
"The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming!" Garrett said bouncing up and down, just itching for a fight.
Kate grabbed Tanya and Sarena's hands as she saw Irina.
The Black and Uley packs started howling as they came out of the woods.
Carlisle stepped forward. "Aro, let us discuss things as we used to. In a civilized manner", he said.
"Fair words, Carlisle. But a little out of place given the battalion you've assembled against us", Aro said.
"I can promise you, that was never my intent", Carlisle told him, "No laws have been broken".
"We see the child. Do not treat us as fools", Caius spat.
"She is not an Immortal!" Carlisle told them, "These witnesses can attest to that. Or you can look. See the flush of human blood in her cheeks".
"Artifice!" Caius insisted.
Aro held up a hand and silenced him. "I will collect every facet of the truth", Aro said, "But from someone more central to the story. Edward, as the child clings to your newborn mate, I assume you are involved". Aro held out his hand and stepped forward.
Edward approached Aro and Aro grabbed his hand, reading his memories.
Aro dropped Edward's hand and said, "I'd like to meet her".
Jacob growled and the three of them approached the Volturi, along with Emmett.
Everyone watched on in anticipation.
Renesmee placed her hand on Aro's cheek and then they rejoined the group.
"Bring the informer forward", Caius said.
Irina looked at her Coven mates.
"Is that the child you saw?" Caius asked.
"I'm not sure", Irina told him, "She's changed. This child is bigger".
"Then your allegations were false", Caius said.
"The Cullens are innocent", Irina admitted, "I take full responsibility for my mistake". Irina looked over at her sisters and Belle and mouthed 'I'm sorry'.
Dimitri lit a torch and Felix and another guard member grabbed Irina.
"Caius, no!" Edward yelled.
They broke Irina's arms off.
"Irina!" Tanya yelled. Her and Kate ran forward.
Garrett grabbed Kate and she shocked him as the guards tore Irina's head off.
"Blind them", Edward told Zafrina.
Kate and Tanya stopped struggling.
"Give me my sight back", Tanya growled.
"Tanya, this is what they want", Edward told her, "If you attack now, we'll all die".
Sarena paid no attention to her coven mates. Her eyes were locked on the blonde Volturi head.
He seemed so young and yet so old.
Zafrina released the two sisters and Garrett came over to Sarena and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Jane looked at Edward and Edward dropped to the ground in pain.
Bella shielded him.
"It's working", Edward told her.
Jane stepped forward, but her twin Alec stopped her.
Alec started to release his power, but Aro stopped him.
"Aro, you see there's no law broken here", Carlisle said.
"Agreed", Aro said, "But does it then follow that there is no danger? For the first time in our history humans pose a threat to our kind. Their modern technology has given birth to weapons that could destroy us. Maintaining our secret has never been more imperative".
Caius smirked and looked over at Garrett and Sarena.
Garrett growled and tightened his grip on her.
"In such perilous times, only the known is safe. Only the known is tolerable. And we know nothing of what this child will become", Aro said, "Can we live with such uncertainty? Spare ourselves a fight today, only to die tomorrow".
Jasper and Alice came out of the woods and approached the Volturi.
They were stopped and only Alice was allowed through.
Aro took Alice's hand, reading her thoughts. He dropped her hand and looked over at the Covens.
"We cannot alter our course. The child still poses a grave threat", Caius told Aro.
"But what if you were sure she could remain concealed from the human world? Could we leave in peace?" Edward asked.
"Of course. But that cannot be known", Caius told them.
"Actually it can", Edward said.
Two figures stepped forward.
"I've been searching for witnesses of my own among the Ticuna tribes of Brazil", Alice said.
"We have enough witnesses", Caius said.
"Let him speak, brother", Aro said.
"I am half human, half vampire. Like the child. A vampire seduced my mother, who died giving birth to me. My Huilen raised me as her own. I made her immortal", the man explained.
"How old are you?" Bella asked.
"150 years", he told her.
"At what age did you reach maturity?" Aro asked him.
"I became full grown seven years after my birth", he said, "I have not changed since then".
"And your diet?" Aro asked.
"Blood, human food. I can survive on either", he said.
"These children are much like us", Marcus said.
"Regardless, the Cullens have been consorting with werewolves. Our natural enemies", Caius said.
"Is that why you're so angry?" Sarena asked before she could stop herself.
Garrett grabbed her and placed his hand over her mouth.
Aro placed a hand on Caius' shoulder and turned to his guard. "Dear ones, there is no danger here. We will not fight today", Aro said.
Caius looked out at the Covens and his eyes stopped on the small blonde vampire. While the guard and the other heads sped off into the distance, Caius stayed. "Step forward, little vampire", he said.
Garrett let go of her and Sarena approached him.
"You have courage for one so young", he told her.
"You remind me of someone", she said, "May I touch you?"
Caius placed his hands in front of her and she grabbed them. Caius dropped to his knees and gasped.
"You were attacked by a werewolf. That's why you're always so angry", Sarena said.
"They're blood thirsty, dirty animals", Caius spat, stumbling to his feet.
"They're slaves to their instincts. Are we not the same? When you see a human, aren't you tempted to bite them? It's in our nature", she told him, "It's the same for them".
The Covens watched as Caius gave her a small smile and then disappeared.
Garrett walked up to her and said, "Who did he remind you of?"
"The man who kidnapped me", she told him.
I'm sorry, I just had to include a moment with Caius, because Jamie Campbell Bower is one of my celeb crushes.
Was Caius the man who kidnapped her or did her kidnapper just look like him? You guys decide in your own minds.
Also, how would you like to see me wrap up this story?
