A/N: Ok so this chapter is dedicated to Fleur24 because she was the 100th reviewer! THANKS! OMGosh! I have 101 reviews! That is just AWESOME!

Disclaimer: so it's been a while, but still Twilight isn't mine, like every songs I post and the term Major is the magnifique creation of IdreamofEddy!

In this life
I know what I've been
But here in your arms
I know what I am
I'm forgiven
I'm forgiven
And I don't have to carry
The weight of who I've been
Cause I'm forgiven

-Forgiven-

Sanctus Real

Chapter 9: The request

When Caius showed up, I was happy. Most of the vampire fear our leader based on a lot of rumors, deformed by people each time they are retold. But during our time in the Volturi, we had made somewhat friend with, even if they were frightened by my Major. But they wouldn't be the first nor the last. When we had left the castle, we had promised that if they ever need our help we would be more than happy to do it.

Because even if we loved the Cullens like family, the key word was like. They were closed to us, but they would never be family. One of the fact that would confirm that was that they had known what the newborns wars were like. They would never understand that fighting was ingrained in us. We would never escape from our past, we could only use it to our advantage; but the Cullens treated like it never existed, like we had the same peaceful beginning. That was one of the major gap between us that would never and could never be abridged.

Another trouble was that Carlisle believed himself to be our leader since he was the oldest. He fancied that we had created only one coven, one family. But even if I had the utmost respect for him, the only alpha was Jasper, we only deferred with him; and when Carlisle issued a proposition we would only comply if my Major had given his ok. All this was hidden from the Cullen or a fight would erupt and they wouldn't be the one standing.

All of this and other reasons made it that we didn't mentioned to the Cullens our loyalty to the Volturi. That would explain that when I hugged Caius, Edward nearly had an apoplexy if he could have.

Maybe it could be perceived as betrayal, that we where in fact spies for the Volturi send to study the Cullens so that we could then kill then because of their diet. But no, we would never do that, even if we were loyal to the Volturi, we were because it would benefice us; it enabled us to kill vampires without fear of retaliation, allowing us to feel this thrilling sensation that is fighting: but our true loyalty was to my Major.

He was our only leader, our fearless leader. And like every vampire that were in Maria's compound, he only had to make a sign, to utter a word and we would all rally behind him, an entire army ready to die for him. This loyalty driven to the extremism due to the beginning of our vampiric life frightened the Volturi. That was why they had let us go so easily so long ago with this beneficial deal. That was also why Caius seemed to like my Major; he like us four, lived and breathed for the fight.

To soothe all the tensions that were sure to arise soon with the Cullens, we invited Caius and his two guards in our home. As soon as everyone was in the room we all took our designated position: Caius in a sofa with Jane and Felix on each of his side; and Jasper in front of him in his sofa strategically placed in the center of the room like a throne with me sitting right armrest and Peter and Charlotte on each of his side behind the sofa.

Because even if we liked Caius, it was a game of power, and we were also reminding that the Major was on his territory and that he was always surrounded by people ready to fight for and with him.

I didn't know if asking the Major Whitlock's coven for his help was such a great solution. Even though I respected him for all his progress on the battlefields, and the fact that he had helped us repeatedly in the past; he was also a threat for the Volturi.

That was why my brothers and I treated with him after the saying: " Keep your friends close, and your enemy closer". But he was doing the same, so it would be hypocritical for each of us to deny it. Major Whitlock was one of our more serious threat since the beginning of his vampiric life- an entire army totally devoted to him, trained by himself, and if one day he were to wish it he could annihilate us. But for now, and many long years to come he would side with us hopefully. That was why the deal was a stroke of a genius; it enabled them to let their dark counterpart to be set free without them loosing themselves liked they had in Maria's army; and it enabled us to keep them on our side.

However this mission that delicate. On one side; it would kill our more coriaceous adversary- Stefan and Vladimir- but on the other side it would enforce the aura and the power of the Whitlock's name in the vampire world because they would have succeed where we had failed for so long.

But after many conversations, my brothers and I felt that even if it would be beneficial for the Major Whitlock, in the end it would be more beneficial for us since we no longer would have any adversary and thus establishing us as the undisputed leader of the vampire world.

And after this reasoning, I exposed to the Major our plea for help knowing that he would accept it since he couldn't turn down an offer to fight and a request from the Volturi...

J'en ai pisté des canailles, des terreurs
La nuit à cheval , sous la chaleur, sans éventail
J'ai croisé des prêcheurs, des païens
Des hommes sans lois ni âmes
Et un héros sans défauts, sans failles
Que j'aime..

-Calamity Jane-

Camélia Jordana

A/N: If you like Dark! Jasper, when he is on his Major side, I suggest that you read NewBorn War by speklez , another must read ( well for me) is The Quiet Room by givemesomevamp!

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