Chapter Ten: Leaving

Anaya Pov

I looked at my husband again for the fifth time in five minutes. Since his outburst Aro had sent us away so I could calm him down and get him used to the idea that I will be going. That decision was made for me. I had no choice but to do what I was told.

I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave. But I'd finally realised that it might be better for me until the Russian Coven are no more. Though, I couldn't help wonder how long that would take. I looked at Felix again for the sixth time and I tried again.

"Felix, I have to go." I told him softly. He snarled loudly. "Aro's right, I need to go. I need to do this. I won't be safe here." He looked up at me from the floor hurt obvious in his eyes.

"I don't want you to go!" he told me. "I want you to be here with me. I'm not going to let you out of my sight. Anaya, I love you. I can't let you just disappear from my life like this. This is the Ancients testing my loyalty by separating me from you." I knew he spoke more of Aro and Caius than Marcus. I sat beside him slipping my hands around his torso. After a couple of minutes I began sobbing, unable to take it anymore. His hands immediately wrapped around me.

"I'm sorry. I know you love me too. I just don't want you to leave for my own selfish reasons." He said rocking me back and forth. "What am I supposed to do with no sex for god knows how many months they decide to keep you there?" I looked up at him giggling slightly. He grinned down at me, obviously trying to cheer me up. Well it was definitely working. "God help Aro if you come back with golden eyes." He told me. I giggled again and then my curiosity sprung in me.

"Why do they have golden eyes?" I asked. He chuckled.

"I've been waiting for you to ask that for ages. They live of animal blood."

"Animal blood, really? I didn't realise there was another alternative." I murmured.

"I hear it doesn't satisfy you enough, but the Cullen's see themselves as a family more than a coven. They like to go to school and stuff." He explained. Would they accept me into this family of theirs?

We sat in silence as he stroked my hair. When the door opened we looked up to see Demetri, Chelsea, Heidi and Renata. I flew into their open arms and was surrounded by them immediately. We stayed like this for what felt like forever, only when Felix gave a small cough did they free me.

"Can I have my wife back now?" he asked jokingly. I kissed him roughly and told him to shut up. When Jane finally came to tell me I was about to leave he kissed me one last time and escorted me to the front of the castle. In my hands were my things from Romania, my sword ECT. I pulled on my leather gloves as we ran through the tunnels.

The black pixie haired girl suddenly flitted to my side and held out her hand.

"Hello Anaya, I'm Alice. We're going to be good friends." She said all too confidently. We are? I thought to myself. Of course, Edward, the bronze from before, heard this and chuckled.

"I apologise for Alice, she has precognition." I smiled at the pixie vampire and shook her hand. She took note of my gloves and wondered off, bringing back the tall blond Vampire.

"This is Jasper." She told me. Jasper smiled at me and held out his hand, I shook it.

"Nice to meet you," I said. I was then next introduced to Emmet, the big one like Felix who seemed to have no personal bubble when giving me a tight welcoming hug. I heard Felix growl and I hit him lightly. His wife, Rosalie, was quite the opposite. It was slightly obvious she didn't want to be here, though she greeted me all the same.

I met Edwards mate next, Bella, she was really nice and her daughter Renesemee, after she touched my face with her hand my power mimicked her own. She showed me everything. How she was born, her best friend, her family even I was suddenly added into her collection. My face broke out into a grin when she showed me all the time's she'd had to play dress up for Alice.

"Amazing," I told her mother. Bella smiled and hugged Renesemee.

"She certainly is."

"Well, are you ready Anaya?" Carlisle asked me. His wife was by his side smiling at me. I nodded hesitantly and turned to Felix. I could see him trying to restrain himself from picking me up then and running away with me. I hugged him though he didn't put his arms around me.

"It's for the best." I whispered to him. His strong arms soon wrapped themselves around my waist pulling me closer to him as much as possible.

"I'll miss you." he told me. I kissed him one last time before I started sobbing again. He dove into it and we both forgot about the people around us. I broke it off before he forgot completely and walked over the Cullen's. I waved to him one last time before he was out of view.

I sat by myself while we were on the plane to America. I sat their thinking about none other than Felix. I wanted him with me, I wanted his random comments about how beautiful I was, even thought it really annoyed me. I wanted to hear him growl which basically told everyone in a mile I was his and no other. I wanted to tell him how much I loved him. I wanted to jump out the plane and run all the way back to his arms.

I must have thought like this forever because when we finally landed we had arrived in Port Angeles.

"You're going to like it in Forks, Anaya." Alice told me holding a car door open for me. I smiled slightly not daring to contradict her.

"If you say so Alice," I said softly getting in. She gave me a sad look and then shut the door. Renesemee slid in next to me followed by Bella. I thought of nothing and spoke to no one as Edward had the car speeding along the roads. I knew he was driving fast but I took no notice. I really didn't care. We got to the house and I looked at myself in the mirror in the bathroom. My brown hair was tumbling in curls and my eyes were black, being around the humans on the flight must have made me hungry, I didn't notice it though. I left the bathroom and got to the bottom step before Alice came bounding up to me. She grasped my arm pulling me towards the door.

"C'mon Anaya, we'll take you hunting. Would you like to try our lifestyle or stick to your own?"

"Yours I guess." I said. She nodded having already seen my decision and pulled me towards the surrounding woods. I barely saw Jasper, Edward and Carlisle follow.

We stopped in a smallish clearing watching a deer. It certainly didn't smell appetizing but if I was to live like this, for what might be the rest of my life, I had to do it. I crouched watching the deer and then pounced sinking my teeth into its neck as quickly as possible. Its warm blood pooled into my mouth and I swallowed it. It was definitely not like human blood, it was a little salty where the human blood would just taste delicious. It wasn't disgusting though, I could get used to it.

I searched for another and quickly pounced on that too. I finished and waited for the others. We ran back to the house and Alice pulled me up stairs.

"This will be your bedroom while you're here." She said as I took of my gloves. "It used to be Edward's but he, Bella and Renesemee live in a cottage not far from here. We can go shopping tomorrow to get you some clothes." I smiled and thanked her as she left. I looked around the room. It was open and fairly nice, but it wasn't home. I saw my bag and sword in the corner; I picked it up and sat on the couch. I drew the blade slowly and held it in front of me. Dangling around the handle was a werewolf tooth on a silver chain. I slid it off and it fell into my palm. I noticed writing etched into it and turned it round to read it.

In memory of Alexander Lazarovici

The necklace slipped from my hand to the floor as silent sobs emitted from me. I knew it was Felix who had done that for me. He was the only one I ever mentioned my brother to. A pair of fragile yet strong arms pulled me into a hug. I realised it was Bella. My arms hugged her back as I sobbed into her shoulder, careful not to touch her skin.

"It's ok." She cooed. "You'll see him again soon. I don't know Felix that well, but I know he misses you as much as you miss him."

"It's not that." I said. She released me from her grip and I picked up the necklace. I gave it to her and she looked at it. It took her several seconds to register what it was.

"Is that a werewolf tooth?" she asked disbelievingly. I nodded and then pointed to the encryption.

"In memory of Alexander Lazarovici," She muttered. Looking at me she rubbed my shoulder. "I'm guessing he was your brother. How did he die?"

"He was killed by a werewolf three days before my transformation. My father didn't tell me he'd died. I found out from the maids. After my transformation I began to hunt them down, mostly for revenge. Alexander taught me to wield a sword when I was ten, but my accuracy and position was never brilliant. He would always tease me about it." I smiled slightly. "I miss him so much. I miss my father, he wasn't brilliant at fathering but he was the only one I had and to add to that I seem to miss Felix even more every minute."

"I know what you mean." Bella said softly. I looked at her.

"You do?" she nodded.

"Our family may seem happy now but it wasn't when I was human. I came to Forks when I was seventeen. My Mom and my step-father, Phil, were travelling around for a bit. I went to stay with my Dad in Forks. I met Edward and we soon fell in love. We were together and happy for a while until a tracker caught my scent. The Cullen's tried to hide me and well...lets' just say I got my leg broken. Then on my eighteenth birthday Jasper tried to kill me because I cut my finger, he wasn't good at holding the thirst back then. Edward told me he didn't love me and he and his family left."

"What!" I said slightly shocked. My face must have looked how I felt because she began to reassure me.

"No, it's not what you think. He left thinking he'd be protecting me. Anyway after a few months of depression I got my act together and I became friends with a shape shifter. He helped me a lot, one day I was with him down in La Push and his friends were cliff diving. While he went somewhere I was stupid and threw myself off the cliff. Of course Alice got the vision and Rosalie told Edward. Edward thought I was dead and went to the Volturi to ask them to kill him. They told him no, he was too precious to die." I smiled slightly; yes I could almost see Aro saying that. As much as I liked him his quest for power unsettled me slightly. Bella noticed I wasn't listening to her and she touched my hand. It only took that second for me to mimic her speciality and see everything she was trying to tell me. After I saw the Volturi finding excuses to kill her child, I pulled away and stood up.

"Anaya, are you ok?" I slowly turned back to her and nodded.

"Aro has some nerve!" I hissed. Knowing what I had seen in her memories she frowned and nodded.

"How did you see into my head? You may have Aro's power but not even he can do that. The only person that can is Renesemee." Her eyes widened slightly in realization.

"Whatever other ability she harbours I must have copied too." I said.

"You know, it wasn't just Aro who asked us to take you. The whole guard were practically begging. I think Caius must even have a soft spot for you. He's the one who contacted Carlisle." I grinned.

"Athenodora will love to hear her husband's going soft. She won't stop teasing him for days. Maybe its better I don't tell her." I said thoughtfully. Bella giggled and placed the werewolf necklace around my neck. There was a loud shout from downstairs and then someone was running up the stairs. We watched the door until Emmet opened it with a huge grin on his face.

"Alice says the forecast for tonight is one-hundred percent baseball, you up for it?" Bella grinned manically.

"You're on Emmet." She said. He ran off shouting 'Jasper, five-hundred bucks my team wins.' I giggled and Bella turned to me.

"You on for a game of Baseball?" she asked. I nodded.

"Ok, but I don't know how to play." I told her. She giggled and took me downstairs for the boys to explain. Maybe staying here wouldn't be so bad, like Bella had said. It's not as if I won't see Felix again.

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I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. I start my GCSE's at the end of May, so it's been a hectic time and I'm rushing to get the coursework in. But alas, its Easter term and I have updated. There may be another update but I'm not too sure. Depending on if somewhere in the never ending revision I get time to update. Thanks again for the reviews.