A/N: I don't own anything except new characters and events. I make no profit from my shitty writing either. Hopefully the scene in the last chapter wasn't too bad or gross to anyone. I'm sorry if it was.
After showering I dressed in the clothes Rose had paired together, blow dried my hair, and applied make-up. "My boobies are squished" I groaned. Alec chuckled as he dressed.
Vampires don't need to shower but he showered with me. He said it was to feel closer to me and to feel normal, something he never particularly felt before. "Shut up" I pouted as I turned to him, a smirk played on his lips. "Don't say anything, you twat" I stuck my tongue out at him as he chuckled again.
He quickly put on his cloak then helped me put mine on, "You're going to look out of place with glasses on" he leaned down and kissed my nose, I crinkled it in response "Well, unless you want me squinting, bumping into walls, and falling downstairs I'll have to keep them on."
He kissed my nose again before taking my hand in his. We left his room and went up a flight of steep, winding stairs. "I fucking hate stairs" I grumbled as we walked down a long hallway.
All in all this castle was beyond beautiful, it was decorated with beautiful Victorian pieces of furniture and other beautiful Victorian things. A dream like feeling washed over me, my mind grew foggy and suddenly leaving wasn't on my mind.
An older gentleman noticed and signalled to Alec, black smoke drifted out of his finger and into me. It snapped me out of it immediately, Marcus went and talked to them, shame and pain covering their face. I wasn't paying enough attention to notice if it was a man or woman, but I didn't particularly care.
I stood straight, my heeled boots clicking on the stone floor. The old man walked in front of Alec and me, reaching the large room quite a few minutes before us.
"Hello, dear" with swift grace movements he came to stand in front of Alec and I, his shoulder length jet black hair framing his, almost translucent coloured, face.
"Hello" I curtsied, his crazed smile grew. "Your castle, it is gorgeous." He nodded as he reached to take my hand. I pulled away before he could, "I'm not comfortable with physical contact, especially with people I do not know"
The look in his eyes suggested anger but he nodded respectfully. "Yes, of course" Jane stood by Cais' side, worry was clear in her eyes. "Will you demonstrate your powers?" he asked me, false kindness coating his tone.
I gave a slight nod, I looked at a vampire at the side of the room. His eyes widened slightly but before he could act his pants were down and his cloak was over his head. A sofa repeatedly beating him, Aro laughed in amusement. "I can't control a human or vampire as a human, I would have to be a vampire to control such things. I would also be able to control much larger objects, such as a plane"
He nodded thoughtfully, "Control another vampire?" he questioned, "Yes, make him do what I want even if that is ripping themselves apart and setting their body ablaze. They would be fully conscious but have no power over their actions" he smirked, crazy clear in his every feature.
"You may roam the castle and Volterra, there is a set curfew. Alec will assure your safety and home that you are here before that curfew. You must be careful here" Marcus dismissed us after several hours of talking and many tests, I was pushed to my limit several times today.
I groaned as Alec rubbed my shoulders. It was five in the afternoon, I had roamed quite a lot of the castle. Most was off limits to me, I know one part is where newly changed vampires were. Some were test subjects, some weren't. I shrugged it off.
"Will you take me out to get something?" I asked Alec, he nodded and followed me as we walked outside. The streets were almost vacant at this time, but Alec said people would soon start trickling back out.
We drove into town, parked, then began walking around until I found the right store. "This is what you wanted? I just gave you a stuffie" he looked confused as I looked around, "I know, but this one isn't for me. It's for Jane" he gave me an incredulous look but shrugged as I continued looking.
I picked a plush, pale yellow, bunny. "She had a stuffed bunny when we were kids, our mother made it for her. I'm sure she'll love it" his arms were behind his back as he leaned down and kissed me, "Look around while I pay" with that he walked away.
After a few minutes we walked out to the car, Jane's bunny in a pink gift bag with a ribbon bow. "Why are you walking with your front to me?" I asked, he smirked and held out a stuffed cow, it was one of the cutest stuffed animals I had ever seen. I squealed and grabbed it from him, hugging it close.
"You look so dangerous but…" he trailed off, a mocking smile crossing his lips. "How many times am I going to tell you to shut up today?" I questioned, he smiled and pulled me close as we walked.
We blended into the darkness of the falling night, "You know you're very beautiful, right?" I almost stopped as he spoke, "No, not at all" with a sigh I shook my head, "To me, you are the most beautiful person I've ever seen. And I've lived with vampires almost my full life" I silently was beyond thankful that it was dark outside, my cheeks were burning. I stayed silent but laid my head on his arm, we continued to the car then the castle in calm silence.
I changed and headed towards Jane's room, I knocked loudly two times before she answered. "What do you want?" she scowled, I pushed the door open and stepped inside. "Hello to you to" she looked down at the pink bag in my hand, "My brother has bought you something?" she questioned, I shook my head.
"Well, actually he has. But this isn't it. This is for you" she let me walk in before shutting the door, her eyes stayed locked on my kitty slippers. "Here" I handed it to her, "I'm sorry if it seems like I'm stealing your brother, or anything like that. I don't want it to seem that way, I love him and that automatically means you're welcome to drop in at any time and just chill with me."
She smiled a little as she took the bag, "I'm not worried that you're stealing my brother, he loves you and that means you're now in our family. I…I just am jealous"
She sat on her bed, and I'm sure if vampires had the ability to blush…she would be. "Jealous that he has a mate?" I asked her, she sighed and nodded "Yes, many of the vampires do. But I do not." Her head hung low, "I have an empty feeling, if I could cry I most likely would. But that isn't all of it" she groaned, I sighed and sat beside her.
"You can tell me, as you said just a few moments ago…I'm family now" she wouldn't take her gaze away from the floor. "I think I have found my mate, in Forks, I sense the presence of them but I haven't gotten near close enough to know who they are" I smiled in response, "We will find out who it is."
She smiled a little then opened the bag, her smile softened and grew slightly as she took the plush bunny out of the bag. "Alec told me your mom made you one when yall were kids, I thought you'd like it" she nodded and set it on the bed. "I do like it, a lot. You should be getting to sleep, Aro doesn't take kindly to visitors breaking his rules. He was angry enough when you wouldn't let him touch you. Be more careful"
A few moments later I was walking down the halls, pretty sure I was lost. I looked into a room, gurgling screams erupted from it when I opened the door. My blood turned cold as I saw what was happening, a feast of human blood.
Bodies of the young and old were strewn across the room, some screaming and most bleeding. Quite a few vampires were in there, Alec had started drinking animal blood the day before he picked me up at the airport.
My breath caught in my throat, I quietly closed the doors and quickly walked up the hall until I walked into a cold wall. That cold wall being Marcus, he picked me up by my arm. "Hello" he said, sadness was obvious in his tone.
"I'm lost" my voice was a barely audible squeak, "When you leave you must never come back" he whispered, "It will be the death of you and Alec" his voice was a sad whisper, "Please"
Alec came sprinting down the hall, worry washing over his usually tensely calm features. "Moon, are you okay?" he asked as he pulled me into his cold embrace, I nodded as I took a deep breath. "I got lost, saw a blood bath, then ran into Marcus" who was already gone, Alec held me close as guided me to his room.
"I'm sorry, I should've came with you" he kissed my lips softly, repeatedly. I couldn't help but smile, "It's okay, I don't want to stay here" he sighed but nodded. "I understand, I don't either now" he kissed me again before I took off my slippers and snuggled into him before falling into a dreamless sleep.
Quick and horrible chapter, blehblehbleh…sorrysorrysorry. The weekend is coming soon so hopefully I'll be able to get another chapter. Review maybe?