Chapter 21 Needle

"Hello beautiful." Demetri walked around the corner.

"Hello Demetri, is there something you need?" he was always buzzing around, what did he thing that if he bugged me enough I would jump his bones.

"Yes, Aro has more people he want you to meet, but after may-be you would like to join me, I'm being sent to Paris to keep an eye on something before it gets out of hand. I think you would be a better travel companion then Felix, we would have more fun."

"No thanks." time to meet more 'threats' as Caius called them, they were people on the top of the Volturi's Most Wanted List, yes Edward was right it was a real thing and they were at the top along with most of their friends. I had meet Tanya's coven, also Zafrina's coven they were pleasant but they had way too many questions for my liken 'How big is Nesse?' , and 'Is Carlisle still working?' and of course 'Has Jasper slipped up?'. I hope that who ever it was didn't know the Cullens.

I walked into the room causally. "Has anyone seen Heidi?"

"Ahh Mandy, so glad you stopped by this is Caleb he's from the Midwest also, although he lived there for….what was it 200 year?"

"Yah about." the red head seemed impaction probably wonder why he was here.

"I'm from New England, Aro remember" I didn't bother telling him I hated being called Mandy he knew that already.

"Yes, yes but America is all the same" I couldn't tell if he was joking.

"Yes well if you see her, tell Heidi we need to speak. It was nice to meet you Caleb." I shook his hand to be nice.

"It was nice too meet you too, but may I ask you something?" he looked into my eye, and I knew what he want to ask but to be polite I just said "Sure, shoot."

"Why are your eyes that strange color?" he didn't sound rube compared to others.

"It's my...diet I don't drink human blood, I choose to live off of animal blood instead that why I need to talk to Heidi, she goes way to exotic. The last animal she brought my was a giraffe, it was so strange."

He laughed and I left just nodding. No one here understood why I lived like this, they were all so use to the human blood they didn't think of their victims as people, no one felt guilty. No one understood beside David and Afina. Afina is a 450 year old Gypsy who also doesn't drink human blood, she stopped because one day as she was hunting she choose to follow her pray before she feed, she saw him go home to his family, and him play with his children and she couldn't help feeling terrible. She let him live but every time she tried to hunt people that man and his family came to her mind. It hit her then that they were innocent.

Afina is so beautiful even for a vampire. She gave Rosalie a run for her money with big doe eyes and thick, long, black hair down her back. She also had a really cool power she could stop time, not literally but she can freeze a person's mind, and they stop in their tracks. I had only seen her do it once it was the funniest thing.

Dave's ability is any thing but comical. He can control a person's thought and actions, in anyone else hands that would scare the hell out of me but he never abused his power. David only works as a kind of recruiter. He goes to gifted individuals and make them join the guards, if I had said no chances are Dave would have done that to me. Aro want to take full advantage of his power but Dave wasn't going to let that happen. He did make Eleazar and Carmen join again and that's how they found me and others.

Afina, Dave, Bags, and me were a little crew and things were comfortable but never right. Time passed and I missed my families both new and old. I called Alice and asked her to visited on my birthday she brought Carlisle and Esme which was nice. Amazingly nice. It hurt to let them leave without me. Esme pulled me a side before they left.

"Dear please come back whenever your ready, Edward feels terrible about everything. And..." she gave me a shy smile "People miss you." she handed me a letter with my name. I didn't wait for her to leave I read it right there.

Hey Sweets,

I've never written a letter like this before and I'm not sure what to write expect I miss you and, just I miss you and it's ok you haven't called cause your busy. Anyway things here are good only real news is I got a call from your sister, Cam. She said something that hit me, I probably shouldn't have wrote that it's not the kind of thing you say in a letter, guess you have to come visit now. Wow I suck at this, I would start all over again but I would probably talk myself out of this. Ok back on topic I miss you and that's all. Sorry if this sound like a diary entry and I hope I see you soon cause like I said before well you get the point.

Bye Seth

I stood there biting my lip for a minute before I could even think what the hell could I write back. His letter was so honest and every thought in his head if I did that I don't even know what would come out. Esme waited a while and I ran to get paper and a pen, then I ran back and got a pencil just in case. Dear Seth was probably a good start.

Dear Seth,

I miss you too a lot actually. Thing here are good, I know you didn't ask but I thought that would a good place to start. I've never written a letter like this either but I thought yours was amazing it sounded like, I don't know how I feel.. I'm going to see you soon and since there no way for you to come here I'll come to you but just not yet.. Ok so I really miss you and I hope I see you soon cause your still the best guy I know.

Amanda

I gave them all hugs and was so happy that they brought my guitar. I was just playing it after they left when Jane walked in.

"We need you in the Great room." she said more coldly then usual.

I walked in and it was strange, everything was change around and there was a some new people. There was a chair in the middle of the room.

"Have a seat." she smirked at me.

"I'm good." I got ready to run but two guard grab my hands. "Let me go!!!" I broke free but then I was struck by the most horrible pain. It was like a million flaming knife digging into every part of me. I fell to the ground, time was so slow. I want to yell to tell her to stop but I knew that it wouldn't help and I didn't want her to get the satisfaction. After what felt like an eternity of the worst pain I could imagine she finally let me go. Felix rapped his steel arms around me, which was not necessary I wasn't going anywhere. Jane came to me with a steel needle in her hand.

"What's that?" my voice cracked in fear.

"Nothing you need to worry about our new friend Dr. Buckley was very talented doctor as a human and it seem he only gotten better, this is just a little test."

"No,no. Aro will be pissed he likes me Jane. I'm not a guinea pig."

"I don't think he'll mind, this is Shana, she's kind of your replace . You see she has a similar ability to you but she only need to see a picture of someone to follow them, so your not really needed anymore, sorry. And don't worry the needle will go through see the kind doctor has found a way to make weapons that will work on our kind" She walk behind me and plugged the needle in to my neck.

Instantly I felt drifty. My eyes got heavy and all my thoughts were lost. Soon I was asleep. It felt good just like sleeping for the first time in months because it was. Soon I was dreaming and just like everything else it was so different as a vampire. I felt so peace I couldn't even worry that I may die. I was on a beach, and I was human. I felt my heart beating, my throat didn't burn and I was in the blinding sun on this warm beach. It was a memory from my last birthday, my sisters and I went to Florida. This wasn't blurry like the rest of my human memories it was like my subconscious could fill in the blanks. But them as I walk they disappeared and soon I was in the wood alone. This forest looked like Forks but smelled wrong it smelled like sea water and werewolves. I felt my skin harden and my heart stop. I knew they would be coming, I ran and two huge wolves were on my heels. I ran for my life but wasn't fast enough. They caught me, and I wake up.