No One's POV
Anastasia was bored; Aro, Marcus, and Caius were all currently busy and, frankly, there was only so much lying around she could do after a few days.
Tossing her book and laptop on the bed, Anastasia pokes her head out of her room, finding the corridor empty of any inhabitants, at least as far as she could tell. Deciding the worst that could happen was she could get lost, Anastasia began wondering, poking her head into random rooms curiously.
"This castle needs signs." Anastasia mutters to herself finding herself, after probably no more than 10 minutes, completely lost.
"Fantastic, just fucking fantastic." Anastasia growls, throwing her hands up in the air. "Nice going, Ana. You're a fucking genius."
"Are you lost, my Queen?" Felix asks, suddenly appearing behind his new Queen, noticing her on his way to training.
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!" Anastasia screeches, heart pounding from being startled as she whirls around, nearly falling over as she flails ungracefully.
Felix catches his Queen as she tumbles, helping to correct her step.
"My deepest apologies, my Queen, I did not mean to startle you." Felix quickly apologies formally, stepping back a moment later, his hand retreating from her elbow.
"Jesus- it's- it's fine. Bells, you need bells, I swear." Anastasia mutters lightly, catching her breathe, her hand pressed over her chest.
Felix stares at his Queen wondering if she was serious or joking.
"It's a joke. I was joking. You guys joke, right?" Anastasia questions, giving the burly guard a curious look.
"Yes." Felix chuckles a little at his new Queen's sass and fearlessness. "Do you need help finding your way back to your rooms, my Queen?"
"Oh, umm, yeah, I did get a little lost. But I'm actually a little bored. What are you doing?" Anastasia asks.
"I was going to train, my Queen. Would- would you care to join?" Felix hesitates for a moment, wondering how the Kings would react to him offering. He reasoned that the Queen did ask first and that he was simply answering her question.
"Sure." Anastasia answers, looking interested.
"Very well, my Queen. This way." Felix offers his arm.
Anastasia loops her arm through the hulk of a guard's, happily trotting after the guard.
"Your name's Felix, right? You're one of the Elite Guards. And pretty close to Demetri." Anastasia chatters.
"Yes, my Queen." Felix answers.
"Oh wait- you're the one that- you ran into me with the car…" Anastasia says.
"My apologies, my Queen." Felix cringes slightly, hoping she wouldn't remember it was him.
"Well, all things considering it was me that ran into the car, not the other way around. I was the one that chose to pull the little girl out of the way. You stopped the car, my body had other ideas apparently, and you know, didn't stop. It's not like you were trying to run me over, Felix." Anastasia shrugs it off.
"Thank you." Felix says.
"For what?"
"For not blaming me, my Queen." Felix answers, pausing to look at his Queen with gratitude.
"Oh, you don't need to thank me, Felix. You didn't do anything wrong." Anastasia answers, patting Felix's arm gently and smiling. "Now come on, aren't you going to show me training?"
"You should stay by my side, my Queen. Just in case." Felix warns before leading her the rest of the way to the training room.
"Alright."
Arriving in the training room, Felix opens the doors for his Queen, the Guard immediately freezing at the sight of their new Queen.
"Our Queen." Corin gasps, the rest of the Guard immediately flashing into line based on rank.
"Oh- er. You don't- hello again." Anastasia says, blinking slightly.
"Did you need something, our Queen?" Demetri asks from the head of the line; what many didn't realize was that Demetri, perhaps due to his more unassuming and mild nature, was that he was the leader of the Guard, not Jane or Alex.
"No- I just. Felix found me wandering around. I was bored. He said I could watch you train. I didn't mean to disturb you all. You can go back to whatever you were doing." Anastasia explains, waving her hand around to the room vaguely.
"Oh, he did?" Demetri says, looking at his soul brother.
"If you don't want me here, I can leave." Anastasia says, looking awkward.
"No, no, we would be honored, our Queen." Demetri replies, quickly flashing away, returning a moment later with a chair, and placing it off to the side to the best vantage point.
"Thank you, Demetri." Anastasia smiles, Felix leading her over to the chair.
"You're welcome, my Queen." Demetri replies, smiling warmly in return.
Anastasia settles further in the chair, Felix remaining by her side as Demetri flashes off in the room back to whatever he had originally been doing, slowly the Guard becoming less tense as a few minutes went by.
Suddenly a dark brunette, 15-16 looking teen flashes in front of Anastasia, boyish face curious as he faces his new Queen.
"My name is Alec, my Queen." Alec introduces.
"Hello Alec, I'm Anastasia." Anastasia replies.
"I know, the Masters' told us." Alec says.
"I see. You're one of the twins, yes?" Anastasia asks.
"Yes. My sister is Jane." Alec answers, pointing to Jane across the room.
Jane was still doing her best to ignore her new Queen at this point, though she would do her duty of protecting her if needed, it didn't mean she had to particularly like her.
"Well it's nice to meet you, Alec. I'm sure it will be nice to meet your sister as well." Anastasia says, smiling.
"Would you like to see my powers? They are very strong." Alec offers.
"I've been told they are very strong. And I have no doubt they are. You are a part of the Elite Guard, along with your sister, Demetri, and Felix. You can show me, but only if you'd like. But I have no need for your powers, Alec, unless I am in danger. I am not currently. So there is no need for you to use them. I would, however, like to get to know you." Anastasia replies.
Alec blinks, head tilting slightly as he looks at his Queen, unsure how to respond to his Queen's answer. She didn't need his power? She wanted to talk to him? Spend time with him? That was confusing, to say the least.
"Why don't you go train a little bit, Alec? We can talk a little more later, okay?" Anastasia suggests lightly.
"Yes, my Queen." Alec responds, glad for the command he could actually follow, flashing off to go spar with his sister.
A short time later, Aro comes crashing through the doors of the training room in near rage, nostrils flaring as he searches for his mate, panic having coursed through him from being unable to find her in her rooms, instead tracing her to the training room of all places, Felix's scent mingled with hers.
"FELIX! DEMETRI!" Aro growls, hissing at two of his Elite Guards. "How dare you! What were you thinking, endangering Anastasia, your Queen!?"
Felix and Demetri immediately cower from Aro, fearing his rage.
"Il mio amore, come." Aro growls, picking his mate up from her chair and protectively holding her to himself, barely keeping himself from tearing apart his two Guard members.
"Aro! Enough!" Anastasia reprimands, struggling in his grasp.
"Amore-" Aro tries, immediately releasing his mate for fear of hurting his mate.
"No Aro- They did nothing wrong. I was bored. I wandered and got lost. Felix found me and I wanted to watch. I was fine. They would not put me in harm's way." Anastasia defends.
"You do not treat me like I'm an idiot nor like I am a pet to leash." Anastasia hisses.
"Of course not, il mio amore. I apologize. I- when I did not find you in your rooms." Aro apologizes, reaching out for his mate again.
Anastasia sighs, anger leaving.
"I understand, I worried you. So apology accepted. Next time, however, rampaging is not the answer." Anastasia warns, pointing a finger at Aro before allowing him to pull her into his embrace and leading her out of the training room and back to their private wing of the castle.
Hello my lovely readers,
I had a few questions in my reviews I thought I'd answer for you, since there was some confusion in my last update.
One, yes Anastasia is technically having "triplets", since she's pregnant with three babies at the same time. But technically it is all three of the Kings' children at the same time. Because it's not the "normal" way, and through IVF, which is in vitro fertilization, this is possible. Sorry, I thought I hinted at it enough through all my sciencing... Lols, apparently not...
On a side note, it is actually possible for a woman to get pregnant with twins from two different people, if they have sex within a really close time frame, like hours of each other, say the woman was cheating on her husband... One of my fellow fanfiction writer friends actually told me that for a "future reference" kind of thing, since I often do a multiple pairings situation... So there you go, just a random fun fact for you guys...
Two, while yes, Anastasia's hormones would have changed her scent, the Cullens aren't really around her enough to notice that about her, and obviously the Denali clan and all the other vampires invited to the wedding would know squat about her, so they would hardly have the reference point to realize one way or another as a basis for anything. Not every pregnant lady would smell the same, it would be based on each person's original biology and change from that point on. So yes, Aro, Marcus and Caius would totally notice immediately, and the entire Volturi coven, since they're around her all the time, but they'd hardly tell anyone.
And finally, third question. The thing about heart beats. A babies heart immediately starts forming, that is true, but their heart beat doesn't start beating until anywhere from week six to week eight. Their mommy helps sustain them up till that point, forming all their little organs first, to make sure things are in place. So in other words, the heart organ is just the organ first, it needs to form before it even needs to think about working and beating, sustaining any type of function. I looked it up, don't worry.
Hope this clarifies things a little more for you guys!
Polkadottedgiraffe11
Edited 2/8/19