Author's note: Hello or Good evening, this one-shot (2663 words without the author's note) was written in a language that is not mine, English is not my mother tongue. It is available in French, my mother tongue. So sorry if there are spelling mistakes or the like. It's been a long time since I wrote fanfiction (2013) and I have my own writing, but even then I haven't written anything for two or 3 years (wattpad). Hope you enjoy reading it. In the books, it's Caius who is in their forties and Aro and Marcus who are 19 years old. Free as you for the age or physique of the characters. Aro didn't kill his sister in my story. Twilight belongs to Stéphanie Meyer, I just play with her universe.
It's been hundreds of years, a millennium if want to be fair, that Marcus has made the same vow over and over again.
To be with his dear Didyme, his wife, mate. But he was never heard, the proof is that he is still there "alive" or that Didyme never knows reincarnated unless she has done so is that he has simply never crossed her path.
He prefers not to think about it, it would be too painful to know that he was perhaps close to her without having known it.
Any human or vampire he comes across was unfortunately not his Didyma, his gift of seeing links helps.it's already that.
The link between him is his mate remains dead on her side. That he misses seeing this link vibrated, alive. Of course, he vividly remembers how he was that priceless bond, vampire memory.
He would like to be able to forget sometimes, forgetting it to stop the pain. But he tirelessly relives the moments of their life together with perfect clarity. As if they had just happened.
But he's been alone, undead, but dead inside, wandering this earth for a long time, the seasons changing and ending without his even paying attention.
He pays attention to things only if he is called upon. His brother Aro had appealed to Chelsea to tie Marcus to him and Caius, they still believe he doesn't know.
Chelsea have a knack for creating, increasing, diminishing, or destroying a bond.
Marcus cannot be fooled when it comes to the links. They see them, he always knows.
They will never let me die. In our world, when one mate is killed, we kill the other. Otherwise the vampire will go mad or like me an empty shell. It is as much out of sympathy as it is out of security. A vampire will always seek revenge, if he knows you killed his mate he will kill you even if it's the last thing he does.
I don't know who killed him, maybe in the battle against the Romanians he or she died.
Marcus half came out of his thoughts, they were currently in the throne room, dealing as always with various matters related to their species.
They had just heard of the existence of a human who knew about our existence.
Aro and Caius sent the guard to bring the human here and cleaned up if necessary, care should be taken to leave no traces behind us and the human did not leave any either.
Whoever he or she is, will never leave here with a beating heart.
We bite to eat or transform. A human is either food or a vampire in the making.
Nothing else is acceptable.
Bella was home alone. Classes were over and the weekend was here.
Not that she cares. For about 3 months now, she hasn't cared much for anything. The nights are short and the days are long and uninspiring.
She would get up, get ready and go to class, then come back home.
Homework, cleaning, supper mainly for Charlie.
Poor Charlie, he gets woken up almost every night by her screams, and he sees her keep getting thinner. Soon it's Christmas vacation, Bella is afraid he'll send her back to Renee.
In his eyes, she can see the urge to ship him on the next plane. Right now until Sunday afternoon, Charlie is fishing with old Quil and Billy. Ever since Bella came to Forks between class, her part-time job, and the Cu ... They rarely see each other.
Bella sighs and closes her notebook, her homework is done, she'll be quiet over there for the weekend. It is 6.30 p.m. night is already there. She is not hungry and goes to lie down on her bed when knocks are heard at the front door.
Bella wonders who it could be. She is not waiting for anyone and only her father's friends come, but they are with him fishing.
She goes down and opens the door, in front of her stands a blonde girl, a brown boy, a giant, and a dark blond.
But what captured Bella's attention was the necklace they all wear.
She's seen him somewhere before, in a photo, no, a painting he showed her.
The Volturi. If she remembers their names correctly. The royal vampire family, authority.
She knew they would come sooner or later. She knew too much and she was still human.
What Bella didn't notice was the elite guard's reaction to the sight of her. They looked at each other, then at Bella with an air that said "that couldn't be true" before quickly regaining composure.
- Isabella Swan? Jane asked.
She nodded and took a side step to let them in.
- Come in, I wouldn't want to alert my neighbors.
Once inside in the living room, the dark-haired boy she will learn after is called Alec says to her:
- We are the Volturi, he made a brief presentation for himself and his friends. But judging by your reaction, you've heard of us from the Cullens before.
She tenses up at their evocations then nods, she wondered what they are waiting for to kill her.
- I never said anything about vampires to people, it came out rushing. I know that a human, who knows, has to be killed or transformed, but they never wanted to.
They must have felt the truth in his heartbeat. She was fed up with lying.
- It is not for us to judge, but for our masters, said the one named Jane. They sent us to escort you to Volterra.
Bella's head dropped, she offered a small nod that deepened her thoughts andreflection. She knows she won't come back, ever.
Bella knew that someday she would have to say goodbye to her relatives and friends, that's what awaits those who choose or not to be part of the vampire race. But Bella didn't think she would do it like this.
- Can I take some things ?
Jane gave a negative nod.
- No, you must die in everyone's eyes.
Her brother looked at her, they seemed to be talking to each other without a word. Then she turned her head to Bella.
- Just a photo, she agreed.
Bella went up to her bedroom followed by Demetri, the latter having a weird reaction upon entering the room. He must have called the others too low for her to hear, because they were there in the moment.
They had a similar reaction. Bella took the photo she wanted from a box in her closet. It's the one where the three of them were in the hospital when she was born. At the same moment as Jane exclaimed :
- That should interest the masters.
She was intrigued by their reaction and now by Jane's words.
- Is there a problem with my room? But they kept silent.
Bella in the private jet, which had been on its way to Italy for a few hours now. The vampires around her had faked her death as a drive off the road that led her old Chevrolet over the edge of a cliff into the sea.
Currently, they were all sitting busy. Before getting on the plane, they had a long chat outside, before Jane picked up the phone to call someone.
Bella trying not to give in to the fear. She saw them looking at her from time to time, like when she had opened the door for them. It's strange.
Caius, eternally discontented, waits for the private jet to land. He had the gods on his side to manage to escape Aro, and come here on his own. Without him.
A miracle in itself.
If it is true that the human is a double of his sister Didyme, as Jane affirms it, he was afraid of the reaction of Aro the biological brother and especially Marcus the mate of the late queen.
He couldn't let her arrive like that in the throne room.
He had to take it easy, he couldn't believe he was using that word. But as a brother, if she is the physical portrait of Dydime, or his reincarnation if we wanted to believe that it was possible. It must be him who announces to them.
What shit! He cursed internally by closing his eyes and inhaling and exhaling.
Bella was in what appeared to be a library. She had arrived in Italy, King Caius was there to welcome them as they got off the plane, had a curious reaction when he saw her.
As if he had seen a ghost, a loved one who had returned from the dead or not seen for a long time, seeing the emotions that quickly passed over his face and eyes.
Bella did not understand the reaction of the guards and the king. What was wrong with her?
As the library door slammed open, Bella turned in surprise at the sudden noise.
There before her stood the two other king Aro and Marcus, behind them stood Caius.
She saw that the one named Marcus seemed to be crying if he could have done it.
- Didyme, he whispered, hugging her before Bella saw him move.
She saw Aro looking no better than Marcus, looking at her like he didn't believe she was there in front of them.
- My name is Isabella Swan, but I prefer Bella, delighted, she said awkwardly, embarrassed. She did not understand the behavior of the Volturi towards her.She awkwardly returns the embrace to the king.
Marcus released Bella, holding her by the shoulders as he looked at her.
- It's Didyme in every way except the eyes, hers was green in his human life, Aro said, still staring at Bella.Incredible, he whispered.
Bella froze, remembering that day when she had been with Renee at a clairvoyant. Bella didn't believe it, but to please her mother, she had followed him in his whim of the moment.
She remembers what the woman had said to her:
"You are not a young soul, you have already lived, under the name Didyme."
- So this woman was telling the truth, Bella said under her breath.
She felt hands gently take her face.
- Who was telling the truth ? Marcus asked in a soft, calm voice. Then he guided her to the sofas where the kings and Bella sat down.
She told all, the kings listened to her without interrupting.
- Did you know me ?
They nod and Marcus confided everything to her, who she was to kings, Volturi, vampires.
- So I was your biological sister, turning to Aro, and your mate, turning to Marcus.
- I have the gift of seeing the links between people.When you died the bond faded, now it's alive again, you are still my mate, and in a way Aro's sister, more biologically.
"Companions bind to the soul not to the body, so if they die they are still bound no matter what the bodily envelope," Bella resounded.
- Yes, apparently, agrees Aro. This is the first time we have dealt with a case like this, he finished.
First time ? Caius who saw Bella's questioning on it said :
- The mates do not survive the death of their half, they join them or are killed, when one has killed, the other must be killed, otherwise they take revenge. If they survive they're like dead inside, said, glancing quickly at Marcus.
- Why did I react to Edward so strongly? He is not my mate, but I thought I was dying when he left, I was like a zombie.
It was Marcus who answered Bella :
- He seduced your senses, like any vampire does with prey. Except that a prey is not confronted with it for long, so that it lasts. He often had to be with you, overwhelm you with his scent to keep you seduced, he said, trying to contain his anger.
- In your room, the guards smelled his scent. He had to be there often enough that even a few months later she would stay, and strongly, Caius finished.
- He watched me sleep every night, I remember that at first it bothered me, I found it weird, disturbing, but afterwards when he couldn't be there, to hunt, I couldn't sleep or very bad.
It's Christmas Day, she's been in Volterra for days. Bella learned where to get to know Marcus again, with whom she lives in her apartment. She has been sleeping badly for days, she has nightmares, finally nightmares of flashes of her previous life according to the queens and kings to whom she has spoken about it. Bella is often finding herself chatting with the queens, about everything, but especially the bond with Marcus.
"Don't worry Bella, it's okay to want to be intimate with your mate, especially since you need to mate to finish the bond." Athenodora. "You have to let go, accept this bond between you, do not be afraid of what you feel whether it is the feelings or sexually" Sulpicia.
After a "nightmare" where Bella woke up screaming, and being consoled by Marcus who was in all her worry states she went to see Aro to find out how she died in her old life.
"You died during the battle with the Romanians, they were the ones in charge before we beat them, cara mia" Aro.
They soon found that Aro's power was not working on her, she had to tell them her story of her life in America and the Cullens and Victoria. Speaking of Victoria, she is wanted by the guard to be eliminated. The Cullens will be put on trial when Bella is a vampire, but it doesn't until she recovers all of her memory. Which wouldn't be long now, now that she has flash memory, during the day.
- Isabella
She looked up from the fire in the hearth, to look at Marcus. They were both sitting on the sofa in Marcus' apartments, their apartments. It's December 24th, very soon the 25th, it's just a question of an hour.
- Let's go for a walk, there's a place I want to show you, Marcus gets up and offers him his hand. Once he gets up, he takes her in his arms, and everything becomes blurry. When he puts her down, she is in front of a source of water in what is a forest, the only thing that lights up the night is the stars and the moon.
- I'm sorry you suffered because of me, I'm glad you're alive, Bella exclaimed quickly, crying.
Marcus hugged her, kissing the top of her head.
- No, no, you had nothing to do with it, Isabella. You didn't choose to leave me, you were forced to do so. If I am alive, it is thanks to my brothers' discussion of using Chelsea's gift. Marcus' voice was sad, but when he spoke afterward it was relieving. I have resented them for centuries, but I am grateful to them now.
Bella took Marcus' face gently in her hands, stood up to kiss him. She had the impression that a lock was open, everything was coming back to her. On Marcus' side, it is as if he had died his last thousand years, and that he has finally come back to life. The kiss deepens, they rediscover each other's mouth and lips.
- Te amo Isabella ... Between two kisses. Te amo Marcus ...
Marcus later explained to him while they were hugging each other naked in their bed, that he had brought him to the place he has been coming to every Christmas since his death. He still made the same wish there.
"Give her back to me."
The wish was fulfilled, it took a long time, but here they are both reunited. Those who love each other always find themselves no matter the dimension, the time, the appearance, whether they remember or not.
Always.