Previously:
Everyone looked to be on edge as I walked over to the phone and took it out of Carlisle's hand.
I slowly put it up to my ear and calmly said "hello?"
What I heard next made my blood run cold.
"Hello. This is Sophie I presume."
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Frozen. That's how my body felt. Frozen and numb. I couldn't believe that this was happening. After what felt like hours, I finally was able to find my voice.
"Uh. Yes this is Sophie." I knew who it was and looked at my family as I said my next words. "Hello Aro."
How? How were they able to find out about me? I knew it was only a matter of time, but I didn't want it to happen anytime soon.
"Ah. So you do know about me." His voice held amusement to it. I knew he was having fun with this. The Cullen's housing a human who knew about the vampire world. I can only guess that Caius wants me and my family dead.
"Yes, I do."
"Then you know about how we must keep our existence a secret. Yet, the Cullen's have taken you in and told you that secret."
"Yes sir. They did."
His bell like laughter could be heard through the phone. Yet I knew it held a sinister aspect to it. "My dear, no need for formalities. I was very intrigued to hear about you. I couldn't help but wonder what makes you so special?" That threw me off. I didn't know what made me so special either.
"I can't give you an answer to that. I don't know why they adopted me either. I always ask myself that. Yet, they are my family and I love them as they love me."
His laughter came back. "Oh Sophie, I do not doubt that they love you. Yet Caius is wanting you and your family killed with this dilemma." My head flew up and met the eyes of my family. I knew it. Caius is just as heartless and cruel as I had thought. The thought of my family dying terrified me, which resulted in my hands starting to shake. No they couldn't die! Rose flew over to me and sat me down at a chair.
"Please. No, don't hurt them. I wouldn't tell anyone. Do what you must but please don't hurt them."
"You would die for them wouldn't you Sophie." That wasn't a question. It was a statement. He knew that I would die for them. I could only confirm his belief.
"Yes. I would die for them."
"I believe that you wouldn't tell a soul, but I still need confirmation. I have missed my dear friend Carlisle. It's been centuries since we have seen each other. I think me and couple of friends will visit him and your family in the next upcoming weeks. Do you think that is fair?"
"Yes, it is."
"Splendid. I can't wait to meet you face to face Sophie." Thats when the phone went dead. I couldn't seem to put the phone down. I just held it up to my ear and stared at nothing. Edward was in front of me and slowly took the phone out of my hand.
"Sophie? Sophie, are you ok?"
I look up at Carlisle to see a worried look on his face. "How?"
"I don't know. Probably a passing nomad saw you and word of it traveled around. Everything will be ok Sophie. No one is going to hurt you."
Carlisle looked at Alice. "How long?"
She looked at me then at Carlisle. "Two weeks." I leaned on Rosalie and she held on to me. I didn't cry, I just hugged her. I needed comfort from her, from anyone. I needed to be reassured that everything would be ok.
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Two weeks have gone by and we are all waiting for Aro's arrival. We are all sitting in the living room watching the door. No one is saying a word. Rose is rubbing my arm to help calm me down and Edward is holding my other hand. I just hope this all goes ok. I could bear it if they were killed because of me.
The doorbell rang and I instantly started to panic. On no. Their here. Calmness then engulfed my body. I looked over at Jasper and smiled. "Thank you." He smiled and nodded back.
Carlisle looked at us before he got up and walked over to the door. I looked at everyone and was just hoping everything would turn out ok. I turned my head to see them make their way over to us. There were only three that had come. There was Aro and who I assumed to be Demetri and Felix. I've come to terms that none of them looked like the actors in the movies, rather they resembled how they are described in the books.
So out of the three leaders, only Aro decided to come. I was surprised that Jane or Alec didn't come. I expected more of the Volyuri to come since a human is with a coven of vampires. I guess Aro knew there would be no fight. I just hope nothing goes wrong.
"Carlisle, what a pleasure to see you again. It's been such a long time." Ok he is creepier than I could have imagined. He held Carlisle's hand for a couple of moments before letting it go. So he knows everything now. He knows about Edward, Alice, and Jasper having abilities. That's not a good sign.
"Aro. It's good to see you. However, I wish it was under different circumstances."
"Ah yes. That I can agree on." Aro finally turned to us and locked eyes with mine. Well, I can say they are indeed red. Man these people give me the creeps.
"You must be Sophie." He had a smile that appeared on his face. He very well knew I was Sophie. I was the only person in the room that still had a beating heart for goodness sake.
I stood up and walked over to him. "Yes, I am." I looked at Demetri and Felix to see them watching me. Well, more like scrutinizing me.
"How old are you my dear?"
"10. I was six when they adopted me." He nodded his head.
"Have they told you about certain vampires having abilities?"
"Yes. They did." He smiled and held his hand out to me.
"May I?" It wasn't a request. More like an order. In all my dreams I never thought Aro would be this scary.
I knew I didn't have a choice so I placed my hand in his.
After a couple of seconds, his head flew up to mine. "I see nothing." He looked shocked, as did Demetri and Felix. "In all my years, I have never seen anything like this in a human."
He turned to Edward. "You can't read her thoughts either can you?"
Edward looked at me and sighed. He shook his head. "No I can't." He got up and walked over to us and placed his hand in Aro's. Aro's eyes immediately brightened.
"Amazing. You can't hear her thoughts." I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked at Rosalie slowly pulling me away from Aro so I was by her side.
I looked up at her grateful. This didn't go unnoticed by Aro, Demetri, and Felix but they didn't say anything. Demetri and Felix kept staring me down. Like I was a meal. Well you are human and they do drink from humans.
"You all have nothing to worry about. We will not harm Sophie. However, you do know the law." I looked at Aro.
"Please don't hurt them. Yes I know about vampires, but I wouldn't tell anyone. I just beg of you not to hurt them." Aro just smiled when I said that.
"Do not worry. No harm will come to the Cullen's. However, you can't stay human forever. I see great promise in you my dear. Since you are so young, we can't turn you into a vampire yet. But when you are older, I do expect that to change. You would make an intriguing immortal." Rose's arm around me tightened. I knew she was against me becoming a vampire, so I knew she was unhappy with this statement.
Carlisle nodded. "Yes, of course." I looked at Demetri and Felix. This whole time they have been quiet, but they were taking in the situation. Demetri smirked at me when he saw me looking at him.
"Shame you aren't older." Edward and Rose both growled at his words. Aro put his hand up as if to calm everyone.
"Now now. Everyone needs to calm down. Now is not the time for arguments. Well, this has been a short visit but we must be going now. I never like being gone for too long." I just nodded. Yes, get your butt back to Volterra and stay there. Leave me and my family alone.
"Sophie, I look forward to seeing you again in the future. Hopefully as an immortal."
I looked at him and nodded. "Yes, until next time." After that, all three of them were gone. I finally sat back down on the couch. "Oh god."
Rose had stayed by me the whole time. "It's ok. Everything will be alright." I sharply looked up at her.
"How Rose? How is it going to be ok? He just practically threatened us."
She sighed. "I know. We will deal with it later. It's been a long and stressful day. Why don't you go up to bed?" Usually I would argue with her saying its too early but I didn't this time. I was tired and just wanted to put this whole day behind me. The only thing I could think of was hoping everything would be ok in the future. Though, I was extremely worried. Everything would get more complicated when Bella enters into our lives.
Thank you everyone so much for reading this, reviewing, favoriting, and following this story! It made me so happy to see all of the positive reviews that I have been getting. Ya'll inspire me to write more when I get so much feedback. When I saw that I got more followers I couldn't help but do a happy dance. haha. This means so much to me so I thought I would release this sooner. Two chapters in the same week! Thank you all so much again! Oh and next chapter there will be another time skip but it will be them moving to Forks. Wanting to get into Twilight soon. So might get into it in two or three chapters. Until then! I don't own Twilight btw.