I sat on the plane trying to calm my racing heart, both from the incline of the plane and the pit of my gut screaming danger. We were somehow in first class. Those tickets my dad got from his coworker were high class and it made me extremely uncomfortable. Why would his coworker give him such luxurious tickets? Isn't it at least a thousand dollars per person to just fly the lowest ranking when going to Italy?

My gut was screaming at me. Maybe I should have texted Edward before I boarded- wait, why Edward? Oh, right, he put his number on my phone at some point.

We had 20 minutes until the plane was supposed to land. Max was dozing in the seat next to me, my mom was reading a book and my dad was working on his laptop, occasionally taking a sip of red wine from a glass. Anxiety does not help when you are stuck in a metal box for over 13 hours.

The anxiety running through me had my heart beating so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. Taking a deep breath I turned my gaze out the window as I tried to slow my heart down. I don't know what was going to happen. All I know is that we, for some reason, have an all expenses paid vacation in Volterra Italy and we only found out yesterday morning. So my parents changed up their plans and we were going to spend a week in Volterra.

Volterra… and this is the world of Twilight… I wish I was back in Forks.

Taking a mint from the bag I stuffed into my pocket of my favorite purple hoodie before we boarded, I quickly unwrapped it and popped it into my mouth. The taste and the distraction of sucking on a mint helped calm my anxiety a bit. I am not happy with this. Not at all, but my family is excited. So long as we don't take that tour I guess we'll be okay… I shivered just thinking about it makes me want to vomit with nerves. I popped another mint, thank god they were on sale last week.

I turned to look at Max who let out a sudden loud snore, I couldn't stop the snort from escaping as I fought a laugh. The announcement over the speakers, it was a man's voice saying that we would be landing in 10 minutes and that we should be ready to put our seat belts on.

5 minutes before the plane was supposed to land, I woke up Max and let him know he had to buckle up.

About an hour later after going through customs and claiming our baggage we were sitting in our hotel room. It was night time, which meant we could get some sleep before our "Adventure" was going to start tomorrow morning. My brother and I shared a room with 2 single beds while my parents got the second bedroom with the double bed. Sharing a room with my brother just meant I had to change clothes in the bathroom so it didn't bother me much, I was going to change in here anyway. I shook my head as I plopped down onto my chosen bed after pulling my fuzzy purple blanket out of my backpack. "Time to sleep." I muttered.

"Good night Sissy." I heard my little brother mumbled, it caused me to freeze. He hadn't called me that since he was 6 years old. Looking over at him and he looked uncomfortable as he fell back asleep. I don't know what to do for him. I laid my head down on my pillow as I continued to watch him, I know he is going to have nightmares. Sighing, I closed my eyes, ready to fall asleep.

Around 1 am, I woke with a start, I sat up, panting heavily as my eyes darted around the room. I don't know what, but something woke me up. I was having a nice dream too. I don't remember it much, but I know there was a unicorn.

I stared around the room, it was so dark I couldn't even see, so I don't know why exactly I was looking around. Maybe it was the feeling of eyes on me. I couldn't shake the feeling of eyes on me.

Shaking my head, I gulped down a mouthful of air and closed my eyes as I took a deep breath. "Just my imagination then… I regret binge watching all those slashers on the plane..." I mumbled to myself as I laid back down. I drew my blanket up to my chin and grumbled a bit. I was seriously annoyed at being woken up so early in the morning.

I shivered from a sudden breeze coming from the open window next to my bed. "Spoiler alert, I am in a slasher film. Remember to double tap to ensure kill..." I muttered, getting out of bed to shut the window.

Crawling back into bed, I fell back asleep the second my head hit the pillow.

Despite the cool air from the night before, it was hot during the day. I wore a tank top and a pair of shorts. My favorite purple zip up hoodie tied around my waist as I trailed behind my parents who were taking pictures and mumbling excitedly to each other like

I couldn't fight the feeling of embarrassment from rising in my chest. They were so lovey dovey and cutesy, but at the same time they were so… American in how they took pictures. At least they were being respectful towards others around them and the things they were taking pictures of.

I looked between my parents to the far distance in front of them, at the growing crowd of people in front of the massive and ancient clock tower. I could feel the blood draining from my face as my mom turned to my dad with an excited grin.

"Let's take the tour!" She said excitedly as my father nodded.

I opened my mouth to argue but no sound came out as I gripped my sweater tied tightly around my waist.

Max looked up at me curiously, but he didn't ask anything, he just took a hold of my arm and continued walking next to me. I made sure to always keep him within my sights. I don't want him disappearing on me again.

We joined the rest of the crowd outside of the massive clock tower. I could feel the anxiety building once again and while I tried my best to hide it, I knew Max could tell just by the way he tightened his grip on my arm.

"It's gonna be okay Sis." He said softly, looking up at me with a reassuring smile which I nodded in response to. I knew he had no idea what was going to happen, so it was hard for me to take his words to heart and relax. I wasn't going to relax until I was home in bed away from all of this mess.

I chewed my bottom lip as we followed the crowd into the surprisingly warm building. We walked past a woman behind a desk, who nodded slightly to the tour guide. I couldn't help the shudder from running up and then down my spine. The tour guide was named Heidi if I remember correctly. It took so much thinking the night before and the flight over. I know she has this weird ability that attracts others to her, and that was why she was used as the tour guide.

She walked ahead of the group by a few feet, blabbing on about the history of the massive painting of an old crumbling castle, about how it was painted in 1878 by a forgotten artist who never signed his own work with a name, just a symbol. It looked like a leaf in the bottom right corner of the painting.

I couldn't stop the awe of wonder as I looked up at the painting. It had to be at least 6 feet tall and 5 feet long. Making it a pretty big painting. After being captured for a few minutes I realised that I had lagged behind quite a bit. The group was already turning a corner several feet ahead of me. Max stuck close to me, which caused me to sigh with a bit of relief. "Let's catch up."

He nodded with a smile and turned with me so we could catch up with our parents.

Turning the corner quickly I accidentally bumped into something hard and cold. Letting out a squeak, I soon realized that it was not in fact Aro but instead a well-placed statue of a naked olympic participant. I let out a nervous laugh, it was different from my normal one, nasally and high-pitched; it took only a few seconds for me to realize just who's laugh I let slip past my lips. Turning to make sure no one but Max heard, I quickly dragged him towards the group, feeling goosebumps on my arms and the back of my neck.

"What's up with your laugh?" Max asked with a scrunched up nose, giving my hand a squeeze.

"Oh nothing! Just didn't expect to see a naked marble man there."

"It's just a statue…" He raised a brow at me, he has always been able to do that and it irritates me, it took months of practice just to be able to raise one. I shook my head.

"Yeah, a naked man statue with an actual carved penis. I was not expecting it." I stuck my tongue out at him which just caused him to roll his eyes.

"Whatever sis." He muttered.

I looked forward and realized we caught up with the group. They were heading down a flight of stairs which caused me to feel all the blood drain from my face. We're going downstairs… Which meant we were going to meet the kings… Which meant we were going to die. Oh god. We're going to die! I never even got to live my life! I'm just a highschool student! Granted I'm 18, but still! Max is only 12! He has his whole life ahead of him. The warmth of his hands assured me of this!

While shaking in my boots, I followed the rest of the group while making sure that Max was as behind me as possible without it being too suspicious. He still gave me funny looks, which I ignored.

I kept ahold of his hand tightly as we descended further down the stairs, my palms started to sweat profusely from the grip and the pre-existing heat. Max took his hand away to wipe it against his shirt and made me wipe my own hand before he even thought about taking my hand again. My eyes scanning for our parents which they seemed to have been swallowed up the group. If I wasn't fearing for our lives I would be admiring the ancient architecture of the building itself.

I do love my ancient architecture. If I remember correctly this building is well over 300 years old. Chewing my bottom lip even more as I noticed we were coming up to the massive doors that led to the throne room. I am not ready to die.

The tour ended without bloodshed. Which was surprising on its own. But that didn't stop my heart from jumping into my throat as I noticed 50 missed calls, 20 were from Edward, 6 were from Bella and the rest were all unknown numbers. I also had 7 texts from Bella and, I swear I'm not kidding, 80 from edward, 10 more messages from an unknown which turned out to be Alice.

All asking where I was and if I was still alive. It would have been funny if I wasn't literally one wrong move from dying. Though Bella's first text made me let out a nervous chuckle, hold the mimicking.

Hey, Jessica? I just got a call from Edward asking if I got a hold of you. Are you two okay? He sounds like you on test day except without the three cups of coffee. I think he has a phobia of Italy. Give your boyfriend a call when you can.

Okay, first of all, he's not my boyfriend.

Frowning, I couldn't stop cringing as I scrolled to Edward's name in my contacts. I seriously debated calling him. I stared at the screen for several minutes only to squeak when it started buzzing and Edward's name flashed on my screen.

I debated for a second before hitting the answer button.

"Hello?" I said, though it was more of a question.

"Good, you're alive." His voice came out in the form of a relieved sigh.

"You already knew that." I stated calmly, feeling my lip twitch slightly.

"Yes, but it's good to hear your voice as confirmation." He said cooly. "How are you feeling right now?"

"Wish my parents didn't convince my brother and I to take that stupid tour… building was pretty though." I grumbled. "We'll be home at the end of the week."

"Which you know that I know as well." Edward's voice had a tinge of amusement in it, which meant he was smirking.

"Yeah yeah, way to rub it in," I sassed back but paused and chewed my bottom lip. "Thanks for… being concerned and calling me just now… I really needed this talk."

"Anytime. I'll text Bella to let her know you're fine- Nevermind, Alice did it for me it seems." Edward's voice sounded distant, like he had removed the phone from his face to look at something. "Get some rest."

"Yeah… bye…" I hung up and put my phone in my zipped up purse. Our parents took Max and I to a restaurant where we enjoyed some nice seafood while our parents had a wine tasting in another room. Mom came back with a bottle with the intent of saving it for next Christmas and we returned to our hotel room.

I laid down on my bed. Frowning deeply as I got lost in thought and replayed the events of today. All these things happening to me in such a short amount of time. It's confusing and I hate it. My voice thing to be specific… and this vacation. It's giving me a headache just thinking about it and now I wished I had spent spring vacation hanging out with Angela or Bella or… well, anyone and anywhere but here.

I remembered to lock the window before bed and laid out some crinkle paper from a cookie package Max had eaten from on the windowsill.

THIRD PERSON

The doors to the throne room swung open and in stepped a small man with dirty blonde hair.

"Master… There is something you need to know." He said nervously, his eyes locked to the ground in submission.

The man sitting in the center throne gave a slow smile. "And what would that be, Scott?" The man leaned forward and laced his fingers in front of his mouth as he tried not to giggle.

"A human girl, the sister of that boy. She laughed… Just like you. It sounded…. Odd." He was obviously anxious, after all, he just called his master's laugh odd. If he could, he would have paled when he realized that the man was expecting clarification immediately. "She ran into a statue and then laughed. She looked panicked afterwards, like that wasn't intentional and looked around but didn't notice me… thanks to my abilities. I heard her laugh earlier in the day, at her parents… she didn't have the same sound that time."

The blond vampire to the man's left let out a scoff, "Aro, laugh for us."

Aro looked at Caius with amusement, then let out a laugh. In the moment, he decided to sound nervous in order to see how Scott would react. He was pleased with the results.

"Th-That is exactly how she sounded!" Scott exclaimed, slamming a hand over his mouth as he didn't realize he was shouting until it was too late.

"Have no fear, you told us something of interest. Come…" Aro extended a hand. "Let me see…"

Scott slowly walked over and, while trying to hide his hesitance, placed his hand on top of his master's.

Aro stilled for a minute and then smiled. "Fascinating. Perfect mimicry, and yet she has never once met me." He released the vampire. "Send Demetri over, I believe some information is needed."

Hey guys! There is a poll on my profile! IF you want another story from me after this one is complete go and vote! Chapter nine will be posted soon! Just hang on a bit longer. Let me know how this chapter is! There was a problem with the transfer in dialogue so if you see some is missing let me know!