Chapter 33: Trapped
Nessie's POV
"I want to go home," Lucy cried as she clung to my shirt.
"I know," I said. "I feel the saame way,"
"I want mg momma and daddy," she snivelled.
My heart broke into a million little pieces listening to her words. How a vampire could be so cruel is completely beyond my understanding. Even if by some miracle we made it out of here alive she'd be an orphan for the rest of her life. Only three years old and already having no parents.
I made a promise to myself right then and there. If we, by some miracle, made it out of here alive I would help her find a family. I'd help her find the best adpptive parents that I could. They would never replace her biological parents but at least she would have a family that would love her and take care of her as if she were their own child.
I wondered what was going on in the outside world. I was sure that the mess I had created spread across the entire planet by now. I just hoped that the rest of my family was okay. I closed my eyes and tried to hold in the teats as I thought about my grandparents. My heart refused to process the idea that they were dead. It was a hard thing to accept and I was struggling.
All I wanted was to get out of here but I was trapped. Trapped for God only knows how long. Until the Volturi decided to grant me the mercy of killing me I guess. There was a knock on my door that made my heart stop beating. The way that it always did until I realized that it was just Alec.
Then I smiled. Alec was my only saving grace in this place. Unlike everyone else here he really did seem to care about my wellbeing. I could see that he had a good heart buried deep down inside of him. It was his absurd loyalty to the Volturi that kept it buried. A huge part of me wanted to resurrect that side of him somehow.
"What do you want now?" I snapped. I may have cared about him but I was still mad that he made me test my strength with Lucy's blood earlier. Sure it was the Volturi that nade made him do it but still.
"Do you want to take a walk with me?"
"Wait. What?" whatever I had been expecting it certainly hadn't been that
"You're not allowed to leave but I could take you around the castle. If you'd like? You can even bring her along if you'd like?"
"I-sure! Yeah that sounds great,"
"There is a lot of beauty here,"
"Hard to see beauty in a place that you're trapped in," But there is beauty and that is you. Of course I did not say that last part out loud.
"Come on kid," he took me by the hand and led me out the door.
"Do the Volturi know about this?" I asked once we were outside.
He smiled. "It's impossible to keep a secret around here. It's perfectly fine as long as you don't leave the castle grounds. Although I wish I could take you on a tour of the city. I think you would find Volterra to be a beautiful place if you weren't trapped here,"
"At least you admit that I am trapped here against my will,"
"I never denied it Nessie. I'm not stupid. I know that if you had a choice you'd be with your family instead of here. If you had a choice you would leave and I would never see you again,"
"If I had a choice I would leave and take you with me," I corrected. I looked around as we walked. "If I had a choice we would escape this place together. You and me. But that can never happen though. Can it?"
"No," he said. "One can't simply leave the Volturi,"
"Sounds just like a cult or a gang,"
"The Volturi are much more sophisticated than a common human gang,"
"You're right it's way worse. The Volturi happily slaughter innocent people. At least gangs usually only stick to killing each other,"
He looked uneasy at my words. That's how I knew that what I said had gotten to him. "If I could I would leave here with you. Right now. But I can't. Besides I'm not good enough for you anyway. You deserve someone who is good. A pure soul. I am neither of those things,"
"Just because you have done bad things doesn't mean that you are beyond redemption. If you truly regret something and want to change you can,"
"It's not that simple. You would not understand,"
"Why not? There's good and bad in vampires. Your species doesn't make you a monster. It's your actions that determine what kind of person you are. Human or vampire. I think humans and vampires are a lot more alike then what most would like to think,"
"How would you know? You're neither human or vampire,"
"Don't you think I know that?! I've spent plenty of time with humans and vampires to know that we are not all that different. Yes we are all different species but deep down we are not that different,"
"I have never heard anyone talk about humans and vampires being equal to one another,"
"Well better late than never,"
"You are one interesting creature Nessie,"
"I know. I'm still trying to figure it all o-"
I screamed as suddenly I was attacked from behind. A red-eyed vampire that I had never seen before pinned me against the wall. Alec tried to fight him but the strange vampire blocked him.
In the ensuing confusion I instinctively bit the man. He screamed in pain. His hand released me and I fell to the floor. "What did you do to me?! It's so cold!"
"Alec who is this?"
"I don't know I have never seen this vampire before. I did not hear him coming. I didn't smell him either since he came from behind,"
The vampire screamed in agony again. "What did you do to me?! There is ice in my veins!"
What?
"What did I do to him?"
"I don't know," Alec answered honestly.
"Wait a minute when humans turn into vampires the transformation is being described as burning alive, right?"
"The worst kind of fire imaginable,"
"What about vampire to human transformations?"
"That's impossible," Alec answered. "Vampire transformations are permanent. Unless..."
"Unless what?!"
"Unless you're gifted. Maybe that's your gift. Maybe you can transom humans and vampires into one another. Nessie I think you just started the very first vampire to human transformation in history,"
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