Ursula dragged herself out of bed and went to the bathroom to fill up a bath for herself. Today was a new day. She was feeling a lot better and it was time to try again. She was quite sure that the attention Caius had given her . She refused to believe she was falling in love with him, having once fallen in love before and she knew she did not want to go down that road again but, then again...

She didn't know why she was even thinking about them at the same time.

She was capable of doing everything, and she was going to do just that.

But first, a well-deserved soak in the bath. Just like last night. Although this time she was going to extend her cleaning regimen. While she had quickly cleaned up last night, she was now going to take her time. She hadn't done anything for days and it made her feel icky. She also needed to do something with her hair, maybe a few strands of color would make her feel better. She hated it when she was in a funk. And she hated it even more that it took an assault.

Ursula shook herself out of her thoughts and gingerly opened the bathroom door, peaking out.

She got dressed in a knee-length black dress and was on her way to meet with the Kings. Alec and Felix were leading Ursula to the King's study to discuss what would happen with her now and why she was in Italy.

As they reached the door to the study Felix turned and smiled at Ursula, "If you need someone to hold your hand in there Ursula, I would be more than willing."

Before Ursula could reply, a deep growl came from Alec. "I do not think so, Felix. You will keep your hands to yourself." Alec said fiercely, causing Ursula to smile a little bit.

Before Alec could reach to open the door it swung open and a smiling Aro stood on the other side. "Well good morning Ursula!" Aro said cheerfully smiling wide. "How was your evening? I trust you were well taken care of." He said looking back and forth between Felix and Alec.

"Hey don't look at me!" Felix said throwing his hands up, "Alec said I couldn't go near Ursula and I did not think it was fair. So he threatened me and I stayed away."

"thanks, Alec for that" She whispered as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek as the doors opened

Ursula has pulled away from Lec and held by a solid body "You will stay away from her" a male voice snarl out so Ursula looked up to see a very angrier Caius so she did the first thing that came in her mind and held his face in her face which made him face her.

"it's alright Caius. I'm fine" Ursula whispered to him in a calm and shy voice which made Caius start purring when she realized that he wasn't put her down "um.. you can put me down now," she said to him in a shy voice

Before she realized that she was sitting on his lap on the throne chair.

"What will you do today?"

" I have meeting," said Caius

"Shut up Caius! Last night you were crying about we don't spend a lot of time together and now I am here and you fucking ignoring me" said Ursula.

"A. I wasn't crying. Urs-" started Caius.

"bahbahabahabah" interrupted Ursula putting her fingers in her ears and acting as if she couldn't hear Caius

"Oh! That's a lovely argument. I wonder how you became such a successful doctor" said Caius.

"Please, I'm awesome" answered Ursula.

As Caius and Ursula continued with their banter, Carlisle was watching them as if a tennis match was going on. He wondered what had gotten into Caius, how he had changed so much and he wondered about this mysterious, fierce, beautiful, angelic girl and how she was not afraid of Caius Volturi.

They stayed silent for a moment.

''Where is Athenadora?''Ursula asked, that bad feeling increasing.

''Dead'' Marcus informed, taking a few steps to the side of the throne.

Ursula looked at Caius while the others watched the couple stare at each other, holding each other. Jane had almost let out awe until...

SMACK!

"Damn!", Alec and Felix gasped, Aro wincing at the ear-piercing sound.

Caius was stunned, stunned when he realized he had been slapped. And slapped hard.

"Ursula, what the fu-"

SMACK!

"Wow.", Sulpcia huffed, shrugging her shoulders as she knew Ursula was going to do such a thing.

Caius slowly looked back at his friend, somewhat scared to see how pissed she looked.

"Ursula-"

''What the fuck Caius?. I ask you, dear, why did you murder Athenadora?

Caius simply answered, "She no longer served her purpose."

"That explanation is not acceptable, Caius! You are a King, one of the ancient immortals to walk this earth. Your actions affect us all, just as much as my actions do, just as much as Marcus' actions as well.''

"She was no longer worthy to be my wife, to be queen, to share my bed. Does that answer satisfy you, brother dear?" Caius practically growled. The cynicism in his tone didn't go unnoticed either.

Ursula was slightly taken aback by the response. However, that still did not truly justify why Caius had to resort to killing Athenadora to rid himself of her.

Not everyone in the room could believe what they saw. Especially Bella Cullen, the Volturi wanted to kill her because she knew about the existence of vampires but his woman walked into the castle as belongs to her.

"But how..." Esme started but Ursula stopped her a gesture.

"Peep! Your time is over. The Ursula/Caius are BFFs information center has just closed. For more information, please, call tomorrow. Working hours: 9 am-6 pm. Thank you for visiting us. Have a nice day." She said, faking a horribly polite voice. Caius started laughing.

''And..''

Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO interrupted what Ursula was trying to say.

"Hold that thought." She said as she reached her hand into her bra, retrieving her phone. They stared at her, scandalized. "What? No pockets."

Caius just shook his head, a hint of a fond smile on his face, as she smiled and answered just as it got to 'I got a passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it'.

"Hey House, what's up?"

"I need your help"

Ursula shook her head.

"My brain is already too busy being awesome."

" So is my up and listen to me . The file says that he has breathing problems but doesn't use an inhaler or anything. He has traces of acid in his blood and is known to have rashes around his mouth."

"Acid, like drug use aci d,"Ursula suggested

"It doesn't say. The tox screen was negative except for a small unidentifiable trace of acid. It was consumed too long ago to know what it is. It says that he came in after collapsing at a soccer game after vomiting."

"Why did you take this case?"She asked in a tone one would use speaking to a dog.

"Cuddy's blackmailing me. She knows about last night."

Ursula rolled her eyes.

"Fine... She's "concerned" about the kid."

Ursula looked at her phone with an eyebrow.

''House I swear to God if you hurt Chase, I will fucking kill you. I love him like a son''

" Like a son?!"Demetri said mockingly, with a hint of jealousy tinged in his voice – though, Ursula didn't suspect it, the others did.

After the call . Ursula walked back to the throne's room saying. ''Where is the false detector with feet?''

Demetri glared at the human because insulted his mate. But, not before a small childlike voice rang loud and clear.

"I am" The vampire was a petite little thing, with fiery red hair and tons of freckles adorning her face. When she first arrived here, she and Demetri hit it off." I am Maggie Topaz"

After about five minutes of silence, she got up and walked towards Demetri and Maggie

"Please look after him Maggie Topaz. I don't want my boy getting hurt again" she said to the brown curly-haired vampire, hugging her tightly. Maggie held her close and whispered in her ear "I would never hurt him, I promise"

Ursula removed herself from Maggie's arms and moved to sit on Caius' lap pecking him on the lips slightly sensing his worry. He hugged her close to his body afraid to let go.

Aro and Marcus shared twin looks of worry. They had appreciated the small free show, which was worse for them as they knew exactly what was under the suit. However what was worrying the observant pair was Caius - he was looking at Ursula as if he was a piece of meat. There was no way that Caius would give up and Aro also knew that there was no way that this would end well for all involved. It was going to end in heartbreak for someone and as she cared about two out of the three this was going to become very problematic.

''Who is she'' asked Maggie sitting in Demetri's lap. Most of the vampires were in the living room wanting to learn more information about the woman.

''Ursula Black is a rebellious diagnostician with a double specialty in infectious disease and nephrology. ''Jane began to explain. '' A sister to everyone expect Demetri and obviously to Caius''

''She is the only one which can prevent Caius from tearing everyone apart,'' said Felix. ''The woman is one scary lady when she's pissed.

Everyone looked at him oddly.

''And she really scary during her time off the month." Alec nodded his heads. I've seen Jane when he was a human and it wasn't a pretty sight.

The hour passed by listening to the scary vampires speak with so much love for a human, putting a question in their head: Are the Volturi really evil?

''Wait! A water balloon and a makeshift flamethrower?!" Rosaline shouted out to him cutting Felix off during his story.

He simply grinned and walked to Jane. The twins, Felix and Demetri chuckled at her disbelief, but they could still tell that every one of them was pretty surprised at human's actions.

Demetri turned to look at Rosalie in the backseat, "Okay, let me recap. Ursula, a human, went to the store, purchased water balloons, cooking oil, hair spray and a lighter."

"And stuff for s'mores," A grinning Jane added.

Demetri ignored her and continued, "She then proceeds to taunt a vampire, who broke her leg, and when it was distracted she threw two water balloons filled with oil at him, then using the hairspray and a lighter, made a flamethrower to burn the oil, frying the vampire with the venom in the vampires mouth."

"And then sat in a chair and ate her marshmallows over his burning body," Jane added. " She is so badass she ran right to Caius, jumping into his arms like in front of us."

Alec chuckled and Jane rolled her eyes. "Really sister, Ursula must learn decorum."

"Caius doesn't mind Jane."

"He indulges her too much," Felix told. "In the throne room or in the presence of an outside coven Ursula must learn to follow the old ways."

"Hah, he'd be concerned if Ursula starting being all formal with him."

Alec chuckled again, "We all would be concerned if Ursula changed so much overnight sister."

"The throne room?" Rose's eyes were huge as Volturi turned to her. "She does that in the throne room?"

"Only when they first arrive, it's not a daily occurrence. Ursula just misses him all year long."

" Yes and he is sure to be standing nearest the door when she arrives. Aro waits for his hug and Marcus his kiss on the cheek. Admittedly somewhat impatiently as Caius is hesitant to let her go."Demetri teased.

So she is affectionate with her family." Felix shrugged.

"She starts and ends with her favorites," James said smiling affectionately at them.

"Who does she hug last?" Emmett, ever curious, asked.

"Me." Alec turned to smile at his twin.

"Her place in the throne room is with us," Jane informed him.

"Besides you or Alec?" Carlisle asked, thinking on the rules of formal etiquette and position in the Vampire world. Besides Jane is closest to the throne, Alec is next to Demetri.

"Between us." They said in sync.

All the Cullen's gasped. No one stood between the twins.

"You hold a high position in the guard," Carlisle said turning to them.

"She's human, she's not in the guard." Edward glared at the twins; he really was a little stupid.,"Shouldn't you guys kill her? She is a human"

All the Volturi looked at him like he was crazy. How dare he suggest that they should kill their human. It seemed as if Demetri thought the same thing because his fists were clenched. Maggie touched him to calm him down.

Jane smirks sadistically as she whispers one word, "Pain."

Edward falls to his knees.

Please, stop." Esme begged to take a step to her son.

"Please, Jane," Carlisle asked calmly.

She steps forward, "I never liked you, Cullen. Goody two-shoes Edward that could do no wrong, you made me sick. When I met Ursula I couldn't stand her either, that is at first. She can really grow on you and she became my best friend, and yes, I do have friends. Regardless of what you may think, I'm not completely sadistic, just halfway there" she glares down at Edward as she continues to hold him under her gift.

She might look like a daffodil but she was as deadly as a viper.

Indeed, Ursula had gotten very popular very fast among the Volturi leaders and guards and they all considered her their queen. The kings knew that all of them would put their lives on the line for her without any hesitation.

''JANE''Ursula yelled walking into the room with Caius after her.

"WHAT!" she screeched back

"Calm," Ursula said and she took a deep breath in and out again and turned back to the TV.

Ursula looked over at Jane who wore a smug smile.

"Oh drop the smug Jane. I know that you are enjoying this but really?" Ursula said raising an eyebrow at her. She looked at at her physical age as her smugness dropped into a frown and the human could have sworn she heard her mutter something close to "killjoy" under her breath. She knew that most if not all the guard didn't mess with her because she could cause them pain so Ursula started to smile at this. Ursula had one up on her and she had to laugh at the thought of her crestfallen face when she figures out that Ursula could pick and jab at her without retaliation.

"What are you smiling and laughing about Cara?" Caius asked slightly amused and the others looked like they were both amused and curious.

"Oh, nothing. I was just picturing the crestfallen and pouting look that will be on Jane's face once she realizes that she can't use her power against me because she loves me too much to hurt me and I intend to thoroughly enjoy that privilege." Ursula said. Their amusement turned to outright laughter as they processed my words and Ursula dared a look over at Jane. The look she wore was exactly as Ursula had pictured and Ursula just couldn't stop laughing.

Some of the Armenian Royal Guard heaved a sigh and murmured, " ''Here we go again. "

" Now wait just a minute. Who're you calling soft? Jane said putting emphasis on the word ' soft '.

" Yes. " Ursula said in a teasing tone.

" Am not. " This time Jane almost screamed.

" Yes. "

" Am not. " Jane protested.

" No, you are. It's true you're a little soft. "

" Is not. "

" Is. "

" Is not. "

" Is. "

" Is not. "

" Is not. "

" Is. "

" Gotcha. You've admitted it. " Ursula said flashing a smile of victory.

It took Jane several seconds to realize what happened. When she did realize...

" You cheated. It's not fair. " Jane sounded furious but at the same time, it seemed her voice was shaking.

''I don't like you'' Jane says, sulking, from this Ursula crawls down and pulls Jane into a hug which he unbelievably comes into.

Caius stare at her dumbfounded, Jane is actually hugging her, she's never shown that kind of compassion to anyone.

If Caius hadn't have known any better Caius would say their related, mother and daughter, the way Jane's clinging to her and the calming smile she has on. The sight is...breathtaking, a vision for all parents.

Alec and Jane are both only ten years old but when they were human the only family they had was an aunt who was accused of being a witch and in turn, their village people linked Alec and Jane as witches too and tried to burn them at the stake. If I and Aro hadn't turned up they would have died. They've never had a mother since their birth mother died of childbirth.

Caius've noticed over the years that they come to him for support and help, looking up to him as a father they've never had since their birth father walked out of their mother's life when he learned she was pregnant.

We've accepted his role as their father to their eyes, and Caius don't mind, their great kids, though with adult minds, their kids at heart and Caius've always encouraged them to keep that way. Ursula was also very close to the renowned witch twins. Jane had been angry and afraid when he was immune to her but because of it, we were able to become friends, in a way Jane had not with others' it was the same with Alec. They let Ursula into their very private world. One where almost no other was invited, where Jane took her hair down, Alec teased and they both laughed. Ursula was closest to them of anyone except maybe Demetri and him.

Maybe now that Caius has Ursula here they both may look up to her as a mother.

Ursula tosses the whiteboard marker back in the tray and takes out her pills, shaking them in the bottle once or twice before taking one. The Volturi barely reacts.

Giana, the secretary of Volturi walked into the living room holding a blue file. Ursula grabbed the file, she raises her eyebrow and taps the file against her thigh.

"Headache, ataxia, double vision, vomiting.."

"Sounds like hydrocephalus," says a male voice and everyone froze in their positions. Rule number one: No one dares to say to Ursula how to do her work.

Ursula stops short " What!?"

The man smiles at him first and comes forward to greet him warmly. "I'm Carlisle Cullen," He says. "You must be Dr. Black. I have heard your name"

She shakes his hand saying "Most people 's have, also a color"

Ursula's left with no one to glare at.

Ursula Black was bored with life. There wasn't any challenge left in it. Somehow, now that her father was dead, it left a bigger void in her life than she ever could have possibly imagined. For a man that she hated so badly, she found herself rather...empty following the passing of her main antagonist. It took a while for the feeling to settle, but it had. For the first few months, she had felt as though a giant weight had been lifted off of her shoulders, but now she knew that that weight was what had kept her going. It was enough inertial mass to keep her moving forward against all forces of friction. And without that weight, she found herself left drifting on the wind like a balloon.

She knew she was one of, if not the best diagnosticians in the country, if not the world. It wasn't hubris, it was fact. There were few that compared to her. She was head of the department, with an entire collection of underlings ready to do her bidding. The only other job improvement he could make, the next step up the career hospital would be running one, and that was not a job option for her. She just didn't want to do it. So she had reached the top and had nowhere left to go. And it left her feeling slightly lost and disoriented-and she'd felt that way since she'd gotten the job. But she'd always managed to ignore it. Now it was a symptom of a bigger problem.

She had done everything she had in life because of her father. Not to make him proud. Not to make him happy-no that was the reason why good daughters did things, and she was not a good daughter. She was not a very good man at all. She was happy being a horrible human. It was the one thing that gave her life some sort of meaning-that was one sameness that would always exist in hee life. She would always be miserable, and she would always be mean. She had moments where she showed that there was some emotion that made her a human, but it was always a little poke, one man coming out of the trenches, while the rest held the defensive front.

She had done everything she had to spite her father. She did well in school because she wanted to prove to her father that no amount of abuse could possibly hold her back. Not that he ever went to classes-from her freshman year of high school on she was always the one that had been "too cool" to be the branch of the class-but she always managed good grades much to the frustration and anger of her teachers who felt that anyone who missed more classes than attended them should fail the class regardless of test scores. But there was no way to argue that she knew the material and that he knew it well.

She became a doctor because it was something that her father could never-and never-do. She did it to gain the respect that her father had never earned. Her father had been respected, but only because John Black had been in an institution that forced respect upon people rather than requiring them to earn it. She rose to the top because she wanted to outdo her father so that her father could not mock her for it, even though it always happened anyway. There was always some way that she had been not good enough and she strove to improve it.

She drank too much, she took too many pills, because her life didn't matter. It was just another life, just another person who would eventually die, and what did it matter when or how? It was self-destructive, but it was what made her thrive and it was what infuriated her most about Marcus. That the man couldn't see that without her self destruction Ursula would be nothing. Ursula needed to be constantly walking the edge of life and death, because, without the constant threat of falling off, she'd have ended things much, much sooner.

It was something that had always played in the back of her head. If it ended now, what would happen? The world would continue turning. The earth would continue to revolve around the sun and its own axis. The day would come, and the night would fall. Just like the world continued after every other person died. It would rain, and the leaves would change, and the snow would fall, and the world would continue going on without her. Patients could be handled by her team, they didn't need her.

Jackie would resolve that she would never become Ursula, and Lola would just be faced with another reminder of her own mortality and the choice she had made long before her mother had died-that she would end things before the disease ended her. Crystal would sigh, and Chad would feel guilty, but they'd all eventually move on with their lives, looking back occasionally at the woman who had taught them how to be better doctors.

Babies would be born, and old people would die, and nothing would be any different in a world without her in it. It was a thought that was both comforting and dismaying. That a life meant so little. What if he died, it would make no impact on the world around her. Millions of people died every day, and it made no difference to the rest of the human race. But at the same time, it assured her that his death would not mean the end of a species so hell-bent on destroying itself that it could continue to burn itself out over the next few hundred years.

The human race was the race to the end. All of life was a suicide life, destined to end in the death of some sort. It was a vain pursuit to attempt to live forever. There was no reason to live, as no matter what you did, you died anyway. It was the great paradox of being alive.

But she'd never actually followed through with it, as she wasn't a very brave woman. Then again, they always said that ending one's life was the most cowardly thing that one could do. So did she keep on living because she was a coward, or because she wasn't? She knew that when the time came that it wouldn't be a brave, glorious death. If she had to pick what was the most likely scenario, it would be her liver giving in from the steady stream of paracetamol and alcohol that made it's a way through her system every day. There was a reason why it said on the bottles of Tylenol that you shouldn't take it if you have more than two alcoholic drinks a day.

Ursula was alone. No friends only vampires around her which became a family. Especially the three brothers.

Aro was very peculiar at times and his personality reminded me a little of the mad hatter in Alice in Wonderland. He was amused and overjoyed by the simplest of things but there was also a flamboyant quality to him. He was almost a walking contradiction in terms.

Caius, on the other hand, seemed to be the exact opposite of Aro. He was extreme like Aro but completely on the opposing end of the personality spectrum. He gave off a cold and uncaring demeanor, merciless and cruel. He wore a semi-permanent scowl just as he did on previous occasions. Marcus seemed to be the brother that maintained the middle gro far as a a personality was concerned and seemed to be a pleasant mixture of the two.

The Volturi loved her but she was aware of the attention she was getting from the single male and female vampires in the castle, Ursula certainly wasn't looking for any form of attachment. She also totally unaware of the jealous looks of some of the females, worried she might draw Caius's eye especially now which Aro and Marcus were looking for a new queen.

Ursula walked into her room coming face to face with Alice CulTheThee woman was standing near to Ursula's medical files with a smile over her face.

Ursula rolled her eyes and sighed heavily.

"Can I help you? Can you not see I am busy?" said Ursula threw her medical file over the desk and she picks up a marker from the tray under the whiteboard and starts writing up symptoms.

" I was thinking if you want to go shopping with me?" said Alice while the doctor finishes scrawling up the symptoms, under the heading

"You shop?" Ursula held in a laugh as she looked up and down the outfit Alice was wearing.

Alice glared but held her comeback.

"I have work to do" sais the human spinning the whiteboard marker between her fingers like a magician's coin.

" But ..but my vision... " Alice argues.

" I don't give a shit about your vision and get the hell out of my room" The doctor road, her anger flaring