Part 2 - Chapter 7: Handshakes

There was no escape. I'd only been here maybe an hour or two and I was already exhausted from everything. I gazed down at my robes and began to figure out a plan. I could go back to the Cullens, but where would they look for me? At the Cullens. And then they'd take every single one of them back. And I didn't really want to go back. This was kind of exciting. Exhausting, but exhilarating all the same. I swirled around in the dark robes before jumping towards the door.

"What are you doing out here?" Felix demanded. I scrunched my eyebrows and motioned towards my robes. "I have Volturi robes. Am I not allowed to be here?" He growled, "Not necessarily. But it is advised that you stay in your room until your next mission or command." I rolled my eyes. "Try and stop me." I turned my back as bait and he pounced as suspected. I went straight to the floor before flipping away and he grunted. "Bitch." I grinned. "Not so fast, are you?" He seemed infuriated, but turned his back and walked away.

Try not to cause anymore trouble... I jerked back to reality. That wasn't my own thought. That was...a memory! I gasp and I jump into the nearest room. I take deep (unnecessary) breaths before I am finally able to get a hold of myself. Then I lost it again when I realize that I'm in the library. And I'm not alone. "So I see you actually enjoy antagonizing everyone you encounter." I glare at Diomedes beneath my translucent eyebrows. "Yeah, thanks for the input, but what are you doing in here?"

He pursed his lips. "Studying." I rolled my eyes again. I was beginning to feel this was almost an unnatural amount of eye rolls. "I'm studying as to why you have no memory. I had theorized that it had been all in your head...I mean shield." I snarled at him. "Then I realized that couldn't possibly be the case because you don't have a shield." I narrowed my eyes and crossed my arms in the sassiest manner possible. "What could that possibly mean?" A devious grin came upon his face. "I have a proposal for you." I grit my teeth. "Care to elaborate?" I asked. He nodded and closed the book he was looking at before pacing in front of me.

"I want to know more about you, your memories, and your powers. There must be something you want from me." I ran things through my head. I knew almost nothing that he would be searching for under the Volturi's watch, so maybe this was a genuine way to get to know me. Impossible. Either way, he was getting nothing and I was getting what I wanted. "I want to ask you my own type of questions." He grinned a little. "A question for a question?" he inquired. I nodded. He held out his hand. "A deal's a deal," I let a grin escape as I shook his hand.