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Chapter two: Beautiful Disaster
Arianna POV
To say that the car ride was just awkward would be the understatement of the century. I was just sitting there, and I realized how bored I was. Yeah, getting kidnapped by super human monsters, you'd think that it would be interesting. Nope, apparently not. So to break the silence I started humming, I mean really, what else am I going to do? If it pissed off everyone one else in the car, then that's a bonus.
Jane spun around to shoot me a glare. I jerked back and rammed into Felix, told you the car ride was awkward. Jane was still glaring at me, I kept on humming, I was obviously pissing her off, but not enough to make her torture me. Yet.
Alec turned around and sighed. Actually, you could kind of tell he was trying not to laugh. "Jane, Arianna, back off." Jane turned around and looked at the window; she looked just as bored as I felt. I stopped humming. Hmm... now what can I do.
I tried to reach the radio button with my foot, but my leg wasn't long enough. I, of course, was too stubborn to stop trying. Alec watched me for a few seconds then he shook his head and started chuckling. He reached forward and pressed the button for me. Such a nice boy.
"Is that good?" He asked as the music started playing.
"Yes, thank you." See, I can be polite as long as they're being nice too.
The car ride lasted for two hours, two very long hours; before we pulled into the Toronto airport. They drove past the front doors. I would have loved to go uhm... collective evil people, front doors are over there, did you fry your brains or something but I decided against it, if they want to make mistakes then they can go right ahead. It'll give me more time to escape.
They pulled around the building into an underground parking garage. I got out of the car calmly, when Jane told me to. Let's just pretend that I 'm listening to them. I had it all planned out, get to the airport, start screaming, get rescued, go home. There we go. I looked at my watch, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. I'd been with these creeps for three hours, that is the maximum amount of time I'm going to spend with them.
Jane grinned at me. "Alec!" she seemed really happy about something. I really doubted that that is a good sign. Alec looked at me apologetically. Then this strange mist started rolling off of him. It was so faint I could barely see it, it was more like the heat waves you see over a road on a hot summer day.
Then I couldn't see anything at all.
Literally, it was like all my senses vanished. I was floating in a pool of darkness, I couldn't see, couldn't hear. I found this even worse than Jane's gift, with that at least I was still in my body, still in control. With this I was trapped, helpless. If I could control my breathing I'd be hyperventilating right now.
The feeling lasted for what felt like centuries. Eventually though, it lifted and I found myself in control again. I came awake slowly, I was totally disorientated. I was laying on the floor of the airplane, the only other people in here were Demetri and Alec. Wow, evil people are rich enough to own a private jet. That sucks.
I tried to stand up, only to almost fall down again, Alec just appeared at my side in a flash. He grabbed my arm before I could fall on my face. "Sorry about that," well... at least he's polite about using his superpowers on me. Unlike some little demon children that I can name. He guided me over to one of those white cushy armchairs. "Just sit down and close your eyes, it'll pass after a while."
I didn't want to close my eyes, but I really didn't feel well. It doesn't help that I'm not really a very good flier either, I get nauseous pretty quickly. So I did what Alec told me too. And before I knew it I was asleep...
I was running through the forest, going so fast the trees were flying around me, I felt a deep burning at the back of my throat, I must be really thirsty. The trees around me were huge, big enough that it would take five of me to wrap my arms around it was raining slightly and everything was covered in a thick layer of green moss.
I could sense everything around me, the feel of the rain, and the smell of the woods. And I could see everything, every minute detail. I heard someone running behind me, but I wasn't alarmed, whoever it was is supposed to be there.
I ran by a puddle and stopped dead. I was inhumanly beautiful, my eyes were a shining gold. Alec appeared behind me His eyes were gold to. "What is it, love?"
"I had a dream about this once, when I was human and we were on the airplane going to Volterra."
He grimaced, "I still feel bad about that."
"You know it's not your fault, Aro made you do it." He nodded, sighing. "I wonder how I could have had a dream about the future though, that's Alice's gift, not mine."
"I don't know love, I just don't know."
I woke up quickly. Alec had been right; I did feel a lot better. All except for one thing... the dream. It had seemed so real, almost as if I really was dreaming about the future. Now, you might be going 'what could be scary about that' and the answer is quite simple. I wasn't human anymore. No one wants to be a monster.
Well, one way to find out... stay alive long enough to see if it happens. I looked around, the plane had stopped moving and we were on the ground. Alec was the only one in the plane. "Sleeping beauty awakes." He joked.
It was exactly what Sam would have said. Suddenly I lost control and started to cry, it had been a long day, and I just woke up. Alec was over at my side in a flash. He looked totally shocked and a little bit scared. Alec, meet hormones, hormones, meet Alec.
"Umm... I was joking, I wasn't trying to be mean. I'm sorry?!" Poor boy had no idea what was happening.
"I'm fine," I sobbed, "It's just been a long day and that's exactly what my friend would have said, and I just want to go home."
He stood there for a few seconds, looking really awkward. If I wasn't so upset I would have started laughing. He walked over a bit more and sat down in the chair beside me giving me a hug. I'd have said it was awkward, except it just felt right for some reason.
"Everything will be fine, Ari don't worry." For some reason he didn't sound like he believed that himself. We stayed like that for a few minutes.
Then curiosity got the better of me. "Alec, we wouldn't happen to be going to a place called Volterra would we?"
He looked surprised. "Yeah, we are. Though, I`m not sure how you managed to figure that one out..."
"I had a dream about it." I shivered for a couple of seconds and he drew back.
"Are you cold?"
"No, I'm scared; I don't know what's happening to me." H hugged me again.
"You're gifted," he explained. Or at least he tried to explain, I didn't really get it.
"What?"I was frowning; I don't like it when I don't know something about myself.
"I'm not quite sure; we'll have to wait to see what it is." I don't think he got it, but I've confused him enough already, let's not bother him anymore.
I have no idea how long we sat in the chair, but I do remember feeling very pissed when Jane interrupted the peaceful moment.
"Aww, isn't this just adorable. Get in the car Arianna." I opened my mouth to reply with a 'fuck off bitch', before closing it again. It seems I've done this before and things didn't go so well last time. I stood up and walked out to the car. At least she didn't make Alec take away my senses this time. I saw Felix opening the front door of the car. I shot in front of him and jumped into the passenger's seat.
"I call shot gun," I grinned at him. See, I can be cute and child-like, you should take me home, I'm not anything to worry about.
He laughed. "No, I don't think so." He picked me up and tossed me into the back of the car, sitting down beside me. The parking lot for the airport was totally deserted and surrounded by trees. So the airplane wasn't enough for them? They had to have an airport too?
We were driving for about twenty minutes before I saw a city coming into view. It was more like a fort than a city, surrounded by huge stone walls it was looking very, very foreboding. Three guesses where Volterra is anybody?
They drove past the security guards right into the city, the streets were winding and paved in cobblestones. Buildings formed walls on either side of the car; it was like being inside a canyon. I was terrified; my heart was pounding in my chest and I'm sure my eyes were the size of saucers.
We drove until we reached a castle, something about that castle made me want to turn and run. We drove around the side and into a garage. It was filled with fast-looking, expensive cars. How much money could one group of people possibly have?
Demetri stopped the car and we all got out. I was about to make a break for the still open door, but Felix saw where I was looking and walked over, grabbing my shoulder and pushing me towards the other door. The one that led farther into the castle. I started struggling again. I know, I know, Felix could probably crush my collarbone with his pinkie, but sometimes you just get so scared you stop thinking. This was one of those times.
Felix just kept walking; he didn't slow down at all. It's like I'm the size of a two year old as opposed to a thirteen year old. Eventually I came to my senses and stopped fighting him. I walked numbly through the castle; it was actually quite majestic looking. Unfortunately I'll always look at Volterra like hell on earth, so the beauty was totally wasted on me.
We walked up to a huge pair of oak doors, they were ornately carved and at least twice my height. Despite their size, Jane threw them open like they were feathers.
The room we walked into next had three huge thrones in it, all of them were occupied. There were at least twenty other people in the room, but it was the three that sat on the thrones that drew my attention. The throne on the left had a bored looking man sitting in it, he had those same ruby eyes, but they had no emotion in them at all. Totally dead. The man to the left had long white hair, his face was cruel, I knew that all the people in this room would be able to kill me (except maybe Alec...) but this was one of the few that would enjoy doing it.
The final person, the one sitting on the center throne, was the one who would haunt my nightmares. His face held no trace of boredom, like the first one, nor such an obvious cruelty as the second person. But there was something about his very polite looking face that told me that if there was something that I needed to fear, it was definitely this man. I once said that eyes are the key to the soul, I was looking at Jane at the time, so I'm sure you'll understand how bad the situation is if I say that this man's soul, is much, much worse.
So naturally, it's going to be the one that I'm terrified of that walks down the stairs to have a chat. "Jane, I've said it before, you are absolutely wonderful. You're always a comfort to me." Jane beamed at him, her entire face lighting up. Yeah, you know there's something very wrong about someone if they look at Jane like that.
He looked at me next and I was able to get a more detailed description about how he looked. His eyes weren't the same blood red as all the others, they had a white film over top of them that made them look milky. His skin wasn't marble like everyone else's, it was more like shale.
He smiled at me. It was a really creepy smile, some people really just shouldn't smile at all unless they want to have people within a kilometre around them. And his teeth, they made me want turn and run for some reason. What is up with this dude? "Welcome to our castle."
I had the sudden urge to make a smart ass comment in return to that. Probably in a fake Romanian accent too, this whole place just screamed Dracula. But Alec shot me a look that said 'don't say what you're planning to, he will kill you slowly and painfully' so my mouth closed without the comment said.
Jane was holding her hand out to him, palm up. He took it, and seemed to zone out for a few seconds. What the...? He came to and nodded his head, "good work Jane, very, very good, you did everything perfectly."
I think that there are two schools of thought on that one.
He gestured for me and Jane to follow him. I shot a frantic look at Alec, who just looked back at me totally helpless. Go he mouthed you'll just end up going anyway, deny him and you'll just end up going with a few broken bones. Well, I guess that makes up my decision for me.
I followed Thing one and Thing two out the door. We walked down another passage of rough stone lit by torches. He opened up a door and I walked inside, followed by Jane. The room was quite nice unfortunately, I like having straight cut views of people, Jane and who-ever-the-hell-he-is are psychopaths, I don't like it when evil people give me a nice room. It doesn't really make that much of a difference, but...
The man took a step in my direction, I took a step back. Right into Jane, who had just closed the door. She grabbed by arms, pinning them against my back. "I don't think she likes you very much Aro." He voice sounded light, innocent, and childish. You could tell she practically worshipped the ground Aro walked on.
Aro smiled at her. "It doesn't really matter all that much Jane. I can hold her here by force if I need to, her not liking me doesn't really matter all that much to me."
Aro ran a hand down my cheek. "So much talent in one tiny human. It will be intriguing to see how you turn out as one of our kind."
He took another step towards me. He was so close I could feel him breathing on the top of my head. Jane shifted so she was pinning my arms with one hand, her other hand yanked my head back as far as it could go. Aro leaned forward and sank his teeth into my neck.
It was as if there were waves of fire crashing over my head and down onto me with such force it threw the breath out of my chest, I couldn't breathe, I was choking on the flames. Yet I still had enough air to beg, to scream for someone just to take pity in me, to kill me, anything was better than this ocean of pain, anything.
Another wave of fire crashed over top of my head, pulling me under and making the pain even worse. If I wasn't on fire I'd be sobbing hysterically. How on earth was it possible for anything to make the pain even worse?
But even I couldn't make jokes, the pain was so bad. I'd take anything instead if this, a million broken bones, a billion hours of Jane's torture, someone make it stop. I'm going to go insane.
MAKE IT STOP!!! But the waves just kept crashing farther and farther over my head pushing me down deeper and deeper. I was going to die in this ocean of flame. For what felt like a millennia I was battered by the waves of fire, screaming for someone to kill me.
Eventually it felt like I was pushed to the shore, like I was laying on dry land, but instead of going away the ocean of fire had gone inside of me, the pain was receding into my chest where the last thing of me that was still alive was, it was trying to smother my heart, to turn it to ash.
I felt another burn in my throat, it was different then the raging ocean of flame in my chest, more dull, like I was just very, very thirsty, as opposed to drowning in an ocean of flame.
My heartbeat was fluttering like a humming bird, you could tell that it was about to give way to the roaring ocean of fire. Then, with a huge jolt that shook my body, my heart stopped.
The ocean of fire had disappeared, only to leave a sea of ice in its place.
A/N: there's chapter number two, guys. Maybe if you all review I'll get chapter three up quicker [;