At this point, we were still living in Belfast, so we decided to check out America. We'd never been there before and I thought it would be fun.
Gemma actually wanted to go to Romania, to see if all the Dracula rumours were true. Idiot.
She would probably fit in better than I would, with her long black hair and her dark eyes always perfectly framed with eyeliner. Well, I suppose her eyes were only dark because she used her power to make them, but still. I, however, had light blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. I guess our tradition vampire pale skin would have made us stand out.
We were both slim and small, but could be fierce when we wanted to be.
Anyway, I managed to convince Gemma to go to America with me, instead of Romania.
We checked out the USA, stayed there a couple of decades, then went to Italy.
We had heard of the vampire 'royal family' off other nomadic vampires. They were otherwise known as the Volturi.
They lived in Volterra, Italy, and we wanted to meet these powerful vampires.
We had been told that when a vampire tried to expose the secret of being a vampire, they came and executed them. Fun.
We had also learnt that the actual Volturi coven was three brothers and their wives. There was also a Volturi guard, that consisted of many talented vampires, all there to serve the brothers.
We arrived in Volterra, and made ourselves able to hear people's thoughts, and locate any vampires that may be in the city.
We found a hole in the ground in a deserted alley and dropped down into it.
We wandered through some tunnels and through a door and appeared in a reception. Gemma snorted. I looked at her questionably.
"A reception? Seriously?" She murmured, far too low for anyone to hear.
A human woman sat at the reception desk typing at a computer.
She clearly had not heard us come in. We walked up to the desk quickly and quietly.
"Hello." I said lightly. She, her name was Gianna, jumped. She smiled up at us.
"What can I do you today?" She asked professionally.
"Could we speak with the Volturi please?" I asked.
"Of course. Go through those double doors and straight into the hall. Have a nice day." She smiled at us and continued typing.
We made sure we could hear eachothers and other peoples' thoughts, but they could hear ours, incase there were any mind readers like Matt, in the Volturi.
We entered the hall and were met by many pairs of bright red eyes. Every person in the hall had a dark cloak on. They ranged from medium grey to pitch black.
There were three vampires in pitch black cloaks sitting in thrones at the end of the room. The brothers.