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Carlisle POV

Recap

"You can come quietly or do I have to drag you there?" he asked as if we were merely asking about the weather.

I laughed softly, surprising him with my reaction, "I think I'll come quietly." I replied wondering who this vampire was.

"Wise decision" he said and then I let him lead me along the dark streets of Italy to meet my unknown fate.

End of recap

We walked silently along the dark streets of Italy pondering what was going to happen to me. Would he kill me. He lead me straight through the usually densely populated square. But it was now totally deserted apart from one or two humans. The strange vampire lead me up to a huge pair of oak wooden doors. They looked absolutely magnificent. He pushed them open with ease and I followed him like a dog follows his master into a big, spacious lobby.

I had never seen such a beautiful place. I looked around unashamedly soaking up all of its splendour. It had an old-fashioned feel to it and I could almost feel all its history, the centuries it had stood and watched as time went past, with life flickering briefly into existence. The floor was a mosaic and told the story of Saint Marcus and how he drove all the vampires from Volterra.

When I finally came back down to Earth, I noticed that a human was in the room. I jumped startled, mentally hitting myself for not noticing. I noticed my host was completely relaxed, and marvelled at how relaxed the human appeared. Her scent didn't bother me, I was almost immune to human blood, but I wondered how my red eyed host was managing. I glanced over at her again, studying her closely to see if there was anything I had missed. Anything about her that explained. Why? But no, I still could not find anything in particular.She was very young, barely out of her teens. She had a mass of unruly black hair, olive skin and sparkling blue eyes. She was petite but seemed to emit energy and life. She noticed I was staring and smiled, enthusiastically my way. I smiled hesitantly back and looked around desperately for my host, however he was no where to be seen. Then she began to make her way over to me.

"Hello." she said brightly, her voice filled with enthusiasm.

"Hello." I replied hesitantly. What is going on? I asked myself completely lost and bewildered. She must of seen my confusion in my expression because she said " How much has Lucas told you?"

"Lucas?" I asked even more puzzled than before. Signing she looked up to the heavens as if in prayer then began to talk rapidly. " Lucas.. The vampire who brought you here." I flinched when she said vampire, but she continued as if nothing had happened. "How much do you know about the Volturi?"

"Nothing" I mumbled, so quietly I was surprised she could hear me.

"Hmm.. Well basically, they are a very old powerful, group of vampires, a family. They enforce the vampire laws.." she trailed off looking at a lost. Unable to put her thoughts into words.

"Is Lucas part of this family?" I asked curious now, frantically trying to find out more about this family of red eyed vampires, who appeared to live with his human.

"No" she replied " He is currently part of the guard"

"Who are the guard?"

"They carry out what Marcus, Aro or Caius say, there is a permanent guard and one that rotates." She answered, studing me with as much intensity as I had studied her earlier. " why are your eyes topaz?" she asked suddenly, surprising me.

"I only drink from animals." I replied. She looked absolutely shocked, almost horrified, which disturbed me immensely. I was about to ask another question when I heard a the noise of a door opening and I looked around to see my host, Lucas had returned. He nodded at her and she walked away, back to her desk. "Come." I heard Lucas say " They are ready for you now." I made my way over to where Lucas was standing, biting my tongue to stop myself from sprouting all the questions that were running around my brain, desperate to be answered. Why am I here? Who are the Volturi? Why do they enforce the laws? More importantly what are the laws? Why are the vampires here so much more civilised? Who are Marcus, Aro and Caius? My list of questions, just went on and on. To me they almost seemed endless. When I reached Lucas, he turned round and opened the stone doors, that lead to the answers to all my questions. Maybe I wouldn't have to be alone for much longer.

A/N: I know its still abit short but, I'll try to make the next one longer. Please review! Coz imgetting quite a lot of hits but hardly any reviews and I wanna no how I can improve and I'll try to update more regularly. Review!!