Survive For Me

Chapter 5: Revealing Dreams

I sprinted away from him as fast as I could, dodging through buildings and running across empty streets trying to run and hide from the monster. From my father. My lungs started to burn from lack of oxygen while my legs started to slow down. I could hear him behind me, so far, yet so close. I ran through the empty town of Volterra screaming for help as my father chased me down like I was an animal loose from its cage.

I felt his hands grab the back of my shirt before I went tumbling down. I cried out when I felt something break in my leg. I started to crawl away, but I was too weak, and he was too strong.

He grabbed my ankle and just dragged me back to him.

"Now now, Lenny. I came all this way to see you. You wouldn't want to disappoint me, would you?" he cooed sarcastically before his foot came crashing down on my rib cage. I gasped in agony as the burning sensation of broken bones flared in my mind. I let out a soundless scream, begging for someone to either end my suffering or help me. He laughed at my pain like it was the funniest thing to him.

I always thought that fathers were meant to love their children, but I was wrong.

Then he was violently thrown off me and went crashing into a wall. I looked at my savior only to see three dark shadows hovering over me. They all stepped into the light of the sun. Aro, Caius and Marcus. They had saved me.

But their skin... it was sparkling like a thousand diamonds. It was terrifying... yet gorgeous at the same time. Aro and Caius marched over to my father while Marcus came over to me. He swept me up in his arms and began to carry me into the clock tower building. I heard the sound of my father screaming before the double doors swung shut and everything went black.

~SFM~

The black smoke filled the air as the dismembered body parts were slowly crumbling, giving into the heat and turning their cold hard skin to ash.

There were nine people in total standing in the grassy clearing. Four males. Five females. Their was a blonde male that looked to be the leader of them as he stood in front, the black haired woman as his side was obviously his wife of some kind with they way they held hands. Behind their was another blonde male, covered in multiple upon multiple scars with a pixie like girl wrapped around him. At his feet was a small girl who had red glowing eyes, same as Aro, Marcus, and Caius.

Then their was a bear sized man with his arms securely around the waist of the most gorgeous blonde haired woman I've ever seen. At the very back of the group was a male with the oddest color of hair... reddish brown and he had some girl in his arms.

But she looked different from the rest, she had color to her skin and she had brown eyes instead of the bright golden eyes the rest of them had, save for the young girl with red eyes. She looked to be human surrounded by vampires.

I didn't know vampires had golden eyes, but then again what do I know about vampires?

They were all looking behind me. I turned around just in time to see four figures in gray cloaks floating towards them.

They each took their hoods off one by one and I saw their faces.

I saw the small girl first. Her eyes are wide and her lips full, she has long, blonde hair that is tied in a neat bun. Her eyes are dark red, while she wears a dark gray, almost black, cloak.

The boy on her right looked to be like he was related to her, but his hair is a dark brown, he is taller in stature, and his lips aren't as full as hers though he had the same red eyes, as well as the same dark gray cloak.

The man on his right had short, frosted brown hair that is partially spiked and extremely pale skin. He has the same red eyes and he was wearing a cloak but it was lighter gray. He looked to be tall by usual standards, being 6'3, but the next guy made him look like ant in comparison.

He looked to be 6'7" tall with a muscular body and having a slightly olive complexion which looks odd combined with his chalky pallor. He has layered dark brown hair. And he has the same darkening red eyes with the same lighter gray cloak. He was standing on the left side of the blonde haired girl.

But they all had a crest strapped across their necks. It was in the shape of a 'v' just like the ones I saw on Aro, Marcus and Caius.

Who were these people?

What were they doing here?

I turned back to the fire.

And what is that burning?

"Impressive. I've never seen a coven escape an assault of this magnitude intact." the blonde girl said. Her childlike voice is high and thin and she speaks with an air of apathy or boredom, but maintains a commanding presence.

"We were lucky," the apparent leader spoke up.

"I doubt that," she smirked.

"It appears we missed an entertaining fight," the boy on her right said. He looked to be her brother if I'm not mistaken.

"Yes, it's not often we're rendered unnecessary."

"If you'd arrived a half hour ago you would have fulfilled your purpose," the red head spoke up, a note of bitterness in his voice.

"Pity," she looks at the red eyed girl standing behind them, "You missed one," the blonde male that was covered in bite marks made his way next to the little girl.

"We offered her asylum in exchange for her surrender," the leader said, trying to spare her.

"That wasn't yours to offer," she turned towards the red eyed girl standing behind the yellow eyes, "Why did you come?"

She remained silent. But then she started to scream.

Why was she screaming?

What was hurting her?

I didn't see anyone touch her.

She collapsed on the ground still wailing. I looked back at the red eyed blonde female to see her smirking.

Was she doing this?

Why was she hurting the brown haired girl?

"Who created you?" she asked again. But the poor brown haired girl's screams only increased.

"You don't need to do that," the leader's wife spoke up, "She'll tell you anything you want to know,"

"I know," she narrowed her eyes slightly.

"I-I-I don't know!" the girl gasped as the pain appeared to stop, "Riley wouldn't tell us. He said our thoughts weren't safe."

"Her name was Victoria." the redhead with the human female spoke up again. "Perhaps you knew her," he still has a note of bitterness in his voice.

Does that mean they already knew her and didn't stop her from whatever she was doing?

Why would they do that?

"Edward," the leader looked like he was giving the redhead a scolding look, "If the Volturi had any knowledge of Victoria they would have stopped her. Isn't that right Jane?" he turned back to the red eyed female who I now know was Jane.

Volturi. So they were apart of... whatever Aro and his brothers are apart of.

A coven... I guess.

"Of course," Jane's eyes narrowed ever so slightly, "Felix," she looked to her left where the big sized man was. So this was Felix. Is it the same Felix that gave me the morphine? I wondered to myself.

"She didn't know what she was doing." Felix's footsteps stopped. "We'll take responsibility for her," the leader's wife tried to plead again.

What did she do in the first place?

I looked more closely at her and saw her red eyes were brighter than the other ones.

So she was younger than them?

Were you not allowed to create more vampires?

"Give her a chance," her husband begged slightly.

"The Volturi don't give second chances. Keep that in mind. Caius would be interested to know that she's still human."

She knows Caius?

So they are part of Volturi, whatever that is. That's what the 'v' around their necks must stand for, Volturi.

Wait, what did she mean 'still human'?

So if you know their secret you have to die or be turned?

Harsh.

I froze in dread.

Are they going to kill me when I wake up?

Aro can read all of my thoughts with one touch so there was no hiding this from him unless I just don't touch him for the rest of my stay, however long that is.

But why would they help me if they were only going to kill me?

This doesn't make sense!

I sighed out loud.

"The date is set," said human spoke up.

"Take care of that Felix," she gestured to the red eyed girl, "I'd like to go home." Jane sniffed.

Felix stepped forward, passed the golden eyes and in one swift movement the cries from the poor girl stopped.

Well... damn.

~SFM~

I gasped shooting in an upright position on the bed. I was covered in sweat and my heart was beating out of control and I was completely exhausted; that strange dream with those people with weird golden eyes really took it out of me.

I had always had this strange thing ever since I was young. I would dream about something out of the ordinary wake up feeling mentally drained and then... it would happen. Either in a few hours or days but it had always happened without fail.

My mama told me to hide it from my father, thinking he would try to abuse it, but to see if I could use it while I was alone. She wanted to use it, not for the purpose of greed, but so we could find a way to escape from my father. I could never force it to come to me, and it happened whenever it wanted to. I had no control. Not that I would want to. People always say I'm a freak, I don't need to give them proof that it's true.

I looked around the room to see it was empty. They must've left.

They were vampires.

I was surrounded by vampires.

Oh my god!

I started hyperventilating.

They're going to kill me!

Is that such a bad thing though?

My mamma's already dead and my dad is still looking for me. Death would be a blessing right now. I had already accepted my fate once I reached Volterra. But I don't want to die anymore. Ever since I met Aro, Marcus, and Caius I've felt whole. I didn't even realize there was a whole to begin with.

I winced when I felt a sharp tug on my chest. Just like the tugging I had felt right before a hallucination of my mamma showed up.

Was it them causing that?

Why would they do that?

What's its purpose?

I sniffled burying my face into the sheets, trying to hide from the world. Why me? Why does fate want to punish me? I haven't done anything evil! My father was the evil one! Not me, certainly not mamma.

They've been waiting for you for thousands of years.

My mother's voice came back to haunt me. Why have they been waiting for me? What could I possibly do to help them? Or am I just dessert? But if I was just dinner, why heal my broken body?

I tugged the covers down to see clean white bandages wrapped around my chest and ankle. I looked down on the cut on my stomach only to see it wasn't there. Instead there was a scar.

Was that the stinging sensation I felt on my stomach before I black out from the morphine? I pulled the blankets over my body suddenly feeling self conscious about the ton of scars inflicted on my skin, courtesy of my father.

I winced realizing Aro saw me naked. I was too out of it to feel self conscious before but now, knowing he had seen every scar I wanted to curl up and die.

I pulled the blanket over my head and curled into a ball, silently weeping for my mamma, for my safety, for my fear.

A/N: So, this chapter was more of a dream sequence. I kinda wanted to give you an insight to what her father did to her and what her gift may be. Sorry there isn't more of the kings but don't worry, they'll be in the next chapter.

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