Volturi
We arrived at the airport at 7:39 right when the sun would be setting, if you could see it. Alice had made sure that all of our tickets were landing and setting off at night. It was easier that way. We said our goodbyes and got onto the plane. The first class was strictly reserved for us only. Edward laid on the left, extending his body along the seats after he'd placed his bags in the luggage rack. I put my bags up and chose which seat to sit in. The seat was comfortable, but nothing like home.
Our flight was to New York, then from New York to Italy. We were planning to "sleep" the whole way and ignore the fact that we were selfish enough to take up the whole first class section. That's what the stewardess thought apparently. Of course it wasn't even that way. If we didn't shine in the sunlight of course we would ride in the back, with everyone else. Well, maybe not.
I stretched along the seats and laid down.
Edward… I called out to him in my mind.
Yeah? He questioned back. He didn't move though, he was sleeping.
What's Italy like? I was getting anxious now. I wanted to know what was coming.
He ignored me for awhile. You'll see when we get there, he replied, being a jerk. I threw my pillow at him then rolled over. This was going to be a long trip.
We arrived in New York later than we were supposed to so we only had a few minutes to get on the flight to Italy. We would have never made the trip across the airport if it had been crowded, but no one was there to notice us moving at unnatural speeds. This flight seemed shorter, that was probably because Edward and I had to sit together. Everyone kept looking at us, which made us laugh. Edward could hear their thoughts and I could hear his. The lady to the right of us, pictured us as a new couple running away from parents who didn't want us together. In the right back, the couple saw us as brother and sister from supermodel parents. They were the closest. And the people right behind us were the funniest. They thought Edward was kidnapping me for his own personal use.
I rubbed my head into his side and he smiled, wrapping his arm around my body. I drew small patterns on his jeans with my index finger. How could I ever leave this life? It was perfect in so many ways. Even when we did fight, we never hated each other, it was something we were incapable of. Edward arm squeezed tighter around me and the captain called out our landing.
We were there.
It was early morning when we arrived and dawn was about to break. A bulky man in a suit stood with a white poster board that had CULLEN sprawled across it. Of course Edward already knew he was there for us and we could have carried our luggage by ourselves, we hadn't brought that much, but he insisted that he carry it all.
The mans name was Joe, he'd told us as he took us to the black Mercedes. He opened the door for us and we crawled in. Inside, the car was nice and warm with a slow musical turned on low. It didn't look like "Joe music" at all. He put our bags in the trunk and hurried to the drivers seat so we could be off.
We went at a normal speed as the sun rose, it was a nice reminder that there was a sun. Conversing with Joe was easy, even though we had to talk in Italian, and he had a wonderful sense of humor. But I couldn't understand why the Volturi would send a human to pick us up. Did he even know we were vampires?
"He knows." Edward whispered in my ear, replying to my thoughts much to low for Joe to hear.
"Humans work for them?" I questioned raising an eyebrow, but still whispering.
"Yeah." his reply was short.
That meant that something happened to them so the secret wouldn't be spoken. Edward's head nodded to my thoughts. That wasn't good. Joe was going to die and he didn't even know it. Poor Joe.
"No. He knows." Edward corrected me.
"You serious?!"
He nodded again.
I leaned back into my seat and sighed. We continued to converse in Italian to Joe. He pointed out little sights along the way, trying to make the trip more enjoyable I suppose. I stopped listening because I didn't want to hear Joe for the rest of my life, especially when his time was up. But that didn't seem possible. I knew vampires were supposed to drink human blood, but I'd never seen it. This trip needed to be done and over with. I didn't want to see anything like that or my resolve would falter, sending me into a thought I couldn't explain. My finger tapped the arm rest between us impatiently. Edward looked down at me then gently touched my hand.
Calm down he purred. It'll be fine.
Now he was lying to me.
We stopped in front of a large alley way that was on the outskirts of town. Edward and I stepped into the darkness so the light wouldn't hit us and Joe got our luggage.
"Welcome to Italy." a mans voice called out not to far ahead of us. "I'm Demetri."
"Hello Demetri." Edward called out.
"Edward." Demetri nodded to him then turned to me. Edward moved slightly in front of me, but I don't think he was conscious of it.
"I can take care of myself Edward." I mumbled as I pushed in front of him. "Nice to meet you. I'm Julia." I placed my hand out and waited for him to shake it, but he didn't though. My hand slowly retreated back to my side as we began to walk forward. Demetri wore a long gray cloak that dragged as he walked and made it impossible to see his face. He lead us down a long pathway that lend up and down, left and right. The steps were so jagged and uneven that a normal human would trip several times if they had nothing to hold onto. Joe didn't though, he kept a good pace and did trip. He must have been used to this walk.
Soon we arrived at a great oak door. Demetri knocked quickly, in a secret code I presume, and it creaked open to reveal a great, brightly lit room. A lady behind a grand desk looked up too see us come through and seem surprised. She picked up the phone and began to dial. Another human? How many worked here? How long would they last?
Not long. Edward replied.
Demetri took us into another hallway. This one was a vivid red with gold paneling. It had many off rooms, but we didn't go into any of them. At the end of the hallway the final door appeared. This was our stop. Demetri knocked and an voice called out from inside.
"Demetri! Come in now, I'd like to see our guest for myself as well."
I guess the woman at the front desk had called him when we arrived to tell that we were on our way.
Demetri open the door and stood aside to let us go in front of him. The man that sat behind the redwood desk frightened me. He had cloud white skin that looked very thin and very breakable. Nothing at all like our skin that looked as though a sword couldn't break it, which it couldn't. He had black hair that framed his face and contrasted with his skin tone. But the those qualities didn't really bother me. What bothered me, was the crimson red of his eyes. Those were truly frightening. Even though I'd seen those eyes on mostly ever Cullen, including myself, they made me feel like I was in a nightmare. Every crimson iris I'd seen had turn to gold over time. But this man was much older than us, ancient, and his eyes were still as red as when he'd first became a vampire.
"Welcome Edward and Julia." the man called out, snatching me from my thoughts.
"Hello Aro." Edward replied while down looked at me. He'd been able to hear me.
Change what you are thinking before he touches you. he shot in my direction.
I looked around quickly and found a picture along the wall. Quickly I began finding its flaws and its beauties. Aro came around and gave a quick handshake to Edward the turned to me.
"I've never met you before Julia, I am Aro. Pleasure to met you." he said offering his hand for me to grasp.
"Pleasures all mine." I replied slowly wrapping my hand around his. It felt like an electric pulse flew through me and that all me locked thoughts had been unchained. A second felt like a life time as I saw all my memories flash through his eyes and my craving to get them back. He release my hand, but I didn't move. I stared blankly ahead not knowing what to do.
"Oh dear. I've frightened her." Aro explained after touching me again.
Edward had already caught on and was slightly shaking me. "Julia, snap out of it." he voice spoken urgently, but with softness.
I shook my head some and came back to reality. "Sorry." I mumbled not knowing what else I could say.
"It's not your fault." Edward explained, holding his arm around my shoulders, as if to keep me here. It took me awhile to notice he wasn't talking to me. "I should have worn her ahead about your ability."
"Ah well, are you okay Julia?" Aro asked turning around and heading back to the desk.
"Fine." I said, breathlessly.
"I hope you two plan on staying awhile."
"For a week, then I'm afraid we have to be heading back." Edward answered for us. I was in no position to talk.
"I see." Aro sat down in the chair and began looking at paper. "Alec." he said quickly and another vampire appeared within seconds.
"Yes sir." Alec answered, looking at Aro, then eyeing me and Edward.
"Please take Julia and Edward to see Marcus and Caius, then take them to their rooms." he replied without looking up.
"Of course." Alec replied. His voice alluring and soft. If I were human, I wouldn't have noticed he were a vampire at all. Edward hand clutched mine and shook my head clearing the thoughts from it. "This way." Alec finished still eyeing me.
We went to Marcus first, who didn't seem to care. He had the same white complexion and bright crimson irises. Then there was Caius who seemed to have a stake shoved up his butt. His hair was a snowy white that blended and almost matched his powdery skin. This seem to only increase the redness of his irises, and make him ten times more terrifying. Like a ghost. But there were no such thing as ghost.
Alec took us back to the main room, then to another hallway. This one was a lace blue and much more calming then the red one. The room was a cream and had two couches and other furniture items. Such as two cherry wood dressers, a matching vanity, matching desk with computer and a desk lamp. I looked to the ceiling and saw an amazing painting. It was a classic, and I'd seen the real one before. This was a mere mimic, but still non the less, it was amazing. In the center of the rounded ceiling there was a massive chandelier. There was a large bathroom that was an off room.
"We'd caught word that you liked to relax on beds." Alec said, talking to me. "So in your room we put in a bed, we hope you like it." he smiled, flashing his brilliant white teeth.
"Thank you, very much." I replied not really looking at him. I could see from the corner of my eye that he was still looking at me with curious eyes. I pretended to ignore him to the best of my abilities. Didn't work very well though. I was trying to hear his thoughts when he said his goodbyes.
Once he was gone, I went into the other side room, which was my room. A large king sized bed sat in the middle with white laced sheets. Quickly, I flung my body on it an began to giggle. Edward came in an sat in the edge, placing his hands in his lap. I rolled over and placed my head in his hands and curled into a ball.
He began to curl his fingers around my hair.
"I like Alec…and Marcus." I said aloud when he didn't say anything.
"Not Aro and Caius?" he added sarcastically.
"No." I shuddered. "Why do they look like that?"
"Because they are old." he said plainly.
"And their eyes?" I asked picturing their eyes in my mind.
"They aren't like us. They are real vampires." he laughed, but it wasn't a happy laugh. Not the laugh I was used to Edward having. I realized, that frightened me more than the red eyes. It meant something was going to happen. Something that would change our worlds forever. Take us apart. I shuddered again and Edward's hand moved to my head and began to stroke it.
"Shhh." he whispered in my ear, making his voice very sweet. "It will be fine."
I felt like a little child. Again, Edward was my older brother consoling me. His laughter started again, but this time it was gentle.
YAY UPDATE :
Okay so i meant to put this up on the last one, but is anyone excited about all the new stuff we got...two weeks ago?
I mean new stills and the TRAILER!! the brilliance of it and the wonderfulness that is Rob and Kristen and Bella and Edward. It just makes you smile. lol
32 more days. Never been more excited in my life.
As always Read and Review. I love reviews they make me smile.
I do not own Stephenies character, nor do act like a do. I just used them because if I didnt...I wouldnt have a story, more like one lonely character with out friends.