Angels (A Seth Clearwater Love Story)
Recap
"They're meant for each other," came a soft whisper as Melanie glided forward and placed a blanket over the sleeping couple.
"I know…" Demetri replied, "It's just hard to let her go." Melanie merely smiled and pulled him out of the room.
"Well maybe we should just have more kids," She said lightly. Demetri chuckled at his strange wife. Perhaps he should be more open to the mutt.
"So what was this about a wedding?" He questioned causing his wife to laugh.
"Trust me, you don't want to know," She snickered.
End Recap
Selene woke up the next morning still curled up in Seth's lap his arm wrapped protectively around her waist. His head was leaning up against the window and his hot breath left streaks across the cold glass. Selene smiled softly and slipped out of his lap his lap. She moved quietly toward the door until a pair of warm arms wrapped around her, holding her back. Turning in his arms, Selene twisted her own arms around his neck.
"Going somewhere?" Seth asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I didn't want to wake you," Selene replied sweetly with her big eyes shining with innocent. Seth just smiled and leaned in to kiss her forehead gently.
"Come on, I bet you're hungry," Selene said as she led Seth down the stairs. Half way down the flight of stairs Seth could smell the familiar smell of pancakes was present in the halls. Selene giggled when Seth's stomach growled and caused the embarrassed shape shifter's face to darken quite a few shades. Down in a Tudor style kitchen and beautiful woman was making pancakes.
"Mommy!" Selene squealed and tackled the woman in a hug.
"Hello sweetie, I haven't seen you since you got home. Is this Seth?" questioned the woman as her crystal blue eyes looked with Seth's own blue ones. She held out an elegant long fingered hand and shook his.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Melanie. It's good to have you here," She said lightly with a soft smile. Seth nodded, slightly intimidated by the powerful woman and her piercing eyes. Instead of her, Seth looked at the large breakfast she had prepared. There was a lot of food, surely it wasn't all for him. Angels didn't eat food… did they? Selene heard his confused thoughts and made them known.
"Who's all the food for?" Selene asked as her eyes flicked over the piles of eggs, pancakes, french toast, omelets, bacon, sausage, biscuits, and freshly squeezed orange juice.
"Some more guests arrived this morning, I sent your father to pick them up. They've been in a plane all night so I thought they might be hungry," Melanie said in a chipper voice as she set plates for six people. Melanie and Selene turned their heads to one side. Did they hear something Seth didn't? "Speaking of our guests," Melanie said with a smile. Only minutes later, a very grumpy Demetri walked into the room, followed by five very large, very familiar, Indians and one angel.
"Leah!' Seth shouted and ran to hug his sister. But before he could get his arms around her she grabbed him and bashed him over the head.
"Don't you ever do that again!" She snapped at him, receiving a little nod. Selene merely let out a little giggle.
"Are you darlings hungry?" sang Melanie as she danced over to them and ushered them into seats. "It's so nice to have you all here," Melanie continued as she floated about the kitchen, piling plates full of more food than even a werewolf could eat, "Oh yes, I almost forgot. Nathaniel, how is that little situation of yours going?" Nathaniel looked up at her from a chair he had taken.
"It's not going," He said flatly and began to stare at the ceiling.
"Really? Have you even spoken to her about it?" Melanie said as she glided over to Nathaniel's side.
"Her? You have girlfriend? Who is she?" Leah said in an almost defensive voice, like she was upset about the very idea.
"No… I mean yes… I mean I don't know," Nathaniel growled under the stares of both Melanie and Leah.
"You can't not know whether you have a girlfriend or not!" Leah argued. The two continued to bicker about Nathaniel's relationship status while everyone else ignored them and discussed other things.
"Soooo do you think you'll come back and live in Forks?" Embry asked as he inhaled piled of eggs.
"I'm not sure… I want to be with Seth but I don't want to leave my family here…" Selene said, embarrassed by her inability to choose.
"Nonsense! You will go live in Forks, I have decided. It's not like with can't just get Kate to teleport us to see you," Melanie said sternly to her daughter, very accustomed to getting things her way or no way, "Besides Forks would be a much better place for raising-" Melanie stopped talking in mid-sentence raising curious glances from all the people occupying seats.
"Raising what?" asked Sam with a raised eyebrow.
"On nothing, dear, pay me no mind. I'm just a crazy old woman," Melanie giggled and she backed out of the kitchen before the party could question her further.
Sam, Embry, Quil, Leah, and Jared had decided to stay in Italy for a while, after Melanie had basically threatened to blow up all the planes in Europe to keep them there. She seemed to know something they didn't, but Selene assured them that this was a norm among the small family of four. The shape shifters had been kept busy by tours and trips all over not only Italy but all of Europe. Big Ben, The Eifel Tower, Moscow, The Coliseum, you name it Melanie took them to see it. It was about a week after Seth had first come to Italy when they got a disturbing visit, from the Cullens.
When Seth and the others got back from the coast they were surprised to see Carlisle sitting in Selene's living room, chatting with Melanie.
"Dr. Cullen? What are you doing here?" Seth asked as Selene came up behind him.
"Ah, It seems Aro had called a meeting," Carlisle said with a weak smile, he seemed worried.
"What kind of meeting?" Sam asked as he took a seat across from the doctor.
"I have no idea," Carlisle said while contemplating what The Volturi could possibly want, "All I know is that a lot of people are coming, the Amazonian coven, the Denali coven, the Egyptian coven, the Irish coven, the Romanian coven, some nomads from America and Europe, your pack, and my own coven all." Everyone exchanged worried glances, why would The Volturi want to talk to so many vampires and why could they need from the shape shifters.
"It seems the council of angels is being invited also along with what's left of the werewolf population's leaders," said Leo and he entered the now crowed living room.
"Do you know what they want?" Embry asked the soothsayer.
"Of course, but I'm not going to tell you," Leo said with a shrug.
"Why Not ?!?" asked Leah with anger lacing her voice.
"Because that would ruin the surprise," Leo said with a smirk and left the room.
The meeting had been set for three days later, to give everyone adequate time to arrive in Italy. Carlisle said that all together there would be sixty to seventy people of all different species. When questioned, Demetri had no idea why Aro had called the meeting. He only knew that he had to find the werewolves and bring them to The Volturi's castle. Three days later everyone was getting ready to go the castle. According to Demetri the meeting was going to be held in the grand hall, a room big enough to hold all the guests comfortable.
When they all arrived in the extravagant ball room, Aro Caius and Marcus were seated on high thrones while everyone else stood around them, separated into groups by species. Only the Cullens and the shape shifters stood together, a move that drew glances from the others. Once everyone had greeted each other Aro stood to speak.
"Welcome my friends, it is good to see all your smiling faces," Aro said cheerfully. No one was smiling. "You probably are wondering why we have called you here, you see over the past hundred years it has become painfully obvious that the world is changing." Everyone tensed as Aro continued his speech "You see, a thousand years ago Vampires and Humans were the only prominent species, but now our world is much more diverse. There are vampires, humans, shape shifters, werewolves, and the newest species I have learned about, angels. And now I know for sure, that The Volturi cannot keep the peace alone. So at this meeting I would like to make a very important announcement, one that will change your lives, maybe for the better, perhaps not. I would like to announce that; I, Caius, and Marcus are… retiring and forming a new council, made up of representatives from every species. One that can effectively govern over you all and we have decided that it is all of you who should choose who should be in the new council."