One month ago…
Rosalie paced nervously in their big TV room. Although the TV is on, nobody seems to be interested with what is playing. The atmosphere was so tense that I was already on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Being a vampire has its perks alright. Virtually unbreakable, lightning fast, a pair of ears that can cover up to a mile, two eyes that can magnify nearly 100x than the human eyes. And best of all, a forever and a day with my Edward. I never thought that there would be so much chaos and complications on being a vampire, my family, the Cullens, never prepared me for this. I had this concept that once you're a vampire, it's going to be a happily ever after kind of story. And I am so wrong.
What caused this catastrophic event, I really don't know. But it happened so fast. And once again, I am the last one to know about it.
'Tell me Rosalie, what can we do about it? How can we stop this? This is going way over board!' I shouted at the top of my lungs. I don't care if I sounded like a bitch, this is my life. This is my family and I'm going to do anything to protect them, even to the point of death.
'Calm down, Bella. You can never find the solution if you're going to—' Alice tried to explain.
'STOP LECTURING ME ABOUT CONTROL! You are not my father and hell I don't need one right now. WOULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?!' I shouted. All of them went silent except for Rosalie. Who was for one, not being very helpful for the last few months. I was surprised she even made the first move.
'Remember Jasper's story of Maria?' Rosalie asked.
I nodded, who would forget that? The blood, the murder, hunger for more. However, All our past experiences were never useless. Jasper's expertise in handling the new borns helped us win the battle between Irina (yes, she turned away from the Denali coven and joined forces with Laurent, Victoria and James). I still remember how Carlisle pleaded Eleazar to talk to Irina. But, as I would have predicted it, love - or in this case - mates comes first.
I unconsciously forget that I was talking to Rosalie when she started talking again. ' Zarina belonged to the most powerful coven in the continent. Her group was unbeatable in the never ending battle of ownership. Of course, with Zarina, and her friend Zimri, they were unbeatable. The two of them are highly trained in combat, with newborns on their side, nobody even dared to challenge them.' Rosalie continued, 'But, like most of the covens who became big and unbeatable, out came greed and jealousy. Zimri wanted more and more. And Zimri became so intoxicated of their power that he treated Zarina as a low life, one of his slaves. He is controlling Zarina in everything that she does. He made her look after 20 newborns.' Rosalie shuddered to the thought. Twenty newborns? I thought. That's suicide! 'Maybe you'd be wondering how the hell that happened, a vampire being a slave? We'll its one of Zimri's powers. He has some kind of charm that can manipulate those around him. One day, Zarina just got out of his spell and was furious.
Zarina became jealous of Zimri's position, she wanted it all too of course, who doesn't? And she thought of the most abominable thing in covens - turning against each other.
'She is not normal alright. She has this special ability of making the people around her forget. Like every memory, human or vampire, she can erase it in a flash - leaving her victim at a loss. Of course, Zimri was over confident t she wouldn't do it to him. He relied on his own instinct that she won't come to her sense, turns out he's wrong.'
Rosalie smiled as she finished her story, 'It was quick, and very easy to lure him into this spell. She used her charm in seducing Zimri. Talk about girl power! Zimri foolishly thought that she wants him - his whole being. And when Zarina saw a loophole in Zimri's perfect mind;' Rosalie trailed off. Leaving me with a vague image - an eerie picture of a vampire without nothing.'
Nothing? Nothing at all? No happy memories, no knowledge of how he became a vampire? I looked at Edward, he was conversing with Carlisle. Tears suddenly welled up in my eyes. Never in my entire li - forever would i even imagine without him. My reason for living, the reason of my existence. I tried to shrug the thought away but it keeps coming back. What would I do without my Edward? For the love of Mary, i can't even spend a single minute without him! It's better to die a painful death than to live without him.
'H-how did she meet the Volturi? Did the Volturi intervene ?' i managed to choke out.
Rosalie chuckled, her high-pitched laugh rang into the air. 'I thought you'd never ask.