The cliffy waiting is over!
Here's a semi-short chapter for you guys to ease the cliffy =)
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I picked up the object wrapped with a velvet sheath.
I slipped it out and dusted off the cover.
It was a book.
But it wasn't just any book.
On the cover, written in elegant script, was the name "Didyme."
I opened the book to the first page.
In the same script as the name was an entry.
June 19, 235 AD
I had a vision today. I saw myself begin this journal.
I'm not sure why I had a vision of writing my thoughts down. Vampires generally have always had perfect memories. And besides, I'm not one to write or think much about myself anyways. My life isn't that exciting…
But something tells me this will be important.
I feel like this journal is meant for something more.
Something I don't know just yet, but one day I'll know for sure.
For now, I'll just write what ever my mind and heart tells me to until I have a reason to stop.
So Didyme was a psychic, like Alice?
I never knew that.
Then again, I didn't know much about Didyme to begin with.
No one in the Volturi ever really talked about or mentioned her anymore for the sake of Marcus.
The only thing I knew about her is that she was his wife and after her mysterious death Marcus was changed into the lost soul he is now.
I looked at the page again and noticed at the bottom there was something else written in blue colored ink.
Someone is coming. They will be there in thirty seconds. You must leave before they see you with my journal.
This is weird.
She must have been really good and precise with her visions.
I quickly gathered the journal and set it back in the box.
I made sure everything on the fountain looked as it did before and then swiftly crossed the garden back to the castle.
I rushed up to my room and sat at the desk in my library.
Carefully, I took out the fragile journal from the box and flipped to the second page.
June 23rd 235 AD
Katherine says I'm silly for starting this journal, but she just doesn't understand.
I have to follow my visions. There's always a reason that I have them.
Even the ones that might seem small and meaningless always make a difference and lead up to much bigger and meaningful purposes.
I'm glad she's visiting me for awhile though. I've missed her so much.
Ever since Aro decided for us to move to this small, secluded town I haven't seen much of my dear friend anymore.
Aro has 'inherited' a castle, so it seems, in this small town of Italy called Volterra.
I'm not too thrilled to be here but I did not want to be separated from my brother, so I followed.
So here we are now, Aro, Caius, and I living in this enormous castle.
I will never understand Aro.
Why would he want to live in such a place anyways?
Didn't he want to live more discreetly from the humans?
I always thought that was his number one priority.
Living in a small town and taking up residence in a big historical castle would only bring unwanted attention to us.
There must be a reason.
Yes, Aro always has a reason for everything he does.
But from what I've heard, he had chosen this castle only because it rivaled the castle the Romanians had.
This castle was at least three times the size of theirs.
With as much as Aro says our secret is of most importance to be kept as so, he sure loves to flaunt what he does have (and what he's capable of) a lot.
He can be such a hypocrite.
July 28th 235 AD
Aro tells me that a friend of his from northern Italy will be joining us at the castle tonight.
This friend, Marcus I've learned, will be asked to stay at the castle with us now.
He asked me to check into the future and see if he will accept the invitation.
I looked and was taken back from what I saw.
He was the most beautiful man I had ever seen.
And I was in luck, he will decide to stay with us.
I will definitely take it upon myself to get to know this Marcus, and make him feel welcomed here.
The next few entrees where all about her days with Marcus.
Some where rather personal.
I felt as if I was intruding on their privacy a bit.
But I continued to read.
She wouldn't have left this for me if she didn't want me to know everything.
August 3, 235 AD
I'm worried about my dear brother, Aro.
He's found out about a vampire's past experiments in Russia and now he is continuing that project.
He's experimenting on humans.
He wants to learn the quick way to turn them.
What worries me though is that he has been destroying some of them after their turning.
He claims that they must have done something wrong and that the some of them had become savages.
He explained that their minds had become primitive and it wouldn't have been safe if any of them were to expose us in their rage of madness.
I didn't believe that for a second.
I believe he has some ulterior motive behind his actions.
I keep having visions of him building an army.
I fear he plans to start war.
I had heard about those experiments but I had no idea that Aro killed off some of the newborns.
Though, isn't a newborn primitive regardless?
Newborns tend to be savages at first, which is why they need to be controlled their first year.
I can't believe Aro would turn so many at once.
Maybe that's why he killed them?
I had also heard about the army Aro created when he challenged the Romanian vampire rulers.
Some of the vampires in that army, to this day, are still part of his guard.
From the rumors, it was said that everyone that helped to overthrow the Romanians had some gift to aid in the take over.
It was the only reason they won their battle against them.
The Romanians were pretty much powerless compared to the gifted vampires Aro had accumulated.
An errant thought crossed my mind as I thought more into the reason why Aro had killed off some of those turned newborns.
What if those humans he turned were his army?
What if he killed off all the ones he noticed didn't have a gift?
Could Aro really be that careless about the lives of others?
I know Aro can be ruthless at times but that would just be down right evil.
January 18 236 AD
I had the most wonderful vision today.
Marcus will ask me to marry him tomorrow after his visit from Africa!
I hate to ruin the surprise for when he does ask, but I'm much too happy and excited now to feel too bad about knowing.
He looked quite adorable kneeling before me too.
He seemed so nervous though.
When he hears my yes he'll be so happy, he'll be glowing.
He's going to look so handsome on our wedding day.
Oh my, I can't wait to start planning the wedding!
I'll have to send for Katherine to come back and help me plan.
I'm sure she'll set aside her differences with Caius and my brother to endure a few weeks to help me with the wedding.
I could only imagine how happy Marcus must have been then.
With how he lives now…
I sighed.
I've never truly seen him happy so I wouldn't know.
April 15, 236 AD
Marcus and I have now returned from our voyage to Egypt.
We've been only gone for a month since our wedding and now everything has seemed to change.
We have come back to a castle full of warrior vampires ready for battle.
Apparently they have been training non stop.
Instead of a "Welcome back." The first thing that was said to me was "Will we win?"
Lovely.
I assumed Aro had confirmed my suspicions of him building and army to fight the Romanians for the throne.
But I wanted him safe, not in battle.
As much as I contemplated lying to him and telling him they would lose if they fought, I just couldn't lie to my brother like that.
His decision to take over the power to govern over all vampires will head him down the path of greed.
His hunger for more power will only increase now.
His hunger will never be satisfied.
I wonder if Aro would have eventually attacked the Romanians anyway if Didyme would have lied to him about her vision.
Would the Romanians still be ruling today?
Would it have been better that way?
Worse?
I looked to the bottom of the page and for the second time there was a message written in blue ink.
Wait until you visit your family to read the rest of my journal.
Didyme
I've come to realize now that these messages must have been Didyme's last minute notes after she had decided to leave the journal for me to find.
I looked at my phone for the time.
It was 3:30.
Edward would be home soon and I still needed to pack for our trip to Spain.
I closed the book and stood up to begin my packing.
When I got up a small envelope fell from the journal onto the floor.
The envelope was sealed with wax and pressed with the same sun and moon symbol on the box and key.
I picked it up off the floor and flipped it over.
On it was a name in the same blue ink script from the journal.
Marcus
I smiled.
She left him a letter for me to give him.
I know he must have loved her as much as I love Edward.
And the death of the love of your life would be devastating.
I don't even want to imagine how it will be when…
I sighed.
I hope the letter can at least give Marcus some kind of closure.
More to come soon, ladies and gents.
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-Jan