I'm sorry that it's been a while. My school has started up, and I had no inspiration for this until yesterday. I won't be uploading as often because of school, but I promise that you will get chapters still.
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Mia was sitting in the throne room next to Athenodora. Aro and Caius were discussing some matters, while Marcus was listening to them in the back-round, not bothering to say anything. The meeting had been about a coven that had been coming to close to Italy. From what she had heard, this coven had caused trouble in the past: Mass killing of humans in some more remote towns, threats of exposing the Volturi and of the existence of vampires, and the one that was leading them had been making an army of newborns from the humans that weren't killed. Aro would look over at her distractedly and she would give him a smile. He'd return it with a small one of his own and look back at Caius.
'He's getting nervous.'
Aro had a right to be. There were newborns with that coven, not to mention there was no way to tell how big it was yet. There could be powers that those newborns had that the Volturi had never faced either. Of course, the superior and experienced guard would be more than enough to handle the untrained and raw newborns.
"The Volturi are the strongest in the vampire world. The Volturi was the royalty of that world, and any that dared to attack it would be destroyed. Any that dared to threaten the existence of vampires to the humans were also destroyed. There would be no way in hell that a small coven of vampires could kill the Volturi, or even damage it."
Mia saw both Aro and Caius stand up. Caius floated out of the room first without another word and Athenodora soon followed him. Marcus also floated out of the room, the same apathetic expression that he usually had was on his face. She watched with a small smile as Aro glided over to her. "I'm sorry that took so long." Aro said, coming to a stop before her. She shook her head and stood up, kissing him on the lips.
'There's no reason to be.'
He growled softly and kissed her back. "Was that you or that little 'voice' of your's?" He asked playfully, smirking just so slightly. She didn't reply to him, only giving a smirk of her own. He sighed and put his arm around her, gliding out of the room with her. There was silence between the two as the passed through the hall. That was, until Mia spoke.
"You shouldn't be so nervous. The Volturi is powerful enough to take down any threat, especially from a small coven like that one." She muttered casually, like it was everyday business. Aro looked down at her. It seemed to have startled him to have heard that coming from her. Mia looked up at him, looking into his clouded red eyes. There was silence between the two of them again. Aro seemed to be searching for the right words to say. That unnerved her a bit. The Aro she knew never needed to do that.
"It's not just that I'm worried about," Aro mumbled quietly, finally breaking the eerie and awkward silence.
"Is there something you aren't telling me?" Mia asked. He sighed quietly and kissed her forehead.
"You don't need to be worrying about it," he growled softly.
"And neither do you. Not as much as you appear to be," she said quietly. He was silent again, and remained that way as he glided down the hall with her again. Finally, he stopped outside of his room and looked down at her again. She smiled and kissed him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Would you like me to be with you?" she asked with a playful smirk. He growled and picked her up into his arms, kissing her neck.
"How could I ever say no to you?" Aro mumbled softly into her ear. She smirked again and rested her head against his chest. He pushed open the door and closed it behind him.
"There's no need to be afraid. Nothing is going to happen. The Volturi will crush that coven into nothing but ruins."
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Iloveforeshadowing. It's always fun to do. Hm... I don't have much else to say... Reviews would be nice to see~
Edit: Changed a few things. XP 10/31/09