What did I tell you? I finished it last night, but I got too tired to upload it. Again, I want to say how sorry I am for not uploading. There's alot of changes that I've made to the other chapters, and I going to be uploading those as well. Anyway, I'll shut up now and let you all read this new one.
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The smell of smoke was heavy in the air, and to any normal person, it would've been enough to kill them. However, a male vampire was still standing; alive in as much of the sense as the word would allow for someone like him. His slick ebony hair was riddled with the scent of smoke and had been dirtied with now dried blood. It hung over his shoulders and reached half way down his back. He was proudly wearing the black cloak of the Volturi which was strained with a mix of fresh and dried blood. He was weaving his ways through the halls of the castle, avoiding the guards and lower ranked vampires of the coven that were cleaning up the ashes from the now deceased enemy vampires. He nodded to each of the guards as he passed them and was soon near the throne room. He stopped at the door hear he heard that two of the leaders were having a very heated argument with each other as the third looked on. He spoke up. "Aro, Caius?" The leader with the jet black hair turned to look at him; he had an alarmed and anxious expression on his face. The white haired one looked over at him as well, but he had a much more livid expression on his. The third leader just glanced at him from where he sat, as apathetic as he ever was.
"Malvolio?" The first one asked guardedly. Malvolio nodded silently. The first one scowled. "I suppose you came because of Mia?" Malvolio fought back a growl.
"I came to see if any of you were alive, Aro," Malvolio said. Aro shot him a glare. Malvolio glared back at him and asked, "Why do you ask about Mia though?"
"Caius told me that she was coming to find you and me, but no one else saw her after that," he stated irritably. Malvolio looked at the white haired leader, Caius, and then at Aro. He sighed.
"Maybe she's still fighting. There are only a few newborns left," Malvolio suggested. Aro shook his head quickly.
"No. Some of the others in the guard are missing as well. Jane, Chelsea, Santiago, Afton, even Felix…" Aro growled angrily. Malvolio seemed to be in disbelief.
"But how is that possible?" he asked anxiously. The thought that all of those in the guard could be 'missing' seemed alien to him. "Is anyone else missing? Who could've-" Aro was suddenly in front of him. He let a low, deep snarl rip through his chest.
"What's happened to them is your fault, Malvolio," Aro snarled bitterly. "Furthermore, what's happened to her is also your fault," he accused. Malvolio was about to say something but Aro cut him off again, "The leader of that make-shift coven was your sire. I found out when I was in a fight with him." Malvolio fell deadly silent. After a few minutes, Aro continued, "He told me himself before I was tackled by some newborns. By the time that I had killed them, he was already gone," he finished, scowling darkly at Malvolio. Malvolio remained wordless.
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Mia awoke to find herself in a small, dimly lit room. It was filled with stall, but salty air. It contained nothing but a small, empty crate and herself. She had been lying on the floor and sat up slowly. She knew that she wasn't in Volterra anymore. She could smell the scents of many newborns, although they were overlapping each other, which made it hard to pick out just one. She heard movement behind the door that led out of her room. 'Guards most likely.' She smelled the air again. 'There's salt in the air? This must be by an ocean then. I wonder if anyone else is nearby.' She moved over to one of the walls quietly and put her ear to it. When she heard nothing on the other side, she sighed in disappointment. 'How could I have let this happen!? I had him! Of course, then that thing bigger then Felix came! God dammit'. She moved to the other side of the room. She heard nothing there as well. She snarled and glared over at the door angrily. 'Maybe I could overpower those newborns. If I did, then I could find the guard and get out.' She heard someone walk down the hall towards the room she was in. The guards apparently moved to the sides of the door when whoever it was reached it. '... I hate my life.' She thought downheartedly.
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Malvolio and Aro had been glaring at each other in complete and utter silence. Each seemed to have their reasons for blaming the other in what had happened, not hadn't voiced it. Caius was watching the two of them unpleasantly, but made no move to intervene. The last of the leaders, Marcus, also looked on indifferently. After a few more minutes, Malvolio finally muttered in a rather venomous tone, "Maybe you should've done a better job at actually protecting her." Aro snarled dangerously.
"Maybe if you kept a watch on her like an older brother is actually supposed to do, this wouldn't have happened," Aro said, finishing in a snarl. Malvolio glowered at him furiously. Every fiber in his being was screaming at him to lunge at Aro, but his mind told him otherwise. He knew that it would look foolish.
Instead, Malvolio chose to ask: "Are you sure it was actually him though?" Aro scoffed, seeming to be offended that the thought had even occurred to Malvolio.
In response, Aro said: "He told me himself, I already said that. It's not normal for vampires to say that and not mean it." Malvolio growled. He looked Aro straight in eye.
"What was his name?" Malvolio asked him. Aro glared back at him.
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The door was pushed open to reveal a tall and slender man who looked to be in his late 20s or early 30s. He had black hair that was even blacker then ebony that reached a inch or two past his shoulders. It reminded Mia of Aro's hair, but Aro's was much fairer. The man was wearing a lean black suit that looked like it had seen a few fights with him. He stared down at her after closing the door and she stared back at him. She recognized him to be the man that had been at the Volturi, the leader. There was a long silence between the two of them before the man spoke. "I'm sorry I had to be so rough back there, but I was in a bit of a rush." Mia growled angrily at him.
"You never answered why you were there!" She snarled bitterly. The man sighed.
"I was there for you." He mumbled. There was silence again. She was gathering her thoughts, he could tell from where he was.
"W-Why for me?" Mia stammered. "Why take the others then too?" He growled.
"I've been watching you for a while. I've noticed how Aro doesn't seem to care, even if he is your mate." He said calmly. "As for the other guards, they're an enticement for him to come. He can't stand not having his full collection." She snarled at him.
"Aro does care! He-" She was cut off.
"Does he care enough though?" He knelt down in front of her. "Would he have waited as long as he did if he cared?" She growled quietly at him.
"Shut up." She mumbled softly. He smirked and continued:
"He didn't care about you during that fight at all either. He didn't look for you; much less even think of you." He growled.
"That's not true!" She snarled at him. He smirked again.
"You know it is though." He muttered. She looked down in silence.
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There was a deathly stillness that clung to the air, and it was heavy with the feelings of hatred and rage between the two men. Aro finally answered him. "His name is Honoratus. It's because of YOU that she and the others are gone now!" Malvolio looked away from him.
"I had no idea that he was alive," he mumbled. Aro growled.
"Then you have nothing to say for yourself?" Aro asked him.
"I-" He was cut off by a sudden snarl from Aro.
"I knew you shouldn't have ever come!" Aro spat at him. "You endangered the entire coven when you came, and look what's happened!" Malvolio snarled at him, his angry had finally gotten the better of him.
"Of course, you don't put her in any danger at all by being the leader of the Volturi!" Malvolio said with intense scorn.
"I didn't invite my damn sire here!" Aro replied angrily.
The argument went on for a few more minutes, increasing in its intensity as it went on. Caius continued to watch them silently as did Marcus. "This isn't getting us anywhere…" Caius mumbled angrily. He scowled when Aro punched Malvolio and Malvollio punched him back. 'The time has passed for fighting verbally then.' Caius thought to himself. He watched as Malvolio gave Aro an undercut to his jaw, and as Aro punched him in the chest. There were several cracks from Malvolio's chest which indicated that some ribs, as well as the chest bone, possibly, had been broken. Malvolio suddenly grabbed Aro's arm and threw Aro behind him into the wall of the throne room. Aro snarled and stood up, shattered parts of tiles from the wall falling off his cloak. He walked towards Malvolio slowly, and when he was in striking distance, he suddenly lunged towards him. Malvolio moved out of the way, but Aro got a hold of his arm. He snapped it in half, and slammed him into the ground. Malvolio stood quickly, and was about to punch Aro in the face when Caius suddenly snarled. "Enough!" They both looked towards him. "Fighting over who caused it isn't helping." Caius spoke in an irate tone. Malvolio mumbled angrily and lowered his fist.
"How are we even going to find them then?" He asked in a quiet mumble.
"Demetri's still here. We can use him to track them down." Aro said in a disappointed tone. His disappointment came from the fact that the fight had been interrupted by Caius. Malvolio nodded slightly.
"Do you want me to get him then?" He asked in an equally disappointed voice. Aro nodded and turned away from him. Malvolio scowled darkly before he walked out of the throne room. Aro snarled at himself.
"I will find you, Mia. I promise."
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X3 Honoratus is so evil. I love him, not like that... Anyway, I can't blame you if you don't read this. XD Again, I'm really sorry. Anyway, reviews would be nice~ Don't have much else to say... Oh, I've changed Orion and updated. There. XD I'll 'see' you all later then.