OliviasFiction- It is rather longer but it is based around both Twilight and most of New Moon, so I guess I could have made it into two fics but I thought that'd be a bit much. And how long did it take to write, I type ridiculously quickly so it's not too much of a problem for me
Mooch11 – All is revealed in this chapter
Msemoglasses – You're about to find out.
One more chapter left after this one, enjoy!
Chapter 24
The room was not empty. The man who spoke first wore a long cloak like robe, a more traditional image of a vampire, the type everyone had seen descending upon vulnerable women in horror films.
"Jane, dear one, you've returned!" he cried in evident delight. He drifted forward, and the movement flowed with such surreal grace that I was yet to master.
I couldn't decide if his face was beautiful or not, the features were perfect of course but his skin was translucently white and were direct contrast to his black flowing hair, his eyes were red, the same disturbing colour as the others around him, but the colour was clouded, milky; I wondered if his vision was affected by the glided to Jane, kissed her lightly on her full lips, and then floated back a step.
"Yes, Master." Jane smiled; "I brought Tara Jones and Jasper Whitlock here for you."
"No Edward," he sounded disappointed.
"No Master," Felix answered. "He had gone!"
"So Jasper, he who can sense and manipulate emotions, I'm sorry; we haven't been introduced properly at all, have we? It's just that I feel like I know you already, and I tend get ahead of myself. Your brother introduced us earlier, in a peculiar way. You see, I share some of your brother's talent, only I am limited in a way that he is not." Aro shook his head; his tone was envious "Only I have to physically touch you to read your thoughts, but then again I do hear every thought you've ever had." That was certainly disturbing.
Suddenly I was distracted as someone moved forward.
"Please master?" this person held their hand out, Aro took it.
"Marcus sees relationships," Aro explained, he released Marcus's hand having read his thoughts "And yours is most intriguing," he paused again "La tua cantante," his eyes solely on me.
"Or so you once were, now a newborn of course." I nodded and removed the shades I had been wearing, my red eyes not unusual here.
"Such a waste?" Aro queried glancing at Jasper.
"Not at all!"
"Edward did not do you justice earlier, you certainly have good self control, and her blood must have been such a distraction," Aro continued.
"Conversely, I found her personality and her beauty a greater distraction." Jasper responded, I squeezed his hand and Aro sighed.
"Perhaps I could," Aro reached forward to take my hand.
"I'd rather not" I answered reluctantly; I heard his thoughts briefly, such thoughts. "Some things are best left secret" I grinned, Aro looked taken aback. Jane. Jasper. Pain. Force. Tara. Show power. Force her to reveal. "No" I roared as I saw his change of plan in his mind.
"Oh my dear" Aro started "Have you been hiding something from us?" he raised his eyebrows, he nodded towards Jane, she moved quickly towards Jasper. NO! I concentrated solely on Jane. She stopped. Aro glancing at me.
"How intriguing?" he smiled "But I'm sure you cannot keep this up forever"
"Switch" I growled "I know you want to prove how much power and control you lot can have so, you touch Jasper, Jane touches me" I answered, Jasper was confused at this point, I couldn't have Jasper experiencing any more pain in his life, he's had experienced enough already in his life. His thoughts, why. Jane approach me, I braced myself, meanwhile Aro swept over to Jasper.
As she placed her hand on mine, my knees crumpled under the pain, but I remained focused, my mind dominated by Jasper, us getting out of here. I desperately wanted to avoid Aro entering my mind. No sound emitted from my mouth, no muscle moved, I simply stayed there on my knees, completely silent as the pain swept over my body, whilst Aro concentrated on Jasper. Eventually Jane released me and Jasper returned my side, he helped me up, keeping his arm wound around my waist, still not sure what I happened to me, he knew it was bad.
"My oh my Tara, as alluring as you are to the eye," Jasper emitted a growl. "You are proving to be more and more curious as time passes by," he stepped backwards and indicated towards Jasper "Not only do we have an emotion sensor and manipulator but now" he laughed and pointed at me "A thought reader and manipulator. Quite the pair!"
"I have my weaknesses," I continued "I get far less thoughts than you and less even than Edward." I was pleading almost
"Ah but the manipulating," Aro sighed again, his mind exploring the possibilities.
"I minimise the use of," I responded.
"Not yet tasted human blood" he explained walking around me, I heard someone gasp "Not one sign of pain or burning during her transformation" again there was a gasp, he circled me once again "Even Jane could not break this ones spirit" he responded, "A fighter, similar to that of her fiancée yet somehow more civilised", then it was my turn to growl, he stopped. Join us. In his thoughts he wanted me, so badly. "So?"
"The answer as you can already predict is almost certainly no, we have a family out there waiting for us to return."
"Carlisle's Coven, of course," Aro smiled. "The lifestyle here would certainly outshine that," he continued.
"I do not wish to waste your time Aro, therefore I am politely declining you now," I smiled. "I will, in any time of need, use my gift to help protect and conceal our existence from the human world but that is all."
"Of course, such an aid that will be in such a time of need," he smiled. "And you Jasper?"
"No, I go where my future wife goes," he glanced at me again.
"Naturally!" Destroy. Jasper. Instantly I found myself launching at Aro, Jasper pushing himself in front of me blocking me from anymore damage, as we collided the thud rebounded throughout the room.
"You don't need to," Jasper murmured.
"Such passion!"
"Don't rise to him," Jasper continued. I closed my mind, calming myself with the assistance of Jasper; I began on the task which I'd been planning for so long, convincing and manipulating the whole of this room to release us. Jasper began a conversation with Aro about Carlisle, I gazed around the room, slowly at first, I concentrating for merely a second on each face, my face appearing like I was trying to calm myself my thoughts slowly spread across the room.
Next Felix, he looked stunned when the thought first entered his head. Then Demetri, Jane was slightly more difficult, Marcus, then Alec, finally I returned my gaze to Aro, who seemed delighted that I was calmed. Release us. Release us. Use us as an emergency contingency plan, only to protect vampire secret. Release us. Release us. Not needed.
Aro glanced around "Please?" he motioned towards two vampires "Cloaks" he ordered, they removed them. "You will need these, in case, the sun is a little bright still" he handed them to Jasper who passed one two me. We both put them on.
"They suit you both so…" he paused "Are you sure you would not?"
"No!" Not needed, release Jasper and Tara, not needed, only in emergency, then they'll help.
"Goodbye, young friends," Aro said, his eyes bright as he stared in the same direction to which we had entered and I realised we would be leaving.
"Let's go," Jasper muttered urgently
Demetri gestured that we should follow, and then set off the way we'd come in, the only exit by the look of things. I suddenly felt weak, my throat intensely burning, energy evaporating with every second that passed, Jasper sensed this and swept me into his arms, I was frightened I'd never felt this weak whilst I'd been a the voices were echoing through from a side chamber
"I've never seen anything like this before,"
"So ancient, medieval perhaps,"
Blood. The thought echoed through to my mind from a vampire in the other chamber, then the screaming started, along with my struggle for self control.