Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer except my OCs

Chapter 3

"Come on Serina the exhibition is over. Lets go explore." Sarah grabbed Serina's arm and started hauling her towards the exit. Serina smiled and began to follow her out of the hall. Demetri and Felix had had to leave to report back to Aro but Felix had promised he would come back. She understood why she felt happy but there was something else she was feeling, something warm in her chest that she hadn't felt before. Charlotte was dashing around the hall looking for Tom and Tom was about to walk after her she knew it. She really didn't want to deal with him right now so she sped towards the exit and this time she was dragging Sarah. Steve was talking to some of the judges and their art professor was catching up with some old friends. When they got outside Serina just looked up to the sky as the sun warmed her face, the art trip had suddenly gotten a lot better.

For the rest of the afternoon she stuck with Sarah just enjoying the city, it really was beautiful, but eventually they had to head back to the hotel. Sarah had gone out again for a date with Steve and Tom was hitting on two blondes in the reception and Charlotte was complaining to anyone that would listen about how "that ugly greasy haired girl had stolen her soul-mate". Luckily many of the guests staying had enough brains to realise the truth of the situation.

She went into her room and lay down on the bed, the day had taken its toll on her and she felt so weary. She wanted to call her mum but she wasn't ready to face that disaster just yet. She needed some fresh air. Serina stepped onto the hotel balcony and saw a figure by the railings. She gasped as she recognised him another friend from years ago.

"Marcus?" she whispered not daring to believe what she saw. He looked exactly the same as he did back then except his eyes seemed even darker and even less hopeful.

Marcus had come to collect Felix and Demetri but as he was making his way to the hall he had caught the scent of something familiar. It had intrigued him and he had decided to follow it. He knew the scent, it was on the edge of his mind when she had stepped out onto the balcony. 13 years. 13 years since he had last seen her, 13 years since Aro had saved her and 13 years since he had felt anything at all. She had changed so much but that affection he felt for her back then came back, her eyes still had that child-like quality to them and she had that same soft smile. But what if she was different? Doubt assailed him. Human beings changed as they aged, could she really be the same? He was about to leave; this was putting her in jeopardy and now that she was older she probably realised how horrific his kind really was, then she turned around. He froze caught in the act, unsure of what to do he watched her expression.

Serina blinked once. Twice. He was here. She smiled and ran across to him. Next to Felix, Marcus had been the vampire she had missed the most. She had missed those pointless conversations they used to have and she missed the times when he would take her to the garden and just watch over her like a sentinel. When she reached him she just stared at him re-memorising him form his feet to his face. She wasn't sure how to act around him but Felix had seemed pleased to see her so she slowly opened her arms and hugged him. She felt his back stiffen at the contact but he slowly relaxed an put an awkward arm round her. Strange when Felix put his arm round her she felt something else when Marcus hugged her she just felt that age old affection that had stayed with her. Strange. She stepped back and smiled up at him.

"What are you doing here?" She asked puzzled by his presence. She thought that the 3 king- the 3 masters (as Felix called them) never left the palace.

"I am here to fetch Felix and Demetri." She resisted the urge to giggle he sounded like a bored uncle come to collect his two bad nephews. Her uncle used it on her and Georgina all the time.

"I saw them at the art hall, but that was a while ago." She had first hand experience at how fast they could move and Felix and his friend could be in Germany right now.

"You saw him?" Aro had warned him, Felix, Jane and Heidi to never meet her again in case somehow Caius found out. He stifled a shiver as he wondered what would have happened if his brother had come instead of him. Serina would most likely be dead by now.

She nodded eagerly "I was so surprised to see him. I never thought I'd see hi- well any of you again. I am so glad I entered the competition."

"You're part of the art exhibition?" He frowned; this all seemed too coincidental to him and when you lived for as long as he had coincidences never happened there was always a reason for something.

"Yeah my art teacher gave me the info and I entered in one of my paintings, next thing you know Felix has his arm around my throat asking me about the necklace I wore." He scowled when he heard what Felix had done to her, the vampire had gotten slightly more violent in recent years but to his own kind not to humans.

"What painting?" He knew she sang but he hadn't known about her drawings. He felt a sliver of pride for her. The art show was very hard to get in to thousands entered but only 100 pieces were chosen for the show. She must be an excellent artist.

She blushed "Oh it's not that good really, just an oil painting of a dragon. Some of my other pictures are better." She was wringing her hands together, the ones she meant were of vampires and she wasn't sure if she wanted him to see them.

He was about to say something else when he caught sight of the clock. "I have to go find those two." He turned to leave when he saw her expression fall. "I...I will return Serina and I wish to speak to you about many things." She brightened up and smiled at him. He sank into the night to find the two guards.

Serina crossed the room and sank onto her bed her earlier exhaustion returning tenfold but she didn't feel sleepy. Her arm draped over her sketch book and she picked up, flipped it to a new page and rummaged around her bag for a pencil. For 13 years she had drawn the same vampires, today she had met a new one. Demetri. She conjured up his face in her mind and began to sketch his face on the blank pages. She lost herself in the paper as she always did and allowed her fingers to bring to life the image in her mind.

AN: Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I have had a huge writers block for this chapter and it is still partly with me. This won't happen again. The next chap will be longer. I promise. I know not much Serina X anyone yet but I'm just setting it out right now. Again I'm so sorry!

Sneak Peak

"Where is Felix?" She asked looking up at Demetri with confusion written all over her face.

"He is on a mission right now but he and Marcus have asked me to watch over you for a while." his voice sounded polite but bored.

"How long is a while?" She asked unsure how she felt about him. He seemed nice but cold.

"4 days."