Rosalie and Emmett's new house was close to being finished, all that was left was the construction of the sky lights of the porch, the carpeting in the living room, and painting of the walls. They planned to make a yard next spring, along with a new play set for when their children were older.
Rosalie taking forever to decided on what color the window seels would be, but she was taking the advice of her coven, her family, and our visitors. It was elven o'clock at night when they received a phone call.
"Emmett!" Rosalie raced up stairs. "Cassie is having her second child, she's out the hospital."
"Pust' Gostbod, blagoslovit rebenka I novoi zhizni." Sophia uttered, standing up in a panic.
"What do you want us to do?" Beyza asked, coming to her sister-in-law. Her husband was away, monitoring Charlie, while the other two were keeping a close watch on their creations.
"Contact my brothers, and informed them what is going on," Rosalie said panicking. "This feels so real. Esme!"
"I'm right, here. I'll watch Nevaeh for you." Esme offered.
"Good," Rosalie said, as she started putting her hair up while Emmett went to get the keys being ready quicker than her.
"Alice, keep visions, if you see anything complicated happening to Cassie or the baby, call me. Jasper," Rosalie called him over. "Watch our guest." She whispered, Jasper nodded, in a secret exchange of not trusting the visiting Greek members, Dragomir and Lama specially.
"Felix, go and inform Heather, and Kelly." Rosalie said. "They would want to know." I headed out, preparing to see Heather again, not being able to get the encounter a few days ago out of my mind. Still shocked that she let me embrace her in such an intimate way, let me be part of her. She was the only female that I ever truly felt one with, and long for afterwards.
I made my way out to there, wondering how could the Swan residence be so far, and wishing there was a way I could get closer to her. I was going out through the woods when a voice came from behind me.
"Felix!" I turned to see the tiny porcelain Korean vampire behind me.
"Soo Min," I said. "What brings you out here?"
"They are hunting, I am thinking about leaving, this whole animal drinking thing isn't me." Soo Min explained. "Plus my dear friend, Sukh wrote in need of me so I am going to go comfort him."
"That's your prerogative." I informed her. "I wanted to talk to you about Eleazar before I leave." I paused, it was for a simple minute, I've been ignoring Carmen and the Cullen's badgering to speak with the man, but not yet Soo Min.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I understand why you can't forgive him, lying is hard to forgive." Soo Min explained. "But you should talk to him."
"Why should I talk to him?" I question in a judgmental tone. I had basically ignored Eleazar ever since he showed up this month.
"Because your incomplete now, and you can't be whole until you talk to him." Soo Min explained following me.
"What do you mean?" I asked rudely.
Ask yourself, would you feel whole if Eleazar was killed tomorrow, or would the curiosity destroy you. He lied to you before, but he's ready to tell the truth. If you want to know your story, why wait any longer."
Soo Min had a way of putting it. I went back to Heather, hearing the television blast as I went to knock on the door. Heather answered it in her bath robe with her hair in a towel. "Felix, this is a surprise." She smiled. "Come on in. Kelly is out a sleep over, and Charlie is on a night round."
"Thank you," I said taking her coat.
"Alexander and his wife had been around a lot," Heather committed. "His wife is strange, the other day. Kelly got a paper cut and used her haji to cover her lips and noise. It almost looked like she was choking."
"How is Charlie?" I asked curios.
"Charlie is strange too, he's irritable and had developed a taste for rare meant." Heather answered.
"I can keep an eye on him if you want?" I asked.
"You don't have too," Heather said. "You have your own life to live."
"I have a lot of time ahead of me." I explained. "But still." She was silent for moment, she stared at me. "So what brings you here this time of night?"
"Rosalie got a call this morning, Cassie's baby is on its way."
"He'll have a good home with them." Heather said, somenly, I knew with that statement she didn't want to discuss it any further. "Well, come, have a drink."
"I'm not thirsty," I said gulping.
"Alright," Heather sighed. "I am really glad ya' came 'ere." She said as I followed her into the living room. "I was watchin' some old eighties movie, and eatin' some popcorn, not doing much." She then shut the television off. "I washed I would have known ya wor' comin' over, I would have change." She said as she started coming in with the bowl, she then stop for a brief moment. "I swear, ya' have me confused."
"About what?" I asked, I normally didn't like it when people spoke in an improper grammar. I could tell with Heather it was about comfort. This was how she talked with just her and he sisters, it was a sign that I was her equal, part of her world.
"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know," Heather ranted. "From the moment I bumped into ya'. Ya were more den' some otter' face. Ya were never another guy to me. It impossible, if I was a flower, you would be a bee. Almost every step ya' take, its like the world is commin' to me. Anyway, I'm glad ya here." Heather said as she came to me.
She then paused for her moment, putting her arm around me, we kissed again. This time her entire body lifted against mine as I laid her down, with her arms wrapped around me. She stopped for a brief moment.
"You kissed like you're going into battle," she said.
"Is there something wrong with that?" I asked.
"No, but I must apologize, because I am so happy in your presence." She sighed.
I could hear her heart beating faster than it had beat against my body before. I let her unbutton my shirt, as she started kissing my neck. Her hand glided down to my chest coming against the marks.
"When where you stab?" She asked as I let her put her finger in the frozen wound, with it going to the other side of my back.
"It was there before," I informed her as she nodded confused. She was puzzled for a moment. She gulped as if she was trying to say something. "The time after?"
"The night Charlie was attacked," I reminded.
"You weren't there the next morning," She reminded. "Why did you leave? I thought it was a dream."
"I had an emergency," I said as my hand went up her back.
"I know you aren't human." Heather reminded. "But I am still your lover, I guess we could make that official. Please, Felix, I ask of you to not ever do that to me. How did this scar stay like this?" She asked touching it again, I never let a women touch that wound, but I let her. It was almost as if I belonged to her, and she not to me.
"I don't know," I answered, I didn't remember, most stab wounds were healed by the venom, but mine didn't, it remained like this.
"So you really are eight-hundred?" Heather asked. She then kissed me again, this time we didn't stop.
~X~
Heather asked me to leave before Charlie got back, and I did. I was walking back through the woods, wanting to hunt when I sensed someone else. I turned to see Eleazar and Carmen with a deer.
"Eleazar?" I called, as his head beamed up.
"Felix," He said shocked, this was the first I was kind to him since he told me. "What would you like?"
"What is my story?" I asked in an instant. Soo Min was right, the curiosity would bring me to him. I wanted to answer Heather's question about the scar, and to know ho I transformed. I wanted to know it.
Carmen gave me a strange glance, I was ready now, I wanted to hear it. Whether I forgiven him or not was absolute, I just needed it to hear it.
"I am going back to the house." Carmen informed me and left.
"Where do I began?" Eleazar said. "Well…."
"Start with your story." I suggested.
"My story is very simple, I was a student at the University of Palencia, and my friends and I were taking a Pilgrimage to the Santiago de Compostela, the Way of St. James. We stopped at a Monastery that was housing pilgrims, giving us supplies and such.
One of the men there, I found rather strange. His name was Marcus. He was studying the humans, and seemed to grow a fondness of me. That evening, at dinner we had an intelligent conversation. He like my educational back ground and personality. He was surprised I read the French writer Pisan, and agreed with her about women. The next day, it was raining. Marcus came with us on the long journey. On our way there, he explained he was looking a husband for one of his daughters. He was impressed with me, and asked if I would be interested. After much thought, I agreed, I would like to have a wife. Marcus then said I would need to seek approval of his wife. I thought this was strange, a man sinking permission form his wife. But I agreed. He took me to meet Didyme. She was beautiful women but strong.
Didmye surprised me in the confidence she spoke towards Marucs. 'What is this all you fond?'
"He is educated as fully as one cold be in this time of humans.
'which isn't much by us, at least he knows how to read which is rare than it should be. Did you ask him on his view of ladies?"
"He knows my relationship towards women," I answered. "I will make them as happy as they would be in your ever surrounding presence." I responded.
"How did you know that they are happy in my presence?" Didyme asked me. "How did you figure out he read your relationships. Something is strange about him, something is strange about you." She sighed. "I think I will make you a part of my family."
"Should I give him the bit?" Marcus asked.
"No, I will," Didyme said as she came up and bit me.' I was happy for three days in the most agonizing pain.'
"Interesting story," I said.
"But it's not the one you want to hear," Eleazar corrected.
"You know the story I want to hear," I sighed. "I am going to give in. Tell me my story."
1300s North Switzerland
It was a tranquil setting, high up in the Alps, far above any reaches of any human being. I was gazing at the thick, curled, white clouds that peaked out like the breast of a nude woman. being above them with the mist coming into the cave along with the white snow dancing in the earth's atmosphere.
"Quit standing out there and staring, come back inside to help get this place set up." Didyme shouted, I went back to the caves to see my sister. Chelsea was unpacking the jewelry, and books. Marcus and Didyme were trying to find a place for the hundreds of tapestries and vases they brought with them through the day.
"Should we be living this luxurious with all the nomads coming through here?" I asked, wondering if they be offended by us for bringing our Mediterranean culture to Northern Europe, and claiming it civilized.
"Of course," Didyme answered. "Even those we are no longer with my brother. We are still extended of the Volturi. Therefore we must present ourselves as being cultured and well rounded. I will create a library in one cavern where vampires can come, and learn. They are going to take our culture as we will grow in theirs."
"I thought majority of them don't even know how to read?" I pointed out.
"True, these humans of Europe had been going very shabby in the last couple of centuries." Didyme shook her head. "Uneducated is an unfortunate norm. It is my hope to see the education of the masses reign once more."
"The many nomads we have been coming across have been ignorant of the world," Marcus said. "Perhaps by living here we can give the knowledge given to vampires that was lost by humans."
"Just remember, we all have equality in this coven now," Chelsea reminded him.
"That is something that I won't forget." I reminded.
Another reason we left is the lack of suffrage among the coven. Anthenodora and Sulipicia accepted being unable to vote, Sulipica in strife, Anthenodora in lack of interest. Didyme did not, she created four very powerful vampires and her voice was being denied. Marcus agreed with her, with the belief that immortal women didn't have to be second to men.
I still remember my creator clearly, with her midnight hair made of silk curls that she kept in a verity of hair pieces through the help of her daughters. She wore the Greek clothes, often light colored, and the clothes of noble women. She always dressed fancy, decorated in jewels and pearls. She presented herself like a lady. She walked with the pure elegance and grace of the gods, but spoke with a tongue of fire. When she hunted, she dressed modernly, but she like wearing stolas. She had many find clothes of wealthy humans, and made sure her daughters were dressed properly. We were to be above humans but blend in, that meant we were to present ourselves in the clothing of wealthy nobles.
"Well, that is up, there is still so much more to come," Marcus said as him and Didyme leveled another tapestry. "I see you two have their trunks. Tomorrow, I shall go back to fetch our other daughters."
"I can't wait for Corin to come, I miss her music so. I am sure once Renta see this place I am sure she will love it." Didyme sighed disappointedly. The presence of an unknown vampire came in with his shadow appearing the entrance of the cave.
"We are going to the lower caves." Didyme spoke for Marcus. "I have much clothes to unpack."
Chelsea and I were alone, I remember she was polishing the new jewels from her last kill, a princess with the plague, while I was carefully checking the scrolls taking them into for account. Chelsea then switched from her jewels to working on this large tapestry of our family, as I went through and took roll of our treasures when from no where a shadow appeared over us along with the scent of an unfamiliar vampire.
"I see you're getting things settled," We heard a voice in the Norwegian language.
Chelsea and I turned to see a larger than normal vampire behind us. He was enormous, above six feet tall at least. He had large muscular arms, muscles the size of rolling pins. A gigantic belly that jiggled when he approached us, he had a long brown beard that went to his waist and glistening red eyes. In his large hands a map could be drawn on a map held a package of fur. I and Chelesea's head on the tips of his fingers. I felt Chelsea's arm tighten around me so tight, my skin started to crack as I read his gift, seeing his trustworthiness.
"My creator and her mate are right down the tunnel." Chelsea warned.
"Oh!" The man smiled with his long beard lifting up. "You must be Chelsea and Eleazar, very nice to meet you, very nice to meet you." The man smiled almost too joyful. "I hope you don't mind if your creator and her good mate come forward, got them a fine welcoming gift. A fine one indeed."
"Thank you," Chelsea said as took the furs, she stared at them, wondering if these animal skins would be proper representation their wealthy coven's cultural superiority.
"Where are they?" Harof asked, wondering.
"We are right here," Marcus said coming up and shaking Harof's hand as Didyme put her powers into effect causing Harof to smile with delight. "Thought I would bring you a little something, glad to meet two of your creations, who the others you spoke so fondly of?"
"I plan to get them this afternoon." Marcus explained. "Thank you, so much."
"You're welcome, just to give you a tidbit; there is a village few miles down that's been struck with plague, just in case you want to get something." The man smiled, showing his missing and blacken teeth.
"It is something I will check out," Chelsea committed. "This Black Death has benifited us greatly."
"Agree, agree," Horus nodded.
"Anyway, I have to be going, hope to see you soon."
"Hope to see you," Marcus said.
"What's wrong with him?" Chelsea asked.
"He's a widow," Didyme said. "He will most likely be a here a lot, lonely not having a coven of his own."
"What a curse widower must bare," Marcus sighed. "Anyway, I must go, and retrieve are other two daughters."
"Bye Marcus," Didyme gave him a kiss. "See you in a couple of days."
"Then we'll be free," Marcus agreed. After one long passionate kiss where Chelsea and Eleazar had to look away, he left.
~X~
Marcus was gone a whole entire day. Chelsea left a couple hours earlier, I was noticing her pattern of coming in and out since she went to see that village that was hit by the Black Death. I went with her for a feeding earlier, were she directed me on my victim. I didn't bring it up with Didyme, already knowing her suspicions which turned out to be very right.
Didyme was still rearranging the cave as I was unpacking another trunk. I was caught in a gaze of the sight ahead. The tall tops of the frozen mountains, seeing the swivels of snowflakes dance in many directions along with the several pikes of evergreen trees with lakes and villages in the far, far, far off distance.
"Eleazar!" Didyme called me.
"Yes," I asked turning, coming back to her, figuring she would need help with something. She was wearing a long dark green gown that went to her ankles along with a gold belt that went around her waist. She had her black raven curls pinned up, and a veil wrapped around it, floating through the cave bare-foot.
"I have a task for you," She said coming out with a white cloth wrapped up.
"What would you like?" I asked.
"Harof informed me the Subcomb women live a couple hours north east of here. I would like to make a peace offering." Didyme explained as she handed me a linen wrapped gift. "I want you to take a diamond necklace, a set of pearl earrings, and silver bracelet up to them.. I want you to represent our coven, and offer this gift to their leader to share with her sisters as a sign of our friendship. The Volturi had to execute their mother before I formed you. That is why you must make it clear we the Volturi, we are of our own separate coven that is in support of the Volturi."
"Where are they?" I asked obediently.
"Slovoka," She answered. "Once you pass the boarder. You are sure to sense them. Now, where did Chelsea go?"
"She went to the village," I answered.
"Visiting that peasant boy, I am going to have Marcus change him for her when I get back." Didyme sighed. "Thank you, and while you are there be sure to display your charm."
"Didyme," I said frustrated.
"None have mates," Didyme pointed out. "Of course, they also seduce human males. Never mind, be sure that you inform them you belong to a coven."
"I will," I responded walking down. I started going through the mountain, I passed a very familiar vampire. He was walking through what is now Liechtenstein. I came across Aro. He was dressed rather unusual, not wearing the fine velvet, and silks that he normally wore. He was wearing a rough-like linen shirt, with strips of linen shirt along with a cheap belt. The only thing of nobility was a ruby ring connected to a frozen finger.
"Eleazar, I was hoping to run into you." Aro said, rather happily offering my hand. I hesitated a little and grabbed it, offering my peace as he stopped to read my thoughts. "I have been making up way, curios to see your new home. It seems to be going rather nicely."
"It is," Aro agreed. "Chelsea has disappeared, where is she?"
"Suspicions that she is watching over a human in a nearby village." I answered.
"Oh," He smiled with delight. "I see that now. Eleazar, before you go see the subbcobmes, I want you to do something for me first. Think of it as a last task for you."
"I don't think Didyme would." I shrugged, not thinking much of it.
"This is for her," Aro said quickly. "Please, one last quest."
"I guess," I said, sensing the urgency in his voice.
"I want you to go up north," Aro said. "The Knights of Denmark, and Estiona are very strong there. They fight against those who harm them, and protect their people bravely. They will attack anyone at their king's orders. They have proven themselves to be an unstoppable force. Anyone they go after run in fear because of them. They have even defeated the greatest armies dared to attack. They have conquered many, ruthlessly brave, and willing to kill their own brother at their lord's demand. I want you to go and find a human among these knights, and bring it to Didyme for her to change."
"Will she go for that?" I asked.
"Chelsea already agreed to sway her, and she won't turn her back on a new comer." Aro promised. I, being trained to be obedient, and never say no to an ancient was forced to obey, I started to head north.
~X~
Estonia, was a strange land, a place my feet never set foot. So naturally I embraced with curiosity. I didn't understand the language of the peasants, but the nobles I understood to speak Danish amongst each other. I traveled through the county of Varbola. I noticed these servant women speaking as they packed linen shirts, woolen stockings, padded garments, aketon, arming coat, doublet, gambeson, and quilted hackson along with an armor coats of red cloth with while shirts. Another man packing a white shield with a black cross. It was clearly the wardrobe of a Lord's son. The armor gave me the indicator that this was indeed one of the knights Aro has wanted to be part of our coven. I watched above being oblivious to them as the women notice another woman ironing Surcoats, clothes shoes, and another male servant packing chainmail armor. Indicating to me immediately they were preparing a knight for me to travel.
One woman with long brown hair in a net wearing a silk green dress that went up to her shoulders, and down past her arms, with a wide skirt going past her waist. She had to be the lady of the manor, she walked down to the servants with elegance as they stood in her presence. She held her shoulders and head high, owing the place as the servants stood in her presence with their heads down. She was an older women, in her thirties at least, the servants were all in their mid-teens.
"Is his clothes packed?" The women asked.
"Yes, my lady," The head women answered.
"Good, we will be leaving for Osel before the midday meal." The women said strictly. "I want his wedding garments to be ironed before leaving. Insure the servants that will be handed to the bride as a gift are presentable."
"Mama," A girl came out running.
"Kadri, go back to the tower and come out properly." The mother said. Kadri went back to the house, put her hands on her side and walked out. She then curtsied to her mother.
"What brings you here, daughter?" Kardri asked.
"Who will I be riding with?" She said.
"You will be riding with Axel, and Veronika, and your nephew in the carriage. Felix plans to ride horseback, so the bride will see him riding up with his shield on the thoroughbred of his father. Now, go back to your stitchery."
"Yes, Mother," Kardri said. The mother followed behind her daughter.
"It is so strange, that he's going to the bride's home," A woman said as she continued doing laundry.
"I heard that the father offered the city of Ocel, and his entire province as her dowry. In exchange that he marry her." Another woman said. "Lucky girl, Felix is a man that many maidens have desired for."
The two giggled with laughter of teenage crush.
I went up to the wall and I saw you. You were human, tall and muscular with rosy cheeks, broad shouldered and many battle scars covering your arms, legs, and chest. You just shave because a man was walking out with a knife and towel. You were rubbing your cheeks while staring at a mirror. My senses told me that you could attack anything, break through alive no matter how mighty the force may be. I could see why your servant girls fancied of you. You were in the upper parts of the tower, in a writing room with a fire place and a chess board. You were with an older boy, in his mid-twenties with a darker shade of hair, a mustache. A women was with you, I assumed as your brother's wife, Veronika because Axel kissed her on the cheeks as she breast feed their son. She had to be no more than sixteen, with her light blond hair in a bun wearing a slim-fit gown with tires going up her shirt, and a sleeve down as the baby suckled at her nipple.
"Are you nervous brother?" Axel asked you.
"Why asked that?" You asked.
"Because you'll be a husband tomorrow.: Veronika answered as she continued to nurse. "Bet she is just as nervous. I know I was nervous when I was getting ready to marry your brother?"
"Where you now?" Axel asked.
"Yes, how could one not me. I haven't seen my father comes home after two years, and then one evening he appears and says I must leave my home. Go to a faraway land, a country with a strange tong. Then commit myself to a boy I never met, and make a vowel before God to commit my will to him. What girl wouldn't be nervous. But, ah, I saw him. Your brother is such a handsome fellow, too hard to resist. Genital too, I marred and was happy form that day forward."
"Axel was scared too,' You joked with Axel.
"Oh you," Axel jokingly grabbed you by the neck. "Why did you tell her that?"
"I remember that evening. You were shocked when you announced 'I can't believe I just took a wife, what was I thinking.' He was scared that you might be ugly."
"But she wasn't and your new wife won't be either. I already seen her." Axel insured you. "No fairer maiden could be perfect for you."
"Felix," A firm voice interrupted as a man in his late thirties walked in with his gray beard, walking with his shoulders tall in a noble man's cloth. You stopped instantly; along with your brother and his family. They stood as he walked in. Veronika handed over her son and curtsied to him as you two bowed. "Pleasing to see my sons find comfort among each other, I must speak with the groom on his responsibilities as a husband."
I left, I decided against changing you. I did follow your party, in hopes that the bride may have a brother or another knight that might not be so committed.
The servants walked along with you, including those who you planned to give as a gift. I also remember you sending a message in advance with a gift for your bride.
I did meet Freja. I went ahead of you, I wasn't planning to change you. I was just curios on what this fair bride was awaiting for you. She was beautiful, with her flowing dark blonde hair that went down to her back. She had a skinny body, and soft green eyes, she was short, about half your size. She was taking a hot bath and being soaked with perfumes, as the servants clean her body. She put on a light blue dress with outer sleeves, along with a outer corset. Her hair was braided, and jeweled. The whole castle seemed busy, I was only looking at this to hunt, which I did, I drank the blood of one of her lower servants.
~X~
It was late in the evening, I couldn't find one. I was heading back your way when I heard you. I went back to the castle, and saw the bodies of your family, servants, and new in-laws. I didn't find yours, I then heard the shutter. You were on the castle wall, I saw you swinging your arm with the sword blocking and clashing the metals, twisting your arm, flickering your wrest. You were talented.
One came by and stabbed you from the back, through your rib cage. You fell from the wall and landed on your feet, you were very injured but you kept going. You were tired, injured, and in pain of your loses but you kept going. I followed you from tree to tree, as you ran from those men after you.
I followed you threw the woods as you ran against them, you then went off the woods, not a bright idea, but they followed. You tripped on a branch and fell, you lost so much blood, so much I would of passed you without thinking.
I went down, to you "Deus animam meam, Deus animam meam," you repeated it several times, in Latin your voice called 'May the lord take my soul.'
I came down, and pressed your wound as you saw me. You begged me to take you. You were strong, you survived so much I saw the men coming and I went after them, killing each of the men. You watched in relief, as you remained on the ground shaking from the blood lost. You stared at me straight in the eye as I removed your collar and bit your neck. I was tempted to finish you, but I pulled myself away and wiped the blood away from my mouth with the reminder of your shirt. I let out a gag in agony, as I lifted you in my arms and carried you away.
~X~
The next morning, I was back to Switzerland. You hadn't made a sound as I carried you into the dark. It was sunrise coming up the mountain. I saw the smoke flying from the caves of my home. It was black mask of death as ashes flew straight to my face stinging my eyes. I traveled the rocky path. As I fought the smoke, I ran into Aro, with sadness in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I got bad news. It turns out Didyme was killed. You were in some nomad's territory and he took her as a warning." Aro sighted as I dropped you, he knelt down and went to your side. "Did you already create him?"
"I know who it was, that one man, my instincts told me to trust him." I muttered to myself as he stared at you.
"I thought I said to bring the human for one of us to change." Aro questioned.
"Didyme's gone." I muttered.
"I was going to change him." Aro said, taking you. "That was the plan."
"Didyme's gone?" I asked, wondering if it could be true.
"What are we going to do with him now?" Aro sighed. "Surely your coven is in no way prepared to take on a new creation when you just suffered a loss."
"Let me speak with them," I begged Aro. "I should explain this."
"I'll watch over him, if they don't agree, perhaps we could go and use Horus's talent, Sulipica and I can take him on."
"Let me talk to Marcus." I said as I rushed to the mountains to our former home. I was racing back, speeding through the rocky trail up to the cave, where I had to face the ashes.
"Where were you?" Renata attacked me.
"I went away," I explained.
"You should have been here,' Marcus said shanking in the back ground.
"Didyme sent me to the succubus and I got side track." I said shocked at the sight.
"Eleazar, you were the only male in the cave." Marcus corrected me. "You could have stopped him. He could have taken you instead."
"I didn't think." I stuttered, being unable to handle the shock of Didyme's death. The fourth front of Marcus's anger.
"That's right, you didn't think!" Macrus screeched. "You didn't stay here and protect your coven like I asked of you, your stupidity took her life."
"Marcus, you don't…" Corin started.
"Get him out my face," He responded coldly. "I don't even want to look at you right now. How dare you even think that you can still be my son?"
I left and ran back to Aro, I felt so ashamed torn between you and the suffering of my coven. I went right to you and spoke with Aro. I watched you suffering as you twitched. The old war scars were starting to fade as the snow covered your face and your pigment was changing, you were forming, becoming stronger, slowly and slowly becoming more powerful than you ever been before. I had made a grave mistake, and because of it I felt guilt until this day. I saw you coming into this world because of it, I wondered if I could mourn the loss of Didyme and deal with the stronger than normal newborn life. You didn't deserve to come into a coven that was in such morning, you deserved one that would celebrate your passage I didn't want to give you up, but circumstances wise, you deserved better.
"Take him to Horus," I said as Aro collected you. I followed Aro, wanting to insure Horus that he was only to erase the part of your creation. I still wanted you to have the memories of your human life. You had such a fine life.
You remember Horus, right, how he would come to Volterra wearing fine clothes, completely groomed with his coven following his every move. You remember how he once stood, with a Greek goddess depended on him. Basal giving us his illusion, while Aldric manipulated those to agree with his thinking, Lois whispering what he knows, and Monique giving him guidance. He wasn't at all like that back then.
I skimmed through the mountains with you. The sun rose high above the peak as you remained in the torturous pain. You didn't make a single whisper as I passed through the white tip peaks to meet Aro in the point of Taennchel, tucked away in the Vosges Mountains. Far away from humans, making the coven being legend as being the nightly demons, much to Athena's despised.
Being forced to hunt only at night, undercover trying to find whoever was caught in the underworld of crime abroad and terrorized the peasants in the country. I followed Aro there, high in the temple build when the Romans occupied France, it was now abandon with its roof falling and repair after repair going wrong. Aro knocked on the door. Horus answered, with his brown hair in a small pony tail in the back, wearing several brown furs, wrapped around his muscles along with large leather boots, clearly he had killed a man of the wild.
"What a surprise this is?" Horus said slyly, with a gruff voice.
"We have a favor to ask of you," Aro started.
"Horus," A voice called as he reached at his arm, and a skinner arm grabbed onto it. Horus lead Athena out, she was wearing a brown peasant dress the Horus picked out for her to blend it. She wore a stolen wool scar wrapped around her head. Along with an itchy wool dress that went against her marble skin along with a piece of woven cloth wrapped around the former goddess's eyes. "Who is that, I here two people, and smell a vampire being created."
"Aro is here, my lady." Horus said. "He wants me to do him a favor."
"What does that traitor want?" Athena spat. "How dare you come to him, asking for favor, when you jilted us last time! We supported you, and you gave us nothing in return. I was the goddess of Olympus, created by Zeus, the mate of Thor, worshiped both north and south. I didn't know taking down the Romanians would lead to this! Now look what I am under your rule, the monster woman that gives children night mares. was this existence what I supported? I tell you, no peasants or travelers carry many jewels these days and no one makes an offering to a monster. Afterwards I went by your rules. I kept quiet and didn't demand worship, I lived your rules and I offered my creations power. He was the most powerful weapon in the defeat of the Romanian coven. He should have come out as hero. Instead, you cast us aside as we did nothing."
"Eleazar is with him," Horus corrected.
"Didyme's creation?" Athena said as a smile sleeked across her paisley skin. "You can do business with him."
"Didyme's dead." I spat out.
"Eleazar, unknowing about the death of his creator, created another. He is obviously in no condition to take on another. So, I am going to have you erase his memory and I will take on the responsibility," Aro explained.
"It's not that easy Aro," Athena growled.
"I am charging both of you," Horus went on with his clever smile. "And be expecting more to keep this secret from him."
"You sly," I started towards him angry.
"It's his gift," Athena reminded. "He will use it at his will. I will complete the bargain for my creation. You won't take advantage like you did last time. Eleazar, Horus has been searching for humans to change into vampires, so he can build up our coven. But we have had problems seeing if they are talented or not. You will find us two vampires, one for keeping the secret from him, and another for reliving you of the responsibility."
"Agreed." I said, as I laid you down.
"He comes from a fine family, appears to be a knight." Horus shook his head. He then put his fingers in your ears. "Now we shall have to think of something for Aro, Athena."
"Aro, you won't desire any creation of Horus." Athena said.
"Well, I'm sure." Aro started.
"That is my only request form you Aro," Athena said sternly. "You think it should be rather light after all the request we took form you. You will not send Chelsea or anyone to take his creations from us or any other coven of those who carry our venom lived in. If you even so desire them, your power will be failed from those you trust." Athena hissed, we knew she was using her prophetess voice. That was her gift, when she stated something, it somehow happened.
"He is ready, he doesn't remember seeing you." Horus smiled to me.
"I suppose you should go back to your coven," Aro suggested, he grabbed you and left.
I then started heading back to my coven, wondering if this was the right thing. Not knowing how I would spend centuries in regret, just regretting in the few short seconds it took Aro to leave with you.
"Eleazar," Horus called me.
"Yes," I answered.
"I am sorry for your lost," He shook his head. "Didyme save my life, I was heading into a life of nothing if it wasn't for her bringing me to Athena. In her sake, I will find deserving humans that would appreciate the change in fate."
"Thank you," I said, becoming a little jealous that his creations will thank him, and mine wouldn't even know. It was after he said that, I regretted my decision with Aro.
~X~
"Why didn't you say anything when I woke up?" I asked.
"Sulipica was there when you woke up, she was so hopeful. I wanted to say something each day I kept saying I would let it slip, but each day you seemed content, and I remain quiet."
"That's not an excuse," I said. "I needed you then, but I don't need you now.
"I understand," Eleazar said. "Now that I have said my story, I won't seek you. I gave you this life, I'll let you live it."
"I wasn't because of it," I said solemnly before leaving.
~X~
It was Fourth of July. The rest of the Denali coven came and joined us. Garrett had the Hale brothers happy looking over an old air plane that belonged to a World War Two pilot. Rosalie and Emmett were still at the hospital, Aysun and Beyza were watching Nevaeh along with Carlisle and Esme. Tanya, Jasper, Alice, Kate, Bella and Edward were happily visiting one another, with Rensemee between them catching their cousins up on all that has happened. Embry was there with Sophia, while Jacob's wolf pack was visiting Lima and Dragomir letting loose of their curiosity of the ancient days. Tanya stood up right away when she saw me and zoomed across the field.
"Felix," She called.
"Eleazar already told me," I said, hoping not to dwell in it any more than it already had. Keeping falsehood and lies for centuries can't be forgotten with the simple revealing of the truth. Eleazar and I will never have the relationship of a creator to a creation. He let Aro take that from us.
"It's not about that, did Carmen and Eleazar tell us where we went." Tanya said coming up to me. Did the chick not take a hint.
"No," I answered, not really caring.
"We want to Volturi." She said.
"That's nice, have a pleasant visit," I said nonchalantly.
"Gisbert, our nephew wanted to get Jane, he needed help." Tanya said, I shrugged, even those I did find it interesting that the Gisbert in Jane's letters was their nephew, I didn't want her to know I found that interesting.
"Did she go?" I asked.
"Yes, and she's not alone. Heidi left too." Tanya explained
"I know," I answered. "Fred wrote to me."
"What about Demetri?" Tanya asked. "Did he write to you about him?"
"No," I responded turning to her as her long straight curls flew over her face. She stopped for a moment to fix her hair piece and turned back to me.
"He quit," Tanya said.
"What!" I corresponded shock.
"No one knows where he is, have you heard from him?" Tanya pleaded, which I found strange.
"Demetri quit talking to me because I left the Volturi." I huffed out trying to make sense of things, he left the Volturi and hadn't told me. How could a few months unravel centuries of friendship, it made no sense.
"I think he is looking for you," Tanya said sadly. "Promise to keep an eye out for him."
"I will," I assured her as the Clearwaters entered with Natalie. Sue looked like a wreck, with her hair a mess, and her muscles growing quicker than her bone structure, becoming rather disfigured. She was snapping at her children, who were calming her.
Natalie on the other hand, she was just as unkempt as Sue, I notice a bit of muscle development, but none too noticeable by humans, she just was in an air of disarray. She was depressed. Aysun made sure Beyza was content with Neveah, and called Nikki, they approached the Clearwaters.
"Get away from us!" Leah screeched.
"We can help," Aysun insured.
"You done enough," Seth said defending Natalie, Carlisle stood up and went over.
"What's going on," He said as I broke up the fight to protect him. Alexander dropped everything to head over, as Lima and Dragomir started to make their way.
"They want to send them to Australia,"
"It's just for a months or so, we know a family that can help you." Nikki explained. "They said they will take you in, we'll go with you if you want."
"I am not leaving my children just because you bit me." Sue growled.
"If you don't you could be a dangerous for much longer." Aysun said appealing to both Sue and Natalie.
"They're werewolves," Katie whispered to Garrett.
"Yes, it's our duty as animal drinkers to have peace among all immortal beings." Lama explained in a teaching manner towards the Denali coven.
"As we were told," Tanya responded, she then looked towards Esme who nodded, Tanya then rolled her eyes and put her focus back towards the scene.
"Mom, I can watch Seth," Leah said.
"But what will I tell my sisters?" Natalie asked.
"Wait for Charlie, and we all can discuss this together." Alexander suggested as Jasper went to the scene quicker than lighting calming the werewolves, younger and older.
Another car drove up, I still remained, ensuring my interest in the case they decided to act out of line when Heather appeared. Her red curls bouncing instead of in snarls, combed in a head band. She was wearing a new sundress with a dark blue color that went to her knees with straps over her shoulders. Her red hair brushed and in a head band, with very few snarls. She picked up a casserole with Kelly coming out, Kelly's hair started to grow, into somewhat cheek length hair, when wore a button black dress with all her piercings in tack along with ripped tights. I instantly went to help the two, as all eyes went to her, including the guests who never met her. Heather looked much different than usual he almost seemed to be glowing. I also notice she was starting to have a curve around her waist.
"Felix," Heather called me, as Charlie smiled, and saw Alexander coming with disappointment. I ignored them and went straight to her, with her hands gathering in with my hands.
"Come, sit down," I said leading her to my family. "Are you hungry?"
"She's always hungry," Kelly committed.
"Well, it seems that way," Heather smiled. "But I have a bit of stomach flu this morning." That's when Edward's eyes went towards Heather, growing wide as I found a place by her were the food kept for the shape-shifters and werewolves to let her eat. I heard Kelly mumble about me treating her like a queen, but that wouldn't be right, because Queens were treated poorly by their kings in my way.
Charlie was a little more accepting of what happened to him, he greeted Alexander with dignity. Charlie didn't put up any signs of hostility towards the man who placed this new curse on him. There was some tension, but Charlie didn't lash it out. He went visit with Bella, keeping an eye on heather and Kelly as well, I could tell he was taking this curse better. They were eating; I knew Alexander was planning on bringing up Australia again. The Hales had some sort of meat patties on the grill that Jacob and his father, and his date that greeted Natalie rather happily, not knowing what had happened to her.
"Did they call yet?" Carlisle asked Nikki.
"Yes, they had a boy," Nikki announced.
"Emmett still plans to have the firework display tonight in celebration." Alexander said excitedly.
"They called you," Bella said shock as Esme brought over the salad, placing it next to Mrs. Uley's shrimp and salmon dip which Heather had a large scoop of on her plate and gobbling down with crackers after her larger helping of cold slaw, and deviled eggs. She also kept mooching at a fruit salad in the process.
I wonder what with these Americans and their salads and dips. Between the Clearwaters and Natalie, the Hales, the Blacks, the Calls who were invited by Sophia, the Atearas, which was Quil and his grandfather, the Uleys, Heather, Kelly, Charlie, Brady, Collin there had to be there had to be at least twelve salads. It was that and dips too, vegetable dip, mustered dips, bacon dip, artichoke dip, chicken dip, chip dip, Mexican dip, and this unquestionable dip Mr. Black's date brought. According to sources, she was Sam's mother which was why he was there. She stayed close to Jake's father.
Perhaps the dips went with the hamburgers they were all swallowing down or Leah's crab cakes that she forced Jacob's pack to eat along with Aysun's bruschetta and another hummus dip they were munching down on. Sophia made some kind of salad from a thing called tofu they weren't too fond of, except for Embry and his mother. I notice Lama and Dragomir acted different towards Embry, critical but kinder. They also introduced themselves to his mother, I wondered if they plan to insist on their being a chaperon.
Esme brought these things called wings that had barbeque stuff on it and the humans attacked them. I thought of announcing them we weren't vegetarians and we called this feast to fatten them up, but Heather was eating more than normal so I didn't say anything. She was also eating strangely, she had ice cream right after eating the barbeque sauce and drank down a whole pitcher of lemonade. I notice some of the chatty imprintees pointing out the roundness in her belly but Natalie hushed them before I did.
I notice Nevaeh ran up to sit with Heather. She of course dropped everything to hear what her niece had to say. As they were eating Edward came beside me, grabbed my arm and leave. Natalie said something about a dip she got off from the internet, something the Amish make, and they started complementing her on it. As I observed in trying to be with Heather and ignore Eleazar at the same time, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Come with me," Carlisle said quickly.
"What is it?" I asked.
"I got a note from Hecate, we have electricity, she wants us to return." Lima explained coming in from behind Carlisle. "But she asked us to extend our visit due to the Hale Cottage being in repair. The one thing I am worried about is Embry."
"Alright," Carlisle kept on walking with me.
"Also, I think Embry wishes to court Sophia, but hasn't done it properly." Lama continued.
"What exactly is that?" Carlisle said. "Asking Dragomir his permission, I can guarantee you that Embry is unaware of that. He is in love with your daughter."
"I know," Lama said. "In our world, Embry asked me, since I created her. He is now part of us, and must know us. His mother has done some research, and knows that we want a chaperon. She has agreed to chaperon when they court. He is taking her to some bonfire."
"She will have a good time," Carlisle said as he continued walking. The Hale sisters then came up behind her, like she wished. Lama turned as if she was expecting something from them. After years of working with Ancients, I knew the Hale sisters would know the information Lama wanted. I sometimes wonder if these rules of etiquette was out of respect and apparition or just a desire to control.
"We spoke with Charlie? He agreed to go to Australia with Alexander." Beyza explained.
"Why Australia?" I asked, interrupting. They look at me, I had let some of the manners I was trained with go away while staying with the Cullens. I wanted to know, so I asked.
"Australian nomads generally ignore the werewolves. Some of the covens like the one in Sydney and Melbourne even have alliances with them." Aysun said nervously.
"Not to mention, the brothers of New Zealand have an interest in are lifestyle and wish to learn more about being animal drinkers. Beyza can educate them." Lama explained.
"We have friends over there, one family in particular. The head is a lawyer, and his mate and the children they infected have a number of houses throughout the outback, along the coast and throughout the islands. From what I hear, they travel to the Antarctica on a full moon night. They are able to function among humans rather well. We contacted there friends and they agreed to train them." Aysun said confidently. I liked how they considered Beyzia above her sister, simply because she was a vampire and Aysun was a werewolf. Beyza needed to give up human blood, the rest have jobs in the coven. Beyza still contributed but was considered an equal to their creations, simply because she was bitten by a vampire and the rest happen to be werewolves. The double standards were clear.
"We are going to be Kelly guardians." Alice explained, coming up. I could tell, Lama did care about the girl's wealth fair due to her honor in human lives. To them, the Cullens and Denali coven weren't pure animal drinkers because they didn't follow their invented code fully. They weren't a coven because they didn't follow the ancient traditions that was never enforced.
"While Charlie is gone," Beyza reminded.
"What about Heather?" I asked.
"That's who we need to talk about," Carlisle said as he drugged me away. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Heather stand up and rush to the woods as fast as her human legs could take her.
"You better go tend to that," Edward started as he came to meet us, and saw Heather become sick, very sick, she vomiting horridly behind a tree.
"Are you alight?" I asked.
"No," She stuttered. "This happen this morning, I was going to eat little to get rid of these stomach cramps and not let out everything I swallow. But I'm just got hungry…eating foods I don't even like but was hungry for."
"Got a virus or something?" I asked with my limited knowledge on human health, I hoped it wasn't the kind that killed humans. She didn't look like she had the plague or small pox.
"No," Heather answered. "I've been having these weird feelings those," She said as she placed her hand on her stomach.
"What's wrong?" I asked, as she placed my hand around her shoulder to support herself. She looked down, touched her abdomen. An anguish face with her lips crinkling along with her noise.
"Nothing, it just hurts down there." She said as her arm wrapped around her waist. "It feels like something is moving." Heather mumbled to herself.
"What?" I asked, wondering if it one of those deadly things that humans get was growing in her body.
"Nothing," Heather said quickly and went back to the picnic.
"Felix, why don't you sit down?" Carlisle suggested coming up to me, I looked back, wondering what could possibly be wrong with her. Carlisle grabbed me by my shirt collar and took me off to the side, I notice Eleazar watching Carlisle every move until we disappeared into the woods.
"I have been watching this girl for years, I turned her mother in for abuse, and I have been stopping by at her house to insure she is safe." Carlisle started. "Is she pregnant?"
"I hope not," I answered unsure. I know nothing about these things.
"She has all the signs?" I started as Edward nodded and then went to get Rensemee.
"She can't be, we only had sex twice," I said dismissing it.
"It takes half of that for a human to get knocked up," Carlisle said. "Your older than me! You should know to take caution."
"I hadn't laid with humans since I was human, I forgot about that factor. I figured Edward and Bella were together for how long until they had Renesmee?" I said quickly, almost panicking.
"Okay, I'm not even going to begin to explain that," Carlisle said being a lot calmer than I. "Why don't you go and think? I'll keep an eye on her."
That evening.
It was pouring out, a thunderstorm struck without warning, which was my life right now. Heather couldn't be having my child, I knew nothing of being a father. I slowly made my way back to the Cullens drenched and struck by the entire situation.
"Where have you been?" Carlisle asked as soon as I came back, I wanted to run away, truly get as far away from here as possible but it started raining. I never was a nomad and many disliked me, I was better off here. I looked around noticing the house was cleaner than usual, along with Esme cooking.
"Away," I grumbled. "It was your idea."
"Ignore that. Remember, when I told you about my boss?" Carlisle asked.
"You mean the chick you don't like." I responded.
"Yeah, she invited herself here for dinner," Carlisle smiled.
"Can she do that?"
"When you're a hospital supervisor, you can do whatever you want." Esme explained. "Our cousins are at Edward and Bellas. The werewolves are at the Swans, the Greeks are at La Push, and her husband wants to talk to you."
"Rosalie and Emmett?" I asked.
"They have a son now," Esme answered. "Due to rain, the fireworks are postponed until they come home. The Hales plan to welcome them home."
"And you're going to talk about being on the football team." Carlisle added.
"I don't have the mood," I started out slowly, between my whole pass being blown from under and my plans for the future of turning Heather in two years being crunched, I could barely think straight.
"Well, I know a lot is going on with you," Carlisle started in his compassionate manner. "But my boss is here, so could you out it aside for a couple hours and help me out."
"Alright, but you owe us," Jasper started as he came out of his room in a polo shirt and kakis along with Alice in a long skirt that went to her knees, and a long sleeve shirt. I could tell by her face she hated the outfit Carlisle forced her to wear. Carlisle's eyes went to Alice, Jasper, and I before speaking. "Not like giving you three a place to stay, look past your problems and help overcome your troublesome past was that much." He pointed out.
"What can I do?" Alice asked.
"Help me with these paraffin, the women is raking me," Esme said pulling her into the kitchen.
"Felix, go upstairs and change, her husband wants to talk to you."
"Wouldn't Jasper be more impressive with all his languages, and that." I asked.
"But you're a sports star," Carlisle said simply.
I shrugged and went upstairs quickly, I couldn't help but dredge in worry, could she really? My mind was still in shock at the very thought of getting another women pregnant. I wondered if I could do it, or how I was going to do it, I had scared thoughts of leaving, but the Cullens would shame me at that thought.
I was scared, more scared then I ever been in my entire years. The battles and numerous times my life has been in jeopardy was nothing compared to this moment. I needed someone to talk to, someone who I could speak without judgment, a person I could depend on to lighten the situation. Someone who I knew I would be there.
It was then I heard a knock on the window, I smelled another vampire, it was then I heard a loud voice, "Knuckle head, are you just going to stand there like a statue or let me in?" I turned to find Demetri on the branch outside my window.