Thanks all who reviewed for me so far! This story's just getting started to where the wolves try to abduct Athenodora from the tower. It's gets a little stirring later on, but what you think of it is good for a review! Please review the more the merrier!
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Nomadic Camps:
"Ugh…" Celeste moaned and rolled around on the floor of her and Nekolai's tent. Staying inside day in and day out was torture. She was a free roaming spirit she couldn't keep still in just one place for hours and hours.
"Celli?" a tiny voice came from outside the tent.
"Come in Nessie." The little girl walked in with a ball in hand. "What's up?"
"I was wondering if you would play with me a little, I'm bored?" Celli looked at her and she appeared to be pleading with her.
"Where's everyone else?"
"Oh…everyone's out either hunting or guarding or mingling at the palace. No one's got the time." Celeste smiled at the kid, and stood up figuring this would be a good chance to get out for a while.
"Ok kid, but let's stay away from the walls; can't be too close to those watching over the camp." Nessie gave her a confused look but smiled as they walked outside to where the clouds were coming in. They picked a spot near the small river and started throwing the ball back and forth.
"Catch it Celli! Catch it!" they kept tossing the ball back and forth until Renesmee accidentally hit it too high and it flew to the far end of the camps. "I'll get it!"
"No no I'll get it. Wait here…" Celli quickly pulled out her bear skin cape and pulled over her mask. She took off at vampire speed and found the ball near some rocks, the only problem was there stood a couple of the Volturi guards. Neither one did Celeste recognize, but she couldn't take the risk so she just ran over, grabbed the ball, and took off towards the spot she left Renesmee.
"Yay you found it!"
"Yeah, hey sweetie why don't you and I take a walk for a bit?"
"As long as we can play more later?"
"Sure thing…here take my hand." Nessie complied. They stayed quiet most of the way, but then of course the younger one could be a Curious George.
"Hey Celli? How come Nekolai's always so protective with you?"
"I'm not sure if I should tell you about that Renesmee." Nessie squeezed Celli's hand and they stopped.
"Please?" Nessie's thoughts came running into Celeste's mind; Celli sighed and kneeled down eye-level to Renesmee.
"You have to understand Ness that what my brother and I do is private. I can't go around blabbing secrets to anyone." Nessie pouted a bit but then backed off seeing Celli wasn't one to spill her guts out.
"Ok, I was just wondering because it's as if he's acting like a vampire I know."
"Oh who's that?"
"Caius. Not the temper per say but the seriousness." Celli almost felt her heart lurch but shrugged it off.
"Nah Neko's nothing like Caius, I mean he doesn't going around flaunting his dominance over every other vampire on the planet."
"True that."
"So tell me Nessie how old are you?"
"About a year." Celeste laughed.
"If I were a human I'd never believe that." Nessie laughed too and then Jacob came running over to them.
"Hey girls…having fun?"
"Oh yeah Jake…what's up?" Jake lifted the little one up onto his shoulders and looked at Celeste.
"Better get going Cells, Nekolai's looking for you." Celli's eyes widened.
"Ah damn, I forgot! See y'all later!" she ran at vampire speed and there stood her big bro at the tent.
"Come inside, now!" Celeste ran in fast, and Neko zipped up the tent. "What in the hell were you doing? I told you to stay inside!"
"Don't shout brother, others will hear you."
"I really don't care about others right now sister, what I care about is why you had to disobey me?"
"Not really your job to boss me around is it? Renesmee came in here bored so she asked me to play with her for a bit. I said yes and we were out for about an hour or so."
"And you didn't think once about why I told you to stay hidden did you? Some of the guards spotted you and Renesmee playing outside the wall, they were about to ask you some questions when I stepped in."
"Oh really? Come on Neko the guards who're guarding us don't know me, the Volturi have gained some new ranks since we were last here."
"Even so it's too risky!"
"Everything's risky with you! Neko why can't we ever go anywhere without you freaking out about us being exposed? You overreact, you're always so stubborn, you never let me once explore the area we're in alone, you're too damn protective, not to mention you're such a jerk when it comes to letting me have fun!"
"It's because you're always so careless that's why! Celli you haven't once realized that as long as your power is intact your life is in danger!"
"My life? My life? My life, our lives were decided for us when we were young! We were always told what to do, what to read, what to eat, what to have, what to even watch! Don't you think after all this time we deserve to be a little careless, after we left we had our freedom! But as of right now it feels as if we're kids again, and we, mainly ME is being imprisoned by fear again!"
"Enough! Celeste we've always been close, we've done everything together and we've never turned our backs against each other. I love you, that's why I protect you."
"I don't need protecting Neko! I'm always careful I can watch over myself." Neko took her by the shoulders and looked directly into his little sister's eyes.
"I won't lose you little sister, I won't ever lose you to them or anyone else!" Nekolai ran out of the tent and Celeste stood where she'd been put.
"Lose me to them? That'll never happen…" she turned and looked back at the palace, sighing away her boredom.
Volterra Palace:
Aro and his brothers were in the study just below the tower, all gathering new information on the wolves.
"Has there been any luck finding these beasts?" Marcus.
"Unfortunately these are not as feral as we thought, they've covered their tracks and destroyed any evidence that might lead us to them. This can't be a coincidence…" Aro had his hands on the back of his head looking out the window.
"Normal werewolves wouldn't go this far to keep themselves hidden, if this is who we think it is then we have to be more discrete with our searches." Caius.
"What do you propose then brother? After all you do have more experience with these beasts than the rest of us." Caius thought for a minute, and then looked to his brothers.
"I say we send off some of the nomads with a guard, have at least some teams sent out to search the other grounds in case one or more tries to sneak in and then we…"
"AAAAHHHHH!" A loud scream echoed the room and the brothers' eyes widened.
"The girls!" they ran to the top of the tower and busted down the door to the wives' main room. Two werewolf-like men had broken into the window and had Athenodora and Sulpicia against the wall; they were struggling to get lose but they weren't much of a match. Caius and Aro yanked the men off and threw them against the wall, Marcus protected the wives while both wolves fought back.
"Master!" Jane and Demetri ran in and the wolves made the opportune moment to jump back out the broken window and out onto the outskirts of the city.
"AFTER THEM!" Aro shouted going to his wife as the guards chased the wolves through Volterra. Athenodora held tight onto Caius and dry-sobbed into his black robe.
"Let's get back downstairs, it's safer there." All vampires marched down from the tower into the throne room where the other part of the guard was waiting.
"I want every vampire on guard duty tonight! No one will rest or slack until we've found and destroyed this new enemy. No one threatens the vampires, not humans, not werewolves, not anything! Now go!" the guard scattered across the room and out the doors; Aro held Sulpicia to him and stroked her hair. "It's alright my love, nothing will ever harm you again." Caius did the same with Athenodora and kissed her forehead.
"Assemble the other vampires, this time it's getting serious." Aro nodded and called one of the minor guards, Kara.
"Fetch the other coven leaders, tell them to get up here as soon as possible."
"Yes master." She bowed and left in a flash.
Another short one yes but I promise the next will be longer. It shall take place in the camps at night, with a small turn of events for the twins. Please review and see ya!