Chapter 2
Alexandra
The big one, Felix they called him, came charging at me. I smiled, thinking how easy this would be. I side-stepped away and tripped him as he was about to leap on to me. In a flash I had him pinned down. Then suddenly I was thrown off Felix by a smaller vampire, looking mad and grinning evilly. See? This is what happens to vampires cooped up in a castle all the time — they go crazy at a little fun. Not that they already weren't, but…now he's a bit over-excited.
This was the time for me to have my fun. As the other one charged at me, I acted. I stood waiting; then as he neared and leapt into the air I held him there. I love my power of manipulation. The vampire started freaking out, and I laughed at him. Felix was staring at me, opened-mouthed, while the three in thrones examined me. One looked slightly bored, but the other two, well, I saw the thirst of power in their eyes. I let the one in the air down, and he fell to the ground, cursing.
"Demetri, are you okay?"Felix asked.
"He's fine, just freaked out," I replied, "I didn't cause him any harm, just scared him because he was no longer in control.
The one called Demetri hissed at me. I couldn't help but stick out my tongue at him, being my mature self. He only got him more annoyed at me.
"My dear girl, what wonderful powers you have," the one of the three sitting in the middle throne spoke to me, "my name is Aro, and these are the other two elder members of the Volturi, Caius and Marcus."
So Marcus was the bored one and Aro and Caius wanted power. All things I already knew, but I played along anyway. No need to get these old vamps to nervous. But I also am not one to beat around the bush. I was quickly bored by their games, I wanted the information.
"I have showed you a small extent of my powers, now I will tell you what I seek and why I seek it," I said, ignoring Aro. "I am trying to locate three vampires— my sister and my two friends. However, I have not seen them for hundreds of years, nor do I even know if they are still alive. I have searched many, many, years for them, and any word you have on either one or all of them would be most appreciated."
"How do I know that you have a valid reason for finding them?" Aro asked. "How can I be sure that this is not some ploy to extract information and kill these three vampires? I do not like rule breakers, and I deal most harshly with them."
"Of course you do," I thought. I knew it was coming; that he wanted to read my mind, see all of my thoughts. Well, my response to that? Hell no!
"I will show you my thoughts and memories," I replied.
"How do you know of my power?" Aro asked suspiciously, "who have you been speaking to?" his voice became deadly.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked, playing dumb. "I was going to show everybody in this room. I can do so because I have the ability to manipulate things—I will manipulate the air around me to make, like, a 3-D movie of my memories, both vampire and human. Then you will know the truth of my words."
The elders looked startled, and I held back a laugh. I was alone in the center of the room, so I looked up at the three "kings" on the thrones. Aro nodded at me, so nodded in return, concentrated, and created a live showing of the memories of my past.