**This may sound stupid but I actually had to do lots of looking up of stuff for this chapter. All the characters are real and from the books. I didn't make any of them up. :) Enjoy and comment (because I LOVE comments!)**
I followed Alec deeper into the woods, but away from Jacob's house. My heart was beating so fast, I was sure Alec could hear it. He broke the silence, "Do you eat human food?" "Yes. But I do hunt sometimes too." I tried to answer confidently but he chuckled. I must have sounded so scared. All I wanted right now was Jacob to come find me and pick me up in his warm arms and carry me away. But this wasn't a Disney fairytale. Plus I should be able to take care of myself. I just didn't want to do anything to fight back. Not yet. Not until we were far away from Jacob, where Alec couldn't hurt him.
As we got out of the woods there was a highway with so much traffic someone must pass who would recognize me. A shiny black car sat parked on the side of the highway. "Get in." Alec said, motioning towards the backseat. He got in the front passenger side. As I buckled myself in I realized the windows were black. So tinted nobody would ever see me. I looked up, wondering who was driving and there sat Jane, adjusting her mirror so she could see me.
"What took so long?" She asked Alec.
"It was hard to find her."
"You know I hate waiting." Jane said, staring at me in the mirror. She then pulled out and drove on the highway, joining the mass of other cars, camouflaging with everyone else. After about ten minutes; ten minutes that felt like eternity, Alec turned around towards me and said, "Now when we get to the airport we are all siblings. If you struggle or try to free yourself I will come right back here and kill Jacob Black. Do you understand?" I nodded. I wanted to cry so badly, but I didn't want to seem weak. Instead I just sat in the back shaking with fear. We parked at the airport next to a small, white private jet.
"Step inside." Alec said, waving me into the plane. I walked in and sat down on a large leather tan seat. Alec and Jane followed. "Would you like anything to drink?" A tall woman asked. She must be some kind of flight attendant I thought. I glanced at Alec and Jane. "We are fine." Jane responded, indicating herself and Alec. "But Renesmee here would like some cranberry juice. She is just shy and doesn't like to talk." I wasn't supposed to talk now?
I spent most of the trip staring out the window and drinking small sips of cranberry juice through a straw. Alec and Jane watched me. We landed in what I presumed to be Italy after what seemed like forever. I was glad we landed, but also scared thinking about what the Volturi would do with me. "Thank you." Jane said coldly to the pilot and attendant. She was being rude for someone who had just been flown here.
A black jaguar met us right off the plane. "Get in." Jane whispered so no one would hear. I did. This time there was a driver. Alec sat up front and Jane sat in the back with me. She leaned forward and whispered the driver the address. Too quiet for me to hear. We drove around for over an hour and finally got to their destination. It was a tall building, made out of stone. The street was cobblestone.
I got out of the car and Jane grabbed my arm, looping hers around mine. "Stay close." She hissed in my ear. We walked into the open building, where it was cooler than the hot sun outside. Jane's small heels clicked on the cobblestone. Jake must be wondering where I am, I thought. There was a large, thick wooden door at the end of the hall which opened automatically to reveal another, much longer, darker hallway. Where were we going? As we walked, I realized the hallway was slanted. We were going down, underground.
We rounded a corner and saw three people sitting in what appeared to be thrones in the center of a large, domed ceiling room. They wore black and red. One had shoulder length blond hair, the other two had long black hair. "Welcome." Said the one with long black hair. "My name is Aro."
"I am Marcus." Said the other one with long black hair.
"And I am Caius, welcome." The blond haired one said, resting his head in his hand, staring at me with a slight smile. I started shaking again. I needed to stop being so scared. Or least I needed to stop looking so scared. Two women came in. One looked tired, almost bored. "Caius, she has a question," the taller woman said. She had straight blond hair.
"Can't you see I am busy Corin?" Caius asked, still staring at me.
"Caius?" The other woman said with a shaky voice. He hair was jet black and looked like a mash of flattened ringlets. As if she had slept on them or something. "I was wondering if today maybe-" "No!" Caius shouted, staring at her. "Why are you not doing your job Corin?" Caius stood, now staring at the blond woman.
"I'm sorry, I just, she just wanted to, Athenodora wanted to-"
"Leave." I wasn't sure what I just witnessed, but it didn't seem good. "I do apologize for that scene," Caius said as he fixed his cape and sat back down. "Where were we?" He stared deep into my eyes again with that little smile. "May I speak with her alone?" Caius asked, in a smooth voice.
"Don't do anything funny." Marcus said.
"If he does, we'll know." Aro said, standing. Alec left the room first, Aro followed and then Marcus. "You don't know how important she is." Jane said, not moving, her arm still looped in mine. I almost didn't want her to leave. She was my safety. I turned to her, looking desperate, something I never thought I would do. She smiled then and left. I swallowed hard. Caius came towards me.
"You have always fascinated me. Ever since you were a little girl." His pale fingers brushed under my chin. His fingers traced my jawbone. I didn't move. "You've grown into a beautiful young woman." He continued, staring at me. "Even more beautiful than my wife." He let out a low laugh which echoes throughout the room. "I remember when you were a baby. You had ringlets then. But I guess everyone loses them. What a pity." He stood back and looked me up and down. "So, how do you like Volterra?"
I had to answer his question. "It's nice. I haven't seen much of it." "Of course you haven't." He said, smiling. "I'll show you around tonight, after the sun sets." He paused, staring off in the distance. "Would you like that?" He asked, snapping his eyes back to me. What was I supposed to say? I know he wanted to hear yes, but that was not what I wanted to say. "I sleep at night." I said, finally, breaking the silence. "I see." He said looking rather disgusted.
"So, do you have a heart beat?" He asked. "Yes." He smiled again. "Well then, that must mean…" he paused again, picking up my hand in his. "You bleed." His other hand, scraped over mine, making my hand shoot back in pain. His smile grew. I looked at my hand, three scratches were there. Blood seeped out. I tried now to make any sound or show I was in pain.
"I guess we should clean that up before they get back." He whispered, moving my hair behind my shoulder and gently taking my hurt hand in his again. He brought my hand up to his mouth and I watched as his lips touched my bleeding cuts. He moved his hand away after a moment and said "you are so sweet." I didn't say anything. "You're shy aren't you?" He asked.
"You're friends with a wolf." He laughed. "Did you know one tried to kill me? You're very lucky this one hasn't killed you yet." I still didn't say anything. "And you are lucky you came along because otherwise I would have killed your wolf friend. And it would have hurt." I shuddered at the very thought. "You wouldn't like that, would you?"
"No." I stammered. "Well then, you will do everything we tell you, won't you, Renesmee." He said evilly, stepping back to his throne as the other vampires came back. "Any damage done?" Jane asked, standing next to me again. I suddenly felt safe just because she was there. "Just a scratch." Cauis said. "Take her away. She has had enough for today." Aro said.
Jane led me to a door, which she opened and walked me down a spiral staircase to another door. She opened that one too and there was a bedroom. It consisted of a bed with crisp white sheets, a dresser, bathroom and small table with a chair. There was an overhead bare lightbulb but no windows. "There are clothes in the dresser." She said. "Someone will bring you food in an hour. You'll want to sleep because tomorrow a lot will get done." She then slammed the door and I heard a key turn. She locked me in.