Chapter 14 No words

Finally a longer chapter ^^

Evelyn finally meets the Volturi!

( it's a bout time!)

Enjoy!

Evelyn's p.o.v

We drove up onto a town square, in the middle of it stood a fountain.
The sun shone brightly and made the water appear like crystal stars sprouting from the tip.

"Goodness…" I exclaimed looking out of the window and observing my surroundings
"you really used to live here Carlisle?"

He gave a small nod and pointed towards a building. There behind those huge doors was the core of the Volturi base…and Aro.

I felt rather nervous and wished Jasper was here to hold me tight and calm my nerves.

The car stopped and the door on my side was pulled open by a, what I assumed was, a Volturi guard.

Felix led the way to the door, which opened inwards as we approached.
Once inside I removed the cloak I had been wearing to avoid the sun.
Humans roamed right outside, they must be crazy living right in the middle of a human town.
Quietly Carlisle and I followed Felix through a long hallway.

"I'll do the talking." Carlisle had said to me before we stepped out of the car.
I had nodded. I didn't feel like talking a lot anyway. I might blurt something out and ruin the entire plan or worse…

We stood before a closed door, behind it I would first lay my eyes on the Volturi leaders.
I knew them from the painting which hung in Carlisle's study, but I imagined they might have changed a little bit over the decades.

"I hope he decides you're allowed to live." I heard Felix say to me before he opened the doors.

Wait, what did he say?

Carlisle noticed and grabbed hold of my hand and gave it a squeeze," Don't let him get to you." He whispered.

Too late for that…

We stepped through the door.
The room was grand, marbled floor and walls.
At the end there were three tall chairs, on them sat 3 impressive looking vampires.
The one on the far left I recognized immediately. Marcus.
His long jet black hair hung over his shoulders and he appeared almost zombie like…
Now that he wasn't wearing sunglasses, I noticed he had red eyes.
All of them did…

The man on the far right had pale blond hair, cut above his shoulders. From the moment I laid my eyes o him, I knew I had to be extremely careful… he spelled danger all over.

Now the man in the middle was something else. He had a grant smile plastered on his face.
His hands clasped together, he looked as happy like a dog with a marrowbone.
Aro…

He stepped down and walked towards me.
Carlisle released my hand and stepped towards Aro.

"My dear friend, it has been too long, since you granted these halls with your presence." Aro spoke for the first time, what a pleasant surprise."

"I've been rather busy, my dear Aro." Carlisle replied as he bowed his head.

"To busy to visit us?" he smiled, and then his eyes turned their attention to me.

"Miss Swan, it is a pleasure to finally meet you." Aro extended his hand, instead of taking it I curtsied, which may have seemed quite bizarre, but Carlisle told me how Aro's powers work…and I had no intention of letting this man touch me so he could read my mind and memories.

Aro retracted his hand and laughed," I see you are aware of my power, you warned her?" his asked Carlisle.

"Explained it to her how your powers work, my friend."

The smile returned to his face and he observed me for a moment, circling around me as if I was some sort of horse.

It gave me a moment to look around me, I noticed two persons in the corner, a boy and a girl.
They looked alike, twins.
Jane, who has the ability to inflict mental pain…,
and Alec who has the horrifying power which causes you to feel nothing.

Somehow Demetri was nowhere…I had expected him to be near. I was happy he wasn't.
Felix had taken post besides the door, on the other side stood a tall vampire, another guard.

In the other corner opposite Jane and Ale stood a woman.
She had light brown hair, and was quite short almost like Alice. I wasn't sure if it was her…but if it was then I had to make sure to take her out.
Chelsea…

I made sure I had done my homework before we left to Volterra, Italy.

"Inspecting my coven are we, Miss Swan?" Aro stood in front of me, his eyes focused on mine, "does she talk at all, Carlisle?
"I have been hoping you would tell me a bit about your power…would you mind showing me how it works?"

"Wasn't the Journal enough?" I said before I could stop myself.

Aro frowned," she does speak, and might I add what a lovely voice you have. I can only imagine it helps a great deal with persuading others in doing your bidding."

I noticed Caius had stood up from his seat and walked over to us, Marcus still sat on his, though his eyes kept looking at me.

"I'm interested in seeing you in…action," he smirked," just to get an idea of how your gift works."

Jaspers p.o.v

"What do you see, O'Donnell?"

Rick and I had taken place on top of a roof nearby, hiding behind a Gargoyle.
Rick had his eyes close, focusing in looking through the eyes of one of the Volturi.

"Aro is talking to Evelyn. He wants to see her powers in action…" he said as he opened his eyes," I'm worried…I don't see Demetri anywhere."

I pressed my lips together in a tight line, I was getting the feeling we were being watched.
Knowing Demetri he was probably expecting me to appear, he knows I'm not letting Evelyn out of my side…not since what happened on that day on which Evy was brutally wounded by Victoria.

"You're thinking of something aren't you?" Rick said to me and I nodded.

"Can you check if Demetri is near us?" I suggested.

Rick looked around for a moment and then closed his eyes again.
After a minute he quickly reopened them.

"Shit, I believe we have a problem…" he simply said.

Immediately we started to run from our hiding place.

"I was right, wasn't I?" I shouted as we ran away from the building in which Evy and Carlisle still resigned.

"Close, he's caught our scent. I'm afraid he's going to make sure we don't come near Evy…he's not alone."

I cursed, I should have known, I should have gone with them instead of staying with Rick.
Running away is exactly what Demetri wants me to do.
He wants me away from the Volturi, away from Evy.
I stopped dead in my tracks.

"Hale, what are you doing?" Rick stopped as well.

"The Volturi don't care about my gift…I'm not a threat to them. I should be inside with Evy. Making sure they can't hurt her."

With a tight grip, Rick grabbed hold of my jacket," How noble, are you forgetting you might trigger her in using her 'gift' on the Volturi, if they torture you?"

He was right the way to Evy's anger was hurting the people she loves…
Why am I not thinking straight?
I shook my head. I didn't care what the most logical thing was at the moment.
Without looking at Rick, I pulled his hand of my jacket and turned around.

"Jasper!" he shouted to me.

"I need to be with Evy… every time I left her out of my sight something bad happened to her." I said with my back turned to him.

Rick groaned," Guess I can't change your mind?"

"Thank you."

Evelyn's p.o.v

"My apologies, Sir, but I do not see what I can do as a gift… I would be lying if I said it hasn't been very useful now and then."

"Now don't be shy Miss Swan, I believe you're just saying these things so I'll think of you as uninteresting." Aro chuckled,
"I'm fascinated by your attitude towards your gift. I would love having a power such as yours."

I twitched my nose.

"You disagree?" He arched an eyebrow.

I shrugged.

"Show me," he extended his hand once again and stepped closer.

"Evelyn," Carlisle stepped next to me," show him something, it's no use in hiding what you can do. It's not smart to get on Aro's bad side."

Carlisle looked troubled, Aro was an old friend of him, but he also wouldn't do anything to let me get hurt.
I nodded.

"You want to see it here or in here?" I pointed from the room to my head.

Aro smirked," how about in your mind first? I wouldn't want to scare the others."

I extended my hand and Aro reached to it.

Suddenly the doors broke open and someone was sent flying through the room.
Aro retracted his hand and focused his attention to the person at the door.

Jasper…

I ran away from Aro towards my mate.
His strong arms wrapped around me as I crashed into his embrace.

"I'm sorry…but I couldn't." he whispered in my hair.

"You idiot…" I said against his chest.

" why did you come here?" I asked.

Jasper didn't answer but pushed me behind him.
Carlisle was still standing next to Aro.

The thing that had been thrown across the room was none other than Demetri.
But where was Rick?

"Demetri, would you mind telling me what the meaning of this is?" Aro asked his tracker, he wasn't pleased by this.

"He was hanging around the rooftops. I thought I'd bring him in." Demetri answered as his eyes shifted from Aro to Jasper.

"Aro, this is my adoptive son. Jasper Hale," Carlisle said to Aro." he is Evelyn's mate."

"I thought you looked familiar, yes I do believe I saw your face in Alice her mind the last time she was here." Aro smirked.

I felt Jasper tense up, he didn't like it very much that Aro already knew him.

"Jasper is Evelyn's mate, Aro." Carlisle continued.

Aro looked back at his fellow leader, Marcus. He nodded, confirming the bond Jasper and I shared together.

Caius motioned the woman in the corner, who I assumed was Chelsea.
She stepped forward and approached us.

"Let's see how strong her bond really is." Caius said with a devilish grin.

Carlisle stepped in front of Aro," my dear friend, is this necessary? We only came here because you wanted to meet Evelyn. You said nothing about testing her. I thought we are guests."

Aro raised his hand and Chelsea stopped.
She looked at me, and I stared back at her.
Perfect…

"You're right, Carlisle. We're civilized and yes, you are my guests…however," he walked away from Carlisle towards me and Jasper,
"I did not invite you, nor did I invite you here, Carlisle."

Oh, no…
was he sending them away?
No, no they can't leave!

I saw Demetri looking at me, he looked rather pleased.

"Sir Aro," I said stepping away from Jasper," if I show you what I can do, will you let us leave?"

Aro arched an eyebrow and thought for a moment," you're not here against your will, Miss Swan. You are free to go as you please.
"But very well, I would love to see your power."

He grabbed my hand without a warning and closed his eyes, I did too.

I didn't really know how his powers worked. It felt like he was searching in my brain for a certain memory. I hoped he didn't peek too far and was specifically looking for a moment in which I used my power.

"Oh my…" Aro whispered.

I opened my eyes and saw him looking at me.

"Most interesting..." he smiled as I felt his thumb caress the ring on my hand.

"And I also guess congratulation is in order?" he said to Jasper who stood very close behind me.

"Thank you, Sir." Jasper replied.

Carlisle walked towards us and stopped next to his former friend," is this, what you wanted to see?"

Aro scratched his chin, Carlisle looked worried. I felt Jasper moving behind me, he was trying to make Aro feel satisfied.

"If I can make a suggestion…?" Caius spoke as he motioned for another vampire to take a step forward.

Aro clasped his hands together, "Ah yes, brilliant…Jane."

okay, don't really know how to take it from here...but i'll make sure i think of something that A: makes sense :P and B: has a lot of emotion!

as always, please review, it means a lot to me!