Chapter 1

I closely examined the bracelet I held, it was pretty I suppose for a bunch of beads on a string. However the amount of beauty the bracelet possessed had nothing to do with why id just unclasped it from a passing tourists wrist. I took it because it looked like it could be expensive, with its shining pearls with the golden designs and hmm solid gold clasp. Gold for a clasp seriously what is wrong with people , who was going to care about something that wrapped around there arm, well unless there people like me who like to "burrow" things like that and in that case I'm not sure if that's exactly what you'd call a "good" reason to buy jewelry like that. I sighed, I wasn't the biggest fan of steeling but I spent all the other money Id manged to steel from back home to get someone to forge me a passport and then purchase a plane ticket. I've never tried to break into a house or bank or anything , far to much attention I stole little things, necklaces, bracelets, rings, watches, phones, iPod's, extra. I'm sure people where upset about it but they'd just assume that they lost it, I used to get caught all the time all the time but now I'm an expert though I'm not exactly positive its a good thing to be an expertise on... I used to hate steeling, id always feel awful when I did it but what was I supposed to do? I needed it more then they did not to text my friends, or show of but to sell for money, to get by. If it was helping me it couldn't be all that bad right? It was defiantly better then just sitting around starving, dehydrated in plain sight and just let them find me. Of coarse they always did, but this time they wouldn't, couldn't. I shuddered slightly at the thought of what they'd do to me if they found me. I quickly shunned those thoughts out of my head, this time was different, now I knew what was at stake I would NOT let them find me, id flown all the way to Voltera Italy, if I had to id dye my hair and change my name though id prefer not to they were a couple of the only constants in my life.

I was racking my mind for a some sorta plan, when I saw a group walking by. They looked like a normal tourist group chatting and laughing, wearing Voltera Itlay shirts in bright colors, holding cameras, an exited air about them that you could nearly taste, But there were things, things that made them like a normal tour group except for three things. One was that instead of looking at famous buildings or monuments they were walking down a narrow alleyway, the very same one that I myself happened to be occupying. The second thing was that what looked like the leader of the tour group was completely, astoundingly, breathtakingly gorgeous, she had long mahogany hair that waved around her face falling to her small waist, she was tall and slim with extraordinarily long legs, with perfect features, and white (literally white) skin. Her eyes were a strange shade of violet, like blue over red, and it was those very same eyes that I knew she wasn't normal, wasn't entirely human for in those eyes were something that couldn't be describes as anything but hunger. No not hunger for food or water, not even lust, no it was a thirst a greedy, bloodthirsty thirst that I've seen once before and immediately, her beauty thought still stunning was unimportant. Finally able to rip my eyes away I felt a cold gripping fear replacing the awe id felt just seconds before. I considered running but they were behind blocking my way and up ahead was a dead end, the third strange thing about this tour, what was she going to do to them. Even if I tried to escape however it would be fruitless since now a pair of violet eyes were directed at me.

"Well hello there" Said a voice of silk that came from the lady with the violet eyes and, radiant heart shattering smile "Seems a bit lonely out here by yourself doesn't it, why don't you join my tour, give yourself something to do your more then welcome we could use a guest its on me" I froze, on one hand I knew it was an awful idea and almost positivity wouldn't end up well, but id always been far to curious and, I wanted to know what she was, who she was, was there more of people like her, what were they going to do to these people, could I help them. "Where exactly are you going with your tour " I spoke carefully, not wanting to insult her yet letting a hint of sarcasm drop into my voice not very obvious but well deserved. After all who gives out free tour of alleyway, its a little iffy. She stiffened hearing my sarcasm no matter how well hidden it was. A quick flash of anger and annoyance flashed across her flawless face before, the bubbly, slightly sickening happiness quickly replaced it. She obviously wasn't used to be insulted and seen threw, then again with a face like hers I'm sure most people would follow her of a cliff without questioning it those idiots. "I'm taking them to the Voultri, its quite an honor" "oh I'm sure it would be if I had any idea what the Voultri was" I replied not bothering to hide my skepticism this time. Her beauty may have shown like the sun but her glare, struck a dagger through your heart and made every single one of your hairs stand on end. "The Voultri..." she began I didn't listen much. She was going to tell me what it was, using her charm, get me onto the tour, luring me into a dangerous possibly life threatening trap blah blah blah I knew the drill. And knowing this I still wanted to do it and it had nothing to do with her charm, there was something extremely wrong with me.

"I'll go if you shut up" I snapped at her , everyone stared at me but I didn't care. I hated people like her. Stuck up and perfect and completely full of themselves thinking because they look amazing (though in her case that was a HUDGE understatement) they could get away with anything and everything. There was just something about her that pushed me over my snapping point though in her defensive its not very hard to cross. I didn't even here her reply I was to caught up in my little haze of anger. I suppose looking back on it really didn't have much to do with her, Heidi I later found her name was but rather with another women who thinking about make me freeze inside with hate, anger, and fear, that and the fact I had a long day and she was talking to much and I wanted to snap at someone even if I couldn't yell or punch something. Why I said yes that was something I cant say, and probably one of the things ill never come to understand. Maybe it was my urge to help those people who may or may not be in danger. Maybe it was my curiosity in finding out what Heidi and the Voultri was for even with that perfectly planned out polished lecture...talk...rant seemed to be a good word to describe how she talked about the Voultri there was something...off about the whole thing yes it all seemed very off . Maybe it was because yes this situation felt so very off so very wrong and I needed to figure out what was going on. Or maybe it was a string pull in my gut telling me I had to. Most likely it was a mixture of all four.

I watched as Heidi opened a sewer hole and everyone looked up shocked and confused. "Are we going down there" a few hissed obviously disgusted. Heidi smiled brightly "don't worry people just a safety precaution, don't want any unwelcome visitors coming to visit do we" she said brightly. There was a quick murmur of agreement as one by one everyone crawled down Heidi taking up the back. It was a dark, damp, narrow tunnel with barley any light that seemed to wind on till forever. At long last we reached a small door, Heidi opening it and bending down so she couldn't get in, tourists fowling her single file stepping out into an absolutely gorgeous room, made even finer by the "unpleasantness" we'd just experienced.

White polished tile floors, creamy walls, maroon silk curtains, and a shiny desk in the middle with a pretty lady sitting at it, though to my disappointment, she was obviously only human, with bright green eyes and long black curls, I was still examining the place but Heidi was in a hurry, rushing out of the room, leading us up staircase after staircase until we got to a gigantic room that could fit about three houses into it and that's

were I saw him the first time.

The room was actually quite creepy with its polished wood floors and and three ginormous thrones (yes I did just says thrones ) and was completely windowless, or that this room was full of people like Heidi (by that I mean the extreme beauty,pretentiousness, and thirst) except there eyes were black but none of that mattered at this precise moment, all that seemed to matter was him, like I was having one of those blackouts where black narrows your vision so you can only see a bit of the scene beyond you. Well it was sorta like that. All I could see at that precise moment was him though why I have absolutely no idea. Yes he was insanely gorgeous with his shaggy brown hair that hung in his eyes and went a couple inches past his ears and flipped out, his rather thick slightly arched brows , perfect noise and full dark lips, his lean body, I think it was the eyes that got me though, they were filled with ancient sadness, anger and pain and so many other emotions all played out in those eyes, though His face and body couldn't have been more then 16 his eyes were immortal as if they've been to forever and back.

One man stepped forward then and I was put out of my trance. He though beautiful, was a a different kind of beauty then everyone else in this room, with long strait black hair, tall and thin with skin that seemed more transparent then the rest, breakable even. But I couldn't focus on his face, only his voice which was high pitch and had a strange almost evil sickly sweetness and sounded so...cheerful...not exactly the right mood for this place "welcome welcome guests I hope you enjoy.." but was quickly cut of by a small thin man with a mop of dark hair who hissed " Hurry up Aro I haven't fed in far to long" "Oh alright" he sighed as if sad this little game of there wont last longer and before I knew what was going on body's were dropping left in right, completely bloodless I tried to help to pry them of to fight but they just threw me like a rag doll. Maybe I amused them though because suddenly everyone else was dead and I was all alone in a room filled of monster yet again so I did the only thing I could and slowly the dead rose.