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Alliance
"When we ruled, everything came to us; prey, diplomats, favour seekers... Such was our power," Vladimir paused, showing a hint of the once decadent and proud personality with a raise of his head before he lowered his gaze to the floor. "But we never put on white hats and called ourselves saints."
Jacob took in their words; they were vampires and they let everyone know it, but they ruled and lorded themselves over humans and their own kind alike. He thought them odd, but both were refreshingly honest. Almost traditional vampires, how everyone thinks they should be.
Both Romanians looked downcast as they reminisced their dark and overconfident days.
"We were honest about what we were." Stefan explained with a truthful smile.
The faces of the other young vampires were unmoving with the flames of the fire lighting each face differently; they all listened intently, silently in awe at the two oldest among them and how much the Romanians had see in all their years.
"We sat still, for a very long time..." Vladimir looked at Stefan. "We didn't notice we were beginning to petrify."
Stefan glanced back at him; his expression solemn as their eyes met and their memories of shock they had felt at their paler appearance gathered in their heads.
"Perhaps the Volturi did us a favour when they...burned our castles." He smiled humourlessly, obviously thinking and meaning the exact opposite.
"We've been waiting fifteen hundred years, to return that favour." Vladimir tilted his head, a serious glint in his eye at the message, once more the proud ruler he had been long ago.
Jacob nodded quietly, understanding the need for revenge.
He surveyed the scene; the Romanian's telling their story, everyone sat around, mesmerised by their tale of battles, the years and their heritage.
"We have been waiting to battle for ages." Vladimir continued.
"We ran instead, as to hide ourselves from Volturi eyes." Stefan finished.
Jake found it funny how they finished each other's sentences. 'Dracula one and two' the nicknames certainly fit, he felt to the urge to ask whether or not they were the causes of Dracula aka: Vlad the Impaler alongside Stefan Báthory of Transylvania.
Could be, given how old they were.
Jacob mulled it over as the Romanians continued talking and they were now enthusiastically discussing tactics of killing certain members of the Volturi; complete with eye gouging detail and sadistic smirks.
It couldn't just be coincidence with their names, nationality and ages.
"The Volturi will not take well to there being many of us opposed to them, not in any matter." Stefan smiled at the thought.
"And we shall be ready to fight." Vladimir smiled back at Stefan.
Serious celebrities were among them if they were true...
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