AN: Welcome to Part three :D

This is a super short chapter. It's meant to be longer, but I'm waiting for my version of Vampire History 101 to be proof read. I'm hoping to put the next chapter up the day after tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

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PART THREE

NEW WORLD ORDER

CHAPTER 1

BPOV

A month had passed since the execution of Carlisle and Edward Cullen. Alice had grown in leaps and bounds, her and Alistair now looked to be a healthy weight and they had a new found happiness. Their hair reached their shoulders and they looked their true physical age, Alice looked 16 and we were surprised that Alistair looked to be 17 years old, he'd seemed so much older, bitterness and illness had matured his features. It was still a shock that he'd survived so long in the white tower, but it made more sense that he had survived three years instead of the eight years like we'd suspected.

Two weeks ago dad had started to give them a new herbal mix to increase their physical age, Alice now looked to be in her late teens and Alistair looked to be 20. The same aging tincture had been given to Jane, Alec, Mark and Evan. Looking like a young adolescent had drawbacks in today's society, they now looked to be 18.

We had just returned to Volterra; Pete, Char, J and I had been away for two weeks, Alice hugged us when we arrived in the Masters' quarters. "Look! I have boobs now!" She announced cheerfully. Alistair was smiling happily at her side. It wouldn't be long before they finished taking the feeding and aging draughts. Alistair had been healed physically, but he still carried the darkness, he wasn't ready to let go of his past.

We, the Horsemen, had been busy. There were pockets of rebellion across Eastern Europe, the Romanians were planning to overthrow the Volturi. They started to spread propaganda similar to Carlisle's. We were lucky that Carlisle's former allies had rallied to our aid. The biggest surprise had been Amun's help. He'd been so worried about the Volturi finding out about Ben and taking him from their coven to join the Guard.

Sure, Ben's power came in handy; he could control the elements. But when it came down to it, Amun knew the Volturi were better leaders than the Romanians. He had been changed by one of the Elders before Stefan and Vladimir's bloody reign. He was terrified of their potential takeover. Ben ran to join us, sneaking away from his coven to help the kings remain in power. He was a great help, but we talked him into returning to Amun once the mission was completed, trust had been built because of it.

It was 3pm. The Masters had asked for a private audience with us before we settle in for the day. We were meeting them in the 'visitor's room' Edward had been put in when he first arrived. It was a sound proof bunker, isolated to avoid eavesdroppers. Alistair, Alice, Dad, Em, Rose, Esme and my fellow Horsemen were sitting comfortably while the Masters stood in the center of the room.

"Is it safe to talk?" Aro asked Caius. "Yes, we have Jane and Alec running patrols around us." He replied. "Good." Aro said, he got straight to the point. "The Romanians have been heavily guarded in North West Siberia for the last millennium. They have broken out of their prison and have headed west.

"Our intel has them in the red zone of Chernobyl in Ukraine. The guards we assigned haven't been able to enter, their bodies would react badly to the radiation. Our kind doesn't fall sick to radiation, we aren't part of the animal world like our former bodies were. We are living rock, only to be killed by dismemberment and flame.

"Word has spread, a campaign has begun. Stefan and Vladimir have encountered a handful of nomads passing through Ukraine and Russia, they convinced these nomads that they would make better leaders and that we hide behind a mask of neutrality while robbing covens of their gifted ones. They have spread rumors about an unholy alliance between werewolves and the Volturi."

Aro turned to Alistair and continued. "When you found out the identities of the Horsemen you learned that we faked their deaths to prevent them being hunted. They are not the first we protected in this way. The Romanians are right about one thing; we have an alliance with Children of the Moon." Emmett looked between Aro and Caius. "I heard that Caius had completely wiped them out." He said. Aro explained, "That was a lie, the deception was created to protect them."

"Aren't they dangerous?" J asked. "Extremely." Aro confirmed. "At the full moon they lose all humanity, they run on pure instinct. They live in remote parts around the world, segregated from our kind, hiding as best they can from both the mortal and immortal worlds. It was they who guarded the Romanians in their exile; forming a barrier against the Romanians and the rest of the world. Unfortunately, over the years a few unlucky tourists ventured into the more desolate parts of Siberia and were exsanguinated by the vampire captives. They fed rarely and were able to be subdued easily."

Aro looked at me "the Romanians were able to escape because of the nomads you encountered. Five years ago James, Victoria and Laurent chased a young werewolf who was on guard duty. The wolf led them away from the other wolves and their prisoners, he was chased across Siberia. The other guards split up; half staying to guard the territory, half hunting the nomads. It was then the Romanians took their chance. They slipped by the remaining guards and ran straight to Chernobyl. They had heard of the radiation in the area from tourists in the 1990s. Their gamble paid off, they hit the red zone and the werewolves pursued them before falling sick."

"Wouldn't there have been nomads who had come across the werewolves before then?" J asked. Caius answered for the Masters. "There were isolated incidents, but the cold temperature and isolation kept most vampires away. We may not be affected by the cold, but certain temperatures extremes are uncomfortable. Thankfully, the others who came across them left before learning their numbers. We'd promise to eradicate them and we'd tell them not to mention the wolves to others to avoid panic and death. We'd request they not enter Siberia because our elite guard would be exterminating the species and would be distracted by more of our kind."

"They stayed away for centuries?" I asked, Caius nodded "many believe the smell of werewolf lingered long after their death. We lied and confirmed it." Aro nodded and took over the story "it was effective, but now the Romanians have escaped and spread rumor of their imprisonment."

"Why not just kill the Romanians?" Pete asked. "I would have gladly" Aro said "but they also needed to suffer. We came across a witch, she had a powerful gift for the sight. She said they must survive and be imprisoned until they could feel the wrath of those they hurt. She pointed to Marcus and told us he wouldn't recover unless he personally saw to their punishment, that when our fates were coming into fruition we'd be able to undo the damage they caused. I wanted revenge as well, they had imprisoned me for centuries and lead to the deaths of many in my country."

Marcus sighed. "I hadn't been functional enough to consider what I'd do to them until Charlie healed me. Now that they can absorb the darkness they created inside me I know it's time."
"Why not just imprison them in Volterra?" I asked. Aro replied "the werewolves have a right for justice as well. The Romanians hunted them ruthlessly, killing so many. For the last thousand years they've watched the Romanians starve and suffer in the freezing isolation."

"The werewolves weren't affected by the temperature?" I asked. "No, werewolves burn hotter than humans, they can handle the most extreme temperatures; hot or cold. Their skin doesn't sparkle like ours and they're able to blend in with humans easier. They're stronger and faster than humans most times in the month, but they are stronger than us in the three days of the full moon."

"Why form an allegiance?" J asked. Aro replied cryptically. "Marcus and I have our own reasons which you'll learn soon, but it's also a matter of morality. Who are we to judge and destroy a whole species? They have as much right as us to exist. They aren't evil, at least no more than any other creature. The time for them to come out of hiding approaches," Aro looked at Charlie "you could help them, bind them to their human minds so they are in control of their wolf form at the full moon."
"Like the Quileutes? Give them the same tea that keeps the La Push boys in touch with their wolf form?" Dad asked. Aro nodded "if there's a way for them to exist in the Supernatural world without losing control we must try."

"How did they not kill the Romanians?" Rose asked. Aro answered. "The werewolves were able to set up scent traps for their wolf form. Rowan trees produce a smell the werewolves can't abide during the full moon. In their human form it wasn't too bad, but it was enough to deter them from destroying the Vampires while their animalistic part took over. The Romanians were torn apart a few times during the millennium they were imprisoned, but the werewolves didn't burn them and they were able put themselves back together after a while."

"So the Romanians have escaped and are telling everyone they can about the werewolf/Volturi alliance." Pete confirmed before asking, "we've only handled a few covens in eastern Europe, why wouldn't there be more rebels?"
"The Romanians have imprisoned themselves in Chernobyl, the werewolves can't enter, but they can keep the place surrounded. Unfortunately, our kind still passes through that area occasionally and the werewolves have had to hide to keep their existence a secret. Few of our kind have encountered the wolves, most are too young to recognize the smell. To us, werewolves smell like human waste and death. If a vampire saw a werewolf they'd put two and two together. Sadly their secret is out. There is trouble coming for them because of the Romanians.

"For the last thousand years Marcus, Caius and I have done our best to undo the damage of the Romanian regime. We have hidden our existence and the existence of the supernatural world from human kind and become part of the mortals' myths and legends. We've helped bring werewolves back from extinction and given them support against our own species. We have protected humans without their knowledge.

"Our dream is to unite with the werewolves and spirit walkers. Put the animosity in the past. We need help; synthetic blood is a good start and it will make it easier for the Spirit Walkers to make a treaty with us, but we need to give werewolves control over their own lives. Bring them closer to their human side around the full moon. We have to get past the natural aggressive reaction between the species, find a way to calm our instincts to work with them, not kill them. Each of us has a role to play; humans, vampires, spirit walkers and werewolves are all part of the world. We each lend a hand in fate and destiny."

"That's a fairly radical plan, Aro." Pete said "how do we know we can trust them? That they'll trust us?"
"We start with the werewolves. The time has come for you to learn our secret history." Aro said. He took a deep breath before beginning.