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Skin deep
By : fusedtwilight
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Skin Deep

Chapter 6

Fusedtwilight: This was a tough chapter to write. Lost of angst in this one.

Embry P.O.V

“I hope you know what you’re doing.” Jake said.

We were outside talking, me, him and Quil. We were discussing my engagement to Sara. Sara was inside talking to the Cullen’s. I’m fairly sure they are asking her the same thing right now.

“I am marrying the woman I love, that’s what I’m doing.” I said.

“You know the elders and Sam aren’t going to let this go,” Quil said. “By tomorrow they will have met and will be hell bent on finding a way to stop this.”

“Doesn’t matter.”

“Yes it does,” Quil said seriously. “This is how things work Embry, we hunt vampires, we don’t love them or marry them. Jake gets away with it because of imprinting; you however can make no such claim.”

“Things change Quil, I never thought I would fall in love with a vampire but here we are. My love for her isn’t like an imprint’s but it is powerful all the same. I want to live with her for the rest of my life.”

“Which is going to be a very long time now.”

“Not so bad when you have someone to spend it with.” I said.

“This is serious Embry, the elders are afraid you’ll imprint and she will go berserk. Some even think this love you have for her is a result of her power.” Jake said.

“That’s bull, I loved her before she was a vampire, and I love her still.” I growled.

“Hey we believe you man, it’s the elders that you have to convince.” Quil said.

“What can they do? They can’t stop me from marrying her.” I said defiantly.

“They won’t allow her into La Push, married or not.”

“I figured that much. It doesn’t matter, were in no hurry, she’s not getting any older. I’ll finish high school then I’ll marry her.”

“What about a job? You know you can’t stay at one place for to long, not if you’re going to phase,” Quil said.

“I have thought of all of this, believe me. I’m willing to sacrifice all normal life for her, your willing to do the same too aren’t you Jake?”

He smiled. “Yeah, ever since I learned she was going to live forever I knew this was going to happen. I knew one day soon I’m going to do the same thing as you Embry. It’s funny; I once loathed the vampires, now I’m going to be living with them.”

“Tell me about it.” I laughed.

“At least I don’t have to worry about none of that,” Quil said.

“No you just have to worry about being on an episode of to catch a predator on dateline.” I said.

He growled playfully at me and rushed at me. He tackled me to the ground and we wrestled around. It felt good to play around with Quil. Jake watched us laughing, just like in the good old days.

It didn’t matter that I was searching for my father, it didn’t matter I was marrying a vampire. We were friends, that was all that mattered.

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Sara P.O.V

The Cullens crowded around me, looking at my bracelet.

The wolves and elders left, Seth, Leah and their imprints wished me congratulations before they left to go back home. I was glad Embry’s pack was being supportive, even if they had their doubts.

Alice was in over drive, I could feel her desire to get started on the wedding plans. I wasn’t telepathic like Edward but I could practically hear the plans forming in her head for the wedding.

“I can’t believe you’re getting married and you didn’t tell me!” she said.

“I’m sorry, we wanted to keep it a secret, things were already tense and we hoped once things settled down it would be better a time to tell everyone,” I said.

“Of course, we understand, were just happy you’re back and happy,” Esme said giving me a hug.

“When will you do it? Get married I mean?” Rose asked.

“After he graduates, he wants to finish high school first.”

“That’s good, very smart of him,” Edward said nodding his head in approval.

“My little sister is growing up,” Emmett pouted. “Seems like only yesterday you were throwing me through walls.”

“I still can.” I smiled and punched him in the arm.

He grabbed it and acted like he was in pain. Rose gave me a hug and whispered in my ear. “Are you really sure?”

I whispered back. “Yes, I truly do love him.”

She pulled back and looked me in the eye. “Then do what you want. No matter what happens, no matter whom gets in your way don’t let anything keep you from him. If you truly love him, never let him go.”

“I won’t.” I said.

“Do Tanya and the others know?” Carlisle asked.

“I accidentally let it slip before I left, their all happy for me of course. I wish everyone was happy about it though,” I said thinking of Helen and the wolves from Sam’s pack.

“Don’t worry about them, what’s the worse they can do?” Rose asked waving her hand.

“Their important in his life, I hoped we could at least find some common ground.”

“Don’t let it bring you down; you got your man, to hell with everyone else.”

Just then Edward growled. His eyes darkened a little and he bared his teeth in a snarl. My vampire instincts kicked in. Another vampire was close to me showing aggression. I immediately backed up and hissed at him.

Rose and Emmett held me, I felt a wave of calm, Jasper’s doing most likely. “They’re coming!”

“Who?” Carlisle asked.

“The Volturi!”

“They are making their move!”

“Get the wolves!”

“Call the Denali’s and warn them!”

“The Denali’s are with them,” Edward said. “Their not coming to kill us, they are coming for Sara.”

I was pulling myself together, pushing my vampire instincts to the back of my head. I know of the Volturi. They are an old coven of vampires from Italy. They run the vampire world, enforcing the laws. They were like boogie men, vampires feared by vampires, large, powerful, lethal. I understand last year there was an incident between them and the Cullen’s.

So why were they coming here for me?

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Embry P.O.V

Alice came running at us. Her face was full of anger and fear. “This is all you fault! I didn’t seem them coming because of you!”

“Who?” Jake asked.

“The Volturi who else!” she snapped.

Me and Quil got up. “What!” We all shouted.

“Their close enough for Edward to hear, but I can’t see anything because of you wolves!”

“Are they coming to finish us off?” Jake asked.

“No, they are coming for Sara. They know what she can do and Aro wants her.”

“He can’t have her!” I growled.

“Just get inside we’re having a meeting now!”

We ran into the house, it was pandemonium. Jake went to Nessie who was crying, scared the Volturi were coming back. Edward and Bella were consoling her.

“Embry!” Sara said running over to me. “Why are they coming for me?”

I took her into my arms. “I don’t know babe, but they won’t have you.”

“We should call Sam and the others and-” Quil began.

“Their almost here, they won’t make it in time, they mean no harm they just want Sara, Aro feels he has a claim on her.”

“What why?” I asked.

He looked at Carlisle shocked. “Because she is related to Aro very, very distantly.”

We all looked at Carlisle. “It’s true; she is a descendant of his sister Didyme.”

“Who-” Sara began.

“They’re here.” Edward said.

There was a knock on the door.

“I have the shield ready.” Bella said.

Carlisle left the living room to answer the door. He came back a few minutes later followed by the Volturi. Aro came in with his guard. There were more of them then us. The Denali’s followed them only to join our side of the room. I saw the twin sisters Natalya and Illyria were with the guard. Illyria looked smug and victorious, Natalya looked worried, and her eyes darted around the room taking everything in.

We were on our side of the room, they were on theirs. The guard wore blank faces. Except Aro, the twins and this one big leech. He was tall and buff like Emmett, his hair was black too. He was eyeing Sara with a smirk. I felt a low growl in the back of my throat escape. He glanced at me and the smirk widened, a glimmer of challenge appeared in his eyes.

Aro watched us all with the same smile he had last time I saw him. “Greetings Carlisle, I am sorry to have to intrude, but I believe you have something of mine.”

“I do not know what you mean,” Carlisle said.

“Don’t be coy, I know all about Sara.” His eyes focused on her. His smile faltered a little, and then he composed himself. “I knew you resembled her but…not this much.”

Some of the other guard was watching her now too. Only like Aro they to seemed amazed by her appearances.

Aro stepped closer to her and offered his hand, the jittery vampire Renata followed; keeping close to him I remembered she had a shield like Bella. It kept you from attacking her, every time you tried to go at her you suddenly found yourself going the other way; physical attacks never worked because her shield affected your senses making it so you never even got close to her. Even just looking at her was difficult; every time I tried to focus on her my eyes would move on their own accord, I was only able to see her out of the corner of my eyes.

“Give me your hand my dear.” Aro offered his hand.

I pulled her closer to me not wanting her anywhere near him. “I mean you no harm child, I merely wish top learn more about you. My gift is like Edward’s, only I need to touch you to read you, and I can read every thought you have ever had.”

“Am I in trouble? Have I broken some law?” Sara asked.

He smiled. “No, I simply wish to learn more of you, and since I do not wish to wear out my welcome I wish to do so quickly. I swear I mean neither you nor your family harm this day.”

‘This day.’ A good way to say he wasn’t going to kill us today, another day sure.

Sara pulled herself from me.

“Sara?”

“It’s okay Embry.” she smiled. She pulled away and I fought the urge to follow her.

She walked a few steps to Aro and offered her hand. He took it and just stood there holding her hand. Many emotions flickered over his face. Anger, pity, surprise. He held her hand, putting his other hand overtop hers. “You have had a tough life, I am sorry for that.”

“That part of my life is over, I am happy now.” she said.

He glanced over at me and there was distaste in his eyes. I glared at him showing it was a two way street. His fingers touched the bracelet on her wrist.

“Ah yes, you are engaged, congratulations are in order.”

“Sir, they said that we were related, could you explain?” Sara asked.

“Please call me Aro,” he smiled at her. He took in a deep breath. “I had a sister long ago, her name was Didyme, and before I turned her she gave birth to a child. I took them both in and turned her. Despite our cardinal rule about humans not knowing of our existence I allowed this exception. My sister raised the child and soon he found love and had a family of his own. They served us. They were our liaison to the human world, doing tasks for us only a human could achieve. I wanted to turn them but Didyme said no, she wanted them to stay human. For many generations we watched over the family, our human family who served us well. Never once did she allow any of her descendents to be turned, not wanting them to go through the rough life of a vampire. Then millennia ago during the fire of Rome she died. She went into the city to find her descendants but perished in the fire, until last week I thought I had lost my sister and my only link to humanity.”

He turned his head to look at a smirking Illyria who was shooting glares at Sara. “My guard was hunting a vampire when they stumbled upon the sisters. Illyria helped them find him and in return she requested an audience. We indulged her and she told us all about you. Imagine my surprise when I looked through her mind and saw the similarities, I did some research and found your ancestry goes all the way to old Rome. After countless hours of study I learned a single baby from our line survived, saved her handmaiden who adopted her and raised her as her own.

You are descended from that child; you are my niece….many times removed but still…”

He his knuckled down her cheek. “You look so much like her, except the hair, her face was more pointed, but you could pass for her sister.”

“I knew my grandparents came off the boats but I didn’t know where from.” Sara said.

Aro looked at Carlisle and it wasn’t friendly. “But Carlisle knew.”

“Yes, I did. I also knew if you ever learned you would want her. The poor girl went through severe trauma and was learning to be a vampire, I did not want her to join the Volturi next, you too-”

“Brutal? Yes, Eleazar said the same thing.” Aro let go of her hand. “Forgive my manners, hello everyone! Bella, Edward, Renesseme, Rose, Emmett, Esme, Jasper, Alice. Oh and the mighty wolves of La Push Jacob, Quil and of course…Embry.”

He studied me with his eyes, cold and calculating. “May I?” he extended his hand.

I did not want a leech going through my head. “Please, you are betrothed to my niece, I would like to make sure you are worthy of her.”

I walked up to him. Jake and Quil tried to stop me by grabbing my shoulders but I shrugged them off. I gave him my hand and he took it. “Marvelous, your pack mind is such a perfect gift, not without a few draw backs of course. But still, nature has given your people the perfect weapon. I thank you for protecting her.”

He drew his hand back. I went over to Sara and took her hand in mine. We faced Aro and his vampires. “Sara, I would like you to come with us,” he said.

“NO!” I screamed. My body began to shake violently. I was not going to let him have her, I’ll kill him first.

The guard all went into fighting mode. Renata took Aro’s hand and he too became a blur on the corner of my eye. I tried to control my anger but it was hitting me in waves, just when I thought I had control another wave would tear my control down.

I guess there was going to be a fight after all.

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Sara P.O.V

I felt Embry shaking so bad it shook me a little as I held his hand.

I could feel his desire to attack them, to kill them. I could feel the Volturi too. The guards wanted to fight. My god they wanted to kill so bad.. If Embry so much as spit at Aro they would attack, it would be a blood bath. Nessie was here she is only half vampire, but in a small space filled with vampires and werewolves who knows what would happen to her.

The Volturi were getting impatient. They pretended to be civilized but civilization is only skin deep, they were just as savage and blood thirsty as any nomad. They wanted to fight, to kill; their combined blood lust was like a giant furnace slapping me in the face. I could feel that wild burning part of Embry too, the part that was a wolf burning.

“Enough!” I shouted.

I closed my eyes and focused my power. I spread my power through the room, like a nice warm heat that keeps you warm but doesn’t make you sweat. I felt Embry and the Volturi but I could not feel the others. Bella had her shield up and they were safe from any vampire powers.

My heat wrapped around the fires of everyone. I smothered their heat with mine, like when you wrap someone in a blanket to put out the fire consuming them. I wrapped my heat tighter around them all pushing the fire back inside.

Embry stopped shaking, the Volturi all relaxed. “Sara?” Embry asked looking at me shocked.

“Sorry, but if you phased they would have attacked, I don’t want anyone killed because of me, not again.” I said.

Aro laughed, the girl vampire let go of him and my eyes were once again able to focus on him. It was weird, he didn’t turn invisible but when she touched him I was unable to focus on him. The girl vampire remained unfocused, but I could see her from the corner of my eye.

“You have her gentle spirit,” Aro said. He looked at me. I could feel his desire. Not for blood, a simple desire to posses. “Dydime had an aura of happiness around her; she had the power to bring cheer and joy to even the most moody of people. To be around her was to be in an eternal state of bliss. Your power is very different but it has such potential. Come with me child, the time has come to claim your inheritance.” he beckoned me with his hands.

“But I can’t, I mean…Embry and the Cullens and the Denalis,” I said.

“My dear, do you really think the two of you can form a life?” he asked shaking his head like a father chastising their child for their naiveté. “You are from very different worlds, his own people seek to drive you from him, he could leave you one day. Can you imagine? A thousand years of happiness undone with a single look into another’s eyes?”

My stomach had a shot of fear. He knew of imprinting? Of course, mind reader.

“As for the Cullen’s and the Denali’s you can see them again, after all you have the rest of eternity to see them again.”

“But Embry…I love him,” I said. “He saved me; if it wasn’t for him I would be dead.”

“To which I am eternally grateful. I thought Dydime was lost to me, but you, you are the last link I have to her, after all these years she has returned to me, just as I knew she would. Join us, we can teach you to control your power in ways that will help our world. You will want for nothing, jewels, cloth’s, servants, the most powerful vampire coven at your beck and call. We have such things to show you, years of knowledge and wisdom to learn, places to see, people to meet.”

I felt something….touching me. Something going deep within me, moving things within me that should not be touched. Rearranging my being from the core of myself. I looked at one hooded girl and somehow I knew it was her.

“Stop it!” I snarled at her.

She made no physical movement. I still felt her moving around inside me. “I said stop!” this time I did more then just shout. I used my power to strike back at her. I to entered her, I wrapped my power around her. I flared it around her, burning her. She shrieked and fell. A male caught her and hissed at me. The girl was glaring at me her eyes were blackening.

“How dare you!” I said to Aro. “You come here demanding I join you, you try to take me from the people who have ever made me feel good about myself, the only people who treated me like a human being and made me feel loved. They took me in, fed me, clothed me, taught me I was not a monster, and protected me at great cost to them selves. Embry is willing to sacrifice his way of life, to turn his back on his own people to be with me and here you are going on how I am your niece and the last connection you have to your sister and you try to use a flunky to rape my mind! Go to hell!”

A stunned silence filled the room. Everyone was staring at me shocked. I could feel my newborn instincts kicking in wanting to tear this man apart for trying to take me away.

I stared into his odd milky red eyes, his skin like that of an onion, so frail and white. His face betrayed no emotion, but my power allowed me to see better then most.

My words did little to douse his fire. In fact they seemed to inflame them. He wanted me more now then ever. Some people were like that. The more you told them no the more they wanted something. My mother was the same way, the more people told her not to drink the more she drank.

Aro really wanted me; I knew he spoke truth when he said it was because I was his sisters descendant. But I knew he wanted me as a weapon, as something to show off, and Aro was not a man to take no lightly.

He looked at Carlisle and it was not a friendly look. “Yet another you steal from me Carlisle, yet another you twist with your lifestyle.”

“I never stole anything from you Aro, Sara was never yours, and she has always been and always will be her own person. I merely give her the one thing you never give others…choice.”

Aro’s eyes flashed. I knew he was going to do it, I knew he was going to order the guard to fight. I could feel his fire reach a pitch.

I was at a crossroads. This time there was no one to save me. This time the fate of over a dozen lives depended on me. So I made a choice.

“I’ll go with you!” I said.

Instantly the Cullens and Denalis protested.

“Sara no!”

Embry grabbed me and made me look at him. “Don’t be afraid, we will protect you!”

I touched his face lightly. “I have to, they out number us, and Nessie is here.” I looked at Aro and his guard. “If I come with you, you must promise not to raise your hand against my friends and family.”

He bowed and waved his arm in front of him. “I swear I and my coven will not strike any blow against your kin unless they strike first.”

I believed him. I turned to Embry. “I have to go, he isn’t going to let me go, he’ll kill you all to get to me.”

“No!” he grabbed my arms. “I won’t let you go, I’ll kill them all first.”

“Oh Embry.” I had a plan in my head. A cruel, evil, heartless, plan. But it would save him from himself. “I love you.”

I kissed him, he kissed me back. But I did more then kiss him. I shoved my power into him. I wrapped my warmth around him; I search for the part of him that burned brightest, burned brighter then his wolf part. His love for me. I wrapped that burning star in my warmth and I smothered it. I buried it so deeply into him it was but a candle flame. I could not destroy it, even I can’t destroy love. But I could smother it enough so he would not put up much of a fight.

Around that void that was once filled with love for me I replaced with a desire to obey. I pulled back, acting quick, my power would begin to wear off once I did not know how long it would be before my power wore off and he returned to his senses. I had never pushed a desire so deeply away like this before.

“I love you Embry, but everyone was right, we are just to different, you deserve a life with a human wife, children, college, a job. Then one day retire with your love and watch your children have children, grow old and…die.”

I tweaked the desire to match my words; he would obey me, and desire these things as well.

“I want you to do that, find a nice girl to love and be happy with. I want you to forget all about me, pretend I was just like a midsummer nights dream.”

He looked at me and the fire and love he once had for me in his eyes was gone. “Your right,” he said. “Don’t know what I was thinking falling for a vampire.” he laughed. “God, I came this close to screwing my life up. No offense you’re cool but, you’re a vampire.”

“It’s okay, thank you for helping me for showing be that beauty is only skin deep.”

“Yeah, look don’t ever come back. Once the others find out you went with the Volturi they’ll kill you. And try not to drink human blood; it would be a shame to have to kill you.”

A part of me was wanted to undo what I had done. To bring back my Embry, not this robot I created. But he would return eventually, by then I would be long gone, he would be safe, and he could have all the things I could never give him.

I turned to Aro. “He is right, I may join your coven but I refuse to drink human blood. I have not spent the last three months reclaiming my humanity to throw it all away.”

Aro nodded. “Of course we will be able to bring you the food you need.”

“Thank you.” I turned to the Cullen’s and Denali’s. I walked past Bella’s shield so I could say my good by’s. “I am sorry to leave like this. But I wanted to say thank you all. You made me happier then I ever thought I could be. You showed me kindness and love I never had as a human. I wouldn’t change a thing, becoming a vampire was the best thing, it brought me to all of you. I promise I’ll keep in touch, I swear I will never drink human blood, thank you all for what you have done.”

I hugged them all. Some sobbed, some gave me words of love and support, others gave me silence but their hugs were firm lending their strength in silence. Nessie cried, begging me not to go. I told her I had to and promised to see her again one day.

I hugged Quil and Jake. “Take care of him, he will need you soon.”

“You used your power on him?” Jake whispered.

“Yes.” I whispered back.

“When the elders find out they won’t allow you back,” Quil said. “We won’t tell but when Embry snaps out of it they’ll figure it out.”

“I know, but I had to, he wouldn’t let me leave with them, he would have gotten himself and everyone killed, Aro won’t let me go. Trust me, this is for the best.”

Jake hugged me again and whispered. “Now I know you were truly meant to be with him.”

“Just take care of him, that’s all I ask.”

We parted and I walked past Embry. He made no move to stop me, made no sound of protest. He looked at me with an air of indifference and uncaring... It broke my heart; I wanted him to call out, to proclaim his love. But he said nothing.

Aro wrapped his arm around me. “Come my dear, time to claim your inheritance.”

The guard followed behind us. “Wait!” a voice said.

It was Illyria. I felt a heat of anger begin to spread throughout my body. I spared her life and this was how she repaid me.

“You promised me revenge!”

“I made no such promise,” Aro said coolly.

“No I want her head on a platter! I want her dead! I will see her dead! She will pay for what she did to Vincent!”

“Sister no don’t!” Natalya said. She grabbed her sister’s hand. “Don’t do this, you’ve done enough, you have your revenge.”

“No, not until she is dust, I swore an oath to see her fall!”

“Felix, Demitri,” Aro said.

The two vampires sprung forth. They shoved Natalya aside and fell upon Illyria. She screamed in horror and pain. Soon she was torn to pieces. They took those pieces and tossed them into the fireplace.

“No!” Natalya moaned. She began to speak in Russian. Pointing at the fire with her arms and bowing her head to the floor.

I looked at Aro shocked. “No one threatens the Volturi and gets away with it.”

“She didn’t threaten you.” I said.

“No, she threatened you. You are Volturi now Sara, welcome to your new life.”

Fusedtwilight: Okay first off, I know the excuse for Alice not seeing the Volturi coming is waaaaay off. But it’s the best I got. Next chapter Sara goes to Voltara and meets her new family. What will Marcus think when he meets her? Please review.
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