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Skin Deep

Chapter 7

Fusedtwilight: Thanks to animegirlkiki. This chapter is all Volturi .

Sara P.O.V

We left the Cullen house. Leaving behind the only family I have ever known. The only real family I ever had.

Aro had one of his guards call the airport and arrange a plane for us straight to Italy. I was surprised he was going to have us go to the airport. I mean we are all going to stick out in our fancy cloths and their red eyes. Aro laughed and said we would go straight to the plane. I asked him how he was able to get past security and the other regulations. He simply laughed and said the reach of the Volturi reaches into the human world deeper then most knew.

I didn’t like the sound of that. I had an image of all the world leaders and other big wig people in a meeting room with Aro at the head of the table. Aro who was holding my hand in a gentlemanly sort of way laughed seeing my image and said it wasn’t anything like that.

The Volturi were the shadow owners of Volterra industries. A company that had strong hold in Europe and had connections all over the world. Getting onto a plane without having to go through security was easy to get when you had deep pockets like them I guess.

Less then an hour later we arrived at the airport. We got on the plane and within a few minutes we took off, destination Volterra.

I had yet to talk to anyone save Aro. I noticed the big guy Felix kept on eyeing me up. Giving me a smile and a wink every now and then. I ignored him as best as I could. It wasn’t easy, I could feel his desire.

“You’re going to love Volterra,” Aro was saying. “It’s an old city, frozen in time. So many breath taking sights, the fields, the old roman theater, the hills filled with flowers. The thick rich history. Not to mention all the relics we have gathered over the eons.”

“Like what?” I asked being polite.

“You ever hear of the spear of destiny?”

“The spear the pierced the side of Christ!” I asked amazed. I had been raised Catholic, of course I knew about the spear.

“We even have a few of the nails of Helen.”

“The nails used to pin him to the cross?”

He chuckled. “Oh yes, we have much more then that. Then there are the documents and scrolls and books we have gathered.”

“You must have quite the library,” I said.

“The best in the world, I think you will quit enjoy it when we arrive,” he smiled warmly at me.

A stewardess stopped by us. “Would you like anything to drink sir? Ma’am?” she asked.

I tried not to breath. The smell of her blood was intoxicating; it made my mouth water with venom. Without Jasper to help temper my hunger it was harder to control.

“No thank you my dear, we are fine,” Aro said.

She left to go check on the others. I prayed to god she survived the flight. I don’t think they would kill her. I mean where would they hide the body?

“Are you okay Sara?” Aro asked.

“Just fine,” I lied.

He moved his hand to take mine, but I shied away from him. “Really I’m fine.” I did not want him in my head, not if I could help it.

“It was the stewardess wasn’t it?” he asked knowingly.

I glanced behind the seat. The stewardess was asking one of the guards if he wanted a pillow. How she was able to ignore the hungry glances the vampires were throwing her I would never know.

“You fear for her?” Aro asked.

“She is just doing her job, I don’t want to see her get eaten.” I said.

“Do not fear, they will be able to resist until we arrive in Volterra, then they will find something to eat.”

“You mean someone?”

“This is who we are Sara, we are not evil by nature. Is the lion evil for feeding on the lamb? No. The lion is a lion and the lamb is a lamb, if we do not feed it affects our mental state, you know that.”

“The Cullen’s live just fine on animal blood.” I said.

“But even they have slipped up a few times, you know that.”

“But they still keep trying, that is admirable.”

“That is foolish. A snake does not stop being a snake when it sheds it’s skin, a tiger does not stop being a tiger when it clips it’s claws. Humans are our natural prey; if we were meant to drink animal blood then it would satisfy us just like the humans.”

“I’m still not going to drink human blood, I meant that.” I said.

“And as I said I will give you all the animals you desire. I promise, I will give you everything you desire.”

I touched the charm that I had yet to remove from my wrist.

‘Almost anything.’ I thought.

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It was nighttime by the time we arrived in Italy. A limo was waiting for us. Me, Aro and a few of the guards rode inside. The rest we left behind to run ahead of us to Volterra.

An hour later we arrived in Volterra. Aro was right. The city was impressive. It looked like something you saw from an old renaissance picture. As we drove through the old rode’s I looked out the window amazed at the architecture of the city. Aro used the phone in the limo to call ahead and to have everyone waiting for when we arrived.

After ten minutes we parked in front of a large building. Two guard from before waited for us at the entrance. I was surprised to see them here already. Then I remembered vampires can out run any car.

“Master, they all wait for you and the mistress in the throne room,” the guard said.

I was a little thrown back at being referred to as mistress. I had a feeling I was going to hear a lot more of that pretty soon.

“Thank you Corin, come, I want everyone there for when I accept Sara into our family,” Aro said.

Corin and the other guard opened the wooden doors for us. We and the rest of the guard walked in and Corin and the other guard followed, closing the doors behind them and locking it.

The hall was made from marble, statues lined the walls. The windows were painted like what you see at church. We went down a flight of stairs and came across a girl who was sitting behind a desk.

She said something as we passed. “That is Astrid, she is our new receptionist,” Aro said.

“Does she know about us?” I asked.

“Of course.”

“Then why would she….she wants to be immortal.” I said realizing the truth.

“They all do, but in the end they serve their purpose. We haven’t turned a secretary into a vampire in over a century.”

We went through a door which led into a long and narrow hallway. The hall was lined with torches casting light in the dark hall. Another set of doors were opened for us. We walked through and we were greeted by more vampires I have ever seen.

Many wore robs, some had their hoods up so I could not see their faces, others had their hoods down. On a large dais there were three chairs. Two of those chairs were occupied. The two seated vampires were much like Aro in looks. Creepy milky red eyes and onion like skin.

A young man with hair so blonde it was almost white sat on the right chair. A woman stood to the side of him, her hair was a stark contrast to his. Hers was so dark it was like it had never seen sunlight.

A woman stood behind the throne in the middle. Like the other woman she to had black hair, it was the kind of black that had blue highlights when the light hit it right. I wondered if the two women were related. They both had similar figures, similar faces. Cousins maybe?

The man on the left throne was the only one not looking at us as we walked in. Everyone, the man on the throne, the women, all the guards. They watched us with rapt attention but their faces were all blank. I swear it was like I walked into a room with the worlds most perfect statues. No one moved, no one breathed, blinked or even made a twitch.

The man on the left throne was the most statue looking of all. There was not a single emotion on his face, not even boredom. I could barely feel a spark of anything in him let alone desire. It was like he was slowly fading away. He was looking to the side as if he was lost in another time in another place.

As soon as the guards got a good look at my face whispering broke out amongst the guard. The man looked at me with shock and recognition.

“Aro, is this what you left so quickly for?” he asked.

“Yes Caius, indeed this is who I sought when the nomad came asking for our assistance,” Aro said. Aro looked at the man on the left and smiled. “Marcus look.”

The man Marcus glanced at us. His eyes focused on me and they widened in shock. In an instant he was out of his thrown and ran to me. He ran at vampire speed, I could tell. He grabbed my face with his hands.

My vampire instincts were screaming danger because the whole room was buzzing now.

Everyone was moving in a blur. Walking over to one another to whisper to one another or just stunned at Marcus’s reaction. Something told me they weren’t used to him doing this.

He examined every inch of my face. He felt my hair between his fingers. He caressed my cheeks with his thumbs. He bent his face forward and sniffed me.

“What magic is this!” he growled. “She looks like her, but the hair, the face, the smell! Aro explain!”

“My brother be still,” Aro said.

“Sir, please,” I said. His face fell at the sound of my voice. There was such pain in his eyes it was unbearable for me to look into his eyes.

“Even her voice, have the gods sent you to torment me?”

“Sir please, you’re scaring me,” I said.

He let go and backed away from me. His eyes never left mine though.

Caius spoke. “I take it from her eyes you collected her from the Cullens?”

He was glaring at me now. As was a few of the guards now. Once again my vampire instincts were shouting at me to run. Too many in such a small space to fight.

“Brothers and sisters, I present out newest member of the Volturi family, Sara. The child of Didyme, my sister!” Aro called in a proud happy voice.

A stunned silence filled the room. The woman behind the middle throne stepped forward.

“Aro, Didyme and her family died in the fire remember?” she said gently.

Aro waved a finger at her. “That’s what we all thought Sulpicia my love. When that nomad came asking us to help avenge her mate I was inclined to refuse, then she mentioned the vampires with the golden eyes and of course this perked my interest.”

“I remember,” Caius said. “You read her and I have never seen you look so shocked.”

“I was shocked Caius because I saw images of a girl that could be my long dead sisters, sister. I kept the nomad here and questioned her thoroughly. I learned the vampire she lusted for had turned a singer of his. This girl was taken in by Carlisle and his. The vampire Vincent had a desire for Sara here, valuing her for her beauty; he tracked her down and with a small army sought to claim her. The Cullens and the Denali coven protected her but she herself felled Vincent with her power, and what a power she has.”

“What kind of power?” a voice asked.

The owner was a young girl with brown hair cut short. She was awfully young to be a vampire; she looked to be twelve or thirteen. She stood next to a boy and I say boy because he was the same age as her who looked much like her. I wondered if they were twins? She was watching me with curious eyes, but when she caught my gaze her eyes hardened.

“A power that puts her in a class all on her own dear Jane,” Aro smiled. “As some of you know my sister Didyme had an aura around her, an aura that brought untold bliss and happiness to those who were simply around her. She was loved by many, some even called her the incarnation of Venus, though I think Sara fits the description better,” Aro smiled at me.

“Because Venus had blonde hair,” I said.

“To true, still some of you here met my sister, you remember what it was like to be with her?”

Some of the guard got sad longing looks on their faces. When I talked to the Cullen’s and the Denali’s they made the Volturi to be like the mafia of the vampire world, but here they are missing a woman who died ages ago.

“Sara’s power is quite different; she can manipulate and control desire. Desire as we know takes many forms. Desire for revenge, desire for flesh, desire for sustenance, for power, for money, for love. She can control it, she can make others feel her desire and feel the desire of others, she can make that desire stronger or weaker or even fill you with desires you never had before.”

“That sounds powerful,” the woman behind Caius said.

“Indeed Athenodora it is,” Aro said. “She has used her power to make a vampires thirst disappear.”

A stunned silence filled the room. I was just shocking the heck out of everyone, or they were just a quiet lot.

“Impossible! The thirst never just disappears!” one of the guard said.

“I had trouble believing it myself, even when I read her mind. Perhaps a demonstration? Santiago come.”

A guard stepped forward. He wasn’t as buff as Felix, but he was well muscled. He had a look that screamed body guard, the strong silent type. He was handsome; his skin was dark like a Spaniards. The loss of blood made it lighter, his face was rugged, and before he had been turned he had begun to grow a beard that was slight stubble, adding to his rugged appearance.

He walked forward to stand in front of me. He bowed in greeting; I noticed his eyes were a little blacker then what they should be.

“You have yet to feed?” Aro asked.

“No master, I received word you wanted us to be here when you arrived and put it off,” Santiago said. His voice had a heavy Spanish accent.

“Good, that will make this more impressive, go ahead my dear,” Aro smiled at me.

I raised my hands. “May I?” I asked.

“Go ahead,” he said with a smile. His eyes showed amusement and doubt. He did not think I could do it but he was going to humor me.

I placed my hands on the sides of his head. I didn’t need to touch someone for my power to work, but the touch seems to help it focus. I could feel his need for food. He was very hungry. I wrapped my heat around his and like what I did to Em…what I did before I smothered it down to a pin prick.

His eyes stayed black but they widened in disbelief. “I…I…I don’t hunger no more!”

The room broke out into a ruckus, no one was bothering to whisper any more. “It won’t last, the longer you are around me the longer it will last but once I’m far away enough it will start to wear off,” I said.

“I thank you my lady.” he took my hand and kissed my knuckles. He looked at me and there was an intensity to them I did not like. I could feel a whole new desire beginning to form. “I have not known such peace since I was human.”

I took my hand from his. “Your welcome.”

“Aro this is impossible!” Marcus said. “You said they died, they all died!”

“I know brother, I was wrong, so wrong,” Aro said sadly. “When I read the nomads mind.”

“Illyria, her name was Illyria.” I said.

I don’t know why I was bothering to correct him. It was her fault that I was here now. If it wasn’t for her I would still be with….him. Not stuck here with these monsters and their red eyes. So why do I care?

Then I remembered poor Natalya. How she cried and wept over her sister as she burned in the Cullen’s fireplace. She hated me, she wanted me to suffer. But she still had been a person; she still had someone who loved her. To only refer to her as nomad seemed demeaning. I said a quick prayer that she had found peace in the afterlife.

“Yes Illyria…when I read her mind and saw the resemblance I did much research into her. I traced her ancestry to ancient Italy. After much searching and digging I found an old diary that was an heirloom to a small farming family. The diary was from the girl who looked after the children descended from Didyme. It told how she made it out of the city before the fire, she adopted the child and raised her as her own. We never knew because the nanny never knew of vampires. Sara‘s grandparents came from the same village I found the diary in, she is the descendant of Didyme.”

Marcus let out a roar of rage. He ran at his throne and began to smash it into dust. Caius, Athenodora, and Sulpicia drew away from him. They stared at him like he just sprouted ten heads. Some guards surrounded them protecting them from Marcus’s fury. Everyone stared at him with shock and disgust.

“All these year! All these years I thought they were gone; my only link to her was lost! All these years they were out there and I never knew!”

“Marcus please compose yourself!” Aro called trying to get his brother to calm down. “I too was angered when I found out the truth, but this is not a time for anger, this is a time for celebration.” he said more gently.

I walked up to Marcus, placing my hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me, there was such pain in his eyes. “I am sorry, I failed you. I failed her and I could not even protect her children, forgive me.”

“You owe me nothing; I can’t change the past and nether can you. I’m sorry you lost her, I wish I could have met her, but let’s move on okay, no reason to cry...”

He caressed my cheek with his knuckles. “Truly you are of her blood, to have such mercy and kindness.”

He stood up. “Well done Sara,” Aro clapped. “Tomorrow night we will throw a party to celebrate the return of our lost kin!” Aro announced. Everyone clapped and cheered. I was a little flustered. Once again I was at the center of attention.

“Come, allow me to show you around your new home,” Marcus said.

“I would like that,” I smiled.

“I will have two of the guard accompany you,” Aro said.

“Oh that’s okay, I have Mr. Marcus with me,” I said.

Marcus patted my hand. “Call me Marcus my dear and Aro is just being cautious, we don’t want anything to happen to you.”

“Okay,” I said.

Marcus escorted me out of another door in the room. Two of the guards followed us. “Have fun Sara, I will talk to you later!” Aro called.

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Aro P.O.V

I watched as Sara left with Marcus. Brining her here was proving better then I dared hope. “Leave us!” I called to the others.

Soon everyone left until me, Caius, Sulpicia and Athenodora were left alone. “Well that was exciting,” I smiled.

“Exciting? I haven’t seen him show emotion since Didyme died.” Caius said. “Her power is most impressive though.”

“Indeed, imagine we could use her to make any vampire desire to join us, we could manipulate hordes of vampires to obey us, and with her ability to control their thirst we will have the largest coven of vampires the world has ever seen!” I said.

Sulpicia stepped forward. “Not ruin your moment dear but she doesn’t strike me as the kind to want to manipulate others.”

“Relax, we’ll just have Chelsea use her power on her and make her do it,” Athenodora said.

“Sadly no, I tried having her do that back in Forks and Sara sensed it, she even fought her off,” I said recalling the scene back in Carlisle’s.

“She is definitely more powerful then Didyme was,” Sulpicia said.

“You said Carlisle had her? Surely he suspected?” Caius asked.

I frowned remembering Carlisle’s betrayal. “Yes he knew, but he tried to keep her from me.”

“And you let them live?” Caius asked.

“I had to; if I killed them then she would have never come with me. But I fear she won’t be with us for long.”

“Why not?”

“She was engaged to one of the wolves in Forks.” They looked at me horrified and disgusted.

“Sweet mercy!”

“Disgusting!”

“Perverse!”

“I wasn’t too thrilled with it myself,” I said. “But she broke up with him before we left, even used her power to make him forget her, but she still loves him, truly and dearly.”

“And you fear she will want to see him again?” Caius asked.

“Oh yes, which is why I am hoping one of the guard can woo her, make her forget him,” I said.

“Are you crazy? All the unmated guards will seek her favor. Being her mate would make them a real member instead of a guard, it’s a position they all want.” Athenodora said.

“Yes, and I fear Marcus will put a stop to that. He won’t want a bunch of love struck guards coming after Sara. I think we shall have Heidi try her hand with Sara, see if her power can’t convince her to forget this wolf and select one of the guard.”

“Are we really going to let her mate with one of the guards? I mean some I wouldn’t mind but others would be more a hindrance.” Caius said.

“Hmm, true. Now that Sara is with us that means we must add a fourth to the thrones,” I said.

“Maybe not, why don’t we just have her and Marcus join?” Sulpicia said.

“Hmm, I doubt it, Marcus will never have another lover, even if she looks like her she is not Didyme.”

“Well I am sure with Heidi’s help we can persuade her to choose someone of our choosing,” Caius said.

“Assuming the guards don’t kill each other for her favor,” Athenodora said.

“Oh well, I will call Heidi and have her get close, hopefully her power will be more effective then Chelsea’s, I‘ll have Astrid call someone to clean up the mess, and to order a new throne. I just hope she adjusts to our way of life and soon. She wants to continue to practice Carlisle’s way of life and I have sworn to provide her food.”

Caius took Athenodora’s hand and kissed it. “I am sure Athenodora and Sulpicia will help her adjust.”

“It is nice to have someone new join us, isn’t it Dora?” Sulipicia asked her cousin.

“Oh yes, someone younger and so new to match us ancient old girls,” Athenodora giggled.

“My dears you may be many things, old is one of them,” I smiled.

“Oh Aro, you are so happy she has come to us,” Sulpicia said.

“Of course, in a way I have my sister back.” I smiled on the outside but on the inside I was full of guilt. No one knew the truth.

Marcus was more useful to me then Didyme had been. He was only leaving because of her. I loved my sister, but my dream depended on Marcus. So I made the sacrifice, for the greater good.

Our world was chaotic. The Romanians barely kept our kind in line. We needed order and control and I could not bring that with out all the help I could get. But to make such a large coven I needed to know who I could trust. I needed Marcus.

I have carried the guilt and shame silently for millennia. I never thought I could ever make it up to her. Killing her had been hell for me. I heard her thoughts as I killed her. She thought of Marcus, her first born son Gabriel, and me, even as I killed her she thought of me with love.

I still remember her final thoughts. I forgive you.

Taking care of Sara is the only way I can appease Didyme, the only way I can begin to make up for my sin.

For killing my own sister.

Fusedtwilight: Next chapter we will have a quick snipt of forks but it will mostly be another volturi chapter. Please review.
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