Bea |
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Jun 14 2009 at 3:09 PM wrote
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Part Three
I leapt up and flattened myself against the wall. Everything was so clear. I could see every miniscule crack in the wood of the walls. I found I could hear every breath of wind and every creak of the floorboards from every corner of the castle. And it was then that I realised I was not alone. A woman stood by the bed, looking at me with curiosity.
"Aro will be pleased to hear you have awoken." She said, though it didn't seem as though she would share in Aro's joy. I remembered him. He was the reason I was here. The root cause of all my pain.
"Take me to him." I said. I was shocked at the tone of my voice. It was light and sweet, and honey smooth. The woman looked at me and sighed.
"He did tell me to rbing you to him as soon as you woke, follow me." I followed her through a series of narrow corridors until we emerged into the round room again. There they all were, sitting on their thrones. I felt a rush of hate, and I wanted to rip, to tear, I felt the strength in my body, but I reined it in. I had to remain calm.
"My dear!" Aro cried, "How wonderful to see you up. I was beginning to worry that you wouldn't make to be with us today."
"And whose fault would that be?" I asked, I no longer cared what happened to me. Then I felt a pain like nothing I had experienced yet. It was nothing to the pain of burning, but it pierced me like a knife in my brain.
"Jane, dear, you can let her go. She means no harm."
The knife was withdrawn, and I looked at Aro. "Just tell me, what do you want with me?"
"I think that is for Caius to tell you, as I do not know myself."
The man with white hair stood up from his throne and addressed the room,
"Thank you, Aro. As you are all aware, the time has come for mine and Aro's wager. This century, I believe I have the best task yet. As you will also all know, the Cullen family has been causing trouble for us recently. The task is simple. Bring me Renesmee Cullen." The room was silent. I looked at the shocked faces. Then, on many, the shock changed to malicious glee. Jane's small face lit up, and Aro looked mildly amused.
"Well done, Caius, that truly is a task of magnitude, but I do beleive she is quite up to the task."
I coughed, every eye turned to me, "And what if I don't want to complete your task?"
A ripple of furious whispers spread through the room, but Caius held up his hand for silence.
"Then you die."
"Finally, something we'd all be happy with." I said. And as I looked into his eyes I was not afraid. I embraced the prospect of that sweet oblivion once more, and as he walked towards me I smiled. But he merely said quitely,
"And so does your son." For a moment I was shocked and confused. Then I glimpsed the door opening, and Felix walked in. I was about to run at him, tear him to shreds, when I saw what he was holding in his arms. The child looked about 3 weeks old. But he looked into my eyes with such intelligence. He looked into my eyes with my eyes. They were hazel, flecked with green, I'd always hated my eyes, but in this angelic face they looked beautiful. My frozen heart gave a leap. And I was across the room in a matter of milliseconds. It all made sense now. I had not grown, he had grown, inside me. All my rational thoughts screamed that this child was reason I had gone through all I had. But my body drew me only nearer. I reached out for him. Felix glanced at Aro, who nodded, and he passd me the child. I held him close to me, and to my surprise, he was warm. I could hear the fluttering of his tiny heart, like a bird. I breathed in and felt a sharp burn in my throat. I gasped, and Felix made a move towards me. But I shot him a fierce look.
"How touching." I heard Caius say, "So young. Such a shame, such a waste."
"No!" I shouted, and was shocked at the authority in my tone, "I'll do it. Just don't hurt him."
Caius smiled, and I knew that though I hated him, I would do anything to save my son.
"Rebecca is waiting for you in reception. She has a bag. In that bag is everything you will need to get to Forks, Washington. Find the girl and bring her to us. Or you know what will happen."
I clutched my child closer to me, and made for the door, but Jane got there first, "Leave the boy." I clutched him closer to me for a second, and then I felt something familiar, the air around me became sharp, like a knife, but before it could penetrate I blocked it. I felt around the blade and blunted it, it couldn't hurt me any more. Jane looked shocked. Aro smiled.
"I told you she was powerful, brothers."
Jane scowled, but I handed my baby to her calmly. I leaned close and said,
"If anything happens to him, you will be first on my list." I staightened up and walked out of the room. When I reached reception the woman behind the desk, who I assumed was Rebecca, gave me a black rucksack and told me, "There's contact lenses in the right pocket, I'd put them on if I were you. You'll need to change them every three hours." I drew a breath to thank her and my throat burned worse than it ever had before. I could hear the wet beating of her heart and I smelt the blood coursing through her veins. I wanted to bite, to quench my thrirst with her blood, but then I stopped, checked myself. "She's a person" I thought to myself, "she has a life, you can't take that away from her."
"thank you." I said. I made for the exit as quickly as I could, and had just got into the tunnel when I heard some one call out, "Wait!" It was the woman wo had been there when I woke up. "The Cullens, they have powers. Edward, he can read minds, you stopped Jane, you can stop him too. Alice can see the future, but I think your child will have stopped her from seeing you, but I don't know how much she will know. Caius knows this is an almost impossible task, you need all the help you can get."
"Why are you helping me?" I asked, perplexed.
"Because once upon a time I wanted all of this, I wanted to be beautiful and strong. I didn't stop to think what I might be giving up. I can't have children know. Seeing you with your child, I won't let that be lost."
"Thank you..?" I didn't know her name,
"Gianna." She replied, "And you really should put those contacts in."
I reached into my bag and pulled out some coloured contact lenses and a small mirror. I looked into it and gasped. I was beautiful. My copper hair now fell in glossy curls to my back, my mouth was a perfect red curve, but my eyes were bright crimson. Brighter than any eyes I'd ever seen. Gianna smiled.
"I see why I need the contacts now!" I said, shocked.
"Go, your child needs you back as soon as possible. And you should feed as soon as possible"
I shuddered at the tought, but replied, "I know. Gianna, look after him, my son, Samson."