Immortal love (Caius)

Together Forever?

Later that night I went near the room that Edward was in trying to see if I could hear his thoughts and make sure he was okay. I was careful not to get too close, Carlisle warned me that his thirst for blood would be hard to control at first and my blood would be a painful temptation for him. Then I heard someone talking in my mind "I can hear you shuffling around out there" My eyes went wide and I answered back in my mind "How did you know I could hear your thoughts?" he replied quickly "I felt you poking around my head so I started poking around yours." This was an exciting revelation it seemed that Edward was a telepath like me. We spoke back and forth like this for hours I sat on the ground far enough away not to set off his vampire smell and we continued telling each other stories of home and our families. I felt the same feeling for him that I felt for Carlisle, our destinies were intertwined, and he too would be my family. 

Once our work was done in Chicago we prepared to move on, as we couldn't stay too long in one place. One night when all three of us were talking about our pasts I got curious so I asked Carlisle "Did you ever come across any other vampires in your travels? I was under the impression you were a myth as I had never encountered one in my years around the world. Then again I tried to avoid people for much of my time alone." He answered "Yes I have, in fact for 2 decades I lived with the Volturi" The name stirred something in me but what it stirred I didn't know. "What is the Volturi?" I asked now very intrigued for some reason. "The Volturi are pretty much the Royals of the vampires, they make and enforce the rules of vampires. They are ruthless leaders, to challenge them is to ask for death. They don't have many rules, but their most important one is that the existence of vampires remains secret." I slowly nodded "They sound horrid, in my personal experience leaders like that hold only the illusion of power. The fear they insight is stronger than the power they actually hold." I said matter a factly. "While that is usually the case this doesn't hold true for the Volturi. The power they hold is unmatched, they travel all lengths of the world collecting gifted vampires to join their guard so that nobody can stand against them." Carlisle replied. All of this information left me quite confused, how was it possible such a coven existed without me ever encountering them. "What kind of gifts do they possess, surely they can't be all-powerful right?" I asked slightly concerned. For some reason knowing that a single group held such power left me uneasy, this was how one group of people could bend everyone else to their will, which was something I knew all too well. 

It was everything I stood against. Carlisle spoke again snapping me out of my spiraling thoughts. " I don't know about all-powerful but they haven't known defeat thus far. Their Kings alone are known to be quite powerful, Aro is their leader he can read any thought a person has ever had with just one touch, Marcus can see relationships and connections that people have, and he can also pick out the leaders and sense the strength and weaknesses in these bonds. Although Caius doesn't have any special powers he is known to be the cruelest, he is anything but merciful. Together they are quite strong." Everything that Carlisle was telling me seemed so outlandish but for some reason, a name lingered in my mind: Caius. Carlisle continues despite my mind being stuck on one part of his explanation "Their guard is full of gifted vampires, Jane can cause the illusion of excruciating pain, and her twin brother can cause extreme sensory deprivation, Demitri can track anyone and anything. That is just to name a few. And although nobody will ever admit this, if they know there is a vampire out there with an extraordinary gift it's only a matter of time before that coven falls and said gifted vampire ends up in the hands of the Volturi." I sucked in a breath trying to fully understand the gravity of what Carlisle was telling me. "They are dictators is what I am hearing, they hunt for those who can be of use to them and dispose of those who serve them no purpose. Sounds like the type of monsters who cost me, my family." I said bitterly, to think that Carlisle spent so much time with them confused me, I knew he didn't stand for anything they represented. That night I couldn't stop thinking about the Volturi, there was a lingering curiosity, and the name kept stirring in my head, but why couldn't I stop thinking about the angry Volturi King Caius? What did this all mean?

As time passed Carlisle decided that we would remain together as a family and to appear normal Edward and I would present ourselves as adopted children of Carlisle, us appearing close in age siblings worked because although I was actually centuries older than Edward I stopped aging shortly after I turned eighteen years old just as Edward was seventeen when he died and became a vampire. For quite some time we traveled together learning to help people with all of our gifts and also learning how to function as a family. It was 1925 now and this was a happy time for me, I had a father and a brother that meant the world to me, yet there was still something missing but I couldn't figure out what it was. I decided to talk to Carlisle about it. "Carlisle you and Edward have been my rock these past few years and I truly want to always be a part of this family.." There was a long pause and Carlisle spoke. "But?" I looked down at my hand as I fidgeted and spoke again "but I think I need to continue on my own for a little bit, I feel there is so much I haven't discovered about myself and I have to see this through and find my full potential before I settle down with you guys. I want to know that I can control my power and emotions before I settle with you. I couldn't bear it if my inability to control myself cost me my new family" 

Now tears were trailing down my face. Then Edward appeared with tissue in hand wiping the tears before holding me in an embrace. "We only want what's best for you Sol, although we are not blood we are your family now, we will be here today, tomorrow, and forever." Carlisle said before he blipped across the room to join Edward in our group hug. Then I heard Edward's voice in my mind "You do what you need to do, we will be here waiting when you return." I sadly answered in my mind "I'm going to miss you, Eddie, stay out of trouble for me okay?"At that moment all my anxiety and doubt melted away, they wouldn't move on without me, they wouldn't forget me, they were going to be here forever, and I felt a familiar comfort. The same comfort I felt being with mama and Zel all those years ago. The very next day I said my goodbyes and told them I would see them again soon, years for us immortals felt like no time at all. 

I knew when I returned it would be as if no time had passed.