Immortal love (Caius)

Back to reality...

I jolt up in my bed covered in sweat and breathing heavily, I touch my cheek and arm where he touched and I swear I can still feel the burn as if it were real. "What kind of crazy do you have to be to dream about a homicidal vampire king you know nothing about?" I asked myself aloud. I get up and go to the bathroom to freshen up, I stare at myself in the mirror for a moment and run my fingers across my lips. I wanted him to kiss me, but why would I want that? If I had a chance to get rid of the Volturi I would, or at least I thought I would. "Ugh, how could I go from knowing who I am and what I stand for, to knowing nothing at all over a damn dream? Get a grip girl" I said to myself in the mirror and threw water in my face. I showered and walked downstairs to eat one of the meals Esme left me, I grabbed the chocolate overnight oats she left and some passion fruit juice, and I went into the garden to eat my breakfast. 

Then I saw something weird one of the flowers I created the night before was complete ash and it reeked of sulfur. I went to inspect it and the flower just so happened to be right outside of the perimeter of where my barrier was placed. So maybe there really was someone watching me last night, my stomach knotted at the thought. The smell of sulfur made me think of my travels and black magic. As I was traveling I found a group of humans who longed for power and sought it out by using dark magic and performing sacrifices for power. It was a vile disrespect to nature and the universe. The powers gained from black magic were volatile and corrupt, much like the forces behind black magic. They were dark spirits from the beginning of time, mother described the forces as the polar opposite of the universe and mother earth. When the universe came to be so did the darkness and the dark forces as a balance for the good, but the darkness longed for more it wanted the power to create like the universe. They say that the universe blessed people with gifts to combat the darkness and protect creation. The darkness would seek these gifted beings to steal their cosmic power until they were extinct. The legend is unclear as mama didn't like to talk about it much, she feared the darkness wanted her gift which was now my gift. She believed we were the last of our kind. Could this mean whoever was out here last night was after my power? Or was I overreacting maybe it was just someone who didn't know what they were messing with. It would be my luck that I'm suffering from a mental break meanwhile being hunted by ancient dark magic forces. I shook the thought away and sat in the dirt of my garden I closed my eyes and began meditating, I lit candles around me with the flick of my finger and I strengthened my barriers to specifically combat black magic now, I also made myself a talisman to hide my power from anyone that practices black magic. Whatever this was wouldn't catch me or my family off guard. Although I felt confident in my protection spells and power, there was a dark foreboding feeling in the back of my mind. There hadn't been word of actual sorcerers much less covens practicing black magic in centuries, just humans who didn't know the consequences of messing with what they do not understand.

The next day my family came home, and they looked freaked out. Carlisle ran straight to my room. I was laying on the floor with my feet propped on my bed surrounded by books confused by the urgency. "Carlisle, what's wrong?" I said quickly sitting up. "We couldn't smell you or even hear your heartbeat until we just ran into the house, we were worried something happened to you. It smells like fire and sulfur" I sighed in relief "Oh my goodness I'm sorry I should've warned you, I put up a ward so that nothing could sense my magic. It must've blocked your heightened smell and hearing. As far as the sulfur that's the reason that I put the protection, I thought someone was watching me while I was alone. I don't want to just to jump conclusions but I found evidence of black magic." I went on to explain further what that could mean for me.

 Afterward, Carlisle thought for a moment before answering. "We need to keep our eyes open for anything unusual. You know we will always stand up to protect you, against any threat. Im going to go tell the others" He kissed me on my head before leaving my room.

 Like a flash before my eyes, Edward was sitting next to me. "Other than the night stalker, was your weekend okay?" He asked while flipping through one of my books. For some reason, the question made me nervous and made me think of the dream. Edward's eyes shot up and looked questioningly "What was that?" I cleared my throat and answered. "What was what?" As he was staring at me I was trying to block the images, hiding them in my mind where Edward couldn't see. "I can tell when you are blocking me from reading your mind, why are you dreaming about Caius?" He asked annoyed. So that was his name, I knew there were only two options either Caius or Marcus since I knew what Aro looked like from my close encounter. Caius, it fit him so well if I had guessed I would've been correct, when I first heard the name years ago it made me feel things. I started to get that hazy feeling I got when I thought of him. Edward's voice snapped me back "are you seriously daydreaming about him right now?" He was mad now, I threw my hand up and shut my door also spelling it so nobody else in the house could hear our conversation. "What you don't want anyone else to know that for some reason you have the hots for that homicidal maniac. Oh, and why the hell have you seen Aro before?" oh he was really mad. I sucked in my breath before speaking. "I don't have the hots for him and what you saw I can't even begin to understand it okay." He stared at me then spoke "Since when do we hide things from each other, especially things like this, you know they are dangerous Sol. Why did you go after them?" I shook my head. "I didn't go after them Eddie I swear, I just needed to know more. It was stupid and left me with more questions than answers. I can't even tell you why I needed to know more about them but something told me I did." A tear rolled down my cheek before I spoke again " I don't know what's happening to me, usually I can keep everything under control, hell I spent centuries getting my emotions and power in check. This is so confusing and scary for me, I didn't mean to lie to you, I was embarrassed. Look into my mind you can see I'm not lying to you." I put the wall down that I hid my close encounter behind so Edward could see what I meant. He wiped the tear from my cheek and watched the memory replay in my mind. Then he spoke again "They could've killed you if they found you, I won't say anything to the others but don't lie to me anymore. I'm your brother and best friend, you never have to hide things from me, we will figure this shit out I promise." I hugged him tightly. "I just don't know why we have some sort of connection, obviously I thought the reason my powers and emotions were out of wack was that I thought the mystery ma- uh Caius was gifted in a way that could confound my power. But Carlisle said he didn't have any gifts right?" Edward nodded. 

"Then why is it that I falter around him, what could this mean?" Edward's thoughts were racing he was trying to find an explanation then one thought stood out "True mate" I shot up and started pacing then I spoke, "Impossible, there's no way." He got up too "It was just a thought, I don't know anything. I'm just grasping at straws here, maybe we should ask Carlisle?" I shot a look at him "no way, this could be nothing, this could be centuries of me being stuck in the body of an eighteen-year-old for all we know. You know 300 year old virgin and all" I tried to laugh. Edward cleared his throat " I'm going to go ahead and rule that out. Let's just see what happens, but Sol if he is feeling this connection between you he might start looking for you. Right?" I bit my lip in thought then shook my head. "No way, I have barriers and wards all around me at all times, plus for all, he knows I don't exist. We can't assume he dreamt of me too." Edward shrugged "I think we can't assume anything. For now, let's just continue everything like normal, but if things get any more complicated we are telling Carlisle okay?" I nodded "Yes I promise, thanks for letting me try to figure it out on my own first." He nudged my shoulder and said something annoying as he left my room like usual. 

I laid back on my bed and groaned in frustration letting it all out before dropping the silencing spell from my room.