Topic: A Saint Marcus Day wedding.
Date March 19, 2015 Dear Diary, It has been five years since my last entry, in my last entry I was punished for my sins of attacking one of the guard on multiple occasions, Jane for the murder of a human child named Toby. Since those five years, I have changed for the better. I keep my emotions in check, and act as a future queen should. I have finally realized that. My reason’s for not writing in my diary, well I have no idea why i have chose not to write…and confide in you. I must mention my lessons with Felix have stopped, as Marcus and Caius so kindly suggested that I could dedicate my time to fulfill my duties and prepare for my role as the queen of Volturi so of course I spent a great deal of the time with the queens this time I paid very close attention to the lessons and did as I was told. The last five years have been rather uneventful and bland, I live for the Volturi and so shall I help Marcus govern it for that is my role as queen. I have been busy as of late. My sisters and I have been preparing for my wedding to Marcus the wedding will not only make me the wife, the mate of king Marcus it will be my coronation as the third queen. Our preparations did not involve the normal human customs well not all of them. My future sister in-laws Sulpicia and Athenodora hosted a hen’s night. Some of the guests were Heidi, Renata, Chelsea, Corin and Jane, the men were not allowed at our party. I had no idea that the party was going to take place, it was a surprise. I was walking down the hall on my own when Sulpicia approached me and informed me that my presence was needed to witness the execution of a law breaker I followed her and we went to the throne room, When I came inside I saw Athenodora, Renata, Chelsea, Corin and Jane the room looked just the same and it wasn’t long until Heidi joined us with a small group of tourist “I apologize for being late, I had to drop off some of our food to the dungeons for the wedding tomorrow” She spoke approaching Sulpicia and Athenodora the queens. They forgave her of course and we looked at the humans, they weren’t from around here, one of the Volturi laws is hunting inside the city is prohibited we never gather civilians because it would bring suspicion on us, we hunt outside our city sometimes bringing in humans from a long distance, but today was different it was the day before my wedding to Marcus and the day before Saint Marcus Day, a holiday where a man named Marcus ran all the vampires out the city decades ago. We never left the city we just allowed the humans to think that, but every year we would have tourist come and visit the city is overflowed with the flesh bags and we feast. I examined the humans, Heidi really outdid herself, she gathered seven human’s in all shapes and sizes the eldest human there looked to be in their thirties while the youngest teemed to be 10 a little boy I looked at the child curiously for a moment and turned my back, my throat was burning I walked back to my sisters and stood beside them the two discussed which humans they wanted, I had chosen the male human, he had red hair and green eyes, he was slightly tanned and wore a black T-shirt and jeans. You had to give it to Heidi she had a talent for bringing in the food. She really did. Heidi has an ability, what Aro would call Physical attraction. No man, woman or child can resist her charms she has the ability to lure anyone to go with her, only a few have been known to fight off her ability. I walked to the blood bag I was interested in and grabbed him by the arm and everyone went off and grabbed a human there was one for each of us before we feasted Corin spoke out “To Sarah, may you have an eternity of love and joy with Marcus.” It was a short toast, but better than I expected. I thanked Corin for the well wishes. Over the last five years I have gotten to know Corin well, she has a soothing influence she eases us, she is a part time guard to us for the strange fact we tend to get uneasy and slightly ill when she is around for a long amount of time. We had all bitten into our humans the screams were loud and almost in unison, when I fed on that human I could not bring myself to stop, feasting has made me like a shark, once I taste blood I go into frenzy I devour my victim without remorse for I am a soulless creature of the night and the only purpose these flesh bags have is to sustain my kind. I was the first to finish off the human; I discarded the corpse like it was nothing and watched everyone taking their time draining the humans slow. One of the things that makes me different is I don’t like taking my time with the human it is just too much of a bother lately. I examined the other women feeding off their meals, when Jane stopped and looked up at me, “Sarah would you like some of my human.” She asked her voice was almost like a taunt, she had an arrogant smile on her face I looked at the child and even after all these years seeing a child slipping away is unsettling to me. “No thank you Jane, thank you very much for the kind gesture.” I spoke answering her, she smiled wickedly and returned to feasting off of the child. I walked to the chairs and sat on one of the them, I watched everyone feed, Heidi was the first of them to finish her meal, she dropped the corpse and a thud was heard, Heidi pulled out a napkin and wiped the blood from the side of her mouth before coming to sit at my side. I did not know Heidi that well and I did not like her much, she was just the lure of a fishing rod to me. I did find myself curious about her as we sat in silence waiting for the others to finish their meal I finally asked her what was on my mind. “Heidi what was your life like before you joined the Volturi” I watched her and she looked at me, “I thought you knew… well I was born in the 15th century in my beloved homeland Germany. My life was interesting, my parents raised me and when I was 15 I had suitors lined up desperate for my hand they were drawn in by my beauty of course none of them loved me for my heart or personality… I was 15 when I realized men do not have the capacity of love.” She sounded so bitter, and at such an early age I had no idea, but at that moment I hated Heidi a little less. I listened to her as she went on “I chose to be alone and rejected every suitor, I had such high expectations what I did not know was my parents were hoping I would find a suitor of high class to pay off their debts, I was to save my family from poverty, but I refused to settle and we went into poverty. My parents did not last, they died on the streets, and I resorted to selling myself to survive. I eventually met Hilda and Hilda was a vampire and my maker…Hilda she was a kind woman she created me out of pity, she was my salvation and washed away my sins cleaning the slate. Oh I was happy with Hilda she was my friend… she was a mother to me. Eventually we had others join us Noela, Mary, Victoria and her sister Anne. We were a family Sarah, we loved each other like a family should and one day Aro came along, he accused Hilda of creating an army to oppose the Volturi.” She went silent and I knew why. We the Volturi have only a few laws, but the major rules are the following. 1. Immortal children are forbidden to create. Reason: They are incapable of self control and that makes them a threat of exposure, this crime is punishable via execution. 2. Allying yourself with children of the moon is prohibited. Reason: They are creatures without reason and mangy mutts this crime is punishable by death. 3.False witness regardless of your intent is forbidden, this crime results in instant execution. Reason: The life of a vampire is Precious and doing something to endanger that of another vampire is a crime. 4. Hunting in Volterra is forbidden. Reason: This is our home and we do not wish suspicion to be brought into our home and our kingdom. We the Volturi have our food brought outside the city. 5. Hunts must be inconspicuous with victims unlikely to be missed, the remains of a corpse must be disposed of and the territory must be changed often. Reason: This is to avoid suspicion, we must remain a myth to the flesh bags. 6. Newborn vampires must be trained before being released on their own. reason: Newborns are savages and uncontrollable they must be educated in our lifestyle to prevent the other rules from being violated. 7. Rebellion against the Volturi is prohibited. Reason: Our word is law; those who oppose us must die. No excuses. Yes it was the 7th rule that Hilda broke and of course that meant death. I looked at Heidi as I could see a hint of emotion in her eyes “Aro had seen into the deepest darkest parts of Hilda’s mind and he confirmed that Hilda, Noela, Mary, Victoria and Anne were plotting against the Volturi, Hilda was killed on the spot which caused the others to escape everyone, but Victoria was killed. Victoria was a slippery one she had this talent for self preservation. Aro saw that I was innocent, that I had no idea what they were plotting and they offered me a place in their coven giving me a new chance at life and I accepted. As for Victoria she had lived her life on the run and as I have been told she was murdered 9 years ago by a vampire named Edward Cullen… leaving me the only survivor of my old family.” She spoke sounding emotionless. I had listened to Heidi’s story and felt no sympathy for her, her story was sad, true enough, but not enough for me to care about her pain. The others had finished and walked to the seats they had all taken their seats one after another “so what do we do next.” Heidi asked curiously, I shrugged it’s not like I had experience with this so I wouldn’t know what we do “I have no idea, perhaps we should end this party while we are ahead and go prepare for the big day tomorrow.” I suggested ever so casually Sulpicia and Athenodora thought it would be a good idea I thanked them kindly for the meal and company and walked out, I was alone when I walked through the castle until Felix stepped in front of me and greeted me. I greeted him back with no emotion. In the last five years our time has been cut short, I no longer had his lessons so the only time we were together was when leaving the castle and that was rare. In fact if not for Corin I probably would have gone insane. Felix asked me to come with him, he wanted to show me something “very well, but hurry up I have prior engagements I must prepare for.” My voice was emotionless. I walked with Felix to a room I had never seen before it looked like a room where weapons were forged “what is this place?” I asked curious Felix had walked to a bucket and picked up a dagger “this is our weapon’s den, for the last five years the masters and I have been working on a weapon… a weapon that will change the history of our species.” I was confused why would we need weapons we are vampires we are superior to humans in every way, we didn’t need weapons to kill them. Felix looked at me when I asked him the question that was now plaguing my mind. “why would we need weapons,” Felix held the weapon by the handle “on December the 31st of 2006 the entire Volturi guard and a hand full of witnesses on our behalf traveled to Forks, Washington for a trial, you see a clan on unorthodox vampires known as the Cullen’s were accused of creating an immortal child a crime as you know is punishable by death. When we arrived we witnessed a large group of vampires opposing us and siding with the Cullen’s over us the keeper of the laws that keep us safe. If that was not enough of an insult the Cullen’s had overgrown pet dogs in huge packs, we the Volturi were outmatched and humiliated. Now their crime turned out to be a mistake due to false witness, but on the way home Master Aro was most displeased so he began an experiment trying to develop a weapon against those who would oppose the Volturi.” I Listened and was shocked that such a thing could happen. I examined the dagger in Felix’s hand “this dagger is useless Sarah, it is not enough to penetrate our skin alone, but the poison on the weapon is, once the poison touches the skin of a vampire it seeps into the skin pores.” I was shocked there was a poison out there that could affect us. I couldn’t believe it. I had asked Felix what the poison was, but the only thing he told me was that it was something Aro had developed using other ingredients of poison. “What are the affects of the poison” I asked Felix curiously. He shook his head, “when we first discovered the poison we tried it on a newborn we turned for experimentation, the poison wore off after a few days, due to the vampire venom but afterward we increased the dosage and when we found the right amount, well there was nothing anyone can do.Sarah and it will weaken you, and it will burn, nothing as bad as the transformation but it will burn, some of the effects of the poison is you can drink and drink blood all you want, but you will never be satisfied you will literally starve until you’re at the point where you’re too weak to move.” I found this entire situation rather intense. Experimentation’s and poisons, but then I realized something “so basically you just upped the dose on the poison to where the vampire’s venom is not enough… but would injecting more vampire venom make an antidote.” I asked Felix, he looked at me surprised, “no one knows Sarah, the thing is taking in the venom of another vampire would be extremely painful, but using the venom of another vampire to help your venom burn off the poison is an interesting idea Sarah.” Felix had spoken. I looked around nervously and watched as Felix placed the dagger in a small sheath and I asked him why he had brought me here. Felix held out the sheathed dagger and told me in these words “This is a wedding present from me to you, if you’re ever in danger I want you to use it.” I looked at him “thank you Felix for this interesting gift if you excuse me now, I must go and prepare, the wedding is in a few hours. I had taken the sheathed dagger and walked back to my bedroom where my wedding dress was on a stand on a mannequin, the dress was beautiful and elegant, Sulpicia and Athenodora picked it out naturally. I walked to the table and placed Felix’s gift on the desk and went back to the dress. I was about to get ready when Sulpicia and Athenodora walked into the room. “Did you really think we would allow you to get ready on your own?” Athenodora asked, Sulpicia came to me and started to pull my clothing off I had known better than to object, “we have many important guest coming for the wedding for you to look less than perfect would shame us.” Sulpicia had spoken and I said nothing. Instead I just stood there in my delicates and with the queens help I was placed in the wedding dress. It had taken many hours to prepare me and get me perfect. The queens and I had left the castle with Corin, Felix and Jane as our guards. We all arrived at the cathedral and went into a small waiting room to wait. Felix watched me with strange eyes and I looked at him for a moment, it was almost time for the wedding and knocks on the door could be heard. I looked at the door as it opened and saw Marcus walking in he was dressed in a black tux and he seemed to be thrilled “what are you doing it’s bad luck to see the bride before the wedding” I had spoken curiously, Marcus ignored me he came towards me and kissed me passionately “you look beautiful pet… I cannot wait to see you say the words I do” he spoke. I placed my hands over Marcus' eyes “neither can I Marcus” I spoke and I was pulling him off me, “but we must follow traditions… you have waited five years, a little longer will not kill you, but if you stay you may curse us with bad luck. Felix please escort Marcus out.” Marcus had let go of me once I had spoken he nodded and left the room and I looked back at Corin, Jane and the queens. The bells went off signaling it was mid-day and the music started that only meant one thing. It was time for the wedding to start. I walked out to the halls, Jane was standing first with rose petals in a basket she was the flower girl, while Chelsea, Corin, Heidi and Athenodora were bridesmaids, Sulpicia was my maid of honor. The music that was playing was Pachelbel's Canon in D major, the doors opened and I watched as Jane walked down the aisle, she looked reluctant to be the flower girl and then I thought it must suck stuck as a 13 year old forever. Eventually the bridesmaids went down and I walked down the aisle alone, as I walked slowly I could see the faces of the many guards from the Volturi and the faces of those I did not know, I soon returned to looking straight ahead and saw Marcus standing there with Aro as his best man. I eventually made it down the aisle and stood there looking a the minister and listening to him babble on about spending the rest of their lives together until death due us part. I agreed and said the vows Sulpicia had written for me, most of the vows were just about being loyal and obedient. Eventually I sealed my future away by saying those words “I do”. With that we were announced husband and wife, did I feel joy?… no... I felt nothing, I thought I loved Marcus and for a while I felt feelings for him, but over the last five years… I am feeling very little if anything that is real I am just going with the motions and doing what I am told to do, things are less difficult that way. We returned to the castle with a select few of the guest the wedding reception was very dull, at least to me everyone seemed to have fun. Marcus of course was thrilled, he asked me to sing for them and so I did, I sung a song for Marcus and saw life in his eyes…. I often wonder how it is that he has the ability to see love in relationships and not see that there is none between us… at least on my half. Perhaps he is in denial. Eventually the party ended and Marcus carried me into his bedroom… our bedroom and he began to undress me slowly and he did the same. he had moved me onto his bed and climbed on top of me... we had sex, and I was faking it, it was horrible… or maybe it was just me, I'm not sure. It's not like I can compare it to any other time, I don’t have memories of anything before the Volturi… I wonder if this was my first time? I decided to give him a wedding present by boosting his ego “you were magnificent Marcus, thank you for making me a women” In truth being with Marcus that way made me felt dirty and saying those words were embarrassing, and made me really want to have a long long shower and scrub every inch of myself. I suppose I have to get used to this, I am the wife of Marcus a queen of the Volturi now… I live only to satisfy his needs. As the old saying goes; behind every man had to be a great woman. I suppose I should be thankful that the saying isn’t the other way around. I must be off now Sulpicia and Athenodora will be here soon. ~Sarah
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InfoSarah Amanda Frost Lived in a world alone and cold where there was no one she could count on or love. After meeting Brian Jacobson that changed she fell in love with him and eventually gave birth to his son Tobias, Sarah now fights in a world of darkness sacrificing herself for the safety of the ones she love. Sarah's Diary is written by Martin. Click here to read first entryArchives
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