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" You can't rekindle my love for you.
If it was never there, to begin with. "

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     The throne room is, in fact, my personal hell at the moment. A white carpet leads up to an alter which is made out of black stone and a dozen chairs sit on each side of the carpet. White rose petals line the floor and I can't help feel nauseous.
" Ah and my glowing bride has arrived..." slow clapping echoes from the alter and my head snaps up to see Dominic standing in a black tux and a single white rose is pinned to his pocket. The banshee standing behind him floating in the air her face formed into a beautiful women instead of her grief stricken face before.
  "But darling that outfit will not replace the dress I had specially made for you. " With a snap of his fingers a fire wall goes up around me and I hear my family gasp in horror and fear. Then as fast as it went up it's bought back down " Black is the new white..." he smirks as he looks down on me.
My once jeans and a blouse is now a slim fitting black mermaid dress with a very plunging neckline. My hands are covered in black lace and a black veil covers my face as if I'm a mourner. Atop my head sits a tiara made of thorns and metal.
" A true crown for the future queen of hell." He says and I feel my insides start to tense up at the unpleasant sentence. I'm about to start moving forward when a hand grabs mine and I look up almost chocking on my own tongue as their in a transparent form stands my father.
" We couldn't have your wedding without your real family now could we?" Dominic chuckles and I step away from my so called father watching in horror as he looks at me with dead eyes not a single source of light in his eyes. " all of them..." I turn to the other side of the aisle and see everyone from my old life sitting all like zombies.
  Then I feel another hand grab my other hand and I can't help the small sob that pasts my lips as my mother stands there with her bone white skin and blood dripping down her forehead slowly her eyes are sunken in and her once bright smile is gone. ' These aren't my parents.' I keep repeating in my head as they both grasp my elbows and tug me down the to the beginning of the aisle.
( play song)I jump slightly as the wedding march starts to play but it sounds more evil to me as if it has been twisted and born in hell. One step at a time I push forward not daring to look at my worst nightmare come true after 208 years my monster has finally caught up to me. My eyes drifted up to  the balcony above us where Jason Dylan and Andrew sit waiting for their signal and my eyes harden
' But I'm not alone anymore...' as we reach the front of the aisle I look to my family and see all of them ridged at the edge of their seats but not Alec who looks calm and ready to tear into someone any moment. My 'father' places my hand into Dominic's hand and it takes all my will power not to pull away in disgust. ( stop song)
  He holds onto my hand tightly as if sensing my thoughts which I hope not. " Today we are here to join these two loving people in hellish matrimony. If anyone would like to abject speak now or forever hold your tongue ?" The banshee asks her voice gravely and when no one raises their hand physically she nods satisfied before moving on but mentally I know every one of my families hands are raised up.
" Do you Dominic Judas Felix take Anastasia Daisy Knight as your hell given wife?" I flinch at the word wife and look to Alec who is sitting in the front row of the seats he is calm and collected like in any other battle situation but his eyes are almost black from anger and blood lust. I start to tug on the chains in the back of my mind trying to set my powers free but it's a lot harder then I could have ever imagine. It could be best described as a person trying to bite their finger off. A human jaw can bite through a finger like they can bite through a carrot but there brains stops them from doing so therefore leaving it almost impossible. " I do." He smiles down at me and if I didn't know better I would say he had love in his eyes.
" And do you Anastasia...." I tune out the undead women and start to picture myself violently tugging on the chains. I silently scream at the mental pain it's causing me to tug on these chains I spent 200 years building. The chains seem to tighten around my wrists and ankles sending me to my knees in pain. I cry out from the frustrations and fear that I've just sentenced my whole family to their death because I can't free myself from something I've created. 
A small hand is gently laid on my shoulder and I look up mentally to see a younger version of me in my Sunday best one of my moms favorite dresses she would have me in at any given chance. She has no chains on and as she smiles down at me she clutches her stuff bear with a red bow tied around it. She pulls down her sleeves and I see she dose in fact have chains but their not holding her back in fact they seem to be apart of her. Then it hits me .
' Accept yourself.All of yourself.' The chains where apart of me too maybe not a good part but fighting against them wasn't helping me at all. I stop mentally pulling and start to picture the chains wrapping around me and melting into my skin as I accept my faults and powers." him as your hell given husband." The banshee asks and I open my eyes gently raising my hands to lift my veil up.
I look up into his green eyes that look down at me with confusion and annoyance a small smirk stretching across my face " I don't." I growl backing away from him and watch in amusement as he looks at me in shock.
  " You...don't." He looks at me as if I'm crazy his eyes blazing with hell fire." I.dont." I hiss ripping my gloves off my hands and the stupid black veil and crown off my head throwing them to the side. Then he bends over and starts to laugh but I hold my ground feeling a new found energy pour through every fiber of my body.
  " You think you have a choice ?!" He looks up at me and I see the hell fire rising up and it's about to tip over. " Everyone has a choice . To fear you was my choice and now my choice is not to give you the pleasure of thinking you own me. My answer is no." I growl and he stocks towards me but with a raise of my hand a fire storm of holy water bullets rains down onto him.
" Go!!" I scream at my family not wanting them to get hurt but they shake their heads standing up and moving to circle around Dominic not worried about the bullets seeing as they wouldn't do anything to them. A roar shakes the whole throne room and I look back to see that Dominic has shifted to his hell hound form.
' Perfect.' Walking forward I go to raise my hand and see what my new freed gift can do when he unexpectedly launches at Rose and Emmett. No time to think I launch myself forward and push him away with just a flick of my hand watching as he goes slamming into the wall behind us.
" Stay away from my family." I growl stocking forward feeling my gift flow through me with ease. ' You know dear knight you were right about you never being mine because everything seemed to get in the way just like Alec.' A wall of fire shoots up around me and I watch in horror as he runs towards my mate who at the moment is occupied fighting off the demons who where posing as my old family.
" ALEC!!" I scream and he turns to me his eyes widening when he sees the fire around me but then they seem to grow darker as he sees the hell hound making a bee line for him. He charges forward meeting Dominic half way clashing together and fear starts to swallow me whole. " Kid snap out of it!!" I turn to see the mystery man from earlier standing off to the side. " You freed your powers good work now use them for god sakes to kill a hell hound you take their hell given heart!!!" He yells at me before disappearing.
I look back to my problem at hand and then I relies I can try putting it out with stones. I raise my hands up towards the ceiling then bringing them down swiftly with half the ceiling with them. I raise a hand over my head creating a shield blocking the falling debris from hitting me and concentrating on the walls of fire around me.
When the dust clears I walk over the rocks and run towards Alec and Dominic's fight. Dominic is in his human form and has a pissed off Alec in a head lock as his skin crack from the begin pulled up while he whispers to him.
" Get away from him!!" I yell pushing Dominic into the wall again Alec turns to me and he seems to read my mind as he gabs my hips and swings me around so my foot makes contact with Dominic's cheek. He stumbles back but then I catch a glimpse into his mind and my eyes widen slightly.
" I love you Alec Volturi" I whisper to him kissing him before pushing him away from us as a wall of fire goes up around us again. I watch as his eyes widen before he tries running towards us but it's too late Dominic has us completely isolated from my family.
" You love him eh?" He looks up at me wiping away blood that drips from the side of his lip. " I will always love him." I whisper glaring at him and he stands up dusting off his tux off. " I could have given you the world." He growls as we circle each other.
" You tortured me in my own home.You gave me mental and physical scars!" I hiss trying to form a plan to trap him. " I loved you and I know deep down you love me too!!" He yells at me and I have to hold back my small smirk at his opening and I stop walking staring at him in absolute disgust.
" You did this to me!! You killed me that night at our engagement party at my own estate!! You're the reason my father died from his grief!! I will never love you!! " I scream and raise my hands up watching as he's pinned to the wall behind him. He tries to struggle but I keep a tight hold on him.
  " H-how are y-ou.." I smirk at him and stock up to him. " I've accepted my past and all my faults but you sir are a bitter pill to swallow..." I growl placing my hand over his heart and tugging violently at it.
" STOP!!" He roars but I keep tugging until I almost have it out. " I will never be yours" I whisper into his ear giving his heart another sharp pull" If I can't have you no one will..." he growls and I look at him with a knowing look already knowing what he's going to do but I still gasp and look down to see a blade sticking out of my stomach.
" Hell hound and Vampire venom don't seem to mix well it seems? Now how about we add a bit of demon blood? Let's see how long you last?" He chuckles through bloody teeth " You son of a bitch..." I growl truly enraged at him digging my fingers into his chest I tug harder with my mind at his heart.
" NO!!" The shrill voice of the banshee screams as I yank my hand back his chest busting wide open and his still beating heart in my hand. " I'll see you in hell dear knight." He chuckles weakly falling to his knees and I explode his heart in my hand not even having to flex a muscle in my body as my gifts easily took care of it. His eyes go black and a black mists spills out of his mouth then the sound of a million spiders crawling against the floor rings through the room as a crack opens beneath his body pulling him and the black soul down to hell I'm assuming. The fire walls around me start to fall and then I feel the venoms fighting inside me my own venom begin outnumbered.
" Anastasia?" Rose calls but then my knees give out and I start to fall but before I hit the ground strong arms wrap around me. " oh my god." Malia knees beside me looking at the blade sticking out of my abdomen. " How is that possible her skin is impenetrable?!" Edward asks as he knees beside me looking on the verge of a meltdown.
" The blade is made out of vampire skin itself oh god what did he put on it?!? Annie!!! Annie stay with us!!" But I'm not looking at her or Edward my eyes are trained on the boy who caught me from falling.
" I'm sorry." I whisper raising my hand to cup his cheek but I can't get it past the half way point. He gently clutches my hand and places it on his cool cheek " you promised..." he whispers and if he could cry I'm pretty sure Alec Volturi would have in that moment.
" I have the antidote!!" I hear Dylan's voice but I can also feel the hell hound venom and demon blood winning. " I love you...I love you so much Anastasia Harper Cullen.." I can't help smile knowing that's going to be the last thing I ever hear my mate Alec Volturi say to me. " I love you all." I whisper looking around at my family who looks terrified at what's to come.
' Take care of him please Jane promise me you won't let him do anything stupid.' I whisper in her mind and she nods at me. " Behave and stay out of trouble hermanita." I look up at Malia and she dry sobs as Dylan struggles to fill the antidote. Then I feel it the demon blood makes it past my venom and into my un beating heart and then it's darkness. " Annie!!!" Dylan's screams ringing in my ears as I slowly welcome the darkness around me.

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