"I can't find it." The voice was paired with a sea-breezed scent. He could feel the hot sand beneath his bare feet as he listened.

"I can't find it." The voice was distorted, as though he was listening through water though the language clearly Byzantine Greek.

"You don't talk much do you?" He felt the laughter rather than heard it. His mind was trying to mend the suppressed images as though they were pixelated. He could make out the sand and the blue of the sea and sky, but he couldn't work out where they met.

"I can't find it." The voice repeated.

Demetri clutched his head in his hands as echoes from his past plagued his mind. He couldn't figure out what was triggering them, but he couldn't see enough to decipher them either. His fingers turned the coin that depicted Hermes absentmindedly in his hand as he tried to control his own thoughts. It seemed to calm him slightly, having something so heavily drenched in his mate's scent. He could still feel her tenor like it was the only one there. She was in Canada, she'd been lingering there for quite some time.

"I can't find it." The voice endlessly echoed in the back of his subconscious.

"You've been summoned to the throne room." Felix's deep voice broke him from his slowly growing insanity.

He didn't question it. He never did, he was a loyal guard so what reason did he have to fear his master's decisions. But he couldn't help the nagging feeling that something was very wrong.

The air was heavy and tense as he entered the chamber. His eyes searched for the culprit to find all eyes were on him. He moved and they followed, making him feel uneasy under their gaze. Marcus was staring at him intently as all patrons awaited the arrival of Aro and Caius.

Aro entered first his cloak swishing behind him. He didn't spare the guard a glance as he made his way to his throne, Renata, his personal shield trailing after him. She was always there, and had been for centuries. So long that other guard members forgot she was even present most of the time. Her black hair, small stature and mouse-like features were always hidden by her cloak as her crimson eyes darted searching for any danger that may present itself to her master.

"Brother, Demetri, Felix, stay. Everyone else can leave." He commanded and the guards gave a confused look but followed his orders anyway.

"Master?" Renata questioned her hands clinging to his cloak like a child.

"I shall be perfectly fine dear one, you may leave." He tells her and she hesitates but leaves only to most likely linger by the door.

The two guards stand stiffly as they patiently wait, their superior hearing picking up the loud arguing of another one of their masters.

"You don't trust me!?" The male blonde shouted, "then why the hell did you marry me!?"

"I didn't say I don't love you!" The female voice shouted in turn, "Of course I love you, but they were my family Caius."

"And we're not!?" He snapped storming into the chamber.

"I never said that either," her tone had calmed significantly as she entered the room stopping to stand between Felix and Demetri.

"I want to know everything." Caius snapped to Marcus who slowly raised a brow, "Now!"

Although Aro could see the bonds through his brother, he did not interpret them as well as Marcus did.

"It's always been there." Marcus spoke slowly his eyes lingering on Athenodora. "I never saw it before because her bonds with the members of this coven were so bright." He paused and looked between her and Demetri. "They are both loyal to her, they both trust her and they both love her. She is Demetri's true mate, and Athenodora's child and sister."

"She is a fugitive," Caius sneered angrily his left eye twitching, "you would turn against us for her! She has evaded capture for too long." Demetri resisted the urge to hiss at his master, but Dora let hers out through clenched teeth.

"You will leave her be."

"She is a threat!" He snapped at his mate.

"Not to me! Not to us!" The queen urged.

"Just because you sired her does not mean she will care. The Cult made themselves quite clear, if they cannot have her, they will come for you." The blonde was snarling as he spoke.

"The Cult will come for me anyway. They want both of us dead by any means necessary because they're trying to finish what they started centuries ago. Without Mathias there is no one to stop them from killing her."

"We have a common she will join us." Aro stated firmly.

"She won't." Surprisingly it was Felix that spoke up. "From what I've seen, she will never turn against us, she will even fight with us, but she will do everything in her power to not join us."

"Why?"

"Because Aegeus told her not to." Athenodora said simply as though the answer were obvious. "She deserves her freedom, freedom she will not get here."

"I can allow her to be free and one of us." Aro defends.

"You don't trust her." Dora replied, "Andromeda has one fear-"

"She doesn't want to be caged." Demetri spoke for the first time finishing Athenodora's sentence, "she's afraid of being controlled and trapped."

"You keep her here and that is exactly what will happen. You value the life of your tracker too much to lose him to his mate. If she dies he will become catatonic, and if she lives he will follow her." Dora stated honestly.

"Is this true Demetri?" Aro asked, "Will you leave us?"

"I-" he couldn't formulate an answer because he really didn't know. He walked forward and offered his hand to his master. He wanted to go with her, he wanted to play her games, but he liked his life with the Volturi. He liked that they gave him a purpose. Maybe, just maybe there could be some kind of compromise.

"She plagues your thoughts," Aro spoke softly with a sigh his eyes falling on the silver chain that peeked out from under Demetri's collar. "I suppose we will deal with this after we have dealt with the Cult."

Caius looked to his wife still fuming. "Go to the tower, and stay there." He hissed in a deep no-nonsense voice.

Tired of arguing Athenodora just nodded once before departing.

*****

Demetri's mind processed Aro's words as he lingered in the shadows with Felix. Did they really doubt his loyalty after centuries of service? But if it really came down to it, could he fight his own mate? His master deemed her a threat to the coven if she ever ended up on the wrong side of the war with the Cult. But he knew. He knew deep down she would never willingly join them, not after what happened to the other Greeks.

Athenodora knew as well. That's why she stood so strongly by his side as he faced the masters.

In between all his thoughts he picked up the sound of footsteps and jingling jewellery as vampires approached the room. His mind reached out recognising both tenors. One was Santiago, the other a vegetarian. One of the females from Eleazar's coven. Irina was the name that sprang to mind. He hadn't dealt with the sisters in a very long time, not since their mother, Sasha created an immortal child.

Santiago moved to the side after opening the door to let the tall blonde female into the room.

Sensing the vegetarian as a threat he and Felix stepped from the shadows stopping her from continuing her path to the masters. They were gathered around a desk looking into more information on the Cult.

"What a pleasant surprise." Aro commented and Caius slammed his book.

"What do you want? Hmm?" he snapped he was on the cusp of killing something.

"I have to report a crime. The Cullen's," she spoke her voice wavering a little as all attention was now focused on her words. "They've done something terrible." It was Aro's turn to slam his book shut speeding to stand before the woman an eager grin on his lips.

"Allow me," he says gently reaching for her hands, "my dear." His ability allowed him to sift through her thoughts to see what she saw. Demetri watched with furrowed brows as Aro's eyes widened. "Oh my." He brought his hands together in thought.

*****

Flashback about 1005 AD Greece:

"Andromeda, what are you doing child?" Came the scolding voice of her mother as she looked down from her perch in the tree. She couldn't make out the figure, her memory wouldn't allow her to see the woman below, but she recognised the voice.

"It's not that high." Andromeda replied with a wide grin.

"You're a lady, we do not climb trees my child."

"Then I don't want to be a lady." She said with a pout her mischievous blue eyes sparkling at her mother.

*****

"What seems to be the problem?" She was agitated as more and more Cult members had been coming for her in waves. She had killed the first since she couldn't get him to talk but these ones she led on a wild goose chase.

"Bella's a vampire." Came the pixie female's voice.

"I figured it would happen sooner or later." The Greek shrugged.

"She got pregnant with Edward's child while she was still human. Their child is a hybrid, and she grows, it's like nothing I've ever seen before."

"And you didn't invite me to the baby shower." Andy joked but her tone held slight confusion.

"The Volturi think she's an immortal child. They're coming for us, we've been gathering witnesses."

"I'm a little pre-occupied," she commented spotting movement in the forest. "I'll send my kiddies ahead of me." Andy spoke into the phone. "Alice try not to get killed. Where are you going?"

"To get more witnesses. I need to prove that Renesme is not a threat to our kind."

"I would say to try Greece, it is the birthplace of our kind, but since the death of my coven the older nomads there scattered. They fled to the new world then headed south. The tribes in South America had legends about us, they might know some things. That is your starting point."

"Thank you, we cannot do this without you."

"Just don't die Ally." Andy sighed into the mouthpiece. She spotted the vampire following her scent and rolled her eyes at the useless tracker. They didn't stand a chance of finding her.

She teleported directly into the living room of their home startling the trio of newborns who were yet to get used to her powers.

"I have a favour to ask." She looked between the three of them.

"Anything." Bree spoke up her golden eyes on Andromeda.

"The Cullen's in Forks, they are in need of witnesses." Andy informed them as Fred raised his eyes curiously from his spot in the corner.

"What for?" Diego asked placing his book next to the lamp. He released a slight yelp as the electrical appliance sparked shocking him. It happened quite often and Andy had been meaning to get him checked out for it.

"Well for one I would think that Eleazar would be there, he can identify why you keep shorting my electronics." She said, "But the second is because the Volturi believe the family have committed a crime. They think they have created an immortal child."

"But aren't they after us as well?" Fred spoke up, "going would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull."

"From what I know of Aro, he won't kill you." Andy informed. "He will be against the loss of talented vampires, which you and Diego are, so his interest would be more in the field of recruitment."

Bree fiddled with her necklace which she wore proudly around her neck for all to see. She modelled it off Andy's though a little smaller and hung above her cleavage. She also wore the crest on a matching silver bracelet. The boys had one each as well, theirs on think heavy silver chains, the pendant large and obvious for those that looked at them. "I won't join him."

"I appreciate that," Andy smiled softly at her a genuine and true smile, her own bracelet a gift and copy of Bree's.

"So we just go there and witness?" Diego asked and Andy nodded.

"If they have enough numbers the Volturi will try not to engage in conflict. It is your choice weather or not you wish to go."

"I'll go."

*****

Flashback  about 1005 AD Greece:

"Mama, why is papa so mad?" She asked innocently. "Did I do something wrong?"

"He's not mad at you my love." Her mother replied holding her daughter tightly to her chest tears streaming down her cheeks. "See this," she says holding up a coin on a leather chord. "This is Hermes, remember how I told you about him."

"He's the messenger mama."

"Yes, he is." She said softly tying it around her daughter's neck. "I want you to keep this, and I want you to be quick and cunning like him my child."

"Why mama?"

"It's not safe here, I want you to climb your tree and stay silent okay." Little Andy nodded as her mother places a kiss on her forehead and pushed her towards the window.

"Mama I-" she said looking down over the ledge.

"I've seen you do it before Andromeda," her mother told her urging the five year old to the stone wall. "Climb swiftly my child."

Andromeda crept in silence past the armed men trying to get into the white building. Her steps didn't make a sound as she approached her tree and swiftly made her way to the top. She could see everything from up there, that's why she liked it so much.

She could see a woman pacing in front of the window a dagger clutched in her hands. Her head facing away from her as she waited for the door to open.

Anticipation filled her as the figure spun around. She couldn't make out any clear features of the woman but she could make out vibrant sky blue eyes that kept darting in her direction.

The men below had broken in and were heading for her.

Andy wanted to shout in warning but bit her tongue and closed her eyes listening to the shrill screams as tears streamed down her cheeks.