"The Volturi are nothing more than monsters who claim that their tyranny is for the benefit of our species! Humanity should be ours."

Ugh, it's so annoying. Kill it, Anna. Don't tell me what to do, Maeve. Mmm, you won't be saying that once you have to deal with the next guy that comes in. Fucking bastard. Keep quiet, Maeve, I'm trying to deal with this trial. Mhm.

"Are you not a monster? Do you not feed on humanity like they are nothing more than cattle? You see, Rue, you are just as bad if not worse than the entire Volturi," Aro stepped in front of the red-headed woman, "You are such a pathetic vampire. Immortality has given you nothing, you have simply learned nothing. What a pity that your gift is so useless to the world. The fates have given you the gift to see the past? Why see what has already happened?"

"I know what you people do," she seethes, "I know what you have with you."

At that, Aro growls, knowing who she was talking about. She knows about Helios. She will have to die not only because of her crimes but because of her knowledge. Nobody can find out right now.

"What you know will be your demise," Caius hisses, holding me on his lap. "Our son is not your concern."

"The Volturi, holding an immortal child as if it were a human," the criminal accuses. "What would the world think? Were you all not the ones to create the rule in the first place? How far the Volturi has fallen. You will be defeated and you will be destroyed for the way that you treat people, the way you manipulate and brainwash people into joining you."

"How dare you?" Demetri loses his composure, pinning the woman down on the marble floor, "None of us are brainwashed and my little brother is no immortal child!"

"He runs like them, he talks like them, he-" Marcus cuts her off.

"Helios has brown eyes, blood, and a heartbeat." The criminal growls at my mates, who were dismissing her accusations and wished to proceed with the trial. "My brothers and I would never allow an immortal child to live. My son, although he has venom and drinks human blood on a daily basis, grows just like any other human child. He has aged quite quickly, actually, looking to be almost 3 at a month old. Such accusations from you will not be tolerated. This is a trial and we are your leaders. I am a king, show some respect."

Aro wasted no time and ripped off her head, an annoyed expression on his face. He wants to kill everyone who claims his son to be an immortal child. I would be upset if he didn't, Maeve. Honestly, these criminals are getting ballsy, thinking that they can speak to their leaders in such a fashion. Accusing the law of the land of such a serious crime is just...I mean leaders break the law all the time but we just aren't willing to talk about that-You didn't break any laws, Anna. I know, I know.

"Onto the next asshole then."

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It had taken a month, but Carlisle had finally responded to the letter that I had sent him. Finally. I get he was busy, but like find some time for your queen. Yeah, that would be great. Glad to know that you have my back, Maeve. Always, my queen.

Dear Queen Annalise,

I should start off this letter with my apologies. I have taken much too long to write this letter. Things are busy around here and tensions are high. Edward is still fighting the decision made by the Volturi and the family to make Bella a vampire. I do not see why, but it has been stressful. I know that you do not like the two of them, but it is the truth. Being a coven leader is hard sometimes, especially when two of your coven members are not getting along at the moment.

Rosalie and Edward have drifted. I can sense that Rose has completely taken your side on the issues concerning you. I doubt that this rift will be able to be ratified in the near future, not with how my son is acting towards her. I would not wish to push on you, but I know that you do care about my daughter. You two are great friends and you deserve to know about what is happening around here. After everything that we have dragged you into, that much you deserve to know.

I am fearful that now Jasper is starting to take sides as well. You will be happy to know that it is your side that he is taking at the moment, even when Alice is best friends with Edward and Bella. It seems that your bond is stronger than I once thought.

Sides are not something that I take when it comes to petty drama. I side with the law and my own morals. In that case, I do take sides, as that is when it counts.

Alice has finally confirmed that you will not be coming to the wedding. Bella keeps on considering it a thought and says that it may still happen. Her paranoia really is unnecessary. I know that Edward has read my thoughts while I silently read your letters. He knows that you have no plans of coming to the wedding of people who have acted so poorly. My only fear is that these accusations will cause further divide.

I have never had to ask for help before, but I must now. I know when I have exhausted my knowledge. Do you have any advice on how to fix any broken relations within covens? Do your mates? I have stayed with the Volturi and I know that they do fight sometimes. My lack of experience on solving these sorts of issues could further divide us. My coven is my family and my family means everything to me, as you already know.

Power is something that flows. It comes and goes throughout time and space. Some look for it and for some it finds them. The latter is what has happened to you. You have the most power out of any woman in the world at the moment, no matter what any criminal or telepathic son of mine has to say about it. The facts are simple, Annalise: you have the power to do good in this immortal world. Use it well.

I do wish to hear of that future wedding and possible coronation. I missed the first one as I was not alive yet and the event sounds delightful. The only time where all vampires join together in harmony and celebration.

Since this letter is getting quite long, I shall leave you at this: I know that no matter what happens, you will do what you believe is right and just, that is your greatest gift of all.

With care,

Carlisle Cullen

The man had never asked me for advice once. Carlisle was always the one to have all of the answers, the person who I went to if I needed his opinion. To have him asking me for advice so important as the way to solve broken relations in a coven was an honor.

Carlisle may not be able to admit it, but even he has taken a side, and that side is not with his son and future daughter-in-law. He knows you, Anna, and knows that whatever Edward says is hateful garbage. He beats himself over it. Carlisle hates the fact that Edward is speaking so poorly of you when he knows that his father loves you like a daughter. It makes him angry. It has been the first time he has truly become angry with his son. His morals are tested with him, as he knows you as a moral person, as the girl who didn't even want to live two years ago.

It was true, Carlisle was patient and would never openly fight with his own son, even if he was angry and at his wits end. He was a much better person in that regard, able to handle almost anything thrown at him.

I just hope that I haven't caused him to go over the edge with my existence.

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"Well, what do you want me to say to him? We haven't had any major problems around here since my arrival. All smooth sailing in the Volturi for the past 4 months," I knew the best person to ask about relations would likely be Aro, who has always been the main leader of the Volturi. His people skills are spectacular.

"Hmm, Carlisle has never asked this sort of thing. I suspect that things must have gotten really bad over there for him to come to us for help," I whine, just wanting Aro to answer my question. "Likely the best course of action at this point would be to sit everyone down and hit them with his authority. Tell them that they must get along or else. Edward will try to convert his father and Isabella will back him up. Rosalie is stubborn and Jasper is your friend. They are a tricky bunch."

"Have we ever had something like this happen?" Aro's face lit up with remembrance.

"After the snowball fight of 1784 Caius did get super dramatic. He almost started a riot in the guard over something that you do not need to know about," Caius destroyed all of the guard's stuff after they were found out to be a part of the leaving out of him in regards to the snowball fight, "She just told you, didn't she? Maeve, keep her in the dark on some things, it leads to good outcomes."

Aro, shut up, you little rat. Maeve! No! Do not call my precious mate a rat! I will hurt you. What are you going to do, Anna, I'm inside your head. I'll play bad music in my head all day and night. Gods above, you are a bitch sometimes. So are you, bitch. Bitch.

"Maeve is being a bitch. She called you a rat. I, of course, defended you. You are not a rat, you are my sweet and glittery mate and I love you for it," Aro chuckles at the word glittery and picks me up in his arms.

"Anyways, I had to use my authority over everyone to force people to stop saying bad things about one another. Once people stop being able to talk shit, they let go of their anger pretty quickly, even Caius, the king of being a little bit of a bitch," I gasp at Aro's words. "Don't even deny the fact that he can be a petty bitch sometimes."

"He is the pettiest bitch but it's what I love about him," my mate chuckles again and kisses my head.

"Carlisle should be able to handle this as long as Edward is willing to be a decent vampire who cares about his position in his coven. Even if it does hurt, my old friend will have to realize that when people create too many problems, it is likely in the favor of the survival of the coven to cut them loose. I would not ever wish to see the downfall of the Olympic Coven. They are good people, even if they destroy nature by eating animals," I chuckle at the blow to Carlisle's diet. It was a noble way to live in some ways, but was irrational in so many other ways. I could never live that kind of life. I mean, how could someone be so willing to give up the euphoria of drinking human blood? Carlisle, apparently.

"So tell Carlisle that he should threaten to kick people out if they keep on causing extreme social problems?"

"Precisely, my sweet. In the end, vampires are immortal. If he does not fix the problem now, those problems will become immortal as well."