Flashback about 1015 AD Athens, Greece:

A boy of ten and five was being monitored by curious eyes. His mother had passed five years ago and his father had died in battle against the Bulgarians. He did what he needed to make do.

He moved through the crowds with ease his hands taking jewellery and coins as he walked. He used what he stole to pay for his boat. He was a fisherman, but fishing wasn't really paying much, he needed to get out into deeper waters.

Amun watched the child with interest from the shadows. He'd learnt the boy's name was Demetrius, and he was a talented thief. He was quick, agile and could find anything anywhere. He wondered what his human skills would manifest into after the change.

He followed the teen swiftly as they came to a lone ally. It seemed the boy had noticed him watching.

"Who are you, and why are you following me?" He asked a shake in his voice as he tried to be brave holding a small blade in the direction of the vampire.

"The real question is, whom are you?" Amun asked stalking closer his red eyes glowing under his hood. Demetri managed a glimpse under the hood and saw ruby red eyes looking over his form curiously. "You're quite a talented thief." He already knew that though, he was quick, agile and could find anything anywhere.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Demetri made to pass the man only to get stopped as he reached a pasty tanned hand into the satchel at Demetri's side.

"Oh so this is yours then?" He said lifting a clearly female coin pouch into view. Demetri tried to think of a quick answer, he'd never been caught before. "Don't worry, I'm not going to turn you in." He hands the pouch back. "I will however double it," he lifts his own coin pouch confusing Demetri.

"What do you want?"

"I want you to find something for me."

*****

"Remembering?" Demetri questioned as he stood behind her looking at the painting over her shoulder. He recognised the familiar architecture of his human home country but not the woman depicted.

"I don't have them, my memories" she informed him. "I couldn't remember anything before the change, so I don't know if these visions are memories or something my imagination made up. This picture though, it feels familiar, like... home."

"Human memories are for the most part lost over time, though some things tend to trigger them." He pointed out and she turned her head slightly to look at him.

"Who were you?" She asked. "I don't know who I was, if I had a family or friends before, so tell me about you?"

"Me?" he raised a brow and stepped around her to filter through the paperwork on the duchess at the back of the room. "I was a thief."

"A thief?"

"And a fisherman." His red eyes glanced up at her a small smile on his lips before returning to looking down at the papers in his hands again. "I don't remember my parents from what I gather they both died when I was young I grew up on the streets of Athens before Amun came for me." She watched him curiously as he moved to the next stack of papers and continued speaking. "He had been watching me, I didn't understand at the time but now-"

"He was searching for potentially gifted humans." Andy finished off for him and he nodded his head.

"He was and I could find anything. Still can."

"Then how did you end up with the Volturi, Amun likes to keep his... assets close?" She inquired thinking of Benjamin.

"I was hunting and met Felix." He removed a sealed envelope from papers and opened it his eyes skimming over the words as he turned back to face her. "I was getting bored with Amun, I needed to put my ability to use, the Volturi offered that and I accepted. I still would've gone even if Chelsea wasn't there."

"You went of your own free will, I bet your sire wasn't too pleased."

"What could he do? The Volturi destroyed his coven four centuries earlier, he lives in paranoia and fear of them, well us." Demetri sighed slightly, "you know how the Volturi works, I know you do. Chelsea manipulates bonds to get gifted vampires to join there are limits to her power though which is where Corin comes in."

"Ah yes the walking talking mellow drug." Andy remarked. "But you're rarely there, do you even feel the effects of her power?"

"She doesn't use it on the elite guards, we have to be able to leave."

"And Aro trusts you?"

"He can read our minds." He stated obviously.

"There are ways around that." She pointed out her fingers dancing over the pictures on a corner desk.

"I know, the real question is, how do you know?"

"You forget where I come from darling." She mocked in Jasper's accent.

"Aegeus?"

"Aegeus." She repeated nodding. "He was a shield. The most powerful shield I've ever met. The Volturi had more of a political alliance with us because if it ever came to a fight it would be a physical one. One where we had the advantage. He taught us how to Shield and distract from certain parts of our minds. I'm sure if your master tried really hard he would be able to see what I'm hiding but I doubt he'd look deeper than the surface. If he ever managed to get close enough that is."

"True." He held a letter out to her and she took it skimming the words. "Care to pay my sire a visit?"

"I think that's a wonderful idea." She replied with false enthusiasm as she read the letter.

*****

Flashback about 1024 AD Crete, Greece:

Andy watched the Egyptian from her perch curiously as he spoke in hushed words to Aegeus.

"What did father say about eavesdropping?" Tydeus whispered in her ear having successfully snuck up on her.

"I've never seen him before" she said pointing to the man. "I just wanted to look."

"Come on, before we get in trouble." Tydeus replied leading her away.

*****

The pair chose to travel on foot to their destination as it was less taxing on Andy's abilities. She danced ahead of him swiftly with a grin spread widely on her features.

"Keep up," she teased skipping back and he shook his head slightly with a smile at her antics speeding up to her side. He grasped her arm before she could take off again pulling her to his side.

"Or I could just keep you close." He replied lacing their fingers together.

"Demetri, Demetri, Demetri," she sang smirking, "I'd like to see you try."

"Oh I will, I'm quite possessive of the things I find." He stated honestly with a smirk.

"What are you going to do, lock me up?" She frowned at that thought.

Demetri didn't like the frown on her face, he'd rather her sarcastic smile than a frown directed to him. It was true how possessive he was of the things he considered his, but Andromeda was different. He'd accepted her as his the moment he first inhaled her intoxicating scent. She was designed for him, everything about her drew him in and appealed to him. It seemed fitting that his mate was one of the only vampires that could evade him, and that could challenge him. "Although that is a rather tempting idea love, I wouldn't do something like that to a creature like you. As long as I can still feel your mind I'll be somewhat appeased."

"I think I can live with that." Her frown vanished at his words.

"You still won't come back to the Volturi with me will you?" He raised a brow with a smile.

"Nope." She tugged on his hand heading for the familiar building while pulling her hood up with the other and Demetri coped her actions.

"This should be good." Demetri commented knocking on the door pulling his mate back behind him securely.

Andy rolled her eyes at the overprotective male that held her behind him. She couldn't blame him for his instincts, but he just said he wouldn't cage her. They weren't mated, not yet, therefore every man would be a potential threat to him, so she would let it go. For now.

Amun opened the door and looked between the pair confusion evident on his face.

"Andromeda?"

"May we come in?" She spoke up over Demetri's shoulder, the tracker now wearing his stoic mask. Amun's eyes darted between them with an unsure look and nodded once opening the door wider.

Demetri stepped in first his and reaching back to pull Andy in after him. They stood side by side facing the water.

"I wasn't aware your coven had grown." Demetri commented pocketing his hands glancing at the water. He picked up two scents as he entered that didn't belong to his sire or Kebi and figured Amun would be hiding someone. He didn't trust them, especially if they had anything to do with The Cult.

"So he caught you then, I didn't think he would." Amun directed to Andy who smirked.

"He didn't," she replied.

"Well there was that one time," Demetri began.

"You got lucky love." She pulled down her hood and paced a little by the poolside her mahogany eyes assessing his form. "No, we're here for an entirely different, mutually beneficial reason."

"Demetri, Andromeda, we weren't aware you were both coming to visit." Kebi spoke up entering the room at a gentle pace. She made her way to the travellers hugging and kissing each before sliding into her mate's side.

"It was unplanned, but we have a good reason to be here." Andy said moving back to Demetri's side.

"Such as?" Amun asked unsettled by the pair's knowing looks, mainly Demetri's though.

Andromeda reached around Demetri into his inside pocket and produced the letter they'd acquired earlier. She waved it in front of Amun who paled at the sight.

"What's this?" She asked with a playful tone but Amun could hear the deadly threat underneath it.

"Andromeda I... It's not what it looks like-"

"Do explain then," she growled.

"I'm protecting my coven."

"You sold me out," she sneered and lunged in his direction.

Demetri reacted faster though, and trapped her back against his chest tightly waiting for her to calm down even as he was burning with just as much anger.

"They agreed that for information on you, they would keep Benjamin off the radar."

"That wasn't your decision to make." An accented voice spoke up appearing on the far side of the room. He has the same tanned skin as his sire and bright ruby eyes that glared in annoyance.

"I don't want to lose any more coven members." Amun defended himself looking to Demetri.

"I left of my own free will."

"Chelsea's power-"

"I wanted to go!" Demetri shouted in anger pulling Andromeda back behind him. "I wasn't going to live here as your prisoner."

"You weren't a prisoner," Amun replied and Demetri growled.

"I never left that tower, I was always trapped here and you know it."

"You forget that with abilities like ours we need an outlet." Andy explained. "Aegeus let me hunt, he let me roam free but your paranoia kept Demetri caged."

"You may be content to live like this, but I am not." Demetri shifted slightly leaning closer to his mate to calm down.

"I trusted you." Andy snapped at him, "Even Mathias wouldn't sell me out like you did and he is the reason my coven was killed."

"I did what I had to."

"Well now you're going to do something for us." Demetri said as his glare deepened. "We want you to contact them and tell them everything."

"What?"

"We want them to know exactly who they're hunting." Andy said a wide grin on her lips.

"No one hunts my mate, no one but me." Demetri growled possessively as his sire's eyes widened in shock and surprise.

*****

Flashback about 1024 AD Crete, Greece:

"You know Aro left you alive just to taunt you Amun." Aegeus informed. "But I will not side against my brothers, you know this."

"So you won't help me rebuild my coven."

"Before they were the Volturi they were members of this coven. Our sire respected their decision to leave as long as they continue to respect our laws. The laws they now enforce. I will not help you."

"I'm not rebuilding my coven to fight back. The Cult has resurfaced." Amun hissed.

Aegeus's eyes widened at the information. "If that is the case you are better off remaining two. They will not come for you unless you have a weapon they can use." His mind wondered to Tydeus and the newborn Andromeda as he spoke. "Leave Amun, and prey the Volturi don't take your visit the wrong way."

~~~~~

"Two is not enough," Amun whispered to himself as he made his way through the dark streets of Athens. He picked up the scent of one of the humans he was keeping tabs on and his eyes narrowed, "two is not enough."