Ariana's POV:
Today was the day that I will get to meet all of our mafia members officially. Twinnie and I just came from the school. I was getting ready to go with my whole family. I am excited but nervous also. I don't know how today will go but I will do my best and get to know them well enough. A knock sounded on my door and twinnie's voice came through the door.
"Twinnie, are you ready?"
"Yes, come on in." I was just putting on my earrings.
I finished putting my earrings just then twinnie pushed open the door and came in.
"Wow. Twinnie, you look beautiful." He complimented me.
"Thank you, twinnie." I thanked him.
"Shall we go downstairs?" He asked me. I nodded and we went and saw that my whole family was ready and waiting for us.
"Princess, you are looking gorgeous as always." Zia said.
"Thank you Zia. You are also looking beautiful."
"Okay then let's get going guys. We are getting late." Papa said and then we went outside and got into the cars and drove away.
It took us some time getting there as it was in a secluded area so it took us more than half an hour. We arrived there and I was stunned to see that it was a much bigger area than I expected. It was surrounded by guards everywhere and an electronic gate equipped with a scanner. There were cameras also. After the scanning was done, we entered the gate and I was astonished to see the base in front of me.
It was a huge area surrounded by buildings but a huge building stood in the middle and it was the headquarters, I assume. It was a whole new experience for me.
When I was back in the Garcia mafia I thought that it was the biggest base but I was wrong, it is much bigger. As far as I could see there were also grounds and men and women were training there. When we reached the building which I am assuming is the headquarters, the car stopped and we got off there.
Just as we got out of the car I noticed that all of my family members' expressions changed and they wore a cold and expressionless face. I guess because of their identities but this is the first time when I have seen them this serious. Even twinnie was serious. Just then papa's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Welcome to the mafia base princess." He said.
"It's a very big area, papa."
"Yes it is. We are the biggest mafia here as you know so we need space. Come on, let's go in." Papa said. I nodded and then we went into the building. I was curiously looking here and there. I noticed that wherever we passed by the people would stop and greet us then move on. It was not a new experience for me as back in the Garcia mafia there was also this respect.
"Princess this is the main building of our mafia and we handle all of the work from here. All of the important meetings and assigning tasks are done here. We have the office of all the main members here." Zio explained to me.
"I see. Zio, do you also have an office here?" I asked him curiously.
"No princess. I also have my mafia and that is in Italy. You do know that right?"
"Yes, I know that."
"So that's why I don't have an office here because I don't have time to come and manage the mafia and we also try to keep our mafia dealing separate so that it doesn't cause any conflicts."
"But we are one mafia right?" I asked him.
"Even though we are one mafia, we have business in different countries so we try to keep everything separate. That way we don't have any confusion but if anything happens to any of us then the other one takes full control and operates it on behalf of the other till the next heir is not trained. It's like taking the position of the other one till the time is right." Papa explained it to me.
"Yes. Dad set that rule for us and we are more than happy to comply with it. That way our business is running smoothly." Zio said.
"Hmm. That's a good rule." I said and saw that nonno looked proud of himself. I shook my head and thought that they behave like a kid. I wondered what would happen if any men here saw them like that. It will be very amusing.
Just then we arrived in an office and papa sat on the chair. We also took our seats.
"So princess, this is my office. What do you think of the base till now?"
"It's very amazing. I didn't expect it to be this big."
"Thank you princess. Well why don't you take a tour of the whole area because we still have more than half an hour till the meeting. Take Matteo with you and he will take you to the meeting room when it's time."
"Okay papa. I also want to look at the whole place." I said excitedly.
"Come on, twinnie. Get ready to be more amazed." He said and I chuckled.
"Hey I also want to go with you." Orlando said, looking at me.
"Sure come on, Orlando." I said and then we went together to first tour the main building.
We went to the office of Tony fratello and then went to the other places where we could go. It was a nice experience.
Then we went to the other buildings. First we came to the building in which there were men and women who were training. It was basically a huge gym with all of the equipment. I got very excited upon seeing them training hard and wanted to try some time.
"Twinnie, you can practice here to your heart's content. We all practice here so that we can assess our and other people's training."
"Sure I will come here and practise often. I think that this is going to be my favourite place and I am going to spend most of my time here." Orlando shook his head in amusement after hearing me. They all know that I love to train my body so it was no surprise to them.
Then we came into another place and it was a shooting range. I was very shocked to see that. I mean wow. It has all the necessary equipment, different types of targets and guns to practice.
"Wow." Twinnie and Orlando chuckled at my response.
"Princess, I actually never asked you, do you know how to shoot?" Orlando asked.
"Yeah I don't know either." Twinnie said.
"Yes I know how to shoot. I think I am going to spend my free time here after all." I said. Now I don't have to go to the shooting range secretly. I can come here whenever I want.
"Let's go to another place." Orlando said and we went with him.
Then we came to another place and it was filled with offices.
"This is the technological building. We have many businesses under our mafia so they all handle the security. If we need any information on anybody then this is the place." Twinnie said.
"Oh so you mean hackers?" I said.
"Yes." We didn't go into their office to not disturb them and also I haven't met them officially yet. Then it was time for us to go back and attend the meeting.
"Let's go. It's about to start." Orlando said.
"Don't be nervous, twinnie. Just be yourself. They like you already." I nodded and then went with them. We arrived at the main building and then went onto the elevator. Then we arrived at the floor which has the biggest meeting hall in here. The meeting will take place here.
We entered the hall and went to our family.
"You guys came just in time. The meeting will start in just a few minutes." Nonno said. I nodded and saw that the people started coming in. Then in a few minutes the hall was full.
"Okay princess. We will go to the stage and announce your arrival and then you will come to the stage. Wait here and don't be nervous. Matteo, stay with her." Nonno said.
"Ok nonno." Twinnie and I said.
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Third Person's POV:
All of the Romano members except Matteo and Ariana went onto the stage and started addressing their people.
"Hello everyone. I am sure you are wondering why we called this meeting and why is my whole family here? Right?" Gabriel asked. All of the members nodded as they were exactly thinking that.
"So I have to announce something big today and want to introduce you to someone very special to us." Gabriel said.
"As you all know, I have a daughter who was kidnapped when she was just a few months old and we were searching for us desperately. So now we have found her. Yes we have our mafia princess back. So I want all of you to welcome her. Princess, come on stage." Leonard said.
Then Ariana went to the stage with Matteo and all of the mafia members were very excited and happy to have her back. They started clapping loudly and cheered for her.
"Welcome home princess."
"Welcome home princess."
"Welcome home princess."
"Welcome home princess."
They all welcomed her happily. Ariana was astonished to see that they were so welcoming to her. She was now no longer nervous. She smiled happily at them.
"Thank you so much for welcoming me so sincerely. I am so happy to meet you all." Ariana said.
"You know that our princess is excellent in combat. She had a match with Alfonso and was able to hold her ground. She has trained professionally." Gabriel said.
All of the members were astonished to hear that. They thought that she knew nothing about fighting and mafia and was just an ordinary girl; but they forgot that she was Romano and they all have fighting in their blood. They were born to be a mafia member. They just have to be willing.
"Wow princess, you are amazing." They all praised her.
"Thank you. I am not amazing at combat. I still need to learn and improve myself." Ariana said modestly but those who have seen her fighting knew that she was just being modest. All of them were impressed by her modest attitude. It showed that she was not arrogant about her skill and knew how to be polite.
"Now, as you all know, we are going to hold a mafia ball and it is because we want to introduce princess to the others. And you also know that we have once lost her so I want all of you to be alert all the time at the ball so that we can protect her from any harm that others try to do." Antonio said seriously.
"Yes capo, we will protect her with all our ability." All of the members spoke in unity.
(capo: boss)
"Ok then. Now you all can go to work." Leonardo said. Then all of the members went to work and only our family was left there.
"So princess, how was it?" Elio asked.
"It was amazing. I didn't expect that they would welcome me so sincerely." Ariana said smilingly.
"They are family. We understand and help each other as much as we can." Matteo said.
"Yeah. In the Garcia mafia we also treated each other as family. They all treated me as their little sister. So when I moved here they all were sad but understood me and supported me fully" Ariana said.
"Well then today was great and went as we expected. Now let's go and have dinner at a nice restaurant to treat ourselves to a wonderful day today." Zio said.
"That's a wonderful idea. Let's go. I am starving." Matteo and Orlando said together.
"What's new in that? You are always hungry." Aldo said.
"We are growing so of course we will be hungry. Now let's go." Orlando said.
Then they went to the restaurant that Antonio owned.
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Here's another chapter guys.
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Love, Stella. ♥️