My first fanfic - let me know what you think! I promise the summary will make sense eventually, we just have to get there - when, I can't say for sure, because I'm just going wherever the characters take me. Obviously, I own none of the characters from the Twilight series (and with the way the others just play out new scenes in my head when I'm trying to focus on other things, I'm pretty sure the additions own themselves...). Please review, I love them and it'll help convince me to finish the story! :)

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Prologue

He was approaching the Volturi, cautiously, as though he were afraid of the reaction his news would elicit.

"I'm leaving the guard." The strange, dark haired man announced this simply and determinedly. "I greatly appreciate all the Volturi have done for me – you gave me a name and a home, when I had none; you trained me to use my abilities in ways I never knew possible. However, as you know, certain practices have never been a fit for me, and I believe that I must strike out on my own and find a home that is a better fit for me."

"Have you decided this for certain?"

"Yes, I have."

"Come here, my son," the aged vampire Aro said. The man placed his hand in Aro's. "I understand you decision to leave, my son. And I see that you have made your decision and that there will be no changing your mind. However, know always that you have a place among the Volturi."

"Thank you, my Lord."

Abruptly, the vision changed.

The dark haired man was wandering through the woods, looking for something. He seemed pleased when he reached the road. Shortly after turning onto the road, he turned off of it onto a long drive that led to a large white house. He walked confidently up the steps and raised his hand to knock on the door, which opened a fraction of a second before his hand would have come in contact with it.

"Hello" the man said, not seeming at all surprised by the sudden, unbidden opening of the door. "I have come to join your coven."

"Alice!"

"What, Jasper?" I asked, slightly frustrated with my husband, who had just yelled my name. "I'm right next to you, there's no need to yell."

"I've been saying your name for a full five minutes, Alice. What did you see?"

"We're getting a new family member," I said, happily, my irritation subsiding immediately, unable to repress my excited smile.