SAGA Dawn of the Hybrids: Forever a Fairytale

Summary: My sister and I are twins who were born to a vampire and a human. We are a special breed of species known as hybrids. We have been raised in the ruling family of vampires, the Volturi. This is our story.

Disclaimer: I do not, nor have ever, or will ever own anything that has to do with Twilight, or Twilight itself. That genius is all created by Stephanie Meyer. I am only borrowing them for fun.

Prologue:

A young woman at the age of 34 stood on the steps of the old house and rang the doorbell. She glanced around. Shivering slightly, she was about to knock on the door but it opened, revealing a man who looked to be about 38. He had cold, pale marble skin and an older face worn from worry. He smiled at her and welcomed him into his home.

A year later they married. After having a small wedding in the town in which they were well known, they departed on their honeymoon to Italy.

A year after that, they gave birth to two baby girls- twins. They took another trip to Italy, but never returned. They appeared to have vanished, never to be seen or heard from again.

This is the story of my parents; the end of their life, and ultimately, the beginning of mine.

Chapter 1:

ARIA POV (Age 13)

"Aria…Ari!" Ugh. Just let me sleep! Please! My body is so tired and worn out from everything. I don't think I could wake up if I wanted to. "Ari…" There's that voice again. Sounds like Bella. Better wake up and see what she wants… even if that is my more…sensible side talking right now.

Opening one eye, all I can see is pitch black for the moment. Until my eyes adjust to it and I see the face that is in front of me. Actually, it's almost like looking in the mirror. But I'm shorter and my hair is a little longer, and our faces are a little bit different. Either way, it's Bella.

"What, Bella? I had a horribly difficult day with Uncle Caius yesterday and now my body aches and only yearns for sleep. What could be ever so important that you couldn't wait for another three hours to tell me?" I asked, frustrated.

She rolled her eyes at me. "Oh always the drama queen." I opened my mouth to reply but she put her hand over it. I licked it, and she made a face. "Ewww…Ari. Gross!" I sighed and she removed her hand. "Well?" I asked impatiently, starting to get really annoyed at her.

"Well…I woke up like an hour ago and heard noises coming from the Great Room. I couldn't help but hear Dad arguing with the rest of the family, so naturally I went to go see what was happening." She started to say. "You couldn't have woken me up then? So you'd have someone with you in case you got caught and our aunts and uncles tried to eat you?" I asked sarcastically. Because in our family, that is an option.

She rolled her eyes again. "No. I was fine. I had my excuse all prepared in case I got caught, but I was in the secret passageway so it wasn't necessary. But anyway, I heard them all talking and I heard dad say in the midst of all the arguments that basically they're mating us off once we turn 16 and we have no say in it at all whatsoever. We won't be living in the castle anymore, and we'll never get to see each other again." She said, looking upset now. Wow. That is serious.

"But, Bells, why would they want to kick us out? The whole reason Dad took us in in the first place is because Renee and Charlie gave us up to him. We were his little "experiments" remember?" I replied, rolling my eyes.

Bella gave me a look. "They're not kicking us out. They're just…marrying us off, so to speak." She corrected me, continuing before I had the chance to interrupt. "And besides. Dad did still raise us like his own, even if he did test us a lot. And put us through vigorous training. But it was all for our own good, I think. Look how strong we are now." She pointed out. I thought for a second. "Yeah, I know. But, still…if he's marrying us off at 18 it really makes it sound like he's had his fun with us and is now just booting us out." I argued.

Bella pouted. "But I don't think he is though. I think he's just making sure we've found our mates and are happy, just as our parents wanted." I sighed. That's Bella for you, though. I love her to death, but she always tries to look for the good in people. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's gotten her hurt in the past because she trusts too easily. That leaves me to be the bad guy- I have to be the skeptical one and look out for us, because if I don't then people could easily take advantage of us and leave. And that really doesn't settle well with me.

"Bella, I know you think I'm all skeptical and have trust issues…" I started "which you do" she muttered. I ignored that. "…but think about it. I'm not saying we've had a bad life and Dad and the rest of the family hasn't taken good care of us, which they have. But when you look at the main picture, think about why we're here in the first place." I finished gently.

Bella looked down at me sadly. "I know, I know. But it just hurts to think that way." She said quietly. I glanced at her sympathetically. "I know, Bells. But we both know that the only way we're going to get out of this without getting hurt is by only really trusting each other. We have such a huge bond that connects us in so many ways- ways even Dad doesn't know-that we really can't afford to let anyone or anything break us. We have to stay strong for each other. I'm not saying that our family is bad or anything, I mean yeah they have the history and stuff but they've improved since we arrived, but we're not the ones that control them. They have all the power over us, and to them we really don't understand anything. They don't want to have to deal with us when we grow up because it would be harder for them to control us. So they've figured that the best way is to give us a mate that makes us happy and let us live our lives the way we want to. That's what they're doing here. They still want us to be happy, but they just don't care enough to give us that happiness. That's why they figure that the only people who can do that for us is our mates, so that's what they are giving us." I said, done with my explanation, hoping it to be sensitive enough for Bella's feelings, because she does not take well to the harsh realities of life a lot of the time.

Bella sighed, and I can tell that she understands. It doesn't mean that she necessarily liked it, but at least know she knew what our father was doing for us. It was all for our own good, and hopefully, if we went the right way about it, we would get out of here just fine and be able to live our lives again.

I looked at the old clock that was on our wall and saw that we still had about an hour and a half left to sleep. "Okay Bells. We still have an hour and half left to sleep, so that's what I'm going to do. Wake me up if you need anything else, but otherwise, I'll see you in the morning." I said with finality. Bella nodded. "Can I sleep in here with you? I don't think I could otherwise." She asked in a soft voice. I sighed. "Fine, but if you talk in your sleep again, you're out!" I teased. She cracked a small smile and lay down on my other bed "I'll try not to, but I make no promises!" She replied back. I chuckled. "Night Aria." She called out in the dark. "Love you." I sighed peacefully, feeling sleep coming back to me. "Night Bells. Love you too." I mumbled softly, knowing that she could still here me.

The room fell silent after that, and I drifted off into a pitch of dark unconscious, knowing that my dreams would be related to the previous discussion I had shared with my sister. Letting go, I fell into a deep, somewhat restless sleep, comforted only by the fact that my sister was in the other bed.

A/N: Well, there's the first chapter! I know it's a little short, but they'll get longer as I get more into the story. I hope you like it; I've really enjoyed writing this so far. Thanks for reading, feel free to review! I will try to update ASAP.