Chapter One: Taken

Alec sat at the edge of his King Size bed, which was topped with a dark blue comforter and blankets. It served no real purpose other than a place to sit when he was bored. He wore his usual red shirt, which was barely visible underneath his black jacket, he also wore a pair of black pants, held up by a black belt. Alec ran his pale hands through his dark brown hair, sighing as he did.

It had now been three months since the large encounter with the Cullens and their allies, which had almost turned into an all out fight. Caius had been the most furious, being that they had let the shape sifters live, even though they weren't real were wolfs. Marcus seemed to not care about the matter, and Aro had yet to reveal how he felt about the result. Alec himself felt a little worried that such a large number of people had come together in support for the Cullens against the Volturi. Jane and he might have been able to hold most of them off, but the act would have taken a large amount of strength, something Alec feared he could not do successfully. The thirteen year old leaned back, allowing his upper half lie on the bed.

"That can't happen again…" Alec muttered to himself. If it did, then it wouldn't turn out good for either Coven.

"Alec!" The voice of Jane said, emitting from outside of Alec's door, which was shut. She knocked on the door a few times, constantly knocking it until he responded.

"Come in!" Alec said in an irritated voice. Jane quickly responded, opening her brother's door, taking a seat next to him on the bed. A small brown package lay on top of her lap.

"You've got a package." Jane stated, picking up the package, depositing it on Alec's lap.

Alec raised an eye brow, before lifting up the package to look at the details of it. Its' lightness was a factor Alec picked up instantly, then seeing that the package was in fact sent to their exact location and even said 'Alec Volturi'. However, there was no return address to be found.

"Who would send me a package…" Alec said softly.

"Don't worry about it, see what it is! I almost opened it myself but Aro said you should do it." Jane replied. Alec did as his sister instructed, easily opening the small package. Inside of the box was a 2x2 inch black plastic box which was connected to an elastic wrist band. Built into the box was a small silver ipod which was connected to a pair of black headphones that extended out of the box. "Oh, I've heard of these things, you can play all kinds of music and videos."

"Is that right." Alec said, intrigued by the technology that was in front of him. He touched the ipod, finding out easily how to use it (most likely his teen instincts). After much exploring, Alec found the section that listed all the songs in the device. Songs from all the decades of the 1900s and classic pieces since Alec had become a vampire were listed. "Wow…"

"I wonder who sent that to you." Alec ignored his sister, strapping the box that contained the ipod around his wrist, then inserting the headphones into his ears. Upon putting the wrist band on, he felt a little prick, but he simply ignored it. "What do you think Alec?" Jane turned towards her brother, seeing him smiling with the music blasting in his ears. Jane smirked, then left the room leaving her sibling alone, still keeping her suspicions.

"Master Aro, aren't you a little bit concerned that some person sent Alec a package, yet we don't even know who it is?" Jane asked. She stood in front of the three thrones where Aro, Caius, and Marcus all sat with their arms folded.

"Did he open it? If so, what is it?" Aro asked curiously, wondering if it was something from the Cullens or another coven.

"Yes he did open it. It appears to be…an ipod." Jane replied. A moment of silence swept the room, with it being broken by Aro and Caius who began to chuckle. Even Marcus, who usually was dull and sad, broke into a smirk.

"An ipod?" Aro said between his laughs. "You mean that music playing device created by the humans?"

"Yes, he has not stopped listening to it since he got it."

"I don't think there is any threat in that." Aro said, amused but also irritated that Jane had brought something like this to them. "If he enjoys it then there should be nothing wrong with it."

Later that night…

Alec walked with Jane towards their rooms, he still listened to his ipod, but tried his best to hear if Jane had anything to say. Even when she did talk however, he failed to hear and continued to look downward. After walking for a few seconds with their one way conversation, the two stopped at the entrances to their rooms.

"Good Night." Alec said, a joke he always said with Jane every time they went to their room for the night. Jane smirked, always being amused by her brother's joke.

"Night Alec." She said, winking before going into her room. Alec too went into his room, collapsing onto his bed, and then adjusting himself so his head lay on the pillow. Alec kicked off his shoes and socks, stretching his feet after doing so. Unseen by him, throughout the day his skin began turning into more of a normal color, and his eyes were now light blue. Then, the teen did something that had not occurred to him in hundreds of years: he actually felt the urge to sleep. Without even being able to have the time to think about why he would be tired, Alec closed his eyes and his breathing steadied. The vampire had actually fallen asleep.

A few hours after Alec had fallen asleep, the only window in his room opened slowly. Two men in all black with hoods over their faces crept into the room. They both had backpacks over their shoulders which, once landing in the room, they began unzip. The two men smirked, seeing the vampire asleep, nodding to each other. Alec now lay face down on the bed, still breathing at the same, peaceful rate. The first man withdrew two pairs of handcuffs that were connected by strong metal chains and two pieces of black cloth. The other man pulled out a notepad and sharpened pencil, beginning to scribble words down.

The man with the hand cuffs attached the two slowly to Alec's ankles and wrists, then leaning towards Alec with the black cloth. The man wrapped one piece of cloth tightly around Alec's mouth, then grabbing the other remaining piece. Before he could do what he planned to do, Alec awoke. He tried to speak, though only soft muffles came out. Confused on what was going on, he next tried to move his limbs which also would not budge. As his last resort, Alec focused on disabling the senses of those attacking him, but to his surprise he could not. The man used the last cloth to blindfold Alec, then picked up the teen.

"Are you done yet?" The man with Alec (who was struggling madly) asked in a whispered voice. The second man scribbled a few more words, then ripped the page out of the notebook, placing the paper on the bed. Adjusting the bed for a few seconds, he turned to his colleague.

"Yes." The man stated, opening the window again. "Lets go quick, I want to be out of Volterra as quick as we can." The two, quiet jumped out of the window, then sprinted through the night.