Alec and Jane. Two names that haunted even the fearless of vampires. The witch twins, as the Romanians called them, the pets as Aro and Caius called them. These two beautiful angels were accused of witchcraft and supposed to be burned at stake, bur that jealous, selfish vampire Aro saved them, turning them into creatures of the night. Against their will. See, the twins wanted to die that night, to end their suffering. They were badly abused and treated as slaves.

It was the late 1400's when Aro decided to take a fateful walk with his faithful companion Eleazer. They saw the twins being burned. Instantly, Eleazer gave Aro his hand, and they knocked out the villagers surrounding the stakes, untied the twins. Aro changed Alec while Eleazer got his sister. When the twin's hell stopped and they opened their eyes, the first thing either of them saw was Eleazer slipping his hand into Aro's. aro's face lit up with glee. He turned towards the twins.

"Children, welcomes to your new life. You have extraordinary gifts. I've never seen anything like it. Now because your gift are so special, and can be used against me, I will give you two only 2 options. Join us or die. "

It was little Jane who spoke. The twins only had the understanding of 11- year-olds. Of course Aro didn't realize how young the children were at the time. He couldn't afford to lose those precious diamonds. "But, why you save us from the fire, if you were just going to kill us?"

Aro looked at his cousin Caius behind him. Most people were told they were brothers, but it wasn't true. Aro had only one sibling. Didyme. She stood next to Marcus behind him.

Caius spoke. "They obviously don't want to work for us, dear brother. Let's kill them right now." His face lit up as if the mere thought of killing young Alec and Jane would give him happiness.

Marcus spoke up. "How about you send Eleazer to go find a vampire with the ability to tighten and loosen your bonds with someone?" Marcus had no idea that the idea he had would ruin the lives of vampire after vampire, and even his own. Aro seemed to think that the idea was even though devious, wonderful.

Eleazer found the newborn vampire Chelsea only a year later. Neither Eleazer nor Aro had told the children about the power they had until Chelsea tightened their bonds with them. Marcus and Caius were sent to retrieve a young vampire. Alec and Jane were tested. Jane first. When the man was subdued by Alec afterwards, Aro killed him.

That vampire had 2 members of his coven. Felix and Demetri. They were the real reason Aro killed that man. He wanted them.

5 years after that Alec took down all but two Romanians, with his power. He was incredibly guilty after that, knowing he was no less a monster that the humans that tried to burn them. Chelsea could tell when her artificial bonds were weakening, she wasn't stupid. And every time they did she was at their side, fixing those bonds.

The twins and Marcus both resented staying with Aro now, but Chelsea forced them to. They remained loyal to the Volturi only because of that 19- year-old looking vampire with the long brown hair. Chelsea. They pretended to like the work they did, Jane pulling off the `I'm the evilest vampire you'll ever meet` façade and Alec… well, he was just himself. Mysterious. Cocky. Friendly, somehow.

Truth be told they didn't really hate the Cullens. but Aro was there everytime. Except for the time with that young girl, Bree. Jane hated to use her power on the child. Jane hated having Felix kill her. But she didn't want Caius on her case. Caius didn't give out second chances as much as Aro did. And the twins knew it was better having a young harmless newborn killed than Caius angry.

But Edward wasn't a fool. He'd read Jane and Alec's thoughts. He'd read Aro's and Eleazer's. Eleazer lied to Bella. Edwad knew the real story. Well, he thought he did. All he knew was Jane and Alec didn't want to be there, Chelsea's power kept them there, and they used their power for fear. To keep of a façade. They pushed everyone away in fear that they'd used their powers on them. When really, the twins used them to keep their secrets safe. As long as Aro didn't find them slipping, he wouldn't read their minds. He wouldn't know how much his prized possessions hated him.