I'm sorry I took so long to update when I had told a few people I was going to update fairly quickly.

I'm still looking for a beta. Does anyone know about someone who could beta for me?

I don't own Twilight, or any characters that you recognize.

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Didyme wasn't sure how long she'd been screaming when the pain stopped. She had felt it slowly dulling for a while, and finally heard the last thump-thump thump-thump of her heart before it stopped, but the actual end came with indescribable girl's eyes remained tightly shut, as she didn't dare open them. She simply lay where she was (though she wasn't sure exactly where that was) and waited, pondering how she got there and what was going on. But it was only seconds before Didyme could hear footsteps approaching her. She opened her eyes then, to see who was coming closer.

Didyme was amazed at what she saw. Everything around her was sharply defined, and the colours were bright and amazing. She even found herself looking at a few colours she had never seen before, ones that she couldn't come close to describing. But in all the excitement she noticed that, regardless of what she'd thought before, she still hurt. Her throat felt dry and raw, like she hadn't had water for weeks. Quickly, all the fabulous colours and thoughts of who was coming retreated, and the pain took over.

"She's awake," someone said. Didyme only barely made out the words, as she was too focused on the pain. So focused that she barely even noticed when the man who looked like her father came into her view. However, she barely remembered that he was probably the devil, and so the burning in her throat must be part of her punishment for what she'd done. Didyme couldn't imagine having the pain with her forever, and she felt like she could cry, but no tears came.

"Yes," the devil replied. "I doubt she'd be able to pay much attention to an explanation, though. Perhaps she should feed first."

Suddenly, Didyme smelled the most wonderful thing she'd even smelled in her life. She couldn't quite place what it smelled like at the time, but she became more focused on it than her throat. She wasn't even aware that she had moved until the burning dulled greatly, and she felt something drop from her arms. Looking down, her eyes widened in horror. It was a person… at least, it had been a person. A young woman, by the looks of it, but her body was bloody and mangled. Didyme's eyes widened at the corpse and jumped backwards, away from what used to be a girl. The devil chuckled.

"Why so afraid? It isn't as if you haven't seen a body like that before," his voice, previously slightly amused, suddenly became cold as he was speaking the last sentence, but Didyme didn't notice. She only flinched as if he had hit her. She wasn't proud of what she'd done to Aldo.

"I… I…. I am sorry," Didyme hung her head, too caught up in her own guilt to notice the change in her voice.

"Do not apologize! The boy deserved everything that happened to him. You are far from blame, Didyme."

Her head snapped up, just slightly tilted to the side like that of a curious child. "How do you know my name?"

He didn't reply, and Didyme just stared at the man in front of her, and for a moment, she didn't think of him as the devil. The brunette girl only saw how much he looked like her father. Distant, fuzzy memories floated into her mind. She vaguely remembered conversations between her parents about another child of theirs. Then small whispers danced into her mind, from people who had thought she couldn't hear, about how Aldo and his family may have only thought Didyme would be a good wife because the inheritance would go to her. But that was only because the son, that "other child" had died. "And such a handsome boy, he looked like every Volturi man before him…"

"Aro?" Didyme spoke the name carefully and unsure. She had never met her brother, but was fairly sure she had the name right. She was afraid that she was half afraid that she was wrong, and half afraid of being right. After all, she still hadn't totally decided that the man was the devil, and her brother was dead. Then, her fears were both calmed and confirmed when he smiled.

"Hello, little sister."

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For anyone who didn't quite understand why it took a good paragraph before Didyme noticed that she was hungry: This whole chapter actually takes place over just a few minutes. With this in mind, the time between when the change ended and her noticing the pain in her throat was probably 15 seconds at very most.

Sorry this was so short. This chapter was pretty much just a set-up for the rest of the story, so it was just the one scene. Hopefully the next chapters will be longer.

Also, there've been over 100 views for this story, and only 2 reviews. I'm not asking for every single person to review, because sometimes it's hard to, but a few more would be nice. Even if you think that this is a horrible story and only want to critique it, or even flame it, that's fine with me. I just want to know how people think I'm doing. I may hold chapters ransom in the future if there aren't a lot of reviews, but 1) this was a really short chapter, so it's not really worth a lot of reviews, and 2) it normally really bothers me when authors do that, so it's not very likely. I might change my mind later, though.

Thanks to Ducky'sgirl4ever and AlecAndra for being the only ones to review so far, everyone who's favourited or put this on alert, and to anyone who's read this story!