Chapter 2: Fate

Jane was currently reading a book, for probably the eight time, but it did not stop it from being a great novel. Concluding the final page, Jane shut the book, realizing that it was now morning. Putting the book on top of her bed, Jane sped out of her room and entered her brother's room.

"Hey Alec, we're going hunting today!" Jane exclaimed happily, always looking forward to hunting with her brother. Getting no response, Jane frowned walking over to her brother's bed where a bulge resembling him lay underneath the covers. "Alec?" Jane nudge her brother, thinking that he was faking being asleep, another joke they usual played on one another. "Quit faking Alec, it's not that funny." Still no response. Getting irritated, Jane pulled the covers off the covers, her jaw falling once she did.

Alec's pillows were situated vertically to form the appearance that he was still I the room. Jane quickly looked around the room, opening Alec's closet, looking at all possible places he could be hiding. No matter how much she looked, she could not find her brother.

"Master Aro!" Jane yelled. A few seconds later, Aro arrived in Alec's room, wearing the same clothes he had worn the previous day. "What is it Jane?"

"Did Alec already go hunting?" Jane asked in a hurried voice. Aro frowned upon hearing Jane's question.

"No, you know that when the guard goes hunting you go as a group." Aro replied. "I thought both of you were still in your rooms." Jane gestured her hand towards Aro, which he grabbed with both of his hands. After a few seconds he released Jane's hand and began looking around the room himself.

"Alec if you don't come out I will torture you!" Jane called in a threatening voice, although not meaning the act honestly. Aro stopped at the bed, finding a folded up piece of paper underneath the cover. Unfolding it, Aro read the first sentence, his expression darkening after reading only that one sentence.

"Jane, come we must go to the throne room. I will read this with Marcus, Caius, and the rest of the guard."

Aro sat in his throne with Jane at his side, who was trying to get glances of the paper instead of waiting for Aro to read it aloud. Marcus and Caius sat on the other thrones, surrounded by the other remaining members of the guard. Aro cleared his throat, then read aloud.

"Dear Volturi,

We are sorry to intrude on you in this matter, but In order to limit your power, we have taken your guard member: Alec. Us and I know many other covens have realized that you rely on the duo of Jane and Alec very much. We feel that you have ruled for too long with too much authority, that you have no need of such power. Not only do you not need such power, you do not deserve his power. We will give him a chance to join us and reform. If he does not comply, we will be forced to destroy him. Sorry it had to come to this.

From,

Carlisle Cullen" Aro folded the paper up and deposited it into his pocket. All of the vampires in the room were enraged to no extent.

"Who do they think they are?" Jane yelled angrily. "Do they know what they are getting in to taking Alec! They would of been destroyed if we had had a fight! Now this is a guaranteed fight!" Caius looked at Aro, then frowned, knowing that the Cullens could easily gather their allies again. Aro seemed to know exactly what Caius was thinking.

"I think we should wait." Aro said. Jane was about to yell, but Aro signaled for her to be quiet by raising his hand. "Alec is a very loyal guard, and I don't want anything to happen to him. But, at the same time this could be a blessing. If Alec is with the Cullens, he can see if they are planning anything. Somehow I am sure he will find a way to contact us, when he does we will stop the coven before they can do anything at all."

"But it seems so risky…" Jane said, fearing for her brother's safety.

"Risk is something we must all partake in at one point or another. This is the best way to handle this situation, I am sure Alec will be fine." Jane paused, looking down at her feet, for once not having much faith in her master.

"Are you sure?"

"I am positive. Alec can take care of himself for the time being, he is strong." Jane nodded, turning on her heels and heading back to her room, still fearing for her brother's safety.

Alec slowly awoke, feeling sore in all of his limbs, a strange feeling for him. It took a few seconds to fully wake up, and then realize what situation he was in. He sat on a red, velvet cushioned chair in the middle of a room that was only lit by a dim light. His ankles were tied down by rope to the legs of the chair and his wrists were secured to the arms of the chair by rope as well. Alec's chest was also strapped to the chair, and the gag that had been put into his mouth when he was taken remained where it was forced in. His skin was now a normal human's color and his eyes were now pure blue.

An opposite velvet chair sat in front of Alec's, where another man sat, looking about the age of seventeen. The man wore all black and his hair and eyes were covered by a black hood.

"Ah, you're awake! Please take his gag off; I'd like to talk with him." The hooded man said. The same two men who had originally taken Alec walked over to him and pulled the cloth off of his mouth.

"What the hell are you doing!" Alec yelled angrily. "Do you have any idea what you are doing? I am a part of the most powerful coven in the world!" Alec once again tried to disable the senses of his foes, but once again it didn't work. "…why isn't it working…"

"Are you confused?" The man asked. "You see, I have a very special ability, it isn't as useful in battle as yours was, but in many other ways it is useful. I can revert people to a state of my choice depending on how hard I bite them. If I'd like to heal someone, I just bite them a little bit, and they will be fine, for example…" He nodded towards one of the hooded man who lowered his hood. The face of Laurent gazed down at Alec, smirking at the sight of the captured Volturi. His face had many permanent scars to it, evidence of his encounter with the shape sifters. "I found Laurent here almost dead in the woods a few years ago. It took days but I was able to heal him to the best of my ability. I personally think I did pretty well, being that he was ripped to shreds by a pack of were wolfs."

Alec turned his head to the best of his ability so he could look at Laurent. He was amazed that a vampire who was attacked by an entire pack of wolfs could be turned back to an almost completely healed form.

"What does this have to do with me?" Alec asked. "I have no injury that could of made me lose my powers." The hooded man laughed again, shaking his head.

"Healing is if I bite lightly. If I so wish I can heal vampires from something that has been cursing them for hundreds of years." The man said. Alec's eyes widened, hoping he didn't mean what he thought he meant. "I can turn vampires back into humans. I knew I needed to get at least one of the Volturi's 'power house' guards turned human. So I chose you. If you want to know how I did it, well It took a little bit of a sacrifice." The man pulled out the ipod Alec had been listening to the previous day, then flipped it so the wrist band could be visible. What appeared to be a tooth was fastened to the inside of the band.

"Who are you?" Alec asked, in complete disbelief of what he was hearing.

"My name is Drake and I will be the one deciding the fate of your coven." With that, Laurent tied the gag back over Alec's mouth, then walked back over to Drake. "How does it feel to be completely helpless? It seems that now your senses have been limited. How ironic." Drake punched Alec in the cheek, causing him to howl with pain, which was muffled. The three foes of Alec laughed and left the room threw a metal door, slamming it shut.