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Author's Note: I am CO writing this story with EgyptAdbydos. Cheers!

Chapter one

Alec watched his sister as she paced, her blonde side-head braids swishing around at the back of her shoulders as she moved. They reached down far to the middle of her back, their surfaces fine and soft. She moved with a beautiful, newfound grace that she had yet to come accustom to since she woke. Her movements were fluid and light, her bare toes feather-soft against the cold stone floor. But, like Alec, she felt no sensation of human goose bumps, no chill in her bones or burning heat in her chest. Her bodily temperature was freezing to those of human feeling, but to Alec, she was warm.

He knew all this because he, too, was suffering the same fate. They could sense each other's discomfort, the overwhelmed feelings of what they just woke to. Their minds and bodies were connected in an invisible communicating thread that those not of a twin connection could never hope to understand, and their sibling bond had strengthened due to the events they now struggled through. Alec had truly believed the stranger that bit him was offering him a better life, but he had yet to decide, as did Jane.

It been three hours since they woke up in this new life. Three hours since everything had been explained to them. Three hours since Alec was reunited with Jane...A newborn vampire was what he was now, both him and his sister. An uncontrollable, deadly creature of the shadows. A royal by the name of Master Aro had turned them himself and had offered them a place in the Guard. Alec and Jane had agreed, and immediately after, were told everything about the Volturi and the rules of the vampire world. After the talking, they were taken to a room where they fed on the humans that Aro had supplied them. They had not been able to control themselves; some blood-crazed beast had forced them to launch at the humans and sink their teeth into their necks, draining them dry. Alec had never tasted anything so delicious in his life. It had been like drinking the sweet, unadulterated nectar of a new fruit, and it was only after they had come out of the trance did they fully understand the nature of their actions.

They were monsters now. The perfect nightmares of an innocent child's dreams.

They were evil...and Jane, she loved it.

Aro had explained to them that he had been watching them since they were young. He had explained vampires sometimes possessed gifts as humans that were supernaturally enhanced as they were changed. It was because of this impression that Aro had shadowed them. They had potential gifts, lethal ones they'd been told, but they had yet to discover them. Aro said patience and time would be their test. When they learned to control their bloodlust and temper, they could control their gift. He had also said they would be learning to fight, as it was extensional for every member of the Guard to learn self-defence.

"Jane, sister, please, stop your pacing. You are damaging the floor." Alec murmured, teasing her. The irritated look she cast him went unnoticed as he marvelled at his own voice. It was as delicate and high as a young soprano boy in a choir. It tinkled like church bells, and the naive lilt of a child coloured his words.

Jane was going to say something, but the door to the room opened and Aro stepped in. The two tall men that had been there when Alec woke up to this new life also accompanied him. The majestic, the lean, and the mountainous; that was all he could call them.

Demetri and Felix…I believe were their names. Alec observed, watching them. His sister came to his side for both protectiveness and assurance, and Alec gripped her hand in his.

"My dears," Aro began, smiling brightly, his crimson eyes sparkling. His voice was high and content. "Alec and Jane, I have brought these men to train you." He gestured to the men beside him. "Jane, my dear, you shall be taught by Demetri." Alec could sense Jane's satisfaction at Aro's gentle endearment. She had always loved favouritism. "And Alec, my dear, you will train with Felix." Jane's jealously flared as Aro also charmed Alec, but the twins nodded quietly at his commanding tone.

Alec looked at his sister, who in turn looked at him. They shared a silent glance before Alec directed his eyes at the tall, bulky vampire next to Aro, the mountain otherwise known as Felix. His expression looked mean, and his build was scary.

Maybe he needs a friend. Alec thought, as he watched Felix from afar, but it took all his will power not to flinch when the large man's red eyes met his own.

Come on Alec, keep it together...You're in the same team, if you can call it that. He looked at Demetri quietly, who seemed to have a friendlier frontage while smiling at them.

Well at least one of them is friendly here... He devised as he turned his gaze back to Felix, who glared at him fiercely, producing a flinch from Alec. He watched as Felix turned his gaze to Jane and snarled, baring his teeth with a hiss. It was a warning and a threat.

Alec felt scared at first, terrified even, but his fear soon boiled into anger as he glared back at Felix. Some instinctually defensive act brought forth black vapour from his small hands, which appeared abruptly and moved quietly. It ghosted its way around him and his sister, and Jane stared at him in shock as the room turned foggy, inevitably bringing everyone under its spell, with the exception of Jane, who he was still holding hands with.

Alec growled, never having felt such rich emotion before in his life, yet his sister's gasp of surprise made him turn to look at her, only to notice that she wasn't looking at him, but at Master Aro, Demetri and Felix. They were so still and their eyes were so unfocused that it made Alec alarmed, and he glanced to his sister in distress.

"What did I do?"

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