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This chapter was a little difficult to write; I had to pull out my guide in order for it to be as close as possible to the facts.

Thanks to cullennbella and Cullen Vamp for looking over my chapters, and correcting the errors.

In this chapter, Aro is trying to figure out how to get the Cullen's into his web. He is up to no good and he is putting all his ducks in a row.

Chapter 2

"Half Breeds"

Aro's POV

The search party returned with Joham and his daughters. We gathered in the torrent.

"Welcome to Volterra." I said stepping down from the throne. "It's a pleasure to meet you and your beautiful daughters." I shook Joham's hand and instantly learned that he is looking for another male vampire to test new possibilities with his hybrid daughters. "Interesting."

"Joham, I have a proposition to offer you and your daughters. Stay here in Volterra and continue your science project." I pause for effect, letting my words soak in a little.

"Remember, Joham either you choose to stay or you or your family will die. We don't give second chances," said Caius.

"I have no choice," said Joham

"So, it shall be," said Marcus

"Felix, take Joham and his daughters to their rooms."

I wanted to learn more about Joham's daughters. I invited them one by one to my private quarters. Serena was the oldest of the three; she would help Joham with the others. She raised her sisters when their mothers died. Maysun was the next child sired by Joham. She helped Serena when Jennifer was born. Jennifer was the youngest of the three; all of the girls were loyal to their father. None of the girls possessed a talent; other than potentially blocking Alice's visions, they were no use to me. I was interested somewhat in Joham's potential experiments to see if the hybrids where able to mate and sire a child. Maybe I should offer my services to Joham to see if a child could be sired with a talent.

No decision I had made so far would be of any interest to Alice. She wouldn't think twice about them, the Volturi were known for different trails, the immortal children were an example of that. We had them for a while to see if they were of any use. Once they proved their worthlessness, they were destroyed.

The hybrids had some noble qualities like being able to better blend with the humans without detection. They were still inferior to us, but a step better than dribbling humans.

I called Joham to my quarters and let him know that after shaking his hand I'm granted their histories and any information about his girls. The hybrids have qualities from both the humans and the vampires. The hybrids share the circulatory system with humans and are warm-blooded, they sleep, their eyes do not change color in response to what they eat, and they are able to eat both human food and drink blood, but find blood to be more appealing. They are stronger and faster than humans, but not stronger or faster than vampires. They mature after seven years, where their body doesn't change anymore. Joham is interested in a number of experiments with them. He wants to see what would happen to the girls if mated with a vampire; see what breed they bring about if hybrids are mated together, and is interested in the offspring of the hybrids with a human sire. All of these experiments can be done here at Volterra.

"Joham, I would like to thank you for meeting me. I would also like to offer any of the Volturi guard to help him with his experiment, each and every one of them would be honoured to help. I also extend that offer to include myself, as I think it would be interesting to see the results if I were to sire a child." Sulpicia is my wife; we don't have a real bond. Therefore, mating with the hybrids will be for experimental reasons, and she will not have a problem with that.

"I really don't know right now if any of them will be able to conceive and carry a child. I have done everything I know right now, but didn't want to keep using my seed for the experiment." Joham said.

"I will have your girls working on a project that I'm interested in. Jennifer, will be assigned to the new vampire. She will spend every moment with him while he is practicing his talent, and they will need to form a bond. This will also be a good chance to see if she can conceive a child." Just keeping them in Volterra will keep Alice from seeing what is going on. Ashton needs time to practice his talent, without anyone knowing what he can do. "Serena will be going out into the community here and see if she can get a human to mate with her and conceive. Maysun would be chosen to mate with another male hybrid, but the problem with that is we don't have one." I could hunt down Nahuel and force him here, but he has the same genes as Joham. I am also afraid that if he mates with his sister that the offspring would be damaged. I do not want to take that risk. I will order the guards to mate with any human they come across. Keeping tabs on their progress and bring them here if they become pregnant.

"Why do you even care about my studies? Humans are not important to us. The hybrids posse's no special abilities, they can't even fight or run that fast."

"I know this, but there is something they will be able to provide me. Let me worry with what that is. You keep up with watching the girls and testing your experiments."

I send Joham back to his quarters ready to start the experiments. I will sit back and see what becomes of the hybrids and my new talent.

A/N: The Volturi have always taken an interest in the area of science. This was one of the reasons Carlisle was drawn to them. The Volturi don't mind making the humans suffer and this is way he left. The next chapter will catch us up to Bella and the Cullens.