Alice and Jasper had left and no one else knew why. Auryon knew but that's because she had seen exactly the same visions as Alice. The others had left to go search for witnesses and Auryon volunteered to stay at the house. When Edward, Bella, and Jacob returned with Renesmee from Denali, they had brought their cousins with them. They all seemed very nice but Eleazar was constantly staring at Auryon. It was beginning to bother her and as more and more vampires showed up, Auryon became more and more uncomfortable. Eventually she began staying up in the attic where nobody would bother her. She would come down occasionally to let everyone know she actually existed and surreptitiously found a way to come into physical contact with every vampire she met. Auryon didn't know if there was a limit to how many powers she could copy but, until she found that limit, she planned on collecting as many as she could.

Any good assassin knew that having as many advantages as you could was always the best course. If she was going to give herself to the Volturi to save this family, she was going to be as well prepared as possible. One day after meeting Benjamin and finding herself becoming delighted with his powers, Auryon gave him a quick hug before fleeing back to the attic.

That's where she was when he arrived. Splayed out on the floor with the window open, Auryon had no reason to suspect someone would bother her. Suddenly, she heard a car door close, a short conversation then someone jumped onto the roof. Auryon snarled softly and hid herself behind some boxes as she waited for the person to leave. He walked into the attic and looked around before settling against a wall and sliding down to sit on the ground.

"Alistair? Is that really you?" Auryon slowly crept out from her hiding place as she saw the vampire's face. The man looked up suspiciously before his face darkened with horror.

"Auryon! What happened to you?" Rolling her eyes, Auryon hugged Alistair and began explaining how she came to be a vampire. Suddenly, Alistair grabbed her arms and shook her slightly. "Auryon I need to know, do you have any powers? Anything special you can do that others can't?"

She stepped away from him before looking at him suspiciously.

"Why? Who needs to know what I can do?" Alistair smiled at her before shaking his head slowly.

"I see you're still as suspicious about everything as you always were. Good girl. However, if you have a gift that Aro would want, I would suggest you leave now and try to hide yourself as well as possible. Does anyone here know what you can do?" Auryon shook her head and sat down on the floor.

"No, everyone here thinks I'm a shield like Bella. I know that it's just one of the powers I've copied from all the people I've met. That's what I can do Alistair. I copy and keep every power I come in contact with. I can do it mentally but physical contact makes it work fastest."

"How many powers do you have now? Are there any that you haven't collected?" She shook her head and smiled slightly.

"You know me better than that Alistair. I've collected every power that has come into this house. Every advantage I could get, I took as soon as it was available to me." Alistair smiled and hugged the girl before talking to her and catching her up on what had happened in his life. Auryon had missed Alistair; they were great friends even though he never stayed in one place for too long. He liked her attitude and the fact that she had no trouble bringing him humans to drink from. She would receive a target and if he was in the area, instead of killing them herself, she would take them to Alistair and let him do whatever he wanted with them. Auryon didn't know what he did with them at the time but now that she did know, she found that it didn't bother her at all.

They continued catching up during the next few days and Auryon found herself wondering what human blood tasted like. Alistair made it sound so delicious and Auryon knew she would have no problem killing a human as she had done it so many times before. Then one day, Alistair left without saying a word to anyone. Auryon wasn't surprised by this; she was surprised that he had stayed here as long as he had actually. Without her friend to keep her company, the woman began venturing downstairs again and conversing with the other vampires. The vampires from the Amazon were the most interesting though they seemed to scare everyone else. However, she shared everyone's mutual dislike of the Romanian vampires. They were quite rude to Auryon when she first introduced herself.

"We don't need newborns fighting. We need vampires who will be worth something in a battle." That's what they told her when they heard she was still new to this life.

A few days before Christmas, Auryon was standing in the backyard watching Kate attempt to teach Bella how to expand her shield. Auryon chuckled softly before continuing her own practice. Her shield was much better than Bella's and she was itching to test it.

"Kate?" the vampire turned and looked at Auryon curiously. She didn't speak much in front of others so this had to be important. "Do you mind if I give it a shot?"

Kate did her best to keep from laughing but a small chuckle still escaped.

"Didn't you see what happened to Garret?" Kate asked the woman, her eyes flicking over to the nomad. Auryon nodded before hopping out of the tree she was in and walked slowly over to Kate.

"I saw and it was immensely hilarious. However, I still want to try. Don't hold back; give me all you've got."

Kate looked cautious but her curiosity got the best of her. This girl spoke a good game and Kate couldn't help but feel smug knowing that she'd soon put her on her butt. Auryon held her hand out and Kate quickly grabbed it, waiting for the other vampire to start twitching. Nothing. Not even a slight flinching motion. Auryon was standing there looking simply right as rain.

"Are you a shield too?" Kate asked, pulling her hand back to herself. Before Auryon even opened her mouth to answer, Eleazar moved to stand between the two women. His face was openly hostile and he moved to put Kate behind him.

"She is no shield. She's a monster." Carmen moved forward and put a hand on her mates arm, a worried look on her face. Auryon didn't even looked bothered by the accusation. "My dear, what do you mean? She is barely a woman and new to this life."

Eleazar didn't take his eyes off Auryon when he spoke loud enough for everyone to hear.

"She's been lying to everyone. She's what the Volturi call a Collector."