A/N: Due to popular demand (and that fact that I REALLY like this story) I have decided to add another chapter to My Immortal. Be warned these chapters will be VERY short, resulting in fast updates and more chapters. So Riven is back with a heavy heart, having lost her childhood friends to the Volturi , only she is left. Now to avoid any confusion this is set during New Moon meaning Edward and Bella and Alice are in the little lobby with Gianna. Alice dosen't have any visions regarding Riven because of reasons that will be revealed later on in the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight Saga or any of the plot lines for Stephenie Meyer's books. I only own Riven, who has been a character in so many fanfic ideas it makes me dizzy, and the plot for this story (which happens to be tied into the plot for New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn)

A/N: Tell me what you think of Riven so far, honestly I know you don't have much to go by but I want to know your impression of her at the moment, how dose she come across to you. I don't want her to be another 'Bella' in the world of Twilight FanFiction, I want her to be different. I want her to stand out to you. If I have anything to say about it she won't be COMPLETELY infatuated with Alec. I want him to work for her love and her trust. What do you think? Review, I want your honest opinion!

Riven stood frozen beside him, unable to comprehend what had just happened. She looked down at the bodies of her friends scattered across the floor. Hot tears formed in her eyes, blurring her vision. She blinked and they spilled, running down her face.

She walked numbly to the body of a small blond haired girl. Her skin was cold and blue. Riven let out a strangled sob and gathered the slender blond girl in her arms. The boy walked to her side and knelt down beside her, watching her sob the name of the dead girl.

He hesitated, his hand lingering over her back. Should he comfort her? There was no doubt that he wanted to, but what would be her reaction if he did. After all it was his kind that had killed her friend. She let out another strangled sob and rocked the dead girl back and forth burying her face in the girl's hair.

Alec threw caution to the wind as that sob escaped her lips. She looked heartbroken as he rubbed her back, making small circles on her slight shoulders. Then she looked up at him with glassy blue eyes and opened her mouth to speak.

"Why me?"

It was barley a whisper, but Alec heard it. Riven stared at him, searching his face for an answer, when she didn't get one she whispered again.

"Why me?" She sounded desperate, but even Alec didn't know why he had spared her. In truth, there was something about her that radiated mystery. Something that held him captivated, maybe it was her sandy brown curls that he twisted around his finger. Maybe it was her dark blue eyes, that seemed to look into your very soul. But truth be told Alec didn't know the answer to her question.

He slid closer to her, she shivered as his nose trailed across her cheek. He gently moved the curls that hung in his way and whispered his answer in her ear.

"I don't know." It was a simple answer, and he moved down her neck. He inhaled deeply, committing her scent to memory. He thought for a moment, if this was what Edward felt for the human girl in the lobby. Although Riven's scent was strong and beautiful, it was not as potent to as the girl was to Edward.

Alec was sure that he would not have been able to help himself if she was his la tua cantante. He chuckled into her neck and pulled away, toying with a long sandy brown curl. He whispered her name, tasting it on his tongue and she looked at him, her face was stained with tears.

It hurt him to see her like that, her face was to beautiful to be marred by tears. So he wiped them away, but more replaced them. A frown tugged at his lips as he cradled her face softly in his hands, her heart had picked up. She was frightened.

He hugged her to his chest and whispered in her ear, "Don't be afraid."

She sniffed and sobbed once. He ran his fingers through her hair and rubbed small circles on her back repeating his small whisper. It became a mantra, then, a lullaby. It soothed Riven, slowly lulling her to sleep, and she felt her fear slowly ebb away, even though the grief was still fresh in her heart.

He could do nothing for her grief. It stayed in her chest, and in her heart, and in her mind, eating away at her. Somehow she saw that it was her fault that her friends were lying cold and lifeless on the hard, unforgiving, cold, gray floor. She thought that if she had tried a little harder to talk them out of it, maybe they would all be shopping and laughing, wandering with their shopping bags in the noonday sun, through the familiar streets of Volterra.

But deep down she knew that if she had the choice to leave, she wouldn't take it.

She felt herself being lifted and she clung to Alec's shirt weakly, her mind clouded by sleep. Aro was right. She had been through much.

Tomorrow Alec would take her to the Denali Coven to see Eleazer. Hopefully he won't take too badly to their surprise visit, Alec had to know for sure if she was useful or not. Though he was certain that she was special, he couldn't help feeling aware of the chance that she could probably be deemed useless Aro's eyes.

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