Edward and Alec had heard yelling. They had been wandering around for a few minutes. When they came to the corridor that Kali and Tatiana had been in they smelled blood and rushed down the hall."Do you think they are down here?" Alec asked, hoping his fiancée was okay.

Edward shrugged as they continued down the corridor. "I /think/ so but then again..." He trailed off and stopped walking having caught Kali's thoughts. "Something's wrong..." He said suddenly picking up pace."Tatiana! I swear if your faking..." Kali yelled kneeling down next to Tati's unmoving form. She hadn't slapped her /that/ hard...had she? She began to seriously worry when Edward and Alec arrived. "It's not my fault!" She exclaimed leaping to her feet. "I don't know what happened."

Alec's eyes widened. "What happened?" he asked. "What isn't your fault? We heard yelling a few minutes ago, was that you two?" He looked at the unconscious girl on the ground before him. "Is Tatiana okay? Felix has been looking for her," he said kneeling down next to her and checked her pulse, which was fine.

Kali sighed taking a deep breath. "Yes, that was us..." She began to trail off nervous as to what it would for her if the entire truth came out. "We got into an argument, and it got a bit out of hand. I sl-slapped her and she just, collapsed." She didn't look to check Alec's expression, nervous as to what she might find there. "That's the truth, I swear it. I didn't mean to really /hurt/ her...I just, I got so angry! She was insulting us Alec. The Volturi and everything we stand for!"

Alec was surprised and confused. Kali could hit pretty hard, he'd experienced it before, but Tatiana was tough and that wouldn't have knocked her out. "Why would Tatiana insult us? She has nothing against the Volturi. She's technically related to us since Felix is her cousin, right? That just doesn't make sense.."Edward didn't know how to react. He hadn't know Tatiana very well at all, so he didn't know what to expect of her. "Kali, tell us exactly what happened. No details left out."

"No." She automatically replied. She wasn't stupid, she knew she would get it big time if anyone found out about what they and been doing. And even as angry as she was with Tatiana she didn't her to be removed from the castle, or worse. "I can't tell you." She continued rising to her feet and taking a few steps back. She hated having to lie to Alec, she always told him everything, but technically she wasn't /lying/. She only hoped Alec wouldn't press the issue further, he could make her talk if he wanted to, she knew that.

Edward looked a little confused. "Why not? Kali, this is important. What happened? Did Tatiana start doing anything strange? Or unseal? You need to tell us." Felix was still wandering around the castle looking for Tatiana. He hated it when she did this. Wandering off doing lord knows what. I hope she didn't bring that little human back, he thought angrily. He took out his cell phone and called Demetri. He was tired of looking, so he'd get Demetri to do it instead. "Pick up, Demetri...," he muttered as the phone rang.

"/If/ I tell you two, you absolutely /cannot/ tell anybody." She said looking directly at Alec. "I mean it. I...I could get into a lot of trouble. We both could." She said glancing at the unmoving Tati before returning her gaze to Alec. The reason why she was so reluctant to tell was she knew Alec was bound to the protect and uphold the law, and if she told him, he may very well be required to tell Aro."What do you want now?" Demetri growled into his phone knowing who was calling. He wasn't really in the mood to do Felix's bidding. Heidi had just stopped by his room and Felix was interrupting.

Alec wasn't sure what to make of her request. What had Kali and Tatiana done that was so terrible? He was about to answer when he heard Jane calling from down at the other end of the corridor. "I'll be back in a few," he told them and then went off to see what his sister wanted."I promise I won't speak a word," Edward laughed a little to himself. "Someone's a little crabby. Interrupting you and Heidi, am I?" he guessed. "Look, I need you to find Tatiana for me."

Kali trusted Edward with her life but she was still nervous. But If she was going to tell anyone, now was the time to do it. "Tatiana was teaching me how to drink from a human without killing them." She started in the lowest voice she could manage. "Fine." Demetri hissed into the phone. "But this is the last time I'm hunting down that little brat, got it? Meet me at the front gate." He said hanging up immediately."When Heidi returned with some humans, we stole a few from the group...Long story short we let them go when Heidi showed up almost catching us. After the humans were gone Tatiana decided that then was the time to tell me what we had just done was illegal. It all went downhill from there..." She trailed off when Alec came back over.

Alec saw Edward's beyond shocked expression. "What? What did I miss?" he asked just said, "Alec, go get Carlisle and bring him here. He is speaking with Aro so don't interrupt them.."Alec tried to protest put Edward just told him to go and that Tatiana could be in serious trouble so Alec left. When he was out of clear sight and hearing range Edward said in a low voice, "Why did /she/ know how to do a forbidden law in the first place?"Felix was at the gate about two minutes before Demetri finally showed up. "Took you five minutes to say goodbye? You know how much trouble you would be in if the Leaders found out about you and Heidi?" Felix said laughing. Who wanted Heidi anyways? Lord knows who she messed around with these days. Men certainly were more... Perverted and disgusting than they were a millennia ago, he decided. Oh, who am I kidding?, he thought. Every male guard here wants Heidi.. Screw Demetri for him being her pick..

"Shut /up/." Demetri hissed his hand flying up to wrap around Felix's throat. "I don't have to do this for you, you know. I could leave right now and leave you to wander blindly for hours." He threatened releasing his grip on Felix. "But I won't, because whether I like it or not your my best friend.""She refuses to kill any living creature, whether that be human or animal. So when she feeds on animals she drinks only as much as the animal can afford to miss. She figured the same principle would apply to feeding off of humans... /That's/ how she knew." She explained bitterly glaring at Tati's unconscious form. "Aro's going to /kill/ me Edward." She said suddenly afraid. "And if he doesn't Caius will."

Felix chuckled. "Back atcha, Demetri, old pal. I apologize for calling you all the time to find her. I'll be sure to chip her one of these days. But you have to admit, the Leaders /never/ ask you to hunt someone down. This is the most tracking you've done in years," he pointed was in awe. It's almost impossible to stop drinking blood once you've started!, he thought. "How does she stop herself? Who taught her to do that?" he asked in amazement. Then he realized that Kali was seriously scared of her father and said, "Don't worry, Kali. No one is going to hurt you. Tatiana, Carlisle, Alec, even Felix and Demetri, and I will protect you." - he hugged her - " Don't worry."

"Thanks for reminding me..." Demetri muttered bitterly. "Follow me." He said starting to follow the path he saw in his mind that lead to accepted Edward's hug gratefully, feeling a bit of her fear melt away with it. "Thank you Edward, I appreciate it, I really do, but I have to take responsibility for this..." She was cut off by Felix and Demetri who had come up behind them. "Here she is Felix...my goodness! What the?...What happened here?" Kali shrieked in fear suddenly forgetting her accept the consequences plan.

Edward just looked at her. He noticed how afraid she was. This wasn't going by the plan she was thinking about.. He didn't want to interfere, so he just played along. "I have no idea, but Alec should be returning anytime with Carlisle."Felix's eyes widened at his little cousin lying motionless and unconscious on the ground. He rushed over to her side and made sure she was only unconscious. He sighed with relief that lasted only a moment. "What was she doing over here? Kali, were you with her? What happened?"

''Calm down Felix! She's fine! I hope...I think..." She trailed off knowing Felix wouldn't put up with that crap for long. She also knew she wasn't going to tell the entire story over again so she settled on a much shorter version. "Well, Tatiana and I got into a bit of an argument about...The Volturi, I got mad and slapped her, and then she just collapsed. Please don't kill me!" She exclaimed fleeing from the scene and towards the throne room where Aro, Caius, and Marcus were more likely than not conviened. She knew they had to find out before anyone else, well except Edward. When she reached the throne room it was empty except for the leaders. Well that's not good, she thought as she approached them, they could kill me easily with no witnesses.

Felix wasn't buying it. Something was /seriously/ wrong with Tatiana if only a slap knocked her out. He rolled her over on her back to make sure she was still didn't like what Kali was going to do. He ran after her and pulled her out of the throne room just as quickly as she'd entered. "Are you mad?" he asked her. "Wait for Tatiana to snap out of it. You both need to take the blame together."Tatiana groaned as Felix moved her on her back and heard him sigh in relief again to her sign of her still being alive. She wish she could have stopped Kali. She knew she was going to take full blame for this when Tati needed to either take half or full blame. She couldn't feel anything or think or respond but she could hear. There was something inside of her keeping her at this state. She could still wonder, though she didn't know how if she couldn't think. It was like she had two minds... She remembered the rush of the feeling of power and the need and want to over throw the Volturi. No, why was she thinking like this? They were her family in some sort or another and she wasn't going to hurt any of them. But then there was a feeling in her gut telling her to go rip the Leaders to pieces and take place as ruler of the Vampire World... She wished the feeling would all go away, she didn't like it.

"Edward!" She hissed pulling away from him and taking a few steps back towards the throne room. "Don't ever accuse me of being mad or crazy Edward. Ever." She warned seriously. That had always been a touchy subject for her, for she suspected she was a bit, unstable, and didn't appreciate it when others brought it up. She sighed knowing he had a point. "I would Edward, but the way she's acting I don't know if she'll /ever/ wake up." She said her voice cracking a bit. "Felix what do you think really happened? Kamora is obviously hiding something..." Demetri said worriedly. It was then that Alec returned with Carlisle. "My word, what happened?" Carlisle asked quickly going into doctor mode as he knelt down next to the fallen half breed."There's a much bigger chance that they'll put her out on the street than me. I'm doing this for her Edward, to protect her. It's the least I can do after..." She trailed off not wanting to finish that sentence. "Edward please, let me do this." She begged wondering what Alec was doing at the moment.

Edward wasn't going to let her go in there alone. "Don't speak like that, Kali. Carlisle has probably gotten to her. She will be fine. At least give her a little while," he pleaded. He didn't want Aro -or even worse, Caius- to hurt her or wasn't sure what to make of this. He was worried about Tatiana, mad at Kali and rushing Carlisle to come to a conclusion as to what was wrong with his cousin.

/Side note: Neither Sarah or I own any of the Twilight characters. All Twilight characters mentioned in these stories belong to Stephanie Myer and her alone. The original characters created in theses stories belong to Sarah and I. We made them up, we own them. We also give credit to Britney who came up with her share of characters./