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Chapter Seven – Iris by Goo Goo Dolls

Over the years, the Volturi became even more power hungry and sadistic. Their main goal soon became building a powerful guard; One, which no one could take down and I was at the centre of that guard. They tortured desired vampires, until they joined. Most of the vampires that joined had some form of power. And with my gifts, they would be even more powerful.

Aro trained me to use my gifts as effectively as my body and mind would allow. But I only felt pain when I did. He tried to get me to drink blood for strength and I did once. The effect was the opposite and I had never felt weaker in all of my vampire life. Water was the better option.

Alec and I were still together, but remained so in secret. We knew that if they found out they would kill Alec, but not me. We had to remain a secret. One rule in the guard was no romantic relationships, especially between any other member of the guard. The only exceptions were of course the leaders Aro, Marcus and Caius, who had wives.

Alec and Jane were the vampires who I had to focus on with my gifts, as they were their most offensive weapons. I was already so attuned to Alec, that I could sense him from the city walls.

Jane and I always fought. She hated me and I could not understand why. She always won any fight she started because her gift was very powerful.

I soon began to question the Volturi. They were becoming very dark and sadistic. Over time, they began to bring humans into the castle. Not just for food but also to help on their quest for ultimate power. I could sense the powers a human may possess if they had an extremely, extrodinary power. If I did the Volturi would turn them into a vampire. Unfortunately, I could only sense the power if it had never been used before I could not tell what the power was. If the volturi were unsatisfied with the finished result, they would dispose of them. And over time they began to use them for other things. They made pets, until they got bored.

Eventually they started to do the same with vampires and the world became a very dangerous place for humans and vampires alike. The world as we knew it changed, but humans remained unaware.

I would question this behaviour and I wished I could end it. Put a stop to them once and for all, what they were doing was wrong. Alec felt the same way.

Aro only wanted one thing, power. And he would do anything to get it and stop anyone who got in his way. That was even the case with his own sister Didyme, who he changed after his own change; to see what power she would posses. He was however disappointed when she had the gift of happiness.

But unknown to him, or at least that is how it seemed, she had a much more powerful gift. One that I call a dormant gift. She did not use it and was unaware she even had it. And on September 13, 1987, she retold a prophecy, one that determined my life.

I was in the chamber room with Jane and Didyme when it happened. I was preparing for the return of Aro who had gone with Heidi to collect some humans. Jane was looking at me hatefully as I sat in the centre of the room trying to clear my head.

When I heard Didyme gasp, I looked up to see her staring with her eyes unfocused and blank. Then I felt her gift, one that I had not been able to sense until then.

She started to speak softly and I got to my feet.

'There is one. One that will challenge them. One that will reside in two bodies. Born on January 12th 1843. She will know great pain and power. The Volturi will need to be stopped. For there will be too much power in one place and tragedies will follow. She will be in great danger. She will find out who they are too late. Events will have taken place that will make them weaker and make it harder for her to win. On September 13th 1987 a human will be born. Some one who will be of great help to her. Someone she loves will betray her. The Volturi will have two weapons that she will need to overcome. And in the end, she will need to make a huge choice. What will she decide? And who will win?'

When Didyme had finished she looked towards me and it seemed she knew what she had just said and just pointed towards me. I gasped and with recognition, I was the one. Jane seemed to understand to as she came towards me and I backed away, making a move to leave. When she turned the full power of her gift on me and I screamed in pain.

Now that I knew, I had to got out of here, Aro must know and would never let me leave. If he knew the truth, I knew he would kill me. He must have kept me because he knew I was powerful. Now, the truth was revealed he would have no problem disposing of me. And I was no match for him.

Alec must have heard my screaming as he came to my aid as quickly as he could without causing suspicion. When he saw me on the floor, screaming in pain, he laughed. That hurt, but I understood why he did it. We must keep our secret.

"What has she done to offend you now, sister?" he asked Jane, stepping towards her and in between her and me. She looked up and the pain ceased. My head began to pound and I felt quite dizzy.

"She is an enemy. A threat" Jane spoke and Alec looked very confused.

At that moment, Aro and the others arrived, with a load of unsuspecting humans. I quickly used this distraction and ran. They would be preoccupied with their meal and I might have enough time to get away. Alec followed me very subtly.

"What happened?" he whispered when we were in the safety of my chamber. I began packing a bag.

"A prophecy was revealed and it explains a lot of things. Jane rightly thinks that I am a threat." I spoke.

But we were running out of time so I did the only thing I could think of. I took Aro's gift and manipulated it. I touched Alec's hand and reversed the gift; he instantly saw everything that had occurred in a spilt second.

Unfortunately, I did not think about the side effects, until I had to deal with them. Because of Jane's torture, my strength had weaned. Alec sensed what was about to happen and before it could he grabbed a water bottle from my fridge and handed it too me. I gulped it down while trying to shake away the dizziness.

"Better?" he asked when I finished drinking. I nodded.

He could see that I was beginning to crack at the seams and he knew that we had very little time. He took a hold of me and I began to sob. I was terrified. We stayed like that for a second and then he pulled away.

"They are coming Lucy, we need to get you out of the city now" he whispered. I shook my head. I did not want to run.

He sighed.

"Listen, Lucy, if you stay here I will lose you forever. I cannot let that happen. You need to move now," he whispered and then he took my hand and we ran.

As soon as we were on the streets we had no choice but to slow to a human pace. Humans must not know. It was twilight.

"Here" he spoke while handing me a credit card and a passport. "I had it set up years ago, just in case something happened."

I suddenly realised what he had said before.

"You're not coming with me", it was a statement not a question. He answered it anyway.

"I can't Lucy. Jane will need me and I cannot abandon her. And you should not ask me to. Besides I would put you in more danger." I started to protest but he cut me off. "You know I will. My gift hurts you more because you are so attuned to me."

I looked at him and I had never felt so scared in all my life. How could he expect me to just up and leave without ever knowing if I would see him again.

"What should I do? How can I leave you? Maybe we could explain to Aro, make him see that I am on his side." I spoke desperately. We stopped by a car and he pulled my hands into his and stared into my eyes. I stared back.

"No Lucy, we cannot take that chance. And Aro would never take that chance. You need to get in this car now and go. Do not look back." He said firmly, although I could tell it was breaking his heart.

"But how can I leave you? What if I never see you again?" I whispered voicing some of my fears.

"You think about how it could be. I love you Lucy, remember that. You think of what I would mean to be free from the Volturi. To have choices and freedom. To be able to be together without it being a secret. To be able to walk down the street hand in hand and to be able to wear our wedding rings. You hold onto that fthought and then you fight and fulfill the prophecy. You get into that car and do not for a second look back. We will be together again."

Then he kissed me and in that very short kiss, all of our passion and love flowed through us. Then I got in the car.

As I was about to pull away I sensed vampires and was about to get out of the car.

Alec could tell and came to the window.

"Go Lucy, I love you remember that and never" he was cut off by Jane who looked at him with a sad smile on her face. She was using her gift on her own brother. And we had been caught.

"I am disappointed, my brother. Breaking all the rules. Tut, tut, tut." She spoke innocently.

Felix came towards me.

Alec tapped my window.

"Go!" he yelled before he fell to the floor from the pain Jane was causing.

"I will always love you and we will see each other again". I spoke firmly.

And with that one word hanging in the air I hit the gas peddle and I left the love of my life behind.

And I did what he asked of me.

I did not look back.

I have not had much response to this story. But I feel it needs to be told. If you stick with it will be worth it. Please review. Thanks to my beta Annika Malfoy.