AN: Hello to my few followers! I've been neglecting my duties as an author, and I apologize profusely for my moronic tendancies over the past...6 months...

For the next few weeks, no one was allowed to see Alyx. She only let Damon in twice, and that's because he nearly broke down her door. Stefan entered her room once, because he felt it was his duty as an older brother to check on his younger sibling, but he was sent out with a broken arm and a bite mark on his shoulder. He vowed to never walk in unannounced again.

What the others didn't know, was that when she wasn't attempting to chew Stefan's arms off, she was trying not to cry. Or, sometimes she would try to cry, but the tears would never come. Alyx slept as much as she could. Damon put a blood bag outside her door, replacing it once the first disappeared.

Caroline stopped by once a day and asked after Alyx. Damon gave her the cold shoulder, and Stefan just shrugged and said she hadn't come out of her room yet.

Alyx kept thinking back to her human life. As bad as it was, she knew that all the abuse she and Damon had suffered made them who they are. That wasn't always a good thing mind you, but they cared for each other in a way no one would ever understand. Guisseppe only ever physically hit her once, and she had unleashed a hellish fury of phsycological torment back at her father in response.

Flashback

"WHY ARE YOU SO PATHETIC? WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE A LADY? LADY KATHERINE IS TO BE RESPECTED! SHE IS A GUEST IN OUR HOUSE YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Guisseppe was furious. Alyx had made a snide comment at dinner. Katherine had been openly flirting with both her brothers, and it made her sick to see them battle with each other over a girl that saw them as playthings. Alyx had tried to pull Damon aside and tell him that the Lady Katherine was dangerous, but the hard-headed, lovesick fool hadn't listened to her.

So, she had made a remark (indirectly pointed at Katherine) about how great it was that Katherine was staying with them. "It gives you almost unrestricted access to both my brothers. Do be gentle with Stefan though, he's not as tough-skinned as one might think."

It was only meant for Katherine to hear, but she had run to Guisseppe after dinner, sobbing, telling him that Alyx had called her a harlot. That led to the predicament she was currently in. Guisseppe grabbed Alyx by the arms and threw her against the opposite wall. He continually slammed her head against the wall, telling her that she was pathetic, and that he would put her in her place. Eventually he stopped and just continued yelling at her.

Alyx was pissed. No, she was beyond pissed, she was livid. She was hurt, and upset, and her head pulsed. She grabbed onto her pain and aguish with her mind. She didn't want it. Why couldn't she make her father feel what she felt in that moment? Why did she have to suffer? In her mind, Alyx imagined she flung all of her pain at her father.

He cried out in pain, and her headache lessened. Alyx opened her eyes to find her Guisseppe on the ground, looking as though he was in so much pain he couldn't function. She closed her eyes and threw all of her sadness at his body. Guisseppe started crying, his body shaking with sobs. His movement made his pain worse and he started screaming.

Alyx's door suddenly burst open, revealing her brothers, Katherine, and a maid. She gasped, and released her father from her hold. Her eyes snapped open.

End Flashback

Once Guisseppe had recovered, he had taken charge and banished Alyxandria from the house. Lucky for her, she was a clever little thing, and took temporary refuge in an abandoned outbuilding on the farthest edge of the grounds, hidden by some trees.

There, she had been attacked and turned. She fled. Once she had gotten word of her brothers' passing, she returned for the funeral, remaining a safe distance away so she would not be recognized.

Eventually, Alyx got cabin fever and decided leaving her room might not be pleasant, but it was necessary if she wanted to continue being her father's greatest disappointment. That thought put a small, sarcastic smile on her lips and navigated her out of the bedroom.

Sorry this is kind of short. I'll try to make the next one longer. Wow, that was a lot of information. Please review! I need feedback from you, the readers, so that I know what I'm doing wrong and if I'm doing anything right. Let me know what you think of this chapter, or the whole story, or both. Don't be shy, I can handle criticism.