Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer and Summit Entertainment have the rights, I just sold it to them, 'cause I needed twenty bucks at the moment, and they gave me chocolate to seal the deal. I DO own Nix and Alisper, though. No money is being made off of this, and even if, I don't need any money. :3 I just need Eclipse to come out-I can't wait a freaking week!
Third Person - Alice POV.
Alice went to the Porsche in a hurry, frowning as she started the engine. Jasper sat next to her, and Maggie and Carmen sat in the back.
Overall, really, Alice had a feeling it was her fault in the first place. Alec was powerful, yes, possibly one of the most powerful in existence. Really, Alice had a feeling she should not have been keeping the visions to herself. Were they meant to be shown?
"We should hurry, now. It's 11:30." Maggie announced swiftly, scowling as she checked her watch. Carmen nodded in silent agreement. "You said Alec had used his power on Nix at about 11:00 PM, correct, Alice?" Maggie questioned.
"Yes, about 11:00, I'm assuming he still made that decision, because I haven't gotten another vision yet." Alice replied shakily as she drove down the long road. Jasper frowned, obviously worried. "The flight leaves in four hours, thirty minutes, so we might be able to get tickets." Alice added.
"And if we don't get there in time?" Carmen asked worriedly. Alice widened her eyes in surprise.
"Nix… dies, simple as that." Alice paused between words, not wanting to admit what would happen. It was an inevitable outcome, though; everyone should have known that is what would have happened, anyways.
"Ah." Maggie murmured as she closed her eyes.
That was when Alice had another vision. Her eyes glazed over, and she gasped a bit in shock. Jasper quickly took the wheel while Alice had her vision.
"I won't hurt you, young one." He soothed the blond pixie once Alec let go of Nix. She glanced up at him warily, suspicion taking over her senses. Alec edged back away sadly, remorse on his face.
"Who are you?" Nix questioned, and then bit her lip, a little bit afraid of what might come. She had heard stories, not many, but few. She had heard stories of the black-haired man and his gift, and how he was one of the three leaders of the Volturi. How he was half-feared, half-scoffed at in the vampire world. Nix had only heard whispers, whimpers of their powers, and thus, knew little about them.
"I am Aro, little girl. And who are you?" The man questioned an oddly happy tone in his voice. That was when the white-haired man made his way over, a scowl etched upon his face. He grimaced at Nix.
"No use in wasting time, Aro. We should just end it all now for her. It…is a better choice." The light-haired man mused, still frowning.
"Fine, fine. I was just trying to make this easier for her, Caius." Aro sighed, his eyes wandering back down to Nix. She looked back up at him, with a look that demanded to know what was going on. Alec watched on, trying not to protest the immortal child's death.
Instead, he came up with a plan to stall them.
"Wait! Masters, shouldn't we…shouldn't we wait for the child's family to show up? It is most likely they will come, and then we can destroy the family who dared to defy us." Alec suggested quickly, saying this in a swift and hopeful tone. Caius shared a look with Aro, one that was half-questioning Alec's sanity, and was half thinking that this would probably be a good idea.
"Well…I suppose it would be better to do so…" Aro hesitated.
"No! Aro, I will not allow this…child to stay here. We must do it now." Caius growled. Nix stared at the ground, wondering what was even going on. Alec shared a glance with Jane. She seemed to give her a look that also questioned his sanity. Who on Earth would allow an immortal child to live longer than necessary?
"Caius, if we kill the child first, then the coven will have a chance to fight us. I do not want it to come to a fight. Carlisle is a dear friend and I have no intention of fighting his family." Aro breathed. Nix's head snapped up at the mention of her grandfather and a fight.
"Don't hurt Grandpa, please." She pleaded, and then bowed her head again.
"Aro, the question of whether or not this will come to a fight is inevitable. They committed the taboo, the unmentionable, they created an immortal child. Aro, we cannot allow her to live longer than we have to. I vote we kill her now." Caius announced. "Jane, do you agree?" He gave her a sickly sweet smile. Jane repressed a gag.
"I agree with you, Master Caius." Jane replied, eyeing the small nixie that caused this whole mess in the first place. Caius then grabbed Nix's arm sharply.
"It is settled, then. Phoenix Hale shall die." Caius said, glaring at Alec for suggesting that they wait. Alec somehow managed to not gape at Caius in wonder. The guilt Alec felt for not protesting Nix die more opened another wound in his heart. Nix gasped in shock and fear, and looked at Alec with the most helpless face imaginable.
"Start a fire, Marcus." Aro instructed wearily. Another dark-haired man-whom Nix assumed to be Marcus-obliged, and started a quick fire in another room.
Nix closed her eyes, and hoped death would be painless.
Third Person-Alisper POV.
It was a wonder Alec had gotten to the small girl first. Alisper wanted to be the one to kidnap Nix. Alisper wanted to have the praise Alec would get when Master Aro found out he successfully got the young taboo without the family noticing.
It was a wonder the coven had not noticed Nix's disappearance. The dark haired pixie- What was her name? Rosalie? Renesmee, Esme, Bella, Alice? It had to be Alice, Alisper decided.-would have seen the decision long ago. The tall blond-Emmett? Edward? Jacob? Jasper?-would not be able to 'hear' Phoenix's emotions. The bronze haired-Edward? Carlisle?-would not be able to listen to Nix's thoughts. Nix's two friends-Siobhan? Maggie? Carmen? Mckenna?-would notice soon enough.
Alisper decided to head somewhere else before the Cullen's found out about his spying. He needed to hunt, anyways; the thirst for human blood was intensifying more everyday.
Alisper still could not get the little blond immortal taboo out of his mind, no matter what.
The girl was still in Alisper's head, beaming and giggling happily all the while, taunting him somehow. Nix would be with her protective mother, or her understanding friends, or anyone in her family, blissfully unaware of what was to come in the future, unaware that she was a taboo, not knowing she would soon die, just because of what she was. Alisper felt oddly bad for Nix, but he still felt no guilt, unlike Alec, yes, Alec seemed to have developed a sort of a soft spot for her.
Alisper ran at a vampire speed, his eyes opened, hoping that Alec had somehow lost the girl, and he could find her.
Third Person- Alec POV.
He did not want Nix to get hurt.
Overall, she was special, in certain terms. Alec knew what to expect about small children, their need for family and friends, and expected Nix to cope much harder than she actually had. She seemed to be…mature for her age, and Alec suspected that this was because of her growing up with vampires. They were usually mature, and children absorb their environment. Nix absorbed the maturity and the seriousness of her environment.
However, that did not stop Nix from wanting her family and her friends.
She would sometimes whimper about wanting her parents, biting her lip and gripping Alec's hand harder. Nix would close her eyes, burrow her face into Alec's torso, and pretend her family was still there.
Alec did feel some guilt from that, yes, it was hard not to. Nix still had the wants and needs of a four year old, and one of the more wants was to have her family nearby. She would ask where they were, when they would come back, and Alec would force himself to lie to her, tell Nix they would be there with her soon.
Alec really hated it when he had to lie to Nix. But sometimes, you are forced to do something that you never wanted to do in the first place.
Author's Note: Okay, update of the day. I don't really like this chapter, but eh. Maybe I'm just losing interest in this story.