The years dragged by, one after another. Hanna was part of the Volturi. She went with them to exterminate vampires that endangered their existence and she helped capture humans for their need of blood. Not once had they even tried to bite her. She was thankful for that. They could surely kill her. She kept to herself, barely talking, and when she did talk, it was to put in a snide remark or to snap at a member of the Volturi.

She hadn't once tried to contact the Cullens. There was that fear that if she did contact them, that they would be hurt. And even if it was a theory, she never wanted to find out if it would actually happen.

On a cloudy, moody day, when the entire Volturi clan was in the throne room, Hanna sat in the rafters, watching the vampires below her in disgust. She flinched when she felt someone sit next to her: it was Alec. He looked to be the youngest, along with Jane, of the Volturi. He looked like a boy, but his abilities were remarkable. Able to steal your senses, rid you of your sight, touch, feeling, hearing, smell. He could make you completely vulnerable. What he was doing up there with her, was a mystery to Hanna. She looked at him and he sat silently, swinging his feet back and forth, his face a void of emotion.

"Hello Hanna," he said and a smile spread across his lips as he looked over at her. Hanna couldn't help but smile back. It was a small one, that took quite a bit of effort and it almost hurt to do since she hadn't smiled in so long.

"Hello Alec. What's brought you up here?" She asked, and returned her eyes to the figures below her. There were a few eyes on them, but most of the clan didn't pay them much attention.

"I just wanted to chat with a family member," he said and put a hand over hers. She flinched again and pulled her hand out from under his.

"Really Alec, what do you want?" She asked, her eyes narrowing.

"It seems as though Renata, Aro's bodyguard is growing weak, and I thought you would like the chance to kill her," he said simply and Hanna's eyes widened.

"Are you suggesting that I kill Renata, and risk being killed myself?" She hissed. He smiled at her in the cruelest way possible.

"Of course. If you want to move up in the ranks of the Volturi, then you have to risk your life." He told her, then his voice lowered to a whisper, "I will numb your pain, so any damage she does to you can go unnoticed by you."

She couldn't believe her ears, Alec was suggesting that she kill Aro's bodyguard, and that he would help her. She narrowed her eyes at him, trying to figure out what he was getting at.

"What's in it for you Alec?" She asked and his smile widened, it seemed to eat up his face.

"Nothing at all, just the satisfaction of seeing that eyesore gone from this place," he said, then he jumped from the rafters to land gracefully next to Jane, and off they went.

Hanna's eyes found Renata in the crowd. She was beside Aro, talking to him about something. Hanna smirked down at her as Renata looked up at her. Renata returned the smirk with a glare. Hanna blew her a kiss then went back to studying the crowd. She would wait until there was space for the fight. When no one would interfere with the battle. Most of these vampires would want to see who would win. Not even Aro would interfere.

And she did wait, she waited for a good few hours until the room below her had a large gap in the vampires, then she continued to wait until Aro moved from his throne, to the other side of the room. Renata followed him, of course. Hanna watched her move, waiting for the right moment. She looked up to find Alec and Jane both watching her. She felt her body go numb, she could no longer feel the wood of the rafters biting into her palms or the air as she jumped from the rafters, to land behind Renata. She didn't feel the impact either, but knew it would hurt later on, when Alec took his ability back. Renata whipped around and at that moment, Hanna punched her in the face, using all her supernatural strength to do so. Renata flew backwards, not expecting it.

As expected, the vampires in the room gave them more room, and Aro simply stood and watched the fight as it blossomed into something ugly and gruesome. Renata came back and tried to kick Hanna in the side, but Hanna's hands gripped Renata's ankle and threw her down, then snapped the bone in three places. Renata screamed in pain, then tried to get back at Hanna. Before Renata could touch the Hatheran however, she froze and started to choke and claw at her chest. Aro sighed and looked away, knowing that his bodyguard was about to go up in flames, literally.

And she did. Her eyes and tongue went up first, then the fire covered her entire body, burning away the flesh and then working on everything else. She lived for a lot of it, her screams filling up the room. The crowd watched, dazed.

Hanna returned to her place in the rafters, hissing in pain as Alec withdrew his gift, her feet, and side hurt, but Renata was in a worse position then her. Aro sighed at the pile of ash and dust.

"Now Hanna, why did you go and do something like that?" He asked, kneeling beside the pile and he plucked a ring from the mess, it was the Volturi mark. Hanna looked over at Alec, then away, she forced a smile.

"I just wanted to see if I still had it in me, to kill one of you, Aro. It has been so long since I did, and I thought I had grown weak," she called down to him. Aro nodded.

"Are you satisfied Hanna?" He asked and she waited a moment to answer, she had to make sure her answer was truthful.

"No, not really. But since I killed your eyesore of a bodyguard, does that mean that I am your bodyguard now?" She asked Aro. Aro looked to Marcus and Caius, both shook their heads no. Of course they didn't want her to be his bodyguard, she was dangerous and had it not of put the Cullens in danger, Aro would be long dead by now.

"Yes, it does Hanna. Come, take the ring," Aro called up to her, holding out the ring.

Hanna appeared in front of Aro, and without touching him at all, took the ring and slid it onto her own finger. From the corner of her eye, Hanna saw Alec smile at Jane.