When Carlisle and Hanna returned to the Volturi, Aro took both of their hands, to make sure they had stayed within Italy and Carlisle had been with Hanna the entire time. They had been, and Aro was pleased.

"You've passed the test," Aro smiled at Hanna, with that annoying smile. She narrowed her eyes.

"Are you just going to keep testing me, or are you going to start trusting me, since you know, I do have the power to destroy the Volturi and kill each and every one of you," she informed him with a shit-eating smile. Aro's smile disappeared and was replaced with a glare and a scowl.

Carlisle however, was silently laughing to himself. Not because she was joking, or because she was completely serious, but because of Aro's response. Aro usually didn't let things like that get to him, but since Hanna really did have the power to destroy him, he was a little butt-hurt by her threats. Aro he barred his teeth and walked away like a child.

Hanna sat down in his seat and yawned.

"Man, I'm tired from all that relaxing. I think I'm going to take a nap," she said through another yawn. Carlisle scoffed.

"Here? Isn't that uncomfortable?" He asked.

"Oh Carlisle, you've forgotten that when you're tired, it doesn't matter where you lay down to sleep. Though I'm sure I'll wake up with a kink in my neck," she said, and trailed off into a easy slumber. Carlisle sighed and stayed to keep watch. He wasn't really watching out for her precious life, but instead, he was just interested in watching her sleep. He had always loved watching her sleep, she was so peaceful and oblivious when asleep. She looked so harmless.

Carlisle was startled when Caius stomped into the room, and threw himself into the chair next to Hanna. He gave a sniff and glared at the sleeping form next to him.

"Why Aro lets her run around here without a leash is beyond me. She's an abomination," he growled, speaking mostly to himself.

Carlisle gave a growl that rumbled in his chest.

Caius smiled at Carlisle in such a cruel way, that made Carlisle think that he would kill and eat Hanna whole, just to make him feel bad.

"She doesn't need a leash, Caius. She's as free as you are, only you get to leave this place and she doesn't," Carlisle said, feeling a need to defend Hanna, even though he knew she wouldn't take it. She simply would've punched Caius and been done with it.

Caius was in Carlisle's face the next second, less then a second even, his teeth bared, his eyes were teasing though. Those deadly teeth of his were barely concealed with a cruel smile.

"Poor Carlisle, in love with an almost-human," he sneered, then walked away from Carlisle and up to Hanna, stroking her cheek. He laid a hand on her throat and thought about how easy it would be to snap her spine.

Carlisle grabbed Caius from behind and pulled him away from Hanna, throwing him across the room with a crash. Hanna jumped awake and fell to the ground with her own, quieter crash.

She gave a groan then watched, transfixed, as the vampires danced around her. Well, not literally, they weren't dancing, but instead fighting. Caius was trying to get to her and Carlisle was blocking him from getting even two yards close to her. She hugged her sides as she watched. They would pause every few seconds to struggle, then they're pick up their flashing.

She got up and wasn't thinking at all as she began to walk forward. Her walk turned into a sprint as she ran into the fight between the vampires. She tackled Caius to the ground and held him down, using all the strength she could muster. Carlisle was to her side, there was a slash on his face that was healing quickly.

"Caius, stop all this fighting," she growled and flattened him to the floor using her invisible forces, cracking ribs and facial bones in the process. All he could do was glare.

When she released him, he shot up and wound a hand around her throat and slammed her against the wall, a good foot above the floor. She kicked her feet fruitlessly and clawed at his hand and forearm, all of which did no damage. Carlisle didn't jump in to help her because Caius would hear him coming and snap her neck without a second thought. This was simply showing her that he had more power then her.

He got really close to her, until he could whisper in her ear.

"I warn you now Hatheren, attack me again and I will rip you limb from limb," he hissed and she said something back, but he couldn't make it out. He loosened his grip on her windpipe so she could get it out. It took her a few moments, but through the wheezing, she was able to say what she had to say.

"Threaten me again and I'll not only rip your tongue out, but I'll set both you and it on fire and watch you die," she growled and he tightened his grip again. He gave a delighted giggle as her eyes began to dim. He released her and watched her crumble to the floor and struggle to get her breath back.

"Even close to death, you still have a sharp tongue. Heed my warning," he growled and gave her a swift kick in the ribs, breaking several. She gave an agonized scream that echoed through the marble halls. She fisted her hands and forced herself to stand, Carlisle stood, rooted to spot as he watched her pain.

"Caius!" She gasped and he sighed and turned to look at her, as if it was a troublesome chore.

"I'm not done with you," she growled, and hissed in pain as she tried to breathe. She probably had internal bleeding, she guessed three ribs were broken and her neck had been badly bruised, but she would not be defeated so easily, not by someone like Caius, not by something like a vampire.

He heaved another sigh and started to walk back towards her. When he stood in front of her, she stared up at him with a glare, but neither moved. If Hanna moved to attack, Caius could deflect the blow and break more bones.

"Come on then, Hanna, and show me what you've got. If you're not done with me, show me what I've been missing out on," he teased and leaned down to her level. He ran a hand over her bruised neck and she flinched and lashed out, sending a spear of force through Caius. It was as if it had been a physical spear, it punctured his chest, speared his heart and lungs and then left his back, it had to of been 4 inches in diameter. He staggered back and by that time, the room with filled with bystanders. He regained his balance and struck Hanna across the face, sending her crashing to floor. He felt several bones snap the moment his hand hit her. He walked to her struggling body, she was still trying to get up. He stomped on her left leg, it gave a satisfying snap and she gave a satisfying scream that made Carlisle lurch forward. Aro stopped him however.

"She has to learn a lesson," Aro said to Carlisle, watching Hanna struggle.

Hanna felt her body go numb and looked up, to find Alec in the crowd. His twin, Jane was standing next to him: they looked almost amused by this. They probably were, seeing Hanna being broken. Caius kneeled and wound his hands through the collar of her shirt and lifted her off the ground. She gave a kick with her good leg and he dropped her as he was thrown back, overtaken by her abnormal strength.

She couldn't get up anymore, because of her broken leg, but she attempted it, she got up onto one leg, and kept the other limp. Caius walked over, brushing himself off, as if she had no effect on him, even though there was a 4-inch hole in his chest. But she wouldn't set him on fire, Aro would be disappointed and the rest of the Volturi would be angry, Caius was one of their leaders.

And he was getting tired of Hanna. He grabbed her neck again, and instead of throttling her like he wanted to, or break her neck like she expected, he brought her forward and sank his teeth into her neck, the main artery and began to take her blood in gulps.

Instantly, he had the effect he wanted, she went limp in his arms and stopped struggling against him, she gave in and surrendered. He pulled away from the blood and whispered in Hanna's ear before she went unconscious.

"I am more powerful than you Hanna, I always will be, simply because I am not afraid to kill my opponents as you are," he hissed then licked away blood that had been transferred from his mouth to her jaw, causing a shiver from the almost dead Hatheren. Aro stepped in and took Hanna from Caius.

"You are done here, Caius. Go back to your quarters," Aro said, addressing everyone with the last part. He handed Hanna over to Carlisle, who nearly started to weep at her bloodied and broken body, but he was a vampire and vampires couldn't cry.

"Too bad there isn't a way to change her, or else I would," Aro said with a sigh, then walked from the room. A few people scurried into the room to clean up the mess, so the throne room would look the same as it always did.

Carlisle brought Hanna back to the same room as before without a word and began to set her bones and heal her up as much as he could. He ripped open a main artery on himself, where his venom could leak through and put it to Hanna's lips, the usually deadly fluid flowed into her mouth, down her throat and to the places on her body where the damage was most pronounced, she would be good as new in a few days, if he regularly gave her venom.

He sat down in his chair when his work was done and placed his head in his hands. It was then that he was overcome with such anger, he hadn't helped her at all! He stood and whipped his chair at the wall, then the desk followed and everything else that was able to be thrown and make a nice crash. None of this woke Hanna however, she was alone in her mind, and oblivious to the world.

She walked through the woods, she was bleeding and they were following her like blood hounds. They wanted her, needed her, she here she was running away.

Don't stop Hanna, a voice kept chanting. So she didn't, she kept running, but she was losing blood, she was losing everything that made her powerful.

She fell to the ground and sank right through it, into a world that was upside-down, that made no sense. The trees were a dark purple, the sky was off to her side and the ground took up most of her vision, it was a dark purple to match the trees, but a few shades darker, looking black.

Alec was smirking at her from the trees, Jane was beside him, their hands were clasped, and the Cullens all barred their teeth with rubies for eyes. Then Aro was there, and Caius, Marcus walked into the parting in the woods, dragging Theo behind him. Theo's eyes were open in a silent scream, his chest ripped open to show a still-beating heart.

Then it wasn't Theo, it was Edward, and he was dead, but his heart wasn't still beating inside his chest.

They all started to scream and laugh like hyenas, the dead wood in the forest caught on fire, setting all the occupants on fire, and Hanna was spinning amongst it all, laughing and giggling, blood smeared on her skin and clothing.