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When I had finally come to I was very confused. Too many borderline familiar scents and reverberations bombarded my senses at once. I had no idea where I was or who had taken me here and why. In the back of my head something told me I was going to die here. It whispered ever so gently and so compelling I almost missed it.

"Who are you?!" I snarled as I lashed out blindly, searching for my kidnapper.

No answer or sound greeted my ears.

"Hello?" I cried out again. "Is anyone there?" I tried.

I don't know how long I staid like this, just laying here, unable to see or hear. I realized a while ago that I couldn't move. As far as I knew I wasn't bound by anything but all the same my body refused to respond to me.

I knew very little of my surroundings, only that we were very far from the Cullens' and Jasper.

A wave of grief drowned me at the thought of Jasper. I have no idea what's happen to him or if he'd even found himself after I was ripped away. He could be running around completely savage; wreaking havoc in town. And what if the Cullens' found him or, even worse, the volturi? What would they do to him? If anything were to happen to Jasper, it would be my fault.

"I'm not impressed." A strange female voice suddenly drawled. "This is the child that's created such a fuss?" She chuckled. "This is a joke right?"

Something kicked me sharply in the side and I yelped. I could hear people laugh around me. I suddenly felt extremely exposed and claustrophobic as the crowd slowly materialized into my range.

"Who are you?" I growled.

"She's not very smart is she?" The woman asked and more people laughed. "Who do you think I am, little brat?"

"I think you're a fucking bitch." I said without thinking or hesitation in the direction I heard her voice.

The crowd around me made their noises disbelief and instigation with a few comments thrown in. I received another kick to the side but made no sound pain. The woman snarled and yet another blow landed on my side.

"Stop." The voice rang in my ear so familiar I couldn't help but wince. "Don't touch her." Riley snarled.

"Excuse me." The women's voice was low and warning.

"I said." Riley was above me now. "Do not touch her."

There was a long moment of silence. Even the crowd had frozen in anticipation.

"Riley." The woman's voice turned soft and loving. "I wa-"

"Enough." Riley said. "You," He called. "Give her back for sight. And you," He sneered. "Let her move."

"Riley!" The woman snapped.

"I said enough, Victoria!" He pleaded this time.

The room grew painfully silent. No one moved. No one even breathed. They were clearly all too shocked by my brother's new attitude.

"They are on their way and if they show up with her like this we're over." Riley explained. "Do not ruin your revenge because you can't control your anger."

After a moment there was an feminine sigh of disappointment. "You heard him boys."

A moment later I could see again and feeling rushed painfully back into my limbs.

I was on my feet in a flash and I twirled around to take in my surroundings. Riley, Victoria, the whole new born army filled with familiar faces and just as many new. They all surrounded me, there was no escape, and I had the sinking feeling that things were about to turn very wrong.

"What's going on?" I demand.

There was no answer.

"Riley, please." I begged. "What's happening?"

"We made a deal." Victoria answered when Riley hesitated just a tad to long.

"With who?"

"The Volturi." A sick smile spread across her face as she took in my look of horror.

"What was the deal." My voice was a shaking now an I tried very hard to control it.

"You were." Riley stepped forward now. "You were the deal."

There was stone cold silence and I was afraid I might break into pieces at any moment.

"They want you, Gwen." Riley continued. "Why do they want you so bad?"

"What's the rest of the deal Riley!" I shrieked.

This time Victoria spoke.

"It's you." She said. "For the Cullens'"

She took my silence for confusion.

"We retrieve and give them you," She paused. "Alive." A sort of grimace crossed her face. "And we get permission and aid,"

She gestured to the white haired boy who had kidnapped me. He winked and bared his teeth, in what some might say, a seductive manner.

"For destroying the Cullen family. A win-win for both sides."

I looked at Riley in disbelief. Twice now. He is my brother and all I have left and he's betraying me for a second time.

"How could you?" I mutter.

Riley sighed and ran his hand from this brow through his hair a, very human, gesture he used to make.

"Can you give us a moment?" He asked.

An awkward pause.

"Oh course darling, take all the time you need to say good-bye." Victoria said.

She gave Riley a kiss before motioning the army outside. Leaving Riley and I alone in the empty warehouse. I turned to make sure we were alone. The silver haired boy stood only feet away, arms crossed... There was something familiar about him.

"I stay." He answered my glare.

Something loomed over him. It was tugging in the back of my head screaming at me to see it. Something about this boy was a lie. A very obvious lie that covered everything about him. His face, his voice, his hair; all a lie.

I turned to face him.

"Who are you?" I asked.

He seemed a bit shocked by this.

"Gwen, what dose it matter. We don't have that much time left." Riley reminded.

I stared at the boy a moment longer before turning back to Riley.

"That's right." I agreed. "So no more lies Riley. They're pointless." I said.

He glanced at my eyes and nodded with a chuckle.

"Yeah, you're right."

"Now tell me what's going to happen to me."

Riley looked at me for a long minute.

"The Volturi are going to come in a few hours." He said. "And they are going to take you back with them. They said you'd be safe there. That they would condition and train you and teach you how to control your gift before it become too much. They said you'd be happy. That it's for the best."

"They lied to you Riley." I said. "I will not be happy with those monsters!"

The boy behind me shifted and suddenly I knew his truth.

"I'm happy with the Cullens'!" I told him. "They've been my family this whole time, when I had no one!" Riley winced. "That's right Riley, it's been hard and they're the ones that saved me. Now tell me. Will they be safe? Will they be happy? How can you tell me it's for the best when you're about to go kill my family? My family that must think I abandoned them like you abandoned me."

"There isn't anything I can do Gwen!" Riley snarled. "What's done is done and I can't fix it!"

"Yes you can." I walked up to him and took his hands. "You can let me go." I pleaded. "You can let me go help them, find Jasper, something! I can't leave them like this."

There was a beat of silence.

"You won't be safe out there." He muttered, not seeing me. "You could get hurt, what would I do if you got hurt?"

"Riley, I won't be safe anywhere." I told him.

He laughed then.

"I really fucked up haven't I?" He laughed, shaking his blond hair in disbelief. "Everything I've done. Everything. Turning you, bringing you with me, leaving you with the Cullens', making this stupid deal. All to keep you safe. And all I've succeeded in doing is putting you in even more danger." He ran his hand through his hair again. "I'm so sorry Gwen."

It was the truth.

Overwhelmed I embraced him. He was tense at first be he quickly molding himself into the hug and gave me a squeeze. For a moment I had my brother back. We staid like this till the boy with white hair cleared his throat. I glanced back at him then to Riley and smiled.

"You can make it up to me."

"Anything." He promised.

I turned to the boy then. He still stood there, his expression hard and unreadable. I walked up to him and looked up to hold his gaze. His eyes so familiar it felt like they came from a past life. I didn't bother using my gift because I already knew.

"If you are, who I think you are... and I know you are. Then you'll help us."

"Carlisle?" I asked.

"Yes Edward?"

"Have Jasper and Gwen gotten back yet?"

The house grew silent as everyone looked at each other and then around the room as if they'd magically appear, hiding under a table or behind a door.

The moment carried out for only a second longer before Alice screamed.

Jasper, cover in blood, so much blood. Everywhere. The body count neared 15 from what he could see. He wasn't himself. His walk was broken and crouched like an animals. His eyes nearly glowed red as he picked back over the bodies. Looking for more blood. Craving it. Needing it. Much more then he did in those first few years as a newborn. The sound of a near by car alarm tore his attention from the girl in his hands. He dropped her and snarled in the direction the alarm was coming from. Jasper launched himself down the mountain and quickly hunted down the stranded driver. The man clearly didn't notice the crooked vampire, smeared from head to toe in blood, stalk up the road toward him. He was too busy trying to find a signal on his phone. When Jasper reached him, he took no time in being gentle. With a sickening crack he sank his teeth into the man's neck. The phone clattered to the ground with it's empty dialing tone. The too close city full of innocent people in the background.

Gwen was no where to be seen.

I snarled. I should've know better then to even think we could trust that girl. Now the Volturi and an army of newborns were going to tear Jasper apart.

Alice let out a sob and Esme quickly moved to comfort her.

Carlisle looked at me, a face of pure fear.

"It's Gwen." I said, ice in my voice. "She's done something to Jasper."

Alice let out another sob. "We have to help him!" She cried and tried to push pass Esme, only to be restrained by Emmett. "He needs me!" She continued to struggle.

"He's not himself right now." I continued to explain. "He's somehow reverted back to..." I didn't know how to say it. "A newborn." it seemed right. "And he's bingeing his way into town."

Carlisle expression hardened. "Are you positive this was Gwen's doing?"

"Carlisle, who else could do this to him?!" I growled in frustration, everyone is so ready to give that monster the benefit of the doubt. "She was uncontrollable from the start and we've all been fooling ourselves in thinking otherwise."

I stood and walked to the door now.

"Edward, where are you doing?" Rosalie asked.

"I'm going to find Gwen and bring her back. Then I 'm going to make her fix Jasper." I paused, thinking for a moment. "And then I'm going to kill her."

I vanished into the forest before anyone could stop me.

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