Downfall

The peacefulness of the night was not disturbed, not even by the flash of darkness away from the window. Low growls emitted from the dark shadow until finally it tore off quickly into the forest. Emmett had heard it and he slid out of the bed easily and made his way over to the window. His naked form filling the huge glass window and he stared out over the forest, watching in the darkness and he could see the slight movement and shudder from the trees as something disturbed them.

"Emmett? Where are you?" Alexa mumbled as she awoke after noticing the coldness of Emmett's body had disappeared from her side. She opened her eyes and looked up to see his figure at the window, his head turned to look at her.

"Someone was watching us." Emmett answered her unspoken question and the tone of his voice made her rise and walk to his side. His eyes stayed glued to her body, taking in every curve and how the moonlight hit and accentuated each scar as she walked to stand by him.

"Vincent." Alexa spoke the name barely above a whisper and Emmett looked back out to see the trees shake and sway far out. He could hear the roar from the forest.

"Who is he?" Emmett asked and she turned to look at him with a pained look on her face. She reached for him and he moved away from her by a half inch and it was too quick for her to see. She dropped her hand feeling she had been too far away.

"He is one of the vampires who held me hostage, but he made me fall in love with him. I trusted him and he promised he'd never let them kill me. He got me away from them. It was because of him I am alive now. But he stayed behind and now he hunts me because after he continued to try to turn me and change me. It didn't take long for me to figure out that he didn't love me." Alexa rubbed the scar below her belly button and cringed at the painful memories.

"He's jealous of me and my happiness now. I didn't love him that much…to be turned into what he was. He was too dark and too possessive. That's why I hide." Alexa said as she felt the pain ripping through her whole body and Emmett watched her, unsure of what to do.

He was angry with what she was saying but he couldn't help the fact that he felt bad for her. She moved away from the window and lay down on the bed, facing away from him. She curled into a ball, hoping to feel the cold beside her but it didn't seem to come. She stared at the wall and wanted desperately to feel Emmett beside her but she wasn't sure of what he was thinking.

"I'm sorry." Emmett's voice reached her after a few moments of silence and she heard him slowly walking to the bed. She turned over and looked into his eyes. Alexa tried to smile but it seemed so hard, even with his beautiful body glistening in the moonlight.

"We've both got to quit saying that." Alexa replied to his apology and he quirked an eyebrow at her. "Because I'm not sorry about anything, everything that has happened has led me to you."

"I guess that makes sense." Emmett responded and she sat up and crawled over to the edge of the bed. She was on her knees in front of him and he leaned down to touch his lips to hers for one moment before she wrapped her arms around his neck and he lifted her up. Her legs automatically wrapped around his waist and as he carried her to the window and pressed her back up against the window, she felt electricity pulse down through her whole body.

"I want you, Emmett. I need you, Emmett." Alexa gasped out and her breathing quickened its pace as he managed to position her above his suddenly hardened member and she gasped as he slammed her down onto him again. The love-making session was just as explosive as the other one had been but it was shorter this time as day would be breaking through the night.

"Alexa, will you do something for me?" Emmett asked after he had carried her to the bed and lay down with her curled up against his chest.

"Anything." Alexa answered simply as she traced the defined abs and he smiled as he stroked her hair.

"No more hiding from me." Emmett said and she nodded against his chest and stared up at him, noticing that the sky was becoming brighter, making his skin seem like very tiny diamonds.

"I can do that." Alexa said smiling and he grinned at her. They both seemed to be at peace and happy, but it hurt Alexa to know that Vincent had found her. That meant the Volturi were watching her and waiting for her to change. But she just wasn't quite as ready as she thought she would be. She enjoyed this time more than she had since she was born.

"Go to sleep for now. You need to seriously get some rest." Emmett said as she continued to watch him and she nodded after a few seconds and laid her head back onto his chest, shutting her eyes and falling to sleep quickly.

A few hours later, Alexa rolled around in the sheets and rolled out, walking instinctively to grab a new pair of underwear, bra, pants and a brown shirt. She opened her eyes as soon as she walked into the bathroom and stared at her face. Her body had some small scratches and a few bruises but nothing that was visible as she pulled on her clothes and brushed her hair out.

"Babe, Carlisle wants to talk to you when you are done getting ready, okay?" Emmett called out to her and she nodded as he peeked around the corner. He muttered one word before he disappeared. "Beautiful."

Alexa then proceeded to walk out of the bathroom, grab a pair of socks and shoes. She walked to the hallway, her bare feet making a sound as she walked down the stairs. Soon she was walking to the kitchen and smiled as she saw Esme cleaning with Alice flitting nervously around her. Jasper was sitting with Edward and Emmett watching TV. Bella was sitting on the ground at Edward's feet. It made Alexa slightly sick watching the immense love that the two had. No one could be that perfect.

"Alexa, there you are. Come with me. I need to talk to you." Carlisle's smooth voice made Alexa turn to face him. She looked back once to Emmett who smiled over at her and she smiled back before she disappeared following after Carlisle.

"So, Carlisle, is everything okay?" Alexa asked as he led her to his office and shut the door behind him, turning to look at her. He smiled a diamond smile and she grinned back at him.

"Yes, but see I heard about the incident this morning. I was wondering if you would tell me more about these men who hurt you." Carlisle answered as he walked over to her side. She turned her head to look over at him. She smiled a weak smile and moved her hair out of her face.

"Vincent, Cameron, and…Bask." Alexa gave the names of the three vampires who had tortured her for almost 10 years. Carlisle put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her and she smiled sadly.

"If you don't want to tell me anything more than their names I understand." Carlisle said returning her sad smile. She shook her head and he nodded waiting for her to continue.

"Vincent and Cameron were Bask's underlings really. Vincent drew me to him with his charisma but it was all a false trick to bring me in and make me feel safe. You know how I felt about Vincent." Carlisle nodded and she continued.

"Without Cameron though, Vincent would have never been able to catch me. Cameron was the muscle and Vincent was the calm center with a brilliant mind. Without Vincent, Bask would never have been able to catch his dear Volturi's eyes. They were quite the trio. Amazingly handsome and charming, but they were so cruel to me when they had me in their hands." Alexa shuddered and looked to Carlisle as he waited for her to continue.

"Bask…was so amazingly evil that it was scary." Alexa stopped to look away seeing the dark crimson eyes in her mind staring at her. She could see him as clearly as if he was standing in front of her. "He dressed in the finest of clothes and had long dark black hair. Vincent had short spiky black hair and wore more modern clothes. He had a scar that, regardless of his vampire self, always showed because it ran over his left eyebrow and his eyelid. Cameron had shoulder length brown hair and wore clothes similar to Vincent. Sometimes I wondered if Cameron and Vincent were Bask's children or brothers maybe, but I never really knew." Alexa stopped and wrung her hands before she turned to look back at him.

"Why did they keep biting you?" Carlisle asked her as she leaned against the bookshelf nearby and sighed rubbing at the scar on her neck.

"Some were from…making love to…Vincent." Alexa wrapped her arms around her body as she saw the images flash in her head. "But the majority of them came from Bask and Cameron just basically making me weak so I couldn't run from them. They wanted to test my blood somehow and figure out what exactly I could do if I were turned into a vampire."

"Did they themselves have superpowers?" Carlisle asked her as she stared at him in embarrassment from admitting to where some of the scars had come from.

"No not that I knew of. Neither Vincent nor Cameron showed any signs of anything different but sometimes I wondered. Bask may have had some kind of seeing power or something of that nature but I'm not quite sure." Alexa finally stopped feeling angry at not having been stronger to fight off Vincent and the others.

"Well, Alexa, thank you for opening up and telling me these things. Now I believe that you have a surprise waiting for you in there." Carlisle smiled and Alexa's eyes lit up at his words. She would be turning 21 today. She had nearly forgotten.

"Thank you, Carlisle." Alexa smiled at him and he nodded as she walked out quickly and found that everyone had disappeared. She turned back to question Carlisle as to where he meant but saw he had already vanished. She smirked and turned back looking around the room for a sign of something and spotted a rose lying on the table with a note next to it. She walked over and picked it up, reading it out loud.

"Alexa, go to each of our rooms and find the presents that are from each of us. Love, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Edward, Bella, Esme, and Carlisle." Alexa smiled widely and walked back up the stairs, starting in Alice and Jasper's room. As she walked in she was careful and looked around until she spotted a large silver wrapped box and opened it carefully, pulling out a touch screen Blackberry Storm with a note.

"For you, with all our numbers programmed into the speed dial section so you can reach us at anytime or text us or email. Regardless, in each present there will be a note that will have our decisions as to whether we want you in the family or not. We vote yes. Jasper and I can't wait to have you as a sister." Alexa smiled as she realized the brevity of the note and shoved the note into her pocket. She pulled out a case that attached on the phone and then to her hip. She hurried to Edward and Bella's room next.

"Oh how lovely." Alexa said as she opened the present and found a set of car keys. She put them in her pocket and pulled out the note. "Dearest sister, you are already my own blood but I want you to become one with the family. So Edward and I vote yes. Hope you enjoy your present."

After shoving the note into her pocket with the keys, Carlisle and Esme's room was the next room and as she walked in she couldn't help but be inspired and awed. Out of all the rooms this had to be the most beautiful. On their bed was another box which she opened and found a beautiful diamond necklace and matching earrings. She also pulled out a red dress that was long and was sewn together at the top around her neck. Last she pulled out a note and smiled.

"Alexa, it didn't take long for us to become attached to you. As you have done with our son, you have also made us fall head over heels for you. We would love to have you as our daughter. We vote yes. Wear the dress downstairs." Alexa could tell from the fine handwriting that it was Esme who had written it. She smiled taking the note and shoving it in her back pocket and then carried the dress and jewelry to her room. It didn't surprise her that a present lay on her bed. It was from Emmett. She opened the box and pulled out what looked like a house key. She pulled out the note with it and read it.

"Beautiful, I want you to be part of my family. It took me quite some time to get used to the thought of changing you but I understand your point and I would love to have you by my side for…well…for forever. We have more than one lifetime to heal each others' wounds and I have a good feeling that we would work. So…my vote is yes. See you soon, babe." Alexa smirked at his writing and stripped down to her underwear and pulled the dress on. It fit her perfectly and the plunging neck line flattered her. She put the necklace and earrings on. She looked through her shoes and found a perfect pair of red heels. Next she put on makeup and grabbed a small red clutch that was lying on her bedside and shoved the keys and the phone in it. As soon as she had pulled the last heel on she walked down the stairs and found Emmett waiting in a black tux with a red tie on.

"You look stunning." Emmett whispered in her ear and she smiled, thanking god that she had applied make up before she walked out of the room.

"You don't look so bad yourself." Alexa replied and he grinned at her and leaned down to kiss her softly, touching the side of her face. "Thank you."

"Anytime." Emmett responded and he led her out to the backyard which was decorated and was filling up with people. She immediately clutched onto Emmett's hand and held it tight. He squeezed her hand so she would relax.

"So you like the gifts?" Alice had danced over to her and Alexa nodded smiling at her soon to be sister.

"Loved them. I would love to see the car that goes with these keys. Oh and whatever goes to this one." Alexa pulled out the two keys and Emmett's eyes were bright as he looked at her. Alice giggled as Jasper walked over. Bella and Edward appeared next to Jasper within a second.

"Sorry about the party. I know you want to go check out the things you have so you may leave whenever you want." Bella said and glared at Alice as she was about to open her mouth.

"It's alright. I'll stick around for a few hours." Alexa winked at Bella as she saw Bella quirk an eyebrow at her. Bella smiled and nodded. Emmett gripped her hand. For the next 3 hours Alexa met different people from the town and danced, enjoying her night. Soon she wanted to go and Emmett grabbed her hand and spun her off into the darkness carefully.

"There, now let me go show you the rest of my gift." Emmett spoke low since they were still in hearing distance of the others. Alice would evidently be upset if she knew that they had left. She nodded and smiled at him.

"A house is a big gift." Alexa said as she grabbed onto his neck and allowed him to carry her, running at high speed through the forest. The blur around her was nothing as she kept her focus on his face.

"Well, even it's not something you want to use now it's there for us later." Emmett explained and she nodded. Soon they came upon a log cabin with a huge wraparound porch.

"I love it, Emmett. It's beautiful." Alexa said as he let her down to walk around the house and then she pulled out the key and held it in her hand for a moment. She turned to him and smiled.

"You don't want to go in yet." Emmett said reading her face and she nodded to him grinning. "It's okay."

"Good because I kind of like our bed for now." Alexa said to him and he grinned back at her leaning down and kissing her deeply.

"Me too." Emmett answered her back and swept her into his arms and carried her back to the party that was now starting to die down and Alexa was happy that Alice hadn't noticed their momentary disappearance.

"Welcome to the family, Alexa." Carlisle said as he swept Esme over to where Emmett and Alexa were dancing.

"Thank you, Carlisle." Alexa responded with a smile at his kind words. Carlisle nodded and swept Esme again in the next second. The night finally ended with Emmett carrying Alexa back upstairs where she slipped out of her dress and crawled up on top of Emmett and rubbed her wetness against his hardened member.

"My god woman, I don't know what I was doing without you in my life." Emmett said and Alexa nodded grinning as he lifted her so he could position her directly above him and then left her drop hard onto him. Once more the night ended as greatly as the day had started.

"I really like you Emmett." Alexa said as she lay on his chest again out of breath and coming off the adrenaline rush she just had.

"I really like you too, Alexa." Emmett answered back and she smiled as she started to fall asleep. Once more the shadow flashed away from the window, but neither of them seemed to notice it. Emmett was too enthralled with Alexa to think of anything else.

I did it again. I'm probably going to continue writing this on my own. I haven't decided yet. I have to see what's wrong with my internet and why it won't connect. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Much luv,

Animus Patronus