Alec

It was strange, I had just begun to turn someone, on my own decision, and I wasn't sure what would become out of all this mess.

My Master would surely not being pleased, but perhaps I could explain my deed.

My mind was totally confused, and I was unsure, what to do.

But just this moment I felt unbearable pain, burning, switching, gliding,...

Instinctively, I reached out, and put my talent on her, to save me (and her) from enduring this hurt.

I wondered, why no one came to fetch me, at least Demetri would get me at once, but, on the other hand, I really was glad, we both were left alone.

Her change wasn't easy, I tried two times to end my deprivation of all her senses, only to find myself exposed to her burning pain, and I wasn't able to endure it.

After about three days, I felt absolutely drawn and tired; for the first time in my immortal existence I longed for rest and even sleep, but I sensed her heartbeat fasten.

Her injuries were mostly healed, her blackened skin was evened and pale, her hair renewed and longer than before, her features somehow softened.

Suddenly her heart stopped, and, with a relieved sigh, I finally let go control.

The next second I felt my throat burn with thurst. A burning thirst I had experienced once in my life, long ago, but I remembered. Then a wave of confusion swept over me, hearing, seeing, smelling, much, much too much, overload.

Her eyes were open,... and they were black!

This wasn't normal, was it? I didn't know exactly, and I was desperate for help. Thirst again, and I felt myself licking my dry lips.

At least this could be helped. I smelled some mortal, not to far away, and my poison began to well. But she smelled it, too, and she straightened, letting go the cloak, in which I had covered her, and standing there all in her glorious naked beauty, she put my thoughts to quite...different things.

She looked at me, curiously, but then again, thirst, and in a twinkling, she was running after the scent. For a second, I hesitated, than followed her, taking with me the dirty, smelling cloak.

I wondered, if the male human, on which she fed, has had the chance to admire her nude looks, before he died. But her thirst wasn't quenched yet, and she was sniffing the air. She looked great to me, her body tensed, her face bloody, all power, all thrilled of chase. But I had to teach her, or else Aro would punish her ( and me) for exposing our secrets.

Again she looked at me, questioning , as if she knew my thoughts, and, suddenly, it hit me. She KNEW my thoughts, as well as I felt hers! But as a newborn, she couldn't tame her thirst, or think clearly in this moment.

I hadn't the chance of giving this all a second thought, for she was hunting again. I saw the old, still drunken man, lying on a bench, felt her disgust for a moment, then, thirst, and then warm blood, running down, stilling, saturating, and my own thirst vanished.

Quickly I buried the first man, then got to her. She looked at me with wide eyes, and I offered her the forgotten cloak without a word.

"What have you done to me? What creature have I become?" She spoke English, my native language, with a slight accent, as if she knew, DID she know? and her voice sounded angelically.

She smiled."Thank you. But what I am, WE are, is rather the opposite, I suppose."

This situation was quite absurd; standing here, listening to a newborn, I created, somehow perceiving her thoughts, and her apparently reading mine, this was a little bit more, than I could deal with.

"There's much more, I have to deal with, so, please, could you just explain, whatever happened to me?" She stated dryly.

Again she answered to my mere thought, before I could say something. "Let me hide THIS "I pointed at the dead man," and then we should go to Volterra to see our masters. On our way I will answer all your questions. "

She was intelligent and composed, especially for a newborn. " I don't think so, I just killed two men without any qualms. " "That's our nature "

I began to talk to her, explaining our world, our rules, and she went by my side, as I headed back to Volterra. Fortunately, it was deep at night, so it was easy to hide from human eyes, and it didn't took us long, to reach the secrete entrance to our fortress.

Aro

I tried very hard to keep smiling, but this megalomaniac Joham bored me to death. In my mind I had already sentenced him, but I had to keep the façade. So I appreciated it very much, when Demetri came in, asking for my attention.

I asked to be excused, in order to have him report, and went with him in another room.

When I touched his hand, I saw some interesting news. There was a female human, which seemed to own an auspicious talent. But it was even more impressive to me, young Alec has shown some kind of fascination with this woman. The whole matter promised to get an amusing affair, and my sour mood lightened up.

"Thank you, my dear, that were really GOOD news. You may see me to the back to the judgement."

We reached the room, and I saw Caius yawning, and I decided to end up this unpleasant liason, before he could develop some really bad mood.

But this very moment the mindseer cringed on the ground with pain, and his mate, the lovely Isabella, shot a suspicious glance over to little Jane, but she obviously herself suffered of ache.

The empath, Demetri, Chelsea and my Renata seemed to feel hurt, too. And then it hit me: heat, fire, pain, the smell of burnt flesh, agonie!

Felix and Santiago at once came to my help, and this moment of confusion Joham, who was apparently unaffected, used to his advantage ; he knocked Carlisle down, and seeked refuge in flight.

Everything was a turmoil, and no one cared about.

Suddenly the impact of pain stopped, and was replaced by a deprivation, than, nothing, and all came back to normal. I made a mental note to thank Alec, who's intervention had apparently stopped this infernal experience.

It took us some time to clean up the situation. Jane and Renata were still lying on the ground, my brother Marcus seemed rather unwell, the Cullens women took already care of Edward, Jasper and Carlisle.

" Corin, " I shouted " Please take care of our Renata and little Jane! Felix! The soon Demetri is feeling better, you go for Joham, and do, what should have be done first hand! Santiago, escort Marcus to his rooms and guard him!"

Caius didn't have to experienced any harm, so I left him on his own and I started to sort out the events. When Alec returned, he would explain, what happened, good boy!

Rosalia

I really had been tired, for the moment my head hit the pillow, I slept until I awoke to an unbearable heat, coughing, retching.

Thick smoke filled the room, and I barely saw my hand in front of my face. When I opened the door, a fire storm flashed in. I tried not to panic, took the blanket and the sheets of my bed, and wrapped myself in it. The heat was intensive, and I couldn't see anything but fire and smoke.

I knew, I had to try to get outside, but I had to go downstairs, and the stairs were a burning inferno.

With every breath my lungs were aching of heat and smoke, it felt like being burnt from the inside; I had to do, or to dy soon.

I took a last painful lung of air, then ran down the stairs. I smelled my hair being singed, in spite of all the wrappings, and the blanket was on fire, too.

On the last steps, I stumbled, and fell to the ground. Lying there, I pondered just to stay and dy, but by sheer act of volition I got up again and luckily made my way outdoors.

But then my strength failed me, I fell down, and couldn't move a single bone.

The last thing I saw was an angel appearing out of the blue, and taking me up, then I died.

I never thought dying would hurt so much! It burnt, burnt every cell of my body, and it didn't stop to do so. I opened my eyes,to accuse Godfather, or the Devil, or whomever, but I saw the face of my red-eyed angel, and when he looked at me, the pain was gone.