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This chapter is kind of short and I'm sorry if you think the characters go a little OOC. But their going to have to change a little over this story or they'll till be ripping each others limbs off by the end of the story

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Cross my Heart

Falling wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.

Wind whipped my hair in my face and mouth. Air roared in my ears and my eyelids felt like they were peeling back over my face. I spun in mid air so I was facing upward toward the screaming jet, which was disappearing, getting smaller and smaller and I plummeted down, down…

Please, please be water.

I turned back towards the earth, curled into a ball and closed my eyes. I shot through the air faster than ever. If I hit land, my body would shatter before I had time to process pain. If I hit water, then I had a chance. Either way, I didn't want to know.

I tried to think of Siobhan and Liam, so they would be the last thoughts on my mind. My coven, my family. They deserved to take up my possibly last thoughts. But the only face I could think of, the only name my brain let my think of, was Alec. The sadistic, unfeeling pet that had torn me from my family and threatened to kill me. I didn't want to think of him. I hated him. But he was all I saw on the insides of my eyelids. I wanted my eyes to open, to get rid of the image, but at the same time, I didn't.

I really, really didn't.

I also really, really wanted my brain to shut up. I half hoped I did hit the land. Just to stop my brain from giving its god damn opinion.

A hand grabbed my shirt. I screamed, whirling around in the air and grabbing onto the arm, eyes flying open.

The image behind my eyes was instantly replaced.

By the same picture.

Alec gripped my wrist. He looked like he wanted to rip it off. His Volturi clock was gone, and he was wearing only a white t-shirt and black dress pants. His hair whipped in the wind and his burgundy eyes bore into me.

As soon as I though he was going to rip me apart, he grabbed my other arm, tugged me into his chest and crushed me in a tight bear hug far too close for what I should have felt comfortable with.

I closed my eyes again and waited to be dashed upon solid ground. Willed to be. I guess if I died, at least I took one of the Satan twins with me. Why did that make me feel anything less than joyous?

Water wrapped around us like a cloak. It felt like hitting concrete. My body thrust sort of sideways and Alec made a sort of half groan, half choking noise right in my ear before the water caved in around us, silencing the world. My eyes could see fine in the water, but my entire back ached, which I didn't even think possible for me. Alec's arm was still digging into my wrist and his eyes met mine into water.

I tried to pull away from his iron grip, thrashing as violently as I could underwater. His grip only tightened as he began dragging me towards the surface, which we had somehow sunken quite far below. I kicked and ripped at every bit of him I could, sourly disappointed when he didn't so much as react. So I tried to drag him down. I have no idea what I hoped to achieve, since both of us could breathe indefinitely down here. But it felt better than going back to the surface, where it would be much easier for him to rip me limb from limb.

Our struggle seemed to go on for hours- maybe it did. Alec tugged and fought against my downward pull as if he was trying to wrench my arm off, as I scratched and tore at his stone skin, trying to pull my arm from his grip.

Our eyes met again.

It hit me like an electric shock. My entire body seized up and the downward pull became an upward jerk as Alec took advantage of my sudden slackness. He wrapped and arm around my waist and tugged my ragdoll like body in a rush of water. We broke the surface in a WHUMP of air and a tangle of arms and legs.

Alec glanced over at me, "I am never jumping out of a plane for you again."

I hit him. Not a pissed off girl slap on the cheek, but a right hook straight to his jaw. Like Siobhan taught me. I was impressed with the results- his head snapped backward and he looked amusingly surprised. I had just punched Alec in the face. Alec Volturi, in the face.

Alec turned back toward me, "I don't understand why you did that, but okay…"

"Assholedickheadbarstad $%^**&%## #$!^^$$&!" I screamed a string of curse words that would have made Liam pale. I fought against him, hard. He kept his hand on my wrist and began dragging me in the opposite direction through the water.

I cried out, actually in pain as a burning sensation travelled through my back. Alec turned back to me fast, eyes confused.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, you want to know what's…" I cut off with a yelp as he turned me quickly and shoved his hand up the back of my shirt. A different burning sensation went through me. A feeling I hadn't had since I'd had blood in my veins.

Alec withdrew his hand, "You've got cracks all over your back. We can…"

I hit him again.

He was a little more surprised this time, "What?"

"Oh, for Gods sake!" I yelled to the sky. I was floating in the middle of nowhere, my t-shirt see-through and my hair a knot on top of my hair, with a Volturi psychopath who had basically just groped me- and all that that psychopath could think of to say to me was 'What?'

"I have cracks on my back because you used me as a shield when we hit the water," was all I could think of to say.

Alec frowned, "I'm sorry. We didn't have much time. I tried to take most of the force on my side…"

I cursed my lie detector when it chirped up and told me both the fact he'd tried to lessen the blow and his apology were sincere. It annoyed me. Not many apologies I got were sincere. Hardly any, actually.

Alec turned away again and began tugging me, more gently this time. I had no idea where he hoped to go, but I let him pull me for a while, silently. He didn't try and speak to me. The cracks on my back ached, but the places where Alec had touch seemed to burn. The tips on my hair floated like red seaweed around me. I considered ducking back underwater, but I knew it was useless. He could activate his ability anytime, and make dragging me a hell of a lot easier.

With that on my mind, I finally spoke, "Alec?"

He turned his head a little. I realised I had never called him by his name to his face before.

I swallowed unnecessarily- it just felt right, "I punched you before because you used your ability to sedate me and take advantage of me. I don't like it. Its sick."

"Sick?" Alec cocked his head, "I'm not sure that's quite true. My ability makes peoples pain go away. I don't think that's a bad thing."

"It's sick because of the way you use it," I rephrased, "You stop them from running, or feeling, or…" I stopped, and re-rephrased "You're sick. You're a manipulative, cruel, lying animal."

Alec stopped. He let go of my arm, turned in the water and met my eyes. I wish we'd stop doing that. Every time is happened, my body went into a hot flush that shouldn't have been possible and my un-beating heart did a flip. His bright crimson eyes had turned a darker shade of burgundy since we'd first…met.

"Magdalene," I hated the way I liked my name on his tongue, "I have kidnapped you from your coven, drugged you, threatened you, fought you and left you to the mercy of my sister. But have I ever lied to you?"

My eyes went down to the water. I hated him. I hated all of them. I wanted to kill him. Rip him apart like an after thought. I knew he wouldn't lose sleep over doing the same to me.

But, as much as I hated to admit it, Alec was right.

He had never lied to me.

"And I did take advantage of you in the water," he continued, "But I didn't use me ability. You went completely slack, and I took my chance."

My eyes shot back to him, "You didn't use your ability?"

I knew the truth before he'd even nodded. I closed my eyes, let him take my wrist, and let myself be tugged through the water for another three hours until we reached land.

...And that is the start of a very complicated relationship.

I've had a lot of people ask what Aro needs Maggie for when he can read minds. All will be revealed...or not.

Hey, you can't expect me to give it away or no one would read my story!

See you all soon...