AN: So I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't update again until I had no homework, but I broke it because I am very excited about this chapter! Besides, if you think about it, writing is work and I am doing it a home so it is a homework of sorts.
Well, that's my logic anyway and I'm sticking to it ^_^

Now I know that Bella is a shield and could save Seth from Jane easy as pie, but that does not fit in with my storyline, so just pretend that she was asleep or her powers were temporarily blocked or something...

Disclaimer: Still don't own anything, except in my dreams ^_^

PS: Fanfic is being stupid and isn't letting me reply to my reviews, so if you have reviewed and I haven't got back to you, it's not because I don't appreciate the feedback. If its not fixed soon then I'll reply to all of my un-replied reviews via PM.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER 6 (Realisation)

SETH POV

'It hurts, it hurts, ...'

Seth's mind was completely overrun with pain. He didn't hear Edward telling Aro to make the girl stop, he didn't hear the wolves barking and snarling at the Volturi and he didn't hear Nessie crying out his name as he swayed and almost fell. In fact he didn't hear anything, didn't notice anything except the blood red eyes locked on his and the absolute hate and rage emanating from them.

It was only now that Seth realised that the vampires he had felt so drawn to must be the 'Witch Twins' that had had the Cullen's and their witnesses so worried in the lead up to their confrontation with the Volturi.

Seth was concentrating completely on hiding how he was feeling from the small vampire and the Cullen's because he knew that his friends would worry even more if they could see his pain and because he didn't want the girl to have the satisfaction of hearing him scream.

It hurt so bad that Seth was surprised that, underneath it all, the feeling of anticipation was still there and he found himself thinking, 'I really hope that it's not her who's making me feel this. I don't care who else it may be, just don't let it be her.'

He continued to repeat this in his head as the girl narrowed her eyes in frustration and the burning in his brain increased tenfold.

When it seemed as though hours had passed instead of only seconds, a soft, musical voice flowed through the clearing, cutting through the pain like a knife through butter and cooling the burning throughout his body until it was almost nonexistent. "Stop sister. That is enough."

As the beautiful voice faded, the pain returned. The girls scowl became deeper and she showed no sign of stopping, it was as if the voice had only fuelled her rage, making her all the more determined to see Seth crack, and it was working too, he was on the verge of collapse when suddenly...

Nothing.

The pain was gone, but so was everything else.

Seth couldn't see, hear, smell or feel anything at all, his world was completely black.

Then, just as quickly as everything had disappeared, it returned. Minus the pain.

Seth stared around the silent clearing in confusion for a few seconds before everything clicked into place. He had heard the vampires speaking about the Volturi's 'Witch Twins' and he remembered that one of them supposedly had the power to cause a person immense pain while the other did the opposite and cut off all of your senses. Judging by what had happened; Seth guessed that the girl twin was the one who had been torturing him, which meant that the boy twin must have been the one who had stopped her, the one with the beautiful voice that counteracted his sisters burning torture, the one who was pulling Seth forward like a piece of metal to a megnet.

Realising that he was just standing there with a blank look on his face, Seth started and turned to look at the vampire twins, meaning to thank the boy for his help.

First his eyes landed on the girl, but he turned quickly to the other figure to avoid her burning, hate filled gaze. The boy vampire was still cloaked, face obscured in shadow as Seth stepped forward. "Thank you," he said clearly, trying to make out the face in the shadow of the hood.

The boy shifted slightly as he replied in the same musical voice that Seth had heard before, but this time Seth didn't hear the reply of "You are welcome." For, as he moved, the vampire's hood shifted. Just slightly, but it was enough for Seth to catch a glimpse of light brown hair and piercing red eyes. And just like that Seth was gone.

Everything else disappeared-the clearing, the wolves, the vampires, everything. All that was left were those eyes. Seth couldn't think. He didn't understand what was happening; only that, in this moment, the rest of the world no longer mattered. Not his family, not his pack, not his friends and not the impending battle with the Volturi. All that mattered to Seth, all that would ever really matter to him again was the vampire boy with the ruby red eyes and the serious stare. Seth knew that it was his mission in life to ensure that the boy was happy, always. He would gladly give his life for the vampire; in fact, he was now the only thing keeping Seth on the earth. He was tying Seth to reality and Seth knew that if that tie was severed he would simply cease to exist.

He had imprinted, and it didn't matter that it was on a vampire, a member of the Volturi, a boy. Or that his family would kill Seth's without hesitation given the right excuse, or even that he would probably kill Seth himself if ordered to, because feeling like this, knowing what unconditional love was for even a few short minutes of his life was so worth it.

What was feeling like a lifetime of revelations to Seth actually passed in a matter of seconds, and in this time neither he nor the object of his imprinting moved a millimetre, keeping their eyes locked, gazes never wavering.

Completely taken over by his subconsciousness, Seth began to walk forward, needing just to be near this boy, needing to see his whole face, see him smile and laugh. It was all that he needed to live.

And then reality came crashing back. He realised that he was in the middle of what was essentially a battle field and that he was walking toward enemy lines to tell this boy who had next to no idea who Seth was that he loved him and wanted to spend the rest of his life with him.

While this would have made Seth incredibly happy, he knew that the vampire boy would not feel the same way. It would make him confused, scared and more than likely, disgusted. This may not have deterred Seth under normal circumstances, however, these were not normal circumstances and Seth was not going to risk the happiness of his imprint just to satisfy his own desire.

After mustering up a great deal of effort and courage, Seth broke eye contact with the boy, murmured "Thank you," once again and turned back towards the Cullen's.

He felt Edward's cool arm wrap around his shoulders in sympathy as they walked back to their respective 'families' but acknowledged neither this nor Jacob's worried nosing at his palm. He felt the shocked gaze of Marcus-who he now remembered could read the strength of relationships and therefore must have been incredibly astonished at the spped and intensity with which imprinting occured-on his back but did not turn to acknowledge that either.

He walked as if in a trance, getting further away from his imprint with every step and feeling his heart trying to tug him in the opposite direction. Seth vowed then that he would find a way to get to his imprint, to make him happy, even if that involved him accepting Aro's offer of becoming a 'guard dog.'

After all, the pain of losing his dignity could be nothing compared to the pain of losing a piece of his heart with every step he took.

SURPRISE! It happened!

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