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Prepare for Alec Action! Only he's still not prince charming and everything a bit messy on the attraction front... Oh well d^_-^b. Mwahahahaha!

I wake up in a large bed with soft sheets and fluffy pillows. It takes me a moment to remember where I am. In Volturi Castle. How did I get here? Oh- Trudy. Who wanted me dead... Okay. And then- Alec. I frown as I sit up. He must have knocked me out with his skill then. It must have worn off. I notice I'm not wearing my army pants and blue top anymore. I'm wearing a thin, silky nightdress which stops just above my knees, and the back seems to be made mostly of see-through lace.

What a unique situation.

Why can't vampires just be normal and plonk me on a couch in my own clothes? I wouldn't feel so creeped out in that case. Who knows who's clothes I'm wearing? The thought makes me shudder.

I get up shakily, my feet finding the carpet in the room warm. Underfloor heating. Niiiice. The room I'm in has a four-poster bed, large windows blocked out by royal blue curtains. The carpet is cream coloured, and a dark wood wardrobe stands in one corner. Something about the room screams lavish.

With this much money to show off with, let's hope that wardrobe has some decent, wearable clothes. I fling it's doors open, and groan at what I see inside. Dresses. High heels. Fans. I dig through it, trying to find something reasonable.

Vampires, honestly... From Val with her orange leg warmers to Aro and his weird long black dress thing, their sense of fashion is just too strange.

I finally manage to find a dark grey dress which isn't too embarrassing. I leave my feet bare. I think I'm starting to be allergic to shoes. I stuff the nightie into a drawer, blushing mentally at how much skin it shows.

Let's hope it wasn't Alec who undressed me, because that really does mean I'm going to have to kill him. I find a hair clip in the bathroom with a butterfly on it and shrug as I use it to hold my hair out of my eyes. I guess it isn't really moral of me to use their stuff. But frankly, when it comes to morals around here, they aren't exactly experts or angels.

I open the door and walk straight into a shirt. There's someone in the shirt. I kind of like this shirt. I have to distract myself before I become obsessed with this shirt. It's black, and it feels light. It smells nice, too. Focus! I look up.

"You're eager," Alec comments lazily, his fingers trailing up my arms. I glare at him. A quiet warning melody slowly makes it's way to him and he backs off, hands raised. Grinning. Ugh.

"Hungry?" Alec asks. I nod shortly, not looking at him, and march down the corridor. His hands snake around my wrists and pull me back into him. His arms lock me in place, our lengths pressed against each other.

Just like Vic...

I scream then. The memory of the pain and the horror of finding the impaled man makes it's way out and I struggle desperately, like a wild animal. "Let go!" I shout, hysterical. "Please let go..." I continue struggling, but Alec doesn't let go. Just stays quiet and still. After a couple of minutes, hours, I don't know, I stop lashing out and stop, desperately trying not to sob. I won't lose the last bit of face I have in front of a guy like him.

I can't help the way my body shudders, though, from the memories.

"Let go," I say unsteadily. He does, smart boy. I was considering playing music at him. I brush his hands off roughly. "Lead the way, maestro," I say harshly. Alec pauses slightly, but moves past me, down the corridor. I give myself a second to not fall apart and mentally scowl at myself. Stupid. Shouldn't be acting like that.

I'm slightly surprised that Alec didn't comment. Alec. I catch up with him and follow him into the throne room that I was in yesterday. The blonde idiot vampire, the bored vampire, and Aro are seated, with a lot more vampires around that I don't recognise. Aro gives me an interested look and motions for me to come closer. I do, reluctantly. He takes my hand, smiling, and then he's in my mind.

I can feel him absorbing every thought I've ever had. I snatch my hand back, staring at him in disbelief. He smiles back innocently.

"You are are hungry, yes?" he says, smiling. I'm torn between dying of embarrassment and tearing his head off.

Then they come into the room. Humans. Full of blood. I freeze, revelling in the beautiful smell that burns my throat. I then see all the vampires in the room lose control. The sleek, beautiful faces become feral. The vampire in me recognises the way they move, understands the way they now operate. Blood is the only thing that matters.

I pounce on a human, my hands breaking his spine and half of his skull. I bite into the warm skin and groan happily as the blood coats my throat. I finish off another three people- one middle aged woman, a teenage boy with a neon green fringe and a man in a banker-like suit.

The screams are like music to my ravenous ears.

When all the blood is gone I come to my senses. My dress is torn at the hem and my hair is wild, a dark halo around my head. I look around awkwardly.

Everyone else looks so neat and clean. I know I don't.

"Alec," Aro says, not a hair out of place. You'd never think he'd just murdered three times as many people as I did. "Take Anna to be cleaned up." He smiles at me. I look at the bodies around me and don't resist when Alec steers me out of the room.

"Feeding agrees with you," he smirks. Not a word does he say about what happened before the feeding. I don't know whether to be grateful or nervous. I settle for a mix and look at him, one eyebrow raised.

"I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards," I remind, stating the obvious. He gives me a smirk, and drags me closer to his body as we come to a stop.

"Not a hedge...you look like you've been enjoying yourself."

I decide to ignore the innuendo. "Where can I shower?" I ask briskly. I hope he doesn't see how much he affects me. It's completely wrong, considering how twisted he seems. I'm still shocked at my reaction earlier. My speculations distract me and I stumble over my own feet. Wonderful. I wait for the floor to come up to hit me-

and it doesn't come. Alec looks at me, surprised. One of his arms is on my shoulder, steadying me.

"What?" I snap. I'm covered in blood. That must be why he's staring at me like that. Hungry looking.

"You are the clumsiest person I've ever met in my life," he states bluntly.

"Well, that's really nice, Alec, but it doesn't answer the question. Where is the freaking shower?" I send a note his way, sharp and cutting. I can't understand why I'm still so flawed while the rest of the vampires are so...cool and collected.

Alec smiles then, in a smug self-satisfied way that's all too familiar. He cuts my control over my body. I blink. Why does he keep doing that, the bastard? I bombard him with an orchestra of what sounds like a mix of dying cat and violin. He reels back, shocked, and then I can move again. I keep throwing music at him, the worst sort of melodies I can imagine. The blood covering my arms and neck feels weird, but I don't let it distract me. Blood melodies, that's what I throw at Alec.

Some people just don't learn.

Clap clap clap...

I spin around to see Aro standing behind me, with Jane in tow. He's clapping, looking impressed. "Wonderful, dea della musica," he proclaims. "You are simply magnificent!"

I look back at Alec hesitantly. He smirks at me, his gaze lowering to just below my hips for half a second.

This was a trick. All of it- so they could see how strong I was! "You guys really are a bunch of dick wads, aren't you?" I yell.

Aro takes my hand before I can blink, and I see his stare flicker to Alec.

"I'm sorry we had to go to such extremes," Aro says, suddenly becoming the senile, well-meaning uncle again. "But only in such organic situations could we fully realise your potential...forgive Alec. He was under orders." I snatch my hand back.

"I need to shower," I declare. I'm becoming strange, in this castle. Before, I would have apologetically excused myself and gotten hopelessly lost looking for a bathroom. No. I'm covered in someone else's blood, my clothes are ruined, my hair is a mess, and I am pissed. I need a shower, now.

"Alec," Aro commands. I raise my hands. No way am I going anywhere near that head case.

"You know what? Its okay, I'll find one myself." So much for not getting hopelessly lost. I give Aro a polite smile, remembering what he did to Trudy, and flee.

All hail vampire speed, even if I tripped and destroyed the dress a little more. Somehow, I manage to remember which way Alec and I went to go to the throne room, so that in reverse... Hello, my room! I practically hurl inside and lock the door behind me, in a sort of pointless effort to pretend the Volturi can't kill me anytime they feel like.

Thank goodness this is an en-suite. I stumble into the bathroom, tearing off the ruined dress and tugging at the hair-clip painfully. It breaks in my hands and I remove jagged pieces of it carefully. I turn the water on, and tilt my head back, letting the water fill my mouth, my lungs. That's the great thing about being a vampire. You don't need to breathe.

I scrub myself off, getting rid of the blood. I guess a human heroine would be feeling in need of a nap at this point.

I hear something break. My head whips around to see Alec turning his head to look at me. Staring at my body. I didn't close the bathroom door, did I..?

For a second, we're both frozen, before he disappears back out of the room. I kneel on the floor of the shower and wrap my arms around myself. I can't believe that just happened. I'm naked, for goodness' sake! If I were human right now I'd be bright red. I'll kill him!

I grab a towel hastily and dry myself off, before rushing into my room and tugging on the first thing that comes into contact with my hands- a long lilac silk dress with lace on the hem. I open my bedroom door cautiously, noticing how a large chunk where the lock should be is a mess of splinters and sawdust.

Outside, Alec turns to me, looking apologetic. I glare at him.

"One perverted word and I go Mozart, understood?"

Two chapters in one day! (In my timezone, anyway...) You people keep reviewing, you hear? Y'all have a nice day now.

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