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A/N: This chapter should settle the curiosity brewing in you about the twins powers; here's Chapter Twelve.

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CHAPTER 12 - Brendon and Ivor Quillinane

•~Annabelle Cullen~•

- 16 years later (Athens, Greece, 1910) –

Years had passed and we found that we were all getting closer together as a family. Arla and Niklas' gifts surfaced five years back during one of our rare, but fun, prank wars. Both of these powers turned out to be pretty close to what I originally stated to them. Arla can teleport to any destination that she has a clear picture of. She can travel with up to five people at one time. Niklas, his has turned out to be self-replication by creating more of his own mass making him extremely helpful if we ever got surrounded and outnumbered.

It was here, at home, that Aro and the crew decided to pay us a surprise visit.

"Annie! Good to see you looking as well as ever," Aro greeted me with a smile and hug.

"Lovely to see you too guys again," I said, returning the warm gesture. He moved on to greet Arla and Niklas while the others sent their own greetings my way – including a big bear-hug from Felix and some squealing from Jane.

I turned around to face Aro when he paused at Yvon, "Who is the beautiful new edition to your coven, my dear?" And because Yvon is the only vampire who can show when she blushes, her hair turned pink under the compliment, making Aro's eyes widen.

"Everyone, this is Yvonica Platt. I saved her from dying from a cliff accident just a week after you returned home from your visit to us in Massachusetts. As you can guess, she has a gift which allows her to change her appearance on demand into virtually anything," I already had this little speech prepared for when Aro came to visit because I know how predictable he is.

"Ahh...a very tactical and sneaky type of gift. That is intriguing..." he paused for a moment, "Annie? What of Arla's and Niklas' gifts, have they surfaced yet?" Of course he would be asking this. At that I laughed inwardly.

Addressing the twins I responded to Aro's question, "Well, why don't you see for yourself?" With that, Arla and Niklas took that as their cue to show everyone what they can do. Arla teleported herself outside the glass wall and then back in to repeat the stunt again only with Yvon in toll. Meanwhile, Niklas replicated two of himself and begun to show they strength in his two doubles by picking a fight with me, which was pretty fun anyway.

After the mini show my Italian family looked completely amazed with what they had observed.

Aro began a small and slow clap, "You simply have a...magical coven in the making, my dear Annie," I smiled at his compliment towards my family.

"Aro, although this is a nice surprise you being here and all, but something seems to be troubling you in your eyes...which leads me to believe that this is not entirely a social visit. Am I correct in thinking this?" I asked.

"You know me too well, my child, it can be scary at times..." I grinned at his words, "Yes you are correct. As you know, England and Ireland are having major disagreements and are having serious fights to 'point score' if you have to call it something. Well, I was rather fond of two humans whom escaped the grasp of the Irish while out exploring near the coastline. But that cause them to have a run-in with a vampire nomad." A small gasp escapes my still lips, "They are still alive – in some sense – because the vampire was spooked while feeding and fled from them, leaving them to turn on their own." I slowly nodded in understanding as I registered his words. They were all alone along some coastline, not a clue what's going on with them.

Aro though wasn't finished there, "I came here to ask if you were willing to give them a chance to join your coven as they are close to all your ages in physical appearance...and I also want them to enjoy this new life that they have been forced upon with a loving and caring family that you have come to be."

It didn't even need to be thought about in my point of view, "Of course, Aro. I'll be happy to take them in," That made him smile. I had to laugh a little though – which set everyone else off too.

As they are both newborn vampires, to stay here would be too risky. So, I got Arla, Niklas and Yvon to pack up the house ready to move to another one of my homes in north-west America. With everyone's jobs sorted for when I'm gone, Aro and I say our goodbyes and depart on our travel to the north-west English coastline where the two humans had escaped the clutches of invading Irishmen. Aro sent the rest of the Volturi home as he would be 'perfectly safe with dear Annie'. The old fools worry too much.

As we ran to rescue the newborns I let my mind wonder. I still remember when I was a newborn. I was scared, all alone in London but also disgusted with what I had become and I didn't want to feed on humans even though my instincts were screaming at me to do just that. It was by fluke that I found that animal blood could sustain a vampire's thirst. It was luck that both my families follow the same diet as I do now.

"Almost there, Annie," Aro interrupted my train of thought. Have I really been lost in my memories for this long? I nodded as we sped up our pace to get there before dusk.

When we arrived it was a hidden cave on the face of the cliffs. Aro stayed outside as we both agreed that two vampires would be too intimidating for them which we don't want happening. He nodded, signalling me to enter the cave, before vanishing from sight – heading home as he knew I could handle it from here. I walked at human pace towards the back of the cave. There I found two scared, young adults – they were both sat shoulder-to-shoulder up against the wall of the cave.

When they noticed me, both men jumped up into defensive crouch positions to protect themselves. I put my hands up where they could see them in peace to show them that I mean no harm. At that they relaxed their stances and slumped back down to the ground.

"I'm Annabelle Cullen – Annie for short," I introduced myself in a soft tone. "I know and understand what you both are going through right now; I've been through the same myself a long times ago. I came here to help you, if you want that is..." I took a few steps forward, "What are your names?" I asked.

They both looked up but it was the boy on the left who answered me, "I'm Quillinane, Brendon Quillinane. This is my younger brother Ivor," he had so little energy in him to even speak. No wonder they collapsed back down to the ground.

"Come on," I encouraged, "Let's get on out of here and get you something to feed on," That cause a slight negative reaction from them.

"We...don't want to...kill people," Brendon said carefully in a worried tone.

"I know, and you don't have to or need to," They perked up a bit as some relief washed over them. "Human blood is not the only source out there that can sustain us. An animal diet – like mine and my families – is not full satisfying but it keeps you strong...strong enough to keep your thirst at bay and to interact with humans once you've learnt enough control to do so." I explained.

They both flinched a little at the last part. Probably the thought of accidently harming a human in public scares them.

"So we really are...vampires?" Ivor asked, unsure of what to think of it.

I nodded slowly and Brendon spoke up, "I guess that's not so bad now as we don't have to kill people,"

Looking at them both more closely they both had messy, black hair – not long but not short either. Ignoring the fact that they are newborns, I leaned over and gave each of them a comforting hug as the really look like they need it.

After that all three of us left the cave and ran and swum all the way back to the harbour in Greece where I had Arla, Niklas and Yvon all waiting for us. Everyone got acquainted on the boat. This was where we all shared our stories about our lives to the newest two members of our coven. They wanted to be part of our family – which I'm glad because they are great fun to be around.

Like the others, they are now known as Brendon and Ivor Quillinane-Cullen.

A/N:

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Comments from Reviews for Chapter Eleven:

- Cinderfire16 - Thank you for the idea here, really good. To make it fit in to my plot and story I'm really considering using your idea of enrolling them in Forks high school and how the Cullen's (Carlisle's coven) demand a meeting from them. But I think, Annie being Annie, makes them set boundaries on her own turf so to speak. She obviously will recognise them having the same surname so instantly realises its her dad when she sees him. Plus she recognises Jasper and maybe, perhaps he's all thankful and such but she brushes it off as nothing as he didn't realise what he was doing was wrong as he didn't know any better.

- thiree - Thank you so much for liking it! Just another few chapters now and she'll see him again :)