Scared of Blood? by Maddyson Ruby

Pairing: Seth/OC

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profit from this. All characters you recognise belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Lines from this that you recognise belong to SM. I'm trying to keep it as close to canon as possible whilst still deviating and using my own stuff. The beginning has quite a bit from the book after that it's mine.

If you have Breaking Dawn the book, it's chapter 36 - Bloodlust, page 631.

Thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter - all five of you.

Sorry for the wait I've been busy lately but if I get reviews I'll see if I can get the next chapter up today - what do you think?

MY LONGEST CHAPTER YET.

Chapter 9

Adanne POV

The clearing was coated in a blanket of untouched white snow; pure in colour. All the vampires present seemed to blend in with it. Myself being an obvious exception.

The snow was a beautiful sight to me. Where I came from the snow was more of a hinderence when we got it. Most of the time snow was just not something I thought about.

They spread into the clearing with a uniformity and grace that was both beautiful and terrifying. The infamous Volturi. The only indication of their imminent arrival had been Edward freezing as the thoughts of those intent on our deaths reached him. They spread outwards like the opening of a fan; rigid and precise.

I could hear the Romanians - Stefan and Vladimir - whispering to each other of to the side, something about wives and Volterra. Whatever it was, I had no interest in it. I stood beside Bella and Nessie, tense and watching. My gift was on alert, wary of all the vampires in the clearing. I could feel their minds, they shone like galaxies in a universe to me. As soon as I devoted any attention to one, it spread out allowing me access to all their nerves.

Over my years with the gift it has grown stronger as I have. I was also very quick with disabling threats. Comes with the territory, I suppose.

After the Volturi came scores and scores of vampires, these were not part of the guard. They showed no regimented order or stern facade. Our wonder and horror was only broken by Edward's utterings of, "Alistair was right". Now, that through me for a loop. At our evident confusion he elaborated.

"They - Caius and Aro - come to destroy and acquire, they have many layers of strategy already in place. If Irina's accusation had somehow proven to be false, they were committed to find another reason to take offense. But they see Renesmee now, so they are perfectly sanguine about their course. We could still attempt to defend against their other contrived charges, but first they have to stop, to hear the truth about Renesmee... Which they have no intention of doing" Edward finished grimly.

Jacob gave a huff and like clockwork, the wolves joined us. They came out in rows, broanching out to the sides of our group in sync. The sight was both stunning and frightening. Seth (of course) broke rank and ran over to my side; instantly drawing crosshairs to myself. Seth growled lowly as though reading my thoughts.

Bella snarled lowly, she was echoed by Zafrina, Senna and myself. I was infuriated at the Volturi's arrogance and disregard for life; any life at all. In the center of the Volturi mass stood the three leaders that had been identified to me through the painting in Carlisle's office.

Caius - the PMSing blonde vampire; looked as though he had a stick up his ass.

Aro - the hyper looking vampire who seemed to have overdosed on sugar in his previous life.

Marcus - the bored, pouty looking vampire, he just looked repressed.

The Volturi witnesses looked furious as they leaned towards us, their beady gazes fixed upon Bella and Ness.

I sensed Edward's emotional turmoil rise within him as his breath sped before he was questioned brusquely by Carlisle.

"They're not sure how to proceed. They're weighing options, choosing key targets - me, of course, you, Eleazar, Tanya. Marcus is reading out ties to each other, looking for weak points. The Romanians' presence irritates them. They're worried about the faces they don't recognise - Zafrina and Senna in particular - and the wolves, naturally. They've never been outnumbered before. That's what stopped them." he finished.

"Outnumbered?" Tanya whispered incredulously, I, for once, agreed with barbie.

Then Edward's body tensed and I felt his nerves jump in speed. Possibly with shock or fear.

"They've just properly noticed Adanne" he whispered to us all, his eyes darting to meet mine. Seth tensed as he rubbed his face into the crook of my neck, inhaling deeply. I reached out mentally, calming his nerves and lessening his worry and anxiety as best I could. "They don't know what to make of her; she's an unknown entity" I allowed myself a feral grin as I perused the Volturi line up - my mind automatically searching for the weak links, the chinks in the armour so to speak. I found many and planned to exploit them. For a coven rumoured invincible, they sure lacked defense structure and stance.

"Should I speak?" Carlisle asked. Edward nodded after a moment of hesitation. Carlisle took a deep breath before stepping out of formation into the no man's land between us.

"Aro, my old friend. It's been centuries" Everyone was still as the neutral words were absorbed by the opposing side and Aro formulated a , then steeped forward; the distinctly chipper nature of his walk alone pissed me off. I wanted to get violent. A small woman stepped with him like her hand was glued to his old man cloak.

"Fair words, Carlisle, though they do seem out of place considering the army you've amassed to kill me, and to kill my dear ones" Aro intoned, feigning sadness. Violence was looking pretty good right about now.

"You have but to touch my hand to know that was never my intent" Carlisle argued back, his face composed. This was a whole different side to the Carlisle I first met. I was not at all sure what to make of it.

"But how can your intent possibly matter, dear Carlisle, in the face of what you have done?" Sadness overcame his features but I don't believe it; vampires were good actors - my conception was proof of this.

"I have not committed the crime you are here to punish me for!" he called, his temper seemed to be getting the better of him. He seemed to gain control before continuing on, "No one has broken the law, Aro. Let me explain" Carlisle said offering his hand. If I were Aro, I would have spat on his hand. Caius stalked up to the front gaining the floor.

"So many pointless rules, so many unnecessary laws you create for yourself, Carlisle" he hissed out his face contorted in malice. That was when I snapped; stalking forwards out of the fray.

"Listen, you pompous moron!" I hissed out at him, my posture tense. "There has been no rule breaking! Get that through your thick skull!"

Seth ran up pushing me back with his shoulder as the ancient vampires reacted with outrage. I smirked to myself. Score one for Adanne.

"If she is not one of the forbidden then why have you amassed an army to protect her?" Caius demanded.

"She is family!" I yelled back, shrugging off Seth's frantic tugging of my shirt.

"She is an immortal child!" the now pissed blond vampire yelled back.

"No, she isn't! She's half-human! Just. Like. Me"

There was a ring of gasps from around the clearing. This was either because of my open defiance of Caius or my proclamation of my half breed status. I wasn't sure which.

"Impossible" he spat out. His eyes were narrowed in anger as he almost visibly quaked with irritation. "Where is the informer?" he demanded; searching for the one they called bagan making demands of her and insulting her but Aro intervened with his cool yet happy facade in place.

"And so we have a mystery on our hands, it seems. It would appear the child has grown. Yet Irina's first memory was clearly that of an immortal child. Curious" Aro said, his eyes roving over Renesmee's form.

"That's exactly what I'm trying to explain, she is half-human as Adanne said" Carlisle said with relief coating his voice. I would be relieved too. Except he mention me to the old pasty geezers. Carlisle offered his hand yet again. I was just itching to numb the nerves in his arms and make him paralysed but oh well.

"I would rather have the explanation from someone more central to the story, my friend. Am I wrong to assume that this breach was not of your making?" Aro said head bowed as though he were embarassed. Pompous git...

"There was no breach" I called in tandem with Carlisle. My more wild, rebellious nature was getting the better of me.

"No one told you to speak, my dear" Aro said with false sweetness before his face hardened as he turned to Carlisle once again. "Be that as it may, I will have every faucet of truth and the best way to do that is to have it directly from your talented son" he said with a condescending smile; one that I wanted to rip off. "As the child in question clings to his newborn mate and the other alleged breach is standing beside her, I'm assuming Edward is involved"

Sneaky little ass... Clever, but rude and sneaky.

Bella let out an insane laugh as Edward passed the halfway point between our respective camps. I wasn't the only one staring at her like she'd lost her marbles. I was on alert and so felt the burst of activity inside Bella; what the crazy bitch did I did not know. I felt toward Aro with my mind, encountering no resistance as I mentally locked on his nervous system - I was ready at the slightest sign of trouble to immobilise the conniving mind that was Aro Volturi.

"You see?" Edward asked at the end of the information sharing.

"Yes, I see, indeed" Aro replied and I felt myself hoping for a good outcome though the chances were low. There was a dubious exchange between Caius and Aro that left me wary. I was ready to take out several vamps in one go - Aro, Caius, Jane, Alec, Renata and Demetri had all better tread very carefully, I held their lives in my mind. The power I wielded was a source of amusement to me; so much power and yet I was half human. I was snapped out of my internal rant by Aro's words.

"Will you introduce me to your daughters?" I growled loudly at that. I had no objections to Bella, Edward and Nessie but I had a mother - one I refused to replace.

"Bella, bring Renesmee and Adanne... and a few friends" Edward called. Bella shifted, wrapping one arm around me whilst still holding Ness.

"Jacob? Emmett? Seth?" she called; I totally understood her reasoning for her choices. We all nooded and began to walk into the centre of the conflict. After exchanging pleasantries, we got down to business.

"May I meet your daughters, lovely Bella?" Aro asked, though I knew he wasn't asking.

"Renesmee is my daughter, Adanne is a friend" Bella interjected meekly before nodding to Aro's question.

"Miss Adanne, it's lovely to meet you" His eyes however told a different story.

"Likewise" I replied. He took my offered hand and I felt Seth tense at my side. His face furrowed as he tried to read my mind but then he dropped my hand in digust as he turned to Nessie. Wow, don't I feel loved?

He allowed Ness her moment of communication with her gift. The brother's coferrred as they called it. In my opinion it looked like a gay pride meeting - I may or may not have said that out loud. Despite the pacating of Aro, Caius flipped out, demanding Irina's presence and he killed her. He murdered her in a hope to incite the rage of two angry succubus sisters. He failed. I for one had no desire to die today. It was a simple matter or negating Kate's power. Easy.

Aro turned to our witnesses in the hopes of distracting his own from Caius' hasty actions.

"And do you believe they should be allowed to live?" Aro asked Amun. Hisses erupted from our side; growls echoed, Seth and Jacob's being the loudest.

"I did not come to make judgements" Amun uttered impassively. Aro continued on with his witnesses. The brother's began their consel regarding our fates. They treated this so simply instead of thew weighing of lives it truly was. There were whispered I love you's all around as we prepared for the inevitable.

"I love you, Seth" I whispered into his fur. I know he heard because he rumbled out a purr-like growl. I knew what he meant. I loved him too. Bella gave Jake his task of protecting Renesmee. She tried to convince me to go but I knew that our fate in this battle rested heavily on my shoulders; I would not abandon those I had come to call family and friends so easily.

Bella drew our attention back to the threat in front of us once again. The vampires around began dividing up targets with ease focussing on the ones who had wronged or offended them in some way. That wouldn't be necessary - I was ready to terminate the key ones as soon as I was given the word.

The Volturi ancients offered their different opinion's though Marcus' was widely ignored. I rather liked the brooding, pouty vampire - he reminded me of Edward.

"Yes!" Edward hissed his face smiling menacingly. From his expression things had just turned in our favour. "Aro, could I clarify one point?"

"Certainly" Aro agreed politely; that was all it was though, politeness.

"You refuse to accept Adanne as evidence of Renesmee's growth and future?" he asked smugly.

"Yes, I have no way of gleaning knowledge from her that I can validate as the truth, my friend" Aro said solemnly. And my actual physical presence wasn't proof enough for him? Old fart.

"Why don't you join us Alice?" Edward called. Ahh... the infamous Alice Cullen! I could feel them running in; five seperate lights nearing quickly.

Whispers and shouts of "Alice!" echoed round the clearing, even Aro himself whispered her name in happiness.

They came speeding into the clearing - all five of them. First came a pixie-like girl I identified as Alice, she was followed by a honey-haired male; his eyes fierce and alert - Jasper. Next came an Amazonian - Kachiri; she looked much like her sisters. Next came a petite female with olive toned skin and nervous burgundy eyes. Lastly was a male - his run wasn't as fluid nor was he as fast. His skin was a rich brown, similar in colour to my own. His eyes marked him for what I had suspected he was: a hybrid. The sound of his heartbeat, racing from his run confirmed it.

"Alice, would you care to introduce your witnesses?" Edward asked. As soon as the hybrid male neared I knew who he was - Jennifer had mentioned him. My brother, Nahuel.

"This is Huilen and her nephew, Nahuel" Alice spoke out.

"Speak Huilen" Aro commanded.

Her story flowed like a nursery rhyme - it was obviously well-rehearsed. She looked nervous but did manage to tell her tale. It was incredible to hear; I knew of the story - Jennifer had told me. Her story was vivid with mentions of Pire, Joham and all our sisters.

"You were able to create an immortal?" Aro asked intensely. Nahuel seemed to notice.

"Yes but none of the rest can" Nahuel said indifferently. Maybe having an attitude ran in the family?

"The rest?" Aro asked with raised eyebrows.

"My sisters" he said with a shrug. Again with the attitude.

Aro gawped before composing himself once again. "Perhaps you should tell us the rest of your story for there seems to be more" Ass...

Nahule continued, repeating what I already knew. I only paid attention when I was mentioned. "I have a new sister, she's not yet reached maturity"

"Your father's name?" Caius demanded.

"Joham" Nahuel said. "He considers himself a scientist . He thinks he's creating a new super-race" He sounded disgusted but I couldn't help but shudder and fight the urge to bring up my breakfast.

"Who is your father?" Marcus asked me gently. He was probably my favourite ancient.

"Joham" I replied clearly, drawing Nahuel's eye. He observed me for a moment before a smile crept onto his face. Seth nosed my shoulder in comfort. I focussed in on the systems of everyone here but after a while Aro drew my attention.

"Dear ones, we do not fight today" Aro called. Then the Volturi were gone with some not-so-pleasant pleasantries exchanged between Carlisle and Aro. None of us dared to beleive it true until Alice spoke.

"Seriously, people. They're not coming back. Everyone can relax now" she said with a happy laugh. I grinned wrapping my arms around Seth's neck.

"Love you, Seth" I whispered in his ear. He, of course retaliated with a lick straight in the face. Lovely.