AN: Thanks to all those who reviewed last chapter. It really helps when I get feedback so yeah hopefully you like this chapter

Alleiya

xo

Previously:

"We… I... " hesitated Aro, his mouth opened and closed, unsure of what to say.

"Well? DO YOU?"

"NO! WE DON'T MARCUS! WE DID IT FOR YOU, DAMMIT!" roared Caius.

And then everything was silent.

Chapter 4

"…For me? You did it for me?!" roared Marcus. "How? How is killing the love of my life doing something for me?! You must truly have a perverse sense of humour after all!"

Sulpicia watched this calmly for she knew the crime her husband and his brother had committed all those centuries ago and thought it was time to face judgement. Yet Athenodora did not know what was going on. As soon as she heard the words come from Marcus's mouth, everything suddenly made sense to her.

The immense pain Didyme's death that had inflicted on Caius and Aro after her death hadn't been because of her death at all. It was the guilt knowing they had destroyed Marcus's one true chance at love.

Athenodora suddenly gasped as soon as she realised this. Caius and Aro's heads snapped to their wives as if the sudden gasp had awoken them to the fact that their wives were there the whole time. And they had heard everything.

Aro looked straight into Sulpicia's eyes and suddenly he knew. He knew that she knew. She knew everything and yet he had told her nothing at all. He understood now. He understood all those times Marcus had gone to Didyme's garden and she had sent those pitying glances. Not at Marcus, no but at him.

She knew what he had done and each time Marcus was in pain because of it, she would send him the pitying glances. Not because he had lost his little sister, the one he was supposed to protect but because of what he had done.

She had pitied him because not only was he the one who failed to protect her, he was the one who had ended her. And ultimately it had ruined his brothers and himself. She knew everything.

Caius looked at Athenodora and he was horrified by what he saw in front of him. She looked like perfection to him with her golden blonde locks pulled up into a clip with wisps of her golden curls left to frame her face. Her skin as white as porcelain and of course she was always fashionable. Even wearing a paper bag she would still look good to him. Yet not this time.

The expression on her face almost literally tore out his dead, unbeating heart. Her misty burgundy eyes that were usually filled with joy and amusement when near him were now wide and horrified. Her perfect red lips were hanging open. He was devastated by the look she gave him. The look that said she was truly seeing him for the first time and she wasn't upset at what she saw. No, she was absolutely distraught and actually scared of him.

"Athenodora, I can explain, really I can-" he started trying to convince her he had a perfectly good explanation for what she had heard. He knew he couldn't lie and it was time for her to know the truth.

"Don't!" her usual chime like voice was now like ice shards; cold, sharp, beautiful and deadly. "How can you explain this? You killed her! How could you?"

"You don't understand Thena. I wouldn't expect you to. But it had to be done."

"Why? Answer me Caius! I'm not one of the Guard! Do not speak to me as though! I'm your wife! And he's your brother! He has a right to know why you did it! Even if he wasn't your brother he would have the right to know!"

"Caius," interrupted Aro, "I think it is time we told the story of what really happened back then."

"Alright," sighed Caius, "But you must all stay quiet the whole time and without interruptions. You must let us explain everything."

"We were still grasping our power on the world as we know it now. We needed to make sure we were strong. And we were. All six of us together, we were a force to be reckoned with as well as our Guard." started Aro.

"But then she grew unhappy and you were going to leave us." Said Caius

"At first I was content with the idea albeit a bit worried about how it would be seen to the other vampires. I didn't want to lose all of our hard work which had taken us many years to achieve. But still; I was content in the knowledge you and my sister would be happy. Until Caius saw my fears and confessed he had the same fears as I. He proposed the idea of disposing of Didy-"

"You!" cut off Marcus. He glared at Caius with so much hatred; Caius literally flinched back from the glare he was receiving. "You decided to kill her. It's your fault." Growled Marcus.

"Hush, Marcus. You agreed to let us explain ourselves so let us explain without interruption" said Aro effectively stopping Marcus from saying or doing anything else.

Marcus relented but not without a venomous glare towards both of his brothers.

"So yes, as I was saying, Caius did propose the idea of disposing of her," said Aro ignoring the looks Marcus and Athenodora were shooting towards Caius, "but I had a say in this as well. I agreed and it has haunted me ever since the day I said yes."

"Then why? Why did you do it at all? Was it for power? Was that it? For power?! ANSWER ME!" yelled Marcus.

Aro was just about to answer but with a look from Caius, he quickly shut his mouth.

"No, Marcus," sighed Caius, "as I said before I did it for you. Hear me out. Before Didyme, we were happy. You may not have been as happy as you were as when after you found Didyme but you were pretty damn happy. Then when you found her I was so happy, you had found someone for yourself like Aro and I had. But then," Marcus's tone started getting darker as did his expression when he thought about how things had changed, "you spent all of your time with her. At first I thought it would be alright. You'd have her but you'd still come spend time with us. Yet you didn't."

Caius was scowling at the wall in front of him thinking over the past events. "And then came the final blow which took the cake, brother. You were leaving. You were leaving because of her. We weren't going to be the three Volturi brothers anymore. You would be gone so I did what I did to keep my brother."

Sulpicia and Athenodora were now staring at him in shock with pity filling their gazes. While Aro and Marcus calmly watched him as he continued on with his explanation.

Caius took a deep breath and said, "I went to Aro, I played on the fact I knew he would be worried about losing our power. I convinced him we would fall without you. And that the only way to keep you was to get rid of her, permanently. I did it to keep us together brother. You need to understand that."

"And so you killed her," breathed out Marcus.

"Yes," said Caius and Aro while lowering their gazes.

"Not quite, dear brother." said a melodious voice that was thought never to be heard again.

Everyone's heads snapped to the ruined doorway and if it was possible the blood would have drained from their faces from what they saw standing in the door way.

Didyme.

AN: Once again thank you to those people who have reviewed the story. Please don't tell me she's dead. I know she is in Twilight but this is my story and I hate how she was killed so I'm trying something new here. Also alot will be explained next chapter like how Didyme is alive still but im not sure how soon that will be, I have exams this term and need to keep up with my studies. School only started today and I already have homework! Also this took ages to type, a friend of mine was trying to get me to tell her what I intended to do but I had to keep quiet while she asked and asked. And then I was only able to type with one hand because I was foolish in science today and burnt my hand pretty badly! Still hurts over 6 hours later! Ouch! Anyways, I should stop my rant. Review please!

Alleiya

xo