Warning mentions of rape

Chapter 11: The Full Story

(Alec's POV)

It's been four months since I last saw Raven. A couple months ago Jane had told me that she spoke to Raven, but she wouldn't say what it was about. I also had the feeling that my sister knew something important about Raven, but when I asked she put on her 'I have no idea what you're talking about' act. Then I remembered that she wouldn't tell me what Marcus talked to her about all those months ago. That was also the same day I taught Raven how to dance...

"Is something troubling you Alec?" Aro asked taking a seat across from me at the library table. Like always I was here trying to pass time and forget about Raven.

"It's nothing Master," I said, "I just have a lot on my mind." Aro looked at me thoughtfully.

"Is there anything I can help with?" He asked.

"Not really." I muttered looking back down at my book.

"My brothers and I have noticed that you stopped seeing Raven." Aro said not giving up, "Why is that?"

"I've been busy." I said trying to hide my irritation.

"I believe you are acquainted with her personal guard John." Aro continued ignoring my tone as always.

"I've meet him. Why?" Where was he going with this?

"Well just this morning he came to me and my brothers and asked if he could start dating Raven. I told him we would need a while to think about it."

What?! That stupid lower guard wanted to be with Raven romantically? He can't, he wasn't good enough for her!

'Oh and you are?' My subconscious asked.

Why was I so irritated at this news? She wasn't anything to me. Right?

"That's what I thought." Aro said standing up. Crap! He was touching my hand just now. "Alec don't run away from your feelings. The best way to find out what they mean is to go to the source that created them." With that last statement Aro left.

Go back to see Raven? Could I even face her after ignoring her for so many months?

Even if I could, she probably hates me for ignoring her for so long without an explanation or a goodbye.

Two days after my talk with Aro I decided to stay in my room. This was the best way to avoid Raven and all mentions of her.

After several years, I decided to pull out my sketch pad and draw. Drawing always helped me forget about everything. I sat down on my couch and begun to sketch letting my mind wonder. Over the hours I was so lost in my thought that I wasn't even paying attention to what I was drawing.

Looking at my sketch pad I finally realized that I had sketched Raven. It was the scene from the day I first met her. She was reading by the pond with her hair hanging over her shoulder hiding her face.

Frustrated I threw the sketch pad on my bed and left my room slamming the door behind me.

'Forget about her Alec!' I screamed at myself.

I can't though no matter how hard I try I can't forget about Raven. I should see her, just one more time to say goodbye. Then I could finally stop thinking about her.

I walked slowly to the Private Garden. I knew she would be there; it was a perfect cloudy day. But should I go? Raven probably hates me for ignoring her with no explanation for four months. When I finally reached the gate to the garden I had built enough courage to face Raven.

Before I could enter the garden though a voice came from in front of me.

"So you think you can just ignore her for four months and then show up as if nothing happened?!" John hissed stepping in my path, "all the other woman that you hurt may allow it but Raven won't. You don't deserve to even be living in the same castle as her witch boy."

"Step aside." I growled hanging on my last thread of patience with him.

"No," he hissed lowly, "you're not good enough for her. You're nothing but a black hearted monster, so just go back to being the evil witch twin. Raven's too pure and kind to be around you."

I growled loudly ready to kill him not showing how much his words hurt. He's right though, Raven is too pure to be with a monster like me. John crouched a little at my response ready for a fight. What a fool, like he could win in a fight against me.

"Enough! Both of you!" A voice came from behind John, leaving the garden.

Crap...I'm in trouble now. Elite guards are trained to not lose their tempers so easily and the one time I do lose my temper in over eight hundred years, Caius manages to be present.

Wait. Since when does Caius visit the garden?

"John I would like to speak to you in my office." Caius hissed lowly. John nodded and quickly walked back to the castle. Caius turned towards me.

"You're an elite guard Alec," he scowled, "what were you thinking? You're supposed to be one of our best so start acting like it." With a murderous glare towards me, Caius walked off after John.

Start acting like it? Last time I checked I was the main reason why the Volturi won so many battles and why so many covens are afraid of us. For once I would like Caius to respect me like Aro and Marcus did.

As I got closer to the pond I heard giggling. It was Jane. What was she doing here? I quickened my pace to find the pond came into view so did Jane and Raven. They were both smiling working on a puzzle together. Jane, being my twin, sensed me and looked up. She smiled inviting and gestured for me to join them. I walked slowly still confused, since when does she laugh around anyone but me and Santiago?

"Hello brother," Jane said once I reached them. Raven didn't say anything. In fact I don't think she even noticed me because she was too busy scowling at a puzzle piece in her hand. She looked like an angry kitten.

I don't think Raven can do angry.

Jane tapped Raven to get her attention. When she finally looked up at me I panicked. She's going to hate me, just like John said. However, to my great relief she smiled warmly at me.

"Hello Alec," she said, "would you like to join us?"

I nodded and sat down slowly next to Raven, but I kept my distance from her. This will be the last time I ever see her. This time though I'll say goodbye. After all I think the reason why I couldn't stop thinking about her was because I never gave her an explanation for ignoring her. At least I hope that was the reason.

"I need to go see Santiago." Jane said standing up, "bye Raven, see you later brother." With one last smile Jane was gone.

Why do I get the feeling that my sister just set me up?

After an hour of working on the puzzle in silence I decided to speak.

"How have you been Raven?" Wow Alec, way to start off a conversation.

"Fine. You?" she asked.

"Fine." I muttered. Just be emotionless Alec, it will make saying goodbye so much easier. "Why was my sister here?"

"Jane has been coming to see me for a couple months now. Didn't she tell you?"

"No she didn't"

"Alec is there something troubling you?"

"No." I replied a little too harshly.

After a few moments Raven took a deep breath and spoke softly "it's not your fault Alec. What happened to you and Jane wasn't your fault."

What? How did she know what happened to us?! Did she look into my past? I thought she didn't do that unless she was given permission.

Sensing my anger Raven continued, "Jane told me a couple months ago."

I froze in place. Jane told her? Why? I guess it didn't matter now.

"If Jane told you," I said quietly, "then you don't know the full story."

"What do you mean?" Raven sounded confused, yet by her tone I got the feeling she was already aware that Jane didn't tell her everything.

Should I tell her? I guess I should since Jane already told part of our story.

"Alec?" Raven asked after a few moments.

Taking a deep breath I decided to get it over with.

"Knowing Jane she told the truth up until we were seventeen. After that I know she left out the important parts that led to our death."

I paused. 'Well here it goes,' I thought.

"Jane and I were the village outcasts. Ever since we were born we were referred to as 'the cursed twins.' Later that would turn to 'the witch twins,' a name that sticks with us even today. We were constantly beaten by our father and fellow villagers. Jane and I had both accepted the fact that we wouldn't be like other children in the village. We wouldn't get married or even find love. The only friendship we had was between us, which is why we are so close.

The year we turned seventeen I met someone. Her name was Maria and she was very similar to us. She was very poor like us, because her father died leaving her and her mother to fend for themselves. However, unlike Jane and me, the villagers sympathized with her and helped her out a lot. Her beauty was also an advantage too.

I was walking home after failing to get food for me and Jane when I saw her. The path I was on was rarely used because it went through the forest outside the village. I took it a lot because I could avoid all the beatings and make a quick escape as well if I need to. Maria was walking down the path carrying a bucket of water. The sun was going down at the time and I knew that by her pace she wouldn't make it home before dark. Being out after dark was seen as a bad thing to the villagers because it meant you were in alliance with the devil.

I quickly offered her my help knowing full well she would reject me because of who I was. However, when I offered she gladly accept my help to my great surprise. I followed her back to her home. It was a small run down hut at the edge of the village. As we walked to her home she asked me a lot of questions and soon I realized that we had a lot in common. Maria was the first and only person who was kind to me and who saw me as a human being.

Maria was always kind to my sister and even helped us get some food, without the villager's knowledge though. If they found out that she was helping us and friends with us then they would treat her the same way we were treated. I made sure to keep our relationship a secret so she wouldn't have to go through that. We both trusted Maria and told her everything after a while. I even told her about my plans to take Jane away from the village some day. When I told her she begged me to take her with us and I promised her that I would.

A few weeks before Jane and I were tried as witches, I started to see Maria romantically. We would meet in the woods everyday at sunrise and every evening before sunset. Those were the only times of day when we could meet in secret. Only Jane knew about us. I loved Maria so much and I believed her when she told me that she loved me. Jane also loved her as a sister. Maria had told me that when we left the village she wanted to marry me and help care for Jane, and I believed her."

I paused thinking, "what did Jane tell you happened in our last 48 hours of life?" I asked.

"She told me that you walked in on your father whipping her." Raven said.

My frown deepened. Count on Jane to leave out and change the most important part of the story.

"That's not true." I whispered knowing she could hear me.

"I was coming home from seeing Maria by the spring when I got the feeling that something was wrong. I had my hunting knife to make people think I was out hunting and not up to something. When I reached our father's property I went to the small hut I had built for Jane and I when father kicked us out of the main house and forbid us from living in the servant's quarters. When Jane wasn't there I figured she was back in the main house finishing up chores. The closer I got to the house thoug the more my bad feeling increased. I looked for Jane in all the placed she would be cleaning. When I reached the kitchen what I saw is something I will never forget.

I had walked in on my father raping Jane."

I let my head fall into my hands squeezing my eyes shut trying to force the image form my mind.

"I don't know what came over me at that time, but I couldn't think of anything else except for that fact that he was hurting Jane. Without thinking I grabbed my knife and pulled him off her, stabbing him in the process. When reality finally came back to me Jane had passed out and our father was lying dead on the kitchen floor.

I picked up Jane trying so hard not to think about what I had done and took her back to our hut. I quickly placed her in bed and rushed back to the house knowing I was sort on time. Lucky night had fallen so all the servants were in bed. I buried father's corpse at the edge of the woods and ran back to the house. After clean up all the blood and hiding my knife I went back to Jane and waited until she woke up. While she was sleeping I had taken a wet cloth and cleaned her up a little. When Jane finally woke up I told her to get lots of rest that night because we were leaving the next evening. She never asked what happened to father and for that I was grateful.

At sunrise the first thing I did was run to where Maria and I usually meet. I had promised her that I would take her with us. When I saw her I told her what our father did to Jane but left out the murder part. I told her that we were leaving tonight and she agreed to be ready by then. When I got back home Jane was awake and was preparing food for our Journey. When I told her that Maria was coming she was extremely happy and full of life. Lucky for us our father always kept himself locked up so the slaves didn't find his absences strange. Since they always ignored us, it made preparing for the journey a lot easier.

The rest of the day I prepared the wagon and horse for our journey being as quiet as possible. Jane and I were considered slaves and runaway slaves were punished by death if caught. As the evening grew closer my work was done and I sat down in some hay to get some rest. I was only sitting for a few minutes when I heard Jane screaming for me.

As I ran out of the barn I saw three men hauling my struggling sister out of the hut. I tried to reach her, but was stopped by four strong men. No matter how hard I struggled it was no use. They beat me just enough for me to be weak with pain, but conscious. When we were marched though the village I looked around then panicked when I couldn't find Maria. I was afraid that the guards had found out about our relationship and had gotten to her first.

When we reached the jail I was separated form Jane. I was tortured by the guards who were trying to force me into a confession. After a few hours of getting nowhere they decided to take a break and get Jane.

Before the last guard left he leaned down to me and whispered: "Did you know witch boy that a girl turned you and your sister in? In return for her information she married one of the richest landlord's sons. What was here name? Oh ya it was that pretty girl Maria." With his words my whole world fell apart. The person that I loved and trusted betrayed me even after she told me she loved me and would never hurt me. When they brought Jane into my cell she crawled to sit next to me wishing that the villagers were the ones being tortured and not us. For the first time ever I agreed with Jane. I was wishing that they would die in pain for what they've done to us especially Maria.

The next evening after Jane and I broke confessing to witch craft just to stop the pain. We were taken to the center of the village and hung up on stakes. When the fire engulfed us I screamed in pain at first. Then though the smoke I saw Maria standing in the crowd in the arms of her husband. She had turned us in to live a life of wealth. When I tried to search for sorrow in her eyes, all I saw was coldness and hate. In that moment I stopped screaming wanting the pain to go away. As I started to consciousness I prayed that the villagers surrounding me would die painfully like us one day.

When everything went black I thought I had finally died. I had finally escaped the pain. However a few moments later a new burning pain spread though my body. When I woke up the first thing I saw was the red eyes of Jane. Before I could ask what happened, Aro walked in and explained everything to us. We quickly accepted our new lives vowing to despise humans and make them suffer they way we had. I vowed to myself to never fall in love again and to never trust anyone other than my sister.

It's my fault that Jane and I were caught, if I had been cold and heartless like the villagers portrayed me to be I would have never fallen in love with Maria"

I continued to hold my head in my hands allowing my hair to hide my eyes from Raven's view. My eyes were filled with venom and I refused to let her see me like that. I didn't cry when I was human because father always said that made me look weak and beatable. I haven't cried since I was eleven years old and I refused to cry now.

"It's all my fault," I whispered my voice cracking a little, "no matter how hard I try I just can't protect my sister. She always gets hurt because I allowed my emotions to control my decisions."

I refused to lift my head up and Raven understood that I needed a moment so she went back to working on her puzzle. I was grateful to her for that.

When I finally got a hold of my emotions I looked up to see Raven scowling at that same puzzle piece. I chuckled at her expression. It was kind of cute.

"Is something amusing Alec?" she asked confused.

"You just look a little cute when you're scowling." I told her truthfully

"Well I'm glad my frustration provides entertainment." She snapped a little.

"So you do have a feisty side." I stated smirking at her.

She narrowed her eyes at me for a moment then smiled in amusement, "well I did pick up on some traits form my father."

"Who's your father?" I asked.

"Well he's not my biological father, but he adopted me when I was a baby so he's close enough."

"And his name is?" I asked getting annoyed. She was avoiding the main question.

She looked deep in thought as if debating on whether or not to tell me. She said that she was adopted as a baby so she was still human. My first thought was Marcus because he was so kind. Either him or the ancients took her in because her adopted father passed away.

"The man who adopted me," she finally said, "my father is Caius Volturi."

With that sentence I was pretty sure the Earth stopped moving.

Author's Note:

Sorry I haven't updated in a few days. Had a bad migraine that prevented me from looking at a computer.

I'm typing up chapter 12 now so I'll try to get it up in a few.

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