Chapter 27: I'm Not the Good Guy

(Alec's POV)

Tears were streaming down Nessie's face as she looked at me with fear. When I tried to step towards her she ran away at full speed. I let out a frustrated sigh running my hand through my hair. I caught my reflection in the room's mirror and understood why she was afraid. Not only did she watch a person get killed, the woman's blood was smeared all over my chin and up to my cheeks. This is why I hate it when my meals struggle.

So much for my record of eating without making a mess.

I went to the bathroom and washed off my face wondering what to do. He family was gone for another couple days and Raven wasn't available. I don't regret killing the human, but I should've been more conscious about locking the door. Then again we don't usually have children in the castle during feeding time. I let out a frustrated growl walking slowly out of the wing.

"What's troubling you this time?" Aro asked coming up to me. I gave him my hand not wanting to explain.

"Ah." Aro said thinking. Eventually he sighed, "you should go explain this to her Alec. The Cullens tell her that not all vampires are like them, but they leave out the important details. The child needs to understand what vampires are." Aro sighed, "I'll wait a few hours then call Carlisle and let him know what happened."

"Why wait?" I asked.

"Because it's time the child learns what a true vampire is like. She needs to understand what our views are and that her family are the only ones who don't hunt humans." He paused, "the girl needs to know that it's a vampire's instinct to kill humans not animals."

"Yes sir."

"But be kind Alec, she's still a child." Aro patted my shoulder, "Before you go to her I want you to find out why Gianna wasn't with her." I nodded and walked slowly in the direction of where Gianna was.

When I reached her desk she was on the phone with someone. I grabbed the phone out of her hand and slammed it back in the holder, hanging up on the person.

"Why the hell are you on the phone and not watching the Cullen's child." I hissed. Her eyes widened and her heart beat faster in fear.

"I-uh." Was all she got out before I growled.

"You what?" I hissed, "you were too busy talking to that boyfriend of your instead of doing your job."

"I-I" she stuttered shaking.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you?" I glared at her, "because of you Nessie was wondering around the castle during feeding time. She could've been killed."

"I-I'm sorry sir." She said shaking, I growled lowly.

"Go to Aro and explain this to him," I hissed, "you'd better hope he's in a forgiving mood because I'm not." I glared at her as she ran away towards Aro's office. When she was out of sight I slowly walked towards Nessie's room calming myself down.

When I reached the room I knocked softly and opened the door looking inside.

Nessie was lying on her bed cuddling up with the teddy bear I got her. I didn't see her at first because it hid her from my view.

"Renesmee," I said softly entering the room closing the door behind me. She was awake; I could hear her softly sobbing in the teddy bear. I sighed and walked slowly over to the bed so I wouldn't startle her. "Renesmee talk to me please." I whispered once I reached the side of the bed.

"No," she sobbed, "go away, you're a killer." I let out a long sigh. After a moment I sat on the side of the bed right by her. The only thing between us was the teddy bear.

"I'm not leaving Renesmee," I said moving the bear a little so I could see her face, "not until you talk me." She opened her eyes a little and a few tears fell down her cheek. When I reached over to wipe them away she flinched away from my hand.

Ouch...For some reason that hut me.

I retrieved my hand and spoke softly, "I apologize for what happened. I should've locked the door."

"No you shouldn't have killed that innocent women." She replied. I held back a frustrated growl.

"I told you before I don't care about humans." I said a little harshly. I quickly softened my tone, "Nessie that is what vampires do. We kill humans to survive."

"You don't have to."

"It's a vampire's instinct to kill humans not animals." I said, "you need to understand that. You and your family are the only vampires who survive off of animals; which isn't a very good thing." She sniffed and looked up.

"Why?"

"Those who drink from animals won't be very strong because they're denying their body what it really needs. Sure it satisfies the thirst, but it makes the vampire physically weak." I paused, "I'm not encouraging you to kill humans; I'm just telling you what being a vampire really means."

"Don't you have a gift to take away a person's senses?" she asked.

"Yes."

"They why don't you use your gift on them? Why let them feel the pain?" I sighed; this just keeps getting more complicated.

"Nessie," I said, "I'm not the good guy. Jane and I truly do enjoy causing pain and we enjoy killing humans we despise them. That's one reason why we're known as the witch twins. All the stories you hear about as are true."

"But why?" she sobbed a little.

"It's a long story." I sighed.

"You and Jane were once human." She said, "so why do you despise them so much?"

"Renesmee," I sighed, "Jane and I didn't grow up with a loving family like you. People in our village hated us and our own father beat us. When the villagers tortured us then burned us alive; we reached our breaking points." I ran my hand though my hair, "when we woke up to this world we vowed to make humans suffer for what they did."

"But-" she started but I cut her off.

"No buts." I said, "That's how Jane and I are. We have our good sides and we have our dark sides. That's how we are. That's how vampires are."

Nessie fiddled with the ribbon on the bear not looking at me.

"Your jacked smells like blood." She murmured after a few minutes. I sighed taking my jacked off so I only wore my long sleeved black shirt. I got up and put my jacket right outside the room then sat back down by Nessie.

"Better?" I asked.

"I guess." She said still fiddling with the ribbon. A strand of her hair fell in front of her face. When I went to move it out of the way, she flinched away from my hand again. I sighed and placed my hand in my lap.

"Do you want me to leave?" I asked. When she didn't speak I stood up, "Aro is calling you grandfather soon." I said. I waited for a few more seconds but when she didn't speak I left.

When I exited the room I grabbed my jacked and started to walk away.

"What happened Alec?" Raven asked coming up to me.

"I'm sure you already know." I said. Raven frowned a little.

"I'll go talk to her." She said.

"Do whatever you want," I replied walking away.

I had run to a neighboring town to hunt. My throat was still burning and my last meal didn't fully satisfy me. I was walking down the dark streets looking for my next meal. Because I wasn't wearing contacts I stuck to the shadows.

Girls laughing caught my attention and I stepped back into an alley way. Three college looking women were walking close to where I was. I wasn't in the mood to kill three people; I just wanted one more meal.

Luckily, one of the girls broke off from her friends and stopped at a house.

"We'll see you next week at school, Jenna." One of her friends said smiling.

The girl Jenna smiled and hugged them. When her friends drove off in their car; I took this as my chance. I quickly put on a pair of contacts and walked up to the house.

"Excuse me miss." I said making her jump. She turned and looked at me, within seconds I could smell her arousal. Raven's smelled better.

"Can I help you?" she asked shifting. I wondered if she was ever taught to not talk to strangers at night.

"I'm visiting this town and I'm afraid I'm lost." I replied keeping my distance.

She smiled seductively at me, "I have a map in my house would you like to come in?"

Last time I checked you didn't invite strangers into your house. The lack of common sense humans have now makes my life so much easier.

"Are you sure?" I asked stepping closer, "I wouldn't want to intrude."

She smiled shaking her head, "oh no it's fine. Come in."

I followed her into the house and watched her pull out a map. She walked over to me and opened the map. "So you're here." She said pointing to the map leaning closer to me.

"Ok," I said while my throat felt like it was on fire. When she asked where I was staying, I made up some hotel that I spotted on the map. When she finished giving me directions I really didn't need she turned to me and her heart pick up; but out of fear not lust. My contacts had melted revealing my red eyes.

I smirked, "something wrong?" I asked darkly.

"n-no," she stuttered backing up towards the stairs. In the next second she ran up the stairs and I watched her run into the room right at the top. I rolled my eyes; like she could get away. I ran up and easily opened the locked door. The woman was by her bed reaching for the phone. I ran up and grabbed the phone before she could then pulled her to me putting my free hand over her mouth. Her back was against my chest as I leaned down to her neck.

"You should never invite strangers into your home." I whispered then bit down. She struggled and tried to scream, but couldn't because of my hand over her mouth. I stopped drinking for a second when I felt tears falling onto my hand. I growled frustrated; the image of Nessie crying after I finished killing that last woman flashed in my head. I strengthened my grip and bite harder on the woman squeezing my eyes shut. I tried so hard to push that image out of my head, but it wouldn't go away. Finally, I growled beyond pissed and let my black mist surround her. In the next second she went limp in my arms as I continued to drink.

After I finished my meal, I set up the scene so it looked like she committed suicide and left. I was beyond pissed that I actually took away her pain with my gift.

A few hours later I was lying on my bed still pissed about using my gift on my last meal. Humans don't deserve to die without pain. I want them to be in pain; I want them to know what it's like to die in pain. A knock came from my door and I growled lowly.

Why can't I be left alone for once?

"What?!" I hissed at whoever was at the door. A second later it opened and Carlisle came in.

"I apologize for bothering you." He said calmly. Carlisle reminded me of Demetri; always being clam no matter what the situation is. I sighed not looking at him; I kept my eyes shut.

"What?" I asked annoyed.

"Aro called me and I just wanted to find out what happened." He said.

I opened my eyes and glared at him, "what happened is that I was being a vampire and your family failed to tell Nessie about vampire's true natures."

"Yes you're right." He sighed.

What?

"Are you agreeing with me?" I asked; he didn't say anything though and I became frustrated once again, "why are you here?"

He sighed, "You're right. Bella and Edward do fail to tell Nessie about vampires. They try treating her like a human and shield her from our world." He paused, "She is half vampire and should know what that means. However she's also human. Telling her that you despise them will make her believe you despise her as well. Alec maybe you should think about that." He left without saying anything else leaving me alone.

I continued to lie on my bed and decided to read a book. Another knock sounded on at my door.

What does a vampire have to do to get some peace around here?

"What?" I asked annoyed.

"Alec." Nessie's voice came from the door. I sat up looking at my door. Nessie was poking her head in looking at me.

I sighed, "yes?" I asked softly. Nessie stepped in leaving my door cracked open a little. She walked over to my bed and sat at the end keeping her distance.

"I got into a fight with mommy and daddy." She said quietly.

I sighed, "why?"

Nessie sniffed a little trying not to cry, "they called you a heartless monster." She said.

"I don't see what's bad about that," I said, "it's the truth." Nessie was quiet for a while before she spoke again.

"Do you hate me Alec?" she whispered looking at her hands.

"No," I replied truthfully then thought for a moment, "I consider you a friend."

"Really?" she asked still not looking up. I held out my right hand to her and she turned her head to see what I was doing. With my other hand I lifted my sleeve to show her what was on my wrist.

Nessie touched the bracelet on my wrist, "you're still wearing my friendship bracelet." She stated.

"Jane is still wearing hers too," I replied, "so no, Nessie, I don't hate you."

Nessie jumped at me and buried her face in my chest; she clutched my shirt in her tiny hands.

"I don't hate you either Alec." She whispered. I wrapped my arms around her and rested my cheek on her head.

"I'm sorry I scared you Nessie," I murmured, "it won't happen again." Nessie nodded and started sobbing while I comforted her.

Meanwhile In Finland...

(Jane's POV)

"This is really starting to piss me off." Felix hissed as we were walking through the forest near Fane's burned down castle. We had spent a week searching for any trace of him, but couldn't find anything. I looked at Vladimir, who was standing by me.

"Any suggestions?" I asked.

He sighed, "If Fane wasn't so good at hiding child," he said, "Stefan and I would've killed him a long time ago." I was deep in thought trying to think about where he could be. Suddenly Vladimir grabbed me and pulled me backwards. In that same second a huge fire wall separated us from the others. Vladimir and I were on the ground from the sudden movement.

"Are you alright?" he asked. I nodded. Then we heard growls and vampires fighting on the other side of the fire.

"What's going on?" I hissed trying to see past the fire and smoke as we got quickly to our feet.

"Don't know," Vladimir replied, "but we need to get over there." Suddenly Vladimir was being tackled. I looked at the vampire attacking him trying to use my gift, but nothing happened. In the next second I was being held by two vampires who blind folded me.

"You're not going anywhere." One of the vampires hissed.

I heard Vladimir growl, "let her go!"

Then everything went black.

Author's Note:

Cliffhanger again :)

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