Alec

1. GLANCE

I stared in the mirror, and a blank look stared back with sullen eyes. Today was pretty much judgment day for me, the Volturi was coming for my head because I knew of my sister, Bella, and her… "condition" as Charlie so delicately put it. She was a vampire, big whoop. Now I have to die because I knew it. A small cough was made behind me and I jumped to see Bella standing in the doorway with Alice. Well, there went escape one… I guess it'll have to be escape two. I glanced at the window, but before I could say a word or make a move, Alice had me over her shoulder and moving down the stairs.

"Alice! Put me down!" I scratched at the banister wildly, "I wasn't really going to do it, I swear!"

"You are such a bad liar." She said stiffly.

"Gee, I wonder who I could possibly get that from." I glared at Bella who was trailing us, and she gave a half hearted shrug.

"Behave!" Alice said as I kicked my feet at her.

"Well Then put me doooooooooowwwn!" I screamed as Alice then proceeded to throw me over the railing.

I landed with a huge 'PLUNK' on the couch right next to Emmet who started guffawing like the big oaf he was. My heart wouldn't slow down, and I would have hit him if I hadn't known that he was rock solid and would break every bone in my hand twice over when it made contact. Jacob tried to hide it at least, he hadn't laughed since Renesme went to visit Rene in Florida on an all girl trip. Esme glared at Alice as she stood on the staircase looking over us.

"Marie Alice Cullen how dare you even-" Esme began, but suddenly every one tensed and slowly turned their heads to face the doorway of the Cullen House.

In an instant everyone was up and moving toward the parlor and taking their places in front of the door. Edward stood by Bella, Carlisle by Esme, Emmet by Rosalie, and Jasper by Alice. I stood in the middle, slightly hidden in between Bella and Emmet, alone, with Jacob behind me far back. I cringed at the pain in my heart with the thought of being without someone to love, but the thought was immediately dismissed as a hollow knock resounded in the silence. Carlisle stepped forward and opened up the door to greet our guests.

One after another, the members of the Volturi filed into the room, Aro, Caius, and Marcus were in the front, other than those three I knew no others. In fact I knew only those three because they were in the portrait of Carlisle and his early years with the Volturi. They were exactly as the portrait portrayed, and just as beautiful in the flesh. I was checking out the other vampires, and one caught my eye, as I peeked out from between Emmett's form, but I continued on as I felt a small tingling in my stomach. Ah, the familiar butterflies. And it was only at a glance of him.

"Carlisle!" Aro boomed enthusiastically, swamping Carlisle into a hug.

"Aro," Carlisle replied in an amiable tone. "Welcome to our home."

"Yes it is quite a beautiful living space, but not quite as beautiful as Volterra."

Aro said looking around, smiling, and then his tone turned serious. "But I'm not here to admire your humble abode. I'm here because some one not of our kind knows of us. Where is the Ms. Sirène Swan?"

I grimaced at the sound of my name, and gently nudged Emmet and Bella out of the way to stand before Aro. They knew I was here, they could smell from a mile away at the very least, and my heart beat was not much of a help either. I thought of my life, my future. What was going to happen to me now? Were they going to turn me, because if they were I was going to make a run for it now. I had no intention of becoming a sparkly vampire. Maybe they would put me under the ax and lop my head off and then go back and drain me of my blood, or maybe they would drown me in pitch black shark infested water or maybe even-

My thoughts were cut short by a swift movement and the vampire that I had glanced at earlier was right in front of me… sniffing. His crimson eyes met my green ones and his line of sight traveled along my jaw to my throat, with him leaning after it. My heart nearly pelted out of my chest and suddenly Edward was crouching down, taking a protective state in front me, growling fiercely, with Bella by my side pulling me away and hiding me behind Emmet and Jacob. The vampire hissed, his eyes never leaving mine, and Emmet snarled causing Rosalie to growl and crouch down in front of Emmet.

"Alec!" Aro said, his perfect state of composure overcome with shock.

I peeked out from behind Emmet. Aro's hand was clamping onto the vampire, Alec, and his eyes were wide. Edward was still in a protective crouch, his lips curled over his teeth, glaring at Alec whose eyes had grown a black cherry red within seconds. I let my hand rise to my throat as what had almost happened sunk in. He was about to bite me, and apparently he was still set on it. Jacob put his arm around my waist, ready to run with me if need be.

"No." Edward growled at Alec who hissed again in return.

"Alec, calm your self, please." Aro said. "Well Edward, looks like you are not the only one who has a... singer. What ever shall we do?"

My mouth popped open, and then I groaned, because, unfortunately, I knew exactly what he was talking about. Was he serious?! Not another Bella and Edward deal please, especially not with me playing the part of Bella. I tried to focus on my breathing but it was not working very well. This is not what I wanted when I wished for a significant other. I had nothing against vampires, they were awesome and all, but I was human and that was complicated enough. I leaned against Jacob who held me up, a worried expression on his face.

"Well," Carlisle said, ever the calm level headed one. "This is unexpected, why don't we discuss this in comfort?" He gestured toward the living room.

"Take Sirène upstairs to her room." Edward said pointedly at Jacob.

"Hey, wait a second!" I yelled as Jacob began to pick me up and haul me off, he paused and I glared at Edward. "Edward now that's not fair and you know it. This deals with me. Let me stay, Jacob will stay right next to me and protect me if anything happens. Besides, I think his smell might help Alec." I blushed at saying his name, and his eyes widened for a moment.

"Well thank you, I appreciate the comment on how lovely I smell." Jacob said sarcastically.

There was a momentary silence, and then finally Edward agreed with the reluctance of a stubborn duck. Edward, Jasper and Emmet formed a small circle around me as Jacob picked me up, one hand on my back and the other under my legs, and walked over into the living room. Jacob sat me a chair softly, then found a clear space and transformed right then and there. Then I knew that the danger was serious, Jacob had not even bothered to make the change without his clothes. The shreds of clothes fell every where, and Esme glared at him. Jacob bowed his head, his ears flattened out on his head and nudged her, letting her know that he would clean it up later.

Alec moved carefully, almost as if he was calculating, his eyes had yet to leave mine, and they were growing darker by the second. They were almost a complete blackish color. He was, without a doubt, the most beautiful creature to walk the earth. His burnt brownie colored hair and his pale skin set off a glow about him that attracted me with such a pull that I would have immediately have become his. What ever he wanted me to do, whatever he wanted me to be, even if it was a vampire. To be his forever. Was this how Bella felt? I could not recall.

As I sat there pondering these things I had not realized that they were discussing my future. I stared at them blankly, then at Jacob. He nuzzled his nose against my leg and I jumped. He glared at me and pointed his muzzle towards Aro, and I looked up at him blankly. Aro raised an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry, I, um, err, was thinking. What is it?" I asked.

"We have offered you a chance to come and stay with us in Volterra. . ." Caius sneered pleasantly, but there was something that was not being said.

"What's the catch?" I eyed him warily.

"You become one of us." He said grudgingly.

I felt the blood drain from my face and I frowned. I looked around at the Cullen's, and I saw it in their eyes. There was no choice in the matter unless I wanted to die. I was about to mention that I would really like to take the latter until I saw the look on Bella's face. I felt that something was missing from this offer, some back hand deal that was not being said aloud. I looked around panicking, not ready to say what I did not want to say, but having no other choice. I had the same powers as Bella, plus more. Not that any one else knew that, and I sure was not about to let that happen.

"What is required of me if I do this?" I asked, causing Jacob to growl in response. I could feel the fury rolling off of him.

"Well, our young Alec has no mate and you are his singer after all, it's only fitting that you two should marry at some point. But that is not really a requirement, I only ask that you become a vampire, and that you reside within the Volturi." Aro explained and I knew by the smug smile on his face and the way he said 'ask' that my decision was already made for me.

"Why can I not just become a vampire and stay here, with my sister and her family?"

There. I had said it. I had asked the bid question. Of course I already knew the answer. They just could not handle another possible Cullen with such powers as Bella. I sighed, and placed my head in my hands. Great. Just friggin' great. Then I looked Aro in the eyes, and stood up.

"I agree, but only as long as I get to visit my sister and her family as soon as I get control of my senses once I am a vampire. I also request that they are able to check on me when they can and that I be able to feed off animals…" I paused, unsure of what was coming out of my mouth. "And that I have two more weeks to spend time alone with my family."

"We are in agreement then. You have two more weeks. But I shall leave you in Alec and Felix's care. We can not chance loosing such a gem as you my dear." He stroked the side of my face and Jacob growled lowly. "We shall see you in Volterra in time. Then we shall discuss the matter of your transformation and... feeding habits." He backed away swiftly signaling to the rest.

The Volturi rose as one and left leaving no one but Alec, and a big burly vampire, the one they called Felix. He grinned and reminded me of Emmet… a more violent and sadistic monkey-like Emmet, but Emmet none the less. Alec stared at me, a painful longing lodged in his eyes. I stepped forward and he stiffened. I could tell that he as not breathing, so I knew that he did not want to kill me, but only taste my blood. Like that made it any better. I stood in front of him, and slowly extended my hand towards him, but stopped. He looked to be in so much pain that I would have killed myself for him if I could have. I was hurting him. Tears sprang to my eyes.

"I'm so sorry!" I cried, and ran up the stairs to my room.

"Wow." Emmet stated. "She didn't trip for once."