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Skin deep
By : fusedtwilight
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Skin Deep
Chapter 11

Fusedtwilight: Thanks animegirlkiki for betaing, thanks to Stina, Tabitha d and AA1991 for reviewing.

Jane P.O.V

I watched as Alec and the new born went behind a column of marble.

I knew he was making his move so I went to Aro to tell him Sara would be with Alec.

"Master Aro," I said.

"Yes dear one," he said.

"Sara has left the party. Alec is with her right now, he is showing her the city."

"Is he now?" Aro asked with a smile.

He held out his hand, knowing what to do I gave him mine. He smiled as he read my mind. He knew our plan.

"Ambitious," he said taking his hand back.

"That's my Alec." I said with a smile.

Aro laughed. "Indeed. I have always had a soft spot for you and your brother. Were me and Sulpicia capable I am sure we would have a son and daughter just like the two of you."

I beamed at him. I felt so happy to get such a compliment. I have always tried my best to be worthy of Aro's affection. How else could I repay him for saving me and Alec?

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We had come from a dirt poor family. My brother and I were born to poverty. Our mother had us out of wedlock. We were born bastards. She never named our father.

My mother had been a woman born in the wrong time period. In my day women were supposed to be quiet, submissive things who did as they were told. My mother would have been better off in this day of age.

Where women can vote, own their own companies, drive their own cars, even become a political leader. She was a real woman. Not some sad simpering victim waiting for prince charming to sweep her off her feet.
Her independence made her isolated from her village. We had lived on the outskirts of town. People thought her a witch. They said me and Alec were the spawn of the devil. They told their children we were witches and to stay away.

Life was hard. I remember how it was only the three of us, me Alec and mother. All me and Alec had for playmates were each other. The village children picked on us at school. They would always write horrible things on our desks. Throw books or rocks at us. Call us monsters and hell spawn.

The teachers were cruel to us to. Asking us questions and when we could not figure out the answer they would make us sit in the corner or wrap our knuckles with a stick.

Our home life was better, but only a little. Mother loved us. She worked so hard to keep a roof over our heads and food on our table. Sadly we barely had a roof and the food was barely edible.

No one ever offered to help us. We were evil, we danced with the devil. To show us pity or mercy of any kind would be a sign they favored evil to..

I remember the night I first met Aro. I and Alec had been playing in the woods, we were seven when we stumbled upon Aro and his guard.

We had heard some strange sounds, like wild animals fighting. Being young and stupid we went to investigate. We hid behind a tree and saw men dressed in fancy clothes.

They were killing a vampire and the sun was out. We watched in horror and fascination as these angels killed with such beauty and grace. We watched as they sparkled in the sun like diamonds.
We watched as they tore the vampire apart and burned him. Aro spotted us and we were brought to him by his guards. We were so scared. I remember how I clung to Alec, fearing for our lives.

"What are your names young one?" he asked.

I was embarrassed. Here I was in my rags and here these beautiful men were in their magnificent clotehs. I felt embarrassed and angry.

"Jane sir."

"Alec sir."

"Well Jane, Alec I am afraid you have seen something forbidden. Something mortal's eyes must not see," he said.

"Please sir, we won't tell, we swear!" Alec had said.

"I am sorry, rules are rules," Aro said.

"No! Leave my brother alone!" I screamed. That was when I first manifested my power. I glared at Aro and to my surprise he actually recoiled like I had struck him.

I felt an immense sense of satisfaction. With a mere look I made this angel from hell recoil. With a mere look I made him afraid of little old me. I giggled pleased by what I had done.

"Master?" one of the guards asked.

Aro nodded and me and Alec were lifted up in the air. We screamed for help but we lived to far deep in the woods to be heard.

That was when Alec discovered his power. "Let me go!" he shouted.

The guard who was holding Alec let out a cry of shock and dropped him. "Run Alec!" I shouted. He didn't instead he ran at the guar holding me and tried hitting him with his fists. As soon as he touched him the guard dropped me too.

The guards circled us. They hissed and it made a spark of fear run down my spine. I knew there was no way we could run. I had seen them move earlier.

"Enough!" Aro said. "Eleazar."

That was when Eleazar was still a member of the Volturi. He looked at us. Inspecting us. His eyes widened in surprise by what he saw. I glared at him thinking he was judging us because of our clothes.

He looked away and whispered something in Aro's ear. Aro looked at us and I saw something new in his red eyes. Curiosity and hunger. Not for food, but for something else.

"Tell me young ones. Would you like to live?"

"Yes!" we both said quickly.

"Then give me your hands."

"Why?" Alec asked. He glared at Aro. "You're not one of those people that like touching children are you?"

Aro laughed. "Of course not. I mean you no harm...yet."

I looked at Alec and he shrugged. They had us, what choice did we have? We walked forward and he kneeled down to take our hands. His hands were ice cold and hard as stone. He just held our hands and I felt very silly.

He let us go. Then he walked over to Eleazar and took his hand. After a moment he let him go. He turned to us and there was a big smile on his face. "Well this turned out to be a better day then I expected. I'll make you a deal children, promise me you will speak of us to no one and I will not only let you live...I will give you power."

We looked at him then each other. "What kind of power?" Alec asked. There was a look of greed in his eyes.

"This kind."He disappeared before our eyes. He reappeared off in the distance next to a large tree. He pulled his fist back and stuck it right through the trunk. He disappeared again and was right in front of us again. "And more. You are both unique children. Very unique. Keep quiet and I will let you live and one day I will come back and make all your dreams come true. Deal?"

Obviously we said yes.

After that our lives changed. We never told our mother, nor anyone else. We wanted to test our new powers so we would find small animals to practice on.

Me I would use my power on the school children. They would start picking on us or say horrible things and I would look at them and they would shut up and look at me afraid.

I couldn't cause them pain like I could now, but something about my gaze caused extreme discomfort. I even used my power on my teacher. I enjoyed using it. I enjoyed taking control; I loved making them fear me, making them respect me.

Soon rumor spread that I was using the evil eye on people. Alec warned me to be discreet but I ignored him and continued to flaunt my power. The next time we met Aro was many years later when we were fourteen.

We had continued to experiment on animals to hone our abilities. Alec found if he focused he could strip a single sense from an animal. I could cause the animals to go mad with fear with a single look.

One day we were found by some of the villagers experimenting on the animals. The reaction was immediate. They seized us and our mother and threw us in jail. Within an hour they had the stakes ready.

They burned our mother first. We were forced to watch as she burned to death. Listened as the villagers cheered as she screamed in pain.

By the time they removed her charred body they tried to burn us next. Alec had tried to use his power on them but they beat him and bound him making sure not to touch him.

They bound us together on a stake and lit the fire. The fire lit quickly, they used dry wood. Had they been merciful they would have used wet wood and grass. The smoke would have gotten to us long before the heat.
I try not to think what happened next. The memory of the fire melting my skin is fuzzy, thank god. I remember the screams of me and my brother as we burned. I remember the cheers of the crowd.

I remember flashes of cloaked figures tearing into the crowd, ripping them apart like silk. Then I remember a face, Aro�fs looking over me in a dark room.

Then I remember a burning more intense then the fire, I remember Alec's screams of pain. Then I woke as a vampire and that was that.

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After we became vampires we were told by Aro that after our meeting he had us checked on by his people every so often. When he learned we were going to be burned he gathered his men and came for us.

By the time he found us we were badly burned, near death. He bit us to save us. I admit I am grateful to him, though I still wish I could have been older when I was changed.

We didn't have it easy. Being so young and newborns we were wild things. But Aro took much time and energy to train us, taught us how to be proper vampires.

The guards didn't think much of us; some were even upset Aro was going to have children in the guard. Until Aro had us demonstrate our power on the protestors.

I remember the first mission he had us go on. I was so nervous, I feared we would fail Aro, let him down. Instead we were a roaring success. No coven was able to stop us, together me and Alec were invincible.

Until the Cullens. Thinking about that girl made my heart burn with hate. Until she came along no one ever resisted my power. No one!

As long as she was alive she was a threat. I and Alec were some of the most feared members. We were Aro's. His weapons, the instruments of his wrath and judgment.

But this one little girl shrugged off our powers like they were nothing! I brought down entire covens mightier than those golden eyed freaks but they escaped my hateful gaze!

It is a sin I can never forgive.

I hope Alec seduced Sara, I hope he gets that seat. Because I will make sure he convinces Aro to have us gather an army to kill them, them and all those who dared defy us!

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Sara P.O.V

I listened to Alec as he told me his story. My heart went out to him and his sister. I thought I had a bad life. Least I wasn't burned as a witch.

We sat by a fountain. The image was of a woman with a vase pouring water into the fountain. It was night time out and we were alone. The streets were lit by lanterns that cast a nice soft light out onto the streets.

"And me and my sister have been with Aro ever since,"Alec said.

"I am sorry you and her suffered so badly," I said.

"Thank you...you understand what it is like, the pain of child abuse?"

I looked at him surprised, how did he know? Did Aro tell him? Did everyone know about my sad, pathetic life?

"How did you know?"I asked.

"Your eyes." he brought up his hand and traced the corners of my eyes. "They have knowledge, an understanding. They show you know better than most what it's like." I moved my head and his hand dropped.

"Forgive me, I did not mean to offend."

"I'm not offended. Just irritated." I smiled at him. "I am always so easy to read, I have never been good at hiding my emotions."

"You shouldn't have to. Why should the sun have to hide behind the moon?"

"Thank you Alec, I am so glad to be out of that room! All those vampires, all that blood! Driving me crazy!"

I got up and stretched. I didn't have tired muscles any more but it was reflex. There was a small band playing at a little villa nearby. With my enhanced hearing I could hear the sweet melody being played.

"May I have this dance?" Alec asked.

"You may," I smiled.

He got up and took my hands. We began to waltz. He was only a few inches taller than me. He said he was only fourteen. I thought it a shame. Had he been allowed to grow older before he had changed he would have had a growth spurt I am sure.

His shoulders had that look of potential. You see it in young men before they fully grow into those shoulders. You know they would have wide, strong shoulders.
He would have had a really lovely face. Had he lost some baby fat, gained some muscle he would have had a nice strong face.

"You dance really well," he said.

"Thank you. I haven't really danced before, never had the time."

"The best part about being a vampire, you have all the time in the world," he smiled.

I was having a good time. I had underestimated Alec. I had thought he would have the maturity of a fourteen year old. But I had grossly misjudged. Alec is centuries old. He had gone through a hard and rough life. It will cause anyone to grow up quick.

Alec had proved himself to be mature, polite and very sharp and intellectual. He wasn't immature or pushy at all. Plus we both knew how hard it was to be abused as a child.
It is amazing how people can bond. We came from different worlds, had different views, and led different lives. Yet a single thing as shared pain created a bond more quickly than words ever had. It's amazing how the world works.

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Santiago P.O.V

I watched from a distance as Sara danced with Alec.

I had to give the boy credit; his past history definitely earned him some points with the girl. But I knew she would only see him as something like a little brother.

His physical appearance was too much of a road block for her. She would not be able to ignore it. Had she been from a few centuries ago in the right place she would not care.
But in these modern times with her American views Alec's appearance would hurt his chances a lot.

I had barely talked to her when I kissed her ring. Let the others give her so much attention she'll wish she could puke. Then, let her come to me.

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Embry P.O.V

I had gone out with Gloria again. I had almost been late because I had been trying to get the ketch up out of my shirt. I had done a pretty good job.

It was another great date. We laughed, we ate, we even held hands. This time I drove her home. When we got to her door we said good night.

I leaned down and kissed her. She kissed back.

But then Sara's face flashed right before my face and I pulled back. "Embry?" Gloria asked.

"Sorry...it was just a really good kiss," I said lying quickly.

She smiled. "I didn't think I was that good."

"Hey what are you doing tomorrow?" I asked.

"You thinking a third date?" she asked.

"Well I was thinking maybe you would like to meet my mother," I said.

Her eyes widened in surprise. "Introducing me to your mother already? Wow you really do know how to make a girl feel special."

"Well you are special," I said.

Her smile faded a little around the edges. "Listen Embry, I heard you already had a girlfriend, is that true?"she asked.
How did she know about Sara? Probably some wolf running their mouth off. "gI was in an intense relationship, but it ended. I can guarantee you I am one hundred percent available right now," I said.

My stomach clenched painfully.

She smiled. "Alright, what time?"

"Six thirty sound good?" I asked.

"Sure, I'll be there."

I left her and drove back home. The entire ride back I was feeling bad..Why do I keep on thinking about Sara? Was it left over affects of her power?

I arrived home and found someone unexpected. Jamie. I got out and greeted him. "Hey. What's up?" I asked.

"I am checking to see how progress on your search for your true father has gone." he said.

"Oh. I had forgotten all about that," I said.

"So I hear Sara was taken. How does that make you feel?" he asked.

"She dumped me, I came to my senses. Now I'm moving on quickly." I shrugged my shoulders.

"After everything you went through?"
"Must have been her power."

"Hmm, power yes, of course. Listen, I have discovered who your father is."

"What!" I almost yelled.

"Shh. If Sam knew I was here right now I would be in serious trouble, I'm risking a lot being here you know. I snuck out."

"How did you find out who my father is?"I asked.
"At the Cullens. I overheard Billy and your mom having a very interesting conversation."

"Billy? As in Billy Black?"

"You know any other Billy's around this place?" he asked.

"You're telling me Jacob and I are half-brothers?" I asked.

"Yep, if its any constellation there is a bright side."

"What?"

"You're not related to me." he smiled.

I glared at him.

"I swear no one has a sense of humor around here." he rolled his eyes.

"I just found out not only am I a bastard but I am the result of an affair! How is that supposed to make me fell!"

"Does it matter?"he asked.

It wasn't that he asked me that that pissed me off. He actually didn't understand why I was angry. His eyes told me plan as day he was not seeing the problem.

"My father is my best friend's father! He was married at the time I was conceived!"

"What's your point?" he asked.

"The point! He lied! My mom lied! All these years they knew and they never told me! He lied to his wife, his son, his daughters!"

"No reason to freak out about it, after all him being a cheat did create you so you shouldn't bitch. Though seeing how it is technically his fault you are a wolf you have reason to."

"You wouldn't understand!"

"No?" he raised an eyebrow. "You forget who my father was."

"You knew him."

" knew of him, never met the guy. Not since I was born."

"Just go," I said rubbing my eyes.

"If you didn't want an answer you shouldn't have asked the question." He turned around to leave. "Oh by the way, I overheard Sam talking to the elders. If she ever comes back she will be killed."

"What? Why would they do that?" I asked confused. "Did she use her power on a wolf?"

"Yes. But I won't tell you who, let's say you know him really well. Think about it. Oh and you didn't hear this from me. If it comes back to me don't think I won't hesitate to sneak into your house while you sleep and do something horrible to you."

"Ohh I'm so scared," I sneered.

He turned to look at me and I froze. His eyes were dead. Nothing was in them. No emotion, no feeling. Just a vast cold emptiness. I knew then he meant what he said. He would do horrible things to me and not flinch.

"I don't believe in idle threats."

With that he left, running for the woods. He was right about one thing. I am glad he is not my brother. I went inside and heard my mom in the kitchen. I decided it was time we had a little talk.
I stood in the door way. She turned around and let out a squeak of surprise.

"Oh Embry I hate it when you do that!" she scolded me.

"Gloria is coming over to dinner tomorrow," I said.

"Oh that's wonderful!" she said.

"Yeah, hey you think I can invite the blacks to?"

"All of them? Whatever for?"

"Oh I figured we could make it a family thing, you know since Billy is my dad and all." I said.

Her face turned White and I knew right then and there Jamie was right. Billy Black was my dad.

Fusedtwilight: Wow, how to top that, wait and see. Next chapter Embry learns how he was conceived and Sara tries to play a larger role in vampire politics.
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