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Skin Deep
Chapter 18

Fusedtwilight: Thanks to everyone who reviewed, here is the new chapter, hope you all enjoy.

Sara P.O.V

Aro called everyone into the main hall.

I sat next to Marcus as the guard filled the hall. I did not know what this was all about. I tried to ask Aro but all he said was that today would be the most important day of my life.
Of course I was nervous. Someone tells you today will be the most important day of your life you generally get a little worked up. What was I going to do?
"Marcus do you know what Aro is planning?" I asked.

Marcus was scanning the hall; I think he was checking to see if my power was affecting anyone else in the guard. "No child, I am as much in the dark as you," he said.
Great, even Marcus didn't know what was up. I was hoping Aro would have at least hinted to Marcus what was going on.

"Aro what is the meaning of this?" Caius asked.

As much as I did not like Caius, I was glad he was asking this. Knowing Aro I had a sneaking suspicion I was not going to be like his little surprise and I did not want to be caught off guard by it.

"Patience Caius, we must wait for Alec to arrive," Aro said.

"Alec? But you sent him off with some of the guard to investigate the killings in England," Marcus said.

I felt my heart jump (Not really but metaphorically) when Alec was mentioned. It had been over a day but I was missing him so much. I was so dreadfully worried about him. I hope he is safe, I know these little inquiries can be dangerous. Sure he had a powerful ability and the other guards but still, things can happen and people can get hurt.

I know Alec is missing me as well. This bond my power created was a two way street after all. He was as much affected as I was by it. Now Corin was bonded to me as a really good friend. A friend a brother, what's next? Or should I say who is next?

"Yes, his mission was a success, but Alec is bringing back a guest," Aro said.

Guest? Since when do they bring back guests from a purging mission? This guest must have a special power. That would be the only reason for Aro having them brought over alive. But what does that have to do with me? The only thing I can think of is that he wants me to use my power on them.

I know Aro liked to use Chelsea to get vampires to join his coven. To my knowledge he was still ignorant of me and Alec. Maybe Aro wanted to see how my power compared to hers. I know Chelsea could manipulate emotional ties. But from what I have learned she can't manipulate ties like true love.

A part of me wondered if what I had created between me and Alec was love. As arrogant as it may be for me to say that I can actually make true love, why else could Chelsea not undo what I did to Alec?

I spotted her in the crowed of guards. She was glaring at me. She stood next to her mate Afton. I wonder if she knew about the bond me and Corin had made yet? I had to wonder if she would be good on her threat to tell Aro?

"What kind of guest?" Caius asked.

"A special guest," Aro said.

"Oh be out with it Aro," Caius snapped, "Is this person another special you decided to add to the guard?"

"That remains to be seen."

"On what?"

"On Sara."

"What? What do you mean?" I asked.

Just then the doors opened, Alec and the others strolled in. My heart jumped in my throat when I saw who Alec carried in his arms. A little girl with blonde hair, she was six or seven, her hair fell past her shoulders in wavy curls. She was crying for her mother, I knew she was a vampire. Her eyes were deep scarlet and she was just so…..beautiful.

She was more beautiful and enchanting then Rosalie or Heidi. It wasn't the raw sexuality or sensual wave that soothed the senses like an adult. This was the beauty of a child. The same beauty that had inspired images of cherubs, that pure raw innocence that warmed hearts magnified by the vampire venom.

I was used to something like this from Nessie. But Even Nessie could not compare to the beauty the child invoked, I was instantly smitten with her. I wanted to go to her and hold her and tell her everything would be okay. I looked around and saw many faces had softened to the girls pleading and crying.

Tanya and Kate told me that vampire children or immortal children as they're called were prized for their beauty and ability to make anyone love them instantly. But I had no idea. Words cannot begin to describe how much I already loved this girl just by looking at her.

"Aro what is this!" Caius asked angrily, "Why is that thing still alive?"

Caius's reaction helped me focus away from the girl. I realized he was right. One of the big rules of the Volturi was to never turn a human child into a vampire. They were to wild and uncontrollable. From my studies it was because of the immortal children hundreds of covens were wiped out by the Volturi. Because they refused to surrender their children.

It was terrible and the thought of so many poor children dying in such a horrible way. How anyone could do that to a child I could not fathom.

"Well Caius, this would be the survivor from the large amount of immortal children Alec and the others wiped out," Aro said.

"Large amount? How many were there?" Marcus asked.

"Twenty," Alec said.

"Twenty?!"

"A female had an unusual…desire for children. She found orphans and runaways and turned them. The little beasts are the ones who killed all those people," Santiago said.
"So why is this one alive?" Caius asked.

"She has a power master Caius," Alec said, "She can affect your senses so you see everything in reverse. Up becomes down, left becomes right. When I tried to use my power it went the other way I willed it to."

"Interesting, but power or no power an immortal chi-"

"But Caius, we do have someone who can control the desire for blood," Aro said.

All eyes in the room moved to me. So that is what Aro meant it was my time to shine. I did it to Jasper; I did it to Santiago, why shouldn't I be able to do it to the child?
"Sara, I want you to see if you can manipulate her blood lust. See if we can't tame the untamable violence of the immortal children," Aro said giving me a smile.

"Aro, I think it would be best if we kill the child," Marcus said.

"Why Marcus? If Sara can save the girl we gain a new member with a powerful ability and it will help Sara learn some control of her ability."

"Aro even if she is successful the child is-a-child." Marcus emphasized each word. "It would be cruel to allow the little one to live in such a state. Alec and Jane suffer badly enough because of it, why should we let another suffer a worse fate? Besides what if her power doesn't work?"

"Well it's a win, win situation. It works new member, it doesn't then it is still good practice for Sara to use her ability. No harm done." Aro looked at me. "My dear, you are the only one who can save her, please try."

I looked from Marcus to Aro. Marcus had a point, allowing her to live was a cruel fate. But I did not want her to die either. It was unfair she had to die after everything that had happened to her. If I could save her why shouldn't I try?

"I will try," I said.

"Excellent!" Aro said clapping his hands together. He waved his hand and Dmitri and Felix walked forward. "Stay close to her; I don't want her to be harmed."

They nodded and stayed close to me as I walked to Alec. "I have her senses stripped," he said.

"I think you should release her," I said, "That way I don't have to worry about your power interfering."

He nodded and the girl's eyes focused on me. She looked around confused, scared. "Where am I?" she asked.

"You are in Italy child, the city of Volterra," Aro said.

"Italy? How did I get here? Where is my mommy? I want to go home!" she screamed.

I went to take her hand but she snarled at me. I flinched at the sound of it. It was like a wild animal. A wild cat or a lynx. No human child could ever make that sound but it was a painful reminder of what she had become.

Alec gripped her more tightly and she began to thrash in his arms. I now knew why Aro decided the immortal children had to die. All traces of the crying girl were gone; her once angelic features were morphed into something demonic and animal like. Alec tried to hold on but she was too quick for him.

"Hold her!" I said.

Felix and Dmitri rushed forward and grabbed her arms. She howled in rage and tried to get loose. I grabbed the sides of her head and I pushed my power into her. I detached my senses and pushed them into her.

At once I could sense her anger, her rage, and her desire for blood. It was so over whelming, her child mind was unable to cope with such powerful predatory instincts, the rolled over her mind. She made a new born seem tame.

I concentrated and I added my warmth to her fire. I then began to smother it, just like how I had done before. I pushed that part of herself back, until whatever it was that made her human was able to come forth.

She stopped her thrashing and calmed. I could still sense a strong desire from her. A desire for safety, for protection, for comfort, for a mother. She wanted her mother to be here to protect her.

I released her and told the boys to let her go, they were reluctant but with my urging the let her go. She stayed on the floor, looking around the main hall in amazement. The wonderful architecture a visual treat for her mind.

"Hello sweetie, what is your name?" I asked.

"Eleanor," she said.

"Eleanor, my name is Sara," I said giving her a smile.

"You're really pretty," she said giving me an angelic smile.

"Why thank you Eleanor. Tell me, how did you become a vampire?" I asked.

She flinched. "Well, my first mommy was sleeping on the couch again, I tried to be quiet, but I woke her up and she got mad. She yelled and screamed at me and locked me out of the house."

"She locked you out?" I asked horrified.

"Yes, it was night time and she still would not let me in. Then my other mommy showed up, she told me I was very pretty, she said she was going to take me away; I asked her if she was going to take me away to Neverland so I could meet Peter Pan and Tinker bell. She said no, but she was going to make it so I never aged. Then she gave me a kiss on the neck and….it gets a little fuzzy."

"We killed her," Alec said. I looked at him sharply. "Had the child not shown her gift we would have killed her as well."

Eleanor made a whining sound and grabbed me. "I don't like him, make him go away!" she shouted.

"Shhh, it will be okay," I told her.

I held her close to me and let her cry. Aro walked up and placed his hand on her head. I was very careful to make sure he did not touch me. She fidgeted when she felt him touch her but she did not flip out.

"She did it," Aro said.

He smiled at me prideful and I smiled and backed away from him so to give poor little Eleanor some space.

"Well this is amazing! I never thought we could ever tame the immortal children, but Sara proves to surprise us all!"

The hall erupted in applause. Eleanor hugged me more tightly as everyone clapped.

"Yes well done child," Caius said. "Now let's kill the brat and be done with it."

Eleanor shrieked in fear. "But Aro said if I could tame her blood lust she would live!" I said to Caius.

"I did say that Caius," Aro said.

"Aro it won't last, Santiago regained his thirst after a while remember? Who knows how long before the child returns to her raving state?"

"Then I'll stay with her," I said, "I'll make sure she never loses control."

"Please don't let them hurt me, I don't want to die, I want my mommy!" Eleanor begged.

"Marcus please help!" I begged him.

He looked at me and I knew what he was going to say. His face had gone stone like and blank, like when I first met him. "No, I agree with Caius. The child must die; even if Sara can control her instincts the effort it would take to care for her is too great, it is best we grant her a peaceful end."

"Her power could be a useful thing though," Aro said.

"We have enough useful powers, Alec is more than useful," Caius said.

"But she is just a child!" I said.

"Exactly, can you imagine eternity at her age Sara? This is a kindness. As harsh as it may seem it would be crueler to allow her to live like this," Marcus said.

"We don't just kill them because they cannot be controlled; we do it because eternity as a child was what drove the original immortal children insane. You may be able to control her violent nature, but soon she will realize she will never grow up, she will never be a grown up or be treated as an equal. Believe me child, I have seen what that knowledge brings them, it is not pretty," Caius said.

"Please, no I don't want to die! I want to live!" Eleanor screamed. Her grip on me was becoming painful.
"Masters please, I only spared the girl because I hoped she could make a good companion for Sara," Alec said.

I looked at him sharply. "Alec?"

"That was very poor judgment Alec," Aro said sternly, "I expected better from you."

"Forgive me master, I was not thinking clearly. I thought because she looked like Sara and Sara's ability she would help her adjust to our way of life, help her train her power," Alec said.
Aro held out his hand. Alec hesitated. I knew why. Aro motioned him forth with his hand, Alec looked at me and I nodded. It was pointless now. There was no reason for Alec to deny Aro; all it would do was by a few moments that would end in the same way.

He gave Aro his hand, I watched as his eyes narrowed. He looked at Alec and there was a swirl of emotions in them. Anger, surprise, disappointment, and I swear I saw a glimmer of triumph in his eyes.

"As noble as your intentions were Alec I highly recommend you think with your mind, not your heart. Especially with matters that have nothing to do with you."
He knew.

"Yes master," Alec bowed.

Aro turned to me next. "I am sorry my dear, I should not have made such a promise, but I am for the first time in a long time, out voted. The child must die."

I walked back, away from Aro. "No, you can't."

The tension in the room increased. No wasn't a word you gave Aro. At least not without getting killed. But I did have certain privileges and I was going to use them to the best of my ability.

"Sara, let the girl go, Alec will use his power and she won't feel a thing, I swear."

"No." I repeated more firmly.

Aro's eyes narrowed dangerously. I know what I was doing was stupid beyond belief, but my heart was telling me to protect the girl. "Please don't let them hurt me," Eleanor begged.
I saw Aro make a hand gesture. I felt a familiar sensation of someone messing with my mind. Trying to form bonds or in this case break them apart. Chelsea.

I growled low in my throat. I summoned my power and like before I struck at the intruding mind as I did before. I saw Chelsea flinch in the crowd and she retreated from my mind. I thought I had won how foolish I was.

"Let me go," Eleanor said.

"What?" I asked.

"I said let me go!" she began to fidget in my arms.

"Eleanor stop what is wrong?"

"Your one of them! I hate you let me go!"

"I am trying to help you sweetie," I said.

"I am not your sweetie! Let me go!"

What was going on? One minute she was treating me like a protector the next…..Chelsea! I glared at her and saw the smirk she was throwing at me. Any doubt I had in my mind it was her doing this were evaporated, she could not make me give up on Eleanor so she was making Eleanor give up on me.

"No, wait Eleanor please!"

She bit my wrist and I dropped her. I could already feel the venom burn the bite it was not as bad as when I was human, but it still hurt.

Eleanor darted for the door, but then she fell down in agony, screaming a shrill shriek of pain. I looked and saw Jane was staring at her with a sadistic look. Something in me snapped then, the sight of Jane taking pleasure in her pain made me feel such a fierce rage.

The likes to which I have not felt since that day Vincent almost killed Embry.

I rushed forward and grabbed Jane by her throat. I lifted her up in the air. "Leave her alone!" I screamed.

The room broke into movement. Some of the guards covered me and Jane but could not do anything about me and her without hurting me and like I said earlier I had privileges.
"Sara help me!" I heard Eleanor scream.

I looked and saw she was backed into a corner. Felix and Dmitri were bearing down on her, between them a mist slowly drifted to Eleanor, I saw Alec standing at the foot of the mist.
"Alec no!" I shouted. He looked at me. "Leave her alone, don't hurt her."

"Alec keep going!" Aro ordered.

Alec looked from him to me; I could see the battle going on in his eyes. Part of him wanted to obey his master, another part wanted to listen to me. I don't know if it was me or his indecision but his mist began to flicker and dissipate.

"Alec what are you doing? Help me!" Jane raged.

I tossed her into a group of guards and began to run to grab Eleanor. I knew if it came to a fight either Felix or Dmitri could beat me without a sweat. But all I cared of was saving Eleanor and taking her as far from here as I could.

I already had a plan; I would go to Alaska, or Forks. I would save her and with luck we would live the rest of our lives in happiness. But fate had other ideas.
"Santiago take her to her room!" Aro shouted.

I felt a pair of thick arms grab me. I clawed, I kicked, I thrashed, and I was like a wild animal. I knew it was Santiago but I wanted him to let me go and if I meant clawing him up I would do it. I was to far gone in my vampire state of mind to think clearly.

"Take her to her room and keep her there!" Aro shouted again.

Santiago began to drag me to my room. He tossed me over his shoulder and ran for the doors that led to the tunnels that would take us to the tower. The last thing I saw was Eleanor in Alec's mist, Felix and Dmitri bearing down on her, she was still calling my name when they tore her apart.

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Aro P.O.V

Caius sent a jet of fire from his gauntlet and the pieces instantly began to burn.

Soon the acrid smell of burning vampire flesh filled the room. I was not happy, not happy at all. The whole situation spiraled out of control. Plus things had been going on behind my back that I was not pleased about. Things that needed to be addressed.

"All of you leave!" I ordered the guards. "Except Alec and Chelsea."

Without a word they all left. All of them except Corin. "Corin, leave."

"Master Aro, I know why you keep Alec here, you should know that what has befallen him has happened me as well."

I raised my brow. "Really?"

I waved my hand to them both and had they come closer. I took both their hands and probed their thoughts. I saw the moment they were bonded with Sara, saw how they felt for her, and saw how Alec's connection was more powerful than Corin's. Saw how in his jealousy Alec brought the girl hoping it would keep Sara's attention on him and her alone.

Alec was still cold and calculating. He had Sara thinking he was being merciful; truth was he was his same old self. He did not care about the girl; all he cared about was if Sara was going to hate him. Sara would not be so delighted to have him bonded to her if she knew his true self.

I was more drawn to the moment of the connection. How her eyes blazed like golden suns, how they saw into the desires of Alec and Corin and to the best of its ability made connections that would help them satisfy their desires while at the same time satisfied her.

She was more powerful than I thought, I was more glad then ever I got her away from the Cullens and the Alaskan coven. Her power was too great to remain idle like how Carlisle would have had it. To have such power and not use it is surely a sin.

But yet this power seems to have teeth, while I was glad she was learning to control it and explore it, I was not pleased how she managed to ensnare two of my guards, one of whom was one of the jewels of my treasure chest. Alec had faltered when it came between me and Sara, he never faltered, not when I gave him an order.

I was in both awe and fearful of her power. She was proving to be both beyond my wildest dreams and proving to be a lot of trouble. I had thought her meek and submissive demeanor would make her easy to control. But she showed such defiance toward me today and in front of the guard.

"Aro what in blazes is going on?" Caius asked.

"Apparently it would seem Sara's power has caused a powerful bond to form between Alec, Corin and herself."

Alec glared at Corin. "You too?"

"Yes," Corin said.

"Bond? What kind of bond?"

"Why don't you ask Chelsea," I said shooting her a glare and she flinched. I was angry she had kept this from me on prides sake. But I was even angrier with someone else. "Or you should ask Marcus."

I turned to him and he looked at me with a blank face. "I was protecting her from you Aro."

"Wait, Marcus knew?" Caius asked.

"As did Chelsea, but her reasons were not as noble as Marcus's," I sneered at him.

"Master forgive me," Chelsea said stepping forward and bowing. "But I feared her words would prove true, I did not want you to replace me with her."

"You have been a member of my guard for centuries; you are one of my most prized guards Chelsea. Soon we will be branching out; I would need you now more than ever to make sure the coven remains together when we split it. Did you really think I would toss you away even if I knew she could be more powerful then you? Even if I have a better version of your power you are not an asset to be thrown away."

She flinched at my harsh words. "Forgive me, you are right, I let fear and pride cloud my mind."

"Can you undo what has been done to them?" I asked nodding to Alec and Corin?

"No lord, I have tried, it is to powerful, this bond she has created between herself and them," she said.

"Well this is certainly a problem," Caius said.

"I am not happy how any of you handled this. Chelsea, Alec, Corin you should have come to me, I do not want any more of my guards falling prey to this power of hers, and Marcus how could you let this happen to our guards?" I demanded of him.

"She is not happy Aro. No matter how many books you give her, no matter how many jewels or suitors you throw her way she will not be happy with us. I saw her power as the only way she could achieve some form of happiness here," he said.

"Happiness? Alec disobeyed an order, something that has never happened before," Caius said.

"He wanted a mother she needed a little brother, Corin needed someone to inspire him and understand him, she needed a friend. They all got something out of this," he said.

"And what if she continues to collect out guard? How long before she has enough where we get a split of the coven like we wanted but instead of following us they follow her?" Caius asked.

"She has no desire to lead Caius, she only wants a family," Marcus said.

"Chelsea, have you detected any more bonds being formed between her and any of the guard?" I asked.

"Yes sir, Santiago."

I froze. "What?"

"I have noticed the attraction between them has been growing, more and more then what it should. I have been trying to keep any bonds from forming; I have slowed the process but not stopped it."

"It has begun," Marcus said. "The trinity will soon be complete, a friend, a brother and soon a lover."

"No!" Alec shouted. "I do not want to share her with anyone!"

"You do not have a choice Alec. She needs someone to share her heart, her power has chosen Santiago."

"Over my undead body!"

"I quiet agree," I said. "You three with me, we must get to them now!"

I headed for the door, I had Santiago take her away because I thought he could keep her safe and keep her calm. But now I think I should have sent someone else to help keep him safe from her. Was Caius right? Was it to be that soon I would have half the coven I strived all these years to make turn on me for one girl?
Maybe it was not such a good idea to bring her here, maybe I was going to have to take drastic measures to rein her in.

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Sara P.O.V

Santiago held me as I tried to run back out the door.

"No please I have to save her!" I pleaded.

"Sara please compose yourself," he said.

"But she is just a child!" I said.

My mind was going a million miles an hour. What little rational thought I had left was telling me it was too late, by now she was just a smoldering pile of ash. But the not so rational part still had some hope we could still save her.

"She is dead now, they would have killed her," he said.

"But its not fair…she's just a child," I said weakly.

"Life isn't fair Sara, you should know that by now," he said.

I began to cry. My wrist throbbed and I clutched it with my hand. "Are you injured?" he asked.

"She bit me, that bitch Chelsea made her not trust me," I growled. I swear next time I see her I am going to punch the hell out of her!

"Chelsea was doing her job, as we all were," he admonished.

He took my hand and inspected my wrist. The wound had already healed over. There was a now a nice shiny scar, small, the size of a child's mouth, the only thing left to show the world that a girl called Eleanor had lived once.

"What you did was both stupid and embarrassing; you challenged Aro in front of his guard that would be a death sentence for anyone else you know."

"Well excuse me for having a heart," I said angrily. I pulled my hand out of his. "Sorry I wanted to keep a child alive, sorry the thought of killing an innocent baby makes me sick."
"She was not an innocent Sara, she killed her mother. That vampire took the children back to their original parents so they could hunt and feed, so they would have nowhere else to go but her."

"Are you trying to make me feel better? Because it isn't working."

He grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. "This is the world you live in now Sara."

"A world I didn't ask for!"

"It matters not. We make the hard decisions; we do what no one else will because the only thing that matters is that we keep our life a secret, that we maintain the rules. Because we are the only ones who can and will do whatever is necessary to keep the order."

I pulled away from him. "Then I don't want to have anything to do with that order, if it means being a heartless monster!"

"Better to be a heartless monster then a bunch of foolish vampire who think they can change the world or their nature by drinking animal blood and denying their nature."

I narrowed my eyes at him. Fools huh? "And wasn't it those animal drinking fools who forced you big bad orderly keepers to leave them alone."

His eyes narrowed. He wanted to play the 'I am meaner then you because I think my way is better than yours game' then bring it on. I was in a foul mood. I wanted to focus my anger on someone and he was the only one available.

"You are naive and foolish," he said.

"You are brutish and heartless," I shot back.

"Well you are pathetic to think you could ever change the Volturi let alone save one stupid insignificant girl."

SMACK!

His head shot to the side. My hand felt numb from how hard I had smacked him. I was still a newborn, only been a vampire for only little over four months and my strength was still powerful enough to make even a brick like Santiago feel my wrath.

In a flash I was pinned against the wall, I heard the crack as the stone shattered under the force of the impact. He had his hands on my shoulders pining me to the wall; he growled low in his throat. Some of my anger was replaced by fear.

My vampire instincts kicked in. A larger vampire had us pinned, we were in danger. We might be killed!

He brought his face close to mine. That handsome Spanish face was turned into a snarl, but still a handsome snarl. "Please," I begged.

I wasn't sure what I was begging for. Freedom, solace, comfort. All I knew was my heart hurt. I only knew her for like five minutes but Eleanor had taken something of me with her when she died. A part of me died with that little girl.

And I needed something to make the pain go away.

His face softened. He reminded me of Embry. His skin tone, his body, his hair, his mouth…which was drawing closer.

"So innocent, to innocent…I think I will have to do something about that," he whispered.

Oh boy.

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