Angels and Monsters

The woman looked down at the small child , who looked exactly as she had as a child. Her heart instantly dropped , this beautiful child could easily be mistaken for her daughter, a constant reminder that she could never have children. And then she said the fatal word “Mummy”, reluctantly Rosalie had to answer “No sweetie I’m not mummy , have you lost yours?” she bent down to look the little girl in the eye. Adeline was disappointed she knew her mother was gone , but a small part of her wished her mummy would come and take her home “No Alec said mummy’s gone and can’t come back” she said sadly , looking down at the floor. Rosalie looked at the girl with curiosity , it was obvious she was human and her mother and probably her father were dead , but why was a little girl kept in the castle of the Volturi. She heard footsteps behind her and turned to see her brother ; Edward , “Who’s this?” he asked her. Adeline looked up to see a man with bronze hair and gold eyes like the girl, she wondered if they were married, “No we’re not married , I’m Edward and this is my sister Rosalie , what’s your name sweetie?” the man said to her, she smiled nervously at Edward and said “Adeline Grace Volturi.” The two Cullens looked at each other startled by her last name , “That’s a pretty name” Rosalie said
“So is yours” She said sweetly , but before Rosalie could say anything more , someone came up to them , Alec’s worried face appeared and he swept Adeline up into his arms “What did I tell you about running off?” he asked her
“I’m sorry, I won’t do it again I promise” she said her eyes threatening tears, Alec suddenly seeing her guilt kissed her cheek and said “I’m not mad at you , I was just worried about where you had gone”
“I was ok , I met someone come and meet my new friends” She said , and Alec placed her back on the round , she took his hand and dragged him over to where Edward and Rosalie were standing intrigued, “Alec this is Rosalie and Edward” , Alec obviously knew the two Cullens but played along for Adeline’s sake “Hi”. Adeline stared up at the three adults , smiling “Alec can I show Rosalie my toys?” she asked him, “Of course angel” , she moved over to Rosalie who looked so happy and took her cold hand and led her out of sight. “Who is she?” Edward asked the minute the two girls had gone round the corner , “She’s my La Tua Cantante” Alec said with a slight smirk
“What’s that?”
“Her blood sings for me, she’s my little angel, I don’t expect you to understand but when you find you find yours it’s the greatest feeling in the world.”
“So why haven’t you killed her yet?” Edward asked finding it hard to believe a member of the Volturi would have trouble killing a little girl, “I can’t and I won’t , I love her too much, I’d give my life up for her, she means everything to me.” Alec’s smile then turned to a harsh glare and Edward him think ‘Only for her to be killed in 13 years’ , “You’re killing her when she’s 18?” Alec glared at him for invading his mind “No its worse than that” he said angrily
“She’s becoming one of us”
“I’ve been trying to find a way around it , she’s just so good , I can’t believe she’s going to be turned into a monster.”

In her bedroom Adeline was showing Rosalie her many toys and favourite books, “This one is my favourite because the man plays piano like me”
“You play piano?”
“Yeah Alec says I’m the best in all of Italy.” Rose felt so sorry for Adeline cooped up in this old castle , with no one to play with , just her imagination. “Are you married?” Adeline asked her
“Yes , he’s called Emmett and he’s got dark brown hair and gold eyes”
“My daddy had dark hair” She said excitedly
“Did he ? What did your mummy look like?”
“Alec said my mummy looked exactly me”
“Do you not remember your parents?” She asked sadly, feeling so sorry for the orphan
“No , I was only a baby when they went away, but Alec told me all about them”
“And do you like being here?” Rosalie asked fearing the answer “Yes I love it , its my home and I get to see Alec all the time” she said looking down at her teddy bear. Rose just smiled at the little girl wishing she could just take her home and raise her as her own , she stroked the Adeline’s hair and Adeline smiled up at her “My mummy used to do that to my head , it’s the only thing I remember about her” she looked down again , when the door opened to reveal a short woman in her early forties with brown hair and chocolate eyes “Adeline is time for , oh who’s this?” she asked her protective instinct coming over the small child. “This is Rosalie, can she stay for tea?”
“Does Alec know she’s here?” she could not imagine Alec’s rage if he found out she let a strange vampire near his little angel. “Yes and he’s talking to her brother Edward”
“Well then it would be lovely for Rosalie to stay for dinner, come on I’ve made your favourite” Maria said to her , “Come on” Adeline said , taking Rose’s hand and leading her to the kitchen, where she asked “Can I sit on your lap?”
“Of course sweetie” Rosalie said sitting on one of the benches, and Adeline sat on her lap, eating her pasta. “Rosalie why aren’t you eating anything?” Adeline asked,
“Adeline don’t ask things like that” Maria scolded her
“Its ok , I don’t eat or drink anything”
“So you’re like Alec?” Adeline asked curiously. “Yeah just like Alec” Rosalie said under her breath , and kissed the back of Adeline’s neck , desperate for the child to be hers. Throughout dinner many jokes and laughter were exchanged and Rose and Adeline felt so at ease with each other that Maria thought they looked exactly like mother and daughter. As Adeline was finishing her fruit , Alec and Edward entered the kitchen, Adeline immediately ran over to him and he picked her up and rested her on his hip “Have you had a good day?” he asked her
“Its been the best day ever” She smiled widely and Alec was so happy , that his little angel was happy. “Adeline I think its time you went to bed” Maria said
“But I don’t want to go, I want to stay with Edward and Rosalie” She said folding her arms , and glared at Maria “Don’t look at me like that young lady , now either I take you to bed or Alec does”
“Alec!” She said excitedly and Alec chuckled at her. “Say goodbye to Edward and Rosalie then” he said letting go of her , she went over to Edward and hugged his cold body tight, he slowly reciprocated back and even smiled at the young girl. She said good bye and then went over to Rosalie , she crawled into her lap and cried “Will I ever see you again?” she asked , Rosalie hugged her close and said “I’m sure you will sweetie”
“I don’t want you to go,” Alec hated seeing her like this so he suggested “You can write to Rosalie”
“Really?” she asked both of them
“Sure sweetie , and I’ll write back and I can come and see you all the time” Rosalie reassured her , she kissed her head and Adeline kissed her cheek and said “I’ll see you soon”, she waved to her as Alec led her out of the room. Edward was sure if vampires could cry , Rosalie’s eyes would be exploding with tears. He reached an arm out and wrapped it around her shoulder , she lent into him. Maria watched the brother and sister and then asked “So are you guys good vampires?”
“I don’t think such a thing as a good vampire” Edward said with a small laugh
“I meant you don’t drink humans blood , you’re eyes are different to the rest of them” Maria said interested. “Yes , then I guess in that sense we are , we’re vegetarians” he laughed , along with Maria , “Do you think they’ll let Adeline be one?” Maria asked more seriously. Fear and shock shot Rose’s body “What do you mean let Adeline be a vegetarian?” she asked menacingly
“Rosalie , Adeline’s going to be turned when she’s 18” Edward told her sadly,
“NO, no , she can’t , does she even get a say in it?”
“No , sadly that was decided for her the day Alec met her” Maria said ,
“But why won’t Alec stop it ? Surely he doesn’t want this for her?”
“No he doesn’t he loves her very much, I think it destroys him every day , knowing every minute , is a minute closer , he hates himself for it” Maria said. “What happened to her parents?” it was now Edward’s turn to answer to her question “Alec killed them”. Rosalie’s eyes were alive with rage and anger , she got up to confront Alec but Edwards’s hand on her wrist stopped her “Let go Edward” she spat
“No , you think it’s a good idea , to strut in there shout at him for killing her parents , therefore causing her unimaginable pain by knowing the man she loves killed her parents”
“But she has to know”
“And Alec will tell her when she’s ready.” Rosalie considered it for a minute and then sat down defeated , her head full of the orphan girl.

As she got into bed , Alec asked her “So did you like Rosalie ?”, she nodded and said “She’s just like my mummy , do you think she will really write?”
“Of course she will , who wouldn’t want to write to you?”
“I don’t know , good night Alec” she said , kissing his cheek. “Goodnight Adeline” he said and kissed her head as she fell into her dreams. It had been six months since Edward and Rosalie had left and Rose had kept her promise , she wrote to her every week and told her all about her family and Adeline responded the minute she received her letters. She kept the letters in a decorated box under her bed and would read them every night before she went to sleep. But there was something that was troubling Adeline , she had just had her sixth birthday and had now read over 50 books and in most of them every one went outside. She had never been outside and so she asked Alec one day , they were in the piano room and she had just finished her piece “That was brilliant angel” he praised her, she merely smiled , “What’s wrong angel?” he asked worried. “Why can’t I go outside?” she asked him , he had managed to escape this question for the past five years. “You don’t need to go outside” he said
“But I want to go to outside, why won’t you let me?” she said angrily
“Because I said so” he shouted at her , it was the only time he had raised his voice at her and he absolutely hated it, “But its not fair , everyone in my books and you and Maria and Viola and Jane get to go outside why don’t I ?”she shouted back at him , she glared at him and folded her arms. “Go to your room” he commanded,
“I hate you” she shouted as she stormed off into her room. Alec’s heart broke into a million pieces , she hated him and so he decided to fix that. He raced to Aro. He knocked on his study door and was immediately let in “Ah Alec , how can I help you?” Aro said taking his eyes of his book. “I was wondering if I could let Adeline go outside?” he asked ,
“You know how I feel about that”
“I know and I respect that , but please Aro , she hates me” he pleaded with his master. “Couldn’t Maria take her outside for just five minutes a day?” Aro thought for a minute and then said “I have an idea.”

A few days later , Adeline was laying on her bed , she had not spoke to Alec for all of those days but he stayed in her room every night for he knew she could not sleep with his presence, she however ignored him , which killed him further. She heard a knock on her door and saw Alec come in “Go away” she said cruely to him. He had been expecting this , but it still felt he was being stabbed in the chest “ I have a surprise for you”
“Oh yeah what is it?” she said sitting up
“Come and find out” he said holding his hand out for her , she got off the bed , but she did not take his hand , he then walked out of her room and she followed him and saw that in the hallway there was an additional door “What’s that?” she said pointing to it
“Go and see” Alec said , she ran over to the door and slowly opened it and to her astonishment was a small walled garden complete with tall roses , a few benches and a fountain. She beamed at him “Do you like it?” he asked her nervously , she ran over to him and said “No , I love it” he laughed and picked her up. “Thank you so much , I’m sorry I don’t hate you” she said hugging him,
“I’m sorry I shouldn’t have shouted at you, go on then , go and play” he told her and she immediately began dancing around the garden. He took a seat on one of the benches and watched her play . He felt someone come and sit beside him , he turned to see his sister watching his blood singer “You ok?” she asked him
“A little”
“What’s wrong? Adeline’s got her garden , shouldn’t you be happy”
“I am happy for that at least”
“Well than what is it then?”
“She said she hated me just because I wouldn’t let her go outside , I cant imagine how hurt she’s going to be when she finds out what I did and what she’s going to be, look at how happy she is , how can I take that away? I‘m the most selfish person on this earth , taking away her mortality just so she can stay with me”
“She’ll still be happy , she’ll get to be with you forever”
“Well what if she doesn’t want to be with me.” Jane looked at her brother sadly and then called Adeline over “Yes Jane?” she asked sweetly, Jane motioned her lap and Adeline sat on it “Now Adeline I’m going to ask you a very serious question and I want you to answer truthfully , ok ?”
“Ok”
“Do you love Alec?” Alec was shocked by her asking his little angel that question “Of course I do I love Alec more than anything else in the whole wide world” she smiling at him. “Good , now go and play” Jane instructed her, once she went away Jane said to her brother “Told you so.” He could not get angry at her because for first time in ages he felt as if his heart was really beating.