Legacy: A Twilight Fanfiction

Chapter Eleven

After Edward spoke, Alex passed out.

When she woke up, she was in the back of Alice's car. Her head was resting in Seth's lap and he was running his warm hands through her hair. He was so relaxed to have his imprint, safe in his arms. She could hear Seth and Alice whispering to each other. Alex stirred in his arms and looked up into Seth's eyes. He bent down and placed a kiss on her forehead.

For a minute, Alex hoped everything from the day had just been a nightmare.

Had she really just killed two people?

Confusion swelled in her mind and now that there was no adrenaline clouding her mind, she was processing everything she had heard and done.

Alex sat up and looked around. Seth was only wearing shorts and looked like he had been crying. Alice, who was driving insanely fast down the highway, was gripping the steering wheel so tight, that her knuckles looked whiter than they usually were. Clearly Edward had filled them in on everything. He probably didn't know the extent of everything until today, as Alex never thought about it much.

"Where's Nessie? Is she okay?" Alex asked, suddenly remembering the other girl. The girl who was a hybrid, like Alex possibly was.

"She's fine, she in the next car over," Seth assures and he planted a kiss on the top of her head and pulled her close. Seth was never going to let his angel go.

Alex looked over and could see Nessie waving from the window in a silver volvo.

The whole family knew her secret now. Of her nightmare with Drake and now Seth knew why she reacted the way she had to him. Alice looked like she wanted to bring Drake back to life so she could kill him in a less merciful way than Alex had. Carlisle and Jasper were getting rid of the bodies once and for all.

When they arrived back to the Cullens' home, Alice stepped out of the front of the car and climbed into the back seat. She took the smaller girl and gave her a big hug. Alex sighed, knowing she was going to have to answer a lot of questions, questions she wasn't sure how to answer.

"Are you okay?" Alice asked, feeling concerned for the young girl she held in her arms.

"I guess so," Alex sighed. "I'm just nervous. What did Edward tell you guys?"

"He told us what happened, what that vile creature did to you and how you saved yourself and Nessie from facing a similar fate," Alice said, hugging the young girl tighter.

Seth took Alex's hand and gave it a squeeze.

"Let's go inside," Alice said, grabbing Alex's hand and helping her out of the car.

Alex and Seth settled into the living room while Alice poured some tea for Alex to sip on. Alex who was still not processing anything that had happened over the past few hours, was sitting in Seth's arms staring at the blank TV. She'd been aware of what was going on but she was acting on instinct to live, instinct to protect.

The first person to come in the door was Nessie. Nessie wrapped her arms around Alex and gave her a big hug. Alex returned the hug and smiled at the girl who for now only appeared to be three years younger than herself.

The next people to walk into the room were Bella and Edward. Surprisingly, they also threw their arms around Alex too.

"We wanted to thank you, so much for saving our little girl. You saved her life and for that we are eternally in your debt and from the looks of it," Edward said, looking at his own daughter, so happy that she was alive, well and untouched.

"Thank you," she said, unsure of what else to say after you kill two rapists to protect someone. Alex couldn't help but look back at her messed up life and be grateful for the simple fact that she was also alive.

The before Alex knew it, the whole Cullen family was in the room.

"We are here right now to discuss the genesis of Alex. That man said you are his niece, and that you are an eighth vampire. I took a DNA sample from him, I'll take one from you and we will cross analyze them and then I will examine it to find out if you are really part vampire," Carlisle said, frowning.

After a few minutes, Carlisle had swabbed Alex's cheek and left to his lab. Alex was getting tired, when she yawned, Alice grabbed her hand.

"You're not sleeping on the couch tonight," she said, pulling Alex towards the stairwell.

Alex followed Alice up the stairs, groggily dragging her feet.

Alice walked up to a door and threw it open. Inside, the room was a warm yellow with soft pink and blue accents. It was warm, comfy and inviting.

"You will sleep in your room tonight," Alice said, pointing to the room.

Alex threw her arms around Alice and hugged her tightly.

"I never noticed how strong you were," Alice said, hugging the girl back. "But you need some rest."

Alex changed into her pajamas and walked over to her bed. A knock on the door alerted her that someone was there. Seth looked nervous, like he was unsure if her should be there or not.

"Can I come in?" he asked, his voice sounding nervous for the first time since Alex met him. She nodded and patted the bed beside her for Seth to sit. Once Seth was seated, Alex immediately curled into his side. She felt safe in his arms and right now, she needed to feel safe.

"How are you doing?" Seth asked as he nestled his head onto Alex's neck and allowed himself to be comforted by her scent.

"Okay, I guess. I'm just tired," she said, yawning. Seth was about to say something when soft snores stopped him. He tucked Alex in and curled up beside her. Soon, they were both asleep.

**** Carlisle's Lab ****

Carlisle was sitting at the microscope, staring at Alex's DNA sample and stared at it confused.

Her genetic structure was similar to Nessie's, however, most of the vampire genes appeared to be dormant right now. But as he stared into the microscope, one of the dormant genes, came to life and a few of the genes around it began twitching.

Carlisle knew he was going to have to keep an eye on Alex. But, how to get her where he could closely monitor her...