I live with the Volturi in Volterra, Italy. In vampire heirarchy, the Volturi are at the top. Don't worry, we only hurt those who ask for it.

The Volturi had their eyes on me and my twin brother Alec, but were waiting until we were older to change us. When frightened humans decided to burn us at the stake, Aro was forced to change us while we were still young. That's why I appear to be 13 years old. Appearance is deceiving; I am more powerful than I look. My "gift" is the ability to inflict pain upon the minds of others. I do not physically hurt people, but convince their minds that they are feeling pain.

We were recently visited by the Cullens, a clan of vampires who currently reside in Forks, Washington. Quite the interesting bunch, although the fact that they refuse to feed on humans is quite disturbing - it's just not natural. One of them, Edward, has yet to change his partner, Bella. Speaking of Bella, she is the only being I have ever encountered who is unaffected by my power. Aro sees great talent in her, as do I. So instead of killing her, he made a deal with the Cullens. Once Bella is turned (as she will be turned, Alice has forseen it), her and her "family" could be of a great advantage to us.

A few months after the Cullen's visited us in Volterra, I was required to journey to the Seattle/Forks area in order to get some newly turned vampires under control, if you'd like to put it that way. Surprisingly, the situation had already been taken care of by the time I arrived. The ravaging new vampires were destroyed in the strangest fashion, the Cullen's and a pack of werewolves in the area teamed up to conquer them together. Once again, not natural. Soon after, we were required again to journey to Forks to take care of the rumored vampire child. This time, at least, Bella Swan was now Bella Cullen and had undergone full transformation, but due to the creation of the vampire-child, we had no choice but to venture back and destroy her and her "family." Much to our surprise, many members of vampire society were there fighting with the Cullens. While it would be inconvenient to eliminate so many of our kind, we had no other choice.

We tried to fight, but Bella's newfound power proved useful, ultimately saving her and the other vampires. We learned that the vampire-child was actually a hybrid vampire-human, and the day ended (much to my disappointment) with no bloodshed.