I OWN NOTHING!

We were led down a long, stone hall. I could barely understand what our guide was saying as she explained about the castle. My lover and best friend, Stephan, squeezed my hand and kissed my cheek.

"Beautiful isn't it Maddy?" he whispered.

"It is. Something is not right though. I can feel it Stephan." I told him.

His emerald eyes looked into mine. I could see the worry on his face. He caressed my face and pushed a lock of my raven-black hair. He ran a hand through his short red hair.

"It will be fine." He assured me.

I nodded and swallowed my apprehension. I know something isn't right in this place. I placed my hand on the handle of my snap-out knife. The strong, reinforced steel blade could be snapped out to be two feet long and the handle was made of real metal and strong wood. I never went anywhere without it.

Two giant stone doors opened ahead of us and we walked into the magnificent room with the other tourist. Stephan's parents came to stand by us. I looked around the room. I grew uneasy when groups of people clad in black cloaks came out of the few doors of the room. I could tell just by looking at them that they were not human. My eyes flickered to look at them.

There was a young girl. She had brown hair and had black eyes with hints of red. Same has her companion. He had brown hair and black eyes. They looked powerful, she looked like she could inflict terrible pain, he looked like he could save you from the pain.

I moved on to two others. One was huge and extremely muscular. He was tall and thick all around. He had short cropped black hair. The other was tall and with wavy, shoulder length hair. They both had dull red eyes.

I shifted my footing on the hard stone floor and grabbed the edge of the knife handle. Looking to the front of the room, I saw three men. They looked both young and old at the same time. Two of them had oily black hair and the other had white hair.

"Welcome guest! Welcome to Volterra!" one of the black haired men said.

Stephan gently squeezed my hand three times. Our signal for 'I love you'. I answered his message. I noticed the man that had spoken move his hand in a signal. The people around the room smiled. The stone doors behind us closed with a haunting THUMP.

Everything happened so fast. The people that were standing around the edges of the room attacked the tourist. My knife was out to full length. I screamed Stephan's name to try to find him.

The strong man rushed at me. I whipped my knife out and slashed at him. He and I were both surprised when it hit him. I slashed at him again and he jumped back. He shook his head and rushed at me again. I slammed the knife down against his arm as he reached for me. To my horror, the blade shattered when it slammed against his arm. I gasped. He smiled wickedly at me and lunged.

When he got close, I slammed the handle against him. He swore and I hurled the handle at him. It bounced off him harmlessly. I backed up and slammed into something hard. I turned and saw the boy behind me. I ducked when he tried to grab me. I turned and ran.

When the strong man appeared in front of me, I slid to a stop. He lunged at me and I kicked at his hand. He grabbed my ankle and pulled me towards him. I pushed against his chest with my other foot and wrenched my foot away. I landed ready for him.

I don't know how, but I managed to stay out of his grasp. I yelped with pain as my fist connected with his face. I backed away from him, holding my throbbing hand. The boy appeared behind me and grabbed my head. I launched a kick into his leg. It had no effect on him. I screamed in pain as he bit into my neck. It was like liquid fire had been injected into my veins. It hurt more than anything.

I yanked away from his grasp and raised my hand to my neck. It came away covered in blood. The strong man came at me again. I backed away from him. The boy appeared behind me again. I moved away from him. He grabbed my arm and I tried to pull out of his iron grasp.

"She's mine Alec." The strong man growled.

"That's fine Felix." The boy, Alec, responded.

He let me go and pushed me to Felix. I pushed away from him and ran to one of the doors. I slammed into the dark wood in an attempt to break it down. I turned and saw Felix barreling towards me. I waited for him to get close and then ran. I could hear his steps as he ran after me.

Alec stepped in front of me. I stopped. Felix materialized behind me. He grabbed my arms and held me. He yanked my hair back to show my bloody neck. He lowered his head to my neck.

"Wait Felix." I heard the man that spoke at the beginning say.

Felix looked up to look at the man. I looked too. The man drifted towards me. I noticed I was the only of the tourist that came in the door that was moving. When he reached me, he raised his hand to hold my chin. I kicked out at him. He laughed a mirth less laugh and grabbed my chin. I was surprised by his strength. I jerked my head and bit down on his hand.

"She is strong, this one. She is a fighter too. From her thoughts I think she will be a good addition to our family." He said, "What do you think brothers?"

He turned to look at the other men.

"I agree Aro." The white haired one said.

"As do I." the last one added.

"She may be hard to control Master. I could barely get a hold of her." Felix said behind me.

"Chelsea can deal with her." Aro said, confident.

"Shall I Master?" Alec asked, "I have tasted her blood. I can control myself."

"That is fine Alec." Aro told him.

Alec drifted over to me. He touched my cheek and I used Felix's hold on my arms to swing up and slam my feet into Alec's chest. I was satisfied when he slid back a couple feet.

He smiled and said, "Drop her Felix."

With a grunt, Felix dropped me. The second I touched the ground, I was off running. Alec was in front of me before I could get more than a foot away. He grabbed my head and thrust it back. He launched his teeth into my neck. I screamed as another round of liquid fire raced through my blood. My knees buckled and Alec let me sink to the cold, stone floor. I gasped for air and clawed at his face. He held me to the floor.

He left his position at my neck and took my hand in his. The pain rushed through my body. I moaned when he bit into my wrist.

"That is enough Alec. Leave her to herself now." I faintly heard Aro say.

Alec left me and I felt myself be lifted. Someone carried me to a different room. I felt myself be laid on a bed.