Here comes the first chapter of my newest fic 'Safe In My Heart'. I'm writing it with AnnaBoleyna1536 and just to keep things clear she sent in the request. The main character besides Aro is herself, but in this fic she is known as Catalina 'Kitty' Christine Romero, an abused teenager who gets fished in by Heidi on accident and ends up being the first newborn vampire to ever escape Volterra.

I will admit at first I wasn't up for this, but after AB told me her idea I gave it some thought and we talked from then on.

Character pairings: AroxOC CaiusxAthenodora Past AroxSulpicia and several others.

I don't own Twilight, and the plot mainly goes to AB.

Enjoy!

A small home just outside the Volterra square:

Kitty's P.O.V.:

"Oh Kitty cat! Where are you my little feline?" I shook at the sound of his voice, all drunk and thick with the smell of alcohol even from my little spot. He stank of whiskey and vodka every single day, it made me puke just walking into the house.

'Don't find me, don't find me.' I heard him coming closer, and I was hiding in the hallway closet. His stench made my nostrils burn, and every time I was near him I had to restrain myself from pulling out a lighter and dropping it in his drink.

"Aha!" he swung the door open and with a bottle in his hand, and right before he could grab me I ducked and ran down the hall. He ran after me, and before I could reach my bedroom he grabbed my arm and yanked me backwards. "Where yeh goin girly…?" he laughed, his breath stunk.

"Let go of me!" his grip was tight, my arm was going numb. "Ow!"

"C'mon, show daddy some fun…" he leaned in trying to kiss me, and my hand went across his face. He stumbled back, but then he threw the bottle against the wall.

"YOU BITCH!" he screamed and his fist hit me in the stomach. It knocked the breath out of me, but not before I kicked him in the gut and made a bee line for the front door. I ran down the street, straight to the busy town square where I knew he'd never come after me.

My own father was an abusive drunk, and he had been like that since my mom died when I was twelve. Six years later I end up being his punching bag, putting up with his tantrums, his booze, going to school was my only escape. I graduated last month, and now I'm stuck at home with him since I can't find a job; I'm still looking, but so far I have nothing.

My dad wasn't always like this, when mom was alive he was a good parent. He worked hard, took care of us, he was my dad. After mom got sick he tried to make it better, but when she passed away he took it hard. He blamed the doctors, but how can you blame a doctor for someone dying of lung cancer? After he started drinking he ignored me at first, but then when I made it to high school he started hitting and insulting me for nothing.

Mom's death tore us apart, but I don't blame her I blame him for being stupid. Ever since the abuse started it was hard to hide but if I was taken away I'd be shipped off to some foster home and I didn't want that. I stayed and put up with the abuse, and so I suffered, but I made it.

WHACK! Just as I turned to see if he was following me I ended up running into something hard; I fell on my back and apparently I knocked down a woman.

"Oh…oh no I'm sorry I'm so sorry…" she looked like a tour guide dressed in a long red outfit, but she had brochures everywhere which I probably knocked out of her arms.

"No it's alright, and forgive me for asking but have you been here before?" she must've thought I was a tourist, since I looked more American than Italian. That's because my mom was American and I looked like her, brown eyes, wavy dirty-blonde hair, fair skin, yeah I did look like a tourist.

"Um no I haven't, not in a while." She smiled and I couldn't help but notice how gorgeous she was, long mahogany hair, nice body curvier than mine, violet eyes, she looked like a goddess.

"Then can I interest you in a free tour?" she handed me a brochure, but before I could reply I heard someone calling me.

"KITTY! YOU GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" I flinched and turned to her.

"Sure sure, where do I go?" she pointed to a building behind her.

"Just in there, there are others in the front waiting."

"Ok thanks." I ran into the doors without another word and there was a whole mob of people lined up. These people looked eager to go in, but something was off and I couldn't place what. Some more people came in behind me and the tour guide from earlier came in smiling at everyone.

"Everyone please follow me, we will now begin the tour." She took her spot at the front of the line and we were led down some halls before we came to a staircase. I felt like something was going to happen but I couldn't place what, and apparently my answer would come soon as she led us even further under the building.

'Where is this going?' as we walked down the hall I noticed it was decorated with marble statues, and it had a sort of medieval theme to it. Paintings were a bit creepy, but nice.

"Stay together everyone, we are about to begin." Begin what? I noticed everyone was going into a room through a large double doorway; it was shaped like an altar. Just as I entered through the doors shut and all I could see where people dressed in black surrounding us.

"Welcome friends! Welcome to Volterra!" the next thing I knew the people surrounding all the tourists jumped and started attacking everyone. I tried to scream, but then I turned and saw a blonde haired man with red eyes behind me.

"Delicious." He said and then his teeth bit into my neck. I didn't have time to scream, and my whole body went completely numb.

I felt my heartbeat speed up and then slow down, I was being drained, I was dying. This had been a trap…and I fell for it.

Those were my last thoughts before all went black.

Earlier that day:

Aro's P.O.V.:

"ARGH!" I threw my book, an old favorite of mine, at the wall. Normally I'm a patient man, but being around a certain wife of mine lately has done nothing but anger me! Sulpicia had been on my case a lot lately, and though I tried to assure her otherwise of whatever she threw at me, it didn't work!

She was always around me, annoying both me and my brothers, sometimes the guards, constantly bothering my sister Didyme (yes she's alive in this fic), even Athenodora was fed up with her. The woman was constantly accusing me of not spending enough time with her, sleeping around with the female guards, and more bullshit she thought up.

"Is it her again?" I heard the soft voice of my brother Marcus.

"You know me too well brother."

"I hear you too well also." He walked in and touched my shoulder. "What has she said this time?"

"You mean what she hasn't said…the usual lies. I don't know why she's acting like this all of a sudden, she has done nothing but agitate me and I'm about this close to tearing her apart."

"You won't though."

"Is it Sulpicia again?" speak of the devil Didyme walked in. "Aro you really need to straighten her out."

"I'm trying day in and day out but nothing I say to her is working." I ran my hands through my hair. "I don't know what to do." I heard them sigh.

"Aro…I think it's time you find a new mate. Your bonds with Sulpicia have faded greatly, and we can see…"

"You mean everyone can see." Didyme interrupted him. "Aro we can see how unhappy you are with her, Sulpicia is not the same woman you married."

"I know, but where am I going to find another mate?"

"There's plenty of fish in the sea, you just have to make sure you catch the right one." I looked up and my sweet sister's smile was clear as day. "For all you know she could be right around the corner."

"We'll see." I stood up from my seat and grabbed the book off the floor.

"Master, Heidi is coming with the humans." Jane, my dear guard called from the door.

"We'd best be going then, I could use a good meal." After so many years of marriage to Sulpicia, I didn't ever think I'd end up leaving her. She had changed, she'd gotten paranoid, psychotic of sorts, spoiled, and definitely not the human I had fallen in love with thousands of years ago.

Maybe it was time to find a new mate, but where would I look? I pushed the thoughts aside as Heidi led in the tourists.

"Welcome friends! Welcome to Volterra!" and the feeding began.

Sometime later:

Kitty's P.O.V.:

It was dark, very dark when I awoke. I don't know how long I was out, but I know that I'm different. I remember the man who bit me, and then I remembered what happened to those people…all those poor Americans.

I sit up slowly, and then I my arm brushes against something cold. I turn and I see a body, an old man with a look of terror on his face. Wait I could see him? It was pitch black here and yet I could see in the dark? My body felt rigid, but good, and my heart…my heart wasn't beating anymore. My body also felt hard, and as I tried to stand up something else brushed against my leg, another body of a woman in her thirties with the same look on her face.

Oh my god I'm surrounded by dead people, but I'm not dead! Am I? My heartbeat stopped, but I was still alive. Unfortunately I didn't have time to think as I heard a loud rumbling noise and then the whole room around me lit up with fire. Wait FIRE?! I was in a furnace, these bodies were going to be burned and me along with them, I have to get out of here!

The bodies began to burn and then the smell made my nose wrinkle. It stinks, I need to get out! I looked around and looked up seeing a huge hole above, a chimney maybe that could lead out of here. The flames were hot, but when I tried to stand again I slipped and my foot went into the fire. I about screamed, but I felt no pain; I looked at the flames, and they weren't touching me. The fire wasn't harming me, so maybe I was dead but I could still move and feel everything.

The fire started to rise, and just to be safe I touched the flames on one body and it didn't burn me. I looked back up at the hole, the smoke going upwards, and I jumped up. I caught some parts on the sides and started climbing as fast as I could, and in no time I found myself on a roof. I climbed out seeing it was dark, no lights on except on the streets. I looked back down the chimney and I saw I had somehow broken through some blocks that probably kept the smell inside and diluted the smoke.

'I'm out, I'm alive, now I gotta get out of here.' I must've broken through some metals, so I was now strong but stronger than I thought. I was fast, so I could run but could I jump? I took a wild guess, ran back a few steps, and then I ran and jumped off this roof onto another.

I'm stronger than your average human, faster, and I can do several other things I couldn't do before. What happened to me? What am I and who were those people? I could only think but then I felt my throat dry up all of a sudden, and it was horrible thirst. Now I was thirsty, but then I smelled something, and it smelled horrible, almost pungent.

Ok I need to get away from here, I can't go home, but I can't stay here either since I escaped or those people would come looking for me. I jumped off the roof, and I ran down the streets as fast as I could.

I didn't care where I was going or where I was headed, I just needed to get away. I had no idea what happened to me, but I just needed to get away.

Little did I know though, this was the start of something new for me.

So what do you think? Good start? Bad start? Again this is made by both me and AnnaBoleyna1536, and the girl is her character.

Reviews are much appreciated!

R&R

Later!