Disclaimer: I don't own Heroes, I wish I did though!

Author's Note: So this is my first Heroes Fan fiction, I love the series and have recently started reading a lot of the fan fiction! Then one night at a ridiculous time this story just came into my mind and I immediately started typing incoherently. This will be the first chapter, if you love it, hate it, are intrigued or just want to help me improve it please review once you've read it! Anyway here is Chapter 1 of Chasing the Dream.

Chapter One: A New Home.

Claire was anxious, she hadn't thought the train would take this long and she hadn't thought she would be so nervous. She was having a fresh start, a new home a new life and yet she wasn't sure if she was happy or sad about it. Noah hadn't been a good father, in her opinion, everything he had done was to cover his own back. No matter how many times he claimed he was protecting his family, she just couldn't believe him anymore, he was a liar and a murderer, he didn't deserve a family. Not that she was his family, she had always known she was adopted and now she finally knew who her father was. Nathan Petrelli, a man of business and not much emotion, but she didn't mind, it was what she was used to.

That's where she was heading, the Petrelli Household, she had no idea what it would be like, would they except her or despise her, she didn't care, she just wanted a home. She was shocked when Nathan had offered to let her stay, she thought having her around it would be bad for Nathan's public image, but maybe he cared less about that now.

(Over the Loudspeaker) The next station will be New York City, all passengers for New York City leave the train now and to remember to take all your personal belongings with you.

Claire sighed as she picked up her suitcase and her purple and black striped tote. This was the most popular stop so she got squished in the aisle between two rather large business type gentlemen; she was relieved though, her nightmare journey was almost over: a bus, a taxi and then two trains, in a few minutes she would be face to face with Heidi and she hoped she wouldn't hate her.

The train door opened and the passengers shuffled out onto Platform 2, when Claire's dainty feet touched the station Heidi was nowhere to be found.

"Great," Claire said sarcastically to herself. After searching the whole of Platform 1 and 2 she sat on a bench and waited, she was probably just running late or something. After 20 minutes she got sick of waiting so she pulled out her cell phone and rang Heidi.

"Hi Heidi, it's umm Claire Bennet well umm Petrelli, I'm at the station but no-one is here to pick me up, did you want me to meet you somewhere else?" Claire asked politely, she hoped Heidi wouldn't take offence.

"Oh god Claire, Nathan told me you were coming two days from now! I'm so sorry, have you been waiting long?" Heidi asked with a very concerned voice, Claire sighed out of relief that Heidi seemed very nice but also sighed out of frustration. Obviously she would be stuck here for a while.

"It's okay Heidi, I've been here about 20 minutes,"

"Oh Claire I am sorry but I'm not able to come and get you, I'm stuck at the dentist with Simon and Monty," Heidi said, Claire could feel Heidi's empathy in her voice.

"It's alright, why don't you just give me your address and I'll just try to find it."

"Oh Claire you'd never find it, I'll phone around and see if I can find someone to pick you up."

"Okay thanks Heidi, I'll see you soon!"

"Bye Claire!"

Claire shut her cell phone and sank into the bench she and her belongings were occupying, trust Nathan to get the dates wrong. She could be waiting hours! What if no-one was available to pick her up? Would she have to wait till Nathan got back from work (not that Nathan ever dropped his work)? She hoped not, because having an awkward drive or worse, walk with Nathan was not something she felt like right now.

After another 15 minutes she was suddenly starving, too bad that she'd packed all the money to her name at the very bottom of her suitcase, she was very afraid of being mugged, which she knew was stupid, she was indestructible, literally!

So she sat on the bench for a further 30 minutes, stomach grumbling, bored as hell and cursing the cold New York weather when finally her escort arrived, without a car. But she couldn't care less because this wasn't just anyone; this was her saviour, her hero.

"Claire!" Peter exclaimed happily, he gave her a hug and shot her a huge smile. By far Peter was Claire's favourite Petrelli, not that there was much competition. He was definitely the nicest though, and the most tactile, Claire was glad he had come to get her and not Angela!

"Peter, wow I wasn't expecting you!"

"Didn't disappoint you did I?"

"No not at all, I'm kind of glad it's you actually, I thought it might be Angela." Claire said relieved. Most people would take offence to this but not Peter; he fully shared Claire's pain. The poor girl, being thrust into his family, he had spent 20 years trying to get out of it.

"That's true, that would have been horrible for you, so how long have you had to wait?"

"About an hour, but it's alright I know Nathan probably has a lot on his mind, we all forget things."

"Claire, people don't forget when they're daughter is coming to live with them, that's not right." Peter said as he picked up her suitcase and started to walk in the direction of the exit.

Claire smiled sadly; they both knew that from now on, this would be what Claire would have to put up from now on, Peter really didn't want Claire to have to suffer his family, but it was her choice, her decision made him think Noah must have been pretty unbearable.

"So is it far to Nathan's apartment?"Claire asked apprehensively, this is when she wished she'd brought her truck, not that she'd probably be able to get around New York City, she'd only been once before and it had complete confused her, plus as she gazed around it was complete gridlock.

"Yes sadly you might be stuck with me a while, I can't believe Nathan or Heidi didn't arrange you a car or something." Claire just nodded, she figured it would take a while but she didn't mind, spending time with Peter was always a nice time for her, even if they were running away from people who were after them. He had a natural likeability and charm to him, what was there not to like.

After they turned a corner, Claire's stomach rumbled and she turned a deep shade of pink. Peter just laughed cheekily.

"Somebody's hungry! Didn't you have anything on the train?"

"No, my money's at the bottom of my case."

"Well that's alright it's not as if we're in a hurry, so you have a choice, you can go for Italian, Chinese or good old American food."

"Oh Peter it doesn't matter I can wait till we get erm home."

"Nonsense, I'm only in town for a few days and I'd like to spend time with the only family member I actually like."

"Aww well I think some good old American food sounds fantastic!"

"Let's go then" Peter said happily, leading down a busy street into a packed Gourmet Burger restaurant. They were seated at a small booth and Claire quickly scanned the menu, she was absolutely starving. They both ended up ordering the same and sat patiently for their food.

"So you said you're only in town for a few days, aren't you living with Nathan and Heidi, having you there might keep me sane."

"No I'm not I'm actually looking for Hiro Nakamura at the moment he could be anywhere in the world in any century but I need to find him."

"What for, does he have the formula?"

"I'm not sure I just really need to find him. Anyway that's not important right now, what is important is did you manage to talk Nathan and Heidi out of sending you to the Law and Government school?"

"Yes," Claire said proudly, "I'm going to the Manhattan High School of Art and Design, exactly where I wanted to go!"

"You convinced them to let you go where you want to, Claire that's fantastic! Do you have some secret mind power I don't know about?" Peter smiled a million dollar smile, he had the nicest smile Claire had ever known, when Peter smiled it made any problem Claire had just melt away.

"Now I couldn't tell you that, it's a secret!" Claire said cheekily, at that moment their food arrived. Claire reached for the salt but gasped quietly as Peter used his telekinesis to pull it towards him; she looked at him with mock anger and pouted childishly until he sent it back to her. As they munched their food Claire scanned her Uncle, her very handsome uncle.

He was flawless; everything about him was just perfect. He was reasonably tall; his tanned skin was stretched perfectly over well worked muscles. His arms, which rested gracefully on the table, were toned and strong but at the same time warm and inviting, like they could just hold you all night. Peter's face matched his personality perfectly, it was adorable but at the same time sexy, Claire sometimes had caught herself just staring at him. His lips were so soft and sweet looking, Claire just wanted to kiss them right there and right then. And then she was lost in his eyes, his unique, striking eyes. Looking into his eyes was as if she were looking at the most delicate of crystals or beautiful oil paintings. Those eyes were such a vivid colour, a colour that couldn't be defined. They were a mixture of warm rich chocolate and exotic amber. His hair was gorgeous, so dark and soft looking; Claire really wanted to just run her fingers through it.

He was irresistible and that scared Claire, this was her uncle, everything she was thinking was so wrong, it was illegal, but she wished she could be with Peter so much. She stared into his angelic eyes and he stared back into her bright blue eyes. For a moment it felt like they were the only two people in the whole world.

"How are your meals?" A cute brunette waitress asked interrupting the two, they both snapped out of the daze they were in.

"Great!"

"Yeh lovely."

The waitress smiled at them and gave them some peace, Claire slumped in her chair a little and Peter, as always, noticed this and asked with a concerned tone,

"Claire are you sure this is what you want, to live with Nathan and Heidi?" Claire sighed, was it what she wanted? Sort of, she needed to get away from Noah that's for sure and she wanted to get to know Nathan, he was her real dad after all.

"I think so, I know Nathan isn't exactly a family man and we're not going to click straight away but I'd just like the chance to get to know my real family better."

"I understand, I'm just forewarning you, my family is as dysfunctional as it gets, and Angela's going to give you hell for disrupting Nathan's life, to her Nathan is perfect and you're going to ruin that." Peter said calmly.

"Angela isn't a big deal for me, I know she doesn't want me there, but Nathan does. Well I think he does I mean he asked me to live with him."

"Well I want you to be part of family, just so you know I'm so glad that I'll get to see more of you Claire, I've missed you." Peter confessed, Claire beamed at him, he was so sweet.

"Thanks Peter that means a lot" Claire said gratefully causing Peter to flash another heart-wrenching smile, Claire smiled back.

After finishing the meal, Claire started searching through her bag for her money, but Peter pulled her hands back to the table. His touch sent electric shocks through Claire and she turned crimson as he studied her closely.

"You save your money for art supplies, this one is on me." Peter said sweetly before getting up leaving the money and a huge tip on the table, Claire rolled her eyes, he was way too generous.

While leaving the restaurant Claire noticed for the first time Peter was limping slightly, he noticed her staring with confusion.

"Got into a fight with someone at Pinehearst, sprained my ankle."

"Are you okay?" Claire asked worriedly.

"Of course I'm fine just can't walk properly that's all"

Another twenty minutes went by and Peter continued to question Claire about Art School and what she wanted to do, when she talked of her love of architecture he encouraged her and supported her completely. She was extremely grateful, going into a family of politicians she knew the art thing would be a tough sell but having Peter's acceptance made her feel better about it anyway.

Within the next 10 minutes they reached the apartment, well penthouse! Claire stared up in awe at the huge sky scraper in front of her, she didn't fit in here, but she was going to try. Peter seemed to sense her thoughts and reassured her.

"Don't worry it's not really my scene either, but the upper class are more accepting than you might think, especially if you're beautiful," He winked. Claire wasn't sure if he was talking about her but she smiled again, he always knew how to make her smile.

The elevator took forever to reach the top floor but Peter kept Claire amused by dancing along to the elevator music and making faces in the mirror, he was such a big kid and she loved that about him. When she met other people who has special abilities like her they always were so serious, She felt that there was a time to be serious and times when you could just have fun, and Peter shared these ideas.

The elevator opened right up into the Penthouse, Claire and Peter stepped out the elevator abruptly, and Claire scanned the apartment. She liked it, it screamed wealth of course but someone, she was guessing Heidi, had managed to give it some homely charm, it wasn't as harsh and cold as she expected. However there was something harsh and cold in the room,

"Claire, Nathan told me you wouldn't be here till Tuesday." A weary voice snarled.

Author's Note: End of Chapter 1, I hope you liked it or found it interesting, Please Review x