Disclaimer: If I owned Twilight, it wouldn't have ended it with Breaking Dawn. In fact, I would have continued it with this, just as I'm doing now.

Sighing, I retreated farther into my house, knowing Luke would just let himself in this time. I went into the main room, which was rarely ever used (just like the kitchen), so I felt slightly awkward sitting in one of the chairs that I had brought with me when I moved in. Of course, it was old and expensive, so it was mainly used as decoration. I hardly ever had visitors.

All the other furniture in the house matched, since I had bought this before my nearly endless supply of money was cut off. I had gotten what I could out of the account before it was shut off, but I could only withdraw so much without looking suspicious. It was enough to get me a place to stay and get more furniture to fill the place. Anything else I needed was either taken care of by friends, or I could do myself.

I recognized the warning signs of my mind wandering again, so I focused on the current situation.

If these 'visitors' weren't trustworthy, I would have to drop everything I had going for me here (which wasn't much, but it was something) and run. I would have to take on a nomadic life for a while, and hide as far as I could get from here besides Europe. That would be too close to the enemy.

I pushed a strand of hair that had escaped from it's place back behind my ear, and put my head in my hands. I shouldn't think of them as my enemy. They're really my only true family, besides Luke. But when I realized that the only reasons they kept me close was for more control over others I couldn't stand to stay there. I was the one to pushed myself away from them, causing them to view me as a threat to them.

As I looked up, I heard Luke open the door, and sensed him come in with eight other vampire. I briefly scowled at the size of the group, but then remembered that this was Luke, and he wouldn't purposely bring in anyone that would hurt me. I didn't sense any danger in the situation yet, so I didn't try to flee.

I braced myself for the worst as Luke came around the corner.

He smiled at me slightly as he came into the room, looking like a scolded puppy. He probably knew I had already sensed the size of the group. I stared at him intently. I hope you thought this through.

He nodded ever so slightly to me, then the last people I would think to see came into my sight.

This time, my sigh was one of relief, and I stood to greet my guests. "Hello," I easily brought a smile to my face. "I assume you don't know me yet, but it's not hard to guess that you're the Cullens."

A blond male with golden eyes smiled kindly back at me. "So we are well known in the vampire world."

My smile shifted slightly, turning into a smirk. "No, I wouldn't say that. But being as close to the Volturi as I was has it's benefits."

The two other blonds in the group gave a slight hiss, and my mood quickly changed from pleasant to sour. I projected the image of a horrible death by fire into their minds, along with a warning, Disrespect me again without provocation, and that will happen quicker than you can even process the thought of running.

Both of them were shocked into silence, the male moved in front of a small pixie-like vampire, and the female glared. If I hadn't been so upset, I would have seen the look humorous. If looks could kill...

Unaware of the brief exchange between me and his coven-mates, the vampire I assumed to be the leader looked at me with new interest. "Looks like we have some things to talk about."

My smile turned sickeningly sweet. "Yes, of course. Have a seat."

Luke had moved back behind my seat into the corner, so I could see everyone except him when they all became situated in different places in the room.

The leader turned to me, a curious look on his face. "So shall we begin?"

I felt my face turn to something unreadable from the outside. "How about you start? After your... disagreement with the Volturi. I already know everything about that."

His expression changed slightly, and when I slipped into his 'mind' for a moment I could sense frustration radiating off of him. I did my best to hide my amusement. "We traveled for a while, with the wolves, whom I assume you also know about," he paused, and I nodded. "We met your friend here," he gestured toward Luke. "And he convinced us to come see you. I didn't realize that this is Aro's way of keeping us in his grasp."

I scoffed. "No, not really. I'm not exactly on the best terms with the Volturi either. Aro doesn't particularly trust my fascination with humans."

He cracked a grin. "Then I suppose we have more in common than I thought. I'm Carlisle Cullen."

I returned his grin easily. Finally, he was getting over his wariness. "I'm Elizabeth Volturi, but you can call me Lizzy."

And that's the end of Chapter 2! If anyone has any questions about Elizabeth's origin/past/powers, then please wait till the next chapter, when everything will be explained... I think. I plan to explain it next chapter. I guess it depends on whether or not I come up with something else in the middle of writing. I'll try not to get too off track though. Anyways, please review and tell me what you think. I might try to update faster if I know people are interested.

Word Count: 896

By the way, the word count is more for my benefit than yours. If you have a problem with it, then just tell me.

Ciao!