AN: Opps… sorry for the extremely long wait. But things have gotten extremely hectic around here. School was as bad as ever preparing for spring break, we started a kitchen remodel which has turned into a train wreck because my dad decided it would be fun to tell off our contractor, my parents are fighting again, and my aunt's cancer has come back after 13 years. Yup… not the best time to be writing stories. But, here's your chapter.

Disclaimer: I only own the idea and whatever random characters that may pop up… in this case it is Claire.

Chapter 2: Not the Only One?

I showed no emotion and made no sound the whole run through the forests back to wherever their private plane was. As soon as Felix dumped me rather roughly on the ground, I stood and made my way slowly to a seat far from the others. I hated what I had been brought into.

Throughout the whole plane ride, the vampires who had taken me hostage talked quickly and quietly amongst themselves. I could catch a random word here and there from all the time that I had spent with the Cullens, but that was the extent that I could understand.

For the most part, I had nothing to do but stare blankly out my window. There was one girl with the Volturi who I could see a few rows up from me. She spent all of her time glancing out the window, and glancing at me. Was she also being held to the Volturi against her own free will?

Well, I wasn't about to walk up to her and ask her with everybody else so close now was I? That would be plain suicidal.

She met my gaze a few times, but never held it for more than a few seconds. Her eyes looked similar to what I thought mine must have looked like. They were filled with defeat, despair, and fear. This only made my suspicions of her not wanting to be here stronger.

Perhaps I would have a friend in this godforsaken place after all.

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Though the time passed slowly, it did pass by. What seemed like days later though I hadn't once slept, the plane was in sight of Volterra, and landing soon after behind the Volturi's castle.

As soon as the plane was stopped completely, I stood and waited for whatever vampire that was to take me wherever Aro wanted me to be.

"Claire, please take Isabella to her room." To my surprise, the girl that had been glancing at me and out the window was the one that headed towards me slowly. She grabbed a hold of my good arm and softly tugged me off of the plane.

No sun was shining as we walked towards the dark castle that was to hold me prisoner. The minute we were out of sight of all of the other vampires, Claire dropped my arm and slowed her pace that was much easier for me to keep up with.

"So I wasn't the only one after all?" She asked me softly.

"What do you mean?" I asked, thoroughly confused. She wasn't the only what?

She sighed and looked at me once more. "I wasn't the only human to fall in love with a vampire."

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AN: So there you go. Claire's past will be explored more in later chapters. So what did you think? I know it's short, and I'm really sorry about that. But I have to go do more cleaning to make my mom's life easier. Please review!