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Chapter 2

Run! Her mind screamed at her but her feet remained glued to the tiled floor of the corridor. Was she feeling sad? No it couldn't be, she had always held nothing but contempt for the Volturi so why did part of her want to cry and scream at this....betrayal? Alec. What would he do if she ran? How could she survive without him? He loved this place and even the vampires here, he was happy...and she wouldn't take that away from him. Few knew that Jane was actually the older twin; because of her childish façade but she was and as the elder sister she would always put Alec before herself. Still to leave so suddenly,he would feel abandoned by her. Pain shot through her small body; he would hate her. All their lives they had faced every obstacle together and numerous times they had promised to stay together; a promise which she was being forced to break.

Hatred for the two women behind the door crashed over her and she clenched her fists. How she longed to make them share in her agony: to see them writhing and screaming on the floor begging for mercy. But if she was going to survive she would have to leave undetected. The only one that could possibly follow her was Demetri and he was currently in Russia and by the time he got back hopefully her former masters wouldn't care about her any more. Unclenching her fist Jane glared once more at the door before turning away and sprinting down the hallway. Colours blurred and whirled in front of her as she ran at vampire speeds.

She almost crashed into her door only just opening it before she leapt into her room. Her red eyes scanned the room for anything that she wanted to take with her. Alec. Her heart ached but she squashed it knowing that her brothers life would probably become even better when she was gone. The room was bare: a chair, a bed, a wardrobe, a sink and a mirror. The only difference between hers and the Guards room was that they personalised theirs and her furniture was slightly smaller than everyone else's.

Once again she cursed her child body. There was only one thing she really needed to take. Crossing over to the chest of drawers, she pulled open the top one. In it lay several neatly folded Volturi cloaks. Jane shoved her hands into the cloaks and rummaged around until her fingers curled around a thin silver chain. Yanking her hand out she eyed the fragile bracelet; Alec had given it to her on her twelfth birthday. He had spent months doing odd jobs and scrambling after any coin he saw until he was able to afford it. The bracelet was a simple chain with a catch that fit around her wrist but it was worth more to her than a kings ransom.

She spun to leave when she caught her reflection in the mirror. Jane of the Volturi stared back. Her skin white and flaming crimson eyes, and a cloak. She always hated her cloak. With a sense of glee she ripped it off leaving her standing in a pair of black trousers and a T-shirt.

Feeling slightly relieved Jane contemplated her escape routes; the main entrance would be heavily guarded and so would the back entrance (recently some upstart vampire coven had started to rebel and security was even tighter). How could she escape? Her mind became a whirlwind of plans, each seemed destined to fail. Despair settled over her and she struggled to remain standing. Just as all her hope was about to desert her she remembered; when Alec and herself had first joined they hadn't trusted anyone here, so in case they ever needed to leave they had discovered a tiny passage, just big enough for them to squeeze through, in the Guard meeting room.

Without wasting another second she bolted out the room, her fingers still griping the silver chain. The rest of the Guard were on their "lunch break". In fact she could already hear the terrified screams of the humans echoing against the stone. She reached the meeting room and stepped inside closing the door firmly behind her. The room was plain and boring, like most of the rooms here; a couple of couches, a small TV, one or two pictures on the wall and a table. Her lip curled into a sneer, at least her disappearance would finally give them something interesting to talk about.

The light began to flicker on and off. Great, the all-powerful rulers of the vampire world couldn't pay their electricity bill. The old sofa was pushed away by her finger and behind it she saw what she was looking for. A grey rusted vent. Moving at speed she opened it and squeezed her tiny body through the square hole. Darkness engulfed her as she crawled along the narrow passage. The palace was deep underground so it was a long and tiring crawl to the surface; even with vampire speed. Eventually she was able to scramble up to the surface. She pushed herself up and brushed some of the grime off her clothes.

"Stupid dirt." she grumbled. One piece of luck she had was that it was late evening in Italy so her skin wouldn't glitter. The last thing she needed was an incompetent bunch of humans chasing after her. Time to run. Setting off at a gruelling pace she ran in a random direction turning, backtracking and twisting in an attempt to disguise her trail. The moon was crescent shaped and shone only a little but she didn't need any light to navigate the dark streets of Volterra.

As she ran further and further from the palace a strange feeling of freedom washed over her; like a collar had just been removed from her neck and she could breathe again. Of course she didn't have to breathe but the point still stood. She was happy. She hadn't felt happy in such a long time that she almost didn't recognise the giddy, content emotion washing over her.

Distracted by the unfamiliar feeling Jane didn't notice the human shaped being she was running straight at until she banged into her. Looking up into a pair of red eyes that matched her own the feeling of happiness vanished quicker than a cake at a child's birthday party. It was Heidi.

"Jane?" Heidi's voice was beautiful and melodic but it caused panic to swell up inside of her. "What are you doing up here?" the way she said you, told Jane that Heidi saw her no better than a piece of gum on one of her many pairs of shoes. Jane kept her mouth shut.

Heidi looked her up and down; taking in the lack of cloak and dirt smears on her face and shirt. An evil smile crossed her face. "You're running away aren't you." She made it a statement and an insane kind of glee shone on her eyes. "By law, I'm allowed to kill you now." Jane remained silent reaching for her gift in her mind. But it had gone. Shock. She tried again but Heidi remained standing smiling at her. The pain she felt was in her mind but she couldn't transfer it to Heidi.

Her power was gone. She was helpless. Heidi chuckled "Oh you don't know how long I've waited to do kill Aro's favourite pet." Her lose stance became aggressive and she lunged at the small vampire.

Even though part of her mind was in shock from loosing her gift there was enough instinct left for her to dodge the attack. Hurling herself out of the way she rolled against the road. Flipping back on to her feet she ran. Not caring if the humans could see she pushed her legs as fast as she could go. Heidi was sprinting after her, she was wearing high heels and Jane could hear the clicks as they hit the floor. Deep down, Jane knew that Heidi would catch her; the older vampire had a lot more experience in hunting while she had next to none. But she wasn't going to make it easy for her.

Dodging, ducking and sharply turning she just escaped Heidi's outstretched hands. The exit was in sight! Giving her legs one final push she ran out of the city into the surrounding forest. Still Heidi pursued her and Jane's energy was spent, she had been unable to feed today. Besides the only one who really cared about her was Alec and if Chelsea had her way, her brother would hate as much as the rest of them. If Jane could have cried she would. In her sorrow she didn't hear Heidi stop and hiss at something.

Jane collapsed on the floor her energy gone and her will had vanished. She didn't want to fight any more. Her mind slipped into blackness as a figure stepped over her.

The figure looked down at the small vampire sprawled out on the dirt. Her pursuer had been stopped by the other members of her coven. A pair of white eyes stared down at the pitiful child. A white hand reached down and stroked her brow. Vampires couldn't sleep but the girl was exhausted and her body had shut down in a sort of hibernation state. Her body was repairing itself. The figure bent down and picked the small body up. Cradling it to her.

"Iona?" she turned to the one who had called her name. Her friend stared at the ex-volturi member in her arms and then at her face.

"You're going to take her with us aren't you?" A smile slipped onto Iona's face.

"You know me well old friend." Her voice was low but seemed to carry great power.

"She's a member of the Volturi." her friend spat the word and glared at the unconscious vampire. Iona raised an eyebrow.

"But she ran away, she is now as hunted as we are." pity for the girl welled up as she studied the face which had been bruised by the fall. Her friend was silent for a time before nodding.

"Come we must find the others and leave before they come after this little one." Iona spoke with a finality and the two vanished into the night.

AN: OK so I have some free time today and I wanted to add some more for this tale. Thank you for not killing me. I will try to update the other stories today too. Sorry for ending it there. Please enjoy this latest chapter. A little note. Alec isn't the only Volturi member that cares about Jane this will become important in the future. BTW if you have any scenarios or trials that you thionk Jane should go through to change please send me them.

Sneak Peak

Red eyes met white and Jane felt trapped under the gaze of this vampire. "You have a choice now, we can leave you here to try and survive on your own or you can come with us."