As The Full Moon Rises: A Twilight Fan fiction by Leani Hoffman.

(A/N: This story takes place a around the time of New Moon and Eclipse so Bella is still human and there is no Renesme)

Forks, Washington. To the untrained eye it would look like a relatively normal small town. Nothing truly remarkable happened in towns like these. Everyone knows everyone and there are no secrets. Except, of course, the local vampire coven. A family of eerily beautiful men and women, the Cullens. However Forks is about to gain another secret keeper. A girl named Noa. Noa is an emancipated minor who has come to live in a small house at the edge of the woods. The girl is perfectly average in every way except her looks. She is a B student, doesn't have any talents to speak of, and is unassuming in every way. This is her story.

It was a sunny day at Forks High School and Bella found herself sitting alone in her Biology class. Since he was gone everything seemed to go wrong. She slipped on ice walking down to her truck, nearly killed half her gym class, and now she was partner-less for a lab. Her chocolate brown eyes stared out of focus at the beaker. It wasn't that she couldn't do it alone but everything was more fun with Edward around.

"Everyone!" The sudden interruption made Bella jump "We have a new student joining us today. Her name is Noa Wythe."

"He-Hello…" The girl before the class said in a soft voice that had just a hint of huskiness to it. "It's a pleasure to meet you all." Noa was a beautiful girl nearly as beautiful as the Cullens but her skin was olive and glowed naturally in the sun, her hair was black and silky, and her eyes piercing and deep.

"There's an open seat in the back corner of the room but since today is lab work I'll place you with Bella today. Will that be alright Miss Swan?"

"Um. Yeah that'd be fine." Bella said not really interested in having a new partner all she wanted was Edward.

Noa took a seat by Bella her gray eyes looking at the beakers. "Um… What're we supposed to be doing?" her voice just within Bella's range of hearing.

"Oh…" Bella shook her head thinking about the lab. She herself had forgotten. "Oh right we are denaturing enzymes by heating them up."

Noa took one of the beakers into her hand. "I'm afraid I'm no good at these kind of things…" She flicked her eyes over to the teacher. "I'm not really good at anything involving breakable objects…"

A laugh escaped Bella's lips "Neither am I."

The rest of the class was a disaster. Noa brought her hand to close to the flame and burned her hand causing her to drop a beaker and Bella did something similar cutting her hand sending both of the girls to the nurse for the rest of the day since both had an aversion to the smell.

"Bella… You ok?" Noa said as the bell dismissing students for the day rang. "You turned pretty green when that happened."

"I'm fine… What about you? You acted like you were more disgusted than sick."

Noa's eyes widened. "You noticed that?" She smiled crookedly. "Well… You're right it doesn't really make me sick but I HATE that smell. Sorry for using you to get out of biology."

Bella sat up on the cot and stretched. "It's ok I really couldn't enjoy biology today anyway." She got up and grabbed her bag. "But now school's over and I'm going home Charlie, that's my dad, he probably already knows about my mishap

"I guess that's a bad thing about towns like this everyone already knows everything. I had some students stop me on the way to biology to ask if I was the person who moved into the old cottage at the edge of town."

"Oh yeah… Charlie told me about you." Bella racked her brain for the information. "He said something about you being an emancipated minor or something."

A frown took over Noa's face. "People really do know EVERYTHING." She sighed. "Well yeah I am an emancipated minor I have been living on my own since I was sixteen. The big city was a little scary for me so I moved here since it's a small community and the crime rate is pretty non existent." Noa's eyes moved to her watch on her wrist. "I should probably start walking down if I want to make it home before dark.

Bella thought for a second. "I can give you a ride if you want. I mean my truck's not the best car in the world but it gets me around just fine."

"Oh no I couldn't I mean walking isn't bad and my car should be here in a few days. It was in the shop when I finished my move and it's going to be delivered by a lifelong friend of mine."

"It's the least I can do after all it was because of both of our clumsiness I got out of biology. I OWE you."

Noa sighed and stood up hoisting her bag to her shoulder. "Alright I'll let you give me a ride just this once."

The two walked side by side to Bella's old truck both slipping on the same patch of slick ice and falling on their butts. Laughing they took a couple tries to help each other up and falling again.

"It's nice to know I'm not the only gravity challenged person out there." Noa laughed as she got into Bella's vehicle. "Most people just laugh and walk by."

"Really?" Bella laughed unlocking her truck. "Everyone here in Forks tries to help me the best they can."

"What does your father do anyway?" Noa took her seat in the vehicle.

"He's the chief of police."

Noa nodded. "I see… I think I'm just to strange for everyone to really befriend."

"I've met stranger. Um how do I get to your house."

"Oh follow the highway towards la push it's the last exit before the end of city limits."

Bella eyed Noa with a suspicious gaze. "You wanted to WALK all the way there? There is no way you could've made it before dark."

Noa did some math on her fingers. "Alright I was being a little overly enthusiastic… Take the right here and it's the only house on the road."

"Alright." Bella said pushing some of her hair from her eyes.

Slowly the cottage came into view it was an old cottage that looked like it was barely standing. The only sign that it could be inhabited was a single light on in the attic.

"Creepy aint it?" Noa spoke up cheerfully. "This is what you get when you try to pay for things without outside help."

"Yeah. Creepy." Bella brought the truck to a stop. "It looks like it should be condemned."

"You'd be surprised. It's pretty sturdy and I'm going to fix it up a little when I can. Though don't expect an invite over here any time soon." The girl got out of the truck and shouldered her bag. "Thanks a lot for the ride though I really appreciate. Now you should hurry home before your dad issues an amber alert."

Bella couldn't help but laugh a little. "Yeah for sure. I'll see you later Noa."

"See you soon Bella." Noa said as she pulled away and she watched the truck as far down the road as she could before going indoors.

"Bells!" Charlie was more than relieved to see his daughter. "You're hardly ever this late on a school day."

"Sorry Charlie. I gave a new girl a ride home she lives pretty far off."

"You don't mean that emancipated minor in the Wallace cottage?" Charlie had headed back to his football game. "Don't know why a teenaged girl would want to move out there by herself."

"Yeah it is a little weird but she's a nice girl." Bella eyed the Charlie-made food on the counter and decided to skip dinner. "I'm going to go study in my room."

Charlie was far to into his football game to notice. Since his daughter was home he had no worries on his mind.

When Bella entered her room Edward was sitting on her bed. "Where were you Bella?"

"I was dropping a new student off at their house. Her car isn't here yet." Bella put her bag down at the edge of her bed. "I'm sorry I should've called you."

Edward took Bella into his arms. "Alice couldn't see you…"

"Well the girl lives near La Push. Maybe that had something to do with it."

"Could be…" He smelled her hair and grimaced glad Bella couldn't see his face. "Bella I'll be back I need to talk to Carlisle about something."

"Wait Edward… At least stay till I fall asleep." She pulled from his embrace and looked him into his eyes. "Please."

Edward laughed to himself. "Alright." He began to hum her lullaby and waited till she was sleeping soundly before leaving. "Oh… I didn't' tell her to change into her pajamas." he muttered to himself before taking off toward his home.

"Edward what's wrong?" Carlisle said when Edward burst into the house loudly. "Is Bella ok?"

"Bella's fine." Edward growled. "But the new student sure won't be once I'm done with her."

"Why has she done something?" Carlisle placed a hand on Edward's shoulder. "Why would you want to harm the new comer to forks?"

"Carlisle you don't get it. The smell of her… She's a werewolf and I don't mean the shape shifter kind." Edward had calmed down a little bit. "Bella SMELLED like a monster because of her. It's because of her Alice couldn't see her. That girl could hurt Bella on a sunny day and we wouldn't know."

Carlisle looked into Edward's eyes with a calm expression. "We'll watch her. But don't do anything you don't know her or her agenda."

Edward snarled. "Alright Carlisle… Whatever you say."