Hi, Everyone! This is the first chapter of a story I created recently based on the very popular "Twilight" Saga, the story revolves around the idea of the Cullen's first encounter with Witches-or so they thought. This story if full of suspense, mystery, and a spine-tingling romance that is sure to leave you breathless. I hope you enjoy!

{The concept of Twilight is NOT my idea and does NOT belong to me, the following list of characters used during the course of this chapter do not belong to me: Bella, Edward, Alice, Jasper, Roselle, Emmett, Esme, Carlisle, Renesme, Jacob, Seth, and the Volturi. The following list of characters used during the course of this chapter do belong to me: Fallen, Naray, Nanarii, Rongie and Kara.}

We had gone hunting early this morning before we had run off to our meadow, merely hoping to prolong Alice's plans for the day. The morning had been chill but still relatively warm; for Colorado weather at least. I rested my head upon Edward's chest, since the change, his ice cold skin and steel-like-body melted away. He snaked his arms around my waist and I could sense the smile tugging at his lips. During our outings, time was never accounted for, I had hoped that we would be able to spend more time together, but to my dismay the familiar chime of Fur Elise shattered the beautiful silence of the calm, sleepy morning. Alice needed me back at the house; the store was opening soon, or so she said. Edward with gentle force pulled the phone from my grasp and turned it off, well more like crushed it between his fingers. He smiled my favorite crooked smile and my heart swelled; in my mind I assumed we would be staying a while longer. Instead he proceeded to rise with me cradled in his arms, this made me frown. Although I would have done anything, especially avoid Alice the entire day, to stay here under the cool morning sky.

I knew he was right.

I let out a sigh of defeat and his smile was mostly apologetic but I could see the humor behind it. We stood there for a brief moment with me nuzzled close to his chest, just staring at one another. I wondered back to previous thoughts; only for a second or two. If our skin and hardness were the same now…did that also mean he could feel my actual weight now too? Our stare held for a few minutes, he didn't seem to mind, and I was completely content to be looking into the eyes of the God standing before me. We shared a chaste kiss and he placed one more peck on my temple before we zoomed off to a familiar place.

Home.

We were about another minute or so away from the house when I felt Edward's chest erupt into a hardy chuckle, with new found ease I shifted the shield aside and welcomed him with open arms; the silence was too nice to break. Does this have something to do with Alice? His smile only widened and the scent of our little pixie grew stronger, it was too strong however to be coming from inside the house.

She was expecting us.

As we broke through the trees I could hear a low growl, and a sudden wave of calm consumed us as we drew near. I knew she would be upset but I didn't think hanging up on her over the phone would cause this. Jasper held her by her tiny waist but I knew in one swift motion Alice could break free. Edward's hold on me tightened, it was never a pleasant sight to see them fighting, and the thought of getting in the middle of it was just as unappealing. Unfortunately I knew something would have to be done before the all out feud—I planted my feet firmly on the ground and did the only thing I could think of. I took a small step forward and was welcomed by a threatening growl; Edward grabbed my waist and motioned me behind him, another growl escaping him. Let me handle this, Edward. Another growl escaped his lips and I forced his hands away, I knew no matter how angry Alice got, she wouldn't hurt anyone; we were too precious to her. I did, however, have no doubt in my mind that she had to power to make you instantly regret whatever it was you did. The growls only got louder with each step I made.

"Hey Alice," another wave of calm came crashing down but it didn't effect Alice one bit. "It's getting late, if we don't leave now we won't be able to buy those new Dolce and Gabbana shoes you wanted." It was a stretch, but knowing Alice, I knew it would work, and it did. Her eyes grew round and were suddenly on her cell phone.

"Oh my god we're gonna be late and I still have to get you ready!" I could only giggle and I was unwillingly dragged into our beautiful new home. We had to leave forks behind, after Charlie's death I couldn't bare it, Esme bought my old house though and I was welcomed to visit it whenever I liked. When news of his death got around…I fell apart at the seams, I isolated myself from everyone, including Edward. During that time I even blamed myself for wanting to be immortal, I could have stayed human for Edward like he had wanted and lived to join my father when the time came.

I had a few memories of him, mostly fuzzy and a few unclouded ones as well but I tried to focus on the ones when I was still human. It had been easier for him to open up to me, before I had met Edward, before my journey into the vampire world around me. I kept myself locked inside a hotel room in some part of Michigan for weeks, ordering food every now and then to keep up my human façade. A month had passed before Edward found me and took me to our new home in Colorado. I've been at peace since then, living in a large mansion with the rest of my new family. Of course Edward and I had a small cabin to ourselves about 40 miles from here but I preferred to be around everyone, I never really liked being alone.

Renesme couldn't bare the thought of leaving Jacob behind, and I couldn't bare the thought of leaving Renesme. No one could bare the thought of Jacob joining us on our move either. It had probably been the worst argument I've seen between Rose and Carlisle, perhaps even worse then the argument they had when Edward and I had first met. Even Esme as kind and gentle as she is, fought against Rose, just to keep the family together.

I hardly recalled any of Alice's prepping for our all day shopping trip. My change made it easier to bear considering the time differences of the vampire and human minds. Unfortunately that didn't make the separation any easier for me, being away from my husband was a close second to loosing my biological father. Before I could register, Alice placed a pair of black jeans, a dark blue fitted silk blouse, a scarf and flats on my lap. I was ordered to get dressed and meet with her downstairs in no more then one minute. As I dressed for our outing, I couldn't help the feeling of eagerness that washed over me. It had been a while since we shared any real girlfriend bonding time, even Rose was tagging along. Only twenty-two seconds left to spare did I finally reach for a thick head band, push my hair back and race down the stairs to my awaiting company.

"Alice, were you really that upset with Edward?" I questioned cautiously, she shook her head, her hair shaking back and forth.

"Nope, but if I don't keep the men in the house in check they'll walk all over me." I laughed at her logic, only Alice I thought to myself. She reached over and lowered the music on the radio.

"Rose, what are you and Emmett planning on doing for your next wedding?"

"I don't know Alice, I had been planning something even bigger than the last one but I don't know what would top the fire works, belly dancers and everything else at the last party…" Ah, the wedding. More than ten years ago Rose and Emmett celebrated their fourth wedding together, I was actually a bit excited to be a part of this wedding; and a little nervous, and when it comes to Rose I'm still a little doubtful on her feelings. Sometimes she was so sweet but most of the time she came off very bitter, perhaps that was just her. Bitter-sweet like dark chocolate.

The chatter hummed in the back of my skull and my eyes wondered out to watch the scenery zoom past the little yellow porch. Nearly everyday did I paint something from the outside world, a river, the sky, trees. Now that I could see everything in detail, everything fascinated me; it almost seemed as though I was born again. Discovering the world around me through clear eyes and hearing all the sounds the world had to offer. All of it: Beautiful.

My focus was readjusted on Alice and the car when she slammed down on the breaks, nearly punching her foot through the floor of the vehicle. There was no use, the car skidded down the street and something had hit the windshield and rolled over the roof. As the car caught traction, Rose jumped out and quickly scanned the perimeter. From what I could hear, there was no one near by, or so I thought. A snapping of twigs emerged from northeast, deep within the forest then I smelled it: blood. Blood covered the front of the car and smeared onto the pavement, by the smell of it, it was human. How could that even be possible? There was no body lying around and we were going well over a hundred miles an hour! No human could have survived that, or run off at least.

"Alice, where are you going?" Rose asked, I scanned around and found tiny Alice following the blood path into the woods.

"We can't just let that poor girl die in the woods!"

"What girl?" Rose and I chorused. Alice walked back to the car and pick up a tiny pink hair barrette only a few feet away, I had hope that Alice was just assuming all this until her eyes glazed over and she froze. I had been wrong, very, very wrong. She flashed back to reality with terror filled eyes then she was running deep into the forest with me on her right side and Rose on the left.

"What's wrong Alice?" Oh how I envied Edward's abilities at times, it would be one hundred times easier to follow her mind.

"I had a vision of the girl dying on a table in some room. I don't know where but we have to find her!"

Our trail had begun in the west for nearly 300 miles then made a sudden bend up to the north. There were so many twists and turns that even for us vampires, it became increasingly difficult especially now with small snow flakes gathering on the forest floor. Strangely the scent almost seemed to faint into the strong wood smell. Eventually we could hardly smell the scent at all, but then Alice had another momentary daze; another prediction. All stood still then she opened her eyes and continued for another thirty miles north and stopped outside the wall of thinning trees. Further up the mountain was a light almost as bright as sunlight, I blinked reflexively and it was gone. We proceeded to walk up to the face of the cliff, I stopped. For a second the rock almost seemed transparent, I must have been going crazy or maybe not. Alice stepped up to the cliff and placed her hand in the center of the flat surface, took a deep breath then murmured something in a strange tongue.

"Rakare,"

And the rock actually moved to reveal a small opening nearly three feet wide and about four feet high. My mouth nearly hit the floor, never in the ten years of my vampire life, have I ever heard a language like that. Rose wasn't too far behind with her reaction; she could barely form a coherent sentence. Little Ali as usual didn't seem at all surprised and walked through the small opening, Rose and I squeezing in behind her. All this was entirely insane and to be completely honest a little cliché; the dead end leading into a rock door? Though I also had to admit Edward and I were pretty much experts on cliché. The classic Romeo and Juliet forbidden love, our heroic moments, and the romantic outings. How strange that I had yet to notice any of this until now. As cliché as it was, it didn't bother me all that much; in the heat of the moment almost nothing seem to bring down my mood—except for unwelcome phone calls during said moments. The air grew warmer the further we crept through the winding cave, sudden temperature changes didn't effect vampires but the humidity in the air or the excess heat of a human or animal was very comforting. Another few seconds and we broke out into a small meadow area, the circular perimeter and tall grass reminded me of our meadow back in Forks.

I missed home.

More bloody air swirled around us; this was the place all right. There were blood stains on small patches of grass heading more toward the east now. We followed the trail for perhaps 60 miles more until we saw our target: the cabin. The outside was constructed of wood as most cabins are, primitive windows, a wooden door with iron hinges; the works. Our little pixie didn't waste a second bounding up the stairs and knocking on the door. Smoke escaped through the narrow chimney, obviously someone was home but after a few moments, no one answered. Alice tried again.

And again,

And again

Right as I opened my mouth to suggest we leave, a kid about maybe sixteen answered the door. He had short red hair and bright green eyes, perhaps Edward's eyes looked like this when he was human.

"Can I help you?" He stared at us with awe and nervousness; he even twitched a little when I looked him dead in the eyes. Alice was the first to speak up.

"Yes actually, we think we hit someone down by the highway a good hour or so from here and we were wondering if anyone was hurt in a car accident recen—"

"No, no one's hurt but thank you for the concern. Goodbye," He slammed the door right in our faces and I stiffened. I caught a whiff of blood after he had slammed the door, the scent was coming from inside. She began to knock again only this time with more force and determination. He swung open the door with anger in his eyes.

"I don't know what you want but—" She slipped past him and began inspecting the room, nothing unusual about the home; normal painted walls, carpeting, a few pieces of furniture. The smell grew stronger within the small cabin and there was a slight breeze coming off one of the walls.

"What the hell are you doing in my house? You have 30 seconds to leave or I'm calling the cops!" Rose glared at him, that bitter, cold, glare that would make any kid wet his pants. Our generous host locked his jaw and remained silent just long enough for Alice to kick the south wall down.

"GET AWAY FROM THERE!" The kid literally lunged himself at Alice and tackled her onto the ground. My mouth hit the floor again; how on earth could a human tackle a vampire? I knew Ali inside and out, she wasn't acting; this was all real. Rose grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and held him steady while I helped Alice to her feet. We were all stunned by his reaction but that didn't keep Alice from breaking down the remainder of the wall: an opening.

"Come with me," he sighed ripping out of Rose's grasp and descended down the stairs of the opening. We followed silently for a while actually; we continued to descend for almost a good ten minutes at human speed. At the bottom of the stairs stood a door about ten feet high and five feet wide, he placed his hand on it.

"Rakare," the door shifted and swung open; he spoke in the same tongue as Alice. I wonder what language it could be, or where it even originated for that matter. He led us through into a long linoleum hallway with lockers on each side of the walls, what was a school doing placed underground? The warmth of the hallway made my shed off my jacket to keep up my human act, Rose followed but Alice remained focused not on the boy, but something that Rose and I were oblivious to. Classrooms continued to line the halls, the first room we passed had the usual normal teacher lecturing at their pupils and the students taking down notes or staring at the clock. Other rooms however consisted of a teacher and student in physical combat, even some others had students participating in target practice with large balls of…of some glowing object. I couldn't be too sure where they were coming from but each time a student had successfully hit its target the class roared with praise.

A man about twenty or so galloped up to our small group, he was around Emmett's height and pretty lean. His brown eyes were being covered with his medium length dirty blonde hair and his tan skin reminded me of Jake and his pack of wolves. In a way he almost resembled Seth.

"What did you do this time, Naray?" his voice wasn't as deep as I had assumed, Naray nearly turned a new shade of red and let out a low growl.

"Oh shut up, Rongie! Everyone still remembers what Kara did to you when you blew up her office!" Naray took a good swing at his shoulder but Rongie laughed it off.

"Ok, ok, no need to get your panties in a bunch. I'll take these guys to Kara; you should get back to class before you get in anymore trouble." He laughed even harder and began to lead us down the hall, Naray held up the finger before he sprinted down the hall in the opposite direction. Naray? Rongie? What strange names, it hardly sounded like part any language at all but I tried not to pay too much mind to it. The blood scent came from a small room on the left side of the hall, Alice nearly screamed.

"That's her!" Rongie raised a brow and looked into the room.

"Nanarii?"

"What the hell are you doing! You can't just let her die on the table!" She reached for the door but at the last possible second he grabbed her wrist and moved it away.

"Hold your horses there, she's not dying. Were you the ones who hit her?" I spoke up this time.

"Yes, we didn't see her in the road and we couldn't stop the car in time. Will she be ok?"

"Mhmm, now come along we don't want to keep Kara waiting." He flashed Alice a sheepish smile, dropped her wrist and brought us to a building outside of the school. Perhaps a few miles west of the actual school building itself, Rongie opened the door and popped his head in.

"Hey baby-girl, you got some company." A voice as soft as a summer's breeze floated through the door.

"What kind of company?"

"The uh…special kind,"

"Oh, send them in." Rongie stepped in and held the door open, what a gentleman, though I was already used to the treatment because of Edward. There behind the desk sat the most beautiful human I had ever seen, she had long cranberry hair that reached down to the middle of her back. Her warm ivory skin and green eyes made her very beautiful; during my examination I realized her eyes weren't exactly green, the base of the eye looked green with blue and gold splashed on top of one another. I had never seen eyes that color before; they were so beautiful and suited her just fine. Although I had to admit with her red hair and green eyes; she was probably the highlight of the Christmas party. My giggle bubbled to my lips and her gaze fell upon me, she smiled softly and my nerves settled down a bit. For an instant I could see why she was of higher power, behind those warm pools of colors lay the hardness of stone.

"Welcome, I'm surprised you've made it this far. Please make yourselves comfortable," We all took a seat and she pulled out three mugs, Alice nearly squealed when she saw the label.

"Michelangelo, how-what-when did you get these?" She flashed a smile.

"My parents had them for years, they were a gift. He was a close friend of the family," Alice's jaw dropped and mine did as well…again. If her parent's knew Michelangelo wouldn't she be much older…deceased? She hardly looked 17! Naray burst through the door in a complete panic rushing around the room like an angry bee shifting through draws and throwing everything out of its respected place.

"Naray, what are you looking for?" She placed a hand on his shoulder and he dropped his arms, looking at her with more than just panic, with fear.

"I need that potion of yours please Kara she won't survive much longer unless we get her-!"

"Naray please, slow down and take a deep breath. Nanarii is a fighter; she'll be fine. She takes after you." She quickly dropped something into his palm and gave him a small smile. "Use very little, it's powerful, only use it if absolutely necessary." He nodded and ran out of the corridor with vampire like speed. Potions? What the heck was going on? I hadn't been confused like this since the day Edward and I first met. After our little interruption, our mugs were quickly filled and the whole room tensed. The smooth white marble had been tainted red from the blood, venom pooled in my mouth and the fire in my throat suddenly inflamed. My hunt this morning satisfied the flame and I assumed I wouldn't have to hunt for a while longer but the smell of the stilled blood brought back my craving. Alice and Rose zoomed in on the beautiful glass cups and I could tell by the way their eyes darkened that they had yet to have their hunt.

"Please, don't be shy," How did she know about vampires? I had thought that I was the only living human who had known about the vampires and werewolves. Surprisingly Rose didn't hesitate to grab her cup and chug it down, I waited for a different reaction but she simply smiled.

"Grizzly…?" Kara grinned back.

"Please, enjoy."

"So, how do you know about vampires anyway?" Rose asked calmly, even Alice sat there stunned.

"Well, when you're as old as I am; you come across a few…miracles." I smiled; she didn't find us disgusting in any way. In her eyes we were accepted as normal creatures born of the earth.

If only Edward were here with us then he would feel the happiness I was feeling. There were those occasional moments were I would catch Edward staring at me with a mischievous smile and caress my cheek or neck. That smile would quickly turn to disappointment when he realized I wasn't blushing. I knew he hated his own kind and that he missed the small things from my human years but it killed me inside to know that I could have stayed human for him but instead I chose to be changed. I regretted it at times, because of Charlie mostly but Edward did create a small portion of the bigger reason.

"Is there something wrong with your drink?" All three women were staring at me and I had yet to completely process the frown I held toward my cup of grizzly.

"Oh no, everything is fine I was just thinking." Alice glanced at me disapprovingly.

"Bella you know it's not polite to lie! You hate lying anyway!" If I were human I would have been turning crimson at this point. Why did Alice always have to call me out on these things?

"Bella, it's alright if you don't want to talk about it. How about you three ladies bring your family over for a small get together tonight and I'll explain everything then. Sound fair?"

"Of course!" Alice chirped in.

"We'd love to, what are you're thoughts Bella?" All eyes were on me once more and I nodded and smiled. A brief meeting wouldn't be terrible so why not? We all stood and gave our goodbyes, for someone who lived underground; she was a very lovely hostess.