A.N.

This story is going to take place starting a year before Beau Swan arrives in Forks. So the 03-04 School year, and Azrael will be the year above Edythe who will be a Sophomore. Azrael has a unique gift who I don't think anyone has quite come up with yet and it will only continue to grow with him once he becomes aware of it. Just a heads up Azrael's is going to sing to Edythe to an extent the makes Beau's blood seem like water to her. However Azrael's gift will both attract her to him and prevent her from just killing him, once she starts to see Azrael's personality she will be more forceful with him so to speak as well as possessive. Also I am going to need a beta reader so let me know if you're interested. I am going to try and pump out a chapter a week. but the next one will probably come in a few days.

A young man with jet black hair and striking grey eyes that appeared neither dull or bright sat in the courtroom waiting for the judge to make his judgement. He almost couldn't believe this was how the summer before his Junior year in his high school was going, having long given up on the possibility of escaping his mother's tight, and in most ways toxic grasp on him.

That was until of course his late Uncle Julian passed away a few months ago and left him quite the sizable inheritance including a partially secluded house in Forks, Washington, giving him the means to do what he was doing now just a few months short of his seventeenth birthday.

Although distraught due to my Uncle's passing I was grateful for all the things that had been done for me prior to his death having been contacted by my Uncle's and now my lawyer Mrs Sullivan almost immediately with all the assets that were inherited by me being frozen.

This was of course to stop my "lovely" mother from squandering my newly found wealth as she had done with her fathers bequests to her, the same bequets mind you that allowed my late uncle to become very wealthy due to his smart and calculated investments.

In the end all the money in the world couldn't save him from the cancer he hid from my mother and I, the only family he had left.

"Due to the evidence and circumstances the court rules in favor of the emancipation of Mr. Azrael Lux and grants a restraining order on Ms. Annabelle Lux for the distance of ten miles of Mr Lux's school, residence and place of work as well as his person. No phone calls nor letters may be exchanged unless Mr Lux initiates contact. Also the emancipation is contingent on Mr Lux staying in school as well as requiring him to live at his inherited home in Forks, Washington, henceforth all of the inheritance left to Mr Lux will be released in its entirety to Mr Lux to be used as he sees fit." said the judge seated in the small courtroom in Spokane, Washington as he banged his gavel.

Across the room the I noticed that my mother had her her long black hair from where I assumed my own color came in a tight bun and was glaring at me from across the room with unconcealed rage in her clear blue eyes.

Relief rushed through me as he realized I would never need to see that women ever again and I allowed a small smile to grace my chapped lips.

My only concern now was moving into my new home, which just so happened to be very far from my current residence of Spokane, but I quickly made the decision to not even bother going to that woman's house to get any of his my things, they held no value to me.

"Court is now adjourned the judgment shall take effect immediately." said the judge with a straight face.

Quickly Mrs, Sullivan ushered me out of the courthouse and into her silver 2004 Audi A6 which smelled strongly of pine.

" Where are we headed Mrs Sullivan?" I suddenly asked as we hit a red light

"Azrael you're my client I told you to call me Marie, and to answer your question we are headed to the airport for you to catch the next flight to Seattle." she answered her big brown eyes looking a little sheepish.

"Wait, what ! I have people I need to say goodbye to!" I exclaimed suddenly wondering why she was in such a hurry for me to leave Spokane.

"Oh really like who ?" she asked almost smugly.

I realized with a start she was right I didn't have many friends to speak of in the first place as I was never allowed to leave the house apart from school.

I never really thought much of it but now it became almost blindingly depressing that I didn't have a single person that I could really call a friend.

My mood quickly began to turn sour and Mrs Sullivan most likely realizing this didn't say anything else on the short trip to the Spokane International Airport.

It wasn't until she pulled into a parking space on the third floor of the parking structure that she began to speak again.

"Alright Azrael I know you're confused as to why I am pushing for you to leave Spokane so soon and the truth is Julian wanted you out of that house and away from that woman as soon as possible." she said with passion and clear rage.

"Well Uncle was right I need leave this place behind me." I said releasing the breath I did not know I had been holding.

"But what am I supposed to do about clothes or money until my inheritance hits my bank account?" I suddenly asked.

I can't believe this not so small detail had not crossed my mind until now stupid stupid...

My thinking was interrupted as Mrs Sullivan began to chuckle before she spoke with a smug smirk "Well Azrael as far as clothes go Julian figured you wouldn't want anything from you old home so he took the opportunity before his passing to purchase you an entire new wardrobe, as well as have all the furniture in the house either replaced or updated. As far as the money goes the entire amount of your inheritance minus the taxes should be in your account by tomorrow morning. Also by that time I should have all the proper paperwork faxed to the study at your house as well as portfolio with all your current investments."

My mouth slightly hung open in clear shock for a brief moment before a sudden thought hit me.

"How will I get to the house from the airport today? I only have like $13 in my account…."

She chuckled again before reaching into the back seat of her car and pulling out a manila envelope which she then handed to me.

I opened it in a swift motion and looked inside my eyes becoming wide, inside was at least $2000 in hundred dollar bills and a set of Nissan car keys as well as a half page of paper with details on how to get to the car and then from SeaTac to Forks.

I was suddenly surprised when Mrs Sullivan no Marie pulled me into a tight hug and handed me a ticket that was departing in about an hour she wished me good luck and told me she would be in touch.

As I was about to exit the vehicle she grabbed me hand.

"By the was Azrael I took the liberty of enrolling you into the high school they started a few weeks ago so I didn't want you to put it off, you'll start in two days on Monday." she said with a kind smile.

"Thank you Marie." I responded almost robotically as I exited the vehicle which seemed to make her smile waver for a second before it returned to her usual smile as she pulled out of the parking lot and took off.

The flight was a blur that I barely remembered and before I knew it I was standing in front of a pristine black 2003 Nissan 350Z (Edythe is gonna love having her fragile human in a car like that lol) with very dark tinted windows.

I signed leave it to my Uncle Julian to leave me with a car that would probably be the newest and most conspicuous car in the entire town of Forks from what I could remember of the one time I did visit my Uncle like 8 years ago Forks was a very small and tight knit town from my understanding and I didn't particularly want to stand out much.

However after a moment of thought I realized maybe this is what Julian wanted; for me to stand out and maybe even shine a little. I smiled and then opened the door and turned the car over which started easily with a smooth purr I took one look at the smooth interior before I groaned, this was going to be a long drive.

So I'm gonna be completely honest I went the speed limit the entire way to the house… okay maybe I went a little faster than I probably should but I figured I earned a little bit of leeway with everything that's been going on for the last few weeks. Besides who can fault a guy for going a little fast when he has almost 300 horsepower to play around with.

I pulled off of the 101 North and down a dirt road that was winding quite a lot after what felt like about ten long minutes which was actually five I pulled up to the house just as it started to rain. I prayed there was food in the house as I did not really want to go back out and find somewhere to eat right now.

I started to take in the large four bedroom house that I had inherited from my beloved uncle.

It was very modern, painted a dark navy color with white trim and very large windows dominating the front of the house. It had way more space than I would ever need but staring at it brought up fond memories of my uncle and I doubted that I would ever have to power to get rid of it.

I knew from my last and only visit here that besides the two car garage right in front of me that there was a second garage behind the back… due to my uncles passion for driving and working on cars I fully expected the two spots in front of me and the two in the back to be filled I just didn't have it me to look at them right now despite in only being around 6 o'clock at night.

I slowly walked up to the front of the house and used the key that was on the same chain as the nissan key to open the front door. Walking in the first thing that assaulted my senses was the deep rich smell of expensive cognac that I knew my uncle loved to drink. I suspected I would find quite a few bottles hidden throughout the house.

I slowly made my way upstairs to the guest bedroom I had used the last time I was here which was actually the Master Bedroom as my uncle didn't feel the need to have a bathroom inside his room, citing that if had guests he would much rather they enjoyed that small luxury.

I jumped in the bed without so much as taking my shoes off and promptly fell asleep.

I slowly opened my eyes as I looked around briefly glancing at the alarm clock to my left noticing that it was already ten in the morning. I slept over twelve hours for the first I can ever remember I must have been exhausted.

I decided to take a quick shower and as I came out I checked the clothes my uncle had bought me and noticed that everything was plain solid colors mostly black and white shirts with a few other colors splashed in and tons of black and blue jeans. There were a few leather jackets a pi coat and one thick looking raincoat. That I figured with this weather I would be wearing a lot.

I quickly threw on a white t-shirt and black pants before grabbing one of the leather jackets which I quickly realized would be my new favorite jacket. I also grabbed a nice pair of black dress boots with brown soles and the outfit was complete. I had already styled my hair after I got out of the shower so I was ready for the day. (Picture Paul Wesley's hairstyle but colored black)

I made my way to my uncle's or rather my office now and checked the fax machine only to find about 20 or so pages of paper waiting for me.

The front page was bolded and said "PLEASE FILE THE FIRST TEN PAGES WITH THE FORKS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET YOUR EMANCIPATION INTO THEIR SYSTEM, ALSO BRING THE NEXT FIVE PAGES TO YOUR SCHOOL ON MONDAY SO THEY CAN PUT YOU IN THE PROPER CLASSES. THE REST OF THE PAGES ARE FINANCIAL INFORMATION. PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL IF YOU NEED ANYTHING AZRAEL, I'LL BE IN TOUCH."

-Marie Sullivan

I didn't bother to even look at the first 15 pages and skipped right to the financial stuff and whistled in disbelief I knew my uncle had been well off but certainly not this well of what had been messily $13 or so dollars had turned into $6,124,093.69 literally overnight. I tried understanding the next page and failed miserably I couldn't make sense with all the different numbers and listings so I decided to leave those be I could more than live off the liquid assets I had now there was no reason to really go digging just yet.

I decided pretty easily that I could afford to splurge and headed outside to the… my car and headed back into town to one of the only places I remember very vividly from my last trip to Forks, The Lodge a tacky little restaurant the served pretty good food and left me with nothing to complain about.

Although I met a few people while I was in the little dinner I couldn't recall any of there names but the food was great and I left a fairly decent tip for the waitress.

I got out of my car and quickly walked into the police station and briefly spoke with the receptionist Jane I think her name was who directed me to the back office where the sheriff should be before he headed home for the night.

I knocked on the office and almost immediately heard a gruff "Come in"

I walked into the office and looked at the man who was in charge of all the police in this small town and smiled.

"Nice to meet you sir my name Azrael Lux and I have some paperwork I'm supposed to file with you." I said easily as I held up a manila folder

"Yes of course your lawyer called a few hours ago a Mrs Sullivan if I remember correctly to talk to me about your unique situation, I'm Chief Charlie Swan and its nice to meet you son. Always wanted to meet Julian's nephew that he spoke so highly of." he said as he extend his hand for a firm handshake which I took with a small smile.

"Thank you Chief Swan it means a lot to hear that my uncle talked about me so often." I replied easily.

"No problem at all son just leave the paperwork on my desk I'll take care of it have a good night and stay out of trouble I heard you've been driving one of them fast little Nissan cars around town and just because your Julian's nephew doesn't mean I won't give you a ticket if I catch you speeding." he said with a light hearted look in his eyes.

"No trouble from me sir, I want to leave a good impression on those in my new home." I replied with a small chuckle.

"Alright well have a good day and don't be afraid to stop by if you ever want to talk." he said somewhat awkwardly.

"Thank you sir" I said as I gave him a wave and headed out of his small office.

He just grunted as he got back to the large pile of paper I just noticed on his desk.

On my way home I stopped at the local grocery store to stock up my fridge at least for a few weeks. And headed home to try and take in my new life before school started on Monday.

The weekend flew by really quick and before I knew it my alarm went off Monday morning as it was time to get ready for my first day at a new school which slightly terrified me to least to some extent. As I was getting ready my thoughts quickly drifted to my uneventful weekend I spent mostly in my room the kitchen or the large living doing nothing more than thinking.

I wasn't able to bring myself to go into either garage just yet which both disappointed me and excited me at the same time. I resolved to make it in there next weekend hopefully.

I didn't even notice as everyone stared at my car as I pulled into an empty parking spot at Forks High School right next to a brand new shiny Volvo which greatly eased my nerves as at least my car wasn't as noticeable as I first thought it would be.

I made my way into the office and quickly handed over my paperwork and was rewarded a schedule of my classes for the year let's see.

Period 1: Mrs Banner; Biology II (Building 2)

Period 2: Mr Jackson; P.E. (Gym)

Period 3: Ms Varner; Trigonometry (Building 4)

Period 4: Mrs Banner; Teacher's Aid Sophomore Class (Building 2)

Lunch

Period 5: Ms Jefferson; Government (Building 6)

Period 6: Ms Mason; English 3 (Building Number 3)

Seems easy enough I thought without much hesitation as I made my way over to building number 2.

Mrs Banner was an easy enough teacher, we were mostly going through review as far as I am concerned but with science being my favorite subject I had already taken all the high school required courses and more, which I learned was the reason she had requested me as he aid for the year below me apparently there was some sophomore girl who did not struggle at all with her class and frankly seemed bored so she hoped I would be able to go over more advanced stuff with this girl while she taught the rest of the class.

So far I've had over seven people approach me to try and make friends but at the moment I was feeling very introverted and ignored most of them god knows what they are thinking about me right now, probably that I'm some egotistical jerk with a nice car.

Before I knew it I was on my way back to Mrs Banners class to be some girls tutor lost in this thought I suddenly bumped into what must have been a brick wall but turned out to be a very gorgeous girl (Picture Holland Roden) who if it they hadn't already knocked the wind out of me certainly would have with her looks alone.

She started to lower her hand as if to help me and suddenly froze half towards reaching out to me, and seemed to be fighting something very intensely if my eyes weren't playing tricks on me.

"I'm sorry" , I started to say as maybe she was mad that I bumped into her and then suddenly my head exploded into the worst pain I have ever felt in my short life, it was like there were three hundred people talking.. no thinking inside my head all at once, their voices razor blades inside my head before I finally succumbed to the bliss of complete darkness, silence was one voice that sounded like the most beautiful thing I had ever heard was "What's happening ?!"

END CHAPTER ONE