A/N: Hello everyone! Thank you for choosing my story to read. This fanfic will be mostly Edward POV, so unless otherwise noted at the beginning, always assume you are reading from Edward's POV. The usual characters are in this story with the addition of a few more. I decided not to follow the usual Twilight storyline. I hope you enjoy my story, reviews are always welcomed. I have a few chapters written already so expect a few quick updates.
Also, I had another account with two stories that I abandoned. I plan on starting them again as well.
I do not own anything from the Twilight series. The characters and some plot events are totally and completely owned by Stephanie Meyers.
Please read, review, and enjoy.
Another day, another high school, another monotonous year. I loathed this part of my existence. I say existence because I have no life. There is no beating heart inside of me. Blood does not run through my icy veins. My heart does not pump. I am stone inside and out. I have been this way for a century. I was turned into a vampire by Carlisle. He is a father-like figure that I and my "family" follow. He was a doctor in the hospital I was dying in when I was seventeen. I had the Spanish influenza and my human family had all been taken victim to the disease. Carlisle changed me into a vampire. Three days of excruciating pain gave birth to an immortal life of blood thirst and the constant pain of hiding my true nature from the humans I was forced to interact with.
Carlisle Cullen is a doctor at the local hospital. He learned to control his craving for human blood by feeding on the blood of animals. Thus my family and I do the same. Consequently our eyes stay a golden yellow shade instead of the fiery red of nomadic vampires that hunt humans. Since we do not age, we move frequently. We have to hide our immortality. We can only stay in one place for a few years before moving.
We had just moved back to Forks, Washington. My siblings and I were sitting in the small, grey room this school called a cafeteria. There was a lot of buzz and gossip over my family today. It was the first day of school and we were the new kids in town. I sighed and picked at the unappetizing food on my plastic tray as I attempted to block out the voices in and outside of my head. Being a mind reader, I was able to hear the thoughts of everyone. Even those of my family. Humans were disgusting inside their minds. For example, right now there was some young girl fantasizing over my older brother figure, Emmett.
I glanced over at the girl. She was as ordinary as they come. Dyed hair, too much makeup, and too tight clothes. She was eyeing Emmett dreamily. I chuckled causing my family to acknowledge me.
"What's so funny Ed?" Emmett asked curiously.
I shot him a fierce look, "It is Edward, not Ed."
"Whatever prude, what made your prudish self laugh?" Emmett raised an eyebrow and cocked a grin at his immature humor.
"You have an admirer Emmett. Rosalie better watch out. She looks like competition." I said teasingly.
Rosalie's eyes flew over to the young girl who was completely oblivious. A hiss sounded from between her lips before she pulled Emmett closer to her and began making out with him in front of the human. Rosalie made it a point to shoot a glare towards the girl. The human girl immediately averted her eyes from Emmett but not before mumbling a few profanities about Rosalie.
"Humans are idiots." Rosalie grumbled as she shifted her weight. It was a part of the charade. We couldn't sit still for too long or it would look suspicious.
I rolled my eyes at her childish comment. Rosalie hated being a vampire more than anything. She wanted to be human, have children, and be married like a normal person. Rosalie was gorgeous beyond vampire standards. She had long, flowing blonde hair that was always styled perfectly. She was tall, and had perfect features that matched the perfect body. If she were human, she would be Emmett's trophy wife. Emmett was extremely buff and strong. His strength could out power any other vampire. He was taller than me by a couple of inches with a black mop of curls for hair on top of his head. On his round face were dimples that could be seen when he smiled.
"You were once a human, remember that Rose." Alice, my other sibling chimed in from beside me.
Alice looked more like a pixie than a vampire. She was extremely short, barely five feet, and had short, jet black hair. Alice was full of energy and was always optimistic. She was also clairvoyant. Meaning, Alice can see the future depending upon a person's decisions. Alice and her mate Jasper were the last to join our family. Alice's power led them to us. Jasper, Alice's mate, was a stoic vampire. He had wavy blonde hair that fell over one of his eyes. Jasper could feel and manipulate emotions. He was the newest to this life and he still had control issues.
"Yes, but I was one of the few intelligent ones." Rosalie replied back with a flip of her hair.
"You and me both Rosie baby." Emmett said as he wrapped an arm around her. Rosalie rolled her eyes but didn't comment.
"Emmett, weren't you almost mauled to death by a bear before your change?" Jasper asked in his southern drawl.
"Yeah, so?" Emmett answered dumbly.
"Exactly." I said with chuckle.
Alice and Jasper laughed while Emmett pouted. Rosalie wasn't paying him any attention, she was too busy checking her nails. Before the conversation continued my attention was drawn to a mental voice across the room. Whoever it was had spoken my name in their mind. My eyes landed on a young girl that appeared to be my age. She had long, curly hair that was different shades of blonde, brown, and red. She had a round face and she appeared to be short. Her eyes were trained on a book, but she was mentally talking to the person across from her. The other girl was completely different in looks. She had long, mahogany brown hair and a thin, heart shaped face. She looked taller than the other girl. The brown haired girl was sketching and had earbuds in. How were they mentally communicating?
What is it about vampires? They thinking distancing themselves makes them less prone to being found out. The blonde hair girl spoke to the other one in her mind.
I looked at the brown haired girl and waited for her response, but I heard nothing. I listened harder, but still, nothing. I tried once more, but as soon as I focused in on her mind, she snapped her head up and narrowed her eyes at me. I sat back abruptly gaining the attention of my family.
"Edward what's wrong?" Alice asked alarmed.
I couldn't answer because I was too focused on the anger burning behind the brown, gold-flecked eyes of this girl. Her nose snarled a little and she hissed. She hissed at me. My family followed my surprised stare and tensed at the two girls. The blonde haired girl looked up from her book and immediately became alert. She looked at me and narrowed her green and gold eyes.
"Bella. Let's go." The blonde girl hissed at the other one. She threw her book in her backpack and stood up pulling the other girl, Bella, with her.
Bella gathered her sketching materials and mp3 player and allowed her friend to pull her out of the cafeteria. I sat there staring at the double doors dumbfounded.
"Edward what just happened?" Rosalie hissed icily.
"Who were they?" Emmett asked confused.
"I don't know. But they know what we are!" I hissed so low, no human had a chance of hearing me.
My family stiffened and shared worried looks. Just then, the bell rang signaling lunch was over and classes were about to start.
"We can't do anything now, we are in school. But we need to find whoever they were and talk to them after dismissal." Jasper was formulating plans as he spoke. Jasper was in the Civil War and prided himself on his battle techniques.
We all nodded in agreement before heading to our respectful classes. I had biology next. My eyes were scanning the halls looking for the two girls. Before reaching class I had not seen either one, but as I turned into the doorway of the biology room, I saw the brown haired girl, Bella, sitting at the only table with an empty seat. Her headphones were in, again, but her eyes were closed. I narrowed my eyes at her and watched her as I quietly made my way to the open chair. I made a point of scraping my chair against the floor to get her attention. I wanted her to know I was aware of her presence and her knowledge. I sat down and turned my upper body to her as if to introduce myself. Her eyes slowly opened as if I had not alarmed her. She turned her head towards me and looked at me with a blank expression. Bella did not appear fazed at all that she was staring down a stone cold murderer.
I noticed that Bella seemed different as well. There was something strange about her eyes as well as her complexion. I opened my mouth to casually introduce myself, but she did not give me the chance.
"Jessica!" Bella called to a girl in front of her. Her voice reminded me of Alice and Rosalie's.
A curly, brown-haired girl turned around. She was wearing a lot of makeup, and I recognized her from lunch; she was having some vivid day dreams about me and my brothers. Jessica glanced at Bella before her eyes landed on me. Jessica grinned at me before practically running to my side of the table. She leaned over, I suppose to try and show off her "goods", before addressing Bella.
"Yeah Bella, what's up?" Jessica asked casually as she glanced at me.
"I was wondering if you wouldn't mind switching seats with me. It's so cold over here." Bella whined a little at the end and made an act of rubbing her arms. I furrowed my eyebrows and narrowed my eyes.
Bella was wearing long sleeves. She was trying to get away from me. I glared at her but she didn't acknowledge me.
"Sure! No prob!" Jessica answered before running back to her seat and grabbing her things. Bella stood up and walked past me as if nothing was wrong. My eyes followed her the entire time she walked to the front of the room.
Jessica turned to me to start talking, but the bell rang saving me from having to listen to her annoying musings. Unfortunately, the bell could not stop her thoughts. I could feel my dead brain throbbing. I continued shooting daggers at the back of Bella's head. She seemed as though she didn't care. I watched as she doodled as the teacher droned on about expectations. I found myself wondering what she was. Something inside me told me she was not human. It was a ridiculous thought, for one I had no proof and secondly there were no other mythical creatures besides vampires and the shapeshifters in La Push. I listened closely to see if I could hear her thoughts again. Nothing. But I did notice her heartbeat was abnormally fast. Not like the fast, adrenaline pounding of a humans when they were nervous or scared. It was a steady thrumming, like that of a hummingbird's. I took a nonchalant deep breath and was struck by an unusual, potent scent. It was Bella. She smelled…overly sweet. Almost vampire sweet. What was she? Was her friend the same? I decided to follow them after dismissal to see where they lived and, hopefully, get some answers.
Edward! Alice's scared voice bounced through my head. Your future just disappeared! Where are you? Are you okay? What's going on?!
That unnerved me. My future had disappeared? I sat there confused. How could my future disappear? The shrillness of the school bell broke me from my confusion. I looked up but Bella was gone. I quickly jumped up, dodging the advances of Jessica and squeezed my way into the hallway. I scanned through the teenage faces with no avail. She was gone again.
"Dammit." I hissed under my breath. I headed to my locker where Alice and Jasper were waiting for me. Alice's pixie face was contorted in worry and fear.
Once I reached my locker, Alice tackled me with a hug before returning to her spot next to Jasper.
"What decision did you make in class Edward?" Alice asked me seriously.
I opened my locker and placed my biology book inside. "I had decided to follow Bella and the other girl after school. But now I am not so sure I should do that."
Alice's face went blank; she was having a vision. Alice quickly came back to us and sighed, relieved.
"I see you at home with us now. I have never had that happen before except…" Alice said as she trailed off confused.
"Except when you encounter the wolves in La Push." Jasper finished for her.
"Bella isn't a wolf. She smells like one of us." I informed them.
Jasper and Alice shared a look of disbelief. I was just as dumbfounded as them. The two minute bell rang causing students to scramble frantically.
"Carlisle might have more information. I'll call Esme as soon as school is out and tell her to have Carlisle come home." Alice said before pulling Jasper off to their next class.
I headed off to my next class wracking my brain for anything I might have read over the past century about strange, mythical creatures. I spent the last two periods deep in thought. As soon as the last bell rang, I was the first one out of the room and in the parking lot as quickly as I could without exhibiting any extra speed skills. I waited for my family as I leaned against my silver Volvo. I watched as students flooded through the parking lot. I kept my eyes open for brunette and blonde hair. I watched as my family walked out in pairs and made their way over to me.
"Have you seen them?" Emmett asked as he stood next to me.
"No. They might have left already, but there were only a few cars gone when I got out here." I told him.
"Wait till I get ahold of those two." Rosalie hissed.
I rolled my eyes and was about to reply when I saw them. I stood up straighter and watched as Bella and the blonde haired girl walked out with another girl with black hair that I did not recognize. They stopped next to an older, red Chevy Impala. After a few minutes of talking, the girls said their goodbyes and the black haired girl got into the car and drove away. I continued to watch as Bella and the other girl walked a few spots down to a shabby Pontiac car. It was old and looked like it had been picked out of a junkyard. Before getting in, they both looked in our direction. They knew we had been watching them the entire time.
Without saying a word, Bella and her friend got into their car and drove off. We watched as they left. When they were out of sight, Alice spoke up.
"What are they?" Alice asked the question we were all wondering.
"Carlisle might know, he has been around the longest." Emmett replied seriously.
"Let's go then." I said as I walked towards the driver side door.
We all got in silently as I sped down the road faster than any human could possibly dare to. Before we reached the driveway, Alice released an ear piercing squeal. We all turned to her wide-eyed. Alice was bouncing up and down happily as if she hadn't tried to make us deaf.
"What the fuck Alice? Seriously?" Emmett growled.
Jasper sent him a warning glare before turning to Alice. "What did you see Ali?"
"Zack is home!" Alice said happily.
Before moving to Forks, Carlisle came across a young man that had been in the military in one of his hospitals. He had been shot fatally and there was nothing he could do to save the man. Carlisle then changed him into one of us. He lived with us, learned our ways, and eventually decided to go it on his own for a while. He was residing with another clan in Denali, but he had mostly traveled until now.
We pulled into the drive next to Zack's motorcycle. We exited the car and made our way inside. Esme was waiting for us, along with Zack and Carlisle in the living room. I followed in behind the rest of my family as Esme hugged us all and muttered on about us being safe. Emmett and Jasper greeted Zack in a manly fashion and I followed suite.
"What're you doing back?" Emmett asked as he plopped down in an oversized, white chair.
"I decided to kick it at home for a while, maybe go to school with y'all. That is if we can stay around here. What's up with these two chicks?" Zack said as he leaned back on the couch.
Zack had powers like Alice, Jasper, and myself. He could persuade those around him. Just like Jasper could manipulate emotions, Zack could infiltrate minds and put his thoughts into theirs. Carlisle's theory is that Zack was an influential man, much like Jasper, in his human life.
"We don't know who are what they are. But they are not human." Jasper began as he leaned forward, his hand on his chin.
"What did they look like? Sound like?" Carlisle asked as he turned to me.
"They looked…like us. Their skin was about a shade darker than ours, almost human looking, but it was too pale, too perfect. I had one of them in my class, her name is Bella. She smelled overly sweet, vampire sweet. Her heart was beating abnormally fast, like a hummingbird. But it wasn't a nervous type of heartbeat. As for their minds…I can only hear one of them, but they can communicate mentally. I could hear the other girl, but not Bella. When I tried to listen to Bella's mind, it was blank. Also, when I tried, Bella could tell it was me trying. She looked right at me, and hissed." I explained. I could still see the hate in her eyes.
"Sounds like a mental shield." Carlisle stated.
"Also, Edward decided to follow them after school, but once he did…his future disappeared." Alice explained with a shudder. Alice hated losing her sight.
"Carlisle?" Esme asked him worried. She hated her children being near danger.
"I have never heard of anything like what you are explaining to me. They couldn't be immortal children, but they are something. The only time Alice's sight disappears is around the wolves." Carlisle was talking more to himself than he was us.
"Why don't we call the mutts and meet with them?" Zack suggested. Zack was a tad more rugged than the rest of us. His southern attitude was more prominent than Jasper's and he was more excitable to fighting than Emmett.
Emmett and Jasper agreed as did I. Carlisle nodded his head and went to phone the chief of the Native Americans in La Push. La Push was a reservation in Forks. This tribe was not like most. They had the ability to turn themselves into wolves. Large, ugly, smelly wolves. We did not get along, therefore we had a treaty with a treaty line. We cannot hunt on their land and we are not allowed to bite a human. Things usually stayed quiet, except for the nomadic vampires that pass through at times.
Carlisle came back into the room, his thoughts were focused on what the two girls could be. I was just as curious.
"Let's go. They will be waiting for us at the line." Carlisle said.
We all sped off, out of the house and into the forest towards the treaty line. Zack stayed next to me as we ran. With us being the only single vampires in the house, we had bonded in some ways.
Is this the only exciting thing that happened while I was gone? Zack asked me mentally.
I thought about it before answering, "Well, Emmett and Jasper got arrested, and Rosalie gave an older cop a heart attack."
Zack chuckled and then fell silent. It remained quiet until we reached the treaty line. Carlisle took the front, with me on his left and Esme on his right. Beside me was Zack, with Alice and then Jasper to his left. On Esme's right was Emmett and Rosalie. I could hear the jumbled thoughts of the wolves as they approached.
"I will definitely need to shower after this. Their smell is horrifying." Rosalie muttered.
Esme shot her a reprimanding look causing her to keep her comments quiet. The wolves approached from the woods. They were snarling and watching us closely. Two wolves disappeared behind a few trees and transformed into their human forms. They walked back and met us at the line, the wolves were close behind.
"What is this about Carlisle?" The one speaking was named Sam.
Sam was the Alpha wolf. He led the pack and was the first of his generation to transform. Next to him was Jacob. He was the Beta, but not many knew he was the Alpha by birthright.
"Thank you for meeting with us. There are two new…girls…in town. But we have a hunch that they are not like the other humans in this town. My family and I have never encountered them before. They seem to have traits of both vampires…and wolves. We wanted to ask if you had any information." Carlisle explained.
"What makes you think they are like us?" Sam had a stony expression on his face. His thoughts were centered on a legend he had been told as a child. One about half-vampire, half-wolf girls.
"What legend are you thinking of?" I asked him with narrowed eyes.
Sam looked at me confused for a moment before his face hardened. "I would appreciate it if you would stay out of my mind. Besides, I do not know what you are talking about leech."
"You're lying." Jasper stated evenly.
Sam's glare turned to Jasper. The wolves began growling and their thoughts were jumbled but focused on wanting to attack us.
"I have nothing else to offer you leeches. If they cross into our territory, we will handle whatever they might be, just stay on your side unless you want to die." Sam said coldly.
"I would watch the name calling if I were you, Sam. After all, an insult doesn't mean much when it comes from a dog." A voice called from somewhere behind the wolves.
The wolves turned around abruptly, snarling and growling, their teeth exposed. Emmett, Jasper, and Zack fell into a defensive crouch. I stayed upright and looked towards the voice. Standing behind the pack of wolves was the blonde girl from lunch. Next to her was Bella. Bella's face was blank, just like her thoughts. Her eyes briefly met mine, before they turned to Sam.
Cliffy on the first chapter! Hope you guys are enjoying it so far! I am going to go ahead and post another chapter. I will update again later this week!
