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"Here you go Miss Risitka. I made sure to get the water and power turned on before you got here, so you should be set on that. Is there anything else you need? A map of the area? Directions to your new school or to the store perhaps?"
"A map would be lovely, thank you."
"All right then, I'll be just a minute." The woman smiled brightly and headed towards her car, coming back a moment later with a carefully folded map, "Here you are then. Is there anything else?"
"No, thank you."
"Of course! If you need anything, just let me know. There's a phone hooked up, with your number and mine on a paper next to it. I left the keys on the table and you can start school as soon as tomorrow." She walked back to her car before turning around and smiling, "Welcome to Forks Miss Risitka!" Risitka smiled back and headed inside. As soon as the door was closed she sighed and slumped against it.
"She's nice, but normally people would leave you alone after you get here. Something about 'you must be tired from your trip.' Oh well, it was interesting to say the least." She stretched and began to look around, dumping her bags in the living room.
'Nice place. Looks like I made a good choice. Now, where did I put that map? I need to scope out that school…' She looked over the paper next to the phone, rolling her eyes, 'I only told her about eighty-seven times not to call me Risitka, but no, she even makes sure to spell the damn name right.' She shrugged and threw the paper away before grabbing the map, climbing out the window, and heading in the general direction of the school.
She got back in through the window hardly an hour before dawn and tackled the bed.
"Nice… This should be fun, regardless of the strange smells hanging around…" She purred as she curled up and fell asleep. She woke up about two and a half hours later to someone knocking on her door. She jolted out of bed and straightened her clothes and hair before checking to see who it was. Judging by his clothes, it was a cop. She opened the door and smiled.
"Hello."
"Hey, heard you moved here last night, so I wanted to welcome you and wanted to know if you needed a ride to school or something."
"The school isn't too far away, I can walk. Thank you anyway."
"Well, my daughter passes by on her way, so she could give you a ride sometimes. Then you would know someone too. But I'll be heading off now."
"Thank you, Mister…?"
"Swan. Charlie Swan, I'm the Chief of Police here. Well, be careful and all."
"Of course. Goodbye Mr. Swan." She closed the door and went to grab her backpack and checked to make sure there were paper and some pens in it before leaving. She made it to the school in about twenty minutes without incident, but as soon as she got there people would stare at her, a couple coming to say hi and ask where she was from. She smiled and said she was from Casper, Wyoming and to call her Risa instead of Risitka. Whenever she was asked if they could show her around or anything, she showed that she had a map and assured them she would be fine. By the time she got to the office, she had started to get a headache. The lady behind the counter was nice as she welcomed her to Forks and handed over her schedule. She looked it over quickly and smiled. Gym, Honors English, Calculus, lunch, and then Biology 2. Risa thanked her and walked out, headed towards the gym. The day went smoothly, with nothing of real interest up until lunch. She had walked to the cafeteria with a few people around her. It seemed she was like the shiny new toy in a group of toddlers. She grabbed a tray with a minimal amount of food and went to sit down, instantly getting herded over to a larger group. She basically ignored most of the conversation until there was the same strange smell as the night before. She looked up as some people walked in.
"Who are they?" The girl next to her looked up and smiled slightly.
"Those are the Cullens. They were all, like, adopted by Dr. Cullen and his wife Esme, and they're all, like, together, like together together."
"Can you name them for me? In order of how they come in?"
"Of course. Let's see, that's Emmet and Rosalie, Alice and Jasper, and Edward. That's Bella with Edward; she's Chief Swan's daughter and has been going out with him for like a year now."
"I see. Do they always stick to themselves like that?"
"Yeah. Weird, I know." Risa nodded and watched them sit down. Only Alice, Edward, and Bella even glanced in their direction. Bella waved to some of her friends before sitting down. Risa felt her mind being touched and blocked the intruder out, noting that Edward looked at her strangely when she did. She smiled slightly and opened her mind again.
"I hope you realize that it is not very polite to invade one's mind without permission." She saw him tense slightly and laughed internally, "If you want, you can speak in your mind. I will hear it."
"…Is that so?"
"Yes." He glanced sharply up at her before turning to the others and speaking quickly and quietly to them. They nodded slightly and began to leave as Edward turned to Bella to explain more.
"How rude. Do you not like others hearing your thoughts? Does it frighten you? Or are you simply afraid I will tell others?"
"Stop."
"I can communicate like this to others too you know, it's not just you." She pulled her mind away and blocked it again before getting up.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"Just thought I would walk around a bit; Get more used to the place. I'll see you guys later." She smiled and left. She went to the parking lot to see them gathered at the end, talking amongst themselves. They stopped talking as soon as she stepped outside. She smiled at them and sat down on a bench, only looking up when Bella came over.
"Um, hi, I'm Bella Swan. My dad saw you this morning." Risa smiled.
"I'm Risa, nice to meet you."
"You bought that old house about a mile or so away, right?"
"Yes."
"So, how do you like it so far?"
"The house itself, or Forks."
"Both."
"The house is nice, and I'm enjoying Forks so far. Although I can't figure out what there really is to do here." She smiled.
"Nothing. It gets really boring here, but you can always have friends over and talk or something." Risa smiled.
"You're about as social as your dad, aren't you." She laughed.
"That obvious?"
"Perhaps. So, why did you decide to come talk to me? And don't say it's because I'm the new girl and you wanted to meet me."
"What if that's the reason?"
"It's not."
"How do you know? What, did you read my mind or something?"
"So that's it, since I'm sure he told you what happened in the cafeteria. No, I did not read you mind. As I told him, it is entirely impolite to read one's mind without prior permission."
"Well, you read his mind."
"On the contrary, I spoke to him with my mind, and gave him the opportunity to reply back in the same fashion. Other than what he said to me, which was the entirety of four words, I heard nothing."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Well, he said…"
"That's enough."
"Well, look who decided to join us. It's about time too; after all, listening in to a conversation isn't polite either. And you really shouldn't be sending your girlfriend to ask questions for you."
"What do you want?"
"I don't recall saying I wanted anything."
"How did you hear my thoughts? And only those ones?"
"Curious aren't we? Seeing as how I've answered some questions all ready, it would only be fair if you answered some of mine."
"No."
"Yes. Now then, are there any other abilities that you or your family has?"
"That's none of your-"
"That would be a yes then. You know, I'm starting to think one of the others would be easier to talk to." She stood up and began to walk away, "If you ever decide to actually talk, give me a call or come over."
"Hey, aren't you going to your next class?"
"That depends, are any of you in it? Biology 2?"
"No."
"Hmm… I suppose I should then. By the way Edward, if you decide to talk to me during class time, you know how to contact me." The doors shut behind her, leaving Edward glaring at nothing. Class was almost over when Edward finally contacted her. She instantly opened the link.
"Yes?"
"Meet us in the parking lot."
"Are you sure? I wouldn't want to get mobbed or something close." He didn't answer her and she closed the link with a smile.
'Perfect.' She ignored the rest of the class and as soon as the bell rang she was heading out the door. She got to the parking lot and looked over to see all but two of them waiting for her. Rosaline and Emmet were missing. She linked with Edward long enough to ask him about it.
"Rosalie and Emmet?"
"Not here obviously."
"Not very nice now are you?" she closed the link, savoring the glare she got in response. She smiled and walked over to them.
"Yo, I'm Risa, although you probably know that. You're Alice and Jasper, right?"
"Yep. It's nice to meet you Risa. I have a feeling we're going to be great friends."
"No you're not Alice."
"Yes we are. I saw it."
"It changes." She rolled her eyes.
"Well, Edward told me about talking to you in his mind. That's pretty neat. I can see the future, and Jasper here can control emotions and feelings."
"Alice, we shouldn't be-"
"Oh hush, I'm sure it'll be fine. So, how does your thing work?" Risa smiled.
"I knew it. It is easier to talk to someone other than stick-up-his-ass Edward." Alice laughed and Jasper smiled at that. A quick glance showed that Bella had smiled slightly too. "Well, in short, I can create links with other's minds and speak to them like that, regardless of the distance. Once I've made a connection with someone, I can link with them anytime, anywhere. Does that make sense?"
"So, you could make a link with me?"
"If you wanted me to, yes."
"Really? Can you try it now?"
"Of course." Risa sought out Alice's mind and as soon as she touched upon it, create a stable link.
"Can you hear me now?"
"Yes! I do! I just think, right?"
"Yes, you're doing well."
"That's so cool!"
"I'm closing the link now." She pulled out and smiled.
"You can link with me as well now, anytime you want to speak with me, all you have to do is think my name about three times in succession. It works better with my full name, but Risa works perfectly too."
"Ok! I'll try doing that later. Now, I heard you had some questions for us too?"
"Yes. Are you the only ones with an ability?"
"Yeah, it's just us three, and Bella in a way."
"Really? How so?"
"For example, Edward can't read her mind at all."
"So she has a mind block… May I test it? I'm going to try to set a link."
"Yeah, sure." Risa smiled and sought her out, closing her eyes for better concentration. She found it, as well as the block and smiled again before brushing past it.
"Can you hear me now?" Bella gasped and her eyes widened.
"How did you do that?"
"I'm special like that. I have another question for all of you."
"What?"
"What are you?" They all stiffened slightly.
"What do you mean?"
"I can tell you're not human, so what are you?"
"What do you mean by 'you can tell'?"
"You're not going to answer me, are you?"
"We have to go, come on Bella." Edward led her away and they all got in the car.
"Sorry Risa. We'll talk later, ok?"
"Of course." she watched them drive away before beginning to walk home. She waited until she was sure there was no one watching her before running. It took her about ten seconds. She dropped her stuff on the floor before stripping down to her normal clothes. Black with deep red flames extra short skin-tight shorts, and black with deep purple flames, skin-tight shirt that was low and then cut off above her stomach. She smirked and stretched before making sure the house was locked up and all the curtains closed before proofing it to make sure nothing surreal could get in as she settled back into her true form, with her ears, tail, and wings out.
"Now for some research." She materialized through the roof and took off, stretching her wings for the first time in months. She went straight home for her report and to figure out exactly what the Cullens were. She landed on the dark side of the moon and smiled at the shadows and lesser ethereal demonds that greeted her.
"About time you've come back. We've had to deal with your mother this whole time."
"She should never worry, as she knows I am able to care for myself." she smiled at the large white wolf, "I missed you too Ari."
"Well, at least you weren't hurt this time; and you didn't lose control at all."
"Meanie. I don't lose control that often. Besides, I haven't even fought at all lately."
"I noticed. We're starving."
"You can always snack on the some of the ethers." Ari growled in her throat and Risa laughed.
"All right, fine. I'll find something for you, but not here. We'll go to a different dimension for it."
"Good." She ran a hand through the fur before walking inside the castle to find her mother. Unfortunately, she ran into her twin brother first.
"About time you came back here. It gets way too boring since you blocked me from most of the dimensions."
"That's because you dislike far too many people in every one of them."
"So? They don't need to live."
"You control fear; you don't need to kill people. Don't make my job any harder."
"You never do your job anyway!" He lunged at her. She dodged it quickly, retaliating just before he clawed her throat open. She broke both his arms instead.
"That's enough Tomaden, Risitka."
"Mother, how lovely to see you."
"Your report?"
"There is nothing new. As expected, there are non-humans living in Forks, but they do not seem to want to tell me about them."
"Make them then."
"Perhaps that is how you would go about things, but I refuse to. I will do it my way. Report finished, I'm going to my room for a small amount of research before I leave again." She turned around and went to her room, gesturing to some books lining the walls. They floated around her and the pages turned as she sat on the bed. Her brow furrowed and she growled when she found nothing. They floated back to their places and one more came out. She flipped through it quickly before stopping and grabbing the book, staring at a page.
"This is not good. Toma absolutely abhors vampires." The book shut and went back to its place as she got ready to leave, "Now I just need to figure out which type of vampires they are. Every dimension is different, so for all I know they can go into the sun without a side effect." She sighed and flew back down to her house, materializing through the roof and suppressing her ears, tail, and wings again before going to take a long shower. She was sitting in cold water by the time she had to get ready to walk to school. She sighed and got up slowly, shaking most of the water off before wrapping a towel around herself and draining the bath. She had just finished getting dressed when the phone rang. Her head tilted in confusion as she picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Is this Risa?"
"Yes."
"Hi, this is Bella."
"Oh, hi Bella. Did you need something?"
"I was wondering if you wanted a ride to school this morning. Alice wanted to pick me up today, and Edward won't be there, so I figured it would be all right."
"Have you asked Alice?"
"No, not- Hold on, here she is."
"Risa? Hey, how are you? You're going to ride to school with us, right?"
"Oh, sure. Am I right in assuming that you foresaw it?"
"Yep! I made sure to be the one to pick Bella up today just for it!"
"Well, I suppose I shouldn't refuse then."
"Great! We'll be there in a bit!" She hung up and Risa made sure to block her future from viewing before getting dressed. She was trying to finish her homework when Alice knocked on the door.
"Risa! We're here! I'm coming in, ok?" Risa smiled when the door opened and Alice danced in, followed by Bella and Jasper.
"You didn't do your homework?"
"And the man finally speaks! No, I obviously didn't do my homework. Would you like to help? I'm fairly certain I won't have all of it done in time for class. I don't have that many hands." He smirked.
"Are these all the clothes you have Risa?"
"Why are you going through my closet?"
"We'll have to go shopping together! I would lend you some of my clothes, but I think you're even smaller than I am!"
"Probably, but I don't need more clothes. I'm just fine with what I have. We should get going though."
"All right, let's go, but I'm not going to give up on the clothes issue!"
"I figured." Risa climbed into the car next to Jasper and they took off. Moments later they were at the school. Risa was relieved when she got out of the car. It was difficult to keep her scent low and as unappetizing as she could.
"Did you not like riding with us Risa?"
"What do you mean?"
"You were so quiet the whole time, you seemed like something was bothering you."
"Oh that, I was trying to think of the perfect excuse to give my teachers about my unfinished homework."
"Don't worry about it. You're the new kid after all, I'm sure it'll be fine. Well, we should be going. I'll see you later Risa, maybe we can sit together at lunch!" She waved and disappeared into the school. Risa rolled her eyes.
"I don't want to go to lunch though, there's nothing good to eat there." She strolled into class as the bell rang and sat down. She didn't listen to a word in any of her classes before lunch that day. She debated whether or not to go to the cafeteria, eventually deciding to skip out and go for a walk in the woods instead. A few minutes later, she came across Edward. She was about to go up to him when she realized he was hunting. She watched him take down a mountain lion and as soon as he was done she stepped into the clearing. He looked up sharply at her as soon as she did and froze. She watched him as he slowly got up and took a step towards her. She could smell that he still didn't quite have complete control over himself, but she didn't move. In an instant he had grabbed her arm, his teeth by her neck. She just closed her eyes and opened the link.
"Stop it Edward." He didn't move, but she felt the teeth retract away from her skin. "Step away." He didn't and she stopped breathing, slowing her heartbeat drastically. He jerked away and she looked up to see him on the other side of the small clearing.
"No…" He turned and was about to leave when she grabbed his arm, having used her speed to get him.
"Stop. It's fine. You didn't do anything." He jerked his arm away and she let it go, staring at him.
"Why are you here?"
"I went for a walk. I apologize for interrupting you."
"What did you see?"
"Everything. Not that it matters, I had figured you were a vampire last night. I would love to know more though."
"How did you get over here?"
"I walked, I told-"
"From there in an instant. You're not a vampire, you can't move that fast."
"Obviously I can. Are you just going to ask me questions without answering any of mine again?" He turned to leave again.
"I have to go."
"No you don't. You have to answer my questions."
"You know what I am, and so you stand there talking to me. I could kill you in an instant."
"I doubt that. You'll find that I'm extremely hard to kill. Now, let's chat."
"No." He disappeared through the trees and she smirked, opening a link with Alice.
"Yo."
"Risa! Why weren't you at lunch?"
"I went for a walk and ran into Edward."
"…Oh. How did you run into him?"
"He was hunting. Any chance you would be more willing to talk to me again? He refuses to."
"I don't know Risa…"
"Alice… As much as I don't want to, I will read your mind to sort everything out."
"Then I won't think anything useful."
"I can go through your mind, like a filing system of sorts."
"I thought you said it was rude."
"I know that, but I need to know a few things Alice. I'll answer any questions you might have."
"… Did you get hurt?"
"By Edward?"
"Yes."
"No, I opened his link and calmed him down."
"Ok… I'm coming. Jasper too."
"I'll wait here then." She closed the link and sat down to think, hissing in annoyance when Toma contacted her.
"Anything new?" She blocked him and opened her eyes just as Alice and Jasper came into the clearing.
"Yo. Got out of class all right I see."
"Jasper wasn't feeling well, so I'm taking him home. What happened?"
"I already told you."
"Did he tell you anything?"
"Not really. Can you tell me more about you guys?"
"What did you want to know?"
"Everything."
"I don't think we should."
"Why not? I all ready know you're vampires, I figured that out last night. You seem to only drink animal blood, and some of you have other abilities. Oh, and Edward is dating a human that he probably wants to eat because she smells so good to him. I just want to know anything else. For instance, are those stupid little myths correct? Or can you go into sunlight and garlic is just another herb or vegetable or whatever it is?"
"All right. Yes, we can go into sunlight, we just choose not to because it would be obvious that we aren't human then. And most of those myths are false."
"Is it terribly difficult you kill you then?"
"I suppose. You have to tear us into pieces and then burn the pieces."
"… All right then. I suppose that's all I need to know. Wait; is there some type of government?"
"The Volturi."
"Do you know any names?"
"Well, Aro, Caius, and Marcus are like the leaders, and then there are a ton of others too." Risa nodded and stood up.
"All right. Thanks. Was there anything you wanted to ask me?"
"Not right now. We'll come see you if we want to."
"Can you link with me first so I know you're coming?" Alice nodded.
"Did you want a ride back to your house?"
"No, I'll be fine." Risa walked past them and headed in the general direction of her house. As soon as the door was closed and locked she went into the kitchen to find Edward there.
"What do you want?"
"I was going to help you pack."
"Too bad, I'm not leaving."
"You should."
"Is there something you don't understand about no?" He slammed her against a wall and she glared at him.
"You need to leave."
"And you need to not break my house. Actually, you're the one that needs to leave. Get out of my house."
"And if I don't?"
"Then I show you one of my small secrets and make you."
"You can't make me."
"Ari, do you mind?"
"Ari?"
"Gladly." Edward turned in time to see the giant wolf latch onto him and toss him off her.
"A wolf?"
"Yes."
"That's not a normal wolf."
"Thank you Captain Obvious. What gave it away? The size, or the fact that she can talk?"
"A werewolf?"
"No, she's a wolf, through and through. You might want go home now, I'm sure everyone is waiting for you. Ari will show you out." He left and Risa dropped onto the floor, rubbing her head.
"He harmed you?"
"Not really. I think he did more damage to the wall. Do you remember the old vampy Aro and his gang?"
"Of course. Annoying ones."
"This is that same dimension, and Marcus isn't that bad. The group the Volturi is like the vampy government and Aro, Caius, and Marcus are like the leaders."
"Been in high school for two days and you all ready sound as them." Ari stretched out on the floor next to her.
"I don't see how that's a bad thing."
"Perhaps not. Sleep now kit, you know they will come to speak with you later tonight."
"All right." She settled into her true form and tore off her school clothes before curling against Ari and purring.
"Risa? Can we come over now?" Risa jolted up and looked around to see Ari had left. She reverted back to human form and got up.
"Sure, I'll leave the door unlocked."
"It wouldn't matter if it was." Risa closed the link, unlocked the door, and threw on some longer shorts and a t-shirt. Alice came through the door a moment later, followed by Jasper, Edward, Emmet, Rosalie, and two others.
"Hello. You must be Dr. Cullen and Esme, am I right?"
"Yes, you must be Risa. It's nice to meet you." She smiled at them.
"Would you like to sit down?" They smiled back.
"Thank you." They all sat down and she smiled.
"Well, had you decided what you wanted to talk to me about?" Carlisle was the one to answer her.
"Edward told us about you meeting him in the woods yesterday. He mentioned that you had been able to cross the clearing as fast as he would be able to. Care to elaborate?"
"I'm a fast person."
"How did you get like that?"
"One, I've always been fast. Two, it comes in handy when running from people."
"Who were you running from to need that speed?"
"Sorry, I'm not telling you about anyone other than myself."
"I can understand that. But being able to cross the clearing that fast is out of normal human abilities. So what does that make you?"
"Not human apparently."
"That doesn't tell us what you are."
"Does it really matter? I'm not here to kill anyone, or to reveal your secret, or anything else of that sort so far. As of moving here, I'm a normal high school student looking forward to graduation." Carlisle chuckled.
"I suppose not." Edward opened the link with her.
"It matters. What are you, and why are you here?" Risa glared at him.
"You could ask me out loud Edward. That's the point of this little get together." Carlisle almost sighed.
"What did you ask Edward?"
"What she is and why she's here."
"Obviously Edward, I am here to graduate. And you don't need to know what I am, it gets too confusing anyway."
"I'm sure I can handle the information."
"That's not the point. It's too difficult to explain and there are nearly no legends about my kind."
"Then you could start a new legend."
"No, one is more than enough. Any other questions Dr. Cullen?"
"Can you tell me more about these links you can create?"
"Well, there isn't too much more to tell than what I'm sure they told you all ready."
"What about the wolf?" Edward interrupted as the others tensed slightly and relaxed as they looked between Edward and Risa.
"What wolf?"
"The one she had attack me earlier." The heads turned back to her.
"I didn't have her attack you. I had her remove you from my house before you completely broke the wall using my body as a battering ram."
"Edward, when did this happen?" He didn't answer and Risa happily filled them in.
"Once I got home. He was here saying I should leave Forks. When I refused he became angered. You can see the proof in the wall of the kitchen. The wolf he mentioned is named Ari and is the leader of the pack. And that's all I'll explain about her because I don't completely understand everything about them."
"There are more than the one that removed Edward?"
"Of course."
"Do these wolves hate vampires? Or hunt them?"
"These wolves do what they wish and are my protectors should I ever be in need. They are able to materialize their forms in order to get someplace quicker. For instance, when Ari came here to remove Edward, she was extremely far away. Also, they listen to me far more than they will ever try to listen to others, but they are not under my command. There is a mutual trust between us. If you want, you could meet Ari, but not tonight, not here." Carlisle nodded.
"All right. We should let you sleep then, and perhaps we can meet Ari later this week." Risa smiled and nodded as they got up.
"I do have one more question though. You seem to have this distrust of wolves. May I inquire as to why?"
"We're not friends with werewolves."
"Are there werewolves here?"
"Not quite in Forks, but yes. We'll leave you alone now. Thank you for answering our questions."
"Of course. Thank you for answering mine and not immediately telling me to leave." She smirked in Edward's general direction before the door closed. She sighed and stretched a moment later before locking the door again and heading upstairs. She opened her bedroom door and froze.
"You didn't tell me there were vampires here."
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