Author's Note: I do not own any of the characters originally written about in the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyer, however I will lay claim to my original characters. Also for reference; in the Twilight saga, Meyer's vampires sparkled in the sunlight. Mine DO NOT sparkle, that is something I never liked and will not add. Instead, my vamps appear "see through" as in their skin becomes transparent in direct sunlight making all of their bones, organs and muscle tissue visible to the naked (and even human) eye.
Also, when it comes to life on the Quieute Reservation, I conducted hours of research and even interviewed Native Americans (Cree, Ojibwa and Cheyanne) in my area to try to be as accurate in my diatonic as I could. In saying that, I do not represent their nations or the Quieute nation and mean no offense in any way shape or form. Rather, I am trying to draw attention to the issues facing Native Americans and I will always welcome first hand experiences, criticisms and knowledge.
In saying that, please review and enjoy Triskelion!
Prologue
Seth
Since the day she was born, my little sister Elizabeth, Liz as we call her, has been… out of the ordinary to say the least. It would be easy to say Liz has grown up quickly. She took her first steps when she was five months old, a month after that she said her first word, and another few weeks after that she could speak in full sentences with perfect English. When Liz turned four, my parents enrolled her at the preschool on the Quileute reservation in La Push Washington, where we called home. She breezed through all the schooling La Push could give her by the time she was twelve. Most universities are not granting Liz acceptance until she turns fourteen for some reason or another. The one that did didn't give her enough financial aid to make it a possibility. Liz applied to a few gifted schools around the country, one even in England, but most are saying she is too old to be enrolled. This has left my mom Sue, and step-dad Charlie confused and dismayed about what to do with Liz for two years. Without some kind of education, she is likely to forget things and it would make transitioning into college life harder. It looks like the only idea they have is for Liz to attend Forks High School for a few years. The education will be standard at best, but it should give Liz something to do. The hope is she will get involved and maybe make some friends at Forks, something she failed to do as she swept through the school system on the reservation. There has been some problems with that plan as well, so we can only hope for the best.
Sue and Charlie have this thing about keeping Liz as close to a normal kid as possible. The problem is all you have to do is talk to the girl for five minutes to know she is not a normal kid. Liz is not just advanced intelligently; all her senses are advanced too. She has better eye sight then any human we know of and Sam thinks her sight could rival ours. She can hear a conversation, literally, a mile away, more if she concentrated. To top it off her sense of smell is as advanced as ours is as wolves. She can tell the difference between humans, the pack and vampires. She can identify everyone by the odor they give off, you could be in the next room over and she would know you were there. She's gotten into the habit of alerting us to vampires that are around, not even knowing what she was smelling. When Liz was about ten, we learned she was incredibly fast. If she got going, she could run faster than any of us and we guessed that she was faster than most vampires too. Because the Cullens left and the treaty was broken, we could now protect the people of Forks as well as La Push. We decided as a pack not to tell Liz about vampires or werewolves to protect her. We knew that if she knew the truth, she would want to help, which would put her in danger with no way for her defend herself. She has grown into such a genuine, honest person; it is getting difficult to keep up the hoax.
The thing that scares us the most is every vampire we run into says they were after a strong scent and they were compelled to pursue it. The scent they were going after was Liz. Somehow her blood smells better than others and it has been making her a target. Some vampires say her scent was the only reason they had come our way at all. Even before all of the vampire activity, everyone in the pack looked after Liz as if she were their own, their own sister, daughter, niece, etc. So when we found out that vampires were hunting Liz, well, we all became protective to say the least. Leah and I, her half siblings, are especially overprotective, along with Quil who has always looked after her and Sam our alpha who has practically adopted the kid. Leah came out of retirement to make sure nothing would happen to little Lizzy. No vampire was going to get past us and harm the little girl we all loved so much.
Knowing she could run away gives us all some relief, but we are all concerned for her safety. Liz deserves the chance to learn and live while she can. All signs point to Liz becoming one of us eventually. Which was why we all decided to make it work; everything seemed to be going alright too, until THEY came back to town.