I was unsure of my surroundings as I approached Forks, Washington. The only thing I really knew was that I was meant to be there for some reason and meant to be a bigger part of my community than most were at that time. The town was eerie and seemed very strange to me; I was used to larger cities. I quickly noticed that the air was damp and probably cold, but I couldn't feel the cold anymore, all I felt was emptiness. I knew that even in the dreary town I looked very odd and out of place. I had always been a fashionista of sorts and I knew my skinny designer jeans and sparkly top were too much for this area. I glanced down the street of what seemed to be the center of the city and smiled when I saw a guy drive by in a jeep. He had dark hair and was just as pale as I was. He glanced my way with a smirk and kept driving; I knew I had reached the correct place.

I tracked the home I was drawn to with the skills I had learned early in my new life and ended up out of city limits by a house that seemed very unique for what type of family dwelled inside. I stood outside for a moment, gathering my courage to knock when a small, pixie of a girl walked out the door toward me and smiled, "Come in Sarah."

Her hair was brown cut into a spiky bob up to her chin. Her nose was thin and her eyes were a golden color. She was adorable in every single way. Myself, I had long brown, wavy hair and was short and curvy, unlike the girl leading me into the house. When we walked in she smiled, "I'm Alice," she hugged me, "Welcome home."

I was taken back a little by her kindness and her knowledge of what I was to do here, "Hi Alice, I'm Sarah. You already knew that though, how?"

She giggled a little, "I have visions; I can see things that are going to happen before they do. Sometimes they change a little, but I usually can tell what's going to happen. I saw you coming, I prepared everyone and they are waiting for you out back," she took my hand and led me to the backyard.

I stopped just short of the sliding glass door, "Alice, are you sure I'm supposed to be here?"

She smiled, "Positive. Everyone has a destiny, and yours is here with us."

I nodded realizing that for some reason I trusted her already. As we walked outside everyone looked up. A tall blonde man walked up to me first, "Sarah?" he extended his hand, "I am Carlisle, welcome."

I shook his hand and smiled sweetly, "Thank you. I honestly don't know why I am here, but I'm glad I came."

A beautiful young woman stood behind him and walked toward me, "Hello Sarah, I'm Esme," she hugged me, "We have been waiting for you."

There were two young men sitting at the table behind them; one looked as though he was in extreme pain, and the other hardly seemed to notice anything was happening around him. I turned to Esme, Carlisle, and Alice, "I know that you all already have your coven and consider it to be a family. Adding anyone else to it is very risky, but I have heard all about you and I would like to have the option of joining. I know that adding someone else is also adding a risk of being exposed, but I cannot live the way the others do, it is not how I want to live."

Carlisle shook his head in agreement, "It is no risk, as long as you are willing to live by our diet: no humans."

I nodded, "I have never been tempted by humans, I like them too much. I realize that I am still young and that could all change, but I don't find myself to be a danger to society. I would like to be as good of a…well…person as I can be, even under the circumstances."

Alice smiled, "She will not be a risk to our family, if anything, she will be a great asset."

I smiled at her, "Thank you."

"If Alice trusts you so quickly, then the rest of us do as well," Carlisle took my hand and kissed it, "Welcome Sarah."

I smiled, "Thank you so much."

Alice had gone to stand by the boy that looked like he was in pain and put her arm around him, "This is Jasper, my husband."

I smiled, "It is nice to meet you Jasper."

He nodded at me and looked at my arm, "Is that where?"

I knew what he was speaking of and nodded, "Yes, but I don't want to bore you with the story."

Just then the other boy sitting at the table looked up, "Hello, I'm Edward," he nodded without smiling.

"It's nice to meet you."

"I will show you around," he gestured for me to walk with him.

"Awe, come on Eddie, let me show the new girl around," a voice from behind us said.

I quickly turned around to see the boy that had been driving the jeep. He walked up to me and held out his hand, "I'm Emmett Cullen. You must be Sarah," he looked at Carlisle, "What will her story be?"

Carlisle looked to the sky and then back down, "She came to us from Alaska, and she is Esme's niece. We will enroll her in school tomorrow. How old are you, may I ask?"

I took a deep breath, "Human age or vampire age?"

"When you were bitten, how old were you?"

"I was sixteen. I have been a part of this life for twenty years."

"She would pass for a junior," Alice offered.

"Do you have a problem being around humans all day?" Carlisle asked.

"Not at all," I half smiled, knowing that I was far ahead of most vampires.

Emmett smiled at me, "Come on," he winked.

As I walked back in the house I could hear Alice talking, "They make a cute couple."

Emmett heard them too and he chuckled, "Ignore those two, they gossip."

I looked down and smiled, "It's okay, I'm the new girl, I understand."

The two of us went on a tour of the entire house, he pointed out everything to me. When we were finished he smiled and pointed out the window of his bedroom, "This is our hunting ground. There is only one thing you should know, we need to stay off of Quilitin land. We made a pact with them many years ago saying we would not hunt on their grounds if they would not reveal what we truly are. We have never broken the pact, and we would like to stay here. I can show you the line if you'd like," he offered.

"It would be nice to know exactly where it lies," I told him.

Emmett and I walked down about three miles away from the house, "This is it. Anything south of this is fair game. You do know that we…"

I cut him off, "No humans, I know."

He smiled at me, "What's your story?"

I looked away, "You really want to know?"

"Yes."

"Here it goes…I was on vacation with my family twenty years ago in Wisconsin and was out walking around at night. Someone came up behind me and attacked me. I tried to fight him off, but he was far too strong for me. I was bit numerous times and haven't been the same since," I tried to joke.

The same smirk I had seen downtown came across his face, "Were you afraid of what you had become?"

"Terrified once I realized what I craved. Although, it was better than the pain I was in for three days."

He looked down and then back at me, "I think you'll do fine with us."

"I'm sure I will. I was never fond of humans; I usually either stole blood from a hospital or had animal blood anyway. I like people too much to hurt them."

He smiled at me, "For some reason, I feel like you're like Esme and Carlisle, you're too compassionate."

"Too compassionate?" I questioned.

"Yeah, you don't like to hurt anyone, do you?"

"Not really," I revealed, "Even though I was the normal rebellious teenager, I felt bad just disappearing on my mother. I was all she had at the time, and I used to go home and check on her once in a while. I soon realized that it was too hard on me so I made myself stop. I miss her," I looked away wishing I could cry, "She's still alive and kicking. She got remarried and is happy from what I understand."

Emmett touched my face, "See, you are too sweet."

That was the first moment since I had become a vampire that I was happy I couldn't blush anymore because my cheeks would have turned seventy shades of red.

He smiled and took my hand, "Come on, we'll head back, unless you're hungry?"

I shook my head, "I have actually taught myself to go a very long time without eating," I revealed, "So I should be fine until next week or so."

"Twenty years and you're more mature than almost anyone I have met. Jasper was the last one to join us before you and he still has issues with being a vegetarian."

"Yeah, well, I'm good," I joked.

He smiled, "I bet you are," he winked at me.

When we returned to the house Alice was right there to greet us, "Sarah," her voice almost sang, "Come with me and we can pick out your outfit for your first day of school."

I grunted, "High school, I was hoping I was finished with that."

Carlisle raised his head from his book, "Nope, we usually move every four or five years, after you kids graduate from high school."

"Well, that makes sense," I smiled, "It'll be something to pass the time."

"That's a better attitude," Carlisle smiled.

Alice grabbed my arm, "Come on," she smiled and began to walk me up the stairs.

I heard Emmett laugh in the kitchen, "She is my kind of girl."

Edward sounded mad, "Well you and Alice need to keep an eye on her because she might slip up."

Jasper disagreed, "Trust Alice, she can see that Sarah will be fine."

"Ignore them, it's just white noise," she grabbed my arm, "Did I tell you that Edward can read minds?"

I was shocked, "Really? Great," I mumbled realizing he would know that I thought he was cute.

"He read Em's mind when he saw you," she told me, "Emmett thinks that you came here for him."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You and Emmett are supposed to be together, I just never told him that I saw that. I wanted to see if he could figure it out himself, and he did! He is an amazing guy. His special thing is that he is tremendously strong and competitive. That is also his downfall at times."

I was officially overwhelmed by the topic of conversation and decided to stay quiet. Alice and I picked out our outfits for school and I went downstairs to sit outside and think about things, keeping my thoughts pure and simple so Edward might get bored and not listen to me.

However, when I walked outside, Edward was already out there. I walked up behind him, "I heard you're the mind reader," I greeted him.

He smiled, "I am. You think I'm cute," he chuckled, "Well you did until you saw Emmett."

"I'd really appreciate it if you stayed out of my mind," I laughed a little.

"I try to stay out of most people's minds, but it gets hard when that is all you seem to hear. And don't worry; Emmett will be down here soon, I can hear him thinking about it right now."

Edward walked inside and Emmett walked outside, "Hey, what are you doing out here?"

"Just thinking. So, do you go to Forks High School too?"

"I'm a senior there, so I can show you around and what not."

I smiled, "That would be nice."

He pulled up a chair right next to me, "We keep to ourselves at school, and we try not to talk to humans a lot, just in case."

I shook my head, "Okay."

"The boys will try to talk to you, but say as little as possible."

"The boys? Is someone playing the protective big brother role a little too well?" I giggled.

"No, not the big brother role, the concerned guy who…" he stopped.

"Who what?" I raised my eyebrows, "Is Emmett Cullen afraid to say something?"

He smiled at put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into a headlock, "Now, would someone in our condition really be afraid to say or do anything?"

"I'm still afraid of a lot," I admitted, "So maybe."

Emmett let go of me and kissed my head, "I'm not afraid of anything."

I smiled at him, "Oh really?"

"Not a damn thing. You know, when Carlisle found me, I was hunting grizzly bears and was attacked by one. He found me and changed me. I barely remember my life before that."

"How old were you when you changed?" I asked.

"I was twenty. I've been like this for about sixty years."

"Do you…do you ever regret that he changed you?" I turned my chair closer to him.

"I did a little, but when I realized all that I could do, I accepted it and moved on. What about you? Do you regret being changed?"

"I actually do. If I hadn't been attacked, I would be married and having a family by now."

Emmett stood up and took my hand, "I know how you feel. I was engaged before this all happened. She was perfect. The funny thing is," he looked down and then slowly back up at me, "I thought she was perfect. All of a sudden, she doesn't seem as amazing as she did then."

I stood up in front of him and smiled just a little, "Why not?"

He touched my face, "Because I'm staring at the picture of perfection right now," he kissed me.