Life Goes On

Author's Note: All right kiddies, I know it has taken me forever and a day to finally bring you a sequel but I had a ton of ideas for my other story (Let Me Love You) which I just finished writing. I will post the last few chapters and you guys can go check it out. Life Goes On takes place about 16 years after Starting Over. There will be some dialogue from the original Twilight Characters as well as Samantha. I am also going to bring in a few new characters to which I will explain in a bit before we do a quick recap of starting over.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Twilight characters but I do own the OC Characters.

OC Character List for Life Goes On (In Order of Importance): *Marks new Character-

Noah Cullen- Half Wolf-Half Vampire son of Carlisle and Samantha, vampire gene is dominant, and twin to Ashley. Though he does not shift into a wolf like his sister he does have the ability to imprint (though it's my secret as to who he imprints on) like the wolves do and he has the vampire ability to read minds like his uncle Edward. He can project thoughts like Renesmee, and he can manipulate objects with his mind, like his mother. He later finds out that he has the ability to teleport anywhere he wants based on his thoughts.

Ashley Cullen- Half Wolf-Half Vampire daughter to Carlisle and Samantha, wolf gene dominant, and Noah's twin. She shifts into a wolf in her teen years but has some vampire abilities such as communicating with her mind, healing with touch and she later finds out she has a sonic scream (basically she can destroy things, and other vampires, by screaming.) Later imprints…ha you think I will tell you?

Renesmee Cullen- Daughter to Edward and Bella, half human-half vampire with the gifts of tactical thought projection (the ability to project her thoughts and memories to a person by touch) and being an anti-shield (the ability to break through a mental shield like Bella's).

Claire Young- Sam and Emily's human niece, Quil's imprint and best friend to Renesmee and Ashley.

*Nathan Uley- Sam and Emily's oldest son, he shifts into a silver wolf. Imprints on someone unexpected that causes some issues.

*Levy Uley- Youngest son of Sam and Emily, shifts into a black wolf (like Sam) with white on his chest. He doesn't imprint in this story like the others do.

*Layla Barros- The half-wolf, half-vampire daughter of Leah and Daltri who has the ability to make herself human. She tries to use the ability on the other immortals but it only works on her. She is also very close to her cousins Ashley and Noah.

*Jesse Tinsel- Son of Jared and Kim who's fur is a chocolate color and his imprint is a first for the wolves.

*Chloe McNeil- Daughter of Paul and Rachel, Samantha's Neice, and shifts into a tan colored wolf. She is close to the twins, her cousins, and her imprint is also a bizarre one like that of Jesse and Leah. (Nope- Not gonna tell you lol)

*Maria Rodriguez- She moves to Forks from Puerto Rico with her brother (Manuel) and sister (Yolanda) for a change of scenery. She carries a secret of her own and you will find that out later as well as why she moved to Forks.

*Manuel Rodriguez- Maria's brother, also holds a secret and becomes to object of someone's imprint…though I won't say who. J

*Yolanda Rodriguez- Maria's sister, yet again holds not only a family secret but also a personal one that later only Ashley's friend, Anna, knows…until it comes to light.

*Anna Manning- Ashley's human best friend who knows their secret and has one of her own that only Yolanda knows until it's brought into light by someone. (Something I have been thinking about and decided to make a reality ;)…LOL)

*Alex Andrews- Noah's Human best friend and the object of an imprint. He also knows their secret.

*Ariyanna Call- Daughter of Embry and Cheyenne that does not transform into a wolf.

*Brooklyn Call- Outspoken and rebellious daughter of Embry and Cheyenne that later transforms into a white wolf and imprints.

*Cheyenne Call- Embry's imprint (You'll have to check out Let Me Love you for their human back story…just ignore the parts about anyone other than those two) and mother to Brooklyn and Ariyanna.

*Summer Rice- Cheyenne's older sister who moves to Forks to be near her. She has a bizarre part in the story…hehe I like it that way.

Now that all Introductions have been made, on with the show.

PREVIOUSLY ON STARTING OVER:

* Carlisle and Esme split up due to infidelity on her part.

*Samantha leaves, and kills, her abusive boyfriend and flees to her brothers in Forks.

*Alice has a vision of Carlisle meeting a half white, half Quileute woman with a stab wound in the leg.

*Charlie takes Samantha to the hospital after agreeing to keep her secret.

*Carlisle and Samantha meet for the first time.

*Carlisle and Samantha start dating.

*Carlisle and Samantha get married.

*Samantha becomes pregnant with mixed (1/3 human, 1/3 wolf and 1/3 vampire) breed twins.

*Esme suspects something but Bella shields Samantha to keep her secret safe.

*The Forks Wolves (Jacob, Embry, Quil, Seth and Leah) move in with the Cullens.

*The twins are born and Samantha is transformed into a vampire.

*Daltri moves in with the Cullens and the Wolves.

*Leah imprints on Daltri.

*Esme finds out about the twins and threatens to run to the Volturi with the information.

Chapter 1- Catching Up

Noah's POV

I never knew how my life would turn out, all I knew is that I had visions of Esme going to the Volturi and that Ashley and I, along with some of the wolves, would defeat them. I never saw faces, other than Ashley and I, so I never knew who would be standing beside us when the need to fight arose. I did know, however that I had a great big dysfunctional yet happy family.

My name is Noah Cullen and I am a third human, a third wolf, and a third vampire. I am more vampire than anything. I have a twin sister named Ashley who is more wolf than anything. How did we come to be? Well our father fell in love with a woman named Samantha, our mother, who just so happen to carry the wolf gene through her heritage as a Quileute Indian. My father, who was once married before and had 5 adopted children, was a vampire. Who knew they would procreate? When Mom gave birth to us she almost died so dad and my brother, Edward, had to change her to keep from losing her. She is now a vampire.

We live in Fork, Washington. A small rainy little town about 2 hours from Seattle. I liked it here, it was home. We lived out in the middle of the woods in a huge house, to which my father and brothers had to extend due to our family getting bigger, and our entire family lives here. You would think we would all separate but we like staying close. Now let me explain my family because as I said they were dysfunctional.

My adopted brothers and sisters, with the exception of Edward, were all couples. Weird huh? It was true. Alice and Jasper had been married for over a hundred years, Rosalie and Emmett the same. How did they make it work and no one be the wiser? Rosalie and Jasper went by Hale before marriage and the rest went by Cullen. In public they are still Hale's but that's to keep up appearances. Edward, my father's first adopted son, married a human named Bella and after she almost died giving birth to my niece Renesmee, he turned her. Now before everyone freaks further, how did they become vampires? When I say that my father adopted them? What I meant to say is that with the exception of Jasper, Alice, and Bella, he was the one that saved them from death by changing them.

Now if you thought my family was weird because I had vampires from brothers and sisters that were married to each other then this part takes the cake. The other half of my family that lives with us are shape-shifters. They transform into giant wolves. Shocking, but true. Here's where my wolf side of the family gets weirder. You see, wolves find their soul mates by doing something called "imprinting". When they look into the eyes of their imprint all strings tying them to this world are cut and the only thing that matters is that person.

Quil, who had become like family to me over the years, was the first of these particular wolves to imprint. Crazy thing? Claire is 2 years older than I am (she's 18). And though Quil will physically be 16 until he stops phasing into a giant dog? He is in all actuality 32 years old. Sick right? We don't see it that way, though some of the humans may. My uncle Jacob was next and his is even more bizarre. He laid eyes on my niece Renesmee when she was 2 days old and that was all she wrote. She is the same age as we are (16). Leah was the next to imprint, her imprint is strange also because wolves and vampires aren't technically supposed to like each other but when Daltri moved here from Brazil? That ended that for our family. They have a daughter named Layla who is mixed like Ashley and I but she has the ability to make herself human. I wished she could turn our entire family, wolves included, back human but her gift is only limited to herself. Speaking of gifts, I will get into ours (Ashley and I) later.

Seth met a girl named Noel at school and imprinted on her, she moved in after graduation and they were married some years later. Uncle Embry was the last to imprint. He met Cheyenne when she moved down here with her sister, Summer. Aunt Cheyenne and Uncle Embry had a long hard road together before getting married for about 6 months after they got together she was diagnosed with leukemia. They fought and won the sickness with the help of Embry's long lost father and soon after Brooklyn and Ariyanna were born. Brooklyn shifts like Embry but Ariyanna does not. Well that about sums up my dysfunctional family.

Now before I get into vampire abilities I will tell you about the friends that Ashley and I are cool with. Nathan is sort of the ring leader with him being future alpha and all after Jacob retires, he's the oldest son of our family's friend Sam Uley and his wife Emily. Nathan's a cool dude but he's got a bit of a temper at times and does some things that people find a bit controversial as you will see later on in our telling of the tale. Levy, his little brother, is more down to earth and I like that kid a lot. He and I are closer than anyone, other than my best friend Alex. Then there's Jesse, Jared and Kim's son. I liked the kid, I just didn't like the way he looked at my sister. Chloe was mom's great niece and she was crazy as I'll get out but she and Ash were tight so I really didn't pay some of her comments any mind.

Now I mentioned powers earlier, yeah us vamps have powers. My brother Edward can read minds, my sister Alice can see the future based on people's decisions, my brother Emmett is incredibly strong, my brother Jasper can manipulate people's emotions as well as feel the emotions of those around him (it gets frustrating for him at times), and my sister in law Bella is a shield both mentally and physically. Mom can move things with her mind and Nessie, as we like to call Renesmee is the opposite of her mom, she can break through any mental shield. She is what the call an anti-shield. She can also project her thoughts to people by touching them. Which brings us to Ashley and I. Ashley, though her vampire side that makes you need blood lays dormant she still has vampire abilities as well as being able to shift into a wolf. Ashley can heal people by touching them, she can communicate telepathically (but that is normal when she is in wolf form). As for me? I have some of my families abilities. I can read minds like Edward, I can move things with my mind like Mom and I can project my thoughts like Nessie only unlike Nessie I don't need to touch them. Well I think I have bored you guys enough and I will let Ashley take over to tell you how everything started.