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Twilight: Blood Moon

Chapter One: Refuge

The days had been long and tiresome on the road bound with second chances and another fresh start. A clean break as it had been referred to by my little sister Cloe, wasn't exactly feeling that way, in fact it was feeling more and more like a death sentence. But as it was clearly pointed out, it was best, more then that even. It was necessary, though mutually unwanted by the both of us.

The cold chill of the passenger side window against my cheek woke me with a start. As I jerked awake a soft chuckle made me turn my head groggily toward the driver's seat, where a very bright eyed and bushy tailed, Parker, smiled cheerfully at me.

"Morning mom."

"Morning kid, how long till we hit Forks?" I asked, sleep laden in my voice.

"Um, like five minutes ago." I jerked up right fully alert and awake. "Crap, are you serious?"

Parker nodded. "Serious as a bullet wound." she replied, with a smirk.

"Parker Darley." I scolded. Parker just laughed and stared out at the road ahead of us, which was wet and slick.

"Why don't you pull over and let me drive. Alright?" Parker made to protest, but decided against it from the stern look on my face. Slowing the beloved Mustang of her father's to a stop on the shoulder, she jumped out, came around, climbed into the passenger seat, as I climbed over my eldest biological daughter Emily and into the driver's side, just as Cloe pulled up next to me.

"Everything alright?" she called out the window. I nodded and put the car in drive, Cloe waited till I pulled off the shoulder to get behind me again. Five minutes later I was pulling Billy's Mustang, into uncle Charlie's driveway followed by Cloe in my Mustang, who had to park along the street as the U'hual hitch took up the rest of the drive. Uncle Charlie's cruiser wasn't parked out front, so I figured we were earlier than expected, good thing I remembered where he hid the spare key.

I obviously hadn't noticed the car parked across the street, because as I hit the porch the door opened to reveal a man in a wheelchair, who had an ear to ear grin. "Skyler is that you, kiddo?"

I returned the smile. "Sure is Uncle Billy." If it was possible his smile grew even wider.

"Ha, ha, come here kiddo let me look at ya. Gosh how you've grown." he said, as I bent down to give him a big hug. When I straightened back up another man stepped up behind him. "Sam, I want you to meet Skyler, Charlie's niece."

I smiled and held out my hand, which he took into his enormis one and shook it. "Nice to finale meet you. Billy's been so excited about you coming, he and Charlie haven't shut up about it."

I laughed slightly, as I pulled my hand back. "I'll bet." Cloe came up behind with Josaphine in her arms, followed by my kids.

"Billy, Sam, I'd like you to meet Cloe, my little sister and her daughter Josaphine." Cloe shuffled the baby in her arms so she could shake they're hands. When Emily and Rowan hit the porch with their siblings in tow, Billy gasped.

"My gosh, is that little Emily and Rowan?"

I noticed the slight grimace on Sam's face at the mention of my eldest daughter's name, as I nodded. "Sure is, growin up so fast aren't they?"

Billy smiled and hugged the girls. "I'll say and who are the res of these cute little munchkins?" he asked, just as Parker and Esmeree came up the walk, with Bayleigh in Park's arms and the twins at their sides.

I turned and pointed. "This is Parker and Esmeree, my stepdaughters and Emily's older half sisters, the baby she's holding, I indicated by pointing to Parker, is my newest edition Bayleigh, and the four other youngins are, my twins, Taliesin an Toren and then Treyla an Jayden."

"Well you've accumulated quite a family since I last seen you, huh?"

I chuckled. "Ain't that an understatement." It started to drizzle just then, so we shifted our way inside where breakfast was waiting for us and very much needed hot coffee. We all ate in the livingroom, as the kitchen table was way to small to accommodate us all. By the time night eventually came around and Charlie got home, I had already put the little ones to bed, in my cousin Bella's old room. Charlie came in as I was coming down the stairs, he smiled wide. "Hey kid, how have ya been?"

"Pretty good uncle Charlie." I replied, as he wrapped his arms around me in a tight hug. Being this close to my uncle again, broke down all the walls of bravery, I'd constructed around myself, since I'd left Southie and I started to cry. Uncle Charlie hugged me tighter to him and smoothed my hair, as he tried to soothe away the tears. Charlie never was good at this sort of thing with anyone else, but when it came to me it was different, alot different, especially from Bella, who was just as awkward as uncle Charlie in these matters, but not me.

It was something about the way my body nature could pull all the doubt, if you will, out of people so that all that was left was raw instincts, which uncle Charlie seamed to be grateful of. Though sometimes I could sense that in ways, he wished I had been his daughter and Bella his niece, as we were closer in alot of ways, he and Bells weren't, I know that sometimes he was ashamed of this fact, but he'd never say it out loud. As my tears calmed, I chanced looking up at my Uncle's warm and loving face.

"It was really that bad, huh kiddo?" he asked softly, as not to cause anymore tears. All I could do was nod, as another tear escaped the corner of my eye and ran down my cheek.

He pulled me into another hug. "Don't worry kid in time it will all get better."

"I hope so." I replied softly into his chest. Bout an hour later Billy and Sam, decided it was time to be going.

"You take care little Skylark and I'll see you later."

I nodded from where I was knelt in front of Billy's wheelchair. I stood and gave him a hug. "Be careful driving back to La Push, Black Wolf." I cautioned, which earned me a slightly odd look from Sam, that I thought nothing further of. I waved when they pulled away and shut the door. Charlie was leaning against the doorway of the living room.

"So where are the kids?" he asked.

"Upstairs in Bell's room. I hope you don't mind?"

Charlie shook his head. "Naw, Bella is never here anymore so it's fine."

I nodded with a slight smile of thanks. "Speaking of Bells, where is she? When I'd heard from dad she'd moved back here a few years back, I was shocked to say the least."

"She got married."

"Really?" I asked, with wide eyed shock.

"Yup, she lives with him, his family and their daughter, not far from here."

"Daughter?" I asked.

"Yeah."

Laying awake on the couch, later that night, I starred up at the ceiling, thinking about my cousin. Bella's really married and has a kid? Wow, who would have thunk it. She had never seamed to me, to be the romantically involved kinda type, let alone a mother figure. I could hardly even picture clumsy ole' Bella having a child, much less being pregnant. The way she always accidentally hurt herself one way or another, wasn't healthy for her, or an unborn fetus.

It's short I know and I feel you, I can't stand short chappies either, but I promise as the story goes on they get longer, so...Please, Please Review, I eat them for breakfast, like Wheaties they make my imagination stronger and you wouldn't want me to get writer's block would you? :P