Chapter 1
Alistair POV
I hate people. Slimy, untrustworthy things they are, but Carlisle, I suppose, was tolerable. I did feel bad for backing out of the battle, but facing the Volturi wasn't something I felt wise. No matter how much I apologized to him I still had a guilty conscious. I decided maybe I would go to Forks for a few months and hang out with him to make me feel like I had repaid the debt I owed him.
Forks was a wonderful place to be a vampire. The constant cover of rain made it easy to be inconspicuous. The deep forests were very appealing to me, not to mention the tall cliffs and the misty mountain range. I decided that I should probably hunt before I showed up on their doorstep so I wouldn't accidentally kill Renesme. So I broke away into the forest hoping to come upon hikers or maybe a camper.
That was when I saw her. Laying there, helpless, under the shade of a massive oak tree. She was beautiful, I could feel my mouth filling with venom but I wouldn't hurt her. I was worried about her I didn't want any other vampire to find her but I also didn't want to startle her so I settled for sitting on a branch of the tree she was sleeping on.
When she woke up I did my best to remain silent, but I let out a small gasp she was even more beautiful awake. Something was drawing me to her so I decided I would track her exclusively, sure it seemed rather creepy but I had to meet her, I had to get to know her. She seemed, from the way she walked: shoulders up, quickly looking around, to know that someone was watching her, how clever. Still, though, she kept walking till she reached a little white house and went inside. I continued hunting then I went to Carlisle's. He was, as I presumed, very happy to see me.
Luna POV
I was so bored, I wasn't able to go to the Cullen's house today so I had nothing to do. I decided that maybe I would take a walk in the forest and read one of my new books. After all I did have some summer reading to take care of before school started back up. I grabbed my book and stuffed it in my backpack along with some snacks and a bottle of flavored water.
I hiked for about 30 minutes before I plopped down under the shade of a maple and began to read about Bilbo's journey to help the dwarves take back the lonely mountain. I had read this book so many times I could recite the whole thing by memory but I still enjoyed the feeling of flipping the pages through my fingers.
After about an hour and a half of reading I started to get sleepy and decided to take a nap for a few minutes. It wasn't too hard to fall asleep listening to the sound of a creek flowing quickly behind me and within 15 minutes I was fast asleep. I had a strange dream during my nap, there was a tall man with long dirty blond hair and a dark coat who was with me, we were laying down together it was weird. When I woke up I blamed it all on teenage hormones.
I checked the time… CRAP! I hadn't slept for a few minutes I had slept for 3 hours. I still had to make dinner for Charlie and I and it was already 5 pm dang it! Looks like we are having some spaghetti… again. As I gathered my things and got up I felt like someone was watching me, but I continued walking back to the house. I got home around 5:30 and hurried into the kitchen. Phew Charlie wasn't home yet. I got out the ground beef, tomato sauce, and noodles and made spaghetti which was absolutely delicious.
After I cleaned up I got a text from my sister "Hey sis! I was wondering if you wanted to come stay with the Cullens and me for a few days." I was so excited I hadn't see Nessie and Emmet in what, a week! After asking Charlie I excitedly replied "Absolutely! I'll see you guys around noon ok!"