A/N Ok maybe I shouldn't be starting another Fan Fic but this idea is driving me nuts!! So I'm just going to write it and that's the end of it I guess. Enjoy. ^^

Chapter One.

I looked at the sleeping form of my little sister in the passenger seat of a stolen car. I couldn't help the few tears that escaped, it wasn't fair what we had been through. We had been abused by our farther and now were on the run because I was pretty sure if we had stayed there we would have been bead in three days.

Life had always been hard. It got worse when mom died when Emma turned two. I was fifteen at the time but I had grown up long before then. Amazingly my father didn't kill mom. She was hit by a drunk driver and killed instantly. When she was gone I had to take her place. I cooked and cleaned and made sure the house hold ran smoothly. I also had to care for my baby sister. But that part of our lives was behind us now and we were in a new town, ready to start over.

I shook Emma awake and she rubbed her eyes and stretched. Her hair and eyes were identical to mine, she was a little smaller than she should be for a four year old as was I for a seventeen year old. We both had pale skin and a tendency to blush at the littlest things. One thing we differed in was the ability to lie. I had years of practise and could convince a police officer murder wasn't a crime, whereas Emma couldn't lie her way out of a paper bag, never mind a tough situation.

"OK, what's your name?" I asked her, she rolled her eyes.

"My name is Emily Trustworth, I'm four years old and come from Alaska. I don't know where in Alaska, I'm only four. My mommy is Ann Trustworth, she works a lot and you look after me when she's not there. Mommy works in the city and is around more than I'm making it out to sound." We has rehearsed that speech so much it didn't even sound forced like it had in the beginning.

"That's right. And during the week, where am I?"

"At private school in the city." I nodded and smiled at her.

"You're amazing, did I tell you that?" I asked, she giggled and nodded.

"Can I help you pick out our house?" She asked, excitement pouring into her eyes. I laughed.

"Of course. Now I think it's time we ditched the car. You ready for the hike through the woods I was telling you about?" She nodded and pressed her face to the glass, gazing at the forest that now surrounded us. I spotted a thin dirt track the lead away from the main road. I turned down it and drove down getting into deeper and denser forest. I took another turn off and then the small track disappeared altogether. I kept going manoeuvring the car through the forest. I came to a dry river bed and got out of the car. I looked around to make sure there was no footpaths nearby. There weren't and I decided it was safe to torch the car.

After I got my big pack and Emma's smaller pack I did just that, I threw a match into the back seat and watched it just long enough to make sure the seats had really caught fire and a rather large plume of black smoke was rising from the wreck. I held out my hand for Emma after I had lifted the heavy pack onto my back.

"Let's go honey." She smiled up at me.

"We're going to be fine mommy, you'll see." I wasn't the only one who had to grow up fast.

"I know sweetie, as long as I have you with me everything will be ok."

"Belly, what are you going to do about school?"

"I don't need to go to school. I only have a year left anyway. Don't worry about it, you're much more important."

"Ok. Can we buy a piano for the new house?" Gasped Emma, jumping up and down. We liked to sing, and play piano together, we could work together even better than twins.

"If we can buy a cheap one from a charity shop. Maybe. How about we sing something now?" I asked, her eyes lit up. We were easy to make happy, the only thing that got me through the hard years with him was the happy moments spent laughing and smiling with my mom and sister.

"You choose the first song!" I laughed, scratching my head and pretending to think. We always started with the same song but it was tradition for Emma to ask me to pick the first song.

"I know!" I cried in mock revelation. "The Call!" She giggled and I started the first bit.

It started out as a feeling,

Which then grew into a hope,

Which then turned into a quite thought

Which then turned into a quite word.

And then that word grew louder and louder,

Till it was a battle cry.

We continued to sing as we walked until we were so out of breath we had to stop talking and singing all together. Twilight arrived and I somehow managed not to panic. I knew it would be dark in less than an hour but it didn't matter, I knew roughly where we were and there was a small town about two hours walk to the west. Ugh, that meant at least an hour walking in the dark.

Not ten minutes later I started to get the distinct feeling we were being watched, not only that but we were being followed. I didn't want to scare Emma so I just acted like nothing was wrong. Emma started to stumble lots and I knew she was tired.

"Please can we have a rest?" She asked. We had been stopping lots throughout the day to make sure the four year old little person next to me didn't get to worn out. I simply lifted her onto my hip and kept walking, just turning to grin at her to hopefully get rid of any fears she might have. She giggled.

"We're nearly there now. We'll probably have to find somewhere to sleep for the night. We can't go to a motel though so I guess we'll be sleeping under the stars."

"Like a camp out?" Asked Emma.

"Yes, like a camp out! Just for tonight though. Tomorrow I will find us a house." When we did our little midnight flit I had stolen his cards and drawn out all I could before shoving it into the bottom of my pack. The next day I had gone to five different banks to cash it all in and make new accounts under fake names. I had enough for a decent house and enough money for food to last us a month and a bit. I planned to get a job as soon as we got there.

The feeling of being watched just wouldn't let up and so I sped up slightly. Emma was starting to fall asleep on my shoulder and she was making my arms go numb. Not to mention the ache in my hip. I knew we would travel faster this way though so I just sucked it up and ignored the pains and aches. I kept hearing noises that probably didn't even exist, soon I was almost jogging, adrenaline pumping through my veins. It was now completely dark and the only light was the dim glow the moon sent down to me.

Every shadow was a serial killer waiting to pounce. Every strangely hanging branch was some evil creature from myth and legend. To say I was scared was a major understatement. When I saw a spot of light in the distance, shining through the trees I nearly cheered. I did cry. I started full out running, holding Emma's sleeping form to me even tighter. I burst through the trees to a large back yard. Then I realized we weren't actually in Forks, we were in one of the large homes that surrounded it. My tears of relief quickly turned into ones of helplessness. I was alone, pretty lost and in some rich snobby persons back yard, they would find us because I could no longer move then we would be sent back to him. And then we would die and would all be my fault.

"Oh my God!" Someone gasped behind me. I closed my eyes and forced myself to breathe, I had one last shot at this. I stumbled to my feet, clutching Emma to me, she was finally beginning to wake.

"Oh thank you God!" I cried. "I was out hiking with my daughter when we got lost!" I hoped I sounded sincere. I leant down and said loud enough for the woman to hear. "Oh look Emily, we got out." Then I dropped my voice so she couldn't hear. "New plan, you're my daughter, now cry." Emma nodded and tears started to seep from her eyes. "Oh it's ok sweetie we're ok, we're ok."

"Oh you poor dears, come on inside. You must be freezing." The woman was extremely beautiful. Her eyes were a rich golden colour and filled with worry and compassion.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" I sobbed. My great lying and acting skills were really coming in handy now.

"Esme dear, what's going on?" A very handsome man came out of the house. Now here's something you should know. Being a good actress means you can tell when people are faking and lying. This man had obviously timed his entrance to the very second. My eyes narrowed and I began to back up.

"Stay away from me." I warned, my voice was low, nearly a growl. "Can't con a con artist." I backed up even more before I sensed someone behind me. I spun round and gasped. Two men were walking out of the forest. Exactly where I had just come from. Someone had been following me. A large burly man and a slimmer but just well toned man with bronze hair. Emma started to cry softly in my arms. I had vowed never to let Emma cry ever again.

"It's ok. We won't hurt you." The woman, Esme, tried to calm me.

"Then why were they following us? Why was your entrance so fake?" I was screaming now. Fear gripped at me and I felt myself start to go into a panic attack.

Three more people came out. A tall blond man, again well toned and with a very fearful expression. He was holding a small black haired girl's hand. She was absolutely beautiful like the rest of them. Those two were followed by a tall blonde girl, long legs, big chest and perfect features. Like the cheerleaders I always hated.

"Please don't be scared! I want to help you." Sais the small one. She seemed to hesitate before going on. "We would never send you back to him... You're safe now." I forced myself to stop showing emotion.

"You're working for him aren't you? Well you can tell him he is not getting us back. Ever! I won't go back, I can't go back. I just got us out of there." I felt salty tears begin to stream down my cheeks and into the small cuts covering my face. Emma got a better grip of my neck and then I ran. I had come too far to give up now.

They called after me and the bronzed haired one was about to follow when The small one put a hand on his shoulder. I ran faster than I had ever done before. I spotted the lights of the small town and kept on running. I finally found a public bathroom and collapsed on the floor with Emma on top of me, she had stopped the tears from falling but silent sobs still racked through her body.

"It's ok. I promised you I'd keep you safe and I swear I will." She nodded at me and climbed off of me to use the toilet. I sighed and stood up to look at my reflection. It was more muck and grime from the forest than anything. I splashed water on my face and got all the leaves and twigs out of my hair. I only stopped when I looked like I could go and buy a house, then I went to work on Emma. We both put on fresh clothes then I locked us both in one of the cubicles and we went to sleep.

It was a long, cold and rough night. I only slept for an hour if that. As soon as it was light I woke Emma and we took our things back to the outskirts of the forest and hid it all in the undergrowth. I took my purse and hand bag, to complete the normal look. We found a small cafe that was opening and bought some breakfast. We didn't have long to wait before the real estate agents was open and we could go in.

"Hello and welcome to Breaker and sons. What can I do for you today?" Asked a fake blond with way to much tan in a can.

"Hello, I'm Annabelle Trustworth and I'm looking to buy a house in the area, preferably near the town limits. Me and my daughter love the outdoors." The woman smiled at me, obviously taken in completely by my story.

Within an hour we had a house. The woman, Sara, said it was the quickest house sale she had ever made. We got the stuff and then went out and bought the main furniture that we would need. We I finally got a few minutes to myself when I had put Emma to bed and finished ordering other things we would need online. This was at one in the morning. I felt good about the whole thing, apart from the strange people in the big house. The stolen car was now burned and hopefully there was no way to trace it back to me. The road that we had turned off was not heading for Forks in any shape or form. I was pleased with the fact we would be hard to find.

I made a mental list of things I had to do tomorrow, take Emma to school, give the house a good clean, go grocery shopping and get a job. I sighed and couldn't help the content smile that spread across my face. I felt more at home than I had ever done in my whole life.

A/N Well, that's the first chapter, please tell me your thoughts and feelings!!! I know this one is a little depressing like my last one but this idea came from writing that one. I am working on a Twilight-Maximum Ride one too which will be a lot happier though so please check it out when I get round to uploading it. Oh and of you are liking the sound of this one I suggest you take a look at Ever So Slightly Broken.

Lots of love,

Sammy ^.^

XxX