Okay, so this is it! My first story on fanfiction! Yay! :D

I hope you like it, I know I do.

Also, obviously, I don't own any of the characters from the Twilight series.
Though, Reina and her sister Annalise, as well as the other random characters that do not belong in the story line, are the product of my mind.

Summary:

Reina Shaw had one goal in life: Protect and watch over her younger sister, but what happens when her sister finds a sense of family in a very unlikely place? Will she still be needed or will Reina be forced to find something, or someone, else to live for?

Reina Shaw's gray eyes took in the greenery before them that seemed never ending. The sight was much more becoming than the ugly run-down buildings that loomed foreboding around every corner in the ghettos of their previous, temporary home in Detroit.

"This place will be much better Nanna, you'll see." Her younger sister, Annalise Shaw, turned her dark eyes away from the car window to stare hopefully at Reina.

"I hope so Rei. It definitely looks better than Detroit!" She gave Reina a huge smile, her face lit up and her excitement burst through. "You said that we're going to be staying here for a while right?"

Rei grinned. Anna was the only one who could brighten up her day with just a smile. She had a way of bringing out the softer side of the usually brusque girl.

"Yep!" she reveled in the obvious joy on her sister's face at the thought of going to a real school for once. "You start high school this year and that, my dear sister, is a big deal." Reina smiled, taking in this sweet moment and holding it close to her heart. Moments like these, filled with innocence and normalcy, were few and far between. "I want you to have a real high school experience, homework, stress, pimples, the whole nine-yards!" They laughed as they slowly wound their way through the wet and dreary state of Washington.

"You think I'll like it?" Anna fiddled with her necklace nervously, this would be her first real school experience, with other kids, and boys, and teachers, and she was afraid. She ran her fingers through her black, wavy hair her brow creased in thought as she wondered at what the other kids would think of her.

Reina reached over and squeezed Anna's hand, her light golden tan mixing strangely with Anna's dark russet skin. "Don't worry Nanna," she said using the pet name she had given to her sister when she was just a baby. "It's going to be great. Everyone will love you and you are going to fit in just fine."

Anna smiled, "Yeah, you're right. It's going to be awesome!" she squealed a little and Reina laughed, "I can't wait to get to our new house so we can set everything up and I can go through my school stuff!"

Reina winced as she watched the moving van bounce along behind them, looking like it might just fall apart at any second, leaving all their possessions spread out on the wet, winding roads. "Yeah," she muttered, "that is if our stuff makes it there in one piece."

They finally made it through the small town of Forks to the even smaller Quileute reservation, which was just outside of town. They passed a small group of boys jumping from the tops of treacherous looking cliffs into the sea below.

Anna gawked in open horror, "That's dangerous isn't it?" she placed her face and hands against the window, trying to get a better look.

"Yes," Reina said, fiercely, "and if you ever even think about doing something so reckless you will be in so much trouble!" She gripped the steering wheel tightly, trying hard not to envision her baby sister hurtling to her death for some stupid thrill.

Anna scoffed, "Yeah right, like I would be that dumb."

They soon pulled onto the dirt road that stretched deep into the lush green wood surrounding the reservation, and pulled up to a spacious, two bedroom house with a large wrap-around porch. Reina had visited the week before, right after the final documents were signed which gave her official ownership of the house, and did a small amount of fixing up. She didn't do anything too grand, just added a little paint to the railing, fixed the busted screen door in the front, and removed the weeds from the small flower beds that were lined neatly in the front of the house. She then paid in advance for a contractor to send someone out to finish the repairs needed on the roof and flooring. The old house was now in nearly pristine condition and Reina couldn't help but glow a little with pride at her first home.

Before Reina could even put the truck in park Anna jumped out and ran towards the house. She spun in circles on the porch and laughed in glee, causing Reina to laugh along with her. Annalise had always been able to inflict her happiness onto others and her radiance and exuberance at a permanent home had even the ever-scowling movers grinning.

"It's beautiful Rei," she enveloped her sister in the biggest embrace her small frame could manage and squeezed. Reina wrapped her arms around her sister's shoulders and smiled.

'Things will be okay here. I can feel it.'

Well you've now met Reina and her sweet sister Annalise.

I hope you adore little Anna as much as I do!

I can't wait to get the next chapter up!

Review please!