Arms Of An Angel Chapter 1: Introduction, a twilight fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters belonging to the twilight series.

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

It was raining very hard that night. Coraline could hear it pounding on the room of her home. As she laid there wide awake in her bed, she could hear her parent's arguing once again. They were constantly fighting, every night, it was always the same. They tried to keep quiet because they thought she was asleep and they didn't want to wake her. But she heard them, she always heard them. "What do we do about Coraline?" Her mother would ask, "These…these things that she is able to do."

"I know dear."

Her father would reply, "I know." Coraline had a "Gift" as some called it; other's said she was a witch. This always scared her; she did not want to be burned at the stake like the others who people had accused of being "Witches." She sat up in her bed and hugged her knees to her chest. A tear fell from her eye, as it did; she felt something wipe it away. She looked up and saw a tree branch had come into her room. It moved and wrapped itself around Coraline, as though it was trying to protect her. "Thank you." She said softly and the tree seemed to nod.

"Do you think I should leave?"

"Hoooo" Coraline smiled as she saw a familiar Barn Owl sitting in the tree. "Do you think I should leave?" The owl nodded its little head before fluttering in to sit on her window sill. 'It is not safe for you here little one. You must leave before they burn you too' She heard a voice say in her head. All her life, Coraline could communicate with Animals, then after her 16th birthday, she could communicate and hear the elements talking to her. Coraline reached out and gently stoked the owls head, then the tree branch that was still gently wrapped around her.

Once her parents had gone to sleep, Coraline slipped out of her room still followed by the owl. 'Coraline look!' She spotted the laundry basket that was sitting by the fire place. She quickly grabbed some of her brother's cloths and dressed in them. They fit her perfectly. Once she was dressed she grabbed a hat and hid all her hair up in it. Then grabbed her bag and was out the door.

'Follow me Coraline.'

Said the owl once again as it flew through the forest, with Coraline following as fast as she could. "Where are you taking me?" 'Safe places for you to sleep till morning, a place where you shall be dry come quickly.' The owl flew up into a tall tree, and once Coraline was at the base of the tree. A large branch came down and picked her up. She gasped as she went up higher and higher.

The branched formed a kind of shield over her, protecting her from the rain. A smile formed on her face as she nestled herself into the branch as it curled around her. Keeping her safe and warm as she fell asleep 'Sleep little one; for I shall watch over you as you sleep.' Said the deep voice of the tree, the last thing she heard as she slowly fell into a deep, deep sleep.

A/N: The voice for the Owl is Ian McKellen. For those of you who don't know who that is he is Magneto in X-Men and Gandalf in Lord of The Rings. As for the tree it can be whoever you imagine, guy, girl, whoever.