New Kid in Town

Chapter 1- Friendly Welcome?

A/N- This is a story about what happens when an ex-soldier from the Europe, (like Jasper, except not US) shows up on Fork's coasts, with the Volturi on her tail and a haunting past, what decision will the Cullen's make? That was the summary for those of you who have not read it.

Alex's POV-

Mary mother of God I was tired.

I couldn't stop; I had to keep going I could almost sense them behind me. I kept swimming. Where was I? I know I had started somewhere of the Russian coast, and leaving Russia behind was good. But for six days, there had been nothing but water and someone chasing behind me.

My throat ached, my arms where so sore. I didn't think it was possible, for a vampire to tire, but when blood is your food, you'll get tired sometime. Creatures avoided me, and I couldn't risk stopping to soothe my thirst, there was someone not too far behind me.

What was that smell? The rich tones of earth reached my nose when I came to the surface. It was land! Where was this land though? It must be America… or Mexico. The beaches dropped of in jagged cliffs in some places, it was beautiful after almost a week straight swimming in Open Ocean.

I shuddered at the memories, the flash of white, flames rising like monsters across the field… my sister gone. I sighed and shot towards the shore; on land, I could loose the creep following me. I refused to keep swimming. I was going to pass out.

The beach reeked, of what I couldn't say. The waves where a little harsher than I expected and I ended up swallowing some disgusting water. Coughing, I dragged myself onto the shore. My arms where weak, and the warm sand felt oddly comforting.

"Leach!"

There was a chorus of howls sounding all along the beach. I groaned and started coughing hysterically. I was on my knees, and all I could think was that I was pathetic. Pathetic. Get up and fight damnit! I couldn't make myself stand up.

A boy, no older than seventeen but definitely more than human was standing glaring down at me, a young pale girl hovering at his side.

"Stand up bloodsucker." He growled, the girl quivered by his side, she was more than human to. She smelled like… half vampire half-human? I coughed, was that even possible?

"Jacob… stop." The girl murmured, looking at me with pity. Pity. So I guess I did look as pathetic as I felt.

"There's a leach on our land Nessie. What do you want me to do?" He snapped, never taking his eyes off me. Nessie, the girl, glared at the ground.

"I think you should call Carlisle."

"Nessie!" He complained as two more tall dark skinned boys showed up by Jacob's side. Each smelled awful. I stood up shakily, covered in sand and seawater.

"Does she look threatening?" Nessie muttered, and I glared.

Look threatening? I could do more than just look threatening. Then I remembered that humans can't see the scars that vampires like me had, pale against pale, white on white, it was almost impossible for the human eye to see. So, I probably just looked stupid.

"Nessie," The tallest boy behind Jacob said, "I understand your concern, but you must realize our concern for our people."

"If I could just call Carlisle!" She continued, trying to persuade them,

"And what? Let the leach walk through the village? Look at her eyes!" Jacob demanded, "Do you think she wouldn't kill someone if she had half the chance." He was snarling now.

"Stop talking about vampires like that." Nessie snapped, "Remember that she is not the only 'bloodsucker' on this beach." She glared at him and for a second he glared back, but it seemed as though he could not be angry with her.

"Sorry." He muttered. Nessie turned to face me,

"Hello, I'm Renesmee, and this is Jacob, Sam and Paul." She gestured to each boy.

"Alex." I said shortly, my throat ached even more when I spoke.

She smiled, "Well, we're going to get you of werewolf territory first, and then we can talk." She pulled out a small phone, a cell phone if I wasn't mistaken. I hadn't kept up with human tech…

"Carlisle?" She said into the phone, I could hear the person on the other end of the line. This was not good, not remotely good. Crap.

Edward POV-

I was watching the sunset down into the trees; Bella was out with Rosalie shopping, as a surprise for Alice. I didn't know the occasion, it didn't really matter though, and with Alice and Esme at a local bookstore in search of something interesting to read, it was just the guys at the Cullen's house.

Emmett came up behind me, I was not surprised, and his thoughts gave him away.

"When's Nessie getting back?" He said, not to quietly either.

"Whenever she gets back, she will be back." I mussed quietly. Emmett sighed heavily,

"I don't know what's with you dude, but you're really annoying me now."

"I know." I smirked a little.

"You would." Emmett snapped, and turned the television on, flipping through numerous sports games of little importance.

The phone rang, as I stood up to get it Carlisle slipped into the room,

"I got it," He said cheerfully, "One of my colleagues promised to call back earlier, it should be them." He picked the phone up, "Hello?"

Carlisle? Renesmee. I stood up, and gave Carlisle a questioning look, which he returned. Neither of us knew why she was calling.

"What is it Nessie? Is everything okay?"

Sort of.

"What does she mean by sort of?!" I burst out angrily. She heard that,

Well, things are okay for now, but we have a minor conflict with the wolves and…

She trailed off, something she must have inherited from her mother. I didn't know what she was thinking from here!

"Nessie, what is it? Just tell us." Carlisle insisted,

Jacob found a vampire washed up on the beach. We think she swam here from far away, we don't know where though. She has an accent.

I was dumbstruck, and Emmett turned the game off and growled,

"Who?" He asked,

"Do you know who it is?" Carlisle continued,

No, but whoever she is, she's a mess. Tired, paranoid and way beyond thirsty, Jacob wanted to kill her on sight. I just asked for a chance to call you.

"What have they decided to do?"

Nothing yet, their expecting us to work it out… as usual. I heard Jacob growling on the other end of the line. Slightly annoyed, I asked for the phone,

"Carlisle, can I talk to her?" I said quietly, no need to talk like Emmett…

"Of course," He paused, "Nessie, I'm putting you're father on."

"Nessie," I said sternly, "What exactly happened?"

Well I was walking around on the beach looking for shells with Jacob, and we see this girl coughing up seawater on the beach.

"And Jacob's reaction was that he wanted to kill her?"

Yeah… he's not a fan of random vampire appearances.

"Anything besides that? Important things you noticed, appearance, where she's from, name…?" I pressed, Emmett and Jasper where hovering around me.

Yeah, she's European for sure; I think Italian, but not Volturi. I can't say for sure, but I don't think so. Her name's Alex, and there's something weird about her. Nevertheless, like I said, I just can't say for sure.

I rubbed my forehead tiredly, "We'll be there in a couple minutes, okay?"

Sure.

"Hang tight Nessie!" Emmett yelled, in my ear. Again. I growled out of annoyance,

Dad?

"Yes,"

One more thing, bring Jasper. Her voice dropped very low, You know Jasper's scars? She has some just like them. Well, not some, a lot. Jacob can't see them, but I can. Be careful…

"You too Nessie, keep Jacob with you until I get there." I shut the phone and turned to face everyone.

"We're going to get Nessie and this kid." I said confidently, "Jasper, you heard what Nessie said, everyone on guard. We don't want an issue here, everyone should be aloud to live, and it's not this kid's fault she stumbled onto wolf territory."

"This is going to be interesting." Jasper scowled. How dangerous do you think she's going to be?

"Hard to say, but with what Nessie said we can assume whoever this is, their exhausted. If she has any sense at all, she won't fight." I grabbed my phone and headed for the door, the last thing I heard before I started running was Emmett's pessimistic sarcasm,

"If she has any sense… you never know. She could be like Jasper." Jasper proceeded to slap the back of Emmett's head, as was justly deserved.

Nessie POV-

I hung up the phone, smiling a little. "See Jake, there's no need to be violent," I smiled at him, "there's a better way to handle it."

"So, what are you going to do with it?" Jake nodded toward Alex.

"Um, it has a name you know." She snapped,

"And it should shut the hell up if it wants to live." Jake growled, I shot him a disapproving look. "Nessie," he almost whined, "it's not my fault! I just… I'm just thinking about the safety of the tribe."

"Is that all you ever think about?" I said sadly, he put his hand over my lips,

"Let me finish." He smiled, "I'm thinking about the safety of the tribe, and you're safety." I paused,

"Well… that was sweeter than I thought." I smiled. Then I heard the faint whisper of running behind me.

"Not interrupting anything are we?" Emmett coughed coming up behind us. Jake jumped a little but suppressed the urge to growl or phase. He was coming along.

"Nessie," Jasper started, staring out over the beach,

"Uh… yeah Jasper?" I answered,

"So… where exactly is our washed up vamp girl?" He asked me, curious copper eyes meeting mine.

Oh God, I thought, looking around. Where was she?

"Crap." I muttered,

"Language!"

"Crap!"