Alrighty people. This here shall be my first ever fanfiction. The most that one could consider writing that I've ever done is doing RPs (roleplays) with friends and such. This will be my first attempt at writing something all my own. Just to make a few things clear, I've just heard of Twilight in the past month through my mother. Though I read all 4 books within 5 days and I've seen Twilight in theaters. So if some of the characters are OOC, please forgive me. ^^;; As I am not accustomed to their habits or personalities all that well yet. Also, this story will take place after Eclipse and the whole ordeal with Victoria, still in Winter. So I suppose you could think of this kind of like an alternative Breaking Dawn. ^^ But enough of my blabbering! All characters except for Lori and Leon (whom you shall meet in a bit) belong to Stephenie Meyer. I hope you enjoy the story!
Gifted - Chapter 1 - New Arrivals
The sky was cast with dark, swirling clouds that blocked all traces of light from the sun that tried it's hardest to shine through that morning in the small town of Forks. But it failed miserably, and as if to taunt the sun, the clouds started to let small flakes of snowy crystals fall down to the ground below. Within an hour, there was a thin layer of pure white coating the houses, trees, and roads. As the snow continued to fall though, there was no sign of it letting up.
But regardless, the day went on as it normally would for the inhabitants of the town. People got up early for work and kids prepared themselves for what would be a very edgy day at school as they waited for the last bell to ring. After all, who wouldn't want to play in the snow that was sure to pile up? But little did the students of Forks High School know that there would be something far more interesting than the snow waiting for them at school.
Kids drove carefully as possible on the roads, not wanting an accident, cars of all makes, though each more shabby than the last. All except for two cars, at least. The silver Volvo and the Jeep Wrangler that pulled into the parking lot were not unknown to the rest of the students. They knew who drove those cars and the students that were out in the snow headed for one of the school buildings for their class stopped or slowed a bit to watch, as always.
The Cullens and the Hales, as well as Swan all appeared from the vehicles. Edward, Alice, and Emmett Cullen, Jasper and Rosalie Hale, and of course Isabella Swan. As usual they were all dazzlingly gorgeous, even Bella as she walked with Edward's arm around her shoulder. Alice held Jasper's hand in hers as she danced towards the door after the first two, and Rosalie walking with Emmett. It was not an uncommon sight.
What was unusual was a third car driving into the lot that was very much like the Cullens' cars; expensive and new. A red Audi TT sports car headed into the lot, the windows all tinted so dark you couldn't see who was driving it. It easily found a parking spot in the middle of the lot, and also in the middle of all the spectators that instantly started to buzz at the new car. The Cullen family had arrived, so who could this possibly be?
As the car's purring engine buzzed into silence, it shook a bit with movement inside. There was a little squealing noise that instantly caught the attention of those that weren't looking, including the Cullens, Alice in particular who was eyeing the fresh-off-the-line sports car. The driver side door opened after a few moments and out stepped a behemoth.
The first thing to become visible to the students around was a head of black, spiked hair that stuck out at all ends in a wild style that instantly started to get dotted with white flakes of snow. A pair of blue, slightly icy eyes glanced around a bit at the door was closed behind him. He was tall, at least 6' 5". In fact, he seemed like he was the tallest one standing in the lot. And to go along with his height was a finely muscled build visible through the slightly torn and worn jeans clinging to his legs, the dark green t-shirt that also stuck to his chest and the dark brown, almost black jacket left unzipped in the cold morning air. His dark boots left an imprint in the snow on the ground as there was just a slight jingling noise as the chain-link belt around his waist clung onto his hips, ears pierced multiple times and a simple black bit of rope tied around his neck with a pendant hanging from it in the shape of a dagger. Over his back was a simple backpack he held by the strap over his shoulder. All in all, he looked like the type that caused trouble.
The passenger side door opened then, eyes turning to see who would climb out of the car next. No doubt it would be another hefty thug-like guy. One of his pals or something. After all, guys like that tended to travel in packs, didn't they? But surprisingly, someone extremely short hopped out of the car. Hopped.
A pair of fuzzy white bunny ears with pink velvet insides flopped from the car, the little ears connecting to a fluffy white hood that was pulled up around a girl's face. A pair of bright red eyes were visible underneath the furry hood, as well as a wisp of golden brown bangs that had a slight wave to them, the rest of her hair covered by the hood. The long coat was pink with white buttons running up the front. White fur lined the edge of the sleeves and the very bottom of the coat, as well as a little shawl hanging off a small set of shoulders that connected to the coat. A pink tie kept the hood shut and on her head, the ends having white puff balls dangling from them. And on either side of the coat were pockets that looked like rabbits, white and fuzzy like the fur that lined the coat with small pink ribbons attached. Her legs were clad in white stocking that went up past the end of the coat to her thighs pink ribbons keeping them tied up on her legs and on her feet a pair of white high heeled shoes with a single buckle keeping them on. On her back was a white backpack that had white angel wings sticking out the sides. And as if the clothes weren't surprising enough, what was even more surprising was that this girl looked like she was 12. She was so short, probably the shortest there. Why was a school girl that young at a high school with some big fella?
"Oh! This is so exciting! So exciting!" a voice came from the pink bunny bundle as the girl hopped up and down. Her voice wasn't like a 12 year old's though. It was cute, beautiful, like the chiming of bells or something wonderful. Fit for someone older, yet still having a cute and childish tone to it.
Everyone watched as the taller than tall boy walked around the car to the girl's side. His face was calmed, almost emotionless aside from the slight glassy glow behind his icy eyes. Without a word, he reached down knocking out the girl's legs behind her knees and forcing her to fall back on his arm like it was some sort of chair. Then as if it was nothing at all strange, he lifted her up, sitting her on his shoulder and placing his arm just over her legs to keep her still as she giggled, the bunny ears flopping on her head. She wrapped her arms around his head, patting his spiky hair as he started off through the crowd towards the main office of the school.
There was a moment of silence before whispers broke out among the students. Instantly buzz of these two visitors began circulating through the small school. Two seemingly unlikely people, some big guy and a cute little girl, here at Forks? And no doubt they had quite a bit of wealth to have a car like that. That big guy looked...well...to most of the girls, he looked like a total catch! And that little girl was just too adorable for words!
As she was being carried through the crowd, the girl with the bloody red eyes looked at everyone they passed. It was clear from the big smile on her face that she was not a shy type. She said hi and waved to people, all the students she didn't know and had never met, giggling every now and then as she was waved back at or smiled at while the boy just remained silent and didn't even glance at those he was walking by. As they passed by the Cullens though, the girl's eyes were drawn to Alice. She gasped a bit and patted the boy's cheek to get his attention.
"Her eyes are pretty!" she said, perfectly loud enough for everyone in the lot to hear. Upon closer inspection, she noticed all except for Bella had a beautiful pair of golden eyes.
"All of them are!" she exclaimed, leaning back slightly in the grasp to get a better look at they passed by.
"Her's is like chocolates! That makes me hungry~ I haven't eeeaateeennnn..."
A little pout instantly popped onto the plump pair of lips, her cheeks puffing slightly with a huff as her tummy gave a growl to confirm said statement. She groaned a little and plopped her head onto the boy's, he seemingly oblivious to the girl's words and actions.
"I'm sooooo hungryyy~ When's lunch? Huh?" she questioned as she pulled on the boy's cheeks, the two of them now far away from the golden eyed group down the sidewalk towards the front office. Her voice echoed away, muttering about pancakes and waffles as they went inside of the building in the office, leaving very surprised and confused student, including the 'golden and chocolate' eyed ones.
"....Ah..." Bella started, blinking a bit in the direction where the two had gone, "...did anyone else notice...her eyes?"
There was silence for a moment as each person replayed the vision of bloody red eyes and pale skin that had graced them not moments ago. Indeed, that was a rather disturbing sight, one they'd all noticed, of course.
"She doesn't smell like 'that' though," Emmett said, speaking the obvious thought on everyone's mind. "She's a little midget though! And did you see that big guy? I hate to say it, but the guy's taller than me!"
"Such a sense of fashion though~ The girl, I mean. Pink bunny ears. I have to admit, though it would probably look horrible on anyone else, she pulled it off," Alice said, linking her arm with Jasper's.
"Can we please just ignore it and get on with our day? They're obviously not like us, or else we would have noticed it before they even got out of the car." Of course, Rosalie was as she always was; Rosalie.
"Edward?"
The slightly worried, yet curious tone of Bella's voice caught the attention of the others as they looked to Bella, who was looking to Edward. He wore a slightly blank expression, yet one that held a look of deep thinking, and just a slight frown on his face as he stared in the direction the girl and boy had walked.
"What is it?" Alice asked, or rather, more likely demanded by the tone as she cocked her head to the side ever so slightly. There was a moment, everyone waiting for an answer as to why he seemed to be in a down mood.
"...I couldn't..." he started slowly, trying to find his words as he glanced back at the questioning gazes of his family. He shook his head a bit, "They're like Bella." From that fact, confusion resulted.
"Like me?"
"What I mean is, I couldn't read their minds... There was something blocking me," Edward said, obviously suspicious on that fact now.
"Oh boy! Not another Bella on our hands! The school and the student body is in for it if they turn out to be another couple of major klutz," Emmett said with a big goofy grin. The frown and attempt at a death glare he got in return merely made him laugh.
"Seriously. The only person's mind I've never been able to access is Bella's," Edward started, completely serious on the subject, "And who knows why that is. Now there's two more. And they don't appear to be at all normal by human standards."
"Something's up..." Bella muttered, mirroring Edward's concern.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious," Emmett said, teasing Bella to no end. Though the grinding and elbowing of his ribs by Alice easily made him shut up and mutter something unintelligible, though never did he lose that grin of his.
"We're going to be late..." Jasper said silently. Then as if on cue, the school bell, signaling students had just 5 minutes before class started, rang. The students that had remained in the parking lot instantly hurried off to their rooms.
"Let's just pick this up later then," Edward said, not willing to let the subject die down completely. There was definitely something odd going on; he could feel it. Perhaps those two weren't vampires, but they weren't normal. And he was sure that everyone else wanted to find out what was going on, just as he did. But for now, the group parted ways, each of them going off to their classes.
In the first class, where Alice and Bella had class together, the classroom was buzzing with talk of the two new students. Word had caught on quick, it seemed. Alice and Bella sat at the back of the class in their seats though, too many seats apart to join in conversation with each other. As things were settling down, the teacher walked in and got ready to teach that day's lesson, all the students instantly going silent. He told a book and page number for all of them to turn to when the door opened yet again. All eyes looked up to see who it was.
"Hiiiii~!" the sing-song voice rang out, much to everyone's surprise. The girl that was seen earlier skipped into the classroom, her heels clicking lightly on the floor as she headed right into the front of the class to the teacher. It seemed she had taken off the bunny eared coat. Now released from the confines of the hooded jacket were long twirls of golden brown locks tied in pony tails on either side of her head by pink hair ribbons. Tints of red were visible in the curls that went all the way down to just below her knees, bouncing and bobbing with even the simplest of movements she made. She now wore a frilly and lacy pink and white outfit that looked like it was fit for a doll. In fact, she looked like a living doll.
Behind her the boy stood quietly with her, holding her bunny eared jacket over his arm for her and her book bag along with it, his own still slung over his shoulder. He didn't say a word, and didn't look at anyone, seeming to just stare off at the wall at the very back of the classroom.
"Ah...you must be one of the new students," the teacher said, addressing the tall boy. He glanced down at the little girl though, scratching his head, "But...why...er...is this little girl with you? I thought your sister was to be joining the school as well?"
"Hey! Who you calling a little girl?" the little doll huffed out, placing her hands on her hips and frowning up at the teacher, though it looking more like an adorable little pout. "I'll have you know I'm turning 17 in a few months~ And I am his sister! Half-sisssteeerrrr~" she said, tackling the taller boy and clinging onto his free arm, still pouting at the teacher.
Gasps and whispers rose from the class as the teacher, taken completely off guard at the fierce cuteness of the 'little girl', stood there with his mouth agape for a moment. It seemed he didn't regain his composure fast enough; the girl took a step toward him, tilting her head to the side and blinking up at him with her ruby-red eyes.
"Are you gonna introduce us?" she said, seeming to go from all pouting and angry to happy-go-lucky in an instant as she looked around the class a bit, then back to the teacher.
"...Ah...y-yes. Go ahead and introduce yourselves quickly and then you can take a seat at the back," the teacher said, clearing his throat slightly as he sat down at his desk, waving a hand for them to go on, though he still seemed a little shaken.
Without waiting a second, the bouncy bubbly girl turned on the entire class, a great big smile appearing on her face. She grabbed the edges of her frilled little dress, crossed her legs, and did a fancy little bow before popping back up.
"My name is Florette Emma-Lee Katherine, but you can all just call me Lori! And this is my brother, Zacharie Leon Alexander, but he goes by Leon. Nice to meet you all!" she said happily, her smile reaching all the way to her eyes.
Oh yes. This was far more interesting than snow...
Well, that was my first chapter. ;; Review to tell me how I did? I hope I did a good job. And for those that care to look, there are links to the car that Lori and Leon drove in and the outfit that Lori wears in my profile (and if they aren't there, then I'll have them up soon). I'll always include pictures of her outfits, since they're all so....elaborate and such. ^^; I won't bother with Leon's cuz he's kind of plain. ;; But I'll get the next chapter up when I can. It'll start off rocky but gradually get better (hopefully). Thank you to those that took the time to read and even greater thanks to those that are going to take the time to review. *gives cookie*
