A/N:

Hello all! It's Rinoa-san again with another new story! I know it seems like I just have a lot of new ones coming out and I'm not paying much attention when it comes to updating, but never fear. I can keep all of these stories straight and will update as inspiration hits. Some may take a little longer since when I started writing them, I gave no thought to the beginning, only the scene that was unfolding (-_-;;) Anyway, there is a preview up for this on my quizilla account. A link is on my profile page, simply click the user name (yunarikkugirl) and if you could take the poll too that would be great! (Click where it says here on profile page). I love comments/reviews and messages. Please let me know what you think.

Chapter One: Entering a Foreign World: Hello Forks, Washington!

"We're counting on you, Ren," her mother said as she hugged her daughter. "We'll be along after a while. Behave,"

"I always do, Mom," Rena replied forcing a smile.

"Remember, just because your mother and I aren't there doesn't mean you can slack off. There's a lot of work that needs to be done. We expect the house to be ready by the time we arrive, but that doesn't mean you can slack off on your school work," her father continued.

"I know Dad,"

"We'll see you in a couple of months," her mother said.

"I know,"

"You should have plenty of money for groceries and other little things,"

"Thanks. I'll be fine,"

She hugged her mom again.

"Bye Sissy," her little brother sniffled.

He was only seven and wasn't use to the idea of living without his big sister for long period of time. Rena smiled and hugged him.

"You're going to be just fine, Chris," she reassured him. "You can call me whenever you want and it's only for a few short months. You'll see me again before you know it,"

"Kay," he sniffled hugging her back.

"Be careful, Ren," Alex, her elder brother, warned.

"I am," she smiled.

He looked at her skeptically before hugging her good-bye. She waved to her family one last time before boarding the airplane.

Rena Asho let out a long sigh. It had been about four days since she had last seen her family. She had been given a weekend to get over her jetlag and get settled in. Now she had to face her first day of school.

She glanced at her reflection briefly. Her golden blonde hair nearly reached the middle of her back even with it styled in her usual low ponytail. Her eyes were a petty cerulean blue. She was considered pale in comparison to a lot of people, but rather than albino she was more fair skinned than anything else. It was hard to believe she had lived in Michigan for her elementary years before she moved to Virginia for middle school and the beginning of high school, and back to Michigan for the beginning of her junior year. Now she stood in front of her mirror in the small town of Forks, Washington. It was yet another school in another town where her parents promised that she'll stay until she graduates, encouraging her to make a new beginning, make new friends, and, of course, do her best. She sighed softly and rolled her eyes. She was already too use to the routine. She just hoped her parents would keep their promise of not making her move until she graduated this time. Well, a girl could dream anyway. She just hoped to make it through this school with the least amount of problems possible. She shook her head and looked over her outfit once more. She wore a baby blue, v-neck t-shirt under a red zip up Aeropostale sweatshirt and a pair of blue jeans. Her sneakers had a hint of blue on them, but were mainly white. Her jewelry was minor, a pair of dangling yin and yang earrings and a gold heart shaped necklace.

She sighed, as satisfied as she was going to be or even cared to be, before trotting down the stairs. After eating a quick breakfast, she brushed her teeth, grabbed her bag, locked the door, and sprinted through the light drizzle of rain to her blue 1999 Buick Century. She shook out her hair sending excesses water everywhere. She sighed once more and started the car. She turned the volume up and let her Anastasia Soundtrack fill the small space. She smiled as she pulled out of her driveway and headed toward school, singing along with the music. She had chosen that particular CD that morning not only because it was newer, but hearing the songs she had loved when she was younger and had taken the time to learn was a comfort. It helped her remain calm and relaxed as she drove. As she pulled into the school parking lot, she silently thanked God she had taken the time to study a map and practice driving the route she would need for the school (as well as a few other locations) before attempting to set out. A good plan was the key for her survival until she got more comfortable with the way things worked in Forks.

While the town was a foreign mystery to her, the school system was still the same. Sure, she would have to learn a new campus and (given her luck) a new grading system, but all in all it was high school. There would be an office, teachers, and standard classes that she would have to attend with what was sure to be an insane amount of homework to go along with it. How she was going to keep up with the work load provided by the school and the work load her parents had set before her, she had no idea. Still, she knew she would have to figure it out somehow. After all, it was her responsibility. She almost laughed, but stopped herself as she got out of her car and headed to the office under the safety of her umbrella.

She closed her umbrella before entering the office. It was small, but warm and comforting. Unlike many of the offices she had stood in, it didn't feel overwhelming. She didn't feel guilty standing there as if she had broken the world's biggest rule before even starting her first day. Even on her own, she could hold her head high and let the confidence most people saw in her glow hopefully giving her a small edge. The secretary was a large, red-haired woman that wore a pair of glasses. Rather than something dressy, like Rena expected, she wore a simple lavender t-shirt. Pushing aside all the comments she wanted to make about being or at least looking professional, she stepped up to the desk causing the woman to look up.

"May I help you?" She asked.

"Yes. My name is Rena Asho. I'm supposed to start classes today. My dad should have emailed the school," she replied politely.

"Ah yes! Ms. Asho. We've been looking forward to your arrival,"

The blonde forced a smile as the secretary searched through a stack of papers pulling out her class schedule and map of the school. Rena simply nodded when appropriate and smiled as the secretary went over the best routes for her to get to her classes and wished her luck. She commented on what a wonderful asset the blonde would be to school based on her transcripts and extended the principal's well wishes and delight to her though she didn't have to meet with him. She was also handed a slip to have her teachers sign and have returned at the end of the day. Rena thanked the red-haired woman politely and left the office. She waited until she was safely in her car before rolling her eyes. She had the heard "we are so excited/honored/pleased/whatever to have you attend our school! We know you're going to be a great asset" speech way too many times. She could practically quote it. The only good side was that she could tune it out and still nod and smile when needed.

Rena moved her car over to the nearly full parking lot. She took a minute to look over the school map, specifically the routes the secretary had highlighted. She had looked over the school map while she was flying over out of boredom. Her schedule was fairly basic: English, French, Trig, Government, Biology, and finally gym. It was nothing terribly difficult minus the Trigonometry. While she had been in PreCalculus prior to moving to Forks, she still seemed to struggle with Trig for some unknown reason. She sighed and stepped out of the comfort of her Buick and music and pressed on for the wonders of the new day.

She made it to her English class without any difficulty. She asked the teacher to sign the slip and gave him a polite smile before taking her seat. Her seat was in the back, much to her disappointment. While she could easily ignore that questioning stares from the others in the back, she preferred to sit toward the front. It made it easier for her to see and pay attention. It was because of that many of the students at her old schools considered her to be a super genius teacher's pet. Then again, she had forgotten long ago what it was like to care what others thought of her. While the teacher went on with the lesson, she glanced over the reading list. It wasn't anything spectacular or truly difficult. In fact, she had read most of them with her friend before she had moved. She hoped that there would be discussions at least half as good as the ones she had with her friend. She jotted down a few notes and had a few tangents running along the margarines. When the bell rang, she was greeted by a boy with black hair that was slicked back with some skin problems and gangly. Her jaw clenched ever so slightly. She didn't want to deal with people…at least not yet.

"Hey, you're new around here aren't you?" He asked.

She smiled as politely as she could.

"Yes I am. I just moved in a few days ago,"

"Oh I see. So what class do you have next?" He asked.

She mentally groaned. She didn't want to have this conversation. In fact, she wanted nothing more than to snap at the boy to leave her alone. She had a fairly good idea of the direction the conversation was taking and she didn't like it at all.

"French," she replied, her tone dangerously soft.

"I could show you to your class," he offered.

"That's really not necessary. I can find my way just fine," she said quickly.

"I really don't mind at all. I'm Eric by the way," he continued.

She barely bit back the sigh. He wouldn't be an easy one to throw off.

"Rena," she replied fighting to keep the annoyance out of her voice.

He didn't seem to notice as they walked out of the building.

"So where are you from?" He asked, beginning with small talk.

"Everywhere," she replied.

He laughed.

"Seriously, where are you from?"

"I moved around a lot so in a sense I am from everywhere. However, I recently moved here from Michigan,"

"Oh what's it like there?"

"Quiet, cold in the winter, comfortable in summer, and shows signs of all four seasons when appropriate,"

It was shortly after that she reached the next building for her class. He wished her luck as others had that day, but she didn't return the greeting as she walked into class and settled into her seat after having her teacher sign her slip for the office. Rena had never been one to really be much of a people person. She knew that the boy had only been trying to be nice, but she wanted little to nothing to do with him. In many ways, she wouldn't mind making it through the school year with just her school work to keep her company. She shook the memories that attempted to overshadow her thoughts out of her head. She didn't need a trip down memory lane on her first day. Experience told her to wait, to get settled in first then consider making friends. Even then, she was skeptical.

The rest of her classes seemed to fly by and before she knew it, she was in the cafeteria for lunch. She had been counting on finding a table, fairly empty, to eat and hopefully get some reading done. Instead, a girl from her Trig class pulled her to her lunch table where she recognized the boy Eric. Rena wanted to groan, to run and hide, just about anything to not be surrounded with a whole slew of people. She didn't pay much attention to the names she was told, but nodded and smiled politely as if she was genuinely thrilled. She simply kept her gaze on her plate unless she was called to look elsewhere. She didn't have any particular interest in the latest gossip or who was who in the school system. She was pretty sure she would be like she was at every other school she attended: just under everyone's radar for noticing, but many still knew who she was.

At the end of lunch, she walked quietly with a girl that had been at the lunch table who had Biology with her. Rena silently groaned. She could struggle through Trig, she could suck it up for gym, but she absolutely loathed Biology. She honestly wished she hadn't let her mother push her into taking the class again. Still, it got her mother off her back so she was stuck with it. She just needed to make sure she passed.

She got to her classroom and handed the paper over to her teacher. He signed it and pointed her in the direction of the only empty seat. She scanned the room to find the seat. It was a window seat, not bad in her opinion. What got her was the boy she was supposed to sit next to who sat near the center aisle. He had unusual bronze hair and coal black eyes. His skin was so pale, she looked as if she had a slight tan in comparison. She took a breath to calm herself. She hadn't recalled seeing him anywhere previously, but she hadn't made it a point to be looking around before either. As she made her way to her seat, she watched as his posture changed from being relaxed to being extremely rigid. She forced back the frown. There was no way it could have been her fault he had tensed…at least that's what she told herself. He stared at her with something she recognized quite easily as hate and disgust. She gritted her teeth, determined not to make a scene. She moved behind him and took her seat shortly after he moved his books onto his part of the desk. She could still feel the angry stares he cast in her direction. Still, she said nothing and focused on the lesson.

By the end, she had a couple pages of notes written for the lesson and nearly all of her margarine spaces filled with her own side notes. She hadn't written so much extra in a while. She was thankful she actually had gym last. Now she would have the chance to work off some of her frustration before she had to go home and do more work. When the bell rang, she had just closed her notebook and the boy she sat next to was gone. She looked at the door, fighting the urge to glare at it.

"Jerk," she thought. "Stupid, rude, jerk. There was no call for that. I didn't do anything to him, I don't even know him!"

"You're the new kid, Rena, right?" A blonde haired boy asked.

Rena looked up at him slightly surprised.

"Yes, I am," she replied politely.

His smile was friendly, but she still wasn't thrilled about another conversation she had a fairly good idea of where it was heading.

"I'm Mike," he introduced himself.

There was a brief silence.

"Do you need help finding your last class?" He asked, trying to break the slightly awkward silence.

"I can find it just fine, thanks,"

"What is your next class?"

"Gym,"

His face lightened up.

"Hey me too!" He said the excitement clear in his voice.

He walked with her toward the gym, chatting up a storm. She was quietly thankful she didn't have to talk much. Surprisingly enough, she didn't like a lot of attention on her. That was partially why she didn't try to make new friends at a school until people had gotten over their big freak out because she was new. They were almost to the gym when he brought up a topic that sparked her interest.

"So, did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or something?" He asked casually.

"Who?" She asked confused.

"The boy you were sitting next to in Bio. I've never seen him act that way before,"

"No, I didn't do anything to him. Never seen him, never spoken to him, nothing,"

"Huh. He's a strange guy. If I would have been sitting next to you, I would have at least talked to you, been friendly, you know?"

She smiled a little at him.

"Well, it's nice to know that not every guy is a jerk like him. I don't know what his problem is, but if he can't talk to me about it rather than quietly pout, then he's no better than a coward,"

Mike laughed.

"Wow, that's very…um blunt. I don't think anyone has ever said something like that about him before. You know, you're really cool,"

She couldn't help but smile again.

"Thanks,"

With that, she went into the locker room. She decided that the blonde haired boy wasn't too bad after all. She found the gym teacher and was assigned a uniform and lock for her choice of locker. As usual, since it was the first day, she wasn't required to dress out. Instead, she just sat on the sidelines and occasionally paid attention to the volleyball games that were running.

At the end of the day she drove her car back over to the parking lot in front of the school office and parked. She sighed and dug the slip out of her bag and stepped out into the rain under the cover of her umbrella once again. She entered the office and was surprised to see the boy from her Biology class, Edward, arguing with the secretary. She gritted her teeth together once more, determined not to make a scene. Instead she took a deep breath and walked up to the desk standing behind him. She watched as his back stiffened and he turned around, glaring at her. His stare was so cold, dark, and terrifying that just about anyone else would have been thoroughly terrified. However, she wasn't intimidated in the least.

"I'm sorry," she said faking her polite tone. "Is this a private conversation? I'm just here to return this slip,"

He only glared at her another moment before turning back to the secretary.

"Never mind then," he told her in a quick, velvety voice. "I can see that nothing can be done. Thank you very much for your help,"

He then left without another word. Rena felt her anger build up faster than she could control. She forced herself to take a deep breath. She had quite enough of the boy looking at and treating her like dirt. He knew nothing about her and she hated that.

"How was your first day?" The secretary asked her.

"Just peachy," she replied handing over her slip. "Have a good day,"

She turned and quickly left the office. She scanned the area looking for the boy. She was going to give him a piece of her mind. There was no sign of him. It was almost as if he had disappeared without a trace.


A/N:

And thus we conclude chapter one. A few things I'd like to point out:

1.) I do not own the Twilight Saga or its Characters. Those rights belong to those of Stephenie Meyer and her publishing company. The character descriptions and some of the dialogue was taken straight from the book. I do not own it, but I thought it was best phrased by Mrs. Meyer in her book and didn't want to tamper with it.

2.) Bella, as of right now, does NOT exist in this story. I re-read the series for my persuasion speech last semester and discovered just how much I hate the whinny little Mary-sue that needs to go die. ^_^ I won't get into a lot of this now. If interested, please message me.

3.) Clarification for number 2, my speech was an ANTI-Twilight one.

4.) Even though I'm against the fad, I did like the books when they came out (BEFORE everyone decided to be obsessed with it) and my imagination ran away with me.

5.) Rena and her family belong to me. Do not steal them or we will have many problems.

6.) I would like to receive at least two reviews before I update. They let me know that people are reading and tell me if people like it or not. So please, two reviews as a minimum.

7.) While this particular fanfiction follows along very closely with the book, there will be other scenes and ideas that I have come up with on my own and I will own those. As for events that are exactly or similar to the way they appear in the book, those belong to Stephenie Meyer.

I hope you enjoyed! Please continue to read my other fanfictions if you are interested. This is one of about two Twilight fanfics I've come up with. I look forward to hearing your feedback soon! ^_^

-Rinoa-san