Hey everyone! So i had written this story before, but honestly it was so horribly written and i hadn't updated it since 2016 lol. so here i am, revisiting it. i really did love how this fanfic started out and decided to give it the chance it deserved. hopefully i can do it justice this time with the new rewrites and actually uploading chapters lol. feel free to leave as much constructive criticism as you like, i'm all ears. and as you all know, i do not own this story, sadly :(

It was Saturday morning, that much I was sure of. Now if only I could remember why I was here. Back in Forks after years of avoiding it. Back after refusing to return even when Bella did. Oh, that's right. I came to protect my twin, under the guise of a simple visit. Protect her from the world I had accidentally stumbled into, the world I wish I had never found out about…just to find out that my sweet, innocent, naive twin was neck deep in it. The fact that she was still alive after what she told me was more of a shock then Bella somehow attracting a leach for a lover. Of course she did. She was the biggest danger magnet I had ever met in my life. I sighed and rolled over, refusing to open my eyes just yet. A part of me hoped that when I opened them id be back in Phoenix, sun beaming through my window, and all of this had just been a horrible nightmare that lasted too long. But with every second that ticked by, every sickening twist in the depth of my stomach, I knew that it was. I, Ivory Swan, was now swarming in a world of vampires and monsters. I wouldn't be surprised if all the old legends were true, that vampires weren't the only thing that went bump in the night. The very thought made my stomach twist even more. A wave of anxiety crashed into me as I finally remembered todays activities. Bella was making me go have brunch with her vampires. Because everyone just has brunch with seven vampires that could easily rip your throat out ad drink you dry. Sighing again, this time more dramatically, I opened my eyes and sat up. The sky outside was pearly gray and threatening rain, but that was nothing new. It was always gray and rainy in Forks. Ugh, I missed phoenix. Bella owed me one.

It hadn't been easy moving here. When Bella decided to move to Forks with Charlie, I opted to stay back with our mom. It's not that I didn't like Charlie, it was just that…well I hated Forks. The tiny population of barely four thousand, where everyone knew everyone and sweaters were mandatory year round couldn't even begin to compare to the 1.6 million people in Phoenix and the sun. Oh the sun, I already missed it. Bella and I talked every day. She told me how much she loved it there. About her friends. Her new boyfriend. She told me how Charlie was doing, how she met our old childhood friend Jacob. She told me about high school. And sometimes a part of me wanted to be there with her experiencing it all but I could never bring myself to leave. Not until a chance encounter with a nomad vampire that changed my life forever. Then I knew I had to come and protect her, be there for her, little did I know that she didn't need my help at all.

I jumped at the knock on the door, startled out of my thoughts, and scrambled to get up. It was either Bella or Charlie and both would be hurrying me to make my great debut. I grabbed a white t-shirt and a pair of ripped jeans, dressing at top speed before flinging the door wide open. Just as I suspected, Bella was standing by the door, wringing her her hands nervously. She gave me a wry smile as she took in my messy hair and lack of make up. She was naturally already dressed, of course. Her chocolate hair neatly pulled back into a pony, her clothes ironed and perfect. She eyed the low v-neck of my tee but chose not to comment and tried another smile.

"Hey good morning," she chirped in an attempt to be bright and cheerful.

I glanced at my watch. It was twenty passed twelve. "Its not morning anymore bells," I sighed, shaking out my hair in an attempt to tame it. "Are we leaving soon?"

"Uh yeah, in about 5 minutes" Bella said quietly.

"What? Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!" I gasped, running around my room trying to put myself together. " FUCK! Never mind."

I grabbed my make up, and made a mad dash to the bathroom. It didn't take long to get ready since my style was pretty simple and my need to impress was non existent. Leaving my hair messy, I just applied my eyeliner and mascara and ran out to Bella's death trap of a truck. She was already inside and not pleased at all with my little get up. She frowned, opened her mouth, then closed it and started the ignition. She knew better then to try and chastise me when it came to how I dressed, and I didn't much care that she didn't like what she saw. I wasn't about to get dolled up to be dinner.

"Ivory…."

"No Bella, we are not having this discussion," I snapped, wrestling with the window before giving up with it only half way down. "Can we just go please?"

Bella sighed, but didn't try to broach the subject again as we drove. We were so different in some ways. She was so like Charlie. Responsible, shy, not too talkative, and she blushed so easily. if you caught them together you can watch Charlie and Bella change shades of red together. Where I was just like our mother. Outgoing, adventurous, the center of attention and the life of any party. Not to mention I was a huge tom boy. The amount of scarps and bruises I acquired total overshadowed Bella's because, instead of trying not to fall over while walking over a flat surface, I was climbing trees. I leaned against the window and watch the trees fly by. Was I really doing this? Meeting a bunch of vampires? Bella repeatedly assured me they weren't dangerous, and after some convincing I agreed to meet them. But I still wasn't so sure. I started gnawing at my nails again, a horrible habit I hadn't been able to kick. This was really happening.

After some time, we pulled up to a magnificently chic home. It looked airy and expensive looking, with more windows then walls. As much as I hated to admit it, I was kinda impressed. For bloodsucking leaches, they had amazing taste. I got out with Bella, and before I could register what was happening Bella was in the arms of a vampire. My instincts screamed for me to protect her, but instead I kept my cool as best as possible and stuffed my clenched fists into my pockets. Bella had told me about them. The bronze haired one was named Edward. The one she said she was in love with. He was good looking enough, I guess. The fact that I knew he was a vampire totally killed the appeal for me. I started walking up the few steps to the house as he attempted to eat Bellas face. Just ew. I stopped in front of the six other leaches standing and waiting for us. I sort of remembered them from the picture Bella showed me. Carlisle and Esme stood slightly ahead of everyone else, giving the very obvious and palpable feel of being the heads of their coven. Behind them was Alice, looking every bit of the over hyper demon pixie she was, and Jasper looking rather pained. Emmett was giving a huge shit eating grin. I was sure if it was hilarious or menacing, especially with how his teeth gleamed in the light. And Rosalie, well her bitch face was spectacular at least.

I analyzed each one with a critical stare, waiting for my twin to stop eating face and come introduce me. It didn't take too long. Bella came up behind me, arm in arm with Edward and beamed at us all.

"Guys this is my twin sister, Ivory! Ivory this is the Cullens," she said enthusiastically.

"Hello," I said politely, giving my brightest smile that also begged them not to eat me.

I was doing my best to keep a level head and not let my thoughts drift to anything darker, nut every second in their presence caused another flashback. I tried not to remember, tried to remember Bellas promise that they were different. They weren't like the nomad that had found me in Phoenix. He had been cruel with bright scarlet eyes and a terrifying smile. He had used me, played with me, drank from me and left me to die. I blinked rapidly as the edges of my vision began to blur and darken. I guess I wasn't as ready for this as I had thought. chanting repeatedly in my head that everything was ok, i followed them into their gorgeous home. My heart was beating even faster now and i felt extremely lightheaded. Esme had been watching me, and took a hesitant step towards me as I grabbed for something to steady myself.

"Ivory dear," she began, her voice warm and motherly. "Dear, are you ok?"

"I'm fine," I whispered trying to keep myself up. "I think I just need to sit down….."

And just like that my world went black. I wasn't sure if it was seconds or minutes later when I woke up, but when I did I was laying on a large comfortable couch in what I assumed was their living room. I sat up quickly, heart pounding again as I forgot for a moment where I was. Big mistake. Black spots dotted my vision and I had to hold onto the side of the couch to stop myself from falling back down. I looked around at the concerned faces that were watching me and could feel heat slowly creep up my neck. Shit!

"Hey! She blushes just like Bella!" Emmett exclaimed gleefully.

I shot him a death glare, and leaned back still trying to regulate my breathing and heart rate. "Sorry for that, I guess I have a little PTSD from the last time I met lea…I mean vampires."
They all nodded understandingly. I took another deep breath and tried to smile. Emmett roared with laughter and came up to me, patting me on the back a little too hard. I winced, and looked up at him quizzically.

"You give the same smile Bella gives when she's trying to lighten a mood," he said chuckling.

I rolled my eyes. The comparisons were getting old. "Please stop that. I'm my own person, and not just a cool experiment for you to gawk at." I said irritated.

I could see Carlisle give Emmett a look from the corner of my eye. "Of course you are, dear."

"Oh come on! Doesn't she look like a alternate version of Bella?" Emmett protested.

"We're twins, dipshit," I said glaring him down. "But compare us again and ill kick your vampire ass myself."

There was a ripple pf laughter through the room. For once Rosalie looked at me with something other then disdain. Alice flitted to my side and pulled me to my feet with a high pitched giggle that sounded like crystals falling.

"You'll fit in just perfectly around here, Ivory." She said with a wink. "Now, are you hungry….?"


It took a couple of hours, but soon I became somewhat comfortable with the Cullens. I found I even liked them…well, someone them anyway. Rosalie was still coming off as a complete ice bitch, and Jasper really barely spoke at all. But Alice and Emmett did enough talking for the both of them. Before I even knew was was happening I was being included in shopping trips with the pixie and Emmett determinedly wanted to arm wrestle. Cue the facepalm here. I was still a little uncertain of them, but they honestly seemed to be trying and seemed like good people. And if Bella trusted them so much, I guess I could slowly learn to trust them too.

Brunch was actually pretty good, which caught me totally off guard. For people who can't eat or even taste human food, their taste was pretty refined. Feeling like I might give birth to a food baby at any moment, I lounged on the couch with the others. Pixie was rattling on about a shopping trip which I was starting to regret agreeing to attend, and Emmett was trying to warm ice queen up. I turned to Bella, who was cuddled in Edwards arms and tapped her leg with mine. As she turned to give me her full attention, Edwards body adjusted with her. It was like their every moment was scarily in such with one another. Every time she inhaled, he did too. Anytime she fidgeted, his body responded in kind. It was absolutely the weirdest thing I had ever see. Shaking away the thought, I met Bellas big curious eyes.

"Not that I'm not absolutely loving every second go hanging with your leach family," Bella frowned and I shrugged. " I say it with love. But um I was wondering when we were going to see Jake."

The room went silent. I could have dropped a pin and it would have sounded like a nuclear blast. "Did I say something wrong?"

No one replied, but I had a haunch that was because Bella was shooting each and every one of them a murderous glare. Once she was sure no one was going to speak, she sat up and linked her arm with mine and gave me an unnaturally sweet smile.

"We're going to La Push later tonight," she said cheerfully, "they're having a bonfire. Thought it would be a great way to see everyone at once."

I eyed Bella for a moment before shrugging. "Yeah ok weirdo, that sounds good." I looked around for a moment. Not one face betrayed an ounce of emotion, fucking vampires. "You guys coming too?"

"We have to go hunting tonight," Rosalie said suddenly, her tone fridge and her face twisting into an expression of disgust. "So it'll be just you and Bella going to visit the mutts."

I frowned, confused. Was a I missing something here? What exactly was wrong with La Push for a bunch of vampires to so dislike it. And why on earth would she call them mutts? Bella jumped to her feet and all but dragged me out of the room. I caught Edward glaring down his sister, with a look that could only be described as animalistic. She had obviously said something she wasn't supposed to, and knowing that sent my head into over drive trying to think of what exactly she could have meant. Could there be something far worse than vampires in La Push? I shook my head at the thought and tried to focus my energy elsewhere. As I hoped into Bellas truck, an idea blossomed causing a big goofy grin to spread across my lips.

"Hey Bells, maybe you could drop me off before the bonfire so Jake and I could do some catching up?" I asked hopefully.

I must have looked desperate because laughed and started the engine. I tried my best to contain the unrivaled excitement I felt. La Push was calling me, singing to me in ways it never had before. And I was so ready to answer its call.