Welcomed Strangers
Author's Note: I don't own any of them. You know the drill. I only own Phoenix, Leileoni, Lena, Jenna, Regina, Natalie, Tessa, Danika, Landon, Javier, Julian, Mathew, and Aiden
Summary: A new coven arrives in Forks, Washington. They aren't vampires and they're certainly not werewolves but they are immortal and have powers beyond anyone's conception. Phoenix befriends the Cullens and the Wolf Pack. She falls in love with Jasper (who in my story is not with Alice.) With her around things start to unravel when her ex-vampire lover, Aiden comes to Forks with The American Nomads. Can she find the strength to fight him or will she perish?
First Sight
Dream
'You can't keep running from me.'
Phoenix knew she had to keep running she couldn't let Aiden hurt her or her family. He had already done enough.
'You can't keep running because I'll always find you. No matter where you go. You'll always be mine.'
End Dream
Phoenix woke with a start. She looked around the room and realized that she was alone. She smelled the air and his scent was nowhere. She could smell wolf though. She knew that smell all to well; it was the smell of wet, mangy dog. She could also sense every human in a 10 mile radius, 'what am I worried about? He is not going to find us here.' She thought to herself. But even then she had trouble believing that. She turned to look out the window and saw that it was about dawn, which meant that she would have to be up in about an hour anyway. Her sister, Jenna, their leader, moved them to Forks, Washington to escape Aiden. She was worried that he would kill Phoenix and ran away with them one night. Phoenix walked over to closet and pulled out her clothes for the day. She pulled out a white blouse, her crimson corset and black mini skirt. She pulled out her crimson thigh-highs and crimson heels. Then she threw them on the bed. Then she walked back over to the closet to grab her bag. It was black with band patches and a huge Irish Flag on the front. She threw all her notebooks and school supplies in it and then threw on her bed as well. Then she turned hearing her sister, Jenna walking towards her door. She heard her stop, take a deep breathe, "Come in, Jenna."
The door opened, "Hey I heard you moving around so I came to see if you were alright." She said a hint of concern in her voice.
"I'm fine. I just keep having this dream that Aiden is coming for us. It always seems so real and I can't get myself to believe that it's not." Phoenix said.
"Well he won't come at least not for a while. I wish I could tell you he won't come at all but you would know I was lying." She said.
"Yeah I would. But I guess we'll deal with that when the time comes, won't we?"
"Yeah we all will together. Now go get ready for school."
"Yes Jenna."
A while later
Phoenix and her siblings, Danika, Landon, Javier, and Regina headed out to the garage and got into Phoenix's Prius. She drove down the driveway and was about to pull into the street when a Volvo S60 R sped down the street. Phoenix followed the car with her eyes, "Stupid Shiny Volvo Owner." She screamed and turned onto the street. The car fell silent and she could hear a boy laughing and then say, "Edward, man I think you pissed her off."
"Yeah you got that right." Phoenix said under her breath.
In the Volvo ahead Edward and Jasper exchanged knowing yet confused glances wondering how she heard them.
Phoenix then turned to Regina in the passenger seat, "So what is the plan for after school?"
"Well Jenna wants us straight home. She is really worried about you and well all of us." Regina said playing with the ring on her finger.
"Okay well meet right at the car then and well go."
"Okay."
With that she turned the car into the school's parking lot. She looked around for a parking space and the only one she could find was right next the stupid shiny Volvo, 'Ugh, great.' She thought as she parked the car. She looked out the passenger side window and saw three boys and two girls standing around the car. She listened, 'No heartbeat and they smell of death. Vampires." She thought as she popped the trunk and exited the car. She walked to the back of the car and grabbed her bag. Then they gathered around her car, "Okay so umm...this is usually Jenna's job…you know the whole telling you want to do and stuff but right now here is my rule…No talking to anyone. No one here is like us and the ones that are well they haven't exactly gotten on our good side. So no talking and do good today. Also meet me back here at three." She said in a whisper to the group.
"Got it." They all said in unison and walked away.
Phoenix gave one last glance to The Cullens and walked towards her first class only to be stopped by the three people standing in front of her, 'Oh wonderful' She thought.
"What do you want?" Phoenix asked the three boys standing in front of her.
"To talk and that is all." The one to the far left said.
"Okay, then talk." Phoenix said getting impatient.
"Who are you?" The same boy asked.
"I'm Phoenix Sullivan. I moved her a couple weeks ago from Ireland." She said.
"Okay, what are you? You can't be a vampire because your heart is beating and you don't smell like dog so you're not a werewolf. So what are you?" The boy in the middle asked.
"I'm an Illumari, a witch, an immortal." She said with pride, "I can do a lot of the same things vampires and werewolves can do without actually having to be turned. Which brings me back to vampires, which you are cause you reek of death."
"Well yes we are." The boy on the end said.
"Well what are your names?" Phoenix asked.
"Oh well this is Jasper Hale." The boy in the middle said pointing to his left, "This is Emmet Cullen." He said pointing to his right, "And I'm Edward Cullen." He said pointing to himself.
"You know Jasper, you don't have to fear me. We are not as bad as the myths peg us to be. Actually we are just kind of here. We don't know why though. We've been waiting over four millennia to find out." She said laughing, "Well I'm going to go because I should actually go to class. The others will rat me out if I don't and well you don't know Jenna so bye."
They watched her dart off and were left dumbfounded by what she just told them. 'Was this the girl Alice saw needed our help?' Was what all three of them thought.
Lunch
Phoenix did not go to the cafeteria for lunch. She had never done so before as was not going to start now. She went out to her car and sat on the hood. It was peaceful out here. It was better then a room full of minds that all seemed to connect to her at once. Out here she could breathe. Then she heard the sound off people walking towards her, "What do you want, Edward Cullen?" She asked breathing in the scent he gave off.
"My family and I would like to join you, if that is okay?" He asked.
"Come on then." She said.
Soon the Cullen family was surrounding her. Phoenix looked around she knew three of the five people standing around her, "Phoenix Sullivan." She said holding her hand out to the girl to her right.
"Alice Cullen." She said in a soft bell voice.
Then she turned to the other girl, "And you are?"
"Rosalie Cullen." She said in a tone that made her remind Phoenix of Natalie.
"Your siblings are everywhere, how many of you are there?" Edward asked.
"Well there's Me, Regina, Javier, Tessa, Landon, Natalie, Lena, and Danika here in the school. Then there's Leileoni and her husband Mathew and Jenna, who is our leader and her husband Julian at the house." She said taking a bite of her sandwich. Then she pulled out a cup of something, "You all look thirsty. Here take this just don't let anyone see you." She said handing it to Edward.
"What is it?" He asked with caution in his voice.
"Deer blood. Not the greatest I know but it was what my brother got while hunting last night. It was supposed to be for me but you look like you all could use it more." She said.
"You hunt and keep stashes of blood?" Jasper asked.
"We too need it but not as often or as much." She said.
"So do you hunt?" Jasper asked.
"Yeah. I'm going out tonight." She said taking another bite of her sandwich.
"Do you mind if I meet up with you and we can go together?" He asked.
"No, that would be fine." She said taking another bite.
"Okay so around ten then?"
"That is fine. Since you drove past my house this morning meet me there."
"Okay."
Suddenly she took a breath and smelled a familiar scent in the air. She did it again just to be sure. Then she started to panic, "Dammit! How did he find me? I got so far away. Oh God he brought them. I got to get out of here." She said.
"What are you talking about?" Jasper asked.
"The American Nomads and Aiden. They found me, well us. We're running from them and that is all I can tell you right now. I have to get my family out of here and back home, where it is safe." She said panicking even more.
She pulled out her cell and texted her family to get to the car and that she would explain when later. Two minutes and everyone was at her car, "Get in and don't ask questions." She yelled.
"Jasper, we'll still be on for tonight. I just have to get my family out of danger." She said getting in the car.
"Okay. I'll be there."
And with that they sped away.
