Chapter One
A brown headed girl sat at the table in a spacious, modern kitchen, her parents sat across from her. She looked from her mom to her dad she shared her dads eye colour which was a raw green and was slim like her mom. To her dismay she also shared her mom's quick temper and her dad's attitude.
"You aren't being punished" her mother said softly
"It feels like it" the girl muttered
"Sadie" her father said "Look at me" Sadie looked up into the familiar green eyes of her father "Your mother and I just think you need a fresh start" her father said "after-"
"After witnessing my best friend's murder?" Sadie said "Yeah I guess you guys are right "Sadie said begrudgingly "but I'm going to miss you"
"Well you will be happy to hear that your father and I decided to let you take Duke with you" The year old blood hound, upon hearing his name wagged his tail from where he sat beside Sadie, his drooping face looked up lovingly at her as she scratched his head.
"Well I guess it won't be so bad" Sadie said.
A few day later Sadie drove her blue 1970 Chevelle Super Sport to Forks, Duke was hanging his head out the window at the front his body planted on the front seat as the back was full with Sadie's stuff. Sadie hadn't seen her cousin Bella since they were both young teenagers, this would be the first time the two girls both now 18 would see each other.
Forks was the city that was never dry under the constant cover of grey clouds, rain and of course cold temperatures. It wasn't something Sadie was used to she had enjoyed the mild weather of the Virginia Coast for 18 years of her life so Forks was different. While some of the winters there could get cold Sadie enjoyed the seasons (especially summer even though growing up she spent a lot of her summers in Forks and on the La Push Rez)
When Sadie arrived to her Uncle's house Charlie was already on the porch waiting for her. Sadie turned off the car and got out. "Uncle Charlie, long time no see huh?" She greeted him with a grin.
"How's my knuckle head brother doin?" Charlie asked.
Sadie rolled her eyes playfully then replied "Still thinks he's cool and down with the kids"
"Yeah but we all know I'm cooler" Charlie joked.
Charlie helped Sadie carry all of her stuff into the guest room, while Duke explored his new surroundings inside and outside his nose working on over drive. Once finished she went down stairs looking around the house,
"Are you sure he won't run off?" Charlie asked looking out the window referring to Duke who was exploring the front yard the only part of him visible was his tail flapping around like a flag .
"Naah" Sadie replied "I trained him, plus he has hardly left my side since Ashley was killed", Charlie became awkward in an instant,
"So um, Bella is at her boyfriend's house, she said for you to stop by when you got in" Charlie said changing the topic having seen the sad look in her eyes " I'm sure his family would like to meet you"
"Charlie was Bella really that bad when he left?" Sadie asked remembering the phone call her uncle had made to her when Edward had left Bella after her 18th birthday"
"Yeah she got better once he came back… I still don't like him though" Charlie replied hastily.
"So do you want to give me that address and I'll go visit that clumsy cousin of mine?" Sadie said jokingly. Charlie wrote down the directions and gave them to Sadie.
Sadie got into her car Duke hopping into the passenger's seat again and she drove, following the directions.
Sadie pulled up to the Cullen's house to see Bella and, who she assumed to be Bella's boyfriend standing on the porch. 'Holy shit' Sadie thought as she walked up to the porch, Duke cowering in the car his face nervous
'Come on Duke' Sadie said to him, reluctantly Duke crawled out behind her. Sadie stared at the boy Bella stood next to 'he kind of looks like…. but no the eyes aren't the same... chill out Sadie' she thought to herself.
"Hey trouble maker " Bella said grinning Sadie snapped out of her thought and gave Bella a hug.
"Hey clumsy bunny" Sadie replied grinning.
"So I'm guessing this is Duke?" Bella asked gesturing to the dog that sat loyally by Sadie's side.
"Yep! So I'm guessing this is Edward" Sadie said playfully mocking what Bella had just done.
Edward chuckled and said "Now I see why they call you trouble maker, I'm Edward Cullen"
"Sadie Rivers, but I'm pretty sure you knew that" Sadie said smugly.
"Why don't we go inside so you can meet the rest of my family" Edward suggested gesturing inside. Sadie followed Edward and Bella into the house and into the living room where four other people stood. Before Edward could say a word they all turned to face her,
"Hi I'm Alice, Edward's sister" The little pixie greeted Sadie giving a hug. "That's Jasper" Alice said pointing to the honey blonde male who stood by the stairs. "And that's Carlisle and Esme our parents" Alice continued while pointing to the other blonde male and the caramel haired female. Esme and Carlisle both gave her hugs while Jasper just nodded his greeting his face tense.
"Where are Rosalie and Emmet?" Edward asked.
"They went out for a minute they should be back-"Esme said but was cut off by the sound of the front door closing "right now actually"
Sadie watched as a tall muscular dark haired male and a beautiful blonde female entered the room. "Sadie this is Emmet" Bella said introducing Sadie to him. Emmet grinned and gave Sadie a big bear hug as a greeting nearly squeezing the life out of her. "And this is Rosalie" Bella said indicating the blonde.
Rosalie surprised everyone by giving Sadie a light hug. "Is that your Super Sport out front?" Rosalie asked.
"Yeah" Sadie replied "It took a lot of patience to restore but it was worth it in the end" Sadie grinned with the pride of the restored car. Duke let out a small bark, not happy at being ignored. Although Sadie didn't notice Jasper left the room his fists clenched tightly his jaw set.
"Sorry Duke I didn't forget about you boy" Sadie said crouching down and petting the bloodhound lovingly, he licked her cheek and wagged his tail at the affection. "That is Duke" Edward said "Sadie's dog"
"Does he usually follow you every where?" Carlisle asked, having seen that wherever Sadie moved Duke seemed to shadow her.
Sadie nodded and said "He is very protective of me"
"That is quite a bond you and that dog have " Rosalie commented "I can already tell you are close"
"Yeah well when mom and dad were always working it was mostly me and Duke at the house so we pretty much ended up spending a lot of time together"
"How long have you had him?" Bella asked
" I raised him since he was 8 weeks old and he is a little over a year now"
"Hey Sadie?" Rosalie asked "Do you want to go into the garage and talk cars?"
"Sure" Sadie grinned and followed the blonde into the garage, with Duke still shadowing her.
After Rosalie and Sadie talked about cars they moved onto other conversations.
"So you said your parents were always working so you and Duke grew close what is that about?" Rosalie asked.
"Well it's not like I hate my parents" Sadie began "I love them, and I know they love me. But with their jobs they weren't always home. Something more important always came up when I had plans with them. I learned to expect it; I guess they felt guilty so they let me get Duke. And when they were never home he gave me company"
Rosalie pretended to casually look at her phone, but she was texting Alice about something she was sure they all noticed. Sadie had no blood scent.
"Sadie can I ask you something?" Alice said coming into the room will Jasper, Emmet, Edward, and Bella behind her.
"Uh yeah sure" Sadie said somewhat confused.
"Do you have a suspicion about what we are?" Alice asked.
"ALICE!" Rosalie and Edward said frustrated.
"How would you know to ask that?" Sadie said.
"Edward heard it in your thoughts" Alice said, while receiving incredulous looks from those around her.
"Well all suspicions are confirmed now " Sadie said. "but yeah I had a hunch that y'all were vampires. The one that killed my friend Ashley had red eyes though"
"We have gold eyes because we only feed off of animals" Rosalie replied.
"Sadie are you aware that you don't have a blood scent?" Jasper asked.
Sadie nodded and said "Yes. That's what pissed off Viktor, the vampire that killed Ashley. He was mad that he wasn't able to track me, so he retaliated by hurting someone I cared about"
"So why not go after your parents?" Bella asked.
"Do you honestly have to ask that Bella?" Sadie said "You know that I care about them and they care about me they're just too busy to notice anything but their jobs"
"You must have really pissed off Viktor off" Edward said
"Yeah I did cause on top of the fact I have no blood scent I can shape shift so he couldn't find me at all" I laughed at the memory of his frustration "I'll show you another day if you like but I really have to be getting back and you know how Charlie is"