Disclaimer: I dun owner the rights to any one 'cept Tsuki!
A/N: Steph's characters are EXTREMELY hard to write. I apologize for all general phailure on my part.
Timeline: Eclipse.
When she walked into the cafeteria the first day, everybody instantly knew there was something strange about her.
Her black hair was cut short, falling over one eye. It was parted oddly, and jelled so that it shot off in all directions. Streaks were bleached into it, and then dyed an obnoxious shade of neon pink. She wore a black V-neck, short-sleeved shirt, and fingerless, buckled gloves that left a bit of pale skin of her arm showing. A red plaid miniskirt adorned her waist, as well as tall, high-heeled black combat boots. Bother her ears were pierced all the way up. Her left eyebrow was pierced twice, as was her lower lip.
She stood at the door, looking for a table to sit at, as one might look for a group of old friends instead of an empty table, as most new students would.
Her head swiveled in my direction, and an eyebrow rose. Next to me, Edward stiffened. His unblinking, topaz eyes locked on to her as she gracefully stepped towards us.
In one fluid movement, she pulled out a chair, sat down, and dropped her book bag on the floor. Her green eyes gazed at Edward coldly, scanning him with a close precision that reminded me of a predator looking at its prey. Her eyes turned to me, this time softening. I heard a growl rumble in Edward's chest.
"Why are you here?" he hissed, barely audible.
She frowned. "Excuse me?" she asked sweetly. Her voice was like honey, as if she was singing. Something about her voice made it seem like a taunt.
I glanced over toward Alice, whose face was frozen in a vision. The girl followed my gaze over to her. Edward looked at her, and I knew instantly that they were communicating through Edward's mind. Apparently disturbed by what she had seen, Edward growled. The girl leaned back in her chair, a smug expression on her face.
Edward opened his mouth to speak, but the new girl beat him to it.
"Your house," she said, half singing, half snarling. "After school. Might as well bring her, too." She paused, pointing to me. "Wouldn't want anything to happen to her."
Edward's eye narrowed. "You wouldn't dare…" he trailed off.
She smiled. "I wouldn't. But I can't say the same for some of…the other ones." With that, she swiftly got up, picking up her bag, and exited.
I spoke softly to Edward. "Who was she?"
He sighed quietly, looking disturbed. Alice cut in before he answered.
"She means us no harm, Edward," she chimed with her musical voice. "She wants to ally herself with us."
Edward remained silent for a moment. When he spoke, his velvety voice sounded tense. "But I don't trust her. She's a goddess to them." From the way he said the last word, I instantly knew he was talking about the werewolves.
The rest of the day went fast. I saw the new girl in the hall once or twice, and she was even in my Calculus class. I nudged Edward, silently shaking my head at her, as she sat on the other side of the class room. He growled, and wrote something down and passed it to me. I stared at the paper, written in his fancy, elegant script.
Odd. She's a sophomore. I guess she's smart.
After that, I didn't bother asking about her, as it clearly made him uncomfortable. After I suffered through a round of basketball in gym, I followed Edward into the parking lot and entered his Volvo, as he and Alice debated ways to get me out of the house. At last we settled on an excuse, and Alice bounded up the drive way with me. Charlie's gun belt was hanging on his usual hook, so I paused and let Alice bound forward to do the talking.
Charlie was sitting on the on the sofa, watching the game. At the sound of the door, he turned to look at me.
"Oh, hello Bella…And Alice, how are you?" he said, surprised.
"Hello Officer Swan," she said cheerily. "I know Bella's grounded, but do you mind if I borrow her for a little while? We have a biology report tomorrow on a plant that lives in the forest by our house, and I need some help with it."
It wasn't entirely a lie. We did have a biology report due, but I'd already finished it, and I was sure Alice had too.
"I could cook dinner for you before we left, Dad." I said. "If you want me to."
Alice must have been looking at him pleadingly, because next he sighed and mumbled. "Fine. But be home before seven. I'll order pizza."
Alice grinned at him. "Thanks, Officer Swan!" she said, before grabbing me and almost dragging me out the door. Edward was waiting outside with the car, shifting uncomfortably.
"Carlisle and Esme won't be expecting a guest," he growled. "Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper won't be too excited either."
As soon as my seatbelt was on, he started the engine. I tried not to look out the window or at the speedometer, which had quickly reached ninety. After what seemed like a couple seconds and an hour at the same time, we pulled up the driveway to the Cullen's house. Edward snorted at the black convertible Mustang with its neon green tiger stripes.
"She sure knows how to be conspicuous." He growled, opening the door to his side and then swiftly opening mine to let me out.
I got up, walking towards the house. When Edward opened the door, he growled. We entered, I tried not to gasp. The girl sitting there looked like the girl from school, and yet completely different. Even though it was warm outside, she was wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt with a high neck and long, bell-bottomed jeans. The thing that struck me as the strangest was her hip-length white hair, which glinted different colors under the light.
She smiled, her green eyes scanning us. Carlisle and Esme sat on a sofa, as far away as possible from the girl as they could be without seeming impolite. Emmett was closer to her, curious. Jasper stood a couple feet behind him, with Rosalie on the other side of the room.
She yawned and stretched as we entered the door, and swiftly got up from the position she'd been lying in on the floor.
"You're late," she said blandly.
Edward tensed. "We never set a time."
Carlisle cleared his throat. "So, Tsukiko, you said there was something you wanted to speak about?"
(A/N: Tsukiko and Tsuki are pronounced with silent T's. So it's Sooh-key-koh or Sooh-key)
She turned, and grimaced. "I was told I needed to come here by my commander. She told me I had to protect a Cullens family in Spoons." Growling, she corrected herself. "Forks."
Edward growled at her, stiffly annoyed. "Is this all you needed to tell us?"
She shook her head, almost disappointed. She turned to me. "Bella," she said, not bothering to explain how she knew my name. "There are things in this world like vampires and werewolves." She spoke softly. "And then, there are things that make vampires and werewolves look like kittens." She snorted on the last word. "I'm one of them. And that means there are more to follow."
Edward stared at her coldly. "So, Tsukiko-"
"Call me Tsuki." She cut him off.
Growling, he started again. "So, Tsuki, what makes you think you're so more powerful then us?"
Tsuki grinned. "A demonstration seems to be in order."
Everyone stared intently at her. Tsuki held out her hand, and blew softly into it. Silver flames erupted from her mouth and nose, lighting her palm on fire. She twisted her hand, and the flame turned into a fiery dragon, spinning around her and then moving to swirl around the room, before finally coming to a rest in front of me. Edward tensed as I instinctively reached out to touch it. The fiery dragon felt warm, but not hot, as it curled up in my hand and then extinguished itself.
Rosalie spoke up, her musical voice a snarl. "So, you've proved you can be cinematic. Anything else?"
Tsuki smiled. "More then you can imagine."
A/N: Ugh, that was weird in the begginging. As I said, Meyer's characters are difficult. And I know Tsuki kind of hogged up the limelight, but she has a tendency to do that.
-laughs-
Anyways, the rest should be getting some more talking time in the next chapter. Review, please!
And BTW, I'm using all standard pairings. EdxBe, RoxEm, JxA, CxE. I dun think I'll give Tsuki a pairing, but if I do, it'll be Edward Elric. (Anyone familiar with Full metal Alchemist?) If she does get a pairing, expect to seen Harry Potter, some Tamora Pierce, and Avatar the Lat Airbender. Lulz.