Author's Note: Twilight, its characters and its plot do not belong to me. Only Anastasia does.

Isabella Swan stands at the end of a cul-de-sac on the desert's edge. She bends down and slowly scoops a tiny cactus into a small pot.

"Really Bella? A cactus? With your luck, you'll end up getting an injury with that cactus before we get to Forks." Anastasia said as she exited the house and joined her sister in order to soak up some last-minute sun rays before going to the city of rain: Forks, Washington.

"I know you'll miss Arizona too, Ana." Bella told her twin sister.

"I will. But think of it as a new adventure, Bells. Plus, we get to live with dad again. You haven't seen him since you decided to stop going to Forks when we were 11. Dad misses us you know. Both of us." Ana replied.

Bella was about to retort when they heard their mother's voice calling them from the front of the house.

"Girls, come on! You've got a plane to catch!" She called out.

Ana just smiled and shook her head, grabbed her sister's hand and walked to where their mother was. They got in the car and Phil drove them to the airport.

"Now, you know if you change your minds, I'll race back here from wherever Phil's game is." She told them once they reached the airport but it was clear to both girls that although their mother loved them, she wanted to be on the road with her new husband without the constant strain of having to worry about where her teenage daughters were or if they were safe.

The twins just smiled although Bella's was a bit forced.

"We won't change our minds, mom." Ana told their mother.

"I know you won't sweetie. You've always loved the rain more than the heat. But your sister might. She's always hated Forks." Renee replied.

"It's not really about Forks, it's about Dad. I mean, we barely know each other." Bella replied awkwardly.

"That's cause you decided to stop visiting all those years ago." Ana said accompanied by an eye-roll.

"But anyways, Ana will be there. Mom, I want to go. I'll be fine. We'll be fine. We'll look out for each other." Bella supplied.

And with that, they heard their flight being called. They hugged their mother and Phil and started walking to the passenger's entrance. With one final wave of goodbye to their mom and their step-dad, they walked on and boarded the plane that would take them to their new adventure in Forks, Washington.

- TIMESKIP (AFTER THE PLANE RIDE) -

After the twins arrived and when they entered the arrival area, they immediately saw their dad wearing his police uniform.

"Dad!" Ana happily cried out as she broke out into a skip and threw her arms around her dad.

"Hey Annie. Hey Bella." Charlie awkwardly said as he slowly wrapped his arms around his hyperactive daughter while the other one just walked towards him slowly.

He helped them carry their bags into his police cruiser. Ana wanted her sister to have some Father-Daughter bonding time so she sat in the back instead; leaving Bella to sit in the front. Charlie started the car and silence then ensued. Bella just stared out the window, taking in her new surroundings while Ana was staring at her phone trying to win a game she had been playing.

"Your hair's longer." Charlie told Bella, unable to take the silence between them.

"I cut it since the last time I saw you." Bella replied.

"Guess it grew out again." Charlie said.

Bella just nodded and silence ensued again.

"How's your mom?" Charlie asked out of the blue.

"She's good dad. She's traveling on the road with Phil." Ana replied, looking up from her game to give her father a smile.

A while later, the cruiser pulls up to an old two-story house. Charlie parks the car and everyone gets off. Charlie helps Bella with her bags first and shows her to her room.

"I put grandpa's old desk in your room and cleared some shelves in the bathroom for you." He said.

"That's right. One bathroom." Bella grimaced.

"The saleslady picked out your bed stuff. You like purple, right?" Charlie confirmed.

"Purple is great. Thanks Cha- Dad." Bella said as she looked around the room she hasn't been in for 6 years.

"Well, I better help your sister with her bags." Charlie said as he stepped out of Bella's room and left her to go help Ana.

He came down the stairs and saw Ana slowly dragging one of the bags with one hand while carrying another one with the other hand.

"Let me help you with those, Annie. I told you to wait for me, didn't I?" Charlie rushed to carry her bags and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"I was but I got bored." Ana replied with an innocent smile.

Charlie walked with her bags to her bedroom which was an extension he had made since he knew that his teenage daughters would want their own space and privacy.

"This is where you'll be staying, Annie. I know you and Bella need your personal space so I had this room made. I know your obsessed with the color blue so I had the room painted light blue and bought some dark blue sheets. And, although your bathroom is tiny, you'll have it all to yourself since it would be a hassle to go up and down the stairs just to shower and use the toilet." Charlie explained as he watched Annie look around the room in awe.

"I love it, dad. Thank you so much!" She excitedly said and hugged her father which he returned awkwardly. But Ana didn't care, she was too happy her dad did this for her.

"Well, I'll leave you to settle in." Charlie said as he walked to the door and gently closed it.

- TIMESKIP -

Bella was busily putting away the last of her clothing into her cabinets when she hears a HONK outside. She looks out the window to see that an orange truck has just arrived. She decides to come out and see who her father's visitors were. She exits the house to find Charlie greeting the guests,

"Bella, you remember Billy Black." Charlie points out to the man who was sitting on a wheelchair.

"Glad you're finally here. Charlie hasn't shut up about it since you told him you were coming." Billy greeted.

"Keep exaggerating. I'll wheel you down the hill." Charlie joked.

"Right after I ram you in the ankles." Billy retorted and the 2 men kept play fighting a little way away from the 2 teens.

"I'm Jacob. We used to make mud pies together with your sister when we were little kids." Jacob shyly said.

"Yeah... I think I remember..." Bella said trying to recall that certain memory.

"Jacob? Jake!" An excited cry came from the house's front door.

The 2 teens looked to the source of the voice to find an overly excited Anastasia running down the pathway. Once she was in range, she immediately launched herself into the awaiting arms of Jacob.

"I missed you Jakey." Ana mumbled as they continued to hug it out.

"I missed you too Annie." Jacob said with a smile as they both pulled away from the hug.

"Are they always like this?" Bella asked referring to Charlie and Billy who were still play fighting.

"It's getting worse with old age." Ana joked laughing silently.

Charlie then pats the truck and addresses Bella and Ana.

"So, what do you guys think of your homecoming gift?" He asked.

"No way. This truck is for us?" Bella asked, obviously awestruck.

"Just bought it off Billy, here." Charlie replied proudly.

"It's perfect!" Ana beamed as Bella rushes to the truck with Jacob right behind her.

She joins the both of them as Jacob tells Bella about the truck.

"Okay, so you gotta double pump the clutch when you shift, but-" Jacob instructs as Bella asks him if she had it right.

"Maybe we can give you a ride to school?" Bella asked him.

"Silly, Bells. Jake goes to school on the reservation." Ana said with a giggle to which Jake nodded in confirmation.

"Too bad. Would've been nice to know at least one person." Bella said.

"Hey! What am I? Chopped liver?" Ana cried out indignantly.

"Aside from my twin sister, of course." Bella added.

"Much better." Ana said with a grin.

- TIMESKIP (AT SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY) -

The next day, Bella and Ana got ready for school. They ate breakfast by themselves since Charlie had already left for work. Once they finished, they got in the truck with Bella driving them to school. Once they got there, the sound their truck was making attracted the attention of many students. Bella parked into a spot and got down simultaneously with Ana.

"Nice truck." Some guy told them both.

"Thanks." They replied in unison before walking towards the school building.

The twins make their way through kids who were staring openly at the both of them. Some were whispering to each other. Both of them wander the hallways looking for room number, obviously lost. All of a sudden, an Asian guy appears in their path.

"You're Isabella and Anastasia Swan, the new girls. Hi. I'm Eric. The eyes and ears of this place. Anything you need. Tour guide, lunch date, shoulder to cry on." Eric said as he walked with them.

Both girls just stare at him. Is he for real?

"I'm kind of the "suffer in silence" type." Bella finally answers.

"And I just keep my emotions bottled up inside and listen to music." Ana added.

"Good headline for your features. I'm on the paper, and both of you are news, front page." Eric said excitedly.

"I- no, I'm not news – I'm seriously, not at all-" Bella started freaking out.

"What she means to say is, we don't wanna be on the paper. Please?" Ana said using her puppy dog eyes.

"Whoa, chillax. No feature." Eric said and twins both looked relieved.

"Do you mind pointing us to Ms. Rodriguez's Homeroom class?" Ana asked.

Eric showed them where it was. They thanked him and went inside the classroom, ready for their first day in a new school. Once they got inside, they compared their schedules with each other. They only had Homeroom, PE, Lunch, and Biology together since Ana was taking Advanced Classes except for Biology because she wanted to have at least one class with her twin. These are what their schedules looked like:

BELLA ANA

Homeroom Homeroom

US History AP World Literature

American Literature AP Calculus

PE PE

Lunch Lunch

Biology Biology

Pre-Calculus AP World History

Arts Foreign Languages

After homeroom, the twins separated until PE when they had classes together.

WITH ANASTASIA

Ana was about to enter her World Literature classroom when someone bumped into her making her drop all her stuff.

"Shit. Please watch where you're going next time." She said as she bent down and started picking up all her stuff.

She saw a girl bend down and started picking up her things with her. Once everything was gathered, they both got up from the floor and Ana looked up to see a blonde girl that looked like she could be in the cover of any magazine or a runway model.

"I'm very sorry. I wasn't aware of my surroundings. I'm Rosalie by the way. Rosalie Hale." The blonde girl said smiling softly at Ana.

"It's alright. No harm, no foul. I'm sorry I snapped at you too. And I'm Ana, Anastasia Swan." Ana replied with a grin.

"For some weird reason, I like you Ana. Come sit with me and my boyfriend at the back of the classroom when you're done with the teacher." She said before she started to walk inside.

Ana just stared at her confused before shrugging it off and entering the classroom and giving the slip that all her teacher's needed to sign.

"Well class, it looks like we have a new student. Her name is Anastasia Swan. Please, treat her well. You can sit anywhere you like Ana, but that will be your seat for the whole year." The teacher said as he handed her back the slip.

Ana's eyes scanned the room and she spotted Rosalie beckoning to her at the very back of the classroom with an empty seat to her left. To her right was a guy whose muscles looked like they were about to burst from the shirt he's wearing. Ana just smiled softly before making her way to the back. She placed her bag and sat down on the empty seat and looked at Rosalie.

"Hello again. I'm glad you decided to sit next to us." Rosalie said with a smile.

"Well, you're the second person who talked to me in this whole school and I thought I might as well make it count." Ana replied with a grin.

"This is my boyfriend Emmett, Emmett Cullen." Rosalie introduced the guy to her right.

Emmett gave her a playful grin and held out his hand.

"I'm Ana Swan." Ana said while taking the outstretched hand and shaking it.

"I'm impressed. You're the first person outside our family that Rosalie has ever liked. I think we're gonna get along really great." Emmett told her.

"I think so too. Especially since I know what you are." Ana said with a mysterious look.

"What we are? What do you mean?" Rosalie asked trying not to look nervous.

"Your hand is ice cold, Emmett and you both have gold eyes. You're vampires." Ana said with a sad smile.

"There's no such thing as vampires." Emmett said with a nervous chuckle.

"There's no use trying to hide it. I know all about your kind. I've known for a while." Ana told them.

"How?" Rosalie asked dropping the whole innocent act.

"When I was 10, I came across someone like you in Phoenix. It was night time and I was walking home from the dance studio which was only a block away. I passed by an alley and saw someone bending over what appeared to be a dead body. He looked like he was about to drink from the dead person but my arrival interrupted him. He turned to me and looked like he was about to attack me instead, but then he said he couldn't do it because I didn't smell delicious like the other humans. He also said I was too young, too innocent. We got to talking and he admitted that he was a Vampire and he was trying his best to avoid human blood. But, since he was "new" to what he said was the vegetarian diet, he gets tempted and easily loses control when he sees an open wound. He added that he was traveling with his family and they had to move away to a place with much more forest and less sun. That was the last I ever saw of him." Ana told her long tale.

"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone you guys' secret. I hope we can still be friends." Ana added with a friendly smile.

"I like you Ana. So, we'll definitely stay friends. Thank you for sharing your story with us. We looked at your schedule and you have PE with Emmett later. Sit with us during lunch, okay? We'll introduce you to the rest of the family." Rosalie replied.

"Rest of the family? There are more of you guys here? And you both live together?" Ana asked.

"Yeah. We're all "adopted" by our dad, Dr. Carlisle Cullen. He works at the hospital while our mother, Esme stays at home. You'll meet our siblings later on." Emmett said as the bell rang signaling the end of the period.

They said their goodbyes and promised to meet up later on.

- TIME SKIP TO PE CLASS (AT THE GYM) -

The gym is divided into 2. The girls are playing Volleyball while the guys are playing Basketball.

Bella and Ana are in gym clothes and while Bella is doing the best she can to avoid all the balls being served in her direction, Ana is doing her best to receive the balls that were meant for her sister. She decides to take a breather when all of a sudden, a ball heads in Bella's direction. Bella in her haste, hits the ball to the side and it ends up hitting a blonde guy. Bella hurriedly runs to the guy to apologize while Ana is trying her best not to laugh at her twin's misfortune.

"Ow!" Mike cried out.

"I'm sorry. I told them not to let me play." Bella said apologetically.

"No, no, no. It's- Don't apologize. You're Isabella, right?" The guy said obviously interested in her.

"Just Bella." She replied.

"I'm Mike Newton." The guy, now known as Mike, introduced.

"She's got a great spike, huh? I'm Jessica by the way." A girl approached the two and introduced herself.

"Hey, you're from Arizona, right?" Jessica asked her.

"Yeah." Bella replied.

"Aren't people from Arizona supposed to be like, really tan?" She asked straight to the point.

"Yeah. Maybe that's why they kicked me out." Bella said in an awkward manner.

"You're good." Mike complimented with a laugh obviously thinking it was a joke.

"That's so funny." Jessica went with what Mike was saying.

It was blatantly obvious that she liked him. Bella then decided that it was time to end the conversation. She awkwardly waved bye and went back to the gathered group of girls. A few minutes later, the bell rang signaling lunch period. Ana approached Bella as they made their way out of the women's locker room.

"Bells, I see you made some new friends today. Are you eating lunch with them?" Ana asked.

"Yeah, I guess. I can introduce you if you like." Bella answered.

"No need. I met some people too. I'm eating lunch with them. I was only worried about you." Ana said worried for her older sister.

"Yeah, that's okay. I guess I'll see you during Biology then." Bella said with a small smile.

"Alright. See you later, Bells. Have fun." She said as they went their separate ways.

- WITH ANASTASIA -

When Ana exited the gym, she saw Emmett waiting for her outside the door.

"Hey Em. Sorry to keep you waiting. I had to make sure my sister was okay." She apologized.

"No pressure, banana. We don't mind the wait. Besides, you know none of us eat lunch or any type of food at all." Emmett said with a grin.

They walked towards an exit and Emmett led her to where a group of 4 people were standing. One of them looked very familiar to Ana. With long steps, she hurriedly approached one of the figures whose back was turned to her.

"Jasper?" She asked as she tapped his back.

The said guy turned towards her while the others looked on in shock and curiosity.

"Aña?" Jasper said obviously shocked.

"It's you!" Ana said with a big grin.

"Wait. How do you guys know each other?" A brunette with pixie- cut hair asked.

"I met him 7 years ago. Rose, Em, he was the vampire I was telling you about. I guess you guys are the family he mentioned." Ana then proceeded to recount the story to the 2 others she didn't know.

"Okay. Now that that's settled, I want you to meet the rest of our siblings." Rosalie said as she guided Ana over to Jasper and the brunette girl.

"You already know Jasper. This is his mate-" Rosalie started to explain when she got cut off.

"I'm Alice Cullen. We've been expecting you. And I just know that we'll be the best of friends." The brunette, or Alice, said enthusiastically.

"Don't question her. She knows because she can see the future." Jasper explained as Alice went ahead and hugged Ana.

When Alice let go, Rosalie then pulled her over to a guy who was staring at her like she was a calculus problem he couldn't solve.

"This is Edward, another one of my siblings. He was the first one Carlisle turned." Rosalie said and Ana looked at Edward to see him still staring at her intently.

"Uh, does he usually stare at people like that?" Ana asked creeped out.

Edward snapped out of it and started apologizing.

"I'm sorry. That was very rude of me. It's just that, I couldn't- can't read your mind." He admitted.

"Cool! You can read minds? Which minds can you read?" Ana asked with a grin.

"So far, everyone else's apart from yours." Edward said with a smirk.

"Why can't you read mine?" Ana asked curiously.

"I'm not sure." Edward said with a shrug.

"Wanna hear a theory? I'm thinking that everyone's brain has some sort of frequency, like a radio, and you're tuning into that frequency that everyone's brain is tuned to but I guess my brain is set at another station." Ana explained with a smile.

"That makes sense, actually." Edward smiled at which Ana replied to with two thumbs up and a grin.

All of a sudden, Ana felt another presence from behind her before she heard a voice.

"I'm sorry I'm late. The teacher held me up. Something about paying attention in class next time." The voice sent chills up Ana's spine and gave her goose bumps in a good way.

She slowly turned around and saw a guy standing there. She looked at him from bottom to top and when she looked up, their eyes met. She could feel her heart about to explode from her chest from the way it was beating. Before she could say anything however, the guy growled out one word.

"Mine."