The rain was soft today. That soft mist that you hardly see, but on the bike with Dad Pup hair was soon drenched and stuck to her face. She has tried to ask what the problem was as they sped along but he hadn't answered and she knew that he had heard her so she kept quiet and waited to get back to the house.

The mist had drawn in over the landscape giving only glimpses of the mountains that surrounded Forks. It was typical for Forks, the only redeeming feature of this place was it's beauty and the weather hid it from view at every given opportunity.

As they moved from the town to the more empty roads that weaved through the forest, she spied her two brothers Eph and Charl galloping with playful elation through the trees alongside the bike. They loved testing their speed. Jacob shot them a look of admonishment that sent them whining into the thicket.

Her mind was racing with the reasons for her Dad's stress. Ordinarily, when in public her family tried to seem 'normal' so he wouldn't have picked her up on the bike, and he certainly would have popped a helmet on her. Not that he needed it, his reflexes and strength meant that an accident was almost impossible, let alone an injury from an accident but, in public, he would do his best to look like we were all just a bunch of friends abiding by rules and norms as much as possible. Today, he had screeched up to the school and barked the order for Pup to get on and sped off in front of her new friends who were all very alarmed.

It was rare that accidents happened in her family. The werewolves fought occasionally but even the roughest of disputes healed quickly. The Vampires on my Mothers side were pretty unbreakable so it was unlikely to be that. I had heard stories of other families having to move very suddenly because they had lost control and killed someone local. These days, with technology, it was harder and harder just to move away and not be tracked down. We did have some new additions to the Cullen family so it was always possible that they had not managed to keep everything in check.

Pup wondered where they might be going next. It was too close to the years they spent in London so not there. This would also be a problem for Tuscany and Japan. As she considered this her stomach started to knot with anger. She would move again and, no doubt there would be some reason why she should refrain from starting school again. She had been through the awkwardness of today for nothing – Why? Because someone had no self-control!

The bike came to such an abrupt halt outside the house that Pup nearly went head over heals onto the dirt. Mum was already approaching telling me to get in.

'Wait! Is anyone going to explain what happened? Are we leaving again? We only just got here! And is no one going to ask me how MY FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL WAS?!' Mum looked at Dad with a mixture of pity and frustration for a second and then grabbed my wrist and started to tug for me to come inside while she let her talent of showing people events with her mind take effect.

I saw Bella driving through forks with the window down and the wind blowing in her hair. I saw My Grandfather in the passenger seat gazing at her. They looked happy. I had noticed a small change in them since they had been back here: The most microscopic of changes in their behavior. Mostly, it made them behave like they were when they met each other for the first time all over again. Something about passing all the spots where they first experienced each other that refreshed their feelings. It was pretty hard to bear. Also, Bella seemed different, in a different way. Like she was always flinching. There were not many people left here that would recognize her but it was like the ghosts of her human life were always catching her out. In the vision though she looked relaxed and happy as she always did. They pulled up at some lights and Edward started flicking through some channels on the radio. Bella looked out of the side window and came face to face with a very elderly lady in the car next to them. The elderly lady had her mouth wide open and an arthritic finger already pointing back at Bella. It was like she was trying to say something but nothing would come out. Bella and Edward exchanged looks, they rarely needed to speak out loud to one another but, for some reason, they both said one word to each other simultaneously.

"Angela"

The elderly lady was winding down her window to talk to them when the lights change and Bella's car sped off.

By the time Mum had shown me all of this we were in my room and Mum was piling up clothes for me to pack.

"But, wait, why do we need to go? One old lady? Who cares?" Mum continued to pack. "Mum, stop. Can you even tell me where we are going? Mum?"

Renesmee quickly and showed Pup the house in Mumbai.

"Mum, use your words, for goodness sake. I want to talk about this a bit before we go racing off"

"I'm afraid we don't have very much time, my Darling" Pup swung round to find Esme at the door. "Angela used to go to school with Bella and Edward and I'm afraid Angela's inquisitive mind has been problematic for us in the past. A few times, in the years since Bella turned, Angela has done some digging and nearly found out too much. She had moved to San Francisco for most of her life but we now realize that she has moved back to Forks for her retirement. The moment she saw Bella and Edward she drove to Mike and Jessica's house and is now on her way here to confirm her suspicions with them. She doesn't know about Bella and Edward's cottage but she came here for their wedding so she will come here so it needs to be empty of all of our stuff and appear to be inhabited by new people.

Indeed she hadn't noticed before but once she stepped back into the hallway she could see that the house was a blur of vampires removing artwork and pictures from the walls and moving furniture. It was like being in the eye of a storm: A silent tornado that was about to uproot her again. She stepped

"No"

Mum stopped and looked at me. Pup stood in the doorway. Her heart was thumping, it was they first time she had ever defied anyone.

"No"

"Pup? You know they rules. They can't know anything about our secrets for their safety as well as ours."

"This Angela lady doesn't know me… they don't even know you. I don't need to go anywhere. I have just started school and, while it was less fun and more like a marathon than I thought I want to see it through." The tornado started to slow as the rest of the family listened to this.

"Actually, she does know your father so too many of us would need to separate. No. Pup, you're coming with us and that is final."

"NO!" She could feel her voice rising into desperate tones. Pup wanted to keep her voice at a level that sounded like someone who was in control. "I understand the risk but I am no danger at all… why do you all get your Forks graduation caps and not me?" Now everyone was still. Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Renesmee, Jacob, Rosalie, Maude and Duncan all rooted to the spot. Pup couldn't quite believe what she was doing as the words came out of her mouth.

"I want a human experience. You were going to give me my human experience. I can't have it taken away now."

"She's nearly here we need to go" Alice urged. Mum looked like I'd plunged my hand straight through her chest, she knew Pup had a point, she knew that no amount of privilege and international diversity could replace the rite of passage she has so far been denied.

"I know we always move together but she doesn't know who we are. Please, please. I can stay."

"Not on you own, you can't" Jacob pushes his way into my room.

"She doesn't have to be alone," Renesmee said to him gently.

"I can't believe you would be ok with this, Nessy"

"I'm not, but she does have a point. We made her a promise and we have to stand by that. Besides, there will be a whole pack of wolves watching her every move just like they did for me."

"Guys, whatever you are going to do you have to make a decision now!" Alice insisted.

"Well, Eph and Charl aren't in school so they're coming. She knows most of us. Nessy, you could stay, as could Duncan and Maude…" Jacob knew that was enough to cement the decision. Duncan and Maude were newer to the Cullan family but loved and trusted by everyone they came into contact with them, even the pack took to them quickly. They were all the more perfect by looking closer to the age of parents to me.

In a second the tornado was a flurry again. Pup stood still again, her stomach wringing it's self round inside her. She had never been parted from her mother or father before and being away from them made high school so much more frightening but she felt triumphant and grateful at being given the only thing she had ever really asked for. She sat down on the bed and watched everyone go through the drill they all knew well.

Before she knew it the house was striped and rearranged and the cars were all packed up. Jacob was talking rapidly into Duncan's ear, who looked like a bomb had gone off in his head and Maude was discussing with Carlisle the logistics of the encounter that was about to happen with Angela.

"I can't believe you are going to go through High School for the first time without me. I was looking forward to it almost as much as you were" Renesme hugged her daughter closely.

"It doesn't need to be long I can come to India and be with you for the holidays and I'll call all the time" Pup fought back the tears so no one had any excuse to change their mind.

There was no time to hug everyone and soon she was left with Duncan and Maude and the doorbell ringing over and over again.

With her head spinning they met their accusers.

"Yes?" Duncan stepped out onto the porch, stooping a little so as not to intimidate the three people, all in their eighties. There was a brief pause while the woman in front of the rest searched for how to handle her questioning.

"I was wondering if Bella and Edward were home, please" She finally found with a clumsy air of defiance.

"There is no one here by that name, can I help you with anything?" Duncan's warm Scottish voice had a way of melting everyone's heart.

The main woman, who Pup took to be Angela, was lost again. There was a sea of awkwardness before the older man came out with.

"I'm so sorry for this, my friend here used to know someone who lived here and I'm afraid she might be having, what we like to call, a 'senior moment'. My name is Mike Newton. Did you know any of the previous owners of this house?" The man reached his thin hand out which was quickly enveloped by Duncan's enormous Paw like hand and shaken vigorously.

"I'm afraid not, I'd love to chat to them myself all these bloody windows makes it a nightmare to heat…" He laughed a loud guffaw and sat on the bench on the porch. Pup laughed inwardly at the idea that the house would even have radiators. Keeping it's inhabitants warm had never been part of the design.

"I know I saw her! Where else would she be but here…?" Mike tried to shush her. The third woman behind was keeping very quiet, she seemed mortified with the proceedings. Angela stood her ground and looked through us to the house behind. I could see that she wasn't going anywhere.

"Would you like to come in? We're quite new and it would be nice to talk to our neighbors about the area..?" Duncan looked at me like I'd just pulled the ring on a grenade at a garden party. Pup let the question hang for a second, it would be extremely difficult to pull off any time with them inside the house but it could just be the thing that throws her off the scent. "Are you tea or coffee drinkers?"

"Oh no, don't trouble yourselves. Honestly, we aren't really neighbours, we live on the opposite side of town. Angela, come on, let me drive you home." Mike encouraged the reluctant Angela back to the car and they drove away.

Elated with our small victory we chirruped away to one another while Pup made herself a well-earned cup of tea. Duncan and Maude were still going when she sat down at the long dining table to start her geography homework.

People in her family loved very deeply, that was for sure, and Duncan and Maude were no exception. Duncan was quite an old Vampire; he had been a monk in Scotland when a Viking raid decimated his monastery in the middle of the 8th century. Though he hid from the terrifying attack he was dragged from behind a pew and bitten right there by the alter. So many where killed right out but Duncan was kept to continue the bloodshed and so he raided and raided with the Vikings and finally settled in the Highlands. He was happy enough but he was glad to put his skills to a cause when Wars broke out. He was always happy to join a side but it was the Jacobite Rebellions that brought him Maude. He had found her dying in the wreckage of an English encampment and he turned her immediately. They had never spent a day apart in 400 hundred years. Maude was the most beautiful vampire Pup had ever seen she looked like the characters from Pre-Raphaelite painting Pup had seen. She had long strawberry blond hair that curled at the ends, large eyes and refined features. She glided more than walked and she seemed to bring laughter everywhere she went. The moment she walked into a room the air seems to fizz a little in anticipation. These were their respective gifts; they were both mood manipulators of sorts. Duncan was a great persuader as he could make anyone like him and Maude brought passion and joy where ever she went.

Pup sighed as she watched her new faux parents, no one would believe that they were actually related Pup with her burnt caramel skin, grey eyes and general plainness… she would need to shift her story a little at school.

Being used to a full family house she already felt very alone. Alone but excited for tomorrow.