"I told you we should have followed the road! It was like a giant arrow pointing us to a city or town! But noooo, you guys had to keep following the lights like a bunch of bugs!" Kurumu complained as she and her friends were hiking through the forest on the other side of the road.
"The road could have gone on for miles," Moka tried explaining for the millionth time. "And besides, the light is coming from the other side of that hill. We're almost there."
"Great, now we have to climb up a hill too?" the succubus groaned.
"I could freeze you into a giant ice cube, would that make life better?" Mizore offered.
Kurumu muttered a string of not-very-nice things to the snow queen as they all started their short climb up. When they reached the top, the gang gasped in unison. The hill was overlooking an extremely modern and luxurious house, painted white with large floor-to-ceiling windows.
"Wow! Do you think someone famous lives there?" Yukari asked in awe.
"A giant see-through house in the middle of a creepy, cold forest? Sounds like a celebrity to me," Kurumu agreed.
"Looks like my kind of house," Mizore stated.
"Let me guess, because you can see everything that goes on inside, right?" the succubus said dryly.
"It's very stalker-friendly," Mizore said with a nod.
"So…do we go down there?" Tsukune wondered aloud. Moka nodded in response.
"We have to find out where exactly this 'Forks' place is so we can figure out how to get home," she explained.
"Well wherever you're supposed to be, it isn't here," said a dark, broody voice behind them. The Yokai gang leapt about a foot in the air at the sound of it.
They all whirled around at once and found themselves face to face with seven people who were very pale and looked a lot like Greek statues. One of the statues, a teenage boy with short, brown hair, stepped forward.
"Leave. Now," he said as he bared his teeth like an animal. He was the one who had just spoken earlier.
The smallest of the bunch, a fairy-like girl with spiky hair, came forward and stood next to the broody one.
"Oh Eddie, don't be mean," she said with a voice that was also reminiscent of a fairy. The one called "Eddie" gave the fairy girl a look that made his face even more broody and creepy.
"Alice, what are you—"
"I saw them coming, didn't I?" Alice interrupted. "If they were a danger, I would know."
Suddenly, Alice's eyes focused on Moka. She peered at her like she was studying a textbook and sniffed the air.
"You…you're a vampire," she said quietly. Sulky Eddie growled.
"It's one of Victoria's!" he snarled.
That statement ruffled Tsukune's feathers.
"Moka is not an 'it'!" he objected bravely.
Another statue, a blonde one who looked like he was in pain, spoke up.
"He's a human…" blondie said.
"People, people, let's just calm down, ok?" Alice said in exasperation. "I told you they aren't a threat."
"Perhaps proper introductions are in order," said the oldest looking statue. "My name is Carlisle Cullen. This is my wife, Esme, and my family: Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie," he gestured to each of them in turn.
"Um, hi…" Moka said, kind of freaked out by the creepy people hiding in the middle of the forest. "I'm Moka Akashiya. These are my friends Tsukune Aono, Mizore Shirayuki, Yukari Sendo, and Kurumu Kurono."
"A human making friends with a vampire?" Edward roared incredulously.
"Uh…Edward?" Alice said simply.
"Oh, right…" he responded quietly.
"Um, excuse me? How did you know Moka was a vampire?" Tsukune nervously asked.
Alice smiled and pointed to her nose.
"I can smell it, of course. I'm surprised you couldn't smell it on us."
"You're all vampires too?" Moka asked with astonishment.
"Of course."
"Alice! Don't just tell the humans that!" Edward disapproved.
Kurumu stepped up and glared at the vampires.
"We are not all human," she said.
The group of albinos went silent for several minutes.
"Then what the heck are you?" said Rosalie. Moka smiled cheerily.
"Vampire!"
"Human."
"Snow woman."
"Witch!"
"Succubus."
The big burly vampire, Emmett, raised his eyebrows and grinned.
"Succubus, huh?"
Rosalie responded by smacking him upside the head. Carlisle cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.
"Let's just go inside and try to figure out how and why everyone wound up here. Follow us, everybody."