A/N Like I said before, I am going to mesh Lord of the Rings with Twilight, which sounds like an odd combination but I think I can make it work. So I truly hope you enjoy Riley's Journey! Oh…and I also decided she might need a little romance-but that will come later in the story. So yea…..enjoy!

Disclaimer….I own nothing of twilight!

I sat there stunned not sure of what to do. My mind had stopped working properly, and my thoughts where a jumbled twisted mess. Alone in the living room, with its faded wallpaper, brown carpet, and 70's style furniture, I sat and waited. I took another glance at my dads favorite easy chair, a burnt red color, now sitting empty. The ashtray was over flowing and a 1/ 2 pack of cigs laid there with a bright green lighter resting on top of the pack.

I was never much of a smoker, occasionally once in a while when with friends I would smoke one or two, sometimes I would steal a few from my dads stash. But it was never a habit. With out worry of getting caught for the first time, I walked over to my dads chair, pulled a cigarette from the pack and lit it. I inhaled deeply and let the smoke fill my mouth and lungs. I slowly blew the smoke out. I took the pack and placed in in my sweatshirt pocket before I exited the room. I made my way through the yellow tiled kitchen, and out the front door. With a loud thud the screen door closed behind me.

I sat outside in the rain waiting for the Chief of Police to pick me up. All of my clothes and some of my bedroom was packed into three suitcases and two cardboard boxes. After the funereal I made sure to go around and collect pictures, my dads favorite fishing pole, and my moms keepsake box she had left, or forgotten.

My attention was refocused when I heard a car pull into the drive way, as I took the last hit of my cigarette. "Hello Riley, are you ready to go?" Asked Charlie as he walked up the gravel path.

I nodded slowly as I stood up and grabbed the suitcase closest to me and started lugging it to the car. I threw it into the open trunk and walked back to get my other one. The Chief has already loaded my two boxes and the last suitcase. All that was left was me.

The ride to my new home was silent, and went by faster than I expected it to. I didn't know much of my new home, accept that I went to school with the four Cullen siblings, all adopted I heard. I had never actually talked with any of them, only saw them from a distance. While everyone seemed overly preoccupied by them, I never gave them a second thought.

And now I will be living with them for god knows how long.

We pulled up to the front of the house, well mansion. I slowly undid my seat belt and eased myself out of the car. The loud slam of the car door made me jump. I stood there for a moment looking at the house, thinking how empty and bare it looked. I took a deep breath and started up towards the house following the Chief.

"Don't worry Riley, these are decent people, and I'm certain they will take good care of you"

The Heavy oak front door opened and out came the family of six. The Four I knew and weakly smiled at them trying to be polite. The other two, the parents I had never meet lightly stepped down the faded porch steps and stopped when they where in front of me.

"hello riley" Replied the father "My name is Carlisle and I'm so very sorry for what happened to you. Please, if you need anything don't hesitate to ask"

With that he stepped back a bit and the petite woman next to him stepped forward "Hello Riley, my name is Esme, I'm so glad to meet you. Please, wont you come in out of the rain?"

The offer was extended to the Chief, but he shook his head "I have to get back home, my daughter will be arriving in a few weeks, and I have to get her room together"

"you take care now Riley, alright?" I could read the sincerity in his eyes, and I whispered a thank you I'm not sure if he heard or not.

" Edward, Emmett, could you help unload the car?" Carlisle asked

They both nodded and made their way to the car and lugged all of my stuff into the house. I waved at the Chief as he backed down the driveway, as he nodded in return.

"Riley?" I turned around and looked into the soft face of Esme "are you ready to go inside"

I nodded and followed the two up onto the porch and into my new temporally home.

Alright, well let me know what you think! The next chapter will be a lot longer…and will be up by tomorrow afternoon