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Chapter 1: Goodbyes and Greetings

I looked back at the Flock, my mom, and Ella one last time before taking off. You're probably wondering why I was leaving, right? Well, it was two years after Paris and we found my mom and Ella hence, me saying goodbye to them. The Doomsday Group was still trying to eliminate humans, Angel was still dead, and, you guessed it, Fang was still gone. That's sort of the reason I was leaving.

I wasn't leaving forever. There's no way I could ever do that. But the Flock, plus Dylan, took a vote and decided it would be better for me to take a break. So, my mom decided it would be great to stay with Jeb. Isn't that awesome? No? Good, then you understand my dilemma. Now, I was off to Forks, Washington.

Before I get ahead of myself, let me explain to you what I was doing. I was heading off to Forks for a normal life. The Flock knew I was getting wound up, after all, who wouldn't? We'd met up with Fang's Gang the month before. They told us they were heading to someplace up in California. Fang and I were best friends again. There wasn't any jealousy or heated rage. We both understood we weren't with anyone else and even if we were it wouldn't matter. Taking a break in a relationship for twenty years is complicated.

So, as I was saying, living a normal life wasn't going to be easy. Then again, when has life been easy? I wasn't all too happy about the whole "Going to a Regular High School" thing, but I could deal, I'd already been through it before. At least it's not permanent. Everything was all figured out; I was now Bella Swan. Swans... Birds... Get it? Whatever.

I, Bella Swan, was staying at my Dad's house, or Jeb's house for the year, because my mom was getting married, which it was partly true. Mom was getting married to this man named Phil, so I was going to stay at "Charlie's" while they moved from place to place searching for a job. Which means, I was only half lying.

I was going to miss Arizona. I was going to miss the clear skies, the sun, and even my annoying little sister Ella. But, the Flock, that's who I was going to miss the most. I'd never been apart from them to long. And when I was, I was doing everything I could to get back to them. Alas, those days were going to be on hold for quite a while. In the most unthinkable place, I was going to take a shot at being average. For once in my crazy messed up life, being normal sounded a little less ridiculous. Maybe, I would get what I'd always wanted.

Wow, that sounded cheesy.

It wouldn't be too hard to adapt. After all, when you're on the run for 17 years, you get used to it. I'd adapted to Antarctica, Arizona, and our house in Colorado after the School. Plus, this town is a big improvement from cave floors. You know, it's the hard knock life for us mutants.

Forks had a scarce population of three thousand, one hundred twenty people. Well, scarce to someone who hadn't been living with basically five other people their whole life. Sadly, not only had I been living with so few people, but I was also immensely claustrophobic. You can see how that didn't exactly fit my agenda, and I always had an agenda. What can I say? Planning was my thing.

Now, for those of you who want to know, I didn't like the idea of Forks. If I'm being honest, I practically hated any place that didn't include my family, the Flock. The Flock was made up of my brothers, sisters, daughters, and sons. Leaving behind family, even for just a little while, should be against the law. How in the world was Fang doing it?

Oh yeah. He was doing it for the best of the Flock. When he left, I didn't understand, which was pretty obvious considering all I did was act bitter. But could you blame me? The love of my life left me and got a whole new flock that just happened to include my clone, Max II or Maya, the name she goes by now.
Maya was a… girl dog. I hated her with a passion. Not only because she got to be with Fang twenty-four seven, but because she didn't have to go through what we- the Flock- went through. I'm not saying she had it easy. She just had it better off. Although, having to be based off someone else must be tough.

I didn't have a problem with the rest of the gang. Well, I didn't really talk to the rest of the gang either. But, they did help save my life in Paris so, I was grateful. Ratchet, Star, Kate, and Holden have some cool abilities. It's no wonder that Fang made them apart of his gang.

That doesn't mean I was happy of his gang's existence.

Landing in the forest behind the house-one of many- I checked out my surroundings. Green, green, and, guess what? More green! Oh, you already knew that? Too bad. The town seemed quite popular with Mother Nature. Luckily for me, so was I. Hello? Wings.

By the sound, I could tell there would be many animals. Good thing it wasn't hunting season. If it were, I would have been shot out of the sky. I wondered if I should fly while I was there. After only a couple of seconds of thought, it was decided I wouldn't. I needed to lower my calorie burning so I wouldn't eat, as much so I would look as normal as possible when I got to school.

The house was… cozy;something I didn't expect. Two stories, probably a couple bedrooms with a bathroom to share. To my surprise, I loved it. It wasn't over the top like it could've been. Jeb had plenty of money to spend and spare, but he didn't, which wasn't expected.

Then again, lots of things happened to me that I didn't expect, so who was I to judge?

Except, you know, his only daughter.

But that's nothing.

Suddenly, the back door opened with a bolt, and there stood the man I'd be living with the rest of the school year. Jeb was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. No suit or tie or any of those fancy things. That was when I decided I was going to be nicer to Jeb, he was my dad. It was about time I started treated him like one.

"Hey, dad."

"Hello, Bells."

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