"Welcome to the town of Forks. Population 3 thousand, one hundred, and twenty people."

Smiling, I turned to Shane as a clip from Twilight flashed into my head. His grin was so broad it nearly went from ear to ear.

"Wow Laura, that was almost word perfect."

Shane tried to duck as I smacked him with a sandwich wrapper, but he didn't duck far enough in his seat. I laughed and looked ahead to the town that was to be our home for the next week.

"It's so... green."

Shane sniggered, and I looked at him in confusion till my brain decided to catch up.

"Oh shut it Wow geek. But yeah, you're right. I should probably stop quoting."

Shane shook his head as the taxi pulled up outside the B&B his parents had pre-booked. We helped the driver get our bags out of the boot; Shane had more bags than I did. We stood looking up at the small semi, waiting to be met by the landlady.

"Sorry! Sorry!"

A woman around the age of thirty bustled out of the house, one hand full of cleaning products, the other holding a set of keys. She had her hair up in a scruffy bun, and some strands had escaped to frame her red face.

"You must be Laura Parker and Shane Clayhill? Well, nice to have you here at last! We don't seem to get many British people here!"

We smiled, eagerly waiting to get our stuff in the room so we could go and explore. The woman smiled and handed me the bunch of keys that looked as though they would fall out of her hand.

"That's the keys you'll need, since I don't tend to lock up or have lights out at any set time, so come and go as you want. I'm hoping you'll be happy here, but if you need anything, just ask me. Though if I'm not around, my daughter will be, so just ask her."

She showed us to our room, which was small, quaint, very... old school. She pointed out which key was for the front door, and then turned to leave. She looked around, seemed satisfied with the set up, and nodded to herself.

We dropped our bags on our two single beds, and grinned at each other. On the way to Forks, we had decided to go and explore, and the driver had recommended a good cafe down the road from the B&B. We decided where we wanted to go whilst eating and getting our daily need of food.

"I liked the look of the high street as we drove in. Plenty of good clothes stores for me to find great clothes in!"

Shanes face dropped as I spoke. I couldn't help but laugh, and patted his arm as he drank his hot chocolate.

"I'm joking! You know what I'm like with shopping! I can't stand it. I honestly don't know how Alice does it to be honest."

"Well, I'm glad I'm not Jasper, is all I can say."

I giggled and produced a map from my bag, and laid it out in front of us. We discussed further where we'd want to go, and planned the days like a strict army operation.

"Come on, we need to pay for the refreshments and explore your newest favourite town."

I glared at Shane but let it go. We paid, and walked out the door that faced the forest. I looked at the tall trees and gasped. A tight knot had formed in my stomach, and I felt an inexplicable pull from the dense greenery.

Shane grabbed my hand as I started to walk towards the trees.

"Laura? The museums this way you muppet."

I shook my head, trying to shake the fog that had formed in my mind. I let out a breath I hadn't realised I was holding. I turned to a confused looking Shane and smiled.

"Sorry, zoned out for a second."

As we walked down the side of the road Shane was still holding my hand, like he was afraid I'd go AWOL again. He kept glancing at me every so often, until finally he looked convinced I was okay. I gave a half hearted smile and hugged him till we heard two voices behind us.

"Maybe two more minutes? Please? I need to get that dress!"

"Seriously Alice, do you really need it? Besides, Dad said he had something he needed to talk about, and it did sound urgent."

"It's probably nothing. Dad always makes things sound more urgent than they really are. Rose has probably busted a car, Jazz."

I looked at Shane with my eyes wide in amazement. I hardly dared to believe it, and from the look on his face, he couldn't either.

"It can't be..."

"It certainly could be."

Stopping in front of a shop window certainly seemed like the best way to get confirmation, and we let them pass. They walked behind us, and I caught a glimpse of their arms around each other. I looked up once they were a few yards in front, and gasped.

"Wow... that was them."

Shane nodded in agreement. It couldn't have been anyone else. My heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly felt faint. I closed my eyes in hope it would calm me down. Instead a dozen images flashed before my eyes, all of them making no sense at all.

"Is she okay? Maybe we should call Dad Alice."

"I'm already on it... Hey Dad, listen..."

My head felt heavy with dizziness, and I tried shaking it off. Needless to say it didn't work.

"What happened? Shane?"

"I'm here Laura."

I opened my eyes again and looked around. The light removed the haziness from my eyes, and I found I was lying on the floor. Jasper was standing above me, and Shane was kneeling on the floor beside me. Alice was a little down the road on the phone, looking over at us and nodding.

"Are you okay Miss? You took quite a turn."

I looked up at Jasper and smiled, nodding.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks."

Jasper smiled and turned to Alice, as she walked over and flipped her phone shut. She knelt bent down next to Shane and smiled.

"Hey, you scared us for a second there. How are..."

She stopped, and stared at me like I'd just grown two heads. I know my green hair was slightly odd, but I'm sure residents of Forks had seen worse. I looked at her, slightly puzzled. She looked familiar, but then again, she was one of my favourite characters in one of my favourite books.

"Alice? What's wrong?"

"Sorry, it's just you look like someone we used to know. My mistake."

I frowned as I sat up with Shanes help. He looked slightly bemused by Alice's reaction too. I couldn't help but feel nervous. I felt compelled to ask her something, except there was one small problem. I didn't know what the question was.

"Well, thank you, anyway. It was nice meeting you both."

Shane said what I couldn't. He helped me to stand, and led me away. We spent the next couple of hours in the museum. I made sure I behaved as normal as possible, and Shane didn't seem to notice when I let my mind wander a few times. He left me standing in front of a large stuffed wolf; partly because I think my smiling at it scared him a little. I've always liked wolves, but it was like I knew this particular one.

We got back to the B&B late, and no one was around. We had stopped off at a take away, and took it up to our room; opening the window so the smell wouldn't stick to the fabrics. We ate as we went over the events of the day, avoiding the one that was the most bemusing. It was only till we were both in bed that Shane brought it up.

"What did happen earlier? I mean, you went really pale and then just collapsed."

I could hear the concern in his voice. I chose to give him the most honest answer I could, and shrugged in the dark.

"I don't know. I just went dizzy and then fainted I guess."

I didn't want to tell him about the strange images. It was freaking me out, let alone him. He was worried about me at the best of times; let alone adding my sudden craziness to it.

"Ah well, as long as you're okay?"

"Yeah, just need a bed and sleep."

"True, there has been quite a lot of stuff today." He sighed. "Night then Lozza"

"Night."

A few minutes later I heard his light snores, and I smiled. I closed my eyes, hoping the images were just a one off, and waited for sleep. Two hours later I was still wide awake. Something had drawn me to the woods. I knew I liked forests and trees, it was in my nature, but I'd never felt that much of a pull before. My mind tried to recapture the strange flickering pictures that had come before I fainted, but failed. Was there something wrong with me? The small slideshow that I had got had felt so familiar. But I couldn't place a single one of them.

I tossed and turned, and only after taking some unnecessary cold medicine, I could finally fall asleep.