Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the Twilight characters they are owned by the Magnificent Stephanie Meyer !! I do however own Alice, Taylor, and Avana Stavarsky, George and Shawn Madrygo-Strickland, Kyle, Peter, and Chris Smith, Catie and Julia Starsong, and Paul and Misty Morgan, and Jimmy, Cale, Zach, and Brad Toma. I also own the idea of the Nine Stars and Four Moons… Thanks!!

Sorry it took so long to update!! I had school and then I got sick and urg! It just sucked… so this chapter has more about the Stavarsky sisters in it! I hope you like it! :D

Chapter 3

"Troubled times ahead"

Bella's POV

I drove down the quiet street to school. The weekend had finally ended and I would see Edward again today! I wasn't sure I should tell him about Alice and Taylor. I know he thinks I'm a danger magnet, but Alice and Taylor didn't seem like trouble… but I could be wrong. I had done some research on them last night. Their cover story was pretty impressive. They claimed that their parents died when they were one and they had lived in an orphanage in Australia until they turned ten. Then they stowed away on a ship to America and that's when they began singing on the streets to make enough money to afford staying in a motel at night. That was until Cale, Zach, and Brad Toma ran into them and decided that the three sisters should sing with them. I wondered why I had only met Taylor and Alice, but not Avana. I pulled into my usually parking spot just as Edward's silver Volvo pulled into the parking lot.

"Edward!" I shouted as I waved to him. He was by my side in less than a second; he pulled me into his arms. I sighed and gazed into his liquid gold eyes. He smiled that crooked smile and leaned down to press his lips gently against mine.

"How was your weekend?" Edward asked as he pulled away.



"Same as usual. I got some chores done and I watched some baseball with Charlie," I answered.

"Alright. So you didn't get in any danger this weekend?" He asked curiously.

"No, I told you just a normal weekend," I replied, hoping that he couldn't tell I was lying. He looked at me curiously but then shrugged. He walked me to my first class and then went to his own. All through my classes I wondered if I should tell Edward what really happened this weekend… I wondered why Alice and Taylor could read my mind when Edward couldn't. Could It be they were a stronger kind of superhuman? I'd have to ask them myself.

Alice Stavarsky's POV

I stood in front of my "family" in the middle of the forest in the mountains near Forks. I was getting ready to explain the very simple rules Avana, Taylor, and I had established. I knew Zach wouldn't even bother to argue, he never did. Cale would find something to complain about. Brad would try his best to cooperate. And well Jimmy… he was nine so… he pretty much had a mind of his own.

"We're camping the real way," I said. "Which means no electronics, no hair products or flat irons, no cell phones, no Ipods, and we are eating food cooked over a campfire."

"Is she kidding?" Cale thought.

"No Cale, I'm dead serious," I answered with a grin.

"I figured Cale would complain. This could be really fun!" Brad thought.

"Food cooked over a campfire? They don't even eat food!" Cale protested loudly in his mind.

"Cale we are all aware that we don't eat 'human' food," Taylor answered flatly.



"I know but why would you make us suffer?" Cale asked.

"Because we're great cooks and it's a camping trip not a five star hotel with a five star restaurant," Avana said, as she sat down on a nearby log. She combed her fingers through her long jet black hair and started to hum a song that we had all written together.

"Look Cale, stop arguing. This will be fun," Zach smiled.

"Of course he's gonna say that," Cale thought curtly.

"Cale, we can hear you," I hissed.

"Sorry, but it's true," Cale replied simply.

"Sorry, that you don't love anyone the way I do Cale," Zach hissed. Cale stuck out his tongue and walked into the tent.

"Way to start off the camping trip Cale," Brad thought in annoyance. "Alice, Taylor, and Avana just want us to have fun and Cale complains. Typical little brother."

"Brad just because you were the first triplet born you think you're so much older than them," I laughed. Brad shrugged and gave a sheepish grin.

"Well, Zach feels like the youngest because he was the last triplet," Brad pointed out.

"That's true," Zach added.

"Alice?" Avana asked.

"Yea? I answered. Lucky for us the Nine Stars could all talk through their minds. It made it so much easier to keep track of everyone.



"I'm getting sorta hungry," Avana said flatly.

"Yea I am too," I answered.

"We'll be back later," I told Zach.

"Hunting?" He asked.

"Yea, we're all hungry," I said with a smile. Zach nodded and kissed my cheek really quick.

"Have fun," He said simply and then laughed.

"We will don't worry," I replied. Taylor and Avana were waiting for me by a large evergreen.

"Ready?" I asked. Both my 'sisters' nodded. I could feel my skin change and my body shift into my Star form. I loved being a leopard with wings. It was the greatest feeling in the world to fly and run over a hundred miles an hour as a giant leopard. I watched as Taylor became Tigrisstar. Avana's skin melted into the black fur of a wolf, twice the average size or a normal wolf. Her white feathery wings really contrasted with her black fur, and of course her ice blue eyes.

"Let's go," Avana hissed impatiently. I laughed and took off running. I smelled for the deer nearby. Here's the thing our diet is a mixture of everything really. Kind of like us. We see ourselves as our own species but we do share some things in common with other species out there. Like we can shape shift just like our shape shifter friends. And our diet, we ate meat, and well… drank blood… but it wasn't like vampires. We don't kill we drink as much as we can without harming the human and then move on. And we aren't venomous; we can't create more of our kind. It's just the nine of us and well the other four, but that's different. A loud growl tore me from my thoughts. I watched through Avana's eyes as she caught a large stag and started to eat contentedly. I couldn't help but laugh. I figured Taylor was already eating too, which left me to find something to eat. I smelled a group of deer nearby so I plowed 

forward. The deer didn't even have a chance to see me coming. I leaped claws outstretched at the largest one, taking it down in a split second. The other deer took off in a scared stampede as far away from me as they could. I ate quickly and stretched my wings. It wouldn't hurt to fly real quickly, but it was daytime I couldn't risk someone seeing us. I met up with Taylor and Avana in a small clearing.

"Everyone full?" I asked.

"Yea," Avana and Taylor answered together. I laughed but it was cut short.

A thick black fog rolled over the mountains in the north and people were screaming. A monster with bright red eyes and sharp yellow fangs laughed maliciously. It was Johkel. He was finally coming to attack. Monsters from the shadow worlds attacked all the innocent humans and creatures of this planet. People were dying left and right. There was a girl standing alone near an old red Chevy pickup truck. Johkel came closer to her. He was going to kill her. She let out a loud scream and…

"Alice!!" Avana yelled.

"I hate how your mind blocks out when you have visions," Taylor whined. "But I had a small vision to. He's coming isn't he?"

"Yes. And we have to go see Bella," I answered grimly.

"Why?" Avana asked.

"The world is in grave danger and so is she. Johkel is planning on killing her to get to her vampire friends. And well I think we need to call for backup," I answered.

"You mean from the other realms?" Taylor asked.



"Yes. Everyone. We are going to need all the help we can get," I answered. "We have two weeks to be ready."