Sorry it took so long to get this up! I've been very busy. Well, here is the chapter, the longest I have for this story!
Moony
Charlie waited for me with the cruiser outside the airport. He was the Chief of Police for his small town of Forks.
"Hey, Bells, how's it going?" Charlie asked. He offered to carry my bags, but I shook my head - glamour lightened the load.
"Good to see you too, Char-Dad." Awkward! We got in the car and drove to his house in Forks, a fifty minute drive of silence.
The house looked the same as it did when I last visited – three years ago. Charlie didn't change anything in the years I'd been gone, except for one thing. In the driveway was parked a rusted red truck. The rust showed the truck was made of iron – Lutie-Loo was going to suffer even more than normal.
"Thanks a lot, Ch-Dad! I love it!" I faked enthusiasm for his sake, and I definitely needed practice.
He unloaded the bags, which had – conveniently – returned to the greater weight. Charlie carried them up to my room while I stared at the truck with Lutie-Loo buzzing around above it. The air was silent except for the soft patter of raindrops, which I didn't take much regret for, and the occasional passing car.
Footsteps sounded on the mushy forest trail, belonging to two people – Sonya and Kierston.
"Mikayla! Come in here!" one of them called. I wasn't sure which twin it was; they sounded the same.
I looked around for people looking at me and, seeing none, ran into the woods on the path from Charlie's backyard.
The Twins appeared before me and I stopped running. The glamour the two wore was different from their normal forms and yet, they stuck with being twins.
Both Sonya and Kierston had the sidhe's white skin, slim noses, slanted eyes, high cheek bones, full lips, and slightly pointed ears. The features were all set on heart-shaped faces with delicate jaws and high foreheads. The Twins both had long legs, even at their shorter heights of 5'6" and 5'7". I myself was only 5'4", the smallest of the group.
The Twins were both sporting muscles, although they were hidden, as most women's are. Flat stomachs were shown off with tight shirts. They didn't change much about themselves, just the glimmer of skin, glow of eyes, and the hair. They each looked brighter with out glamour, but it would freak out the humans.
The Twins were opposites in all possible ways but one – weapons. Matching daggers with slightly curved blades rested on their right hips while swords – black handles and silver blades, a matching set to the daggers – rested on the left. Both carried concealed in the middle of their backs and on their ankles. All weapons were invisible with glamour of course, except for those with the Sight (ability for humans to see the Fey) or one who is a faerie themselves.
There, the similarities ended. Sonya's hair was pale blonde, almost silver in color and down to her waist in smooth waves. Her eyes were bright cornflower blue, and her ears were pierced all up the rims with gold hoops. She wore rings on her long-boned fingers, also gold. Her clothing style consisted of bright pinks and oranges over heavily designed jeans and sneakers done in patterns. A magenta parka clung to her hips.
Kierston was opposite her twin sister. Black hair, with glimmers of blue and purple streaks in the twilight, dangled to just below her shoulder blades, thin and strait. Kier's eyes glowed in her face as a dark red color, one of old blood. Her ears were bare, save a small gold hoop at each lobe. A gold stud marked her right nostril and left eyebrow. She had three thin gold bangles on her left wrist and a gold octagram (eight-pointed star surrounded by a circle) on a slim chain around her neck. Kierston wore black boots, the tops covered by tight black jeans. A dark grey T-shirt with the name of a band was covered by a loose black jacket.
"So who are you staying with?" I asked after my assessment of the Twins and vice versa.
Kierston answered, "We 'convinced', using glamour to influence their minds of course, a couple living on the fringe of town to allow us stay in their house and registration at Forks High School."
"That means we all go together everywhere," Sonya finished.
It was a good plan. "Okay, you two just run over here each morning, then," I said. The Twins didn't have wings, being pure sidhe, but they could run as fast as the occasional vampire visiting our court. I could run that fast too, but I had to keep up human pretenses as klutzy Isabella Swan. "Oh, this is going to be a fun year," I said sarcastically.
"Indeed," Sonya responded, matching my tone. She thought about it and asked, "How so?"
I sighed and continued, "Okay, well you know how I am Bella, right?"
"Yeah," they both answered.
"Well, she was a VERY clumsy baby, and it hasn't changed at all when I visit her in Seelie."
What does that have to do with anything?" Kierston questioned.
"I have to keep up clumsiness if she ever returns, so I am going to be very hurt this year. Renee never noticed, so I could go with hurt once every couple weeks. Charlie, however, will have no one around to dull the effects, so I am stuck."
"That's terrible!" Kierston exclaimed.
Sonya said, "Couldn't we use glamour on him?"
"No, it so wouldn't work. I tried a year back and now, he pays even more attention! Anyways, just run over here in the mornings, and we can train after school before Charlie gets home. Did you come across anything to practice in on your way here?" I asked.
"There is this meadow –" Sonya started.
Kierston continued, "– a wide open meadow –"
"– With flowers and grass –"
"– Away from people –"
"– Just through these woods –"
"– a very nice meadow indeed."
The Twins were strange today. "Okay, let's go. I'll just tell Charlie I'm walking around and will be back later." They nodded and I turned and ran to the house where Charlie was watching a game on his TV. I jogged up the stairs, trying not to breathe through my nose the stale air, and 'tripped' on the way up. I moaned and got up to continue on.
"You alright, Bells?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, C-Dad, I'm fine." I reached the room I was staying in, the same room since Bella's birth. It hadn't changed much; Charlie just added a bed, desk, and computer as I got older. I hurriedly unpacked my bag sitting on the floor to reach a dagger and my sword – the Twins and I would try out the meadow tonight. I quickly walked down the stairs after using glamour to make my weapons invisible. "I'm going for a walk, Dad," I called over the noise of his game.
"You sure, Bella? It's pretty dark." His objection was weak as I spent most time outside at night while I visited him.
"Yeah, I want to get myself reacquainted with the ground," I answered before running out the door and into the woods, where the Twins waited impatiently.
I hope you all liked it! Have an awesome New Years for those of you who celebrate on this day, and I will have another chapter up next year!
Moony