Summary: She never had the intention of being reborn nor had she ever intended to be born in a world of sparkling vampires. Of course, as fate would have it, she would never be able to avoid them either, she supposed if the universe wanted her here, might as well have fun.

Drabbles/encounters with twilight characters, + other supernatural beings. Pairings undecided


Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight


A/N: Thank you for all of the reviews, favs and follows (reading the reviews really made me happy so thank you!), I'm really glad people are enjoying this story! Also, so many interesting theories with the romance swimming around, don't forget, Royal was with Lilly in Volterra too sooooooo ;))) jk jk (but maybe something may happen?)

So it's about 2003-2004 school year. I was asked about ages so I'll do this as the start of canon, Bella is 16 years old, she is a sophomore, unlike her book counterpart who started during her junior year. Aka everything is taking place a year before canon yet it's gonna be the canon events. Side note, I was trying to calculate numbers and like, in the original books Bella started out at 17, she became a vampire just shy of her 18 bday, thus her and Edward were together for 1 3/4 years and like 3 months was spent him staying away from her and then like 6 months of her moping in New Moon. Make thata s you will.

Jacob is 14- freshman.

Bella Swan is 16 - Sophmore

Lillian is 18- Will start doing online college (just go with it)

Royal just turned 20 - Will be doing the first year of college (took a gap year)

With that, time for the moment we've all been waiting for, aka Cullens, meet Lillian Brandon


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It was early October when Royal and Lillian arrived in Forks.

Having had a layover in California and then a quick flight to Seattle the pair had been beyond tired. After taking a taxi to her house, Royal dropping his stuff at his grandmother's, surprising the old woman much like Lillian had to her own parents, she bursted through the kitchen door shocking both and caused her dad to spill his coffee on the floor.

"Lillian?!" Her mother cried out rushing to hug her planting surprised kissing on her cheeks and forehead.

"You're home early! We weren't expecting you back until Thanksgiving! Everything go okay? Did something happen? Where's Royal? Did you really spend a lot on a taxi-?"

She shook her head laughing, Lillian really had missed this, "Yep home early, we decided to come back since the winter semester for Portland State will be starting soon, Royal wanted to study some. And he's at his grandmother's. And yes we did use a taxi, and it wasn't that much I swear!" She answered before grabbing her bags and dropping them in her room.

After unpacking and changing, Lillian kissed both her parents on the cheek before regaling what she could about her travels. Pulling out bags of souvenirs and exotic sweets, the girl plopped down on the couch and grabbing the pictures she'd taken. Even Toothless had come to welcome her back, although not without a few bribes of treats and he still curled up in her father's lap.

Several hours of talking, catching up, and eating sweets, a knock came at the door. Opening the door with a wide grin, Lillian welcomed grandma Lucy and Royal inside. "You look good Lillian, thank you for caring for Royal, hope he didn't cause any trouble."

Lillian smirk, "Oh nothing too serious, he almost set a vampire on fire but that's pretty tame if you ask me," she joked, even if it was true. The old woman let out a happy chortle, "Ah keeping me young you both. Very happy it all went good, glad you had fun!"

Once grandma Lucy left towards Lillian's parents, Royal cracked a cheeky grin. "Been a while stranger, what's it been since we last saw one another? A few days? 20 years? A whole century? Miss me?"

Smacking his shoulder, tempted to shut the door on him Lillian rolled her eyes, "Oh yes, it's been far too long since if seen your handsome face," she paused blinking, "Oops sorry thought you were someone else, my bad." And with that the McCarty's and the Brandon's at dinner with each other, the first time since the funeral. Yet this time around, dinner had been just like old times, filled with laughter, music, embarrassing stories here and there, and all around happiness.

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The next day Lillian took a shower, dressed, grabbed a bite to eat before going out back and pulling the tarp off her Yamaha model motorcycle with glee.

It had been one of two motorcycles Royal and Jacob had worked on together alongside a few of the other boys a few summers back. The other one, the sister to hers, was with Royal. There was a third the two had started but didn't finish, leaving it at the Black residence for Jacob until he and Royal could finish it (and until Jacob could 'legally' ride it).

Running her fingers along the leather upholstery and rubbing off some dried dirt on the back wheel, Lillian turned it on and grabbed her helmet. Smirking as it revved to life, checking the engine and the breaks (Royal had shown her what to look for as she knew as much about motorcycles as she did with octopuses aka: they existed and could kill things) she called up Royal seeing if he would be interested in meeting Bella that afternoon to which he responded with an excited 'yes'. Giving him the directions and time, Lillian set off to grab a Bella.

Now what she was doing was technically something she shouldn't do. Sure, she had gotten Charlie's permission, and sure Bella certainly wouldn't mind her intrusion, but she technically wasn't supposed to do it unless it was an emergency yet there she was, outside of the Forks High School parking her motorcycle and heading straight to the attendance office. On her way there people had openly gaped at her, though quite a few recognized her. Signing Bella out for 'family business' much to the Secretary's knowing look before shaking her head and smiling, telling Lillian it was a pleasure to see her again.

"Do you need me to send someone to fetch Ms. Swan"

Shaking her head but thanking the woman for the offer Lillian replied that she'd like to 'walk around and reminisces about the good ole' days with a wide grin.

Exiting the office she made her way to the cafeteria, as it was lunchtime, stopping every now again to say hello to a few seniors and juniors she had known. Once making it towards the stairs that led straight through the double doors into the lunchroom, she took a deep breath, organizing her thoughts and allowing her magic to flow through her as she eased her mental shield down and began processing some faux thoughts, Lillian entered.

The sounds of her boots made a resounding 'click-clack' as she walked, eyes searching for the girl she was looking for. Some people who had seen her early began pointing, gesturing silverware and heads towards her whispering ''look who's back' and ''isn't that Lillian?' even a few, who were freshmen commenting things like 'she looks like that Cullen, think they're related?'

It was at times like this that Lillian enjoyed the rumor mill, allowing her knowledge without even having to do anything. And sure, she was a tad smug from the attention she was receiving, a lot of which was good, mostly.

Her eyes continued to scan the room, hoping not to feel like an idiot if she had to exit without getting what she came in for, now that would be embarrassing. Lillian's eyes fell onto the back of the person she was looking for, for a moment checking with the location to ensure it was Bella. However what threw her for a loop almost making her falter as she realized who she was sitting with. Instead of, what she expected would've been Eric, Angela, Tyler, Mike, and Jessica, instead was replaced with some gold eyed vampires. Lovely. While once in the past, she would've done anything to avoid the Cullen's and any hint of vampires, now, well, Lillian came to the understanding that if she was going to be trapped in Twilight, she'd better make a grand exit.

With Bella's back turned to her, Lillian, as quietly as she could (without magic of course), snuck up behind the brunette, ignoring the pointed looks from the group she sat with and the gazing eyes of the other cafeteria inhabitants. Holding her finger up over her lips as she continued to stalk closer, before pouncing on the girl, as she jolted head snapping up.

"What the-? Oh my god! Lillian?! Is that you?! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in England or something? Don't tell me your early graduation didn't actually go through and now you have to redo senior year?" She asked bolting up and hugging the shorter girl with such speed, Lillian feared she almost slipped.

"I certainly hope it's me, but I'll let you know if it's not when I find out. We decided to ditch England and return home, and no I'm not redoing high school, that's actual torture," she replied, wrapping herself around Bella though her magic spiking every time one of the vampires moved in front of her, "And I may or may not have signed you out for the day, meaning you're all mine."

Bella playful smacked her shoulder, "Of course you did, dad'll kill you when he finds out," she shook her head before grabbing her bag and lunch tray. "Well then if I'm free to go, we better leave, there's a lot I- we should talk about." She added, eyes glancing over to the very still beings she had been sitting with.

"You can't just take Bella out of school, her dads the Chief, he'd arrest you."

Lillian blinked dumbfounded, had the Edward heartthrob Cullen just speak to her, wow she thought, fate must've really wanted their AU fanfiction to get stupid real fast. "Well seeing as how I've known Bella forever and Charlie is basically my uncle, oh and you know," she smirked smugly, "I already got permission from him, I don't see why you'd care or be concerned?"

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"Something wrong?"

"Who are you?"

She raised a brow knowing full well the mind reader knew exactly who she was as everyone in the room most likely was thinking about it. Lillian internally sighed, she knew this day would come, but oh man what she would give to get out of here as fast as possible. Plastering a large grin on her face and an almost mocking tone, "Hi it's nice to meet you all, my names Lillian, I'm basically Bella's older sister," she stated affirming her relationship to the brunette who had begun watching the interaction as she finished grabbing her things, "Although it is a bit rude to not introduce yourself when asking for someone else's name."

"Yea, Lillian here has been friends with me since I was baby," Bella began to gesture at the Cullens, introducing each one, "This is Jasper Hale-," His movie counterpart was certainly good looking, last two movie wise but the real Jasper was certainly a looker, though not her type with his pale skin, gold eyes, blonde curled hair and grimace expression, "his sister Rosalie Hale," still the beautiful blonde she remembered from almost a decade ago, not a hint of aging, resembling an angel from a painting (Lillian wondered if she even remembered her) , "Emmett," the big guy seemed to slink into his chair though gave a weak smile but the worried look on his face only answered her question, "Edward," the poor vampire looked like he was stuck being constipated and anger, his face was marred in an ugly look that to Lillian was beyongd unappealing, "and-," she couldn't help but look between the two almost astonished by their looks, "Alice Cullen."

Ah. Now she could see it. Lillian hadn't truly known what Alice looked like, only what the movie portrayed her as, but seeing her in the flesh, almost felt like a mirror to her younger self, completely seeing how Peter and Charlotte mistook her for Alice.

The vampire was quite small, perhaps 4'11, slim with short locks and big wide eyes that gave her a sense of whimsy and innocence. Her clothes well fitted, and like the others, possessed the same pale skin and dark bags under the eyes. But it was more than that, Lillian and she had the same cheekbones, the same small almost tucked in shoulders, the same eye shape, hair color, and if Alice was human, she'd certainly have the same freckles as she did. It was a bit scary, like looking into a mirror of her younger self, she could only imagine the questions and wonders Alice and her coven had.

Before any of the Cullens could say something, the sound of loud footsteps echoed behind Lillian as she whipped around a genuine smile erupting on her face, "Royal! You didn't actually have to come in you know, thought you'd meet us outside?"

The man shrugged, "Took too long, besides, I was excited to finally meet the famous Bella Swan." He added looking at the brunette holding his hand out as she shook it, "So you're 'Blue Bell' then?"

Bella laughed, "You're 'Bear' right?" She asked already knowing the answer as two exchanged devious looks that made Lillian shutter.

Lillian, already feeling the tension build as others around started noting the vague similarities not just between her and a certain Cullen but also Royal and well, another with small touches of magic that manipulated mortals eyes and minds to dismiss some things, magic really could only do so much. At this point she took it as a signal to leave, grabbing hold of Bella and Royals arms before saying, "It was lovely to meet you all but unfortunately we've got to go, lunch is about to end in a few anyway, I'm sure we'll see each other again."

With that Lillian dragged the two out of the cafeteria as the rumor mill began to explode with theories and conspiracies (if their phones had video cameras then they for sure would've recorded it all to dissect and share later). But just before they could make it out of earshot of the vampires Bella asked, "What was your name again? Don't think I should keep calling you 'Bear'."

"Oh yeah sorry about that, the names Royal, Royal McCarty."

Lillian swore she heard someone choke.

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Extended Opening (this is canon to the fic):

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The layover in California took much longer then either Royal or herself thought it would take. After it became apparent that they would have to spend the night in California instead of their original plan of being able to sleep in their own beds in Forks. Either way, neither were too big on the idea of sleeping in the airport and since they were in California, why not do a little sightseeing, grab some food and then come back, at least that was what they thought would happen.

After checking in their bags with the airport luggage security, Royal and Lillian went out into the bustling streets of California. However, within minutes of exiting the airport both had exchanged various expressions and levels of confusion as they looked around. All around them, people appeared as though they had stepped into an 80's movie. People with long wavy big hair, floral and multicolor clothing and even an '80s looking biker gang drove past them.

"You're seeing this too right?" Asked Royal, rubbing and blinking his eyes as if checking to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

Lillian could only nod her head wondering if somehow their plane had fallen through a portal to another time, maybe the airport was a Tardis she mused, "Yea, I do, is that guy carrying a boom box and rollerblading?" Her blonde friend merely nodded, eyes following the man on the skates.

Looking around at the open beach laid before them, a sign caught Lillian's attention, a bright blue slightly tinted welcome sign was right in front of the airport. In white writing and off-centered pictures of sandy beaches and an umbrella spelled out the words:

Welcome to Santa Carla

Without another word, Lillian dragged Royal back inside the airport and without much protest from the man as he too seemed like he would rather be anywhere else then there. Once they were settled by their correct terminal and with food, she checked one of the free available computers near them. Typing in the words 'Santa Carla' brought up dozens of missing cases and unsolved murders and kidnappings. A part of her wanted to laugh, who would've thought that the highest murder capital in the country was where they ended up, considering the fact that, that too had been fictional in her previous life as well. She wondered if they had had a night layover, would she had come across a group of motorcycle riding leather wearing vampires and a pair of self-proclaimed vampire hunters too?

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Once they finally got off their plane in Seattle the two quickly went to grab their bags. Accidentally bumping into someone, knocking them over, Lillian hastily apologized to the teen she'd run into as Royal went to help both of them off the ground.

"No, no, its cool, I was busy texting, my man really! Are you okay?"

She nodded brushing off the dirt on her pants with a slight laugh, "Yea no blood no foul I'm all good!"

The boy chuckled, "That's good uh really sorry 'bout that till," he grabbed his suitcases before making his way towards a terminal. Lillian and Royal grabbing her own, she noticed a wallet on the ground, just where the boy had fallen. Spinning around towards the boy's direction, honing in on his presence, she spirited after him, "Hey, you dropped this!"

The teen turned around, his short blonde hair bouncing as he did so, his deep brown eyes searching the crowd before landing on hers, an expression of realization as to what she had hit his face as he ran to meet her halfway. "Oh shit man, thank you so much. Dad would really have killed me if I lost my ID and passport, again." Shaking his head and profusely thanking her, Lillian couldn't help but feel a vague familiarity with the teen.

"Hey don't worry about it, we always make dumb mistakes this one time I accidentally burned a pot cause I left it on the store for six hours. It's all good uh-"

"Riley," he told her with a crooked grin, "Riley Biers at yourself."

She hoped the feeling of shock hadn't transferred over to her face as she smiled a little less enthusiastic as before, "Lillian, it's real nice to meet you, Riley."


A/n: Oh man that was hard! Ahh and I thought the last chapter was difficult! Man, I had several different scenarios on how to do this, but I settled on a mix of them! (Originally, 1 was her meeting each one individually, her meeting Bella outside the school, accidentally going to Edwards Meadow/Cullen house no idea how though, in the Cafeteria as Lillian "breaks in", and one or two others that I did actually write some for, perhaps I'll post them as a 'what if?'). I had already written this chapter like, 3-4 chapters ago? but I've constantly been editing this, I was originally going to wait till next week but uhh got impatient sooooo. Next chapter will be out soon!

Also yes, the extended opening was supposed to be part of chapter 10 but I choked and forgot lol. And yes, the Sanat Carla is a reference to The Lost Boys, because if I'm gonna reference every vampire movie/show, damn straight they are gonna be included/shoehorned in there!


Edited/Revised: 6/18/2019