A New and Improved (hopefully) version of my old fics. As I have wanted to try and make this better. Book One wont change much if at all to the og story. But I wanted to make it so there will be two or three stories. Instead of Twilight and New Moon together.

My name is Mary Swan, the younger sister of Bella Swan. My life is about to be turned upside down by her arrival in Forks. When I was just a baby my mother Renee left my father Charlie to go and start a new life. She took Bella with her and left me with my dad. She never really wanted me, it was always Bella. Bella was her favourite; she never really cared for me. Don't get me wrong she would care if I got seriously injured or died... I hope.

So it has just been my and Charlie for the last sixteen years and the occasional summer visits to Phoenix and Bella to Forks. My dad is really excited about her coming to live with us. Sue and I decorated her room so that she may feel more at home here than just a guest, not really wanted. Well not really wanted by me. Bella's room was my old room. My dad wanted to give me the bigger room since he knew how I felt about Bella's arrival. It is on its way to being finished, just need to finish painting it light green.

"Mary, that's me away to the airport to pick up your sister. You sure you don't want to come?" my dad shouted from downstairs.

"No thank-you dad. It would probably be less awkward for Bella if just one of us goes. Don't want to bombard her" I called back.

"Okay then, see you in a bit!"

So here it comes, the start of a new life for me. I just didn't know at that point how big a change it would be.

I heard the cruiser pull up. Here we go. I went downstairs and opened the door to let Bella and my dad in with her stuff. "Hi Bella, how was your flight?" I could be civil to her for Charlie's sake.

"It was okay, thanks for asking Mary" replied Bella without looking at me. Better than nothing I suppose. I followed them upstairs to my old room. "Mary and Sue helped decorate it. The sales lady dropped off the bedding. I hope you like purple" My father said nervously.

"Yeah it's good, perfect even. Thanks guys" Bella replied looking around. She and dad are quite similar with their awkwardness. "Well, we'll leave you to it Bell's" my dad said leaving the room. "Yeah" Bella replied looking round at me. I nodded and gave her a smile before leaving her room. If only she knew that another surprise awaited her, one that I also helped out in.

I was outside when Jacob and his dad pulled up with the old red truck that Jacob and I fixed up together. "Bella, I want you to come and meet someone!" my dad called as he came out of the house and joined me, Billy and Jacob. Bella didn't take too long in coming out. She walked over to us and stood beside our dad. "Bella do you remember my friend Billy?" dad asked her. She looked at Billy with recognition "From the reservation?" she asked Billy. He nodded and smiled. "You're looking good" she commented with a smile. Maybe Bella moving in with us wouldn't be so bad.

"Do you remember Jacob, Billy's son? Me, you and him used to play together in the summer?" I asked her. She nodded and looked at Jacob. "We made mud cakes when we were little" she stated. Jacob and I smiled at the memory. Jacob and I have been best friends since we were babies. Since dad went down to the reservation quite a lot the two of us were just pushed together and got on together. "So Bell's, how do you like your homecoming present?" dad asked her.

"Really? This is for me?" she replied shocked.

"Do you like it?" dad pressed.

"Yes, it's perfect" she gushed.

"Let me show you how to work it" Jacob said to Bella whilst gesturing to the truck. As Bella opened the driver door she bumped Jacob with it. "Sorry" she said as I stifled a giggle. They were so awkward together, it was cute.

When they came back out, they were smiling and dad and Billy were fighting on the road. "Are they always like this?" Bella asked.

"Yep!" I said with my arms crossed looking at the two them being stupid.

"It's gotten worse with old age" Jacob commented...

It's the first day of school. Why do I have to get out of bed? It's just so comfy. "Mary, are you up yet?" called dad as he was walking down the hall. I heard him go into Bella's room and the sound of Bella getting up. I should probably get up too. "Yeah dad, I am just getting out of bed!" I called back.

"Okay, I am going off to the station. See you girls later at the dinner!" he called as he was going out of the house. "See you later dad!" I called as I was going to the bathroom. I met Bella in the hallway. "You need to shower?" Bella asked me.

"Good morning to you to dear sister. I went last night, so I wouldn't need to. Although, I do need to pee" I replied walking into the bathroom. Bella went in after me and turned on the shower. I walked back into my room. "Now what to wear?" I asked myself aloud.

I flicked through my wardrobe and grabbed a pair of denim bootleg jeans and a baby pink long sleeve scoop neck top. I paired it with black socks and flats with a little bow on top. Once dressed, I looked in the mirror. I had long thick straight dark-brown hair with some red and copper strands through it. I brushed through it and decided on a black plastic hair band to complete my look. I grabbed my black coat and butterfly rucksack and went downstairs to get breakfast and wait for Bella.

I made myself some frosted cornflakes with milk and a milky tea for breakfast. Bella came downstairs not long after I sat down with my breakfast. She made herself some toast and a glass of orange juice. "How are you feeling about today Bella?" I asked her, looking at her with curiosity.

"I feel really nervous. As this is a small place and a new student is practically unheard of. I don't want the attention, I just want to go, do the work and be ignored by everyone. Although can I hang around with you?" She asked me.

"You are right there; everyone is already talking about you and is very curious. I know that you don't like a lot of people giving you attention, so you can sit with me" I assured her. She looked panicked by my first sentence but calmed a bit after telling her that she could hang with me. "Let's get to school and get you sorted out" I said and we walked to the truck. The truck was beat up and noisy so all eyes were on us when we pulled into the parking lot. A few people made comments as we both got out but stopped when I glared at them. We walked into the office where Bella got her schedule. But when we got out Eric bombarded us. Bella looked startled and scared when he was talking about putting her on the front page of the school newspaper.

"She doesn't like the attention Eric, simmer down a bit will you?" I said as my eyes pierced his, he gulped knowing I was serious and not to mess with me on Bella's first day. "Okay, no feature" he said hands raised in surrender. I smiled and walked Bella to her class and bid her farewell.

At lunch Bella sat with me, Jessica, Angela, Mike and Eric. The boys seemed to like Bella, but as Jess said it's like nursery all over again. Bella is just the shiny new toy. Bella was looking towards the lunch hall door as the Cullen's walked through the door. Everyone thought they were weird and beautiful. Every girl wanted to be Edward's girlfriend, but he never showed any interest. I just feel as if there is something inhuman about them. Well they are all inhumanely beautiful. Bella asked who they were and Jess gave her a rundown on they were, jumping at the chance to gossip.

Edward seemed very interested in my sister; they were both staring at each other. Well that's new, trust Bella to manage to get a Cullen interested in her.

I saw Bella out in the hallway after school, she looked very upset. I walked up to her and put my arm around her shoulders. "What's wrong Bell's?"

"I met Edward in biology, he acted as if I were a bad smell and that he couldn't wait to get rid of me. He made me very uncomfortable. As soon as the bell rang he was out of the classroom in a shot. I saw him in the office trying to get out of biology leaving with the words 'I will just have to endure', am I really that bad?" Bella said holding back tears.

"You're not, he's just a dick. Never you mind him, just get on with your own life" I told her as we walked to the truck. She just nodded and never spoke another word to me.

We went to the diner and met up with dad. We both ordered burgers. The waitress came and brought Bella berry cobbler and said to her that my dad still has it every Thursday. Waylon came up to us asking Bella if she remembers him. She shook her head. "I played Santa one year" he said.

"She hasn't had a Christmas here since she was four" my dad said

"I bet I made a good impression though didn't I?" Waylon replied.

"Butt crack Santa?"the waitress asked

"Yeah, kids love those things" Waylon said looking at the waitress who shook her head.

"Let the girl eat her burger Waylon" she said as she pushed him away...

TIME JUMP

Bella can't stop fretting over Edward. He can't seem to stay away from her either. It was a sunny day and Bella couldn't help but scan the crowd for him. Jessica told her that the Cullen's get pulled out when the weather is nice and go camping. I just sat and read my book. I am on the third Lord of the Rings book. I love Aragorn and am happy that he is starting to see his potential. He will be a good king. "Mary?" someone asked

"Huh?" I replied looking up from my book that I was so engrossed in, why couldn't they be disturbing me when I was reading Frodo and Sam's bit, as theirs is so long and dreary.

"We are going shopping for dresses in Port Angeles, you coming?" Jessica asked me impatient.

"Sure, I need to find a dress as well. When are we going?" I asked.

"After school" Bella replied, I looked round at her shocked that she was coming as if I knew one thing about my sister is that she hated shopping. Well she hated most girly things.

I was flicking through the dresses, thinking of what colour to wear. Bella was just sitting with a book in her lap, completely uninterested. Anyone with half a brain could see that. I pulled out a simple summer dress, cheap as well. It was a light lime green colour with a Greek goddess feel to it. I didn't want anything too expensive or flashy as that just wasn't me and it was only for a night.

I got out of the dressing room and showed Jessica who was wearing a dusty rose dress that made your eyes go to her chest. She looked good though. Angela looked lovely in her lavender frock that complemented her skin tone and personality perfectly. They looked at me and nodded with approval. "The colour suits you Mary, it makes your paleness look nice" Jessica said to me. I decided to take that as more of a compliment than a jab to my seriously pale skin. Sometimes I felt as if I were a ghost. "It's so simple and you can dress it up as you like. It's very you Mary" Angela said. I bowed my head with a smile towards her. "Bella, I know that you aren't really interested but what do you think?" I asked her.

"The colour suits you Mary, I think it's very nice" Bella said.

"That is the most she's said about any of the dresses" Jessica commented.

"I am sorry guys, but it's just that I really want to go to this bookstore" Bella said apologetically.

"You guys finish up here, we will meet you at the restaurant. I will take her and make sure that she doesn't get lost. My dad would kill me if I left her" I said to the girls as I bought my dress.

"Okay, see you two at the restaurant" Angela said as me and Bella walked out of the store. I waved farewell as did Bella.

"So what's the book you're looking for?" I asked Bella as we walked.

"It's a book on the Quiliette Legends. I got interested in them when Jake told me the story of the cold ones when we were walking at La Push beach" Bella replied. I was sick that day so I couldn't go with them, bedridden with a 24 hour bug reading Lord of the Rings and watching Disney Movies. We finally got to the bookstore, it was getting really dark outside and I was getting hungry. We took longer than I thought as I have never gone to this bookstore and didn't know where it was. There was nice figurines and dream catchers there. I bought a nice blue one to hang on the ceiling on my canopy hook above my bed back home. When we were going out they were these guys and no matter which direction we went, they were more of them. We were getting herded. Why didn't I listen to dad and brought pepper spray?

"Hey Beautiful, want to hang around with us?" one of them said.

"No thank-you, we are needed elsewhere" I said trying to get me and Bella away. I held her hand tightly so that I couldn't lose her. I was starting to panic. They stood in a circle, closing us in. They stunk of alcohol and were grabbing our clothes. I wondered if we were both going to survive tonight.

Suddenly a car screeched, it was a silver Volvo. Edward got out of the car. The boys backed away from us. "Get in the car" he said to us. We gladly obliged. Bella got into the passenger side and I got in the back. I watched as Edward looked at the guys, his posture stiff yet threatening. The boys looked scared and backed away quickly. Edward then stalked to the car and drove away. He was clearly angry and driving very fast, I held on for dear life. "Edward, slow down!" Bella said to him.

"You have no idea what those guys were thinking" Edward said angrily.

"How do you know?" Bella asked.

"It's not that hard to guess" Edward replied smoothly. I just kept on breathing, deep breaths, not listening to Edward and Bella's conversation. As not having a panic attack was my main priority just now. He pulled up at the restaurant that we were to meet Jess and Angela in. I sped out of the car as the two girls were going out of the restaurant, Bella and Edward not far behind me."Where were you two?" Jessica asked

"We were waiting and we got hungry so..." Angela began

"The girls and I bumped into each other and started talking. Sorry to have held them up" Edward said smoothly. Angela and Jessica gushed and saying that it was okay and that it happens. If Edward wasn't there, they would have probably still been grilling us."I think its best that I make sure that Bella and Mary have something to eat" How did he know my name?

The three of us sat in the restaurant. I ordered a macaroni cheese. I was starving and I think after today that I deserve it. Bella had some Bolognese while she and Edward stared at each other. I felt like a third wheel. "I can read minds" Edward said, I am now listening to the conversation.

"What?" I asked disbelieving.

"I can read every mind in this room but yours, Bella" he said turning to Bella again.

"Prove it" Bella and I challenged. He began to look at the people around the room and he listed what they were thinking about. Then his eyes went to me, so I thought about Lord of the Rings, well a secret fantasy of mine.

"Mary is thinking about living in Middle Earth and Aragorn falling in love with her" Edward said and I looked at him with wide eyes. Bella's mouth was open.

"I believe you now, but guys this doesn't go beyond the three of us. Got it?" I said to them waving my fork in their directions. They nodded in agreement amusement in their eyes and smiles on their faces.

We were passing the police station and my dad's car was still there. Edward voiced my thoughts and Edward stated that his father's car was there as well. We got out just as Carlisle was coming down the steps. "It's Waylon your father's friend" I rushed into the station whilst Carlisle was explaining what happened to Edward and my sister.

I burst into dad's office and hugged him tightly, tears spilling from my eyes. He held my arm tightly that was wrapped around his chest. Bella came in and stood at the other side of dad with her hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Charlie" she said. He's our father, why does she call him Charlie instead of dad. He patted her hand in thanks. "I want you to take these" he said as he handed us a pepper spray bottle each. I took mine without hesitation but Bella looked at dad with hesitation on her face. "Please, to give me some peace of mind" he said to her. She reluctantly took it. We went home after that. We went to bed as soon as we got home.

I was mentally and emotionally exhausted. I quickly changed into my pyjamas and went to bed, putting my canopy into place and placing my new dream catcher on the hook that was holding up the canopy. My dress in its bag was sitting in the corner of my room, thankfully not harmed by today's events.