LAST TIME:

"I'll be fine, let's go." I hopped in the car. "Meet at our house in ten, we'll make definite plans then."

I was anxious to leave. The car next to me reeked of vampire, so it could only be the Cullen's.

Everyone nodded and went their separate ways.

Tonight, we meet officially.

I drove Ashley and I home as fast as could. I had some things to mull over in my head before we left to meet the Cullen's. I pulled up the long driveway and into the garage. After a quick look at Ash who nodded in consent, I jumped from the car to my favorite place in the entire world: the North Pole.

I know this seems kinda weird, but I like to go there and watch the melting ice separate in big chunks and see the bears playing around with each other. I jumped to a piece of ice in the middle of the water and rested my head in my head. I stayed that way for a long time, aware that Ash had seen this coming and had stalled the meeting with the Davenport's.

Finally, I stood and, with one last glance at the polar bears, jumped to the couch in the front room. The others were just filing in when I appeared.

They knew why I was gone so I guess that means there's no reason to delay this conversation.

"As you probably know, we'll be going to see the Cullen's in a half-hour," I spoke up first, to get the elephant out of the room.

"Are you sure you can handle this?" Vicky asked me with concerned eyes.

"Yeah, and no lies!" Lucas called out.

"Very well then, I confess. It is my intention to have us all go over to the Cullen house, lead them into a false sense of security, then rip them to shreds and burn them."

There was a pause.

"I said no lies!" Lucas joked half-heartedly

"If she were telling the truth," Anthony said. "She wouldn't have told us. Yet, anyways."

I sighed. "Truthfully, no. I don't think I can handle this alone, but the thing is, with my changed appearance," I gestured to my perfect body and multi-colored hair. "They don't know who I am. I have placed a shield around us blocking out both Edward's, Alice's, and Jasper's powers. But, in case I should slip up, you have to stay calm and think 'Raven' not Bella. Got it?"

Everyone nodded.

"Sooo," Lucas asked after a moment. "Does this mean we're not going?"

I chewed my bottom lip. I had promised after all.

"No need to think about it," Ashley said, interrupting my thought process. "I saw a nice you guys could go to and it leads right to the Cullen house. Fresh and everything."

Lucas beamed, picked Ash up and started swinging her around. "You're so amazing! I could kiss you!"

I saw Ash bite her lip and suppress a smile. I knew how much she really wanted him to.

"Alright, so should we get ready?" I stood up and rubbed my hands together.

"We'll, since you guys will be doing your thing" Elaine rolled her eyes. "Ash, Alex, Vicky, and I will take my Mercedes."

"Sweet!" Lucas punched the air. "We'll be right back."

"Just meet me there," I had already seen the route in Ash's mind.

Lucas and Anthony exchange grins and raced home to change.

Everyone else piled out the door.

I jumped down to the basement and went over to my corner of the room.

Our garage was huge. It was more of a shop than anything else. We had one isle for or fast, flashy cars, one for our normal, inconspicuous cars, one for motorcycles (most of them were mine. Only five or six were Ash's) and then finally, a separate space for our babies.

Ash had dozens of skates and skateboards lined up on her side and I had snowboards on mine. Yup, snowboards; each one a different size, a different flexibility, and color. I grabbed my black snowpants, jacket, and hat of the floor and slipped it on.

Then I grabbed my other baby, Joker (because in the movie The Dark Knight the joker says "why so serious?"and my board is black and red; the symbolism of seriousness), off the rack it was on and quickly ran the route I had seen in Ash's mind so the guys could follow my scent.

I, of course, got to the mountain first. I breathed in the icy air(again, guilty) and sat down on the ground to buckle in my boots. I was just finishing when Anthony and Lucas appeared, in snow gear.

I stood back up and bent my knees to keep balance. Our eyes were hungrily taking in the fresh snow. Fresh powder to a snowboarder was something so special, that they would skip a funeral to get on it.

"Race to the bottom?" Lucas asked as they stood up and took my same position.

"You know it," Anthony and I said.

"Alright," Lucas whispered. "On three. One, two-hey!"

I took of when he said 'two'. Did he really expect me to wait that long? I could hear the others behind me and i chuckled. Did they think they could catch me? How naïve.

A hill was fast approaching us now and I popped off the ground into a backflip-tailgrab. We were almost even now, but I was still ahead.

A couple seconds later, I heared voices and started weaving my board. We were here.

AN: I was going to stop here, but i thought that would be a bit cruel, no?

I swung my lower body to the side when we were right in front of the house. The Davenport's were there, but so were the Cullen's. Appearently, they had come outside to greet the Davenport's and were surprised by our entrance.

Anthony and Lucas had stopped when I did, so we "accidentally" sprayed everyone with the snow. Well, everyone but Ash who was closing the frost covered umbrella. Of course, she didn't want to get her outfit wet.

The Cullen's, okay it was actually Rosalie, Alice, and Edward, were annoyed by our graceful entrance.

"You cheated!" Lucas accused.

"Pirate."

Anthony rolled his eyes.

"Who are you guys?" Emmett asked.

I raised a brow. "All in good time. Now, can we trek inside?"

Carlisle and Esme both nodded and led the way.

Anthony, Lucas, and I unstrapped our boards and went to bring them inside, but Edward intervened. "We'd appreciate it if you left that outside."

I paused on my way to the threshold of the door. I could hear the others scampering to get inside, they knew what was coming.

I turned slowly and looked at him. "This is not a 'thing', got it? She is called Joker or, if you prefer, snowboard, but never in your life, will you call my baby a 'thing'. Got it?"

The snow had started up again and was just as pissed as I was.

"I'm-"

I cut him off. "Just don't let it happen again."

I walked inside, but left Joker and my snowclothes and boots near the front door. Hey, I don't want to be rude or anything.

I sat down in the only single chair in the Cullen's living room. Their house looke kinda like the one in Forks, but everything had a more futuristic look.

Carlisle stood up first. "I am Carlisle and I'm the father figure of our clan."

Esme was next. "Hello, I'm Esme and I'm married to Carlisle."

"Hi, I'm Alice," Alice seemed a bit different. Less jovial than I remembered.

"And I'm Jasper," we exchanged a small grin.

"Emmett here," Emmett rose his hand halfheartedly.

" Rosalie," she said her name and looked down, studying her cuticles.

I decided I should go first for my clan. At the current moment, I was our leader. "My name is Raven and I am the sole leader of the Davenport coven."

I saw a couple of widened eyes, as I had anticipated.

"I'm Ashley, but you can call me Ash." Ash was scrolling through the songs on her iPod.

"Lucas in the house," he was scrolling through his own iPod.

"I'm Ash's bro, Alex, and this is my mate, Elaine," He looked down at her adoringly.

"You can call me Elle, though," She added.

"I'm Anthony," he lifted his head slightly. "I'm Ash's other bro."

"Victoria," she offered her name and nothing else.

Roars filled the air as she spoke. The Cullen's were all shouting at her and she shrank into Anthony's side. Anthony wrapped his arm around her and growled back.

"EVERYBODY SHUT-UP!" I yelled in my most furious voice. "Now, Vicky has done nothing to harm you, so up your ziggy with a wawa brush!"

There was a moment of silence. Then Anthony, Alex, and Lucas burst out laughing.

"You totally stole that from a movie didn't you?" Alex asked between laughs.

I smiled a little and they took that as a confirmation.

"Excuse me Raven," Carlisle stood back up.

"Yes Dr.Cullen?" I asked sweetly. Not that I didn't already know what he was going to say. By the way, did you know that THE Carlisle Cullen could swear in his mind?

"How did you know he was a doctor?" Emmett asked.

"Like I said before, all in good time."

"Victoria has had a major impact on my entire family. We can't forget the pain she has cost us."

I nodded slowly.

"What has she done?" I faked curiosity.

"Please, sit down and I'll explain."

I swear the entire Cullen clan winced when he said that. I sat down, and leaned back in my chair. "Please, do tell."