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Pallor mortis Chapter 2
Paleness of Death

Raven and Eric were up early the next morning and they made a easy breakfast for Charlie and Bella who both thanked them gratefully. Eric and Raven were both dressed in dark blue jeans and Eric supported a black Finger Eleven tee shirt and Raven had on a black skirt with leggings. They could be in a room full of pinks and white and nice clothes and never feel anomalous because of their attire. Eric and Raven waited for Charlie and Bella to be finished and they did the dishes together quickly and then Bella drove them all to school in a tan Civic.

Charlie had gone long before they took off, but Bella and Eric found the high school easily and Raven went with Bella and Eric to the main office and when they got the papers, they returned to the car to park it in a better spot. Raven sat in the middle and looked over the map of the school with her brother and sister and finally she dragged her brother out of the vehicle. Eric sneaked up behind Raven and made her jump. She handed Bella her bag and chased Eric around the yard for a few minutes before Bella yelled at them to hurry up and finally Raven tackled Eric to the ground where it thankfully not wet enough to cause stains.

"I got you Eric," she laughed and he grinned.

"You're getting faster Rai," he admitted. "We should get to class."

Raven laughed, "You! Go to class?" she laughed and helped him to his feet, she saw a group of the greatest looking kids watching them, "We have spies."

"We're new to this place. I like Forks Raven," she nodded.

"I love the rain!" she laughed and jumped onto his back and he carried her back to Bella who waited for them patiently- she slid off his back and took back her bag, "Thank Bea." She said happily and walked with her siblings into the building. Raven and Eric went to class while Bella broke apart from them and went to another building.

Eric and Raven didn't class together for first hour so they had to say good bye and go different ways down the hallway; Raven looked into a classroom as she saw Bella sitting alone. She waved and Bella waved back. Raven left when she saw a girl turn to Bella Swan.

Raven went to another classroom, History for one semester and Latin for the second. This was second semester and Raven was going to get an education in Latin this time around. She handed her slip to the teacher, he eyed her and she smirked at him- already able to guess what he was thinking.

He was a pudgy little man with thinning hair and she wondered what brought this poor little man to Forks. Bella brought Raven and Eric- that was a easy answer to an even easier question. He signed the paper and told her to sit in the empty seat in the back.

When he suddenly took her arm she jumped, "Everything alright sir?" she asked.

"You have good eye sight?" he asked.

Raven giggled, "Yes. Yeah I do," she smiled and went to the back and sat next to a guy with paleish skin and fancy nice jeans and a light coloured long sleeve shirt. He was handsome she admitted, he had also beenone of the people watching her and Eric in the field.

"You were fast," he muttered.

She turned to him, "Pardon- that's kind rude. I am not fast-."

He chuckled, "In the field chasing the boy around. You let him win," he said.

Raven shook her head, "No. Eric is speedier than me, but there's no way he's better. I refuse to accept that," she sighed. "This place is limited than the other place."

"How so?"

"Eric and I like to keep active. Our sister, Isabella isn't so much- I love her to death until she gets pale and all cold and whatnot, but Eric and I will definitely try to get her to do more than study." She grinned and sat up straighter, "Besides. I'm smartest of us three."

He grinned at her and nodded, "Isabella and Eric seem to be your age."

Raven turned in her chair and looked at him, "Yeah! Bea is our step-sister; Eric is older then me by only a few minutes; we're identical twins. By the way," she added finally. "My name is Raven."

"Aubrey Karew," he said and they shook hands.

"Nice to meet you," she smiled and turned towards the teacher when he got her attention finally.

Second Part of Chapter 2

Eric entered his new class and he had to admit he was nervous; he saw a real live pixie sitting with another boy and she looked up when she saw him watching her. Eric was sure he blushed, but he ignored that. He handed the teacher his slip.

He was eyed oddly, "I heard we were getting new kids."

Eric nodded, "Eric." He introduced himself and his teacher nodded and took the slip with a grin; his teacher was a tall thin gawky man who had to have been a nerd when he was a kid. Eric was sure of that and he nodded lightly and went to sit down. Eric looked up and saw the pixie watching him carefully.

Another guy, he saw from this morning, watched him carefully; he had brown hair and the girl had spiky black hair. Eric liked her already, "I'm Alice and my brother Emmett." She said, Eric smiled; something they can relate to each other. Siblings. Eric's teacher made him stand up and Eric shared three things, he mountain biked whenever he had the opportunity, picked on his sister (called Raven by her name) and liked the louder kind of music.

Eric saw that Alice was smiling at him as he sat down, "What?" he grinned.

Alice shrugged her small shoulders, her brother Emmett sat on the desk beside her. "Your sister was the one who tackled you in the field twenty minutes ago?" He nodded, "Why did you come here?"

"To give my dad and new mom some space; with us three around the house- they never get alone time and with them being newlyweds… it was only fair they get a few months alone. Raven and I will return to Arizona in August." Right then before he could ask why she looked sick, her pale features stood out- the teacher cleared his throat and his attention was diverted from Alice and Emmett to the teacher.

At lunch, the twins regrouped and sat with Bella but grabbed nearby chairs; Raven was explained some physics to Jessica when Bella asked who some pale students were. Golden or dark eyes, nice clothes, and sitting alone. Eric and Raven looked to see where she gesturing towards; the Cullens-Hales and Aubrey Karew. Raven and Eric stood up after the names were said for Bella- the twins listened in. Eric glanced at Raven and she shrugged.

"Where are you going?"

"Outside, it may not be sunny and warm, but we like it that way- perfect weather as far as we're concerned." Raven explained, "Arizona is nothing but dumb air conditioners and the air is stiff. I can't breathe there."

Raven giggled, "Turn a little pale and mom used to freak out- remember when we lived in New York; you got sick with a cold and she thought you were dying." She smiled and Eric grinned as he remembered and nodded, she looked down at Mike and Lauren. "Eric turned white; his hands were always cold. He enjoyed it though."

"Missed school for a month," he grumbled. "Never doing that again," he glanced at Raven who threw her arms around Eric.

"You do that again and I'll beat you senseless myself," she whispered. Eric put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her temple, "Do you think it'll come back?" she asked him forgetting everyone else.

He shrugged, "It might- later." He sounded doubtful and looked away when Bella and Mike looked at him

Raven hugged herself against him and kissed his cheek, "Your brother and sister are very close."

"They always have been- they're not used to being apart either," Bella whispered to Lauren and Jessica.

Raven stepped away from Eric and hit his shoulder, "Come on- the hour is almost through and we need to get outside."

Eric Yorkie frowned, "But it's overcast and it'll begin raining this afternoon, by the time we go home it should be anyway." He added.

Raven smiled, "Of course. Like we said, we don't need the sun to be out. Besides the sun burns the skin and can give you cancer… I'll pass on that. I can deal looking a little pale skinned… come on Eric and other Eric if you want. Mike, Lauren, Jess, Tyler. You're all invited of course."

"To do what?"

Twin Eric reached into his pocket and pulled something out and tossed it into Mike's hand; it was beaded and woven yarn ball with something inside of it. It was small and black with one letter on each side, a green E and pink R. Eric looked up at the twins, "Nice Hacky Sac."

"We made it- we make all over them, different designs, colours, and letters on each of them." Raven took it back from him, "This one helped us to win the state championship title two years ago and last year. We have to skip this year," she said and glanced at Eric who grinned at her.

"We'll get next year Rai; the gang better just be practicing- this September we're going to practice every damn day and then we'll kick those damn Patriots so hard they won't be able to sit for a month." Raven nodded, "Rai, if you give lessons to Pat, we'll be the greatest team in the state and then we go to national and become the nations-."

"Eric, you're going to fast. Let's just get through this year first alright?"

"You talk of nothing but this."

Raven bit her lower lip, "You're right." She said quickly, "Let's go- I'm tired of sitting down and listening to people talk about science and history- Latin wasn't that bad though." She admitted and linked her arm with Eric's and began to turn to go outside but Eric pulled her back, "What?" She knew what he was thinking.

"You hate Latin."

"I do not! Mom made sure it sunk into our pale skin, come on- I'm bored; I need to do something that makes me move. Can I at least go out on my own and practice. It's been two days," she said and the Erics laughed. Bella actually grinned as well; Raven turned and stood with her back against Eric's- in her pocket was her own and she pulled it out and balanced it on the back of her hand and tossed it into the air and balanced it on her foot for a little while as it rolled back and forth. She brought it up quickly and caught it easily, "Can we go now?" she asked. Edward and Alice got up and dumped their trays, she grunted and watched as they walked very professionally back to their seats. Raven never noticed how pale they looked until just then; all six of them looked fabulous… she caught Aubrey's eye by mistake and turned to put her arm on Eric's shoulder. "Come on Eric," she grabbed his hand and he stepped back and smiled.

"Alright, alright sis, just calm down." He chuckled and she grinned and turned back, he had to steady himself when she leaned against his back again. Raven put the ball into the pocket of the skirt and folded her arms as she waited patiently; she looked up when movement caught her eye and saw Aubrey and his cousins get up. She looked away when four of them looked over because they felt eyes on them. She could tell they were different.

She tapped Eric on the shoulder, she whispered too quietly for Bella and the others to hear. "Some classmates are-."

"Vampires," he smiled and turned to her. "Yeah, I know- I knew the moment I saw Alice and Emmett- they're really nice." He grinned. Raven nodded and said that Aubrey knew his stuff, "Only vampires will have skin that pale-white." He whispered- Raven folded her arms and smiled at them when all six turned to look at them with surprised expressions and Raven saw slight fear in their eyes. "There's no need to be afraid," Eric whispered. "We keep excellent secrets. How do you think we're able to run so damn fast?" Raven giggled and wrapped her arms around Eric's neck and kissed his neck and looked directly at them and grinned as she turned back to Bella.