Not What We Seem…
Easing himself into the familiar cushioned seats of his brothers beloved Impala, Sam decided he was getting way to… well, close to the car. At one time it just used to be a way of getting from A to B, now it was a home from home and he was even starting to think of it as a she. He didn't even mind the heavy pounding of Metallica so much anymore, still, Dean could do to turn it down a couple of notches, he didn't want to go deaf within the next decade.
"Finished pondering yet Scully?" Sam's older brother asked with a playful smirk tugging around the edges of his mouth.
"I guess you won't be wanting this pie then…"
"Hey now don't be hasty!"
Debating whether to tease his older brother a little longer, the youngest Winchester gave in to his brother's needy look and handed him the pie. Cradling the pie in his large hands Dean raised it slowly to his mouth then proceeded to take a huge bite spraying crumbs all down his shirt and onto his lap. Brushing these off quickly Dean announced his latest piece of news.
"I've just got off the phone with Ellen. She's got a job for us."
"Oh?" Sam replied questioningly before going back to wondering how Dean could fit so much into what looked like such a small mouth.
"Well she said there's been rumours of what sounds like vampires in Forks. She wondered if we fancied taking the job."
"Uhmm…" Still in his own world Sam acknowledged his brothers words without looking and carried on staring at the blurred scenery out of the window.
"She also asked if you'd be willing to get a hair cut and wear a frilly skirt."
"Ok…" Realising what he'd just heard Sam sat bolt upright and scowled at his older brother "Dean! What did you tell her?"
Relishing his brothers mistake Dean smiled and answered
"That we'd take it, of course."
There was a moment of silence in he car as Sam took in this information and slouched back into the seat.
"So what shade of pink frills would you like Samantha?"
Dean smirked as Sam pouted.
"Jerk"
"Bitch"
Cranking up the Metallica loud, he brothers sped off in the direction of Forks; the sun glinting off the back window sparkling in the distance.
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The gentle pattering of raindrops on her window alerted Bella it was morning in the small town of Forks. She smiled as she remembered s time when the sound of rain would have filled her with misery, but now she loved the typical Forks weather. Hearing a sound barely louder than a whisper outside her door Bella tensed, ready to pounce. She spun round, her chocolate brown hair no more than a blur whipping around her face. Letting put a breath she didn't realise she had been holding, Bella relaxed as she recognised the face in front of her. She snuggled into the arms of her boyfriend. Husband! Bella mentally corrected herself. That was definitely going to take some getting used to. Edward gave a happy sigh as Bella looked up and gazed into his golden eyes. A perfect moment before Renesmee woke up, soon shattered by Alice running in, seemingly breathless, alerting the young couple that something was wrong. Worry flickered over her usually smiling face.
"There's something I've just seen that's bad. Very bad."
Remembering everything bad that had ever happened to Bella since he came into her life, Edward drew in a sharp breath before asking Alice what she had seen.
"It's two hunters. Brothers I think. They're coming. For us."
To Edward it felt like a sharp dagger piercing his heart. To survive everything with the Volturi for this? It didn't seem fair.
"Wait! What are hunters?" Bella's soft voice interjected; her eyes wide with questions but, and Edward was both pleased and a little worried to see there was no trace of fear in those beautiful eyes. Giving Alice a look, Edward elaborated.
"Hunters are people normally motivated purely by revenge. They're dangerous and this need for vengeance makes them good at what they do. Basically they hunt and kill all things supernatural. We've only had one encounter with these people before. They were in town hunting a vengeful spirit but found us instead, they wouldn't listen to anything we said and were coming to kill us that night. But, unfortunately the spirit got to them first. We couldn't help and moved away to Forks."
Alice quickly interjected "They might not sound like much but they know a way to kill us, definitely don't underestimate us and our powers and have no conscience to get in the way."
Stunned into silence Bella's thoughts were racing over this new revelation. After everything that had happened was it so hard for her and her family to have a normal life. Well as normal as it can get when you're an immortal (well apparently not) vegetarian vampire. She couldn't understand why these people just couldn't listen to reason.
"But we don't hurt people."
"It doesn't matter to them, we're not fully human. That's all they care about; it's black and white to them, not shades of grey."