In the year 2020, Vampires took control of society and ordered all humans placed in vampire custody. The people who were not captured formed a Resistance movement, headed by the Human Council, who began to plan the Insurgence.

I am, of course, indebted to Stephenie Meyer for this world we all play in, and these characters we all adore. Additionally, I am indebted to hitntr01, who has graciously allowed me to use certain concepts from her wonderful story "In Need of Rescue", which constitute much of the background of my own story. These include: the language Vampiri, the Rules, the machines used to draw blood from humans, Manners Training, and the plot theme of Edward working as a guard at a facility holding humans. Thank you, hitntr01.

Chapter 5 - The Home coven

There was a group of Native Americans who had long lived in isolation while pursuing their lives with their families. They lived along what would have been the U.S. and Canadian border at the time of the Event. The Home family-coven structure was unique because when the original vampire of the group, a young father, had been attacked by a vampire, he had returned to his family, deciding that his role was to be guardian of the family. After a few decades, he spoke to the family, and they decided to offer a role of guardian to another young family member, Luther. Over time, a family member from each branch was turned, so as to put more guardians in place against the growing threats of civilization. These vampires lived with their human families, and these uncles were highly appreciated as babysitters in addition to guards. They did such things as teaching children to swim, since they were able watch an entire group of children in the streams without fear of losing any individual child. They also loved infants, and would hold and rock a colicky child so the mother could sleep. The growing vampire coven watched generations of their human family members pass through their lives in safety, from birth to death.

Papa, as he was known to the vampire side of the Family, or Grandpa, to the human side, changed those individuals he felt had fighting abilities or other gifts useful to defense. Discussions were held with the heads of the human family, and the individual selected, prior to any change. One of the more unique gifts held by one of the vampire guardians was the ability to redirect anyone's sense of space. This gift added a special layer of protection to the coven, as it meant the family could not be found by outsiders. Anyone from the outside would think they were walking in a straight line and would instead be walking around the family grounds, so the human-vampire family was never discovered by strangers. Only those individuals accompanied by, or welcomed by, the coven-family could find Home.

The only female vampire member of the Home coven had been changed after an accident involving a newborn. At the time one young member was changed, he had been close to his younger brother. He had promised to come back for the boy's birthday, despite the separation required for safety reasons during the first year. The brothers had agreed to meet in a remote field on the given day. Leah had followed the younger brother that day and saw the newborn brother at the edge of the field. The boy had been holding a scythe, and when he saw his older brother on the field's edge he got so excited that he dropped it, cutting his hand. The newborn, who had slipped away from his assigned brother-handlers for the secret birthday meeting, attacked his brother. Leah ran to help, grabbing the scythe, and was attacked as well. Grandpa heard the screams and arrived on the scene too late to save the younger brother, but he did save Leah by changing her. She has stayed with Papa ever since.

At the time of the Event, Papa called the family together and told them he would not be turning in the humans as in as required by Volterra. He told them he wanted to turn more men immediately, for once considering the non-family in-laws as possible guardians. The human side of the family determined how many vampires they could support, as they insisted on feeding their vampire relatives from their wrists, and more humans were turned, in order to give better protection for the family.

Papa's fight training sessions for the boys turned more intense, as the boys were indoctrinated on how to keep fighting with lost limbs, and how to force even those dismembered limbs to fight. They were told if a human family member was taken, they were to search for the family member for up to 100 years, then start searching for whoever had taken that family member. They were to start their search with the vampire who had been responsible for taking their relative, and then start killing anyone related to action, up to the members of the Volterra, until they met their own deaths.

In time, this group, in their remote location on the Canadian/American border, had become the fiercest, best-trained fighting force in the vampire world. And they were completely unknown to the Volturi.

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