Twilight's New Moon

[nimrondell]

Quinn groaned as she awoke, her eyes darting to the half open window. She hadn't slept that well, the rain hitting the roof of the house was a new sound and it was rather distracting. With a heavy sigh she pulled her still sleepy body from her bed and walked across her room. "School" she groaned as she grabbed her small bag of toiletries and headed to the bathroom.

Once dressed she grabbed her book bag and headed out the door. Her father had already gone off to work so she didn't have to worry about his questions and concerns. The first day of a new school was bad enough as it was. Quinn walked out into the misting morning and climbed into the old beat up 79 Ford that her father had bought her. It wasn't a lot but it ran and it was hers.

She tapped the steering wheel as she waited for her sister. The girl took longer in the bathroom then any other women she knew. "Come on already" she complained in her Australian accent. She moved her hand and flipped the small black dial on the radio. At first all she got was static and then as she sifted through the stations she found one that worked. To Quinn's disappointment it was country, not her favorite.

[Aurora]

Casey did take forever in the bathroom, but it was expected being the eldest and all. Getting out of a hot shower and blow-drying her hair she got dressed. Slipping on a pair of dark jeans and an off the shoulder type navy blue sweater, she grabbed her backpack and flew down the stairs practically knowing her sister was going to let her have it for almost making them late all the time. As she was running out the door she grabbed a cereal bar for her and her sister, yet before she left through the front door she noticed that Quinn had left her paper in the printer and grabbed it for her.Running out into the cold morning she got into the car.

"Sorry Quinn, but here, you almost forgot this.." She gave her her paper and smiled.

"thank me by not giving me the morning speech today ok?" She chuckled.

She did love her sister to death, but sometimes being scolded by her every once in a while was annoying. She didn't mind it though, especially if she did do something wrong.

"Eww...country.." She said as her sister started the car.

"That's the only bad thing about this place, no radio stations that work longer than five minutes before turning to static. Have any plans today?"

She forgot to give her sister the cereal bar so she put it in the front pocket of her backpack as she started to drive. She was only curious as to what her sister would be up to for the day. Not that anything exciting was going to happen other than going to school and getting homework. Maybe seeing a cute guy or something at lunch, but that was about it.

Casey leaned back against the seat and ran her fingers through her hair to push it back over her shoulder. She had left it down so that at least she would be somewhat warm and to change it up a bit since she always had it in a ponytail. If she was reading or writing it usually bugged her when it slipped in front of her eyes. Down side about side bangs of course, but it was all for fashion, and you could easily accustom yourself to it.

[nimrondell]

Quinn was about to haul her butt back into the house to rip her sister a new one when she lifted her eyes to see her sister busting out the front door of their small home. "About time" she muttered as she put the truck in gear to back up.

"Sorry" her sister announced as Quinn watched her lift herself up into the truck.

"About time" she said as Casey handed her a few sheets of paper. "What's...ohhhh, thanks" Quinn replied taking the paper and shoving it into the pocket of her jacket. "Fine this morning you'll be spared."

Quinn backed the truck out of the drive way and pealed out onto the road. The stations all went static again and she groaned. "I hate this place" she nearly yelled. She was so frustrated with everything. The school, this town, her father's choices. "Why did we have to move here, I don't understand why we couldn't stay in Australia. This place is cold and rainy and I hate it."

They were going to be late again, surprise surprise. She growled low in her throat as she thought of the scolding she was going to get from her English teacher. That woman hated her with a passion and found every little thing to yell at her for. The other day she'd forgotten to put the date on her paper and Mrs. Smart had thrown a fit. She told her that she had to re-write the whole paper and only for that one little mistake.

"Why couldn't we have just stayed home, played sick?" If Quinn had a choice she'd be sick all the time. But her father would see right though her and if he didn't her sister would. She hated school, to her it was just a waste of time. The teachers were boring and she'd forget everything by the time she reached college so what was the point?

[Aurora]

Casey sighed as her sister started to ramble on about how she hated school, and how she hated Forks. "Quinn...we've talked about this before, just give it a while longer. If you perk up about it, life won't seem so bad." She looked out the window now, she didn't know what else to say to her sister to try and get her to give life another shot. Ever since mom died she had been completely upset, and Casey understood completely. She hurt too, but she was trying to be strong for the both of them. Their mom would want them to keep doing good in school.

Casey's mind wandered the entire car ride. Going back and forth between a paper that was going to be due soon and trying to find a job that she would enjoy doing. She pushed Quinn into getting the job at the bookstore to keep her busy and the small amount of cash wouldn't hurt either. Besides, they each split their paycheck in half and put one half away for an emergency. Their small box under one of the floorboards of their room. She looked over at her frustrated sister. "You know...if you want to talk I'm still here...it's what I'm here for..." Casey was usually the encourager though.

She sighed as she looked out the window again and the school was in view. "do you want a note for class or do you just want to go in?" She was only curious, she really did hope that her sister would cheer up soon. She missed the way she used to be. Casey put her backpack on and waited for her sister to answer.

[nimrondell]

"I know I know" she said shaking her head. Quinn knew that her sister would always be there for her. But right now she was still having a hard time. The job her sister had gotten her to take was only a slightly distraction from the turmoils that always clouded her mind. She missed her mother so much, the two were close. When Diana died it had changed Quinn in so many ways. She didn't trust as easily and she always seemed to think that something bad was always around the corner.

She pulled into the school parking lost and stopped the truck. She turned the key and pulled it from the ignition. "No I don't need a note, I'll just deal with the hag. I don't think a note from you would do any good anyway. She'd just think I wrote it myself." It was true, that teacher had it out for her.

Quinn pulled on the door handle and kicked it open. She slid from the seat and landed on her feet. Her sneakers making a small thud against the slick pavement. The rain was still falling from the clouds and she groaned. Pulling the hood of her gray and black hoodie up over her head to shield her dark hair from the wetness, she made her way to the main doors. "Don't forget that I have dance after school today, then I'm off for work, so please be here at the truck right after class please" she begged her sister. She couldn't afford to be late to work one more time this week. They'd warned her if she did she'd loose the job.

Shoving her bag over her shoulder she moved off to the doorway. "Here we go" she whispered to herself as she walked through the double doors. The halls were dim, the yellow lights over head casting an odd close along the blue and green tiles. She thought that the inside of the building was just as drab as the weather outside. Yep just like a prison, dull, drab, and depressing.

As she walked to her first class her sneakers squeaked against the tile, alerting all that she was coming. As the second bell rang she rolled her eyes. Reaching the classroom door she placed her hand on the door and begin to turn the nob. She cold see her English teacher blabbing away through the small window. She hesitated, maybe she could just skip and go hang out in the library until next class. It was a good plan on how to avoid the long scolding talk she'd get if she walked in that room. "Fuck it" she said to herself as she twirled around and continued walking down the hall to the library. If her sister knew she was skipping she'd be in such trouble with her father.

[Aurora]

Casey looked at her sister as she got out of the car. How could she not be worried about her? With another gentle sigh she opened the door to the car, before getting out she pulled out her jacket and slipped it on and pulled the hood over so that the light rain for the moment wouldn't get her hair wet. Casey followed behind her sister until they had to go through two different buildings. "Bye.." She said softly after she had agreed to being at the car on time. Hopefully she would have enough money soon to get her own car. She was almost there and couldn't wait, for now though she was content in sharing.

Walking through the hall she found her classroom. She looked through the small window and seeing that they were only reading in her Creative Writing class she grasped the gold handle and turned it. Once inside she looked to the teacher. "I'm sorry Mrs. Bartlet, I'm late I know, it won't happen again." She was going to make it an effort to be on time to everything, leave early even. "Don't worry" Responded the nice round woman. "we just started, page 12 dear" Casey nodded and took her seat. She sat by the windows and was the fourth one in the row. "thank you.." Said Casey as she took out the small purple book they were reading.

She found that she couldn't focus this time though. Usually, she was good about her grades and things of that nature, but now her mind drifted from her sister to a job and from there she started doodling a rough draft of a schedule. She had no idea that her sister was ditching class, but Casey at least had a list of places she was going to apply as well as a schedule starting from her alarm clock in the morning until five in the evening. As the time for the bell to ring approached she started packing up her small purple book into her backpack as well as her binder and her 'to do' list.

[nimrondell]

Quinn took the small steps to the loft where the computers were kept in the library. Her hand slid along the metal rail as she ascended to the top. When she reached the last step and observed the three students that were already occupying the space. There was a girl with long dark almost black hair. She was wearing glasses and looked as if she were Asian. Then there was a man to the girls left, he looked more like one of the football players. He had short blond hair and blue eyes, very well built and wore a letter jacket.

She walked past them and took a seat in the corner so she could be alone. She rolled the mouse to click the little fox and opened the browser. She typed in www.hotmail.com and then placed her email and password in the boxes provided. When the screen changed she had twenty-two messages. "We have to get the net at home" she sighed. She began the task of clicking each one to find that half of them alone were junk. But there were others, other emails from her friends back home. They talked about how great the weather was and how the rest of the school year was going. That they missed her a bunch and that they hoped she came home to visit soon. Quinn let out a sigh as she tried not to cry. She missed her friends so much. Slowly she moved the mouse and clicked on the compose button. She wrote them back saying how it was always raining and that she missed them all so very much. She also put that she'd visit as soon as she saved up enough money. If she had a choice she'd leave that very day.

When the bell rang it startled her and she nearly fell off her chair. She was going to be late for Math for sure now. She quickly logged out of the computer and stood from the chair. Rushing down the stairs her shoe caught on her pants and she nearly fell down the last three steps. It was just not her day. With her messenger bag thrown over her shoulder she ran through the halls shoving her way through the crowd of people. She skidded to a stop in front of her Math class. She walked in and was just about to sit down at the desk when the teacher walked in. "Late again I see Miss Taylor" the rather large man announced as he pushed his black framed glasses back up on the bridge of his nose. "I...I fell in the hall, it's not my fault" she lied. "Whatever the excuse I don't want to hear it. Take your seat so that we may start." Quinn groaned and took a seat and pulled her math book from her bag and dropped it on the small tan desk. "Wonderful" she muttered.

[Aurora]

Casey for sure was a huge text person, but she really wanted to do something for her sister that would possibly cheer her up even just a little. She would work on possible ideas for that for a while, but end up with only three options. Her next class was alright. Biology. Boring and everyone knew that, but necessary. Sitting down at one of the stools, she opened her book and her friend David sat beside her.

"Hey David, how are things going between you and you know who?" She smiled, she knew not so well, poor thing had been walked all over by his girlfriend since she got there.

"I finally broke up with her." His cheeks looked like he froze that way from the smiled that he had on his face.

"really? I'm so proud of you! Well, for the most part, how did she take it?" He glanced over his shoulder and she didn't look heartbroken at all, more like she could tear someone apart.

I see..." Said Casey. She chuckled lightly though as the teacher walked into class.

"Finally, I wonder why this guy is always late, it's not like it's first period."

David shrugged though and scurried to his seat before he got caught, but to no avail as he ran into one of the stools and tripped over it. The teacher seemed to ignore it though as a couple giggles were heard. She smiled too, she couldn't bring herself to giggle at him. Felt a little wrong.

Biology seemed long and endless as well as pointless in a sense.The teacher rambled on, but Casey noticed that he wasn't saying it for himself, he had memorized the pages of the chapter they were on and just saying a few of the sentences out loud. He figured no one would read and wouldn't notice, which was right, but Casey had her book open and when she discovered what he was doing she just read the pages on her own account. Glancing up at the clock.

"Just ten more minutes..." She said to herself as her green eyes went down to the book again.

[nimrondell]

Quinn sat quietly while the teacher drowned on about pie and other boring number stuff. She distracted herself from the course work by doodling in her note book. She was drawing the girl that sat in front of her. Her hair was a pretty blond, slightly wavy, just right. Quinn had no idea what kind of shampoo that she used but she wanted some. The girl's hair looked like a super models.

Her hand flew over the paper, her pencil pushing the graphite against the white sheet. Lines started to form into shapes. She brushed her finger along the shapes to shade them in. Soon the lines and shapes on the page started to turn into the person that was sitting in front of her. "Miss Taylor" the teachers annoying voice boomed. Quinn's head shot up, her dark hair flying over her shoulder. "Yes" she asked looking at the board quickly. "Can you please answer the question." "It's 66" Quinn replied. The teacher looked disappointed that she'd gotten it right. Quickly he went right back to teaching.

"Ten more minuets and I'm out of this hell hole" she muttered to herself. She'd finished her drawing long ago and now simply tapped her pencil against the desk annoying the few students around her. "Would you stop that" Kim asked grabbing at Quinn's wrist. "Sorry, I just...I'm a little antsy today." "I can tell" Kim said shaking her head.

[m3m0ria]

A dark figure began to emerge from the forest. "I have to start heading back before anyone gets suspicious." Something spoke. "Quite! Remember who is in charge of the well-being of our body?" a far more sinister voice spoke. The dark figure made its way to an open patch and began walking towards a black Mitsubishi Eclipse. No longer hidden by the trees one could see that the figure was not of a man, but that of a werewolf. There it stood resting on its hind legs. Height wise one would say him to be at the least 6 feet. His body was muscular, adrenaline filled as the young man had just finished what he called a hunt. As one would take a closer look you could see that the lower half of the figure was werewolf, and the upper half was human, minus the face which in a shock was split half and half as well.

The human side spoke, "but is it not my obligation, my duty to keep our cover?" The werewolf side complied and allowed the transformation of the body to continue. It wouldn't be long before the image of the half werewolf half man was replaced with the image of a young man, his hair jet black. His face long and thin, housing eyes that barely opened in a monotone nature. The man had drastically shrunk in size as he seemed like an average human now.

His upper body firm with muscle, his lower nearly twice the strength. The young man looked around for his bag, finding it resting on the back tire of his car. He quickly put on the clothes hidden inside. He wore a nice pair of black slacks, along with a grey long sleeve collar neck shirt, suitable for someone of his nature. He reached into the front pocket of the jacket revealing a sparkling silver watch and a pair of glasses. He placed them on as he got into the car. The engine roared, breaking the silence, as he started the car. The young man began to drive until he stopped only after going a small distance. He played with the rear view mirror, until one could see countless dead deer from the mirror. "Beautiful..." he whispered to himself.

With that he was off. He flew down the road, soaring past cop cars, none able to match his speed. He drove like a maniac, until he reached a small town called Forks. The werewolf voice spoke, "Is this where you choose as our cover?" "It is. Our name shall be Alexander Crussam, age: 18 and we're a junior in high school. We need this cover to work, so no taking over!" the human voice spoke. "understandable." the werewolf spoke. Quickly Alexander pulled into the school parking lot, grabbed his bag, and headed down the hall. He walked casual, unaffected and unknowledgeable that he was beyond late for his class.

He walked right into his math class taking a seat in the back row and immediately began to stare out the window. "Two people late to my class on the same day! Quinn and Alexander don't make this a habit!!!" The teacher outpoured. Alexander slowly turned his head from the window to the classroom. "Quinn?" he silently spoke to himself. He began panning the room for a new face, for a new body, for a new scent. He found her in the first row third seat doodling in her notebook. There he sat staring at her, licking his lips, and slowly but surely forgetting he needed to breathe to keep his cover alive. Finally he blinked, took a hard swallow and quickly turned his head back towards the window...

"Beautiful..." he whispered to himself.

[nimrondell]

Quinn snapped her head up looking at the teacher as he called out another name along with her own. "Alexander" she whispered as she turned her head and began to search the room for the man. She noticed a boy in the back of the room looking out the windows as if the teacher hadn't even effected him. She smirked and slowly her eyes went back to watching the clock, the second hand ticking around and around in a circle. Instead of tapping her pen she drummed her fingers against the desk. There was nothing she hated more then to have it seem as time was standing still. Quinn let out a sigh and brushed her hair back over her shoulder, the smell of vanilla flooding the area around her. "Only five more minuets" she said to herself in a hushed whisper. She sucked her bottom lip in between her teeth out of a nervous habit. Her teeth scraping against the skin on her pale pink lips.

"What is so exciting after school that you just can't wait to get out of here" Kim asked.

"Well...nothing but I mean anything is better then being stuck in this prison don't you think" she asked turning her hazel eyes on Kim and lifting her almost perfect eyebrows in the air.

"I suppose your right" Kim replied as she settled back into her seat to stare off into space.

Quinn gazed at the clock again, she could swear she almost heard each tick as the hand moved closer to the twelve. "Come on come on" she said tightening her grip on her pencil. Blinking she glazed out the window. It was still raining but that wasn't much of a surprise really. She groaned and let her head hit the desk.

"Miss Taylor, is something wrong? Would you like to share your opinion with the class?"

Quinn lifted her head slowly this time. The man could be a real ass. "No sir....I think I'll keep this one to myself thanks" she said and let her head hit the desk again. The teacher looked hardly impressed with her attitude and he was about to say something more to her but the bell erupted in a loud clanging sound.

"Finally" she muttered as she shoved her chair back and stood to her feet. She threw her notebook back into her bag and tossed the strap over her shoulder. For the first time that day a smile crossed her lips for a brief moment. She was free, free to go home and do as she pleased, well until her sister got there and made her do home work that is.

[Ademar]

Nathaniel had decided to go back to Forks high school after he moved back to his old home without his family. he knew better than to go around all the poor humans without first feeding to keep his lust controlled and his attitude straight. Nathaniel spent an entire three days in the woods, hunting and feeding from mainly bears, but a few other things as well.

After he quenched his appetite he drove like a madman down the slim country roads of Forks Washington with a smile on his face. "Just not the same without the rest of them.." he said to himself, thinking about his family which he hadn't seen in almost a year now. He pushed it aside and just enjoyed being back in the one town he considered the most beautiful place on earth.

He pulled into the Forks High parking lot in his Shiny red Dodge Charger just as the last bell rang. he pulled right up next to the school and parked with a small squeal of the tires and turned off the engine. Stepping out of the car he was immediately the thing to look at, everyone that had begun to leave the building was staring at the man. What they didn't know was his little secret, he was no man...but a vampire.

He smiled his brilliantly white perfect smile at the girls who stared at him. He looked like a super model in his designer clothes. He wore white jeans and a white long sleeve shirt with a navy blue vest over it and Timberland boots.

He knew it was too late to be going to any classes, he was just here to register today, but..something caught his scent. His immediately turned and scoured the parking lot for a car...a specific car he knew would be there. When his eyes fell upon the bright red convertible he smiled so big he was afraid his face would stay like that. His sister was here. He had smelled her before he even came into the building. The girl with the super model blond hair that just exited the math class was Ashlyn Coven..his dearest sister. He should have known she wouldn't leave him anywhere in this world alone.

Nathaniel walked swiftly up the steps to the school doors and slid effortlessly past the teens who came flooding out of the school, eager to get home. Nathaniel was a tall man of 6' 1" and built like a brick wall. he was ripped, masculine and literally made every single one of the girls int he school stop and stare. He walked to the school's office where he found her, Ashlyn turned with a smile and handed him a few pieces of paper. "Already got you registered little brother...Welcome home" Nathaniel smiled and hugged her with all of his might and kissed her cheek.

"I cant believe your here!"

They spoke in the office for a moment then headed out together, at least he had his sister here in Forks with him, they got along great and he wouldn't feel like the only monster in the school.

As they were walking down the halls together they would pass the Biology class just as it was letting out a little late and as the door opened he looked inside and his eyes caught hold of a girl. She was so beautiful. Long brunette hair with the most beautiful hazel eyes and creamy white skin. She had the most amazing light pink lips that were curled up into a smile as she stood from her desk and placed her things in her backpack. it was like the rest of the school melted away and all his senses were focused sourly on this one girl, the only thing that existed in this moment. Time seemed to slow down as he walked passed the open door, looking to the angel inside the classroom. Once he finally walked past and out of sight, he came back to reality and his sister looked to him.

"You ok Nathaniel?"

"yeah I'm fine..." he said with a smile "I have a feeling its going to be a good school year."

[nimrondell]

Quinn weaved her way in and out of the lines of kids rushing through the halls to reach their lockers. She didn't need to stop at hers, she had what she needed already in the old worn out messenger bag on her shoulder. She pulled out her baby blue Zune and plugged in her ear buds. Placing the small black things into her ears she made her way out of the main building and down the concrete steps. The rain was coming down in a light mist now. The drops clung to her dark hair as she started to move toward the truck.

Humming to herself she bobbed her head as she threw her bag into the back of the truck. As long as it didn't pour rain it'd be fine. She pulled open the door and it creaked in disagreement. She lifted her thin frame up into the truck but left her legs hanging out. She swung them back and forth while listening to the music blaring in her ears. "Get the hell off my bed, that's what i said" she sang to herself as she waited for her sister to show up.

[Aurora]

Casey was so relieved when the bell rang. She couldn't' have gotten up faster as she placed her things in her backpack. She wouldn't let her sister down this time. The teacher stopped her at the door, but politely she excused herself and went out toward the hallway. Passing by the most handsome guy she had ever seen. She saw him and even turned to glance over her shoulder at him as she went down the hall to her locker. Wow. She said to herself. She didn't know that the world seemed to go by in slow motion. Her hair flowing gently behind her as she made it to her locker.

Opening the steel frame she exchanged a few books and ran down the few steps of the school after the endless walk down the hallway. Hurrying over to the truck she took a moment to think. "Oh...hey Quinn, go on to do what you need...I'll call you to let you know where I am...I have to find a job and I've got a few places to hit before I go home..I hope that's ok.." She threw her backpack in the truck though.

"How did your day go?" She hoped maybe her day had been better than it usually was. Making small talk might help, was she even listening to her though? She had her headphones in and she chuckled. "Of course...why does talking to myself not surprise me.." She went and stood in front of her sister. Hoping she wasn't late or anything, Casey had tried after all.

Casey smiled. "Have a good day at work. I'll walk home today...take the bus halfway or something.." She went around and quickly opened the door to get her twenty dollars out of the glove compartment and put it in her pocket as well as her cell phone and her ipod. Slipping on her hoodie not long after just in case it started raining. "and no ditching work! I'll stop by to make sure you're there!" She said as she scurried off to go to back into the less crowded hallway. There was a bulletin in the hallway that usually had adds where people could get jobs from like the coffee shop and such and so she was looking through there, but apparently there was nothing more than babysitting and this other job to be a waitress. "great..." She sighed. Hopefully someone would post something else there before the weekend.

[nimrondell]

Not paying attention to anything but her feet as she listened to the music, she hadn't noticed her sister. Not until her shadow was casted against the truck. She lifted her head and pulled the ear buds from her ears and smiled. "Oh it was great I guess" she replied rolling her eyes. Watching her sister grab her things from the glove compartment she raised an eyebrow. "Um...ok I guess I'll check ya later then" Quinn said watching her sister walk off. "Work...blah" she groaned as she shoved her feet into the truck and shut the door.