Disclaimer: Definitely don't own these characters. Enjoy anyways.

Sunrise, Sunset

Fire. It's really a fascinating thing. Who would have thought those dancing orange flames would change my life?

It started with some matches stolen out of a kitchen drawer. The two boys thought a bonfire would be fun, but misunderstood exactly how to properly contain the blaze. They lit the pile of brush with no regards to containment, and within minutes it had spread across the forest floor. The wind picked up the burning ashes, spreading them through the trees and eventually onto the nearby school. The old-fashioned building was built entirely of wood and the flames grew quickly. The Forks fire station arrived within 20 minutes, but it was too late for the La Push School. By the time the fire had been extinguished, the charred remains resembled nothing of the magnificent old school building that once resided there.

I stood before my school, tears in my eyes. Each Quileute gripped the hand of the one standing next to them, some fighting tears, some letting them flow freely. I gripped tightly to the hand of my best friend, Jacob.

"What do we do now, Jake?" I asked shakily.

"I don't know, Bells. That'll be up to the Elders to decide."

I nodded, wiping tears away from my face.

The next morning, the Elders gathered together, deciding our fate for the next few months while the school was rebuilt. No other building could house the large amount of students. It took almost three hours for a decision to be made, but by the time they left the courthouse, arrangements had been made for us to attend the local Forks high school. The Elders didn't seem pleased with the decision, but there were no other alternatives.

We didn't mingle often with those outside the reservation, and no one was looking forward to trying to "blend in". Our rich, coppery skin was going to make it impossible for us to blend in with the sun-deprived skin of the Forks residents.

We all promised to behave and do our best. It wasn't going to be a smooth transition, but we could make it work, I guess. How bad could it be?