Hey guys! Sorry it's taken me so long to update, i'm on summer vacation and literally have no time. Anyways, This chapter isn't very long but i will try to update sooner, and hopefully i can. The Cullen's won't be entering the story until a little later than now, i just want Bella and her family to get as close as possible before they run into the Cullen's, so it might be 2-4 chapters from now.

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xxLordeOfTheBestxx

Chapter 5

I let our scents linger around the camp until all of the newborns came out and were ready to attack, all poised for a fight, we walked out of the tree line, showing ourselves for the first time, I was ready but the way Emma was rubbing her finger over her thumb, and matt cracking his knuckles told me that the two weren't as ready. I felt the warrior in me take over, standing up straighter, my body going ridged, and my mind going blank.

"You aren't with the Volturi, so why may I ask, do you grace us with your presence?" Asked a dark haired woman with a thick Spanish accent.

"We are not with the Volturi, but we come here to prove a point to them," I told her, my voice coming out emotionless, almost menacing.

"And what is this point, exactly?" She asked, her hands resting on her hips.

"That they are not the only ones that can deal with vampires breaking the rules," Matt told her, his tone similar to mine.

"Very well then," she replied, her tone teasing somehow, she motioned with her hands and the Newborns attacked.

They say that you are at your strongest when you are a Newborn, well Matt, Emma, Jessie and I were Newborns, only we are Newborns that know how to fight. They all came at us at once, I had 4 on me, every time I took one out another came in it's place, I was moving so fast that they could barely keep up, snapping their necks, arms, and legs and moving on to the next. I noticed one trying to sneak up on Jessie, I ran towards him, knocking the Newborn onto the floor and ripping him apart, I then stood up ready for another to attack, only to realize that there were none left, 1000 bodies scattered across the field.

"Well… That was interesting," I said as I made my way to carry all the parts and put them in a pile, the rest following after me. We lit the bodies on fire and stood back, watching as they all slowly turned to dust, the leader hadn't been one of the burned bodies; she had snuck out in the middle of the fight, and I know that this wouldn't be the last time that I saw or heard from her. Me being me, I wanted to leave the Volturi a message, so I grabbed a paper that I somehow had in my back pocket and found a pen in one of the tents that were set up for the vampires.

You're welcome

I wrote, signing it with a simple drawing of a swan. I then grabbed a rock and put it over the paper in front of where the fire had once been lit. I nodded and turned to the rest of them.

"What now?" Matt asked as he looked at me.

"I don't know, lets just travel for now, we can just go around until we come up with something better to do." I replied, looking towards Emma and Jessie for confirmation, they nodded their consent and Matt just shrugged and nodded.

40 years later

Today was a day that marked an important time in our lives, if they could be considered lives. It was 40 years ago today, that my family became, well, a family. We have been all around the world, meeting vampires, making friends with some, whilst having a 'difficult to explain' relationship with others. Since our first encounter with the newborn army we had decided to make our name known in the vampire world, and it was. We had fought more battles than the human world had in their whole history, always leaving a note for the Volturi afterwards, always signed with a swan. We are legends, quite literally. There is a legend about the Swan's; people say they are the most graceful vampires, the most powerful there is. That their leader was more beautiful than any creature that ever walked this earth. I tried my hardest not to burst into a fit of laughter when I first heard of the legend. Our family was feared in the vampire world, even by the Volturi, even if they don't know whom we are, which I found quite ironic.

We decided that this year would be the year we settle down in, we couldn't go back to Forks until we were sure that our generation was dead, that anyone that we could have encountered that could recognize us was no longer breathing so Matt and I convinced the others that we should return to Chicago. It was good to be home, in my room again, with my walk in closet and all the old clothes I left behind.

Emma and Jessie, on the other hand, were not so happy when they found out that they had to share a bathroom. They had come close to getting together the first 10 years of our joint union, but it didn't last when Emma remembered the reason she wanted revenge in the first place. So Matt and I have had to suffer the very intense air that seemed to follow the two whenever they were in close proximity to one another. It was funny, and incredibly annoying at times. Jessie and I have grown close since first meeting, we were like typical best friends, we teased each other, we flirted to get on Emma and Matt's nerves, we had weekly game nights, or monthly movie nights. We fought and argued, and it was great. Jessie and Matt were basically brothers, and Emma and I were practically inseparable, and if I were honest with myself there wouldn't be a single thing I would change about it.

Movie night was the reason I was walking down the street in the middle of the night, my leather jacket 'protecting' me from the biting wind. It was then that I got a whiff of something I was all too familiar with. Human Blood, and a lot of it. I followed the scent into a dark alley, instantly recognizing the body of a small woman behind the dumpsters, I didn't have time to think of an alternative solution, her heartbeat was fading fast, and she was losing too much blood too fast. I bent down and sunk my teeth into her neck, making sure to inject as much venom as I could to help the change happen. I then carried her and ran at vampire speed towards our house, still located in the middle of the forest with the Cullen's house next to it.

"What the hell is going on?" Emma asked from her seat on the couch, obviously shocked that I had come home with extra baggage.

"I found her bleeding out in an alleyway, what else was I supposed to do?" I asked as I set her on the couch opposite Emma. The woman's screams were getting louder and louder as the transformation progressed.

"What's with the screaming, if I didn't know any better I would think Bella was using one of her powers on Emma," Matt shouted as he walked down the stairs, smirking at the glare Emma and I threw his way.

"Bella found a dying girl in the alleyway and bit her," Emma ground out through clenched teeth, still glaring at Matt.

Matt's eyes however, were glued to the girl on the couch, eyes wide and getting darker the longer he stared. She was beautiful, she had long brown hair, a small nose, full lips, her jaw was sharp but feminine, she looked to be about 21, maybe 22, and with every whimper she released Matt's eyes grew darker a shade.

"Stop staring at her, it looks kind of creepy," Jessie said as he settled into the seat next to Emma, throwing his arm over her shoulders. I could see Emma struggling not to relax in his arms, but she had lost the fight. And I was all too familiar with the feeling.

"I can't," Matt, mumbled, his eyes not wavering from the petite brunette.

"Looks like someone found their mate," I stage whispered to Emma, a giggle escaping through her lips, it was hard to get Emma to laugh or smile, she was usually a very serious girl, but being around me and Jessie makes her shell break and the true her come out, in a way she kind of reminded me of Rosalie.

It took three days for the change to be complete, and throughout those three day Matt hadn't moved off of the couch, sitting with the girl's head on his lap as he stared down at her, hoping that he could somehow take the pain away from her, and yes, I know that because I had read his mind. Don't judge me, I was bored. On the third day her eyes flew open, bright red studied the walls surrounding us before settling on each and every one of us, lingering on Matt.

"Hi, I am Bella Swan, this is my brother Matt, and my sister Emma, and that is Jessie Dunham, what's your name?" I started; Emma had decided to take our last name since hers was just a reminder of all that she had lost, whereas ours is a reminder of what she had gained because of that loss.

"My name is Avery…" She trailed off, her eyebrows pulling closer together as she tried to remember her last name, "Something, I can't remember, I just remember being called Avery," she continued.

"Well Avery, do you remember what happened to you?" I asked as I settled next to her, she shook her head and looked at the rest of the people in the room.

"You were attacked, I found you in an alleyway, you were bleeding a lot and were about to die but I bit you," I told her, going on to explain what that meant and why were so cold with different eye colors.

"So you are saying that I am a vampire that drinks human blood, but there is another way to survive," Avery said after I was done telling her our story.

"Yes," answered Matt as he looked at her. She placed her hand on her throat and looked at all of us with wide eyes, "you need to hunt," Matt said as he grabbed her arm and pulled her off of the couch and out of the door, none of us bothering to run after them.

"Talk about a twist of fate," Emma mumbled, Jessie and I humming out agreement as we went about doing whatever it is that we were doing before Avery woke up.

It was much later in the night that Avery and Matt had returned, both laughing as they walked into the house.

"Did you break a lot of trees?" I asked, not looking up from the book I was reading, I heard Matt approach me, lifting me into the air making me squeal.

"Don't be jealous Bell's, you'll find your true love eventually." Matt said as he spun me around.

"But I already did big brother, his name is Jessie, and he has dreamy eyes." I faked a southern accent, making Matt and Jessie laugh.

"Nice try, but no." Said Emma as she reached the last step, walking into the room whilst rolling her eyes.

"Whatever do you mean Em's, Jessie is my man!" I exclaimed, crossing my arms across my chest once Matt put me back on the ground.

"I'm sorry Bella, I am just not that into you." Jessie said from his place on the couch, obviously trying to bite back a smirk.

I let out a sad sigh, "yeah, I know… I'm too sexy for you!" I said out loud as I started to jump on the couch, I loved my family, I loved that we could act like immature children and be able to get away with it because… we just can! It's fun and never quiet at our house and it was what made us all fall in love with our lifestyles.

"Is it always like this?" Avery asked from her place next to Matt. She had been quiet throughout the whole exchange, which I didn't find strange, seeing as most people can't really deal with our family's particular type of crazy.

"Yes," all four of us answered at the same time, laughing when we realized that we had done it.

"So…" Avery started again once it had gone quiet, "how did you all get here?" She asked as she looked at each one of us.

"Bella," Matt, Emma, and Jessie all said at the same time. We then told her the story of how I was turned and thenz turned Matt, how Emma found us, and how Jessie became part of our family, how we had spent the last 40 years travelling all around the world so that I could absorb any power that could come in handy, telling her that we had a few more months left in Chicago before we had to leave as well.

"Where are we going next?" She asked once we were done re-telling her our stories.

"We don't know yet, but if you have any suggestions we would be happy to head wherever you want." Matt said, looking down at her with a goofy smile on his face.

"How about… Alaska?" Avery said, oblivious to the frozen state of Matt and I. Oh god, I hope they aren't there, I projected to him, noticing his subtle nod of agreement, I was still not ready to see the Cullen's, not whilst I am still adjusting to this life, and hopefully, I wont be forced to.

Hope you guys liked that. Again, sorry it is so short, i wrote it as fast as i could in a Starbucks because the hotel i'm staying in has no internet. I'll try to update as soon as i can, tell me what you think of this chapter and if you have any suggestions for the future or if you want something specific to happen in this story.

xxLordeOfTheBestxx