Disclaimer: Twilight does not belong to me.

I have changed things about the characters to better suit this fan fiction. Reviews of any kind are appreciated

There is NO Renesmee in this story.

Thank you to Sophie, for helping me with some ideas for this FF and supporting me through it all. xx

Esme

Edward, Alice and Emmett, my adopted children, lived with me in Clingmans Dome up in the Smokey Mountains. We didn't like it up there. We didn't really have a reason; we just didn't enjoy living there so we decided to leave. Forks, Washington was the first place we found that had minimal sun, a necessity for a family of 4 vampires who glitter in the sunlight.

We have met several other covens throughout our years, but never have we met one that fed the way we do. We don't believe that feeding off humans is the right thing to do, so we found an alternative, animals. Although we had many offers, we never stayed with a coven that wasn't like us. We couldn't bring ourselves to feed like them, and they wouldn't change their diets. We based this off Alice's visions. She could see into the future, but her visions were subjective. The future can always change. Edward could read people's minds. He knew our every thought as long as he was within a certain distance. If he went too far away, he wouldn't be able to hear them. Emmett and I didn't have any special gifts. Emmett did have extraordinary strength compared to us, and according to my children, I had an unusual sense of kindness and motherly nature. But I would hardly call that "special".

I was changed in 1921 at the age of 26 by a vampire who left me to live my eternal life without him. He claimed that I wasn't what he was looking for. I had tried to kill myself by jumping off a cliff after living several years with my abusive husband and losing my very young son. He bit me before my heart took its last beat. Edward was changed in 1918 at age 17, Alice in 1920 at age 19 and Emmett in 1935 at age 20. Edward had found Alice the same year she was bitten. He taught her everything that she didn't know about who she had become. They stayed together for 2 years before finding me. A year after Emmett's transformation, he came across us while exploring one day. That was how our coven came together.

"Esme, can we please pull over and hunt soon?" Emmett asked as we drove.

I pulled over immediately, not wanting them to get too irritated with each other as they grew hungry. They tended to antagonize each other when they hadn't fed for a while, and I didn't want that for the rest of the drive.

We all went out and hunted and returned back to the car within an hour.

"Shotgun!" Emmett called when Edward came into view.

"Whatever." He rolled his eyes.

Emmett was the most inappropriate and childish out of all 3 of them. Edward was the most mature. Alice was mature, but could be childish when she wanted. She was a fashion expert and wouldn't let me wear anything that she didn't first approve. Because of this, Alice did all of my shopping.

Alice had found a nice secluded house for us in Forks, and I had already talked with the high school and got all 3 of them enrolled. When outside of the house, they were all taking the age of 17.

"I don't understand why we have to go to school…" Emmett said suddenly after a while of silence.

"We've been over this. It's what I would like, and Alice and Edward want to as well."

"Why do I have to though? Why can't they go without me?"

"Emmett, if you want to stay in Forks longer, than you have to take a younger age. If you're a younger age, then you have to go to school. It's the law." I said for the hundredth time this month.

"But if they don't know that I exist, they won't know that we're breaking the law."

"You can't seriously tell me that you will never leave that house." I looked across to him.

"Yeah, that would be pretty boring. Fine, another 2 years of school it is…"

"Thank you." I said, relieved that he didn't start an argument.

We stopped one other time to hunt before finally reaching Forks. Alice gave me directions to the house. It was beautiful, surrounded by forest and the house itself looked old, with a modern touch to it.

We unpacked our stuff from the car. There wasn't much. We had 2 or 3 boxes each. Alice had put some of her stuff into the guys' boxes.

We made our way and they claimed their bedrooms. They left the biggest to me. They always left the biggest room to me.

"Time to go shopping!" Alice called.

We needed to buy furniture. We decided not to move everything from the mountains down to here. It would be too much hassle and no doubt the moving truck would get lost several times and take an extra month to finally get here.

"Alice, we drove for so long. Can we rest first?" Edward asked.

"On what?" I asked him. "The floor?"

"Good point. Emmett! Let's go!" He called up. Emmett was downstairs instantly and we left.

We got home very late from Seattle and Alice and I left Edward and Emmett to set up everything. We made them place the couches where we wanted first so we could sit down.

It took them several hours to get everything set up and place them in the spots that we wanted.

"When do we start school?" Emmett asked.

"Tomorrow…" I answered.

"Can't we just walk around town tomorrow? Get the feel of things?"

"After school you can." I smiled.

Emmett sighed before starting his video game up on the new TV. Edward was playing his piano in the corner. Alice was on her laptop, shopping online and I was reading next to her on the couch.

"Oh, Esme, how good would you look in this?" she showed me a pretty dress that I actually really liked. It was light purple and flowed out from the waist down.

"I like it" I said before returning to my book.

Before we knew it, it was morning and they we off to school.

"Have a good day!" I called from the front door. I watched them drive out before returning inside and starting a new sketch in my almost full sketch book.

I went around the house cleaning, vacuuming even though it wasn't necessary. We moved in a day ago and I was already making it completely spotless. I rearranged my wardrobe, and straightened up the boys' rooms. I didn't bother going into Alice's, I knew it was exactly how she wanted it and she would notice if anything was out of place.

I read my book again until they finally returned home.

"How was your day?" I asked them.

They all sat down and stared at me.

"What?"

"We're not the only ones here…"

"Other vampires?" I asked, hoping we wouldn't need to leave. It was a small town, and we were territorial animals. I put the book down.

"Three in school. They're all teenagers like us. Jasper and Rosalie are biological siblings and they live with their biological father, Bella is adopted into their family. Their father is a doctor here, his name is Carlisle. They feed like us." Edward explained.

I looked at each of them. Emmett looked like he was distracted and wasn't listening to the conversation.

"Emmett?" I asked.

"He thinks Rosalie is really beautiful. It's like love at first site…" Edward told me. "I think she is a total bitch."

"Edward, you don't even know her." Alice said.

"What do you see Alice?" I asked.

"Well Bella is dating a wolf. Yeah, there a wolves around here. But they have no problem with vampires that feed off animals instead of humans, so we should be safe." She explained.

"Is that all you have seen?"

"No…"

"Continue."

"Well, they're going to invite us over to their home tomorrow. Their father is going to request that they do, and be very nice. He is quite attractive." She winked at me.

"Don't go playing match maker, Alice." I warned.

"Come on, you need a mate. Someone to treat you very nicely and someone to go to that isn't your child."

"Alice, no." I said sternly.

She sighed and stood up, walking upstairs. Edward went up to, claiming to have homework, as well as Emmett.

I sat down to think about all the possible outcomes to this. What if this was what we have been waiting for? What if this was when at least one of us found a mate? Would it ruin our family or would we merge with them? What if I did fall for this doctor? Maybe that's why Alice was complimenting him.