AN: This story is rated M for a reason. Trigger warnings to many things are present in this story.

I don't own Twilight.

I just like to play around in different worlds with them :)

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The entire small town of Forks had been all a buzz with the rumors of Police Chief Swan's daughter arriving in a few days. She hadn't been home in four years and people were excited to see the girl that had grown up with their own children. Even the Chief himself was excited but also nervous to have her home. He knew things between her and Renee had gotten bad and they had sort of lost touch in the four years she had been gone, but he was hoping they could one day be as close as they used to be.

He stood near his police cruiser at the pickup bay of the airport in the town an hour away in Port Angeles as he waited for his daughter. He smiled as he remembered her running into his arms when she was three and he had just gotten home from work. She had always been so excited for him to get home, most nights he would see her staring out of the living room window watching and waiting.

The sliding doors to the large building slid open and the girl in question stepped out into the bright rare sunlight. She turned to him and the dark sunglasses she was wearing couldn't hide the dark purple and black bruise that peaked out just underneath them. She looked skinner than the last time he had seen her, too skinny, and not much taller either. His smile faded as she walked toward him and he could see the bruise on the right side of her face. Anger burned under the skin as he felt hatred for his ex wife.

"It's good to see you Bells." He smiled and hugged her gently.

She grinned up at him, "You too dad."

They were silent on the ride to the house and every now and then he would glance at her, checking for any other bruises, as he drove thinking she didn't notice. But she did.

Bella had become very perceptive over the last few years. She knew as soon as she stepped out of the airport that Charlie had seen the black eye and bruises that weren't easily hide able. She watched the bright smile on his face fade for a moment before it reappeared as she got closer. She had to admit it was nice to see that someone still cared about her. For the past few years she wasn't sure anyone still did.

Renee had completely cut off her contact with Charlie and then Phil had entered the picture and everything became worse. She knew she was different, hell Renee never fucking let her forget it. She pounded it into her head from the time she could walk. Bella never understood why, until a few years ago. Renee took her and moved to Phoenix hoping that it would suppress the genetics, as if.

When she shifted for the first time she had been alone and didn't understand what was happening. Renee had been so beyond pissed that once she had shifted back Renee beat her black and blue for a week. Now that she's old enough to choose she chose to live with Charlie.

She smiled as they pulled up to the old house she had grown up in. Charlie parked at the street and turned to her, "Welcome home Bella."

She smiled at him, "You have no idea how good it feels to be home."

They exited the cruiser and Bella took her duffle bag on her sore shoulder as Charlie asked, "Is this all your stuff?"

She nodded, "This and the clothes on my back." She followed him into the house and up to her old room. It was just as she had left it and she couldn't help but smile.

"I'd like to know how you got those bruises but I know it's been a long day for you." He said as he leaned against the door jam.

She nodded as she sat the duffle bag on the bed, "Renee." She turned to him and saw his face begin to slowly turn red from anger as she pulled her sunglasses off. "I've really missed you dad." She threw herself into his strong arms and for the first time in years, cried into her father's chest.

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That night they sat in the diner and ate burgers as they talked over everything. She took a drink of her soda, "As soon as I could I said I wanted to live with you."

He nodded, "Have you shifted yet?"

She choked on her soda and he patted her back. She stared at him with wide eyes, "You know?"

He grinned, "It's why your mother left me. She found out what I am and left."

Bella pushed a fry around on her plate, "It's when all of it started. She had hoped by moving away that my genetics wouldn't follow me."

His hand covered hers, "You shifted alone?"

She looked up at him as she nodded. He opened his mouth to respond as the door to the diner opened and a hush fell over the room. Bella stared at the most gorgeous people she had ever seen and she couldn't help but ask, "Who are they?"

Charlie sighed tiredly, "Those are the Denali's, the Cullen's cousins. They're down here visiting for the holidays. They're from Alaska. People around here don't like outsiders Bells, fools."

Bella couldn't tear her eyes from the blonde in front of the group. Her strawberry blonde hair curled down passed her shoulders and her golden eyes scanned the room for a moment before she led the group to a booth on the far side of the diner.

Bella could smell the shift in the room and glanced at Charlie, asking so quiet no one could hear them, "What are they?"

He chucked, but said just a quiet, "Vampires. They have a vegetarian diet of sorts, feeding on animals instead of humans."

Bella couldn't tear her eyes away from the group across the room until the woman she had been staring at looked directly at her. The bright golden eyes shifted and began to darken slightly until someone kicked her under the table. Bella blinked and looked down at her soda as the blonde looked away.

The waitress walked over with the check in hand, "Here ya go Chief. Good to see you again Bella."

Bella smiled at the short woman and nodded as she followed Charlie out the door. Once outside he stretched, "I have some work to finish at the station. Why don't you go for a run and stretch your muscles. Jacob will meet at the border."

She frowned, "Border?"

He chuckled, "You'll smell it when you get near it, trust me." He slid into his cruiser and disappeared toward the station.

Bella smiled as she turned and jumped in shock, coming face to face with the strawberry blonde from the diner, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm Tanya Denali." She held her hand out.

Bella was lost in those golden eyes as she took the woman's hand, "Bella Swan."

"Ah so you're the great Chief's daughter everyone has been talking about."

Bella felt the blush rush up her neck to her face, "That bad?"

Tanya grinned at her as she brushed a stray hand of white hair behind Bella's ear, "From what my cousin's tell me, you are highly anticipated."

She liked the cool touch of Tanya's fingers on her face. It was nice to feel softness after all of the hardness in her life. As she smiled at Tanya she knew she was going to love it in Forks.