Getting to Forks took longer than expected. We’d had to swim the Atlantic and down the St. Lawrence River, all the while staying away from the human population and there less than perfect eyesight. We ran parallel with the 49th Parallel all the way down to Vancouver, and then swam down to Port Angeles. From there, we ran to Forks.

We’d had a few mishaps on the way, including Felix running into an iceberg and destroying it, me misjudging the distance away from the humans and nearly being seen, and, possibly the worst, Emmett confronted and killed a grizzly bear somewhere outside of Forks. All in all, the trip took four days, and I had been hoping for three.

We were here now though. As we entered the city from the North, I could see why a coven of vampires wishing to live among humans would choose to live here. This quaint little town looked as if the skies above were set on perma-rain, and no one would be turning that off anytime soon. The perfect place for these vegetarians then. They didn’t deserve to sparkle in my opinion.

Not that I completely hated them for their decision, I just highly disliked them. I’m sure they were nice people, which is also what bothered me. Vampires were not created to be nice.

We found the trail of their scent fairly easily, seeing as they were the only vampires in town. We traced their scent to a small house in the forest, and from there one scent went North and the other South. The third remained in the house, and I listened for the owner’s thoughts.

…Really hope Bella does well today… I think I’ll do the laundry…

This would have to be the older female, Bella’s mother. Bella must have just gone to school, since it was still morning.

Edward? Emmett’s silent question tore my eyes away from the house and towards him. What are we going to do? Is the young one here?

“No,” I whispered almost soundlessly, “But I have a plan.”

I motioned for all three of them to follow me, and we tore off into the forest so I could deliberate with them.

“So, what’s the plan?” Felix’s eyes lit up in anticipation, excited to see what I had in mind.