This first chapter will essentially cover everything that happened before "Breaking Dawn," and the next chapter will start up right with "Breaking Dawn." There won't be any dialogue in this chapter due to it being mostly background info, but there will be in the following chapters. Emily will be Paul's imprint instead of Sam's. Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight or anything to do with the books or movies; they belong to the author and the filmmakers. I only own the OC.

Twilight: "Bella's Sister"

Prologue: Mandy and Sam's Beginning

Two years before Bella's birth, Charlie and Renee Swan had their first daughter, Mandy. She looked almost exactly like her mother, with the exception of the dark brown hair she inherited from her father. Mandy was a very happy little girl, always smiling and laughing. When her younger sister Bella was born, Mandy loved being an older sister. She always wanted to help her parents take care of Bella; she adored her younger sister.

The only person she seemed to love more than her sister was her father. While Mandy did love Renee, it was Charlie who could always make her smile. Mandy was very much Daddy's little girl. When Charlie and Renee divorced, they knew that neither one of them could take care of two kids on their own. Charlie presented Renee with a solution: he would have primary custody of Mandy and she would have primary custody of Bella.

This worked out pretty well for the broken family. Mandy missed her mother and sister, but she had a great time with her father and loved having all of his attention for herself. As the years went on, Bella would spend a few weeks during the summer with Charlie and Mandy, and then Mandy would spend a few weeks with Renee and Bella.

As they got older, Mandy began to realize just how different she and her sister were. Bella was awkward and clumsy; even worse, in Mandy's opinion, Bella's personality was very boring. Bella didn't seem to want to have fun; she just wanted to stay home. She was way too serious for Mandy, who was a more carefree and fun-loving girl.

During her senior year of high school, Mandy officially met Sam Uley, a boy from the La Push Quileute Reservation. Mandy had always known who Sam was because Charlie was good friends with some of the La Push residents, but she had never actually met him. But in early October of her senior year, Charlie had sent her over to the Clearwater's house to drop some things off and Sam had been there. They had greeted each other and had a short conversation before Mandy left, but their brief interaction had left quite an impression on her. He was a very good-looking guy, and he seemed really nice.

Mandy didn't see him for a few months, but she couldn't stop thinking about him. She had asked her father about Sam and Charlie couldn't say enough good things about him. Mandy couldn't help but think that he must be at least a decent person if Charlie thought that he was, since Charlie could at times be a hard man to impress.

The next time they met was two days before Christmas. Mandy was at the store buying food for Christmas when she quite literally ran into Sam as she was turning down an aisle. She almost dropped her food and began apologizing profusely as she readjusted her shopping basket. When she looked up into his eyes, however, all coherent thought left her mind. She couldn't focus on anything but the man in front of her.

Before she could say anything more, he left the store quickly with a look of shock upon his face. Mandy was shocked herself, not sure what had just happened. She found herself missing him already and longing to be with him. She returned home and went straight to her room, thinking only of Sam and their encounter in the store.

A few days after the incident in the store, Mandy went to Billy Black's house with Charlie so the two men could watch football. Jake, Billy's son, wanted to go hang out with his friends Quil and Embry and invited Mandy to go with him. Mandy, who didn't want to watch football, agreed and the two started walking to Quil's house. Quil, as it turned out, lived right down the street from Sam. Mandy discovered this when she saw Sam walking out of his house just as she and Jake were walking up to Quil's house.

Their eyes met, and they both found that they couldn't look away. Jake had tried to get Mandy's attention, but he eventually gave up and went into Quil's house on his own. Sam walked up to Mandy and they started talking; they ended up standing on the sidewalk talking for several hours until Jake came back out and told Mandy that they should go to his house since the football game was probably over.

After that day, Mandy and Sam were basically inseparable. They hung out every day after school, either at one of their houses or on the First Beach. Mandy found herself quickly falling in love with him, even though they had only known each other for a few months. But as much as she was beginning to fall for him, she couldn't help but feel like Sam was keeping something from her. He would disappear at night and not tell her where he was going or what he was doing. After about a month of dating, Mandy confronted him about his secrecy. This was when Sam dropped the bombshell: he was a werewolf and he had imprinted on her.

Mandy was shocked at first, obviously. She had never dared to think that her boyfriend could turn into a mythical creature and had fallen in love with her just because of his genetics. She knew that what Sam had told her was impossible; but when she looked in his eyes, she knew he was telling the truth. It also didn't hurt that he took her into the forest and demonstrated to her his shape-shifting abilities.

They continued dating throughout the rest of their senior year. Charlie thought it was great that his oldest daughter was dating someone like Sam, whom he thought could take care of her. Mandy had sent a picture of her and Sam to Renee and Bella, to which she received mixed results. Renee gushed over Sam, saying how handsome she found Sam and that she couldn't wait to meet him. Bella, on the other hand, was less than enthusiastic. She did congratulate Mandy, but she didn't really find the fact that her sister was dating someone to be all that exciting.

After graduation, Mandy and Sam began spending even more time together. Mandy had gotten a job as the secretary for the Forks Police Department and Sam was doing odd jobs around Forks and La Push. Sam didn't go with her when she went to California with Charlie and Bella, but he did go to Phoenix with her to meet Bella, Renee, and Phil, Mandy's step-dad. In August, Sam and Mandy decided to move in together. They had only been dating a few months, but they knew they were ready for that step. Charlie wasn't thrilled about it, but Mandy was an adult and he couldn't stop her.

Life was going great for Mandy and Sam. They had a wonderful life and a great relationship. Jared soon joined Sam in the pack, followed a few months later by Paul. Paul quickly imprinted on his girlfriend Leah's cousin Emily, which had caused quite a bit of drama in the group. Mandy couldn't help but feel horrible for Leah, who had no real explanation for why her boyfriend had suddenly abandoned her for her cousin.

Around this time, Bella had arrived in Forks to live with Charlie. Phil was travelling for baseball and Bella could see that Renee wanted to go with him, so she volunteered to finish her last year and a half of school at Forks High. Mandy was thrilled to have her sister in Forks. She had so many ideas of how to get Bella to come out of her shell and she couldn't wait to put them into action. Everything seemed to be going fine until Edward Cullen walked into the picture.

Bella had met Edward in Biology on her first day and she told Mandy that she felt drawn to him. Sam had already told Mandy that the Cullens were vampires; so when she discovered that her sister was interacting with them, she was concerned. She had gone to school with them herself as they were only a few years behind her, but she had never interacted with them. Even though she hadn't known they were vampires at the time, they made her uncomfortable.

She mentioned her unease about the Cullens to Bella in hopes of making her want to stay away from them, especially Edward. But Bella assured her that everything was fine and that Mandy didn't need to worry about her. When Mandy told Sam what was happening with Bella and Edward, he became very angry. Even though the pack had a treaty with the Cullens, he didn't trust them. He was concerned that they were trying to go through Bella to get to Mandy, and then go through Mandy to get to the pack.

It took Mandy a while to reassure Sam that the Cullens wouldn't dare harm two humans to get to the pack. After all, why would the Cullens need to go through her and her sister to get to Sam and the others? They were vampires; they could just attack the pack without using any humans as middlemen. They were more likely to just kill the humans in the process, then where would they be? They would just be giving the pack a reason to attack. Anyway, the Cullens seemed to be pretty loyal to the treaty; it was unlikely that they would kill any humans.

Bella seemed to be getting closer and closer to Edward. They even seemed to be dating after a while. Charlie was upset that Bella was spending so much time with a boy he hardly knew; Mandy had a feeling that his younger daughter would enter a relationship with his best friend's son.

Mandy knew that Jake would be more than willing to date Bella because he was always asking Mandy for any information she might have on Bella. He wanted to know everything he could about her and was always asking Mandy when Bella would be coming to the Rez to visit. Mandy encouraged Jake's excitement about her younger sister because she secretly shared her father's desire that Bella would leave Edward and be with Jake.

At the end of the school year, Bella was in the hospital with a broken leg. She had apparently run a flight of stairs while chasing after Edward and tripped and fell. While that seemed like a very possible story, due to Bella's clumsy nature, Mandy knew that it was unlikely to be true. Bella was a horrible liar, and Mandy knew that something else had happened. Still, she didn't push it because she didn't want to have to explain her own knowledge of vampires.

Mandy was concerned for her younger sister. She knew that Bella was possibly falling in love with her "blood-sucking boyfriend," as the boys referred to Edward. She just hoped that someday soon her younger sister would see that there was a great deal of danger involved with vampires, especially if you were in a romantic relationship with one. Little did Mandy know that the danger would soon be growing.

When Bella was nearly attacked by one of Edward's brothers on her birthday, the entire Cullen family disappeared. Bella also temporarily disappeared in the forest after entering with Edward. Thankfully, after only a few hours, Sam was able to find her and brought her back to Mandy and Charlie. For the next few months, Bella was in a near catatonic state. She was simply going through the motions of life: get up, get ready, go to school, come home, do homework, sit and look out the window for hours, go to sleep, wake up screaming from nightmares. It was the same thing every day, nothing ever changed. Bella was a washed-out version of herself, all of the color and life had gone out of her.

Charlie and Mandy both did what they could for her, but she just seemed stuck. It was as if Bella was afraid that if she allowed herself to start healing from the break up at all, she would be betraying Edward and their love in some way. Mandy, who no longer lived in the same house as her father and sister, felt horrible for Charlie. He was the one who had to deal with this on a daily basis, while Mandy could always leave and go home to her and Sam's house. Charlie was the one who was losing sleep every night when his younger daughter woke up screaming.

After several months of this horrible routine, Charlie finally had enough. He called Mandy and told her he was thinking of sending Bella to Jacksonville to be with their mother. Mandy agreed that this would probably be a good idea, as a change in scenery might help break Bella out of her depressed state. However, when Charlie confronted Bella a few hours later about this potential move, Bella didn't go for it. She insisted that she wanted to stay in Forks, saying she had grown to love the town. Charlie tried to change her mind by blatantly telling her that Edward wasn't coming back, insinuating that this was the only reason Bella would really want to stay in Forks, but Bella wouldn't budge.

In order to prove to her father that she did have more to stay for in Forks than just waiting for her ex-boyfriend to return, Bella decided to go to a movie with a friend from school, Jessica. She invited Mandy to go with them, but Mandy already had plans with Sam. When Mandy went over to her father's house a few days later, she noticed that Bella was starting to act like her old self again.

Not long after, Mandy heard that Bella was going over to the Black house almost every day to hang out with Jacob. After work one day, Mandy stopped over to see if her sister was there. Billy directed her to the barn in the back, where she discovered her sister and Jacob working on motorcycles. Bella saw Mandy's concern over the motorcycles, so she reassured her that they had no intention of actually riding them. She had seen them about to be scrapped and decided that if she and Jacob could fix them up, they could sell them and split the profits. Mandy didn't fully believe her, but decided to trust her since this was the most seemingly positive activity Bella had had in months. Despite her better judgment, Mandy agreed not to tell Charlie due to Bella's pleading that she allow Bella to surprise him once their project was complete.

Mandy was very quickly distracted by the Bella situation when the pack started growing more. First Jared Cameron joined the pack, followed by Embry Call. Between the two newest pack members and Paul and Sam, Mandy found it hard to keep up with the amount of food she needed to produce for them. She had never imagined that she would find herself in a situation where it would be necessary for her to cook large amounts of food for her boyfriend and their friends, but it just sort of happened. At first, Mandy was annoyed by their constant whining about how hungry they were and asking her to make something for them to eat. Her go-to reply had originally been, "Go get it yourself, you're fully capable of making your own food. You don't need to be nagging a woman to make you food." But after Paul nearly burned down her kitchen in an attempt to cook something in the microwave (he apparently didn't realize that you don't leave the metal spoon you used to mix the food up in the bowl when you start the microwave. "I mean, how the hell was I supposed to know that metal isn't microwaveable?" he asked when explaining the situation to the others), Mandy caved and started cooking for them in order to save her home from going up in flames.

Everyone suspected that Jake would be the next one to join the pack. He was the one who was by birth right destined to be the Alpha, so Sam was waiting for the opportunity to hand over the responsibility to Jake. He had assumed the right of Alpha as he was the oldest and the first to phase, but he didn't always feel comfortable with the responsibility. He planned to step aside in favor of Jake when the time came, and be there to help Jake transition into the leadership position. Mandy was looking forward to this as well, as she could see the toll the responsibility could take on Sam. She wanted him to be able to fit into a roll in the pack that would be more comfortable and natural for him.

Another imprint joined the group as well. Jared imprinted on a sweet girl from school named Kim. It was an easy transition for Kim, as she had had a crush on Jared for a long time. Mandy and Emily were thrilled to have another girl around, and Kim quickly became one of their best friends. She was quiet and shy at first, but opened up once she got to know everyone better. Mandy thought it was funny how Jared, who tried to act tough around the other guys, became so caring and sensitive whenever he was around Kim.

They didn't have to wait long for Jake to phase. Billy told Sam that Jake had been moodier lately, and everyone could see the growth spurt that he was going through. Finally, it happened; Jake came home and phased in his living room after Billy simply asked him how his day was. Thankfully, Billy was far enough away from him that he didn't get hurt, but it was still a stressful situation. When Sam and the others went into the forest to help Jake deal with his new found shape-shifting abilities, Mandy had to deal with Bella.

Sam had come up with the Mono explanation after Paul phased, so that was the agreed-upon excuse they had used for each subsequent new pack member when they first phased. So when Bella called Mandy to see what was going on with Jake, Mandy gave the fake diagnosis of Mono. Apparently, Jake had been at the movies with Bella and a friend of hers from school on the night he phased. Bella's friend had gotten sick and this irritated Jake, who stormed out of the movie theater without giving Bella much of an explanation. Mandy tried to convince her younger sister that there was nothing wrong; Jake was going to be fine. He obviously wasn't feeling well because he was coming down with Mono, which was why he was acting so strange at the movies. He just needed a little bit of time to get better, so he wasn't going to be able to see Bella for a while. But Mandy would of course be keeping tabs on him and would give Bella regular updates as to how he was doing.

Mandy hoped this would persuade her sister to get a bit of distance for a while, but this wasn't the case. Bella was apparently more stubborn than anyone had ever given her credit for, as she was constantly calling Jake. Even though Jake wasn't answering, that didn't stop her from trying. Mandy didn't know what to do. She had been hoping for a while that Bella would break up with her vampire boyfriend and maybe get together with Jake, who seemed to be a better fit for her from what Mandy could see. But since three of the now five wolves had imprinted on someone (Sam, Paul, and Jared), she was worried about what that meant for the others. Imprinting was supposed to be rare, but it now seemed pretty common. Mandy didn't want to see Jake and Bella to get into a situation that Paul had found himself in not long before.

Paul had been dating Leah Clearwater for a long time in school. They were so in love, everyone thought they would one day get married. Leah was a great match for Paul. She was willing and able to deal with his strong personality and, more often than not, bad temper. She was able to help him calm down whenever he got angry, which no one else had been able to do up to that point. Everything was going great for them, until Leah's cousin Emily came to visit. As soon as Paul saw Emily, he imprinted on her. He knew what had happened because of Sam's imprinting on Mandy, so he was horrified at what this meant. He loved Leah, he didn't want to hurt her. But he couldn't deny what he felt for Emily. This lead him to breaking up with Leah and pursuing Emily, even though Emily was resisting the pull she felt for him. She couldn't understand why he would be so willing to call it quits with her cousin, with whom he seemed to have a beautiful relationship, and quickly jump into a relationship with her.

Emily and Paul eventually got together, but tragedy struck them. Emily was standing too close to Paul when he phased one day, and he severely scratched the side of her face and neck. She was rushed to the hospital by Jared, who told the doctors she was attacked by a bear. Emily recovered and forgave Paul, who was never able to fully forgive himself for the physical damage he accidently inflicted upon the one person he never wanted to hurt. They had just become engaged, which had helped Paul focus on something other than Emily's injury. The whole situation taught the entire pack some valuable lessons; ones they weren't quick to forget.

This was why Mandy wanted Bella to stay away from Jake for a while. It was obvious that the two of them had developed a deep friendship while they were working on the motorcycles, and everyone knew that Jake had a crush on Bella. There was a chance, now that Edward was out of the picture for the foreseeable future, that Bella could come to develop feelings for Jake as well. But now there was a chance that Jake could imprint on someone, Mandy didn't want her sister to get hurt. Sure, there was a chance that Jake could imprint on Bella, but that chance was very small. No one wanted Jake and Bella to get into relationship and then have Jake imprint on someone else. To have her sister end up in the same situation as Leah would be unbearable for Mandy.

Unfortunately, Bella kept pushing. She showed up at Jake's house one day to confront him, but Jake brushed her off. He didn't want to, but Sam had specifically ordered him not to reveal anything to Bella. Jake hated it whenever Sam ordered him to do or not to do something. In Mandy's opinion, however, that was his own fault. Jake could have very easily taken over as Alpha, but he turned it down when Sam offered it to him. Mandy always sighed in frustration when Jake complained about Sam not allowing him to share this part of his life with her sister; if he wanted it to be different, he could make it be different.

Jake didn't have to figure out a way to get around Sam's order, however. Bella took care of that for him one day by showing up at his house and confronting the pack, which made Paul angry enough for him to phase in front of her. Jake phased as well to protect Bella, leading to a particularly nasty fight between him and Paul. Jared and Embry took Bella back to Sam and Mandy's place, where Mandy was spending the day with Emily and Kim. Bella was upset that Mandy knew about what was going on with Jake the whole time and didn't tell her. This led to a few weeks of Bella not speaking to Mandy at all, which didn't really bother Mandy all that much. She knew Bella would get over it eventually. In all honesty, Mandy was irritated with her sister, who seemed to insert herself into situations that didn't call for her to do so. She would have never had to find out if she had just left the situation alone, but Bella had to keep digging. In a way, Mandy felt as though Bella was using Jake to get over Edward. Jake felt very strongly for Bella, but it was as though Bella was using him to fill a hole. As time went on, it was clear that Jake hadn't imprinted on Bella, but that didn't stop him from allowing his feelings to grow for Bella. Jake and Bella seemed to be heading in the same unfortunate direction as Paul, Leah, and Emily, which is what they had all dreaded.

Then everything started going downhill. Harry Clearwater died of a heart attack after almost being attacked by a vampire named Victoria, who was out for revenge against Bella. Mandy was at the Clearwater house with Sam and some of the other boys when Jake called and said that one of the Cullens came back. It had been the one who could see the future, and she took Bella with her to Italy in order to save Edward. Mandy couldn't understand what was going on, why would Bella need to go all the way to Italy to save her ex-boyfriend? Jake couldn't answer all of her questions, as Bella and the vampire had left so quickly without much explanation. Charlie was beside himself with worry because Bella had left him only a vague note about where she was going. Mandy felt horrible for her father, because she couldn't give him any answers.

When Bella returned, the entire Cullen family returned as well. Bella didn't waste any time jumping right back into a relationship with Edward, which broke Mandy's heart. She had always found Edward too controlling, too overbearing when it came to his relationship with Bella. It was as if he was the one who got to make all of the decisions in the relationship, and Bella was happy to go along with it. Jake was distraught over this, of course. He had had hope that Bella would eventually fall in love with him and they would be as happy as all of the imprinted couples were. But since Edward had returned, Bella had barely spoken to Jake at all. It was as if she had forgotten all of the months that she had spent with Jake while Edward was gone. Mandy couldn't believe her sister was doing this. Bella had been trying so hard to figure out what was going on with Jake when he disappeared from her life after he first phased, saying that she felt as though she wouldn't be able to make it through everything if he didn't stay in her life. But she just dropped him once Edward came back. Mandy couldn't bring herself to speak to Bella for a while, not being able to bear listening to her going on about how great it was that Edward was back while Mandy knew Jake was really hurting over this whole situation.

The only bright spot in Mandy's life was when Sam asked her to marry him. They had been together for almost two years and had been living together for a large part of their relationship, so this felt like the natural next step. He had taken her up to the cliff they always went cliff jumping from and proposed, having saved up enough money to buy a ring. He had picked the location because he knew how much she loved the view of the ocean. They planned on getting married in June of 2006, which was their two-year anniversary. Charlie and Renee were both thrilled that their oldest daughter was getting married, Charlie especially because this relationship was more "normal" than his other daughter's relationship. He'd never liked Edward nor had he approved of Bella's relationship with him, so he was happy that Mandy was with a man he did approve of.

The wedding planning did bring the two sisters together to a certain extent. Mandy decided to put her feelings about her sister's boyfriend to the side for the moment in order to have her sister be part of the wedding. So when Bella agreed to be her Maid of Honor, Mandy was happy that they were able to talk about something again that didn't have to do with vampires or werewolves. There was, however, the simple fact that Bella couldn't understand why Mandy wanted to get married in the first place. She didn't hide the fact that she thought that marriage doesn't work, as their own parents had been married for a short period of time before divorcing. Mandy tried to explain that just because their parents didn't work out, that didn't mean that all marriages were doomed. This was just the way that Mandy and Sam wanted to express their commitment to one another.

This is when Bella revealed that Edward had proposed to her, but she'd turned him down. Seeing Mandy's confusion, she explained that while she loved Edward and wanted to be with him for as long as she could, she didn't want to marry him. She was afraid that marriage would be the beginning of the end of their relationship, as it had for their parents. When Mandy asked what she did want from her relationship with Edward, what Bella told her made her feel sick. Bella wanted Edward to change her into a vampire. This was her version of commitment; if she became a vampire like her boyfriend, then she would really get to spend forever with him. Mandy didn't know how to react, but she knew she couldn't tell Sam yet. She needed to process what her sister had revealed to her before she shared her concerns to her fiancé. Besides, Mandy felt that the Cullens wouldn't want to be the ones to break the treaty. From what she knew of them, she knew that they were as peaceful as a family of vampires could be.

Things started getting bad again when a string of unexplained murders started occurring in Seattle. Bodies were being discovered in Seattle on a daily basis, all drained of blood. It was obvious to everyone that vampires were involved, though Bella swore that the Cullens weren't involved when Mandy questioned her. Another development was that the pack had grown again. Quil Ateara V had joined the pack shortly after Bella returned from Italy, and Harry Clearwater's kids, Leah and Seth, had joined not long after. Leah and Seth had surprised the entire pack, as Seth was a lot younger than everyone else and Leah was the only known female in tribe history to ever phase. Leah had been a very angry person ever since Paul had ended their relationship, but she finally got to know the reason why. She finally understood that Paul hadn't taken their breakup as lightly as she thought he had, but that didn't make her life much easier. She couldn't bear to be around Emily much, even though she had agreed to be her Maid of Honor. Mandy tried to include Leah as much as she could and tried to get the boys to treat her with as much kindness and respect as they could, hoping this would help Leah heal. It did, but not much.

As the situation in Seattle started becoming more serious, it became obvious that something needed to be done as soon as possible. The best way to get this done was for everyone, both werewolf and vampire, to work together. Sam didn't want to work with the Cullens, but he eventually decided it was necessary. He didn't know how vampires worked as well as the Cullens did, so he needed their help to protect the humans who were vulnerable to attack. When the pack and the Cullens met, Sam had asked Mandy to stay home. He didn't often tell her what she could and couldn't do, but he did it when he felt that her safety could be at risk. Mandy understood, and waited at home with Emily and Kim.

The group eventually figured out that it was Victoria, the vampire who had caused Harry's heart attack, who was behind the small army of newborn vampires. She was still angry and vengeful towards Bella and the Cullens, who she blamed for the death of the vampire she loved. She had created these new vampires to destroy the Cullens, which meant that they were coming to Forks. The pack and the vampires came up with a plan to kill the newborn army, which meant another time for Mandy to stay at home. Part of the plan, however, involved Bella being stuck on top of a mountain with both Edward and Jacob. Mandy knew that the situation was less than ideal in every way. Jake still carried a torch for Bella, who still had latent feelings for him. Bella had told Mandy that even though she still felt a connection to Jake, it didn't compare to the feelings she had for Edward. Mandy didn't know how well the whole mountain thing would work for the three of them, she just hoped that they would all come back unscathed.

This didn't happen, however. Mandy received a call from Sue Clearwater that she needed to get over to the Black house quickly because Jake was hurt. As she drove, she prayed as hard as she could that Jake would be alright. Sue hadn't been clear about how hurt Jake was, but he could be deathly injured if a vampire had gotten hold of him. When Mandy arrived at Jake's house, it was clear that it wasn't good. Everyone except Sam and the Cullen doctor were waiting outside, waiting for news. It turned out that a vampire had crushed his side as he tried to stop it from hurting Leah. Once it was certain that Jake was going to be alright for the time being, everyone went home. A few days later, some surprising news came from Bella and Edward in the form of an invitation in the mail.

AN: Man, that was long. It took me forever to write this, as I had to do it from memory. I haven't watched the movies in a while, so I was trying to remember exactly what happened in each movie. I'm sorry if it seems as if some of the information here seems a bit redundant or unnecessary, but it'll make sense in later chapters. I tried to break it up into separate chapters, but I wanted to get all of this stuff out of the way as soon as possible and it all became one chapter. There will be dialogue in the rest of the story, I promise. I wanted to start the actual story at the beginning of Breaking Dawn, so that's where we will be in the next chapter. Thanks for reading!