The Power of Three [Twilight/Charmed]

Part One - Chapter Two: Settling In

“I can’t believe that she’s gone,” Alicia whispered stepping into their late grandmother’s home; it hadn’t changed much since they had last been there to visit.

Amelia nodded her head in agreement setting down her suitcase, she had a feeling that their family was hiding something from them and it made her uneasy that she didn't know what it was.

“Right, who’s having what bedroom?” Aiden asked making his sisters look at him confused, they knew what he meant but they had assumed that they’d be having the bedrooms that they had as children.

Amelia sighed pushing herself to her feet and dusted off her hands looking at her siblings, they all knew that they’d have to sort through Andrea’s thing at some point; however they didn’t feel like doing it now.

“I’m sticking with my old room,” Amelia announced tilting her head slightly and looked at Aiden, who knew that she was worried about what they might find now that they had returned and he had to agree with her that something was being kept a secret from them.

“Okay the moving van won’t be here until tomorrow, so I think we should start by sorting out the stuff that we don’t want or need,” Aiden continued making Alicia nod as she glanced at her sister, she knew that this was going to be harder for her since Amelia had more memories of this place than she did.

It was something that they had to do even if they didn’t like it, they couldn’t keep a hold of Andrea’s stuff forever and they would have to do a cleaning anyway to make sure everything was in order.

The ringing of the doorbell made the three look at one another before Amelia grumble and move to answer it, she had a feeling that it was another neighbour dropping off something to welcome them to the neighbourhood.

Opening the door Amelia froze as she looked at the couple that had knocked, she stared wondering what was going on and why they were there; she had never known a vampire to willingly come to them before.

“Hello I’m Esme Cullen and this is my husband, Carlisle,” the woman greeted smiling while Amelia stared at her, everything inside of her screamed vampire and it made her nervous about why they were knocking on the door; it didn’t seem right that they were coming near her like this.

“We just wanted to welcome you to the area… we were visiting Chief Swan and his daughter,” Carlisle said when he sensed that Amelia wasn’t going to speak, she nodded stiffly as her face suddenly became a mask as she stared at the two of them.

Amelia knew that vampires usually sensed that she was a threat to them and stayed far away, however these two didn’t even seem to notice that she was a danger to them.

“Thank you,” Amelia replied just as Aiden came to join her at the front door, he wondered what had made his sister so stiff before he spotted the two vampires at the door.

The two siblings glanced at one another, wondering how they would deal with vampires living on their doorstep in such a small town.

***

“You imprinted,” Sam Uley announced surprised staring at his third in command, he couldn't believe what he was hearing; he never expected Paul to settle down and imprint on someone and yet it had happened.

“Jeeze thanks Sam,” Paul muttered annoyed making Jared chuckle at his friend as he took a bite out of one of the cookies that Emily had made that afternoon while she was watching her niece.

The pack had gathered for a meeting and they were just finishing up when Paul had announced that he had imprinted taking everyone by surprise.

“I didn't mean it like that… it’s just I never thought I’d see the day,” Sam explained sitting down at the table; he had known Paul for years and he didn’t think that he was the type to want to settle down and imprint.

“So who is she?” Quil asked holding his own imprint, Claire, close to him as he watched her eat some cookie; he knew that the wonders of imprinting were special and he hoped that everyone would experience it someday.

“Amelia Matthews,” Paul mumbled making the rest of the pack stare at him worried; they knew that she was from out of town and wondered how it would affect Paul if she left the city not to return.

“Isn’t she from out of town?” Embry asked making his pack mate glare at him; Paul didn't seem to care what his pack mates thought, he had just found his imprint as he wasn’t going to let them ruin this for him now that he was happy for once in his life.

“Embry’s got a point Paul, what are you going to do if she decides to leave Washington, you can’t follow after her, you have a duty to the pack,” Sam agreed while Emily stood by his side, they wanted him to be happy; they knew that he had a temper and hoped that Amelia would be able to calm him slightly and help him gain better control.

“Look the way I see it, she’ll stick around for a bit, I mean… Andrea left them the house so why wouldn’t they stay long enough to sort through her things and stuff,” Paul replied with a shrug making the others all stare at him surprised.

They knew that Paul had every right to hope that Amelia would stick around but she wasn’t bound to the area like he was; Jacob snorted before shaking his head.

“She’s staying alright… Dad says her and her siblings were sorting through Andrea’s stuff when he was up at Charlie’s watching the game,” Jacob said making Paul smirk; this gave him the opportunity to get to know his imprint without having to worry about her leaving.

***

Setting down her suitcase in her bedroom, Alicia chewed on her lip looking around the light pink walls and grimaced as she realised that she really hated that colour; she couldn’t wait to be able to redecorate.

“Knock, knock,” Amelia said stepping into Alicia's bedroom holding a cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows in her hands, the older sister frowned at the colour of the room as she handed the cup to Alicia who smiled at her.

“Grams really had a thing for pink,” Amelia mused making her younger sister laugh as she sat down on the bed; she couldn't wait to be able to go shopping to redecorate her bedroom to something more her style.

“Aiden spoke with Forks High School… you start on Monday,” Amelia revealed making Alicia frown looking at her while Amelia grinned at her; she and Aiden despite their age had already graduated from high school.

Aiden was going to be working as a teaching assistant at the local primary school, he might have acted like a tough guy but he loved working with children while Amelia was working at the local library, she loved books and was hoping to write her own one day.

“I don’t see why I can’t do what you guys did… I mean you both finished GED’s online,” Alicia muttered with a pout making Amelia smile and hug her; she knew why her sister wanted to stay home but at least one of them had to graduate high school normally.

The last few years had been tough on the three siblings, they looked a lot older than they truly were because of all they had been through and it was clear that they had all been forced to grow up before they had really needed to.