Twilight Fire and Ice

Lost Girl

Three hours of unpacking clothes and I was finally free to move on to my other boxes that held my knick knacks, shoes and books. As I was putting books on my shelves I heard a knock on my door. From the rythm of the knock I knew it was my sister.

"Come in Izzy." I called as I headed back to the boxes to grab a few more books to put away.

The door opened and Bella walked in before she closed the doors.

"It's Bella." She said.

My sister's birth name is Isabella Marie Swan but she liked to go by Bella. I on the other hand liked to call her Izzy which she didn't like. My birth name is Sophia Allyse Swan, I like to go by Soph or Phi. Only my dad and Bella ever called me Sophia, unless I'm in trouble then its Sophia Allyse.

Bella looked around the room and smiled.

"This is really big." She said. "Imagine having to dust it." she added as she walked over towards the bathroom. "Imagine having to clean that tub." As she turned back towards me she eyed my closet. "Whats in here?" she asked curiously.

"It's the water heater." I replied sarcastically.

"Really?" My sister asked as she opened it. She let out a breath as she acknowleged my sarcasm. "Where did all these clothes come from?"

I walked over to her side.

"Storage. I couldn't fit them all in my bedroom at moms so I had to pick what I wanted to pack away. Since over half my clothes are winter clothes I never had a reason to bring them out unless we were visiting dad." I replied.

Bella nodded her head as she took a step back.

"Nice selection. Oh, now I remember what I came here for. Dad said that we are going to have company soon for dinner and he wants us to help. Billy and Jake are coming over to see the new place and he wants to use the firepit in the back but there is no wood."

"Then why don't you get it?" I asked Bella.

"Because you and dad can't cook. You on the other hand have nothing else to do." Bella replied.

I sighed. "Why can't dad do it?"

"He's fixing the pipes in our bathroom upstairs, just do it okay." Bella said before she left the room.

Sighing in defeat I knew there was no way I'd be getting out of this work detail so I decided to roll with it. Shrugging out of my good clothes I pulled on my red and white striped shirt and jeans. Stepping into my boots I grabbed my ipod and headed outside onto the wrap around porch that led to the backyard.

I looked at the fire pit and the wood barrel and saw there was no wood meaning I'd have to go and find some in the forest. Luckily we lived so close so it shouldn't be a problem. Putting my earphones in my ears I turned on my music and set off along the path that led to the pond before I strayed into the woods.

Every few steps I'd stop and pick up a few thick branches and place them in a neat pile. Soon the pile was large enough to create a nice sized fire in the firepit. As I turned around to began taking the wood back up I felt like someone was watching me. Pulling the earphones from my ears I listened carefully. To my left over by a tree I could hear shuffling, in the next second a deer stepped out.

I couldn't believe this, a deer was just feet from me. I walked forward only to stop when I heard a growl from somewhere in the woods. Curiously I continued on towards the deer. I was positive that any meat eating creature wouldn't come this close to humans right?

As I got closer to the deer it began walking off. I couldn't help but follow it as it went deeper into the woods. I didn't think that I went that deep into the woods but when I finally stopped to turn around I could no longer see the backyard of the house nor could I remember which way I had come.