Dust in the Wind

Chapter 1- New Moon

It's been a month since moving to Oregon. Everything seemed at peace and falling into place as my family adjusted into the new home. I was out on the beach today with my siblings. The sun was shining above brightly as I had a hold of Andrew by the neck. "I don't know how many times i gotta kick your ass" I chuckled as i threw my weight into it and pushed him to the ground. "We might be twins, but you can't ignore the fact im stronger than you" I said in his ear.

Andrew huffed, and finally tapped out. "I dont know how you do it, you're the laziest person i know"

Alexander and Warren then came up to us with smiles on their faces. "So Alexei still kicking your ass?" They asked in unison. Alexander looked to me and waved me over. "Ready for a real fight sister?"

I have been waiting for my chance to take on Alexander or Warren, so i jumped up to my feet, adrenaline already running through my veins. "I'm ready when you are"

"So cocky for someone whose only won against her twin brother" Alexander said as he got into his stance.

Everyone gathered to watch, Cassius sat next to Andrew and gave me a large smile and nodded. Besides Andrew, Cassius always was on my side.

I got into stance and stared Alexander down, my long red hair tied back into a pony tail, i'm a lot shorter than Alexander by several inches where he stood 6 feet tall i was only 5 feet 4 inches. 'Remember to use his weight against him' I heard my brother quipped in my mind.

Soon before i could reply Alexander darted straight to me, and he was very fast even though his built was bigger. I recoiled back for a moment, then as Alexander approached i slid beneath him and jumped on his back and pushed him farther into the direction he was going and let inertia take care of the rest making Alexander fall to the sand.

Alexander let out a small grunt and turned around, his rebound abilities were significant as he grabbed my foot and yanked it from under me and i quickly fell, hitting my head against the sand and then Alexander was on top pining me to the ground. "Out for the count so soon?"

Cassius jumped to his feet. "C'mon Alexei, you can kick his ass"

I took a deep breath, then kicked my legs and managed to break Alexanders grip and pushed him off of me. We collided where i managed to get around his shoulders and into a choke hold. Something inside of me suddenly told me to stop. It was yelling inside my head. Making my head pound. The feeling i had when we first moved here came back. Someone was here. I quickly let go of Alexander, and for some odd reason he too looked about the beach. Both Warren and Andrew got to their feet. "Someone is coming" I said, not realizing i said it out loud.

We all peered down the beach and saw a group of people walking a long the shoreline. It just looked like a simple family to me, but something felt off about them. It was the same exact feeling she had on the balcony. It sent shivers up my body. When they all looked at us they smiled, and looked a little surprise to see us.

A woman, looks to be at least 20, strolled over. She had long black raven hair and honeyed brown eyes. "We're sorry to intrude, we didn't realize people came to this part of the beach." She said. "You must be the Taylor family that just moved in, that house has been vacant for years." She turned to the other strangers with her. "We're the native tribe here, and our land is just that way" she gestured down the beach. "I'm Briar, and these are my siblings, Larkin, Augustus, and Oliver" she gestured down the line of strangers.

I narrowed my eyes and suddenly felt very agitated, i looked down the line of people as Briar introduced them. Briar seems rather friendly, she also seems like more of a mother than a sister to this batch. I could feel the protective attitude she gave off as she talked. Larkin looked to be about 17 with dark brown hair and the same golden honeyed eyes, she just waved but no words of introduction. My eyes wandered over to Augustus, who matched my eye contact. He was rather tall, with jet black hair that held the salt from the sea. Looking at him made my heart thump loudly. He smiled kindly at me and walked forward when he was introduced. I found it hard to break contact.