Escaping The Family [LUNA]

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy escaped her family home for some peace, her family can be full on and she just needs space sometimes. Its not that she didn't love her family, she did, they just annoyed her. It didn't help that she hated how she was forced to live, forced by nature, but forced all the same. It doesn't help that she feels alone and has no one to confide in.

Poppy loved coming to forest, she felt at ease here. She loved to run around and climb trees. No matter how often she came here she always found a different area that she hadn't seen before, it amazed her that even after a year of exploring that she was finding new places. This place was magical to Poppy. She wish she someone to share it with.

Poppy made her way to a small, secluded area of the forest that was home to a small pool. Poppy stripped down to her underwear and stepped into the water, it might have been cold but she wasn't aware of it. She swam to the deepest part of the pool and ducked under the water and just stayed under for a few minutes before getting out. As she began dressing she froze as she heard crunching of leaves behind her.

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

Luna Cullen had left her house and she turned into her wolf form. Unlike werewolves, shifters can turn back with their clothes on. Luna started to run and her family knew that she loved to run. She ran into the forest that was on their side but Luna was the exception to the treaty between the vampires and the werewolves. She started to run faster and she love the feeling of the ground beneath her paws. Luna's wolf form was a silver wolf with golden eyes.

She slowed down to a walk, when she got the scent of a vampire and she walked to where the vampire was. She accidentally stepped on some leaves and she made them crunch. When she was it was a member of the coven of vampires that also lives in Forks. They were rivals to her family, the Cullen and the youngest Cullen started to growl.

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy spun on her heel quickly and scanned the area for what had made the noise. Panic rose in Poppy, what if someone had saw her in the pool. If it had been a human she'd have to do something, surely they'd think it strange that she could hold her breath for so long.

An odd smell filled Poppy's nose as she inhaled. This wasn't a smell she'd smelt before, it wasn't human or vampire. Slight panic filled her body and she jumped off the ground and landed firmly on the nearest tree. Scanning the area Poppy spotted a figure in the trees. Poppy she was sure she recognised the animal she was sure it was a wolf. A big wolf, bigger than she'd ever seen before.

Poppy was frightened be this animal. What should she do, she wasn't sure she could handle it on her own. Even though she had great strength she had never tried to escape an animal of this size. Deciding it was best to stay up in the tree, Poppy sat back slightly and hoped that the animal would leave quickly and she'd be able to head home.

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

Luna shifted out of her wolf form and her long silver hair cascaded down her back. She was wearing blue jeans and a short sleeve shirt. You could see the scars and burns on her arms. Her golden eyes focused on the vampire and she narrowed her eyes. The youngest member of the Cullen family kept her golden eyes on the vampire.

"Are you a member of the other vampire clan that moved into Forks after my family moved back here?" she asked. While she kept her golden eyes on the vampire, she put her long silver hair up in a ponytail. She rubbed scar and burnt covered arms. She pushed the memories of her past into the back of her mind and stayed focused on the vampire in front of her. But it kept trying to push its way into the front of her mind and she kept trying to push it back into her mind.

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy sighed as the animal remained in its spot. Her eyes widened in shock as the animal changed in front of her into a beautiful girl who had long silvery hair and was wearing jeans and t-shirt. She had never ever seen anything like that before, what was this girl she wondered. Poppy could clearly see that the girl had scars on her arms, she wondered what had happen to her. Poppy clung onto tree tighter, there was no way she'd want to be any closer.

Poppy stared hard at the girl as she spoke to her and asked her if she was from the other vampire clan in Forks. Poppy nodded at the girl. "Wait did you just say you are a Cullen? You're one of them?" she asked totally confused, how could this girl be a Cullen? Poppy watched as the girl put her hair up. She had so many questions for this girl and she was slightly unsure of asking and talking to her, especially if she was a Cullen, her dad wouldn't like that. "How, how did you do that anyway? How did you change from animal to human like that?" she stuttered, unsure of if she was ready for the answer.

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

She un-narrowed her golden eyes and nodded. "Yes, I'm a Cullen. The adopted me. I'm the youngest in the family but I"m not a vampire like my sibblings and parents are. I"m a shifter, I can turn into any kind of form of animal. I have three forms, a silver wolf with golden eyes, the form that you saw; a golden hawk with copper eyes; and a chestnut thoroughbred horse with brown eyes. Unlike the werewolf shifter, I can turn back with my clothes still on" she said and she noticed that the girl had glanced at her scars. Her golden eyes saddened. "I just don't like talking about my scars and burns. I noticed that you were looking at them. Its part of a past that I don't like remembering." she said sadly. She closed her golden eyes and took a calming breath. She opened them and all of the sadness disappeared.

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy listened intently to the girl as she explained what she was to her. The girl said she was shifter. Poppy made a mental note of the name and decided that she'd have to ask her father about this as she had never heard of such a thing. One thing she was certain of though was that this girl was no vampire and was a Cullen.

"So you can change into three different animals?" she all but whispered to this girl, as shock filled her, how was that possible? Poppy had so many questions for this girl but she was weary of talking to her.

As the girl mentioned her scars and burns, Poppy sighed sadly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare". A wave of sadness filled Poppy as she looked at the girl when she was stood with her eyes closed, she could tell that the girl was extremely sad and didn't like talking about what had caused her the pain.

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

She opened her golden eyes to look at the vampire that was in front of her. She nodded. "Yes, I can. My three forms are a silver wolf, a hawk and a horse." she said. She put her hands in her pockets and shrugged her shoulders. "Its okay." she said. She glanced around her and looked back at the vampire. "What's your name?" she asked the vampire that was standing in front of her. She kept her hands in her pocket and she was gently touching her phone. She kept her golden eyes focused on the vampire that was standing in front of her. She took her hands out of her pockets to brush her bangs out of her face and she put her hands back into her pocket. She started to wonder why she was here and if she should call one of her siblings to come and help her.

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy gazed down at the girl before deciding jump down from the tree she was currently perched upon. She knew it was possible that this girl could attack her, after all she didn't know her and if she was a Cullen she would probably hate her. Poppy didn't think she was dangerous though or about to attack her.

"I'm Poppy" she mumbled as she looked more closely at the girl as she stood with her hands in her pockets then ran her finger through her bangs. She look uneasy, maybe she was as nervous about being here with her just as she was about her. After all if her dad found out she was talking to a Cullen he'd be mad. "So, what's you name" she decided to ask, she hated not knowing who she was talking to and it would be rude not to ask after being asked herself.

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

Luna fixed her shirt a little and looked at her. She watched her jump down from the tree that the vampire was up in. She lowered her golden eyes to meet the eyes of the vampire that was standing in front of her. "Nice to meet you, Poppy. My name is Luna Cullen, the youngest in the Cullen family."she said. She knew that her adoptive parents and siblings will get mad at her for talking to a member of the De Silva family but she had wanted to know her name. She started to wonder what was she doing here."Why are you here and not with your family?"she asked. She relaxed her body a little so she didn't look uneasy around a member of her family's rival. She took her long silver hair out of its ponytail and she braided it. She tied to the end of the braid with her hair tie and she kept her golden eyes on Poppy, who was still standing in front of her.

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy smiled as the girl introduced herself. "Nice to meet you Luna" she replied honestly. It was nice to meet someone new. She loved meeting new people but being as she was it wasn't easy and her family preferred to keep themselves to themselves so it wasn't easy to met others. She often fantasised about having a friend and how she'd need to keep it a secret from her father especially if she found a friend that wasn't in on her family secret.

"I just wanted to get away for a little while" Poppy shrugged in answer to Luna's question about her not being with her family, "They are a little intense sometimes" she admitted. She watched Luna as she braided her hair in fascination, she was still in shock about what Luna had told her about herself and what she was. "So why aren't you with your family?" she asked back wondering what the Cullen's are like, was her dad right?

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

She let her braid drop back behind her and she relaxed her body. She let her golden eyes close and she smiled as she listened to Poppy. She opened her golden eyes and looked at Poppy. She heard her question. "They were busy with things but they know that I went for a run in my wolf form. The only ones that seemed to worry were my adoptive parents and my other brothers and sisters. Except for my other brother, Edward, he doesn't seem to care at all about me. He hates me because I'm a shifter and I don't want my brother to hate me because of what I am. I want him to care about me and worry about me. I want him to see me as a little sister and not as a shifter. I just wish that he didn't dislike me." she said and she lowered her head. Her silver bangs covered her golden eyes as tears slid down her cheeks

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy listened as Luna explained about her family, the Cullens and how this Edward dislikes her for being what she is. "That's not fair that he doesn't like you just because of what you are" she vented, "its not like you asked to be what you are, did you?". If one thing made her mad it was people judging others just because of who or what they may be. Her anger at this Edward surprised her, its not like she even knew this girl.

"Don't cry" she whispered to Luna as she watched tears roll down her checks from her golden eyes. She hated when people got upset, she always felt awkward and unsure of what to do and say. "Do the rest of the Cullens feel like that or is it just this Edward?" she asked tentatively, hoping she wasn't going to upset her even more.

[LUNA ANGEL CULLEN]

She quickly whipped the tears from her golden eyes and her cheeks. she opened her golden eyes and looked at Poppy. "No, I wasn't asked to be born as a shifter and its only Edward that hates me. My other siblings and my adoptive parents don't care if I'm a shifter, all they see me as their adoptive daughter or little sister." she said and she lowered her golden eyes to the ground. "I keep wishing every day that Edward would accept me for the fact that I'm a shifter and his little sister. I also hopes that someone would make Edward realize that." she said and she looked up at Poppy. She hopped to have a friend in Poppy and she hoped that they will be friends. She smiled at that thought and she relaxed her body.

[POPPY GRACE DE SILVA]

Poppy watched as Luna wiped the tears from her eyes. "Do you know what his problem is?" she enquired wondering if this Edward disliked her for another reason, not for the fact she was a shifter. She was happy that the rest of Luna's family accepted her for what she is. Poppy really like Luna, she hoped that they'd become good friends.

"Couldn't you get someone else from your family to talk to him?" she wondered out loud, "Maybe he'd listen to them?" she added. Poppy knew how hard it was to have family not understand you, she often felt that her family didn't want her around, with the exception of her sister Thalia of course who Poppy often went to with her worries. Thalia was always telling her she was too sensitive.

Poppy looked at Luna, she seemed to to relax a little. She smiled at her. "I was thinking, would you like to be friends?" Poppy blurted out, hoping Luna didn't think she was to forward, after all maybe Luna wouldn't want to be friends with her.