May is now upon us and you know what that means: time for our monthly featured fan fiction! This month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘The Blood Crystal’ by Melolabel! Congratulations!

Title: “The Blood Crystal”
Author: Melolabel
Main Characters: Bella, Edward, The Cullens, The Volturi, Ben, Angela, James, Victoria, Laurent
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: When Angela is kidnapped by a rogue Vampire, Bella embarks on a whirlwind adventure to save her friend. When she becomes lost in the rain forests of Peru, who will come to her rescue? And what is the Blood Crystal?

Her heaving bosom glistened with sweat, the handsome sailor took notice immediately of her state of undress…UGH! Why am I writing this trash? I closed my laptop and pushed away from my desk. What on earth was a virgin doing writing about ‘heaving bosoms’ and ‘throws of passion’? It was laughable that a magna cum laude graduate with a masters in ancient languages and literature was writing trashy romance novels. Unfortunately the bills had to be paid and that wasn’t going to happen with out a job.

I plodded around my small apartment picking up the bits of paper I used to brainstorm ideas on. I guess I was old fashioned that way. I liked seeing the pencil scratches and the arrows and all my other crazy markings when I was coming up with a story. Once the mess was handled, I opened the refrigerator to find an expired half gallon of milk, a limp sack o’ salad, and something with gray hair on it.

I reluctantly picked up my jacket and purse, I hated going out. I guess you could say I was a bit of a recluse. I usually ordered my groceries to be delivered but at 10 o’clock at night, I was going to have to go to the store to get something to eat. That and I was out of tissues. I hated having a cold, but what can you do?

I walked the block and a half to the small supermarket and filled the little handheld basket with my staples; tissues, a box of cold medicine, milk, spaghetti, sauce, and I had to indulge in some cheesy garlic toast. I walked slowly back to my empty little apartment, though the word ‘little’ was probably too generous. When my college roommate, Angela, moved out after graduation, I had to downsize to a studio. I didn’t really have any friends in the city, so it’s not like company was coming over anytime soon, and it suited me just fine.

As I prepared my dinner my thoughts drifted to Angela. She and her fiancé Ben felt the need to do something altruistic so they joined the peace corps. They ended up being sent to some remote part of Peru, near the border of the Amazon. She would write when she could, I would get one or two letters every couple of months. She had asked me to join with her, but I had issues leaving my apartment, let alone getting on an airplane and going to some godforsaken jungle. That didn’t stop me from having an up-to-date passport, though. I had this wild romantic idea that I should always have a passport ready, just in case some handsome man wanted to whisk me off to some enchanting foreign hideaway. HA! I really have been writing smutty novels for too long.

After I had eaten my food, I decided to clear my head with a nice hot bath. I’d pick up with miss ‘heaving bosom’ tomorrow. The soak was wonderful and I was out like a light in very little time.

When I woke I tapped out the rest of the chapter I had been working on. I had a meeting with my editor in the afternoon, and she wanted to see progress. I dressed in my ‘work appropriate’ outfit, a pair of navy slacks and a white button down shirt, topped off with a gray blazer. It was plain and boring, just like me.

I grew up mostly with my Dad Charlie, he usually wore flannel or his police uniform. I guess that’s why my sense of style is in the toilet. I grabbed a pair of flats and threw them in my messenger bag and laced up my trusty hot pink chucks.

I decided to take the stairs, it was only two flights down, and you know what they say about exercising whenever you can. As I reached the lobby, I noticed our mailman, trying to stuff a large manila envelope into my box.

“Hey Joe! I’ll take that off your hands.” I walked towards him with a little more enthusiasm than before. I hardly ever got ‘real mail’ and this looked important.

“Thanks Bella, here you go, and here’s the rest of it.” He handed me the large yellow envelope and a stack of junk mail. I tucked the big one into my bag and quickly sifted through the other pile while standing over the trash can. Keep, toss, toss, toss, toss, shred, toss, toss. Done! Sorting my mail like that was a cinch. I shoved the two other pieces of mail into my bag and headed off to my editor’s office.

The meeting was fairly uneventful. Jessica underlined and bracketed, nodded, scowled, flipped quickly through the last few pages and handed me back the manuscript. I had some revising to work on but I was more anxious to find out what was in that mysterious envelope.

I headed to the nearest Starbucks and ordered a hot chocolate. The barista glared at me when I asked for more whipped cream. I just wanted some extra deliciousness on my chocolate, it’s not like it was coming out of her paycheck.

I squished into a big comfy chair and took out the envelope. I looked over the postmarks and deduced immediately that it had come from Angela. I tore it open and dumped the contents out onto my lap. There was a note, some kind of really old looking parchment, and what appeared to be a hand drawn map. That’s weird, this is not the kind of thing I usually get from her.

I glanced briefly at the parchment and saw that it was indeed really old. I’ll have to be really careful with that. I then moved on to the letter in Angela’s handwriting.

Dear Bella,

I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to send you this parchment because you are the smartest girl I know. I was hoping maybe you could tell me what it says since it’s obviously not in English, and I’m pretty sure it’s not Spanish or Portugese.

Ben and I came across the parchment and a deep red crystal when we were hiking to a remote village about 100 miles from Iquitos Peru. I pulled a “Bella” and totally slipped off the side of the trail and Ben had to rescue me. While I pulled myself together, I noticed an old looking leather purse. I thought it was odd that something like that would be here in the middle of the jungle. So I picked it up and pulled the drawstrings, that’s when I saw the crystal and the parchment.

I showed it to Ben and we decided to hide it. We couldn’t take it with us to the Village and we wanted to make sure we remembered where we stashed it, hence the map. Keep everything safe and I don’t think it would be a good idea to show any one else. I just have a creepy feeling about this stuff.

I’ll be in touch soon.

Love,

Angela

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Name: Melolabel

How did you find TA? Katmom gave me the heads up about TA and suggested I come post my stories over here too.

How did you start writing fan fiction? I started writing Fan Fic by entering a one shot in a “sexy Edward” contest over on FF . net. I got several positive responses, so I decided to continue the story. ( A New Frontier ) Then I just got on a roll. Every movie I watched, I would insert the twilight characters into the main roles, every other book I read, I would think about Bella and Edward. It’s kind of a sickness really. So it’s good that I’m here at Twilighters Anonymous. Though I don’t think I’m ready to admit that I have a problem, so I think I fail step one already. I have no desire to be reformed!

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It’s the start of April has just begun and you know what that means: time for our monthly featured fan fiction! This month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘Red Moon Promise’ by EMHW.Bear! Congratulations!

Title: “Red Moon Promise”
Author: EMHW.Bear
Main Characters: Jacob and the entire Wolf Pack. Also, introducing Raven.
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: Red Moon Promise takes place after Breaking Dawn. Jacob knows that Nessie is his eventual future. He attempts to carry on his life without her and the Cullens after selflessly agreeing to give her uniquely short childhood to Bella and Edward. He is unaware that his identity has been discovered and is being used to uncover the rest of the pack’s identities. Racked by boredom and lonesomeness, he meets and befriends a girl that has an abusive, controlling stepfather. He finds himself allowing her to believe their friendship is something more. Just when he realizes the repercussions he could have on her should he continue on with the relationship, and decides that it’s time to end the friendship; one of the wolves, his sister, Rachel, and Jared’s imprint, Kim, are taken by vampires that seek to force the wolf pack to help them overthrow the Volturi. Jacob and Sam set out to discover who is behind the abductions and the entire pack sets out to bring their family home.

Things were finally back to normal-well as normal as things could be in this area- considering all that had happened more than several months ago when Jacob Black, your average typical teenager in love, first became aware that the literal blood thirsty vampires, and wolf transforming humans believed to be mythical legends, truly existed.

Sprawled out on the living room carpet of his tiny two-bedroom home, Jacob lay relaxed, and comfortable watching Monday Night Football with his father, Billy. He had been able to be home more than usual seemingly without a care. No rogue vampires to worry about, no gut-wrenching heartbreak to hurt about, and no alpha-authority pack leader giving him orders. Life was good!

There was thirty seconds left of the game. Jacob’s team, the Washington Redskins, was behind, by 5 points. It was first down for the Dallas Cowboys at the twenty-two yard-line. In Jacob’s mind, the game was over. “Looks like I’m out another ten bucks. They played like crap today,” he groaned to Billy.

“Whoa!” ‘Interception,’ Jacob sprung to his feet nearly hitting his head on the ceiling, screaming in excitement as the team he’d always backed, for better or worse, made their last ditch effort to win the game.

In the middle of the most exhilarating moment of the evening, the ear-splitting cries of the telephone annoyingly interrupted his excitement. Jacob reached out robotically while keeping his eyes dead centered on the television screen. “Hello!” he boomed, practically shouting, “Go, go, go, all the way!” into the receiver.

“Jake its Bella. Can you come over? We really need to talk.” A spontaneous inner jump followed by the rapid beating of his heart raised all the hairs on his neck and arms, in instinctive alarm. His attention immediately fell away from the television screen.

Judging by the serious manner in Bella’s voice, it was obvious that the discussion Jacob was about to encounter was not going to be something he wanted to hear. “Sure, I’ll be right there,” he replied trying to sound casually unaware.

Hanging up the telephone, he darted out the door, stripping off his trunks, and phasing into his other self, a large powerful russet colored wolf.  

A glowing red moon, and faint shimmering lights glittered through the evening dusk, and cool and breezy air, tinged with fresh scents of cedar and moss and spruce, lingered amongst the trees. The evening was fantastic, a fact Jacob couldn’t enjoy until he uncovered the mystery of Bella’s grave concern.

He hurriedly weaved his way through the densely packed woods, stretching his burly form out long and lean in to a thunderous galloping run. As Jacob dashed through the blackening forest, he recalled the desperation he once felt to keep his precious Bella safe. How recklessly desirous he once was to have her as his one and only.

He was amazed at how quickly and how perfectly everything had changed. Now, the major subject of his concern was the remarkable little girl with chocolate brown eyes and bronze curly hair, he was destined to always protect. The idea of not being allowed to do so had him quivering in trepidation.

The closer he came to his target destination, the slower he moved, reluctant to approach the cozy little cottage nestled quite fittingly, within the picture perfect setting that surrounded it.

His eyes shot open wide, flabbergasted at the sight before him. The windows were boarded securely. He didn’t need to see the linen covered furniture to know that the Cullens were leaving. Nevertheless, the sight of the near vacant living room scattered with luggage virtually knocked the wind from his lungs.

They were practically gone and they’d waited until the last minute to let him know. His heart sunk pulling every fiber in his body down with it. He didn’t even have the will to try to hide his devastation. Although, he always knew this day would come, and had preplanned for this conversion in his mind several times, months in advance, he remained totally unprepared, “Bella what’s all this?” he questioned, gazing around the room.

Bella dropped her eyes in distress stammering, “I…I know how this must look to you but please here me out Jake.”

“Okay shoot,” he replied, feeling like that’s exactly what she was about to do.

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Name: EMHW.Bear

How did you find TA? Of all the internet sites out there, I found TA the most satisfying. I love the stories. The people I’ve met here are awesome, kind, and encouraging. I also found Isle Esme: The Writers Lounge very helpful.

How did you start writing fan fiction? After I saw Twilight, a friend of mine recommended that I read the Twilight novel. Of course, I devoured the series in about two weeks. I’m not one for reading books twice. However, I wasn’t done thinking about it, or hearing about it, or talking about it with my friends and family. Thus I began my internet quest to satisfy my Twilight Saga appetite. I stumbled on some fan fiction sites, and the next thing I knew I was sitting at my computer writing my own story.

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March has just begun and you know what that means: time for our monthly featured fan fiction! This month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘The Unexpected’ by ZellBell! Congratulations!

Title: “The Unexpected”
Author: ZellBell
Main Characters: Leah, Jacob, Bella, Wolf pack and the Cullens
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: It’s set mid Breaking Dawn where the wolfpack are getting ready to attack the Cullens….but something happens and the story is set on a different track.

The order was simple, we storm the Cullen house. We found out that the psychic leech can’t see us coming, so we had the element of surprise. But what if that isn’t enough? I can’t lose Seth I have to look after him - it’s what daddy would have wanted. The hole in my heart stung that little bit more. Daddy always knew what to do and what to say, without him I felt lost. I have to take care of Seth it’s my job now. Sure he could turn into a wolf and was as strong as me but he was still my little brother.

Collin interrupted my reverie,

‘Do you think they taste half as sweet as the smell?’ I shook my head what a bunch of kids

‘Maybe they taste really nice like candy.’ Great now Brady’s joined the stupidness.

‘You’re all a bunch of idiots. Now get in your formations before I make you!’ I growled at them and Collin flinched. Damn right you should be scared.

As always Quil, Embry and Jacob were in their little group. Jacob was lying on the ground refusing to get up; this must be really hard for him. As much as I hate Sam for what he did to me, I could never dream of putting him his loved ones in danger, and here we were, getting ready to take away her, well family. I shook the thoughts out of my mind. I need to focus.

I looked around and everyone else was busy getting ready. Paul was standing with Sam on the edge of the clearing. Sam had that intense look, the kind that made a little crease right in between his eyebrows. Jared was pacing up and down, I could hear him going over the strategy, over and over again, constantly evaluating and re-evaluating the possibilities. To Jared life was a game of chess, and he always managed to be one step ahead.

Then there was Paul and he was - well he was being Paul,

‘That big one has no idea what coming for him, damn bloodsucker going to wish he was never born’, for some reason images of himself human form boxing the big guy filled his mind

‘Fly like a butterfly sting like a bee’

Oh wow what a dork.

‘I heard that you know!’ Paul turned and started glaring at me,

‘And what you going to do about it’ I growled, Jared overheard us and nudged Paul, and he broke his glare.

‘That’s what I thought.’ I snapped at him.

How I love getting Paul angry it’s just too easy. I looked over and saw Sam he was deep in thought.

Ever since I changed into a giant stupid wolf I couldn’t help my feelings for Sam, I would feel myself being drawn towards him even more than I did before. I remember explaining that to dad once, he had a theory. Apparently the feeling was similar to imprinting. In the wild the female in a wolf pack would try and get the strongest male as a partner to ensure her cubs would have the best chance of survival.

That sort of explains why I was feeling compelled to have Sam – I mean he’s the alpha. But he imprinted on Emily. Leaving me alone, with no one – what if it means I never find anyone?

As I thought of Sam I got sucked into his head. I was flooded with images of Emily as he placed kisses down her neck and I could feel his complete love for her. I shook my head trying to get the images out of my mind. The hole in my chest was back, with the burning feeling as strong as ever, I was overwhelmed by the pain me and a whimper escaped my lips – crap!

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Name: Zehra (aka zellbell)

How did you find TA? Wow, good question…I have no idea.

How did you start writing fan fiction? I wondered what would happen if this happened…and started writing - what started as a short one shot became a full blown fan fiction.

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It’s the first of February and that means we’re back with your monthly featured fan fiction! This month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘Ever Thine, Ever Mine, Ever Ours’ by Mrsyt31! Congratulations!

Title: “Ever thine, Ever mine, Ever ours…..”
Author: mrsyt31
Main Characters: Edward, Bella, and the Cullens
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: What if it hadn’t been bloodlust that drew Edward to Bella? What if he had recognized her as his soulmate from the first time their eyes met? This is the story of how a lost soul finally came to be with his one true love.

Edward’s POV

It was the fall of 1917 when we first met. Before the Spanish Influenza ravaged my city and took my family away from me forever- before I was changed into the monster I would become. Her family had recently moved into the house next door to my own- cliche, I know, that I would fall in love with the girl next door. And fall, I did. It happened quickly for both of us. I walked her to school everyday, and showed her all of the wonders the city of Chicago held for me. She told me of her former home, on the coast of Washington, where most of her family still lived. I listened to the sadness in her voice as she would describe how she missed the lush, green forests of home, and I longed to hold her and take all of that sadness away.

By Christmas, we were courting. I, ever the gentleman, had asked her father’s permission first. He had agreed, and Isabel became my Isabel. She was simply the most beautiful creature I had ever seen, inside and out. Her hair was the color of roasting chesnuts, and her eyes were the richest chocolate you could possibly imagine. Through those eyes, you could see the depth of her soul, and the purity of her heart. She had become my life, my reason for living. Gone were my notions of wanting to join the war effort. Although, when I would turn eighteen I would surely be drafted, if given the choice, I would no longer choose to go. I needed her in my life, couldn’t breathe without her in it.

By springtime I had asked her parents for her hand, and they had consented. I had a plan in place to surprise Isabel with a proposal on her seventeenth birthday, but as they say, the best laid plans……

Bella POV

The dream began much the same way it had every night since I had moved to Forks two weeks ago. I was walking down a city street in the springtime- early springtime, as it was very cold in the dream. It was not a city I recognized, which didn’t mean much, as I had never really been anywhere in my seventeen years. But the beautiful boy walking with me in the dream, him, I recognized. For the first time I realized who he was, or maybe my mind finally put a face where there had never been one before. Edward Cullen. Dr. and Mrs. Cullen’s adopted teenaged son. In my dream he was guiding me down a busy sidewalk, and I remember looking into his beautiful green eyes- a green that reminded me vividly of the wilderness around my new home. The only problem with this was that I knew that Edward Cullen’s eyes were not green. I had seen him in my biology class- we were lab partners- and I remember clearly thinking that his eyes were the most unique color of gold I had ever seen.

As my dream unfolded, I continued to walk with the young man who had Edward’s face. But, his face wasnt quite Edward’s. It was softer, somehow, more youthful- innocent, almost. He guided me through the city park, to a bench beside a water fountain. He was rambling nervously about our relationship, and how precious I was to him. I couldn’t help but notice the sheen of sweat, beading on his face as he spoke, and the shadows under his beautiful eyes. The shadows- that was something that my dream Edward had in common with my lab partner. Those bruise-like shadows under his eyes. His speech was starting to falter, and I felt a pang of anxiety, wondering if there was something seriously wrong with this beautiful boy. Should I call his parents? Should I ask a passerby for help? And then, suddenly, he was falling…….

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Name: mrsyt31 (Erin)

How did you find TA? I found TA by accident in the fall of 2008 through another fansite, and it quickly became an addiction, especially with all the hype surrounding the release of the Twilight movie!

How did you start writing fan fiction? I was reluctant to start writing fanfiction. I only started reading fanfiction in the late summer of 2009 while on maternity leave, and became obsessessed imediately. Some of the first fics I read were here on TA and I credit some of the writers here with inspiring me to try my hand at writing myself. This is the first story I have written, and I am currently working on an outtake, as well as an adult piece, just to see if I can do it!

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We’re starting the new year off with a bang, and since we have a lot of new authors in the fan fic section, we’ve decided to feature one of our newbies. We’re calling it “New Year; New Author”, and this month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘Black Horizon’ by MegsD! Congratulations!

Title: “Black Horizon”
Author: MegsD
Main Characters: Bella, Edward, Cullen Family, Quileute Tribe
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: This story begins just as Edward and Bella are arriving at Isle Esme for their Honeymoon, but takes a different turn. Edward and Bella are faced with pressure from both sides, and Bella is forced to make the ultimate decision, putting her family’s future in jeopardy.

I watched the calm, easy swaying of the undergrowth as we headed down the seemingly endless trail. I could barely feel Edward’s arm as he carried me effortlessly, but could somehow still feel the tense excitement in his hold. I didn’t know what to expect in the coming minutes, but I knew he had something in mind, and I trusted that it would be as amazing as everything else about my life with him has been.

When Edward tightened his hold on me slightly, leaning in to kiss me on the forehead, I began to focus again on the path we were on and its destination. As I looked up I immediately saw flickering lights illuminating - with the help of the moon - a square structure surrounded by large beams. As we came closer, I saw that the beams held up an awning over a massive porch, stretching around both sides of the house as far as I could see. As the form and details became clearer, my eyes widened and my breath hitched as I gazed at this building’s perfection.

Each of the beams was covered in an ivy, which also served as the ground cover all around the cream-colored house. The entire front wall, excluding the door, was filled with windows. To the right of the door, what I assumed to be the living area had one large widow that protruded from the house, with two smaller windows on either side. The other side of the front door had a single, square window which looked like it probably belonged to a bedroom or office.

Candles of all sizes lined the outer edge of the porch, as well as the last few feet of the walkway up to the house. As we approached I could also see candles flickering in the front windows, and continuing throughout the front room.

Before I was able to fully appreciate the beauty of this structure - surely designed by Esme - and its surroundings, we were at the front door. Edward set me gently on my feet, holding his arm around me for longer than necessary to make sure I was steady before opening the door, allowing me to see all that had been done to prepare for this moment.

I peered inside the door and saw white candles dispersed all throughout the house, covering every elevated surface I could make out, as well as lining a walkway directly left of the entry to a set of stairs. Surrounding the candles and scattered randomly over the floor were white, pink and red rose petals. The kitchen, dining room and living area was one enormous room. I took a few moments to catch my breath while admiring the simple beauty of the open space. It was only then that I noticed Edward, staring directly at me and not seeming to notice anything about what had been done to the house. He had set the bags down just inside the door, and was facing me with his arms outstretched slightly as if preparing to catch me.

“Edward, I’m not going to fall over. I don’t think, anyway. Have you looked around? This place looks so beautiful!”

He smirked slightly as he relaxed his stance. “Yes, I’ve seen it. Not directly, but Alice has trouble keeping things to herself when she gets excited about something. If it’s always on her mind, I’m bound to see it at some point.” He looked down at his feet for just a moment, and then back up at my face.

“She wanted to make everything perfect for - um - tonight.” I knew if he had the ability to blush at this moment he probably would, but when realization hit I blushed enough for the both of us. As if the blush weren’t enough of an indication, my heart hammered in my chest as though it wanted to jump out and run away from the embarrassment that Alice knew exactly what was going to happen. I also found hope in this, though, because if Alice had seen things happening, that meant we would be able to, despite Edward’s concerns. At this notion, the heat in my cheeks turned into a quick-burning fire down my neck and onto my chest, queuing the butterflies in my stomach.

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Name: Megs

How did you find TA? I was searching for news updates about Twilight and New Moon, and came across the site, and I’m so glad I did!

How did you start writing fan fiction? After joining TA, I found the Fan Fiction section and began reading. I was hooked on fan fic when I read ‘A New Morning’ by LJ Summers, and after reading more of her stories I was inspired to try and write my own!

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This month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘The Lost Journals: Emmett’s Story’ by TLHeart! Congratulations!

Title: “The Lost Journals: Emmett’s Story”
Author: TLHeart (Suzanne)
Main Characters: Emmett, Emmett’s human family members, and the Cullens
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: The Lost Journals is a story of Emmett and his life before he became a Cullen. The journals are found at his sister’s house after her death. The story starts off giving a little insight of each member of his family, what they like, school and hobbies. It looks at what it was like having family trips and daily adventures with his brothers and his sisters. Emmett and Michaela, his sister, have a very close relationship and do almost everything together. On a family camping trip, Michaela gets lost and in the process of finding her, Emmett gets attacked. This is the story of Emmett’s attack, what his family went through having lost a child, what his sister goes through losing not only her brother but her best friend, and what Emmett goes through when seeing his loving family hurt by his death and the life of a Cullen.

My name is Emmett Dale McCarty. I was the youngest son until I was about 3 yrs old. My mom then had a set of twins, one boy and one girl. My mom didn’t know she was having twins, I guess that is why my sister is often called the surprise child. My two older brothers are Ryan who 16 and Tyler who is 15 years old. Then me, I’m 13 and handsome of course and you can’t forget my younger brother Jaysen and sister Michaela they are 10 years old.

My parents are J.D. McCarty and Lilly Rose McCarty. We live in Gatlinburg, Tenn. In a nice home that has a beautiful view of the Smokey Mountains. There is a small river at the end of the of our land. My mom loves sitting out there in a rocker dad made for her. She often makes comments about how it is her vacation away from home. My father makes maps. His real title is a land surveyor; he works for the Government they change the name every couple of years. He travels all over the state writing down all kinds of numbers, drawing where the rivers and mountains are. All of his drawings he has done are very detailed of the area he is in. In the summer we get to go out with him for a few weeks. This is how our annual family camping trip got started. Mom is lost without him when he is gone longer than a couple of days. Our camping trip is something that we have done since before I can remember. My mom, well she said her job was trying to raise 1 princess and a house full of boys. However, I do not see my mom making Michaela into a princess she wants. Sometimes mom would go into town and help our neighbors out at their bakery, J.P.’s Pastries and Desserts.

Our family is not rich but we never had the need to want for anything. We were what my dad said was comfortable. Rules around the house weren’t bad either. We had to go to school, make the best grades that we could and do our chores. We all knew that no matter what we did or how we did it our parents would be proud of us for doing our best. My mom and sister kept the house clean. My dad, my brothers and I kept up with the outside chores. My dad made my sister a little garden that was behind the house. I remember Mom being so upset with him, my sister would play out there for hours. But some how it seemed the garden kept getting bigger and bigger year after year. My sister always blamed my mom, my mom blamed nana. Nana took the blame with pride, she always said, “If it grows in nana’s garden then it’s good enough for her granddaughters garden.” Before she knew it the garden as almost as long as our house.

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Name: TLHeart (Suzanne)

How did you find TA? I found TA while searching for Twilight information when I was up one late one night. I looked over the site for a couple of days and found a Fan Fiction section which was something new to me. I started reading “The Wedding” (amazing) among others and fell in love with the site. I found myself coming home and coming to the TA site right after checking my email because it was a place where I could be with people like me. The one thing that put TA on my top list is that we can talk about anything and everyone is willing to give advice even if they have never met you. It’s like a family.

How did you start writing fan fiction? I have alway felt bad that Emmett never really had a story. I would be at work and ideas would run through my mind until finally i would start writing them down. My grandmother was the first to hear my story and told me I should go ahead and post it. I decided to write his story, I felt the character needed a history, so I tried my best to give him a history that would fit him.

I would like to say thank you soooooo much to everyone who has read my story. Thank you to a special friend in California for encourgement on my story and my best friend and his husband for believing in me.

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This month’s winner for Featured Fan Fiction is ‘Time Heals’ by AbbeyMickey24! Congratulations!

Title: “Time Heals”
Author: AbbeyMickey24
Main Characters: Bella, Jasper
Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: After the Cullen family goes their separate ways, Jasper returns to Forks to make sure Bella’s doing okay with them leaving her. He finds her depressed and unhappy. Making the decision to stay he spends two years watching over her. When she finally finds out he’s there, they become friends. As time passes their relationship grows and changes, healing their broken hearts and getting them to where they were always meant to be.

You know the saying ‘time heals all wounds,’ well whoever said it never met Bella Swan.

Three years, that’s how long it has been. Three years since everything fell apart. Three years since that horrible birthday party. The birthday party that changed everything. The day I tried to kill her.

I thought back over those three years as I watched Bella through the bookstore window where she worked.

We had all been excited, laughing as we watched Alice bounce around getting things ready. Bella and Edward coming in, him excited and her, not so much. I could feel she didn’t want to be there, but she also didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings. Alice giving her the present me, Emmett and Rosalie had got for her. I had drifted closer as she opened up Alice and Edward’s present, when it happened.

That one little drop of blood that had put me into a frenzy. Edward throwing her back into glass plates that cut her arm open. Emmett and Rose wrestling me outside, as I continued to try to get to her. Realizing what I had done and running.

Alice and I had left for Alaska that night; I could feel the disappointment coming off her.

Edward and the others arrived in Denali three days later. They were all disappointed; I felt it, no matter how hard they tried to hide it. We had stayed there for two months, and then moved to Montana.

The 4 months following our move, saw us all drifting apart. Carlisle and Esme tried to keep us together, but we just couldn’t make it work anymore. We all knew we had a home if we wanted to come back.

Edward left first, going back to Alaska. Emmett and Rose followed quickly after, going on a tour of the world for the millionth time. Alice and I were the last ones to leave, although not together.

When we moved we stayed in separate bedrooms. I hated knowing I had hurt and disappointed her. She felt guilty for feeling that way. Both of us realizing that we wanted different things. She wanted to research her family then go to college. I wanted to just get away, be away from people. So we split-up. I loved her, and she loved me, but we weren’t in love anymore.

I left, visiting Peter and Charlotte for awhile, slowly drifting around, and never staying in one place to long. Until the day I received the phone call that took me back home.

I was in Michigan, trying to decide where I wanted to go next, when Carlisle called. It seems Edward had met someone. She was a vampire and he wanted us to meet her. Carlisle and Esme didn’t want to go, but felt they needed to because he was their son. They had loved Bella and still did. It would be hard on them to see him with someone else. I wanted answers. Why had we rushed to save her from James? Why had he saved her from the van? Why had he kept me and Rose from killing her after? Why bring her into our lives at all, if he was going to just move on when someone who wasn’t as breakable came along?

I always thought Edward would give in and go back to Forks that he would last maybe a month, two at the most and go back to the one he loved. I always thought I would one day be able to apologize to her for what I had almost done. For scaring her and taking away everything she wanted.  Now I would never get the chance.

As I made my way through Canada, I came to the decision that I didn’t want to go to Alaska; I didn’t want answers from Edward. I wanted to make sure she was okay no one else could be bothered. If she was fine I would send her a note, not the best way to apologize, but it would be something, and then I would leave. If she wasn’t fine I would stay and watch over her, until she was, I owed her that much. I wouldn’t let her know I was there, but she would be protected.

When I first saw her again after 8 months of being gone I almost didn’t recognize her; if she hadn’t come out of Charlie’s house, I would have had to look twice. She had lost weight, didn’t look like she’d slept in months. Her feelings almost put me to my knees; there was so much pain, heartache, and loneliness. What had he done to her? What had we done to her?

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Name: AbbeyMickey24

How did you find TA? I learned about TA by scouring the internet for any and everything having to do with Twilight. Once I found TA I fell in love. It had everything I needed and more.

How did you start writing fan fiction? I started writing fan fiction after reading some of the ones posted on TA. I loved them. It gave me a chance to see the take on the Twilight relationships through others and then I found I wanted to try it out just to see what I could do. I started with a one-shot and then went from there. After reading about the Jasper/Bella pairing I realized how much I love the idea of them as a couple. So most of my stories have them together.

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