It's the 1930s. Carlisle and Esme are ready to spread the love by welcoming a fourth member to the Cullen clan. She's young. She's blonde. She's beautiful. What could possibly go wrong? And would a fifth addition make things better or worse?

My entry for the Pre-Twilight Round of the Canon Tour. Sacrifice is required in any great venture. Sometimes it's not what you would die for, it's what you will kill for. Aro, in his first centuries, sees a path to a great beginning.

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Summary: In the mid-14th century, after the Black Death has ravaged Italy, a merchant’s widow goes in a pilgrimage, ostensibly to atone for her dead husband’s sins. But, in the holy place she has reached, things are not what they seem. Supernatural, AU, Pre Twilight.

Winner of the Emerging Swan Award for best Original Character (Bonizella)

Travelling to South America in search of Nahuel, Alice and Jasper end up caught and stalled by the sun in Mexico. With no other way to pass the time, Alice begins to wonder about her creator and why he might have left her alone. When she asks Jasper a question that's long nagged at her, she doesn't get the answer she expects.

But she loves it...

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One week, seven days, seven men... Newborn vampire Rosalie only has one thing on her mind: revenge... -based on the movie 'I spit on your grave'- Canon.Very dark. Enter at your own risk.

My first attempt at fanfic was a one shot from Alice's POV of her thoughts leading up to Edward and Bella's wedding for a fanfic contest.  Alice's has always been my favorite character apart from Edward and Bella themselves, and ever since I wrote that one shot, Alice's chirpy voice has been in the back of my head begging me to write her whole story.  So here it is, Alice's story from the beginning in her own words.

This story was begun before the Illustrated Guide was published, and I have deliberately not read it so that I can write the story that is in MY head.  So, although this was started as an in canon story, it may end up straying from canon slightly as I tell the story as I imagined it.  I hope you'll understand and enjoy it all the same.

Carlisle Cullen's world had been drastically changed. He had hunted monsters in place of his Anglican preacher father, and now he was one of the creatures he hunted. Slowly coming to terms with his lot in life, Carlisle stumbled upon a group of mostly civilized vampires, the Volturi. Within a few weeks of his stay with them, he begins to learn that all things are not always what they seem. Within every civilized society, there is a darker side... Canon couples and creatures eventually.

"A night in Volterra. Carlisle's musings under the moonlight. Memories, dreams, regrets and a new perspective, discussed with an unique companion." One-shot nominated as "Best Carlisle" for the Sunflower Awards.

At one point everyone in Biloxi knew about Mary Alice Brandon...this is the story of the human girl Alice Cullen used to be.

From the moment they met, their eyes, their shared smile, it had always been enough. She'd offered her hand, he'd taken it and they left together, their future was set. They would always be together.

Entry for the Not What It Seems contest.

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Edward's family always said his life before Bella was horrible. Edward never thought of it as a life, he just existed. Being alone is difficult, but being lonely is the biggest fear in every person's life.

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"There we were, two legends just drifting through life, lost in our own heartache and despair. But then, through some strange twist of fate, we found each other. And without knowing it, or even meaning to, we healed."

-Edward Cullen, "Lost Legends"

It was just another boring day at Forks High School, until the new girl walked in and turned Edward Cullen's life upside down. Can they help each other find what they didn't know they were looking for?

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Written for the First FGB Author Auction New Moon Edition-2009.

We consider this story take place pre-Twilight and during BtVS Season 3, between Episodes 2-4 (we adjusted the year from 1998 to present day to fit with what we wanted to do ;)). All characters and characteristics are as closely canon as we could make them. As you're reading, consider what Buffy and Edward have to offer each other, and how their meeting at this point might affect their futures as SM and JW originally wrote them.

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Edward x Buffy

PART ONE IN A FOUR-PART SAGA!!

Book Two: "Finding Focus" will be posted early 2011. Stay Tuned!