Shadow of the Past
Disclaimer: This is not my sandbox. I just enjoy playing in it.
Prologue: Atlanta International Airport; January 2007
The blind girl made her way off her international flight and into the terminal with the assistance of an over-eager male flight attendant. If there was one thing she hated more than being pitied, it was receiving unwanted attention, and she was getting both in spades from this wretched man. He continually keeps copping feels as he leads her to the gate for her connecting flight to Seattle, Washington. Just because she is "lightblind" doesn't mean she is totally sensory deprived. This jackass was about to get a valuable lesson in manners.
They arrive at the check in counter at the gate and the girl turns to "thank" her benefactor. Her right knee swiftly jabs into his crotch and when he doubles over slightly, she slams his head against the counter. "Just because a woman may be impaired in some way, doesn't give you the right to grope her without permission," she states coldly before turning back to the Attendant at the counter.
"I'm Isabella Swan. Is this the gate for Flight 1492 to Seattle," Bella asks the girl at the counter while showing her the first class boarding pass.
The girl behind the counter gives an affirmative reply and escorts Bella to the front of the line waiting to board the plane. After a few minutes another flight attendant takes down the concourse to her seat. She settles in and lets her mind mull over the coming adventure. Her parents wanted her to use the next few years to experience life just like a normal teenager, so they decided to send her to live in the small town where the surrogate that carried her had lived in order to finish High School.
The last month was spent preparing for this trip. Researching the Olympic peninsula in general, and Forks, Washington, in particular allowed her to draw the following conclusion; the next few years are going to suck. Not only is she going to need to endure the horror of a public school, she once again has to put up with doctors poking and prodding her while they try to puzzle out her unique form of blindness. So far none of her past doctors have been able to figure out why she is only blind in light but can see perfectly fine in darkness. Then, of course, there was the time spent learning to disguise her native Italian accent with an American one. At least she can't get into any trouble in a town the size of Forks…
Forks, Washington, eight months later
Bella falls to the forest floor, gripping her chest in pain, her heart having been ripped from her chest and shattered by the man she loved. Edward Cullen, the bastard that destroyed her for fun. If that wasn't enough pain, she feels fire start to spread though her body. Not now, she thinks, this can't be happening now… "PAPA," she screams before the pain overcomes her and oblivion claims her.