Sometimes when you think you've all but lost yourself within the chaos that tends to be life, you find that you weren't lost at all. Just waiting for something to occur. This thing whatever it may be sets certain things into motion. It is the very thread of time. Every minute, every second you think , make decisions , decide, and analyze it creates a new dimension. All of the others also take place in another life in another dimension. Its all about cause and effect.

At this point you as my eyes ears may be asking what does this have to do with anything. I had to explain to be able to tell my legend. For that is what it is destined to become. My name is Bella Truth. I am a seventeen year old whose life is about to change dramatically and its definitely not your everyday run of the mill campfire legend.

I am not going to bore you with facts about me or the facts of life up until the moment that changed everything but I am however going to start with my morning.

I woke up to the smell of smoke. My foster mothers idea of cooking was well burning and not just burning the food but always attempting to take the house with it. I sighed before I shut off the alarm clock before it could disturb my half asleep half awake barley conscious minutes of peace before I had to prepare for the hell that is Lake Hill High.

Sure you have your cliques, jocks, and nerds and excetra like every average high. Unlike every other high school I am willing to bet that if you have siblings your brother didn't kill himself there.

Well that's the popular consensus anyway. Before my brother died he started to become secretive especially around me. Which wouldn't have been weird except we were twins who shared everything with each other. It was during this time period that I saw something I should have never laid my eyes upon. A golden invitation to join this secret society. Then a week later he was dead. Mom and me were the only ones left of the Truth clan. After the funeral she left me with her best friend and bolted. Leaving me behind like nothing else mattered any more.

I was so numb with grief and anger that the abandonment didn't hit till about a week later. That was when I changed from light hearted, not a care in the world Bella to someone I hardly knew when I looked in the mirror. Due to me and my brothers closeness I didn't really have any other friends.

For all I knew neither did he until he started distancing himself from me and joining up with the most popular threesome in school. My plan today since it was the first day back to school was to confront them and then spy on them. Something was going on at Lake Hill High and I have wanted to confirm my suspicions ever since the funeral.

The bell rang just as I got to school but the students I wanted to question were no where to be found. Then I saw a robed masked student beckoning me everything else seemed to have slowed down some how.

As though time had its own mind and around everything else it could normally function. Around me and this kid time seemed to have sped up. So I followed him. Closing the distance between the two of us.

I continued to follow the boy as we weaved our way through the student body. I could barely process and digest what happened next. Time stopped and two more students stepped from the shadows of the old chalk closet. Then the kid who I had been following was behind me ushering me into the chalk closet.

A familiar voice spoke as a light switch was turned on. I didn't quite catch it due to the surprise of being shoved into what was dubbed the make out room.

"What" I gripped. I was kind of pissed off.

Then voice repeated in a whisper "you are one of the chosen."

"Chosen for what time travel or chosen for the same fate as my brother" I snapped viciously.

The three figures that stood before me slowly unmasked themselves one by one. They were the students my brother had suddenly taken too. So whatever they had to offer me was dangerous. I waited for a reply but was met by silence finally someone decided to explain what I was chosen for.

Logan mars stepped in front of me. "Bella ever since this town came into being our society has existed. For main families branched from the main family which includes my family, Wes's, Meg's and your family. We all have powers of certain kinds. We are a fraternity of sorts. Every few generations a new group of four is formed.

"Then there were twins" I whispered.

Your brother isn't dead for now there is no time to explain anything further we will contact you again. I stepped out of the closet as the light switch was clicked off

The school could not have possibly ended any slower. I couldn't focus on anything that the teachers were saying. I felt sluggish and uncertain. Waiting for any sign from the prestigious three. I couldn't simply believe their words. My brother was alive how was it possible.

I was the last person out of the classroom. I walked slowly through the halls leading to the exit. Almost everyone had gone except for the remaining students who stayed after for sports. I started out looking to walk home and take a nap. As I walked under the tree that outcropped from the lake beside the school to the sidewalk I felt someone watching me.

Wes was up in the tree smirking down at me. "Bella Bella he sang softly."

I blushed as he reached for my hand as if to ask me to help him down.

I didn't wait for him I started to walk away from him. His steps quickly matched mine. Wes was handsome in a way that made girls swoon for him. He had jet black wavy hair, warm green eyes and a devilish smile but there was something about him that turned me off.

He continued to walk beside me and whistle ignoring the fact that I had all but welcomed him to walk me home. I felt his arm go around my shoulders and that's when I snapped. "What the hell do you want? Oh wait I don't care. You have never talked to me before and now you want to pretend like we are friends all due to this secret club. Well you know what I'm tired of waiting for explanations. I blame you all for what happened to my brother you got that."

Wes was stunned but he still kept up with me as I quickened my pace. He didn't deny my accusations he just whispered quietly to himself but I caught it.

" You can save him."

"Bring him back to what a rotted corpse."

" The funeral was a cover up we have his body in a safe place. This all would have been much easier if his body hadn't been discovered. After you learn to control your powers we can tell you everything and you will be able to understand it. We don't really know what happened. Your brother went back in time and when he came back it was like not all of him came back. You can start training tonight. It will take two weeks for you to complete it. If you can that is."

"Listen come by my house tonight the others will be there as well and we will tell you more."

We had suddenly stopped. We had arrived in front of my house. Then Wes did the unthinkable he leaned down and his lips grazed my ear and whispered if you don't show up tonight we won't tell you how to save your brother and with that he walked of . A car rolled around the corner and stopped to pick him up he didn't even wave or turn around.

I stood there willing my self to snap out of it. I had never had anyone that close to me. Thoughts of wicked Wes made me shiver. I forced myself to walk into the house. The slight burst of adrenalin had dissolved. My body was fatigued. It could all be chalked up to the insomnia I had been experiencing lately.

Usually when my eyes closed I had nightmares. I had found my brothers lifeless body. When he didn't come home I paced around the house. Finally I decided to go search for him. When We were little we lived right by the lake and the high school.

At night when we needed to sort something out or just think we went there.

So that was the first place I went. I searched for him for what seemed like hours. Then I found him in front of the school. He was cold so very cold. I felt for a pulse and checked his breathing not hearing anything. I didn't feel a pulse. I pulled out my cell phone and dialed 911. By the time the ambulance got there I had gone into shock. Everything from the point of finding his body to the funeral was a blur. The horror of the seconds before and finding his body was crystal clear.

Never the less I fell into a deep well needed dreamless slumber. When I awoke it was almost seven. Wes's words came back to me. If you don't show up we won't tell you how to save your brother I shivered.

I didn't have a curfew from my moms friend and my foster parent but I knew I didn't want to lie to her or make up something so I waited another hour and snuck out right before she left for her bowling league match.

I crept across the yard. Once again I could feel that someone was watching me. I suddenly felt very conscious of all of my movements. I made it to the sidewalk and started walking in the direction of Wes's house. Then I heard the roaring engine of a motorcycle. It came closer and closer. I had walked almost a block by this time. Motorcycle pulled up beside me. I could immediately tell that it was Wes. He handed me a helmet and motion for me to hop on. I don't think I had ever felt terrified of a motorcycle. What terrified me was having to be that close in proximity to Wes.

I grabbed helmet from him unsure of really riding on his motorcycle with him. He revved the engine and I got the hint. I climbed on, as I secured my thin arms around his waist. Once he was sure I could handle myself he pressed the gas and we sped through the streets. He sped up and I held on tighter. I could have sworn I heard him chuckle to himself.

It was the longest ride of my life but I clung to him just like he wanted me to for fear that I would fall off. Our bodies seemed to have created this friction. Like kindling a fire. He was warm and I needed warmth. We pulled into his garage and the spell was broken. I felt light headed.

He lead me to the pool house. Meg and Logan were waiting just inside on the couch sitting far away from each other. They stood up and it was clear we wouldn't be "training" in the pool house. We started off walking along the path that lead towards the forest. Wes's family owned about two acres of land which meant that they owned the forest set back away from the neighborhood of mansion sized houses. In this small town you were either rich or poor. There was and still is no in between.

There was tension in the air. Everyone seemed to be holding their breathe as we stepped into the forest. The forest smelled of pine and rain. All of the trees stood tall looming over us. The darkness enveloped the trees but oddly enough I could see in front of me. It was as though our bodies deflected the dark.

The trees thinned and we came out to a meadow. The moonlight fell over the meadow and I was in awe. The meadow seemed peaceful and calming. For a second it made me forget everything but myself. Wes came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. He was chanting softly and my body relaxed in his and my training commenced.

All of us were in another realm of consciousness. Here instead of vulnerable I felt invincible and then they began to attack and I fought back. As they attacked they explained their powers. Wes controlled fire, he could stop time and fast forward it. Meg could control water , she could stop time, and she could turn things into ice. Logan could control earth, stop time and control other people to limited amount of actions.

By attacking me they could waken my powers. By awakening my powers I could learn to control them. They couldn't travel through time and I was my brothers last hope.

I could control the air and fly so far which only helped me deflect and dodge their onslaught of brutal attacks. Then came up to me from behind and slapped my butt. I got angry and felt the fire come out of my hands and lick at his feet missing where he had been a millisecond before.

Everything stopped for a minute. I looked around at them and they seemed shocked. Apparently no one had ever been able to use and control more then one element.

I faced off against Meg and was soon able to control water. When I began to face off Logan I began to feel fatigued.

Then I fainted. Just before slipping into unconsciousness I felt arms wrap around me to break my fall.

I awoke in a cold sweat. My head was in Wes's lap. I bolted into a upright position away from his lap and everything was the same as before. The silence was deafening. We said are goodbyes and made plans for tomorrow night. I didn't realize how late it was until I got home. The house was dark as I crept up to my room I looked at the alarm clock it was almost three in the morning. I yawned and quickly fell asleep.

The next two weeks went by rather quickly. Wes walked me home and Logan picked him up from my house. At night we met and trained till about 3 am. It got dangerous when we trained and since my body wasn't used to exerting the power and it couldn't keep up.

Eventually the time in which I could exert my power increased. My powers also strengthened. I had just learned how to travel back to the time my brother was trapped in.

I got home. Energy coursed throughout my body and adrenalin ran through my veins. I liked it but I wouldn't be consumed by it. All I wanted was to save my brother.

The next night I planned to go back to the early nineteen hundreds Chicago and save my brother. I slept that night and the nightmare came. Instead of instilling fear in me it only served to strengthen my resolve. I got ready for school an hour early and opened a text book. During the time my brother went back ,there had been an outbreak of influenza. I pocketed a handheld bottle of hand sanitizer. Just thinking about the unsanitary ways the disease could have spread in that time period. I put all the extra time I had into brushing up on the time period I planned to temporarily become a part of. To school I wore a cream colored shirt and long skirt. I waited until lunch and headed off towards the lake.

The forest which wrapped around a partial part of the lake. I could now feel Wes, Meg and Logan's presence when they came near. A gust of warmth blew towards me and I knew it was Wes. He grabbed my upper arm and whipped me around.

"you can't do this" he whispered

"Watch me" I sang

He glared at me and his grip tightened. "I am going with you then."

"We don't know how this is going to take and its going to look funny if we both disappear at the same time."

" Your right but If I go with you then we will be able to make our search for him go faster. The more time we spend in that period the more dangerous it will be."

" I know" I replied grudgingly

"Meg and Logan are going to cover for us" Wes sighed. He smiled then and it reached his eyes. It didn't fool me any. He was hiding something.

" You do know that this is probably more dangerous to you if I slip up you die."

He looked at me and said nothing as if actually rethinking his brilliant plan. "Anything for you my love" he sang

I wanted to puke but held back. If anything he was just a friend what was with his sudden flirtatiousness? Then I felt something it was as if a hand had grabbed my shoulder. It jerked me back with such force that I started to fall back. Wes who had been gripping onto me was falling with me I fell into the deep part of the lake and Wes fell on top of me. It knocked the wind out of me and I thought of Chicago and the time I wanted to travel. Shutting my eyes tightly I thought it again and again. When I opened my eyes we were still in the depths of the ice cold pond. I forced myself to breathe under the water imagining a scuba divers mask around my face and Wes's. He gave me a thumbs up and we started swimming towards the surface. I broke the spell for the scuba diving masks and looked around Wes hadn't come up yet. I started to panic. What if he had gone to breath the oxygen in and accidentally inhaled water?

Just as I was about to dive back under I felt someone or something grab my ankle. I yelped. Then realized it was Wes. I heard a shout from a distance we had been spotted and all thanks to Wes's little prank we had unintentionally drawn attention to ourselves. I watched as someone dove in to the cold water. The person probably figured I was drowning. Wes came up and I told him to swim away now that I had to play the part of damsel in distress.

He swam in the other direction of the opposite shore. As my rescue swam towards me I began to flail. Then his arms grabbed me around my waist. I instantly relaxed in his arms. He swam back to shore while carrying me in his arms. We made it to shore and he laid me down. His cool emerald eyes made me feel warm. I sat up and looked around.

My head throbbed slightly. It was a side effect from the time travel apparently. Everything came into clearer focus. My rescue had bronze hair. He was saying something but I couldn't focus. He was dazzling me. I shook my head and although it made me slightly nauseated. He gently shook me and his voice finally reached my ears. " Are you okay?"

I nodded and the tension that was in his face faded. He looked grim but his voice reminded me of wind chimes.

He looked at me his eyes searching mine. Then his eyes traveled down my body. I looked down and noticed that my choice of clothing at the moment sucked. Everything was see through I had managed to buy a black corset but everything else was displayed for his viewing. His time was unlike mine and what he was seeing right now was close to taboo for him. Thank good he could only see skin and not any of the more private parts of my body.

I blushed crimson red. I stood up but my body felt fatigued. I started to sway but my mysterious hero caught me. "Why were you out in the lake at night?" he asked

" I was pushed into the lake and the cold sort of knocked the air from my body. I guess I panicked." I shivered then and my picked up his expensive looking coat and draped it over my shoulders.

"My house is pretty close to here maybe I could find something a little less wet for you to wear while we dry your clothes by the fireplace" he suggested.

" I wouldn't want you to do any more for me than you have besides I don't even know your name."

"It's Edward Anthony Mason. Just who might you be darling.?"

" My name is Isabella Marie……… Swan I replied thinking of my biological fathers name." My last name might make me sound conspicuous or something.

Edward smiled at me a gorgeous, innocent and dazzling half crooked smile. " well Isabella if you are worried of my intentions I assure you I am the perfect gentleman and I will not harm you nor will I violate your….. ho honor.

I looked at him and then searched the darkness for a sigh of Wes. There wasn't any sign of him.

"Well Mr. Mason I am thankful that you have thought to go to great lengths to help me out but surely your parents will think ill of me."

" He then replied coldly. My father has passed away and my mother and sister are in their rooms resting a disease of some kind seems to be spreading."

" I'm sorry Mr. Mason I should not have just assumed how silly me"

" It is quite alright and Miss Swan please call me Edward.

" Edward please call me Isabella."

Edward supported my weight as we headed for his house which turned out to be quite massive. We walked right into his parlor and I stood there taking in his early nineteenth century household. The pictures from my freshman history project hardly did it justice. I heard his foot steps coming down the stair case and smile waiting for him to bring me some dry warm clothes.

" Where is the powder room?" I asked and he gestured for me to follow him. I followed him and he opened the door for me. I gasped the bathroom was quite large. It was very old fashioned to me but I liked it all the same.

I stepped in and he shut the door behind me I peeled off my sodden clothes and put some underwear on. I then proceeded to put on the corset which was white. I couldn't tie it all and it was a little tight. I would have to ask for Edwards help. I blushed just thinking about it gave me butterflies which was a completely unfamiliar feeling to me.

EPOV

I waited as Isabella changed into proper clothing and settled on the piano bench playing one of my favorite songs. Debussy. I couldn't stop thinking about her. She had beautifully, intelligent deep, chocolate brown eyes. I blushed when I thought about pulling her from the frigid lake. I blushed crimson. I was pretty good at being able to read people but somehow this Isabella had me stumped.

In the entry hall she had dropped something that resembled a small purse. I picked it up fingering it for a moment. I unzipped it. Time seemed to have slowed down somehow. I felt bad for going through a strangers possessions but something was nagging at me.

" Edward can you help me lace up the rest of the corset?"

I walked down the hall towards the powder room. My hands became sweaty. I zipped her purse back up. My collar felt tight I loosened it before knocking on the door. I reminded myself that I had done this for my little sister a couple times. It was nothing to be nervous about.

" Come in Bella's small voice" replied to my knock. I hesitated before stepping through the threshold.

I stepped up to her. Her back was facing me. She sat down on the edge of the bathtub. Her scent attacked all my senses. She smelled like strawberries and something else that I couldn't quite place. It was intoxicating and she was almost naked. I fought with myself. I barely knew this girl and she barely knew me. I kept my promise from before. I am a man of my word. I had never felt anything like this before. I hardly knew this Isabella. Perhaps her family would allow me to court her. I shook away the thought as it started to form. It seemed as though we had known each other forever. Not just an hour or so.

I quickly started the task at hand helping miss Isabella with her corset. I left her purse by her pile of sodden clothes while she was still facing the other way. I shut the door behind me. I had never had to do such a hard thing. Isabella tempted me and she was definitely hiding something.

She had called out for someone in the lake and when we got to shore she had looked around as if she had never laid eyes on any of the surroundings. I sat back down on the piano getting ready to compose a musical piece. When I needed to think the piano was an escape of sorts.

I didn't hear when Isabella came out because I had fallen deeply into my own little world. I turned around and there she was. She was in absolute awe of what she had just witnessed. I however was embarrassed.

She laid her damp clothes by the fireplace and walked over to me. " can you play another piece" she asked gently I gulped and put my fingers to the ivory keys. Playing moonlight sonata. A calm seemed to have swept through out the parlor. Just as I ended the piece their was a knock at the door. I went to the door. Who could it be?

It was a young man. Hi Mr. Mason. I am searching for my fiancée she tends to be very accident prone. Isabella had come to the door and the sweet smile that had just plastered her face now looked murderous. I opened the door all the way to reveal that she was in the entry hall with me. Is that why she had resisted coming with me when I first suggested it?

The man grabbed her upper arm to rush her out and she mumbled trying to resist looking like she would do anything to stay with me. "Isabella we have to go now" he whispered close to her ear. The motion came across as possessive. I felt a wave of jealousy rush through me.

" Unhand her"

Wes finally looked up at me. " why should I?" he asked boldly. Something wicked came into his eyes then as he looked at Isabella. I felt rage build up inside me. My body felt as though it had a mind of its. That's when I punched him. He dropped to the ground letting go of his hold on Isabella's arm. I could have sworn I saw a small fire start to ignite itself in his hands as he got back on his feet.

Isabella stepped between us just as he rushed at me and he punched her instead of punching me. She crumpled to the ground. All of the rage left the mans body and he rushed to her. What had he done? I rushed to her and we carried her back into the house. He whispered something to her but I caught it "why did you not stop me?"

How could she have stopped the fight? What was going on. I'm sorry Mr. Mason I don't know what came over me. Our parents arranged our marriage from the time we were born. She has never wanted to marry me. When I found out that she was here with you something in me just snapped when you opened the door and Isabella was behind you. He seemed truly sorry for hitting her. Something in me just got an awful feeling about him. Once again I couldn't put my finger on it these two were hiding something.

He reached out his hand oh and by the way I'm Wes Black. He grinned and t reached his eyes but it wasn't warm. The smile was cold and calculating. I told they could stay the night in the spare bedroom. Wes carried Isabella to the room and came back out to the parlor. I went to the bathroom and I noticed the small purse was still where I had placed it.

That feeling came over me again. I opened the purse and looked inside.