My first 'Twilight' fanfiction. This chapter may be short, but I wanted to keep in mind that most of Stephenie's prefaces are indeed short.\

Also, copyright goes to Stephenie Meyer, for she owns Edward, the Cullens, and Bella Swan. I wish I owned them, because the books are simply amazing.


PREFACE

I would find myself in the darkness of the Cullen home, my dreams forming into one as Edward would look at me with a sullen expression – this was hard for him enough to do, as my graduation day had long passed. I was officially going to be a member of the Cullen family, my dreams finally coming true. But Edward didn't seem too happy about it; his smile was a façade of how he really felt…

The bite would hurt more than anything, I knew. He had told me this many times in preparation for this day. And so, I found myself wishing for him to just get it over it. I was a girl who wanted to hurry it, and get it over with so I could begin to spend an eternity with my angel.

"Bella…" he would say, in a gentle voice. I closed my eyes, as his teeth grazed my neck, and then – a sharp pain entered my body. I saw stars, everything spinning. And soon, I found myself on the floor, twitching in a convulsion of pain. That same angelic voice would turn into panic. "Bella! Bella, no!"

And then everything went black.