I never thought that the world of impossible would include me, I was just an ordinary girl I never asked for this, now I was included in the world of myths but all was not well. I was here because something was wrong, out of balance, and only I had the power to fix it. Or at least that was what I had been told...
Chapter One:The Tiny book filled with big words
This was the day before I left. I was all packed, I had said my farewells to the sun, warmth, and being dry. I lived in phoenix with my mom, well I would have until tomorrow. I thought back to the day I had made the decision to leave...
It was one of those few rainy days in Phoenix, I had a bad feeling all day that something was going to happen. I ignored it throughout school but when I got home I could ignore it no longer. Phil, my mom's boyfriend, was sitting on the couch with her as I walked in, but that wasn't the problem, They weren't talking. Renee usually couldn't keep her mouth shut for more than a second around that guy. This didn't bode well, I was right, for a few minutes later after I came back from depositing my school stuff, Renee said, "Bella, we need to talk with you."
The way she said it made my heart almost stop, this was going to be bad and I knew it. I reasoned right then not to let it show because that would only make it so much harder for her. "Okay," I said sitting down on the floor in front of them. "I'm listening."
That was when they told me that I was going to have to visit with Charlie for a while. I almost cried, almost. They explained that I was only going for a few months, Phil had gotten a deal and they were going to move to Florida but they wouldn't be able to get me a school for a while, they had decided to send me up to Forks with charlie for the remainder of the school year, or until they did find me a school.
After much thought that night, and tears I had decided that this was going to repeat itself, Phil would always be moving around, and, as long as my mother wanted to be with him, she would be moving too. I didn't like the idea of moving around, I wasn't a very adaptable girl. The only idea I could come up with was to move to Forks permanently, until I went to college, I was not going to be stuck there for the rest of my life.
The next morning I woke up incredibly early, I had hardly slept at all last night nervous myself over what i was going to propose in the morning. I made them a special breakfast, they both had a soft spot for french toast with powdered sugar, they usually made gooey comments about who was the bread and who was the sugar, so I didn't usually make this for them.
When they came down they seemed to know something was going on. Renee gave Phil a look that seemed to say, 'she'll get to it when she gets to it.' So we ate in silence. I finally got up the courage to tell them, "Mom, Phil, I thought about what you told me last night and have come to a decision, don't try to change it because I have made up my mind." I took a deep breath then continued. "I've decided that instead of simply staying with charlie until school ends, I am going to stay with him until I go to college."
They just looked at me dumbfounded. I sighed this was mostly what I had been expecting but I still hastened to explain. "It's like this. Mom, you love Phil, unless something drastic changes that I will expect you." I said pointing at Phil, "to propose to her while I'm gone," he just nodded, I was startled, I had not planned anything going this way, then again I hadn't planned anything except telling them. "I don't want to do this anymore than you want me too, but with you and Phil moving around so much this will happen often, I don't want it too so I am going to stay with Charlie until college."
Even though I told her not to my mother tried to convince me otherwise. She did everything over the next few weeks to get me to change my decision, this behavior only made me more determined, I guess that was bound to happen, I got my stubbornness from Charlie. She begged, she threatened she cried, she forbid, but in the end she gave in.
I shook myself to clear the memory. I was having Mom drive me to the library so I could get some used books for the trip. I always got new books when I was going on a trip, it helped me deal that I always had something that I could do If I got bored. Little did I know that my life would have little boredom after this trip.
When we got to the library I teared up. This place held many of my happy days, I could sit and read all day if my book was long enough, otherwise I would discover my hunger after I finished one of two books. I would sit in the library's wonderful window seats my knees pulled up to my chest as I read my book over my knees. I was going to miss this place, I walked into the library's used book store. I really didn't want to have to deal with sending the books back after I was done with them.
I walked up and down the isles aimlessly thinking about Forks and why I hated it there. I loved being around my dad and all don't get me wrong, It's just a place where it rains 364 days a year and on the one day it doesn't rain the clouds are so deep gray that it is a miracle it doesn't rain.
Suddenly my fingers tingled, I stopped, what was that. I looked up at the shelf. there were just the normal books, nothing out of the ordinary, I was about to continue when I looked where my hand had just been, there was a book, no bigger than my palm, but I felt called to it. Dang I was going crazy with all this regret.
Still I grabbed it to pull it off the shelf. As I touched it again I felt the same shock as before, it didn't hurt just startled me. I dropped the book it fell open in front of me, then started glowing and growing. No I shouted in my head, how could this be happening? the book continued growing until I had backed up against the shelf behind me. the Book still kept growing, then it touched my feet.
it felt like suddenly large searing hot needles were being punched into my skin. but this passed in an instant. The book kept growing until I was standing in it. I was standing in a book! 'man I really must be crazy' I told myself. but then the book stopped growing and simply started glowing brighter and brighter until I couldn't see for a moment. I closed my eyes.
When I opened them again second later, I wasn't in the library anymore.