This story was inspired by a dream I had one night where Bella turned into a wolf. Well, now I developed the idea into a story and here it is! In the prologue, Bella is only five, but in the rest of the story she'll be seventeen.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.

Bella's POV

"Bella. Bella, sweetie, it's time to wake up." Someone was shaking me. I opened my eyes to see Ms. Darla looking down at me with a smile on her face. "Sweetheart, someone is intersted in adopting you. It's a very nice young couple and they seem very interested."

I'd always dreamed of having a family; I had one once, but my parents had died when I was a baby and I didn't remember them. The fact that people were interested in me didn't make me hopeful any more as it used to. I'd been here for five years now and tons of people said they were interested in me, but after meeting me they changed their minds. I wasn't sure what it was about me that was so unappealing.

I sat up in bed and nodded as I headed for my tiny closet. Ms. Darla helped me look through it for an appropriate outfit. She was like a mother to me and she always reassured me that all those people who didn't like me were nuts. She'd also told me that she would adopt me if she could, the only problem was money. Ms. Darla was poor and had to live at the orphanage with us. She acted as our nanny and in return had food some where to sleep, and a small salary.

"Oh, this is just adorable!" Ms. Darla said as she pulled out a bright pink frilly dress. I made a face and she laughed. "All right, fine. I'll find something else."

But I already knew what I wanted, so I dug through the piles of hand me down dresses Ms. Darla had brought me from different charities and pulled out my favorite striped light blue shirt and my nicest pair of blue jeans. I showed and she smiled approvingly. I took the next few minutes getting dressed and then putting on my worn out, dirty tennis shoes. Then, put my hair up in a white ribbon.

"Ms. Darla," I said as we were walking downstairs. "Do you think they'll like me?"

"Bella, I honestly don't see why they wouldn't. And besides, these people seem more interested than the others. I've got a feeling that, even if this couple isn't going to adopt you, you're going to have a new family soon." I wasn't sure how to answer, but I hoped she was right.

"Aw, just look at her!" I heard a woman say when we finally made it down the stairs and I just looked down at the ground. "Charlie, isn't she just the cutest? Hi, Bella. I'm going to be your new mommy."

"Renée," a man said. "I don't think you should-"

"Charlie, this is our new daughter! I just know it! Come here, sweetheart. I won't hurt you." I felt Ms. Darla prodding my back.

"Go on, Bella," she told me, then turned nervously to the couple when I didn't move. "She's just shy; please don't take it personally."

"No, it's all right," Renée said. "Let Bella take her time. We're not in a rush." I was surprised by her attitude; most people were turned off by my shyness, but Renée didn't seem to mind. In fact, if anything, it seemed to make her more interested in me.

I looked up at her and imagined her as a mother-my mother. She was young, sure, probably only twenty years old, but she somehow already seemed like a mother to me. This woman I'd just met had understood that I was shy and accepted it. I was overcome with the sudden urge to hug her and I did. My arms wrapped around her legs and before I knew it she was holding me in her arms.

Normally, I would never tolerate being held by someone I didn't even know, but Renée was different somehow. I knew nothing about her, yet I already loved her. Being held by her made me feel like I belonged some where-like I was part of a family.

"My, my, my," Ms. Darla said. "Look at that! She's never been this comfortable around anyone! Especially someone she just met!"

Charlie chuckled. "Can I hold her?"

"I'm not sure if that's such a great idea," warned as Renée was passing me to Charlie, but I reached for him. I'm not sure what came over me, but out of all the people that had been interested in adopting me, I felt the most comfortable around them. Charlie took me into his arms and started rubbing my back soothingly.

"Bella Swan," he muttered. "That sounds nice."

"It does," Ms. Darla said. I could tell she was still shocked that I'd clung to them so quickly. "So I'm guessing you two want to adopt her?"

"Yes," Charlie and Renée said at the exact same time.

"Oh, this is great! I've waited five years for this- five years! She's a very special little girl, a decendant from the Quileutes, in fact. That's a small tribe up in La Push, Washington in case you didn't know."

"She's all the way from Washington?" Renée asked and nodded. "What's she doing in Phoenix then?"

"It's an interesting story, really. I was getting ready to go to bed late one night when I heard the doorbell ring. When I answered, there was baby Bella inside a carrier. There was a note attatched that said: Her parents died. She's a decendent of the Quileutes in La Push, Washington. Please keep her safe. That was it. They didn't even tell us her name; we came up with Bella ourselves. It's short for Isabella."

"That's strange," Renée said. "They tell you where she came from, but not even her name?"

Charlie shrugged. "Maybe she didn't have a name yet. She was just a baby, after all. They might want Bella to know where she's from so she can learn more about her parents when she's older."

"But wouldn't it have been easier to just leave the names of her parents?" Renée asked.

"I tried contacting people down at La Push, but everyone has told me that they hadn't heard anything about a couple dying and leaving a baby girl behind."

"How odd," Charlie said. "Well, as she gets older, we'll do everything in our power to find out about her family. Maybe, if she wants to that is, we'll even move up to Washington. Whatever it takes, we will solve this."

"I was hoping you'd say that," Ms. Darla said with a smile. "All right. Now who's ready for lunch?"

I know that wasn't a very good ending to the prologue, but I couldn't figure out where to stop. Anyway, please review and let me know what you think so far. Thanks! :D Oh and check out my other stories!