Some say that dreams are your hidden desires, your hopes, your deep dark secrets, that some dreams have some type of meaning, and others may say that dreams are just stupid dreams that one has. Yet dreams can be so realistic and others might be unrealistic. One can dream about flying on the back of a shark and someone might interpret it into something so different something so deep and dark, and yet someone else might say that you had a weird dream. There are many ways people see dreams they have so many questions about their dreams and so little answers that we see.

Have you ever had a dream that felt so real? Those dreams that you knew it wasn't real and yet you question it? These type of dreams weren't the good dreams where you wanted to go back to sleep but the exact opposite. These type of dreams that make you questioned if it actually happened and if so, why? Why did you dream this? Why would it feel so feel? Why do you care so much that you're even considering the possibilities of what this dream meant or what it didn't mean? How can a simple dream make you question yourself and your sanity?

In a dream, I saw my mother, my beautiful mother, smiling at me with her bright smile, staring at me as if I was the only person in the world besides her. When I saw her standing there in all her glory I ran towards her, I had to run like never before. I had to run so fast in order to get to her before she had a chance to disappear. Once my arms were around her I squeezed her tight not wanting to let go. I inhaled her sweet vanilla scent remembering all the good times I had with her. Remembering all the times she would hug me when I was scared, when I had a bad day or when I just simply wanted to her, my mommy. My mother wrapped her arms around me. Just like I was a little girl she softly stroke my hair.

"MaryAnne" my mother whispered.

She gently shook my shoulder so I could let go but I shook my head, I didn't want to let go. Not now, not ever did I want to leave her arms. I didn't want to let go of fear she'll disappear. Leaving me here all alone.

"MaryAnne" she once again whispered.

This time I looked up and at that moment I regretted it. My mother's beautiful bright brown eyes were no longer brown but a lifeless bright burgundy eyes. Her sweet smile was no longer sweet but sinister. Her hands that once were gentle now had claws like fingers. Her beautiful soft, warm, ivory skin wasn't the same now it was cold, hard, and pale. I stepped away from her, she wasn't my mother but a monster.

"What the matter MaryAnne?" my so-call mother asked.

Even her voice was different. It wasn't angelic anymore but hallow so empty. What's was wrong? Who is this person? What happened to my mother?

She stepped forward and I stepped back. She would take a step towards me and I would take another but away from her. She tilted her head to the left and stared at me. The room began to darken and the air began to get colder by the second. This women smiled wickedly at me and gave out a creepy laugh.

"This is where it ends, MaryAnne. Just like everything, it ends here"

I woke up to the sounds of people talking. Opening my eyes but quickly shut them close once again. I opened my eyes to quick and the light blinded me for a second. Once again I opened them but this time I did it slowly so I can readjust to my new surrounding.

Looking around I saw that we landed already and the people were leaving the airplane. I got up and started to head for the exit but before I left I turned around and stared at my seat. My 'mother's' voice rang in my head. 'This is where it ends?', what does she mean by that? What ends here? And why does it end here? Is this some sort of a warning? Or is it just a silly little bad dream? Do dreams really have a meaning or is it just a plain old dream?

Airport;

Standing in the crowd of people waiting for my estranged uncle to arrive. Looking up at the clock that reads '11:23 am'. I sighed, he's late. I turned around and saw an empty chair and went to sit down. Might as well wait here for him. I pulled out my earphones and played 'Leave Out All The Rest' by Linkin Park. Not even ten minutes later, the man himself comes into view.

My estranged uncle was still in work clothes, well I did figure he would come pick me up after work. Taking a good few seconds, I studied him. Standing at 6'feet tall, pale skin, straight brown hair, chocolate brown eyes that had wrinkles at the corner of his eyes, and with a thick brown mustache. He wasn't bad looking for a man in his early 40's. He had a lot of hair for his age, he still had some grey hairs here and there.

He stops and looks around for me, scratching his head in confusion and worried. I smiled at him even though we haven't since each other in a few years he still hasn't changed. I get up and walk towards him. Once he spots me, he walks towards me and awkwardly hugs me. Once we pulled away he looks down at me and frowns.

"Sorry about your parents. I'm following up with the Chief back in California just in case they find any new information" he sadly said.

"I appreciate it. Thanks," I tell him.

He nods and we stayed in silence for a little while. Uncle Charlie looks around awkwardly then he clears his throat.

"Mm, well let's go?" he said unsure.

I smiled at him and nod.

"Yeah, let's go"I smiled at him.

Heading out the airport I spotted a police car, a Fork's Police Car. I look over to Uncle Charlie.

"So am I in trouble?" I asked.

He looks at me confused for a second, I pointed to the cop car and he follows my finger. He looks at the car then at me and he still doesn't get it.

"Usually when someone rides in a cop car they're in trouble. So am I in trouble?" I asked smiling.

He looks at the car then at me half smiles.

"No, you're not in trouble. Well, I suppose not yet" he said.

And now it was my turn to look at him confused.

"You're not going to cause any trouble, right?" he asked.

I mouth 'oh'. I turn to the car and then at him.

"Nah don't think so, I mean I still don't know how I'll act," I said and he frowns.

"What you mean," he asked confused.

"Well I read that when a teenager loses their parents they start to act up," I said staring at him and he stares at me.

"... or they'll just simply shut everyone out."

Uncle Charlie frowns. We didn't say anything but stared at one another. Two minutes passed by,

"So which is it?"

He asked seriously, I didn't answer him right away. I didn't know myself but I did know one thing for sure.

"Well, what can I say, life is a bi-"

I stopped once I saw his face. I knew for sure that he didn't like us to curse so I had to get used to not use bad language all the time. I swear like a sailor.

"Life is hard, but that doesn't mean I have to make it even harder on myself or on others. What I mean to say is... (i sigh) I'm not going to cause trouble nor am I going to hide. I want to make my parents proud and make it alive without them here" I said seriously.

He looks at me for a few seconds then smiles.

"It'll be tough, I'm not going to sugar coat it, MaryAnne. Life is tough. But hey, you're a Swan, you'll make it," he said smiling and I smile back.

"Now common," he said heading to the car.

Car ride;

For miles, there was nothing but dark green forest. Nothing but trees and trees for miles and miles. And just like the forest being covered in one gloomy dark color the sky was too. Over the forest hangs a mist from the cloudy grey sky. This place was nothing like sunny, warm, bright California. Everything is wet, green, and drenched in shades... this place is remarkably gloomy. I look over to my uncle, who I found out was the Chief of this depressing old town.

"So uncle Charlie"

I began to say, he glances over at me and nods.

"Bella is coming next week, right? Are we sharing a room or am I taking the couch? It's cool if I am, I don't mind" I said.

Uncle Charlie looks surprised.

"How did you know?" he asked.

"Well, I did keep in touch with Bella and Aunt Rene when they left Downey. We went to visit them last winter, though it was brief it was still good"

I said looking out the window and I hear him sigh.

"Mm, yeah. Bella is coming to live with us. No, she'll have her own room and I, um, turned the attic into a room so you won't have to sleep with her" he said.

I turned to him honestly shocked. He looks at me but frowns.

"I didn't mean to offend-' I cut him off.

"No. No... it's just... I didn't expect you to umm, do that for me" I said.

He looks forward embarrassed.

"It's really nothing. I had some help though. My old friend's son, Jacob, helped out. It didn't take us long since it was almost completed. Just needed a little work and some cleaning and it's all new" Uncle Charlie said.

He turns to me, I was staring at him with a huge smile on my face. I really didn't expect him to do that but I am so grateful. He's really is trying to make me feel at home and I won't make him regret it. He looks back at the road with a small smile on his face.

Home, sweet home;

We pull up to the old two-story house. It wasn't anything like my previous home back in California, but it was home my new home. Uncle Charlie helped me with my bags. We walked inside and like I said, it wasn't stylish well besides the new flat screen t.v. but hey it was comfortable and homey.

I looked around and went to look at the pictures he had around his house. There was one photograph of him fishing with an Indian man, probably a friend. I picked up a handmade card that had 'Daddy' written on it and a photo of small Bella on it. I smiled, Bella isn't going to be thrilled about that.

"Come let me show you to your new room," Uncle Charlie said,

I turn to him and smile. I walked over to him and followed him upstairs. We stopped in front of a door, he opens it and reveals the bathroom.

"I cleared some shelves in here," he said.

"Right, one bathroom," I said look at him.

Uncle Charlie frowns,

"Look I know it's not like your home-'"

"Uncle Charlie"

I stopped him, he looks at me and I smiled at him.

"It's alright, I'm just warning you I might take a little longer than you" I smiled at him.

He relaxes a little and smiles.

"Oh, that's fine... I guess"

Silence and awkwardness.

"So" I began to say

He looks at me confused.

"My room"

He looks at me and realized what I meant.

"Oh right, this way"

He pulls on a string that was hanging above his head. He pulls it down and we move aside. The attic stairs came down and we went upstairs. This room wasn't what I expected it. It had wood walls, wood floors, and wood ceiling. It has a small window looking outside to the backyard. I turn to my uncle and smile.

"I love it,"

I said and went to hug him. Uncle Charlie hugs back.

"Thank you for everything, Uncle Charlie" I whispered.

I knew he heard me because he hugged me a little tighter. I couldn't help but feel emotional right now. With everything that has happened to me lately and this is one thing I need, some reassurance. Just like my parents, Uncle Charlie isn't a man that shows his emotions. However, he shows us that he cares by his sweet actions. Even though my mother and he haven't talked since their ridiculous argument, he didn't hesitate to open us his home for me. I couldn't have asked for a better Uncle. He pulls away and looks down at me.

"I guess we gotta go shopping?" he said frowning.

I laughed for the first time in a long time I really laughed. He smiled at me and I returned it.

"Yes and I guess we can get something for Bella's room?" I asked.

"Yeah, kinda forgot about that," he said embarrassed.

"No worries, I'm here," I said smiling.

"Wanna go now?" he asked.

"If you're not too tired. We can go later if you want?" I said and he shakes his head.

"We should do everything now," he said going back downstairs.

"Okay"

I followed him but before going back down I took a picture of the empty attic. I had to take a picture just in case I forgot how it looks.

During the whole time, I was shopping the town's people kept on staring at me. Uncle Charlie didn't even bother to say anything so I ignored them. However, I did hear whispers about my parent's and their death. So news really does travel fast in small towns. While I was shopping for my room I decided to get Bella new bed set, purple is her color, right?

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Next day- Meeting the Black's Family:

"Hey, umm we're going to my friend's house to eat dinner if that's okay with you"

Uncle Charlie said coming up to my room. I turned to him and smiled.

"Yeah, that's actually great. "

I said smiling. Uncle Charlie nods and goes back down. A few minutes later I meet up with him in his cruiser and we headed off to his friend's house. I notice that we left Forks and we were driving into the Rez. So this friend of his is probably Native American.

Thirty minutes later, we pull up to this small nice home. Outside waiting for us were two people, a Native American man (the guy in the photo) in a wheelchair and a teenage boy. They both had long black hair but the man in the wheelchair had some grey hairs, obviously. We got out of the car and headed over to them.

"MaryAnne, this is my good friend Billy Black and his son Jacob Black"

My uncle Charlie introduced us. Billy and Jacob smiled at me.

"Hello, Mr. Black and Jacob Black,"

I said stretching out my hand. Mr. Black and his son Jacob Black shook my hand.

"Please call me Billy," he said.

He looks at my uncle and then at me.

"Charlie told me about your parents. I'm sorry for your lost" Billy said.

My smile fell a little. I really didn't like when people mention them, not because they died, well sorta but because what do you respond with? "thank you?" I mean really? And also it was a little annoying giving a fake smile and saying everything is okay or it'll be okay.

"Thank you" I replied.

Billy nods, he turns to his son who was staring at me, weirdly, not creepy but strange.

"Like Charlie said, this is my son Jacob," he said poking Jacob's side.

He jumps a little and glares at his dad, while Billy was smiling at him.

"Yeah, I'm Jacob but you can call me Jake," he said.

He turns to me and I smile at him. Silence filled the air as we all stood there staring at one another.

"So are we going to stay here or are we going inside?" Uncle Charlie said looking at Billy.

"Come inside" Billy invited us.

Just like my uncle's I liked his house. Billy's house was small, comfortable, and homey. We all headed to the kitchen where Billy made spaghetti and meatballs. We all sat down, ate, had some conversations, and we got to know one another better.

I found out that Billy has two other children, two daughters. One lives in Hawii with her husband and family while the other one is in college. I also found out that Jake is a year younger than me and Bella. Sadly he doesn't go to our high school, it would have been nice to at least know one person.

Later that day, Jake and I went out. We went to his friends Embry's house and meet up with him and Jake's other friend Quil. Jake introduced us and we all clicked. Since that day, we became fast friends it was almost as if we were longtime friends. We would sometime meet up at Jake's house or they'll come over to mine. We would just chill and talk about random things. I really like them, they're stupid funny.

Fork High School;

Everything about Fork was different, well expect high school. It's like every high school is the same. You have your popular kids, the nerds, the cheerleader squad, the rockers, and the other squads. It's like whenever they build a high school they came up with this code. That every high school must have these groups of kids. And where do I fit in with these group? I don't know yet, I still haven't figured out if I like the people I'm hanging out with.

My first day of school this Asian kid came up to me, telling me that I was going to be on the cover of the school newspaper. Which I was okay with because let's face it this town is pretty boring. No one really moves here nor do they leave.

I also made friends with the 'popular' kids, which the Asian boy, Eric was in. Not all of them were stuck up, there is this one particular girl I like. Her name is Angela and she's a sweetheart. I like her, she's really shy though. There are these two boys that asked me out on my first day there. But other than that everything has been going good so far.

Oh, there are this group of kids in school who are strange. They're like the most beautiful group of people I have seen. They're abnormally beautiful I don't even know if it's possible to look like that. I mean they're just so darn perfect. The kids in school say they don't talk nor do they socialize with anyone outside their group but I mean they talk to me. I have some of them in my classes and we talk. When I see them outside the classroom, they smile at me but something feels off. They stare at me as if they're waiting for something. It's like they're hiding something from me. As if they know something I don't know but they're waiting for it to happen. I don't know what it is but I feel like it's something big, something that will change both of our lives. Surprisingly I can't wait for it to happen.

Monday morning;

Today my cousin Isabella is coming to move with us. Uncle Charlie went to go pick her up from the airport while I went with Jake to check up on her new truck. This whole week Jake was working on it while I was hanging around the garage with Embry and Quil. Like I said, I like the boys they're fun to hang out with and they make me laugh, something I really need right now. Honestly, I like the truck it and I'm pretty sure Bella will too.

We pull up at the house and uncle Charlie was already outside. A few seconds later Bella comes out. She spots me coming out of the truck and smiles.

"There's my favorite cousin"

I said coming out the truck. She comes towards me and hugs me.

"Sorry about your parents" she whispered.

I pull away from her and smile sadly. Oddly we didn't have to say anything to understand each other. We have always been like this, we knew each other's feelings and thoughts. We were born three months apart but we acted like twins. Even though we didn't see each other we talked every day since we were little. She would tell me everything and I would tell her everything, there were no secrets in our relationship as cousins. We acted like sisters.

"Bella, you remember Billy Black," Uncle Charlie said.

Bella and I turned to him and then at Billy. Bella smiles at him.

"Glad you're finally here. Charlie and MaryAnne haven't shut up about it since you told them you were coming" Billy told Bella.

Bella turned to me smiling and then at her dad. Uncle Charlie rolls his eyes, but you could tell he was embarrassed.

"Keep exaggerating and I'll wheel you down the hill" he jokes.

"Right after I ram you in the ankles"

Billy rolls over towards Charlie who dodges. Bella and I smile at them acting like little kids. Jake shyly approaches us.

"I'm Jacob. We, um, made mud pies together when we were little kids"

Bella tries to remember but I think she really doesn't.

"Yeah... I think I remember..." she said.

We all turn to uncle Charlie and Billy.

"Are they always like this?" she asked.

"It's getting worse with age" Jake jokes.

We laughed at Jake's joke. Uncle Charlie and Billy join us, uncle Charlie pats the hood of the truck and looks at Bella.

"So what do you think of your homecoming gift?"

Bella looks surprised but happy. She smiles at uncle Charlie.

"No way. This truck is for me?"

Uncle Charlie nods.

"Just bought it off Billy, here."

We all look over to Billy who was smiling.

"I rebuilt the engine and-"

Jake was cut off by Bella.

"It's perfect"

Bella beams. She rushes to the truck and Jake joins her while I stay behind with the old men.

"I'm down with the kids," Billy said.

Uncle Charlie playfully rolls his eyes and I smiled at him.

"Yeah. You the bomb" Uncle Charlie sarcastically says.

"If anyone going to take credit for this it would be me. I said to buy her a car" I said to them.

"Well it's my old truck, therefore it's my idea"

Billy said and I playfully rolled my eyes but smiled at him. I walk over to the driver side and lean over.

"Too bad. Would've been nice to know at least one person" Bella said.

"Hey I go to your school"

I tell Bella. Jake and Bella looked over at me and smile.

"That's right"

She said looking at me with a sorry expression.

"Common, let's go to school"

I told her and she looks confused.

"Don't you have a car, MaryAnne?" she asked and I sighed.

"The damn-"

"Hey, language" uncle Charlie says.

I look over at him and smiled. I turn to Bella.

"The car place is running a little late with my car. So I'm riding with you till my sweetheart comes in"

Bella nods. Bella and Jake get off the car.

"Let me get my bag and we'll be off," Bella tells me.

Before going inside she turns to her father, Billy, and Jake.

"The truck is perfect, thank you," she said.

They smiled and nods. I turn to Jake.

"I'll see you later?"

"Yeah, see ya" Jake responds

I went inside and got my jacket and bag. Bella and I head out with the boys still outside.

"Bye guys we're heading out"

Bella and I told them. We head towards the school and you could easily tell Bella wasn't too thrilled about it.

"Relax you'll be fine."

Bella sighs.

"It's just... what if I make a fool out of myself?" she said gripping the steering wheel.

"I'll be with you, okay"

I tell her as I put my hand on her shoulder and gave it a little squeeze. I tried to reassure her that everything will be okay. God knows she needs it. Ever since we were little Bella has always been a shy kid. Never one for the public eye.

Bella pulls into the school, I silently sigh, I just hope that everything goes well today, for Bella's sake.