My name is Bella Swan and I am currently in a police cruiser on my way to the fantastic town of Forks, Washington. Note the heavy sarcasm. Oh and I know what your probably thinking and no, I am not it trouble with the law. It just so happens that my "father", Charlie, is chief of police. As I stepped out of the police cruiser and into the afternoon drizzle, Charlie turned to me and said,
"Hey Bells I got you a car!" He said excitedly. Oh no. I don't know what Charlie's taste in cars was like, so it was with a heart full of dread that I turned around to find a very beat up red pick up. It was obviously in need of some work, but I loved it.
"Thanks dad!" I would've hugged him, but I know how uncomfortable that would be.
"Well, I'm glad you like it. By the way I enrolled in Forks High, you start tomorrow." I internally groaned. Great. As if I wasn't enough of a freak already, now I have to be the new girl in a high school with a population of three hundred. But of course I couldn't say that, so I turned to Charlie and said,
"Great dad can't wait." I said with a forced smile I hopped he didn't notice. He didn't. So I grabbed my stuff and went upstairs to unpack. I threw my bag in a corner, looked out the window and sighed. I didn't want to come to Forks. In fact I don't see how anyone would want to voluntarily come to Forks. It was rainy, and downcast, and well... depressing. But I couldn't exactly stay in Seattle after what happened. I always wondered how different my life would be if I was normal, if I was human.
Well, it wasn't like I could do anything about it, but it was nice to wonder sometimes. You see I'm a witch. No not like Sabrina the teenage witch, or the person form Bewitched. Witches are portrayed as accurately as Dracula portrays vampires. First of all, there are no such things as magical potions that fix things or people. It doesn't work that way. Also, you can't do whatever you want and expect to get away scot-free. You see, we have powers obviously, but they don't come without a price. The stronger the "spell" or "power" we use, the more of an effect it has on our body. Well, the stronger of a witch you are and the more you train the more you can use higher level magic without getting tired. This is very important because if you use a spell that is too much for you, you can die. Nice huh? Well don't worry there's more. Once you reach the age where your power can grow no more, you stop aging. It's different for all witches, but it's usually around late 60s.
Well, let me tell you something, there is no way I want to spend eternity as a 60 year old woman. No way no how. So that is why since I was young I have been training A LOT. In fact, I can perform magic that most 40 year old witches can't without dying. It's for this reason that I tend to attract a lot of….challengers. Because lets face it there's no WAY a seventeen year old girl could be the most powerful witch out there right? Yeah right. So as you can imagine I've had to teach some people a few lessons in the past. This brings me back to Seattle. The reason I left was simple. It was because one of my fights got a little too messy, and afterwards it was impossible to tell which humans saw what to erase or alter their memories so I left.
I came to Forks (Small towns work best and attract the least attention) and altered the memory of Charlie, a lonely single man. He now believes me to be his long lost daughter who was conceived eighteen years ago with his high school sweet heart. I hated lying to the man, but I was doing him a favor. He seemed so lonely. And as much as I hate to admit it, I was getting attached to him. I shook my head and sighed deeply. It's late and I needed to get some rest. I changed into my pajamas, and crawled into bed.
The Next morning, I woke up to the soft pitter-patter of rain drops. Well, at least it wasn't raining hard, I thought. I threw off the covers and too lazy to actually dig through my suit case, I closed my eyes and imagined my self in jeans, a V-neck blue shirt, Jean jacket, and black boots with my hair falling in perfect waves down my back. When I opened my eyes, I was dressed and ready. This was a very easy spell to do, one I had long since mastered, so it in no way left me tired.
I skipped down the stairs careful not to trip. I laughed at how I could be a super powerful witch and still not be able to walk across a flat surface without tripping. Charlie left about an hour ago, so I just grabbed a pop tart, my off-the-shoulder bag, and headed to my car. When I got to the school (which was pathetically small I might add) I got my schedule with instructions to get it signed by all my teachers. I walked over to my first class, and sat down. About two seconds later a geeky chess-club type boy came bounding up to me.
"Hi my name's Eric." He said.
"Hey I'm Bella" I replied.
"I know everybody's been talking about you." He said. Great Charlie must've spread the news that he had a long lost child. I could only imagine the types of rumors they thought up.
There was an awkward silence while Eric looked like he was building the courage up to ask me something. Luckily, class started and he was forced to walk back to his seat at the other end of the classroom. Yes! I gave a silent cheer that he sat nowhere next to me. The next class continued in the same fashion, except a new boy Mike I think his name was, walked me everywhere like a Golden retriever. I guess I should have expected this, I've been told countless times how pretty I was, but its hard to tell when someone's telling me the truth, or they are just trying to suck up to me to get something from me.
Finally, the bell rang signaling lunch time. As predicted Mike walked me to the cafeteria, where I glanced up and saw them. There were five of them and they were remarkably beautiful. The first thought that popped into my head was, Vampires. Now I'm not particularly fond of vampires, because I think what they do is disgusting. I know they can't help it but still, to feed off human lives. I shuddered. Then I looked at their eyes, which were a shocking shade of turquoise. Ok, now I was confused. Vampires had red eyes, and even if you put a green contact over red eyes, there is no way to get that color. Maybe I was just being paranoid. Maybe they were all just very beautiful humans. One of the girls I was sitting next to, I think she said her name was Jessica, noticed my stare.
"I see you noticed the Cullen's," she said "They're amazing aren't they? Their father is a doctor at Forks Hospital, and his wife can't have kids, so they adopted all of them." The way she said it made it sound like she thought it was such juicy gossip. I thought about what she said, and now I was sure they weren't vampires, because how could their father work in a hospital? I dismissed the idea, but I had a nagging feeling about something. I shrugged it away, got up and headed for my next class.
Turns out the only seat available was next to one of the Cullen's. I would have to ask Jessica for their names later. I sat down next to him, and tried to control the frantic beating of my heart. Why am I this nervous? Boys have never had this effect on me before. I chanced a look at him. He was sitting as far as possible from me glaring at me with pitch black eyes. While he was glaring at me, I felt frightened. Wait, freighted? There is no reason I should be afraid of him, I mean he is just a human right? I was about to use my power on him, to make him tell me what his problem was, but the bell rang, and he walked out of the classroom at a speed almost not humanly possible.
After a brutal session of gym I drove home upset that a mere human boy could have this much of an effect on me. I was angry with myself, and also hurt that he took such an intense disliking for me. I sighed and went inside the house to cook dinner. I don't really have to manually cook anything because of my powers, but I needed something to keep me busy. I was completely lost in thought when I heard the front door slam and realized that Charlie was home.
"Hey Bells what smells good?" he smiled and looked around. I chuckled and said "I made steak and salad dad, you read to eat it now?"
"Yeah that would be great thanks."
After we finished setting the table, and sat down to eat Charlie asked,
"So how was your first day in Forks?" He looked genuinely interested so I replied,
"Great, I meet some nice people and the school is interesting." I lied. He nodded but let the subject drop. We ate the rest of dinner in a comfortable silence, and after I manually cleaned the dishes and Charlie went to watch TV in another room. When I was done I yelled, "Night dad I'm going to bed!"
"Night Bells!" He yelled back.
I smiled to myself happy that I had chosen a man of few words for my father. After all, I don't want to constantly explain myself to him. I went upstairs took a shower then headed to my room. Ah my room. Well, it had gotten a bit messy, and I was bored…..I went to my bed and sat down and started moving things into their properly places with my mind or telekinesis. This power had taken a while to master because it would always leave me tired and drained, but eventually I mastered it like all the others. When my room was clean I changed into my pajamas and went to bed.
The next week went by painfully slow; I found out that the Cullen I sat next to was named Edward. He was absent all next week I couldn't help but shake the feeling it was my fault. Nonsense, he's just a human, I repeated to myself for the 100th time that week.
When I walked into the Cafeteria the next day I was expecting the same thing, Mike would come over to me and stand in line with me, while Jessica tried to flirt with him, while Eric sulked quietly in the background. Today, however, was different, because when I looked at the Cullen table he was there. My breath caught and I nearly dropped my food. Mike noticed my apprehension and said,
"Bella are you all right?" He was now in front of me with a concerned look in his eyes.
"Yeah I'm fine just a little dizzy." I lied. He looked skeptical, but let it slide. We sat down at the lunch table with out usual group but my mind was not focused. All I was thinking about was Edward. Why wasn't he here last week? And more importantly, why did he hate me so much?
"Earth to Bella!" Jessica was waving her hand back and forth in front of my face.
"What?" I replied sharply. I looked around and found that the cafeteria was nearly empty except for of course, Mike who was waiting to walk me to my next class.
"Thanks." I mumbled as I got up and walked with Mike to Biology. He was chatting about some beach trip that was coming up, but when the bell rang and I got to my seat he walked a little disappointed back to his seat. I would have to talk to him soon, before he got the wrong idea. I couldn't get attached to a human only to stop aging randomly. It led to too many questions. I sighed and turned to face the teacher, who still wasn't here.
"Hello." A beautiful musical voice next to me said. I turned to look at Edward. I was surprised he was even talking to me, after our last encounter.
"Hello" I replied unsurely.
"I'm Edward. I'm sorry about the last time we met, I afraid I was a little under the weather." He said. Sick? Well I didn't buy it, but I let it drop. His eyes were also different. They were kinder, softer and green instead of the frightening black they were before.
"I'm Bella, but I'm sure you already know that." I said. He chuckled and said,
"Yes, well it's nice to actually meet you. How do you like Forks?" I turned to him and it looked like he was actually interested to I told him the truth rather than some pretty lie I'm sure he would see through.
"Well its cold and wet and not that great of a place to live in" I replied. Him eyebrows raised and he said, "Then why are you here?" I turned ready with some witty remark, but found myself lost in him eyes.
"It's complicated" I blurted out. I was mentally kicking my self. I should've just stuck to my story! Stupid Bella! Now he is going to ask questions! He was just about to ask something, but thank god the teacher started class at that very moment. He kept looking at me all class, for a reason I can't possibly imagine. When the bell rang he gracefully exited the classroom. Mike walked up to me, and he looked…annoyed?
"So you and Cullen seem to be getting along better." He said. I was about to laugh because he thought that he had a chance with me, but I caught myself and kept my face blank and shrugged. After gym I went home and went thought the same routine with Charlie. I cooked, we ate, we made some small talk, and then I went upstairs to try and solve the mystery that is Edward I decided to go outside and train my magic a little. I opened my window and snuck out to a deserted part of the forest that was behind my house. While I was practicing I thought, why do I care this much about him? I was so frustrated. I kept on training trying to clear my head. Eventually I became vaguely aware that I was tired and I should sleep. I headed back to my room and got in bed. I was just about to fall asleep when I heard my alarm clock go off. Had I been thinking about Edward and training all night? I only meant to stay out a couple of hours. I turned off my alarm and looked at the time 6:00 AM apparently I had. Great just great, now I was really tired. I got up and felt the familiar feeling of magic overdose. I trained for nearly eight hours straight and I needed rest, but I had to go to school. I sighed and then cast a spell over my body so that I would not feel the effects of my tiredness. I used to use this spell a lot, especially when I was training, so I knew how dangerous it was. It was dangerous because the spell could wear off at any time leaving me to deal with the side effects. Whatever, it should last at least for the time I'm in school, I thought.
I drove to school, annoyed with myself yet again that Edward had this effect on me. I mean I couldn't be falling for him. Could I? We had barely even spoken. I was just being silly. I headed for my first class. My spell was holding nicely, that is until I went to my third period. There was no teacher; they just told us it was a study period and left. It was just a usual class Jessica talking and trying to flirt with Mike, Mike staring at me, I was talking to Angela. Then Lauren started talking in a loud voice on purpose.
"Bella's mom is probably such a whore, I mean why else would she leave without telling Charlie she was pregnant. It probably wasn't even Charlie's kid."
She snickered the last part. By now the entire class was silent and I was seething with anger. I loved my mother and I was briefly filled with memories of her death. I looked up at her, and my eyes changed color, as they usually to when I get extremely mad, to a deep menacing green. She looked at me and my intense glare immediately wiped the smile off of her face. How dare she? I could kick her ass right now if I wanted to. My hands, which were in tightly clamped fists, were now shaking. I walked over to her, and she was about to call out to the teacher in the next room, anybody to help her. I quickly muted her voice and slapped her. Hard. She looked at me annoyed and angry, she was about to hit me back but I quickly locked her body into place with my mind. To any outsider it would just look like she was speechless, and too afraid to move. That's probably what she would tell herself later. But I knew better. Just then the bell rang, but nobody moved. Finally I let her body go and gave her her voice back and walked out of the classroom. I walked into the cafeteria with Mike Jessica and Angela following close behind. Mike jogged up to me and said.
"Man Bella! That was awesome! You totally but Lauren in her place!" I couldn't help it, I smiled.
"Thanks Mike, but she deserved it." I said. Angela shook her head and said,
"I never thought anybody would stand up to her." She said it quietly but her eyes were amused. It looks like I wasn't the only one who wanted to "put Lauren in her place". I looked at the Cullen table and saw them all staring at me curiously, and amused a couple of them fighting back smiles. Had they heard what I did to Lauren? Wow, news travels fast in a small school. I ate my lunch contently before walking to biology. All of a sudden I felt a slight release on my body as all my strength left me. I gasped and put my hand to the wall for support. Mike, the ever so loyal retriever, was at my side in a minute.
"Bella, oh my gosh, Bella are you aright?" Damn, I thought, my spell wore off, probably because of my intense emotions with Lauren. I was fine I only had two more periods to go anyway. I sucked it up, turned to Mike and said,
"Yeah I'm fine, just a dizzy spell." By then we were already outside the classroom so I just took my seat next to Edward. He looked at me with concerned eyes and said,
"Are you alright? You don't look well." I was about to answer but the teacher came in and started class. I tried to pay attention and take notes but the room was spinning, the words in my book blurred, and my body felt heavy and hot.
"Bella?" The teacher turned to me apparently asking the answer to some question I hadn't heard. I knew that if I didn't answer he would ask I if I was alright, blah blah blah. I didn't have the strength to properly argue at the moment, so I just pulled the answer out of his head.
"Mitosis" I replied. He nodded and turned away. I felt more of my strength leave as I used that power. I closed my eyes and concentrated on my breathing which I was afraid had become ragged. Finally the bell rang. Yes, I thought. I got up only to find that I was much more tired and weak than I thought. Ok no more late night training sessions on weekdays. I took a step forward and felt my body sway, my knees buckled and I was about to collapse, when I felt two stone cold arms catch me. I looked up and saw Edward, staring down at me wearing a very concerned look on his face. I realized he was still holding me so I quickly moved.
"Bella, you are obviously not alright. Don't even try to deny it, I was watching you try to stay conscious all class." He said. I was about to argue but he quickly cut me off saying,
"I'm driving you home." I opened my mouth to argue, but he cut me off again and said,
"You are in no condition to drive." I glared at him. I was perfectly fine. I was strong, and I could manage on my own. I had been alone all this time and managed just fine.
"I'm fine you don't have to drive me home." I said with more strength than I felt. I walked out to the parking lot, and was heading to my car when another dizzy spell came.
Edward was right there to steady me again. It felt so good being in his arms, I felt so safe. He took me over to his car and helped me inside, I didn't protest. When he got in and put on his seatbelt he looked at me and put his hand on my forehead. It felt so cold! And my body was feeling so hot right now.
"You have a fever." He said. My eyes were still closed. He continued. "I'm taking you to my father; at Forks Hospital we'll get you some medicine-"
"NO!" I quickly cut him off and turned to face him. I could not go to a hospital. I heal at an abnormally fast rate, and who knows if something in my blood could give away the fact that I'm different.
"Bella," He looked annoyed now, "You're obviously sick-"I cut him off again saying
"I'm fine really, I have medicine at home." I lied. "Please just take me home." I begged him with my eyes. He seemed reluctant at first, but nodded his head. When he pulled into my house I thanked Edward, who still looked concerned, and walked into the house. Why did he care so much about what happened to me? Could he love me? No, what am I thinking. I sighed and looked at the note on the counter left by Charlie:
Bella,
Went fishing with Billy. Be back Sunday.
Charlie
Good. I had the house to myself to rest. I changed into my pajamas and went to bed. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.
When I woke up, I felt much better. My body felt lighter and I felt great! I stretched and got up. I saw that the window was open. Hm I hadn't left that open had I? Well it didn't matter. I was just so happy to be at 100 again. I got up took a nice long hot shower , oblivious to the time, and changed into my Victoria Secret (one of the few things I owned from that store) blue sweat pants, white tank top and silver flats. I put my hair in a high pony tail and headed down stairs. I tripped on the last step, or course, but luckily no major damage was done.
"Are you alright Bella?" Charlie came in and asked. This definetly surprised me,
"I thought you weren't supposed to be home until Sunday." I said confused. He looked at me with an odd expression on his face.
"Bella, honey, it's Monday." He said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Monday?" I asked with panic in my eyes. "That means I'm late for school!" How did I possible sleep two days? I grabbed my jean jacket and headed outside.
"Relax Bella you have thirty minutes to get to school." Thirty minutes, alright that calmed me down a little.
"Thanks dad." I said. He laughed and said,
"No problem kiddo." Ignoring the fact that he called me kiddo, I went inside my truck and started the engine. After it roared to life, I was on my way to school. When I got out of the car and stepped onto the parking lot I realized for the first time what I was wearing. My shoes weren't the problem; it wasn't even my light blue Victoria Secret sweat pants that rolled up to above my ankle and below my knee that said Angel on the back. No, no it was my skimpy tank top clearly visible under my jean jacket. If it got wet, it would become ultra see though. I look up and saw Mike eyeing my outfit, typical. And then I saw Edward. He was standing over by his Volvo also looking out my outfit, before a loud screech turned his face into horror. I turned around, and what I saw made my face mirror Edwards. There was a van skidding and heading straight for me. I could easily teleport, I thought. Or Use super speed, and move out of the way. Yes I would do that, after all it was better than being crushed right? Wrong, I looked around for half a second and saw that a crowd had formed. Damnit. Now I couldn't use my powers. This was turning into Seattle all over again. While I was having this mental fight I saw a white blur move towards me and pin me to the ground. My head hit the concrete, and I saw that whatever was in front of me shield me while the van was coming. To my surprise the van stopped while it hit this thing in front of me. I looked up and saw Edward staring down at me. His eyes were concerned yet guarded.
"Are you all right?" He asked.
"What ..How…You were over there." I replied. I was just so confused. What in the world was Edward Cullen? He wasn't a vampire, his eyes weren't red. But then what was he? Maybe he was a special type of Vampire.
"Bella, I was standing right next to you." He lied. Now this made me mad. How dare he lie to me like a child? I knew better so I let my temper get the best of me and said,
"No you were standing right over there." I said. I immediately regretted it. I should've been thankful that he saved my life without putting my secret in danger, not put him in a situation that I know I wouldn't want to be in. I was about to tell him so when I moved my head and,
"Ow." That hurt. Why did that hurt?
"Carful you hit your head pretty hard." Edward said. Oh right well that would explain it. Just then the paramedics came and strapped me to a stretcher. No! I thought I needed to talk to Edward. Ugh this was incredibly annoying. Edward rode in the ambulance with me, obviously having talked his way out of a stretcher. Well I was stuck here I might was well-wait. It suddenly occurred to me where I was going. The hospital. No! I didn't save my secret now only for it to be exposed later. I needed to find a way out of this. As soon as they put me down…
About ten minutes later I was in a hospital bed still in the neck brace. In the bed next to mine was Tyler, the boy whose van almost squashed me. He looked pretty beat-up. A nurse came in and was about to take my blood.
"Hello Ms. Swan how are you-"
I projected my thoughts onto her making her follow them.
"No you will leave this room now go do paperwork." I thought quickly. Ok, yes I can make people do what I wan them to but that's ONLY if they have a weak and bendable mind. Most humans do so I was hoping she would. My hopes were confirmed as she suddenly stopped what she was doing and left. Yes! I quickly took off the neck brace and stood up. I reached for the door knob, but just as I was about it turn it, it turned in my hand. The door opened and there stood a very good looking doctor. In fact I would think he is a vampire, except I noticed his eyes. Suddenly it clicked. This must be Edward's father, the doctor.
"Hello Ms. Swan, may I ask where you are going?" He asked. I was about to answer when I saw Edward appear from behind him. He looked just as shocked to see me up as Dr. Cullen did.
"Bella, you should be in bed." He said sternly.
"Yes Ms. Swan I just need to take a blood sample, then your blood pressure and you may leave." He said. No, I needed to get out of here. So I said,
"Really I'm fine happens all the time got to go" I said in a rush trying to walk past them. They of course remained unmoving, and Edward said,
"I hardly think getting hit by a car happens to you all the time Bella." He said mocking me. I narrowed my eyes at him. I was running out of options. I might have to use my powers on them. Suddenly I had an idea. I thought of the heart machine Tyler was hooked up to next to me, and I made it flat line. Of course Tyler did not flat line, but it would fool the doctor into moving at least. It worked. As soon as the machine made the noise Dr. Cullen rushed, looking a little confused, to Tyler. Edward followed him. I took this chance to make my escape. I knew the distraction would only last a couple of seconds, so I made myself invisible. I walked to the waiting room and saw Charlie. He looked very worried. I couldn't just leave him here. So I projected my thoughts onto him and made him obey,
"Go home, Bella is fine, she will be there soon." Immediately he walked up and out of the waiting room. Ok, now I'll just walk home, because I couldn't teleport and end up there before Charlie, that wouldn't be believable. Just as I was about to leave the room I saw a very upset Edward, and a confused Dr. Cullen enter the waiting room. Edward looked livid, as his eyes searched the room, for me I'm guessing. And Dr. Cullen sighed and said,
"Well, there is nothing we can do now, I'm sure she's fine. Just keep an eye out for her when you see her at school tomorrow." Edward nodded, and continued to search the room. He walked up to where I was, and I thought for a second that he could see me. But he just stayed at that spot a foot away form me, then turned and left.
When I got home Charlie was already there, as I expected. As soon as I walked through the door, visible, he looked up from the TV and ran over to me and said,
"Bella! Thank goodness you're all right, I got a call down at the station, and then I went to the hospital, and then I was waiting and I because the doctors said…."I cut him off there, no need to give the poor man an aneurism.
"Dad, I'm all right really. Dr. Cullen released me, and I got a ride home from a friend." He looked at me a while, but then a smile spread across his face and he said,
"I'm really glad you're ok Bells, and guess what! I made you dinner!" No way. I just escaped a near death experience; I did not need another one. But he looked so happy and I didn't want to hurt his feelings. So I smiled a fake smile and said,
"That's great dad I'm starving." He looked very pleased and led me into the kitchen, where on the plates were…..jerky sticks and bacon bits?
"Um dad, what is that?" I had to ask. He looked at me as if I were a child and said,
"It's bacon and scrambled eggs of course!" I think a just threw up in my mouth a little. He cooked the bacon until it looked like jerky sticks, and the eggs until they looked like bacon. I took a deep breath and said,
"Alright dad lets eat!" of course I put a spell on it to make it tasteless, because lets face it, I couldn't make it taste like any good food when it was crunchy and chewy. When I finished I said,
"Night dad, it's been a long day and I'm going to sleep."
"Alright Bells!" He yelled from the living room. When I took a shower and changed into my pajamas, I thought about Edward, big surprise. Needless to say, he would not be happy with me tomorrow. And how did he stop that care with his hands? There is no other explanation other than he is a vampire. He's super fast and super strong, and now that I think about it he never eats human food. But what about his eyes? There weren't red. He couldn't be a vampire, and no contacts over red eyes would produce that color. But what other explanation was there? Well, I wasn't going to reveal my secret until I figured his out, that's for sure. I sighed and got under my covers, surprised at how tired I was, and feel into a dreamless sleep.