The Power of Two

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Summary: Bella moved to Forks, Washington. She was met by a nomadic vampire who changed her; two months later she returns to Forks, a vampire, to finish her schooling.

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A/n: Hello everyone. This is my first story (revised!), so please let me know what you think without the use of profanity, please. This is all Bella pov. For this first chapter and chapters later on, the italics mean it's a flashback. These flashbacks are your glimpse into the life in between her human life in Phoenix and her new vampire life in forks.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. These characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.

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Prologue:

The plane touched the ground as I closed my old, battered of Wuthering Heights. I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw Charlie, my father, for the first time in years. I would have been here sooner, two months sooner, had it not been for the recent events beyond my control.

The beautiful man captured me and forced me into his car. As he drove I noticed he wore a leather jacket with nothing but a gold leaf on a black leather necklace beneath. Bearing long, blonde hair, he made the consequent obligatory.

I waited patiently as they stopped and parked the plane. I stepped off at the Seattle Airport after my short, uncomfortable flight. I attempted (unsuccessfully) to block out the memories that haunt my existence, as well as the stares from the over-exuberant, hormonal males that inhabit the human world.

But enough with the negativity! I was going to make the best of my situation! Moving to Forks wasn't my first choice but it wasn't sunny, so I could live like a normal (well…almost normal) person. I didn't have to hide in darkness, for fear of being unearthed. I could finish high school and I could go to college. I was a smart vampire, but I needed to finish school.

I walked through security and went to pick up my luggage. I hoped to see Charlie soon, didn't much like being alone, although I had been so for two months.

I woke up after writhing in pain to find myself on a mountain side. It was much like the place I was taken the man, but it was sharper somehow, clearer. Where was the man? What was I? I smelled something, it smelled…delicious. I ran for it with all I had. I was thirsty. The same burning I had experienced earlier now manifested itself in my throat. I attacked the mountain lion.

I was shook out of my flashback by the sight of my father. His eyes raked over me as he evaluated my acquired state. He, then, enveloped me into a hug that sent venom rushing to my mouth and my throat burning. I would have to get used to this. He looked so different with my new eyes. He was brighter and he looked more fragile that he had before.

"Hi there Bella, how've you been" Charlie pulled away.

"I've been better, the flight was terrible."

"I'm sorry about that" he said quietly, "Let me help you with your bag"

Charlie and I had never been that well at expressing our feelings towards one another, but I knew he loved me and that's all that really counted. I knew he was excited of my arrival, even though his words didn't express it.

"How are Phil and Renee?" Charlie inquired, heaving me from my revere.

"They are doing great. I think they needed some time to just be together. I didn't want to crowd them." I wasn't lying; Renee still had the googly-eyes when she looked at Phil so I reckoned she would be okay with him. Phil would also make sure she was fed and taken care of, so there wasn't any use for me around there any more. It was time to visit my father now.

"That is mature of you Bella, you're a smart kid. Ya' know?" He said.

I smiled, "Thanks"

We arrived home a few hours later (the traffic was slow because as soon as the humans saw a cop they immidiately slowed) and I went to put my bags up before I scavenged through the kitchen to make Charlie dinner. I didn't need to eat anymore.

It took only one trip to get all my stuff upstairs. I got the west bedroom that faced out over the front yard. The room was familiar; it had been belonged to me since I was born. The wooden floor, the light blue walls, the peaked ceiling, the yellowed lace curtains around the window — these were all a part of my childhood—a childhood that was fuzzy and dim. The only changes Charlie had ever made were switching the crib for a bed and adding a desk as I grew. The desk now held a secondhand computer, with the phone line for the modem stapled along the floor to the nearest phone jack. This was a stipulation from my mother, so that we could stay in touch easily. The rocking chair from my baby days was still in the corner. I looked at all the upgrades to my room. The room wouldn't need another upgrade. I didn't change. I never moved forward, but remained. I looked out my window and felt the venom, venom that would never kiss my cheeks, well up in my eyes. Everything was so new. The view of the room was familiar but it was very different seeing it. The room was sharper, reminding me of the monster I was. I shooed away my thoughts and wondered into the bathroom.

There was only one small bathroom at the top of the stairs, which I would have to share with Charlie. I was trying not to dwell too much on that fact.

I looked at myself in the full length mirror. There were no flaws to my prefect body. I was a deadly flower and everything about me drew humans in male and female alike. My smell, my appearance, the list was never ending. I was beautiful, but it wasn't real. I wasn't human and I could never be normal.

I needed to get things done so I pried myself easily from the mirror and unpacked my bathroom items at vampire speed. Just because I had to act human in public didn't mean I did so private.

I went down stairs to find something to cook something for Charlie. I racked my brain trying to remember how to cook and what food tasted like…this should be interesting.

A/n: Please review. I will have the next chapter up pronto!

—Diva