A/N: Hey, everyone, I just wanted to make a little fluff for the holidays! It's not going to be long, just a few chapters, but I wanted to take a break from WDIGM, because I've kind of lost my mojo on it, and I want to explore what I can do with it, but it will be updated soon! I really hope you like this new story! The pictures are on my homepage on my regular page.
I do not own these twilight characters, though I would gladly take them off Stephenie's hands!
Enjoy!
BPOV
Festive Secret
"Do you have all your bags, baby?" my mother asked as she looked around my room.
"Yes, mommy, I have all my bags. I have everything I need, and I have my phone on in case you or daddy need to call." I answered, deciding to include the questions that she has been asking, since seven o'clock this morning.
You see, I'm going to be very far away from my parents for the first time in my life, and my mother is freaking out, while my father really does not like this idea. I'm going to go stay with my Uncle James and Aunt Victoria, from my mother's side of the family.
Oh, I almost forgot! My name is Isabella Marie Swan, and I am seventeen years old. I have long mahogany hair and two long, silver highlights on both sides of my bangs that seemed to sparkle in the winter, but that will be explained later. I am five foot one, and yes, I know that I am very short for my age, but that too will have to be explained later on. I have my father's chocolate eyes and porcelain skin tone, which is impossible to tan where I live.
"Okay, baby, it's almost time to go." My mother said softly, breaking me from my reverie as tears gathered in her eyes once again.
"No, mommy, don't cry! Look, I'll only be gone for a few months, then I'll be back and working in the shop in no time."
No matter how I tried to make it seem as if I wouldn't be gone for long, it never seems to calm my mother's nerves.
"I know, baby, but I'll miss you so much. I've never had you out of my sight for more than a couple of days, and even then, if I needed to see you, you wouldn't be far away." Tears began to run down her checks like a delicate waterfall. I wiped them away and gave my mother a hug to calm her nerves.
A throat being cleared sounded behind us, and I turned around to see my father standing there in all his holiday glory.
"Um, it's time to go." he muttered. I gave my mother one last big hug and picked up my bag.
"Bye, mommy, I'll call you later." I said and blinked my eyes rapidly to prevent the tears that were gathering from falling. No matter how eager I was to see what's out there, I was still afraid of leaving my parents. I have always been around them and I don't know if I can stay away for as long as I thought.
"Bye, baby." She whispered and kissed my cheek. I turned and followed my father out to the center of the Great Hall.
"Come on, Lilly, or we'll be late!" I yelled to my best friend. Thankfully, she was coming with me, or I would have never had the strength to leave.
Lilly-Ann Hayes and I have been best friends, since we could walk. Our parents said that we were never seen without each other, and would cry hysterically if one of us couldn't find the other.
"I'm here, I'm here! For the love of all things gingerbread, you are impatient, LaLa!" Lilly said, using my nickname she gave me when we were little as she set the last of her bags by mine.
Lilly had light brown hair with two long, dark brown highlights on both sides of her bangs as well, to represent who her family was. She had hazel eyes and the same porcelain skin as I did, along with being the same height.
My father took both of our hands and closed his eyes with us doing the same.
I felt the rush I always did when we shimmered to our destination. The cold air blew around us as tiny snowflakes quickly whirled around our bodies, like a frosted tornado. The workers said that when we shimmered, it looked like small, glittering snowflakes would make our bodies disappear from our feet to our heads.
Soon, I felt the floor appear under us again, and I opened my eyes to see that we were in my uncle's house.
His home was beautiful, with a cabin feel to it. It was a two story, five bedroom house with an inside Jacuzzi for the winter weather. The windows were frosted with slushy snow, but it was very warm in the house as the fireplace crackled.
My uncle and aunt lived in the small town of Forks, Washington. It constantly rained here, and barely had sunny days, but I was glad to be away from the constant snow, though the cold weather will still give me a small sense of being home.
"I see you guys shimmered in safely." I heard my uncle from behind me.
"Uncle James!" I squealed and launched myself in his arms.
"Hello, Bella, how are you?" he chuckled. I smiled and backed up a little to get a good look at him. He and my mother had the same blonde hair and icy blue eyes that sparkled when they smiled. He had his hair pulled into a low ponytail that swished a little as he looked me up and down.
"You have grown up, Bells! I haven't seen you, since you were ten!" he shook his head and gave me another big hug.
"Hey, save some love for me!" I couldn't help but to squeal again and launch myself, once more, at my aunt Victoria, as Lilly replaced me in my uncle's arms.
Aunt Vicki was tall and beautiful, with long curly red hair and sky blue eyes that seemed to hold wonderful stories of fairy tales and enchanted places. You see, my aunt writes children's stories, and is one of the bestselling authors in this state. I used to love hearing her tell me stories on the phone when I was little before I went to bed, and escaped to the lands of giants and princesses, in my dreams, that she told me of.
"Bella, you are absolutely beautiful, sweetheart! Just look at you." she squealed and hugged me fiercely again before releasing me. "Oh, and look at you, Lilly, you have grown up to be quite the woman." My aunt complimented as she gave Lil a hug as well.
"Well, it seems I was forgotten." My father chuckled from behind me. I gasped and ran over to him without a moment's hesitation.
"I could never forget about you, daddy, that is impossible." I giggled and listened to his soft chuckles. I took a deep breath of his peppermint and ginger aroma, before looking at him with my chin placed against his chest.
"Be good, my Bella." My father said before kissing my forehead and backing away.
"Oh, before I forget." He said and pulled something out of his pocket, "This is for you." he said and opened his hand. Lying in his palm was a necklace. In the middle of the silver chain was a round black stone with an icy blue and purple snowflake within the rock.
I gasped! Those types of snowflakes were almost impossible to catch, but if anyone could do it, it would be my father. You see, those snowflakes held the power to be able to see who your heart desired, but to catch such a snowflake, you would have to tread up the sacred mountain of peace and stay there until winter's first snowfall. Only then are you able to catch the snowflake.
I also recognized the stone that the snowflake was held in. It is an enchanted stone that lets you know what mythical creatures are around you.
"Daddy, I can't…" I choked on my tears.
"Hush, sweetie, I know." He coed and gathered me in his arms once again. Once we pulled away, he clasped my necklace around my neck and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Whenever you want to see us, just touch the stone and think of us." he said before backing away a little. He gave my uncle a handshake, and gave Victoria a kiss on the cheek as a greeting before getting ready to shimmer home again.
"Be good, Lilly and Bella, don't let me hear you girls getting into trouble, because you know that I'll know." He winked and shimmered out.
"Okay, let's get your bags to your rooms." My uncle said and picked up a few of mine as my aunt picked up a few of Lilly's. Lil and I gathered the rest and followed them up the stairs.
"Your rooms are right across from each other, and you have your own bathrooms. There's no need to ask if you need to use the kitchen or anything, this place is your home for the next year, so be comfortable." James said.
"You start school at Forks High on Monday, and you girls already have a car in the garage. When you're ready, you can go see it, and ride around town, not that there's much to see." Vicki continued with a small chuckle. Finally, we stopped in front of two wooden doors.
"Well…go in!" she said excitedly. I opened the door and gasped as I heard Lilly do the same. My room was big, and was decorated just the way I would have.
My bed was big and fluffy, with huge, white pillows, and a big, silk, icy blue comforter that seemed to sparkle. Everything was either white and fluffy, or ice blue to remind me of home. Silver snowflakes were painted on my walls with scenery that seemed to look like a winter wonderland, and a sky blue back ground with gigantic snow hills.
"It's beautiful." I said softly.
"I'm glad you like it." James said and set my bags down by my bed. "Vicki took great pride in decorating both of your rooms, and was very anxious to see both of your reactions." He chuckled, "Well, I'll let you get settled in, and will see you in a little while." With a soft pat on the shoulder, he left me to my glorious room.
"LaLa, come see my room!" Lilly squealed. We both ran past each other and into the other's room to see how they were decorated.
Lilly's room was beautiful as well. The walls were a soft brown with cream trim, that didn't make you feel like you were surrounded by mud, but it was comfortable. Her bed was huge as well, with creamed colored pillow cases, and a soft brown, furry comforter. I knew the fur was fake, as Lilly was very into animal rights, and would have had a fit if it were real. Everything in her room was relaxing, making me feel like I could come in here with a cup of hot chocolate and a book to read to escape the world and venture into an unknown one.
Our rooms were very different. While her room was calm and relaxing, mine was more playful and upbeat. It is quite the paradox to our personalities, since I am the more calm one, while Lilly is more eccentric.
I walked out of her room and back into mine to see that she was staring at my wall and swaying a little.
"Lilly pad, are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm just imagining us back home and sledding down the hills." She said. At that moment, I felt horrible for dragging her down here. "Don't go there, LaLa. I love that we are here, but you've got to admit that your homesick already too." She said and turned to face me.
"Yeah, I am, but it'll get better with time." I said.
"I know…Hey, why don't we go see our new car and ride around a little. Maybe that will get our minds off of home." She said excitedly as she jumped in place.
"Okay, okay." I chuckled and held her shoulders down, but even then, she seemed to be vibrating with excitement. "Come on, Lil." I giggled. Before I knew it, I was being dragged out of my room and down the stairs.
We found the garage without much difficulty and walked in to see that it was pretty big with three cars. One had a big red bow, so I assumed that that would be our new car.
"Surprise!" I heard being yelled from behind us and nearly jumped out of my skin.
"For the love of all things gingerbread, please don't do that." I gasped and held my chest. "God, I think I'm having heart palpitations."
"Sorry, we didn't know you guys were coming to see the car yet, and we wanted to surprise you." Vicki explained as she rubbed my back. I nodded my head and calmed down, taking deep breaths to slow my heart rate.
"What type of car is it?" Lilly asked.
"It's an Audi A8." James said as he patted the roof. The car was black and sleek, but seemed to be a little ostentatious for this town.
"Thank you guys, but we really didn't need something so expensive." I said, "Maybe you can get your money back and buy us something more suitable, I'd hate to think you spent so much money on us." I said softly.
"It's fine, sweetie, and we bought it, because we love you guys, and it's very safe." James reassured me. I sighed, and nodded my head as Lilly squealed and hoped into the driver's seat.
"Come on, LaLa, let's get a look around town, and find out how to get to the school, so we don't get lost tomorrow."
"Don't be out too late, dinner is at six." Vicki said.
I thanked them once more before getting into the passenger's seat, praying that Lilly didn't drive like a maniac. We have our license, but where we're from, we hardly have to drive into town as everything we need is usually at the shop.
I looked out of the mirror and stared at all the greenery and trees that surrounded us as we drove down the roads. There were little houses and shacks, but it seemed that if we were going to do anything fun; we would have to travel a little.
We found Forks High School, which was about a ten minute drive from the house, pretty easily. Lilly parked in the parking lot, and got out with me following.
"This is nice." Lilly commented as she twirled a little to look all around us. She slipped on the snow that crunched under our boots, and quickly reached for my arm. I got her back on balance, and shook my head with a soft chuckle. "Could you…" Lilly gestured to the snow.
I nodded my head, and felt the familiar cold tingling that ran through my body whenever I dealt with snow. You see, I am able to control water, and as snow is water, I am able to bend it. I melted the snow to make a path for us to safely walk on.
Lilly also has a power, but it's not like mine. She is able to talk and understand animals, which helps for her job back at the shop.
I have a few other powers, but they were inherited from my family, as usually only one power is given to each person.
I guess it's time for a few secrets to be divulged.
Lilly and I are from the North Pole, and we live at Santa's Workshop. Lilly is an elf, who works with the reindeer, like her family.
Hmm, maybe I should explain a little more. When you are born an elf, you are born into a family, who for generations had a certain job to do. They were literally born to do that job, and Lilly's family job is to train the reindeer for Santa's flight.
Of course, we have Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, with the one and only Rudolph, but when they get old, they have to be replaced. The old reindeer live comfortably, and are waited on hand and foot, which they basically are now, even though they are not that old. It could be the big reason why they are so spoiled.
There are many jobs at the Workshop, and thousands of elves, but I am only half elf, which is why my ears aren't pointy, though Lilly's aren't either for right now. When an elf ventures out of the Workshop and into society, their pointy ears morph into regular ones, so that the elves are able to blend in a little.
And please don't believe the whole elves are extremely short, because they aren't. Like people, elves come in all different shapes and sizes, so that ridiculous myth is false.
Oh, and one other little detail. I am actually Isabella Marie Clause, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clause. I use my mother, Renee's, surname, because no mortals can know of the Workshop. My father, Charlie, is Santa, by birth, because his father was Santa, and before him, his father was Santa, and so on. But, I am the first daughter, in a century, to be born first, and usually, it is the son that takes over.
That is why I am here in Forks. My father and mother are trying for another baby, as our generation will always have a son, so the next child will undoubtedly be a boy. I don't want to get in the way of their trying, and quite frankly, I don't want to hear it either, so I came to stay with my Uncle and Aunt to give them some privacy.
"LaLa, you're day dreaming again." Lilly sang.
"Shut up." I laughed and hooked my arm through Lilly's to walk around the outside of the school.
It only took us about twenty minutes to look around, so we hopped back into the car and headed home. On the dashboard, it said that it was five forty five. Lilly stepped on the gas a little to get us home on time for dinner.
Vicki cooked a delicious meal of meatloaf with mashed potatoes and corn. Conversation was light, since we were all stuffing our faces with food, plus, Lilly and I were pretty tired from all the excitement.
We bid both James and Vicki a good night, after thanking them for dinner. Neither would let us stay and help clean up, so we figured we would just take a shower and go to bed. I took a quick shower, washing my hair with strawberry shampoo, and put on my pajamas afterwards.
As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was asleep, and dreamt of my home up north.
Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep!
I groaned and shut the alarm off. I looked to see that it was seven in the morning. I begrudgingly got out of bed, and took a quick shower to wake me up.
We were in high school up north as well, but it didn't start until nine o'clock. Not wanting to start our senior year off late, I got dressed in a long, black, turtle neck sweater, with a belt around the stomach. I put on my skinny jeans and black, knee-length, suede boots. I curled my hair and put a black headband on to keep my bangs out of my face.
"Lil, you ready?" I yelled.
"Yeah!" she yelled back. I grabbed my book bag and headed downstairs. James was already gone, and Vicki was still asleep, since she worked from home three days a week. I grabbed the keys and a granola bar, and waited by the stairs.
Soon, Lilly came barreling down the stairs with her book bag, and my coat.
"Here, you need to put this on. I know we can handle the cold, but we need to blend in and not look weird in front of the humans." She said and handed me the coat. I sighed and put it on, before walking out of the door and to the car, leaving Lilly to lock it.
I got in the driver's seat and started the car. As soon as Lilly was in, we were off to high school with humans for the first time.
"Please, put your hands on the wheel." Lilly begged. She hated when I drove with my knee, so I eased her nerves and placed my hands back on ten and two.
I pulled into the parking lot, and as I suspected, everyone was staring at our car.
"Are you ready?" I asked.
"Of course I am!" Lilly squealed and jumped out. I should have known, nothing gets that girl nervous.
I squared my shoulders and got out of the car as well. After grabbing my book bag from the backseat, I locked our car and stood by Lil who was vibrating again with excitement.
I put my hand on her shoulder to calm her down, before leading her towards the office.
"Who are they?"
"They're so beautiful!"
"Those silver highlights are cool!"
"Are they related to the Cullens?"
"They better know that Edward is mine!"
I chuckled and shook my head at the last two ridiculous comments. Being mythical creatures, we have acute hearing along with strength and speed, and many other factors. All those toys aren't made by slow pace, so we need the speed to get it done in time for Christmas, along with strength to be able to lift or wrap the heavier presents. The hearing comes in handy for the Christmas Bell that rings on Christmas Eve. Only elves can hear the high frequency, so that the humans in town don't wonder what it is.
"I wonder who the Cullens are." Lilly whispered.
"I don't." I commented. I opened the door to the office and felt the warm air whoosh out. A middle aged woman was standing behind the desk with her head down as she wrote on a piece of paper.
"Um, excuse me." I said softly. The woman finally looked up and gasped. I fought the urge to roll my eyes at the typical reactions of the humans.
"Oh, dears, how may I help you." she finally spoke.
"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan and this is Lilly Hayes, we're new."
"Oh, yes, Isabella and Lilly, your uncle already called and told us that you would be here. Welcome to Forks High School! These are your schedules and these are the slips that all of your teachers need to sign. Here is a map of the school, and I hope you enjoy your first day!" she said quickly.
Lilly and I thanked her, before walking out of the office.
"Let's compare our schedules." I said.
My schedule said:
Period 1: English 4-AP—Mrs. Norris
Period 2: Statistics AP—Mrs. Bond
Period 3: History AP—Mr. Gray
Period 4: Spanish 4-AP—Ms. Norcia
Period 5: Pottery—Ms. Ditulo
Lunch
Period 6: Biology 4-AP—Mr. Banner
Period 7: Theory of Knowledge (TOK) AP—Mrs. Herbert
"We have English, History, Spanish, and Pottery together." Lilly frowned.
"It's okay, we have most of our classes, plus lunch together." I rubbed her shoulders. The warning bell went off, and I watched as students began to scurry to their classes. "Come on, let's go find the English room." I said as I drug Lil behind me.
We finally found the room, but we were a few minutes late. Hopefully, the teacher wasn't mean and do something embarrassing in front of the class.
I opened the door, and Ms. Norris stopped what she was saying to look at us.
"Um, hi, we're the new students." I said.
"Ah, I see, well you may sit where you like in the room as long as you do not talk. I'll sign both of your slips at the end of class; you will just have to remind me." She smiled. I let out the breath I didn't realize I was holding and smiled back.
Lilly and I sat in the last row all the way in the back to make sure none of the students could stare at us, but when I looked up, most of them had craned their necks back to get a good look at the new students. I felt like we were on display or something!
"Excuse me, class!" Mrs. Norris said to get the attention back to her. She talked mostly about what we were going to be learning in the class, and about the syllabus she handed out. Sooner than I expected, the bell for the next class rang, and we were all gathering our stuff to leave. Lilly and I got our slips signed before walking out.
"Have fun in TOK class." I tried to lift her spirits when we were separating to go to our second period." Lilly nodded her head, but didn't say a word. I could see the fear of being in a new place by herself in her eyes, and I quickly gave her a hug to calm her nerves.
"Don't worry; if you need me, you know what to do." I tapped my head, "You'll be fine!" I inherited my father's ability to read and communicate with the minds of others of my choosing.
"You right, I'll be fine." She said and took a deep breath. She turned around and headed off to her class and I did the same. The statistics class was on the second floor, so I ran up the stairs to the math room. I got there with seconds to spare!
"Hello." A young woman with short black hair greeted me when I walked in.
"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan…"
"Oh, yes, here let me give you the math book." She handed me a thick, but small orange and black book before signing my slip. "You may sit where ever you like."
I was heading to the back of the rows, ignoring all the stares, when the stone of my necklace suddenly turned ice cold. I gasped, and looked around. Somewhere in this room was a vampire, but I wasn't sure who. My father only told me that they existed, when he was teaching me the mythical creatures of the world, but he never described how they looked like.
He told me that there were human drinkers along with animal drinking vampires, though those are very rare to find, but he never told me how to tell the difference between the two. Anyone in this room could be a vampire that drinks human blood, and I wouldn't know.
Whoever it was, I would have to protect the humans against them. Elf blood isn't appetizing to vampires, my father said, because it tasted to much like human spices. Since my blood is mixed with it, it wouldn't be appetizing either, but who's to say that I'm protected from their other abilities.
I looked around the room and analyzed each student. There were boys of different shapes and sizes, but they looked to be human to me. I looked at the girls and saw some with long or short brown, black, or red hair. One girl had really short black hair that spiked every different way like a pixie cut. It was very cute; I would have to ask her who did it.
"Psst!" I heard someone say beside me. I looked over to see a girl with mousy brown hair smiling at me. "Hi, I'm Jessica Stanley and you're Isabella?" she asked.
Who else? "Bella…just, Bella." I tried to smile, but I had a feeling it looked like a grimace.
"Hi, Bella, it's so nice to meet you. I know how it feels to be the new girl, so if you'd like, you can sit with me and my friends at lunch today." She offered.
"Thanks, would you mind me bringing my best friend, Lilly, too?" I asked, not wanted to impose on her table.
"Sure, the more the merrier!" she said and turned back to the teacher who cleared her throat.
For the remainder of the class, I sat and listened to Mrs. Bond talk about what I had a feeling all the teachers were going to talk about today, their expectations and their syllabus.
Thankfully, the bell rang, and I gathered my things to leave.
"What class do you have next, Bella?" Jessica asked.
"Um…" I took out my schedule, "I have History next."
"Oh, good, I do too! We can walk together." She said excitedly, and immediately started talking about some rumor she heard today. How in Saint Nick is it possible to hear about a rumor on the first day of school! Anyhow, I didn't bother listening to her, since I didn't care much for gossip. The elves loved to gossip too, but it was mostly about someone falling into the vat of eggnog, or something along those lines.
Thinking of the elves made me miss my children. Though I'm Santa's daughter, I decided to take on a job of my own. I work with the little toddler elves. They are the most adorable little people I have ever seen, with their pointy ears and glittery faces.
Oh, let me explain the glitter. Baby elves are born to what humans would say as 'glitter' on their faces, when it's actually not. That 'glitter' actually symbolizes their purity. The purity keeps their heart open, and when the time comes for them to find out their jobs, their hearts have to be open and pure, or it will be impossible for the elves to figure out their true calling.
Sometimes, elves that are born in a certain family aren't meant to do that job, but that is extremely rare. An elf whose 'glitter' remains on their face means that they have another calling, whilst the elves that are born to do their family's job lose their glitter, signifying their time to work. Until then, it's my job to take care of them while their parents work, like a daycare.
"Bella, are you okay?" I heard Jessica's voice.
"Huh, oh, yes, I'm fine, thank you." I said and shook my head to get those adorable children out of my mind so I can focus. I can miss them all I want later, today I have to look normal, and going off into space all the time is not normal.
Jessica and I walked into the history room, and Lilly immediately ran up to me and hugged me.
"I missed you so much, LaLa!" she said.
"I missed you too. Hey, Lilly, this is Jessica, Jessica, this is Lilly." I introduced them.
"Hello, Jessica, how are you." Lilly said with a big smile.
"I'm fine, how are you?"
"I'm good now that my best friend is back! We have to go get our slips signed, LaLa." She said.
"Okay, we'll see you at lunch." I said. Jessica smiled, but she wasn't paying attention to me, she was staring at a boy with short, spiky blonde hair with a baby face and blue eyes. I left her to her ogling and walked with Lilly up to Mr. Gray.
"Hi, I"m Lilly and this is Bella!" Lilly said excitedly as she handed him our slips.
"Hello, girls, you may sit where you like." He said after he gave us back our slips. Mr. Gray was an old man who looked in his fifties with short gray hair and blue eyes. It seemed that if you didn't talk to him, he would look intimidating, but his eyes were very kind and held a lot of wisdom.
"If you would stand in front of the class and introduce yourselves…" Oh, he is definitely getting coal for Christmas!
Of course, the ever more hyper Lilly immediately stood in the middle and began to introduce us.
"Hi, I'm Lilly and this is my best friend Isabella, but call her Bella or she'll get cranky." She said. The students in the class laughed as I shot daggers at the back of Lilly's head, "We're from up north, and can't wait to see how this year will turn out!" she said before dragging me to the back of the class.
I had my hands covering my red flamed cheeks when, once again, my stone turned ice cold.
"Lilly…" I whispered and looked around when we sat in the back. She looked over at me and I tapped my head, signifying that we would have a mental conversation.
"What is it, LaLa?" she asked with concern.
"There are vampires at this school, and more than one, because Jessica is the only same student from my last class, and she's human. We have to look out for them and protect the humans."
"Okay, I'll scan the room." She said with a nod. I cut off our mental conversation, and for the rest of the class, I studied the students.
Again, I couldn't see their faces, but when I passed these two kids, they had the same colored golden eyes. One was unnaturally huge, with muscles that looked impossible to have unless they were on steroids or a body builder. The other guy had honey blonde hair, but his face looked as if he were in constant pain.
I watched them for the remainder of the class, but other than their unusual eye color, I couldn't tell if they were the vampires. I would have to pass by them when no one else was around to see if they are who I think they are.
With me not paying attention in class, the bell rung soon enough and we were off to the next class. Our next two classes were the same, with no vampires in them, so when lunch came, I was eager to see if the guys with the golden eyes would be in the cafeteria.
"Come on, Lil, I have a feeling I know who 'they' are." I said and dragged her out of pottery and to our lockers to drop off our stuff.
"Who do you think they are?" she asked.
"Well, two kids had golden eyes, I mean, have you ever seen that eye color before? So I think that they may be the you know what, and if they are then they might have friends." I explained.
"And what do you propose we do with a cafeteria full of humans, vampires, and elves?" she whispered frantically.
"Nothing!"
"…wha-what?" she asked with bewilderment.
"I said we do nothing. We'll just watch them and make sure that they don't hurt anyone, okay?" I explained.
"Okay." She agreed. We followed the crowds of people to the cafeteria, and saw that the whole high school was in here. It would take forever to try and find the two boys.
"Bella! Lilly! Over here!" I heard Jessica yell as she stood on a chair waving her hands hysterically to get our attention.
I pointed to the lunch line, signifying that we were going to get lunch first before we sat down. She nodded her head with a smile and sat beside the baby faced boy and began a conversation with him.
I got a salad with lemonade while Lilly got a piece of pizza and water. We paid for lunch and found Jessica at a table with five other people.
"Hey you guys, meet Angela Webber, Michael Newton, Tyler Crowley, Lauren Mallory, and Ben Cheney." She said and pointed to all of them.
Angela waved shyly when I looked at her. She wore glasses and had long brown hair tied in a ponytail. Michael winked, which grossed me out, but I tried to keep the grimace off my face. Tyler had short, greasy black hair with bad facial acne, but he seemed nice enough. Lauren rolled her eyes, and looked the other way. I had a feeling I wouldn't get along with this blonde haired, blue eyed bimbo already. And Ben, like Angela, waved shyly with a small smile and a blush. I couldn't help but to smile back as he hid behind his glasses and shook out his short brown hair, returning to the book he was reading.
"So ladies, where are you from?" Mike asked.
"We're from…very far up north." Lilly answered.
"Oh, like Canada?"
I couldn't help but snort a little, "Yeah, somewhere around Canada." I mumbled and took a bite of my salad. Everyone continued to ask questions, except for Lauren, who acted like she wasn't listening, but I could tell she was. I wasn't paying attention to them, but was trying to look for the boys when the cafeteria doors opened again.
I looked over to see a very beautiful girl, with long blonde hair and…golden eyes! She must be a vampire too! At her side was the overly masculine guy from my history class. To her left was the spiky haired girl from my math class, whom I thought was human, but was obviously wrong. By her side was the boy who looked to always be in pain.
"Hey, who are they?" I asked Jessica.
She looked up and as soon as she saw who I was referring to, she bent closer to my ear, as if it were dangerous to let anyone else know who we were talking about.
"Those are the Cullen's and Hale's. That's Rosalie Hale with the blonde hair and Emmett Cullen by her side. The short, spiky haired girl is Alice Cullen and the one who always looks like he's in pain is Jasper Hale. The weird thing is that they are together—like together together, and they live in the same house! They were adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Cullen."
"Oh, that was nice of them, but don't they seem to be a little old to be adopted?"
"Yes, they are now, but Rosalie and Jasper are twins, and they were adopted by Mrs. Cullen when they were eight. She's their aunt or something…" I nodded my head and watched as they sat down with trays of food in their hands, but they did not attempt to eat it. Even if they were trying to fit in, it would be more normal to eat some of the food then to let it go to waste.
The cafeteria door opened again, and I looked to see the most beautiful Adonis walk in. He had the most peculiar hair color I have ever seen, you could say that is was copper or maybe bronze…the color of a penny? I had absolutely no idea, but my thoughts were cut short when I saw that he too had golden eyes.
I sighed, "That's Edward Cullen." I heard Jessica say. She must have seen me staring at him in wonder as I watched him sit with his family, "He's gorgeous, of course, but don't waste your time. He doesn't date. Apparently, none of the girls here are good looking enough for him." she sniffed. That made me wonder how many times he had rejected her advances, before she gave up, but I held my tongue.
"I wasn't planning on it." I said and looked away from him when I saw his head turn towards us. I listened to the conversations at the table, but decided not to include myself in any of them. Wondering what to do with these vampires was irking me…wait, I never actually found out if they were vampires!
Maybe I could walk past their table and act like I'm going outside…no, that would be stupid, since I'm so close to the entrance of the cafeteria.
Suddenly, the spiky haired girl got up with her tray and dumped it. She was walking towards the entrance doors with the grace of a Gazelle, this was my chance! I opened my mind to Lilly and let her see my plan. She gave me a faint nod without anyone else suspecting, so I dumped my food and walked towards the doors, making sure to get there at the same time as…Alice? I think her name was.
As soon as I reached the door at the same time as her, my stone turned ice cold once more.
The Cullen's were vampires.
"I'm sorry, you go ahead." I said with a forced smile.
Alice smiled back, "Thank you." she said with a high soprano voice that sounded like ringing bells, and walked out. I followed her and watched as she went to a different building. I decided go and see what my parents were doing. I know it has only been a day, but I missed them already.
I walked into the bathroom and locked the door after checking to make sure no one was in there with me. I put my hand on my necklace and thought of my parents. Soon, I saw my father projected in front of me, like one of those old movies on a white sheet.
My father was getting rounder, and his beard has started to grow in for the holidays, but you still wouldn't guess that he's Santa.
After Christmas every year, my father's body turns back into the man that he was before he took the oath to be Santa. His hair becomes shorter and turns dark brown again, and his beard disappears, but his hairy, brown mustache remains. It always tickles when he kisses my cheek, I can never help but laugh! He loses all the Santa weight, and is more fit, but you have to wonder how he stays fit with all the steaks and burgers that man eats. I can still hear my mother fussing at him to 'put down the steak and eat a freakin' salad for Christmas sake!'
"I miss you daddy." I whispered and wiped the tear off my cheek.
"I miss you too, baby girl." My father turned around and smiled.
I gasped, "You can talk to me too?"
"Surprise!" he laughed, "I couldn't wait for you to use it and find out! Yes, we are able to talk to you, it's a portal telephone." He chuckled.
I joined in, "I wish you guys were here with me, but it's not that bad so far." I tried to sound excited.
"Oh, sweetheart, you can always come home…" he offered, but stopped when he saw my horrified face.
"And listen to you and mom? I'd rather have my ears gnawed off by chuck!" I said. Chuck was a new baby reindeer, only one and half years old, who's still teething. He's so adorable.
My father chuckled, "It was just a suggestion, baby girl."
"Oh, dad, before I forget, there are vampires here, what do you want me and Lilly to do?" I asked now that I had a chance. I thought I would have to make a quick trip to the North Pole and explain everything to him, but I guess I don't have to anymore.
His face suddenly became very serious, "Isabella, do you remember what I taught you to do with your scent when you were a little girl?" he asked.
I nodded my head. My father taught me how to mask my human scent, because I am the only half elf half human alive, and to many creatures, the North Pole is known, but they don't bother to come here. If they found out that there is a rarity here, it could become dangerous and my life could be at stake. Not every creature is nice, and some like to collect other mythical creatures like novelty dolls.
"Good, I want you to do that, and please, please, do not confront them unless you have to." he begged.
"I promise I won't." I assured him.
"Good, well, I'll let you get back to school…I love you, baby girl." He said.
"I love you, daddy, and tell mom that I love her too." I added and disconnected us. Sighing, I walked out of the bathroom and to the biology room after getting my book bag from my locker. I walked in to see that kids were already filing in, and that Angela, Jessica, Mike, and Lauren had this class as well.
Angela and Jessica I could handle, but the bimbo and the wanna NSYNC member was going to get on my nerves really quick. I walked up to Mr. Banner and introduced myself.
"Hello, I'm Isabella, I'm new." I said. You must be thinking that every student is new to the teachers, since it's the first day of school, but you thought wrong. The teachers have these students both junior and senior year, so Lilly and I are the only two new students that they have.
"Hello, Isabella…"
"Bella, please…" I interrupted politely.
"Bella…you can sit at that desk, and here is your book." He said as we traded my slip for his book. After he signed it, I sat at the table he assigned and waited for class to start.
Soon, the warning bell sounded, and the rest of the students filed in, including Edward Cullen, one of the vampire siblings.
Please, don't sit by me! Please, don't sit by me!
Edward stopped short when he saw me and grimaced before walking behind my chair and at our table. Damn! Well, whoever said Karma wasn't a bitch?
Mr. Banner began to speak and turned on the fan to cool down the room. I watched as the fan oscillated towards me and blew my hair around my face. Suddenly, Edward's hand gripped the table and he covered his mouth with his other hand. He scooted as far as the table would let him and glared at me with pitch black eyes full of hatred.
How rude! He shouldn't be angry at me just because he can't control his hunger!
I sighed heavily and closed my eyes. I felt my blood quicken and my heart beat faster as I switched from my human side to my elfin side. I could smell around me the aroma of ginger, and knew that I had completed my transformation.
From the corner of my eye I could see Edward staring at me with astonishment. His widened eyes, full of confusion, had gone from black back to its golden river of honey. I chuckled at his face; he'll just have to wonder how I did that.
For the rest of the period, I acted as if I didn't see him staring at me. I mean, seriously, five minutes of staring is okay, but fifty minutes means you either have a problem or…no-o-o, that's pretty much what it means.
Note to self: Edward is weird. Stay away from his sex hair, golden eyes, and pouty lips.
What? An elf can't notice when someone is gorgeous without being judged?
"Hello? Earth to LaLa." I heard Lil's voice.
"Lilly, what are you doing here?" I looked up at her.
She giggled, "Its next period, and you were day dreaming again. Now go, or you'll be extra, extra late for your next class."
I thanked her and ran out of the class with my stuff. I was running down the hallway when I felt a hand grab onto my wrist and pull me through a door that I didn't notice. It was dark in the room and I couldn't see a thing, all I could hear was the breathing of the other person.
Abruptly, the light turned on and I was face to face with an angry Edward Cullen.
"What are you?" he growled.
A/N: Wooh! Cliffhanger! I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. After I reread it, I felt that it could have been better, but it'll be better from now on! I kind of start sounding like a robot when writing new stories, but what can you do? Feel free to tell me how you felt about this chapter, and it won't belong before the update! Until next time :D