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Shadow Of Midnight

Chapter 1

My true love?

This story is about a girl who is living between a Shadow of Midnight as she calls it. She cannot get out of the shadows of midnight. She roams around out of her free will. She is depressed and can't get out of it. She was cursed when she was only an infant when the sellaleno fairy put a curse on her. Unless her one true love were to kiss her and put aside her differences, that she cannot come out during the day time, for she can only come out during the midnight hour and she only roam under the shadows, but the fairy wasn't totally heartless. She gave the girl beauty, kindness and also a beautiful voice to, despite her differences and giving her at least a chance to find her one true love, she can persuade him with her beauty and her voice. Another thing that she found was that she will be able to tell who is her real true love. She will turn into her true self when she is around him but around others she will turn into a monster who will burn through your skin if she was to gaze upon you. She could make your flesh turn cold and you would not be able to sleep for years because every time you were to close your eyes you would see her face and her burning eyes, you would feel her burn throughout your skin. You would be tormented and you would regret the very day when you meet her. Oh, but how she hated that course she didn't want any of that to happen to anyone, she only wanted to become friends with them. So ever since a little accident that she had with one man, made her forget that she was looking for her, one true love.

So from that day on she would not gaze upon any man for that matter, as she forgot that she was looking for him, her one true love. But one day, as she was avoiding the streets, as usual, she heard some sweet nice and calm footsteps behind her. When she felt an icy hand on her shoulder she just turned around and closed her eyes with her hands, so that she wouldn't blind the stranger.

"What's wrong dear?" said the stranger, who had the most beautiful voice. "Nothing" she said to him for what could ever be wrong she though, oh, you just might live the rest of your life miserably because of me, that's all, she was thinking.

"Hey, why don't you uncover your eyes and open them do I can see your beautiful face more clearly." he said.

I was just so embarrassed, that he had said that I was beautiful, that before I realized what I was doing my face was uncovered and I was looking directly at him. He was so handsome and strong. Why he looked exactly like the man of my dreams, with big strong arms, tall, short black hair and oh gosh. He had the face of an angel.

And yet I was looking at him dooming him for the rest of eternity. But, yet he wouldn't look away he just keep on staring at me, his topaz eyes searching, reaching into my heart.

After what seemed like an eternity I looked away. He though, just kept on looking at me, like if I was such a beautiful creature instead of the monster that I was. Finally he talked, and what he asked me shocked me.

"Are you alright?" He said "Shouldn't you be home?"

I was shocked at what he was asking me, why would he ask me that? I mean shouldn't he be running for his life right know, instead of standing here talking to me, but I was even more surprised at what I answered for I wasn't expecting it ether.

"Well why are you asking me, aren't you supposed to be home too child, you shouldn't be here wandering these alies at this time of the night. Why, do you even know what time it is, I mean isn't it past your bed time?"

"Ha Ha Ha!!!" He laughed

" Feisty aren't we? You're here telling me how it's past my bed time and here you are walking around these dark streets all alone during this time at night, and well as for my bed time I'm as old as you are I mean how old are you 16 and I'm 17. So you are not allowed to call me a child." He said to me in a harsh voice

"Now why don't we get over this and start with introductions and then we'll see from there."

I was shock how could someone like him talk to me that way, me! Isabella Mary Swan, Queen of the Darkness, so boldly. ME! The queen of total darkness the queen that nobody dared to look. ME! The queen that people feared to even speak my name out in public. Well I would just have to wait and see. But this was no typical case I mean why didn't this man not go running for the hills once he saw me? Why didn't he burn when he looked into my eyes? This was really weird unless... ¡No! He couldn't be my true love, I mean, he was way to perfect for me, well yea I was a queen but he, he was a god, a man carved by a thousand angels.

My thoughts were interrupted though when I felt a cold arm touch my shoulder

"Um.. Excuse me are you okay?"

"Oh... what? Oh I'm sorry I guess that I just got lost in my own thoughts for a while there." I said to him.

"Huh" he said mostly to himself

"What? Is everything alright?" I questioned

"Yea, everything is just fine"

"Well then," he said and took out his had as to shake it, "I'm Edward Cullen"

Edward Cullen well duh!!!

How could I have been so stupid as to not realize it, no wonder he seemed familiar, the Cullens were the "rulers" as they liked to call themselves, of this part of town.

"I'm Isabella Swan" I then took his hand and shuck it. When I touched his hand though, I felt and electric current pass through it. I quickly let go of his hand, for it felt like I would never pull away.

"Oh?" I said with a question while I inspected my hand that felt like I had an electic shock go through it.

"Sorry about that" I said to him

"No that's fine" he said "It was my fault"

"So, you mind if I join you on your walk?" he asked me

"No, not at all" I replied with a shock.

"Well what brings you out to these streets at this time of the night?" he questioned while we walked down the street.

"Well, I like to be out here, it's a good place for thinking"

"Is that so..."

"Yes, that's so" I said to him rather boldly

"Now, now, no need to get fisty"

"Sorry, I seem to get carried away sometimes, but I like being out here I like to think and just walk around"

"Oh well, don't your parents get worried about you?" he suspiciously asked.

"Well, no, I don't have any parents, they left me a couple of years back, said that I had to fend for myself"

"Oh, I am terribly sorry"

"That's fine, don't feel pithy for me, many do and I don't like it"

"Sorry"

"That's fine"

"Well if you don't have any parents where do you live?"

"Nowhere I just wonder off from one place to another." which was totally true.

"Well we can't have that," and then he took my elbow and started hurrying me towards the palace grounds.

"No you don't understand" I said to him in an urgent voice

"No, you're the one that doesn't understand you are coming with me and that's the end of discussion" and with that he led me away

The whole way I was thinking "what am I doing? I will probably end up burning everybody", but then I started thinking about the curse more closely, it said that I would only burn the ones that I wanted to burn I didn't have to burn everybody that caught my eye. Oh, how dumb I had been these last few years, especially by burning that nice young man a couple of years back..

When I started paying attention again at my whereabouts, I noticed that we were already on the palace grounds, and I guess that Edward hadn't been paying much attention to my dress, for I just imagined what hassle it would bring once we went onto the sunlight, that no, it wouldn't burn my skin or do anything to me. For you see during the time in which it wasn't midnight anymore, I would simply just disappear. I was still there but nobody would see me. Oh sorry, back to the dress, the reason it would bring such hassle it that it would shine like a thousand different diamonds, pearls and flower petals. It was the most beautiful gown in the whole universe worn only by the queen of darkness, oh, and what a shame that nobody could see it and I know what you are thinking, you are thinking ewww that is so disgusting, doesn't she take a shower and take off her dress, but the thing was, that magic would conjure and it would simply refresh me, like a fresh shower every day, whenever I wanted it to.

So anyways here I was now entering the great castle with Edward dragging me by the elbow.

"Come on now" he was telling me "don't be shy..." but as he was coaxing I was saying "My dress Edward I can't go in there with my dress like this."

"Yes you can" He was saying "The dress is fine" then, he yelled at everybody to come down "I have somebody I would like you to meet!"

Before I knew it six beautiful people were standing in front of me in complete shock. But luckily Edward wasn't paying attention and said "Well Isabella"

"Please call me Bella" I said while a beautiful girl, one of the six just snickered at me.

"Well Bell I would like you to meet my family, Jasper" he pointed to a strong looking young man "his wife Alice" he pointed then to a beautiful short pixy like girl standing next to Jasper "Emmet" he pointed to a well built looking young man that looked to be the strongest man that I had ever seen "his wife Rosaline" he then pointed to a very beautiful looking young lady that was there snickering and staring at me, that if looks could kill I would be dead by now, I though just shot the glare back and I felt my eyes turn red just for a snicker and then turn there brown color again, and trust me that made her turn away scared. Edward just kept on going "and these are my parents, my dad Carlisle and my mom Esme" he then pointed to a beautiful couple although Carlisle kept on looking at me, obvious at what had happened between Rosaline and me.

Finally Edward introduced me and I never expected what was coming "This" Edward began "is Isabella Swan" they all looked shock and for the first time took their eyes off of my face and looked at my dress, and they seemed conjured my the beauty of it, as well as Edward, who for the first time, also looked at my dress, as they all seemed mesmerized, that's everybody except for Rosaline, who just snickered and looked at me again.

"Why don't we sit down" offered Carlisle.

"Thank you" I said while I was sitting next to Edward that was at my side and Alice on the other.

"Well, then" started Carlisle "I was wondering if you could tell us your full name, for I have a feeling of who you really are." He told me, while I froze to that last part but recovered quickly again.

"Well" I began "my full name is Isabella Marie Swan, but of course Mr. Cullen you already know that don't you?" I asked already knowing my answer

"What are you talking about Carlisle?" asked Esme

"Go ahead Mr. Cullen, tell them all who I really am, besides I am guessing that they already have heard of me."

"What dad?" asked Jasper

"Are you sure Bella?" he asked me.

"Yes, I am quite sure" I said in a confident voice.

"Well" started Carlisle " I will tell you the tale from the beginning" started saying Carlisle to the family "if that is alright with you Bella?"

"Yes that's fine"

"Very well then, it all started a long time ago when Bella was born, her parents were holding a ball in honor of their child as they usually do. Anyways Bella was the commotion of all of this. Her parents were so proud of their only child and as usual they invited all sorts of fairies, to ask them if they could bestow gifts about her and they all accepted, but her parents made a mistake and forgot to ask one particular cruel fairy, fairy Aldrezelda. Well, when the time of the ball came and everybody had bestowed their gift upon her, Aldrezelda arrived and she was so angry that she bestowed a curse upon Bella" he then held out a hand to me gesturing to the family at what he meant. "The curse was that she was to be the Queen of Darkness and of Shadow. When daytime came and Bella hadn't found he true love yet, she would simply disappear after midnight, but Aldrezelda made something even worst, when Bella found a young man and he was not her true love he would simply just burn when he cought her eye and he would suffer for all of eternity, she could although control her eye with other people. Yet when she found her true love, she would be able to come out of the course. The fairy though also believed in extreme beauty, so she gave her beauty and a beautiful voice so that she could lower her lovers. She also had an extremely well heart. Many think that Bella is simply a tale but as you can see she still lives on but her parents abandondoned her when she was 7 years old, apparently for them, old enough so that she could fend for herself."

Then I started to cry, I just couldn't help it my parents did leave me and they did think that I was old enough to fend for myself, but they just left me not caring if I ever died or if I suffered or never found my one true love, they simply just didn't care. Somebody then started to pull me towards them and I felt a cold shoulder that I could cry on. Everybody then stood up including Rosaline and came over to hug me. I hugged every single one of them and when I came to Rosaline she apologized to me and I apologized to her and we both forgave each other. Then Rosaline started to speak.

"I as so sorry Bella, I had no idea what you had been through, but you are welcome to come here every midnight and stay."

"Thank you" I said to her

"Thank you all you have been so kind to me"

Just as I was saying that the big bell struck midnight and I was prepared to disappear again, but as I waited and looked at myself I saw that I was sparkling and my feet were coming off of the ground. I then closed my eyes, this wasn't supposed to be happening I usually just disappeared little by little. Well I closed my eyes and I felt energy coming off of me and I felt new energy entering my body. I then felt air all around me and I felt my hair come undone and my gown started to feel lighter, then I felt like the energy was sucked out of me, then I felt some big strong arms holding me and I saw into the face of Edward.

"Bella" he said "Is this supposed to happen?"

"No" I said "Edward something better has happened!" I said to him in an excited voice. "the curse has been broken. I'm free of the world again!" I then started to cry, again, I felt so emotional, I just had found my one true love, and he was holding me in his arms.

"What is she talking about?" asked Edward

"Stupid Edward!"Alice said to him "don't you see, you are her true love you idiot!" she said, giving him a wack upside the head.

"What?" said Edward asked in disbelief.

"I can't be her true love!" he said "she's to beautiful for me." he added in a more quiet tone.

"No Edward" I said touching his face "Tu Eres Mi Amor Verdadero, You Are My One True Love." I said to him in a sweet, gentle voice.

"Edward" I heard Alice call, "Bring her up so that the doctor can check on her."

"NO!!" I yelled at her which must have startled her since she said "Why not? Bella you need help." "I said No please I need time to think, and besides I have had much worst than this." I said to her while motioning to myself.

"Fine" she said, then she added "Then at least have something to eat and besides we don't need to call a doctor since Carlisle is one"

"Fine" I sighed.

And with that I drifted off to sleep with Edward Cullen holding my hand and saying to himself "How did I end up with such a beauty?"

"No Edward" I said to him touching his face.

"How did I end up with such a beauty?" and with that blackness overtook me.

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-moonlit sunlight