Author's Note: The first chapter'll be very short. And I'm only uploading one. Tomorrow, when I am of course felling fresher, I'll do a multi 2+ chapter upload. So look forward to that.
Tuesday, September 25, 2000
7:45 P.M.
Tears dripped, fell, and slid down Bella's pale cheeks as she sat in the back of the carpool service car. The plush leather seating that sunk a few inches when you sat in it did nothing to calm Bella's nerves. The carpool driver had been tactful enough to not ask any clarifying questions when Bella had handed him the money – savings from her mother's strongbox. However, the whole time Bella had been on this ride he had been sneaking glances back at her every few miles.
At their last pit stop the carpool-er had come back from god knows where and they were off again. His face was completely covered, and he was wearing a newer bulkier jacket that hid most of his body features.
Bella decided to ask him how much longer they had left. As she leaned forward a voice from under the coat and mask said, "It's best you said nothing, dearie. They've been following since our last pit stop."
Bella leaned back thinking, ooookay…that's not odd, nope not at all.
As time passed and the carpool-er made his way toward the western panicle, and the somewhat hidden and isolated town of Forks Bella began to notice strange happenings going on outside the car. Just then Bella jerked out of her stupor and realized several things. 1. The voice from under the mask and jacket had NOT been male. 2. There WERE things following them, somehow keeping pace with the car. 3. Bella's mind became number and number as she pushed away all thought about why she was coming to Forks. And 4. A voice whispered in her head, "your time is coming soon…and you'll never be the same again…"