Escape the Darkness

Chapter One

Bella's First Memories

Isabella Swan waddled into the kitchen, her big brown four-year-old eyes lit up at the sight of her father. Simon was talking on his cell phone and did not look up when his daughter came in. She reached up and tugged on his expensive suit jacket. Simon snapped his fingers in her face, signaling for her to be quiet.

"Daddy!" she cried gleefully, completely ignoring her dad's warning, "Daddy! Look I drew

you a picture!"

"Shut up, Isabella. I'm on the f phone!" he practically shouted. He moved farther away from his child. However, Isabella kept trying her hardest to get Simon to pay attention to her. She reached up onto her tiptoes and tried to hand the picture to her father. Annoyed, he roughly grabbed the drawing ripping the corner of it. Simon then put it on the pile of dirty dishes in the sink. He proceeded talking to whomever on the phone.

"Daddy like picture?" Isabella said, practically jumping up and down in excitement.

"No, I'm sorry, sir. I did not quite catch that," Simon said into the phone. He glared at his daughter before replying, "Yes I am paying attention to you, sir. My daughter Isabella is being a brat."

"Daddy!"

"Sir? Can I call you back? I need to take care of my daughter-"He paused, "I'm really

sorry, sir….no please, sir don't hang up!"

The line went dead.

"Now look what you done!" Simon yelled. He slammed his phone onto the kitchen counter, startling Isabella.

With a lot of force, more power than the average human, he reached down and backhanded his daughter. She flew back a few feet, hitting her head against a cabinet. The young girl started to cry, blood streaming down her face. Simon stormed out of the kitchen, ignoring her cries.

"Anthony!" he barked. His son, Isabella's twin brother, jumped from the couch and turned to 

face his father. Fear was etched onto his face.

"Y-yes, D-ad?" Anthony asked, and then quickly added, "Sir?"

"Go take care of your d sister. She had another accident," Simon said, his voice betraying no emotion.

"Ok, sir." Anthony dashed to the kitchen to tend to his twin. He heard his sister sniffling and touched her head.

"You ok, Bella?" he asked, his brown eyes filled with concern. She shook her head, slowly as if she were unable to move it.

"Where does it hurt?"

"I want, Mommy!" she wailed.

"Mommy's working at the hospital."

"But I want Mommy!"

"What's going on?" someone inquired.

That someone was Jasmine Swan, Anthony and Bella's older sister. She was seven-years-old with long blonde hair and big black eyes. She looked a lot like her mother, while Bella and Anthony looked like their father with their brown hair and brown eyes. Jasmine took one glance at Bella and ran to snatch Simon's phone from off the counter. She dialed a number and then waited impatiently for someone to answer. Eventually, Rebecca (their mother) answered, asking what was wrong. Jasmine explained and Rebecca said she would be there as soon as possible.

While they waited, Jasmine put a cloth up to Bella's head, hoping to stop the blood flow. Anthony sat with his twin, his arm around her trying to comfort her. Suddenly, Rebecca appeared in the doorway. Her black eyes were tired, and her gorgeous blonde hair tied back in a messy bun. Her doctor's white coat had blood stains on it. She knelt down next to her injured daughter. She did not ask what had happened, seeming to know already. She gave Bella some stitches in her forehead, and then told her to go rest.

Anthony followed his twin up the stairs to their room. Jasmine stayed with her mother. She watched Rebecca put away her things and stand to go back to the hospital.

"How can you stand it?" Jasmine asked, abruptly.

"Stand what?"



"The bloodlust," Jasmine said.

"Years and years of practice, my darling," Rebecca responded, her voice betraying her age. "It does get easier. But it never really goes away."

"Do you think I will ever be like you? Completely?"

"A vampire, my dear? Yes, perhaps. When you are older." And with those parting words, Rebecca stepped back and vanished.

Author's Note

Hey! I hoped you like the first chapter of my new story. This story doesn't have anything to do with my first fanfic: Death is Eternal.

If any of you have a good suggestion for a new summary I would appreciate it. I'm really bad at them.

Please, please review!

With love,

Carlisle's Girl :)