Chapter 1

Here I was again sitting in a plane and listening to the stewardess's speech. I really had no need to listen to her but it was somewhat calming to hear this established speech.

My name is Isabella Marie Swan, but I only listen to Bella. At this moment I'm on my way to Forks, Washington, my new home. Forks is the absolute opposite to my last home Phoenix, Arizona. I liked it there but I couldn't stay there any longer.

Why?

Yeah, that is a question I'm asking myself a lot. But for me it is more why me. To this question I really have no answer, maybe in my former life I have been a very bad person?

The other one I can answer. The reason why I couldn't stay any longer in Phoenix is because the people there would have soon become suspicious because my appearance never really changed in all the years I stayed there. It's not normal to look the same for more than four years and you could only do so much with your style of clothing.

The reason why I will always look the same in spite of how old I am is that I'm a witch. Some would think cool a witch, yeah that was my first reaction to this too after the disbelief that is.

It's not like you see in some movies or even read in some books. I don't have a broom, a kettle or a spell book. My abilities are bound to my emotions you could say. The abilities are really cool, I won't deny that. I can manipulate the elements. I have a very strong bond with them.

That's the awesome part of the deal.

The other not so awesome part is that when my parents found out about this they totally freaked and cut me out of their lives. I haven't seen them for over thirty years.

And then there is the part of my appearance, I will always look the same that and the part that I am part vampire is the reason why I can't have real friends.

Yeah I said part vampire. It was an accident. My fault. I was out late at night because I wanted to unofficially help the police to catch this serial killer. There had been a number of anemic dead bodies been found in the back alleys in Washington, where I lived at that time.

Even if I am a witch and was open for the existence of other mythical creatures I hadn't thought for one moment that the killer could be a vampire. The time my mind was able to make the link he had already his fangs in my wrist. That's the only scar which never disappeared. Maybe this is good, because it reminds to be more observant of my surroundings. In the end I had been able to fight said vampire of and burn his body to ashes.

But it had been to late the venom spread through me and the pain got worse. The last I could do was hide so nobody would find me and do god knows what.

When I came to my senses I thought the world had changed. Everything was more defined; I was physically stronger and faster than before. It was very difficult to hurt me, which was my luck because some hours later the buddies of my first vampire appeared and wanted revenge.

Luckily I don't need to drink human blood; I can survive on animal blood. I don't need much once in two or three month a little rabbit and I'm good.

But with the vampire venom my slow ageing because of being a witch had now fully stopped. At first I had real problems with my new strength, that's the reason why I never dared to befriend anyone. You might think it would be my wish for blood but as it is I am still a little crossed out about blood. Other than the little amount once in a while I have no desire for it. I even feel ill every time I smell it, oh how I hate that smell.

Now my control has become very good so I think maybe I can have some kind of friendship with someone. Sure I can't tell them that I'm a witch. Don't think people would react very kindly to this news. And I don't want to end as the marshmallow at the next bonfire.

So yeah here I am moving to Forks, pretending to be seventeen and starting a new round of high school in two days. I know nobody wants to go to school so why do I do so if it's not really necessary. The reason behind this is the younger I pretend to be the longer I can stay in one place. Regrettably nobody would belief me if I pretend to be twenty-six.

Forks is a good choice because the sunny days there in one year can be counted on one hand. Yeah I can make it so I don't sparkle in the sun or else I would have never been able to live in Phoenix but it is very draining to do so. So my new home for the next four or five years will be Forks.

You could see the weather change during the flight, the sky got greyer with every minute. At the time the plane landed in Seattle it was raining.

I took my bag, the rest of my things are hopefully already in my new home, and made my way to get my car my gorgeous black Audi A3 sport back. I was already in love with this baby, even if I just got it. My baby came to life and we were off to our new home.

Too fast I found myself in front of the house where I would live for the next years. It was a wonderful old two-story house on the outskirts of Forks, surrounded by trees. It was a white house with a front veranda, a big garage and a huge window front in the back. I liked to see the nature around me; it has a calming effect on me. Inside the rooms all had a light earthly coloring and dark wooden floors. My bedroom and the bathroom were upstairs, the kitchen and the living room were on the first floor and the laundry room was in the basement. The living room was full with shelves of books and music and had a big entertainment system on one side. The kitchen was modern and functional. The bathroom was big and had a Jacuzzi. My bedroom was like the other rooms with dark wood flooring, had a big walk in closet and a king size bed which was really comfortable.

Even if I don't need much sleep I like a big comfy bed. I could spend much time there just thinking.

I hadn't brought many clothes so I had to go shopping in a few days. I like to go shopping as long as it's not every day, so yeah every so often I could be a little shopaholic.

You may wonder how I could pay for all those things but money is not really an issue for me. I am very good at the stock-market. I have a great intuition.

It had become very late so I thought I would lay down for awhile and think of what I had to do before going to school the day after tomorrow.