Hey, this is based on 'Pride and Prejudice' so is set during Austen's time. Some of the characters are vampires as you will see. This is from Bella's point of view rather than a third-person narrator or mixed points of view. Also it has all the Cannon pairings.
I do not own 'Twilight' or any of the characters, nor do I own the story of 'Pride and Prejudice'. I'm sure that I can't do that wonderful novel justice. If you have any questions about any contextual detail then mention it in your review and I'll get back to you or put a short explanation in the next chapter.
Chapter 1: Meetings
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, Chapter 1
"BELLA! ALICE!" My mother, Renee, shrieked to us.
"Coming!" Alice, my older sister, called from her Pianoforte.
"Coming Mamma!" I shouted back.
She was sat with our father and the rest of our sisters; Angela, Lauren and Jessica. As usual she wanted to waffle on to us about the latest bachelor that had come into the area.
"His name is Jasper Hale and he has just taken Riverview Park. Oh! And he has a fortune of five thousand a year!" She gushed. My father, Charles Swan, sighed. He knew what was coming next.
"Charles, my dear, you must call on him as soon as he arrives so that the girls and I may make his acquaintance. What a fine thing for our girls!" She sighed happily.
"How so?" My father asked.
"Oh my dear! You must know that I am thinking of him marrying one of them!" My mother sighed in vexation.
"Is that his plan on entering the area?" My father asked, teasing her slightly. Unfortunately she didn't understand that, she never did.
"Plan? No indeed!" She growled slightly.
That was the end of the conversation for the time being but as father seemed intent that he would not visit Mr Hale. Two days before the Port Angeles assembly Jessica began jabbering on about Mr Hale again.
"He's going to come to the assembly and bring five ladies and seven gentlemen with him!" She giggled.
"No Lauren, it was seven ladies and five gentlemen!" Lauren interrupted before coughing slightly.
"Save your breath to cool your porridge Lauren, I will tell mother." Jessica snapped.
"I don't want to hear any more! I'm sick of him, seeing as we are never to know him!" Mother snapped.
"That's a pity, if I'd known that this morning then I would never have called on him." Father said suddenly. Alice and I held back smiles. We had known that father would call on him even though he was adamant that he wouldn't.
"Oh what a good joke! Isn't he a good father to you all?" Mother squealed, as did Jessica and Lauren. Angela just sighed and looked back down at her book.
So it was that at the Port Angeles assembly we were introduced to Mr Hale. He was tall with slightly long blond hair, amber coloured eyes and very pale skin.
"This is my eldest daughter, Alice. Next to her are my daughters Isabella and Angela. And my two youngest, Lauren and Jessica, you can see dancing over there." My mother simpered while pointing each of us out.
"A pleasure ladies." He smiled while looking at Alice. He then began pointing out the members of his own party.
"This is my sister, Tanya Hale," he said while pointing to a tall lady with strawberry blonde hair and amber eyes and pale skin, just like her brother.
"My other sister, Rosaslie McCarty and her husband Emmett." He smiled, indicating to a tall woman with long blonde hair and the same amber eyes and pale skin. I began to think that it was a family trait until I looked at her husband. He was very tall with curly black hair but just like his wife and her family he had extremely pale skin and amber eyes, instantly I could tell there was something different about this family.
"And this is my close friend, Edward Cullen." Mr Hale pointed to the final member of the group. He was tall, about 6'3" at least, with messy bronze hair and butterscotch eyes. His skin was as pale as the rest of the group's but I found him infinitely more beautiful than them even though they were all far more beautiful than the rest of us here. It felt like we'd been introduced to a group of angels.