A/N So in this story Bella's dad is Carlisle. At the beginning of the story Carlisle is human. Bella's mom is not Renee in case anyone is confused, her name is Layla. Emily does not go to the La Push school yet because if you remember she does not live in La Push until after Sam imprints on her. Kim goes to the school but is in the background and is not important in the story yet. There will be a bit of OOC for obvious reasons. In the prologue Bella is five years old and rather smart for her age. She is in kindergarten along with Jake, Quil, and Embry. Sam and Leah are in the third grade. Paul and Jared are in the second grade. Any questions just PM me or ask me in your reviews. Enjoy XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, SM does. But I get to play with her characters. [insert evil laugh here]

Prologue

Bella sighed as she grabbed the money off the counter that her dad had left for her lunch money. Her mom was still asleep but even if she was awake, Bella wouldn't want her to make her lunch. Her mom couldn't boil water let alone make Bella's lunch. She was much better off without her mother's culinary skills.

Bella's dad usually found the time to make her lunch but he had probably been called in early at the hospital. Sometimes Bella wished that her dad would spend more time at home with her but she saw the passion that her dad had for his work and did not want to be selfish and keep her dad from something that he clearly enjoyed doing.

She had dressed herself this morning in a brown shirt that brought out the brown in her eyes. It was one of her favorite shirts with peace signs and a white horse on it. Jeans and sketcher shoes completed her outfit.

Bella grabbed her plain dark green backpack that contained her school workbooks, her sketch pad and pencils as well as crayons. Many thought that Bella was too young for her mom to buy her a sketch pad, but they didn't know how much she loved to draw and how good she was at it. She loved to draw La Push's forest and its beach. But mostly, she drew things that she saw in her dreams sometimes. Creatures that couldn't possibly exist. Werewolves and vampires. Her favorite two things to draw were a russet colored wolf and a blond-haired man with golden eyes. She didn't know who they were, but they were always in her dreams and she knew that she cared about them a lot. Her mother encouraged her to draw and loved to look at everything that Bella drew. She didn't think that it was weird for Bella to draw things and people that she couldn't have possibly seen or met. That was one of the things that Bella loved about her mother; she didn't judge.

Bella's dad was rarely there to notice anything she did or was interested in. The hospital kept him very busy, it was surprising how many accidents and injuries could happen in Forks.

Bella loved when her mom told her how she and her dad met. It seemed strange to see her dad as the man her mom spoke so lovingly about, it almost sounded like a fairy tale sometimes.

Bella's mother was just as clumsy as Bella was when she met Bella's dad. She had gone to the Fork's library because it wasn't as well stocked as the one in La Push. On her way out, she tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and that's where Carlisle found her.

Turns out that her dad was the hot new doctor in town that everyone had been talking about. He saw Bella's mom fall, and rushed over to help her up. Their eyes met and they immediately fell in love.

The tribe was not happy when her mother married Carlisle and forbade her from ever coming back to La Push. Her mother's brother was even angrier and refused to speak to Bella's mom at all. Soon after, Bella was born. Bella had her father's sea-green eyes and that was about all she inherited from him. She had her mother's mahogany hair that flowed down her back in natural curls. Her skin was tan but she didn't have the same skin color as the rest of the Quileutes. With her eyes and skin color she would never quite blend in with the rest of the tribe.

They later moved into a house that was right outside the La Push border. Bella's mom had inherited it from her parents and they had lived there ever since.

Somehow, her mother had worked it out so that Bella was allowed to attend La Push Elementary School. Apparently, the Elders did not hold a grudge against Bella, just her mom.

Bella quickly made herself scrambled eggs before she was late for school. She had been cooking for herself since she was four. Her dad wasn't usually there to make her breakfast and she definitely was not going to ask for her mom's help. Bella washed her breakfast down with a cup of orange juice and began to walk to school.

Bella's lip trembled as she tried not to cry. She was sure that everyone else's parents walked them to school, but because her mom was banned from La Push she had to walk herself. Bella shook her head and decided that she needed to stop acting like a baby.

As she arrived at school, she saw a hush fall over the kids as she walked by them.

One boy, who she knew was named Paul, was a bit braver than the rest and called out to her.

"Well, if it isn't little Bella Cullen. Looks like her mommy couldn't take her to school today. That's what she gets for marrying a pale face."

His friends laughed at her and Bella held back her tears and ignored him. He didn't seem to like her response because as she passed by, he stuck out his foot and tripped her.

Bella fell and her sketch pad fell out of her hands.

Sam, an older boy in the third grade, picked it up and flipped through the pages. He was secretly impressed but didn't want the other guys to think that he was going soft. He smirked as he came across a rather good drawing of Jacob. He looked up at her with an evil grin.

"Looks like someone has a crush on Jacob Black." He started to laugh. "What do you think about that Jake?"

Jacob secretly had a crush on Bella too, but he didn't want Sam to think he wasn't cool so he forced himself to be mean.

"Like I'd ever like her. Look at her eyes. They are so freaky."

He said the last part half-heartedly because he really thought they were pretty.

Bella's eyes filled with tears and her lower lip started to tremble.

Leah laughed meanly. "I know. She's so weird. Carrying that sketch pad around and drawing stuff that's not even real."

Jared looked at Leah with a slight smile on his face. "That's enough Leah. We don't want to make her cry."

Embry looked fearful. "Yeah, I don't want to get in trouble for making her cry."

Paul laughed. "Who cares? It's not like anyone cares about her. I mean, she doesn't have any friends."

Tears slowly fell down Bella's face and she snatched her sketch pad out of Sam's hands. She ran off in the direction of her house.

As she got out of hearing distance, Quil turned to the others. "Do you think we were too mean?"

Paul looked nervous. "No. She's just a crybaby."

Quil wasn't convinced and ran off to catch up with her. He saw her crying and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry they said those mean things to you."

Bella jerked away from him. "If you were really sorry, you would have said something in front of them."

Quil looked away in shame. "So what are you gonna do?"

Bella tilted her head up. "I'm gonna move far far away from here."

Quil looked at her in disbelief and ran back to school.

Carlisle was excited. He had just been offered a position at a hospital in Seattle. He couldn't wait to tell Layla and Bella. As he walked to his car, he thought he saw someone watching him but shook it off as being paranoid.

He drove home rather quickly in his excitement. As he walked through the door, he saw that Bella was watching cartoons in the living room.

"Bella! Why are you home from school so early?"

Bella turned to look at him with a sadness in her eyes that broke his heart. She gave him no answer.

Carlisle ran his hands through his hair in exasperation. "Well, I have news for you and your mother. Where is she?

Bella pointed to their bedroom with a sigh. "She's doing yoga again…"

Carlisle groaned. The last time that Layla did yoga, she twisted her ankle trying to do the tree pose. How that happened he had no idea. He walked into their room and saw his wife attempting to do the tree pose again.

"I will learn how to do this damn it. Then I'll show them that I'm not as clumsy as they think I am…"

Carlisle watched, silently shaking with laughter as she tried to place her foot flat against the side of her knee without falling. She wobbled and Carlisle rushed to catch her before she fell.

Layla's eyes looked up at him apologetically. "Sorry, honey."

Carlisle's eyes twinkled with mirth. "Maybe you should save the dangerous activities for when I'm home."

Layla laughed at his mock worried expression and kissed him. "Carlisle, you worry too much."

Carlisle gave her a small smile and called for Bella. As he now had their attention, he told them the news.

"I got a job offer in Seattle. The position is too good to give up. So…we're moving!"

Layla's mouth dropped open. "We can't move! Our whole life is here! Bella needs to be here to learn her heritage. Just because I can't go on Quileute land doesn't mean that she should miss out."

Bella's eyes narrowed. "I don't wanna be here! The other kids bully and tease me all the time! I hate it here! Everyone is so mean!"

Carlisle hated to see Bella this way. He looked at his wife. "I guess it's settled then."

Layla groaned. "What day are we moving?"

Carlisle glanced at her warily. "In…two…days?" His answer came out as a question in his nervousness.

Layla put her head in her hands. "Well, I guess I'd better start packing."

Bella tried to hide her smile but Carlisle saw it. "Don't think that this means that you're not going to school tomorrow, young lady."

Bella looked horrified. "But daddy…"

"No buts, I promise that tomorrow will be your last day."

Bella walked to school the next day and saw them gathered at the front of the school. Sam, Jared, Paul, Leah, Jacob, Quil and Embry.

Bella ignored them and walked on. This is my last day. She repeated it over in over until it became a mantra.

Leah smirked at the other guys and pushed Bella as she passed by, making her fall into a pile of mud.

"Oh, I am so sorry."

The others laughed. There was not even a hint of remorse in her voice.

Bella glared at them all. "Go ahead. Laugh. This is my last day before I go away. I won't ever have to see any of you ever again."

They all stopped laughing immediately and looked worried. They didn't want to make her leave.

The day of moving had finally arrived and Bella sighed in relief. They were running extremely late because her mother kept forgetting to grab things from the house. They weren't taking all their stuff, but she kept insisting that the things she forgot were essential. By the time they left the house, it was already dark outside. The moon shined down on them eerily.

They drove at a good pace and Bella shivered as she looked at the trees on either side of her. No telling what could be hiding in there.

Bella's mom had been fidgeting in the car for a while now, as if she was undecided about something.

Carlisle sighed. "Layla, what's wrong?"

Layla took a deep breath. "I'm…well…I'm…pregnant."

Carlisle's eyes widened and he took his eyes off the road for the merest second to look at her.

"Are you seri-"

Carlisle did not see the figure that was standing in the middle of the road, but Layla did.

"CARLISLE! LOOK OUT!

Carlisle quickly swerved out of the way. The tires screeched and the car rammed head-on into a tree.

A/N Sorry for the cliffhanger guys. But that gives you the incentive to review. So click that button down there…you know you want to. Bella's shirt link is on my profile if anyone wants to see it. Is everyone in the car okay? Who was standing in the middle of the road? Was it Layla's brother..or an old flame? Find out next chapter.