Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or the characters I wish I did that would mean I was a genius but I do own the ideas in this fan fiction and the new characters in it not that you would want them because I'm not that imaginative.

Summary:

A pendant that is passed down from generation to generation in a family could be considered a family heirloom unless no one in the family actually wears it because of a curse that is on that pendant. No one in the family can seem to remember what that curse is so they just leave it alone but when the last of the family dies leaving an infant Isabella all alone with the pendant and no knowledge of a curse at an orphanage what will happen and what is the curse is it even a cure or just a promise.

The Pendant

Chapter 1

Now that I think about it that day on my eighth birthday was really creepy and it got creepier as time went on but because I was so young I thought nothing of it, but now I look back and wonder if that was the first day that he started watching me or was it the first time that I noticed.

Dear diary,

Today is my 8th birthday and probably the weirdest birthday I've had so far. Just as I was opening my present from my friend Ally, when we saw this man outside in the rain watching me he was quite young from the look of it really beautiful too I think that he was smiling at me. But when we went to tell Sister Agatha at the orphanage when she started to look for him he was gone! I got a beating for telling lies. I know what I saw and he looked like was longing for something but why was he looking at me the only thing that I have to my name is this old crescent moon shaped necklace with diamonds in it I never take it off because it is the only thing that was left to me from my parents I never take it off because then someone will take it and sell it. I'm bellow average in the looks department I have brown hair nothing special done to it because it is naturally straight and way too short for him too and I know that I'm way too young for him.

P.s. Ally got me the cutest teddy bear for my birthday!!!!!! I named him Edward I don't know where that name came from but I like it. =)

After that day I started to notice that he was there more and more and after telling the nuns so many times that he was there and them not finding him and me getting beatings for it I just stopped telling them he was there. As I got older he still kept his distance never came to talk to me or to try and lure me away and kidnap me he was just watching and smiling and he never changed his looks he was always the same age never growing older. I would have thought that he was a ghost if not for the fact that he changes his clothes and other people see him when his is around just when I tell he disappears so I learned to just ignore him even though it still creped me out. Then I just stopped noticing him all together so maybe he was leaving me alone because when he watches me he isn't too stealthy about it at all and kind of hard to miss a beautiful man following me around everywhere.

As I was thinking about this there was a knock on my door I got up from my bed to answer it when I opened the door a saw Ally standing there smiling at me.

"Hey Ally what's got you smiling so much am I missing something."

"YA a real big something Sister Agatha sent me to find you. There is a man here and he wants to meet you." She was smiling as she said this and frowned when she realized I wasn't showing the same amount of enthusiasm I was just standing there staring at her. "Oh come on you can't not be excited about this you may actually get adopted." she was still frowning when she realized that I wasn't going to give her the enthusiasm that she wanted.

I sighed. "And how many families have asked to see me but never adopted me." I stated.

"…….."

"Ok so now that we are on the same page, how do you expect me to be so excited with that kind of track record?"

"I don't know but would it kill you to show that you still have a little hope in you."

"After the tenth rejection I found that it was best not to get my hopes up plus only the younger kids get adopted. I'm thirteen not many people want a kid as old as I am." I was being blunt but I had to she just didn't understand she had a home she came here to visit with me because we went to school together and we are friends.

"Well if it helps this man looks promising and I heard the nuns talking. They said that he is the chief of police from a small town name Forks it's not far from here so I can visit you, and he didn't want to have a little kid because he thinks that the little kids have more chance on their own so they want to adopt someone older." She said all this in that same hopeful voice.

"Ok I will put a smile on and look hopeful but when they don't want me I claim all rights to say 'I told you so'." I said with a smile and a smidge of hope as I walked out the door and down the stairs.

When I got into the commons I saw Sister Agatha standing there in all her old wrinkly glory with a frown on her face while tapping her foot. Then she saw me and hurried over to me and without a word she took me to where the man was so that I could meet him. She knew I knew what was going on years of Ally being sent to find me and her blabbing about it to me first saved her time in the end so what did she care.

When I saw him he looked a little nervous he looks old but not too old maybe in his early forties and about average height for a man and brown hair that look to be graying. He also looks to be single and probably is and from experience when you adopt a kid both the new mother and father to be come to meet you together so you could get to know both of them before you went to live with them, but he came alone. When I walked up to the man to introduce myself he looked at me and smiled at me not the creepy smile you get from a pedophile but a nice warm smile then shook my hand.

"Hi I'm Charlie Swan and you must be Isabella." Ally was right he does look promising he looks nice too. Oh great now I have my hopes up well at least I get 'I told you so' rights.

"Bella please I really don't like the name Isabella." I said smiling.

"Ok Bella, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself?" He said motioning with his hands for us to take a seat on one of the chairs that they had in the commons.

"Well ok." I said while taking a seat. "As I said I like the name Bella more than the name Isabella. I'm thirteen years old I like to read and I like to cook I help out in the kitchen her sometimes, my best friend's name is Ally, and I skipped a grade so I'm in eighth grade." I said all this then took a slight pause to think of something else to say I didn't want to come off a boring. "Um… my parents died in a car crash when I was a baby I wasn't in the car I was at home with a babysitter when they didn't come home the babysitter called the police and I was brought here. The only thing that I have left of them is this necklace." I said and pulled my necklace out from under my shirt and showed it to him. "I never take it off cause when I got older the nuns told me it was supposed to be a family heirloom and I should take really good care of it." I said this with a smile on my face. "It may not seem like much but it's all I have left and since I don't remember my parents it's really important to me."

"Well I think that it is pretty." He stated he didn't have pity on his face like the rest of the people that wanted to adopt me did. No he had a face of understanding. "Well now that you told me about you I'll tell you a little bit about me." He sighed "Well there isn't much to tell you, I'm the chief of police in a small town not too far from here called forks, the most action we get in forks is the occasional motorcycle accident. I'm divorced and have no kids." Ha I knew it he is single. "Well I was hoping that I could adopt you if that's ok with you. I don't have any kids and it's kind of lonely there all by myself I think that a kid would do me some good and I think you will be great company, I'm not so sure that I will be but I like you you're a lot like me."

By now I had the happiest smile on my face I had lost all 'I told you so' rights I was for once happy that I was wrong. I now get to have a home of my own and no more loneliness for me. I also get to go to a new school. Then realization kicked in and I realized I had to make new friends and leave the old ones that I had. I must have taken too long to answer because Charlie had this panicked look on his face I had to answer fast before I lost my chance so I put that happy smile back on then answered with "YES! I would love it if you would adopt me but I'm not so sure that I will be that much company."

"Oh I think that we will get along just fine." He said this with a grin on his face. "So I'll go and try and get everything ready and you can go get yourself packed and say your goodbyes and then you can go and see your new home."

With that I ran up to my room to tell Ally. When I got up there she was on my bed staring at the ceiling when I got in there I grabbed her and hugged her she look startled for a moment then realized what must have taken place so she hugged me back with just as much force. "I'll come visit you when I can so not making any new best friends while I'm gone you hear me I won't forgive you if you do." I said with a smile on my face but tears in my eyes she had that same thing on her face. She just nodded and sobbed into my shoulder. "I'm going to miss you, you know that." She just nodded again and looked at me funny when I pulled away from her like she didn't want to let me go. "Want to help me pack?" Her eyes widened probably at the realization that I was leaving her sooner than she thought then started to sob harder into my shoulder.

Vyruss: Ok so this is my first fan fiction and I am a horrible writer so as is bad reviews probably won't hurt me they can only help, and good reviews tell me what to keep and what to change. I probably will only update on weekends do to time after the vacation is over so that I can perfect the chapter before I post it so if I plan on picking up the pace do to more time on my hands I will tell you. Because I am doing this for fun I probably won't stop me from writing so the people who actually do like it can keep reading it.

P.s. I have no idea what it is like to be adopted or what an orphanage is like so please don't judge me too much on this.