Prologue
"Give her some space Bella. She's just waking up." A strange man said. I heard the woman-for it was a woman- move away. I opened my mouth to take my first breath of air, but it whistled down my throat. My eyes snapped open in alarm and I was instantly dazzled by what I saw.
The room I was in was open and filled with pure sunlight. I don't ever remember the light dancing. The particles twisted and glided through the sparkling air; countless bits of cheery yellow that I had never noticed before. Each individual one was so beautiful I could stare at them forever. Someone somewhere cleared their throat. I'd completely forgotten I wasn't alone.
Before the thought had even left my mind I was standing and staring them all down. While one part of my brain was still marveling at the sun dust, a bigger part was sizing up the 4 of them. Another part was preparing to either run or ask questions. If they decided to attack-
No, I thought, they wouldn't save me just to hurt me. I don't know what made me think that, but I knew for certain they were weary not aggressive. There was a gold haired man that looked just like a sun dust. He stood closer than the rest, but still far enough to be cautious. Behind him I saw a bronze haired boy with his arm around a small brunette with pale skin. By the door was a tawny man who watched me closely. His stare was expectant and more than a little creepy. But these people had saved me, they deserved a thank you.
"Thanks." I said breaking the tension in the room. My voice was breathy and sounded like bells. The sound reverberated through the room, surprising me by its softness. The woman moved forward and the suddenness of her motions put me in the defensive. The atmosphere in the room changed as I let out an ear-splitting, hackle raising growl. The woman stopped and stared at me with wide golden eyes.
"Don't be offended, Bella. It's a natural instinct." The sun dust man lifted his hands in surrender. "We're not here to hurt you, dear." He said, pointing his words at me. My muscles relaxed, but I stayed crouched. "I'm Carlisle. This is Edward," the bronze haired boy, "his mate, Bella, and Jasper." He pointed the man in the doorway last. He acknowledged me with a nod of his head.
They were calm, trustworthy; their faces open and kind. But in my experiences with people, I learned that they were very unpredictable beings. One minute happy, the next thing you know you're sprawled on the floor with blood pouring from your nose.
At the thought of blood, my throat seemed raw and I realized how thirsty I was. "Please, where am I?" I asked trying to ignore my burning throat. "I-I thought I was dead."
Carlisle's eyebrows pulled together in confusion. "You don't remember anything? Alice told me you were talking to yourself as she brought you back here." He didn't go into detail about who Alice was and what she was doing walking through the woods.
"I just remember trying to get away from Mark. I blacked out once I got so far into the woods. I thought I died. The pain…" I trailed off, realizing that I was giving away too much. How much did these people know already? There were still so many questions that needed answered, but my throat refused to let me concentrate. "Water." I croaked out, grabbing my throat. I expected to feel something-anything- that would show where I'd been cut, but the skin was smooth and unblemished.
"She needs to hunt Carlisle." Bella said stepping over to me. I was too entranced by the diamonds that seemed to be welded into my pale skin to notice anything.
"Jasper, go with them please, just in case she needs to cool off." Jasper pushed himself off the wall and sauntered window. Very neatly, he leaped out. I watched in awe and horror.
"What the hell's going on?" I yelled to the remaining people in the room. "Why am I glowing? Why aren't I dead? Who are you people really? Why can't I breathe? What did you do to me? Normal people can't just throw themselves out windows!" I knew the man called Jasper was OK. I'd heard his landing from here.
Bella took a step back. Carlisle watched me with impassive, infinite gold eyes. Finally he sighed and rubbed his face. "I was hoping to do this differently, but time and circumstance prevent it." His liquid eyes drilled into mine. "We're not normal, you see. My family and I are vampires. And so are you."
A/N: Pretty short, I agree. Pretty terrible too, but you know. It actually gets better so stick with me please. By the way, there won't be any mention of my characters name for a while, for reasons I'll make clear later on. Thanks for reading and giving this piece of crap a chance! Review and tell me what you liked about it… or hated. I'll take either.