[A/N: I do not own Twilight]

Ch. 1

--Every Day like the One Before--

BPOV

My mother had died a few months ago in a car accident. My father wanted to move because of all the memories we had with my mother. He moved us from hot, dry Phoenix, Arizona to the cold, wet place of Forks, Washington; a place where a sunny day only came a few times a year if you were lucky. It was a little town where every day was like the one before.

--One year later--

I looked out the window of my old red Chevy truck as I drove through town. The backer truck went right past me, just like every morning I went to school. Every morning was just the same since the morning that we came to this poor provincial town.

My father, Charlie, was the chief police officer in town now and seemed happy with his work. There wasn't really much to do as a police officer in this town though, maybe a few teenagers speeding, but otherwise that was about it. This gave Charlie a lot of time to try and find ways to bring my mother back. Many people thought he was crazy, but I would stick up for him and tell everyone they were wrong. He was my father after all.

I was in my senior year of high school and planning on moving to California to attend UCLA if I got accepted. There was one person that was keeping me from moving and that was Charlie. I didn't want him to live all by himself while I attended college so far away. I couldn't decide whether to stay or to go, but I still had the rest of the year to think about it before I made my final decision.

Slowly, I pulled into the school parking lot and parked in the same spot I always parked in since I could drive. In my side mirror I saw the familiar face of Mike Newton walking up to my truck. I let out a sigh as I got out of my truck trying not to slip on the ice. I had my favorite book Withering Heights in my hand.

"Hello Bella," Mike said leaning against my truck. He had the dorkiest face I had ever seen

"Hello, Michael." I replied shutting the door to my truck before I walked past him. He grabbed my book and flipped through it. "Michael, may I have my book please?" I asked holding out my hand expecting him to return it.

"How can you read this? I looks so boring and there are no pictures." He said skimming a part of it and then making a face of disgust. He was more into the comic books that consisted of elementary school level reading.

"Well, some people like the classics." I informed him holding my hand out farther wanting him to give my book back. He did this every morning since I arrived in this town.

"Bella, you should really stop being such bookworm and pay attention to who you're going to prom with, like me." He said throwing my book into the mud and taking a step forward.

I rolled my eyes and swatted down to pick up my book in the mud. He continued talking about me going to the prom with him, but I had already told him no. Apparently, Michael didn't take no for an answer. I had him go to the spring dance with Jessica last year, but this year it seemed he wasn't going take no for an answer.

"Look Michael," I said wiping off my book as best I could without getting myself dirty. "I really am sorry, but I don't do dances. I have enough problems walking on a flat surface without falling and me dancing is much worse." I started walking to the school with Michael following right next to me.

"Well I could give you some dance lesson." He insisted, "How about after school? You could come over to my house…"

"I can't Michael," I interjected, "I have college applications to fill out and school work to do. Also, I promised to help Angela write her graduation announcements after school. I'm much too busy to be thinking about something that I probably won't even go to." Truthfully, I didn't have any school work to do and most of my college applications were done. I was going to mail them after school and then head to Angela's house to help her with her graduation announcements like I had promised.

"Bella," He said stepping in front of me so I couldn't enter my advanced placement English class. "You're a senior in high school. Have a little fun. You only get to be a teenager once."

"I really don't see what joy of being a teenager is." I admitted, "Now if you'll excuse me I have to go to class before the bell rings."

He moved out of the way so I could go to class and take my seat. Throughout the day he continued to bother me about going to prom and again and again I told him to no. Most people thought I was stupid because he was the most popular boy in town, but that didn't matter. I wanted someone to love me for me. I wasn't really all that beautiful, but every other boy seemed to think otherwise. Jessica told me that it was because I was the new girl in town. In my old school in Phoenix we'd get new kids every so often, but here I was the only new kid in the year since I moved.

School was the same as ever and I went to Angela's after I mailed my college applications. Angela thanked me for helping her and I got a major case of writer's cramp from writing so many graduation announcements. I was surprised that she had so many people in her family compared to mine which only had Charlie and me.

I waved goodbye as I drove out of Angela's driveway. I had been at Angela's house for three hours and we still didn't get all of her graduation announcements finished. I had promised to help her again tomorrow if she wanted, but she said that now she could finish since there were only twenty left.

The streets were dark and narrow which was why I chose to drive slower than I normally did. When I got home Charlie's police car wasn't in the driveway meaning he was working another night shift at the factory since the guard had just died. There had been a bunch of wild animal attack recently, but no one knew what kind of animal it was.

I got out of my truck and unlocked the front door to the house. There was a note inside from Charlie that said something different than what I assumed.

Dear Bella,

I'm sorry that I'm not home, but there have been some rumors that the animal behind these attacks are. All I'm going to do is search the old mansion just outside of town. I'll be home late, make sure to lock all the doors and windows. I'll see in the morning.

Love,

Charlie

I remembered all the scary stories everyone told at school about the old castle. Everyone said that someone had died there and that if you go in, you never come out…normal. I rolled my eyes thinking about the stories about ghosts, demons, vampires, you name it. There was no way any of those things could ever exist.

[A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter ^^]