One cold day of winter my mother, Renee, was walking in the garden when on a snow-covered tree she saw a dark red rose sticking out, unchanged by the cold weather. My mother stared at it, wishing she could have a child who was as beautiful and strong as that one small rose. Ten months later she had a daughter, me, and named her Isabella, Spanish for beautiful. My father and her both loved and cherished me.

My father was King Charlie, ruler of our kingdom, a country full of not only humans, but supernatural creatures as well. Of the supernatural were dwarves, fairies, werewolves, vampires, witches, and angels. My father is a vampire while my mother is an angel. A very rare pair but the two are perfect together.

Being half vampire half angel mother always says I have the best of both as these two are the dominant species. She also tells me that I have a beautiful heart that allows me to hold true beauty and to never forget it. I never understand her meaning but instead smile as a blessing from her. I love my mother dearly and wish to be as beautiful and kind as her.

And then, when I was five, she became ill, and four months later, we lost her. It was the most brutal winters for my father and I. He became broken-hearted, unable to do much. He too became ill and usually stayed in bed, crying. The doctor who took care of mother ended up coming back with his family and lives at the castle to care for him. His name was Carlisle Cullen and he along with his family of seven were vampires.

Carlisle was the "father" figure, having turned all but two. He was a kind, gentle man, who was never mean. I looked to him as my second uncle. He stood tall, proud, with bleach blonde hair and gold eyes. The gold eyes are what amaze me the most since almost all vampires have red. It was very rare to find vampires who drink only animal blood.

Esme Cullen was his wife and she was beautiful. Her hair was shoulder length and a light auburn color. She too was gentle, a perfect mother. When my father is in bed she keeps me companying, even taught me how to cook.

Alice Cullen was one who was not turned by Carlisle but found him 40 years ago. Her hair was short, pixy like, and brown. She acted like me and so was the perfect playmate. We even pull pranks on people. She had an interesting gift to see the future though certain creatures she could not see.

Jasper Hale is Alice's mate and also held a gift; he can manipulate people's emotions. It was useful when father was needed in his bad state. He had shaggy blonde hair and was quiet. He was new to the animal blood only thing and so I could not be alone in a room with him, but he was very nice and respectful to me. Even makes me laugh time to time.

Rosalie Hale was the definition of beauty with her red lips and blond medium hair. I envied her for being so pretty but that immediately passed as I got to know her and found she was sadden by being a vampire. When you are a vampire you cannot have children unless you are a vampire male. I usually spend most of my time with her, coloring, riding horses, flying kites, anything I could think of. One night she said I was the daughter she would have wanted. When no one is around I call her mother sometimes. She also gave me a nickname that people used time to time; Snow white due to my pale skin.

Emmett Cullen is her mate and a complete child. With short brown hair and a huge figure he seemed like a tough, mean boy but he is the total opposite. He is very protective of his family and he said that includes me. I love his piggyback rides and he is the main person Alice and I pull pranks on. We have to be careful though because he gets us back.

The last of the family is Edward Cullen. He had copper color hair and was the only one who did not have anyone in the family. He was beautiful, handsome, and very kind. He taught me how to play the piano and the violin. He takes me on walks along the beach and has picnics with me. When I'm not with the others I am with him. I guess one could say I had a crush on him which I did. I got jealous at the other girls who would flirt with him and happy when he refused them in a gentle manner. I wanted him as a husband, or someone like him. But I am just a child.

They were my second family, after my werewolf cousin Jake and my uncle Billy. Jake was two years younger than me and I would spend my time with him when he would come over. He likes to bully me but I just bully him back.

That was when things were peaceful around the kingdom, but when I was seven was when things changed. A black army announced themselves and went rapid through different villages. My father, uninfluenced, went out to battle with his men. They fought the black army and were victorious. There he met a prisoner of the army, a woman named Ravenna. Even though she was in rags he fell for her beauty and brought her back to the castle to marry her. It was the first he had forgotten his broken heart.

I only knew her the two days they were preparing for the wedding but I was fond of her. She was a bit shy but spoke with such kindness. She told me she could not replace my mother but she felt we had a bond inside our hearts. I thought she would be good for my father. The second day they were married, a big ceremony. That same week the Cullens were called to my Uncle's castle north of here to assist him with a disease they do not know of. Edward wrote saying it was just something they named the chicken pox and was not that serious. I wrote back to him the day before the wedding, explaining everything that has happened.

It was that night I awoken to people walking in the halls. Walking along the halls I noticed no guards and my father's room were opened. Looking in I forgot to breathe as my father laid in his bed with a dagger in his heart. A few feet from my Ravenna appeared with a dark look in her eyes, different from the kindness earlier. I ran down the halls and outside to the castle's outside front to see fire as an army in black was running rampage. Women were screaming and men had swords in their chests. Jacob called to me, on the back of a horse with a guard. I ran and tried to reach him but a black guard grabbed me. I screamed when he was killed and I was thrown on a horse with a guard. We were so close to the gate when he was hit in the back with an arrow and pulled me off. Running to the gate it closed and the last I saw my cousin was screaming for me until I was grabbed again by a main with blonde hair.

When everyone was captured Ravenna came out and revealed she was a witch. She declared everyone be slain while James, the man who held me, take me to the dungeon.

And that's where I've stayed for ten years. Ravenna took over and soon the whole kingdom died. Nature was no longer beautiful. I stayed in the dark, wishing, praying for an opportunity to get out. I never saw the Cullens or my family again.

Now I could only wish that one day the kingdom that is drowned in snow, find its beauty.