Author's Note: This is my first ever fanfic so I'm sort of new to the whole writing scene. This is set during New Moon and please take note of the dates used throughout the chapters so that you can tell the difference between the past and present day.

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-Prologue-

This is Bella Swan's Story.

If it were to be published, book store owners would find trouble in categorizing it. Why? For it contains heartbreak, sorrow and pain but also the sorts of romance and mythical creatures you would expect to find in a fiction book.

Do not be lulled into a false sense of security when reading the beginning of her tale, for the happiness she felt is now a distant memory.

The beings that created her joy are long gone and they aren't coming back.

This brings us to the darkness in her life. You see, this young girl was naïve when she fell in love. She became too attached to something that could never be hers.

So seventeen year old Bella Swan must pay for her mistakes; suffering day after day without the bright light that illuminated her life.

For passers by she would merely appear to be a plain teen that had perhaps broken up with her boyfriend. She would recover in a couple of days; start laughing and joking again with her friends.

That is where the fleeting strangers are wrong though.

What happens if everything you thought was real turns out to be a lie?

If your reason for being vanished into thin air?

The love of your life abandoned you in this cruel, lonely world?

Bella Swan had plenty of time to perfect her façade of normalcy; put up brick walls to protect herself from anymore pain that could cause her to shatter into unfixable pieces.

Inside, however, she is numb and void of emotion. The depression, sorrow, self-loathing and guilt have evaporated, leaving her a shell.

The memories haven't though. The memories can't ever be forgotten.

I assume if you have made it this far then you are able to cope with Bella Swan's story, but I leave you with a final warning: don't expect a happily ever after.

A/N: I know this is short, but it is only the prologue. Please let me know what you think!

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