Chapter 1
Bella could not remember a moment where she didn't admire her star pendent. It had belonged to her mother at one point, and her mother had worn it the night she died. Since her death the pendent had sat in Bella's jewelry box, but now she ha it around her next. Bella's brother had called and said that she was going to be move and live with him in England. Since she was housed in an orphanage Bella didn't object to the move. After all she didn't have any family living in the states.
Bella held her pendent between her thumb and pointer finger. It was in the shape of a star with diamonds covering the front, and was roughly the size of a quarter. A thin silver chain aloud Bella to wear the pendent around her neck. From the moment she put it on, she felt a sudden peace and strength pulse through her body.
Bella nervously shifter her weight from each foot. She had just got off her plane. She was nervous to be in a country that she had never been to before. After all she was certain England was going to be different then the states. But it was too late to turn around because she was waiting in an airport in England looking for her brother.
A crowd of people were gathered at the pick up section not to far from were Bella stood. She hoped that her brother was among that group of people.
Bella quickly grabbed her bags and made her way to the crowd. There was an obnoxious amount of people at the airport for a Tuesday. Bella had to push her way through them. At one point she was shoved so hard that she almost fell right on her face.
Eventually she made her way to where she thought her brother might be. She saw other passengers meeting up with their family members or friends, but her brother was no where to be seen.
Bella tightly clutched her pendent in her hands, trying to calm herself down.
Her brother would be here. It's not like he would leave her stranded in a country that she hadn't been to before. The crowd around her soon started to get smaller and smaller until Bella was the only one standing there. Minutes continued to pass and still hadn't found her brother. She made her way to a near by bench and sat down. A tall man entered the room and looked around trying to find someone. After a couple seconds passed his eyes found Bella and he stopped looking and froze. He immediately made his way to Bella.
Bella squirmed in her seat as the mad neared her until he finally stopped right in front of her.
"You Miss Swan?" His voice was deep, heavily accented. He was tall and was wearing a dark pair of jeans with a leather jacket. His long black hair was hiding his eyes. His eyes were the oddest color. They were a mixture of a dark grey and brown. Bella tried to fight against the urge to grab her pepper spray out of her bag and run, but he knew her name. And who would know her name except someone who knew her brother, too?
"Yes?" Bella's voice squeaked out.
"You're brother Nathan Swan sent me to escort you to his home. If you would follow me."
"Where is he?" Bella demanded, but the man had already started to walk off. Bella quickly grabbed her bags and tried to keep up with the man's long strides.
He moved though the small crowd of people quickly not even bothering to see if Bella was behind him. People move aside, mutter about the rude way he was pushing passed them. Bella tried to give them apologetic smiles for the way the man was acting, but she only received glares in return.
Finally they made it outside the airport. Bella was surprised when they came up to a long black limo. The man quickly when to open the door to the limo, and almost instantly two women came out.
Bella slowly made her way to the women. Just like the man they seemed…odd. One was very tall and skinny. She was wearing what seemed to be a summer dress. Her long grey hair was braided and left to hang over her left shoulder. The second woman was short and very plump. She too was wearing a summer dress, but had on pink gloves on her hands. Neither woman looked to welcoming as Bella came near.
"Isabella Swan," said the tall one. "It's very nice to have finally met you. My name is Mrs Night, and this is my sister Mrs Dark. Your brother sent us to take you back to his home."
Bella was confused, after all Nate never mentioned that someone was going o pick her up. "Where is Nate? Why didn't he come himself?"
Mrs Night motioned for the man to get something from the limo. "Dear Nate was unable to get you at the moment. He sends his apologies and would like for me to give you this letter."
Mrs Night grabbed the letter from the man and handed it to Bella. Bella grabbed it and turned away from them to read it. It was a short letter saying how Nate knew Bella would be angry with him for not coming himself, but he trusted Mrs Night and Mrs Dark. 'They seem scary, but they've been like mothers to me. They'll take care of you Bellaria.' Bella could tell that the letter was certainly from Nate. It was his handwriting and her was the only one to ever call her Bellaria. Bella quickly swallowed away any out she had and turned back to the sisters.
"Alright," Bella put the letter in her back pocket. "Should we get going?"
Mrs Dark gave a small smile. "Very well, Steve grab Miss Swan's things and put them in the back for her." She snapped her fingers and the man, Steve, went over to Bella and grabbed her things. Mrs Dark them put her hand on Bella's shoulder. "Come along child. Let's get going before it begins to rain. We don't want you to catch your death out here now do we?"
The sisters laughed as they pulled Bella into the limo.
Steve jumped into the driver's seat and started to pull away from the curb. Bella watched as they grew farther and farther away from the airport. She clutched her pendent in her hands as she began to get a feeling that maybe these sisters weren't who Nate told her they were.
*Summer Days And Summer Nights
