AN: Stephenie Meyer owns most of the characters I use in this story but I'll also bring some of my own to it. It's my first fanfiction and English isn't my first language, but please give me tips or comments if you have something to say. Hope you enjoy it. Mostly Bella's pov but also Amanda's and later on the Cullen's.

Part 1

Bpov

My name is Isabella Marie Swan and I'm sure you think you know my story but before you get ahead of yourself, let me tell you one thing. You don't.

I go by the name Bella and I am a seventeen-year-old girl. Well girl being a loose term and seventeen being the age I look. Technically I'm an eighty-year-old siren. And yes I know what you're thinking; Aren't sirens some kind of evil mermaids who lure men to their death with their divine voices. Yeah, not exactly. Although to be honest, that was my exact thought when mom told me back when I was living my life in complete oblivion of all things supernatural. Twelve-year-old me was prepared for another one of the humiliating sex-talks that Renee had given me and my non-identical twin sister Amanda over the years, but instead mom just dropped the bomb on us.

So what exactly are sirens?We are extremely rare, nearly extinct. Under full moons we get tails and can breathe underwater. We can also mind control people for a short period of time and cure people's wounds with water.- none of which give us the ability to make people fall in love with us because we can't affect a person's feelings. Our skin is also a lot more durable and we are stronger than humans. We are also immortal as long as we don't have any children in which case we pass on our powers to our child, which is exactly what my mom did. My mom was a siren, but she gave it up when she decided to have me and Amanda with dad.

So here I am, living my life as a siren like it's no big deal. And frankly, it's not. I don't kill people let alone live underwater. In fact I'm a pretty normal teenager even if I'm well in my eighties. In fact, I'm almost too normal. I look completely average with my brown, slightly wavy lob-cut hair, pale skin, and slender figure. The only abnormality are the small, almost transparent flicks of blue in my brown eyes. My personality, too, is quite average, not that I complain. I'm perfectly comfortable with the way I am. I'm a little shy and I always think before I act or say something.- I don't take risks unless I'm sure they're good ones. When the situation asks for it, I'm also quite emotional and caring, even if I don't show it at first.

Since me and my sister are immortal and our parents were not, it's just the two of us left. Charlie passed away 15 years ago and Renee 8. Me and Amanda just moved back to our old hometown Forks from Phoenix and it's the first time we've been back here since we lived here when were five. I don't really love it here in this rainy,green little town and I must admit I missed Phoenix the moment I stepped through our new home's door. And then of course, we're going to start school in order to blend in better. We'll be starting tomorrow, in the middle of the semester. How great. I'm sure me and Amanda- well, emphasis on Amanda- have been a topic of conversation weeks before our arrival in a small town like this. After all, I'm sure they don't get new students that often here.

I was unpacking my things and getting settled in my new room when Amanda walked in. Me and Amanda, like twins tend to be, are quite close especially because of all the time we've spent together. However we are quite different. Like I mentioned, we aren't identical and Amanda looks different in more ways than one. Her personality is a little more outgoing than me, although that doesn't require an awful lot since I'm relatively shy. Compared to me she's more of the "live in the moment" -type whereas I'm more of the "feet on the ground"-type. Unlike me, Amanda also loves dancing. I'm so clumsy I'd probably trip myself up before the dance teacher even turned the music on. The things we have in common are that we are both quite good at school, share a love for books and cooking (and swimming obviously) and we both hate the cold. Amanda is also absolutely gorgeous with her large, bright blue eyes and her straight hair that is a darker brown than mine. Her features are proportionate, angelic even, and her body is curvy in the right places. She's like the embodiment of an actual siren you might see in a movie- the most beautiful incarnations that is. Out of the two of us she definitely won the genetic lottery.

I snapped out of my own thoughts when Amanda started speaking. "So..You excited for school tomorrow?", she asked me teasingly. To that I just laughed and answered sarcastically; "I'm sure it'll be just as wonderful as it's been the last ten times." "Oh, don't be so sure. For all we know you could meet someone and fall in love!",she replied jokingly. I snorted. She knew just as well as I did that I wasn't really the dating type. I mean, I'm not saying that I've tried to avoid guys like the plague or that I'm not interested. It's just that I haven't met the right guy yet. Now you probably think I'm just waiting for "the one" to come and sweep me off my feet, but trust me that's not the case. I don't need a handsome knight in shining armour to save me, or a man in my life altogether. At least that's what I always told myself.