Chapter 1: The Tall Woman

EPOV

It is a nice sunny day in Forks, Washington. There isn't a single cloud in the sky, which is extremely rare considering my family and I moved here because Forks is one of the most sunless places in the world. However, I don't mind the Sun because it warms up my unnaturally cold body. Plus, when it's sunny on school days, I don't have to go to school. Although that feeling has changed. When it is sunny on school days, it takes time away from me and my Bella.

Isabella Swan. My girlfriend. My one and only true love. Just thinking about her warms my whole body like the Sun. After all, that's what Bella is. She is the Sun in my dark world. The light and warmth that brings my cold body to life. If only she wasn't so breakable I can express my love fully and completely. How this frustrates me so!

I stood up from where I was laying down. I took a little break from hunting to gather my thoughts. I usually don't hunt alone; however, everyone in my family all went hunting yesterday, leaving me and Bella alone in our house. Tomorrow Bella and I were going on a little picnic in our meadow and I could not afford to be hungry. So here I am in the woods stuffing myself with anything I could get my hands on. I can not be thirsty while with Bella. Although my self control has progressed much these past few months, I still don't want to take the chance of being thirsty around my beautiful Bella.

Oh how beautiful she is! Her big dark brown eyes sparkle every time I see her. Her long soft dark brown hair that carries her delicious scent. Her small white body shows off how innocent she really is. I love her so much I could shout it over the world. The way she blushes every time I'd flatter her. The way she pouts when she doesn't get her way. The way she bites her lip when she's nervous. The way she smiles when I make her happy. I miss her.

I look at my watch. It's one thirty. Alright, school gets out at three so I have an hour and a half until I get to hold her in my arms and kiss her full pink lips. This also gave me time to hunt some more.

I sniff the air for some food. I smell a deer not too far. I start running, following the deer's scent. In the distance, I see the deer. I run as fast as I can, anticipation following through my veins. Maybe this doe will be faster than the last one. I always liked a good challenge; however, I can easily outrun any deer. But as I get closer and closer, the deer doesn't move at all. This disappointed me. At least I'll get my food faster and see Bella sooner. I will be in range of my prey in 3… 2… 1…

The deer turns her head at me and gives me a look of interest, unaware that it's going to be my lunch in a second. I lunge at the doe, my teeth sharp and ready to sink into her body. Then something weird happened. I fly right through the deer and land with a loud crash on the ground.

What the hell happened?

I turn around to face the doe. She's still there, eating the grass like nothing happened. I recover from my shock quickly and stand up, brushing the dirt off my jeans. I look at her again, this time she is facing me. And then she seemed to be fading, becoming transparent like a ghost.

Okay, this is a little odd.

Then there was a big flash of blue light. I cover my eyes it's so bright. When the light faded some, I looked back expecting to see a deer. Boy was I in for a surprise.

Where the deer use to be, there was a very tall woman. She held a long white staff that looked to be made of wood. She had very long silver hair that reached her waist. On her head was a crown of leaves. She wore a long elegant dress made of various greens and browns. Her eyes were light amber, almost creature-like and her skin was as white as snow. She was a beautiful woman.

Her eyes wandered over me, staring at me as if I'm an intriguing display in a museum. This must've gone on for at least two minutes. Mind, I was still in a bit of shock. It's not everyday you see a deer turn from ghost to a tall woman. I know it's kind of ironic with me being a mystical creature myself and I've seen many strange things. A deer morphing into a woman is not one of them.

I attempted to read her mind but, just like Bella, I didn't hear anything. Weird.

"Excuse me," I said politely. Who knows, she might be dangerous. "If you don't mind me asking… uh… who are you?"

She didn't seem to hear. Her eyes were still looking me over, holding a kind of admiration in them. She slowly glided towards me. I wanted to take a step back, but my feet didn't seem to be listening to my mind because they weren't moving. The tall woman towered over me. My goodness she is tall. I'd say seven feet, maybe eight. Her eyes stopped moving and looked directly into my eyes. It was almost as if she was looking for something deep within me. Then, the corners of her mouth started to slowly lift and her eyes sparkled. She abruptly backed away a few steps, her mouth in a full fledged smile, teeth glittering in the Sun. She pounded her huge staff on the ground a few times. I heard loud hums echo through the trees. Then suddenly, she plunged her staff into the earth and a bright purple light flowed through the forest and hit my body at full force. Then before I was consumed by darkness, I heard a voice whisper "Five days."

I woke up with a huge pain in my head. It felt like being thrown into a wall head first over and over again. I opened my eyes to see that I was in Carlisle and Esme's bedroom. Why was I here? Then I saw Carlisle looking at me with concern. I tried to sit up, but he pushed me back down softly.

"No, Edward," he said. "You have to relax."

"Relax?" I looked at him in shock. "I'm fine," I attempted to push Carlisle's hand off of my shoulder, but it wouldn't budge. So I pushed harder, still nothing happened.

"Please, Edward…" Carlisle started

"What the hell happened to me?" I yelled, still trying to get Carlisle to let go of me. What was going on? Normally I could rip Carlisle's hand off of me, but nothing was happening. I started to panic.

"Edward!" Carlisle yelled, now he put both of his hand on my shoulder to hold me down. I started to squirm under his grasp.

"Tell me what's going on!" I snarled at him.

"Not until you calm down." Said Carlisle.

I stopped squirming and lay helplessly under Carlisle. I didn't like this. This feeling of helplessness, I didn't like it at all.

"What happened?" I asked as calmly as my temper would allow.

Carlisle didn't say anything for awhile. He just sat there with his hands still on my shoulders. Since he wasn't going to tell me, I looked into his mind… nothing. Absolutely nothing. I concentrated harder and still nothing. What was happening?

"Carlisle, you better tell me what's happening to me or I'll…" I was interrupted when Carlisle took one of his hands off of my shoulders, put his thumb and forefinger on my arm, and pressed them together. A sharp pain erupted from where Carlisle was touching me.

"Hey!" I yelled, pushing his hand away from my arm. Carlisle sat there with a look of pure astonishment.

"Did it hurt?" he asked quietly.

I didn't say anything. It did hurt. It hurt a lot actually… wait a second, that shouldn't have hurt at all.

"Carlisle," I started, trying my best to stay calm. "For the last time…"

"Alice had a vision," Carlisle said standing up. "She said you were out hunting by yourself. Then you feel down on the ground shaking and screaming in pain. When we found you, you were unconscious, which, as you know, is impossible for us." He paused. "I… uh… gave you… uh… physical when you were unconscious and… um…" he paused again and looked down. "I have no idea what happened to you, Edward. But whatever it was, it…" he stopped and sat down on the bed again. He took a deep breath, then looked me straight in the eye.

"Edward, you're… human."

Hate it? Love it? Is it okay? Reviews would be very nice. Try not to be too harsh, it's my first fan fic. I won't continue unless I get some feedback. The next chapter will be with the rest of the Cullen family and maybe a little Bella…