I know there's not much change but this is an improvement; not a redo :)

Disclaimer: Not mine. Stephanie Meyers!

Preface

There is this crescent mark on my wrist. Everyone but me seems to know how I got it. By everyone, I mean my biological family. They claim that it's my birthmark but I know better. Who in the world has a crescent birthmark? I knew it was not a birthmark. Mother used to force me to put foundation to cover it up. That was a dead giveaway.

My name is Isabella Marie Swan. Preferably Bella. I have lived with this mark for my whole life. Little did I know that this mark meant something. Something that could put my family and friends' lives at risk. Something dangerous. Something important. It meant that I have been given what many people may call a gift. But to me it was a curse.

I never wanted this curse. No God chose me. I'm not the 'Chosen One' for anything. This mark meant I was something... the same things that killed my family. The heartless monsters that sucked my parents dry of their blood. The dreaded beasts that live right under our noses. They appear in myths and legends. We dismiss them as fiction but I know that they are, in fact, very real.

Vampires.

You can tell them apart from ordinary people. Pale, flawless skin, perfect features, perfect figures, perfect everything, their appearance stays the same forever; every part of them appeals to the human senses but being beautiful comes with a certain price. A rose has its thorns; an action has its consequences. These monsters deserve to die even though they were never born that way. Even though most never chose this path.

But neither did I.

I am a freak. Even for a vampire.

I was born this way but I grow until I'm seventeen. I have two forms: Human and Vampire. That's what you get with two halves: a whole. Two half breeds=a 100% vampire with special abilities.

I kill my own kind for the safety of humans. To avenge my family.

This whole mess started on my sixth birthday.

6 was the devil's number, my birthday was on Friday the 13th. It was the day of the lunar eclipse. The only time a Vampire can go around town without sparkling like a million diamonds.

That was when Volturi found me...