Disclaimer: SM owns Twilight. I'm only playing with her characters.
AN: Welcome to the inner world of Bella Swan. Let's start the long process of getting to know this woman.
In the highest tower of the modern version of a castle sat a princess with a heart of steel. Inured to solitude by the carefully crafted lies of her too ingenious mind, Bella didn't mind the stillness of the room. Nursing a glass of champagne between her soft hands, her unseeing eyes were fixed on a falling star. Unlike the girl she had once been, the woman she currently was didn't feel the compulsion to wish for impossible things.
Whenever those maudlin urges intruded, Bella carefully brought to the forefront of her mind the motherly advice that she used to despise: "If you reach for the stars, you will burn your hand."
It took her a while, but eventually she recognized the wisdom of her mother's words. But she didn't have the time to linger on that topic, for 2013 had arrived – time to swallow her champagne and go to sleep.
Happy New Year!