Isabella Swan had been sitting on the forest floor for hours now. Her boyfriend had dumped her after school today. That wasn't important. She'd gotten over it the second he said the words "I'm leaving you." out loud. One of the main lessons she took away from the tragedy that was her parent's love story, was to never hold someone back if they didn't want to be there. If they say they don't want you, let them go. They don't deserve your affection if they aren't going to appreciate it.

Edward Cullen wasn't her first boyfriend. She'd had a few relationships at the beginning of her high school career. Edward wasn't really her type. He wasn't horrible, but the most appealing quality of his was his immortality. Bella had always wanted more out of her life. She spent her time with her nose in a book, escaping to other worlds filled with drama and fantasy, wishing that her life could be half as exciting. Then one day, her wish came true. She meets amazing people with incredible stories. She discovered a whole new reality to the world she'd been living in. She was at the center of vicious battles, she was hunted and protected by fighters of all kinds. It was everything she'd dreamed of. She soaked up every bit of information like a sponge and had a plan for the future. She would graduate and be turned by Edward and become a member of the Cullen Coven. She was sure after she'd explored the world on her own, that they would understand her choice to leave and wish her well. She knew that it might not go as seamless as she planned, but by that point, she would be a newborn vampire, and there would be nothing they could do to stop her.

Now everything was ruined. Not only was her ex-boyfriend leaving town with the rest of his family to never see her again, but the whole reason for their swift departure was because Edward was terrified of the idea of her becoming one of them. She's cut her finger on a birthday present, which sent Jasper into a frenzy. They fought to keep him under control, and made the situation worse by accident. She watched them leave the house one by one, not able to stand to be in the same room as her bleeding arm. She joked with Carlisle about how better everything would be when her humanity and fragility no longer slowed the family down. His response was disheartening, but she figured she'd have time to get him on board with the idea.

Now she was stuck in her old world. Her life would not begin with her death after high school, her life would continue until her death was her end. She would never be as intelligent, talented, world traveled, beautiful and powerful as them. They would always be the God-like creatures in her life story. She would never get to be all that she could be.

Her mind had been spinning for possible loopholes. Her first idea was to go out looking for a vampire and hope that they stopped long enough to turn her. She had no idea where to even find another vampire, outside of the Volturi kingdom in Italy, and that was the last resort. She knew coming to the kings would put the Cullens in trouble and that was the last thing she wanted to do. Another idea that was to encounter the nomads again. She knew that Laurant was with the Denali's, whom she refused to seek out since they were an extension of the Cullen family. She thought that Victoria might show up again because Bella was the reason that her mate had died, but she'd be more likely to trail the Cullens than to come and find her. She was in a cycle that left her alone and curled up at the base of a tree with only a thin yellow raincoat on. Her clothes where soaked from the hour and a half of drizzle that had passed. Her lips were blue and tonight happened to be a new moon. There was nothing in the sky to light her surroundings.

A wave of hot air blew into her face and shocked her awake. The smell pulled old memories of a neighbors dog that she played with when she was younger. She remembered the smell of the dog's breath that lingered and caused her to have to take a bath before dinner. As her eyes adjusted, Bella took note of the dark shape in front of her. It was huge. It was the biggest wolf she'd ever seen. It was radiating heat and letting out heavy pants of hot air. Bella lifted her head and found herself looking into shining yellow eyes. The creature bent its head down and pressed its nose into Bella's chest, causing her to fall forward. The second her face came into contact with its warm fur, she burrowed into the animal, pressing as much of her body against it as she could. As she thawed out she let the sound of the wolf purring lull her to sleep within a matter of seconds.

She slept through it all. Sam Uley emerged from the woods with the police chief's missing daughter curled up in his arms. Charlie took her into the house, where a doctor looked her over. Outside of her low temperature and a couple of scrapes and bruises, he couldn't find anything life-threatening. He gave Charlie instructions and told him to call as soon as she woke up so that he could check for a concussion. Her father brought her upstairs to her room. She slept through the rest of the next day, waking up at the end of the weekend. She spent the beginning of the week at home, eating soup and avoiding the rest of the town.

Hey readers!

This is my first ever story on FF! I have been reading on here for years and thought I would take the time to upload one of the many story ideas that I thought of while reading all of the amazing stories on here. Let me know what you think, constructive criticism is welcome.

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