What happens when ice meets fire? Is always ice melting? Or could the fire freeze? When a new stranger comes in the town, no one bothers to tell her that vampires and werewolves are common creatures in the Forks area. But what if this stranger holds a secret of her own? A story full of love, adventure and mystery!

Prologue

It was night. In the dark forest everything stood still. Not a sound could be heard. Serena would have been scared if she hadn't been who she was. She was thinking about her own death, which was one of the ironies of her fate. Such a meaningless thing it was this death that made everyone shiver with fear. It didn't mean a thing in the end. Just end of pain and worries. Two years ago it would have been convenient for her to die. Now it was cruel. Maybe there was something she had to learn before dying, but how could she have known she would die?

Chapter 1

Forks was preparing for a big event this August. For such a small town, a wedding was one of the most important things that could happen. Of course there had been the rumors about the too-young (almost kids) fiancées and the reasons behind such a hurried decision. Almost everyone was talking about the pregnancy of Bella Swan, the 18th year old teenager who was supposed to marry Edward Cullen, her so-called high school sweetheart. It was the only explanation of this unexpected wedding. Of course, the prejudices of people who spread those rumors were more or less justified. Some of the friends of the bride weren't invited to the ceremony and it hurt a lot: when Bella came to the town of Forks, these people were the ones, who invited her in their group, who hang out with her when she was lonely, and now they wouldn't be invited to her wedding? They felt betrayed in the most scrupulous way possible.

In this atmosphere of joy and betrayal, Serena Carmin entered the small town of Forks. It wasn't her own decision to come to this town where you could make the tour of the place only in a couple of hours, but what could she do? Her mother had been trying to persuade her to come and live with her but she always found some excuse out of it. She wouldn't have known what to say to her and maybe she was too afraid to face her mother at the moment. She wanted to prepare herself and she knew she needed a lot more time than that. She needed privacy and where could you get it if not in a small town such a Forks?

There were a few problems with the place where she would live but she found a small house near the local high school that wasn't very pricey , but of course money are not a problem. Her father left her a fortune when he died 10 years ago and she didn't even have to wait for her 18th birthday to get it. He specifically said in his will that his daughter had the right to use the money herself without any adult supervision, meaning that his daughter could even buy herself an expensive car if she wanted. Her mother worried at first, but Serena turned out to be a very responsible girl, who didn't have any interest in money.

"It will be perfect. Everything will be fine." Serena said under her breath as she entered the house. But it wasn't like that and she knew it. Nothing could be fine, not now. She knew she was lucky because she had managed to control everything that happened to her, but her life was far from perfect. How strange it was for her to think that life would be better in the future. Two years ago she complained about her life, about how insignificant it was and she had these dreams about being special. And now she realized she was the stupidest person on this planet, if not in the whole universe. At least she was away from Lena, her mother. It's not that she didn't love her, but her mother was probably the most annoying person in her life. Loving her at distance was much better. When Serena told Lena about her plans, the scandal erupted as a boiling volcano. Well, at least it wasn't unexpected. She had told her mother that she wanted to travel because she needed to choose a purpose in life: the more places she saw, the more options she could have. Her mother didn't understand her, and the excuse was probably lame, but nothing stopped her. Eventually, Lena surrendered and had no choice but wait till her daughter would wake up from craziness and would come back home. But that moment was becoming an indefinite action in the future and Lena was becoming desperate. Serena knew it and as much as it hurt her, she couldn't just go back like that. So she decided to continue this path and to wait till her mother would become used with it...again.

Bella's bedroom

Bella was in her room looking outside her window, but she didn't see the trees or the cars that passed by. She had called Billy Black and what he had told her made her feel horrible. It was painful to think that she had caused so much pain to a person that she loved. She was aware that she couldn't make everyone happy, but the price to pay was too high. And what did she expect? That Jacob would just pretend everything was alright? Of course it was impossible. And his reaction was predictable. But deep in her heart she would have loved the idea of having Jake at her wedding. This was even more impossible because she hadn't even sent an invitation.

"It's for the best." she said as she went to sit at her table.

"What's for the best?". It was his voice, his sweet voice that made her heart race as if she was doing something dangerous. In fact it was dangerous. It was dangerous for her to feel like that every time he was near her because she expected she would blow up some day.

"You're back!" Bella whispered as she approached Edward who was sitting on her bed.

"Well, it's impossible to stay for such a long time away from you. You have no idea how much I missed you" he said as he kissed her softly on the lips. Even if his lips were cold as a marble stone all she felt was a warming sensation that spread through her whole body like a poison.

"But you didn't answer my question." Edward was looking straight in her eyes and she felt uncomfortable because it was a subject that she didn't want to discuss with him. Even if he said it didn't bother him, Bella couldn't forget the painful look he had every time she mentioned Jacob's name.

She turned her head away from his gaze and waited for a couple of moments. At this moment she wished she had the ability to be a good liar. Even though Edward couldn't read her mind (it was an ability he had that for some reason didn't work on her) it didn't help her much.

"I called Billy" she finally said without looking at Edward.

"Oh, Bella! I'm so sorry." he told her and Bella felt even worse. How selfless could someone be to say her that?

"Why are you sorry? Edward, it's not your fault. It's all me and my stupid decisions. I could have found some way out of this mess, but all I did was to hurt Jacob. He doesn't want even to come home. And now Billy is also worried and it's all getting worse." Bella had tears in her eyes now and she felt stupid. When she saw Jake last time she thought that everything would turn out better than this.

"Bella! Look at me! Don't feel sorry for something that I did," he lifted his fingers to her lips as she tried to object "just let me finish this. If I wouldn't have left you then," -his face twisted with pain as he said it-"it would have turned out differently. And don't blame yourself for everything because all the mess you're talking about was entirely my fault. If I would have never entered your life…" he didn't finish his phrase, but Bella knew what he was thinking about and she was sure the idea hurt him as much as it hurt her.

"Edward if you hadn't entered my life, everything would have been meaningless. And I wouldn't have known what life really is. Because you are my life and nothing can ever change that. " Edward smiled and suddenly she felt better about everything.

All she needed was to have him near. When he was there she couldn't think about the bad things. She felt happy.

"Everything will be fine. I promise." Edward whispered in her ear and she knew he meant it.

He wasn't only talking about Jacob. He also meant the transformation. She thought about it a lot lately. She didn't fear the pain as much as she feared her inner metamorphose. She didn't want to become a monster. She was scared about how would she manage to control the thirst for human blood. Being a vampire didn't only mean strength and eternity. It also meant blood. And sometimes it meant death of innocents. She wasn't ready to kill. But Edward promised her it would be fine and she trusted him more than she trusted herself.

"Yes, everything will be fine." Bella repeated in an unsteady voice. "I love you"

"I love you." Edward told her and reached for her lips.