This is my first FanFiction, so please tell me where I can improve and what you think. Right now I have the first chapter almost done so it will probably be up with in the next day or so, it depends on how much time I get on the computer. Please review!

Disclaimer: S.M. owns the rights to Twilight I am just borrowing them for my story

Prologue

My dad, Charlie Swan, has a temper. When he is mad you better hope you are no where near him. Don't let him think that you're avoiding him though, or he will hunt you down. My mom, Renee, isn't exactly sure exactly when or why the abuse started, but I wish that day had never come. All she remembers is one day she was out grocery shopping and wasn't home in time to have Charlie's dinner ready before he got home. When she got home Charlie was sitting on the couch waiting for her. As she out the groceries on the counter, he attacked her. That night he apologized, said it wouldn't happen again, and begged her to stay.

Soon after that night she found out that she was pregnant with me, Isabella Swan. I was her reason for staying. I've always hated myself for that. Of course, Charlie found out so he was careful till I was almost a year old. Then the same thing happened again. This time my mom didn't wait to hear his lies, apologies, begging, or empty promises. While Charlie was at work the next day mom packed as much as she could into her truck and left, never looking back except to send Charlie divorce papers.

About ten years later my mom met Phil Dwayer. For the next three years they were just close friends, although everyone could see that they liked each other as more. Then Phil finally asked my mom out, and they dated for the next two years they were a couple, and one day Phil asked my mom for her hand in marriage. Mom said yes, and a year and a half later they were married.

I decided that I would just be in their way, so I would go stay with Charlie. Phil is a baseball player so he travels a lot, I wanted mom to go travel with him and not have to stay home with me. My birthday was in a little over eight months. It is now January 7th. I leave for Forks, Washington tomorrow.