This is my first attempt at fan-fiction, so please review and critique it. All constructive criticism is welcome. While the plot line of this story is mine, the characters within are all the property of Stephanie Meyer and her Twilight series. I hope you enjoy the story. ~Dyxie
Prologue
It's odd. Every horror story I've ever read incorporated a dark and stormy night somewhere within its pages, as if the violence of the weather was a necessary accompaniment to the violence taking place against the characters. Maybe that's why I was so surprised when I met my very own horror not on a dark and stormy night, but on a bright summer day filled with golden sunshine that caused the auburn highlights usually hidden within my long ebony curls to peek out. I guess it really shouldn't have surprised me, though. Nothing about my life has ever happened the way it's supposed to, so why should this have been any different?
I was... Wait. No. I'm getting ahead of myself here. Sorry about that, I tend to do it a lot. It might help if you knew who I was, hmm? Let me introduce myself. My name is Isabella Swan, though I loathe being called Isabella. Let's keep it to a friendly 'Bella', that's so much better. This story you're reading is about my life the year I turned seventeen. Now, you might wonder what could be so interesting about my life that I'd think you'd be interested in reading about it. I'll admit, it does sound pretty arrogant of me, but you'll understand that I'm really not full of myself when I tell you why I'm doing it.
You see, I'm a vampire. Yes, you read that right. Vampire. I know you're probably rolling your eyes right now and thinking Yeah right, but it's the truth. I turned seventeen over two hundred years ago, and that year was the last one of my human existence, since my next birthday came fully loaded with four gifts: a never-ending love, a wonderful family, immortality, and unquenchable thirst. The fourth one isn't the greatest, but the first three more than make up for it. Hey, nothing in life is free, right?
But, once again, I'm getting ahead of myself. I told you I tend to do that a lot. The best place to start any good story is at the beginning, or at least that's what they tell me, so here we go...