Before Bella

These following story are Edwards life BEFORE he met Bella. Before they moved to Forks. They live in a small town (this town is completely made up by the way) that is dedicated to vampires and other mythical creatures, including ones you have never heard of. This town is called Fort Bled (no pun intended, I just have no talent when it comes to making up names for fictional towns). Some humans do live here, and they too go to the academy that houses these mythical creatures (but they can't live in this academy. No one wants to loose half the human class in the middle of the night). This story first starts out with a mysterious girl named Harlow, who isn't exactly what she pretends to be.

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Harlow

I walked to the Cullen's house, wanting to see Alice. Alice had been acting strange and I needed to find out what was going on. I'd talk to Carlisle if I had to. I knocked twice on the door, my way of telling them that it was me, and no one else.

"Come in Harlow," I heard Esme say. She opened the door and gave me a hug when I stepped inside.

"Hi Esme," I greeted her cheerfully. "Is Alice here?"

"I'm afraid she isn't," she replied solemnly. "Did you need to talk to her?"

"Yeah," I answered, a little dissapointed, "I'll find her later. Is Rosalie not here too?"

"Oh no, she's here," replied Esme as we walked into the large living room. We sat down.

"How's work?" she asked me. I worked as a novelist, only having to work three days a week with a big paycheck.

"Truthfully," I said, embarrassed, "I have writers block."

"Oh, that's too bad," said Esme in a kind, soothing voice, "Maybe Edward can help you. What's your subject?""My character comes to a weird city where all types of mythical creatures live in and she has to save a very close, vampire friend from being turned into another form of monster," I replied, sighing at the end. "The only problem is that I have no idea what type of creature threatens her friend's existence."

"It sounds like a good beginning to me," she said, toying with the fact that the story was about vampires, "I think Edward is in the basement, sketching. Do you want me to go get him?""No, I can," I told her. "Thanks Esme.""You're welcome Harlow. Anytime," she replied as I got up and went over to the doors in the staircase, opened them, and descended into the basement.

After I finally reached the floor (there were so many stairs), I saw Edward sitting on a box in front of a beautiful shell, sketching an ocean scenery. I sat down beside him to wait patiently. He looked up.

"Hello Harlow," he said, returning to his sketch. "I hear you have writer's block. How may I be of assistance?"

"Gosh, I can't even come down here to just say 'hi' without you assuming that I need something," I said, sighing.

"Oh?" he replied, finishing his sketch and putting it down. "So you don't want help on your novel?"

"Not at the moment," I replied. "What did you sketch?""A lonely shell on a beach, the tide coming in," he replied, "and a couple's name drawn in the sand, a heart around it, with the shell in the middle.""Sounds romantic," I said. "Still lonely?"

"During some periods of time," sighed Edward, his gold eyes saddened at the thought, "What brings you down into my lair?"

I laughed at the joke.

"Yeah, some lair!" I giggled. We laughed for a short while. I sighed.

"Where's your sister?" I asked.

"To tell you the truth," he said shrugging, "I don't know. She snuck off last night and hasn't returned.""Lovely," I said, frowning.

"There's nothing wrong with Alice, Harlow," he said, reading my thoughts.

"You know how much I hate it when you do that."

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So, how'd you like it? I know it's pretty bad right now, not much action, but I promise, IT GET'S BETTER! Reviewww.........please....?

- Crazi Fang