Dark Ages

BPOV

It was raining yet again and I was not surprised .It was the same weather for the past 17 years. It was a rarity to see the sun shine once in a way. I got up from bed and felt around for the alarm clock .It read 6:30 and it was still too early for me to get up but I got up all the same because I would never fall asleep again with all noise the wind is making. I brushed my teeth, had a shower and got dressed. I went downstairs and was surprised to see Charlie awake and reading the newspaper.

'Dad isn't it a little too early for you to be up'. I asked curiously as I got my laziness from him.

"Same goes for you Bells, how come you're up so early"? Charlie looked up from his paper and grinned at me.

"No reason". I smiled back. "I just couldn't go back to sleep what with all this rain"

After an awkward pause I said "So I guess I'll get going". I was sad at how things became awkward with Charlie. It was never like this before back when she was here, I and Charlie used to get along so well. Now it seemed as if she had taken the Charlie I had known and I was left with just an imitation of what he was.

I sighed and pushed these thoughts out of my mind. I was not supposed to be thinking of her anymore. I put on my coat and got into my truck which Charlie had gifted me for no reason. He felt like it was what he said. I started the engine and made my way to Forks high my personal hell on earth.

At school I was the number 1 freak. I think I forgot to mention that by just touching a person I can make them do whatever the hell I want .Not that I do that all the time, just sometimes when it's necessary.

Some of you might think of it as a power but personally it's more of a curse. People in school won't have anything to do with me and if anyone is caught talking to me they are also labeled as freaks. It was hurtful at first at how my friends dropped me after realizing that they were losing their status if they remained my friends. But now as I was used to it, it dint bother me anymore. It wasn't like this always but at that time I wasn't aware of my "powers".

Flashback .16 years

"Look who's coming this way, its little Belladroola."said Lauren the school's number 1 bitch as I walked passed her to my locker. It was like this every day because for some reason Lauren and her evil minions decided that they dint like me. So each day they would look out for me and call me names only their intellect can come up with. Today was no different, I mean Belladroola, seriously, and even I thought that they would have a better nickname or "teasenames" as they liked to call it for me.

Lauren came up to my locker and I was wary because she never publicly approached me before. I wondered at the occasion. Usually she would just trip me, call me names and that would keep her happy for the rest of the day. She put her hand on my shoulder and smirked.

"You know I really feel bad for you Isabella. You don't have boyfriends and your mom left you because she dint want you to be a pain in her ass anymore and how she stuck with you for eleven years I don't know."

I stiffened and held myself together so that memories of her leaving don't come crashing into me.

"Take your hand off my shoulder" inserting venom in my voice I said quietly. I think I shocked everyone because everyone thought I was mild-mannered sweet Bella Swan. Boy, were they wrong. No one minded Lauren much as she always bullied juniors. But I was too pissed off to care." Get lost from here and I never want to see you again".

I was surprised when she actually listened to what I said. I thought she would start laughing and start off with calling me even worse names than before. I kind of hoped so because firstly I hated losing control over myself over that woman "my so called mother" and secondly I dint want to draw attention to myself and thirdly Lauren wasn't even worth it. I was glad that I had stood up for myself but whatever I say would just go through her head and the next day we would be back to square one. But instead she just stared at me and then started walking in the opposite direction. It looked like someone was forcing her to move and after that the yelling and screaming began. She started crying and asked the other girls to stop her and she couldn't understand why she was even moving. People were staring at her with horrified expressions on their face which mirrored my own. After Lauren disappeared around the next corner everyone's horrified expressions turned to me

A boy standing near the corner yelled "She's a witch, she's a witch get away from her". I just stood there shell shocked and trying to comprehend what just happened. I thought Lauren was playing a prank on me but she changed schools after that and everyone blamed me. I was so confused but the same thing happened when I asked Charlie to wash the dishes. I was experimenting and I touched his shoulder as I said this and even he had a confused look on his face but he did as I said. After that I was Careful not to touch anyone. People avoided me for the rest of the day and pretty much the year too. And even my so called friends did not have anything to do with me after that scene.

End of Flashback

So I was understandably not eager for school. I sighed and parked my car at the far end of the parking lot wished not for the first time that something would change today and I would not be an outcast anymore. Ah the power of wishful thinking.