Solar Lives

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Oh, hi! My name is Bella Swan. Isabella, legally. I am a sixteen-year-old resident of the small town of Forks, Washington. For the past two years, I've lived here with my father in the two-story house I was born in. I used to live with my Mom, but when she and ballplayer boyfriend Phil tied the knot, I left town so she could be happy.

I'm now a junior at Forks High School, which is as small as it sounds. I like to study but wish that I could take more English classes and just read all day long. That would be heavenly.

Oh, there's the bell. Time for lunch!

Bella P.O.V.

I headed for the lunchroom and felt a tugging on my arm.

"Guess what I heard!" my friend Jessica squealed. Before I could answer, she cut me off. "We have new students starting! Apparently they are all from Alaska, all adopted by Dr. Cullen and his wife." She lowered her voice. "I heard she can't have children, so they adopted them all." Then she shook her head. "I wonder what's wrong with them."

I rolled my eyes. "Jess, just because they are adopted doesn't mean there is something wrong with them. Stop with that backwater nonsense and grow the hell up!" She can be so stuck up, I thought to myself.

"But Bella," she continued, "it's weird that they are all together, I mean 'together together.' Like dating each other."

"Jess, they're not related to each other so they aren't doing anything wrong."

She finally got the hint that I didn't care and stopped talking.

But the silence didn't last because as I walked into the lunchroom, my Mom called.

"Hey, Mom."

"Hi Sweetie! I've got some news for you!" My mother said excitedly. "I'm retiring from being a Sailor Scout, and I would like you to take over my job as Sailor Moon!"

"I always knew this day would come," I said with pride. "So, yes! Yes, I will become the next Sailor Moon, just like my mom and grandma before me."

"Oh, I am so glad!" My mother gushed. "Serena would be so proud of you, Bella."

"I know."

We talked for a bit more, and then I hung up the phone.

Being Sailor Moon is literally in my blood. My grandmother, Serena, was the original Sailor Moon. Then she had Renee, and they fought together as Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini-Moon. At the time, my mother's nickname was Reine. Later, when Selena retired, Reine became Renee who became Sailor Moon.

Now it was my turn.

My heart did happy flips inside me, and then I made my first major decision as Sailor Moon.

I called Charlie.

"Bella, what's wrong?" he asked immediately. "You never call from school."

"I'm fine, Dad." I'd better start slow. "Mom is flying in tonight from Florida at ten. Can we go pick her up?"

"Of course, we can. It is a Friday, after all."

"Good." I didn't know what that meant, but I'd told him all he needed to know for now. "Thanks, Dad."

I finally finished my call and went in the lunch room. As I sat down at my regular table with my friends, the whole room suddenly got quiet.

I turned around and looked into the faces of the most beautiful people I had ever seen. These must be the Cullens, I thought to myself.

Soon I started hearing people talking about them and not in a good way. Why was everyone so jealous of them? They may be beautiful, but they were also vampires. Any good Sailor Scout would know that immediately.

I decided to learn more about them and knew exactly who to ask.

"Jess, what are their names?" I whispered.

"The big one is Emmett, and the blonde bombshell is Rosalie, his girlfriend. The little dark-hair girl is Alice; she is with the blonde guy that looks like he is in pain, Jasper. Then there's Edward. He doesn't date," Jessica added.

"How do you know that?" I asked her curiously.

"I have a cousin who lived near them in Alaska. She said he never even talked to a girl, let alone date one. I bet he believes he is just too good for us," she snorted.

Maybe she was just bitter. "There is nothing wrong with being single," I said. "You don't need another person in your life to be happy, Jess. How many times have I told you that?"

"Forty-nine thousand." Jessica laughed, as sarcastic as ever.

We finished our lunch and then walked to our next class. I had Junior Biology while Jess had Trigonometry.

"So, I'll call you tonight about the Homecoming game," Jess reminded me.

Oops. "Um, my Mom is coming in town tonight," I said slowly, "so call tomorrow, okay?"

"Fine! Have it your way!" She huffed and walked off down the hall.

Drama Queen, much?

As I walked into Biology, I saw someone sitting at my table.

A someone who was none other than Edward Cullen.

Great, I thought. I have a lab partner now.

I've never had a lab partner. No one ever wanted to be my partner for some reason. It might have been my lack of motor skills or my tendency to trip over my own two feet. Or I could be completely wrong.

Either way, Edward Cullen was sitting at my table, and he appeared to be smiling at me.

I straightened up and made my decision.

Here goes nothing…

(A/N: I am an established author in the Fanfiction and Coffee Shop forums. But I have Dyslexia, so my reading, writing, and spelling is poor. I use voice recognition software to make it easier to write my stories for the forums.

My Betas for this story are TwilightFann1969 and ladylibre.

I hope you enjoy it.

May of Rose)