Lingering Shadows
Disclaimer: In no way do I own the Twilight Saga, but do I own the mini plot inside the story and my characters, you'll know who they are.
Prologue
Hello, I am Tillenna Illebella Adrienne Swan. I have five family members; my mother Renee, my father Charlie, my step-father Phil, and my fraternal twin sister, Isabella or Bella. I am 5'8 ½, weigh about 110lbs, waist-length ebony black hair and sightless silver-gold almost white gold eyes. Yes, I am blind, but I wasn't always blind. I became blind in a horrible accident, which was the exact reason why Mother had left me and Father in Forks, Washington. It was a cold, summer day when it happened. Bella and I had been walking in the forest near the river that ran near our second house.
Yeah, we had two houses before Mother moved out. We would stay in the house in the woods in the summer and return to the town house during school. Well, Bella and I were walking in the forest when a huge animal, I remember it was a huge wolf with black eyes. It startled us, and as Bella started to push me to move, I fell into the river. A silvery gray girl about Bella and my age walked up to me as I lay on the shore. Sadness filled my eyes as she covered mine. In a soft voice she said, "You will understand why this must happen later in life." Once she took my hands off my eyes, I could not see. We were around six at the time; Mother left a week before elementary school started.
My father is still very cautious around me, and does not use words like blind, disabled, temper, or pity around me anymore, well, he more like ignored me ever since. I could get horrible grades and he would not notice. I forgot to mention that I have a really bad temper in which I have been known to do stuff that others deem insane or supernatural like a werewolf, shape-shifter, or my favorite vampire. Bella used to come back every summer for two weeks, but then she stopped around the time we both got to junior high. Now, Bella is coming back to live with us, I don't know why exactly. Sometimes I wonder if she is just coming back because she thinks it's my fault that I'm blind, which it is not.
I hope you like it. This is my first attempt at posting a story on here. Constructive criticism only please! Please Review, I want to know your thoughts!
- Jemma Emmerson
