A/N: I'm so happy. I didn't think anyone would review much less like the beginning. I'm really self conscious. Anyways, I forgot to put a disclaimer on the first chapter. (Is that really necessary though?)
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or other copyrighted material recognized from my story.
Chapter 2
I woke up to the morning sun shining on my fur. I jumped out of the tree and landed gracefully on the ground. Before I had started shifting, I had been a klutz, but now I had adopted an animals' grace. Looking around cautiously, I shifted back into my human form and crawled into my car. The quiet purr of the engine calmed me.
Alrighty, I thought. Today I got to get enrolled at the high school and buy the house at 11:00. I checked the clock. Only 9:30. Well, a good breakfast is a healthy way to start the day.
I cruised the streets keeping an eye out and finally found a small diner. Pulling into the parking lot, I noticed not many people were around. Oh well. It has food. As I walked in I was greeted by a lady with long, curly hair.
"Table for one?" she asked.
"Yes, please." The restaurant smelled wonderful and I could hear noise coming from the kitchen. She sat me at a table and went away with my order for a water. I glanced at the menu and thought.
"Excuse me?"
I looked up. Standing at the side of my table was a guy about my age, with blonde hair and a round face. As I caught his eye, I heard his startled intake of oxygen. (A/N: My sister dared me to put that. I was going to put startled gasp.) I sighed. Since I had first shifted, humans had started taking more notice of me. The shift had enhanced my beauty.
"What?" I snapped. The boy looked startled by my sudden hostility. He shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"I'm Mike and I'll be your server today. What would you like to order?"
Was it just me or was he trying to hook up with me? "Um, could I have the number three with scrambled eggs and a side of bacon?"
"Sure." He walked away looking slightly rejected. Wait, he was totally rejected.
I ate my breakfast in relative silence. And anyways, it's not like I have conversations with myself. When I was done, Mike handed me the bill. A slip of paper was sticking out of it. A phone number. Looks like he just wants me to bust his pride.
When he came back around I handed him the bill, smiling mischievously. That perked him up until he saw me throw away his number. I hopped in my car and glanced at the clock. 10:53. Time for me to really use my new car.
The realtor must've thought I was crazy by the way I zoomed around the curb. 11:00. Right on time.
A stout man walked up to me. "Hello. You must be Ms. Swan. I'm Mr. Kim. You're here for the house, I presume."
No. I'm here to use the bathroom. "Yes, I would like to buy this house."
"Okay then. Right this way."
I followed him into the house. The inside was beautiful. The front hallway opened up into the kitchen and branched off into the living room and another hallway. It was tiled and there was carpet starting in the living room.
Mr. Kim got my attention. "The master is down that hallway, along with a smaller office and a full bathroom. Now, if we could go upstairs."
He barely gave me enough time to look down the hall before dragging me up the spiral staircase. The second floor was carpeted and had a floral wallpaper.
He led me all across the floor explaining each room and the benefits of the design. In total there were three bedrooms, including the masters, two bathrooms, and one office. One bonus I hadn't noticed from the front of the house was a pool in the back. Why anyone wouldn't buy this house, if they had the money, was a mystery to me.
We were back at the front of the house now and Mr. Kim was locking up the door. He turned to face me.
"Now would you consider buying this house at, say, $350,000?"
Cue the cute charm. I made a slightly vulnerable face. "Oh… I don't think I have enough money for that." Start walking away slowly and 3… 2… 1…
"Wait." He grabbed my wrist. "How about I lower the price to $250,000? That's as low as I can go though."
I jumped up and down happily. "Really? You would do that for me? Yes I can pay that. Thank you."
He looked stunned for a moment. "Okay…" He looked dazed. Poor human. He shook his head. "Right. Of course. If you will come sign some papers for me please. Will you be paying now or over the course of a few months?"
I followed him to his car. "I'll be paying now. In cash." Credit was too traceable.
About half an hour later, I was now the owner of the house and pulled my car into the driveway. Let's see, buy a house: check, buy a car: check, and lastly enroll in high school: not check. I pulled out my cell phone and typed in the number. They answered on the first ring.
"Hello?" a polite voice asked. "This is Ms. Cope at Forks High, how may I help you?"
I switched to my 'mothers' voice. "Hello. This is Mrs. Dwyer. I would like to enroll my daughter at your school."
"Of course. May I ask her full name, age, grade, and which classes she would like to enroll in?" Ms. Cope asked.
"Her name is Isabella Marie Swan. She is 17. She is a junior, and she would like to enroll in English, Biology, Gym, Spanish, Government, and Trigonometry." Ugh. Why did we have to take gym here?
"Okay." There was some typing in the background. "Alright. She can pick up her schedule when she comes to school. The school year starts tomorrow. I'll see her then. Thank you."
"Thank you. See you tomorrow." Oops. I snapped the phone shut. Crap. I hope she didn't notice that.
I ran into my house. Yeah. Now I can play until tomorrow. I changed into a pair of jeans and took off running into the forest. You may be thinking, why change clothes? Well, it's because first, I like running in my human form, and second, my clothes just disappear and reappear whenever I shift into an animal and back.
The trees past by in a blur and the wind blew in my hair. I quickly shifted into a rhesus monkey and jumped through the branches passing by. Flipping in midair, I shifted into myself again and grabbed the oncoming branch like a trapeze artist. I jumped up and shifted into a leopard, climbing up the tree to the top.
Playing around always relaxed me. I licked my paws clean and stretched my back. This was the life. Correction, this was only my life. When traveling across the world learning new languages and cultures, just exploring, I had also been searching. I had yet to come across any more of my kind. There were werewolves, or Children of the Moon, in the Mid East and shape shifters that changed into only one animal in different parts of the world, but none like me. I had also come across vampires. Imagine that.
It was during 1894, not many years after I started traveling. I had come to Texas to look mainly for other shape shifters like myself. After my first few months, I came across a strange scent in the forests I was hunting in. It was unnaturally sweet and mouth watering. I followed it until I came across a log cabin.
It was there that I met Peter and Charlotte. I had been walking around the house as a fox, not wanting to attract unwanted attention. I was about to look in the window when I heard footsteps coming towards the house, from a trail. I hid in the bushes and waited. Two very pale, beautiful people ran, almost as fast as me, into the clearing around the house. They had vibrant red eyes and were holding hands.
As soon as I moved to take a step away, they looked right to where I was hiding. I darted out of my hiding place and almost made it to the forest edge when I felt a pair of cold hands wrap around my body. Man they were fast. I briefly struggled before I was suddenly in the house. I panicked. What did they want with me?
"What is it, dear?" the lady whatever it was asked.
The one holding me turned me around to face him. "It's a fox. I think." He looked puzzled.
I figured out the reason for that later. Turns out, I had actually been able to struggle so he had been extremely confused.
The female one spoke again. "What are you going to do with it, Peter?"
Peter scrutinized me. "We could always just eat it, I suppose."
Now I was scared. I wriggled and scratched him. Peter dropped me and looked at his arm shocked that there were red marks running down his arms. I stared in disbelief as the scratches healed before my eyes in seconds.
Peter stared at me with curiosity deep in his eyes. "Charlotte, what do you think it is?"
I decided that I really didn't care if they knew, so I transformed back into myself. I heard both of them gasp in shock. I lifted my head and looked at them.
"Hello," I said. "My name is Bella." I smiled brightly at them. "I'm a shape shifter. What are you?"
Over the next few months, me, Peter, and Charlotte became close friends. They explained to me what they were and I did the same for them. They were absolutely fascinated by me and offered to let me live in cabin for the duration of my stay. They still visit me from time to time and say hello.
I glanced up at the sky. It was dark. I better get back home. I raced home and crawled into bed, thinking of the coming morning.
So, what do you think? Tell me, tell me, tell me. I need to know if you like my story or not. If I get more reviews, I'll update faster. Also, do you think Jessica should sit with Bella at lunch or should she sit by herself? And do you think one of the other Cullens should be in one of her other classes? (Other than Edward in Biology.) Thanks.
-Ally
