(A/N: Please read the author's note at the end! It has some information in it, and it also explains somethign that I desperately need help with! Please and thank you! ;D)
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Year: 1920, Denali, Alaska
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Edward's POV:
I had gotten used to this lifestyle. I didn't mind it as much as I had used to. I actually somewhat enjoyed it. We had a whole family now, aside from Carlisle and I, there was Esme, Carlisle's new wife, Rosalie, who Carlisle had saved, hoping that she and I would fall in love, but it hadn't quite turned out as he had hoped. We loved each other, but only as a brother and sister could. She now had her Emmett. And the newest additions, who had had lives before this, not involving Carlisle in their transformation and re-birth, had recently joined us. Alice and Jasper.
Everyone had found someone to love. Everyone except for me. I was used to it. I knew I wouldn't find someone. The only girl I had ever felt anywhere near in love with was that girl from… could it really only be two years ago? The brunette with the unrealistically communicative eyes. The one who had haunted my dreams, and thoughts for my last human days. The one who had me thinking of her for days, nonstop. The one I still thought about, though not as often. She wasn't even a real memory. Just a mere dream I had had as a human. I had no ties to her. I never had, and I doubted that I ever would have ties that were that strong to someone. The only strong ties I had ever had were to my family. Old and new.
Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie and I had all moved in with some of Carlisle's old friends, The Denali Clan. Tanya, Kate, and Irina.
I had developed an odd power. I could read what people were thinking. I ignored it most of the time, not paying attention to the buzzing and humming of voices in my head. Alice had the power to predict the future. Jasper could control the moods of people around him. Whether it be just one person, or an entire room full of them. He could make them calm, excited, tired, or any other emotion that he felt they needed to have at the time. Kate had the power to send an electrical shock to other people. She could just touch their skin with hers, and they would instantly be shocked with a powerful jolt of electricity.
Alice and I had become very close, both of us having strange things happening in our heads, that we weren't in control of, they just happened. Her catching glimpses and flashes of the future as people made their minds up on things. Me, hearing voices in my head, voices that weren't being spoken aloud. Voices that possibly don't want to be heard by anyone besides their own mind. I felt like I was invading everyone's privacy. They were all used to it by now. They knew if I had the choice I would shut it down when I didn't want it going. That I wanted my mind at peace everyone once and a while, too.
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Year: 1924, Denali, Alaska
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I walked into the living room, where the whole family was sitting, conversing with each other. I sat down next to Tanya, in the only open seat left, considering there were already nine other people sitting in the room. I didn't jump into the conversation, I just sat there and thought, not paying attention to what was being said around me. At least not until I heard my name said. I snapped out of my daze and looked at Alice, who had been the one to catch my attention. I then realized that she hadn't said my name out loud. She had said it in her mind, trying to get my attention.
I looked away from her, before anyone had gotten a chance to notice that I was looking at her, knowing that if she wasn't saying it out loud, it was something that she didn't need a direct answer from me to say.
Edward, she thought, are you alright? She was concerned, I could tell, but I didn't want to let her know that she had hit the mark.
I shifted my gaze up towards the ceiling, just a little, then back to where I had originally been looking, showing her that my answer was yes. I was okay. But I really wasn't. I didn't need her to get worked up over something, at least not in front of everyone.
She knew I was lying, but she let it go, for now. I knew she would hound me about it later on, until I told her every detail of what was going on. She hated being out of the loop, even if it was only one person who was in it at the time, she had to make her way through.
One annoying thing about Alice: She was nosy. Nosy, but she was nosy because she cared so much.
I lifted the corners of my lips slightly, as a sign of 'thanks' and then went back into my reverie. I needed to figure out who The Girl was. The Girl who was haunting my every thought these days. The Girl who I had never seen, never knew existed. The Girl who, for all I knew, didn't exist at all, maybe she never would, maybe she was just a figment of my human imagination. Of childhood… of hallucination.
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Year: 1925. Denali, Alaska
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"Do you all really have to go? Edward, couldn't you at least stay?" Tanya said, momentarily forgetting the fact that I could read minds. The underlying statement in that last sentence: Edward, why can't you give me a chance? Why don't you love me like I love you? Why are you leaving? I don't want you to go.
Carlisle picked up on this subtle statement without having a power to help him.
"Tanya," he began, "you know we would all stay if we could, but we've been here for five years, and we can barely pass as the ages that we're trying to claim. It's time to move on. We'll come back and visit. It's time that we all be on our way, and stop raising suspicion." he finished.
Thank you, Carlisle! I thought, even though he couldn't hear me, as he would be able to if he were me. Sometimes he could be a major lifesaver… in more ways than just that I realized, considering he was a doctor….
(A/N: If you're confused in any way about why I added that part, about Tanya, ask about it in a review… but if you can help it, refrain from asking, because I did it for a reason, that you'll find out further on in the story!)
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86 years later, Year: 2006, Forks, Washington
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I went out to my Volvo, waiting for the rest of my family. Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie… They were outside, and into the vehicle only a matter of seconds later. Alice sat in the passenger seat, and I drove us all to school.
I pulled into the parking lot, and instantly saw a red, rusted Chevy truck pull in moments after I had, I knew that this must be the new girl, Isabella Swan. Her father, Charlie, had told Carlisle all about her, he was excited to have her finally coming to live with him. He didn't see her often, and didn't know why she had made the sudden decision to live with him, but didn't pay it a second thought; he wasn't objecting to it.
I turned away, uninterested. It was then that I realized that I was hearing nothing coming from where her vehicle was turning into an empty parking space. I paid closer attention, still not looking her way. The silence in that spot was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Why was I unable to hear her thoughts? This was frustrating me more than I thought was possible. This had never happened before. I turned around, a glare already on my face, and looked at the girl, her back to me as she got out of the old Chevy.
I noticed as she slipped a little on the thin layer of ice that had covered the ground during the night. She was clumsy, I could already see that; it wasn't too hard to guess. She gathered her things, closed the truck door, and turned around, looking warily around the school lot. She was nervous, I could see, but what I noticed immediately after that was that she looked oddly familiar… as if from a dream…
She saw me then, and her jaw dropped. She quickly recovered, and quickly walked in the general direction of the front office. Probably eager to get away from my facial expression: a glare mixed with udder astonishment.
It was her. The girl from my dreams. The girl with the chocolate, brown eyes. The eyes that communicated everything the girl felt inside. All her feelings, her thoughts. Was it possible that fate was really laid out this way? Was it really in the stars? Destiny?
What was I thinking? There was no destiny. No fate, that had been laid out for me. It was just a dream. Nothing had happened. She was just simply in it. Nothing special about her at all.
I knew that was a lie, deep down, but I couldn't bring myself to let myself fully except the truth. I had to think of other things, not wanting to think of the inevitable.
I thought about my family, which led to me thinking about how all of them had someone to love; next topic. I thought about this monotonous school, where the new girl was now attending. I couldn't keep this up, everything led to her, in some way or another. I had to figure out why I couldn't read her mind. I had to figure it out soon, before it drove me to insanity.
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Bella's POV:
As I stepped out of my truck, and onto the slick, icy ground, I slipped a little. Hoping no one had taken notice of it, I caught my balance quickly, gathered my things, and shut the truck door behind me. I took a deep breath, and turned around, preparing myself for the long day ahead of me.
I looked around the lot, taking in all the people, though, compared to Phoenix, there really weren't that many people at all. My eyes lingered on a group of people, parked almost directly across from me. They were beautiful. No, beautiful didn't even begin to cover them. Beautiful was an understatement.
One of them was glaring at me. Why? I couldn't have done anything to him already. I hadn't spoken a word to anyone besides my dad since I had arrived here. How was it possible for him to be mad at me?
I pried my eyes away from his, and rapidly walked towards the general area of where I thought the front office was. I needed to pick up my schedule. And get away from the hateful eyes of him.
(A/N: Hey everyone! I hope you liked this chapter... Also, I REALLY would appreciate if any of you had an idea for a new Story title...? Because I originally was planning on doing this in only Edward's Perspective, but, as you can see, even in the first chapter, that's not happnening, because we've now had Carlisle and Bella's Perspectives, too, sooo... any ideas? Because I think that 'Edward's Story' is a bit too vague now... I'd appreciate it and give credit to whoever can think of a new title for me, [and just so that you're aware of it, if I dont pick your title, don't feel bad, please, I'll choose whicever one I think fits the best with the story.] Thank you to anyone who helps me with this. And don't forget ▬ REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!! It's greatly appreciated, and I looove criticism! Was it good? Bad? Did something need a little work? did you like one part? Did you hate one part? Tell me! I want feedback, please! :) Reviews motivate me to write more! hehe. Thanks again, and I hope you enjoyed ▬ next chapter will be up pretty soon, since school's out for two weeks, and I have time!)
