CHAPTER 2
Once I passed the 'Welcome to Forks' sign I took out the directions that I'd shoved in my purse. They're in here somewhere…
"Ah there you are" Great now I was talking to myself.
I followed the directions into a secluded part of town. Once I turned onto a little dirt path I thought for sure I got lost, but when I kept going I saw a huge house in front of me. It was smaller than the one I used to live in. It was all white with black windows and a black door. I parked my car in the garage that could probably hold up to 7 cars. I got out of the car and headed to the front door instead of the one inside the garage. I opened the door and gasped.
"Woah…" was all I could say.
The whole downstairs was furnished in a black and white theme. With a black carpet under the white sofas, black and white beanbag chairs, black flat screen TV with two black walls and two white walls. The kitchen had a black counters and white cabinets with stainless steel appliances. Off to the side was a black rectangular table with eight white leather chairs. Off to the left was a door that led to the downstairs washroom. To the right was a door that I guessed led to the garage?
I grabbed my bags from by the door where I had dropped them before and headed up the stairs to the second floor. There were six doors on the second floor. There were three doors on the right side of the staircase and three doors to the left. I went to the left. The first door was on the left side, it was a bedroom, and the theme of this room was black and purple. The second door was on my right the theme of this room was black and beige. The third door was on my left, the theme for this room was black and red. Then I went to the right side and opened the first door. It was on my left, it was a study with a printer/scanner a wooden table with a high-tech computer and maps on the wall. It had a black and brown theme. The second door was on my right. It was a bedroom with a black and dark purple theme. Not too girly and not too boyish, this was going to be my room. It had a bathroom attached like all other bedrooms; all the bathrooms had a black and white theme. I dropped my bags in my room and went to the last door, I gasped when I opened it. It was a library with shelves upon shelves of books- from magazines to classics to sci-fi and supernatural. The theme of the library was orange and black. It also had a lounge area off to the side by the window.
I went back into the hall and climbed the stairs to the third floor the third floor was just a huge spacious room. It had vines climbing up all four of the walls, a few rose bushes. Most of the ceiling was glass and I'm guessing you could open it. The middle of the room was empty. This was going to be my practice room. I smiled and went back to my room.
I crashed on my bed, even though I wasn't tired. I don't get tired easily- none of us do. I sighed and pulled out my phone and called Phil.
"Hello?" Lyla picked up the phone.
"Oh hey Lyla, how's it going" I asked.
"Bella! Why does Phil have you saved as Fireball?" she didn't give me time to answer. "Oh, and everything's great except for the fact that I had to get up in the morning and come down to a messed up kitchen." She laughed. Lyla was great she didn't get fed up easily and she always puts up with Phil- the guy is always all over the place.
"oh yeah… he had trouble with the eggs" we both laughed and chatted for another few minutes.
"Well I just called to say thanks. I know you're the one who got the house furnished the way I like it." I thanked her.
"It was nothing, you know I jump at the first chance to boss people around" she joked. I laughed.
"Well I gotta unpack now, send my regards to Phil and thanks again" I said.
"I will, and oh Bella, me and Phil are gonna go on a second honeymoon and then we're going to travel some more so don't call the home phone." She said.
"Alright I won't bother you then. Have fun" I said. We both said our goodbyes and hung up.
I walked over to my bags, took everything out and placed it on my king sized bed. Half an hour later I was all done and sitting on the couch downstairs and watching a marathon of my favourite TV show, Supernatural.
After I watched the marathon I looked at the clock and realized it was time for dinner. Even though eating is not necessary for us, it's better to eat, it gives us more energy. So I went to the kitchen and opened the fridge. I wasn't shocked to find that it was full of food. I took out some bread, cheese, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard and come chicken to put in my chicken burger.
After I ate, I hand washed the dishes and went upstairs to get ready for bed, again sleep is not necessary but it's better to be rested. Once I was ready, I climbed into bed and drifted to sleep. And like many other times I dreamt of the night my parents died…
"Mom! I'm home!" I yelled as I took off my shoes. I'd just come home from school.
"Hey, baby." My mom said. I knew instantly something wasn't right. My mom always asked how school was and told me to wash my hands for lunch. I went to the sink and washed my hands anyway. I sat on the stool by the kitchen counter and ate my food in silence.
After a while I heard my Dad's cruiser pull up in the driveway. My dad never came home early. Something was seriously wrong here.
Once my dad came in he hung up his gun, but didn't take out the bullets, he always took out the bullets. Both my parents had a sad expression on their faces.
My dad turned to me and said "Bella, we have to talk to you".
I put my dishes in the sink and followed my parents into the living room. They sat down and looked at me.
"Bella, there's something we haven't told you. Something about you." My mom said. Now I was scared, my parents were acting really strange, and I didn't like it. Not one bit.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Bella, we don't have time and I know this is a short notice but you have to listen to me. We don't have time to ease you into this so we're just going to say it." My dad said. At first I thought they were gonna tell me that I was adopted or something. Oh how wrong I was…
"Bella, you are not fully human." My ever-so-blunt-mom threw out at course me being the girl I was, I laughed.
"You're joking right? I mean sure I read books about the supernatural but I'm not stupid enough to believe it!" I looked at my parents.
"Look, Bella we don't have time for this, so I'm going to tell you everything and you're going to listen." My dad said, his voice ringing with authority. My dad never used that voice with me, and I knew better than to disobey him now.
"Ok Bella, I know this is hard to believe but just hear us out. There are things in this world that walk around us unrecognized, things, that humans think are mythical beings. Beings like werewolves and vampires. Werewolves were hunted to near extinction by their enemies, vampires. Do you know that reservation close by- La Push?" I nodded. "There are shifters in that reservation. Shifters are people that can shift into different animals. The La Push shifters can shape shift into wolves." I was shocked. And by now I knew that my parents were telling the truth.
"And vampires aren't like the ones you read about in the books. These vampires aren't affected by garlic; they aren't killed by stakes to the heart. And they do not sleep in coffins. In fact they do not sleep at all. The sun doesn't even burn them; actually as silly as it sounds they're skin sparkles like crystals in the sun.
My curiosity took over and I asked, "Then how do you kill a vampire?" My parents looked at each other and answered…
"It's near impossible to kill them, you have to tear them apart and burn the pieces." My mom answered.
"What does all this have to do with me?" I asked.
"You Bella, are what they call a Night Guardian." Answered my father.
"What's that" I asked.
This time it was my mother that answered me. "Night Guardians are half immortals with special abilities. There are more people like you. You will grow into being a night guardian. You will discover your abilities at age thirteen. That's this year for you Bella. Then you have keep practicing to become a proper guardian. And at the age of eighteen" My mom paused "You will stop aging" I gasped.
"What! That's crazy! I can't stop aging at eighteen! Y-you didn't stop aging at eighteen! How are there supposed to be more of us if we stop aging at eighteen?" Now I was freaking out.
"The guardian line is not passed down by family; you are each born to an unsuspecting couple until on the day of your birth, on that day both your parents just get this weird realization, it's like they knew all along what you were going to be."
"So what do we do, why do we exist" I asked still confused.
"Guardians exist to keep people safe from supernatural beings, mainly from vampires."
"What! But you said it's near impossible to kill them." I said, surprised.
"Not for a guardian, we told you they have abilities. You'll have better senses, you'll be a lot stronger and faster than humans. And every guardian has their own extra ability. You will know yours soon."
"We told you all that we know." My dad said. "Now you have to do as we say. Soon there will be a knock at the door when we greet the person you will jump out of the window in your room and run as fast as you can into the forest and hide. And you won't come out until you are sure that they are gone. Do you understand me?" Asked my dad. " I know it sounds crazy but you are a guardian, that jump won't harm you"
"Who's coming?" I asked, scared.
"Vampires" my dad answered in a solemn tone.
"You have to be strong baby." My mom said with tears in her eyes. "This may be the last time you see us. So please do as we say." That was when I started crying. I knew this was going to be goodbye.
I hugged my parents and we said our 'I love you's and farewells'. They told me to go to my room and keep the window open and not make a single noise.
After a while I heard a knock on the door downstairs. I braced myself on the windowsill, ready to jump.
"Hello Jane, Alec, Dimitri, Felix…"
And I jumped out the window and into the forest. I hid there for hours. Until finally I went back. And what I saw made my blood run cold.
I woke up panting at the picture of my parents lying in the living room floor in a pool of their own blood. That was the day I promised I'd become the best guardian and kill every motherfucking bloodsucker that I come across.
Once I had gotten back, I didn't know what to do so I called the police. I was sent to live in Phoenix with Phil and the case was being investigated. Of course the police didn't find anything, and after a while the case was closed.
I got up and looked at my alarm clock, 6:47 AM… I guess I should start getting ready for my first day at Forks High School…
Ok so now you know Bella's past and what she is.
Cullens in next chapter.
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