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Almost nine years later...

Bella's POV

"Hey Dad, I'm gonna go for a quick hike." I said to my Father after he had eaten his dinner and was now sitting in front of the TV. He glanced my way quickly before flicking his eyes back to the screen. I turned my head to hide my smirk.

Though by now he was use to my hunting, he still pretended that I was actually going for a hike. And I guess in a way I was doing that. Dad had always been okay with my weirdness meaning my impossibly fast growth rate, and my choice of diet. I thought my growing had been normal until he had set me straight on the fact that humans don't grow up so fast. I'm still awed by the fact that it takes them eighteen years to look like me when it only took me seven.

I walked upstairs, at a human pace, to my room to change into clothes that I could hunt in. That was another thing that I had learned that kind of freaked out Dad, was my too quick movements. I did my best to act human in front of him, which wasn't that hard given the fact I had a lot of time to learn.

Once I was changed into a pair of jeans and a shirt that I didn't really care for, I made my way down the stairs. I yelled a quick goodbye to him and walked out the back door. The cover of the forest kept me hidden as I ran at full speed dodging the trees in my way. My senses opened up as I listened to the nature around me, also making sure to steer clear of any hikers or other humans in the woods. The sun had set for the evening and I made quick work to go to my usual hunting area. It was far enough away from civilization where I could let my instincts take over.

I jerked to the left as the bitter tangy smell of deer assaulted my nose. They weren't the best tasting but they would have to do. My body fell into a crouch as I silently stalked my prey. The deer were drinking from a narrow stream totally unaware of my presence. I breathed in their scent deep into my lungs letting go to the hunt as my throat burned to be quenched. I sprang at the closest buck at me and pulled it down and sunk my sharp teeth into its neck. The warm blood coated my mouth and throat as I drank greedily from the buck. My heart beat faster than normal from the adrenaline coursing through me because of the fresh blood.

When it had run dry I chased after the rest of the herd and drank from them as well. I felt full almost sloshy which was good since tomorrow was my first day of school. I had never been to school nor had I ever actually had interaction with a human other than Dad. Due to the fact of my constantly changing body, but now that I have matured I was allowed out into the world. I never blamed him for keeping me hidden as both of us knew people would simply not except my quirks. Dad had feared they may try to take me away if people found out, and neither of us wanted that.

As I hid the evidence of my kills, I began to think back to what had actually started this diet. I knew that since I was living here permanently, I couldn't drink from humans. Even as I child I knew that would draw too much attention. So I had experimented with animal blood and it just sort of stuck.

I was running home and rain began to fall down pelting my face. Humans would have been cold, I was not. Another perk to being different was that my body temperature ran much higher than others. I couldn't really feel the cold because of my abnormal heat. But I knew the difference between hot and cold. Neither impaired me in the slightest.

The house came into view and I hurriedly climbed up the back steps and went into my room for fresh clothes. I was in the bathroom a moment later and stripped from my hunting clothes leaving them in a pile on the floor. They didn't have a speck of blood on them since over the years I had learned how not to be a messy eater. It was just routine to shower after hiking. I turned the water as hot as it went and stepped into the shower. The water ran down over me and I lifted my face into the spray. I began to shampoo my hair and thought about tomorrow.

I was nervous going to school and I hoped that I wouldn't stand out so much. I really hated being the center of attention and I had a feeling I would be just that the next day. My mind ran over the story Dad had come up with over why I was suddenly in his life. He had suggested that I tell people that my Mom was his ex-wife Renee and that he didn't know about me till recently. Somehow he had gotten papers for me and everything so I had an identity at least. Isabella Marie Swan. I finished my shower and got dressed into my sweatpants and a big holey shirt that used to be Dad's. I crawled under my blankets after turning out the light and sighed.

My dreams were always filled with nightmares and a lot of times I would turn invisible due to my fear. Dad used to get so frantic when he would come check on me and he couldn't see me. I still can recount the many times he thought I ran away. It totally freaked him out when he could hear my voice but not see my body. But he soon just accepted this and we don't talk about it. I guess he's realized that I'm always going to be weird. Sometimes when I have overpowering emotions I "disappear." It definitely came in handy when Billy and his son came over. I would sit in the room invisibly and watch them. Dad said they too couldn't know about me.

I had a happy childhood with him but I would often times get so lonely. That's why my room was filled to the brink with books. That was my way of feeling less alone when Dad was at work. I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.

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