Chapter Two

What just happened? What just happened! I am seriously freaking out. That guy and the finger and the pointing and the words. I am seriously freaking out. I... whoa I suddenly feel really dizzy I…I need to pull over. I pulled over to the curb and opened the door then climbed out and went to the outside of the road.

I plopped onto the ground and stared at the sky as if the answers to all my questions would be there. The world started to get blurry and I felt like I was going to pass out any second, and not knowing what was happening tried to fight to stay awake. But in my doing that a pain started to form on my fore head again and the more I tried to fight it the more it hurt. So I just gave up and let the pain consume me and drifted away from reality to another world.

When I opened my eyes again I was in a cave type thing and I could hear running water somewhere. So I got up and started searching for it, I don't know why but I felt I had to, as if that was the reason for my being here. I went through a bunch of twists and turns and finally I found a pond that had a waterfall going in to it, there was a beautiful lady in front of it. She was even more beautiful than Rosalie and was a goddess in her own beauty.

I walked up to her and said, "Hello I'm kind of lost can you tell me where I am?"

She smiled and said, "Of course, I am Nyx Goddess of Night and you're in my realm."

"I'm sorry, I think I heard you wrong did you say I'm in your realm," I asked blinking twice in surprise.

"Yes, and you don't have to be so polite, we're all friends here, my dear Isabella," Nyx said musically.

As she talked her words turned into a beautiful display of color and light that fit her…emotions I guess.

"Why am I here Nyx," I asked confused and dazzled.

She smiled again and said, "You're here because you've been chosen and I see great potential in you. You have a pure soul and I need your help, you see in a place called Tulsa, Oklahoma there is a school and in this school there is a mix of good and bad people. A particularly bad one called Neferet has taken control of a particularly good one's mind and is making her do bad things."

"And, let me guess, you want me to go in to this school and stop her from taking control of this girls mind," I asked bluntly.

"Yes and no, I want you to try and stop her all together, but only if you want to," she said nicely, "Oh and by the way, since you've been marked you have three days to get to a House of Night school or you'll get sick. It's because when you're a fledgling you need an adult vampire to make sure your stable."

"Okay, I'll try to and thank you for your help with this," I said back to her a little desperately because the world was getting blurry again.

"No problem, oh and another thing you're different than the rest, you're half my child and half the sun god's so you can tolerate more sun than others," she said again.

"Is that all I can do," I asked as our voices started to echo.

"No you'll find out the rest later," she said fading away.

I awoke with a jolt and sat up quickly whoa was that real or a hallucination. I look back up at the sky and I see the sun. Oh no, did I get sun burn, I quickly jump up race to the driver side door, trip twice, rip the door open, and slap down the mirror. I gasp at what I see on my forehead there is a tattoo, it's a half moon and half a sun put together and it's purple!

"It's real, I can't believe it, it's really real," I said to myself.

I'm so going home, I need Charlie to help me look this up, and I still need to make dinner for him too. I'll think about this later, after I make dinner, clean every room, and all the clothes because I could bet that none of it is done.

I shook my head and started up the truck again this time I'm not stopping until I'm get home.

When I got home I called for Charlie to come out and help me bring them in to the house. He came out and we carried them into the house real quick because it was starting to rain and when it rains in forks, it pours.

We got all of it inside just as it was starting to rain and Charlie left it in the kitchen and went to watch a ball game while I got started on dinner. Dinner was a quick, easy stew and I made in like a half an hour and when I called Charlie I swear I saw him wipe a little drool of his face.

When we were done I caught Charlie staring at my forehead intensely, he did this before too, when we took in the groceries but last time he must have thought it was due to the beer he drank.

"Dad I need to tell you something, "I…um…was marked," I said sheepishly.

"Marked," he asked confused, "what is that some kind of slang for tattooed?"

"No Dad, I truthfully have little idea what it means, but I think I can show you on the internet," I said tiredly.

So I lead him up to my computer in my room and sat him down at the desk so he could see it better. I turned it on and typed in Tulsa House of Night. What came up must have been the schools website it had all of the schools information including what happened there.

The website said Teens that have been marked came there to learn how to become vampires; citizens of the Night. It showed pictures of every room, teacher, and class it even had a picture of a student's forehead with a mark on it. It was different than mine, mine was half a moon and half a sun and all blue.

"You see Dad I have to go there and I got this mark because I was chosen. And I need to go there or else I will get really sick and eventually die," I said somberly.

"D-die Bells I'll get you there ASAP if you want in fact I'll go by you a ticket right now, but I still get to visit you right," he said frantically.

"Yeah Dad you can visit me on freedays, which are every Friday," I said soothingly.

"How about once a month," he asked knowing he couldn't afford every Friday.

"Sure Dad, but I need some money to go shopping again for new clothes and a new car," I said.

"Why a new car," he asked.

"I almost crashed it today and it has too many memories for me to handle," I said self-consciously.

"It's okay kido you can use your college fund you're not going to use that now," he said gruffly.

"Thanks Dad, do I have a curfew or something," I asked.

"Yeah be back by ten, please your leaving early tomorrow morning for Oklahoma," he said all fatherly like.

"Okay love you Dad," I said sweetly.

"Love you too, kid," he said gruffer than before.

Charlie leaved and went down stairs to do who knows what and I started to make another mental list

Save half of money

Get a new car

Get a new look

Get new wardrobe

Once I had that done I went down stairs, through the front door, and into the truck I started her up and drove over to a car dealership in Seattle. To find a nice Hummer that is transportable to Oklahoma. I found one almost immediately it was a pitch black with everything leather except the seats which are cashmere.

The dealer wanted it real cheap so I paid him on the spot two-thousand dollars out of my total seventy-thousand dollars. And I sold him my truck for one-thousand because he said it was a vintage whatever.

Now onto my new look a haircut should do along with a new set of makeup. First I went to the salon and got my hair layered to add to the volume and red highlighted it to enhance the color. I also got tips for a new makeup set from one of the nice ladies at the salon the told a store to get it from and everything.

When I found the store I bought the makeup recommended to me and left the store eager to start clothes shopping.

I went to the Young Women section and bought a lot of darks, mostly black, dark green, blue, and purple, and red. I also bought lots jewelry like necklaces and bracelets and a lot of earrings.

When I was done I went back to my bran new Hummer and started it up to go on home and put all these new clothes into my suitcase. When I got home once again I called Charlie to come help me take my purchases inside and this time help pack them up.

When he came out side and said, "Geez Bells you sure bought a lot of stuff."

"Yeah, and I still have forty-thousand left can I keep it," I asked pleadingly.

"Sure Bells, it's your money, of course you can keep it," he said obliviously as we walked in side.

"Thanks Dad, did you call to inform them that I'm coming so that they won't be startled," I asked nervously.

"Yeah and I shipped your whole bedroom set over today, they said it would make you more comfortable there," he said normally like it wasn't a big deal.

"You what," I shrieked angrily.

"Sorry, Bells I thought it would make you more comfortable too," he said sheepishly.

I took a deep breathe to calm myself and said, "Its okay, Dad I guess I would be more comfortable with the bedroom set there."

By then we had put all my new clothes into the suitcase and were loading it once again it to my Hummer. I got into my car and he his and we started to drive down to the airport in Seattle. When we got there Charlie went to talk to a guy about bring my Hummer in with the luggage and I think I saw him give the guy a sly tip.

"There, now you don't have to pay for luggage 'cause it's in the car," Dad said proudly.

"Thanks Daddy," I said sweetly, "I'll miss you a lot in Tulsa."

"I'll miss you too kido, I mean this is happening so fast are you sure you want to go," he said gruffly.

DING "All people taking the flight to Tulsa, Oklahoma please board."

"That's me," I said awkwardly.

"Yep, that's you," he said even gruffer.

I gave him one last hug and a kiss and started walking toward the boarding door to get in line. I looked back one last time and saw his eyes shining with tears in the sun set.

I gave the lady my ticket to get on the plane and found my seat right away and as everyone found their seats I thought back to everything that had happened today. 'This is crazy,' I thought as the caption said we were leaving. I gave one last long look at the window before we started moving and thought to myself 'I'll really miss this place.'