I was four when I first realized I was different. Different - not special. A freak.
Flashback
"Mommy? Mommy, where are you? Mommy!" I was lost.
My mom and I were currently living in Italy. We were still looking for a house. We were staying at a hotel until we found one.
I saw a shadow, and a streak of black. The movement stopped. "Hello, what's your name?" I looked up through my eyes, blurred with tears. I blinked them away.
There was a girl, maybe 14 years old, kneeling in front of me.
She was beautiful. She had blonde hair, tied in a bun. Her face was round and perfectly shaped. She looked like an angel. Even though she had frightening, sparkling, crimson eyes, I launched myself at her, my arms around her neck, feeling safe.
I sat like that for a few minutes sobbing while she comforted me. When I pulled back I apologized wiping my tears. "My name is Bella." I said softly. "I can't find my mommy."
Her face twisted into sadness. She was sorry for me. "I'm Jane." She replied. "How 'bout I take you to my family so we can find your mommy?" She murmured kindly.
"Okay." I whispered. I wonder what her house looks like. Surely someone so beautiful has a nice house.
She pulled me into her arms and started running. She was very fast. Everything blurred past me quickly. The wind stung my face. I buried my head into her chest.
She was very cold, and hard. Like granite.
Suddenly she stopped. She put me down and opened a drainage hole in the ground. Is this her house?
She picked me back up and jumped into the dark hole. I counted the seconds until we landed. 1, 2, 3, 4, than silence. "Don't move." She commanded. I stayed still.
She jumped up back to the opening of the drain. Was she leaving me here? In this dark, scary place?
I heard the drain gate pull back over the hole. Everything was black now. I whimpered, trying to find the wall. I felt two cold arms wrap around me, picking me up.
"It's okay, Angel." Jane whispered, "I'm here."
Jane started running again. I rested in her arms, content, and fell asleep.
When I woke up I was laying on a blanket, on the floor. I sat up, dazed. My memories came rushing back to me. I shivered. What a strange dream.
I was abruptly aware of 12 very beautiful people looking curiously at me. I felt unsafe. Scared.
Instantly all of the twelve beautiful people were flung back away from me, smashing into the walls. I gasped. What just happened?
I looked around eyes wide, trying to make sense of what just occurred.
It's been four years since that happened. I am now 8 years old. My mother was found six months ago, she was shot and hidden. The 12 angels took me in as their daughter.
There were my fathers, Aro, Marcus, and Caius. There were my brothers, Felix, Demetri, Santiago, and Alec. There were my sisters, Heidi, Jane, and Reneta. And my mothers, Sulpicia, and Didyme.
Only they could know about me. No other vampires could see me. Even though nobody could hurt me, before I hurt them, Aro insisted that Felix, and Demetri acted as my guards.
I wasn't afraid when they told me what they were.
My vampire family taught me everything. My fathers taught me chess, I still couldn't beat them, but I was good. Felix taught me math, even now as an eight year old I could pass college math exams and tests. Demetri taught me all about cars, I could hotwire them, and boost the engines of any car imaginable. He had signed me up for 'Car and Driver' magazine. And he promised to teach me to drive when I turned 10. Santiago was my languages teacher. I could speak fluently in Spanish, Latin, German, French, Italian, and Ancient Egyptian. I he was currently teaching me Chinese and Japanese. I could also write and read them all too.
Alec was my biology teacher, and he taught me everything I needed to know about atoms and genes. He even made me dissect a Tiger Shark. Heidi was my fashion expert. She signed me up for all the fashion magazines. Bought all my clothes, shoes and accessories. She gave me 2 hour-long lectures about the latest trends.
Jane taught me all about technology. She bought me the coolest computers and gaming systems. I had even designed my own. Jane had taught me how to take apart a computer and put it back together. I could name every wire and computer chip inside one. I knew how many screen pixels there were in a 13 inch Dell laptop.
Reneta helped me with my shield. I could stretch it a radius of 6 miles around me. I can create multiple shields at once, incase myself in one, and destroy vampires. Once I had been walking to my room, and my guards were bringing a rogue vampire into the throne room to be destroyed. He had been feeding too conspicuously. They walked past me. When the vampire smelled me he launched at me trying to eat me. I threw a shield around him instantly and tore him to shreds without even blinking or realizing what I had done. Demetri pulled out a lighter and burnt his remains.
The next day they gave me a lighter.
I could levitate myself using a shield to push me from the ground; I could levitate other people (or vampires) and move them around in the air. I could put a shield around someone and tear them to shreds, or squeeze it tight and crush them. I could put a shield around a finger or leg (or head) and slice it off. I usually only did that to my guards if they pissed me off. Nothing could penetrate my shields. Nothing could break them or even move them. If someone tried to run at me while my shield was incased around me they would be sent flying backwards. Not even vampires or their teeth could do any damage.
Here's a clue : Don't piss me off.
Jane, Alec, and Aro could not use their powers on me. Aro could not read my mind, Alec could not blind me, and Jane could not 'burn' me.
Aro says this may be because I also have a mental shield. One that prevents attacks on the mind. All of their powers were an illusion. Something that only affects the mind. Its span was also 6 miles.
My guards and I are the videogame testers for whatever new game or system Jane buys us. I always win. At first it was because they let me. I sliced off Felix's left pinky and told him to "actually play or I'll crush you to dust." He agreed, but I didn't give him his pinky for another week.
We have wrestling matches all the time. I can take on all 12 of them and still win. They get a kick out of it though, so do I.
Living with my vampire family, in a huge castle in Volterra is a great life.