Chapter 1: Making a new friend
Flashback Esme's voice
It all started 20 years ago. When Bella at the time was seven. (A/N: Don't worry later on in the story she's much older this is just a small flashback) While her older brother Emmett was 12 at the time. There father Charlie Swan was the police chief of Forks. But he was called to California on an emergency. So I took care of the children while he was away. Charlie was due back this morning around 11:00. So I got the children ready.
"Bella, Emmett get ready your father is due any moment" I said clapping my hands together to get there attention.
"But I don't want to put that ugly old dress on" Bella winded as I held up the dress that she was to wear. "It's for girly girls not for me and I won't wear it and you can't make me"
"Isabella Swan you are not to talk to me that way is that clear?' I asked looking at her as spaned her bottom. "
"Yes I understand" Bella cried as tears of pain ran down her checks. "But I'm not going to wear that thing"
"Fine then I will tell your father that you didn't do as you where told and you won't get the gifts he as brought back with him" I said pointing my finger at miss. Bella.
"Gifts?" Bella asked with wide eyes. Bella was a sweet child but she could be a handful sometimes as well. like now her father just doesn't infroce the rules around here.
"Yes now go get ready. Your father just came around the ridge" I said pointing up the stairs for them to get there little buts up there.
Bella and Emmett darted up them to get ready for there father. While I went out and welcomed Mr. Swan home.
"Welcome home sir. The children will be out in a moment there changing there cloths" I said with a smile. But then it fell from where it was when I saw a boy about Bella's age with him.
"Don't be so shocked Esme. I found him in a trashcan in Los Angles" Charlie said getting off his horse. "Take him inside and put some clean cloths on him"
"Come along now" I said leading the child inside. Followed by Mr. Swan.
"Bella, Emmett!" Charlie yelled through the house looking for his children.
Bella and Emmett came running down the stairs to see there father standing in the doorway.
"Father!" Bella yelled as she gave him a big welcome home huge. Oh how much Bella missed her father.
"What did you bring us?" Emmett asked looking at his father waiting for an answer to be given to him.
"Bella this doll came from a little doll shop in California. Emmett a football (A/N: This is all I could think of so go with me on this) I know you will get the use out of it" Charlie finished with a laugh.
"Who is that father?" Bella asked pointing at the boy standing next to me.
"Children this young man will be staying with us" Charlie answered his sweet Bella.
"But he's…he's poor" Bella said with a whisper looking at the boy then at her father.
"Bella! Do not make me ashamed of you. You children must appreciate what you have. One moment we could be living like this and the next we could be living on the streets. So always be thankful for what you have. Because there are some people out there who aren't as lucky" Charlie answered without a smile this time. Instated he just shock his head back and forth at Bella for what she had said. "He will be staying in your room Emmett" turning towards his oldest child.
"WHAT! My room why my room? I don't think so I won't let him" Emmett yelled as his foot hit the floor hardly.
"Emmett you are the oldest child between you and your sister by five years. You think by this age you would learn to share what you have. Now please set a good example for your sister" Charlie commanded as he looked at Emmett shaking his head once more.
"Fine" Emmett mumbled with anger. He ran up the stairs and into his room shutting his door behind him. While Bella introduced herself to Edward.
"Hello…" Bella began but realized she didn't know is name. Bella looked up at her father wanting to know is name.
"What's his name father?" Bella asked her father.
"Oh yes his name hmm lets see….Edward" Charlie said rubbing his chine.
"Hello Edward I'm Bella. Welcome to our home" Bella said with a smile. Charlie also had a smile upon his face. He was glad that his youngest child had introduced herself. Even if his oldest did not.
Months passed Bella and Edward became good friends. You could hardly separate each other.
"Hey I have a good idea" Edward said as he sat upon his horse.
"What is it?" Bella asked looking at Edward.
"Will have a race who ever gets to the top of that there mountain-'
"You mean Mont. Angele's" Bella said looking at Edward with a confused look.
"Yeah what ever the mountains called. Who ever get there first is a rotten egg" Edward said with a sarcasm smile upon his lips.
"Your on Edward" Bella said as her horse galloped over the logs that where in the way.
Moments later after going over many optical Edward got to Mont. Angele's followed by Bella.
"Ha I won. Now you have to do what I say" commanded Edward.
"Hey that's not far. That was not what we agreed on" Bella yelled looking at Edward as she got off her horse.
"All right fine. Since someone can't take a little composition" Edward said rolling his eyes. Bella gave him a little push along with a small laugh.
"You know what Edward your full of it you know that. You know what else? You're also very handsome" Bella said with a smile. While Edward just made a face. "Well you are. I've told Esme that your mother was an English Duchesses and that your father was a Baron of Germany" Bella said with another smile.
Edward said nothing but moment later he spoke. "Now what do you want to do?" he tried pushing the thing that Bella had just said out of his mind. He never knew his parents and didn't want to think of them right now.
"Well you could…fight for a castle after all you are a prince" Bella said with her eyes wide as two gold coins.
"You're not going to let the whole prince thing drop our you?" Edward asked raising his eyebrows.
Bella shock her head as her hair moved along. The wind began to blow which caused all the flowers and weeds around to blow in the wind like it was going to storm.
"Okay I'll fight for a castle" Edward said giving in. Bella was happy that he did now they would have somewhere else to play. So Edward battled the imaginary knight and won the castle on top of Mont. Angles.
"You see it wasn't that hard now was it?" Bella asked as she crossed her arms.
"No but I felt weird fighting something that wasn't there" Edward said sitting down on top of a small rock.
"You're not supposed to fill weird you're a child and a child should have an imagination. Because when you get older you won't have time to play at least that's what my father says. Have a great time being a child because you won't get to be a child again" Bella said sitting next to Edward.
As they looked out at the valley they could hear thunder in the distance.
"Come on there's going to be a storm shortly we better get home" Bella said standing up and getting back on her horse.
They road back to the house to find everyone around a table. What was going on? The children where about to find out and it was good news.
"Children your father has fallen ill from something he got in California" Esme said to me and Emmett as tears filled her eyes.
"Will he live?" Bella asked with fear in her voice.
"We don't know. Dr. Cullen said it could be days or hours" Esme said to us.
Bella sat down as tears ran down her face. She just couldn't afforded for her father to die she had lost her mother at a young age that she doesn't even remember her. But her brother Emmett remembers there mother very well. Often he would tell her stories of there mother but it still did nothing but make little memories for Bella and that was all.
Wet, cold, damp days went by for the household waiting to hear from the doctor on Mr. Swans condition. It was on a very stormy and cold night that we received the news. Doctor Cullen came down with a sad expression upon his face.
"He is in heaven now he is suffering no more" Dr. Cullen said looking at all of us.
The children where devastated. Bella cried and cried while Emmett just sat there motionless. This would be a hard time for the children.
"You may come up and say your goodbyes now" Dr. Cullen said with sadness. He to was very sad him and his two children Jasper and Alice knew Mr. Swan very well. Alice is youngest was Bella's age and Jasper was Emmett's age so they did a lot of playing together.
We all headed up to Mr. Swan's room when Emmett stopped Edward.
"Your not wanted hear my father may have wanted you hear but I don't. I'm master hear now" Emmett said coldly then walked up stairs to say goodbye to his dead father.
Bella saw all this happening but there was nothing she could do. Her father was dead she just couldn't deal with another crises right now. But in her heart she could fill the pain that Edward felt right then.
End of flashback
A/N:Poor Edward what will happen to him now? Will Bella ever get to see and talk to him again? Or will her brother forbide her to? All of these questions will be answered in the next chapter. Now all you have to do is press the reivew button Thanks:)