I slowly became conscious and stretched my arms and legs. I yawned and sat up with my eyes still closed. I rotated my neck trying to loosen the kink I knew was there. As I slowly regained my senses I started to notice something different about my surroundings. I scowled wondering where the bird and squirrel chatter had gone. Usually they were loud enough to wake a bear. Then I noticed through my eyelids that it was much darker than it was in the morning but I brushed it off. I probably just woke up too early. I took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. I scowled again. This didn't smell like my hill. It smelled too musky, wet and earthy. I finally opened my eyes and gasped. I wasn't on my hill!

I frantically looked around trying to make sense of my surroundings. Maybe it was my brothers I thought. Yes, that's it. They probably snuck out after I had fallen asleep and carried me deeper into the woods near the hill, but nothing looked familiar. The trees looked too old and dark for the trees near our house.

"Jake! Robert! This isn't funny! Come out now! I know you're there!"

I listened for their laughter but I heard nothing but the echoing of my shout. I waited for one of them to pop out from behind one of the trees and say, "There's nothing to have a cow about Jacky!"

I waited and waited but nothing happened. I was just about to grab my things and try to walk out of the woods when I thought I saw dark shapes moving into the darkness. I whimpered and crawled up next to a tree. The roots formed something like a living cave and I dragged my things in with me. I curled up and rested my cheek on my knee. I watched the shadows waiting for something to jump out at me knowing it probably wouldn't be my brothers. I knew now they weren't there anywhere. I started to cry from the loneliness. I wasn't used to being utterly alone. I always had my family or at least Vincent my boyfriend with me.

I tried to think about what could have happened and my first thought was my wish. I shook my head at the thought. Wishes don't come true especially if wished on a star. There is nothing magical about stars except their appearance. Maybe I had sleepwalked into an unknown part of the woods? Of course I hadn't sleepwalked since I was seven, but still it seemed my best conclusion.

I sighed. How was I going to get back? I don't have a cell phone so I couldn't call for help. If I tried going anywhere in this dark I would probably just make myself more lost. I sighed again. I probably would have to wait until it got light before I ventured into the unknown.

I wrapped myself in the blanket and closed my eyes. As I tried to drift off it started to rain. I gave a cry before covering my head with the blanket. Even though the leaves mostly blocked out the rain some of it still leaked down. I guess I wouldn't get to sleep after all. I watched the dripping of the rain for a bit before I drifted off again.

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I woke hearing something in the brush. I sat up and threw off the blanket hoping whatever it was that it wasn't harmful. I found out that it had stopped raining and that it had lightened just a bit. I saw something pale rush past the tree and I gave a squeak. Then some more of the things rushed passed as blurs and it took all my self-control not to make any more sound. I was afraid that maybe they were big cats or wolves. Or they could have been several Bigfoot for all I knew. I heard something between a growl and a hiss coming from where the creatures had gone and I started to tremble. I did not like the sound of that. I curled up tighter and threw the blanket over my head, again, believing in the childish scheme that if I couldn't see it, it couldn't see me.

I heard some footsteps come my way and it sounded like something on two feet instead of four so it couldn't be a cat or wolf. But it still could be something that could thirst for my life. I heard several soft whispers but they were going too fast for me to understand. I was starting to think that maybe it was human when a throat cleared. I pushed the blanket off my head and looked at the clearing in front of me.

There in front of me were six random people in the forest wearing baseball uniforms. One was a big male with muscles threatening to bulge out of his shirt. He had his arm wrapped around the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She had sheer blonde hair and had the most perfect face. I stared at her for a moment before she sneered at me and I studied the others. There was another male with blondish brown hair who was concentrating hard on me. I shifted nervously under his gaze before he gave a smug smile and I instantly felt calm. I looked at his companion who had an arm around his waist and was smiling sweetly at me. She was small and almost pixie like with brown hair. There was a woman with a mother-ish air that smiled at me warmly. Then there was another male who had blonde hair so light it looked white.

I noticed as I looked them over as they looked me over was that they all looked remarkably young. The man with whitish blonde hair looked to be the oldest at about twenty-five. But they all looked to about the same age. I also noticed they were all pale and had golden topaz eyes.

To them I must have looked a wreck cowering against the tree with a muddy blanket wrapped around me. I knew my hair must look like one big rat nest from the humidity. My face felt all dirty from sleeping first on the ground then on a tree.

The blonde-white man smiled at me warmly as he crouched down to my level. I noticed he was the one closest to me and that all the others were a good few feet away.

"What's your name?" he asked softly like he was trying not to scare an animal ready to bolt. No matter how calm I felt, of course I felt like bolting. I was in a forest with six strangers who for all I knew were axe murders though I doubted the big male needed an axe.

"Jacklyn Dyke," I whispered and all of them seemed to have heard.

"Well, Jacklyn, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Call me Jacky," I said automatically.

He smiled at me. "Okay, Jacky. What are you doing here?"

"I don't know. I fell asleep on a hill watching the stars and when I woke up I was here."

"She's obviously lying Carlisle!" said the beautiful woman.

He quickly shot a look at her and she closed her mouth with a glare. "That's enough Rosalie," he said dangerously.

I stiffened at the names. No, it couldn't be. It couldn't be. Carlisle? Rosalie? 'Oh no,' I thought. My wish had come true.

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Now, I'm not the one usually prone to fainting but the next moment I opened my eyes and saw Carlisle Dr. Cullen looking at me worriedly as he checked me over.

"Are you okay?"

'How would you feel if you all of a sudden realized your silly stupid wish had come true?' I thought but out loud I said, "I feel fine." 'It's a good thing Edward isn't here to read my thoughts,' I thought as he finished his examination.

With him so close I got a good look at him. My imagination hadn't done him any justice. I had always thought of him as looking like Brad Pitt or even George Clooney but he looked much better than them. His hair was cleanly combed back giving him something almost like a helmet like quality but it totally worked for him. His face was smooth and unblemished and his high cheekbones were quite pronounced. His eyes kept flicking to my face to see if I was okay and he noticed me staring at him confused. I was wondering why I had always pictured him as Brad Pitt.

He smiled at me. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen. This is my wife Esme, my adoptive daughters Alice and Rosalie, and my adoptive sons Jasper and Emmett." He pointed to each member of his 'family' though I had already figured it out.

My mind was in a whirl. My thoughts were racing so fast I thought maybe even Edward wouldn't be able to read them. I had asked a wish I had thought wouldn't be able to come true and sure enough here I was being examined by Carlisle. How was I going to get back? Could I just wish myself home? I closed my eyes and wished very hard to be back on my hill starting to wake up to go to my Uncle's party. But when I opened my eyes I was still in the forest with the Cullens. I moaned and closed my eyes again and Carlisle took it the wrong way thinking I was in pain.

I heard him say to the others, "I'll take her back to the house so I can look her over more carefully. It would be better that you tell Edward, Nick and Bella about what had happened."

I heard a heavy whisper and when I opened my eyes I was alone with Carlisle. He easily picked me up blanket and all and started to jog. I knew of course that he could very much easily run with me. I sighed and slowly fell asleep to the steady rhythm of his gait. I leaned my head against his chest and it unnerved me. Then it took me a moment to realize that there wasn't a heartbeat.