//Flashback//

So much pain. It was agonizing. I didn't know what was worse, this physical pain, or the pain from Him leaving me.

This pain!

I thought as another wave of fire hit my heart. I screamed out loud and opened my eyes. There was a blur in front of them and I quickly realized they were tears.

Yup. This pain is definitely much worse.

I thought before I blacked out.

//End Flashback//

I sat on my bed in my room, looking out the window. It was an exceptionally nice day today, which meant I couldn't go outside.

I sighed and lay back on my pillow. These were the worst days for me now. The sunny ones. I used to love them. When I could go out in public on these days.

I heard the door slam downstairs and got up. Emily came into my room, smiling hugely. That could only mean one thing.

"Oh no! You didn't, did you?"

She just kept smiling so I took that as a yes.

Sean came in behind her and dropped what must have been fifty bags of designer clothes on my floor.

"She did, and she made me carry them every where, so you better wear them!"

I smiled at my friends. I had joined their quaint coven a few years back. Twenty-three, to be exact.

They had been vampires much longer than I had, but we were all around seventeen and eighteen.

Sean and Emily met a little while after they had been changed and their love blossomed.

Though I didn't show it, it made me sick to my stomach to see them around each other. They were always looking at each other, touching, kissing.

It reminded me of one thing…

I started looking through the newest pile of clothes to get my mind off the track it had gone down.

I picked up a hot pink vest with lime green sleeves and purple fur on the hood. I looked at Emily.

"You don't seriously think that I'm going to wear this to school, do you?"

Her wide variety of clothing reminded me of Alice.

"No, silly."

She grabbed it out of my hand. "That's for me."

I rolled my eyes and picked up a plain, navy blue sweatshirt.

"This is nice." Emily rolled her eyes. "I only got that because you get it free when you buy this." she said and held up a pair of bright orange pants.

"Is that for you too? That will go nice with the vest." I said sarcastically. "Nope," she said, not catching the sarcasm, or if she did she did a good job of hiding it, "These are for you."

I came in from hunting, we all hunt animals; not humans, and Sean was sitting on the couch, playing his latest video game.

"Are you skipping again today, Sean?" I asked him. "No. I'm just coming in late." "Again." I added.

He rolled his eyes at me. "Bella! You take school way too seriously. You're a junior for the twentieth time! Geez! It's okay to skip a day or two now and then."

"Sean, a day or two? What happened to the whole semester you skipped because you had ammonia?" I cocked an eyebrow at him and he returned to his game.

We pulled into the parking lot of the school. I had pretty much the same classes as every year, so I knew everything by heart now, not to mention having a picture perfect memory.

I got out and slammed the door behind me. "I'm sorrryyyyyy!!" Emily said, getting out of the car and running to catch up to me. "You just seem so lonely! You should really find a boyfriend!!"

She said that last part quite loud and I saw a lot of boys look up, interested. I kept walking.

"You always have to bring this up, Emily!!" Sean said. He put his arm around her shoulder. "But she seems so lonely!" she said.

"It's none of your business!" I growled back.

They didn't know anything about Him or the rest of his family. If they knew, I could only imagine what Emily would do.

Thinking about Him and his family made me extremely angry, and I could practically feel my eyes turning red. My palms started simmering. Sean and Emily must have seen because they ran up to me.

"Bella! You need to calm down, now! Emily always says stuff like that, you should hear what she says to me, and I'm her husband!"

I took a deep breath and when I calmed down I turned around. "You're right. I'm sorry Emily."

"No, I'm sorry, Bella. I shouldn't have gone that far. I know it's a touchy subject with you, even though I have know idea why…,"

I was grateful to be in the school so she would be distracted from where her train of thoughts was taking her. I didn't want to go there. Especially with Emily.

Emily and Sean had the same power; they could highly influence people but listening to their minds and putting thoughts into them. They never used it though because for some reason it made them and anyone else around them instantly depressed.

My power was more unique and I fought the Volturri off many times for and with it.

I could make fire. Whenever I got really angry, it would randomly come out of my hands and my eyes would turn red. I could throw it and stuff like that, but it never stayed. It would just die after burning its target.

Our lockers were all in the same part of the hallway since we were all "juniors" and my last name was Swan and theirs was Thomas we were also in the same homeroom.

We just closed them when someone announced over the loud speaker that the juniors and seniors were to report immediately to the auditorium.

I looked at Sean and Emily and rolled my eyes. "Let's go." I said, leading the way.

We walked into the crowded auditorium and took seats close to the back. I watched people pile in and soon the whole auditorium was full.

Emily, Sean, and I always had to hold our breath whenever we came here because there were just so many people packed into a slightly small room and the scent was overwhelming.

The principle stood up and said his usual, you doing great this year, no smoking, too many detentions; I know we are going to make this the best year yet! All in his high pitched annoying voice.

I started to tune out when he said;

"I am however, disappointed in the junior and senior classes. We have been in school for over 5 months now, and you all know the school policy. Any more people late to classes without passes have no more warnings. It's going to be strictly detentions. This reminds me. There have been way too many detentions and we're not even halfway through the year! The teachers and I have been talking about canceling your prom,"

He was interrupted here when the crowd yelled with objections.

My mind instantly trailed to Jasper and how I would have felt bad for him if he was here now, feeling everyone's emotions.

"I could seriously care less right now." Emily said at vampire speed. "I've been to about twenty proms already! It's always the same drama! Nothing new."

I smiled and nodded my head while Sean chuckled.

The back double door slammed shut and everyone turned around to see who it was.

A short blond haired teacher walked in a smiled sheepishly, "Sorry." She said quietly.

I started to turn back around when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked where I saw it and whipped my head back around and gasped.

I sunk down in my seat as far as I could go. Sean and Emily both looked at me with curious faces. I closed my eyes and hoped that they wouldn't see me,

The Cullen's.

Well, that's the end of the first chapter. Tomorrow is Halloween and I am wicked excited so I have to finish all my homework now. I'm going to try to have another chapter up before the end of the weekend. Review and no flames please.

Kay