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My body was completely engulfed in flames. I screamed, not out of pain but out of fear. The fire didn't burn at all. I roll over trying to put it out but nothing works. After what feels like an hour of screaming the fire starts to simmer down. When the fire stops I am completely naked because my clothes were burned off of me.
I can see my arm and it's a strange gold color and it's sparkly. I looked down to my legs and it's the same. Then I touch my face and it feels like my arms and legs, smooth, like marble. Then I reach for my hair after realizing that it's not hanging on my shoulders. When I touch it it feels warm and light almost like the way hair feels in water. I get up and try to find a river or some body of water so I can see what I look like. Even though I have no idea where I am I keep looking for water. While I walk I notice that everything looks different, clearer, I can see further and the colors of the grass, trees, dirt, and even insects have been amplified. It's beautiful. I can hear everything, too. I can hear the grass break under my feet , I can hear the caterpillar climbing up the tree towards my left, and I can hear a stream of water not too far from me. I walk towards the sound of the water and when I am standing above it I am scared to look down. A small part of me is saying don't look, but an even bigger part of me is pushing my eyes downward.
I am not human. Those are the only words I can think of to describe what I look like. My eyes are a furious bright red, an angry red. My hair is floating around me like a soft fire and is a mixture of auburn, red, orange, and gold making my hair look like a flame. All over my body my skin is that gold color like on my arms and legs. However, I do not look fourteen anymore. I look like a grown women with very pronounced curves. I stare at the water dumbfounded. What the hell just happened to me? When I am finally able to break my gaze from the water I start to find my way back to town. As I walk I begin to see a break in the trees leading to the side of a convenient store by the freeway.
"Wait I can't walk out like this." I say to myself. Then it hits me. Will I look like this forever? Is there a way to change back?
I start to pace and think of what I could do to change back. Fear washes over me. Thinking that there is nothing I can do I begin to walk in any direction, crying. Then out of frustration I yell and scream. I kick the dirt and go to punch a tree. However, I did not expect what happened to happen when I did punch the tree. As my fist collided with the tree an enormous fire came through my knuckles and blasted the tree causing it to fall over in flames. Then quicker than I could blink the grass caught fire and that led to other trees catching fire. Soon everything around me is burning. I just started a forest fire!
"Oh my God. OhmyGodOhmyGodOhmyGodOhmyGod . OH MY FREAKING GOD!" I panic and start to run as fast as I can but then I realize that as I am running my footsteps left a trail of flames that also began to turn into a much bigger fire. Not knowing what else to do I froze. In the distance I could hear fire trucks coming. I tried to calm myself but I couldn't. What if the firemen saw me? What if they tried to shoot me? What would I say? What if I burned them by an accident too? What if they die trying to put out the fire? What if someone dies? The questions kept filling my head to the point where it became too much and I passed out.
When I woke up I was in Nessie's room. I knew because of the paper lanterns above me and the plushy bed. The first thing I did was check what color my skin was and was relieved to see that I was back to normal. Then I realized that I was really cold and noticed that I was wrapped up like a burrito in an ice cold blanket. To the left of me was some hot chocolate and a note. I wiggled my left arm out and grabbed the note.
Dear Arielle,
We are glad to see that you are okay but there is something you must know about yourself. We aren't quite sure about it ourselves, but I have a very strong feeling that I might be able to give you some peace of mind as to what's happening. So when you feel comfortable and stable please come downstairs.
Sincerely,
Carlisle
Nerves quickly overcame me and I felt the heat coming on but the ice cold blanket kept me subdued. After taking a deep breath I unwrapped myself from the blanket. I was still naked so when the door opened I jumped back under the blankets holding them up to my nose to cover my blush. It was Nessie.
"Oh I'm sorry I should've knocked."
"Um, it's okay it is your room." We laughed for a small second and then there was an awkward silence. I took a sip of my hot chocolate. Then Nessie walked over and hugged me.
"I'm so glad you're okay. When Jacob brought you in I was so worried." Who's Jacob? Nessie stared at me for a minute and then laughed. "Maybe I should grab you some clothes." I nodded .
She rummaged through her closet and found an unused bra, panties, sweatpants, and an oversized t-shirt.
"I hope they fit. You don't have small boobs and your butt is colossal." She laughed.
"I am not that big." She rolled her eyes at me. I drank the rest of my hot chocolate and made her turn away while I dressed. When I was ready she told me what happened.
"If you want me to be honest I didn't go to school today because my dad is very unnecessarily overprotective and when he saw the results of your blood test he got all father ape on me. I wanted to go because I knew you wouldn't hurt me and that you didn't even know what was going on with you. Anyway, towards the end of the school day we heard screaming and I said it sounds like you but nobody went to check. I wanted to go because the person sounded like they were in a lot of pain. About an hour later we turned on the news and saw that there was a forest fire that was started by the Quileute rez. Ten minutes later Jacob showed up at the door with you. I couldn't believe it. You looked amazing in a weird way. It was like we were in awe from the sight of you. Your skin was gold and glittery and your hair alone. Your hair was breathtaking, with the way it resembled flames and floated around you like a wild fire in slow motion was simply beautiful. Jacob had to put you down somewhere. He said you're skin was really hot. You kinda burned him a little. So my aunt, Alice, grabbed a blanket and soaked it in cold water and wrapped it around you and then took another blanket and filled it with ice and wrapped that around you to. Then they put you on the table and watched you change. It was amazing. As your body cooled down the gold skin started to melt away and underneath was your regular skin. Your hair started to change back from the root then you were yourself but only one a few things changed though. Your eyes are like permanently this blood red color and you have a streak of red in your hair on either side of your face." She lifted up the hair showing me that my hair was still jet black but it looked like I had highlights. "Oh and you have this really strange tattoo that appeared on your neck as you changed back." She passed me a small mirror and pointed out where the tattoo was. It was gold and sparkly like the skin before and it was a small picture of an eye with no pupil or iris or whatever it's called, but circling the eye were words in an unfamiliar language.
"I have a question."
"What is it?"
"Who's Jacob and why would he bring me to you? Why didn't he run away from me or something being that I didn't look like a normal person?"
"Um, Jacob is my boyfriend and um, I think you should come downstairs now." I stared at her wearily and then agreed to go.
The whole family was in the living room. Carlisle, Edward, and Alice were standing by the end of the stairs. Emmet, Rosalie, Bella, Jasper, and Esme were sitting on the couch staring at me mumbling something I couldn't make out and all the way in the corner by the window was a tall, muscular, tanned man with short hair who I guess is Jacob. He looks way to grown to be going out with a fourteen year old. Then again, Nessie doesn't look anything near fourteen. Just then I saw Edward chuckle. Was he laughing at me?
"Glad to see you Arielle." says Carlisle. Not knowing what to say I smile at him. I feel really embarrassed and I don't know what to do. "If you don't mind coming with us," he says gesturing to Edward and Alice," We would like to talk to you." I nod and walk with them. Nessie follows us. We walk into an area that looks like a hospital room.
"Have a seat." Carlisle now has a business tone to his voice. "Yesterday when I tested your blood there was an abnormality in it. On each of your blood cells there was a tiny orange cell that would basically go around and latch onto the other blood cells in your body and infect them which would change them orange. You had told me that these episodes of burning only started a couple months ago but when I saw your blood cells I knew that was a lie. How did I know that? These cells moved extremely slow and counting the amount of cells in the blood sample that were orange and how long it took to infect other cells tells me that this has been happening for over a year if you think of the amount of blood in the human body, which would explain why it has taken such a long time for you to change completely which you did do today. Your blood has mutated and we still struggle to find the scientific reason for it but we do have an idea of what the mythical reason is. After Jacob brought you in today it is clear that what has happened to you is nowhere near scientific." I take in his words.
" Are you telling me that I have morphed into some kind of storybook creature and that the answer to my problems can be found in the fictional section of the library?"
"If you look at it that way then yes." Carlisle had a straight face so I could see he was serious.
"This can't be real because if it is then that must mean zombies, werewolves, witches, mermaids, and vampires must be real too. I don't believe this there has to be a scientific reason to make all of this make sense Carlisle."
"Not everything in the world makes sense Arie. If you think about it these stories are labeled fictional but there had to be someone who came up with it in the first place and what made them think of such supernatural things." Nessie was trying to calm me down by saying that.
"I don't know maybe they used their imaginations Nessie."
"If you read a few things that came down to what you are would you then believe it." said Edward.
"I don't know, maybe. This is just a lot to hear. Am I not a human?"
"No Arielle, you're not..." said Alice. She trailed off and looked to Edward and Carlisle and they nodded with approval." You aren't normal Arielle and neither are we but before you ask about us you have to let us tell you about you. Okay?" I nodded.
Alice brought me into their library and handed me about ten books that spoke about a phoenix or fire girl or something. She told me that they even used some of these stories to help come up with the character Jean Gray from X-men. Once I was given my reading material they left me alone in the library so I could read and think alone without anyone influencing my thoughts so I could decide on my own.
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