I don't remember much about the day I transformed. The main thing I do remember is that everything was so much more bright and appealing. My eye-sight was better; I no longer needed the glasses I hated. I could hear so much more, my sense of smell could detect anything. I climbed out of bed and reached for the light. As soon as the light flickered on I realized I didn't need it. I turned it on and off repeatedly, seeing no difference between on and off. I pushed my confusion aside and left the light off.

I walked out of the room and turned down the hall.

"Emmett? Bella?" I called out to my captors and received no reply. I came to a staircase and walked down it. I called to Emmett and Bella again. Still no answer.

"I guess they aren't in the house then." I opened the front door and walked out into the warm morning sun. I called out again. This time I got muffled footsteps in reply. I didn't know who else might be around, so I hid behind a nearby tree. As the footsteps drew nearer, I caught a smell I recognized.

"Bella, Emmett? Is that you?" I stepped from my tree cover and came face to face with a cloaked figure.

I jumped, but the figure didn't seem bothered by our near collision. I smiled, hoping it was Bella or Emmett. I opened my mouth to speak but the person help up a hand to stop me.

"You are brave to venture out into the sun without protection, young one." I didn't recognize the voice. It was different from Emmett and Bella's milky tone. This was husky, and deep.

"Why should I be brave to do that?" I said, almost laughing.

"Don't tell me you don't know yet? The Queen's advisors were supposed to tell you before they brought you here." The person spoke as if they were trying not to laugh.

"Emmett and Bella, you mean?" The person nodded. "Yes, they told me. What does that have to do with the sun?"

The person laughed. "Everything, my child, everything. Just look at yourself. Do you not feel changed?"

I thought for a moment. I did feel different. I looked down at myself and gasped. I seemed to sparkle, just like Bella and Emmett did. I looked back at the figure.

"Who are you and why do you know so much?" My words came out fiercely in a sort of growl. I was surprised by my own forcefulness.

The figure seemed pleased and lifted the hood of the cloak that shielded its face. The hood revealed a young man in his late teens, early twenties. His chocolate eyes shone in the early sun. But he did not sparkle like Bella, Emmett and now herself.

"You… You are one of the Lyria pack, aren't you?"

The man smiled. "Yes, well spotted Princess. I am Edward, head male under the King."

I nodded. "Obviously, I need no introduction."

Edward laughed at me. His eyes turned to slits, almost catlike as he looked around us. "Maybe I need to introduce you to yourself." He smirked, showing his perfectly white teeth and I thought of my braces. I ran my tongue across the front of my teeth. The familiar feel of metal was now gone. I gasped and touched my mouth. Edward made little notice of my discovery. He continued. "Over the past 16 years, rumors have been going around about your existence. Some say you never existed, others say you died, if you even existed in the first place. But all these years, I've known you were alive. I've felt your presence."

"How could you feel me?" I was confused but intrigued by his words.

"I am connected to you. I have been since your birth. You were born to Lyria and Vroengard. I was born of Lyria. I am just over a year older than you. As soon as the King was given news of your birth, he ordered for the youngest high born male, me, to his side to greet the newborn princess. The moment that King Aiden and I entered the room that held Queen Ellensaire and you, we were connected. The King and Queen could tell we were specially bonded. The first time you ever smiled was at me. The queen had it arranged immediately that we become betrothed."

I couldn't help myself, I laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" Edward didn't seem to be amused.

"Well, I don't mean to be infantile, but, where I've grown up, people marry for love!" I swallowed another laugh.

"Ah. The lower classes do it that way. We, highborn, learn to love each other." He smiled. I nodded and he continued his story. "Then you were sent into hiding. You left me and everyone else, but I never left you. I've watched you grow up and learn. You were never alone for long these past few years. I've watched you fall in and out of love with boys with jealousy. I wished more than anything that it could be me you wanted. Me instead of the most recent boy, that Drake Samuels." Edward said the name in almost a fierce growl. It pained me to hear his name again. It had been almost a month since I had felt the comforting warmth of his arms around me. His soft deep breath on my neck. I got shivers just remembering it. Edward rolled his eyes. "Oh stop it. I don't need to be a vampire to know you're thinking about him." I made a face at him, pushing my thoughts away, and he continued. "Now that you are able to return, I have been sent to train you in your transformation."

I was surprised by this. He was only a werewolf and I was both. How could he help me if he was only half of what I am?

"But how? You're only a wolf while I am both vampire and werewolf." I was confused, but this was becoming a very common feeling for me lately.

He just smiled. "The only transformation you must undergo for your vampire side is mental. Well and dental obviously." He chuckled slightly but I wasn't amused. "I have to teach you to hunt, to switch between forms and to use your senses."

"Yeah, yeah, ok." I nodded. "When do we start?"

He smiled. "I like your enthusiasm, but I'm afraid you won't be after your first lesson." His smile faded. "But first things first. You need to rest and we will start tomorrow. Your friends are on their way."

He took a few steps back and put up his hood. I looked back and saw Bella's black Mercedes coming down the dirt path. I smiled and looked back to Edward but he wasn't there. All I saw was a large god running off in the distance. I sighed and walked back to the house and met Bella and Emmett at the garage.

Bella smiled as she climbed out of the car. "Hey! I didn't think you would be up yet. Most vampires sleep for days longer than you did."

Emmett climbed out of the passenger seat. "But she is not an ordinary vampire, is she?" He smiled and closed the car door. Bella closed hers and walked to the trunk.

"You're right, she's not." Bella said opening the trunk. She pulled out some suitcases and bags. She handed some to Emmett. "We went back to your house and got your stuff, Lydia."

I smiled and walked over to help Bella and Emmett. "Thanks guys. Did you talk to my parents?" I picked up a bag and started walking to the house.

Bella nodded. "Yes, we told them the circumstances of you needing to come back to us. They understood but I don't think they are happy about giving you up.

I nodded. As I thought back to my family I realized something. "Wait, Bella. What about Lori? My sister?"

Emmett turned around, wide-eyed. Bella looked confused. "She wasn't your sister, Lydia. She was just apart of the family we gave you to."

"No Bella, she's right." It was Emmett, he looked scared.

"What are you talking about Em?" Bella looked confused, like me.

"Lori is Lydia's TWIN sister. Twin Belle."

Bella gasped. "Are you… are you joking? There are two of them?!"

Emmett shook his head. "I completely forgot about her! We have to go back." Emmett put down his boxes and got in the car. He rolled down the driver's window. "Bella I'm taking Lydia with me. I need her to get Lori out."

Bella nodded. "Yes, go. But be careful!" She still seemed confused. She started walking toward the house. I heard her mutter something to herself before she got inside. It sounded a lot like "I need a drink". I smirked to myself and got in the car.

Emmett turned the car around and drove back down the driveway at breakneck speed. I could tell he was tense. In less than a minute we were out of the woods and on a deserted highway. I didn't recognize this place but it felt familiar.

"Where are we?"

"We are on the road that divides Vroengard and Lyria. The woods that we just left are the borders of Lyria. That is why Edward could venture nearer to you."

"How did you know that Edward came here?" Again, I was confused. This is my new natural state of mind and I was beginning to tire of it.

"I smelled him before we even turned onto the path toward the house. Plus, I figured the King would have informed him and he would be eager to meet you." His eyes never left the road and I was finally adjusting to the speed.

"Oh." I looked out my window and saw woods. To my left, I saw mountains. "Where does this road lead?"

"Back to your world, well, the human world. Lydia, Vroengard and Lyria are in a different dimension than the one the humans live in. If I drive fast enough, I jump dimensions. That's how we get back and forth."

That made some things a lot clearer to me. It explained why my senses were out of control, why I felt so strange and why my nightmares had stopped. I felt so alive here, so untouchable. "That's very interesting, Emmett. What's going to happen to Lori?"

Emmett shrugged. "I don't know. When you were born, we weren't expecting twins. They are very rare in Vroengard but not unheard of. They are more popular in Lyria, so we assume that came from the King." He sighed. "I feel horrible. I can't believe I forgot your sister. I was supposed to split you up but she was so sickly and small when she was born. I figured that she would need your help to survive." He closed his eyes for a moment. I looked at him and placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Its alright, Emmett. She'll be with us soon and it will be all fine. Its not your fault."

He nodded and looked to the road again. "Thank you, Princess. You will make a fine Queen someday."

"You're welcome and thank you." This made me smile, but the thought of being Queen still frightened me. Emmett suddenly interrupted my thoughts.

"Hold on, Princess. We're about to jump dimensions." He pressed down hard on the accelerator and I held on to the arm rests. "Cover your eyes." I did so. Even with them closed I could still see a bright light and my ears began to ring. Then, it all stopped. The car, the light and the ringing. It was dead silent. I uncovered my eyes and opened them. We were on my street near my house.