HI!!!! I WROTE THIS CHPATER KIND OF FAST, SO I'M SORRY IF IT'S POORLY WRITTEN. I HAD A BASKETRBALL GAME AND NOW I HAV 2 DO ALL OF MY HOMEWORK, BUT I WANTED TO WRITE A CHAPTER BEFORE I SRATED MY HW. HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT EVEN THOUGH IT KIND OF SUCKS

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Her pained eyes wandered for a minute before they met mine. She smiled at me, even though the smile didn't meet her eyes, and then opened her mouth to speak. "Would you like that?" she said in a small voice, her eyes still gloomy.

I hesitated, trying hard for my voice not to break. "Yea, it would be fun. And besides, it would be like an adventure. Well, more for me than you, but still an adventure. We could go and live with, uh, Charlie, too. I won't mind," I said, trying to make my voice sound as soft as possible.

Her eyes started to lighten, and her smile became more genuine. "You actually, really want to become human? For me?" She asked me, her voice breaking.

"Of course, mom! If becoming human and living a human life makes you happy, I'll do it." Well, part of it has to do with that male in my dream… but no one ever has to know, I thought as my mother hugged me tightly, almost squeezing the life out of me. I smiled back, trying to wiggle myself out of her generous hug. She let go of me, and then grabbed my hand.

"Thank you so much, Bella! Being human is so exiting! You are going to go to school, have boyfriends, study, and make money, everything! Ah, this is so cool!" mother blurted out as she grabbed my hand and dragged me against the current. Come, on, we're going to Washington!" She shrieked, scaring away surrounding fish around us. "if we hurry, we can get there soon. Are you hungry, Bella?" she asked me as she stopped.

I answered her as I gained my strength against the tough current. "um, yea actually. Wow, how long have we been standing there?" I questioned, scratching my head.

My mom shrugged her delicate shoulders. "I don't know. It was probably a while, because it got darker. Come on, let's hunt."

I must have been really oblivious, I thought. Above us, the sun that brightened the ocean water had now been replaced by the moon, which was extremely dimmer. Our crystals now shone bright in the darkness. Below us, night predators started to emerge, ready for their next hunt. I followed my mom down to the coral, feeling the fast and cautious movements of fish swimming besides me. My mother drifted ahead of me, searching for her next meal. I slowed my pace, allowing some fish to become attracted to the light that surrounded me. I felt the fish through the water, and their scales brush up against my smooth skin. Most of them were just babies, so I just let them circle me. Suddenly I felt a big glob of fat drag against my back. I let the fish loop around me, slowly making its way to my crystal. When it got close enough to my neck, I seized her with my hands, which were formed into claws. My nails pierced into her skin, despite the scales. Before the fish had anymore time to react, I sunk my teeth into its back, paralyzing it. I spit out the hard scales, and ate the meat. When I was done, I let the scavengers pick on the carcass remains, and caught up to my animated mother.

"Let's start swimming! The sooner we get to land, the more time you have to learn to become 'human'!" she said, her pink yellow crystal lighting up her blissful face.

"ok, mom. Let's do this." I grinned, trying to copy her enthusiasm. My body ached, and yearned for my snuggly little hole in our cave. I wanted t sleep so badly, but I knew better than to delay my mother's happiness. I caught up to her, and we began swimming towards her former home.

"So, um, what are some things that I am going to have to know when I am human?" I inquired, playing with my golden chain.

She looked up at the surface, scrunching her eyebrows together. "Well, first, you are going to have to go to this thing called school. It's with humans your age, so it won't be so hard."

"Why do I have to go?" I asked.

"you didn't let me finish!" she scowled. "If we are going to live with Charlie, you are going to have to act like a normal teenager. So we send you to school. School is a place where you learn stuff, like math and literature and science and other stuff. It's a little different than the things we learn because, well they're humans. You are seventeen, so you only need to go for one or two more years I think," she said, her crystal making her short hair seem yellow instead of russet brown. She continued to talk about the basic human needs and things I would soon need to know. Within that trip, I learned different human names, some human conversation starters, the government of America, names of famous humans, and some human manners. When we got to Washington, the part that my mom said was LaPush, it was still dark, but the darkness had turned into a dark, murky indigo. The water became shallower as my mother and I approached the shore. My heart started racing, and my tail became limb as we broke the surface of the water.

I felt a faintly familiar sensation go through my nose and fill the inside of my body, making me shiver. I had to let