A/n: This one is for all my faithful readers, especially those who reviewed, favourited, or put the story on alert. You people have made me so happy. And because I can't help but reveal this secret, since so many of you are asking whether she is a mermaid, the answer is no. Not really. The answer will be revealed by chapter 6 at the most. I'm not really sure. I'm actually just blundering my way through.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of this story, except for Diana and Adain. Heck. I don't even own their last name. VoSpader is the name of the traveler from Cloral, and belongs to DJ MacHale
Chapter 3
"Dad? I'm back." No reply. Oh yeah, he ends work after I finish school.
I made dinner, left it in the microwave oven, and got started on my homework. It was my first day of school, and I already got loaded with homework. Can you believe the unfairness of this world?
Charlie came back bringing a friend of his, and his family.
"Adain! Diana! Holy!" I almost shouted.
"Bella, these are the Spaders. But I see you've already met the twins," said Charlie.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Spader."
"You can call me Vo, short for Vernon Oliver, and my wife is Yasmin"
"Okay…nice to meet you guys."
Within the course of a day, I already became very bonded with Diana and Adain, not as close as I had been with Kelise, but close enough, I guess being of the same species helps.
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There was no sign of the strange, beautiful Edward Cullen the next few days. His siblings still came to school, however, he wasn't there with them. I wonder why I've taken such an obsession to them, especially to him.
He returned the school after about a week, and in biology class, during pair work, he finally smiled and said hi for the first time.
"I guess that wasn't a very nice first day."
You can say that again.
"Well, then, since we are lab partners, can we be friends?"
"Yes, but… no, but…yes, we can be friends, but if you are smart, you would avoid me."
There was only one word I can say to express my confusion: "Huh??"
"What I meant was that we can be friends but it will be better if we didn't."
Okaaaaaaaaaaaay. Something is seriously weird with him.
"I think I'll choose to be friends."
We finished work faster than all the other groups, no surprise there, after having gone through a decade or two of this crap. What was amazing was that he was as fast, sometimes faster, than me.
He is a mystery, but I was about to find out how much stranger he can get.
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Autumn has left, and winter is slowly setting in.
I woke up to a particularly cold morning, and found grayish-whitish stuff floating down from the sky, outside the window, settling nicely on the ground… (A/n: I really have very little idea of how to describe a winter scene because I stay in the tropics, so don't blame me if I described things wrongly)
"Snow!" I exclaimed. But thinking about how slippery the road was going to be, I got less excited.
I got dressed quickly, decided breakfast wasn't necessary, so that I could drive slowly and safely to school, while getting there on time.
I found that I could drive easily, at my usual speed. I reached school earlier than usual. I got off the truck and found out why.
Charlie had helped me change the tires to snow tires sometime last night or this morning.
I looked up to see a silver Volvo reversing into one of the parking lots. The Cullens got out of the car, and then I noticed a slightly beat up Tyler's white Ford (a/n: I really can't remember how Tyler's car looks like), driving unsteadily across the car park.
It was only a few seconds, but I remembered everything clearly. The car suddenly lost control, and swerved towards me, I was frozen, I thought I was going to die. Then, I remembered: I can't die. But if the car hit me I was going to have a hard time explaining my survival.
But I didn't need to explain it. Edward suddenly appeared by my side, and pulled me out of the car's way, and we fell onto the snow-covered ground. I knocked my head against the ground once. His touch was icy cold. I remembered he was by his car, about 10 meters away. How did he cover such a distance in less than a second? Did he teleport? I don't know. I don't think that is even possible. However, my left leg got trapped between his car and mine.
After smashing itself into my truck, the car swung towards where Edward and I were, on the floor. He braced himself in front of me, and the spot where Edward's shoulder and the car collided, was a dent, around the size of his shoulders. He himself looked perfectly fine.
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By the time the authorities arrived a crowd had gathered, some students managed to get Tyler out of his car. The ambulance arrived shortly after. When firemen finally got the mess of scrap metal that used to be Tyler's car off my leg, people had either gathered, or turned away, expecting to see a huge mass of blood. I knew otherwise.
As soon as the car left that section of my leg, it quickly mended together. There were no broken bones, no blood, not even a single scratch or bruise.
"It's a miracle!" cried one of the firemen, "how is this even possible?"
By then, the police had arrived, and Charlie was amongst them. He had tried to feign concern and worry, like a normal parent, but he knew that it was going to be perfectly alright. "Well let's not question, as long as she is okay, all is well." I gave Charlie a thankful smile.
I had to go to the hospital, even though I had protested that I was perfectly fine.
On the ride on the ambulance, I was seated next to Edward, with a barely conscious Tyler lying opposite us.
"How did you do that?" I asked.
"Do what?" he said, acting innocent.
"Like suddenly appear beside me; like leaving a dent in the car. How did you do that?"
Edward gave me a bewildered look. "I was always there, and do you seriously believe I could dent a car? You must have knocked your head pretty hard."
"I knew what I saw. You were beside your car, about ten meters away from me. Then, suddenly you were beside me, pulling me out of the car's path. I want to know how."
Instead of replying, he just shook his head and called one of the paramedics, "Excuse me, I think she had hit her head a little too hard, she seems a little confused."
I gave up asking.
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The doctor that came to see both Tyler and me was Dr. Cullen. Strange coincidences? Maybe Forks is just such a small town.
"I can't find anything wrong with you, except that Edward said that you had hit your head a tad too hard. Other than that, everything is fine. I guess you may go," he said, "it was a huge miracle that your leg was intact, and perfectly unharmed, you know."
I nodded my head. It's not everyone born has strange powers like mine.
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On my way out I saw Edward by the corridor, so I went up to him and said, "I'm not going to give up asking you."
"I know, I'm also going to find out how your leg was unharmed, I also saw what happened that day you sliced your finger open in biology." I gasped.
I quickly recovered. "Just keep on guessing, I'm not telling you."
"Then you have fun guessing too. I'm not telling you either."
I spotted Charlie, turn my head and left.
(A/n: I've had sort of a hard time writing this chapter, but it is done. Hope everyone enjoys it. Remember to review, they keep me happy and motivated to write more, and write faster.)
