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I sighed contented for the moment and looked at myself in the mirror. Alice had brought me a white tunic with black embroidery around the collar, down the front and around the cuffs. I slipped my pendant under the shirt that Vincent had once given me of a blue-green wolf. Then there was a pair of pale jeans. I felt much more comfortable and couldn't help but admire how good it looked on me. Sure I still looked pale, but I was more comfortable than I had been in that dress.

I still felt bad about hurting Alice's feelings but I guessed if I knew what kind of person she was that she wouldn't hold it against me. Too much. I stepped out of the bathroom unsure of where I should go when I thought I might as well as go to the room I woke up in.

I walked in and found someone sitting on the bed looking out one of the many windows in the room. Thinking that maybe it was another character I didn't know about, I softly asked, "Is this your room?"

The person turned to look at me and I saw that she was human and not a vampire. I inwardly gave a sigh of relief. I don't think I could handle another vampire.

She shook her head, "No. I don't live here, though I'm hoping to one day." She stretched out her arm as she stood up and said, "I'm Bella."

I looked at her surprised. This was the person I knew the point-of-view of, of what was going on around her? She gave no justice to herself. She had shoulder length chocolate brown hair that had a gentle wave to it and was at the moment tied up in a messy ponytail. She had a heart-shaped pale face with lovely brown eyes that I knew would drive any of the boys back home, crazy. Everything about her was fine up to her gently curving eyebrows and down to the gentle curve of her lips. She had on a simple shirt with a light gray zip up jacket and jeans.

I shook her hand and couldn't help but think about all the times Edward had called her beautiful and she didn't believe him. She should think about actually listening to him.

"Jacky," I said in awe. I was still overwhelmed about how she looked.

She smiled and said, "Pleased to meet you Jacky."

She sat down on the bed and motioned for me to sit next to her. I tentatively sat down and waited for her to say something. She looked back out the window and sat there for a moment thinking about something but I wasn't sure what it was. It could have been Edward for all I knew.

"How," she started. I looked at her and she continued to look out the window. "How did you wind up in the forest?"

"I don't know. One minute I was watching the stars, then the next minute I was in a forest I didn't recognize."

"What, you just blinked and you were there?"

"No, I fell asleep and I was there."

She frowned, puzzled at my answer. Maybe she had thought I was trespassing in the forest or something. I certainty wouldn't be trespassing in a forest that housed who knew what. Of course there would be the occasional bloodthirsty vampires who want to drink human blood and giant horse sized wolves, but then I wasn't supposed to know about them.

"Do you know what these people are?"

I nodded then I said yes thinking she probably couldn't see my nodding head. She nodded her own head, turned to me and went back to the topic of how I got in the forest.

"Did you work a spell or anything before you appeared here?"

This time I shook my head. "No, all I did was wish on a star."

"And it came true?"

"Yes. I don't know how else I could have gotten here."

"What was it exactly you wished for?"

I balked at the question. Wouldn't they think I was crazy if I say they were all characters of my favorite saga? It didn't matter if they were vampires or not. Any sane creature would instantly lock me up and throw away the key.

"I wished to go on an adventure."

"Was there a specific people you wanted to see?"

"Yes."

"Us?"

"Yes."

"Where did you learn about us?"

"Can I please have some time to adjust? This is all new to me. I never had known that my wish could come true, let alone meeting the people I had wished to meet. I hadn't even thought that vampires were real!"

I said the last sentence a bit loud, but it wouldn't have mattered how soft I would have said it in a house full of vampires. I felt a breeze tickle the back of my neck and I turned around expecting to see the whole clan behind me baring their teeth. But instead I saw Nick with a startled look on his face.

"They're here."

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"Who's here?" I asked as Bella's face flushed. Edward showed up instantly and went to her side. He grabbed her up and in a flash was gone leaving a Bella shaped hole in the space beside me.

"Who's here?" asked again as Nick scooped me up bridal style and started running. I gave a squeak as he jumped through an open window and down to the ground before landing lightly and running through the woods, which blurred like a watercolor as we zoomed past.

I buried my face in his chest because all the colors, though dark, were making me a bit dizzy. I inhaled his scent and couldn't help but feel like swooning. He smelled so good! Like a spring day where the snow has mostly melted away and you can smell the wet earth starting to receive new life, but a bit muskier. Of course I knew vampires are the top predators in the food chain and their very scent is supposed to lure innocent humans to their teeth-gnashing enemies. As I inhaled I didn't notice when Nick started to slow down then stop.

I could feel him snicker and say with a soft rumble in his chest, "You can stop hiding. We're safe, for now anyways."

I peeked at where we were like a newborn to its first day and couldn't help but blush like mad. He lightly lowered me so I could stand up and I managed to take a step or two away from him with just a minimum of stumbling. I looked around and saw that everyone else was there but no one seemed to notice my blushing face. They seemed quite worried about something so I asked my question again.

"Who's here?"

They all looked at me and Carlisle said, "Let's just say 'they' are some bad people who wish to harm us."

Nick gave a snort. "She knows what we are Carlisle. I doubt she'll buy that." Then he turned to me and said plainly, "They're after me, not them. I've been running from them for a while and they had seemed to give up the chase when I meet Carlisle and his clan. I thought they had given up when I found a place where I thought I might be able to settle down, in a sense."

"But who are they and why were they chasing you?"

That was when he gave the most triumphant smile I had ever seen somebody give and he said, "They're the Pater clan and I had embarked in their territory and had 'stolen' one of their females."