Sparkly
I was…sparkling. I mean, sure, I've always seen Edward sparkle, and he had never ceased to entrance me, but I…I was simply glittering. And it was me.
I've decided to turn the oneshot into a collection of them. Let me know if there is any kind of 'first' you want Bella to have.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Twilight.
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Oh no.
Oh, no, no, no, no…. It couldn't be…it was supposed to stay cloudy. Why couldn't I just disappear now? It was by far my worst fear, going out into the sun. Even though I knew I couldn't hide from my family. They wanted to see me suffer, I knew. They wanted to watch me sparkle.
"Bella?" I heard Edward's smug voice behind me. I turned around to see him glowering above me, looking as haughty as I've ever seen him. "It's sunny."
"I know," I said, and I was forced not to take off running. Not because I had that kind of willpower, but because I suddenly found myself bound down by 7 pairs of hands.
"Oh, no," Alice said. "You're not missing out on one of the best things about being a vampire."
"Because being sparkly is the only advantage," Emmett said. Alice glared.
"Fine, fine, fine!" I said. "Just put me down!"
They all let go, all expect for Edward, who kept a firm hold on my arm. I would have winced, had I been human, but now it felt comfortably soft. I would have leaned into him, if the circumstances were different.
We all walked outside, pausing at the doorway only to make sure everyone was ready to witness it. Renesmee was watching from out in the field, had been playing there just moments before. As she moved closer, I felt my sense of shame rising in my heart. I knew for sure that I didn't want her to see me sparkle.
I closed my eyes, trying to clear my mind. If I had to, I wouldn't look. I would just let everyone else stare, and then I would go back inside. I refused to let it get the best of me. I mean, it was just sparkles, right?
I stepped out into the sunlight. I heard several gasps, and I immediately wondered what was so surprising. Surely everyone else looked the same? I convinced myself that it must have been new to them, since I was only human just months ago.
"Bella," I heard Edward's soft voice, cooing, "open your eyes."
I only opened them just to see what everyone was shocked about. They were all looking at me with awe in their eyes: Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, and Carlisle. Only three stood out from the rest: Edward, smiling like he had never smiled before, with a type of admiration in his eyes. Renesmee, who looked quite shocked, but smug none-the-less. And Alice, who was positively beaming.
I looked down at my skin, somewhat reluctantly. I was blinded immediately, and I realized that everyone was almost dull compared to me. My skin was like white paper, with a whole bottle of silver glitter spilled onto it. It could have been transparent, had I not known that it was on me. I was almost glowing.
I looked up into everyone's faces. They were all just as shocked as me. I tried to find words to ask them what this meant, what I was, but I couldn't pull it together. I was too shocked.
"What…how…?" I knew I was supposed to be coordinated as a vampire. I knew I had to be graceful in every sense. But this was an exception. This wasn't right.
"Bella," Alice chimed, her smile as bright as ever. "You should have known. You're not a normal vampire."
I sighed.
Would I ever be normal?