Okay, people, I am done with exams and have a three day weekend ahead of me! begins to type furiously Just want to thank everyone for the reviews. Much love to Enthralled for being my first reviewer. Also thanks go to rose111, darkestangeljbm, zwinan, Cantante Bello, MyGuitarsNameIsTwilight, HarunoRin, Mrs. Quincy, and HeSwamtoFrance. Seeing that so many people are getting joy out of my story has inspired me to keep writing. I know that it was suggested that I work a baby into the story, but frankly, kids annoy me somewhat and I am more intent on working on Bella and Edward. Also with the twists that the story is going to be taking, that would be altogether impossible. Especially since Bella is already a vampire! haha, ok... I'll let you get to the story now, enough from me. )

Btw, this chapter may seem boring to some, and if so i'm sorry. I didn't particularly enjoy writing this part. it took me longer than usual cause i hit a bit of writer's block. Have no fear though, things will pick up again!

"You know how you asked me where vampires came from when we first met?" Edward asked me. I nodded my head, remembering the conversation that seemed to have happened a lifetime ago. "Well some say that we came from evolution. Others believe the legends of our birth."

"Is this like an Adam and Eve type thing? Cause I was never really one for religion," I responded.

Edward chuckled. "You are actually close Bella." I gawked at him. What was he getting at? I didn't want to sit through a Sunday school lecture. "Don't worry love. This isn't some dreary sermon about original sin. This is the story that people don't want others to know. The story of Eve's seventh daughter, Isadora." He looked into my eyes with his rich topaz gaze.

I was intrigued so I motioned for him to go on. He took a deep breath and continued, "When Isadora was born, they thought that she was dead. Her body was cold and pale and she was not breathing. Eve held the baby close to her heart and wept into the child's brown hair. She wanted her newest girl to live. Her whole existence was solely for bringing life into the new world. An hour and a half after the baby girl was born, the sky was deepening into night and something amazing happened. The child began to cry. She was still extremely pale but she was breathing and her heart was pumping. Eve was beyond astounded and she named her Isadora, meaning gift of the moon."

I listened in rapt silence as Edward continued the story. "As the girl grew she turned into a beautiful graceful woman. She had fair skin and deep emerald green eyes. Her auburn hair flowed to her waist and framed her heart shaped face. She was not very tall and had a slim frame." Edward broke away from the story for a moment and stared me straight in the eyes. "Are you beginning to see some familiarities Bella?"

I was momentarily stunned. It was like Edward had just described me with the exceptions of the the green eyes and the gracefulness. Sure I was graceful now, but I hadn't been a week ago. And her name was strangely similar to mine. Isabella and Isadora? Was it just coincidence?

Edward allowed me to brood for a minute before I felt his cool lips on my forehead. "Am I scaring you love?" he asked with a worried look on his face.

I broke out of my thoughts and looked into his eyes. "No, just very thoughtful. Isn't it possible that this is all just coincidence?" I asked.

He chuckled. "Perhaps, but there is more to the story." Edward steered me over to one of the couch's in the study and sat me down next to him. I curled against his side while he continued the narration.

"Now Isadora was a hunter. She oftentimes joined her brothers to hunt or she would go off into the woods alone. She was an amazing archer and was able to take down a prey three times her size from a quarter of a mile away. One summer night, she raced off into the forest to hunt. She had caught sight of a limping deer and she was determined to bring home the meat. She sat still and resolute in the bushes while she observed her soon-to-be prize. When the timing was right, Isadora nimbly strung her bow and nocked an arrow in the string. She was so intent on her prey that she had failed to see the blood red snake circling around her feet."

"As she was pulling back on the string of the bow, the snake began to slither up her leg. She released the arrow and at the same moment, she felt a sharp pain in her ankle. She yelped with pain and looked down to see the snake locked on to her joint. She tried to pry the snakes jaws off but it was to no avail. Suddenly she felt a burning sensation spreading through her leg and she felt like she was on fire. She released her grasp on the snake and fell to the ground writhing and screaming in pain. She felt the slight release of pressure as the snake pulled its fangs out of her skin, but it did nothing to ease the pain. She simply wanted to die and curled up in a ball, waiting for blackness to find her. She slipped into unconsciousness and welcomed the relief."

"It was many days later that Isadora opened her eyes to the bright sunlight. She was confused had no idea where she was. She was also extremely thirsty. She ran to a nearby spring and drank greedily from the clear water. However, she continued to drink but she was still thirsty. She sat back and could not understand. She watched the ripples in the water and when the liquid had once again returned to still glass, she peered into the natural mirror. She lowered her face to the water to observe her reflection and she almost fell into the spring with surprise. Her beautiful green eyes were no longer staring up at her. Instead, blood red irises stared back at her."

"Blood. As soon as the word entered her mind, she knew what she thirsted for. WIthout giving a second thought to her startling reflection, she was up and sprinting through the woods with a pace that she did not even think possible. She thought little of the speed however. She was more intent of an ambrosial scent that had reached her nose. She rounded a tree and there stood a bear. It roared with fury at her but she had no fear. She sprang lithely onto his back and sank her teeth into the nape of his neck. She felt the first drops of blood hit her tongue and her senses came alive with sudden voracity. She sucked at the blood, letting it flow into her system. The bear's body crumpled beneath her and she flung it away, having drained all of the blood. Her new strength astonished her and she was wondering what she had become. It felt amazing but also extremely alien."

Edward looked over at me, breaking his long speech. He gazed into my contemplative eyes. All the similarities were staggering. The eyes, the bear, the speed, the strength, the blood. I looked at Edward and finally managed to speak. "Why are there so many resemblances to this Isadora and myself? It keeps sounding like you are talking about me and not this woman who supposedly existed many thousands of years ago. How does everything add up?" I questioned.

"Patience Bella. I am getting there," he soothed. "As I was saying, Isadora was very confused. She flew with great speeds back to her small village to ask guidance from her brother. She was close to the village when she once again encountered that irresistible smell of blood. She didn't even think as she let her body take control and buried her emotions and thoughts deep in her head. This time the smell was stronger, even more alluring than previously. She could not stand it. She burst into the village and made straight for the larger of the two crude houses that existed in the village."

"Her brother was sitting on the dirt floor working leather with his hands. He looked up at Isadora and went to greet her. He took one look at her blood red eyes and started to back off. Before he could utter a single word, she had descended on him and bitten down on his throat. He gave one scream before she crushed his head in her grasp. She drank all of his blood, before she could comprehend what had happened."

"Once she had regained her senses she regarded the scene with horror. Had she just done this? she thought. She couldn't really remember the past few moments but she was the only one in sight. Her hands were bloody and she looked at her brother's limp form with alarm. And then, the memories came in a rush to her; her brother's scream, the sweet liquid flowing into her mouth, his crushed skull. She began to scream with such force that the walls shook and the sound of birds scattering could be heard outside."

"She began to run, not knowing where she was going or even caring. She ran for three days straight, covering thousands of miles in her reckless speed. She finally stopped at the edge of the ocean. At the top of the highest cliff she could find, she ran right over the edge. She knew that the impact would kill her and she felt a sense of relief as she fell. Soon, the grief that she felt would be gone and so would be the monster that she had become. With that last thought she was smashed against the rocks."

"And yet she did not die. She was in such immense pain that she wished she were dead, but it was not so. Her body began to heal, faster than a normal human, but still agonizingly slow. For a week she laid on the rocks, unable to move her limbs. She finally regained movement of her body and when the pain was gone, she assumed that she was finally dead after all the self-inflicted torture. But the thirst was still there. She was still alive."

"She tried multiple ways to end her existence, trying to get more and more creative about it. Eventually she became reclusive, feeding on the wildlife only when the thirst become uncontrollable. She avoided any human contact and no mortal eyes saw her for over 50 years."

"She became delusional. Time had no meaning and her body refused to age. She wandered aimlessly through the woods, never with a destination, always without reason. All creatures shied away from her presence as she roamed the continent. Every so often she would accidently come within a vicinity of a human. And that human always ended up dead before they knew what had happened."

"One fateful evening, she came across a beautiful young man walking through the woods. She had never seen such a gorgeous human being before. She wanted him, more than just in a way that thirsted for his blood. Her emotions burned deep in her mind but her thirst still managed to overpower. She snuck up on the man and jumped on his back from behind. She bit into his neck and he yelped. However, her lust for him still burned strongly in her mind and she pulled away before she could suck any blood from his system. She held his thrashing body in her hands and tried to calm him. She could not succeed though, so she simply laid him on the ground and sat by his side, waiting for his pain to end."

"After three days, the man stopped writhing in pain and looked up into Isadora's eyes with a blood colored gaze. Isadora gasped and ran away in alarm. Before she knew what had happened, she felt arms around her waist and someone pulling her back. She turned around and saw the man looking at her with deep concentration.

'Who are you?' he asked. She was so blown away by his beauty that she simply responded 'Isadora.' 'Do you believe in love at first sight Isadora? Cause I do,' he murmured. She simply nodded her head and he kissed her with such passion that she would never forget that moment."

"After that, the two became inseparable lovers. They traveled the continents together, feeding on humans and animals alike. They even changed other human beings to join in their lonely existence. Thus the first covens of vampires were born."

I was so lost in Edward's story that I failed to mention that he had stopped. My mind was racing once again with all the new information. Edward gently hugged my shoulders, "Don't worry Bella, I am almost done with the story. The most important part is coming up, the part that pertains to you."

I gazed into his topaz eyes and waited for him to begin. His voice became rushed and he seemed eager to let out the rest of the story. "Now as you know, many vampires have special abilities and the ones that the two lovers changed possessed them. Isadora became jealous and outraged that others were more powerful than her. She flew into a fury and was bombarded by a rush of thoughts and emotions. Suddenly she could do all these things that her fellow vampires could do separately and she had all the powers combined. Another attribute of this power was that she could render the others unable to use their abilities."

"The other vampires began to fear and resent her as she became a tyrannical leader, blinded by power. They plotted to due away with her as she became reckless, threatening to expose the lifestyle that they had previously kept hidden from the world. One night, a large group of vampires confronted Isadora and her lover. She tried to use her powers against them but they simply overpowered the couple. They were torn to shreds and burned within minutes."

"After that day, vampires mostly disappeared from public existence. Of course they still lived, but they kept their presence very well hidden, living amongst humans with no one the wiser. But once every couple thousand years, a girl would be changed and she would posses the same powers as Isadora. When the other vampires realized what the new girl possessed, they would destroy her almost instantly. They feared the power that she might bring and come to abuse."

"No girl has been encountered until now for the past four thousand years. All the vampires assumed that the cycle had ended with the last girl who had been destroyed some time in ancient Egypt."

"What do you mean, until now?" I whispered.

"We think that you are the next Isadora, Bella, and that is why the Volturi are coming," Edward responded quietly.