Gah, I have MAJOR writer's block on this chapter. But I will write anyways. GAH!

Bella POV

First days are not my thing. Period. So when I walked into my fourth class on my first day to Forks High School, I didn't bother to talk to anyone. It didn't surprise me when nobody talked to me; it had already been acknowledged before I had even entered the school grounds that I was shy enough that people wouldn't try to bring up conversation after they saw how much I didn't talk to them. That's the way I liked it. I think.

So it was a surprise when, to my dismay, Jessica Stanley walked up to me. The girl probably thought she was some great hero for doing "charity work".

"Hi, I'm Jessica. Do you want to come to lunch with me? You could sit with us," she sounded like she was handing out some great offer that was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I decided to humor her.

"Sure," was all I said before following her to the table. I didn't eat anything because I was far too nervous to eat anything on the first day. Then I saw him.

He was sitting at the farthest table from the entrance, away from everybody else with a group of people that looked like him. And he had caught me staring. The boy from the park had caught me staring.

But he didn't look away, even after I had jerked my gaze away. I could feel his gaze burning my face. Something was familiar about his features, and the people around him who must be his family.

"Edward Cullen is staring at you," Jessica mumbled to me. So that was his name.

"Who?" I asked innocently enough.

"Edward Cullen over there. He's staring at you. Have you met him before?" she asked curiously.

"Not really," I said vaguely.

"Well, I wouldn't waste your breath. He doesn't date," Jessica mumbled, looking away. I held back my laughter. Well somebody got turned down. I looked up at Edward to see him pressing his lips, as if he was trying hard not to smile at something. I blinked. It was like he had heard what Jessica had said.

I went back trying to find out why they looked so familiar. Pale skin, strange eyes, incredible features….

James.

I couldn't breathe. It dawned on me. These were like James, the man from the nightmares. These were dangerous people. They had to be.

"Bella? Were you listening to me?" Jessica sounded annoyed. I forced myself to suck in a breath of air.

"Sorry. Wasn't paying attention," I mumbled, my voice sounding small and weak. She gave me a strange look, but continued blabbing about the Cullens, but I wasn't concerned about what she had to say. I already knew. I should be scared of these people. They were like James.

I cut Jessica off mid- sentence. "Um, I'm going to head for class…. I'm not hungry," I said standing up.

"Er… sure. Whatever Bella," she said, sounding taken aback.

I started out for the cafeteria exit when it happened. I couldn't hear anything. Black smoke covered the entire area of the cafeteria, and I couldn't see anything. It wasn't a fire. It was The Shadow. My eyes watered from the smoke as it threatened to suffocate me. I walked casually through the thick smoke as if I were a normal person who didn't see the smoke. I held my breath as I opened the door, and it disappeared. The cafeteria babble came back, and nobody had noticed anything.

Except for Edward Cullen and his family.

Crap.

Edward POV

I watched as the mysterious girl known as Isabella- Bella Swan headed for the door abruptly, fear clear in her eyes as she averted my gaze. What did I do? Suddenly, a black smoke erupted from the walls, covering every surface of the cafeteria. My ears felt plugged, and I couldn't hear anything. I could hear thoughts of humans in the cafeteria, and they didn't notice a thing. I inhaled, but I didn't smell fire smoke. I smelled something else. Vampire.

"What is happening," Rose hissed. But I wasn't paying attention to her. I was paying attention to something else. Through the huge fog of black, I saw Bella Swan walking across the cafeteria, her walking seemed normal enough, but her face was pained, as if she couldn't breathe. Her eyes were squinted in concentration as she fought through the smog. She saw it too, yet other humans didn't. Something else that made her different from everybody else.

The second she opened the door, it was like somebody had pressed a play button after a long pause. The black smoke disappeared as light flew through the room, and humans noticed nothing. It was like it had never happened.

My brothers and sisters exchanged anxious glances and their thoughts were as bewildered as their faces. Something was going on with another vampire, and somehow Isabella Swan was in the middle of it.

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Edward POV (Still)

I stood up to follow Bella out the door, but Alice grabbed my arm and forced me back down. Her expression was worried.

"Edward, something's wrong. I had a vision and... Edward she's your singer." I stared down at her, not knowing what to do or say. Of all my years, I had never been fascinated by such a human as this. The one human I did feel a pull to, and she was my singer. I sighed.

"What else did you see?" I knew that she saw something else that she didn't want to tell me. Something concerning this girl. Her brow furrowed.

"I don't know exactly. It has something to do with what just happened. With another vampire. She knows. Well, she doesn't know about vampires, but I think she has… encountered with vampires before…. I'm not sure. But something's going to happen in biology class with her, and I don't know what will happen if you're not there…. I don't know!"

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