Chapter 1

The New Freak

I stared around at my new room. The small bed in the middle, the desk with a computer on it and a rocking chair in the corner of the room. There was nothing too special about my room. My mom and dad had just moved into this small town called Forks and this was currently our home, I was positive that as soon as I went to college, they would move on. We were currently living in a two-story house that was surrounded by forest that had two bedrooms and one bathroom inside. I didn't have to share the bathroom with my parents, as I was the only one who would need them. You're probably thinking, what's wrong with this family? I'll tell you what's wrong with my family. Everything. My mom was a human when she was sixteen and in love with my father who was a vampire stuck at the age of nineteen forever. Dad was a year above my mom and he had tried to keep away from her in order to keep her safe, but nothing worked. Mom and dad got married right out of college knowing full well that they would be able to support each other, seeing as dad had saved up a lot of money during the time he existed, mom knew that he was a vampire and was perfectly fine with that…which is kind of creepy in a way. Anyway, mom had me and almost died from it, dad saved her by changing her into a vampire. Now they've had me for nineteen years and I stopped aging a few years ago. Technically I'm sixteen, but I have been around for nineteen years. I am not a vampire or a human. I am a half vampire; I have the speed and strength of a vampire along with amazing smell, hearing and eyesight. I can eat human food, sleep and cry…but I can eat animal blood if I want to as well. I have tried it; seeing as mom and dad were pushing me to try it…they didn't like having food in the house.

"Bella! It's time for school!" My mom yelled up the stairs. I raced down and smiled up at my mom.

"I know." I announced before walking out of the house towards my new car. A Honda, a flashy one too. I drove to the school, well above the speed limit, and was there in a few minutes. I found a car park before heading to the office and receiving a slip that I needed to get signed and my timetable. I walked out of the office, looking at my timetable.

P1 English

P2 Trigonometry

P3 Spanish

Lunch

P4 Biology

P5 Gym

Not that interesting. I stuffed my timetable in my bag and headed for my first period, English. I walked into the classroom and got my slip signed before heading towards the back and sitting in the dark corner. I turned my Ipod on and listened to it throughout the entire class.

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The day passed slowly and I had decided that it was safer to eat lunch on my own. I never let myself get too close to humans. I may be half human, but that didn't mean that I wasn't dangerous to others. My teeth were coated in venom like normal vampires and they were able to cut through flesh. I grabbed some food and sat at an empty table in the cafeteria. I picked up my apple and started passing it between both of my hands, not really in the mood to eat just yet.

"Are you Isabella Swan?" I looked up to see a boy with blonde hair and a slightly chubby face looking down at me with a smile.

"Bella." I corrected him.

"Hi, I'm Mike. Why are you sitting alone?" He asked.

"Because I want to."

"Oh…well you could always come and sit with me and my friends if you wanted." Mike offered politely. I noticed that he looked a little hopeful.

"I'm okay sitting here alone, thanks anyway Mike." I smiled before looking away.

"Okay…well…the offer is open to you anytime you want." Mike said before walking away.

"Not like I'll be accepting anytime soon." I muttered under my breath, so low that no human could hear it. About five minutes into lunchtime, five students walked into the room and everyone stopped talking to see the people enter the room. Three boys and two girls. One boy was tall and burly with curly black hair; his arm was wrapped around a tall blonde girl who looked like she could be a model. A tall honey blonde male had his arm wrapped around a tiny black haired girl. The third boy walked behind the two couples and had bronze hair in casual disarray that looked as though it could never be tamed. They walked over to a table in the corner of the room, near mine and all sat down, not bothering to get any food at all. They all started talking and I could hear them perfectly.

"Did you hear about the new girl?" The black haired girl asked.

"No, Alice, we didn't. We don't have super vision like you or mind reading like Edward." I froze as I heard the burly boy reply. Super vision? Mind reading? No human's could have those talents though I had noticed that the five students didn't look anything like humans. They were pale and had bags under their eyes, just like my parents when they hadn't fed in a while. They were vampires. I looked away and didn't listen in on any more of their conversation, though I could still hear it even when I didn't want to.

"Well there is a new girl. Her names Isabella Swan, she likes to be called Bella and she's right…over…there." I turned my head slightly and saw the black haired girl pointing at me while the blonde girl and burly boy looked over their shoulder at me. The bronze haired boy was paying no attention at all and for that I was glad. I could see their black eyes looking at me like I was any other human, not interesting. The tall blonde shrugged and looked away.

"So? Why should we care? She's nothing special to us." Her voice was ice cold and made me flinch though I had never spoken a word to her.

"Haven't you heard the story about her family?" Alice whispered so quietly that any one who passed the table would have missed it. "Her parents are vampires. The new police officer here." She whispered. They all looked over at me again. I got fed up listening to them talking about me. I rose from my table, grabbed my apple and walked towards my next class. I dumped the apple in the bin as I passed, not feeling hungry anymore. I waited outside the classroom for some time before the teacher walked in along with all the students. I got my slip signed and was assigned the only seat in the classroom free, next to the boy with bronze hair. I dragged my feet as I made my way to the table and sat down.

"Are you okay?" The boy asked me. I nodded and didn't speak one word to him throughout the rest of the day.

Gym was a bore, I was so glad to get to my car and drive away from the hellhole called a school. I had never realized how boring school was until today. I walked straight upstairs and started on my homework, mom hadn't heard me get home.

"Bella?" My dad called later on during the night. I looked at the clock and realized that it was now five at night. I had been locked in my room all day. I walked downstairs and found my dad standing in the hallway, taking off his shoes and hanging up his gun.

"Yeah dad?" I replied.

"I heard it's going to be sunny tomorrow." Dad stated. I groaned. I had just moved here and gotten into the school and suddenly it was going to be sunny on the second day of school. People were going to get suspicious about my father and I. You're probably wondering why I can't go out into the sun. It is not because I sparkle in the sunlight like my mom and dad, my skin just looks…un-human like in the sun and it's best not to get too many people getting suspicious about what I am too early.

"Thanks dad. I'll find something to do." I replied as I walked upstairs. Thankfully for us, we have a forest right near by our house, well really it's right around our house. We live in the outskirts of town in a forest. I walked around my room as I thought about what I should do. Once I got an idea, I changed my clothes and headed downstairs. "I'm going for a run!" I called out so my mom and dad could hear me, not that I needed to yell with all the advanced hearing.

"Okay!" They called back in unison. I hurried out the room and darted into the forest.

SNEAK PEAK INTO CHAPTER 2

"I saw five today. But I don't know if there are more." I replied softly as I looked down at my hands and played with my fingers.