Disclaimer: Stephenie owns the names, I own the plotline.

This is the first chapter as promised. Enjoy!

The Beginning

Bella Swan remembered that morning like it happened just yesterday. The morning it all started. It was mid – December, her parents anniversary. She couldn't sleep all night, like something was haunting her. After tossing and turning around for an hour she gave up. Instead she got up and sat on her laptop and did the one thing she loved. She started writing. Writing gives her a peace of mind, it soothes her. But at that moment, it was proving useless. It was like something was bugging her from inside. She wrote for the next two hours before taking a brake and helping herself for some coffee.

She started at the screen while sipping her coffee. Instead of continuing writing she opened the browser. After looking at the site addresses she clicked on her mail, thinking of checking her mail since she was expecting a mail from Angela her ex – schoolmate cum best friend cum publisher. There were five mails. Two from Angela, two from some random advertisement company and one of an unknown sender. She quickly skimmed through Angela's mails, deleting the others except that unknown. She didn't know why she didn't delete it. Normally, she would've deleted such a mail thinking of some virus infection but she just couldn't bring herself to delete this one. Being overly curious she opened it. It was a very strange mail, but as she finished reading the mail she quickly opened the document attached and was shocked to see its contents.

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Due to the lack of important cases from the past few weeks, everything was slow and boring. As their branch was in a loss, they had been given the work to look up in the cases which had been closed due to the lack of evidence.

Edward was having just another boring day at the 12th street FBI office. Detective Edward Anthony Mason Cullen of FBI. Edward is also known as the charmer of the 12th. More than his FBI skills, he has the ability to dazzle people by his eyes and movements. He is tall, lean with a nice muscular frame, has pale skin along with striking green eyes and bronze hairs in disarray. Edward was adopted by Carlisle and Esme Cullen after his parents were killed in a massacre. Since childhood it had been Edward's mission to find his parents murders.

"Hey Ed, look what I found?" Emmett asked. Special Agent Emmett McCarty Cullen of FBI. Brother of Edward Cullen and adopted son of Carlisle and Esme Cullen, Emmett also known as the teddy bear of the 12th. Even though Emmett is known for his scary looks by the others, the people who know him well know how much of a softie he is. A tall and blurry 6'5 man with extensive muscles, Emmett has pale skin with short brown hairs, brown eyes and cute dimples on his cheeks when he smiles. Emmett is like a big brother, caring, funny, lovable and has a tendency of turning the most serious moments into a big fat joke. But when he comes into his work mode, there is no challenge he can't pass. Emmett was adopted by

"What Emmett?" Edward asked, frustrated. From past couple hours he has been looking into the profile of a murder victim but couldn't find anything which made him all cranky and frustrated.

"Look who's grumpy now." Rosalie commented. Rosalie Lillian Hale, also known as the mind of the 12th. Rosalie, also known as Rose, is the psychologist in the department. With a good 5'10 height, long wavy blonde hair, sky blue eyes and a fabulous body along with pale, flawless skin anybody can pass her as a super model but Rosalie had other plans. She always wanted to study about the human brain, she wanted to see why a person reacts the way he reacts when put in different situations. Rosalie was appointed a few years ago when the 12th was going unsuccessful in finding the murder. She used to be outside the interrogation room, observing the behavior of the suspects and detecting weather they are speaking the truth or not just by looking at them. Many times she also helped them in making the suspect confess their crimes by using advance psychological tactics on them.

"You are." Edward backfired. Mostly Rosalie is referred to as grumpy by Edward for her sarcastic comments towards him. They both never get along.

"Rosie is right, you really are grumpy today. Take a break." Alice suggested. Mary Alice Brandon, also known as the heart and soul of the 12th. Alice is the medical examiner at the 12th. She examines the bodies and determines the date, time and reason of death. Looking at her nobody can think of it as her job. Besides that, Alice is small, pixie like with pale flawless skin and short jet black hairs which are spiky at the end. She is obsessed with designer clothing's and doesn't like to be referred by her first name. She is also known for her hyper active personality and physic ability. Alice gets visions, which are always correct. Everyone at the 12th knows not to bet against Alice.

"Alice is right, take a break and calm yourself down." Jasper quipped. Jasper Whitlock Hale, also known as the empath of the 12th. Rosalie's twin, Jasper is tall and lean, sky blue eyes with pale skin and short blonde hairs. He doesn't speak much, but when he opens his mouth only right and precise amount of words come out. Whenever he is around, the other person doesn't feel uncomfortable. Jasper has the ability to control the emotions of those around him and sometimes even manipulate them.

"I am calm Jazz, it's all just frustrating. I don't know why we even have to do all this." He finished pointing to the stack of papers.

"Because this is what you are paid for." Replied a stern voice of Carlisle Cullen. Everyone went silent. Carlisle Cullen is the chief of the 12th. With his blonde hairs, pale skin and piercing blue, Carlisle is considered handsome despite his age. Being a retired army officer, he is very stern and values principles but along with that is funny and playful too. To everyone at the 12th, Carlisle is considered as the father figure. Whereas his wife Esme is considered as the mother figure. Esme has a heart shaped face with caramel hairs and grey eyes. Esme is considered as a part of the 12th but doesn't work on full time basis. Being an interior designer she is very well informed of the scenarios and structure of a particular scene so using the advanced technologies she is able to recreate the crime scene.

"I know that but why us. Why are they not giving us any new cases?" Edward argued.

"Edward, new cases are given when the old ones are successfully solved. Every branch is given equal number of cases. When we finish our share they will give us new one. But yes, if a homicide occurs in our area then we will have a new case but until then you are bound to paperwork." He explained in a calm voice. Edward huffed and sat down while Carlisle made his way towards his cabin as everyone resumed their work. Suddenly, his intercom rang making his jump in surprise.

"Cullen"

"Detective Cullen, I have a girl here who is claiming to have some evidence about the Santos case." Gianna, the receptionist said.

"Send her in." was his immediate reply. As he put down the receiver he stood up and walked towards the entrance area, curious to see who this was since he was pretty sure there was no witness, even if there were they would've been dead by now.

"Hey Ed, were are you going?" Emmett asked.

"There is a new lead on the Santos case." As the words flew out of his mouth, everyone was around him in a second. Emmett, Jasper and Edward were responsible for this case but due to lack of evidence and leads they had to close it. Alice had helped identify the body and Rosalie was helping them spin a sensible story. It was a very complicated case. Eleazar Santos was a business man. He was found murdered in his office about 5 years ago. The strange part, when they reached the crime scene, everything was scrubbed clean. No one was willing to testify and the once who were are now dead. They suspected a particular gang but couldn't take them into custody due to lack of evidence. Also his wife, Carmen Santos went missing and was never found.

"Who is she?" Jasper asked.

"I don't know, Gianna just said that she has some evidence." He replied.

"She?" Emmett and Jasper exclaimed at the same time as the elevator dinged and the door opened revealing a beautiful girl. Even Edward thought she was beautiful but he quickly pushed the thought aside.

"Bella!" Alice suddenly squealed.

"Alice?" she asked in a confused voice.

"Oh my god! What are you doing here?" Alice asked as she jumped on Bella in order to hug her but ended up strangling her.

"It's nice to meet you too, Alice." She said laughing and hugging her.

"You too, but what are you doing here? I mean I haven't seen you since school" Alice asked her in an astonished voice.

"School?" Emmett asked, intrigued.

"Yeah, Bella and I used to go to the same school." Alice explained." But that doesn't explain what you are doing here?" she questioned her.

"I am here to meet a Detective Cullen." She asked looking around.

"I am Detective Cullen." He said going back to his professional mode. Hearing his voice she turned towards him.

"Hello Detective Cullen, I am Isabella Swan but please call me Bella." Theyfinished the introduction by shaking hands. As their hands touched, an electric current passed and their eyes met in surprise. Edward grinned while Bella blushed. "Um, I have some things that can be used for the Eleazar Santos case."

"Alright, let's see what it is." He said leading her towards his cabin as someone cleared their throat. Being so eager for information he forgot about the others. "Sorry, this is Special Agent Emmett and …" he was cut off by Emmett giving Bella one of his signature bear hugs to which she squealed.

"Emmett put her down or you'll squish her." Alice scolded him to which, for once, he listened.

"Hi, I am Emmett." He said grinning down at her.

"Nice to meet you." she said smiling back.

"This is Jazz, Rosie, Ed and you've already met the pixie there." Emmett introduced them all by waving at them as he said their names. Alice slapped on the back of his head at which he exclaimed "Ow! What was that for?"

"For calling me pixie. I don't like that name." she said pouting.

"But the name suits you." Bella teased her.

"Bella you too!" she looked as if Bella had kicked her puppy.

"I already like her." Emmett said as she high – fived Emmett.

"Alright, enough with the fun. We have work to do." Jasper silenced them. "I am Jasper by the way and this is Rosalie, my twin." Rosalie gave her a polite smile which she returned.

"So, what do you have?" Edward asked, desperate to get her attention. They walked to his table were she presented them with a small stack of papers.

"What are these?" Alice asked curiously.

"This is a story." Bella replied.

"Yeah, but what are we supposed to do with it?" Emmett asked.

"You can find the murderer through it." she explained slowly as if telling a child.

"How did you get these?" Jasper asked.

"Someone mailed them to me. Someone named Louranda." She explained them about the mail and the story attached to it. "She said these are going to be in fragments, like a story since she cannot give them to you altogether as she is being monitored."

"But how do you know all this is true?" Rosalie spoke for the first time.

"I got this mail at around two in the morning and since then I am searching about it on the net. That's how I found about you guys. So don't you think I would've thought about that question before coming to you guys" She reasoned.

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In his cabin, Carlisle was himself having a hard time doing the paperwork so he thought of taking a break and checking on the others. When he exited his office he found everyone in a cluster around Edward's table. "What happening here?" he voiced as an oddly familiar pair of eyes turned towards him.

"Carlisle?" she asked in an astonished. He knew this voice very well.

"Bella?" his voice leaked astonishment and disbelief but had hidden happiness. She got up, ran towards him and hugged him hard while everyone else started at them in utter astonishment.

"It's been so long. Charlie misses you." She said as she pulled back.

"It's been years." He replied as he saw Bella like she was his own daughter.

"Um, what's going on here?' Emmett broke the silence. "Is there something we are missing out, dad?" even though Emmett and Edward are not allowed to refer Carlisle as dad but Emmett couldn't stop himself.

"He's your son?" Bella asked in astonishment as she looked back and forth between them.

"Yes, Emmett and Edward. They both are my sons." He replied in a fond voice.

"But when…. "She trailed off suggestively.

"Why don't we talk about this later." He said, then an idea came to his mind. "Why don't you come on dinner, I am sure Esme would love to meet you."

"I would love to too." She said grinning.

"Alright, if your reunion is over will you tell us how do you know Bella?" Emmett asked, getting impatient.

"It's simple. Carlisle and Esme are my godparents." Bella replied casually.

"What?" all of them said at once. Bella laughed at this.

"But how? I mean I have never met you" Edward asked, thinking hard if he had seen her before but came up blank. It was impossible if her had seen her before and forgotten. He had a really good memory.

"I and Bella's father were good friends, but due to my transfer we had to move to Chicago. Later, both of you came. It's been years since I last saw them so no, you have never met her before." Carlisle explained as they nodded. "But what are you doing here?" he asked looking at her.

"She has some leads to the Santos case." Edward answered before she could.

"What? How? And since when?" Carlisle asked as his eyes went wide. Bella explained him while the others read the first chapter.

"This makes sense." Rosalie said after reading it.

"But how did she know all this?" Edward asked.

"I don't know" then she remembered something. "I have the mail description she sended me."

"Where's it?" Jasper asked.

"Can I use the computer?" Bella asked.

"Sure, here." Edward said as her fired the computer. She opened her mail id and showed them the mail.

From: Louranda

Subject: Life story of a Dead

Date: 10th December 2009: 1:55

To: Isabella Swan

Dear Isabella,

I have been having the burden of this guilt for a while. There was a thing that I witnessed a few years ago, but couldn't confess it for the sake of safety of my loved ones. The reason I am writing to you is I know you would be able to help me and deliver the message. I know everything about you but you don't know anything about me. There is a document attached to it. I am sending you fragment so that it wouldn't become suspicious. It is in the form of a story because of the whole monitoring system; only this one mail is send unchecked. To clarify something's, my name is not Louranda. I will send you mails through this very name only, but please don't reply and don't try to track me down. It will not only harm me but those people also who I have been trying to protect for a while. I appreciate your support and after this it is all your choice.

Regards,

Louranda

"Alright, this means that she was there." Rosalie concluded.

"But then how can she be alive?" Alice asked. "I mean we had two suspects who were willing to testify but both of them were brutally murdered even under high protection."

"She says that she is under high monetrization." Jasper added.

"But then why would she endanger her life?" Emmett wondered aloud.

"Didn't you hear, she was feeling guilty." Edward answered.

"Guilty enough to go against them?" Carlisle challenged.

"I think she was related to them. They could be very close and maybe that is why she is willing to come out and speak." Bella spoke for the first time.

"But why after 5 years?" Alice asked.

"Didn't you just say the two witnesses who were ready to testify were murdered." Bella asked, Alice nodded in response "So maybe she was trying to gain their trust. I think that is why she is willing to contact us after 5 years." She reasoned and got everyone thinking. "And personally, I don't think it is only the guilt that is playing the major role in this confession." She continued.

"Then what is?" Rosalie challenged.

"Her relationship to the victim. You see if a person is guilty, she would not do such a big thing that might cost her life. We can live with guilt all our lives but when it is about someone who's really close to you, it multiplies the guilt by a thousand times and which ultimately makes it unbearable to live with. I think that is the reason why she is doing it all willingly. Maybe she could be a relative or even the sister of one of the two, or maybe the wife." She suddenly jumped up and started pacing around while talking. "Yes, it could be the wife. She loved her husband so much but couldn't say anything at that moment. Remember the condition of those who attempted to be brave. And like she said, don't try to track her down or not to reply to her. Maybe she is referring me to as someone of her knowledge. But along with all this she has the burden of protecting her loved once too. But because she loved her husband so dearly could why she is coming out even after 5 years. Maybe the she didn't disappeared but was taken away because she witnessed it all or knew more that required so they took her and locked her some were. There are a lot of scenarios that can be possible. Lust, passion or just plain rivalry." She completed.

"Wow" Emmett said as he started clapping which caused Bella to blush a dark shade of red.

"Yes, you really are brilliant" Carlisle quipped.

"Thanks" Bella muttered.

"Alright, now I am curious. How did you do that?" Alice asked.

"Do what?"

"The whole analogy thingy, how did you do it? I mean even Rose couldn't do it." she pointed at which Rosalie glare at her.

"Job and personal experience." Bella answered quietly.

"What do you do?" Emmett asked curiously.

"I am a writer." She replied with a smile.

"Writer? How come I have not read any of your books?" he asked in a small child's voice.

"Because I haven't written one yet. My book is still in process."

"What are you writing about?" this time Edward asked.

"Murder" was her short and whole reply.

"That explains the analogy." Jasper concluded.

"But we can't be sure if it's the wife." Rosalie pointed.

"But there is still a possibility. Can you please run a check for as how many people were close to them. It could be a male or female." Bella looked at Edward who nodded and quickly went off to work.

"But there is one thing that is still bugging me." Carlisle voiced.

"And what's that?" Emmett asked in a sing – song voice.

"Why did she choose Bella?"

"Because she is an author." Alice replied in a matter of fact tone.

"No, but there are more authors. Why her?" he argues

"She says she knows all about her." Emmett reasoned.

"But the question still stands. Why her? Why not someone else?" Carlisle pointed.

"I don't know." Alice said in a defeated tone.

"Maybe we'll find out later." Bella replied.

"Later?" Carlisle asked frowning.

"Yes later, cauz I have a feeling that this is just the beginning."

Here, just like I promised. This is just the beginning, things will get more interesting as we move forward. Since this was just a random idea that came to my mind from god know were, please forgive me if it is not upto the standard. I promise to make this story a good one.

Also, I just didn't want them to have love at first sight cauz , lets face it, is not a part of the real world is. Over here you have to be practical.

Now, if you like this story and want me to continue that please do review and tell me your thoughts.

Bella