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First Encounter

I woke up to hear the light sounds of the rain on my window. Though it was soothing, the sound was slightly depressing. I hated rain. It reminded me of what I had lost in moving from Phoenix.

I really miss my hometown: the clear skies, streaked with sunlight; the heat on my skin; and above all, I missed my mother.

Renee, the most caring, lovable, eccentric person anyone could ever meet. She had been my best friend in Phoenix. After I had started to gain my powers, I began isolating myself from most people. I was paranoid for awhile, I will admit it.

Through it all, my mom was there, though. She was an unyielding source of comfort for me. I still sometimes regretted not telling her the truth, but I cared for her too much to let her get hurt.

So now, I was in Forks, with Charlie, and today was my first day of school at Forks High. As I did not like any attention whatsoever, today was sure to be horrible. I wasn't going to be pessimistic, but I was starting in the middle of the year!

Come to think of it, I still need a cover story for why I moved. Phil played baseball... maybe I could use that!

I tried to keep all the facts as simple and true as I could. Phil traveled a bunch so I wanted my mom to be able to travel with him. It was simple enough, I liked it.

With that settled, I decided it was time to get up. I rolled out of bed, yawning, and walked to my bathroom to get ready for the day. Though it was my first day, I hated getting dressed up for anything, so I simply took my time brushing my hair and taking a shower.

Almost an hour later, I was dressed, downstairs, and ready to start my new adventure in high school. I had discovered after Charlie and I had arrived home yesterday, that he had bought me a red truck! It was old, sturdy, and I loved it. It was nice of Charlie to do that for me, it would make my life here easier.

So, at 7:45, I set off down the road to the school. It was easy enough to find as the town only had one school, so I was there very quickly. I was relieved to see that most everyone had cars like mine, so I wouldn't have another reason I stood out.

I parked the truck, and walked to the office to see a kind, elderly lady sitting behind a desk.

"Hello," I told her, "My name is Bella Swan." She looked up at me immediately, her face breaking into a large, wrinkly smile.

"Hello, dear, I heard you were coming," she told me. Of course she knew, the town's police chief's daughter was coming, it seemed the whole town knew. She handed me two sheets of paper and said, "This is your schedule, and you need to get this signed by all your teachers." I thanked her and left the office.

First, I had English. That fact made me happy. I loved reading and literature, if I didn't have another destiny I was set to follow, I would have gone to college and majored in English literature. I sighed. It was still sinking in just how much I would never get to do. I shook off those thought immediately, I was not going to mope! I needed to find my class.

I walked in as the bell rang. A man I assumed to be Mr. Mason was at the front of the room. I handed him my sheet to be signed and he pointed out a seat in the back. It seemed we would get along great this year. If he simply let me keep to myself, I would be happy. I, however, was not expecting the curious stares I was receiving on my way to my seat. It was as though I was a new exhibit in the zoo to be gawked at.

After the bell rang signaling class to end, I was immediately swarmed by people introducing themselves. A guy named Erik offered to show me to my next class. I did not want to be rude, so I accepted. He seemed nice, if somewhat over helpful.

The rest of the morning went along in the same routine. I would have to embarrass myself in front of the class, I would be swarmed by people, and then some guy would walk me to my next class.

Finally, the time came for lunch, and a girl named Jessica asked me to sit with her table at lunch, and I accepted. I hadn't spoken to her much, she seemed nice enough, until I heard a conversation in the hallway she had with one of her friends. I learned later that Mike had rejected Jessica and Jessica was wondering why. I think Lauren was the name of the girl she was talking with,

"Jessica, your a great person, and a great friend, its his loss." the girl said. Lie, lie, lie. One of my powers was that I could detect the truth. It was the first power I ever received; it was the reason I had believed the letter so quickly. From then on, I realized not to trust Jessica or Lauren. If they could lie that easily to their friends, I did not want to be counted among those they lied to.

I still had to eat lunch with them, though. I could not be so stuck up as to agree to eat lunch with them, then completely ditch them. Then I would be sinking to their level.

As I went into the lunchroom, I grabbed something to eat, and sat down at the table. I recognized a few faces at the table, but not all of them. They were kind enough to introduce themselves to me again, and I smiled at them all.

That's when it happened. I smelt something like sweet strawberries from across the room. I looked up, started, and saw the kind of beings I was hiding from. I saw my first real glimpse of the magical world. There, at the end of the lunchroom, was a table of vampires.

Author's note: Sorry it was a bit shorter, I have a bunch of stuff to do! I will update soon! Review please!