A/N: Hey guys, so first off, before I say anything I would like to thank the guest (I'm sorry, I don't know your name) who reviewed.

Your review inspired me to hurry up and edit this chapter so that I could post it on time. Also, I know exactly how you feel, I always hate waiting for a fanfiction to be updated and I'm desperately trying not to become one of those authors who only updates once or twice a month.

Not everyone is a writer, but that's what makes everyone special. I love to write and throw myself into a good story but I can't sing and I'm defiantly not as good at Karate as my brother who I am so proud of for earning his belts so quickly. He's earned six belts in the last year, but I don't even know what order they go in. So what I'm trying to say -but doing a pretty bad job at- is that everyone has their own thing and you may not be a writer, but who knows, you may grow up to be a famous singer who inspires many others or a great doctor who makes a scientific break though that changes the world. Everybody has a talent and nobody's completely perfect at anything, and yes, there's always room for improvement (Like in somehow getting rid of this run-on sentence), but you never know, you may just be the best writer ever and you just have to give it a try and do your best, because I know that you are incredibly talented and that you can accomplish anything that you set your mind to.

Previously:

I had a terrible nightmare and even though I don't remember exactly what it was about I do remember the terror and waking up screaming.

I couldn't stop screaming and I wasn't taking in enough air.

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The only difference was that we had at yet another rare sunny day and my siblings and I had needed to stay home that day. I didn't sparkle or glitter in the sunlight like they did but our cover of going camping wouldn't really work if I still went to school.

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Bella and I had texted back and forth for a while and we had decided that we would meet at the diner at noon and then she would drive us to Port Angeles.

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"Dresses for the girls choice dance. I'm not going but they wanted me to come with them."

"I'm not going either."

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I smiled shyly at Angela and Jessica and Angela smiled back while Jessica just glared at me. What did I do to her?

"Hi I'm Elizabeth," I greeted trying to ignore Jessica's obvious displeasure.

"Nice to meet you I-"

"We know who you are," Jessica cut her friend off, spite evident in her voice.

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"Hey there!" one of the men called out to us as we passed his deep voice sending chills down my spine. Something was off about these men.

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"Which one first?" the thickset man asked and one of his friends pointed to me. "The terrified one."

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He reached a dirty hand out and quickly pulled on my button up shirt causing two of the buttons to pop off and my shirt to fall down around my feet. I was vaguely aware of the ice that immediately began to coat the soiled, pink shirt.

The cool air stung my bare skin but I didn't have time to think about that because suddenly a pair of headlights rounded the corner and the man pushed me down in surprise.

My head hit the corner of the sidewalk and black spots appeared in my vision before vanishing just as quickly.

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"Dammit!" Edward banged his hands on the steering wheel and I was sure he was going to break it.

It was getting harder and harder to breathe and I could feel my lungs heaving with the effort.

"Bella, talk to her, she's having a panic attack." Edward's tone was livid but I didn't really register what he was saying.

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When we had gotten home after another minor freak-out Alice and mom had managed to make me eat a little bit of soup before I showered multiple times and changed for bed. Yet I couldn't fall asleep. Sleep evaded me and for once I was glad that it did. I read random books and worked on homework to keep myself from thinking about tonight.

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As I finally drifted off to sleep with Harry Potter still lying open on my nightstand I wondered how this could have gone from being a great day to a terrible day where I had multiple panic attacks and yet another nightmare to add to my rapidly growing collection. I wondered how everything could have changed so much in the blink of an eye. Little did I know that this was only the beginning of my misfortune and not the end.

For the first time since I could remember, I had a completely dreamless sleep. Strange when you think about it. You go through a traumatic experience and you expect to have nightmares. Not the other way around. And yet here I was, better rested than I had been in a long time. The only proof that last night had actually happened was the hand shaped bruise on my arm.

It was somewhere around ten or eleven when I climbed out of bed. It was so late that at first, I thought that it was still the weekend but it was actually Monday. I guess that I'm not going to school today.

I was glad for the free day off. I needed time to be alone and relax after yesterday's events.

With this in mind, I slowly climbed out of bed and set out a mint green t-shirt and a pair of thick, off-white leggings before quickly showering for the fifth time in the last twenty-four hours and then changing into the comfortable outfit.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was still lying open on the floor where I must have dropped it last night so I quickly picked it up and made sure that the spine wasn't messed up.

Harry Potter was my all time favorite series and so for my 12th birthday, Alice had gotten me the complete hardback set as well as a Ravenclaw themed chest to keep them in.

After I made sure that the book was okay I quickly set it in the chest that was pushed up against the far side of the wall.

Once I had placed the book where it belonged there was nothing left to do in my room so my thoughts started to wander.

As soon as I began to think about last night I quickly made my way downstairs to find a distraction.

I could smell cinnamon pancakes coming from the kitchen which was really weird seeing as no one in my family really cooked unless it was a special occasion. The most that we usually cooked was a soup or something along those lines that could be quickly made in the microwave. I don't think that we even have that much kitchenware, honestly.

I wandered into the kitchen to see my mom placing pancakes on a plate as she hummed softly.

"Morning sweetheart," she greeted happily as she turned off the stove.

"Good morning," I greeted back. "The pancakes smell good."

"I'm glad. You slept kinda late. Do you feel better now?" She was referring to last night when I had come home and then refused to really talk to anyone and they had to practically force me to eat the slightest bit of food.

"Yeah," I nodded. "A little."

"That's good." She smiled as she pushed the plate of pancakes towards me.

I grabbed the plate and thanked her before beginning to eat.

It was always really strange to eat around my family but this morning I was so hungry that I hardly noticed as Esme watched me eat in silence. I had barely eaten last night and so I devoured the entire plate of pancakes in a few minutes. For someone who didn't eat, my mom was a great cook.

When I was done eating I quickly rinsed off the plate before placing it in the dishwasher and questioning my mom.

"What about school? Today is Monday isn't it?"

"You had a bad day yesterday and so Carlisle told the school that you weren't feeling well today. You're taking the day off and Jordan said that she could give Alice your classwork for you to do at home instead. Now can you tell me about last night?" Esme answered my question before changing the topic to the one thing that I was desperately trying to avoid thinking about.

I quickly shook my head my mood changing instantly.

"Please sweetie, you'll feel better if you talk about it. Edward and Alice basically explained what happened but I want to hear it from your point of view."

I sighed deeply before sucking in a sharp breath and beginning my tale.

"Bella and I met up with some of her friends and we went shopping together but Bella and I decided to go to a bookstore before dinner. We couldn't find the r-right bookstore and these men started f-following us." I was stuttering slightly and trying to rush the words out but I wasn't crying or panicking yet which was good. My mom quickly sped over to me a gently placed her hand on my back, silently encouraging me to continue. "They chased us d-down the streets a-an… and cornered us. Th-there were f-four of them. Th-They… They got m-my s-shirt off a-and they w-were going to…" I trailed off as tears ran down my cheeks and my mom enveloped me in a hug.

I took a couple deep breaths before continuing.

"But then Edward showed up an-and… and s-saved us. I had a panic attack and I-I don't remember too clearly b-but Alice showed up and brought me home."

"And now you're safe."

I nodded as I allowed my mom to lead me over to the couch where she soothingly ran her fingers through my messy, unbrushed hair.

Eventually, when I was calmed down I noticed proudly that there wasn't any ice on any surface near us. Maybe I don't need Alice's 'magic' gloves after all.

Carlisle and Esme were going hunting later today but mom didn't want to leave me home alone so until my siblings got back we just relaxed downstairs watching a bunch of movies.

The time had gone by surprisingly quickly and I was confused when my siblings got home. It felt like we had only just started watching movies when really we had been sitting on the couch for almost six hours.

"Feeling better?" Rosalie greeted and smiled when I nodded.

"That's good. Alice and Edward were freaking out last night." Of course they were. Alice with her visions and Edward with his mind reading.

"Well, of course we were," Edward teased after reading my mind as he walked over his tone changing from teasing to serious. "I'm going with Bella tomorrow, okay?"

"Where?" I questioned him looking up from my position on the couch. My back was super stiff but I didn't feel like moving.

"It's a secret," Edward replied going back to being playful after seeing that this didn't upset me. "Maybe you can get Bella to tell you after though. You two seem to of become friends."

"I'm gonna go ask then," I replied dashing up from the couch and up the stairs to get my phone which I had left lying on my dresser.

"Wait she doesn't- never mind," Edward had given up on what he was going to say seeing as I was already half way up the stairs.

In my room, I quickly grabbed my phone and dialed Bella's number before putting the phone up to my ear.

It rang three times before she picked up.

"Hey Bella, I-"

"Are you a vampire?!" she cut me off mid-sentence.

"Am I a vampire?" I asked confused.

"Well, are you?" Bella sounded really impatient and I wondered what Edward could have told her last night.

"No…" I trailed off. "Give me a second I'll be right back," I set the phone down before Bella had the chance to object.

I ran down the hall and knocked on my brother's door.

There was a muffled reply of come in so I quickly pushed the door open. "What did you tell Bella last night?"

"Hello to you too, Liz," he greeted sarcastically. "I told her about vampires. I didn't tell her anything about you, it's not my place or secret to tell."

"Okay thanks Ed," I dashed back out of his room and heard him chuckle.

Once I was back in my room I grabbed my phone off of its deserted place on my dresser.

"Are you still there Bella?" I questioned quietly.

"Yeah, so you're human?" She jumped right back into the conversation and I sighed.

"Umm, not anymore?" it was a question and I hoped that she wouldn't notice.

"Not anymore. So you were human?"

"Until this year."

"Then what are you? Not a human not a vampire, right?"

"Right. Honestly, all I know is what Carlisle figured out."

"Which is?"

"That I have powers like the rest of my family. I'm half vampire I think."

"How does that work?" Bella now sound completely lost and I didn't blame her. I didn't really understand either.

"Um, well, a few days after you showed up I got really sick and had to leave school early. Still not sure why that happened by the way. Anyways, I was kidnapped later and they fed me some drug. When I woke up I had powers that I apparently I was actually born with but they never surfaced. Your guess as to why it made them show up is as good as mine." I tried to stay upbeat to keep unpleasant memories from resurfacing.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up bad memories," Bella apologized sincerely.

"It's fine, you had no way of knowing and I think I'm okay now," I added on the last part for her benefit.

"So you guys didn't actually go backpacking did you?"

"Um no. I just stayed home but the rest of my family went hunting." Wait did Edward say that just he was a vampire? I hope not.

"So wait, do you sleep? Eat food? Drink blood?"

I laughed at her flurry of questions. "Yes, I sleep, Yes, I eat food, and no, I don't drink disgusting blood," I added on the part about blood being disgusting to tease my family who were all probably listening in if they hadn't left already.

"Okay, is there a name for what you are? And what are your powers? Are they like Edwards?"

"My powers aren't like Edwards 'cause I can freeze things and create ice. Oh, and it's called being an Elemental."

"Okay, well thanks for answering my questions but I have to go now, Charlie will be home soon and I don't want to have to explain this conversation to him."

"Okay but wait, where is Edward-" the line beeped signaling that she hand hung up.

I sighed angrily before setting down my phone and wandering leisurely back downstairs. Everyone had either already left for the hunting trip or were up in their room like Edward preparing to go hunting when the others got back and so the whole house was eerily quiet and mostly deserted.

After walking through the large house to see if any of my siblings were doing anything interesting, which they weren't, I arrived in the kitchen and groaned. There was a large stack of school work piled on the table courtesy of Alice and Jordan. This was going to be a long couple of days.

Hey again, I know that this was a really short filler chapter and the next one is even shorter (I'm sorry, I'm sorry), but because of that, I will have the next chapter up around the same time tomorrow. The next chapter, however short it may be, will have some really important things happening in it. I know that this story has been kind of slow but this is where it will start to pick up the pace as it moves closer to the end of the first book.

My friend who constantly encourages me to continue writing and helps me with a story whenever I get stuck was joking around and saying that I end too many chapters on a cliff-hanger so this one is sorta non-cliff-hanger-ish with a slightly happier ending. And also Lizzie liking Harry Potter is another thing that I added on for her. Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed and please follow, favorite, and review! Tell me what you liked or what you didn't like!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight in any way, shape, or form. I only own Jordan and Elizabeth as well as Lizzie's powers that are, in my opinion at least, incredibly amazing!