New chapter coming up! As usual, I don't own anything from Twilight or the name of the creature gideion. I own the idea of what the gideion is, the Morwen family and anything directly with them, and the Melda family.

Previously

I started falling backwards, my bag falling off my shoulder. As I began to fall, a large hand shot out and wrapped around my wrist. A large, pale, and very cold hand. I looked up to stare into the face of none other then…

Ch. 2

Emmett Cullen. I quickly looked away, hoping he wouldn't recognize me.

"Hey, sorry about that," he said. I just nodded in his direction and bent down to gather the books that flew out of my bag. He bent down to help. "Here, let me give-"

"I don't need any help Emmett!" I hissed out, and then I froze. Shit! He is supposed to be new here! I shouldn't know him yet! Way to go Iz. I sat there as still as a statue, waiting for him to say something that would blow my cover, but I wasn't expecting this.

Emmett started laughing, but it wasn't his usual, booming laughter. This sounded strained, like he was forcing it through pain. "I guess news travels real fast in this place. I guess you already know, but I'm Emmett Cullen," he said as he held out his hand to me. I didn't except.

"Izzy Morwen."

"'Izzy'? Cool name there. Short for anything?" he asked. I looked up, ready to tell him to get lost, and my words caught in my throat when I saw his face.

I had been so use to seeing an Emmett that had this huge smile on his face and held laughter in his gold eyes, and this wasn't it. This Emmett had a small, forced smile on his face and there was a deep sadness in his pitch black eyes. I let out a small gasp- what happened to 'Teddy bear Emmett'?

"Hey, are you ok?" he asked me. Not knowing what to say, I simply nodded. He held out his hand again, and without even thinking, I let him help me up. Deciding to want to know what he was thinking, I opened up the link to his head and looked into his thoughts.

'She almost looks like Be- No Em! She's gone, and you never got to tell her goodbye,' he thought sadly. I gasped again and almost jerked my hand out of his.

"Sorry," I said and I ran down the hall and out of building four.

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I was a little bit shaken. Why was Emmett so upset? I thought they wanted to leave without a goodbye! And why is he still upset after 80 years?

I walked into the cafe and saw everyone else at our usual table near the back of the room. Connor was of course sitting with Stacy. Max was sitting on the chair that was turned backwards while Maria sat on the table in front of him, her feet propped up on the head of the chair, and Jake had Selena sitting on his lap.

"Hey Iz, do you want to leave?" Connor asked me as I came closer. I dumped my things on the chair in front of me.

"Yeah Iz, if you want, we'll tell them you weren't feeling good and went on home," Maria offered.

"No thanks Mare-bear," I said, knowing how much she hated that name, but still wanting to tease the hell out of her. "I'll be back. I'm just gonna get some lunch."

"Hey, be careful Izzy," Selena told me. When I gave her a confused look, she nodded her head over at the Cullens. I nodded and walked to the line, where I got myself a small salad and a soda. When I turned to head back to my family, I found myself facing Alan Parker.

Alan is like a lot of the guys I've met in the past 80 years; obnoxious, self-centered, and doesn't understand the word 'no'. He's been trying to ask me out since my 'first' year here, and each time I told him to forget it. And yet, the idiot still keeps coming back like a boomerang.

"Hey there Morwen," he said as he looked me up and down like I was some sort of prize. "My, my, you look hot today. You didn't have to do that for me."

"Get lost Parker!" I exclaimed as I walked by. His arm shot out and wrapped itself around my waist, pulling me into his side.

"Oh, come on babe. Don't be like that."

"I'm not your 'babe' asshole! Get the hell off of me!" I yelled, drawing attention from most of the school. I know I could easily get out of his grip with one arm tied behind my back, but how could I explain how a small thin girl like me was able to break the arm of our school's football captain?

Alan's other hand came up and held my chin, forcing me to look up at his disgusting face.

"You know, I don't think I want to. I rather like you here," he said as he started leaning into me.

I kept struggling, and as I looked over his shoulder, I saw four people standing behind Alan; Jake, Connor, Max, and Emmett.

"Hey!" Connor shouted. Alan stopped to look over his shoulder and that was all they needed.

Connor and Max both grabbed Alan by the shoulder and yanked him back while Jake and Emmett stood in front of me, blocking me from Alan's view.

"I thought we told you to stay away from our sister, Parker!" Max said dangerously at Alan, who shrugged both the hands holding him down.

"Oh come on! Your sister keeps rejecting me, and yet she keeps wearing outfits just to mess with my head! She's nothing but a tease and a slut!" Alan yelled out to the whole room. I was so pissed that I could have killed the piece of shit, and so angry that I couldn't have stopped what happened next.

My brothers, Jake, and Emmett all charged at Alan, who was now surrounded by his team, and all hell broke loose. There was total chaos as they all started throwing punches and kicks. I felt someone drag me back from the fight and I turned and saw none other then Edward Cullen.

I don't know if it was the shock of what was just happening, or maybe seeing the Cullens again, or even being this close to him again, but my shield went down for a second and it was horrible.

The pain and sadness was so intense, I thought that it would have killed me. What could have happened to Edward that he would feel this way? I heard only one word from his thoughts, and it was one that I haven't heard in the past 80 years; Bella. I snapped.

I wrenched myself from his arms and ran to the table where the girls were. I snatched my bag and jacket from the chair and ran as fast as I could outside, ignoring their cries. Not caring about going to my locker for my helmet and wanting to get out of here as soon as possible, I jumped onto my bike and shoved the key n the ignition, then sped off at breakneck speed.

When I got home, I noticed that my mom wasn't there. I saw the note that she had taped to the fridge.

I had to go to the store. Snacks are in the fridge. Be back around 4 o'clock.

Love Mom

I sighed and ran upstairs, changing into a normal tank top, a pair of sweats, and black converses. Grabbing my iPod and my old copy of 'Pride and Prejudice' and locked the door to my room.

This place is like my haven. The walls are a golden yellow with black boarding along with top and bottom. One wall is completely removed to have a sliding window doorway, looking out to the beautiful forestry that surrounded our three story house. If you could call it a house; I call it a castle.

The floors of my room are made of a rich maple wood furnishing, though it's mostly covered by the thick burgundy carpet. There are two white cushion chairs in the center of the room, in front of my large walk in closet. The bed was located on the opposite side of the window, its box made of simple wood but held spaces to hold a few of the books that didn't fit on the shelves above. The head was closer to the window, angling the bed to the large flat screen TV that my parents gave me for Christmas last year. The computer desk was beside the window, and I had a little gray speaker/coffee table between both areas.

I looked around and sighed before I opened up the window a bit before I sat on my bed, propped myself up against the dozen pillows and began to read.

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I didn't realize that I fell asleep, but when I opened my eyes again, the sky was turning dark and I was hearing noises from outside my room. Shutting off my iPod and placing on the table with my book, I got up from my bed and walked to the door and opened it.

Everyone was rushing around the place. Mom was about to run right pass me, but I grabbed her shoulder, turning her around to look at me.

"Mom, what the hell is going on here?"

"Isabella, there you are! I thought you weren't coming out of your room at all tonight! We're having some visitors over tonight. Your father and Angelo met the new doctor in town and he's a vampire. Apparently, he and his family is a lot like that Delani clan we met a few years back. Anyway, they're coming over tonight. Now go get ready!" she said all this in a rush before running off again.

New doctor, vampire, and the Cullens are back? Carlisle, of course. Knowing that this would have happened sooner or later, I walked back into my room and headed into the bathroom connected to it.

I washed quickly and after drying my hair, I pulled it up into a bun at the crown of my head. A few pieces fell from the elegant twist and framed my face rather nicely. I then pulled on a dark purple love tease dress that came to my knees, its straps lightly dusted with rhinestones and a lighter purple silk ribbon wrapped under the bust. I slipped on a pair of strappy silver high heels on my feet and some silver hoops in my ears. As I was finishing putting on a little lip gloss and some purple eye shadow, I heard the doorbell.

"I'll get it!" I said as I got up and walked downstairs to the front door. I took a deep breath and turned the knob, and standing there was…

Another chapter done! Hope you all liked it. Let me know what you guys think!

Nancy (aka megamatchmaker)