Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
Authors note: This is more of Charlie's background but from Bella's perspective including Bella's thoughts on measuring up to Charlie Swan her father.
Living up to a name is very difficult. Over the years of human history no one has ever surpassed any very prominent figure. Oh sure, people have gained astounding success in their own respects but that success was always due to standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants such as Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Charlie Swan.
All of these Giants have never been passed up or usurped in the titles they hold in history. Martin Luther King Jr. was never passed up as one of the greatest civil rights leaders ever. Albert Einstein has never been passed up as one of the most recognized and brilliant men of the modern 19th-20th century. Winston Churchill has never been passed up as one of the most brilliant modern leaders of European war. Gandhi has never been passed up as a man who managed to topple a long standing and powerful government without any threat or even mention of violence.
Adolf Hitler has never been passed up as the most sadistically racist tyrant to ever cause a major world consuming life changing conflict. Joseph Stalin has never been passed up as the most ruthless leader of Russian in modern times. FDR has yet to be passed up as one of the most respected presidents and one of the most recognized of the modern era. Theodore Roosevelt has yet to be dethroned as one of the most charismatic presidents of the United States to ever appear on the bully pulpit. Abraham Lincoln has yet to be passed up as an unbelievable president loved with a deep love by not all but a great number of people. George Washington has yet to be dethroned as what is arguably the best president of the United States to ever come into office. Andrew Jackson has yet to be dethroned as the only president who kept the debt of the United States at a solid zero.
Charlie Swan will be known as the man who disappeared after shattering demolishing and completely obliterating a world record in every single event he participated in the Olympics.
Charlie Swan was not unlike any of the Giants in the fact that he had accomplished awesome things, things that couldn't be easily forgotten. So how could Bella possible measure up to a man who had done so much? How could she, who seemed to have no limit to the number of life obstacles, suddenly rise up and surpass Charlie Swan?
'It's impossible. No one, not even me his only daughter could even dream let alone attempt to do more than he has done. It's not based on morals. Some of the Giants did evil things, but they did great evil things. How can I do something that could possibly be on the same scale of what Charlie Swan and the other Giants have done?' Bella thinks as she drifts down the icy river Phoenix. Unknown to Bella she is about to enter a world unlike one she could even imagine.
A figure stood on the deck of the rent mansion. One of numerous places that could be rented out to governments for very small sums of money each month. The figure smiles at the river approximately half a mile from the rent mansion and speaks aloud to the listening wind.
"You dear river will bear me my greatest gift to give."
Afterword: I apologize if the shortness of this chapter bothers you. What's a good minimum word limit for the chapters?