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It's me again. xD Am I starting to annoy you guys, yet? xD Okay, new story, I don't have much to say, other than: Enjoy!

Oh, and of course, the highly important disclaimer, because god forbid that people actually start to think that I'm Stephenie Meyer. ^^"

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, the characters aren't mine and they belong to Stephenie Meyer, yada yada yada…

Yeah… I think we all get the point.

Alright, here we go again, have fun!

Prologue: Seven Years Ago

I was wandering around in Charlie's backyard. The lawn was slushy, and my boots made a weird, sucking noise every time I lifted my feet out of the wet grass. I hated Forks, but my mom had forced me to spend my summer vacation here, she insisted that I needed some quality time with my dad. Seeing as I was only ten years old, I didn't really have a say in the matter, and it annoyed me to no end.

If I were with my mother at this moment, in Phoenix, sun would be guaranteed. But no, not in good old Forks, it was raining here most of the time. I had bugged my dad over and over again, telling him that I was bored, and he had suggested that I should go outside, to get some fresh air. What he had actually meant was; I'm watching the game Bella, please entertain yourself for a few hours.

And here I was, sulking in the backyard. The backyard that was as boring as the rest of this small, foggy town. I stared at the forest that started where the swampy, green lawn ended, and decided that I would go for a short walk. Charlie always warned me, of course. There were bears in the forest, according to him, and he didn't want me to explore the place on my own. But a short walk along the trail wouldn't be a problem, right? At least, as long as I didn't tell him about it...

I shrugged and headed for the forest, taking the small trail that was snaking between the huge, green trees, most of them completely covered in moss.

I kept up a steady pace, and after a while it started to get more and more quiet. Not the relaxing kind of quiet, but the spooky kind of quiet. My heart was gradually speeding up, and I tried to calm myself.

"Nothing to worry about… nothing weird here, just a peaceful forest." I mumbled.

Yeah right, who was I kidding? I was starting to get the creeps and I swiftly turned around. The boring lawn might not be as exciting as this, but at the moment, it was definitely preferable. I considered running, but with me being my clumsy self, it would most likely result in me tripping over something and crashing to the ground.

I started walking at a fast pace, when I suddenly came to a stop. I heard the rustling of leaves and turned my head in the direction where the sound came from. Please not a bear… or a wolf… or a mountain lion… or god knows what else could be hiding in this creepy forest.

The snapping of a branch pulled me out of my musings, and I jumped up.

"Hello?" I called, my voice shaking a little. "Is anybody there?"

I didn't expect an answer, wild animals weren't really talkers, so it startled me when a response came from right behind me.

"Hello, little girl." The voice was a high woman's voice, almost girly.

I turned around instantly, and gasped when I saw a beautiful woman with long, curly red hair standing in the middle of the trail. The clothes she wore were dirty and messed up, but her face was flawless, almost inhumanly beautiful.

"Oh… hello, I didn't expect someone to be here." I muttered, letting out a shaky laugh of relief.

"Of course you didn't." Her voice was sweet, almost a little too sweet. It sounded unnatural, and I started to feel uneasy again. "What are you doing here, all by yourself?" She asked, her lips turning up into a smile. It wasn't a genuine smile, though, I didn't know what to think of it.

"Going for a… walk." I whispered my response.

The woman smirked, her face triumphant. And then I noticed the color of her eyes for the first time. They were red, blood red. I let out a small shriek, and the woman raised her eyebrows.

"Well, little girl, I'm glad I bumped into you… I am kind of hungry, so this is a pleasant surprise." She said, her voice was lower now, and I slowly took a few steps back.

She was hungry? And her words had made it pretty clear that I was on today's menu. This couldn't be happening. "What are you?" I blurted out.

She laughed, it was a high, hard laugh that made me shiver. "Since you won't be able to tell anyone after I'm finished with you, I guess I might as well tell you. I'm a vampire. Didn't see that one coming, did you?" She laughed again, as if she had just told some amusing joke.

"Va-vampire?" I stuttered.

She nodded. "That's right. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to end this conversation, I truly am starving." She added in a light tone, as if she wasn't about to end my life.

"Please… don't." I begged.

"I'm sorry, human girl. Oh, wait… No I'm not." She said indifferently, crouching before me in a movement so fast that my eyes had missed it.

I screamed in panic, and did another step back even though I knew that it was useless; she was a hundred times faster than me. She growled and was preparing to launch herself at me, and I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain that would surely be inevitable.

But it never came. I heard another growling sound, and I assumed that we had gotten company from a bear, who was willing to fight with her in order for me to become his meal. But when I opened my eyes, I saw that a beautiful boy had joined her. I wanted to scream again at the thought of two vampires, but to my relief I noticed that his eyes didn't have that scary, red color. They were a light, ocher color, still unusual, but not scary. His hair was messy and had a shade of bronze, and his face looked pained but not unfriendly.

He crouched in front of the woman, as if he was about to attack her. It made me confused, did he think that he would stand a chance against her, against a vampire? I squeaked in surprise when he suddenly launched himself at her in an inhumanly fast movement, and she flew back into a tree.

Uh oh… no red eyes, but definitely also a vampire. The question wasn't if I was going to become the meal, the question was who's meal I would become... The woman looked dazed for a moment before she hissed and tried to get up. The boy took the opportunity to turn and look at me, his brows furrowed.

"What are you still doing here? Run!" He yelled at me. It was loud, but his voice still sounded sort of musical.

My jaw dropped and I just stared at him. Run? Did he prefer to chase his food?

"Go!" He said, before the woman jumped at him again.

I frowned as I realized that he wasn't interested in chasing his food… he was trying to save me. My feet felt heavy, but I managed to detach them from the damp forest floor, and I turned away from the awful scene, running as fast as I could without falling down. I kept running and running, trying not to think about what I was running from, and it seemed like the green forest would never end. When finally Charlie's lawn came in to sight, I sighed in relief. I had made it, no tasty human girl for the vampires today!

I ran up to the house and slammed the back door shut once I was safely inside.

"Bells?" My dad called from the living room.

"Yeah dad, it's me." I replied while I took off my boots and coat, still panting heavily.

"What did you do?" He asked, clearly suspicious.

"Oh nothing, just… running around in the backyard." I said in a mock cheerful tone as I walked into the small living room, my heart still beating frantically.

"Right." Charlie grumbled, but to my relief he turned his attention back to the television. "Are you still bored?" He asked in an offhand tone.

"Nope… I think I'll… watch the game with you." I answered, curling up in one of the large chairs, feverishly keeping my eyes on the television the entire time.

Charlie threw me another suspicious look, but I kept staring blankly at the screen and he gave up, which gave me some time to contemplate.

What on earth had just happened? Vampires? Had I been hallucinating? No, my mind could never conjure up something so… real. But vampires… they only existed in books, right? They weren't real… they couldn't be. Although everything I had witnessed in the forest had seemed very real... Did this mean that there was more to the world than most people were aware of? Unless I was completely losing my mind, there had to be… And why did the boy save me, if he was also a vampire? Did that mean that there was such a thing as… good vampires?

Thank you for reading the prologue, the first chapter will be up tomorrow!