Chapter 1:

Disclaimer: I don't Own twilight.

My name is Jazmine. Everyone calls me Jaz for short. I now live in an orphanage and am waiting to be adopted. I was shipped to America to get a better chance at life. I remember how I used to have a two parents. My mother always told me that my father was a very bad man. She said that he would stop at nothing to find me and that we would have to move far away. She moved away to America to protect me. From then on, my mother was never really around. She would go to work and come home at late hours, in the mornings. We grew apart, and I became a burdan to her. The pain of not having a mother who cared about me, finally got to me, and I began to gain weight.

My days were what you would call horrible, or even, the days from down below. I would go to school, be made fun of, and then have to come home to an empty house. I would then watch my movies and read my books about vampires and werewolves. I loved reading romantic novels. I found that every time I read them, it was an escape from my routine. The routine was always the same and never changed.

It happened late one night. I was in the tenth grade. I was home, watching T.V. and the doorbell rang. I was always told to never open the door past ten at night, but I noticed that it was a couple of cops. I opened the door to find out that my mother had died in a car crash. I wasn't sad about my mother's death. I was more relieved, relieved that I could get a second chance at life. I was brought to the orphanage to wait for a family to adopt me.

I was so excited when they told me the news. I would be moving to Forks, Washington. They found me a family. I packed what little I had and ran to the door. My dorm leader hugged me goodbye and watched as I went to join the priest and the new couple who was going to adopt me. They smiled at me as I approached. The man had pale white skin and golden blond hair. His features were that of a male model. The woman had golden blond hair as well, and she also looked model material.

I noticed they were both very pale. It must be the rain in Forks, causing the sun to not shine. I stepped closer and saw their eyes. They were orbs of brown and gold swirled together. They were beautiful. I had the coolest new parents ever. I just wished that I matched up to their looks.

I had dark brown hair that reached the middle of my back. I had brown eyes and was about five feet and three inches tall and weighed at least two hundred pounds. I felt a little awkward around them, because they were both so perfect. I took a deep breath and took a step foward, to start my new life.

The priest came to me and gave me a hug and did some of his crossing symbols. I could have sworn that the Cullen's stepped back a few steps, but that was probably to give me room to breathe.

We put my stuff in the car and headed to Forks. Mrs. Cullen was the first to speak. "I'm Esme Cullen. I'm so glad that we were able to adopt you. I hope that you will feel right at home." she said.

I smiled , "I'm so happy that someone wanted me. It seems that I have always been the one to be pushed aside for the younger kids. Usually, it's because of my weight" I replied. There was silence for a moment and the Cullens exchanged a look of sadness. Dr. Cullen then spoke. "I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen. It a pleasure and I hope we will have some good times ahead of us. By the way, what's your name?" he asked. I smiled. I knew he knew my name, he just wanted me to talk to them and open up. It was really sweet. "I'm Jazmine hope, but everyone always calls me Jaz." I said. Carlislele smiled. "We should be getting to our home soon. Alice has been rushing about like a pixie. She was so excited." he replied.

I looked confused. "Who's Alice?" I asked. Esme spoke. "Oh we have four other children. We just missed having another young one around, so we filed for adoption. There is Emmet, Jasper, Edward, Rosalie, and Alice." she said.

I smiled. I had sibling. My heart swelled inside me and beat for joy. Carlislel and Esme looked at each other with happiness. It was as if they could tell. We got to the house and Carlisle took my suitcase out of the trunk. It broke and fell on the ground. "Oh Jaz, I'm sorry." he said. I sighed. "It's not a big deal, I didn't have anything of worth in there." I said. Carlisle and Esme looked at each other and then at me. "We'll go shopping." said Esme. "I'm sure Alice will be thrilled to doll you up." she said. I smiled. " Great!" I replied.

We walked into the house and Dr. Cullen opened the door for me. I stepped into the biggest house, I could imagine. It was white and it was so beautiful. It looked like a fashion model's house. I continued to look around and just stood there looking. Mrs. Cullen came up to me and spoke, "Oh Jaz, I hope you can call me Esme." she said. I smiled. I thought for a moment and then spoke. "If it's ok with you both, I promised myself that if I got adopted, then I would call my new parents mom and dad." I said. Esme looked like she was going to cry and Carlisle smiled. "We would like that very much, Jaz." he said. I smiled and hugged them both. They were both really cold it made me jump. My nerd mine automatically went to my romantic vampire and werewolf books. "Why are you so cold?" I asked. My mom looked at my dad who replied, "We just like to run the house a little cold." he said. I shrugged it off. It seemed to make sense.

The next thing I knew, I was scooped up in a hug. I turned to see that it was a young guy. "I'm Emmet he said. He pointed to people as he spoke. "That's Alice, Rosalie, Jasper and Edward and his girlfriend Bella." he said. I waved. "I'm Jazmine, but you can call me Jaz." I said.

Alice came down next to me and held my hands in her hands. "We are going to be great friends, Jaz. Let's go shopping." she said. I smiled and started to tear up.

"Oh, Honey, what's wrong?" she asked. "I'm just so happy. I never had a family that cared. I never had a sister to go shopping with. This is freaking awesome." I said. Everyone laughed and we all hugged.

Alice and I went shopping and got me some outfits and jewlery and everything a teenage girl would need for junior year. I smiled. It seemed that the Cullen family didn't care about my weight, but I did. The more I thought about it, the more I felt out of place. I noticed that Alice had the same eyes as her parents. My mind raced through all the reasons that their eyes were the way the were, but I could come up with nothing, but the facts from my books. We headed home to unpack all the great things we had bought.

"Alice, if I asked you a question, would you answer me the truth?" I asked. She nodded. We parked the car and walked up to my room. We started putting the clothes away. "Are you vampires?" I asked. Alice stopped. "Why would you say that?" she asked. Dad and Mom walked in as well as the rest of the family. "I hear the vampire is out of the bag." said Emmet.

Edward rolled his eyes. "Yes, Jaz, we are vampires. We just are vegetarians, meaning we don't eat humans, like you." he said. They waited for me to soak it in. "THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME!" I yelled. They looked taken back. I sighed and spoke. "I read about vampires and werewolves all the time, it's kind of my thing." I replied. They all smiled at me.

"I promise not to tell anyone." I said. Everyone laughed and went back to doing their own stuff. Alice and I finished unpacking, and I realized she almost bought me the whole store. I went to go to sleep. I was tired. I had school the next day. It was the first day of my Senior year, and I was excited. I realied that the Cullens didn't sleep, because they were vampires. I was the one to sleep and eat like a human. They now had a reason to go food shopping. I smiled to myself as I put my head on the pillow. This was going to work out just fine.

I woke up the next morning and got dressed. I headed down the stairs to eat breakfast. Because I was part Quileute, The Cullens had aggreed to let me go to the Reservation's school. I had wanted to get to know my roots a little bit. I would have to drive myself, but they were willing to help me out with that. Alice and I were talking about it and she jumped up and down and said, "Oh wait we have one more surprise for you." I followed her outside. There was my dream car. It was a convertible and it was pine green. I was so happy. I squeaked for joy.

"You guys didn't have to do that." I said. "You are family. We wanted to, besides, we can't go on the Reservation, remember." said Edward. "Just be careful." he said. "Werewolves exist too." he finished. I stopped for a moment and felt my heart stop for a moment. I could not believe it. My favorite creature in the whole world existed. My life went from drab to freaking amazing. Edward took a step foward, with a concerned look in his golden eyes. I smiled and spoke. "Can I have a book on this?" I asked. My dad smiled and told me to follow him.

We went to his library and he found me a little book covered in leather. My old friend let me borrow this. I was just reading up on the whole imprint and werewolves." he said. This should help you understand. I smiled and looked at the clock. I had two hours before school started. That would give me enough time to read it.

I read the whole book and was in awe. The fact that someone could find true love at first sight was amazing. Destiny's pull was in action and I wished that I could have someone imprint on me.

"No you don't" I heard Edward's voice say from the door. I looked up at him. "How?" he held up his hand and smiled. "I can read minds." he said. My eyes grew wide. "Cool. " I said. He chuckled. "I don't like werewolves, because of what happened with the treaty, which you just read in your book." he pointed out. I nodded. "We have a treaty and we follow it, but you are human, so you can make your own choice, just be sure it's the right one." he said. I smiled. "Thanks Edward. I find that it's cool to have a big brother. I never had anyone to look out for me." I said as I hugged him and he hugged me back."

We sat and started talking about the Cullen adventures and the werewolf ones too. They had a lot. It was so cool, but made me afraid at the same time. I thought about my past and some of the things that had happened to me. "Edward. Am I different, because I'm from the Quileute tribe?" I asked. "We don't know yet, but I think that's why my parents picked you." he said. I sighed. "They picked me because of my nationality?" I asked. Edward chuckled.

"Well, we were going to wait to tell you, but you have the Quileute tribe's blood in you, which could lead to mutation." he said. I chuckled. "So, I'm almost like an X-woman?" I asked. Edward rolled his eyes. "No, it just means that you would have a new roll in life, that's all." he replied. I looked at the clock. I had one hour remaining. I looked at Edward. Maybe he could read my mind and see all the things that made me different. It would make it easier for them to find out if I was special or not. Edward sighed. "Don't think that. You are special, no matter if you have the gene or not." he said. I smiled. Edward spoke. "It would make it easier to read your mind." he said. I smiled. "Then go ahead." I said. Edward smiled. He leaned close to me and placed his forhead onto mine. The next thing I knew, I was seeing all my memories flash before my eyes, like a movie.

I was six. I was running through the woods, with my mother. It was the night we left Italy, to flee from my father. My mother was speaking to me. "Now, listen to me very carefully. You can't go back to Italy. It's dangerous. Your father will get you for sure. He's a very bad man." she said. I nodded my head and continued to run with her.

There was another flash of white light and I was ten years old and sitting on the couch. My mother was upstairs taking a shower, and I could heard the water running and her singing to herself. She then began to speak. "You need to get yourself together. She's just a child. It's not your fault she let you down. You need to get over it and move on with your life. If she doesn't want to be helped then don't help her. She is a loner, and she obviously doesn't care." I heard her say. I never understood how I could hear her, but I did.

Another flash of light appeared, almost blinding me, and I was fourteen. I was sitting on a park bench, on school grounds, and the most popular girl in school was walking up to me, with a look of anger. "You don't mean anything to anyone. get a load of this. She's fat and she wears glasses. No one will ever go to the dance with you. You're ugly and you always be. Jaz ain't got no jazz. Jaz ain't got no jazz." she started to chant, making everyone join with her. I got up, walked over to her. "Where do you get off making fun of me?" I asked. She smiled. "I'm pretty and you're not. That's it." she said, putting her hand on my arm. I felt the anger grow up inside of me and I started to shake. The next thing I knew, she was on the ground with a broken hand. "You broke my hand!" she screached. I was in detention for the next two months because of that.

The flashes stopped and Edward stepped back in a daze. "Carlisle, we have a problem!" he yelled. Carlisle was up in my room in a flash, with the rest of the family. "What's wrong?" he asked. I sighed. "I don't know, he read my memories, to try to understand me better and freaked out." I replied. Carlisle looked to Edward with a questioning gaze. "She's a werewolf alright. She just hasn't made the change yet." he said. Rosalie growned. "Great! That's just great! Now were going to have the Volturi on our backs." she said. I sighed. "Sorry. I didn't mean to. " I said. The cullens looked at me. Esme came up to me and put her cold hands on mine. "It's not your fault about who you are. Be proud of who you are and make wise decisions, and you'll be fine." she said. I smiled and looked at the clock. It was time for school. I was out the door in the next ten minuets. Carlisle had promised to help me learn about what I was going to go through. I smiled and knew that things were going to be ok.