Preface

The caps come closer and closer. Everyone's frozen to the ground. A lady gives me a kiss and the next thing I know I'm moving quickly over the ground. A big wolf is carrying me on its back and running as fast as he can. I want it to stop and turn around. I want to be with the lady who had put me on its back, the man standing next to her with his arm around her, and the rest of the people they are with but the lady told me I had to go. I turn around and see the caps closing in on them.

I woke up in a cold sweat and screaming. I sat up quickly. I looked around me but all I saw was the stuff in my room, shrouded in the darkness of the night. I didn't know who those people in my dream were or how I knew them but I felt extreme terror.

Chapter 1

The alarm on the bedside table started to beep. A pale hand moved from underneath the cover to turn it off. The owner of the hand pushed off the covers, sat up, stretched, and got out of bed. Nessie walked out of her room and into the bathroom. She looked at her newly dyed blonde hair and plugged in her straightened. She ran a brush through her hair while the straightener heated up. She had just gotten her hair cut so that when it was straight it stopped at her shoulder blades. She had dyed it blonde and gotten it cut because she wanted to be a completely different person than the person she was when she was little. She put on her makeup so that it made her brown eyes pop and then straightened her hair. She brushed her teeth, went back to her room, and got dressed for school. She put on a pair of dark denim skinny jeans, a pair of hot pink ballet flats, a white fitted tee with really short sleeves, and a hot pink fitted, zip-up hoodie. She also put on a pair of little diamond stud earrings, a silver necklace with a silver heart pendant, and a silver charm bracelet that Jake had given her when she was 10. He gave her a new charm every year for her birthday so it now had 4 charms on it. She looked at herself one more time, took a deep breath, and walked downstairs.

"I'm ready Jake!" She yelled as she picked up her bag and her purse. "I'll meet you in the car!"

"Okay!" Jacob replied.

Nessie walked out of the door and headed to the car. She got into the passenger side. She pulled a notebook and pen out of her bag. She opened the notebook to the first page and started to write.

'First day of school at Rock Dales High. The real first day was 2 months ago. Jake and I just moved here a week ago. I'm nervous about starting at this school. I've had a few other first days but only one other first day at a high school. And I knew people there. Who knows what will happen. Hopefully I'll make some friends. I hope the teachers aren't evil.'

She closed the notebook and slid it back into her bag as Jacob opened the driver's side door and got in.

"Are you excited for your first day?" He asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Nessie said.

"Are you nervous?"

"Yeah." Nessie said looking out the window. Jacob pulled out of the long driveway. Nessie loved where their house was because it was back in the woods. Jacob pulled onto the street and headed to the high school. Nessie held her breath as they pulled up. The school was bigger than the last one she had gone to. She just knew that she would get lost today.

"Well, here we are." Jacob said, smiling at Nessie, as they pulled up. Nessie took a deep breath, grabbed her bag and her purse and got out of the car.

"Bye Jake. See you after school." She said with a small smile.

"Good luck Nessie." Jacob said with a sympathetic smile.

Nessie closed the door and turned to face the school. After another deep breath she started to walk towards the school. A girl bumped into her as she walked.

"Oh I'm so sorry. I can be such a klutz." The girl said blushing as she bent down to pick up the book she had dropped.

"Oh don't worry about it." Nessie said, smiling at the girl. She had black hair that was straight and cut to her chin in a bob. She had sparkling green eyes and freckles across her nose.

"I'm Estella Quinn but everyone calls me Stella." The black-haired girl said with a smile.

"Hi. I'm Vanessa Wolfe. I'm new here." Nessie said.

"I figured. I haven't seen you before and you look the type that would hang with the popular crowd." Estella said. Then she realized that Nessie might have been offended by what she said. Blushing she said, "Oh sorry. I just meant that you're really pretty and the popular kids are always really pretty." She looked down as she said this.

Nessie giggled. "Oh it's okay. I hang with different types of people." Nessie said with a smile. "Hey could you show me where the office is? I need to get my schedule and stuff."

"Sure." Estella said with a huge smile. She started to walk and Nessie followed. "So where did you move from?"

"Well we moved here from a little town in Oregon. Before that we lived in Missouri and before that we lived in Maine. I was born in Washington though." Nessie said.

"Wow you've lived a lot of places. Why'd you move here to this rainy little town? Did your parents get a job here or something?" Estella asked.
"Well my uncle did." Nessie replied.

"Uncle?" Estella asked in a confused voice.

"I live with my Uncle Jake. My parents died in a fire when I was very very little. My dad went back in to save my mom after saving me and they couldn't get back out. I don't even remember them. The fire burnt all of the pictures of them." Nessie said looking down.

"Oh I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked." Estella said in a regretful voice.

"Oh no it's fine." Nessie assured her. "So what are the teachers here like?" She asked to change the subject.

"Oh they're pretty good. Mr. Smith is really strict but if you do your work he's nice. Mrs. Jackson is a major pushover. Everyone loves her though." Estella said as they walked. "This is the office. I'll go in with you if you want. I can help you find your locker and your first period class."

"Thanks." Nessie said with a smile as they walked in. "Hi. I'm Vanessa Wolfe. I'm new."

"Well then welcome Vanessa. I'm Mrs. Anderson. Hang on a second and I'll get your stuff." Mrs. Anderson said with a smile as she started looking for Nessie's stuff. Mrs. Anderson was slightly plump and had blue eyes and brownish-blonde hair. She looked to be in her early 40's. "Here you go sweetie. Now if you need anything or have any questions just stop on in." Mrs. Anderson said with a smile.
"Will do. Thanks." Nessie said smiling back.

"Hello Stella dear." Mrs. Anderson said.

"Hi Mrs. Anderson. Hey how's Mike holding up in advanced English without any of the rest of us? It stinks that he got put into the other class when the rest of us at the beginning of the alphabet are in Mr. Wanning's." Estella replied.
"Oh he's doing fine. He hated it at first but he likes it now."

"That's good. Well see you Mrs. A." Estella said as she headed out the door.
"Bye Stella. Bye Vanessa. And welcome again to our school." Mrs. Anderson said cheerfully.

"Bye Mrs. Anderson and thanks." Nessie said with a smile as she followed Estella out of the office.

"So what's your locker number?" Estella asked.

"Umm...#320." Nessie replied looking at her paper.

"Oh cool. Mine's #321. They don't do lockers by the alphabet here." Estella said. Estella and Nessie continued to walk until they got to the lockers. "Here we are. This one's mine and that one's yours." She said pointing to the lockers.

"Cool. Thanks." Nessie said as opened her locker. She put her bag in it, pulled out her folders and notebooks, and closed her locker.

"Ready?" Estella asked.

"I think so." Nessie replied.

"What's your first class?" Estella asked.

"Umm...science with Miss White." Nessie said looking at her schedule.

"Oh she's fun. She always lets us do fun experiments. Last year someone burnt their eyebrows off. It was a guy so he laughed." Estella said laughing.

"Oh sounds like a fun class." Nessie said giggling.

"I have her too." Estella said.

"Cool." Nessie said with a big smile.

Estella and Nessie walked to their science class. The seat next to Estella was open so Nessie set her stuff down.
"Hey Stella." A good-looking boy with brown hair and brown eyes said with a smile. He was sitting with a group of 3 other boys.

"That's my boyfriend Sam." Estella whispered to Nessie before turning towards the brown haired boy. "Hey Sam. Come on Vanessa." She said as she walked over to Sam and the other boys. Nessie followed her and smiled shyly.

"Who's the new girl?" One of the boys asked.

"This is Vanessa Wolfe. She's new here. This is her first day." Estella said. "The boy who so bluntly asked is Josh. The one who looks like him is Austin. They're twins. And the one with brown hair and glasses is Mark." Estella said. She pointed to the boys as she named them. Nessie looked at the boys. Josh had dirty blonde hair that was short and in spikes and dark green eyes. He was kind of muscular. Enough to show that he was a jock but not freakishly so. Austin had the same dark green eyes. His hair was the same color but kind of shaggy. Austin was also just muscular enough to show that he was a jock without being freakishly buff. Mark's brown hair was in a trendy cut and his eyes were dark blue behind his glasses. He was cute in a slightly nerdy way. Sam had shaggy brown hair and his eyes were such a dark brown they were almost black.

"So where did you move from?" Austin asked.
Nessie smiled at Austin. She knew that the other two boys were sizing her up and she knew that after she answered Austin, one of them would ask her something so that Austin could size her up. That's what guys and girls at all of her schools did. "I just moved from a little town in Maine. I was born pretty close to here though. I was born in Forks."

"That's about an hour away right?" Mark asked.

"Yeah. About." Nessie said still smiling.

"We better sit down." Estella said as Miss White walked in. "We'll talk to you guys after class." She said to the guys before heading to her seat. Nessie smiled at the guys and they smiled back. Then she headed to her seat too and sat down.

"Okay so today we'll be starting a new lab. Oh and I was told I was getting a new student so could she come up." Miss White said as she wrote on the board. Nessie stood up, blushing, and walked to the front of the room. Miss White turned around and smiled at Nessie. She was a younger, very pretty teacher. She had bright, sparkly, green eyes, a tan, and light blonde hair. She was slender and looked sort of like a model. She didn't look at all like a regular teacher. "So you're the new student?" She asked smiling.

"Yes. I'm Vanessa Wolfe." Nessie said smiling back.

"Well welcome to Rock Dales High." Miss White said. "I see you're sitting next to Stella so you can work with her on this lab since we'll be working with the person we sit with. You can sit back down if you like. And again welcome."
Nessie smiled and then walked back to her seat. She sat down and could feel the eyes on her. She was used to them though so she just put a little smile on her lips and ignored them.

"Today we're going to start a lab with eggs. We're going to take eggs and you have to make it so that they don't break when dropped from 10 feet. You will wrap the eggs and make a parachute." Miss White said to the class. "You can use anything you like to wrap the egg and to attach the parachute but for the parachute you can only use paper."

Estella and Nessie started to work until the bell rang 45 minutes later. Estella and Nessie both stood up and gathered their stuff.

"What do you have next?" Estella asked.

"Math with Mr. Bell." Nessie said.

"You must be in advanced then." Estella said.

"Yeah I am. I was at my last school too but why did you guess that?" Nessie said.

"Well any freshmen in Mr. Bell's Algebra 2 class is advanced." Estella said with a shrug.

"Oh okay." Nessie said with a shrug of her own. Nessie and Estella walked over to the guys who were waiting for them.

"Hey girls." Austin said with a smile.

Nessie smiled back at him and the other guys.

"Hey Stella." Sam said putting his arm around Estella's shoulders and giving her a quick kiss.

Estella gave him a quick kiss back and then turned to Austin "Hey Austin, Vanessa is in Mr. Bell's Algebra 2 class with you next period," she said.

"Cool. You want to walk with me to class then?" Austin asked with a charming smile.

"Sure." Nessie said with a giggle. She thought that he was cute.

"See you later Vanessa. Wait, what's your schedule?" Estella said.

"After math I have English with Mr. Smith, then gym with Mr. Warren, then lunch, then drama with Mrs. Martin, then history with Mr. Rich, art with Mrs. Ritting, and my last class is Spanish with Mrs. Jackson." Nessie said as she looked at her schedule.

"Well I have drama after lunch too so I'll meet you at your locker before lunch so you can sit with us." Estella said.

"Okay. I'll see you then." Nessie said. Estella and Sam turned and walked towards their class.

"See you two at lunch. I've got to get to gym. If I'm late again Mr. Warren is going to make me do laps." Josh said. "Bye!" He said turning and heading towards the gym.

"See you at lunch. Bye Vanessa." Mark said as he headed towards his class.

"So where's Mr. Bell's class?" Nessie asked, smiling at Austin.

"Follow me and I'll show you madam." He said with a charming smile.

"What's with the madam thing?" Nessie said with a giggle.

"Oh I don't know." Austin said with his charming smile and a laugh. Nessie laughed too as they walked towards Mr. Bell's class. "Here we are." He said as they walked to the open classroom door. "After you Vanessa."

"Why thank you Austin." Nessie said giving him her best smile. She walked in and walked up to Mr. Bell. "Hi. I'm the new student Vanessa Wolfe." She said with a smile.

"Hello Vanessa. I'm Mr. Bell. Welcome to Rock Dales High. There's an open seat to the left of Austin so you can sit there." He said with a smile.

"Okay. And thanks for the welcome." Nessie said with a smile before turning and walking to her seat.

Mr. Bell walked to the board and started where they had left off in the lesson the day before. Nessie had already learned this so she took the notes but let her mind wander. She went to her classes, met her teachers, met students, and made new friends. She went to her locker after gym.

"Hey Nessie," Estella said, who was at her own locker. "So how has your first day been so far?" She asked closing the door to her locker.

"Pretty good. I like my teachers and most of the students here seem pretty nice." Nessie said closing her own locker.

"That's good. Just be careful of some of the extremely popular girls. They'll befriend you just so that they can keep you close." Estella warned.

"Oh I'm used to that from the other schools I've been to." Nessie said with a shrug as they walked to the cafeteria. "Hey guys." She said with a smile as she saw Austin, Josh, Mark, and Sam.
"Hey." Josh said with a smile and a wink. Nessie could tell that he was more of the ladies man between him and his twin. Estella walked over to Sam who put his arm around her shoulders. All of them headed into the cafeteria and went to the table that Austin, Josh, Mark, Sam, and Estella sat at everyday with some of their other friends.

"Hey guys." Estella said to the people who were already sitting at the table. "This is Vanessa. She's new."

"Hi." Nessie said with a smile. They all sat down. Sam sat down next to a boy that was already at the table with Estella next to him and Nessie next to her. Mark sat down next to a girl across from Sam and gave her a kiss on the cheek. The girl blushed and smiled. She had red curls and green eyes. Josh sat next to Mark and Austin next to him, across form Nessie.

"Hi. I'm Whitney." The red-headed girl said with a smile. "Welcome to Rock Dales High Vanessa."

"Hi Whitney." Nessie said with a smile. Nessie started to eat her lunch and looked around the cafeteria as she did so. She noticed a table that was away from all of the other tables. She looked at the table and saw six students that all looked alike. They all had the same golden eyes, pale skin, and all were beautiful. "Who are those students?" Nessie asked Estella.

Estella looked at what students Nessie was referring to. "Oh those are the Cullens. They're all the adopted children of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. Carlisle is a doctor here. The big one is Emmett, the blonde girl next to him is Rosalie, the blonde boy is Jasper, the girl next to him is Alice, the other girl is Bella, and the guy next to her is Edward. They normally keep to themselves." She said.

"Oh okay." Nessie said as she went back to eating her lunch.
"So what do you think of our school?" Whitney asked.

"Oh I like it. It's a lot bigger than my last school." Nessie said with a smile.

"I'm glad you like it. Hey Estella, Sarah, and me are going shopping this weekend. You want to come?" Whitney asked.

"That sounds like fun. I'll ask Jake tonight." Nessie said with a smile. She liked Whitney.

"Oh do you call your parents by their first names?" Whitney asked before Estella could warn her that that was Nessie's uncle. She knew that some kids did but she didn't and only one or two of her friends did.

"No Jake is my uncle. I live with him because my parents died before I was one." Nessie said looking down.

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry I made you bring it up." Whitney said. Nessie could tell that she really did feel bad and that she was concerned that Nessie was upset.

"Oh it's fine. I don't even remember them." Nessie said. "So where are you girls planning on going to go shopping?" She asked to change the subject.

"Oh there's a mall a couple towns over." Estella said. "The bell's going to ring soon." She said as she glanced at the clock. She started to stand up as did everyone else so Nessie stood up too.

"See you Stella." Sam said as he gave her another kiss.
"See you after school." Estella said kissing him back. "You're still coming over right?"
"Yeah." Sam said before turning and walking to his next class.

"We should probably get to drama." Estella said as the bell rang.

"Okay." Nessie said. "Bye Whitney."
"Talk to you later." Whitney said with a smile.

"See you guys later." Nessie said to Mark, Austin, and Josh.

"See you Vanessa." Mark said as he put his arm around Whitney's shoulders and they went to their next class.

"I'll see you in Spanish." Josh said with a wink.

"Okay." Nessie said laughing.

"Bye Vanessa." Austin said with his charming smile.

"Bye Austin." Nessie said. She blushed a little as she turned around because the way he said her name gave her butterflies.

"I think Austin likes you." Estella said as they walked to drama.

"No he doesn't. It's just that I'm new." Nessie said. 'But what if he does?' She thought to herself. She had never dated anyone and whenever she had told Jake that she had liked someone or thought that someone was cute he acted weird and she never knew why. Nessie and Estella walked to drama class and Nessie noticed two of the Cullen girls were in the class. If she remembered right the names of the two were Alice and Rosalie. Nessie walked up to the teacher. She had to pass the two girls on the way. "Hello. I'm Vanessa Wolfe and this is my first day." Nessie said smiling.

"Well hello Vanessa. I hope you have enjoyed your first day so far." Mrs. Martin said.

"Yes it's been good." Nessie replied.

"Well we are having auditions today for the play we will be doing in class. It's Romeo and Juliet." Mrs. Martin said.

"Oh I love that play. It's my favorite Shakespeare play. I've read it at least five times." Nessie said.

"Oh wonderful. I'm glad you love Shakespeare so much." Mrs. Martin said. "You may take your seat and I look forward to your audition."

Nessie smiled and then went to her seat which was next to Estella and three seats in front of Rosalie.

"Okay class. As you all know today we will be having auditions for Romeo and Juliet." Mrs. Martin said. "So to decide the order of auditioning we're going to draw names out of a hat." Mrs. Martin picked up a top hat that already had all of the names in it. "Miss Smith," She said pulling out the first slip. A girl who had brown hair with red streaks and dark blue eyes stood up and followed Mrs. Martin into her office.