Half-Life

1- The Cullens

Getting dressed was easy but then I had to decide what to do with my hair. Eventually I got an idea. I carefully did my soft hair and let myself sway to the melody that came through my ear buds.

I let my hair out of it's French braid and it fell neatly around my head. Soft as always. I brushed through it gently, humming along. Once my curly hair from my braid was up in a high pony tail, I headed down the hatch with my bag and got into the truck with Bella.

When we arrived, I immediately sniffed out something different. A group of very pale people stood by nice cars and chatted. I followed instinct and my feet lead me over to them. When they smelled me they all snapped their heads in my direction.

"Loralei Mallory Swan."

"I- I'm Edward Cullen, that's Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett."

"I've never met a coven before it's rather interesting."

"How did you-"

"I would be happy to explain but not here. This is far to public of a place."

"Of course"

My first class of biology was shared with the pixie-like girl named Alice, and her mate Jasper. They were looking at me frequently and kept smelling the air, no doubt trying to decipher my scent.

By the time lunch did come around, I sat with the coven of vampires and shifted into a comfortable position in the chair.

"So are there more members of your coven?"

"Um yes actually. Our adoptive parents. Carlisle and Esme Cullen. We would actually like you to meet them if you're willing to come with us after the school day ends."

"That would be lovely. I'll make sure to leave with you at the end of the day."

When the day dragged on slowly to its end, I noticed that Bella was furious and confused, that's when I noticed Edward trying to get away as fast as he could without looking like something supernatural. The hand over his nose suggested to me that she was his blood singer.

"Hey Lora! Did you say something about me to them or something?! He doesn't even know me and he's acting like I smell awful and trying to switch out of the class!"

"Izz, have you ever considered that I'm not actually trying to ruin your life and that the bad things around you are your fault?"

She looked so offended as I walked away, heading for the car with Rosalie and Emmet in it. I got in and once we were off, comments were made.

"Does she always assume you're the cause of her problems?"

"Yeah. She does. After two years of being a hospital lab rat she was pissed that she wasn't getting all of the attention from our new step father Phil. He's the only reason I was never kicked out. He demanded that we try and figure out what was wrong with me. Creating a good cover story was a pain in the ass."

"A cover story for what?"

"I haven't always been like this. My hair used to be like my sister's. My eyes used to be a much lighter blue that they almost looked silver. When I became like this, is when I became half dead."

The car ride was a decent trip into the woods but I loved the beautiful seclusion.

When almost everyone was at the house and gathered in their very nice living area, I explained the accident. I told them every detail about myself. They were far more naive to the supernatural world than I thought, but in all fairness, the rest of us try to stay much more hidden than this. I told them about my abilities and displayed them as well. I told them about the spirits, the gods, and the elderly witch who helped me after the accident.

There were many questions and I did my best to answer all of them. When the door opened I got hit with a very powerful, comforting scent. Everyone in the room shifted slightly, noticing the difference in the tension. This must be Carlisle. He has only been listening the whole time through an earpiece on the phone because he was working.

When we came face to face I started noticing the other smells drawing me in. This is something that I do know very little about, mates.

"It seems as though your abilities also allow you to have more than one fated mate. Esme is mine, but it seems we also are, but now it's all changing. This is the first time I've felt a headache in years." He chuckled and we all sat down.

It seemed Carlisle unlocked the rest of my mate bonds. They theorized that he was my main mate. I felt a pull to everyone but Edward.

I couldn't help but sit in shock for another ten minutes while the others tried to do a bit of research. In the end though, nothing was found. I so wished already to just cling to all of them, but we agreed that tonight already had enough excitement and that I needed rest, at home.

Emmet and Rosalie offered to drop me off and I thanked them before heading inside. Dad greeted me with a hug and Bella was glaring at me. I could only assume she saw me get dropped off.

I decided to do my nails to distract myself from the anxiety creeping up. I worried that my chance of happiness would be ripped away at any moment. I've only just met them but I know for sure that I don't want to lose them.