Prologue 2 - Found

Azarai was found by Isabella Swan's parents, at the age of six, wandering the streets of Seattle in the middle of winter when the small family was going Christmas shopping. She was found huddling in a corner behind a dumpster trying to preserve any body heat she could, though futilely as she was dressed only in a ragged adults' tee shirt. The couple immediately picked her up seeing as she had fallen unconscious due to the cold and rushed her to the nearest hospital. On the way to the hospital Charlie Swan, Isabella's dad, instantly noticed that the small girl was underweight and very dirty. She had probably been on the streets for at least a few months. The group arrived at the hospital and the doctors immediately got to work to save her life. It was a close call but the doctors finally raised her body temperature to a stable level. At that point, the doctors could do an examination to find anything else of consequence.

Outside her hospital room, the Swan family anxiously waited for some news from the doctors. About an hour after they arrived, a nurse came out and addressed them, "Are you the ones who brought the girl in?"

Charlie then stood up from a chair that had been placed in the hallway for families of patients who could sit and asked, "Yes. Is she okay?"

The nurse then replied, "She is stable but in a bad condition."

Charlie then sucked in a breath through his teeth, "That bad?"

"Yes, seeing as you're the ones who found her, I don't see any problem with telling you. She is severely underweight and is dehydrated. The doctors had trouble bringing her temperature up due to her stomach is full of snow. It looks like she hasn't had a proper meal in months. Other than some minor scrapes and abrasions on her feet, there are no injuries. Where did you find her?"

Charlie then became solemn, "My wife and I found her behind a dumpster in an alley. Will she recover?"

"She should physically but as she is still unconscious, we don't know if there is any psychological trauma possibly from abandonment or anything else."

Charlie then had an angry glint in his eyes at the thought of someone abandoning her. As he was a police officer he had access to missing person's reports but couldn't think of any that could match. Then again, if she was abandoned, she probably wouldn't be listed as missing. "Can we see her?"

The nurse thought for a moment, "I think it should be okay."

The nurse then opened the door to let the family in. Laying under some blankets with an IV in her arm, was the small girl. She was pale and dwarfed by the large bed. A heart monitor was beeping in the background. Charlie finally was able to get a good look at her, she had been given a warm bath to both clean her and warm her up. Her hair had looked brown, but now he realized it was all dirt to give it that color as her hair was actually silver. As she was unconscious he couldn't see the color of her eyes. Isabella then asked, "Daddy is she gonna wake up soon?"

Renee, seeing Charlie still deep in thought, replied, "Honey, she might but let's not disturb her."

Isabella looked up innocently, "Mommy, what diserb mean?"

"Disturb, and it means to bother her, so let's leave her alone for now. Okay?"

"Okay, mommy."

Suddenly, they heard a small groan coming from the bed. The nurse, who had been quiet until now, moved to the side of the bed. The room's other three occupants shuffled to the other side of the bed to allow the nurse room to maneuver but still see the girl. That was when they got the first glimpse of her unique eyes, a beautiful silver with gold flecks.