Set in the middle of New Moon, when Bella revisits the meadow she is bitten by Laurent before the wolves arrive. Suddenly she's a newborn with no experience, without someone to guide her, and still heartbroken over Edward.
I shut my eyes tight as Laurent's teeth entered my neck like needles. I couldn't scream because my breathe was knocked from me by the power of the venom.
I couldn't see what was happening, I couldn't even tell whether he was still biting me, but I presumed he was because vampires found it almost impossible to stop. I heard loud noises around me, like snarls and crashes and booms, but I didn't know who or what was creating them.
Then I started to scream as the venom really started to kick in.
It's painful to the point where you can't focus on anything else.
The pain consumes you, it eats you up and chews your bones and muscles and organs.
Then suddenly you're still. You can't quite remember when the pain stopped, gradually you think, but you're relieved it has.
Your eyes are closed, your body still contorted from the suffering- you could pass for a corpse.
Then you start remembering- your brain going into overdrive as you recollect what has happened.
'My name is Bella Swan, I'm 18, and I used to be a human'
My life had stopped, yet my mind raced.
Everything felt different, it was as if my brain had been re-wired. I still felt like me, but now I could think and feel in so much more depth. The hurt I felt was stronger. What was the point of immortality without Edward? Sense seemed to of spiraled away, all that was left was this cruel trick that had been played on me. I had got what I wanted but with a catch: I could live forever, yet without Edward I had no reason to live at all.
Frustrated and distressed by these new feelings, I opened my eyes. Everything around me was blazing with life, I could see the individual lines on the leaves of the trees above me, and the tiny marks on their bark which were centuries old. It was astounding, everything being so sharp, so vivid, so overwhelming. The ground didn't even seem cold any more; not compared to me. I was the lifeless creature in this forest of life. If I never moved again the leaves would fall on me and the vines would creep over me, and I'd be preserved here, stone cold inside and out.
But I immediately realised that would be impossible, because at that moment I noticed the pain, the scratching and burning feeling radiating from my throat. It was agonizing, and I knew then I would never be able to resist my urge to pacify it.
I stood up in a fraction of a second and felt the change in my body instantly. My limbs no longer felt heavy after the long walk, now my arms felt as if they could lift a building or more. As a test I jumped lightly, and I was propelled up several feet to a tree branch which I hopped on to. From here I started to climb further up with incredible ease and smoothness. The idea of falling seemed impossible as my balance was perfect. This brought the first smile to my vampire face as I remembered how only a few days earlier I was stumbling on just flat pavement. Now I could tightrope walk with my eyes closed.
Reaching the top of the tree, I stood up on one of the branches and looked out. The view was phenomenal, a sea of dark green treetops was spread into the distance, contrasting with the stormy grey of the sky. To see the forest from above gave it a whole new perspective, it was like another world. I was probably the first person in the world to stand on this branch and see this view, I felt somewhat special. When I turned in the other direction I could see the town of Forks in the distance, it's houses and high school looking so tiny and insignificant.
Suddenly, I had a crippling feeling of loneliness gnawing at me inside. I had to make some decisions. I had no idea how long I had been turning in the forest, days I presumed, but that was a guess, it could have been mere hours or even a week. Charlie would be somewhere in that small town worrying, even thinking I was dead, which maybe I was. Either way, my disappearance would be destroying him-
my head started to whirl.
BlooD - I smelt blood
and I Needed it.
My eyes caught the ground where I saw a slight movement, the scent flooded into my nostrils making my throat burn harder. It was the first edible scent I had noticed since I had turned and it made my itching throat intensify and venom sting in my mouth, I needed it I needed it-
I felt my shoulders tense and my eyes narrow as everything except this poor animal seemed to stop. I jumped the 200ft drop to the lowest branch, and then silently dropped down to the forest floor. Time seemed to slow down as I examined my prey- then I sprung.
My teeth sunk into it's neck, and I couldn't of stopped myself even if I wanted to. As I drank the burning in my throat numbed, my thoughts slowed too but still all I could think about was the blood.
When the animal was drained I took a step back. My first hunt. It hadn't been a particularly appetizing taste, but it had quenched some of the thirst.
"Well, thanks for the blood" I muttered to the dead dear, suddenly aware of the solitude again.
Thank God it had been a dear walking below me, if it had been a human... well, I didn't want to think about that.
"Bella?"
I whipped my head around to see Jacob standing behind me, his face twisted into an expression of horror.
"Oh my God..."
"Jake" I said, taking a step back "I don't want to hurt you." Why hadn't I detected his scent? His blood was human, it should of been pungent to me. I cautiously inhaled. All i could smell was this kind of disgusting aroma of wet dog. Not at all how... Edward- had described human blood to be like. There was nothing appealing about Jacob's scent. "Why do you smell so bad?" I asked, slightly revolted.
"You're asking about me?" he said, stunned, "Bella look at yourself, look at what you've done" his eyes drifted onto the dead dear lying a few feet away from me.
"Jacob I can explain" I said hurriedly, although I knew I couldn't.
He looked wrought, conflicted "You should of died Bella, you should be dead."