This is my take on Esme's time as a newborn

Esme screamed as the venom continued to speed through her little body. The pain was dulling a little but it was still there and still hurting beyond all belief, she thrashed around on the bed. She was steadied by a cold pair of hand that gently pinned her shoulders and shins to the bed so she didn't fall off. Carlisle cared for her and didn't want her to be in any more pain than neccessary. He didn't want to put her through the agony of the transformation but he had to, he wanted her to have a second chance. But there was more, she was so pure, so beautiful, he simply couldn't let her just die.

"Please, make it stop" she begged.

"I'm so sorry" he said as he pressed icy lips to her hand.

He had changed his position now, she wasn't thrashing around anymore, three days of screaming and moving around had exhausted her, she didn't have the strength anymore. He was sitting on the bed next to her with one of her delicate hands in his, he occasionally stroked her face when the pain became too unbearable. The pain dulled and dulled until it was gone and she was perfectly still and a newborn vampire at last. Carlisle advanced towards her slowly, her eyes were closed and she was lying flat on the bed, she looked like she sleeping except she wasn't breathing. As soon as I was a few centimetres away from her, her eyes burst open and he saw the blood red orbs zero in on him, their target.

"Now, Esme, please calm dow-" he was cut off by her springing forward and pinning him to the ground.

He looked up into her eyes, she was glaring back at him. His face was a picture of genuine concern and innoncence, her face softened. She slowly got up and let him up. They were facing each other, both speechless. Carlisle looked like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time, while Esme looked like a naughty child being scolded by their parents. At the moment, she made her decision, she bolted past Carlisle and out the door into the hallway.

"Edward!" Carlisle shouted.

Edward saw the distress in Carlisle mind and ran upstairs, he was just in time to grab Esme's wrists and make sure she didn't get past him. Carlisle came out onto the landing and motioned Edward to go. Edward nodded and let go of Esme, before she could run, Carlisle held her up against a wall and attempted to calm her down. After a few seconds, she did and she looked into his eyes for a second time.

"Where am I?" she asked, suddenly frightened.

"It's okay, you're at my home" he said with a smile.

"What have you done to me?" she asked.

His smile vanished, he debated with himself about how to phrase his next sentence.

"I changed you into a...vampire" he said slowly. "You're like my adopted son and I"

He went on to explain the laws and difficulties of a vampire life while she listened intently. By the time he had finished, he had let go of her.

"But my throat." she whispered "It hurts"

"You need to hunt" he told her.

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