Well, welcome everybody :). Thanks for clicking on the link to this story, and I hope you'll enjoy. Keep in mind that the whole Twilight universe including characters, places and themes (etc...) belongs to that lucky woman, Ms. Meyer. The first two paragraphs of writing in this story are from New Moon, Page 242 of the Special Edition. There are also a few quotes from the books/movies scattered in there.

This story continues from when Laurent finds Bella in the meadow, and is just about to kill her. Of course, we all know that the wolves then show themselves. But this time round, Bella aint so lucky.

"Mouthwatering," he repeated, inhaling deeply.

I tensed for the spring, my eyes squinting as I cringed away, and the sound of Edward's furious roar echoed distantly in the back of my head. His name burst through all the walls I'd built to contain it. Edward, Edward, Edward. I was going to die. It shouldn't matter if I thought of him now. Edward, I love you.

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Bella's POV

Then, I felt teeth sink into my skin.

Nothing could have prepared me for the onslaught of fire that cursed through my veins, it quickly spreading from the concentrated bite in my neck to the rest of my body. My eyes fluttered closed, my vision blackening rapidly. My sight being cut off only increased the pain, and the feeling of blood being sucked out of my body. The only thing that held me up now was the cold hand wrapped around my waist. I lost all thought, I couldn't think of anything but the fire that was surrounding my body. How could I have ever wished for this? How could I have been so ignorant of the pain it would cause me?

I heard a girls screams far away, and I was horrified that Laurent had finished with me and attacked someone else. Couldn't he have stopped with me? Even more worrying, why was I still here thinking when I should be dead?

Suddenly, snarling erupted around me and I felt a weight lift off my body, and something flat and hard hit me moments later. I writhed around, wishing I could shout at somebody to put the fire out. My whole body was burning, the fire increasing, even though I didn't feel sharp teeth piercing my neck anymore.

The ground started trembling, feeling oddly like wild horses were pounding rhythmically through the meadow. Loud, angry barks sounded around me, accompanied by growls and more snarls. Was there some kind of dog in the middle of nowhere?

The air around me vibrated, and I tried to concentrate more on the confusing things happening around me rather than the pain in me. It helped faintly with the burning. Very faintly.

The hard surface that had crashed into me steadily pounded, getting louder with every thump. I felt a weight press back into me, and I felt relieved that Laurent had come back to finish me off. Please kill me! I silently begged in my head.

The hands that gripped my wrists tightly and held me down were unfamiliarly hot, almost uncomfortable, although the temperature was nothing compared to the rampant inferno in me. It took a second for me to realise that Laurent had cold, immortal skin, and that whoever was holding me down was certainly not a vampire.

My heart rate increased, and it had nothing to do with the raging fire inside me

"Bella, calm down! Please! I'm so sorry, please," a husky voice sobbed.

Jacob?!

What was he doing here? He was supposed to be catching a movie with his friends? No! He couldn't be here; he had to get away from Laurent! Oh no, I couldn't be responsible for his death too!

"Sam!" he shouted.

I felt another vibration in the air, and tried once again to concentrate on anything but the pain.

"What's happening?" Jacob asked, his tone low and scared.

"I don't know, he bit her, doesn't that mean..." someone trailed off, I figured it must have been this Sam guy Jacob had just shouted at. Nothing was making sense! Why was Sam here, and how did he know Laurent had bit me?

"She's turning into one of them," Jacob hissed, the hold on my wrist tightening. So did that mean that Laurent had gone? What? How...?

I was confused. How did they know what I was turning in to a vampire? Had Jacob started believing his father's ideas now? Nothing was making sense anymore. I find the meadow I had spent countless hours with Edward, only to find another vampire, who bites me, and then Jacob and this Sam guy turn up and say that they know about vampires.

I had to ask them, I decided. I tried to squint through my eyes, and saw a harsh bright, white light, and I closed my eyes quickly against it, but thankfully Jacob had apparently noticed my accomplishment.

"Bella!" He shouted, "Can you hear me? Are you all-right? Ugh, stupid question–"

He cut himself off, because during his rant I'd managed to lift my arm and hold up three trembling fingers.

"Three, what are you saying, what's three have to do with anything now? I mean, you're–"

"Days," I managed to slip out between my gritted teeth, all the while still holding in the screams that were queuing up in my mouth.

"Three days? You're not making any sense, Bel–"

"Jacob!" Sam cut him off this time, "it takes three days for the transformation to be complete, if the legends are true, that is."

I nodded my head curtly to show my agreement, then choked back a scream as it escaped. I didn't care about the stupid keeping-the-secret law anymore, since Jacob and his new friends apparently know about vampires, I might as well play along for the time being.

"Did you take care of it?" Sam shouted.

"Yeah, the leech will have turned into a pile of reeking ashes by now," a different voice said, sounding far away.

"What?" I managed to stutter out.

"The bloodsucker that bit you, we killed... no, destroyed it." Sam told me, touching my head, "is there anything we should be looking for? I've never read or heard about these transformations, really. Only the things the legends tell us are that there's screaming and pain for three days, depending on the amount of poison the leech injects into its victim."

"How?" I breathed painfully out.

"What... legends?" Sam sounded confused.

"You... destroy."

"Oh." Sam's voice caught. I painfully opened my eyes again to see what was happening around me. I could see a boy crouching near me, staring to my right, where there were three more boys looking at me. I felt the hands on my wrists tighten even more, and my eyes darted up to see Jacob leaning over me.

All I could think was what had he done to his hair?

His beautiful hair, which used to be long, had now been cropped short, almost like a buzz cut. I noticed the rest of the boys also had the same style, and none of them had shirts on either.

Jacob noticed me looking strangely – and probably angrily – at his hair. He shrugged, "It's easier," he told me cryptically. He glanced pleadingly up at Sam who nodded once, and looked back at me again.

"We're um... well," Jacob started anxiously.

"Werewolves." Sam stated emotionlessly.

Okay, I am officially going crazy.

Everyone looked up at Sam as he continued to speak, "we're built to kill vampires, we only turn into wolves when we need to protect the reservation by phasing, and right now, we will help you get through the transformation. Ask us any question you like."

I was frozen to the spot with the new information; I had even stopped writhing on the ground. Jacob noticed and lessoned his hold on me. It must have been a couple of seconds of pure pain-free bliss before the pain started again. Only this time, it had increased ten-fold.

I couldn't hold the screams back anymore.

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"What's happening?" I heard Jacob anxiously asking. Ah, so they could hear it too. My heart felt like it was about to jump out of my chest. It was beating too fast for a normal, healthy human heart. It felt like a million pieces of glass had lodged inside my chest and were stinging me from every angle.

The good news from a couple of hours ago had been that the pain had slowly receded from my legs and arms, almost to the point where it was gone. The bad news, however, was that the pain had transferred into my chest, making it the worst torture I had felt yet.

I wondered if the boys crowded around me could see the movement of my heart beating furiously in my chest, it certainly felt like they should be able to.

My heart stuttered once, breaking its constant rhythm, then stuttered again twice more.

Then silence.

It felt like I'd been freed from my chains that had been holding me down for the past three days. For the first time, I felt no pain. In fact, I could only feel the slight breeze of wind on my skin, and the pressure of grass on my back.

And I could smell the most horrible wet dog smell.

Then I opened my eyes.

Everything was so clear! It felt like my human life had been lived by staring at everything through a frosted window. I could see the little specks of dust floating freely in the air, every colour in the countless leaves of the canopy above me.

And I could see the heads of five worried boys standing in a loose circle around me.

I thought of getting up, but within a twentieth of a second I was already up. Startled by the sudden movement, I looked around me again.

I was still in the exact same place in the meadow that Laurent had attacked me, except this time I was surrounded by five massive, over-grown teenagers standing their guard.

"Bella," Jacob's familiar voice whispered, and I snapped my head in his direction. He looked frightened by the movement and even more frightened when he looked me in the eyes, but he still took a small step forward in my direction, holding a hand out palm up.

"How are you?" He asked apprehensively, not breathing or moving, waiting for my reaction.

"Fine," I said, my new voice startling me for a second before I got myself under control.

Jacob cocked an eyebrow at me, and even though the situation at the moment was most awkward, I had to stifle a laugh. Jacob grinned at me, but it wasn't his wide, warm grin I had grown used to. I felt my smile fall.

Everyone uncomfortably stood around for a few moments.

"Well, the wolf's out of the bag now," the boy I'd gotten to know as Jared said. Everyone laughed shortly at his attempt at breaking the ice.

"Bella..." Jacob started, in the tone of voice he'd used frequently in the past few days. He'd apologised for not getting to me in time, not being able to save me from death. Of course, I'd just lain helpless on the ground not being able to respond as he apologised numerously.

"Jacob, its fine," I stepped forward, I'd had plenty of time for thinking of what to say back to Jacob when I had my chance, but wasn't prepared for Jacob automatically retreating backwards as I approached.

I stared open-mouthed and wide-eyed at Jacob, thinking of why he would be scared of me, and then I remembered what I now was.

I started sobbing, and expected tears to come rolling down my cheeks, but my mind flashed back to a fuzzy memory of Esme weeping at my bedside when I was in the hospital in Phoenix. So this is what it felt like to cry.

I fell back down to the ground and hugged my knees tightly around me. When I'd dreamed of becoming a vampire, I'd imagined I'd be spending it with the most amazing family I'd ever met; two loving, supportive parents, the crazy sister, the moody brother, the most gorgeous boyfriend, the hilarious brother and the tenacious sister. I'd never had any brothers or sisters, let alone a functioning family, so it had felt great surrounded by so many caring, warm and adoring people. Instead, I was stuck in the middle of Forks, surrounded by five werewolves, with nothing.

The thing I had once begged for had now been given to me. When it once could have been a blessing to finally be equal to the one I loved, it was now a curse to stay away from those who loved and cared for me. I wondered what I was going to do with myself now. My plans when I was human had consisted of the constant routine of Jacob, school, bikes, homework, food and sleep. I hadn't been able to think past a day, because there was always the slight faith that he might come back. But then there was the nagging in the back of my head that was crushing the hope, because he didn't love me anymore. I hadn't thought about college or jobs yet, and I'd pretty much spent my college savings on saving the bikes from their graves. Well, at least one good thing would come out of this new event. I wasn't exactly going to crack my head open when riding my bike anymore. But maybe Jake wouldn't let me on the rez anymore now, because I was their mortal enemy.

I knew I wouldn't be able to see Charlie now, heck; maybe I wouldn't be able to interact with any humans for decades. It was probably only the putrid smell coming from Jake and his friends that stopped me from sucking the life out of them.

Now that I was thinking about thirst, I could feel the burn in my throat getting stronger, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I felt the natural instinct to find a living creature to hunt. I could smell the faint rusted-metal and salty blood smell coming from nearby, and before I could think of what that meant, I was already racing at super vampire speed towards the beating heart. The pulse felt like shock waves around me.

I could now see what Edward meant about not hitting the trees when he was running. Although everything should have been a blur, I could see every outline, every colour, every leaf of every tree I passed. Running at this speed felt exhilarating.

I was close to the target now, and I lunged for the pulse without thinking about the consequences of my actions. My lips locked on the neck, and I felt the warm liquid flow into my mouth. I savoured every last bit, and dropped the carcass I was holding. My eyes closed in the ecstasy of the taste.

A bird squawking and fluttering away from the trees brought me back to reality, and I just thought back to what I'd done. I looked at my hands covered in blood, and my eyes widened. What had I just done? I hadn't even looked at what I was draining! Did I know this person? I snapped my head downwards at the lifeless body.

Relief flooded through me.

I was looking down at the body of a mountain lion.

Does this mean I could continue living on a vegetarian diet like the Cullen's? If I had found this much satisfaction in the blood of a carnivorous animal, would I need to feed on humans?

The most amazing smell drafted slowly through the trees that moment, beckoning me towards it. I was helpless as I ran towards it, the divine aroma only getting stronger by the second. I couldn't stop myself. I was in a trance which I could not break out of.

A hot hand gripping mine and pulling me back stopped me in my tracks, and I snapped around to see the intruder. My eyes widened at the sight of my frightened best friend.

I didn't care about the delicious smell anymore; all I cared about was trying to put a smile on Jake's face again. I turned into him and enveloped him in a tight hug. His body stiffened for a few seconds, but then he relaxed and put his arms carefully around my body.

I sobbed into his neck, "I don't care if you smell horrible Jake, please, just be my friend again, please," I begged. I truly didn't have a sense of pride anymore.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. So sorry for letting you die," he choked, tightening his arms around me.

"Wasn't your fault, Jake. I'm just a danger magnet. If trouble is in the area, it'll come and find me," I scoffed, only half serious.

"Why does it have to come to this, though? Why does my best friend have to be my mortal enemy?" He whined.

I stepped out of his embrace, but kept his warm hand in mine, ensuring he stayed with me. "It's the way the cards were dealt," I whispered.

"I'm sor–"

"Stop apologising, Jake."

"Sor–"

I shot him a look and he stopped mid-word. Then he smiled again. It wasn't his new smile, or the old one I loved, but it was a strange mixture of the two. And that made me smile, too.

So, what do you think? I've been playing around with the idea of Laurent actually turning Bella for a while now, so I just had to get it out on paper. Well, on keyboard, really.

I've decided that at the end of each chapter of this story I'm going to recommend a story I absolutely love and cannot wait for updates to arrive in my inbox for, and the first one is Emancipation Proclamation by kharizzmatik. It's about a slave girl, Bella, who falls into Edwards mafia connected world. It made me cry, swoon, laugh... and it's perfectly written. It is long though, about 700k+ of words so far, so only start reading if you have the time on your hands, because once you start you cannot stop :)