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Summary: What if Edward hadn't sucked out the venom when Bella was bitten by James?

The scene from the book-

"Edward, you have to do it." I was Alice's voice, close by my head. Cool fingers brushed at the wetness in my eyes.

"No!" he bellowed.

"Alice," I moaned.

"There may be a chance," Carlisle said.

'What?" Edward begged.

"See if you can suck the venom back out. The wound is fairly clean." As Carlisle spook, I could feel more pressure on my head, something poking and pulling at my scalp. The pain of it was lost in the pain of the fire.

"Will that work?" Alice's voice was strained.

"I don't know," Carlisle said. "But we have to hurry."

"Carlisle, I . . ." Edward hesitated. "I don't know if I can do that." There was agony in his beautiful voice again.

"It's your decision, Edward, either way. I can't help you. I have to get this bleeding stopped here if you're going to take blood from her hand."

I writhed in the grip of the fiery torture, the movement making the pain in my leg flare sickeningly.

"Edward!" I screamed. I realized my eyes were closed again. I opened them, desperate to find his face. And I found him. Finally, I could see his perfect face, staring at me, twisted into a mask of indecision and pain.

"Alice, get me something to brace her leg!" Carlisle was bent over me, working on my head. "Edward, you must do it now, or it will be too late."

Chapter 1: Get Use to It

Edward's face was drawn. I watched as his eyes full of doubt turn to full of sadness. He shook his head and whispered, "I'm sorry." I saw through all the pain as he turned away from my eyes and gazed at my hand in pain. I heard Carlisle sigh and felt Alice's cool fingertips, brushing away my tears.

I must have closed my eyes because I didn't see or hear anything afterwards. Everything was lost in the burning pain. My latest memory was of waking up on something soft and feeling nothing. I quickly knew that it was twilight then I heard feet shuffling and smelled a welcoming scent. My eyes flew opened as I moved quickly into a sitting position. The shuffling stopped and a cool breeze stopped in front of my face. "Bella."

The angel's voice! I opened my eyes to find myself gazing at the saddest pair of eyes. I tilted my head in wonder. Why was the angel so sad? Did I do something wrong to put the sadness there? I raised my hand up to stroke his cheek, feeling his skin's coolness. I felt him shiver, and pulled my hand back swiftly. I gazed around the room and found myself lying on his couch, in his room. My eyes landed back on him. "Oh, Edward."

I found myself in his embrace, holding him tightly to me. I felt him stiffen, and pulled away from. I found myself looking into his eyes again, enchanted by their color. Edward unwrapped my arms around his neck and walked to the door without sparing me another glance. He spoke to the people on the other side of the door. "She's awake." The door opened to reveal Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, and Emmett. I wondered where Rosalie was, but remembered that she resented me. I sighed and got up from the couch. Alice immediately ran toward me and I held out my arms to embrace her.

She launched herself at me, hugging me close. Esme was next, kissing me on the cheek with her cool lips. Jasper clasped me on the shoulder smiling. Emmett nodded at me. I hugged Carlisle next, and he hugged me back carefully. I pulled away and saw his eyes flicker to Edward. Carlisle looked at Esme and moved toward the door. One by one, they left to leave me alone with Edward.

I finally turned to him, apprehension clear on my face. "What's wrong?" He turned to me, a wild look in his eyes. "What's wrong!" he roared. "You're a vampire for God's sake! After everything I did to try to protect you from this life!" He started pacing around the room, moving gracefully. I stared at him in wonder. He was still as graceful as ever.

"It was my choice to make," I said calmly. "How can you be so calm?" he asked me in frustration. "I couldn't save you." I went up to him and placed my hand on his cheek. As usual, his face softened under my touch. "You did save me," I said softly, 'More than once I might add." A ghost of a smirk appeared on his lips. "Did you ever think that maybe it was time for me to save myself?" His face smoothed out into marble, his eyes a liquid, dark gold. Finally a soft and light smile turned his lips and tenderness reached his eyes. "I think you should look into a mirror," he said finally. I gasped. "I don't look terrible do I?" Both of my hands flew up to either side of my cheeks. He kissed me softly on my fore head and pulled me toward the door. "Come on, I want the others to see your reactions, too."

I halted, making him stop short of the door. He turned back to look at me with troubled eyes. "I don't look terrible, do I?" Edward shook his head, a smile on his lips, and pulled me through the open door. We ran down the stairs and came upon the living room with the piano. "Wow," I breathed. I looked back up the stairs and back down to my feet. "I have to try to get use to this."

The others stood up at our appearance and looked up worriedly at Edward. He ignored everyone except Carlisle. He nodded once and Carlisle face unclouded. Turning to Alice, Edward asked her, "Could you get Bella a mirror?" Her face lit up, nodded once and ran up the stairs in streaks of black hair and pale skin. It only took Alice a few seconds to come back with a large hand-held, round mirror. Esme came up behind and placed her hands over my eyes. I felt Alice slip the mirror into my hand. I raised it in front of my face and Esme lifted her hands away. "Oh!"

Emmett and Edward burst out laughing at my reaction. Alice giggled while Esme, Carlisle, and Jasper smiled brightly.

My hair was longer, now reaching mid-back. Even the color had changed. It was the color of a raven's wing. I swept my fingers through the silkiness of it. My hair was now curly, softly shining. My lips were now fuller and flawless. My nose, perfect. What shocked me the most were my eyes. A deep violet color with a surprised expression held in them. My skin was as pale as ever, which means that it didn't change a bit.

Panic shot through me and Jasper's face twisted into concern and he tried to send a wave of comfort. I looked up worried, panic written all over my face. Edward immediately moved toward my side and held me in a one-arm hug. "What is Charlie going to say about this?" I asked them worriedly. Carlisle nodded in acknowledgement. "We still have to figure out what we're going to do," Esme answered. My eyes focused back to my refection in the mirror. I kept thinking of myself before the transformation. I was too intent on my thoughts to hear what everyone else was saying before Edward gave me a little shake.

I looked up to him, startled. "What's up?" He wordlessly took the mirror from my hands and shoved it in front of my face. I quickly took the mirror from his hands and looked back. My gasp was loud and perfect for everyone to hear. Looking back at me was the original me. The 'me' I was before I changed. I touched my skin and felt the touch. It really was my own skin and face that was looking back at me.

I looked around the room to see shock and awe written on their face. "It seems that one of your skills is to change appearance at will," Carlisle said. Edward turned toward Alice and asked her, "Can you see what other skills Bella has?" She shook her head. "I can only see what's to come, not what skills or who the person's name is."

"There is one bad thing about this," I said aloud. The others looked at me. "My eyes. They're still the same color." Deciding to have some fun while they think, I ran a hand through my hair and white highlights began to form in my hair. I shook out my hair and felt the others stare. I put the mirror down and asked them, "What?" "I wonder if you can do this to other people as well?" Emmett wondered aloud.

I smirked, "Only one way to find out." I turned and looked at Edward. His eyes narrowed and took a step back. "Not on me," he said sternly. "I like the way I look." I rolled my eyes and looked at everyone else. "Any volunteers?" I saw Alice smile and bounced forward. "You saw already didn't you?" Jasper asked her. "How about some bright, bubble, pink highlights?" she asked me. I laughed and only said, "Fine." Running my hands though her hair, I pictured her with pink highlights and within a few seconds, her hair was pink. "Whoops." Emmett busted out laughing, making Alice glare. He held his hands up in surrender, but didn't stop laughing. Alice took the mirror out of my hands and looked at her reflection. "Not bad," she said admiring herself. "Though I will miss my black hair."

Edward placed a hand on my shoulder and squeezed lightly. "You still have to practice control." Carlisle nodded in agreement. "But first," he said, "We have to figure out how to confront her father." I flinched and sighed. "He's never going to forgive me." I felt Edward's arm slip around my waist lightly. "He'll forgive you," he said confidently. "What am I going to say to him?" I asked him. He paused and looked at Carlisle. Carlisle himself paused and finally answered. "You all have school tomorrow. Get some rest—." Edward scoffed. "And we'll fish this tomorrow," Carlisle finished. "Meanwhile," he turned to me." You can stay with us since your father still thinks you're away. You should also go to school and act like nothing's wrong. We want to try and live a normal life here."

I nodded in agreement. Esme looked at me worriedly. "You're not . . . hungry, dear?" The others looked at me pointedly. I winced. "No," I answered truthfully. "I always get sick when I think about blood." I felt Edward smirk and turned to him with a glare on my face. "I'll say," he added. "Bella, fainted when we had blood typing in biology. And it wasn't even her own blood." He snickered, making me slap his arm lightly.

The others began to head off into their own rooms, but I stopped Alice on the way up. "Do you want me to change your hair back?" I offered. She touched a strand of pink hair and sighed. "You might as well. People at school's going to notice." I touched her hair lightly and it turned back to black, with the tips of her hair pink. I winked at her. "Why not have a little fun?" Alice laughed and hugged me gently, making her way up the stairs, more gracefully then any dancer.

I felt Edward shake his head behind and I turned to look at him. I raised an eyebrow about to ask him what's wrong, when he answered my question for me. "Your own hair," he said pointedly. I pouted and willed the highlights to disappear only to be replaced by medium brown. He sighed in agreement and pulled me up the wide staircase after him. Just a few seconds later, we came into his room, me, looking winded. Edward looked at me and chuckled at my expression. "I'm never going to get us to that," I said. He led me to the couch and sat me down. Edward reached for the remote next to me, turning on the sound system. Classical music filled the room. He turned down the volume until it was only but a whisper to human ears. In ours, it was softly playing in the background, loud enough for us to hear everything.

He sat down next to me and pulled me toward him wordlessly. I curled up next to him, my head on his broad shoulder, my feet tucked in next to me. Edward's arms held me tight by my waist and his lips kissed my forehead softly. I placed my hand on top of the hand that held my waist and felt my fingers entangle themselves with his fingers. Together we waited for dawn and the next twilight.

TBC

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