Chapter 2

"She hardly feels anything," a faraway voice said.

"That's not possible," another voice said.

"It's true Carlisle; I can hear it in her mind. She only feels a slight burn in her body."

"Alice, how much longer?"

"Not too long," a high clear voice said very close to me. "Her heart rate should begin to climb in a few minutes. She'll have the strangest eyes," Alice said.

"What do you mean?" Bella asked.

"You'll see," Alice said in a sing-song voice.

I recognized the first voice as Edward's. He was right; I did only feel a slight burn. It was spread all through every inch of my body. It made me feel achy and sore. It felt worse around my neck where he bit me. The burn was annoying and I wanted it to go away. But from what I had heard, I was lucky. Normally I was supposed to be in excruciating pain. But I wasn't. Well that worked for me!

I heard a quiet chuckle next to me.

"What's so funny," asked Alice. Edward didn't respond. But at that moment my heart began to race, trying to burst from my chest.

"It's time," someone said, I assumed Carlisle. "Jasper, Emmett stand close to her, we don't know how she will react."

The burn worsened in my throat. A dry ach pulsed in my throat. It was blistering dry, I needed something to drink. The burning also got worse everywhere else. But then it reseeded. And everything felt cool. My eyes flashed open.

Everyone was very still. I recognized all the Cullens sitting and standing around me. Emmett and Jasper were at each of my shoulders. Edward and Bella were sitting on my right and Alice, Carlisle, and Rosalie were on my left. I was wondering where Esme was when Edward answered my question.

"She's with Renesme and Jacob; hunting."

"I see what Alice was talking about," Rosalie muttered.

I felt all their eyes glued to me. "What's everyone starring at?" I asked.

Jasper placed a gentle but firm hand on my shoulder. A wave of peace washed over me. I looked at Jasper.

"Are you doing that?"I asked.

He nodded.

"Cool," I breathed.

He shrugged indifferently.

"But why are you all starring at me?" I asked again.

"Don't get upset," Carlisle hedged. "But your eyes are rather-"

"Unusual," Rosalie shot in.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Here," Alice said handing me a pocket mirror.

I looked in the mirror. My skin was white and my eyes were a vivid, shocking-

"Purple?" I shouted. My beautiful turquoise eyes had been transformed into a light purple color. "Why are my eyes purple?"

"Normally," Edward said, "a newborn's eyes are bright crimson from all the human blood fresh in the body. Our eyes are golden from hunting only animals."

"Edward told me you lost a great amount of blood," Carlisle continued. "With your loss of blood and the intensity of your previous eye color, we can conclude that both because of the intense pigments and lack of human blood, the red from the blood wasn't strong enough to dispel your eye color completely."

"Huh," I sighed. "So let me get this straight; I'm a vampire, I have purple eyes, and I'm thirsty I'm guessing?"

"And don't forget your werewolf imprinter!" Alice chirped.

"My what?"

"Alice!" Bella shouted. "You weren't supposed to tell her that!"

"Well she was going to find out soon anyway," Alice said defensively. "Besides, I think she should have some forewarning."

I turned to Emmett. "Is this process usually this confusing?" I asked.

He shrugged. "You and Bella are the only ones I've seen change and trust me; Bella's transformation wasn't exactly what you would call conventional."

"You know what," Bella said, moving over towards Emmett. "Do you want to fight?"

"Bring it," Emmett said. "We still need our rematch from arm wrestling."

"You know I still haven't completely lost all my newborn strength yet."

"I think I could still take you."

"You wanna bet?" asked Bella.

"I bet I could kick your-"

Edward hissed.

"What?" Emmett asked innocently. "I would've gone easy on her! I wouldn't totally destroy her. She's the only one that doesn't cheat."

"Emmett-"

"Wait," Alice interrupted. "Something's changing."

"Oh no," Edward whispered.

"What is it?" asked Carlisle.

"It's Charlie," Alice answered slowly. "He'll be here in one minute."