Based on characters created by Stephanie Meyer in her Twilight series

Done By Dawn

Chapter 2

The drive took about 10 hours, as the vampire drives. To Bella, it took a lifetime. When they arrived in the dusty front yard, Edward quickly rushed Bella into the house and up to the room they had shared the last time they had visited. He gently laid her in the bed and pulled the blankets around her.

"Get out of the way," Jenna's voice ordered Edward from behind him. "She's just human, not dying." Jenna's face was suddenly over Bella. "Come on baby girl." Jenna held her hand out to Bella. "Get out of that bed and come talk to me."

Bella held Jenna's hand and sat up in the bed. Tears began to fall again as Bella tried to talk to her mother.

"I do … on't knoow what happpened." she cried. "I wwwoke up thiss way. Wwwhat happened to meee?" Bella threw her arms around her mother and let the tears pour down her face.

"Before we can begin to figure this out, my dear child," Jenna held Bella away from her, "we have to be able to talk. That means you have to stop crying." she handed Bella a bandanna and helped her clean her face. "That's better." she smiled at Bella and held her for a few minutes. "Connie has dinner ready. Come on down and eat."

Bella walked with Jenna, while Edward hovered close behind them. Every one was at the table when they arrived. Jenna took her usual seat and Bella sat next to her.

"It all smells so wonderful," Bella commented. "Oh no!"

"Don't start," Jenna warned her. "You keep that up and you'll be here months, trying to get this figured out."

Bella took in a long shaky breath and began to put food on her plate. She was still very hungry and overloaded it.

Carlisle hoped that Jenna would just know what to do. He had assumed that this would be simple for her.

"I've never seen anything like this" Carlisle said. "To be able to overcome the vampire venom, and then to be immune to it. It's unheard of."

"Not exactly so," Jenna told him, as she watched Bella's reaction. "Are you ready for this?" she asked Bella gently, and held her hand. Bella nodded. Jenna closed her eyes and concentrated. Small beads of perspiration began to cover her forehead. She seemed to be murmuring something, but Bella couldn't hear her. She felt Jenna's hand begin to cool and felt the first twinges of surprise as she began to understand what was happening. Bella looked up in amazement as her mother paled and shimmered. And then it was over. Everyone at the table took a sharp intake of breath at the same time. It was as if the oxygen in the room had all been sucked out at the same time.

Before anyone could say a word, the front door opened and Cory walked in.

"Oh Hell, Jenna! Why did you have to go and vamp out?"

Jenna laughed at him and held up Bella's hand.

"Oh!" he responded as he sat at the table.

"You don't seem surprised," Bella studied him for a moment.

"Well, I guess not. After all, you are your mother's daughter. And Jenna, would you mind. Yes you are beautiful and all, but those red eyes give me the creeps. I think you're more beautiful as a human anyway."

"I don't know," she smiled at him. It was an enchantingly beautiful smile. "Last time I did this, it took me three months to change back."

"That's because my idiot brother bit you and you had the good sense not to die. Personally, I think you should have killed the selfish little twit. Now, if you don't mind, could you please. You're ruining my appetite."

Jenna made a face, closed her eyes and pulled the venom back into it's dormant hiding place.

"Happy now?" she asked Cory.

"Ecstatic," he smiled back at her. "And you are beautiful." Every one sat in silence for a few minutes, until Bella, in awe of her mother, could wait no longer.

"How did you do that?"

"I'm guessing that, like me, you can shift into any form you want. All you have to do is find a way to sample the DNA"

"But I want to be a vampire. Why did I change back?"

"That's the question, my dear daughter. Why? What has been bothering you? What has caused the venom to retract into a place where you can hide it?"

"I don't understand?" Bella looked confused and frightened. "I do want to be a vampire."

"Before we can find out how to coax the venom back out, we have to find out what made it hide. It may take some time, but we'll figure it out." Jenna patted Bella's hand in reassurance. "Sleep tonight and we'll start working on it tomorrow."

"I've slept most of the day, and I still feel tired," Bella complained. "Being human is a pain in the ass." And she turned to Edward. "Go ahead and talk to Jenna. I'll see you later." She gave him a long kiss and went to the stairs. "Good night everyone," she said without looking back.

Jenna smiled as Bella left them to talk. Connie cleared the table with the help of Alice and the other humans. Cory moved to sit next to Jenna. He held her hand as he felt the fury rise in her. Suddenly Jenna closed her eyes and raised her head to the ceiling. When she was sure Bella was asleep, she again faced the Cullens, her eyes filled with fury.

"What the hell has she been worried about?" she demanded to know. Edward was completely taken aback by Jenna's anger.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he defended himself. "She's been happy. Completely happy. She hasn't said a word about anything."

"That's not quite true,"Alice joined into the conversation.

"Tell me," Jenna demanded.

"Well, she was worried about Renesmee. Whether she would be happy with Jacob. What would happen if she chose someone other than him. She brought up that she would only have a few short years before she would be gone." Alice took a breath. "She brought up Nahuel, and how he had looked at Renesmee. I think it frightened her."

"That could be the stem of all of this. It does make sense." Jenna looked down and tilted her head a little. "I have to think about this. If it's what I think it is, it's going to be real hard to overcome. And even if we can return her to her vampire state, it may all happen again in the future."

"What do you think it is?" Carlisle asked.

"She wants to have another baby."

"NO!" erupted from the mouth of every one of the Cullens, at the same time.

The tormented look returned to Edward's eyes as he remembered the pregnancy that almost killed Bella. The pregnancy that had taken her human life.

"I couldn't go through that again," Edward mumbled.

"But you know what to do this time," Jenna told them. "The pregnancy wouldn't be the problem this time. It would be the birth. The timing of the release of the venom."

"And have her be a newborn again?" Jasper shook his head.

"She was an excellent newborn," Edward took exception to Jasper's comment. "She was very controlled and absolutely flawless."

"Do you want to help her," Jenna growled at him.

"Of course I do," Edward growled back, suddenly defensive.

"Then stop talking about how beautiful she was. Stop using the past tense!" Jenna rose as she nearly shrieked the words, and Edward shrank from her ire. "No wonder she can't stop crying. You've all made it very clear to her, that she has failed you. You will have to understand that she is my daughter, and may have a few surprises in store for all of you."

The Cullen's looked from one to the other, as Jenna's works sunk in.

"Now, Jenna started calmly, "someone has stuck it in her head to have another child. Just which one of you would do that?"

"Rose," Alice said.

"Rose," Edward growled.

"OK," Jenna said. "Then I need Rose here. If she's the one that has it in Bella's head, then she can help get it out.

Carlisle was already on the phone. "Esme is closing up the house. The five of them will be here by morning," he announced. "Do you object to putting us all up again?" Carlisle asked Jenna.

"Not a problem at all. You are all always welcome, at any time."

Connie had been listening at the door. When she heard it announced that five more were coming, she stepped through the door with fear plain on her face.

"Is the wolf coming?" she asked in a shaky voice.

"Yes." Carlisle responded.

"Oh my," she breathed. "Tony …" she yelled as she re-entered the kitchen. "You must go to the cold house tonight. And I will need other supplies."

Jenna gave a short laugh and a smile before addressing the others. "Bella needs you all to be supportive. She needs you to not remind her of what she has lost, but of what she has. Remember that. Or you will never get your vampire Bella back."