AN: yea...I sorta didn't want to really talk about her parents that much cuz that would just take the story off topic. lol Let's just say that they never divorced and that Renee was a famous piano teacher and the reason behind why Edward was even taking a piano lesson will be explained in the next chapter…thanx for your wonderful reviews!!

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The Day I Died

Chapter 3: Changes and Explanations

I endured the worst possible torture for those three days.

All I could feel was the searing pain that went up and down my body.

It felt like all my bones were being broken and then repaired repeatedly.

I thrashed around trying to reach my skin so I could claw my way out of it, but I was not able to move my hands or feet.

It wasn't until the pain died away a little that I heard my heartbeat slowly decreasing.

Thump….thump……………………thump……..

This is it. I was going to die now.

I said goodbye to the world and silently regretted the fact that I would never get to see Edward's beautiful face or hear his melodic voice ever again.

Then my heart stopped beating…..but I didn't die!

Why wasn't I dead? My heart was…so why wasn't I?

I felt new, in some weird way.

Maybe it was because I wasn't breathing!

I took a breath in panic and that's when something hit me like a wave!

The most amazing scent! I silently wondered where it came from, but my thoughts traveled back to my transformation.

My body wasn't hurting anymore and I didn't feel weak, like I thought I would.

Instead, I felt energetic and playful!

I sat up rather quickly with this realization and heard something snap.

Around me were the remains of a rope…it must've been what had stopped my thrashing about through my…transformation…

What was I anyway? What had I become?

I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard footsteps and then the door to my room opening.

"Bella?"

In the doorway stood Edward! I was just so happy to see a familiar face that I ran to him and gave him a bone crushing hug!

He was surprised and confused by my reaction, but returned the hug with just as much force.

I smiled and found that that delectable scent had come from him. This must be his room.

That's when my memories returned full force and I realized that I needed answers right away. I was confused and annoyed for being kept in the dark about this for so long.

"Edward, it's time for some answers," I demanded as I got out of the hug and glared at him, my smile had been replaced by a scowl.

He looked at me sadly. I could see the sorrow in his gorgeous topaz eyes as he motioned towards the door.

"Ok, come with me," Edward said solemnly. He led me out of his room and to a finely detailed oak door.

Edward knocked three times then opened it up and gestured for me to go in first.

I entered the room to find six people in it. They seemed to be paired up and sitting on couches by a fireplace.

I stopped right as I entered the room far enough.

The six of them all turned to stare at me in bewilderment. All of the sudden, one of them was in front of me.

It was a fairly small girl with short spiky black hair and a huge smile on her goddess like face.

She squealed with happiness and hugged me tightly, lifting me off the floor in the process.

She then stepped back so she could get a better look at me, I suppose.

"Hello Bella! My name is Alice!! Do you like to shop???!" She all but shouted at me in joy. I covered my ears because the sound was way too intense.

"Alice!" Another voice rang through her ranting. This voice sounded like a man's voice. I looked to see a guy who looked to be in his late 20's walking over to where Alice, Edward, and I were.

"Can you not see that you're scaring poor Isabella to death with your talk of shopping?" He laughed a little at his little joke and then turned towards me.

"I am Carlisle. This is my wife and mate Esme," He motioned to a beautiful woman with a kind, heart shaped face.

"This is Rosalie," Carlisle motioned to the most angelic and gorgeous looking girl in the room, "and this is her husband and mate Emmet." Emmet looked strong. I bet he could lift a whole house, if he wanted to…

"The obnoxiously happy one right here is Alice," Carlisle said jokingly, "and the one sitting over there is her husband and mate Jasper." Jasper had blonde hair and was very handsome.

"Hello," I said tentatively as I looked over them all for a second time. This must be a whole family of gods, because they all had the same striking features that Edward did. Except for Edward's feature's called to me more.

Jasper must have sensed my nervousness and confusion some how because he came to my rescue…

"Now that she's met the family, I think you should take her upstairs to the library and answer her questions," Jasper said as an unnatural wave of calm hit me. Weird…

"Of course," Carlisle responded with a friendly smile on his face while motioning for me to follow him.

Edward moved to follow, but Carlisle stopped him.

He stared at Edward for a second then Edward nodded and sat back down on the couch. I marked that in my memory as a question to ask Edward about later.

As Carlisle led me up the stairs, I noticed now that I was way more graceful than before, I hadn't tripped once since I got up from that bed. It was a miracle!

I chuckled to myself lightheartedly as I was led into a room.

Carlisle shut the door, than walked over to his desk and motioned for me to sit in the chair in front of it.

I sat down and he immediately started.

"Bella, we are not humans. Although I'm sure that you have gathered this much from your experience with Edward."

I nodded my head lightly. Edward must have told him what happened…

"Do you have any idea of what we might be?"

"Gods," I whispered shyly. His booming laughter made me blush, but I found that my cheeks didn't heat up anymore or turn red.

Yes! My deadly days of blushing are over! Yay! I mentally rejoiced until Carlisle decided to speak again.

"I'm sorry to tell you this Bella, but we are actually, kind of the opposite of that." His next statement made me tense up with fear, "We're Vampires Bella."

He must have seen the panic exploding in my eyes because he tried to make up for it.

"We're not bad vampires though. We only feed off of animals. Humans are strictly off limits."

I nodded my head slightly to show him that I understood. He sighed and went back to his explanation.

"So, anyway, all vampires are made by another vampire, and right when a vampire is born, they are given one mate." Carlisle went on. I decided to interrupt him.

"How does this pertain to why I was changed?" He looked at me for a second but decided not to answer and just went on with his explanation.

"The only down side of this is that the vampire's mate could be far away in the future, or already dead in the past. It's very rare that a vampire actually finds his or her mate. This family has just been very lucky in that department." He smiled, probably remembering the day he found Esme.

Then something struck me. It all made sense now…the way I felt about him, what he said before he changed me. Edward HAD been looking for me for a long time!

"Are you trying to say that I'm Edward's…"

"Mate? Why yes, yes you are," Carlisle smiled at me cheerfully.

"Woah," I uttered, disbelievingly.

"But, I still don't understand why he changed me…" I trailed off, my expression of confusion and fear.

"Well, Bella, there was another curse put upon the vampire. Once we find our mate, we can't live without them. Therefore, our instincts go into overdrive and we turn them into a vampire so they can be with us forever. It really wasn't Edward's fault…it was his instincts."

I uttered a silent "oh" as I stared at Carlisle in amazement.

I think he could tell that I had gotten enough information for that day, so he let me go, after he told me that my vampire training was tomorrow and that Edward would explain to me all of my other questions.

"This is intense," I whispered in awe as I followed the wonderful scent of Edward back to his room.

I walked in and flopped onto the bed, not noticing that Edward was already laying on it.

I was thinking about what I had just learned when I heard his velvet voice.

"I am truly, very sorry Bella." I turned to find that Edward was on the other side of the bed, facing me. His eyes were filled to the brim with sadness, regret, happiness, and some other emotion that I couldn't quite make out.

"For what?" I asked as I turned to stare into his wonderful eyes which reminded me of little pools of honey. Yum…

"All because of me and my damned instincts, you were forced into this life. You can never go back to your human life and you may never see your actual family or friends ever again because of what you are now and how you could hurt them…" He trailed off while he averted his eyes in shame.

I don't get to see my family or friends ever again??!

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AN: Wow! That was my longest chapter yet!

Next Chapter: How will Bella react to this recent news??? Go ahead…try and guess! lol

O and don't worry…These first few chapters are just getting the story ready…the plot will thicken! Yay! Lmao

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