Blood. That was the only thing on Bella's mind as she sprinted through the woods. She dodged in and out of the trees at an alarming speed, but everything still came in sharp clarity and focus to her. Like she knew it would. Being a newborn vampire was amazing, and Bella knew that she was stronger than the rest of her coven. She tried not to take advantage of this fact too much (except when she challenged Emmett to wrestling, for Edward's sake of course).
None of this mattered to Bella, though. All that she cared about at the moment was her prey, and how she would kill it. She didn't care who the poor human was, for she had gotten a whiff of the person's blood. After that there was no hope for whoever the person was. Bella was hungry, and this person smelled good.
There it was! A girl, she was stumbling blindly through the woods, Bella's woods. Bella licked her cold lips in anticipation, her prey was in sight. She would never know what had happened to her, Bella would be too quick. All it took was one bite, humans were so fragile. So breakable. So delicious.
A few more strides and Bella lunged. At the exact moment that Bella leapt for Lillian's throat, Lillian accidentally tripped over a root in her path. Bella overshot Lillian, landing a few feet away. Snarling angrily, Bella spun around for another try, but those few seconds that delayed her were enough for Alice Cullen to slam into Bella and trap her on the ground.
"Stop it, Bella! Think of Edward, of Carlisle! Do you want to break your oath to the coven?!" Alice shouted, forcefully holding the squirming Bella on the ground.
"Let go of me! The smell, oh her blood…" Bella moaned. And with a burst of furious energy that only newborns could manage, Bella threw Alice off of her. Alice hit a tree and fell to the ground, unmoving. Bella stood up slowly, relishing the look of terror on Lillian's face. The girl was frozen, paralyzed with the fear of what she now knew were vampires. Bella bent over Lillian's trembling body and inhaled deeply. She leaned down slowly, aiming for Lillian's exposed throat.
But Lillian's instinct for self preservation finally kicked in, and she tried desperately to roll away from Bella's teeth. Bella still bit her, but not on Lillian's neck like she intended to. Her teeth sunk into Lillian's shoulder, and Bella felt her deadly venom flow into Lillian's veins. Bella came up again, ignoring Lillian's screams, and aimed for the girl's throat once more.
Before she could, another force slammed into her unexpectedly. Bella felt giant paws pinning her arms to the ground, and she looked up furiously to see a reddish-brown wolf standing on her. The wolf was growling for all it was worth, and the look in its eyes was dangerously angry.
"Get off me, Jake!" Bella screeched, fighting desperately against his weight. That's when the rest of her coven arrived.
"Alice!" Esme cried, rushing to Alice's limp form. Carlisle stepped forward.
"You can get off of her, now. We'll take her." Carlisle said to Jake. Still Jake didn't move. He wouldn't until his alpha arrived. In a second Edward was at Bella's side, glaring up at Jake.
"Get off her, werewolf. She's with us; we won't let her hurt anyone." Edward vowed. Bella's body suddenly went limp under Jake's paws. At Edward's voice she felt a rush of guilt and shame wash over her. Oh god, what had she done? Lillian's screams pierced her heart, what had she done to the poor girl? She couldn't even remember deciding to hunt her, which made her feel even worse.
"You've violated the treaty, Cullen. You do know what this means, right?" Sam announced, stepping out of the trees in his human form with Paul and Embry close behind. Jake glanced to his leader, who gave him the slightest of nods. Warily, Jake stepped off of Bella, who was immediately taken by Edward.
"We're sorry, Sam. She didn't kill her, though." Carlisle pointed out.
"She's as good as dead now." Paul said, pointing to the agonized Lillian. An odd yelp sounded from Jake, and he bounded to Lillian's side, licking the wound in her shoulder furiously.
"Leave, now! We'll discuss the treaty later." Sam ordered, glaring at Carlisle.
"Sam, I can help her…" Carlisle tried to explain. Embry took a step towards the Cullens threateningly.
"GO!" Sam shouted furiously. Carlisle jerked his head to the rest of the coven, and they all retreated into the woods, Esme carrying Alice. Once they were out of sight, Sam bent over Lillian.
"Can you hear me, Lillian?" Sam asked clearly. Lillian was already glistening with sweat, and she continued to scream. Embry picked her up and looked to Sam for orders.
"Take her back to the house." Sam sighed. "This is going to be a long three days. Jake, phase back. She needs you as a human now." Jake padded off into the trees, and came back wearing a pair of sweatpants and a light T-Shirt. Without saying anything, he took Lillian from Embry, trying not to look at the puncture in her shoulder. Lillian's screaming subsided briefly, and she opened her blue eyes wider than Jacob thought possible. Lillian looked up at Jacob, her body still shaking.
"Kill me." Lillian begged, a note of hysteria creeping into her voice. Then a tremor shot violently through Lillian's body and she started screaming again. Her cries of anguish hurt Jacob more than anything he could remember. He felt so helpless, and he wished that there was something, anything that he could do for her.
"Sam what're we going to do?!" Jacob demanded as they neared the house. Sam shook his head.
"Try to make her as comfortable as possible." Sam answered. Jacob gaped at his leader in disbelief.
"You make it sound like she's dying! We can still save her, right? She doesn't have to become a bloodsucker!" Jacob shouted at Sam, as if it were his fault. Sam didn't make eye contact, he just stared straight ahead. Lillian continued to cry and struggle in Jacob's arms. Jacob could feel her body temperature start to drop, and he could swear that Lillian's skin was getting paler by the second.
"Oh my god, what happened to her?" Emily asked as Jacob, Sam, and Embry entered the house.
"She got bitten by a newborn bloodsucker." Embry explained. Jacob gritted his teeth through his rage as he lay Lillian down on the couch. His love, his soul mate was turning into a dirty leech. And this wasn't the first time something like this had happened. Why did every girl he'd ever loved have to turn into one of them?! It only made it even more ironic that it was Bella who bit Lillian. Why was fate so against Jacob ever being happy? Couldn't things ever turn out right, just for once Jacob wished-
"I'm sorry, Jacob. It looks like it's too late…" Sam murmured as he examined Lillian carefully, snapping Jacob out of his thoughts.
"What do you mean, 'it's too late'?" Jacob groaned, wanting to die rather than hear the answer that he knew Sam would give.
"To save her. Lillian's going to become a vampire."