Chapter 4
EPOV
The three days couldn't have gone faster. Each minute felt like a decade, and days were like millennia. Occasionally Bella would let a scream escape her lips. The screaming became more common the later in her transformation it was. I knew the pain was increasing immeasurably and she couldn't contain herself.
In the night of the second day we decided to call the rest of our family over. If she awoke and was thirsty, Carlisle, Alice, and I might not be able to contain her on our own. We thought Jasper and Emmett might come in helpful, at least. Jasper could either calm her or put her to sleep, and Emmett's muscles should come in helpful if we had to restrain her.
And that's where we all sat now. We were all gathered around Bella's bed when she let out her loudest and most violent scream yet. I swear it would have stopped my heart if it was still in working order. Her transformation must be nearing an end. It always hurt the most when it was nearly over. That was when the venom attacked the heart and finished taking the person's mortality. She would probably be done in a matter of minutes.
Her scream became higher pitched and I heard it change into a graceful melody. Over the past three days we had watched her body become more and more beautiful as she changed. The voice was the last noticeable change to the original person. Right after the voice changed the heart stopped. The final thud her heart made was audible enough for me to hear from my seat near her head. I was sure everyone else had heard it as well.
Bella lay still for a minute before she quickly opened her eyes. Her eyes were a vivid red and looked stunning with her pale complexion and chocolate brown hair. Her eyes slid over mine and glanced at everyone in the room before she blinked. Vampires didn't need to blink, but that was one of the things she did to clear her mind.
Her eyes returned to mine and she smiled.
"Hi Edward, you look stunned. Do I look that different?"
I nodded softly before placing my hand on hers.
"How are you doing Bella? Do you feel alright?"
She glanced around quickly before she looked at me again.
"I actually feel fantastic. I've never felt so alive. It's like when I was a human was watching an old, fuzzy, black and white movie. There are so many colors, now. It's different."
I smiled at her, and she hopped up from her bed. She had barely made it to her feet when she went statue still.
"What's wrong Bella?" I was immediately concerned. I saw her eyes glance around the room and her sniff the air and start towards the door. I was in front of her before she had made one step.
"Where are you going?" I demanded.
"Get out of the way, Edward. I need to drink, I'm so thirsty." She moaned the last part.
"We need to get you out hunting. You may not eat your father, Bella. You'll really regret it later."
She pouted and tried to duck under my arm, but I caught her. She seemed strangely in control of herself for a newborn. At least she wasn't trying to rip my throat out. Yet.
"Fine, let's go hunting." She grinned at me. I took her hand in mine and we prepared to hunt.