Heyy everyone! SO sorry that it took me so long, but I've finally got it! I did not, however, get this idea completely alone. I want to thank dragonwitch250 for sparking the idea and again, RoonilWazlib347 for her continuous help. This power is kind of confusing, so bear with me; it will be explained in the next chapter… So, here is chapter 5

Chapter 5:

Awakening

BPOV

I let my eyelids flutter open slowly, tentatively. I could see Edward's face. He had a worried look, and was staring at one of my hands, he was holding it too. His eyes moved to my face. They held relief at once.

"Oh thank God." He said, kissing my hand.

"I'm back." I announced in a sing-songy voice. Ouch. My voice hurt.

"Ow."

"What did I do?" Edward said, thinking that he was the cause of my problems. He started waving his hands over top of my body like he was doing a magic trick, afraid to hurt me by touching me, but wanting to help too.

"Voice hurts. Too much screaming." I said. Complete sentences were too long for my recovering mouth to say.

"Ah, yes, that's what happened to me. I was sore all over." He said. "Can you sit up?"

"I think so." I said, trying to push up with my arms. I was able to make it up. Well, with Edward's help. I gave him a very tender, gentle hug. "Hi"

"Hello. Are you sure you're okay? You went through so much, and your screams were so loud." He shuddered, and looked really worried, remembering my flailing limbs, telling him to just kill me now, all of my blood-curdling wails.

"You were in so much pain." He mumbled. I touched his cheek lightly with my hand.

"I've known worse pain," I told him, "emotional pain." I instantly regretted it. His face changed so dramatically and quickly, it was scary. There was so much self-loathing in his eyes, along with the deep regret that I always see when someone mentions that touchy subject.

"Please don't be sad. What's done is done. Your intentions were good at heart, even though idiotic. What's important is that I'm staying, and that I won't be going anywhere out of my own free will. I'm with you forever now, remember?" I said. His expression softened.

"I remember." He said, looking down at the two bands that were twisted around my third finger of my left hand. I looked over his shoulder and saw a movie-perfect scene take place before me.

Alice had innocently looked up with a solemn face, expecting to see Edward still with that worried and over protected look on his face, and I still out of it. She realized then that I was indeed awake, and with a squeal, jumped off the love seat that had been conveniently placed in the bathroom.

I'm pretty sure that she'd forgotten how strong she was in that moment, and also forgot that her feet were on the coffee table. When she tried to get up so fast, she slammed her feet down onto Esme's treasured coffee table and reduced it to a pile of woodchips and shattered glass.

Temporarily frozen, she stared down at the table, or what used to be the table. And then she looked up at a very unhappy Esme.

"Oh Esme, I'm so sorry. I'll get you a new one, I promise!" She got out before jumping over the broken pieces.

Then Emmett realized that I was awake.

"Bella! You're up! Well, it took forever I was getting so impatient! But you look so good. Jeeze, you could probably kill me if you wanted to." He said. Then together, he and Alice bounded over to where I sat on the bed. I was bracing myself for the impact of their strong and probably painful hugs.

Then suddenly, Edward wasn't holding on to me anymore.

"Stop." I heard his voice from in front of the bed. His tone was very protective. I looked up and saw him standing right in front of a frozen Emmett and Alice with suspicious eyes.

"She is still very tender."

"Oh. Right. Slow gentle movements. Sorry Edward." Alice said. Edward relaxed and went over to me again.

"Sorry about that." He whispered just before Alice and Emmett got to me again.

"OH MY GOD BELLA, YOU'RE AWAKE! YOU LOOK SO GOOD! WE HAVE TO GO SHOPPING!!" Alice screeched. Man, did she have short term memory loss.

"Ow. Alice, my ears are sensitive." I complained.

"Whoops. I guess I forgot about the slow and gentle parts. I get excited easily, can you tell Bella?" She asked unnecessarily.

"No, Alice. I've know you for almost three years and I never knew that you got excited." I said sarcastically.

"Jeeze, she's grumpy today." I heard Alice mutter under her breath. I decided to ignore that particular comment and let her hop on the bed. She laid down next to me while Edward took the other side. Emmett had been silently appraising me. When he considered me not-so-breakable, he plopped himself at the foot of the bed.

"So Bella, how are you feeling?" He said with a playful look on his face.

"Um, a little sore Emmett, but otherwise pretty good." I said. My voice didn't hurt nearly as much as before. I could talk in full sentences now.

I took one look at his face and knew one of two things was happening inside that smallish brain of his. Usually people had that look when they either really had to go to the bathroom, or had an idea (one that usually didn't benefit me). Taking into account that Emmett did not (and could not) use the bathroom, it was probably the latter.

"Emmett, will I be subjected to any of your crazy ideas and/or pranks since I'm now the baby of the family?" I was slightly afraid now, because the longer I talked, the bigger his devilish grin became.

"Bella! I'm surprised at you! To even think that I wouldn't play jokes on you is like asking if the Pope would go to church! Of course I'm going to play jokes on you, and many of them, might I warn you. But feel lucky that you have Edward tired around your finger, because he played a pretty mean trick to me back when I was a newbie." He said with a slightly resentful look on his face. I sensed a good story coming on.

"One of the proudest moments of my life, I would have to say." Edward added in.

"Okay, I really have to hear this." I had a feeling that this was what Emmett was waiting for; because he immediately got into story more. Straightening up at the foot of the bed and waving his arms up in the air, ready for using them to talk.

"Well," Emmett began, "I was just turned, like mere days after I woke up, but enough days that I had gotten to know the rest of these lunatics that I now proudly call my family fairly well. I had just gotten back from my second hunting trip, and everyone went but Edward. He claimed that he didn't need to hunt yet. Always the show off, your husband." He said playfully.

"Oh, I know." I replied. It was true; Edward couldn't help but push himself a little too far some times.

"Keep going though." I said. I knew that this was something that guaranteed to make Emmett look stupid. Extremely, hilariously stupid.

"So when we got back, Edward ran to us just as we'd crossed the front door. He said that somehow, a human stumbled into the house and was still in there! He said that if I was a truly trained vampire, that I would be able to find him or her and lead her out without killing her. I was slightly afraid that I would hurt them, because my control wasn't up to par yet, but I would never back down from a challenge. So, to ensure me not looking like a coward, I agreed."

That sounded about right. Edward wasn't the only one who had problems with showing off. Emmett especially did it when he felt he had something to prove. Heaven forbid that these boys' reputation's got messed up.

He continued. "Well, my loving family forgot to mention that the human scent was easy to pick out. I hadn't come across any yet and it was still hard for me to look with my nose instead of my eyes. Needless to say, I spent the whole afternoon just looking for that damned human, all with my eyes, not even thinking to use my nose. When I started looking in the clearing, outside in the backyard, my wonderful family decided to tell me that there was no human, and that Edward liked to play jokes. That, my little sister, is when the practical jokes began."

"Do you keep score? Is there anyone ahead?" I asked.

"Well Bella, that is a very good question. Everyone in the family seems to have a different idea of who is in the lead. Coincidently, they all thought that each one of them is in first place. Carlisle said.

"Oh." That sounded right.

"But all of those stories are for a different time, okay Bella?" Alice asked.

"Of course Alice, what have you got for me?" I asked warily.

"Well," Alice said, biting her lip, "do you think that we could go shopping? I mean, look at your new figure Bella, all of your old clothes won't fit you. And they were ugly anyways. I took the liberty of kind of um…" she was giving me a funny look "I, might have burnedallofyouruglyclothes." She mumbled really fast and quiet. It was no use though, with my hearing, I caught every syllable.

"You did what?" I said tiredly. I guess I was kind of expecting this, "Well, as long as you kept that bathing suit and my wedding dress, I guess I'm okay. But I'm not going shopping for a while, I have to possess enough self-control to not slaughter everyone in the very over-priced mall. In the mean time, you might as well do my shopping for me."

"Yay! Thank you Bella!" She said and hugged me tightly, her little arms reaching around my waist. Wait. That couldn't happen before three days ago.

"How do I look?" I asked everyone, since they had all gravitated over to the bed.

"Exquisite." Edward said.

"Different." Alice added in.

"Fierce." Emmett felt like he needed to say.

"Thank you Emmett. Alice, do you keep a mirror in here?" I asked Stupid question.

"Why wouldn't I Bella? This is a bathroom. It's right over there." She pointed to the bathroom sink where I saw a full-length mirror.

"Okay, I'm coming over." I said, trying to scoot myself off the bed. Esme and Edward both gave me their hands. With their help, I was able to stand up and walk over. My legs felt like jelly; they wouldn't cooperate. When I got to the mirror, I gasped.

It was the red eye color that startled me. I now brilliant orbs, brighter than the reddest red, even brighter than Bree, the young vampire we saw in the field a couple months ago. I then noticed that I had gotten about an inch taller, and my waist was tinier. In fact, my entire frame was more slender; my legs, my arms, my stomach. I looked like I belonged on a runway.

My face had changed also. My hair; always tangled and mousy, was a straight and shiny brown with faint curls on the ends. My eyebrows had a perfect arch and my eyelashes were longer. My lips were plump and when I smiled, I had ultra-white and sharp-looking teeth.

"Wow." I said. "I look different."

"You look beautiful." Edward said as he wrapped his arms around me. Now, his usually cold hands felt pleasantly warm. I could really get used to not having to wear a coat or a blanket every time we wanted to touch for long periods of time.

"Oh Bella, I wonder what your power's going to be." Alice said from her place behind Edward and I.

"I don't know, something good I hope." I said. I really meant it. I really wanted to be as good as Edward, and now I just me. Although in my heart, he was better by a long shot.

"Can we go downstairs? I want to see this house as a vampire." I said.

"Sure Bella, I wonder how different things look." Jasper said.

"I wonder if she still trips." Emmett whispered to Rosalie, still thinking that I couldn't hear him.

"Excuse me Emmett, I can hear you, and I don't think that's very nice. I'm insulted that you would think such a thing." I said loudly. Emmett jumped from next to Rosalie and started mumbling things that he probably thought would help.

"Whoops. Sorry Bella. But in my defense, you tripped a lot in your human life, I have reason to think, - "

"Emmett, don't try to dig your self out of that hole. You'll only make it worse." Edward said with an amused look. I decided to ignore the fact that Edward probably thought that I would fall too. I started walking downstairs on unsteady feet with the rest of the family following me.

When all of us were assembled on the couch, after going into the hallway and down the stairs, I realized that I felt different. Like the whole world was moving in slow motion. Also that everything now seemed breakable. It was strange.

When we sat down on the couch, I rested my head on Edward's chest. He put his arm around me and we enjoyed the moment. Alice was on my other side. I looped my arm through hers, and she put her head on Jasper's chest, who was seated next to her.

As I sat there, I remembered the things that I would never have to do again. I would never eat food, or use the bathroom, or sleep. Ah sleep. That's the one thing I might miss. With Edward next to me, all of my strange and wild dreams, and every morning I'd wake up to see the sun. I closed my eyes…

(Haha I almost stopped it there. But how mean would that be?)

Jasper's POV

I was so glad that Bella was a vampire. I didn't have to shy away from her anymore. I also wouldn't be the weakest one anymore; there would be someone that understood my problems with abstaining from human blood. Alice, Bella, Edward and I had all assembled ourselves on the couch. My dear Alice had rested her head on my chest. Funny, it looks she is sleeping.

I shook my head. None of us could actually sleep. 'Jasper, you're losing it' I thought to myself. I then looked up from Alice.

On the couch, Bella had her head on Edward's chest and her arm looped in Alice's. The three of them had their eyes closed.

Okay guys, where's the joke? Get up, I know, you can't sleep. " I said playfully to all of them.

No one moved.

I saw the steady rise and fall of their chests. They didn't have to breathe.

Something was wrong. Very wrong.

"Alice. Alice, honey, are you okay?" I said softly.

There was no answer.

"Alice! What's wrong? Alice!" I said more urgently.

"Edward, what's happening? Why won't you open your eyes?" I was getting more frantic now. Hmm. What about our newest addition to the family.

"Bella? Bella are you okay? Bella!" I said with near hysteria in my voice.

She stirred.

"Jasper?" She asked. "What's wrong?"

As soon as she opened her eyes, Edward and Alice did too.

"What just happened to you three? I look over and it looks like you guys were sleeping!" I blurted out.

"Well, I know I closed my eyes and I was thinking about what it felt like to go to sleep. Then, the next thing I know, I heard you calling my name. It was exactly like sleeping, but we can't sleep, can we?" Bella asked.

"Hmm, I'm not so sure, I haven't slept in a good 85 years, but I think that's what I just did." Edward said, looking at Bella. Alice nodded her head in agreement.

"What's happening to me? I though I was a vampire?" asked Bella. I could feel how worried she was. It was overwhelming.

"We don't know Bella." I said.

What was wrong with her?

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A/N: Well, wasn't that so mean of me? I know that no one will be happy that I ended it there, but I had to. I want to also thank tizzlexo11 and hbpatinadorax. These two people just read my story and, every day at school command me to update. Without them, this chapter would have taken longer (oh the horror!). Well, you all know what to do (but I'll remind you anyway) …

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