I'm sorry if this chapter's a bit confusing.
I wanted to get both Bella's and Alice's perspectives on things without having to do two chapters.
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Chapter 7

Bella's POV is in normal text.
Alice's POV is in bold text.

I bit her. I was biting Bella. Her blood was pooling in my mouth. So warm, so delicious! I swallowed it all hungrily, sucking more and more out. I felt the monster in me take over. I had missed this, this taste, this ambrosia! Magnificent! Bella had the sweetest blood I had ever tasted. Bella...I was drinking Bella's blood! I stopped suddenly aware of what I was doing. I jumped back, staring at the bite mark on her neck and watching it as it started to heal even now! Carlisle entered the room then and saw Bella and the newly forming scar on her neck. I was panting in the corner of the room, my mouth filling with venom, I wanted more but I mustn't, I wouldn't! Carlisle came over to and urged me to spit into a vial. I emptied the venomous liquid into the glass vial and handed it back to Carlisle. I stared in astonishment at his brilliance as he sucked up the contents of the vial into one of the biggest needles I had ever seen. I had to look away as he stabbed the needle straight into Bella's still beating heart. She hadn't moved an inch since I had first bitten her. I prayed to any god that would listen that she hadn't felt in pain.

The blackness was starting to disappear, my head was clearing but I couldn't move, couldn't open my eyes, couldn't speak...couldn't scream. The pain was everywhere, a murderous fire burning every cell of my body. Put it out! For the love of God please put it out! My mind screamed! Everything was exploding! My heart, my lungs, my kidneys, my brain, even my finger nails! The pain was so immense! Why aren't the drugs working?! I knew they were painkillers; any idiot could have worked that one out. Why weren't they killing the pain?! Why were the letting the pain kill me?!

She looked so peaceful. She was just lying there. There was no emotion in her face; her breathing was shallow and even. I'd seen coma-patients with more life in them! At least that meant she wasn't in too much pain though, right?

The fire was getting stronger and spreading further. I could feel it infecting everything! The little shallow breaths I felt my body taking fanned the flames in my throat and lungs. I prayed for death, I longed for it. I made deals with god, the devil, leprechauns; anything I thought might make this misery end! Oh god I wanted it to end! My screaming mind was blocking out every other sound. I had no idea if anybody was with me, I had no idea if they knew the pain I was in, I had no idea if they were merciful enough to end this wretched torment right now!

I stayed in the room. I didn't move, didn't blink, I didn't have to. Edward never left either. He stayed on the bed beside her; his had onto of her hand, his eyes locked on her face. My thoughts were always the same. Praying for her to pull through, praying for it to end soon. It had been almost a day; I knew there would be perhaps two more days of this. Carlisle kept injecting one form of painkiller after another into her. I hoped it would be enough, I hoped it would work.

Something was touching my hand. Through the flames I could feel pressure. It only made it worse. The fire burned twice as hard in that spot, as if trying to destroy whatever was in its way. Every now and then I felt dizzy. Was it possible to feel dizzy when I couldn't move and my body and soul were on fire? Nothing stopped the pain though. My prayers were unanswered, my deals were rejected and my hopes were pathetic. I was sure I would go mad, I was sure if this carried on any longer my mind would be lost. I had no sense of time. How long I had been in this hell? Four years? Five? Maybe even a lifetime.

Two days now, two days and not a single movement. Was this normal? Her eyelids didn't even flicker, not once. She was as still as vampire. Did that mean it was working? She wasn't a vampire yet, I could still hear her pulse, it was weak but constant. She was still alive. I wonder if she was dreaming. I wonder if she could hear us.

Voices! I heard voices! They were faint but they were all around me! The shadowy flames were torturing me, tormenting me with voices from my past. There was a soft male's voice. It reminded me of a time before the pain. I couldn't make out the words; I could only hear the sounds. The pain was still too great; I could feel myself falling deeper into despair. I focused on the sound of the voice, trying to count every different sound, pulling myself back from the edge of madness.

I sat in silence as Edward read to Bella. She still didn't move, no reaction at all to his words.
"...
I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me..." Edward was reading Jane Eyre. It struck me that this passage was their story, Edwards and Bella's. He had tried so hard not to love her, not to hurt her but the more he tried, the harder he fell. I giggled to myself quietly, Edward was Jane Eyre. Edward scowled at me, I realised he was sharing my imaginings of him in a dress and a bonnet.

The pain was...it was hard to tell, I couldn't really be sure but it felt as though the pain was moving. My fingers were no longer burning with the intensity they had before however the fire in my chest was raging fiercely. I would give anything to scream, to shout, to claw at myself! Anything to relieve me of this torment!

It had been almost three days, in fact in about 45 minutes it would have been exactly 72 hours since it had all started. Everyone was anxious, Carlisle had stopped the injections and Emmett and Jasper were never more than a few seconds away from the room. Now that the injections had been stopped Edward had been forced to fasten the shackles around Bella's wrists and ankles. These were not in place to prevent her leaving once she was a vampire; they were for her own protection, to stop her from hurting herself once the effects of the drugs wore off. The clock was ticking. I could hear ever movement of every clock in the house. It was deafening. I was growing impatient, we were all growing impatient. We wanted this over now! Had I done it right? Was she really changing? What if I had taken too much and put her into a coma?! Then I heard it. The noise I had become so accustomed to stopped. Edward moved slightly, placing his head against Bella's chest. He looked at me, his face stone, emotionless. Bella's heart had stopped; the colour was fading from every piece of visible skin. It was over.

My mind screamed! This was it! I was about to die! I could feel my heart struggling. I was proud of myself for lasting this long but I knew that it was time for me to let go. I thanked god, only wishing I could see Edwards face one last time. My heart stopped, I waited for death, sure that it was just a millisecond away. I waited, and I waited. My fingers twitched. Death spasm? No. I realised there was a faint humming noise. I focused on it, wondering if this was death. I listened, concentrated. The harder I concentrated the clearer it became. It almost sounded like rush hour. That can't be though...we were miles away from any traffic...and besides, I was dead!
"Bella?" It was Edwards's voice! I was both relieved and saddened! If he was here than I was truly dead, and so was he. He couldn't live without me; he had explained a million times what would happen after my death. I couldn't see him. It was so dark...right, my eyes were closed. I opened them slowly, they were stiff to begin with, and everything was a blur. I rolled my eyes around, trying to loosen them up when I spotted his face, his magnificent, handsome face. Everything was so clear! I could see it all! I could see the individual hairs in Edwards head, I could see the protective fluid covering his eyeballs, I could see...everything and it was beautiful!

She opened her eyes! She finally opened her eyes! It had started with a twitch of her fingers and then her eyes opened, slowly, rolling around in her head. As soon as she caught sight of Edward they went wide, I could only imagine what she was feeling right now. I couldn't remember my first sights as a vampire, couldn't remember the exquisiteness of it all compared to my human vision.
"Bella?" I whispered nervously. She reacted just we feared. She snapped the shackles and darted towards the wall farthest from the bed, her hands behind her, gripping into the plaster and brick. I could see the plaster dust falling to the floor the marks beneath Bella's fingers. She was fast. Maybe even faster than Edward but it was hard to tell. Her eyes darted around the room, her mouth was twisted into a snarl, a low growling rumbling in her throat and suddenly, she was different. She was standing normally, staring from her outspread hands, to the wall, to us.

I was shocked at my behaviour. Had I really just done that? Had I done that to Alice's wall? Had I actually growled at them and prepared myself to attack? Wait...I was really fast, I was strong, I growled...holy crap I'm a vampire! I wasn't dead at all! It had worked! Alice had done it! I was a vampire, I was immortal, I was...thirsty! Wow, really thirsty! My throat was on fire! I felt lumps of hot coal travel down my throat every time I swallowed, trying to use my newly acquired venom to douse the flames.
"She's thirsty." I swivelled on the spot, turning to face Jasper in the doorway. His eyes on me, his hands balled into fists. Emmett was just behind him, his mouth wide open and his eyes just as wide. I heard light tapping and then Rosalie, Esme and Carlisle were all in the room. I was surrounded. I held my hands up, trying not to provoke them; I had no idea what they would do to me. I'd heard the stories of the terrors of new-born vampires; I didn't want to be one of them.

She raised her hands! As if we were holding a gun to her! This was unexpected, we all thought she'd burst through the wall, trying to find the nearest human. Instead she turned to Edward. She looked as if this was the first time she had seen him in years. Her eyes sparkled red and skin shone in the dim sunshine. She walked towards him, Jasper stepped forward but I motioned for him to stop. Edward held out his hands, ready to take her into his arms. She jumped towards him, crushing herself against his chest. I turned my head away. A sudden pang of jealousy erupted within me, I quickly pushed it away, smiling at Jasper when he looked at me curiously.
"Why is everyone staring at me?" She whispered thinking only Edward would hear but to us it sounded as if she had spoken through a loud-hailer.
"We're waiting for you to rip us all to pieces before going on a murderous rampage sis!" Emmett grinned broadly, his comment earning him a slap on the chest from Rosalie. Had she still been human I had no doubt that Bella would be blushing bright crimson by now. Instead her face fell into an awkward smile and she turned to face the rest of us.

"Rampage?! I'd never hurt anyone!" My eyes darted round the room; I was too panicked to notice the beautiful details of all of their faces. I glanced back at Edward and was astonished to find that he was observing me with a curious and questioning expression on his face.
"She...she's not going to hurt anyone!" I turned to look at Alice; she had that far away day-dreaming look on her face, her "seeing the future" look.
"Alice?" Carlisle was beside her, followed Jasper. The latter wrapped his arms around Alice's shoulders.
"I've seen it Carlisle, one of the clearest ever. Bella won't hurt anyone. She won't even come close." Carlisle considered her words for a minute, turning to me and examining my closely he nodded and I noticed Jasper relax slightly. Ha! I knew I wouldn't hurt anyone!

She had a huge grin now! It was strange, she wasn't a crazed, blood obsessed new born at all! She was the calm, rational, emotional Bella she always had. Apart from her skin, her eyes, her hair...well apart from all of her physical appearances she hadn't changed at all!

Everyone was staring at me. I didn't like it; I wanted to blush and missed the feeling of the blood rushing to my cheeks. I clutched my chest, expecting there to be a heart beat. When none came I was in shock. It was the strangest feeling. Everything I had learnt told me I should be dead! I expected to be dead and yet I felt more alive than I ever had before.
"Why is everyone staring at me?" I whispered to Edward, forgetting until it was too late that everyone else could hear me.
"Because you're beautiful!"
"Yeah you're totally hot sis!" Emmett got another slap from Rosalie for that remark. I merely scoffed! Me? Beautiful?! In what reality?! I laughed loudly until Alice and Esme wheeled in a full length mirror. Where had that come from? And when had they gone to get it?
I looked into the mirror trying to see myself. All I saw was this stranger! I was scared! Why didn't I have a reflection?! Who was this stranger?! Am I seeing things?! I grabbed onto the mirror looking closer. I blinked, the person in the mirror blinked to. I moved my lips, their lips moved to. It was me! What the hell?! This person in the mirror had a perfectly proportioned body, her hair fell in light waves over her shoulders, her skin was flawless and her eyes were a deep red. This woman was...beautiful! It was me! I was beautiful! I was shocked though, I searched everywhere in the reflection for something that was me! I found it. My eyes. If I ignored the red my eyes hadn't changed at all. They were still the same shape, my mothers shape. I touched the glass, it felt warm under my fingers...didn't it used to feel cold before?
"Beautiful" Edward whispered into my hair, gently brushing it to one side as he planted a firm kiss on the back of my neck, sending shivers down my spine.

She was beautiful. She was breath-takingly stunning! I wanted to touch her face, feel her new skin against my own but I couldn't. I smiled at her and reminded myself to keep my voice level as I spoke.
"How about a family hunt?"

Family hunt?! Excitement exploded within me! I bounced up and down slightly, my face spreading into a huge grin!
"Can we?" I didn't ask anybody in particular, afraid that a single person may say no.
They all grinned, perfect teeth and brilliant smiles surrounded me. I knew it was a yes then!
I could hardly contain myself! We were going to hunt!

The hunt was fast and funny. Bella over shot her target a few times, scaring away most of the deer she had tracked down. Everybody couldn't help but laugh as she launched herself out of a tree, aiming for a deer right below her and landed on the tree opposite her. It was hilarious. After taking a bear and some deer, we focused on Bella, each of us giving her pointers, the best way to make a kill.
"Keep low and down wind"
"Don't rely on your eyesight too much, use your other sense"
"Use your hands as well as your teeth"
"Try not to fall over!"
She managed to take it all on board and made her first kill!

The mountain line was salty, warm and satisfying, but I wanted more. It didn't quite hit the spot, I wasn't truly satisfied but the fire in the back of my throat had died down a bit. With the guidance of the Cullens I managed to take down some deer and even a rabbit! The rabbit was barely a mouthful; I wouldn't go for one again. I was covered in blood and dirt and leaves but I was full, I was a vampire, and the man by my side would be there for the rest of eternity.