A/N: Grab your tissue boxes......this one is a bit of a tear jerker!!

It's been 5 days since the incident. I was...once again the center of attention. I was really getting sick of all this bad karma. Tonight was our homecoming dance and I refused to let anything happen that wasn't supposed to. It was going to be a great night. I was finishing up on Alice and Rose. this time, I made them the guinea pigs. Everything was perfect, now all we needed was the final touch. Glitter spray for our hair. I doused our hair with it and let them see the end result. They gushed and were so pleased with how I fixed them up they decided they would be my guinea pig anytime. As I was walking down the stairs, I blacked out or something. either way, I ended up dizzy and falling down a few steps into Edward's arms.

"Are you alright? You don't look so good. We can just stay home if you like!" He was starting to sound worried.

"No, I'm ok! Just a bit dizzy! That's all! Shall we go?"

Esme took many pictures of us...being serious and goofing off. I was still extremely light headed as I got into the limo. I was determined not to ruin our night.

We got to the dance, did our pictures, and headed to where the rest of the students were. On our way inside, I became extremely woozy.

"I'm taking you home!" Edward decided.

"No, I don't want to go just yet."

So we ended up staying for a little while longer. When everyone was disappointed that our dance wasn't as fun as the one in La Push, we all decided it was time to go. We arrived back at my house. As I was getting out of the limo, I fell straight to the ground face first. Jasper ran and got Carlisle and Esme, Edward scooped me up and took me to the couch where I passed out.

When I woke up, I was in a hospital type room. Carlisle was examining me and shaking his head. This isn't good.

"Tess, I don't know how to say this, but it's now or never!"

"I'm dying.....now?"

"Yes!"

"Please don't leave me." Edward sobbed into my shoulder. "I'll do anything just don't leave me here alone!"

"There's only one thing you can do!" I said breathlessly and exhausted. I pulled his face up to mine, kissed him....and went limp.

"She's still alive! I think she may have fell into a coma! We don't have much time. Who does NOT want Tess as part of our family?" Carlisle was impatiently waiting at this time along with Edward. No one raised their hands.

"It's decided then!" Carlisle said and proceeded to move closer to my neck.

"WAIT!" Edward almost yelled. Everyone looked at him in disbelief.

"She is going to die within the hour if we don't change her!" Jazz was starting to get really antzy. "I really like her as a sister, and don't want to lose her, so stop playing games Edward!"

"I want to do it! I want to change her.....please!"

"Can you find the will to stop my son?"

Edward took a deep breath. "Yes."

Everyone stepped back and gave him some room. "Tess, I love you with everything I have!" He bent down and sunk his teeth into my collar, took one drag of my blood, and fell over onto the floor.

Carlisle rushed over and put some venom over the scar to heal it, then tended to Edward who was sprawled out on the floor.

"Is he ok? What happened?" Esme was becoming frantic. "He's alright!" Let's move them into her room.

***************************24 HOURS LATER****************************************

I sat bolt upright out of my sleeping trance. I wasn't sure exactly where I was. As I looked around, I noticed I was in my room.......but someone was laying in my bed with me. I slowly turned, and there he was......my savior. The sun was shining into my window.....but I wasn't sparkling and neither was he.

("Are we dead?") I thought to myself. Just then Edward sat bolt upright.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Well, you were dying, and I changed you.......but at the same time .....I think.........you changed me!"

"Your eyes.......their........"He got up and ran over to my mirror.

"GREEN" we both said together.

"My heart is still beating......is that right?" That's when I heard another heart beat.

"My.....Heart.....Is....Beating....This....Can't....Be........Possible! It hasn't beat for over a century!"

Just then, Carlisle walked into the room. "I'm so glad you sleepy heads decided to join us today! How do you feel?"

"What am I?" I asked. "Why do we have a heart beat? What's going on?"

"Don't you remember your own research? You are both Hybrids now! Half Human/Wiccan and Half Vampire! When Edward changed you, he also changed himself by drinking your blood. Do you mind if I run some tests on you guys?"

"I remember!! There is no need to run tests on us! We are just like Renesmee......only more powerful because of the Wiccan."

At this time, I felt a rush of hormones kick in. I looked over at Edward...and wanted him so bad I could taste it. I fought the urge off and decided to get up and get dressed. I needed to go over all of my research to refresh my memory. My playtime with Edward would have to wait.......for now!

We had been conducting research on vampire hybrids since we met, so I had alot of work ahead of me. I noticed it was a sunny day outside, so I gather all of the research and headed out the front door. The first thing I noticed was that I wasn't sparkling like a vampire would in the sunlight. I went over and laid out a blanket to prepare for a long day of gaining my memory back. Edward decided that he would help. When he walked outside, he froze. He noticed that he wasn't sparkling anymore. The look on his face was priceless. It was like a kid in a candy store. The rest of his family was furious that he would be able to enjoy sunny days like they wanted to.

It took nearly 5 hours to get all of the research in an orderly fashion and highlight all of the most important parts. Once that was all finished, I ran up to my room where my laptop was and wrote out a dissertation. When I was finished, I called a family meeting in the dining room. Once everyone was seated, I cleared my throat to bring order to the area and get things started.

"Now that I have your attention, I would like to share my knowledge of the subject with you! There are many key things Carlisle and I were able to find out about what Edward and I now are. Hopefully this will give you guys an idea on what's different between what you are and what we are. First off, I would like to talk about the process of change and what to expect. As you can see, it takes roughly 24 hours for it to complete and you sleep the entire time the process goes on. Once you do wake up, you will have a slight bit of amnesia, but it will go away once you get used to everything. Now here are the most important findings:

1. Your eyes will change to the color of the person that changes you into a hybrid.

2. Your main source of food is still blood...BUT you can consume some human food but it is limited and it has to be made a specific way....I'll explain that later!

3. You will have a heartbeat, normal bodily functions, etc.

4. You can get pregnant and have kids.....BUT I need to do more research on this subject....so hold off on that! I will go to the store and grab a bunch of Trojans for us all. Us ladies, will be on the strongest form of the pill...just in case!

5. You not only keep your vampire powers, you also gain wiccan powers...which means I have to teach you everything I know!

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE NOT WANT TO BE CHANGED? LET ME KNOW NOW!"

No one raised their hands which didn't surprise me....at all!
"Ok then, go to your rooms and I will be with you shortly!" they all ran like bats out of hell.
Once it was just me and Edward, I informed him that he could help me if he wanted to! He was capable. All he had to do was allow them to take 1 drink of his blood and that was it! He decided that we would cut the case load in half. He'd change the guys and I'd change the girls. We started with Esme and Carlisle. they were hesitant at first but then agreed that they would like to have kids.....and a heart beat again. I made a small cut on my wrist and gave Esme a drink. Shortly after, she passed out. Edward followed my lead. We did Jasper and Alice, then moved on to Rose and Emmett. Once they were all out, I decided that I would stay up the full 24 hours to ensure that nothing bad happened to any of them. We were 5 hours into the watch and Edward asked where I would like to go after I graduated.

"College wise.....or state wise?"

"Both."

"Well, I didn't get the chance to apply to college since I was dying up until now, so I guess I could enroll in a community college until I am eligible for a University. Which state? I'm not sure! I don't really care as long as it's sunny! How about you?"

"Well, I'd like to go somewhere I've never been...college wise. As far as state, I was actually thinking about a different country...like Rio or Egypt. I'd love to see them during the day! Either way, anywhere is fine as long as I'm with you!"
Once the 24hours was up, Edward and I were walking zombies! I told him that we could swap shifts.....but he decided he would rather stay up all night with me talking instead! When we ran out of things to talk about, we started playing truth or dare. That didn't last very long......we got a bit too perverted! We couldn't think of anything else to do! Then I got the idea to make prank calls to try and pass the time by! That lasted for about 3 phone calls. We finally had about 30 minutes left until everyone woke up! Thank heavens Carlisle would be one of the first ones up!! He helped with the research, so he could keep an eye on everyone else while Edward and I got a little shut eye. We were so exhausted.

I finally heard someone moving around upstairs. We both looked at each other and bolted upstairs to see who was awake. Sure enough it was Carlisle.

"Did you guys stay up all night to keep an eye on us?" He was pretty groggy since he hadn't slept in centuries.

"Well, I told Edward we could trade shifts....but he decided to stay up all night with me!"

"So, how do you feel?" I asked.

"MMMMmmmmm....like a million bucks!" We all chuckled at his remark.

"Edward, go ahead and head upstairs....I'll be up in a minute! I just need to jot some things down, and I'll turn the watch over to Carlisle....if he don't mind that is." I didn't have to tell Edward twice!! He was gone in the blink of an eye.

"Don't worry about the notes Tess, I'll jot them all down as everyone wakes up. Go get some sleep."

"Are you sure? Well, there are plenty of bottles of wine downstairs unless you guys want to go hunting. I'll see you when I wake up!! Have Alice get me up before she goes shopping......preferably around 2 or 3PM."

"No problem! Sweet dreams Tess......and thank you...for everything!"