A/N: Hey there, readers! Time for another installment of DoT! :)

I honestly don't have that much to say right now, so how about we get started?

Chapter Twenty: The Conversion

~Chapter 20~

-Bella Swan-

Thank god for the greenery of Forks. Us vampires ran through the forest at our amazing speeds, with Edward being cradled in my arms, bridal style easily. He was snoozing still, and his hand was still gripping my breast, with his incoherently mumbling cutting in every so often.

None of the Cullen siblings would look at me, except for Alice. She would occasionally look over her shoulder at me, an encouraging smile on her pixie face. I was glad that I had psychic Alice on my side of this situation. If Carlisle and Esme weren't willing to help, at least Alice would be there in helping me for my plan. Though Alice may seem meddling in Edward's eyes, she was truly a helpful pixie.

We reached the Cullens' white mansion soon after running for a few minutes. Everyone slowed down from a sprint to a light jog, with Alice being the one hanging in the back, waiting for me. "Thank you Alice. If they won't help me, you can still help me, right?" I asked her, hopeful that she wasn't lying back at the school. "Of course, Bella. I like you, and I did help Edward earlier - I mean - oh, shoot." Alice mumbled dejectedly to me, hanging her head in shame as if she spilled a huge secret.

"What do you mean you helped him "earlier"?" I asked, confused. So, in quick, rushed whispers, Alice told me of how she and Edward were actually in a secret alliance together in finding him a mate, and that I turned out to be the mate of his. "I was going to end the alliance soon after you and him were together after your transformation, but then I remembered some of my earlier visions to him, so I knew I couldn't break the promise I made to myself. Don't worry though; my earlier visions are the ones I showed you a week ago." Alice explained.

"Oh." was all I replied in return. "Come on; Jasper gathered Carlisle and Esme in the living room with Emmett and Rosalie. We should get to the explanation soon." Alice urged, and with that, we walked together in the house. "Alice? Bella? Jasper told us that you were - oh my goodness! What's wrong with Edward?" Esme cried when she saw Edward in my arms, afraid that he was knocked out. Even though Edward wasn't really in the Cullen Clan, she still worried for the health of those "close" to her "children".

"Don't worry, Esme. Edward's just asleep." I assured her gently, walking over to the armchair available and sat down, shifting Edward so he was snuggled into my side. "Oh, that's a - he's asleep?" Esme hissed, looking even more surprised. "All in due time, Esme." I once again reassured her, this time with a small smile. After that, the only sound heard was the Cullens moving about in the room. Esme, Carlisle and Alice sat close to where Edward and I sat. Still feeling protective yet relieved to have his wife back to him, Jasper stood behind where Alice sat, his hands on her tiny shoulders. Emmett and Rosalie sat on the other couch, but at the far end, still not trusting of me.

"So," Carlisle began; he was by the closest to us. "It has come to my attention that you and Edward have exposed our kind to the humans?" Carlisle asked, just making sure he heard right. "Oh, don't worry, Carlisle. I uh, made sure the humans forgot all about the appearance of me and Edward. They'll only find the school gym in ruins, and think that the roof collapsed or something. That's a believable cover-up story." I explained.

"Made?" Carlisle asked. "I'll get to that. But, I believe you want to ask me something else, right?" "Correct." Carlisle answered immediately. "I also heard wind of how you have a plan, that involves the aid of us?" Carlisle asked. "Carlisle, I'm asking for your help in converting Edward's diet to your vegan diet." I stated with conviction. Carlisle and Esme sat there, completely stunned.

"Um..." Esme stuttered. "Well, what if we don't want to help you?" Rosalie sneered from her spot by Emmett, but when I looked over at her, she had her head down, glaring at the white carpet fibers. "Then my statement earlier will be true, Rosalie Hale." Alice growled at her sister, with only Jasper's squeezing hands stopping her from attacking the blond vampire. "Statement? What statement?" Carlisle asked, looking at Alice, confused.

"That if no one would be willing to help Bella, I would be helping her, and we would leave for a while. I would stay with her through the first few months or however long it would take for Edward's diet to be completely changed, to help her through his rather odd state of mind." Alice repeated the very words she promised me all along, and when she was finished, she smiled at me in a friendly, familial way, and I returned the grin.

"Oh, there's no need for that." Esme spoke up in an affectionate, yet sympathetic tone. "I'll help. Even though Edward doesn't particularly like our family, he respects Carlisle and I in a way." Esme told her family, shaking her head at Jasper's, Rosalie's and Emmett's shocked faces. "What? He respects you two, and was associating with Alice over there, yet he hates us three? What the hell?" Emmett barked. How did he know about Alice and Edward's secret alliance?

"Hmm, I don't know; maybe because you three always plotted his death?" Alice snarled, glaring minutely at her husband, who in return pouted in shame. "But you betrayed us, Alice! You were conspiring with that monster!" Rosalie hissed, leaping to her feet. "At least I wasn't plotting his death every damn second! I had to watch vision after vision of the possibilities of all of you planning of ripping Edward to shreds, and laughing as his parts burn up in purple, thick smoke!" Alice growled right back, leaping out from under Jasper's constricting hands, and glaring over at Rosalie - only the coffee table kept the two apart from starting a fight.

"He's a complete monster, Alice. He kills humans for his meals!" Rosalie screeched. "He's not a total monster, Rosalie! He didn't even kill Bella at all when they were dating!" Alice quickly defended Edward. "He didn't kill her because he didn't want to die himself! He's nothing but a selfish, pompous ass!" Rosalie snarled; that's what set me off. How dare Rosalie say that? Sure, maybe Edward's reason of not killing was partially that, but he always reassured me that it was him loving me, and not wanting to eternally damn me to this life.

I had grabbed a pillow after rising to my feet, and handed it to Edward so he could cuddle with it, before I interrupted the sister's hissing match. "You are wrong, Rosalie Hale. He didn't just kill me because he didn't want to die. He didn't kill me because he LOVES me! And, if you think he's a pompous ass, then what does that make you? A self loving, attention hogging bitch?" at that, Rosalie whipped her shocked look to me.

"That's right; I called you that. What are you going to do about it? Nothing! You wouldn't dare start a fight in front of Carlisle because you know that you think you're better than me. Well, guess what, Rosalie? Stop being such a hissing little whiner, and try to look at the good Edward has done. Sure, he's killed people, but so have you. Quit being a hypocrite, stop thinking that killing Edward is the best option, and actually think before you say something, otherwise, you're looking for a fight that you won't win at." I snarled at her, utterly ticked off at how she thought she was perfect because she didn't drink humans' blood, yet when she called Edward a monster for killing people, that's where she was being the hypocrite. Because I knew she killed people as well.

Everyone either stood or sat stunned at my rant, with only Edward's little mumbles filling in for the muted silence. Rosalie glared at nothing, before she whirled on her heel, and stomped out of the room, completely fuming. Emmett just sat there, still stunned. "I'm sorry I called her that in front of you guys." I mumbled apologetically to Emmett, Esme and Carlisle, suddenly feeling ashamed.

"I personally thank you." Jasper spoke up, making me looking at him in surprise. "Someone needed to knock Rosalie down a few pegs." Jasper offered as a reply, shrugging his shoulders.

"Emmett...?" I asked questioningly, looking over at him apologetically. "No, Bella, it's fine. Rosalie does sometimes get a little pissy, and I understand that you were defending Edward. So, it's alright." Emmett answered, already knowing that I was about to apologize to him again. "RaaAAH!" we all heard a loud screech, followed by the distinctive sound of her throwing a few things around in her room.

"Just let her cool down a bit. She's usually not this affronted; she thinks that she's always right." Esme said to me when I was getting ready to apologize once more. I nodded, and after removing the pillow from Edward's hold - I momentarily giggled when I saw his eyebrows pucker, and how a small frown was forming - I sat down, only to have Edward immediately latch onto me once more.

"So, are we going to help Bella in her plan?" Alice asked, looking over at Carlisle. "I'm in." both Jasper and Emmett chimed in. "Really?" I asked them, surprised. "Yeah. I think it would be great to convert Edward from his freaky diet. Besides, that means I get a new brother and a new sister; what could possibly be better?" Emmett asked rhetorically, smirking. "And I'll stand behind whatever decision Alice wants to do." Jasper added, having Alice smile up at him appreciatively.

"Carlisle?" I asked Carlisle. I now had Alice, Esme, Jasper and Emmett behind me on this plan. Rosalie didn't seem like she was going to help us anytime soon, but I would really like it if their coven leader would help as well. A long pause was in the air; even Rosalie's tantrum upstairs had quieted down, so she could hear Carlisle's verdict.

"I hope you know what you're getting yourself into, Bella." Carlisle mumbled finally. "Of course I do." I murmured. "No, I don't think you do. The conversion of a vampires diet - and doing it forcefully - is dangerous territory. For the vampire, it all depends on their diet, and then, their reaction of the forceful conversion, is unknown. I've only seen this conversion happen once, and that was back in the time I was staying with the Volturi.

"It was one regular sunny day in Italy. The guard was expecting a new vampire coming into the area, and Aro wanted me to stay with the group to see how they will handle this new vampire coming into their territory. Although, most of the time, whenever there was a vampire "visiting", it just meant they were going to kill the vampire. But, I was polite and I stayed for Aro.

"However, I was thoroughly shocked when my old friend, Thomas, walked through the doors, being escorted by the guard." Carlisle paused when everyone in the room looked at him confused. "Who's Thomas, dear?" Esme asked him. "Well, you might've not know this, but Thomas was my close, old friend because he was a vegetarian vampire like I was. You all have no idea who he is, but Edward might. You know of his mind reading ability, so he was able to see my memory of Thomas on that fateful day." Carlisle answered, but at the end, his tone took one of a mournful tone.

"Anyways, Thomas, with his long black hair and topaz eyes, had spotted me, and was shocked to see once more. But, there was no chance for us to talk and catch up with each other. Aro immediately ordered the guard to hold Thomas down. I had asked him what he was doing, and Aro had explained to me that Thomas was a powerful vampire. His vampire ability is the one that was utterly strong - his power was one to turn back time at his will. Whether you messed up on something, or if you wanted to relive a certain moment in your history, he could take you back to the preferred time. And Aro wanted Thomas because of his power.

"I thought of Aro as a fool. Thomas was a devoted vegetarian vampire, and he always vowed to never, ever, harm a human in any way. But, Aro was determined. He had told me he was going to try a new method. He was going to perform a forceful conversion on Thomas, by shoving numerous amounts of humans' blood down Thomas' throat, and he wouldn't stop until he was sure that Thomas was drinking the blood, and that he was sure that Thomas had been converted to the Volturi diet.

"Unfortunately, he was successful. Thomas became a crazed vampire, wanting more and more blood. He forgot about me, and all about his old diet. It was as if his memory was wiped away after the forceful conversion. Thomas had became a part of the guard soon after that, but, he was shortly destroyed for Thomas had been demanding more feedings to Aro, when really, that would set off a national serial killer frenzy, and Aro did not want that.

"What I'm trying to tell you, Bella, is that if we perform this conversion to Edward, who knows what the outcome will be. He could either become a mute, he could be fearful of everything, he could not digest the animal blood, or he might forget us; his memory could be wiped out, and he would never remember you, our family, or anything at all. I don't want that happening to you, or to Edward. I care about the both of you too much for either of you to get hurt. The only way I can warn you, is through telling this story to you, just to prepare you for possible outcomes of Edward's conversion.

"But, since I care about the both of you so much, I'll help. But, we need to prepare - and we need plenty of time for that. Us Cullens all should gather as much animal blood for the conversion, while you Bella, should let Edward enjoy his last few weeks of being a human blood drinker. Let him have some fun, let him be relaxed, but whatever you do, do not let Edward hear about this plan. We all know how he is; he could throw a tantrum, and try to escape this conversion. If you care about him, you will keep this from him as best as you can." Carlisle's speech finally came to an end, and when he was finished, he stood up, nodded down to me, before he disappeared out the door, heading in the direction of the forest.

"Will you be joining us in our diet, dear?" Esme asked me. "Of course. I was getting a little depressed from killing so many innocent lives." I mumbled, ashamed. Esme only patted my hand gently, before she too took off into the forest. "Don't worry, Bella. This conversion will work out." Alice reassured me, and then she too took off into the forest, with Jasper following right behind her.

Rosalie slipped out of her room, and sprinted down the stairs. She looked over at me, her stare blank, but with an affirmative nod, she ran off with the rest of her family. Emmett was the last Cullen in the room. He got up, and made his way over to me.

"Welcome to the family, Bella." Emmett stated, and with a smile, he ran off.

~*~*~*E&B*~*~*~

(Three Week Lapse)

"Do you have any idea how sexy your power to control vines, er nature in general and shit, is?" Edward asked me, smirking after I had him suspended in air by one of my vines I had sprouted up from the ground.

It's been three weeks since the Cullens agreed in helping me with my conversion plan. It's been three weeks since we've been in Forks. It's been three weeks since we had our show at the Forks High School Gym. But, now, it's time for Edward's conversion.

After the agreement with the Cullens' help for my plan, I had to get Edward out of the Cullen house before he would start asking questions. Thankfully, he didn't really remember anything of what happened back at the Gym. But, after leaving the Cullens' Mansion, I had told Edward I wanted to leave Forks, and got to Alaska. Edward was a little shocked by my request of us moving, but he wanted me to be happy, so he said we could move.

The Cullens just recently moved here to Alaska last week, and Edward caught wind of them moving to where we relocated. But, Edward decided to leave the Cullens alone instead of bothering them. So, the plan was still set.

"Well, this would be the first time you've actually mentioned it." I said to Edward, who was hanging upside down from my vine. "Then, here's the second time; your nature power can be really sexy sometimes." Edward purred, chuckling with his bright ruby red eyes sparkling. Let him have some fun on his last few weeks of being a human blood drinker. Carlisle's words rang once again in my mind. For the past two weeks, just before the Cullens had arrived, I've been secretively hunting for animals, but with Edward who loves me so much and wants to go on hunting trips with me, it has proven difficulty.

"Get your sexy ass over here, you." Edward purred once more, smiling mischievously. I walked over to where he was hanging, with our faces level with each other. He brought his hands out, placing them on the back of my neck, and brought me closer. Edward captured my lips with his in a tender, reverse kiss, one that reminded me of the famous Spider-Man and that red-headed girl's kiss from the movie. I brought my hands up and caressed his strong face, smiling at our position.

Edward slowly pulled back, looking into my eyes with earnest affection. "I love you, so much, my Isabella." Edward murmured tenderly, running his fingers through my hair. "Love you too." I muttered, before kissing him once more. How can he say that when soon, he'll be having his forceful conversion? With the three week mark passing by, the Cullens decided that today would the day of Edward's conversion, and I was only out here with him to give him his last few minutes of being free - and also, the last few minutes I'll have with him because I know he will hate me for doing this to him. He trusts - soon-to-be trusted - me, with his life, and metaphorically, his heart.

Now, all the time we had together could be ruined through this conversion.

I mentally prepared myself for the rejection that may come after Edward's conversion is completed. Carlisle wants me to be prepared from any reaction that will probably come once Edward is fully converted. He may rejected me, he may hate me, he may not drink blood ever again, he will probably forget about everything of his past - including relationships with others. And, I had to get myself prepared for anything that may come my way.

Thankfully, while I was thinking about this, Edward wasn't able to hear it.

Soon after we had our time alone with each other, I had used my wishing power to wish that Edward would follow me with any resistance, complaints or questioning. It worked like a charm, because soon, Edward was following me in our ran to the Cullens' House here in Denali, Alaska. The distance from where we were to the Cullens' House was pretty far, but, with our speeds, we reached the lavished three story home within minutes. I led Edward by his large pale hand up and over the railing of the back patio, and through the sliding back door, into the white and pristine living room.

There, the Cullens awaited us. Along with three people from the Volturi. For us, it was fortunate that the Volturi had somehow caught wind of our exposure to the humans back in Forks. They heard of it, and immediately tracked down the Cullens just when they were arriving in Denali. The Cullens were able to convince them to stay and watch the conversion, though for Carlisle, he still held a grudge over Aro for that unfaithful conversion of his old friend, Thomas.

Nonetheless, Aro - a papery elder vampire with long, raven black hair and milky red eyes who always talked in a lilting voice - and his two most loyal and powerful guard members, Jane and Alec - two vampires who were short in height and looked like children, with dark hair, bright red eyes - stayed with the Cullens for the past week. Jane and Alec had suggested their use of powers with the transformation, but with Jane's power of inflicting pain through her mind would be like pouring salt over a wound. It would only make it worse for my Edward during his conversion.

Alec's power of taking away everything of a vampire - their senses, their feelings and basically making them nothing but sitting ducks - would be useful, but I didn't want that. It would only scare Edward even more. So, Aro had ordered them no use of their powers during the conversion; they were going to be merely spectators of this process. At least the Cullens had stocked up a plentiful supply of animals' blood for the conversion. Carlisle had told me from Thomas' conversion that there were several galleons of humans' blood involved. He wanted a fairly exact amount of animals' blood, the same amount like the amount of humans' blood it took to convert Thomas, at this conversion because we didn't know how much it would take for Edward to fully convert.

"Ah, you've finally arrived." Aro spoke up, smiling over at the two of us. "Arrived? Arrived for what?" Edward asked, with the wished daze slowly ebbing away. Edward looked around the living room, from each of the Cullens' faces, to the faces of the Volturi, and finally to me. I moved myself in front of him, standing on the tips of my toes, and kissed him on the mouth. "I love you." I whispered, biting my bottom lip. And there, the plan began to take place.

Jasper and Emmett sprung from their spots on the couches by their wives, and subdued Edward. They grabbed his arms, and in a flash, they had him pinned down to the carpet. Edward snarled defensively, and began struggling against their holds on him. "Go and get the table set up, please." I instructed to Alice, Rosalie and Esme. Rosalie had willingly accepted the fact that Edward and I will be joining the family, and she requested for a position in the plan. I gave her the position of setting up the table in one of the bedrooms upstairs that we were going to use on restraining Edward, with Alice and Esme.

"Carlisle, the blood please." I ordered Carlisle, who immediately rushed out of the room. Aro, Jane and Alec went upstairs to the room with the table, while Jasper and Emmett stood Edward up. "What's going on?" Edward roared, snarling profanities to Jasper and Emmett. "It's set up, Bella!" Alice had called from the upstairs room. I nodded to Jasper and Emmett, before I sprinted up the stairs. Carlisle was in the room with the tall mound of blood bags, and Esme, Alice, Rosalie waited off to the side. The Volturi were in the far corner, waiting and observing.

Jasper and Emmett came into the room, carrying Edward. Jasper was holding onto his legs, while Emmett had his arms. "Hold him down on the table." I ordered them, and they obeyed. While the men made quick work of strapping him down to the table with titanium chains, I hopped onto the table, and straddle his stomach. Rosalie came over, double checking on the restraints.

"LET ME THE FUCK GO!" Edward roared, after Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper backed away. "Hand me the blood." I ordered to no one in particular. Carlisle handed Esme several packets of blood, and she hurried over to where we were. I took the packets of blood from her, and she walked back over to where Carlisle was. I ripped open a packet, and to the sound, Edward's eyes flew open in a wide state of panic.

He did the same thing he had done in the vision - he looked at the packet of blood, to the faces of the Cullens, to his restraints, before he looked at me, his eyes holding a betrayed, hurtful look.

I leaned down so our chests met, and I whispered, "I'm sorry, but this is for your own good." And then, I shoved the packet of blood into Edward's mouth. He struggled, trying to turn his head away from the blood, but Alice skipped forward, and planting herself by Edward's head, she held him fast. I silently thanked her with a nod of my head, before continuing on shoveling packets and packets of animal blood into Edward.

This continued on for two and a half hours. Upon Edward finishing one packet of animal blood, I would lean back to rip open a new packet of blood, while Alice coaxed Edward into swallowing the blood. He would normally refuse, so if it were that, I would have to hold his jaw and tip his head back to make him swallow it. But, he would swallow it nonetheless. Right now, the table and the floor was a huge mess. Edward wasn't being particularly cooperative, and when a packet was done, in the beginning, he would gurgle out nonsense and spit out the blood from his mouth.

Obviously, that required us to hold his head back to make him drink it.

Anyways, we were getting down to the last few bags of blood, and Edward was really getting restless and antsy. We have to have the whole Cullen Clan hold him down to the table, because he was thrashing too much against the restraints. At least all of this was almost over.

SNAP! The sounds of metal snapping was deafening. Edward was breaking free.

"HOLD HIM DOWN! I STILL GOT TWO PACKETS TO GO!" I shrieked out, panicking that the full conversion wasn't going to get completed in time. Alice was still holding Edward's head, with Jasper behind her by keeping Edward's shoulders down. Carlisle was at the end of the table with Esme, with each holding one of his legs down. Rosalie had one of his arms being held down, and Emmett was holding the other one down. The snapping noise came from his left side, by his hand.

Rosalie shifted so she was holding it down securely, while I just finished up another packet; only one left.

SNAP! Another restraint was broken. "Carlisle!" I yelled, ripping open the very last packet and shoveling it into Edward's snarling mouth. The noise came from Edward's feet; Carlisle followed Rosalie's example, shifting so he was holding his foot down securely.

"DONE!" I screeched, just as two resonating SNAP!swere heard in the room. Edward jerked his arms and legs free, sending the Cullens flying backwards, away from Edward. Edward began convulsing on the table, snarling, gurgling, before he slammed back down onto the metal table. Each time he came down upon it, it groaned and creaked in protest. "Bella! Get off of him! He's almost done going through the conversion!" Alice warned me, but it was too late.

Edward jerked violently, sending me flying off of him. I landed roughly on the ground at the feet of Carlisle. "Oh, Bella dear. Are you alright?" Esme asked me worriedly, with her and Carlisle helping me to my feet. "I'm fine." I assured her, watching Edward.

"AHHHH!" Edward screamed, convulsing once more on the medical table. He snarled, growled and howled, ripping his sweater off of himself. He continued screaming in agony, before long, he jerked one last time, and he broke the medical table. He fell off of it, landing on the ground in a heap. I was about to walk forward, to help him up, but Carlisle's hand shot out and latched onto my shoulder firmly, keeping me where I was. "Just wait. We need to see how he will react to the conversion." Carlisle hissed, staring at Edward's heaving figure with apprehension.

Edward lied there on the cold floor, in the pools of blood, panting for air that he didn't need. He was curled into a ball, his eyes still shut tightly. No one dared to move towards him.

"Edward?" Emmett asked cautiously, and he moved forward. Edward snapped; he whipped his head up, and snarled a feral, low, warning sound to Emmett. Emmett froze, while in a flash, Edward had grabbed one of the broken pieces of the medical table, and threw it directly where Rosalie, Alice, Jasper and Emmett stood on the other side of the room.

The four were able to duck just in time, while the metal table piece lodged itself in the wall.

"Oh, I'll fix that later." Esme commented under her breath, and soon, Edward whipped his crazed eyes in our direction. His eyes were the color of the darkest pit in the world. They were soulless, empty and desolate.

Edward regarded Carlisle and Esme coldly with growls, but when he settled his eyes on me, his face softened. His eyes were still dark, but they looked sorrowful, lost - yet at the same time, hopeful. His torso had blood sticking to his skin on his right side, along with blood sticking to the right side of his face.

Edward then all of a sudden began struggling to get to his feet. I wanted to go help him up, but Carlisle still held me back. Though, Edward managed to getting to his feet in a breeze. He sure did wobble on his feet, but he steadied himself by holding his arms out some for balance. He looked up at me again, ignoring the others, and, he smiled. Edward smiled at me.

I released a sob of relief, and breaking from Carlisle's hold on my shoulder, I raced forward, and hugged my Edward close to me, not caring that I was getting blood all over my clothes. Edward wrapped his arms tightly around my back, and bent down, nuzzling his face into my neck. After the conversion, I had been worried that Edward would hate me, or reject me, or even forget about me.

But, no. In the end of it all, he still loves me.

"It's complete." Carlisle said in a relieved tone.

There you go! Edward's conversion has been completed!

I was going to split up these parts into two, but I thought otherwise, so I just stuck them together. :)

Now, we'll just have to find out how Edward's conversion will go.

Please review if you liked the chapter, and thanks for reading!

Bye for now,

~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~