Changeling

The plan had been set. Sapphire was in the baby ward and Jacob was with Reed.

Jake yelled, "PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! SHE'S LOSING SO MUCH BLOOD!"

Nurses and doctors ran into the room. A doctor commented that somehow during the delivery Reed cut something and it took it all the way to the aorta. Now she was bleeding and dying right in front of everyone's eyes. Then she began flat lining and they worked on her for half an hour, but nothing. Immediately they transferred her to the morgue, where Jasper and Alice snuck Reed out and brought her back to their house. Don't worry Jacob was in on the plan, so don't go into a hissy fit.

The time was around eleven o'clock and the time was nearly here.

Jacob crouched low to Reed, "I can be here, when you turn."

Reed shook her head and protested, "No, Jacob. I don't even think you could handle this."

"I am here for you, and I wanna be here to say my final goodbye too," Jacob glanced down. He couldn't bear to look at Reed when he said those words.

"What?" Reed asked in hysterics.

Jacob grabbed her hand and held it, "You never loved me the way I loved you. I know who you love," and he nodded over to where Emmett stood, "plus Sapphire needs a mom who's going to grow old. You won't be able to do that. But I swear you can come visit and see her and I'll send you pictures and videos. I promise on your life."

She touched his cheeks with the palm of her hand, "See that's where you're wrong. I love you both equally. But, I need you to know I never settle for either of you."

Jacob gave Reed a kiss on her cheek and Carlisle stepped through the threshold and said, "It's around eleven forty five."

"Okay doc, make me a vamp," Reed tried to say in confidence, but it came out shaking.

Carlisle took Jacob and Reed to the upstairs guest bedroom where he told her to lay down. Even Carlisle trembled when he extracted his fangs and pierced Reed's neck. Reed gasped in fright as her eyes grew wide with agony. She clutched and clutched at Carlisle's clothing, while one hand held Reed's head the other clenched the side of the bed. Jacob had been left speechless. The pain he knew Reed faced was too much to think about. He could never know the pain. After Carlisle released himself from Reed, he stood back and wiped the blood that drizzled from his chin.

As he walked by Jacob he muttered, "I'm sorry."

The door closed and Reed convulsed and grunted. Her eyes held a haze of deranged familiarity. Jake knew she was in so much, much physical and psychological torment he threw up in the trashcan near the doorway. After that he sucked it up, and held her hand as the torture never ceased.

For days she went on like this. Slowly Jacob turned erratic with the lost days of sleep. On the fourth day Reed had gone totally silent and it made him feel slightly unsettled. Then on fifth and final day Reed awoke, as if she had been in a cocoon and arose into a butterfly. The paleness did not seem to overcome her. She glowed in the most unlikely way. Jacob never thought Reed could become even more gorgeous, but the sight that took over him made him rethink. Beauty seemed to be her curse, for any man would fall to his feet. Yet, the deep but somehow bright red eyes turned him off completely.

Reed twitched, "Jacob?"

"Yeah it's me," he answered.

"I feel funny," she stated and scratched at her throat.

Jacob said, "I'll go get Carlisle."

When he left Reed peered down at herself and when she saw herself in the mirror, she was stunned. Noises. Small noises screeched in her ear and she wanted everything to stop. Microscopic things seemed magnified and Reed fell to the bed. Hollers escaped her mouth.

Jacob barged in, "Reed!? Reed are you okay?"

Nonchalantly Carlisle spoke, "She's getting used to the vampire senses."

Reed's legs felt wobbly and like she was a brand new born doe. As she took a step, she found herself downstairs. The rest of the family was down there. Though all she could see had been Emmett who remained speechless from the rests tirades.

Jasper smiled, "It feels good not to have the urge to eat you."

Esme said, "Oh you look just divine, Reed."

"Yeah you kinda almost outrank me," Rosalie replied through gritted teeth.

Edward spoke in her mind, "Nice to have you."

Alice pranced next to her, "Oh cannot wait to raid your closet."

"Alice," Edward scolded.

"Oh come on Edward," Alice whined going back to Jasper's side.

Inch by inch Reed moved closer to Emmett. She could hear the gulp getting caught in his throat.

Reed asked, "Well aren't you going to say something?"

Emmett snapped out of his trance and enloped Reed into a hug, "I've waited for you for so long," he whispered.

She wanted to produce tears, but none flowed down her cheeks and she just squeezed Emmett, as his hands roamed her back.

Once again Reed clawed at her throat, Jasper chimed, "I know that sign anywhere. She needs to drink."

"Wow that sounds really repulsive," and everyone cracked up in laughter.

Alice chirped happily, "At least we know that is the real Reed."

Emmett gave her the step by step on how to catch prey, animals, and drain them nice and lovely. His terms not Reed's. Reed saw a buck and she eyed him and went off. Everything blurred by, but still kept its form. This whole new body of senses just erupted inside her and before she knew it, Reed had the buck in her grasp. She snapped its neck and snuck her fangs in the animals hide and began sucking. Blood seeped into her mouth and the taste was so invigorating. Reed never wanted to set her dinner down. Just to make sure she was okay Carlisle insisted she drink at least two bucks and two regular deer.

When Reed got back to the mansion Jacob seemed to have left. She clung to him for dear life. He left to retrieve Sapphire and he told her that she was sleeping in the next room over. As Reed approached the room, she saw Rosalie acting motherly towards Sapphire.

Reed cleared her throat, Rosalie jumped and went back to the ice face she usually keeps, "Rose you need to learn to let go."

All she said to Reed had been, "I know."

Then Rose left and Reed picked up Sapphire. She bounced Sophie in her arms and kissed her tiny fingers and toes.

Reed whispered to her baby, "I want you to know that your mommy loves you so much. And that she cared for your daddy the same amount. On top of that she loved Emmett just the same. And she is sorry for what the future awaits."

The baby giggled and seemed almost as if she understood. Reed placed her down back in her makeshift bed and went back to the living room.

Jacob nuzzled Reed's head and placed his lips on the top of her hairline, "You're so cold and you smell terrible."

"Ha right back at ya," Reed slapped his shoulder, "Jake please describe every night to her what I was like."

Jacob licked his lips, "I promise and I also promise that I will never forget you Reed Morrison."

"You better get going," Reed choked as those words hurt as they came out her mouth.

He agreed, "I know."

So Jacob went to go get Sapphire and as he left the Cullen's house Reed said, "Come back to me..."