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Previously - I could hear several figures breathing around me.

I took a deep breath, and opened my eyes.

A blinding light met my eyes, so unlike the darkness I had become accustomed to over the last few days. My eyelids snapped shut automatically – a reflex action. I gradually opened them again, letting them get used to the brightness.

I could make out the figures standing beside my bed. There were seven of them, and all were stunning. I recognised five of them from the Cullen lunch table at school. Thinking back to what Jessica had told me, the other two people must have been Dr Cullen and his wife. For some reason that I didn't know, they were all wearing sad, forlorn expressions, apart from Alice, who was jumping up and down and looking very gleeful.

"Bella".

I turned at the sound of my name. Dr Cullen was speaking to me.

"We are all so sorry for what has happened to you. We all know how painful the transformation is. We have been through it ourselves."

"Transformation? I'm not sure I know what you mean. What's changed about me?" I was really puzzled about this.

"Well, you're not exactly human any more, Bella." Dr Cullen explained, a slight grimace on his face.

I was sure he was having a joke now. Of course I was human. What else could I be? He then continued,

"My family, and now you as well, are vampires."

Yeah right. I wanted to laugh, but everyone was watching me, and they all had a serious expression on their faces.

"But that's impossible. Vampires don't exist. Anyway, you go out during the day, so you can't be vampires. I don't see any fangs either." I argued logically.

"Bella, those are just myths. We can go out in the day. We don't burn up in the sun either. We sparkle in the sun. We don't need fangs; we have very strong teeth and jaws. And in case you're wondering, we don't sleep in coffins. We don't sleep at all, actually."

"So that's why you all have really pale skin and bruises around your eyes. Is that why you're beautiful as well?" the more I thought about it, the more it actually made sense that they could be vampires.

"Yes Bella, that's the reason." And he gestured for Alice to come towards me, with a mirror.

I gasped. My appearance was magnificent. My hair was its usual brown colour, but had streaks of a rustic red in it. It came down to the middle of my back, in waves. My features were more defined and I looked like a model.

But my eyes were what scared me the most. They were crimson, rather than the gold the rest of the Cullen's had.

"My eyes… why are they red?"

"Ah yes. I didn't have the chance to explain about them. Our eyes reflect what we drink." answered Dr Cullen.

Drink? I hadn't thought about that. If I was now a vampire, I suppose I was going to have to drink blood. Yuck. I despised blood as a human. Would I like it now? But that still didn't explain why their eyes were gold. I allowed him to continue.

"Most vampires follow the traditional diet of human blood. Their eyes are red. Yours are red because you still have your human blood in your body. Our eyes are gold because we prefer to feed off animals. We do not believe it is right to take human lives. Our eyes will occasionally turn black, and that is because we are thirsty, and have exhausted our blood supply."

Ok, so now I know all about the eyes. What's next?

"Is there anything else I should know about being a vampire?" I asked. I wanted to know as much as possible about myself.

"Being a vampire has certain perks. You will be able to see a lot farther and in a lot more detail, your hearing is more advanced and you will now hear a lot more. You can run very fast now, faster than a plane. You will also be…" but he was interrupted by Emmett, who said,

"Vampires have super strength and are really strong, but none are as strong as me."

"Emmett, don't interrupt Carlisle to boast," scolded his adoptive mother.

"Sorry Esme" apologised Emmett.

So the other two vampires were called Carlisle and Esme.

"Certain vampires have special gifts. Jasper here has the power to feel your emotion and to change it. Alice can see the future and Edward can read minds." continued Carlisle, as if nothing had happened.

"But not yours." said Edward. "For some reason, your mind is blocked to me."

"How interesting. Anyway, that's about it Bella. Now, do you want to stay here and join our coven, as it's our fault you were condemned to this life?" asked Carlisle. I was relived he was giving me this option, as I didn't have anywhere to go.

"Thank you. That would be nice. I would appreciate that."

"Yay!" cried Alice, "Bella, I have to take you shopping. A sister of mine can't go around wearing clothes like that. Rose, you can come too." Alice bounced over to where I lay, and pulled me up.

"Wait right there, Alice." Ordered Esme, "Bella is our guest and besides, you can't take her to the mall, there are humans there, and Bella can't control her thirst yet. I know you're excited to have a new shopping partner, but I expected you to have more sense. Bella hasn't even hunted yet. Her throat must be killing her."

Up until now, I hadn't realised that my throat was hurting, but now that Esme mentioned it, I could feel a tingling sensation in the back of it.

"Edward, Emmett, take Bella out hunting. I trust you two to keep her in check." Carlisle said.

I resented being talked about in this way as if I was a little kid, but I knew Carlisle was right. Who knew how strong blood was going to appeal to me or how strong I was.

i know there wasn't much action, but there will be more action in the next chapter. this was sort of a filler.

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