Pain. That's all I could remember as my eyes fluttered open, snapping shut again as the blinding light of the sun poured in from outside. Pain, fire and relentless anger surging through my body as I had lay there on the hospital bed, Edward giving me his magical vampire bite. How wonderful. I thought it would have been hard- that maybe this intimacy, Edward and I doing the deed would have driven me crazy, but then again this wasn't the deed I had had in mind. He was cold, so cold and how he had stroked my hair when I screamed out, how he had hushed in my ear as I cried, it repulsed me. I realized then in the middle of it all, how it had been a mistake to let Edward do this. I had thought that it was between us and only us, but no. No it wasn't- the Cullens had already accepted me into their family, this whole thing included all of us. I tried to sit up, stopping as my hand touched the bed sheets. The fabric that may have once been warm, soft and homely, was ice- fragile and sordid. I pushed myself away from the bed, sitting up quickly, I rose my arm to block out the sun, the covers falling away I looked down at myself. My clothes lay in shreds around me. In the sunlight my bare chest glistened, astonishing me as Edward used to. I could have laughed at this, at my nude self sitting alone in a room, I could have been frightened- wondering why I was in fact alone. But right then I couldn't have cared less. This was beautiful- the world was beautiful through my newly found eyes. Tearing my gaze away from my naked sparkling being, I glanced slowly around the room; at a pace which seemed slow to me, again astonished me as my head snapped side to side, seconds at a time. Every crevice, every scratch, every detail, stood out like a diamond in the rough. I climbed out of bed, sliding out of the sheets to glide across the room to the full length windows exposing the miles upon miles of river, snow encased trees and white shrouded mountaintops shining in their natural glory.

"Bella?" I knew who was here before she had spoken, as the door opened and closed as fast as could be, I stepped back into the dressing gown Alice already held open for me. "Bella I can't believe we- you did it!"

I turned around smiling in return, it truly was amazing. "I know, I didn't realize things were so…"

"Amplified?" She was jittery, happy- hyper. She was Alice, "Bella, you're one of us now. Will you come down? We have a welcoming party." Oh Lord. Alice ignored my obvious sigh and nodded her head over to the chair in the corner, "I got you some clothes," after a quick smirk she left the room.

"Help me…"

I stepped down the stairs one little baby step at a time. The 'clothes' Alice had left for me consisted of nothing more than a black slim, non strap, piece of cloth that was honestly short enough to be illegal. Apparently Louis Vuitton declared it worthy. I shivered looking down at the mass of strangers below. As soon as I had taken my first step, the room came to life; the inanimate statues placed around the room suddenly burst into full on roars and laughter. Emmett ran up the stairs; meeting me halfway, pulling me into a full on bear hug and dragging me the rest of the way down, making my entrance maybe only slightly less elegant.

"Bella!" They couldn't get enough of me, hugs, kisses, handshakes. Most from people- or vampires I hadn't set eyes on before. Once things had quietened down, Emmett came up to me with a smug smile.

"Now Bella, I know we made a deal- me verses you, but under today's circumstances, I recon we could tempt Edward's new friend into a… training session. She is in fact naturellement adroit. Apparently."

I grinned up at him, "I doubt even she would be that thick."

"As if on que…" He straightened up with a wink and span me around, his hands resting on my shoulders. There she was making her way across the room, hand in hand with Edward. She smiled at me, waving frantically as though her 'Bella' shrieks hadn't already caught my attention.

"Bella! Darling." Up close her smile faltered, she took hold of Edward's arm, clinging onto his jacket. "Gosh, I didn't think this would ever happen- Edward has been awfully upset about the whole thing."

I frowned scoffing, "Sure he has," I glanced at him, "Maybe you should get a shrink for the whole depression thing you've got going on…"

I felt Emmet chuckle behind me, "Score one for the newbie," He high-five a passing Vampire, one who glanced back over his shoulder at me with a puzzled expression,.

Tanya smiled tightly, "Yes well. I hope you're going to help her through this though Emmet, instead of encouraging her to be so hormonal- you do realize that it is not only the senses that are heightened."

"Are you always so patronizing?" I asked leaning back on Emmett, "I mean God, how old are you?"

She stiffened, "Old enough to know that you child, are too passionate."

"What period are you from again?"

She opened her mouth but Emmett stepped in, "Ladies, enough of the bitch fight." I shared a look with Alice from across the room, "Why don't you show Bella what being a Vampire means?"

Oh Lord I am sorry but really, who could miss the sarcasm in his voice? How could Edward stand here in front of his family- in front of Carlisle and Esme with this woman? It was pathetic and she was completely idiotic.

"Well I suppose I could help…"

After the secretive chuckles and smirks shared between the majority of the vampires that could see through Emmett's false sincerity passes, we made our way out to the back of the house.

"Now Bella, first you must-"

"Wait-" Emmett came forth out of the crowd. He held is hand up to stop Tanya in mid sentence and she flashed him an annoyed look, crossing her arms and taking a seat on one of the rocks. "You see I was thinking that maybe you could just do a sort of Tanya verses Bella thing. You know… show her the ropes."

Tanya smiled for a moment and stood back up, "Of course."

I swallowed, I hadn't planned on this, and I was pretty sure she'd kick my ass. But hey, die trying right? Emmett did a small bow and held out his hand, guiding me over to what was supposedly our battle field. Tanya stood before me, in her floor length, maroon, low cut dress. She looked exquisite, and something in her face told me she'd been looking forward to this.

She growled, low and barely audible but I knew that the battle had begun. Slowly and ever so delicately I brought my arms around me in a circle, following the way she moved. In opposite directions we paced our selves, waiting for the other to strike first. I didn't have to wait long. After what could only have been five seconds, Tanya gave a impatient huff and charged. Her face twisted with a devilish smirk I grabbed hold of her shoulders and pushed her down in the dirt, kicking off of the ground and throwing myself up and over her, landing on my feet with a exhilarated laugh. I turned in disbelief to see Tanya cursing, picking herself up off of the ground and brushing her dress down. She gave Emmett the finger as he, Alice and Jasper howled up at the sky, massive grins on their faces.

"Shut up. That was a lucky shot." Tanya snapped her head back around to me, wasting no time she charged again. As I braced myself for another attack, she launched herself up into the sky. For a moment I blinked, shocked at how high she could go, and then I realized, she was coming back down, with a vengeance. In a panic, and mostly just because I wanted the satisfaction, I turned back to the river flowing near the house and took hold of one of the massive boulders there. Once I had a good grip on it I span, quickly letting go as Tanya got down low enough, just close enough for me to see the surprise on her face. It cracked. The rock split into two and Tanya fell to the ground. She glared up at me as a smug smile spread involuntarily across my face. Then I think she sort of lost it. An ear splitting shriek erupted into the air and loosing all sense of grace and 'naturellement adroit', Tanya rushed forwards, tearing at the dirt as she clawed her way up. On her feet she glared at me, teeth bared and eyes wild she grabbed my shoulders flinging me down on my back. I gasped as my breath was knocked out of me, but as her hands moved up to grab my face I growled back. Furiously I wrapped my legs around hers and pushed up from the ground. Soon enough she was on her back writhing and screaming, pulling at my hair and kicking as I lay into her. Fists pounding her stomach and face. For a moment she glanced at me in a way I really thought to be scared, but then it vanished as a anger engulfed us both and we lost ourselves in a violence that may have not been so wonderful to her, but ignited a fire so raging within me, I really did adore it. This was so much better than revenge… this I guess was my new calling. Who would have thought that I was a bad ass?

Sorry if the fight scene wasn't so whoosh and vampireific. First one :) anyway please leave some reviews and if you have any ideas on how I can improve Bella's new rebel personality tell me! And Merry Christmas!