Chapter 2 – Changed

A/N okay when I said I'd like REVIEWS I meant the kind I could read xD I'd like to know any feedback you have, please, because I've worked very hard on this story. Thank you!

PS this chapter may get a little violent near the end portions, but it's nothing too terrible I made sure of that!

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He was right, it was over soon – or at least sooner than she had expected. She pressed her fingers – which were only a couple shades lighter now than they were before – to her frozen cheek. She stared into the mirror at her extremely dark, black eyes and pale face. Mostly, she was still the same, the shape of her eyes, her lips, her face; they were all the same, only more beautiful, more striking.

She carefully slid a stray piece of silky hair away from her face and continued to watch. The thirst was overwhelming her body and she rose – much more gracefully than she could have if she were human. She stepped slowly down the stairs to greet her family.

She saw Alice first, then Esme, Carlisle, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and finally Edward. She stepped towards her husband, curiosity blemishing her features. Something was different; something – other than her mortality – had changed.

She watched him with cautious eyes. "What's the matter?" she finally asked, unable to keep it in any longer.

"Nothing's the matter my love," he whispered, pulling her to him. Something about his embrace was different as well; maybe it was just because he was being less careful. No, that wasn't it. Something had changed in the way he looked at her, and it scared her.

"Edward, please don't lie to me," Bella whispered, pressing her icy fingers to his chest. "Please, whatever it is, you don't have to lie to me."

Finally, Edward sighed. "Bella, it's really just a trivial factor," he told her, taking her hand up in his and seeing the crescent teeth imprints on her wrist – his teeth imprints – he flinched.

Bella gasped and ripped her hand from his grasp. "You're regretting it, aren't you!" she exclaimed angrily. She watched him get more miserable at her distress. Suddenly, she realized the most obvious reason for him being so troubled. "You wish I hadn't become a vampire!"

"No Bella," Edward began, stepping towards her. "I just wish that it could've been a little different..."

"You're lying again! I can't believe this!" Bella shrieked, stepping backwards once more. "You wanted me to stay human, didn't you?"

Edward bowed his head in defeat. "No Bella I just didn't want you to be changed this way..."

Bella pursed her lips in fury and dejection. "I can't believe you," she snarled, turning and walking out of the house. Her anger was in control as she turned and said the most horrible words that she could have ever said to him, to any of them. "I never want to see any of you again."

All she had needed was to hunt, that was simply it. If she hunted, her anger wouldn't be so able to take over her body - that and the fact that she was a newborn. She wandered along, unable to focus on any one thing for any length of time. Finally, she came upon the scent of a small wolf and her instincts took over.

She flew across the barren lands with such speed that she was invisible and when she came upon the lone wolf, she grabbed it and, breaking its neck with ease. She flew stealthily around the confounded wolf, killing it simply and with ease.

Bella knelt down beside her quarry, lowering her lips to the beast's fur and pressing fangs deep into the flesh of the creature. The blood began seeping through her system as she quenched her thirst. When she finished she stood up and walked away from the deceased wolf. Her thirst was still there, though and it wasn't fading.

Suddenly, there were gunshots. They were far away, but her remarkable ears heard the large blasts. She wandered towards the shots, unable to hold herself back. Her feet willingly carried her towards the sounds. After mere moments, she saw them; three humans hunting. She could hear them talking, breathing, their hearts beating happily, alive.

She walked forward, cocking her head gracefully to the side as she intently listened to their conversation. Suddenly, the people stopped talking as they saw her approach. She smiled, flashing her perfect white teeth – even after her "meal" they were white.

They were shell shocked. They stared at her, unable to tear their eyes away from her strange, angelic beauty. Her vivid eyes watched their every move. There were two men and one woman, she was pregnant.

She continued forward until she was standing right in front of them. Her warm smile calmed them and they allowed her close. The men watched her body, the woman watched her face. "Hello," she said, her eyes flickering to each face quickly. They greeted her quietly, still staring at her incredible beauty. "I heard gunshots," she pressed, looking at the guns on their shoulders. "Was that you?"

"Yes," the first man said, nodding; his eyes never left Bella's chest. She felt slightly disgusted, but with much difficulty, she forced the anger away.

"What were you shooting at?" she asked, her curiosity was obviously fake, but none of them seemed to notice.

"A wolf," the second man told her; he too never looked away from her chest. She wanted to rip his eyes out, she wanted to rip all of their eyes out, but she continued to keep the anger and thirst down. "I think we got it, it went down pretty quick there."

"I passed a dead wolf on my way here," she partially lied. The woman finally managed to tear her eyes away from Bella and she turned to a small rabbit and began using a pocket knife to slash it open.

"Are you hungry?" the woman asked, continuing to slice the rabbit.

Bella smelled the blood seeping from the rabbit and her thirst became overwhelming. "You have no idea," she snarled viciously. The two men involuntarily stepped back from fear. She crouched low and then leapt at them, murdering the first rather quickly and sinking her fangs into him, immobilizing him. She heard a large bang as another gunshot pierced her shoulder, but she felt no pain. She whipped around and saw the other man standing there with his rifle held high and his face pale white in fear. She laughed, cackled really, and then leapt at him, tearing his head from its place on his shoulders.

The woman's blood curdling scream pierced Bella's ears and she whipped around. She snarled again and attacked the woman, tearing her throat out. The blood seeped down along Bella's fingers and she dropped her head down so that she could lap up the thick red fluid that was running freely from the pregnant woman's body.

It took only moments after she had quenched the awful thirst that had overcome her for Bella to realize the monster that she really was. She stared around at the three victims and she felt hatred, not for them, but for herself. She had murdered a pregnant woman! She continued to stare for another few moments before breaking into tearless sobs. She covered her face, disgusted, the blood from her victims smoothed along the perfection of her face.

She "sobbed" for several hours before finally pulling herself together. She left the bodies of the sufferers and walked slowly and dismally back to the Cullen's new house.

When she arrived back at the house, though, she found it abandoned. She slid the door open and stepped inside, calling out for her family. She walked around the entire empty house, searching. But they were gone. She stepped back out of the house and sat down on the ground. Maybe they had gone looking for her, but if they had then why would they take all their belongings? She would wait for them to return; of course they would, they wouldn't just leave her there, would they?

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A/N Any reviews out there? Anybody want Bella to find them because if you don't I can most DEFINITELY change the outcome of this story with simplicity! So it's really up to you guys if they find each other again! You and those reviews xD

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