Sadie was in unbearable pain. She knew that turning into a vampire was no easy thing to do, but she'd never expected it to hurt this badly.
For some reason or another, vampire venom felt like liquid fire, as it swam through the blood in her veins, transforming everything in its path.
Sadie had been thrashing around in pain, but suddenly, she felt a very cold body pressed against her, forcing her to remain still. Sadie knew this was probably Edward, but she couldn't stop herself from struggling against his supernaturally strong arms. Her futile struggles only managed to exhaust her further, and did nothing for the horrible pain that was making its way through her body.
Sadie gasped slightly as she felt a something prick her skin. She had no doubt that if she'd been completely awake and not lying in throes of agony, the slight injury would have been very painful; but now, compared to the fire inside her, that was nothing.
Sadie struggled to think about something other than what she was going through at the moment, since she knew that concentrating on something only made it worse. In order to do so, she tried to wonder exactly what the prick had been, but was overwhelmed by the pain once more.
However, she soon discovered what was going on, as her body began to stop responding her unwilling mental commands. Her movements began to grow slower and slower, and soon, Sadie was forced to remain still, not by a body outside her own, but from the chemical the needle had inserted inside her.
Sadie nearly gasped as she figured out that the Cullens had drugged her to stop her from screaming and moving. Even if it was technically for her own good, she still couldn't believe it.
In fact, she couldn't believe a lot of the stuff that was going on. Only until recently, she'd thought that werewolves and vampires were things from storybooks, a sort of nasty fairy tale. She'd never expected to be dragged into a world full of such creatures. She'd never thought she'd one day be playing a major role in a supernatural war either. But that was precisely what she was doing.
Sadie couldn't stop a single tear from rolling down her cheeks as she felt a wave of guilt come over her. She knew it technically wasn't her fault, but she knew that it was all because of her that this battle was happening. It was all her fault that Mark had died. Her best friend's death was on her, along with countless others.
In her hazy state, Sadie could feel something moving her, but she paid no attention as she concentrated on her thoughts.
Now that she was becoming a vampire, Sadie was able to actually see herself rescuing her family. Before, when she'd just been a human, going to a Royal vampire stronghold and demanding the freedom of her parents and sister was an impossible job. However, now, she should actually be able to, but at a terrible price.
When Sadie had heard that the Cullens were vampires, she'd pitied them for their endless lives; and now she found herself in the exact same situation. Sadie had a very straight-forward way of thinking. You were born, you lived, you died; and that was it. But now, all her previous thoughts were thrown out the window. She'd never grow up, go to college, get a job, have kids, grow old, and die. No. All of that had been taken away from her when that horrible vampire had dug his fangs into her delicate neck.
Sadie would never be able to forgive the vampire for that. In fact, she felt as if she'd never forgive the entire vampire race for taking her hopes and dreams from her. Even the Cullens were to blame.
Sadie tried to turn these thoughts away, since they wouldn't help her at all. She couldn't think of herself now. She could not act selfishly when her family was on the line.
But, first things first. Sadie would have to somehow end the battle happening not too far away before she took off to the place in Italy where the important vampires were.
Sadie hoped there would be some way she could stop the massacre nearby. She'd been told she possessed an incredible power, but she still barely knew how to use it. During the past few days, she'd been trained by one of the Alaskan vampires, but that had done nearly nothing. She'd barely felt what everyone called such a great power. In fact, she'd had to concentrate a great deal just to reach out for it.
When she'd finally gotten hold of it, though, what she'd felt had been incredible. But, it was such a small amount of what could have happened. Sadie had hoped she'd somehow be able to use her power instantly, like in X-Men and Spider-Man, two of her favorite movies. In them, the characters had been normal one day, and superhuman the next.
Sadie, however, felt terribly weak compared to her favorite characters. She just wasn't meant for the great things everyone seemed to think. She was just an ordinary human girl.
Well, she wouldn't be human for much longer. Soon, she'd be something that actually formed part of the world where superhuman things were possible every day. But she wouldn't be a hero. She'd be the creature that stalked the night, that killed people in their sleep, that lay hidden in wait for its next meal to come.
Sadie could barely stand thinking about those things as she felt her body morph under the influence of the venom. The fire was still flowing through her, but it seemed to have slowed slightly.
Now, instead of spreading, it felt as if the pain was sitting stagnant, no longer moving through her body, now that it had reached every corner. At least it wasn't hurting any worse, as it had the past hours… or was it days?
Sadie had lost complete track of time as she'd been lost in her thoughts and burned alive. Now, she suddenly felt that her body control was returning to her, and she gave into the urge that had been with her for so long.
Feeling that her mouth and vocal cords responded to her, Sadie screamed. With that scream, she not only released her pain, but the tension that was steadily building up inside of her.
As her breath ran out, Sadie made a choked sound before inhaling again, and then screamed once more.
However, this time, she was feeling a little less worse than before, so she was actually able to listen to her shrieks of pain. What should have sounded like any normal girl in a horror movie, now sounded strangely musical. As if a singer had taken the place of the main character being eaten alive, and was letting out a song instead of the usual screams.
The sound of this shocked Sadie into silence, but she wasn't able to hold out much longer before she continued. She just couldn't stop, now that she'd started.
Her limbs were now back under her control, and they thrashed around in pain as the fire flowed through them.
It was torture. Pure agony.
But, now, it seemed to be receding. Her toes were starting to feel warm instead of burning, and so were her little fingers.
The warm feeling started to creep up, as the fire fled towards her heart.
Sadie could suddenly hear it, louder and clearer than ever before. It was beating a frantic rhythm, as if trying to run away.
However, the poison enveloped it, and began to burn through it quickly.
Sadie's hands tore at her chest as the pain in her heart escalated, while the pain everywhere else began to vanish.
The rapid pace her heart had set rumbled in her ears, and Sadie felt as if it was the sound of an army marching to its death.
Boom boom boom boom.
The venom burned and burned, and the beat began to slow.
Boom boom… boom… … boom
Suddenly, it stopped altogether. And so did the pain.
Quiet reigned, and Sadie realized that she'd stopped screaming.
Then, she opened her eyes.
(A/N) Did you like it? I'm sorry I haven't posted in ages. I've actually had this chapter for quite a while, but was unable to post it on account of my internet absolutely REFUSING to work. I just got it fixed, literally about 10 minutes ago. So, I'm thinking of you guys and putting this up. Enjoy! Read and Review please! (Oh, and because of feeling the need to post this up as soon as possible, I didn't read through it as much as I might have some other time, so there might be a couple mistakes. Sorry!)