And we're back to Bella! There's quite the time skip from Carlisle to Bella, and we're back in time once again :D

Previously:

A storm was over Dublin; a lightening cracked the evening sky and with my sensitive ears, I could almost hear the sky open up. I clung to Felix like my existence depended on it; I wasn't afraid, I just did not want to be alone.

Chapter 12

BPOV

Felix' change was strange. First of all, it lasted a week. Not an hour, not a minute; not even a second longer than a week. When one week exactly had passed, his heart stuttered twice and went silent. I still clung to him; the storm had passed long ago, but he soothed me.

I now held the only vampire-dog in existence in my arms. He made a friendly grumping-ish sound in his throat, as if he was happy that I stroked his fur. Almost as a cat purring. I think I made a wise choice when I decided to stay with him during his change. I sat up, still with my hand stroking his fur. Slowly, as he lay there on his side, he opened his eyes. My own eyes widened in wonder; I was experiencing the very first - for all I knew - awakening to the immortal life of a dog. His eyes were bright red and his nose was whiter than snow. His fur was tougher, yet it was as smooth as silk. He was still soft, but his body was now rock hard as mine was. I don't doubt his tail could easily break through a rock if he tried. He smelled like forest and spring. Like the smell just after it has rained in a blossoming forest.

I smiled at him and said: "Oh FeeFee. I am so happy you are alive!" I didn't move; I didn't want to startle him and have him attack me.

"Bella! Wow, this is strange. I can't wait to run!" He was all excited and I couldn't help but laugh with relief. I fell towards him and hugged him tight. He barked a happy laugh and licked my face.

"Eww. Dog-venom." I grinned at him. Then I frowned. Did he still eat or was he drinking now, too?

"Do you want to go hunting? I am curious to see if you eat or drink." I said.

"Yes. I would very much like to go hunting. My throat feels, I do not know, dry." I became suspicious that he would have to drink when he thought that.

"Then, let us go!" I exclaimed and walked towards the front door. When we were outside, Felix started to run around like a paralyzed man experiencing the feeling of legs for the first time. It was a sight to behold. He was a blur, even to me. I wondered if Felix had a gift, could he even have a gift?

"Felix." I yelled out. As suddenly as he began running, he stopped. He cocked his head to the side and looked at me.

"I just need to see if I can detect a gift from you." He smiled a dog-ish smile and ran to me. He was very fast. As if I told him to, he sat down and looked directly into my eyes. He was now smarter than a human would be, but he wasn't as intelligent as me, or any other vampire for that matter. His past flashed before my eyes; but it was only from when he woke up. I frowned at that; maybe I just couldn't see animals' past. When I thought it over, I had never seen the past of my prey. I shrugged. I closed my eyes to feel after if he had any gift. I felt nothing. So I assumed he had no gift. His plans were to just be with me. I smiled at that.

"I am sorry Felix. First of all, I could not read your past before you were changed. And I could not feel a gift. But I saw your plans. You can stay with me as long as you want to FeeFee." He wrinkled his nose but smiled.

"Okay. Well, of course I would like to have a gift, but I do not think it is possible. Thank you Bella. It means the world to me." I hugged him tight and asked if we should go on and go hunt. He nodded.

"Okay, I have absolutely no idea how your senses work now. But I would think that because you had such excellent smell and hearing before, it would be at least 10 times better now." I said. He sniffed and wrinkled his nose.

"A deer is dead and is lying 47 miles to the east. She's being eaten by ants." I wrinkled my own nose at that. And then I realized his hearing and smell probably was better than mine. I beamed at him.

"FeeFee, your sense of smell and hearing is better than mine!" I said. He barked and ran around. I think we would be able to keep up with each other. I told him to be quiet for a moment; I wanted to see if I was able to hear the ants eat from the dead deer.

I let my senses focus on the east and heard twigs and animals moving around. I heard birds hop around on the trees and ants walking in long lines. But I couldn't hear ants eat from a deer.

"Impressive. I can't hear." And then we laughed.

"Now, we have to hunt, I am thirsty." He looked in my eyes and nodded. I hadn't been hunting for a week, and I was thirsty. Really thirsty.

"5 miles, north" we said at the same time. I smiled at him, and then we took off.

It turned out that he did indeed drink blood. He took down 5 deer and a fox when I just took down 4 deer; but of course I wasn't as thirsty as Felix.

I didn't dare take Felix anywhere near Dublin; what if he couldn't control himself? So we stayed in the woods. We taught each other to fight. I would lung at him, and he would me. It was pretty fun to fight with him, but it was proved later that it paid off. I came across an experienced fighter once, and he had nearly taken me if it wasn't for the fact that I had some dog-ish tricks. He definitely didn't expect me to throw myself down and between his legs and there after attack him from behind. Felix even fought a vampire once. We were hunting when I suddenly heard him growl. His growl was so much scarier than mine; he could growl before he was changed, and now it had only intensified. I ran to him and saw him fighting a vampire. I saw the past of the vampire; human-drinker, nomad, criminal - the worst form for vampire. Apparently, he only drank women; he would lure them to him and then just drink them. Sometimes he even let them fall in love with him, they would have sex and he would drink her when he reached his release. Disgusting pig. His gift was to lure; he could get anybody to him. Like I said, disgusting pig. His plans were to find the vampire he had smelled, me, and then decide what to do. But Felix got him. The vampire was super confused; it was truly a funny sight, something, I wish I could see over and over again.

When we had stayed in the forest for about 5 months, I could see Felix' eyes changing color. I was ecstatic when I found out he would have the same eye-color as me. So when a whole year had passed, and I was sure he was in control, I took him to the forest line. If I could smell the humans, then he certainly could too. I had to restrain him; I was thankful that I, after all, still was stronger than him. As human, I was still stronger, so it made sense somehow.

We stayed there, in the shadows, for hours until he relaxed. We did this every day, and each day we moved closer to the city. Except on the sunny days, then we would go at night. Felix didn't sparkle in the sunlight, but his nose got this strange rosy-red color; he would still be able to walk around in the sunlight, though.

Then the day came when Felix ran into the city. He was running too fast, and I had to go in after him. I found him by the fountain in the middle of the city. He was splashing around and barking. I rolled my eyes; at least he hadn't eaten anybody. I went to him, and picked him up. Despite his struggles, I held him firmly in place and started to walk fast towards the forest. When I was nearly out of the city, the sun broke through. I gasped and started running. I don't think anybody saw the sparkling of my skin, but I couldn't risk it. I ran home, packed everything we had while chastening Felix for what he did.

But I could never be mad a Felix. As we ran from our beloved cottage, we made up.

We fled Dublin and ran towards our next city; this time, it would be Manchester.

In Manchester, I studied even more. I hadn't been studying for some time because of Felix' change but it was not like I couldn't remember anything. Actually, I remembered everything. I didn't just study medicine; I studied Biology, Astronomy, paleontologyand what I could get my hands on. I even studied Mathematics and religion. At my time, they still thought the earth was flat. My Papa and I had had different seeing on it though; my mother told me he thought Earth was round. I thought so too. I knew so. But I would be labeled insane if I voiced my thoughts.

I was tired of having to clean and babysit for other families to earn money. I wanted to be someone, who could make a difference. I wanted to work at a hospital.

I visited the hospital in Manchester. I wanted to speak with the boss, so I walked up to the receptionist.

"Hello. My name is Isabella Cullen. I would like to speak with Mr. Petersen?" I posed it as a question. The woman sitting at the desk gaped at me. I was wearing a simple skirt that went to the floor and a long-sleeved sweater. It wasn't so bad, was it? My hair was down and I had my family-crest on. She still gaped at me. I frowned and looked down; had I blood on my shirt or what?

"Uhm, miss?" I said. She snapped out of it, shaking her head and showed me where to go.

I stood in front of a simple white door that led into an office. I took a deep breath and knocked. Instead of calling 'come in' he opened the door himself. He was tall and seemed like a nice man. His past showed me he had been at the hospital for 20 years. I smiled kindly at him. He was looking at me, not obviously gaping like the receptionist, but he still looked. I became uncomfortable and asked if I could come in. I knew it was rude to say something without being spoken to, but he didn't even seem to notice.

"Ms. Cullen. What can I do for you?" He asked. I smiled, happy that he was normal again.

"I would very much like to ask you something Sir." I said, he nodded and gestured for me to continue.

"I am seeking a job you see. And I wondered if there was a free job at your hospital?" I looked directly in his eyes and made my own bigger. I pulled FeeFee's infamous puppy dog eyes. Mr. Petersen didn't even seem to notice I used unfair tricks. I held my breath and concentrated to see his plans.
I could have been jumping around in joy! He was going to hire me! He coughed and shook his head.

"Ms. Cullen, I can provide you with a job. Do you have any experience in nursing whatsoever?" he asked. I smiled, maybe a little smugly. I had been taken care of my mother when she was sick; I had learned basic healing methods. I had been taking care of myself as a human; rinsed wounds took care of broken limps and whatnot.

"Yes Sir, actually, I do." I stated. He looked shocked, but pleased.

"Excellent! Can you read?" He asked. He thought he had me.

"Yes Sir, I can. My Father taught me so." It pained me to think of my Father, but I figured it would be better if he had taught me. Besides, he had taught my mother, who had taught me, so in reality, I wasn't lying too much. He looked shocked. I couldn't help but smile and laugh in my head.

"What about write?" I nodded. He looked very pleased.

"Have you worked in a hospital before?" I thought for a second. Should I lie and said I had? No, I shouldn't.

"No Sir." I said. He nodded, but then he smiled.

"Okay, Ms., come with me." I stood up and followed him out. He told me I could start with a little practice. I had to stand beside the doctor who was attending the patient and take notes and write down what the doctor said to me.

I did well, and it paid off. My fortune rose more steadily now, and now that Felix didn't eat anymore, no money was used on food.

Sometimes, I had to clean, other times I had to write reports. On different days, I went with a doctor to homes around Manchester, attending the people who were too sick to go to the hospital. It pained me that I could tell what was wrong with them and had to keep quiet. It would be very suspicious if I could tell what the patient had, and I hadn't even looked. Sometimes it was easier than others; if the patient had a hematoma I could smell it. If it was an internal bleeding, I could also see it. I could even see what had caused the accident or what had caused the wound to appear, what with my gift.

Naturally, Mr. Petersen couldn't see any flaw in my work; I never had a single detail wrong, everything the doctor said to me was correct, and so I was promoted to attend the patients on my own, but I had nothing to do with the medications and surgery.

But slowly, I worked my way up. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay in the city for more than 5 years, considering I didn't age. I told Mr. Petersen I was needed because of family issues in another city a long way from Manchester, when I could no longer stay there. I was sad to leave Manchester, but Felix and I had to move on.

From Manchester, we ran to Birmingham, where I got a job as a nurse as well.

I never really lived in apartments and houses; mostly, FeeFee and I lived in the forest. But I liked it that way, we had better opportunities of hunting and there wasn't a great chance of us being discovered.

Hope you liked it! :D