Chapter 2 - The Transformation

Bella's POV

As his teeth sank into my skin, I feel deeper into unconsciousness. I could barely hear Edward's sobs and quiet apologies over this loud ringing in my ears. God what was that noise, and why wasn't anyone stopping it. That's when I realized it was me! I was screaming, and loudly. Then the pain hit me, and it hit hard. It suddenly felt like my arm was burning off. I couldn't quite make out the words that escaped my own mouth and I didn't care what they were. All I knew was that I was in pain and no one was helping me.

My eyes shot open and I realized people were holding me down. I screamed and I felt a pressure on my right hand. This touch seemed to make the pain go away, just for a brief moment, anyway. I turned to see my angel, his lips reddened and his eyes an odd orangey color, but still my angel. I saw his agonized face and stopped screaming altogether. My body tensed then relaxed and everyone around me let go of my flailing limbs. I just stared into his gorgeous face, my own personal god, with his flawless features, my angel, he always healed my every wound, even if there was never one there.

I could taste the salt from my tears at the corner of my mouth. I knew I was in terrible pain but I just couldn't bring myself to scream anymore and hurt him, to put that agonized look back into his eyes. No angel should have a look like that on their face. The angel pulled me close to him and held me tight to his chest. He was so cold it numbed the pain of the fire and calmed me. This god like creature was not meant for me. I didn't deserve him. He was too loving and caring to be meant for me.

I closed my eyes and leaned into his hard, cold chest. Again a calm sensation swept through me and I was at peace. As I drifted I heard to most beautiful melody I had ever listened to. This angel, my savior, my very reason for existence was singing my lullaby and his velvet voice was carried away into my head as I drifted to sleep, for the last time.

Edward's POV

As I sank my venomous teeth into her soft, warm, gentle skin I was nearly overwhelmed, it was almost too much to take. But I remembered that my Bella had trusted me with her life, and I was not going to be the one to take that from her.

As hard as I tried to keep her blood out of my mouth, my instincts grabbed a hold of me and fed. That's when she screamed and I released her hand, she just screamed harder. It was agonizing for me to have to hear her in so much pain knowing that I was the one who caused it. She was flailing her arms and legs around, so Alice, Emmett, Esme, and Carlisle all held her down, she didn't even seem to notice them.

"I'm sorry, so . . . " I was sobbing tearlessly. I couldn't form a coherent sentence. "I'm sorry, I love you, I'm so, so sorry!!!" this was the worst thing I have ever lived through. This was even harder than when I thought my gorgeous angel was dead. This was so much worse, because I was watching her die right in front of my eyes, and I was the one to kill her. It was excruciatingly painful to listen to her screams.

"MAKE IT STOP. OH GOD, SOMEONE HELP ME!! AHHH!!!!" her screams and tears were burning and tearing at my silent heart. Her eyes shot open and she screamed again. I picked her hand back up and mumbled my apologies. Then she looks over to my face and calmed down, she completely stopped screaming and just stared. She seemed to relax a little and Carlisle told everyone to let go of her.

The tears poured down her face. It felt like the calm before the storm, but I couldn't be sure. So I pulled her close to my chest and felt the very last of her warmth leave her body. The transformation was going a lot quicker than it did for any of us, and that was good. Her eyes closed as she laid her head on my chest, and I sang her to sleep for the very last time. Her lullaby always knocked her out and this time was no different. Bella, my angel, the very reason for my existence, died in my arms that night, her last night of slumber.