A couple of you think Bella is half vampire. Bella's not half vampire. Muahahaha. I thought I cleared this up before, but I guess not well enough. Bella isn't pregnant anymore, Jacob's saliva caused the baby's bones and skin to dissolve, as illogical as that sounds this is fiction. But the venom in the baby still is in Bella and that's why she can….

THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN EDITED. SMALL CHANGES BUT STILL IMPORTANT-ISH.

A lot of you say you're confused about what's going on. I'll try and clear things up next chapter, though if you could PM me and tell me what exactly you're confused about that would be amazing. Thanks-A-Bunches! :)

Chapter 23

3rd POV

Carlisle caught Bella just before she would have hit the ground. Picking her up, he walks back to take her upstairs. Esme guides Charlie inside who is still incapacitated with shock.

"Esme, can you take Charlie in the living room while I check on Bella? Edward, come on." Carlisle climbed the stairs painfully slow. Carrying out her husband's wishes, Esme sits with Charlie.

"What is really going on here Esme?" Charlie got back into the reality. Esme looked around the room for help but everyone was just as much at a loss for ideas as she was. So she said the only thing she could have.

"This is going to be hard to say, but um. Well Bella isn't getting better. She's dying, and we're not sure how long she has left."

BPOV

"Esme just told Charlie that Bella's dying." Edward spoke worried.

"It's probably for the best. Whatever is happening to Bella, she's not human anymore and we can't risk her being around Charlie or any other human. It's time we move anyway." Carlisle paused.

My heart still wasn't beating but I was conscious of my surroundings. Opening my eyes, I look up at Edward and Carlisle and overhear their conversation. What happened felt so odd, like something I would have imagined a heart attack or stroke to feel like. Propping myself up, my throat is starting to burn strongly now.

"Bella?" Edward came and grasped my hand desperately.

"Someone should get my dad out of here now. I don't think I can resist much longer." I can hear Alice dragging Charlie away. He's still just as confused but thankfully, Alice has him wrapped around her finger.

"He's gone now Bella, we should go hunting now and try and figure out what's going on if that's even possible." Edward helped me up. Going downstairs we start running to the forest with Edward guiding me.

Finding some elk, Edward demonstrates how it's done, though it seems kind of self explanatory. When he finishes, Edward steps back to let me have my go at it. I make quick work of two elk and stand back up, contented.

"Are you full now love?"

"Yes, this is going to get some getting used to though. It feels weird that I liked it." I smiled.

"Well, it is natural for you now."

I felt that familiar jolt run through my body yet again, but this time I didn't pass out. I could tell my heart had started back up and from the looks of it, Edward could as well.

"Why does my heart keep starting and stopping?"

"I don't know, but I do have a theory I want to run by Carlisle. Let's get back we have a lot to talk about." And with that we started back. I guess normal was a thing of the past for me. Maybe now I would get that eternity with Edward after all. I definitely deserve it after everything I've been through.

The family was sitting around obviously bored. Carlisle was elsewhere, probably in his study. Leaving Edward's side, I go to sit down on the sofa.

"Carlisle, can you come out here please?"

"Sure. I hear Bella's heart has started back up again." Carlisle took a seat in front of me. Taking my hand in his, he frowns slightly. "Your skin, Bella, is warmer than ours. Yet it's not warm enough as a human's would be."

"What can I say, I'm a freak." I smirked.

"Carlisle, I was thinking that with everything that has happened, maybe this is part of Bella's ability." Edward suggested.

"How so?"

"Well, she was bitten, but the vampires that kidnapped her didn't release any venom into the bites and she didn't go through a normal transformation. She was still human all during her pregnancy and since the baby's venom mixed with her blood, I'm guessing the blood cells weren't destroyed as they normally would have been. With her heart stopping and starting, and her still having an active, 'living' brain maybe Bella can make herself either completely vampire or human, well human to an extent, as part of her power. She just hasn't learned how to control it yet."

The room was quiet, everyone was thinking over this new theory. It was the only thing that made sense to me, but what if I could change between vampire and human? I don't see the advantage in that. Well, I could resist my hunger better as a 'human' but nothing cool like seeing the future or reading minds.

((AN: Alright, gotta run and take my mom to a dentist appt. Review please! Laters!))