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Chapter 23

Bella's P.o.v.

I was on fire. The flames so hot that I should have been burned to ashes already. I couldn't find any escape from them. Don't scream, my mind whispered over and over. Why couldn't I scream?

My babies. My babies and Jasper. It would cause them unnecessary pain, I didn't want them to hear me. I was surprised that my teeth didn't break with the amount of force I used to keep my mouth shut.

When would this end? I couldn't cry. Not even the twin's birth felt this horrible. My skin was being burned away inch by inch. If I added all the pain I had ever experienced together it still wouldn't be the equivalent to this slow burning death. The pain was never ending.

Time passed in agony, I slowly began to become more aware. My mind expanded, I had an infinite amount of space. Sounds became clearer and I felt several presences around me. Three to be exact. How did I know that?

I rejoiced as the fire left my hands and feet. My joy didn't last very long as I became uncomfortably aware of a growing pain. The more the fire went away, the hotter my heart became. By the time the liquid fire left my legs, I was barely holding onto my will not to scream like a banshee.

"Your amazing, Bella." I heard Jasper's southern voice beside me. With my new ears his voice was more beautiful than before. A loud pounding came from my chest. My heart was trying to break out.

A hand grasped mine, I was shocked. I recognized the shape and smoothness but the warmth was unexpected. Was my skin already as cold as a vampire's? Light fluttery beats came to my ears, the sound of twin heartbeats. My children. The fire left my arms traveling to my overworked heart.

My heart beat galloped faster, the speed of a championship racehorse. The hot flames grew with each thump. My children's heartbeats were suddenly further away. The last beat of my heart was the loudest of all. At last the flames had disappeared.

My body was perfectly still. I could lay here forever and not so much as twitch a single muscle. I drew in a long breath, my lungs didn't need the oxygen. I didn't need to breath but I liked it. I could taste Jasper's scent on the wind. He smelt like the rain. The rain and some type of flower that I couldn't identify. They mixed together in an intoxicating blend.

I opened my eyes and stared at the open sky in awe. The world was more beautiful than I knew. Colors so vibrant that they hypnotized me with their magnificence. Sand particles danced in the air like falling snow. It was a wondrous sight.

My hand contracted around another, Jasper. He was holding my hand. My face turned to his the instant I thought to do so. I had been blind when I was human. Jasper was beyond the word handsome. Is this really even possible?

A human would faint if they saw him this visibly. His swirling scars were the color of venom and were clearly visible to my new vampire eyes. I would bet that even in a pitch black darkness I would see him as if it were day.

"Your perfect, Bella." He said, his grin luminous. My eyes were fixed hungrily onto his striking face. A hot thrill went through my lower stomach. I almost gasped at the intense feeling. My emotions had been strengthened by the change too. The blond god gave me a sexy smirk. That smirk was wiped off when I attacked him with my lips.

I had never been kissed like this. Something this fierce wasn't a possibly for a human. His back was firmly pinned to the ground as I held him down. He didn't try to resist my grip on him at all. A moan left my throat at my entrance to his sweet mouth. Something suddenly occurred to me. We could continue kissing like this forever, I gleefully thought. There was no need to breathe for our kind.

My preternaturally strong hands ripped with ease at his shirt. I was determined. He tried to speak while pushing me back from him. I could have easily resisted but I gave in to his silent request. "As much as I would love to continue." He let out a seductive grin. "You need to hunt and then meet our twins officially."

Now that he mentioned it, my throat burned horribly. It was akin to the burning change but ignorable. However if there was anything about Jasper that I knew, it was that he was very protective of those that he holds as precious.

I wouldn't see my babies until I hunted to his satisfaction. Instantly, I was standing, Jasper followed bare-chested. His half naked state distracted me. "Bella." He said, voice full of amusement. He loved my intense attraction to him. I banished my lecherous thought for a later time. Hunt, I need to hunt. I focused.

"Your very controlled." It was a compliment. When he said controlled he meant it. He knew first hand about a newborn's normal lack of control. "So, hunting?" My voice rang like bells, startling me. Very different than what I was used to.

"Now is the perfect time, the twins are asleep inside the cabin." He said as he took off his shorts, leaving him to stand in only his boxer briefs. Drop dead sexy, was an appropriate saying. My mind flashed back to the things he could do with that amazing body.

I shook myself out of my thoughts again. It was harder this time. Focus, I yelled in my head. I want to see my children. I took a calming breath. Chase and Esalie, I thought tenderly. What would they look like with these vampire eyes? More angelically beautiful than before, I'm sure.

"Here, I'll take this off for you." Jasper said pulling the clean dress I was wearing over my head. He must have changed my clothes while I was burning. His blue eyes locked onto my pale body. I looked down.

People couldn't even pay to have a body like this. I thought in amazement. My body sparkled in the sunlight like Jasper's. He cleared his throat and adverted his gaze. He liked what he saw, I noticed while looking below his waist. I smiled.

"Come on." He said not looking at me as we walked to the ocean water. My throat burned more the closer we got to our destination. I was about to experience my first hunt.