Edward's Point of View

When I left Bella's house the night of her graduation I couldn't bare to be too far from her. Especially not after what Alice had shared with me. I drove up to Seattle, rented a small apartment and waited. When Alice called me to tell me about Victoria I was already on my way to Forks. I had heard thoughts amongst some unsuspecting and now dead newbie vampires that crossed my path about Victoria and her latest plan to get to Bella. Even with leaving when I did I was still almost too late. Sam gave Alice, Jasper and I permission enter their lands to help find Bella and to kill Victoria once and for all. I described the cliffs I saw in Alice's vision to Sam and he quickly led the way.

I took the path Sam said led towards the water's edge while the others headed towards the top of the cliffs. Alice's vision showed me that we would be too late to stop Victoria from pushing Bella over the edge but I might be able to get to Bella in time to keep her from hitting the rocks. I got to the water's edge just in time to see Bella hit the rocks. The sickening thud would have stopped my heart if it wasn't already still in my chest. I froze for a split second before I raced through the water. Her heartbeat was irregular but it was still beating. Her eyes were closed when I reached her. Her breathes were shallow as I leaned down to gingerly pick her up.

"Stay with me Bella. Don't you dare give up." I demanded several times as I carried her limp body towards the shore.

I laid her down on a soft piece of grass. "Bella, baby please stay with me." I pleaded with her. I could hear her heart stutter a couple of times and knew that I only had a few minutes. Treaty or no treaty I couldn't let her die. She had asked me so many times in the past to change her, but now would she feel the same? Would she be happy I changed her or had our time apart given her a different perspective I wondered. I wouldn't have the opportunity to ask. I would change her and deal with the consequences later.

I heard heavy animal feet running at me from the trees and then Jacob, the tall boy I recognized from Bella's graduation, was kneeling beside me looking down at Bella. His face was filled with the same agony I was feeling.

"I am asking for permission to change her. You can hear her heart, she won't last much longer."

"You want to turn her into a vampire?" He turned his eyes towards me.

"I will do it with or without permission but I can't lose her, not this way."

"I don't…" Jacob started but Bella smiled and started murmuring.

"Emmie, Mommy's coming." She kept talking but her voice was so low and at times cut out mid sentence, it was hard to make out exactly what she was saying. However, it was clear to both Jacob and I she was talking to their daughter as if she were here on the beach with us.

I felt Jacob start to shake beside me. "Bella, don't you dare leave me!" He yelled at her.

She instantly frowned. "Jacob." Her voice was barely above a whisper.

"Bella please fight, you are strong. We can get you to the hospital."

Bella's heart stuttered and she stopped breathing. Jacob starting doing CPR. She gasped in a shallow breath but I knew this was it.

"Jacob, she wont make it to any hospital and you know that. Her only chance is if I change her right now. I would like permission to do that. As I said earlier I will do it any way but for my family's sake I would rather not violate the treaty."

"You don't know what she has been like since Emmie died. She is completely broken mentally, I have never seen her this bad. She isn't the Bella you knew. She isn't even the Bella I fell in love with anymore. I'm not sure she can be saved even if you change her."

"Either way I am going to try. She can be mad at me but at least she will be here to be mad."

Jacob stared down at Bella and I could see him fighting an inner battle. From the sound of her heart and the rasp of her breathing I could tell time was up.

"Jacob…" I started before Bella interrupted.

"Emmie." Bella smiled again.

"Do it, do it now! I am giving you permission. As rightful Alpha it is my decision and I am giving you permission to change Bella."

I didn't need to be told twice. I leaned over as I heard Bella breath in one last breath and softly kissed a spot on her neck before I felt the venom pool in my mouth as I bit into her skin. Sam and several other very large males ran towards the beach. Sam started to protest when he saw the bite mark on Bella's neck but Jacob quickly held up his hand and told him he had given permission. Alice and Jasper pulled up in my Volvo and I lifted Bella easily into my arms, carrying her to the car. We brought her back to our old Forks home to wait out her transition.

Her screams and pleas for death, so that she could be with her daughter, stabbed at my heart. Her transition took two agonizing days. I held her hand and stayed by her side until Alice told me Bella was about to wake up. Alice had seen that it would be better if she greeted Bella alone, I quietly left the room to wait impatiently for my time with Bella.