Sophie's POV
Burning. My whole body was burning. The pain was bewildering.
I tried to scream. I tried to move. I was trying to stop the burning. But nothing was working. My body felt heavy and stiff. The burning just continued.
My body tried to reject the pain but I was engulphed again and again in its embrace.
I felt that my hands would be on my face, pulling my hair out in anguish. I felt that my body would be thrashing around, trying to reject everything coming to me. Nothing happened. My body laid still.
Memories of recent events flooded into my mind. One moment, everything was fine. I was surrounded by the people that I loved most. I fought for what I wanted. Then one little thing went wrong.
Bella dropped her cup that was filled with blood. The blood splattered onto the rug. Her spine snapped and her shrieks of pain could be heard throughout the whole house. That triggered my children to come also.
I remember the pain, the helplessness that I felt. I remember the pain of throwing up my blood. I remember the pain of my spine breaking in two.
I vaguely remember the voices shouting around me.
"Get the morphine!" It felt as if thousands of voices were shouting all at once. It was making my head hurt.
"...what's happening?"
"The placentas must have detached." I tried to place the voices around me but it was hard to place them. Everything was blending together.
I heard the yelling and the mentioning of my children. I felt them dying. I knew they were dying. I wasn't about to let that happen. Not after everything that I've gone through.
"Get them out now!" I remember shouting at the voices. Why weren't they doing anything? They were dying! Something needed to happen now.
It was then that I felt a sharp blade enter into my stomach. I jerked at the sensation and spat out more blood. I was able to pry open my eyes to look into Kate's black ones. She was looking as if I were her next meal. She was hungry and she wanted my blood.
I couldn't scream out in fear. I didn't have to though. Alex was there to push her away from me.
I remember my sense of fear. Something wasn't right. The pain increased and I was in full panic mode. I couldn't contain my screams of pain. This energy that I have releases in order to protect me and my unborn children.
I then felt a shift change in the atmosphere. It was once fear that was soon replaced by anger. I couldn't understand what was going on.
I couldn't focus on that. I was more worried about the twins then my own health. I feel my heart starting to slow. No. I wouldn't let this happen.
"Get them out. Please," I managed to rasp out. They needed to hurry up. I could tell that I was going to die. I've come to terms with the prospect of my death. But I wasn't through fighting just yet. I would hold out until the babies were born.
New hands were placed on my shoulders. I then heard a voice. My eyes flickered to the owner of that voice.
"Paul," I groan out in pain. I was glad he was here. All of my worries went away. I needed his help in order to survive.
I look at him as he talks to me. "...keep you're eyes on me." I nod my head and breath before a new pain erupts from my body.
An unusual and painful feeling engulfs me. A loud screeching sound is accompanied with this unusual sensation. I scream and scream out in pain. This was excruciating. I gasp right before I feel pressure on my heart. My gaze flickers around me as I notice Paul giving me CPR. I was dying.
I then felt pressure in my stomach before it was removed. A cry fills the air. My blurry gaze looks at the baby in Alex's arms. "It's a boy."
I smile. "He's beautiful," I manage to say.
I feel a wiggle before a snap brings the pain back to me. My screaming continues.
The pressure enters my stomach once more before it's out again. I gasp like I'm a fish out of water.
Another cry fills the air from the new baby.
I did it. I held out long enough for my children to be born.
I vaguely remember Alex's voice. "It's a girl." I managed to crack a smile.
We had a boy and a girl. Fraternal twins.
I remember being asked on the names for the children. I could barely concentrate on anything. I knew I was dying. I wanted to at least try and hear the names of our kids before I left everyone.
I had already planned on the boys name. Xander, after Alexander. The love of my life. "Xander. For the boy. After his father," I manage to say. I managed to see Alex giving me a breathtaking smile.
Buzzing filled my ears. I didn't have much time left.
"What about for the girl?" I didn't really have a name for the girl. I didn't have strength to come up with a name.
I remember telling Alex to name her. I was thankfully able to hear his decision over the buzzing in my ears.
"...Eleanor. Ellie for short."
I struggled but managed to give him a smile. "Ellie. I like that." Xander and Ellie. My two children. I smile at my little family.
And then I died. I died and was sent to the in-between. I was given a choice on where to stay. To stay in the real world or in the fictional world of Twilight.
The choice was sad but not hard. I needed to be with my adopted family. I needed to be with my boyfriend and our two children. I couldn't leave him behind.
So I chose to stay in Twilight. I don't regret my decision, but I just wish my choice didn't come with so much pain. I was in an never ending inferno.
Invisible flames continued to lick inside my body. I felt the venom clawing at my insides. Fusing with my bones, my veins, and tendons. I felt how the venom started to overtake my organs.
I wanted to scream and claw at my face. But it felt like my arms were being tied down. The only thing that came out of me were the trembling of my fingers and the small whimper being released from my lips.
"...you're alive?" I vaguely hear. I wanted to shout and scream but all my words have died. I can only whimper and hope that I can nod my head.
I open my eyes to look at the angel looking down at me. "...Bella's...alive." I'm not sure how much I am able to tell him but I wanted him to know that Bella was ok. Whatever I said seemed to make sense because I watch as Alex gets on his phone, telling whoever is on the other line that Bella is alive. It's probably Carlisle or Edward on the other end. I can't hear his voice. I can only see his lips moving.
I look at him one last time before my eyes shut once more. This time, they won't open back up.
The heat kept increasing and increasing. This was absolute torture. I shouldn't be surprised that I'm not screaming in pain. It was probably the morphine and venom mixing together which caused me to stay still. Even though in my mind, I was thrashing and screaming.
I knew Bella wasn't screaming because of the morphine. I wonder why I was able to whimper when I knew that Bella wouldn't move or scream at all. I guess she had more pain killers in her system then I did. I was a different case compared to her pregnancy.
I was grateful for the whimpers. They knew I was at least alive. I was even able to let them know about Bella. Everything would be ok. I hope.
I don't know how much time passed since the venom entered my system. Minutes, hours, or days? This burning sensation kept going on and on. It was a never-ending cycle.
The heat eventually increased full force. The morphine was probably out of my system. Yet, I still couldn't scream out loud. I wanted the pain to end. I wanted to die. I wanted to beg my family to kill me so that the pain would go away. They wouldn't do that though. Especially not Alex.
Alex gave me a sense of hope. I kept feeling his presence right next to me. He wasn't leaving my side.
I suddenly felt my strength coming back full force. I felt that I was getting stronger. Stronger than when I was human. The pain didn't subside but I could feel a difference. I started to hear things more clearly. The buzzing slowly faded away and I heard whispers. I still couldn't make out the words to what was being said.
The whispers eventually became clear and I was able to put words in place.
I heard light footsteps. "...any change?"
"No." I heard something that resembled a sigh. I felt a hand on my face. I knew who it belonged to but it didn't feel as cold to me as it did before. Hopefully this was a sign that the change would be over soon.
"She must be in agony," a voice whispered. I could hear voices. But I couldn't place who it belonged to.
"I assume so from her whimpers." A pause envelops the air. "I'm sorry Sophie. I love you so much," the voice whispers.
A bang goes off in the distance that's soon joined by growls. A new voice enters the room and chuckles. "I wonder how she's going to react to this situation we're now in."
I hear a huff. "I don't know. I don't know how I feel about it either. I thought I've seen everything."
A hiss enters the atmosphere. "It's my turn." That sounded like Rosalie.
Another sigh can be heard. "I better go. Need to make sure she doesn't get ripped to shreds." It's quiet once more. I can slowly start piecing everything together. That was Emmett's voice. So Jacob did imprint on Renesmee.
"Alice. How much longer?"
"Not much longer. I can start to see her future again."
The heat continued to rage on and on inside me. How much longer? Would it be minutes or hours? Time was somewhat irrelevant while I was turning. I know the change was three days but it felt like an eternity to me. Has it only been three days? Or has it been longer?
The whole pregnancy for me was vastly different compared to Bella's.
"It's my turn!" I hear a hiss and a thud coming from somewhere else in the house. That sounded like Irina. What was going on? Were my children ok? Something didn't feel right.
I started to panic. They had to be ok.
I felt an energy ripple from my arms to my fingertips. I felt the eruption before I heard the sound. It sounded like glass shattered on the wall.
I heard footsteps running into the room.
"I think she's about to wake up." That was Carlisle's voice. "She probably heard Irina."
Hands comb through my hair. "Sophie relax. Everything is ok. Everyone is ok. Nothing to worry about." I calmed down enough to feel the pain subsiding from the palms of my hands. The venom left my feet and traveled up towards my spine.
"Carlisle. She's so quiet."
"It's the morphine. Her whimpers have subsided. The change is almost over. Right on time too. Bella woke up about 30 minutes ago."
"I never felt so hopeless in my life. Maybe I didn't do it right."
I hear Carlisle chuckle. "I know that the two of you don't get along, but you and Edward have more in common than you think." Alex just grumbles in response.
"She's quiet. Too quiet." I tune everything out as I solely focus on the burning going on inside me. I feel the venom attach to my spine before fusing the broken pieces together. I feel the jolt of my body mending itself together.
Fingers grip onto my hand. "Her spine's fixed," observes Carlisle.
After my spine mended together, all of the heat traveled to my heart. It was almost over. The heart was always the last thing that changed.
My frenzied heart increased in sound. It started to go with the rhythm of the venom. The pain increased ten-fold.
"Ah," Carlisle said. "It's almost over."
I was relieved at his words that the change would be over soon. Though, the pain in my heart was excruciating.
"Soon," agreed Alice. "I'll go tell the others. We'll leave the two of you alone. You'll need to take her hunting before she sees the babies."
My babies. I needed to see my children.
Two pairs of footsteps retreated from the room and I was now left alone with Alex.
The heat continued to increase. My heart took off as if they were helicopter blades. My heart thudded again and again. The fire flared up into my chest. The fire continued to rage on and on.
My back arched off of the table and I let out a gasp. My body slumped back down onto the table. The fire started to die but remained latched onto my last remaining human organ.
My heart started to stutter. I could feel it starting to slow down.
"Sophie?"
My heart stuttered twice. It then gave one final thud before stopping. It didn't flutter again. The pain was gone.
I felt Alex shifting back a little. Then it was quiet. There wasn't a sound in the room. No breathing. Not even mine.
The absence of pain was a relief. I almost forgot where I was at because I had been in pain for so long. And then I opened my eyes to see the world in a whole new perspective.
Sorry for the late update. Life has been so hectic lately. Hopefully I will update soon. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
