twilight what could of happened, based on the book by stephenie meyer [electronic reader .TXT] 📗

A CULLEN
PREFACE
I KNEW THAT WE COULD EXPECT NO HELP. HIS FAMILY WERE OFF FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES JUST AS SURELY AS HE WAS FOR OURS. THEYRE EYES, INTENT ON MY DEATH, WATCHED MY EVERY MOVE. WAITING FOR THE MOMENT MY PROTECTORS GUARD WOULD SLIP. I KNEW IT WOULD, HE WAS OUTNUMBERED, TWO AGAINST ONE. I COULD ONLY WAIT, AS VICTORIA SLIPPED THROUGH EDWARDS PROTECTION.
BECOMING
I FELT HER BITE MY WRIST AND I WELCOMED IT, I WOULDNT HAVE TO SIT AROUND WAITING TO GET KILLED ANYMORE. THEN SHE WAS RIPPED OFF ME AND I FELL TO THE FLOOR.
AFTER A FEW MORE MOMENTS I HEARD FOOTSTEPS COMING TOWARDS ME.
“BELLA, WHATS WRONG?” ALICE ASKED, KNEELING BESIDE ME
EDWARD ANSWERED FOR ME “VICTORIA BIT HER,”
EVERYONE SUDDENLY CHANGED POSITION AT ONCE, SO THAT ALICE WAS STANDING UP AND CARLISLE WAS AT MY SIDE, LOOKING AT MY WRIST. I COULD FEEL THE VENOM FLOWING THROUGH MY VEINS, THE BURNING FEELING OF MY WRIST. I DIDNT CRY OUT, WHAT USE WAS CRYING ANYWAY? THEN CARLISLE SAID WHAT EVERYONE HAD BEEN THINKING, WHAT EDWARD HAD READ IN HIS MIND BEFORE HED EVEN OPENED HIS MOUTH TO SPEAK.
“IT’S TO LATE THIS TIME. WE CAN’T STOP THE CHANGE.” HE WHISPERED, NOT WANTING TO SAY THE WORDS OUTLOUD.
“STUPID! IM STUPID. IF ONLY ID BEEN WATCHING VICTORIA NOT RILEY. IF ONLY ID BEEN WATCHING! THEN THIS WOULD OF NEVER OF HAPPENED!” EDWARD SHOUTED
“EDWARD,” I SAID, TRYING TO GET UP. “IT ISNT YOUR FAULT. YOU CAN’T PROTECT ME FROM EVERYTHING.” I WHISPERED, BUT I KNEW HE COULD HEAR ME. MY WHOLE BODY SUDDENLY FELT EXHAUSTED AND I FELL FORWARD. CARLISLE CAUGHT ME AND HELD ME STEADY.
“WE NEED TO GET HER BACK TO THE HOUSE NOW,” HE SAID, AS EMMETT PICKED ME UP. THEN THEY WERE RUNNING AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, I WAS ON THE FRONT ROOM SOFA IN THE CULLENS HOUSE. I LOOKED AROUND THE ROOM FOR EDWARD AND COULDNT FIND HIM.
“WHERES EDWARD?” I ASKED.
“HE RAN OFF,” ALICE WHISPERED, SITTING DOWN NEXT TO ME ON THE EDGE OF THE SOFA. “BUT HE’LL BE BACK SOON,” IM NOT SURE HOW BUT I MUST OF FALLEN ASLEEP THEN, BECAUSE WHEN I OPENED MY EYES ALL OF THE CULLENS HAD DISSAPEARED, EXCEPT JASPER.
“HOW ARE YOU FEELING?” HE ASKED. I KNEW PERFECTLY WELL HE ALREADY KNEW BUT I TRIED LYING ANYWAY.
“IM FINE.” I WHISPERED
“YOU CANT LIE TO ME BELLA,” JASPER SAID, COMING UNUSUALLY CLOSE. “I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN. I DONT THINK YOUR FOOLING THE OTHERS EITHER, SO YOU DONT HAVE TO BE BRAVE ANYMORE.”
“IT HURTS” I MOUTHED
“I KNOW. DONT FORGET IVE CHANGED TO. BUT MARIA WAS A BIT MORE PREPARED FOR ME.” HE SAID WALKING TOWARDS THE DOOR. ALICE WILL BE IN A MINUTE. SHES FASCINATED.”
SURE ENOUGH A FEW MINUTES AFTER JASPER HAD GONE, ALICE APPEARED.
“HI BELLA,” SHE SANG, CHEERY AS EVER. I WAS GOING TO REPLY, BUT MY HEAD SPUN AND I FELT SICK. MY EYES CLOSED AND MY , HEAD DROPPED ONTO THE SOFA.
WHEN I OPENED MY EYES CARLISLE WAS SAT NEXT TO ME, HIS EYES LOST, DEEP IN THOUGHT.
“YOU KNOW BELLA, EDWARD ACTED THE SAME AS YOU WHEN I CHANGED HIM. HE ACTED BRAVE BUT INSIDE IT WAS KILLING HIM.” HE HALF SMILED, REMEMBERING HIS AND EDWARDS PAST. I LOOKED UP AT HIM. “DONT WORRY BELLA. IT WILL FADE TOMORROW.”
“WHAT?”
“IT’S BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE YOU WERE BITTEN.” CARLISLE EXPLAINED.
THAT NIGHT WAS TORTURE. JASPER CAME IN A FEW TIMES, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS OKAY. I FELT SORRY FOR HIM, FEELING WHAT I FELT.
IN THE MORNING THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. ESME STUCK HER HEAD ROUND. “CAN I COME IN?”
“SURE,”
“HOW ARE YOU FEELING?” SHE ASKED CLOSING THE DOOR.
“BETTER.” I SAID, SITTING UP “HOWS JASPER?”
ESME LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD GONE MAD, “JASPERS FINE,”
“I MEAN, I KNOW HE CAN FEEL MY PAIN AND I THINK IT HURTS HIM TO.”
“OH. I DONT KNOW THEN. JASPERS VERY GOOD ABOUT HIDING HIS FEELINGS.”
“WHERE IS EVERYONE?” I ASKED
“IN THE KITCHEN, WHY?”
I SWUNG MY LEGS OVER THE SIDE OF THE SOFA AND STOOD UP.
“BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW THEM THAT IM ALL RIGHT.”
“OK BELLA. BUT LET ME COME WITH YOU.”
EVERYONE TURNED TO ME AS I WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN AND EVERYONE WAS SMILING EXCEPT FOR ROSALIE. I KNEW WHY, SHE WANTED ME TO STAY HUMAN.
ALICE SPOKE FIRST.
“ I THINK YOURE GOING TO NEED A NEW WARDROBE, BELLA. YOURE PALER THAN ME.”
“WHAT?”
“COME SEE,” SHE SAID TAKING MY HAND AND PULLING ME UP THE STAIRS AND INTO HER ROOM. SHE PLACED ME INFRONT OF HER MIRROR.
ALICE WAS RIGHT. I WOULD NEED A NEW WARDROBE. MY FACE WAS PALE AND MY HAIR WAS A LIGHTER BROWN. BUT WHAT STOOD OUT MOST WERE MY SHOCKINGLY RED EYES. I WAS BEAUTIFUL. WELL TO HUMANS I WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
TEMPTATIONS
“COME ON BELLA. LET’S GO FOR A RUN,” ALICE SHOUTED, JUMPING OUT OF HER BEDROOM WINDOW. I LOOKED OUT AND SHE WAS HALF WAY UP A TREE. “ JUST JUMP.”
I DID WHAT ALICE SAID AND JUMPED, IT WASNT THAT HARD. THEN WE JUMPED OUT OF THE TREES AND STARTED RUNNING. I WAS NO LONGER UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH ALICE, I COULD RUN BESIDE HER OR EVEN IN FRONT OF HER. BUT THEN I HAD TO STOP. TWO HUMANS WALKED OUT JUST INFRONT OF US. I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO. ALICE WAS WATCHING ME, MY REACTION. THE WILD PART OF ME WANTED ME TO KILL THEM, THERE WAS ONLY TWO. EASY. BUT THE OTHER PART OF ME THOUGH OF CARLISLE AND HIS STRUGGLE. I LOOKED UP AND CARLISLE WAS STANDING NEXT TO ME, HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER.
I LOOKED UP BUT HE DIDNT SAY ANYTHING. IT FELT LIKE A LIFETIME HAD PASSED BEFORE THE HUMANS DISSSAPEARED BACK INTO THE TREES. THE WHOLE TIME THEYD BEEN THERE AT LEAST ONE OF THE CULLENS HAD BEEN WATCHING ME, MAKING SURE THAT I DIDNT ATTACK. ONCE I NEARLY DID, BUT ONE LOOK AT CARLISLES FACE STOPPED ME AT ONCE.
WE STARTED PLAY FIGHTING THEN, BECAUSE EMMETT WOULDNT BELIEVE THAT I WAS STRONGER THAN HIM, BUT I WAS. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PUSH HIM AND HED FALL OVER, WHICH WOULD ALWAYS MAKE THE OTHERS LAUGH.
“THAT’S NOT FAIR. YOURE USING NEWBORN STRENGH,” HE COMPLAINED AS HE GAVE UP THE FIGHT.
“AND WHEN YOU WERE STRONGER THAN ME YOU WERE USING VAMPIRE STRENGH EMMETT. SO I THINK IT’S FAIR.”
I WAS THE STRONGEST, BUT NOT THE FASTEST. CARLISLE WAS. I KNEW IF EDWARD WAS HERE THEN HE WOULD WIN EASILY, BUT NOBODY HAD SEEN HIM IN THREE DAYS.
THAT NIGHT ME, ALICE, JASPER, CARLISLE AND ESME WENT HUNTING. SO MANY OF US WENT IN CASE I RAN INTO TROUBLE, BUT I DIDNT. I NOTICED IN THE MIRROR THAT MY EYES WERENT QUITE A BLAZING RED ANYMORE, THEY WERE A DEEP BURGUNDY COLOUR. I DRESSED MORE LIKE ALICE NOW. I NO LONGER WORE MY OLD SWEATS, THOUGH I DID HAVE THEM TUCKED AWAY IN THE BACK OF THE WARDROBE ALONG WITH A PICTURE OF MY DAD. CHARLIE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS MISSING. IVE ALWAYS HATED LYING TO HIM, BUT ITS SAFER THIS WAY.
THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE FRONT DOOR.
“BELLA CAN YOU GET THAT. UNLESS IT’S ANYONE YOU KNOW.”
“SURE CARLISLE.” I SAID, ALTHOUGH I WAS ALREADY AT THE DOOR. I KNEW THAT IT WAS ANOTHER VAMPIRE, I COULD TELL THAT. I OPENED THE DOOR AND THERE STOOD EDWARD. NEITHER OF US SPOKE, WE JUST STARED AT ONE ANOTHER. UNTIL ESME CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS TAKING ME SO LONG.
“EDWARD.”SHE CRIED, HUGGING HIM.
“IM OK ESME,”
“EVERYONE, EDWARDS BACK.”
SUDDENLY ALL THE CULLENS HAD JOINED US AND WERE TALKING TO EDWARD. EXCEPT ALICE. SHE CAME OVER AND TOOK MY HAND.
WE ALL MOVED INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND ALICE SAT BESIDE ME, TALKING QUIETLY.
“ARE YOU OK BELLA? I HAVENT SEEN YOU LIKE THIS SINCE VICTORIA BIT YOU.”
“IM FINE.” I MUMBLED UNABLE TO TAKE MY EYES OFF EDWARD. THEN I FELT AN EMOTION THAT I NEVER THOUGHT EDWARD WOULD MAKE ME FEEL. TRUE HATE. JASPER KNEW WHAT I FELT, BUT HE OBVIOUSLY HADNT BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE EDWARD HADNT NOTICED. I KNEW THAT IF I STAYED IN THE ROOM MUCH LONGER I WOULD DO OR SAY SOMETHING ID REGRET, SO I JUST WALKED OUT OF THE HOUSE. ALICE FOLLOWED ME.
“BELLA WHERE ARE YOU GOING?”
“I DONT KNOW.” I WHISPERED FALLING ON MY KNEES. “I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING, HOW IM FEELING. I HAVENT SINCE EDWARD GOT BACK. HE HASNT SAID A WORD TO ME.”
“HE PROBARLY DOSENT KNOW WHAT TO SAY. HE DOSENT REALLY KNOWS MUCH ABOUT YOU ANYMORE.” ALICE EXPLAINED “YOU LOOK SO DIFFERENT.”
WE BOTH SMELT IT AT ONCE. ANOTHER CLAN, COME TO KILL US. A GROUP OF ABOUT 50 NEWBORN VAMPIRES AND ME AND ALICE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT COULD HOLD THEM OFF TILL THE OTHERS GOT HERE. I HAD NO TRAINING. ALICE DID, BUT THEN THEY WERE ONLY AGAINST A GROUP OF 20 AND ALL OF THE CULLENS WERE FIGHTING WITH THE WOLVES. WE COULDNT ALL SURVIVE THIS COULD WE? I KNEW THAT THEYRE WAS A HIGHER CHANCE OF ME NOT SURVIVING.
“YOU CAN DO IT BELLA. YOUR AS STRONG AS THEM. PROBARLY EVEN STRONGER.”
THEY WERE HERE BEFORE ID NOTICED AND THEY WERE AS STRONG AS ME. NEITHER OF US HAD ANY TRAINING JUST STRENGH, IT WAS AN EVEN FIGHT. EXCEPT FOR THE MULTIPALE ATTACKERS. THEY QUICKLY HAD ME AND ALICE TRAPPED. THEN THEY WERE NO LONGER THERE, THEY WERE FIGHTING THE OTHERS. EDWARD HAD HEARD ALICES THOUGHTS AND TOLD THE OTHERS. WE CHARGED AS A TEAM. EVERY TIME I SLIPPED UP I PAID FOR IT WITH ANOTHER BITE. ANOTHER INJECTION OF VENOM. IT STILL HURT AS MUCH AS IT DID THAT FIRST TIME, WITH JAMES. THEN IT WAS OVER, BUT SOMETHING TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE MORE OF THEM.
WE WERE ALL STILL ALIVE, BUT EACH HAD BATTLE SCARS ON OUR ARMS. ESME GOT THE WORST ONE. SHE GOT ATTCKED BY 7 NEWBORNS AT ONCE AND ONE NEARLY DESTROYED HER BY BITING HER NECK. JASPERS TRAINING LAST YEAR HAD REALLY SAVED US.
BUT I HAD A FEELING THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO GET WORSE. A LOT WORSE, AND I WAS RIGHT. THEY DID.

I WAS ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH CARLISLE “HOWS ESME?”
“SHE’LL LIVE.” HE LAUGHED. THIS WAS STRANGE FOR CARLISLE. NORMALLY ANY INJURY HE WOULD TAKE SERIOUSLY, ESPECIALLY IF HIS WIFE WAS INVOLVED. BUT NOW IT WAS LIKE HE DIDNT CARE.
EDWARD STILL HADN’T SPOKEN TO ME AND IT WAS ALMOST MY BIRTHDAY. MY 19. ROSALIE HAD GONE AWAY FOR A WHILE. TO CALM DOWN SHE SAID. MY FAMILY WAS IN BAD SHAPE. WHAT IF ANOTHER ATTACK CAME? WE COULDN’T FIGHT LIKE THIS.
ME, CARLISLE, ALICE AND EDWARD WENT HUNTING WHEN WE STUMBLED ACROSS A NEWBORN.SHE WAS REALLY YOUNG, ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD. WE COULDN’T TAKE HER IN, THE VOLTURI HATE IN WHEN CHILDREN ARE CHANGED. SO WE WALKED PAST AND CAUGHT THE SCENT OF RILEY. IN A SMALL HOUSE.
WE WALKED IN AND SAW WHY HE WAS IN THERE. FOUR HUMANS WERE BROUGHT OUT AND THE DOOR WAS SLAMMED SHUT BEHIND US. HE PULLED A KNIFE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND STABBED EACH OF THE GIRLS. HE TASTED EACH DIFFERENT BLOOD.
“YOU CAN HAVE HER,” HE SAID, TOSSING A TEENAGE GIRL AT ME. MY VAMPIRE INSTINCTS KICKED IN AND I GRABBED HOLD OF THE GIRL. ALICE PUT HER HAND ON MY ARM AND I LET THE