Twitlight/Midnight Sun and characters are property of Stephanie Meyer, this is just my take on a "what if"

This takes place Bella's first day of school, everything in Biology happens as it does in Twilight/Midnight Sun...

At First Smell – Chapter 1 - Biology

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"Finally, class over, I wonder what his problem was." I thought to myself as Biology class ended. Then, as I turned to pick up my things I heard the most beautiful voice. "Hello, my name is Edward Cullen. May I walk you to your next class?"

I couldn't believe after that horrible hour, now he was speaking to me? "Um, sure, I guess. Let me see what my next class is." I knew I had gym next, I had been dreading it all day, in Arizona I had already taken the 2 years required of PE, in lovely Washington they required 4 years of PE. I looked at my schedule merely to buy some time to try to figure things out. Why would someone who seemed to loathe me for the last hour want to walk me to class? I lost my train of thought when he leaned in to look at my schedule, he smelled so beautiful.

"Oh, you have gym next, that's right on the way to my next class, I just have to stop and get my assignment out of my car first, do you mind walking with me?"

"Um, no?" And I followed.

We started walking, though he didn't speak, which I thought was strange considering he asked to walk me to class. Maybe he was shy, working up the nerve to speak. So I spoke. "My name is Bella Swan." Still nothing.

The walk to the parking lot was short, but when we hit the corner of the parking lot three things happened simultaneously. One, my feet flew from underneath me as Edward gracefully flung me on his back; we took off at a speed so fast it felt like I was flying through the forest. Two, a small dark-haired pixie-like girl appeared in front of me, his sister maybe, and she was screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Three, for the first time in my life, I felt alive.

It was like a dream, like magic, I was literally being carried through the forest on the back of the most beautiful creature I had ever seen, possibly the most beautiful creature that ever existed. I knew him and his family were special, after all, how can one family hold so much beauty. But this, the speed, this, was more than special, this was inhuman.

After what seemed like forever, but was really only minutes, we came to an abrupt halt deep into the forest. Edward laid me quickly, but gently, on the forest floor. He leaned in to kiss me; it was a quick passionate kiss that took my breath away. He then leaned in to move my hair from my face, putting it behind my ear. As he did this, he showered me with kisses down my cheek, over my ear, down my neck. And then ... he bit me.

"ow! Ow! OW!" I was screaming in pain, but he was still at my neck, what was he doing? Sucking my blood? Just as realization hit, he was ripped from my body. But who could be here with us? His tiny sister? Could that be right? There is definitely more to this family than they let on.

"Alice! What are you doing here? How did you...? What did I...? OH! MY! GOD! What have I done?"

"I saw it too late. You didn't make up your mind until the last second. Then you ran so fast, I tried to get here in time, but I was, I was, too late." Through her sobs she looked down at me. Then glanced at him as if she was trying to tell him something silently. Like they were hiding something more than the fact that they were vampires. Vampires, really, what was I thinking? Vampires don't exist. Do they?

Before I could even ask what was happening, my neck began to burn. "I'M ON FIRE! MY NECK!" And then he was gone.

Alice was at my side. "Bella, I'm going to take you to my father, he'll know what do to." And just like that, this tiny person picked me up and I was flying through the forest again.

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"What happened?"

"Carlisle...it was ... it was Edward. She is his ... Singer. I tried to ... stop him. I was too late." Alice stuttered at Carlisle to explain why she was holding my now limp body in her arms. Somehow through the excruciating pain I was still very coherent of my surroundings. The pain had now spread from my neck to my chest, head, and shoulders.

"It's been too long, it's too late to suck the venom back out, she's going to be one of us. Now all we can do is wait."

"I know, I can see it. She is going to be exquisite." What did she me she can see it? What was she saying; I am going to be one of them? I am going to be exquisite? It is very hard to picture plain ol' Bella as exquisite.

Just then I heard the door come thundering open, collapsing at the force in which it was opened. "NO! She is not going to be one of us! She can't, she doesn't deserve this! No one does." What did he mean by that?

"It's too late Edward, the change has already began. By now the venom has spread over half of her body. All we can do now is wait."

Just then the pain, if possible doubled... and everything went black.

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