I'm free. My heart is racing at the speed of light, my lungs are dilating and contracting so fast they could become one movement. My legs are moving a million miles per hour as the air rushes past me, cooling my body and weaving through my hair that it is sure to leave it in a tangled mess, which if it weren't for the sun and calmness of the tree's, anyone would think a hurricane had arrived just by looking at me. This is one of the feelings I live for.
I concentrate on my breathing and take my eyes off everything around me passing by in a flash, only to have them land beside me on the one thing that can keep up with me, a giant wolf with shaggy, reddish-brown fur.
It's head turns and it's dark eyes lock with my brown ones and I see it. That hint of a smile you wouldn't see on any other normal wolf, or was it a smirk?
Whatever it was, it has now turned playful as his eyes flash and the giant animals body bumps into my side, causing me to stumble off to the side. My reflexes are quick to catch me and help me recover as I pick up my pace to catch up with wolf ahead, bumping his side in the process, resulting in a war to see who can throw off whom.
We're racing through the forest, our bare feet moving us so fast that if we hit a tree, we would run straight through it. But that would never happen; I've run this path a million times and know the forest like my dad knows the details of every car ever invented!
As we near the opening of the clearing, I'm quick to act as I leap into the air, grabbing the fur of the wolf's left shoulder with my right hand. The wolf it just as quick though, as he to leaps into the air, turning and flipping us so when we land, my body is cushioned by his from the impact of us hitting the ground…
Typical, always trying to protect me.
I'm laughing as I hold tight to the fur and we roll slightly down the end of a small hill and in a flash I notice that as we are rolling, the fur I was once gripping becomes smooth skin, two, big, strong arms have encircled my waist and the melodic noise of his laughter has joined mine.
We come to a stop on the thick grass covered by beautiful wild flowers, me on top of him as our laughter takes over our bodies.
Incase you are wondering, I'm Renesmee Carlie Cullen, daughter of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, half human, half vampire.
When I was conceived, my dad was a vampire, my mum a human. They had just married and when I was born, instead of dying at child birth, my mother got her wish of forever with my father and was turned into a vampire, hence the whole half and half thing.
In the 8 years since then, I have matured physically and mentally into a full grown 17 year old girl, which is the age I will stay for the rest of my life, one of the many props for being part vamp!! I have long, wavy bronze hair, colour from my dad, with intense brown eyes from my mum. My once pale skin as gained a nice, soft tan from the sun, which adds nicely to the glow I get when I'm in the sun, instead of the full sparkly effect the rest of my vampire family get.
My family has taught me everything I need to know in life.
Uncle Emmett taught me how to play sports and to hunt, Uncle Jasper taught me to fight and use my strength to protect myself, which is why I fing it funny that his wife, Auntie Alice, made sure I knew everything there was to know about fashion, shopping and how to throw an awesome party! Aunt Rosalie, Emmetts wife, made sure I has an equal amount of normal teenage life, always thought positive and gave the best advice on boys. Everything I know on history and medical treatment comes from Carlisle and my cooking, language and artistic skills are from Esme.
The rest I learnt from my parents, from my love of reading and poetry to playing the piano, from being strong yet so sensitive and kind. My clumsiness, feeling, emotions, ambitions, dreams and the ability to love so strong, it's all from them. They helped me to become who I am today!
And then there's Jacob. He's always been there, I can't remember a time without him. Through the good and the bad he has been my comfort, my best friend who understands me inside and out. We relate and understand each other in our own way, with him being able to phase at will form his human form into a wolf and the fact that he will not age, so his body will remain physically grown to the equivalent of a 25-year-old. He fits in with my family and they all get along, but I always wonder about the weird and knowing looks they give us from time to time. I love Jacob, I always have, but sometimes it scares me just how much.
As I lie on top of him with his warm arms still around me, our laughter dies down as our bodies start to feel the slight exhaustion from our previous activities.
"Wow Nessie, think that's the third time this week I've beaten you," Jacob says with a cheeky grin as he looks up at me.
I reply with an annoyed look and start poking at his sides, causing him to protest and try to remove my hands, but his laughter gives him away.
He flips us over so he's now leaning over me, using his arms on either side of me to stop himself crushing my body. His face turns serious as he asks the question I've been waiting for him to ask all day, "How are you?"
I sigh, it's the beginning of a new school year for all the teenage residents of Fork's High, everyone but me. Because of my abnormally fast aging, my parents home schooled me with the help of the rest of the family, which don't get me wrong was great. I learnt more than I think I ever would at school, but now that I've stopped growing, I thought they would at least let me have the experience.
"I'm fine," I reply. "I just don't understand why they won't let me go, I really want to Jake!"
"Their just looking out for you Ness, they know what it's like and how hard it can get and so do I," he brushes a strand of hair away from my face, "You'll make friends and while they grow older, you'll stay the same, raising suspicions ad having to lie to the people you care about. Then before you know it, they'll all be gone and you'll be left to start the same thing all over again."
I get aggravated now as I push him off me, sitting up and looking to the sky, "But I already have friends and I'll be fine keeping people from finding the truth, it's not like anybody knows about us already do they? The traveling part I'm fine with, I want to travel and see the world and most of all I want to go to school! It's a part of normal teenage life!"
He sits up next to me and I feel the radiating warmth of his body as he follows my gaze to the slightly cloudy sky, "Look Ness, this is something you should be discussing with Bella and Edward, I don't wanna ruin your day! Beside's, look at it this way, you get heaps of time to spend with me!"
It's my turn to be playful now as I turn to him and say,"Yeah, but it won't be as good as hanging out with the other guys." I laugh as I watch his fall and harden and when he looks away I hear him mutter,
"Mmm, and if they know what's good for them they'll stop their eyes from always roaming your body and keep their hands off!"
"Jacob Black are you jealous?" I tease as I nudge him slightly.
His face becomes hesitant and worried before he leans over me, sending shivers down my spine as he closes the distance between us to whisper in my ear,
"Very jealous it's almost unbearable," then pulling back slightly to place a light, lingering kiss at the corner of my lips.
Ok, where did that come from? I mean, Jacob and I are just friends and I know that I have been starting to feel more for him lately but I can't read too much into this right? I can't ruin our friendship and I don't want things to be awkward between us no matter how much I want us to be more! I may be matured into young women, but he only sees me as a little sister, when you think of it I am only technically 8 years old! But still, what just happened?
He's looking at me with an unreadable expression, so to break the tension; I lift my hand to his cheek and use my gift to show him an image of a very angry dad, yelling at us for being home late, another prop for being part vamp, being able to show people my thoughts with just a touch.
He smiles at me agreeing and pulls me up and we start a peacefully silent walk back to the house and I'm happy nothing is awkward. I can't help but wonder about that moment though and what he meant and how I hoped there was more to come. But one thing I knew for sure, I'd have to keep control of these thoughts around dad, his gift for being a vampire, being able to read people's thought and he didn't need to touch them to do so!
Hi everyone,
First i just wanna say thanks for reading and giving this story a shot! This is my first ever fanfiction i've ever written so very nervous and don't know if't very good so please reveiw as your feedback is greatly appreciated and helpful!!! I will try and update as much as possible but doing VCE this year and so far i've had a lot on my plate, it's school holidays so finally had the time to write and post this!
Once again, thanks for reading and hope you enjoy!!
Miranda xo