A/N: Heyyy guys! This is Butterflywhisperer and I present to you, the third story of the Sunrise Saga! Sunset. To those tuning in for the first time, this is the third story of three. If you proceed to read this without reading the others, that's fine. I just highly recommend you read Sunrise and Noon Sun before this because you'll be really confused. I can guarantee that. To everyone who's tuning in after reading the other stories, thanks for still keeping up with me and I hope you enjoy! I'm really excited to finally start this one! It's going to take a different turn than the last, so I hope you'll enjoy! Just to give you an idea also, this takes place one year after the last story. So without further ado, I present Sunset.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight Saga. Just my original ideas/characters. Anything from the Twilight Saga belongs to S.M.
Chapter One
*Renesmee's POV*
Beep. Beep. Beep-
"Ugh! Shut up!" I grumbled, smacking my hand against the blaring alarm that was currently giving me ear damage. I blinked a few times to see I was in my bedroom, in my normal bed, with my boyfriend laying next to me. Jacob's arm was thrown across my body as he lay beside me sleeping away. I sighed, rubbing my tired eyes. I barley got an hour of sleep last night. Every time I tried to go to sleep all I would see was the face of Serena Peterson trying to kill me. I kept hearing Jacob scream in pain as he tried to get to me. And then, there was the Volturi. The good old Volturi who always made an appearance in my nightmares.
Last year I had a near death experience. According to Jacob I was about to go any second, but if it wasn't for Aro Volturi's niffy healing daughter, Dru, I'd probably be dead as a doornail.
The nightmares were also the reason why Jacob is currently sleeping with me. We've both had our difficulties with them the past couple of weeks and just being together helped. The first week I was back home after the incident, all I would do was have nightmares. I'd wake up screaming in the middle of the night. It got so bad that Jacob volunteered to stay with me. He doesn't even sleep in his own bedroom anymore. In fact, he's got his own drawer here filled with extra clothes and some mechanic magazines. I didn't like feeling this way. Like a weak little girl who has nightmares every night. I just want to mentality move from this stage of my life already, but I know this stuff isn't going to disappear over night.
"Morning, sunshine!" I look up to see my brother, Masen, leaning against the doorway of my bedroom. He was all dressed in our school's uniform with his hair combed back slickly.
"Morning?" I muttered, my statement coming out more like a question. "What do you want? And why so early?" I asked groggily as I sat up in the bed.
"It's time for you to get ready for school and it's time for me to pick up my girlfriend," Masen chirped with a quirky grin on his face.
"Pick her up? You don't have a car." I pointed out, rubbing my eyes again to rid of my tiredness.
"Yeah. Thanks for reminding me," He mumbled.
"How's that my fault? You're the one who wanted the limited edition guitar signed by the Beatles for your fifth birthday. You could've had a car, but instead you got the guitar," I remarked, raising my eyebrows at him.
"True, that was pretty awesome." He smirked before composing himself again. "But for your information, I'm walking there. Grace and I are taking a lovely stroll together before school, thank you very much. According to some magazines from Lily, women like this romantic stuff."
"Masen, it's so hot out there. No one wants to walk down the street of New York City in the middle of April. It's hot as hell!" I pointed out.
"Well, I'll just smother her in a hug or something," Masen said, shrugging. "That's why she's got me, her cool boyfriend."
I rolled my eyes at my little brother. For those of you who don't know, I have two siblings. Elizabelle, also known as Lizzy, and Masen. They're Lux Lamia's, which are a type of special vampire creature. My parents conceived them in a magina piscina, which is a special kind of magic pool. Long story short, they're in my lives now. They're kind of like twins, but Masen grows so much more faster than Lizzy. So while Masen, who's technically the youngest, looks around seventeen now, Lizzy looks the youngest at a physical age of thirteen or fourteen.
Then, there's Grace. My best friend who I met last year when we moved from our private islands to New York City. She's half witch and she's been through everything we went through last year with me and my family. She's grown especially close to my brother. They're mates and honestly, when Grace isn't with me she's with my brother. Masen loves her more than anything on this planet and vise versa.
"Alright. I just hope my best friend doesn't get heat stroke," I muttered, causing Masen to just roll his eyes at me.
"She won't get heat stroke. I'll make sure of that," my brother insisted. "By the way, wake up Lily. She's not listening to anyone else right now and I'm going to be late. I'd do it, but I'm kind of in a bind."
"Fine," I replied, yawning. "Just go. You take care of my best friend, I'll take care of yours."
"Deal. Adios then!" he replied quickly as he then dashed out of the room at vampire speed. Once Masen left, I felt the groaning of my boyfriend, Jacob Black, right next to me.
"Wake up," I whispered to him, kissing his cheek. "Don't you want to see me before school starts?"
"Five more minutes, Mom," He mumbled sleepily. An annoyed but childish look graced his face as he shut his eyes even tighter. I chuckled, shaking my head. Nothing could ever wake up Jacob. This guy could sleep through World War Two.
"Come on." I chuckled, kissing him on the lips this time. That always does the trick.
He finally opened his eyes and immediately smiled at me, "Morning, Ness."
"Morning," I exclaimed, kissing his lips. "Now get dressed!"
"No! Stay with me," he whined playfully, hugging my torso as he dragged me back into the bed with him. I laughed as I curled into my boyfriend's chest.
"I wish, but some of us have to go to school," I announced, climbing out of the bed. Jacob sighed as I then walked out of the warm bed. He had a smile on his face though as he watched my movements. "I'll be back."
"I hope so!" he called back to me as I then scurried down the hall and to the next town house over. When I got there, I immediately opened my cousin, Lily's door.
"Lily! Wake up! We have school!" I called out to her. Just as I walked in, I got to see the lovely Ethan and Lily show A.K.A the time of the morning where Lily is seen on top of Ethan with nothing but her black lace bra on. "Aw god!" I yelped, covering my eyes.
"Ness!" Lily squealed as she and Ethan scrambled under the covers together. "Heyyyy Cuz. You're not going to tell my parents-"
"Not planning on it," I muttered, shaking my head. "Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett are gone for a few days and yet he's still able to sneak in here!?"
"What? We're young. Let us live," Lily cried out, looking towards her boyfriend and then back at me. "I mean, you sleep with Jacob-"
"Yeah, I sleep with him. That's all we do. You two do god knows what. I mean, you can do it, but do you have to do it all the time? When we're all around to watch and listen to it? It's bad enough we have to listen to the others," I remarked, rubbing my eyes.
"Alright. Alright, we'll go somewhere more private," Lily told me, smirking. "Like the backseat of your car."
"Don't shoot the messenger. It's not just me. I just saw your ass, that's punishment enough," I said, throwing my hands up in the air. "Anyway, come on. Let's just get to school and then I don't care what you do with Ethan afterwords."
"Alright. Deal," Lily agreed while Ethan looked between the two of us with slight embarrassment in his eyes. "But, let me just finish up here first."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," I mumbled tiredly as I then walked back to my own home to get ready.
"You're going to be late," my mother sung as I walked up the stairs.
"Not if my vampire speed can't help it!" I shouted out as I then rushed up the stairs at full max and got ready in turbo mood. Ah yes, turbo mood. I've perfected it over the past couple of years. I really owe it to Aunt Alice for that one. She can get ready in under a minute.
"Damn, that was fast," Jacob mentioned, rubbing his eyes as he tried to get rid of the sleepiness.
"I know," I stated proudly, applying the last bit of lip gloss to my lips. "And just in time."
I then leaned over and kissed Jacob on the lips, "I'll see you when I get home."
"See ya," He replied, grinning up at me as I then headed downstairs. Lizzy, Abby, Jen, and Aidan were all waiting for me.
"I got Abby and Lizzy. You take the others," My dad announced as he came over.
"Okay," I said as I go to kiss him on the cheek. "And good morning to you."
"Morning," He responded, chuckling as he opened the door. "And now, will the middle schoolers please come with me."
"I can't wait until I'm in high school," Lizzy mumbled, walking past us. She was in the fifth grade last year, but we had her skip the sixth grade due to the fact she's much more intelligent and she also happens to be growing a little faster. She looked about eight or ten when we first got here, now she was looking more like thirteen or fourteen. She wasn't too thrilled because now she had to make new friends. She went from cozy elementary school to ugly middle school. We were a little worried because of her growth though. It wasn't just hers too, it was also Abby. Abby has the fastest growth rate of all. In fact, she looks around the same age as Lizzy now. Only a year ago she was our baby cousin.
We had to figure out exactly what to do about Abby once her growth got quicker. She had about a year left until she was fully grown. We thought homeschool, but Grandpa predicted that her growth rate may slow down enough for her to attend public school for the year. After Masen and I graduate though, we're probably going to move. Maybe. Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett might stay for Lily and Aidan to finish out while that leaves the rest of us with decisions. Lizzy would just follow my parents to the next place and Masen and I would have to decide if we'd want to stick with the nomadic changing school lifestyle of our family or try something else. Like college. I could pass off for a college student, I did stop growing but I look about eighteen. Meanwhile, Masen had other things to think about. Specifically Grace and whatever held their future.
The minute we got into the school, I'm greeted by my friend Lisa Rutter.
"Hey Ren!" Lisa exclaimed, coming over to greet me. "Did you get the memo about prom?"
"No? What? Did something get changed?" I asked her curiously, fiddling with my backpack strap.
"No. The theme's out!" Lisa told me, showing off the colorful flyer. "They finally decided."
"Really? Wow, took them long enough," I muttered, observing it. I looked to see it was under the sea and raised an eyebrow.
"They just stole that theme from back to the future," Aidan whispered from behind me. I rolled my eyes at him as he scurried towards Jen and began to laugh with her.
"Man, I wish I could go to your prom," Lily said, looking at it with us with a regretful sigh.
"You still got junior prom," I pointed out.
"True, but I don't know if I want to go. I can't bring Ethan," Lily mentioned, frowning a little.
"Well hey, you're still dating a college boy," Carly said, throwing an arm around her friend's shoulder. "That's pretty awesome to brag about."
"Yeah. I guess," Lily said, shrugging. She smiled a little to herself and I smiled too. Having Ethan in her life really made Lily happy. She really loved him and he loved her the same.
"Hey guys!" my best friend, Grace Martin, called out as she came walking over. She had my brother's arm slung over her shoulders as she approached us.
"Hey Love Birds," Lily quipped, giving Masen a playful punch on the arm.
"How was that walk?" I asked, chuckling.
"Very good. Thanks for asking," Grace said, laughing as she kissed my brother on the cheek.
With that, the first bell rang. "Time for Math," I announced, looking at Lisa and Grace who were in my class. "Let's go ladies."
"And we're off to art," Lily said, jabbing Masen in the side with her finger.
"And I guess we have History," Carly said, looking towards Aidan with a small smile.
"Yeah. We should go too," Aidan said nervously. I raised an eyebrow as I watched the two walk down the hallway together side by side.
"What was that about?" I questioned, looking towards Lily.
"I think he likes her," She whispered to me, giggling. "I hope he dates a bit. Carly's a nice girl. He's never dated anyone before and I think they could have fun together."
"Oh?" I mused, looking towards Jen. She seemed pissed? I think that might be an understatement. She looks like someone ran over her puppy. I wanted to say something, but she then took off.
"I'll see you guys later!" Jen called out, heading down the hall. "Don't want to be late for Chem!"
"Okay! See ya Jenny!" I replied as I watched her scurry away.
"And I think someone's jealous," Masen mumbled as him, Lily, and I observed her.
"This'll be interesting," Lily announced, scratching the back of her head. "But until Aidan actually makes a move on someone, let's go to art."
"Come on, Ness!" Grace called out to me from up the hallway with Lisa right by her.
"Coming!" I called back to them. I then told my brother and cousin goodbye before running after my friends so we weren't late to first period. Ever since Jen's moved in it's like her and Aidan got even closer than they were before. I mean, she's gone through a lot. All her siblings are gone. Serena's dead, Maysun's at college, and Nahuel left to go find himself in Europe. I think Aidan realized she needed someone. All summer long they were attached at the hip. Wherever Jen went, Aidan followed. But when Carly was around the kid would loose his cool. I just hope it's not another love triangle, that's all. I went through one of those and it was between Jacob and Nahuel. Two of my best friends. I love both of them, but it was extremely difficult. I didn't want to make a life decision at the mental state I was in, but I did and in the end I'm thankfully happy to be where I am.
*Lizzy's POV*
"I hate middle school," Abby mumbled to me as we sat at a lunch table alone. "This place is disgusting."
"Yeah...I kind of miss elementary school," I agreed, looking around. I haven't made many friends yet."
"Well I hate school in general. I don't know why my parents thought this was a good idea," Abby mentioned to me, sighing.
"They wanted you to make friends and get to experience a taste of having a normal life, growing up," I explained to her as I forced a bite of apple down my throat. I hated the taste of human food. It burned in the back of my throat like I just ate acid or something.
I quickly spite some out into a napkin and tried to make it seem like I was okay. I don't think many were noticing to begin with.
"How come the others get to live out Happy Days in the high school and we're here in dumpsville," Abby muttered, looking around. "These girls are mean, might I add! Once of them keeps commenting how I look like a slut! I don't look anything like a slut!"
"I don't know. We're the only Cullen's who've ever had the chance to go to middle school. Everyone else was homeschooled during this time. Maybe they wanted us to experience what the others didn't?" I suggested. I was normally the optimist in these situations, and Abby she could be the pessimist most of the time. I think that's why we bonded. We had opposite personalities, but they clicked. We completed each other in some odd way.
Abby was the sweetest person ever, don't get me wrong, but she had a little edge in her. Jen mentioned Serena had an edge like that to her. I think that worries my aunt and uncle a tad bit. Abby was only eight a year ago. Now she's fourteen. Since her mom was about physically twenty when she stopped aging, we think that's why Abby's is a little faster. But, why I'm bringing this up is the mere factor we learned last spring was that her mother was Serena, the crazy chick who tried to kill my family, and Aro Volturi. Two not nice people. Did that automatically make Abby a nut like her parents? No. Absolutely not. I look at Dru and Cordelia, two of Aro's daughters and Abby's half sisters, and I still can't believe they even came from Aro. I don't know. We just worry. She was there when her mother died and her father broke the unfortunate news to her. I think it's had a progressive but small toll on her the past couple of months since she's become more mature. She's still the same Abby we know and love, always will be.
She's a lot like Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper though. She's a little bit of a tomboy like me, but she has a small love for fashion because of her mother. She likes to look good, but isn't as crazy as her mother when it comes to looks. She's also a very tough fighter like her parents. That trait comes the most from Uncle Jasper. Even though he's extremely gentle he can be a viscous fighter. Abby's only seen his ugly side once, but since then he's slowly been teaching her how to defend herself. No daughter of Jasper Whitlock Hale would not know how to fight back. He's even teaching me some fighting moves too.
"So...You want to go to the library or something?" I asked, hopefully trying to cheer her up. "We could go somewhere else if anyone's bothering you?"
"Yeah...I think so," She said, eyeing a girl. This girl seemed to glare back at Abby, both of them sending daggers through their eyes.
"What did she do to you?" I asked, trying to get the answer from Abby.
"Nothing. It's nothing," Abby muttered, packing up her stuff. I observed the black haired girl with the poisonous smile.
"Abby, I will focus on her mind and see what she's thinking. Tell me now or I'll pry," I threatened, eyeing her.
Abby huffed as she looked down towards the girl, "She just called me names. No big deal. Worse has happened to me."
"Alright," I muttered, following my cousin out of the library. I didn't want to pressure it any further, but I took a mental note.
As we walked down the hall I noticed Gavin Mitchell's smile at me. He was in my math class and we always talk. He needs help so I normally do whatever I can to help him in school. We weren't technically friends since we didn't talk more than school, but he was a nice acquaintance to have.
"Hey Lizzy!" Gavin called out, waving at me. "And Abby! How are you guys?"
"Good," I told him, grinning. "We gotta go, but I'll see you in math?"
"Yep!" He stammered, scratching the back of his head as we walked down the hall.
"He's cute," Abby mused as we walked away. "And I think he likes you."
"No...I'm not interested," I told her, fiddling with my hands.
"Like you weren't interested in David? Jamie? Hector? Liz, almost every guy in the middle school has the hots for you," Abby exclaimed, grinning at me mischievously.
"No, they don't," I told her defensively. "I mean, it has to be the vampire thing anyway. You're ten times hotter than me, Abby. You-"
"Don't compare the two of us. Yes, we're both hot, but we're both very different. Guys like me for other reasons, but so many people guys and girls alike like you because you're nice. You're smart, kind, and one of the greatest people to know in this school. You should give one of them a chance," Abby told me as we walked into the library.
"I just...We're in middle school. It wouldn't even be anything serious. Everything seems ten times stupider in middle school...Anyway, we might move next year so it's pointless," I said, pulling at strings.
"Alright...Whatever you say," Abby muttered, shrugging as we took a seat at the nearby table.
The rest of the day was pretty mundane. Got a ton of math homework tonight, but that shouldn't be an issue. Never is. After Uncle Jasper and Aunt Alice picked us up and brought us home, I immediately spotted Seth. I grinned the moment I saw one of my best friends. He was flipping through a comic book, but the moment I was in the area his eyes found mine and they automatically lit up.
"Hey, Liz!" Seth exclaimed, placing the comic book down as he came jogging over towards me. I smiled as I greeted my imprint with a high five.
"Hey, Seth! Whatcha up to?" I asked him as the two of us greeted one another.
"I just got back from helping Jacob with his stupid bike, how was your day?" Seth asked me.
I shrugged, "The usual. Nothing special. So...Whatcha wanna do today?"
"I don't know. I was going to see if Aidan and Jen wanted to maybe go hang out somewhere?" He said, his statement coming out more of a question.
"Yeah, let's go see what they're up to," I agreed. I then followed Seth towards Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett's house. The moment we got in there we found Jen and Aidan seated at the kitchen table throwing chex mix at each other.
"Hey nerds! Wanna go do something?" Seth asked them as we all took seats around the kitchen table.
"I don't know. We were waiting for Ness to call us back. We might go out and hang at Dylan's house," Aidan announced, fiddling with a piece of chex mix. "You guys could come if you want?"
I bit my lip. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to go. I've been to Dylan's house hundreds of times, but the problem is my family want to include me, but I don't think they notice I don't fit in. I just sit around and do nothing because I'm physically thirteen. I mean seriously, who wants to hang out with a middle schooler when you're in high school? No one. It's weird.
"Hey Liz, do you wanna go tonight?" Seth asked me. It sounded like he was asking my permission almost.
"Nah...I'm good," I answered truthfully. "I was going to hang out with Abby or something."
"Alright then, it's fine," Seth said, turning them down.
"You can go, Seth," I spoke up. "You don't have to hang out with Abby and I. It wouldn't be that much fun."
"It's okay. I rather hang out with you," Seth told me. I sighed as I saw his genuine smile shine through.
"Seth, really. Go have fun with them," I insisted. Jen and Aidan watched us as I bantered Seth some more.
"Lizzy, I'm staying here with you because I want to," Seth told me fiercely.
"Alright. Well, fine then. Be prepared for a pretty boring night," I muttered under my breath, sticking my hands into my pockets as I walked away from my friends.
All this did was just make the heaviness in my stomach get even heavier. I loved Seth to death, but it was worrying me. He has been giving a lot of things up for me recently like hanging out with Aidan or Jake. He acts like I have to give him permission. I've noticed it more often now and the more it's been happening, the more uncomfortable I've gotten.
I sighed as I leaned against the front door, observing the traffic bustling through. Only two more months until this school year will be over because to be honest, I don't know how much more I can stomach.