When Alpha Wolf Jacob Imprints on Half-Vampire Renesmee their lives revolve around each other, like two orbiting satellites, one always chasing the other.
Jacob thought things were finally going to be perfect, so why were their lives together a struggle?
Follow Jake and Nessie's changing relationship, ups & downs, after BD till she matures & beyond.
All written in Renesmee and Jacob's Point of View. All Canon.
I have broken Sunrise up into 5 smaller books, while also adding to some small things to most chapters and completely expanding others. This is Book One of my revised version of Sunrise, with a more testosterone-filled, Alpha Wolf version of Jacob.
Orbiting Satellites – Book One
Year One - The Micro Moon
The first year of Renesmee's life (story picks up post Breaking Dawn) - detailing her life as her physical appearance changes from appearing similar to a toddler and ends the year resembling that of a six year old human girl.
Chapter 1 - The Discussion
Chapter 2 - Nightmares and Meetings
Chapter 3 - Dinner Plans and Chaperones
Chapter 4 - Rose and Valentines
Chapter 5 - Barbie's and Cars
Chapter 6 - Agreement and Charlie
Chapter 7 - Quileute & Bonfires
Chapter 8 - School and a Wedding
Year Two - The Full Moon
Renesmee's physical development grows from a six year old to an eleven year old girl.
Chapter 9 - Wolves and the Volturi Laws
Chapter 10 - The Goodbye Party
Chapter 11 - Moving In
Chapter 12 - Legal Matters
Chapter 13 - High School
Chapter 14 - Home School
Chapter 15 - Christmas and Jake's Birthday
Chapter 16 - Books and Suits
Year Three - The Blood Moon
Renesmee's physical development grows from an eleven year old girl to a fifteen year old teenager.
Chapter 17 - Nessie's 2nd Birthday
Chapter 18 - Nahuel's Past
Chapter 19 - Rosalie's Reconsideration
Chapter 20 - Applications and Books
Chapter 21 - Embry and Imprinting
Chapter 22 - Jake and Embry's Talk
Chapter 23 - Summer Developments
Chapter 24 - Repercussions
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Prologue
That night I laid awake, unable to fall asleep myself, thinking about everything that was discussed during the meeting. . . One hundred miles was not that far, I could still visit from time to time, well, for this move anyway. But, it just hit me. I was going to live for a very long time, maybe forever, literally. Well for at least as long as Nessie, I hoped, and that seemed like it was going to be a long time.
The Micro Moon (Moving Talk)
Year One, Chapter One
The Discussion
Renesmee's Point of View
It was the third of February, 2006. Just over one month after our encounter with the Volturi - the rulers of our Vampire world. We had successfully convinced them (at least publicly) that neither I, nor my family were a threat, and did not need to be destroyed, so now things were peaceful again between us. For how long we were not sure, but chose not to dwell on that. Life, if you could consider a family of Vampires alive, moved on and we had begun to settle into a comfortable routine.
Some in the Cullen house had started talking amongst themselves soon after, that maybe, it might be time to leave Forks, Washington. It was thought, at least by them, that we needed to move and start over, not only because of the recent unpleasant memories now associated with this area but because my father, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents have been here too long and people were starting to notice that the family didn't age; moreover Grandpa and Grandma's ages never matched up, even at the beginning.
My Grandpa, Carlisle Cullen, although he was born sometime around 1640, was changed into a Vampire when he was physically 23, which he will eternally remain, but was currently trying to pass for someone closer to 35. People at the hospital, where he was a doctor, were getting more and more suspicious, and the plastic surgery rumors were only keeping peoples suspicions at bay to a limited degree. And his wife, my Grandma, whom he had changed back in 1921, Esme Anne Platt Cullen, was forever 26, not someone who looked old enough to be married for the past decade, let alone almost a century.
It was a bit better for their adopted "children". Among those were my Uncles - Emmett McCarty Cullen and Jasper Whitlock Hale, and their wives, my Aunts - Rosalie Lillian Hale and (Mary) Alice Brandon Cullen respectively. Aunt Rose and Uncle Jasper were pretending to be twins, hence them both using Aunt Rose's original human last name of Hale. Uncle Emmett and Aunt Alice were borrowing my Grandpa's last name of Cullen while living in Forks. They had pretended to be high school students when they first moved here four years ago.
Although Uncle Emmett, Uncle Jasper and Aunt Rosalie could pass for recent high school graduates, being that they were first turned into Vampires when they were all originally between 18 and 20 years of age, it had been harder to pretend to be the 16 year old Juniors they had claimed to be, when the Cullen's first moved to Forks, four years ago. Now, however they were easily passing for 20 year olds.
Aunt Alice was changed when she was 19, but at only 4'10 she could pass for much younger, which was good because she started out at Forks High School as a 15 year old sophomore, and was now able to keep up the charade as a 19 year old.
Things were almost as easy for my grandparents other adopted child, my father, Edward Anthony Masen Cullen. Carlisle had changed him into a Vampire in 1918, when he was dying of Spanish Flu. He was just 17 at the time, and still appeared so now, instead of the 19 years old he was pretending to be, but again that was not that bad.
At least my mother, Isabella Marie Swan Cullen, or Bella as she preferred, had it easy, actually being the 19 year old she is supposed to be; although if you asked her, she will forever claim to be 18, just shy of her 19th birthday when she gave birth to me and was changed, by my father, into her new Vampire self.
Then there is my Jacob. Jacob William Black is a shape-shifting Werewolf who is technically 17, but appears, and will forever look to be around 25 years old. That is, he will if he continues phasing; this is due to the changes that occurred with him when he first became a Wolf. He effectively stopped aging and became immortal like the rest of my family. He is the Alpha, the leader of his Wolf Pack and the biggest, fastest, strongest, bravest Wolf in La Push. He's perfect and I love him.
Lastly there is me, Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Nessie for short. I have only been alive for five months, but appear similar to a three year old toddler and have the mental equivalency of a young adult. I grow so quickly, that I must mostly remain hidden from humans for now, possibly until I stop growing, when I turn seven.
Everyone will probably agree easily to move with one exception . . . my Jacob. I surmised that my mother was also going to put up somewhat of a fight since it meant having to move away from her father, my Grampy Charlie, but I believe she will eventually be okay. Jacob is the only one I am truly worried about.
The whole family, Grandma Esme, Grandpa Carlisle, Aunt Alice, Uncle Jasper, Aunt Rosalie, Uncle Emmett, my mother and father, Jacob and I of course, were currently sitting around the dining room table, well I was sitting in my usual spot, on Jacobs lap. Since my family were mostly Vampires, and Jacob and I were the only ones who ate human food, and I only when forced, the dining room mainly was used for family meetings such as this. The rest of my family, being Vampires, drank blood, animal blood, that is. The family joke was that we called ourselves vegetarians. I say we and not they because even though I can eat human food I am half-Vampire and drink blood as well. Actually I prefer it, even if my parents continually try to get me to consume human food. I don't understand how my Jacob eats that stuff.
I heard Grandpa Carlisle speaking to my father earlier in the day regarding his desire to call this meeting. His intent being to discuss the upcoming move and pick a suitable location.
"Thank you everyone for meeting me here, since this involves us all," my Grandpa Carlisle began. "As you are all aware we have been in Forks for approximately four years now but in light of recent events I believe it is time for us to move on."
"WHAT?" Jacob yelped from his chair. I guess the news had taken him by surprise. Perhaps I should have warned him ahead of time. "You can't just leave. I thought we settled this back in September?"
I knew why Jacob was so upset. He had Imprinted on me the day I was born, the first moment he had looked into my eyes. Aunt Rosalie was holding me while my father was desperately trying to save my mother after my traumatic birth. It's events like that that make me wish I could not always remember every single detail of my life. But then I think that if I did not have such perfect recall I might not remember the look on my Jacobs face when he first saw me. It was love at first sight. Not romantic, I was just a baby after all, but still love. We were bound together, forever. He can no longer leave me, anymore than I could leave him.
My Grandfather continued in his normal, somewhat overly relaxed voice, "Jacob, circumstances have changed. Of course we understand that you cannot be away from Renesmee, since you Imprinted on her, and we are taking that into consideration regarding the proximity of our destination. While this means that we are asking you to break from your Pack, at least temporarily, we are also taking that understanding into our deliberations for the destination of our next move."
"Huh?" was all Jacob seemed able to get out.
At the same time Rosalie started screaming. "You want the dog to come with us? Now we're never going to get rid of the stench."
"Hush Rose!" Grandma Esme snapped at her, then turned to us and her scowl that she had give my Aunt disappeared, replaced by a small smile. "Jacob, we were assuming that you would want to come with us and we would all love to have you." Since I was sitting on his lap I could feel him relax beneath me, as soon as she said this.
Uncle Jasper spoke up next. "We need to be logical about this move. I believe we need to move, yes, but we also need to stay in the area."
Some confused looks swept through several members of the room, but not all. I assumed my father already knew what Uncle Jasper was going to say, since he could read his mind. And by the sound of the conversation, Grandma and Grandpa were already in on some of the details of the travel plans, even if all of the finer points had not been worked out yet. And Aunt Alice must have seen us moving, in one of her visions of the future.
But as Uncle Jasper continued his plan made a lot of sense. Having been a general in the Civil War when he was human, and then a leader in Maria's army, his Vampire creator, during the Southern Vampire Wars, he was always the (battle) strategist. "Obviously we need to leave the immediate area, for three main reasons."
Three? I could only think of two currently. What was I missing?
"First, as Carlisle stated, we have been here too long and cannot risk human exposure."
Agreeing nods swept across the table.
"Second, we've already been exposed to too many unknown Vampires, who are a possible threat. A lot of Vampires now know not only about us, and our vegetarian diet, but also about Renesmee, one of only a handful of half-Vampires. While those that stood witness with us should not be a threat, I cannot think the same of those that stood with the Volturi."
"What about the Volturi? They're still a threat too aren't they?" Jacob asked, as if it was the most obvious statement in the world.
"The Volturi are always a threat," Aunt Alice grinned, "but not immediately. I saw to that. They publicly went on record in front of the majority of the Vampire world, stating that we broke no laws and Renesmee was not a threat, so I don't see them attacking; at least any time in the near future."
"Great," Jacob muttered under his breath.
"Third we should leave the immediate area unless we want the entire Quileute Tribe changing into Werewolves," Uncle Jasper finished with a smirk in Jacob's direction.
Jacob had a puzzled look on his face again, and I wasn't completely sure what he was thinking.
"That being said, I don't think we dare go too far. We should stay close enough to Forks to monitor any possible nomadic Vampire curiosity in the near future, yet far enough away that we won't continue to set off the Quileute Wolf gene. And also," he now turned to speak directly to my Jacob, "if you do choose to come with us, it would seem best for you to be able to stay in communication with your Pack. At least for this move. That limits us to within 300 miles from here, I believe."
Jacob just nodded.
Now I was confused, which almost never happened, given my perfect Vampire recall, enhanced thought processes, and advance brain. But I had to ask something. I placed my hand on his check to use my gift. It was how I communicated. Projecting my thought into someone's mind. I could talk, but preferred to communicate this way. Why is there a question as to whether you would come with us? If the whole family has to move wouldn't that include you too?
I could feel Jacob tensing up again as I continued to sit on his lap.
Why didn't Uncle Jasper, or the others, think Jacob was a part of our family? I knew Aunt Rosalie wasn't always the nicest to him, but my parents had told me that even in the closest families not everyone always got along. But he was my family, I didn't think anyone else would want him gone, how could I have missed something that big?
My father turned to me and gently started to explain. Since he could read minds he also heard what I had said to my Jacob "No, Renesmee, that's not what Jasper means. No one," he glanced so quickly over to Aunt Rosalie I almost missed it, "wants Jacob to leave us. But he has another family on the Reservation. He might not want to, or be able to leave them to come with us."
My heart sank at this news, but I guess I could understand that. Jacob had his father, Billy, and sister, Rachel, back on the Reservation. He, for all intents and purposes lived with my parents and me, at the cottage, a mile away from the main house we were in now, where the rest of my family lived. It was hard for me to picture him living with his other family. He had been with us for my entire life, not that it had been that long, but I just took it for granted. I guess it had not always been like this. But he had Imprinted on me, didn't that mean he would be with me forever, wherever and whenever I went? Was I wrong? Was I being selfish? Was I taking him away from his other family? His real family? But weren't we his family too? Wasn't I his real family? Wasn't he . . . I was snapped out of my head by the sound of my Jacob's voice. "I'm coming with you. I'll work something out with my Pack. If we stay within 300 miles it won't be a problem. I'll figure it out." He was talking to everyone, but looked directly at me when he spoke.
Oh no, I didn't even think about how this would affect his Pack.
"What about you family, Jake?" my mother spoke for the first time. "Will they be okay without you? Or you without them?" she added thinking the same as me. We always seemed to be in agreement on most things.
"They have each other. My dad will be fine. He has Rachel to look after him, keep him company, and help him if he needs anything. And she has Paul." Paul Lahote was a Wolf in another Quileute Pack, under the other Alpha, Sam Uley. Rachel had been away at college, but moved back into her old room at Billy's ages ago to be with Paul soon after he Imprinted on her. Paul had a bad temper sometimes, but he loved Jacob's sister more than anything, he would never hurt her. And Jacob told me that they already decided they were going to live with Billy for a time after their wedding, while they saved up to buy a place of their own. "Jasper is right, we need to leave."
"What about you, Jake? Can you really leave them?" my mother tried again.
"It won't be a complete break yet, not totally, Bella," my father spoke up. "We can still visit now and then. You can visit Charlie, and Jacob can see Billy, Rachel, and his Pack. We will have to limit our travel to vehicles, no running, to minimize our scent trail. There will be no point in moving if we just lead more Vampires to our new home. And of course, at that close of a distance it won't be too hard for them to visit us as well."
With that my mother seemed to relax and the discussion moved on to choosing a new town to live in. When it was all said and done we all agreed on Hoodsport, WA. It was only around one hundred miles away from La Push, on the other side of the Olympic National Forest, well within the three hundred mile limit, and a three hour drive since we would need to go around the Olympic National Forest. But that meant my family and I would still be able to hunt there in emergencies, and we already knew the local "food supply". All regular hunting was agreed to be conducted further away, in Canada, traveling back and forth by car, to minimize our scent trail in the area, like my father had said. The town had a high school which my mother and father, my Aunts and Uncles, and Jacob would attend.
Jacob still had to complete his Junior and Senior years in order to graduate, since he had to drop out when he first began phasing into a Werewolf, and the others would go to keep up appearances. Grandma Esme agreed to homeschool me.
We decided that we would wait to move until mid September, after my mother's and my birthday's so that my Grampy, Charlie Swan, would get to celebrate with his daughter at least once more. This also gave Grandpa Carlisle enough time to give appropriate notice at the hospital. They would have plenty of time to be able to find a suitable replacement, and Grandpa Carlisle saw no problem in securing another medical job at the local MGH Hoodsport Family Clinic. It wasn't a hospital but he was sure he could do some good there.
My mother and Uncle Jasper also needed to get in touch with Mr. Jenks to create new identifications, school transcripts, credentials, and whatever else we would need for everyone to start over. I was told that he was a human who specialized in those types of things for the family, in exchange for some very generous monetary compensation. Everyone would get new identities except me and my Jacob, actually. He really did drop out of school his Junior year so he just needed to re-enroll and his father agreed to fill out the needed paperwork for Grandpa Carlisle to become his temporary guardian.
In the meantime, Grandma Esme was thrilled to be able to start working on finding a suitable house and converting it to meet our needs, so that when September rolled around we would be able to move right in to a completely renovated and furnished house.
Authors Notes -
1) I'm not SM :(
2) I have finished revising Book One so I plan to publish a chapter every day or two, barring any unforeseen life events.
3) To the best of my ability I have corrected all errors in spelling, grammar and story consistency, but if you happen to notice anything please let me know.
4) If you have already read Sunrise - the chapters have been kept the same (excluding the first 6 sections of the next 50 years which were previously only one chapter each and have now been expanded to 2-3 each) The original year titles are listed in parentheses after the Moon titles.
5) Thanks for reading and please review.