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A/N: STOP! Okay, now that I have your attention, you should know that this is a sequel. :) Feel free to go ahead and read this without reading the other one first, but you might get...erm...confused. If you would, however, like to read the first installment so that you're doing this in order, this is the link: s/9669152/1/Sunrise-A-Twilight-Saga-Continuation . Or feel free to click on my profile, it will be on there as well! Thank you to everyone who is returning from the first fic to read this one, spread the word around if you feel I deserve it! I'll be experimenting around with POVs much more in this one, and mysteries will be solved from the first. ;) As promised...here's the first chapter of Frostbite! It's a long one. Enjoy! xxx ~TranquilGuardian

CHAPTER ONE: SCHOOL

Jacob's POV

I stared into the small vampire's dark burgundy eyes intensely, refusing to look away. My own eyes were watering as I focused. I wouldn't let the little devil win. I'd come this far; I wouldn't be backing down now. I squinted at her, hands shaking as I gripped the table in front of me.

Laughter filled the air around me as I stared her down, but I wasn't amused. This was war. I felt my eyes tearing up as I forced them to stay open. It was going on five minutes now. The agony seared through the entire upper half of my face, and I knew I couldn't keep this up much longer.

Finally, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I blinked, and kept my eyes closed for a second to rid myself of the pain.

"Ha!" the small red eyed vampire cried triumphantly, sticking her tongue out at me.

I'd been having a staring contest with Alice Cullen.

A couple of months back, Carlisle had found some freaky concoction that turned Alice into a human. She'd conceived a son with her husband, Jasper. It was too risky to keep a human around, though; not to mention the fact that she was dying of blood loss, so Carlisle had to bite her once her son was born. That turned her into a vampire once more. We were almost positive that Alice was the only vampire to have ever become a human again, let alone to have become a human and then be willingly changed back into a vampire.

Anyway, once Alice was reborn, she wasn't aloud to be around her son Hayden for like two months. Everybody was afraid she was going to eat him or something. So, for the first months of his life, Hayden Jasper had grown up without a mother. Jasper had stepped up, treating his son with as much love and affection as a normal pair of parents could give a kid. He would call Alice every night (from the moment she woke up, she'd been swept off to stay with the Denalis for a few months) and tell her about how wonderful their son was and how he couldn't wait for her to meet her. You can only imagine the surprise that young Hayden felt when Alice was finally aloud to meet him officially. He'd run behind Jasper, quaking with fear at the strange little woman with scarlet eyes.

He'd warmed up to Alice soon enough, though. Now they were joined at the hip, and he had her wrapped around his finger. With his perfect little blonde curls, dimples and large green eyes, he was irresistible.

"That's what you get for challenging a vampire to a stare down, Jake," Nessie grinned, wrapping her arms around me from behind.

I rubbed my knuckles into my eyes, groaning. "Sure, sure," I mumbled, not wanting to hear it.

Alice picked Hayden up, twirling him around. "Did Momma just embarrass Jacob?" she cooed, nuzzling into the grinning child's neck.

"Yes," Hayden giggled, stretching up to kiss her cheek. "He's all red."

I glared at the cute little kid, sticking my tongue out at him when Alice wasn't looking. He smiled adorably at me in response.

My son Seth walked into the room, hand in hand with Rosalie's adopted daughter Makenna. They looked about the equivalent age of twelve year olds, though in reality, they were much younger. I mean, Hayden, who was only four months old, looked about three years old.

We all knew about Seth's insane crush on Makenna. He'd begun showing it months ago, but within the last couple of weeks they'd been inseparable. I had no doubt that they'd end up together, much to Rosalie's dismay. Sure, she loved Seth; he was her nephew, but the very idea of Makenna being with someone related to me made her shudder. Emmett had been extremely weirded out until Bella had patiently reminded him that there was no blood between Seth and Makenna, and that the Cullens had posed as brothers and sisters to the public when in reality had been paired off into couples.

My son practically worshipped the ground Makenna stood on. There was no lust in their relationship (hello, they were just kids) but he loved her to death and would do anything for her. Even when her requests were slightly demanding.

"Hey, Dad?" Seth asked, coming forward to me hesitantly.

"Yeah buddy?" I asked, still blinking the sting out of my eyes.

"Mickey and I have been thinking…and we think it'd be cool to go to school."

"Seth…" I started, groaning. We'd had this conversation before; many times. It wasn't that I didn't want Seth to have a normal life; Makenna really was the only child his age that he knew. (Physical age, I meant; if he was judged on his actual age, he wouldn't even be in kindergarten yet.) Quil's imprint, Claire, only appeared a bit older than he and Makenna, but they had to try so hard to be patient with her as she wasn't as mentally advanced as they were.

"Uncle Jacob, don't freak yet," Makenna said quickly. "We know we can't go forever; we age too fast. But we have slowed down a lot. Even you have to admit that. I mean, a year couldn't hurt, could it?"

Before I could open my mouth, Nessie squeezed my hand. "We'll talk about it, guys. Go on," she said.

Makenna and Seth looked at each other, mouths hanging open in surprise. "Uh-thanks, Mom! Really!" Seth cried, kissing her cheek.

"I didn't say yes," Nessie warned as they took off, chatting excitedly.

They pretended not to hear her. Typical kids.

"Ness, you're not really considering sending Seth to school…?" Edward protested.

"Daddy, it would be a good experience. For all of us. I've never been to school either, you know. We could go to Port AngelesHigh School, since the teachers at Forks High would remember you. Seth and Makenna could go to the elementary. Of course, Mamaw and Papaw would have to keep Hayden at home, since he's still too young and aging too fast. Come on! One year couldn't hurt us."

"Ness, the rest of us have endured many years of high school," Edward groaned. "I don't protest you going, but why do the rest of us have to join you?"

Nessie ducked her head a little. "I'm scared," she admitted quietly.

"Why don't you just take Jacob with you?" Bella asked.

"Let's not take Jacob with her!" I said quickly. "Nessie, I love you, and I would do anything for you, but I'm not going back to high school."

"I'm sorry, Nessie, but I'm going to have to agree with Jacob on this one. You go, but we won't be joining you," Edward agreed firmly. "That's my final word on the matter."

"I really, really don't like you sometimes, Nessie," I growled as I slung my backpack over my shoulder.

Edward came up on her other side, hefting his own bag. He gave me a long look, nodding.

"Aw guys, chill out," Emmett said, laughing loudly. "One more year won't hurt us."

Bella looked absolutely miserable as she bumped my shoulder. I looked down at her, and she mimed shooting herself in the head.

I laughed. "Wouldn't do anything but piss you off that it didn't work," I grinned.

She shrugged. "Better than going back to high school."

Carlisle and Esme had practically just had to threaten Rosalie, Emmett, Nessie, and my own lives in order to get us to go to school on time instead of taking our kids for their first days. It was only Seth's "Dad. I don't need you to take me" that convinced me.

We walked in the front office; all eight of us, and the secretary looked up in surprise.

"We're new here. I believe my father gave you a call this morning," Edward said in that soft velvet voice he used when he wanted things to go his way.

"Oh, uh, yes. I have your schedules right here. Um-" She pulled out a small stack of papers. "Alice Cullen?"

"Right here," Alice said, elbowing her way to the front though Emmett and Edward and taking her sheet.

"Edward and Emmett Cullen?"

The two held out their hands, and the secretary gave them their schedules.

"Jasper and Rosalie Hale?" the secretary asked.

"Over here," Jasper said, gesturing to Rosalie and himself.

"Jacob Black?"

"I held out my hand for the paper.

"Bella Cullen?" the secretary asked, looking back and forth from Nessie and Bella.

"That's me," Bella said, smiling at the secretary.

"All right, then you must be…Re…Rene…"

"Renesmee," Nessie said quietly and in embarrassment. "And thanks," she added, taking the paper.

"Renesmee," the secretary repeated, looking flustered. "That's an…interesting name."

"Thanks," Nessie repeated in a mumble, flushing.

I wasn't sure it was a compliment.

Makenna's POV

I glanced over at Seth as Carlisle and Esme filled out our paperwork. He was drumming his fingers on his knee and frowning at the childish educational posters on the office wall.

The secretary smiled at us as Carlisle handed in the forms. "You two will be in Mrs. Durham's class," she said, standing up from behind her desk. "I'll take you there."

Carlisle looked at us and waved, smiling. Esme came over and hugged us, my cousin Hayden on her hip. "Have fun, kids. We'll be here to pick you up at 2:30, okay?"

"Sure, sure," Seth mumbled. It was a habit he'd picked up from Uncle Jacob. I thought it was annoying, but everybody else thought it was cute that he'd taken after his dad. I was sure nobody would think it was cute if I took after my dad. He didn't have the best of vocabularies.

Sure, I knew Emmett wasn't my real dad. But my real dad had been some sick messed up vampire, having kids with human women then leaving them to die. I'd never known him, only Nahuel, my half brother. And even that relationship had been brief. In short, I preferred my cussing, buff dad over whoever had really created me.

As I let the secretary lead me away, I knew that Seth and I would be way smarter than the other sixth graders. We could do college math pretty well. It was just what came with quick advancement. I'd have to remind Seth to dumb it down.

I was afraid that I would get made fun of for my skin color; the dark chocolate brown complexion I had would be a big contrast from the pale faces of my classmates. I knew Seth would stick up for me if anyone said a word, but that would mean he'd turn into a large wolf with gigantic teeth. It wouldn't exactly be a good way to try and fit in.

"Mrs. Durham? These are your newest students," the secretary said, giving us a gentle shove into the room.

Mrs. Durham looked to me like a guinea pig, but I smiled, nudging Seth to do the same.

"Hello, darlings!" Mrs. Durham said, grabbing our hands and leading us in, as if we were babies.

The secretary left, and I gulped, turning to face my classmates.

"Class, this is Makenna Cullen and Seth Black. They'll be joining us for the rest of the year, so I expect you to be nice to them. Seth, Makenna, you may have a seat at these empty desks," she said, pointing to two desks in the front.

"Do I have to sit in the front?" Seth asked, his voice taking on a whiny edge.

"Yes. Please take your seat."

"Oh, joy," Seth mumbled under his breath, plopping his stuff down on the desk. He really didn't like having an example made of himself, so sitting in the front while the rest of the class stared at us wasn't his idea of a good first day.

I lowered myself into my desk and put my head in my hands. We hadn't even been here five minutes, and I was already afraid Seth was going to get kicked out.

Alice's POV

"Bella, come on," I moaned, trying to rip her—unsuccessfully—from the inside of the stall.

"No!" Bella cried stubbornly, raising that chin of hers in defiance at me.

"He won't recognize you!" I practically hissed, yanking harder. Bella's fingers slid across the hard metal door, leaving deep furrows. I'd forgotten my remaining newborn strength could actually move her. I would've never been able to do this before.

"Yes he will!" Bella insisted, pulling away.

"Bella, your own father didn't even recognize you!"

"Mike will! I know him!"

Bella had been mortified to find out that one of her own friends from school, Mike Newton, had become a teacher. She was scheduled to him next period, which had actually started five minutes ago. Ness and Bella were the only two out of all of us who had him; the rest of us had tested into trigonometry, but Bella and Nessie had opted for Calculus. Nessie was standing in front of the mirror, arms folded, obviously ashamed of her mother.

"Let's go, Bella. If by any chance he says something, you say that you don't know what he's talking about. Come on! I really doubt he remembers you; and you have to keep in mind that you do look different."

Bella came out of the stall, looking paler than usual. "Fine." But then she darted back inside. "Tomorrow."

"No, NOW!" But I knew it was no use. I had to call in the big guns.

Edward Cullen, I need you! I thought loudly. It's Alice, and I need you!

"Your husbands coming to drag you out," I informed Bella haughtily.

"I'm going to class, guys," Nessie said. "Bye." Rolling her eyes, she walked out.

As the seconds ticked by, I started getting worried that Edward wouldn't show. Bella's hand stayed gripping the stall frame, hanging on in case I tried a surprise pull or something.

Finally, Edward poked his head in. I knew there was no getting him inside; a man's pride could only take so much.

"What took so long?" I growled in annoyance.

"I had to fake a stomach ache. Mr. Donald is strict. It was only when Emmett screamed something about me going to 'blow' that he gave me a nurse's pass and shoved me out the door. Anyway, why are you two in here?"

"Bella's refusing to go to class!"

"Why? Are you okay, love?" Edward asked worriedly.

Bella shook her head. "Mike Newton took up a teaching career!" she hissed.

The look on Edward's face suggested he hadn't known that.

Rosalie's POV

When lunch time rolled around, Em, Nessie and I were the first ones in. we sat down at a table together, waiting for the rest. After a little while, Jasper joined us.

"Have you seen your mom, Ness? Or Alice and Edward?" Emmett asked after a minute.

Nessie shrugged. "Last time I heard, about two hours ago, Alice was trying to drag Mom out of the bathroom, and Daddy was coming to help."

Jasper blinked. "Bella decided to take Calculus, didn't she?" he asked, holding back a grin.

Nessie sighed. "Yep. But she never came to class. Mr. Newton's really nice though. And kind of cute," she giggled.

"Stick with the dog," I said distastefully. "Please."

Finally, Alice, Edward, and Bella walked in together. Bella flopped down at the table looking distressed. "I hate high school," she announced. Then she looked around. "Where's Jacob?"

Jacob's POV

I started towards lunch at a fast walk, late. So far, my day had gone decent. Unlike in my true high school days, I hadn't been sent to the office today, or even written up by a teacher.

Two guys brushed past me, chatting. "Hey, did you see those new chicks? Damn, they are HOT!"

I felt myself getting angry, so I quickened my pace.

The second guy laughed. "Dibs on the curly haired red head. I bet-" And what he said next, he should've had his tongue cut off and crammed down his throat as punishment for.

Without taking time to think rationally, I launched at him, tackling him to the ground. I had enough common sense to not turn into a wolf, but that was about it.

"What the hell, dude! I can share her!" the guy squeaked, trying to squirm out from under my weight. "We can take turns or something; I bet she'd be into that-"

I reared back and punched him, bloodying his lip. He raised his fist to hit me back, but I slammed his hand back against the floor so hard that his knuckles just…shattered.

His friend ran off; to go snitch, no doubt. I didn't care.

Sure enough, within thirty seconds, the principal came over, dragging me off by the back of my shirt. Another administrator was with him, and he helped the crying kid to his feet and took him to the nurse.

"Office! Now!" the principal snarled.

I jumped up, shaking. I trailed him into his office dejectedly. He didn't know how close I was to snapping right now and going full wolf.

"What were you thinking?" he demanded as soon as he closed the door.

"He said nasty things about my cousin!" I hissed. (We'd decided beforehand that was how it was going to work.)

"You could've come to me. Instead, you took things into your own hands. Do you even realize what kind of trouble you're in? You broke his hand! That's worth expulsion or even prison if they decide to sue, which would look extremely bad on your permanent record. We're calling your parents."

"My parents are dead," I said serenely. It wasn't like it was a lie.

"Then your guardian will be notified immediately. Don't be smart with me, boy." He picked up the phone. "Who should I ask for?"

"Um…Esme Cullen," I sighed. I decided to play it safe with Carlisle…he probably wouldn't be too thrilled. I gave him the number reluctantly.

The principal shook his head at me, dialing.

When Esme walked in, Seth Masen trailing her, Hayden on her hip, I knew I was screwed. It was obvious that her patience had been more than pushed. Apparently, Seth had been kicked out. Hayden was crying. And she'd just been called and informed that I'd been in a serious fist fight.

"Hello, you must be Mrs. Cullen," the principal said. "If you'll follow me, we can go talk in my office."

Gritting her teeth at me, Esme dropped the crying Hayden into my lap. "Seth, stay with your brother," she mumbled, following the principal.

As soon as the door was closed, I looked at Seth. "What did you do, young man?" I asked, trying to be firm. I didn't want to be a hypocrite though; I was in some hot water of my own.

"I flipped off Mrs. Durham. I'm suspended for two days," he mumbled. "What did you do?"

"I…got in a fist fight." Then I couldn't help but grin. "If you could even call it that. The other guy didn't get in a single punch."

Seth laughed mischievously, and I realized that wasn't something I should be discussing with my son. I wasn't too great at this 'dad' thing.

Bouncing Hayden on my knee absently, I stared out the window. An ambulance pulled into the parking lot.

I looked away quickly, eyes wide. Unfortunately, Seth saw it too.

"Hey Dad? Exactly how hard did you hit the guy?"

"Not that hard," I lied. I looked away from Seth's questioning gaze.

Shit.

"You got in a fist fight on your first day!" Esme sighed as she drove me back to the Cullens'. "Your first day!"

"Esme, you should've heard what that guy said about Ness. I couldn't just let him walk away!"

"What did he say?" Esme sighed.

I glanced over at Seth in the backseat and said it quietly and quickly, too quickly for Seth but at perfect speed for Esme.

"What?" she hissed. "Who even thinks like that?"

I patted her stone shoulder. "Teenage boys," I said. "Anyway, if someone had said something like that about Carlisle, would you have just sat there and listened?"

"Probably not," Esme admitted. I felt slight respect for her until what she said next came out of her mouth. "I'd march them down to the office and have their parents called. I'd like to hear them repeat that to their parents."

"Esme," I groaned. "I can't play the concerned parent role here. I'm supposed to be seventeen!"

Esme sniffed. "Regardless, what you did was wrong. They gave you a week's suspension, and that's just until a decision can be made on whether you're getting sued for this."

I shrugged. "Doesn't matter. I'm not going back. I decided that I've had enough of 'High School: Try Two'."

"You're giving up?"

"Yup."

"You're going soft, Jacob," Esme said, trying not to smile. "I remember a time when you would never give up. You never gave up that silly crush for Bella until you actually imprinted on Nessie."

I sighed. "I was so sure I was in love with her. Now I'm kind of glad that she ended up with her bloodsucker." But then my eyes widened. Had I really just said that? Looking over, I saw that Esme had become a statue in the seat beside me, hands tight on the steering wheel.

"I didn't mean to call him that," I said softly, ashamed. "When the past gets brought up, it's easy to stir up old feelings. You know I would never purposely call you guys that now."

"It's okay," Esme replied quietly. "I shouldn't have brought that up anyway."

"You know I don't think of you guys as bloodsuckers."

"Are you sure? Because you've been saying things like that a lot here recently." She wasn't being mean or sarcastic; it was an honest question.

And it was true. Just the other day, I'd casually asked where the rest of the leeches were at while Esme and Alice were the only ones home. About a week before that, I'd called Emmett a parasite unthinkingly.

"I'm sure. Old habits die hard, I guess," I mumbled.

"You know we would never hurt you," Esme whispered, pain in her voice.

"I know, Esme. I know, believe me. I just say those things without thinking."

Esme nodded. "Well, I forgive you. But keep the vampire insults aimed that way, okay?" She pointed out the window.

"Kay." I looked back in the rearview mirror, back at Seth. "Your mom and I are going to sit you down and have a serious talk with you when we get back. You cannot flip off authority figures."

"Says who?"

"Says me and your mom, that's who!"

"Well considering Mom should be in third grade right now…"

"Seth."

"Done talking."

Esme shook her head as we pulled into the driveway. "You two go at it like old women, I swear," she mumbled, pulling into the garage.

Well, he was my blood.

That evening when the rest got home, Bella and Nessie attacked me.

"Why didn't you show up at lunch?" Bella demanded.

"We waited forever!" Nessie added.

"You got in trouble, didn't you? Damn it, Jacob, what did you do?"

"You ruined this whole day for me, Jake!"

"We worried—"

"We called-"

"Love, you've got him backed against a wall," Edward said gently. "And Ness, let go of his shirt. You didn't even give him time to explain."

Nessie stepped back, crossing her arms. "Explain. Because if it were up to me, I'd still be yelling. But Daddy's acting like a therapist. So go."

"I got kicked out of school for defending you against some perverted teenage boy," I said in exasperation.

Nessie groaned at me, but her face softened a little. "I don't need you to protect me, Jake. I'm a big girl."

"Nessie, he said something so gross you wouldn't hear it come out of Emmett's mouth!" I said in frustration. "At least Emmett respects women and doesn't treat them like…like…sex objects!"

Nessie flushed a little. "About me?" she whispered.

I saw Edward bristling in a corner, fists clenched as he read off my mind what the boy had said.

Bella noticed too. "Edward, he's a stupid teenager. And she is very pretty. Sometimes you have to choose your battles. We can't have you getting in trouble too."

"Jacob was justified in hitting him. I regret the fact that I wasn't there, too-"

"Edward," Esme reproved. "You don't mean that. Jacob had no right—"

"Jacob had every right!"

"Enough!" Nessie said loudly. "Jacob and I will discuss this alone tonight. It's no one else's business."

"But-" Edward started.

"Not even yours, Dad."

She turned to the rest of them, taking Seth by the hand as she did. "We're going to bed. I love you all. See you in the morning." She walked up to Edward and Bella, kissing her dad on the cheek and hugging her mom. "Night. And Daddy, please breathe. I heard it's good for the lungs." Glancing meaningfully at me to follow her, she walked out the front door.

Nessie's POV

When I crawled into bed with Jake that night, I glanced at the closed door to Seth's bedroom and snuggled into the covers deeper. "So what exactly did that kid say?" I asked.

Jacob winced. "Please don't make me repeat it, Ness. It's not for your ears."

"I want to know what you thought was so bad it gave you the right to try and kill him," I insisted.

Jacob spat something nearly unintelligible through his teeth.

"What?"

Jacob took a deep breath, blushing. "He said that he betted you-" The rest of his sentence passed through my ears, ripping the whole way. I wished I hadn't asked.

"Oh," I breathed.

"Yeah. So do I get props for hitting him?"

"Major props."

Jacob hand up his hand for a high five.

I rolled my eyes at him and kissed him square on the mouth.

"Screw high fives," Jacob gasped, and I laughed, kissing him again. My big bad wolf would always be there for me, even when I didn't need him to be.

That was an oddly comforting thought.