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Renesmee Cullen

Summer vacation was finally here. After that long year we all just went through, I'm pretty sure everyone here just wanted to relax. We were all still in the middle of planning the best summer. I was so excited; everything has just been so stressful lately.

I was lounging around in my sweats and an old sweatshirt that belonged to my mom when Lily came bouncing in the room. She was in a silk pink top, with sun glasses on her head, and was wearing jeans that most likely cost over two hundred dollars.

"Nessie, are you sure you don't want to come with us? Come on!" Lily whined. "Aunt Alice said this beautiful boutique in Paris has the cutest tops!"

Aunt Alice planned this whole Paris weekend trip for the people in this family who actually liked to shop, which was Aunt Rose, Abby, and Lily. Grandma Esme was going just to get out and hang out with the girls of the family.

"No, it's okay, Lil. I've got things to do, plus Jake asked me to go to some car show with him. It also means I'll have the house to myself. My parents are taking Lizzy out this weekend to see something at the Met and then they were going to visit some witch friend of Grandpa upstate with Uncle Jasper, Uncle Emmett, Aidan, and Grandpa," I explain to her.

"Wait, what about Masen? Where is he by the way? Is he out with his girlfriend? Aren't they supposed to go somewhere this weekend?" Lily asked a million questions, looking all around the living room as if Masen would just pop out from nowhere.

"They left last night to the bungalow out on the island. They need the privacy, especially after everything that just happened," I muttered, skimming through my new book.

"Oh, yeah…. So I take it as a no still."

"Yes. It's still a no," I told her as I looked down at my new book. I just got it from the library the other day and I couldn't wait to read it. It took a good month for them to find a copy of it, but they found it.

"Alright, fine. Have a fun weekend alone then," Lily said, pouting.

"I won't be alone! I have Jacob!" I protested.

"I'm joking my dearest cousin. Have fun with Jacob at whatever it is!" she called out to me.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can have fun with those French boys!" I yelled back at to her.

"Will do! At least they don't smell like dog!" She sung, prancing out towards the cars where the others were.

I giggled at my cousin's antics. Lily was just so…Lily. As much as she says her and Aidan are nothing alike, they both have the silly trait from Uncle Emmett.

I opened up my book and snuggled further into my chair. The home was quiet, except the city noises from outside.

I peered outside to see the many people pass by. After almost living in the city for a year you would think I would get use to all the people walking right outside of my house. It was much different from the islands we grew up on.

I couldn't wait for this weekend. Just me, and Jacob, for two whole days. Every teenager's dream.

"Nessie!" Jacob called to me. "Where are you?"

"Living room!" I yelled out to him.

Jacob entered with grease smeared on the corner of his cheek and a dirty old t-shirt on.

"Whatcha doing?" He asked me, sitting down right next to me.

"I'm just reading," I replied nonchalantly.

"Well, do you mind reading a bit more. I have to pick up this part two blocks down for the bike. You don't mind being alone?" He asked me, his tone a bit wary.

Jacob always worries too much, then again he still has the role of my protector.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine. It won't be long, right?" I said as I got up from my chair, placing the book down gently.

"Of course it won't be. I want to savor every moment I can with you this weekend. It's not often this house is empty," He said, winking at me. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Gosh, something tells me you hang around Aidan and Seth too much," I teased.

"True, but I also hang around your brother. Masen can be a goof just like the rest of us."

"Very funny. Anyway I'll see you in a bit," I told him.

"Are you sure? Especially with everything going on and after all that stuff and-"

"Jacob. I'm fine. You ramble, and worry way too much. I'll be fine. It's only a few minutes. Besides, my parents are at the Met right now which isn't too far from here. If anything happens I can run there or I could run away, I don't know…somewhere. You'll know if I'm in danger. After all, you always know," I said to him, rubbing his forearm gently.

"Yeah…" he trailed off and with his fingertips, gently traced the faded bite mark on my arm from Lorenzo. It seemed to fade in with my skin by now, but I'll always be haunted from that day even though I was only a small child.

"Jacob, don't worry. If anything happens, you'll know," I whispered. He smiles weakly at me, placing a kiss on my temple before heading towards the door.

"Just lock the doors, and maybe lock yourself in your room?"

"I'll be fine," I said to him, smiling to show Jake it's all good.

He nods, taking one more glance at me, before heading out the door, double checking to make sure the door was shut tight.

I sighed, flopping down on the couch. Back to being alone. What to do? What to do on this hot summer city day. Everything public was not an option.

The pools were probably crowded, the movie theaters, the parks, possibly the zoos. Gosh, as much as I enjoy living here I want to go back to Forks or the islands someday. I need fresh country air.

I turn around on my stomach and face the pillow. Maybe I'll just wait for Jake; he'll know what to do. The car thing isn't till this afternoon. Maybe we can rent a movie?

I sigh once again, turning around so this time I was facing the white ceiling.

That's when I heard footsteps nearing my house. They were very close to my door now.

I frown, slowly getting up. I try to listen closely, but that's when I hear the door unlock. I froze.

I do not like this. I do not like this one little bit.

I slowly go to grab the nearest thing next to me, a candlestick, and slowly approach the door.

I'm doing the thing every stupid girl in every horror movie does. Go towards the thing making the noise. I should be fleeing, but then again it could be Jake. Or Seth?

What if it was the Volturi? That's all I need, one of their surprise visits.

I slowly approach the door, gripping to the candlestick with trembling fingers. The lock clicks and the door swings right open.

I jump back, dropping the candlestick in the process, while screaming at the figures in the doorway.

"Nessie? Are you okay?"

It was my mom, dad, and Lizzy. All three of them were looking at me inquisitively.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack!?" I cried out at them, trying to calm down.

"We just came by to pick up my backpack," Lizzy explained slowly, grabbing the purple backpack in the corner. "We're leaving right now… Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine...I guess I'll um see you Sunday night then," I mumbled, trying to play it cool.

"Alright sweetie, just tell us if you need anything. We'll be home before you know it," My mom told me, smiling as she went to kiss my temple. "Just be careful….I feel like something isn't right."

"What do you mean?" I asked her, my eyes furrowed together.

"Call it mother's intuition, but I sense danger. Promise me whatever you do this weekend, it's safe," She said to me, placing both of her hands on my shoulders.

I guess my mom and Jake feel unsure about something. I'm sure it's nothing though; it's not like one of Aunt Alice's visions. Besides, Aunt Alice said nothing bad would happen this weekend. Everything was looking good for us.

"Yes, mom. I'm going to be fine. I have Jake here to protect me. He just went to run an errand. After that it's just the two of us," I said.

My dad groaned, while my mom gave him a nice nudge in the ribs.

"Dad, it's not like that," I said, reassuring him in a way that I wasn't completely grown up.

"Oh you will be, in a few months," He mumbled. I sighed as I went to give him a kiss on the cheek before turning to my little sister.

Lizzy stepped right up to me to wrap her arms around my legs. I smile as I pick her up to give her a tight squeeze and a kiss on the cheek. Too cute.

"Stay safe this weekend, sissy," She mumbled into my shoulder. Gosh, I wish she will call me sissy forever. I don't want this innocent eleven year old face to ever go away. It's hard to picture her any older, and she won't be…well to me.

"I will. Bye! Love you guys!" I call out to them as they all left the house.

When they were gone I leant against the doorframe. Something tells me this is going to be a long week.

~oOo~

Jacob was gone for an awfully long time. He probably got stuck in traffic or something. Everyone was trying to get out of the city towards the beaches today. Good thing Masen and Grace left the other day or they'd be stuck in traffic for hours.

Currently I was watching reruns of Friends and Seinfeld while eating whatever I could find in my grandparents fridge.

I decided to hang around my grandparents' house because I couldn't find anything to do back at mine. Normally I can find something in their house for me to do. Grandpa and Grandma have a bunch of their old stuff lying around. Plus they have the biggest library out of all the townhouses and I wanted a nice place to read.

I go rummaging through the fridge, trying to find whatever was left since the men in this family with an appetite for human food will suck it up like a vacuum. With Aidan, Jake, and Seth in your family it isn't hard to run out of food quick. All three of them have bottomless pits so you can imagine how much they can consume.

I was able to stash some yogurt behind some stalks of celery in the back along with a couple of cookies and a bag of chips. Normally they can smell them out, but they're too lazy to see what's behind any vegetables or anything healthy.

I look at my cell phone, tapping on the arm of the chair impatiently with my fingers. Jake's car show starts around four and it's three now. He must be stuck in traffic because I know he wanted to get an early start on this thing.

I go back to paying attention to the episode of Friends when all of a sudden I hear something. It sounded like the tiny pitter patter of footsteps.

I ignore them. This townhouse is pretty old. It comes with a lot of sounds, plus it's probably something from outside.

I'm too much of a worry wart, thanks to Jake and my mom. I think they freaked me out for nothing.

If anyone tries to break in here I can easily beat them up. It's not too hard when you're part vampire to beat up a human robber. Plus I can thank Uncle Jasper for the fighting skills.

I decide to shut off the T.V since my mind was everywhere else and began to head towards the library to read a book. Maybe one of Grandpa's old classic books might be nice to read.

I was approaching the library when I heard a loud clatter. I frown and begin to get nervous when I then hear someone else's voice.

"Stupid books," the voice said. "Accidenti !" he cursed in Italian.

Oh god, please don't tell me this is the Volturi. That's all I need.

I lean against the nearest wall beside the library and peer into the room, trying to stay invisible from the intruder.

Inside the library was a man. He had a dark cloak, red eyes, and a black cape. All signs pointed to a member of the Volturi guard.

I take a closer look to see he's trying to find something. He looks through the books until he finds an old leather book that belonged to my grandfather.

I think I skimmed it over once; it's just this old book he believes once belonged to a witch. He found it on the streets of London when he was a human and helping his father out with the nightly mob attacks and raids. There was a part of it missing though, and my grandfather thinks a good half of the book was torn out from the seams.

I can't read most of it though. A lot of it is in a bunch of ancient languages. The most used language is Latin, but Lizzy said she could decode a few words saying it was a bunch of powerful spells.

It's definitely something that shouldn't get into the wrong hands, but it's nothing for us to worry about. Witches hate vampires and if they sense us they'll make a run for it. So it's probably the safest with us.

I lean back against the wall and take a deep, but quiet, breath.

What should I do? Do my parents know? My aunts? Uncles? Jake? What if he's here to kill me? Or what if Aro sent him for some pay back?

Should I be a martyr like my mother and just confront him? Or try to run for it?

I think running at the moment is my best option. Now isn't the time to confront him and be the hero.

I begin to make my way away from the library and out towards the nearest door, or possibly window. My heart is racing as I try to escape from the home and towards safety.

"Hello hybrid!" I snap around to see the vampire looking at me with a very amused, frightening expression. I gasp as I scurry away from him and towards a wall. He stalks forward just like a killer.

"I knew someone was in the house. I could have sworn I heard a heartbeat," He said, motioning to me. "Aro warned me there were hybrids crawling around this place."

"Yeah, well why are you here? It's my house. Get out of it!" I blow up at him. "Or…or I'll- I'll hurt you!"

"Silly hybrid, you think you can hurt me? Think again," he seethed, grabbing my arm.

I yelped in pain, trying to wiggle free from his iron grasp. Curse his superior vampire strength. Why couldn't I be stronger like my dad? Or Uncle Emmett?

"Maybe Aro will want you as well, now you know that I was here," He muttered, looking at me.

"My family will kill all of you! Let me go and they won't lay a hand on you!" I growled at him.

He just laughed and tossed me to the side. I go tossing around until I reach the edge of the staircase, smashing right into the first step.

This is not what I envisioned for a nice summer vacation.

He begins to stalk towards me while I make a run for it, running up the stairs and towards the entrance to the attic. On the way I quickly begin to lock and close all the doors, trying to hold off this crazed vampire.

When I reach the attic I locked up the door and pushed an old dresser in front of it. There I back up against the wall to see that the only window up there was a small sky light, but I could probably get out from there.

I jumped up on a few old crates and began to try to open up the window, but it was locked tight. I try budging it open, jiggling it, and I was about to attempt to smash it open until I heard a loud bang.

I could hear the door fly open and I felt someone grab me by the legs, causing me to scream bloody murder. I push whoever it is back with my foot and go flying into some boxes.

My head is pounding and my vision got a bit blurry, but I could manage to see it's the vampire.

So this is how I was going to die, from a crazed Volturi guard on what was supposed to be one of the greatest weekends ever.

"You think you were going to get away that easily?" He said, coming closer.

I yelped as I grab the nearest thing near me, hitting it towards the vampire, which has no effect on him. But it does seem to knock the book right out of his hand.

I try to make a run for it, only to be grabbed by the waist.

"Let. Go. Of. Me!" I scream as I punch and kick, flailing my arms and legs all around.

"Nessie!" I heard a cry. A familiar cry I know all too well.

There was some commotion but I couldn't see anything because the vampire had my face staring down at the ground. I heard a few growls, and that's when my body went flying.

I hit the wall, smacking my head hard against something. I could see black dots filling up my vision and the whole entire room was spinning.

"Nessie!" was all I heard again and again until I saw the world around me turn black.

~oOo~

When I woke up my head was throbbing and the rest of my body ached. I could feel that I was one some sort of bed and I was wrapped up in a quilt? Or some blanket?

I could tell someone else was in the room with me. I take a closer look to see it's Jacob. He's right next to me, stroking some of my hair, but he was keeping me close to him as an act of protection.

"Jake?" I mumbled groggily as I tried to get up. I look to see it was darker out now and the house was quiet. I was in my grandparent's guest bedroom and the T.V was on some sort of car restoration show.

"How long was I out for?" I asked as I tried to get up. Jacob pushed me back a bit, but I just gave him a fierce look. He reluctantly let me sit up, but supported me just in case.

"About an hour," He said softly.

"Oh god, we missed your car show," I groan, rubbing my forehead. "I'm so sorry. I-"

"Ness, don't apologize. It's not your fault at all. You were almost killed by a vampire today. I think this is a good reason why we're just going to have to miss it," He said to me.

"The vampire, what about him. Is he alive-"

"Dead. I killed him. He's um burning in the fireplace. Don't tell Esme," he said, slightly sheepish.

I nod as I fully get up. My head hurt a lot less and I felt much better.

"Why was he here?" Jacob asked. "Do you know?"

I shake my head as I go to turn to him. "No…I remember he was in the library…and he was looking for something."

"Something?" Jacob asked slowly, trying to see if I'd remember anything more.

"He was looking for….for a-"

That's when it hit me.

"A book." I then shot up from the bed and ran towards the attic with a protesting Jacob right behind me.

"Ness! Slow down! You just banged your head against something and you-"

I ignored him until I came up to the attic. Everything was all over the place, but there was one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb.

The old leather book.

I dove for it, grabbing it and flipping through all the pages. What was in here that the Volturi wanted? There has to be something in here.

I did notice one section though. Unlike the others it was written in Italian. I noticed the words doppelgänger, alternate universe, and spell. Some of the words in the section I just couldn't recognize. It was like this person needed to get these ideas down and fast. Some of it was mixed with Latin.

"What is it?" Jacob asked me. "Is everything okay?"

"He wants this book, the vampire. He wanted it, and I don't know why," I mutter as I place the large book in Jacob's hands.

He skimmed through it, but frowned. "I can't read any of this."

"I figured. It's in Latin and a bunch of other languages," I said, taking it from him.

"Well whatever it is, we need to protect it. We can't let the Volturi have it," he said.

"I agree… but what if there are more," I said, looking at the old leather book.

"More what?" He questioned, looking slightly alarmed.

"More guards. Aro wanted this Jake, and Aro is the kind of guy that won't stop until he gets what he wants. We need to leave," I said in a rush.

"Leave? Leave New York? Why though?" he questioned. "And where do you plan on going?"

"We need to leave if we want to make sure this book stays in one piece. I doubt Aunt Alice knows anything or my parents because they would have been here already or at least called. Something is going on and I don't plan to just wait here and find out. We need to go somewhere safe, and fast," I said, rushing back down the stairs.

"Where?"

"How about… Forks," I said, smiling at the thought of my home town.

"Why Forks?"

"It's the only other place on this earth I know that is safe besides the islands. Anyway I'm sure we can figure out where to go next from Forks. It's halfway across the country and possibly it'll throw the Volturi off. From there maybe we can take a plane to Los Angeles or Phoenix. I don't know, somewhere sunny until we can get the hell out of here," I said to him.

"Fine, and how do you propose we get these tickets?" He asked me.

"I'm a Cullen. It isn't too hard," I said as I ran to my room. I quickly packed a backpack up with some clothes and other necessities.

I quickly take my locket and place it around my neck for luck. I make sure my bracelets were firmly on my wrist as well.

I change into a quick pair of jeans, a blue t-shirt, and put my hair up in a ponytail. From there I make a few quick calls and we're off.

I meet Jacob at the end of the staircase. He was in a gray sweat shirt, cargo shorts, and sneakers with a backpack slung over his back.

"You ready?" he asked.

I nod as we then rush out onto the streets of New York and hail the nearest taxi cab we could find.

We rushed all the way to the airport and onto the airplane. Once we were on the airplane was when I relaxed. That's when I knew we were safe. The Volturi can't track us when we're up in the air.

"Sleep, Ness," Jacob whispered to me, noticing my exhaustion.

I give in to his soft words as I lean my head against his chest. His arms wrap around me like a cage as if to protect me from the rest of the world.

"Thanks," I mumble against his chest.

"Don't thank me Ness, just relax. A lot happened today," He whispered into my ear, placing a kiss on my forehead.

"M'kay," I muttered as I let sleep take over me.

That is when I dreamt of three other girls, all identical to me. We were all running away from the same person. Aro.