Chapter 1: Nessie POV

'Nessie, wake up. You're don't wanna be late on your first day young lady!'

The voice broke through my dream and I groaned in frustration; even though I only needed a few hours of sleep every night, I still didn't like waking up. Preferring to stay in my own dream world than face school…argh school. Not that I wasn't excited, which I was, but I didn't like being the centre of attention and it meant that I would have to pretend not to hear all the whispers of my new classmates as I entered every class. Plus it meant that I would have to be away from Jake for a good part of the day.

Jake…

What could I say about Jake? He was perfect. There was no other way to describe him in my mind, I had no doubt that my dad had probably seen that my feelings had taken a turn in the last six months and I really did feel bad that he had to listen to my teenage hormones when I thought about him. I couldn't help it though; he was my wolf…my imprint. I knew I loved him and I knew he loved me, I just didn't know if he loved me in the same way that I saw him now; he had known me since I was born and had always been my best friend. I had no idea when or even if he would ever stop seeing me as the little girl he used to play hide and seek with and start seeing me as the woman that I became on my seventh birthday last year. He certainly hadn't shown any signs of seeing me in that way yet.

It was frustrating to say the least.

'Renesmee Carlie Cullen, get up now!' my mom projected in my mind.

Yeah, she could do that now apparently; after trying to get a grip on being able to move her shield away from her mind, she had gotten pretty frustrated with the effort one day and mentally yelled at my dad whilst her shield was up, realising a second later that everyone in the house had been able to hear her. We couldn't figure out exactly why she could do it but my granddad had come up with some theories about how; maybe because her shield was so flexible she was able to put it in people's heads, essentially sending her thoughts with it. We couldn't be sure, though it got annoying on mornings like this.

'I'm up mom, don't get your knickers in a twist' I grumbled, climbing out of bed and heading into my bathroom.

I had a lightning fast shower and brushed through my hair as I dried it, letting out annoyed grunts when the brush kept getting caught in the tangles I always got after washing it. I may be half vampire but my hair was all human, where my mom and aunts could run for miles and still look like they just stepped out of a hair salon, I was stuck with actually having to maintain my curls. Though it was easier than some girls had it, I didn't have to use any foul smelling hair products at least, I just had to make sure that I brushed it out properly in the mornings.

My bronze hair had finally darkened, I had been worried a couple of years ago that I would be stuck with the horrible coppery shade of bronze that I had gotten form my dad, it looked fine on him but I never liked it on myself, I much preferred my brothers hair colour which was a dark chocolate brown just like my moms, though he had my dad's human eyes apparently which were a vivid green that made him unfortunately a hit with the ladies…not that he cared much. I was just pleased when my hair darkened gradually the last couple of years into a deeper bronze that was more like a chestnut brown with bronze highlights.

I yawned as the last vestiges of sleep wore off me and I flipped through my closet for something to wear. I didn't want to look too out there on my first time going to high school so I decided to skip past most of what my Aunt Alice had helpfully placed to one side and settled on a deep red top that draped off one shoulder and a pair of dark skinny jeans. I knew Alice would probably rather lock me up than let me outside like in my black military boots but I didn't much care. I wanted to be comfortable and the treacherous high heels that she had set out for me made me afraid I would end up falling flat on my face, not that I was clumsy but I had heard stories of how bad my mom had been when she was human and I didn't trust myself to not get a sudden attack from her accident prone genes one day. It hadn't happened yet but I had a feeling that it would one day, and I didn't want that to be on the same day as when people would already be staring at me. I grabbed my jacket and back pack and sighed, heading downstairs where I could hear my mom and brother talking in the kitchen.

We didn't live with the rest of the family; my grandparents thought it would be nice for my mom and dad to have some privacy for the first time in eight years and it didn't help that the house was a little crowded for a while before Anthony and Paige moved out. They lived nearby to us still, in an apartment in the main city while we lived on the outskirts, a few miles from the rest of the Cullens. Eric and Katlyn still live nearby as well with their mates; they all share a house although apparently it drives them insane sometimes despite the sound proofing that my cousin Elsie had designed for them.

'Hey mom, hey Jay' I called, coming into the kitchen and placing my bag on one of the stools just as my mom slid plate of bacon and eggs in front of me. I felt my stomach growl slightly in excitement and tried to ignore the snigger from my brother who didn't have the same bodily functions.

'Jarrett, don't make fun of your sister' my dad chuckled, walking in and kissing mom as me and Jay both made gagging sounds.

'Not my fault dad, it's her stomach that's making the noise not me' he grinned, feigning hurt when I punched him in the arm before taking a bite out of my bacon.

'Dad….' I trailed off; fluttering my eyelashes at him in a way that I hoped would soften him up.

'No, I don't want you riding that to school. You can go in your brother's car' he responded to my thoughts, crossing his arms across his chest.

'But you know I can't be hurt and I'll be careful anyway, I just don't want to draw too much attention and Jay's Porsche kind of sticks out like a sore thumb' I moaned, begging him to understand, 'besides, he's going to be picking up Zack, Maddy and Finn so there might not be enough room for me with all their bags and Elsie's taking her baby so why can't I?' I reasoned, knowing that my argument had few flaws. He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed as I tried to stop myself from smiling in triumph.

'Fine, but I don't see how a motorbike is going to cause any less attention than your brother's car' he chuckled, rolling his eyes.

'Easy…it's smaller so I'm hoping they won't notice it' I smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek before hugging mom goodbye and grabbing my backpack.

'Don't forget your helmet, even if you think you don't need it' my mom called after me as Jay and I reached the door, I grumbled and rolled my eyes, snatching the black helmet from the hallway before I closed the door.

There she was…my beauty. A sleek black beast of a machine that made me giddy every time I got to ride her, probably the best birthday present I had ever gotten. My Kawasaki Ninja was my pride and joy, especially since Elsie had fitted it with upgrades that the world market wouldn't even think of for another fifty years, making it supremely fast and smooth with the most superb control imaginable as I weaved down the road towards the Cullen house.

'Hey Ness' Elsie called as she skipped down the steps towards me, donning her jacket as I pulled up approached the drive way.

'Hey Elsie, you ready to be stared at all day?' I asked and she giggled as she climbed onto her red Ducati.

'Oh stop worrying Ness; you'll give yourself a headache. Zack, Finn, Maddy…Jay's here!' she yelled as my brother pulled up and stuck his head out the window, I rolled my eyes at him, he looked so much like a curious dog when he did that; Maddy appeared a second later in the passenger seat of Jay's car, laughing when he almost jumped out of the window.

'Don't do that Mad, you know I hate it' he moaned but she just laughed at him and poked him in the stomach.

'I just love making you jump my little jay bird' she sang as Finn walked out of the house, rolling his eyes in a parental way. He looked so much like Carlisle when he did that it was scary, even though he had Esme's caramel coloured hair, his eyes were apparently the same blue as his dad's had been as a human though.

'I'm coming already!' I heard Zack yell as he barrelled out the door, hastily pulling on his backpack as he hopped around and tried to tie up his shoe. He had definitely taken after his dad, only slightly shorter than him by about an inch and almost as muscly, though he didn't look as intimidating as some people thought Emmett looked; he looked if anything like a large nerdy teddy bear, though it didn't stop the girls from trying to chase after him. Elsie on the other hand looked the spitting image of my aunt Rose, her long golden hair ran in soft waves down her back and she resembled a model with her creamy skin and violet eyes, though the somewhat haughty air that Rose gave off was absent in my cousin, she was always smiling about something and a tomboy down to the core…well except for when it came to clothes that is.

We rushed off to school, already a little late thanks to Zack but still taking the time to try and race each other on the way. I won of course, but then again I always did so it wasn't much of a surprise. We pulled into the parking lot of Bennett High school, one of the high schools in Buffalo that was close enough to the university so that my mom and dad felt we were in a safe range, it was slightly paranoid really, though we had been through some troubles before we hadn't had any problems for the last seven years but they still insisted on us going to school close to where uncle Jasper was teaching history at the University of Buffalo, just in case something went wrong.

I parked my bike in the same spot as Elsie, taking off my helmet and trying to ignore the looks from the students heading up towards their morning classes, oh great, we were going to be late and that meant walking into class when everyone was already there. I inwardly cringed at the idea of the attention and rolled my eyes at Elsie's anticipatory grin.

'I can't believe we finally get to go to school' Maddy squealed, hopping up and down in a manner similar to her mother as she jumped on Elsie's back. She was almost as short as Aunt Alice, her pixie like face eerily similar to her mother's own perfect features as her brown eyes danced with excitement. She had her long brown hair flowing down her back as she checked her outfit, making sure her navy sweater dress hadn't been rumpled in the car…typical Alice/Maddy clothing obsession I thought as I watched her carefully checking over her ankle boots, ensuring no mud had managed to ruin them.

'Come on guys, we're already late as it is and we need to get to reception' I moaned, yanking Maddy along towards the main doors as I felt the weight of what felt like a thousand eyes on the back of my neck.

'You do realise everyone is thinking about us right?' Jay whispered, tapping his temple as he appeared to mull over the thoughts in the area. His gift was quite useful sometimes, though I don't think I could ever deal with the stress of hearing people's private thoughts; it was bad enough hearing their whispers when they thought we couldn't hear them, let alone having to hear what they wouldn't even dare to say out loud. He had gotten my dad's mind reading but slightly different, he didn't have the range that my dad did, but he did however have the ability to scan memories if he was within a certain distance from his target, somewhat like what the leader of the Volturi had been able to do except without all the stupid handholding.

'Excuse me ma'am' I said, trying to get the attention of the middle aged woman who appeared to be engrossed in some form of romance novel behind the reception desk, I focused on the page she was on and sure enough, the word 'penis' turned up at least seven times. I cleared my throat again and this time she appeared to hear me, sighing and placing her book face down before turning to face us. Her eyes widened slightly as she took in our appearance and I heard her heartbeat stutter when her gaze landed on Zack, Finn and Jay, I mental groaned and noticed Jay trying to look anywhere else but at the receptionist, obviously her thoughts were quite dirty.

'Oh…umm…yes young lady, how can I help you?' she asked, prying her gaze away from the boys and finally turning her attention to me.

'I'm Renesmee Cullen and these are my cousins Zack and Elsie Hale and Maddy and Finn Cullen' I explained, gesturing to each of them as they gave a little wave in greeting, 'this is our first day and we were told that we needed to come down to reception' I explained and she nodded in understanding.

'Oh I remember now, Sheila mentioned something about some new students coming in today' she murmured to herself as she flipped through the papers in her desk draw, pulling out a small pile and finding the one's pertaining to us. 'Yes here we go dear, your schedules, a campus map, student handbook and I'll need you all to get this slip signed by each of your teachers before bringing it back here at the end of the school day. If you need any help please feel free to come and ask me, my name is Ms Burrows and I'm usually here all day. Now classes have already started but I'm sure the teachers will understand you being slightly late. Is there anything else you need?' she asked and I shook my head, gathering up the papers and bidding her farewell, I had a feeling she was anxious to get back to her novel, especially now that she had my cousins and brother to spur on the fantasy…ew.

We were all starting out as juniors for our first time through high school, our parents had felt that seeing as Eric could make us appear to be aging slightly that we didn't need to start out so young to blend in, though we would still be moving every ten years or so. Because we were all in the same year we would also probably have similar schedules and sure enough I had English with Zack, Biology with Maddy and Jay, Spanish with Finn, P.E with Elsie and Jay and Algebra with Zack. The only class I had by myself was music but I preferred it that way, I was really the only one of them with a true passion for playing instruments and had spent the last several years learning everything about piano, guitar, flute, violin and even drums; I could play some other instruments but those were the only ones I was really talented with, I felt like I was in my own little world when I played my music.

I sighed and headed off to English with Zack, I knew this class would be good because both Zack and I really enjoyed reading, though I didn't share my mother's obsession with Wuthuring Heights, frankly I found Catherine and Heathcliff to be winey and annoying idiots and had no idea what on earth was so great about the book but I still enjoyed some others, like all of Austen and I had a weak spot for satire such as Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Thankfully we were only a few minutes late so the class hadn't settled down yet, the teacher was still sorting through his papers as he sat at his desk and ignored the chatting students.

'Um, excuse me Mr…Lewis' I spoke up, reading his name plate while painfully aware that the talk had died down as all eyes focused on me and Zack. The teacher looked up and seemed shocked by our appearance, clearing his throat and adjusting the glasses that were slipping down his nose due to the small sheen of sweat that had broken out over his skin.

'Yes?' he asked, trying not to gawk at the size of Zack.

'We're new here and were told that you needed to sign these' I explained, handing him mine and Zack's slips that the teachers were to sign. He nodded in understanding and signed both sheets, passing them back to us before clearing his throat to get the attention of the class.

'Students, this is Renesmee-' he began before I cut him off without thinking.

'Nessie, just Nessie' I said then realised what I had done as I felt the heat begin to flood my cheeks. Damn it mom, why did I have to inherit this particular trait.

'Okay, Nessie Cullen and Zachary Hale' he spoke to the class who looked at us curiously, 'they're new to the school so please be nice to them. Nessie, Zachary, please feel free to take those two empty seats near the back' I nodded and hurried over to the back with Zack following behind, sliding into the seat next to a slim red haired girl with freckles who glanced at us shyly as Zack took a seat next to me as I tried to ignore the feeling of eyes following my every movement.

'Hello' I whispered to the girl, she seemed nice and I doubted she would make the first move and introduce herself.

'H-hi' she mumbled, taking my hand when I offered it to her and blushing slightly, 'I'm Evelyn, it's a bit of a mouthful so you can call me Eve' she smiled shakily and I gave her a reassuring grin.

'Nessie' I replied and gestured over to Zach, 'and that's my cousin Zack' I explained and her eyes widened slightly, the red in her cheeks intensifying as she looked at Zack's muscles, she nodded silently before turning back to the front of the class in time for the teacher to begin his lecture.

Classes passed by pretty uneventfully in the morning, only one of the teachers made me stand up and actually fully introduce myself but thankfully Maddy's bubbly excitement overshadowed my stuttered introduction and I doubted anyone paid much attention to me. Before long it was time for lunch and I felt a welcome relief at the idea of being able to sit with my family in relative peace and eat some food, depending on what they had here. I entered the cafeteria with Maddy, letting my eyes roam across the room before they settled on Elsie, Zack and Jay who had claimed a table in the corner of the lunch room. Maddy lined up with my while I got some food, there wasn't much that looked appetising to me so I just grabbed a slice of pizza and an orange soda before heading towards where the others were waiting.

'Soooo Ness, how was your morning?' Elsie asked, wrinkling her nose as I bit into the pizza, I licked my lips exaggeratedly and hummed in contentment while I chewed, silently laughing at her disgusted expression.

'It was fine, nothing eventful happened really' I answered her and took a sip of my soda to wash down the pizza, it was a little cold and not at all that tasty.

'Did you make any friends?' she asked, playing with the salad she had bought to keep up appearances.

'I met a couple of people; that Eve girl with the red hair and someone named Samantha but no one really bothered me, what about you?' I asked and she laughed.

'The popular crowd have already tried to recruit me' she giggled and raised her eyebrow, 'I think they talked to me because they wanted to jump on Jay's disco stick but he wouldn't really talk to them so they tried to cosy up to me' she chuckled and I cringed at her wording.

'Elsie jeez that's my brother!' I moaned which just made her laugh even harder. 'So who's the queen bee?' I asked, glancing around the cafeteria and noticing several people trying to look not so subtly in our direction.

'Oh you mean the bitch?' she asked and I nodded, we'd been made aware by our aunts that there was apparently always that one girl who tried to make it her mission to push everyone else down and fancied themselves the hottest thing on campus, apparently it was a girl named Lauren Mallory back when they were in Forks and I wondered who it could be here.

'Without a doubt Tiffany Evans judging by the thoughts I've been hearing around the school. Half of the girls are afraid of her while the others want to be friends with her and the boys have all either already slept with or want to sleep with her…apart from that guy, he's gay' Jay answered for her, raising his eyebrow. 'If you ask me I'd rather stick my…disco stick, as Elsie called it, in battery acid' he shrugged and I couldn't control the laughter that burst out a little too loudly, quickly placing my hand over my mouth as I noticed some people's heads snapped up in my direction.

'Who are they, they're new right?' I heard some guy ask and had to control myself not to show that I could hear them.

'Yeah they moved here from Washington apparently, that's why they're so pale' his friend answered and chuckled slightly, 'I tell you what I would love to get my hands on blondie and-'

'Okay I would like to unsubscribe to whatever that creep is suggesting' Elsie huffed rolling her eyes and getting up with her untouched salad, come on guys, let's get our P.E. on and maybe we could show these kids a thing or two' she chuckled, waiting for me and Jay to follow her.

'See you later' I called to Maddy and Zack who were busy discussing some tv show they were both really into, something about vampires I think, which I found quite strange considering their heritage.

We reached the gym just a second before the bell rang, jogging up to the teacher to have our papers signed before the coach sent us off to go get changed and me and Elsie headed off towards the changing rooms on the right hand side of the gym. I couldn't help but feel a bit weird when we entered the large room, it was pretty obvious that we were expected to just change our clothes in front of everybody and even though I knew I had a nice body I hadn't ever really done that before. I looked over Elsie and she just shrugged, pulling off her top and grabbing the white t shirt that the coach had given her. I sighed and glanced around before quickly stripping out of my clothes and grabbing the blue shorts and pulling them over my legs.

'Well look what we have here, fresh meat' a whiney voice rang out from behind me and I turned around, pulling the t-shirt down over my stomach and raising my eyebrow.

The girl in front of me was about the same height as Elsie, except her blonde hair wasn't a beautiful natural gold like my cousin's, instead hers was streaked with different tones of platinum and yellowy gold, making it look cheap and causing the unbelievable amount of obviously fake tan she wore to look more orange than seemed healthy. She wasn't the prettiest of people, her sneer seemed to be glued in place and she obviously got most of her boyfriends because of her body, which itself wasn't that nice either, just well enhanced with clever underwear. I immediately disliked her, this must be Tiffany.

'And what's your problem?' Elsie asked, narrowing her eyes at Tiffany and coming to stand next to me.

'Oh nothing much, just wondering what a couple of losers are doing here?' she sighed, looking back at her posse as they laughed at her less than witty comment.

'Whatever, I can't be assed with bitches like you, come on Ness…Jay will be waiting' she said, rolling her eyes and pulling me outside to the gym, the girls just stood there, looking confused at the fact that someone had just walked away from them and I chuckled at their bewildered expressions before following Elsie out the changing room door to where Jay was waiting fiddling with his laces.

'Did you two nearly get in a cat fight…already?' he grinned, grunting when Elsie elbowed him in the stomach before she laughed anyway.

'You were right about that Tiffany girl if it's the same one you've been hearing about' I smiled and he rolled his eyes.

'I just don't think I'll ever get women, you're all so bloody competitive and mean, it doesn't make sense' he grumbled, receiving another slap on the arm from Elsie and then one from me. He laughed and held his hands up in surrender, trying to give the puppy dog eyes.

'Oh whatever bro, I've seen how you get when you play call of duty with uncle Jaz, what is it, six…seven controllers that we've had to replace so far?' I grinned and he sighed in defeat just as the coach blew her whistle and called everyone to stand in front of her.

'Right! It's that time of year again I'm afraid' she yelled and I heard a chorus of groans ripple out from the class, 'I know I know but for those of who are new to the school I'll explain anyway' she said, glancing at us. 'At the beginning of every year we have physical aptitude tests that will measure your strengths and weaknesses so that you can be given activities to improve your fitness throughout the year. We take health very seriously in this school so I want you all to try your best okay?' she finished and everyone begrudgingly nodded, I noticed that Tiffany was flickering between sending daggers at me and Elsie and lustful glances at my brother, I rolled my eyes and nudged Elsie who chuckled.

We were herded outside to the track field where apparently we would be asked to run four laps and be timed, I was more than happy to go for a leisurely jog, I simply loved to run, though I would have to control myself to keep to a relatively human pace; couldn't go around being all vampire on everyone could I? I looked around at the other people pacing around the track and noticed a set of bleachers to the left of the field; there on top of them were a group of very…strange looking people.

Hey Jay I thought, see if you can get a read on the emos on the bleachers. I gestured with my head over at the group of pale and arrogant looking students, oddly similar to how I imagined the Cullens could look to outsiders except that I could smell and hear that they were human. Something was off though, the way they held themselves; so separate but not in the same way that the usual outcasts did. It was if they were keeping a secret…a real secret from the world but instead of trying to hide it by blending in they seemed content to just have the unknown out in the open for all to see.

'I can't get a read off them Ness' he murmured, I looked at him confusedly for a second. I could maybe understand one person withstanding mind reading, like my mom with dad, but six at the same time?

'I don't know what it is' he whispered, 'it's like I'm getting vague images, the feeling of arrogance, superiority and the slight hint of fear from one of them but it's like they're being blocked' he explained, his brow furrowed in concentration.

'You mean like a shield?' I whispered back.

'No, I've felt shields before…this is more like they aren't their thoughts really, more like impressions of their personalities that are almost forgotten, like they have no mind of their own you know. Like Alice's memories of her human life, they're just…warped and indistinct' he murmured thoughtfully. I considered for a second, deciding recon would be the best option. I spotted the shy girl Eve from my English class a few feet away from me, kicking a clump of grass absent mindedly as she appeared to be in her own world. I went over to her and cleared my throat, shocking her slightly.

'Oh…hello again Nessie' she smiled weakly, confusion in her eyes, she probably wasn't used to people making an effort to talk to her. I don't know why though, she seemed nice enough.

'I was just wondering, umm…do you know who the kids on the bleachers are?' I whispered and her eyes widened slightly before she let out a small scoff and rolled her eyes.

'Yeah I know who they are…' she trailed off and I gestured for her to continue, she sighed and smiled sadly, glancing over at the people in question.

'They're vampires'.

A/N: So first chapter…like it? Here's some info: Bella and Edward's son Jarret was conceived the same way that Elsie and Zack were. He and Carlisle and Esme's son Finn were born in the seven/eight years since A New Power. (My first fan fiction, read it if you like)

Jarrett is a combination of Jasper and Emmett; it also comes from the name 'Jared' which means 'down to earth' which I think describes him nicely because he is funny and kind and not nearly as dramatic or serious as Edward. His full name is Jarrett Edward Cullen.

So this is a teaser, I won't be able to update until I have written a good majority of the story, so far I have about eight chapters out of the way so it shouldn't be long before I start to update frequently. But for now, I thought it would be nice to give you all a taste of the story. Review please :D