Twilight Forever
Nessie and Lori's UK Adventure
By Cindra
Chapter 1 Negotiations
Disclaimer: I own all my OC characters the others belong to SM and JK and I love to send them on all kinds of fascinating adventures.
A/N: Okay this is my way of getting back into the swing of things by treating all of you to Mason and Xavier's Epic UK Adventure. If you haven't read the last chapter of Twilight Forever Transitions or my Harry Potter Boy Who Lives Saga this might confuse you a bit…I'm crossing over both stories as the Pendragon's reside in the UK and I love mixing it up with all my characters…So you have been warned that I am mixing JK's world with SM's world…enjoy the ride.
Paris, France…May 2012
Nessie sat in her suite of rooms glowering down at the boring English Literature itinerary for her and Lori's UK Holiday. Shakespeare, Bronte, Austen, Hardy, Dickens, Woolf, Byron, Shelley all greats no question, but listening to mindless lectures, visiting landmarks, and the famous British Library was not her idea of a holiday adventure.
"Daddy, I was thinking more along the lines of exploring the UK without having to be bored out of my mind listening to Uncle Alistair drone endlessly about the greats…" She whined at her father's face on the screen of her laptop. Skype had its advantages. She could pour on the waterworks to really get him to cave. She was going to ferret out the girl who beat her Mensa score and explore the UK to see if in fact the Wizarding world was as real as the shining ones were. I mean Pendragon's from the Isle of Avalon, as in the realm of the pixies and fairies, who's Great Grandparents bore the same first names of some of the most historically famous fictional characters. Mab, Merlin, could they be more obvious to those in the know. Yet even her kind refused to even think along those lines, it was driving her crazy being so close yet unable to see for herself if it was real or not. This tour was her way in, but she needed her Dad to give her the freedom to explore the UK freely without having to be stuck in the tour.
Edward narrowed his eyes at his daughter, his mouth in a firm line of disapproval at this aberrant tantrum that she was pulling. Jake's being unable to come visit during his own break from school was really starting to affect her attitude as of late. "Alistair has finally come out of his shell after centuries of hiding and you should feel privileged to have him teaching your class there at the Sorbonne. The fact that he is even attempting to take his classes on this journey is extraordinary in itself."
"I know that Daddy, but he of all people would understand my reasoning for not wanting to tagalong with the rest of the class. I know all of the subject matter by heart…"
"Renesmee, you seem to forget that you and Lori are teenagers not adults and therefore are required to have proper adult supervision…"
"What if I promise to check in with him and..."
"How about the two of you return home and forgo the holiday altogether…"
"Daddy! Lori and I have been on our best behavior the entire time that we have been in France and we have earned this Holiday!" Nessie let a few tears fall down her cheeks. "We are at the top of our class, aced all of our classes, and have willingly adhered to the rules, even during our trips with Donnie and Twy…."
"Ness, sweetheart, it's not safe for two teenage innocents to be allowed to traipse around the UK unchaperoned…" Edward pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to remain patient with her.
"Not safe for two normal teenage girls, but not for two teenage shining ones. Daddy, Lori and I are seasoned travelers, not secondary school students…" Nessie reined in the urge to roll her eyes at her father. I mean, seriously, there was no threat at all and he was panicking over nothing. Siobhan and Liam would never let either one of us to come to harm.
"You really don't get it at all do you, young lady. They will not let two teenagers run around pell-mell around the UK without a proper adult to chaperone them that's fact. You were only allowed to tend the University there and in New York because you both had proper adult supervision. Alistair is your chaperone or the two of you are packing it up and heading back home." Edward arched a brow waiting for her to counter his ultimatum. Sorry, baby, but there is no way that I am going to allow the two of you to run around the UK by yourselves.
"What if we went and visited Siobhan and Liam instead?"
"Nice try but they are here visiting Jacen and Maggie…" Edward smirked. She never gives up.
"What if Lori and I booked another tour that centered on what we wished to see?"
Edward raked his fingers through his coppery mane, a clear sign that he was reaching his limit with her. "What exactly do the two of you have your hearts set on seeing?"
"Loch Ness…"
Edward's eyebrows shot up that he was not expecting. "The Loch Ness monster is on your itinerary…"
"Well, we both share the same nickname and I've always wanted to see it…" She bit down on her lip, blinking innocent doe eyes. Yep, desperate times called for pulling out all the stops until her dad finally caved.
"I see and Stonehenge as well?"
"Dad, that's a given…" She rolled her eyes.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, rolling your eyes and pouting is not going to make me change my mind." Edward growled his displeasure.
"Sorry, Daddy." Nessie sighed deeply. "We just wish to enjoy this trip not be bored to tears the entire time. I need to get my mind off Jake and this seemed like the best way…" Tears fell freely down her cheeks as the heavy sadness and emptiness threatened again. Her heart ached at just the thought of him.
"Ness, he didn't make up the excuse just to avoid you…He has responsibilities that he cannot shirk and a full class load. He is taking his studies seriously and working his tail off to graduate early just…"
"I know that Daddy and I am so proud of him…" She sniffled, wiping away her tears. "I miss him so much…It's been forever since I've seen him face to face. I need this downtime before I come home for good and begin my campaign to win him back…Please, Daddy…"
"Alistair or you both come home and that's final. Now as for your not seeing Jacob face to face in forever, well, sweetheart that was entirely your choice. You left for Julliard and then after a visit to his campus turned tail and fled to France without even giving him a chance to explain whatever it was that made you run. You are not secure enough to trust in your soul bond and yet you think that you are mature enough to traipse around the UK unattended? Sorry, baby, that's not gonna happen ever I love you both too much to risk your health and safety. That and your mother would banish me to my den for an undetermined length of time for even thinking of giving in to your request…." Edward glance behind his shoulder. "Isn't that right, my treasure."
"Renesmee, are you trying to bribe your father into letting you and Lori hitchhike around the UK?" Bella's face appeared behind her husband's shoulder.
"Mom?! Why would we hitchhike when running is the faster option?" Ness rolled her eyes. "Aren't you supposed to be writing? Bernie is not a patient woman."
"I sent her the finale manuscript yesterday. The triplets and their cousins are off camping with Em, Ben, Jace, Jaz, Mike, Tyler and the boys this weekend…" Bella frowned at her daughter. "We've been through this, baby. No Alistair. No trip. And trying to get your father to cave isn't going to work. Do we have an understanding or not?"
"Ness! Dad won't budge…what's plan B?" Lori stalked into the bedroom stopping in mid-rant when she saw that Ness was skyping her parents. "Um…hi Sis, big brother…." She waved weakly.
"Hello, Lorelei." Edward shook his head, trying hard not to smirk at their determination. "That was a lost cause from the start. Charlie would never sanction an unchaperoned day trip to Seattle let alone a holiday in the UK."
"Plan B?" Bella narrowed her eyes. "Renesmee, there had better not be a plan B or C or even D."
"Ladies, you ready for dinner? We're hitting that Café that you two love so much and Twy is craving something sweet?" Donnie called from downstairs.
"Alistair it is then…bye love you…gotta go…its dinnertime here…" Renesmee blew a kiss to her parents.
"Renesmee Carlie!" Edward and Bella both growled before she ended the chat.
Nessie set her phone to silent "We'll just have to charm Alistair and promise him that we will check in at certain times…."
"Ness, is it worth all of this trouble just to see if a fictional world is real or not?" Lori wasn't convinced that this adventure was worth the potential punishment that being grounded for life. "So what if a royal knocked you off the top rung of the Junior Mensa list. You are still in the top five and are number one in the states…She's a royal there is no way that we are ever going to be able to get near her, besides she's just a little kid."
"She's seven and as smart if not smarter than me there is no way that she hasn't tested out of primary school let alone secondary. There is a town in South Wales right out of the books called Godric's Hollow and from everything that I have researched that is where the Avalon royal family resides. Gran Fi even made a reference to Gran T about a sister in South Wales, meaning that there is a family connection there somewhere. We just have to follow the breadcrumbs." Ness slipped on her shoes and followed her out of her rooms.
"Breadcrumbs?" Donavan had come to see what was keeping them.
"Um, yeah, Mom was making meatloaf for dinner back home and was out of them so she was having Daddy run to the white castle and get some…They send their love by the way…" Nessie easily spun a quick way out of the situation.
"No more adventures, young lady. You and Lori will not go off on another adventure or Twy and I will come get you and we'll pack it up and head back to Forks. You didn't tell them that your classes were finished and this was an extra credit trip did you?" Donnie narrowed his eyes.
"Uncle Donnie, you don't have to worry about that her dad and mine as usual know all. It's Alistair or home." Lori shrugged as if in defeat.
"Sweetie, Charlie is even worse than Edward about safety. You didn't stand a chance of convincing him to change his mind." Twy shook her head at Lori then arched a brow at Ness. "It's alright to be less than perfect and believe it or not there are others smarter than you are even if they happen to be little girls. Let it go, Nessie. She's eight now and took it at nearly five and no one has beaten her scores. Let it go."
"I can't help it if I happen to be curious about my academic rival…"
"Then you should have attended the charity event instead of blowing it off because you hate performing in front of the public. Music is Magic is her family's annual event where even the kids take part in the festivities. You could have easily met them all there." Donavan countered.
"Dad always sends them a dotation every year and in order to play in public I need to be of the right mindset to play and I didn't even know about my scores being beaten until a few weeks ago…so meeting her was the last thing on my mind." Nessie grumbled darkly.
"Dolph the douche nozzle got tired of the cold shoulder and sought out to rile you…" Lori narrowed her eyes at the guy in question who was dining at the café that they had chosen to eat at.
"Hey Ness, Lori..." Dolph grinned rakishly at the two of them. His eyes drinking in the view of Nessie and Lori in designer skater dresses courtesy of Alice and their favorite designer sneakers. "The two of you are looking hot tonight."
"Girls, we will meet you inside. Shall I order the two of you the usual?" Donnie was going to let her play for a bit with the bane of her existence, after all they were in public and Ness knew the rules.
"Yes, please Uncle D. We'll see you to in a bit." Lori smiled sweetly.
"Don't be too long. Play nice. Daddy is always watching." Twy winked at the two girls before she and Donavan went inside.
"Blake. Since when do you lower yourself to eating at quaint little café's and not Michelin affiliated eating establishments?" Nessie was not in the mood for the douche.
"Well, if you favor them then what's not to like…" He continued to leer at her. "After the UK tour I'll be heading home to Boston…"
"UK tour?" Nessie forced herself not to streak over to where the ass was sitting and rip his head off his shoulders. "I wasn't aware that it was open to other students…"
"I took the class last semester so of course I jumped at the chance to walk in the footsteps of the greatest minds in literary history. I saw that the two of you are going as well…" He casually drank his latte.
"The professor is my Uncle of sorts and family, so going was never not an option. I happen to love reading and my mother is a famous author, whereas all you are is mediocre student who thinks that he has musical talent when the only reason that he is even allowed to attend here or in Julliard was because his parents bought his way into both places. I on the other hand Adolphus am what you call a savant and earned my way into both schools without my parents greasing the wheels. I have been playing since the first time I touched the piano keys and I aced the Junior Mensa when I was three." Ness was letting Dark Nessie out to play. She flashed him her most deadly predator smile and was enjoying watching the jerk that had been stalking and spying on her for three years start to sweat bullets. Never in the three years that she had been plagued by him had she ever shown any of her darker tendencies or her Shining One origin. That and she hadn't been able to hunt since visiting home for Easter.
"I see the kitten has her claws out tonight and here I was just trying to be friendly." He locked eyes with her big mistake.
"Listen you, douche nozzle. She wasn't interested at Julliard and she still isn't interested after you followed us here. Her dad is married to my big sister and happens to be one of the five most powerful men on this planet. Our family ranks in the top five wealthiest families in the world and can easily take you and your family out without even making a ripple, so do us both a favor and bow out of the trip. We both know all about your master and that you are nothing but one of his mutts on a leash. Lycan really must be slumming to have you as one of his minions. I mean what faction are you even decedent from?" Lori wasn't that subtle and got right in his face. Her tone lethally low so that only a shining one could hear it.
Dolph's face flushed with temper and his eyes flashed with leashed fury. "My lineage can be traced all the way back to the days of Camelot. My ancestor brought down the mighty Pendragon legacy…"
"Aw, you must really be pissed now that they're back in full force again, you Mordred wannabe." Lori snarked, unimpressed that he was a dark fairy. "Ness and I beat you by infinity."
"Two mongrel hybrids, please don't embarrass yourselves..." he laughed, clearly not getting the fact that he was in mortal peril.
:Try Vampire, Were Prime, Pixie, Fairy, Elf, human… My Grandparents are Kane, Oberon, Fiona, Ian, and Kira. In case you don't know who they are let me enlighten you. They are or were all Kings and Queens of Avalon.: Nessie growled in his mind. :I haven't hunted since Easter and you are really trying on my last nerve, Blake. It is taking everything that I have. Every ounce of control not to rip your arrogant head off your shoulders, however I do not wish to do anything that will jeopardize being able to see my prince again so you get to live to breathe another day.: She showed her teeth at him again, her eyes, a deep dark chocolate, flashed with barely leashed temper.
"Leave now and for your own wellbeing opt out of the trip, because I will not be held accountable for my actions. I don't like you, Blake. I loathe and despise you. Lycan's master plan was doomed to fail. Your presence repels me and the very thought of you ever being anything to me makes me physically want to vomit. Order of the Light, Blake. They don't care who your parents are if you are a threat to me or Lori, so go back to Boston and stay the hell away from any of us. You can tell Lycan that Jake is my forever and there is nothing that any of his minions can do to break us. Every challenge only makes our bond stronger."
"Renesmee, is there a problem here?" Charles got up from where he was sitting with Makeena and Alistair.
"No, Uncle Charles. Mr. Blake and I are finished with our chat and he is just leaving." Nessie smiled sweetly at her Uncle of sorts.
"Yes, stalker boy here has a lot of packing to do. Don't you, Blake." Lori mirrored Ness's smile.
"Cullen. Swan. I'll see you on the plane." Dolph threw some money on the table, got up, and got the hell out of dodge.
"Tell me again why I have to take the high road…" Nessie gritted her teeth in frustration.
"Switzerland. Jake. The council. We're the good guys…" Lori gave her a hug.
"Join us for a bit. The café is packed it will be awhile before your food is served." Charles motioned for them to have a seat at their table.
"Your bête noire can't seem to take a hint can he?" Makeena got up to give each of them a hug. "No matter. I believe that the three of us have a solution that might make your holiday more to your liking."
"Call it a compromise. We know that the two of you are responsible enough to be allowed a certain amount of freedom during the trip to the UK." Alistair calmly took a drink of his wine. "Therefore, when we arrive in London the two of you will be allowed to go on your adventure, but you have to check in the morning, afternoon, and evening."
"Can I drive or are we gonna have to have a driver?" Lori asked, dreading the answer.
"What do you think?" Charles arched a brow.
"Now, darling, I think the girls are more than able to properly operate a vehicle. This is their adventure after all." Makeena tried to mediate for them all.
"This will never work. I can't withdraw a huge amount that will send a red flag back home. Daddy will know he tracks when I use my cards and we'll need them to pay for everything." Nessie grumbled.
"You will have more than enough spending cash for the two of you, a suitable vehicle will be provided, and Edward will be none the wiser as long as you follow the rules. Detour from them and I will come and personally collect you. Do we have an understanding?" Charles reassured them all the while laying down the ground rules.
"We just want to be able to chill and have a little fun before having to go home." Lori was all smiles now.
"Yes, and we promise to be on our best behavior." Nessie was smiling too, nearly two weeks to explore the UK and she couldn't wait.
"Makeena and I will be close by if you need us, but we will leave you to yourselves unless we feel that there is a threat then we will react accordingly and join the two of you on your adventure." Charles was clear that although they weren't being chaperoned they were only being given a long leash.
"Don't worry about Mr. Blake. I will make certain that he leaves you alone." Alastair went back to reading his book.
Next
Chapter 2 –UK or bust
Had to set the ground rules first for their Epic Adventure. Next the real fun begins. This is going to be a short story but a fun one. Follow, Fav, review at your leisure.
Blessed be
Cin