3 years later

"Momma Damien set fire to the work bench again" renesmee groaned and I could hear Mathew sigh as Damien chuckled slightly

"sorry!" he called

"I got it mom" Mathew yelled a second later and I could hear the rush of water before the flames were out.

A lot had happened over the years.

It had been over 3 years and already Mathew and Damien looked like they were 12 or thirteen, Renesmee seemed to grow slower so she looked about 9 or10 but they all held the same maturity as their ages.

The legends were right as well as Alec; they were extremely powerful. And over the months recently they began developing their own gifts. So far I counted two each.

With the boys, one of their gifts seemed to be involved with their minds and the other was to do with an element; Damien was fire and Mathew was water, the complete opposite to each other both in power and personality.

Damien was mischievous and extremely cheeky, like Emmett used to be, and even now he was only 12 or 13 looking, he looked like a black haired green eyed, human version of Edward. His other power was a mind one he had the ability to read minds a common trait he had with his father but he could only read them if he wanted to, at the time it was selective and because he had the power to read peoples mind he also became absorbent. If he came across a vampire with a gift he could absorb it for a length of time, but he couldn't absorb his sibling's powers which confused me. He did however absorb mine, I became a mental shield which gave me the ability to block gifts of other vampires to me and people I choose, and with Damien was absorbing my shield all the time, it meant that he could keep the shield with him for up to a year at a time.

Right now, he was learning to control fire by throwing round flames and sparks left right and centre with his hands and finger tips, while also causing mass destruction in the process. But no matter what he did, I loved him nether the less, he was my son, and looked the eldest at the moment but he was certainly not the most mature. That was Matthew, he was smart and kind, with a nature like Carlisle and Esme's put together.

Matt looked slightly younger than Damien and had much softer features unlike Damien who, to my dismay looked like a young model already.

Mathew`s gifts were physic like Alice, but it was selective like Damien's gift again, and it was flexible, so not only could he see their future but could see parts of their past as well, it was quite remarkable. Of course the next gift was water which he had mastered already to perfection; he could create water, and make it spray out of his hand as well as freeze it and slide along it like he was surfing on ice.

The boys were complete opposites, Damien was mischievous and loved pranking, Matthew was kind and gentle and loved reading quietly, Damien was smart but not as smart as Matthew.

When they argued, Damien would usually call him a geek or a smart ass, which he would get scolded for off me, but luckily Matthew let it go.

However, the traits they had in common were a lot stronger, they were both venomous on one side of their teeth and they both loved playing there guitar and looking after the girls of the house, another thing I was so proud was that they loved Renesmee to pieces; no one would mess with renesmee because her brothers were so protective of her, which made me love them even more by how brave they both were.

Renesmee was special though, being the only girl and looking the youngest it was easy to see why all of us loved her. She was beautiful; long copper coloured curls that fell down her back and her gold eyes that could melt any man in a second, a thought I didn't want to have for at least another 14 years or so. And renesmee was most powerful when it came to gifts; she didn't control an element like her brothers, she controlled everything. Telepathy was one of her gifts, and she had the ability to control everything around her and anyone's mind, including all the elements but she was still learning and it took a lot of her strength out of her to do it.

If I was honest with myself, I didn't like her gift, the power it had behind it frightened me on a daily basis due to how much energy it drained out of her.

The other gift she had was to project her thoughts into someone else's mind with one touch, but I guess Renesmee could do anything, she was just so young to control it at the minute, but luckily her brothers kept her in line and helped her train in the huge hall way down stairs.

My sons and daughter were in fact the most powerful children that Alec had ever seen and that to keep them safe they should be kept underground until they were old enough and strong enough to leave.

I was glad though I had managed to raise them the way I had; it was hard work to raise them, but it came natural to me as Gemma told me countless times. I had help off the girls that had lived here as well, sometimes Christine would come and help the boys train and Alec would take Renesmee for a walk around the place much to her brother's dislike. My perfect little family, but deep down i knew that I couldn't stay down here for their entire life they wouldn't want that and i knew they would eventually ask questions about their father, it was only a matter of time...

The following year, my children grew again, renesmee now looking like she was 14 and Matthew and Damien looking about 16

"Mom?" Damien called one day out of the blue, renesmee was asleep and Matthew was practicing his future seeing gift on Christine.

"Yes honey?" I answered looking over to him; he was leant against the door way biting his lip

"what's wrong?" I said walking over to him to touch his cheek. He looked at me with his big green eyes and said the five words I had been dreading ever since they were born.

"Do we have a dad?" he asked tilting his head to the side watching me cringe. The question ripped through me like a silver knife.

"of course you do everyone has a dad" I was lucky he couldn't read my mind, but my voice was laced in hysteria and worry

"Can you tell me about him?" he asked his eyes hopeful and curious. I couldn't hide it from them, they did have the right to know about where they came from, but it scared me, terrified me even.

I inhaled deeply

"You all look so much like him, especially renesmee, she has his hair colour and his eyes, but you look like he would have done if he were human with black hair. He was so handsome" I whispered, finding it hard to speak louder, luckily Damien inherited good hearing as well as vampire speed and strength,

Each child seemed to be talented in that human style; Damien was the strongest out of his siblings and renesmee the fastest, while matt was still the smartest.

"Not really the topic I was after mom" he laughed slightly but still in a worried way, he must of realised this was a difficult subject. Matt and renesmee had already came and asked me this before one at a time a few months apart, I guessed they were all curious, so I took a deep breath.

"Damien, go get your brother and sister" I said, freezing after I said it. Damien sped off out the room, and within five seconds he came back with Matthew by his side holding a book and holding Renesmee's hand while she stretched and yawned so she wouldn't trip, another trait she had gotten from me was that at times she could be clumsy, especially when she was on her period, luckily it was only 5 times a year and the boys knew not to mess with her when she was on her rag, the last time, Damien pranked her and she used her telepathy to throw him into a wall for a few hours, it was a good thing, they didn't get hurt easily otherwise Damien would have had a serious concussion.

"what's going on mom?" she yawned and stretched again , she came over and sat down next to me leaning her head on my shoulder while I stroked her hair out of her eyes, Matthew sat in front of me cross legged while Damien slouched against the wall with his arms crossed.

"well, I know over the last few months that you've all been curious about your father"