Cynthia's Story

Anne woke up a week later to hear

"Yo, dog! I am not your breakfast!"

Anne looked out her window to see a auburn haired young woman holding a giant wolf off with one arm. The other arm was wrapped around a teenage girl with strawberry blonde hair, who was holding a Jack Russell Terrier in her arms. The dog was barking at the wolf, who was growling at the girls. Anne dressed quickly and jumped down from her porch. The two women turned as Anne landed behind them.

"I am Cynthia; this is my daughter Sophi, and our dog, Dog. We are here to see Alice, but this mutt got in our way. Can you tell him to go away or something so we can go see Alice?" The older woman asked.

"Jacob, it's ok. Just let them go see Alice. She told me people were coming to see her. They are vampires, too. She forgot to mention that they had a dog though. Come on. The family is in the big house. Alice has been expecting you. Jacob, if you could go change back, we can go eat. I can smell food." Anne said motioning for Cynthia to follow her.

"Does he live here, too? Is he a werewolf? Alice mentioned when she told us to visit that the La Push teenagers turn into werewolves when they are around our kind. But you are not a vampire. I can smell your blood…" Cynthia said as they walked across the yard and as Jacob ran into the backyard to change back into human.

"Don't worry about Jacob. Yes, he is a werewolf and lives here a majority of the time. No, I am not a vampire. The Cullens took me in when Renesmee found me in their oak tree last week. I don't think the Cullens warned Jacob that you would be arriving today. That is why he attacked you. ALICE, your family is here!" Anne called as she entered the house.

Alice came dancing down the stairs with Jasper behind her.

"Morning, Anne! Edward has breakfast for you, Jacob and Renesmee in the dining room. You look cute, by the way. Hello, you must be Cynthia. I don't know if you remember me but I am Alice. This is my mate, Jasper. Come on, everyone is in the dining room waiting to meet you. You are very pretty. Which of our parents had red hair?" Alice asked embracing Cynthia and kissing Anne's cheek softly.

"Yes, I am Cynthia; this is my daughter, Sophi, and our dog, Dog. I do remember flashes of my human life and I do remember you. I remember that you were a year older then me. Our parents sent you to the asylum because you had visions of the future. They thought you were abnormal. The day they admitted you to the asylum was the day they said you died. Mom was the red head. She was beautiful in her own way. She had red hair, brighter then mine, green eyes and was slightly plump.

"Dad had black hair and blue eyes. He was a lawyer, which is why they put you in the asylum. They feared what the public would say if they found out that one of their favorite lawyers had an abnormal daughter. I was the perfect, normal daughter. They were both dead by the time I was bitten. Ah, you must be Jacob. Please don't attempt to eat me or my family again. I am Cynthia; this is my daughter Sophi, and our dog, Dog. I am Alice's younger sister." Cynthia said as the group walked into the dinning room where the rest of the Cullens and Jacob were sitting. Jacob nodded curtly.

A buffet style breakfast had been set up for Jacob, Renesmee, and Anne. Anne sat between Jacob and Renesmee and filled her plate with food. Jacob and Renesmee copied her. Anne heard soft growling and nudged Jacob in the ribs.

"What is wrong with you? She's Alice's sister! That is Alice's family. Be nice to them!" Anne whispered.

Jacob growled again. Anne rolled her eyes and turned back to her food. Jacob soon followed her lead and ate his breakfast. The Cullens all left with the newcomers when Renesmee had put her plate in the sink.

"I am going back to La Push today, Anne. I need more clothes and to talk to my father. I also have to warn the pack not to attack the visitors. I'll be back by Friday. I'm sure that you can look after yourself for three days. The Cullens will be sure that nothing happens to you. They owe me that much." Jacob whispered to Anne as he finished his food.

"Oh, ok. Have a good time, then. I will miss you. I promise not to do anything to dangerous. The Cullens don't have to look after me. I can take care of myself. I've been doing it for years." Anne whispered back squeezing Jacob's hand. Jacob inhaled sharply and murmured

"Thanks, Anne. I will miss you, too. You have no idea how much. You have grown on me this week, Anne. I really like you. I know that the Cullens don't have to look out for you. But please don't wander off. I don't know what I would do if you got hurt. So please be careful. I want you to be in one piece when I get back. Promise me you will be careful." Jacob said looking down at Anne.

"I promise to be careful. I really like you too, Jacob. When are you leaving?" Anne asked still holding Jacobs hand. Jacob laced their fingers together.

"When I am done with breakfast, I am leaving. So that would be now. Be safe, Anne. I will see you soon." Jacob leaned down and kissed Anne's forehead softly. He stood up, put his plate in the sink, and left the room. Anne sighed quietly and put her plate in the sink too.

Renesmee came into the room and said "Auntie Alice wants you to come and sit with us. What happened to Jacob?"

"He had to go back to La Push for a few days. He will be back on Friday. I will be right in." Anne whispered.

"Ok, but hurry. Cynthia is going to tell us her story." Renesmee went back into the front room.

Anne looked out the window to see a huge red wolf running away. Anne put her hand on the window and whispered

"Please be safe…"

Anne walked into the front room and sat beside Renesmee on the floor by the couch. Renesmee lay with her head in Anne's lap and closed her eyes.

"I was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1902. My parents already had one daughter named Mary Alice Brandon. I was Cynthia Amy Brandon. I lived with my parents until I turned eighteen, when I got married. His name was Alexander Miller and he was a architect. He built me a house, which we planned to fill with children. Then, the night before Sophi's birth Alexander was shot. He was at the market when a robber came in and shot everyone in the store before robbing them and taking off. He was arrested the next day. I still miss Alexander.

"Then, when Sophi was two years old, James found me. Sophi was sleeping and I was in my garden reading. Suddenly, James was in front of me. He started talking. He talked about his victims. He spoke of how his favorite victim had escaped him. He told me her name was Mary Alice Brandon. I recognized the name.

'That is my sister.' I told him.

'Really, that is interesting. I was not aware that the girl had a family. I thought her family had died.' He replied looking mildly interested.

'My parents died about three years ago. That is when I moved in with my late husband Alexander. He was an old friend from my childhood. He loved me. Apparently he had since we were about ten. Anyway, what can I do for you?' I asked him politely.

'Well, it has been awhile since my last hunt. I am rather thirsty. I really shouldn't let myself get so thirsty. It is not healthy.' He said looking at me.

'Well, should I get you a drink then?' I asked him.

'No, what you should do is sit very still.' James said moving closer to me.

Suddenly he leaned down, as if to tell me a secret and he bit me. It is my worst memory, not to mention my most painful.

'Not quite as good as Mary, but it will do. You are very pretty, by the way. What is your name?' James asked looking at me appraisingly.

'Cynthia Miller.' I whimpered as he smiled at me.

'Well, Cynthia, it has been my pleasure to meet you. You are welcome to join me, if you wish. Or you can stay here. Our kind tends to travel independently. But I would love the company.' James said looking at me.

'No, I would rather not join you. I want to live alone.' I said standing up and dusting my sundress off.

'As you wish…See you around, Cynthia.' James said as he walked away.

"I heard Sophi crying in her room. I felt thirsty. I didn't trust myself around Sophi while I was thirsty. So I went hunting first. On the edge of our Mississippi house there is a large forest full of animals. I decided to go there. My first hunt included a stag, a wolf, a bear, and a doe. I did not trust myself around Sophi unless I was not thirsty in the slightest.

"I raised Sophi, never telling her what I was. I left only at night when Sophi was asleep or when she was at school. It became so that I can completely ignore the scent of human blood. I became a fifth grade teacher. I actually taught Sophi one year. Sophi noticed that I never got older even though she did. One day when she was about ten she approached me about it.

'Mommy, why don't you ever get older? I do…why don't you?'

'Well, darling, I am not human anymore. When you were two a vampire found me in the garden and changed me into a vampire. That is why I don't eat human food and why I go into the forest. I hunt the animals in the forest instead of humans. Don't worry love, I would never hurt you.'

'What if I want you too? What if I want to be like you. I love you, momma. I don't ever want to leave you…'

I pulled Sophi to my lap and held her close.

'If you feel the same way when you are a teenage, say sixteen, I will change you. But I don't think you will feel the same when you are older. I love you more then you know, and I want what is best for you. However, if, when you turn sixteen you feel the same I will change you. Now run along, dear, your dinner will be ready soon.'

"The day Sophi turned sixteen she told me to change her. That is what she wanted for her sixteenth birthday. I have never regretted changing my baby. Now she will always be my baby. Sophi found Dog about a year later. He was being killed by a wolf. Sophi killed the wolf and brought Dog to me. I changed him to save him. He has stayed with us ever since. He helps us hunt. He has great hearing and we managed to train him.

"We still have our house in Mississippi where James first changed our lives. We like your family, move around a lot. We have houses in Paris, Rome, Spain, England, Mexico, Tahiti, Canada, and all fifty of the United States. I had lots of close friends when I was a child. They all moved away from Mississippi and into various other continents and states. I kept in touch with all of my childhood friends. As such, they remember me in their wills. I end up with their various houses. All of them have passed on by now. Our favorite is in Paris. We live right down the road from Notre Dome and the Eiffel Tower is close too.

"I heard from my old friend, Aro, that a large vampire coven had a permanent residence here. He also mentioned that I might find a long-lost sister here. When I questioned him further he told me that my older sister Alice had joined the Cullen clan with her mate, Jasper. Sophi, Dog, and I traveled the world. Sophi went to school, I to work. We decided to pay you a visit and meet your family." Cynthia was sitting next to Alice with Sophi on her left with Dog in her lap. Alice smiled and said

"Jasper is my blonde mate. Rosalie is the blonde on the couch with her mate Emmett. Bella and Edward are in the armchair and mated. Esme and Carlisle are on the stairs behind Renesmee and Anne. How long are you here for?"

"As long as you will have us…" Cynthia started but Anne drowned her out, looking out the glass wall and missing Jacob.