6

His skin didn't sparkle like it would have if it weren't for the spell. He joined his sisters at their makeshift archery range.

"Nice shooting, Sor!" Jenna called to her twin.

"You too, Jenna. You're better at this than I am."

"No, we both have equal skill set. And you've been able to practice more than I have."

"Are these some of the girls you were talking about?" Renee asked quietly. She and Charlie had left the house.

"Yes. Renee, Charlie, meet Sora and Jenna Greenleaf."

"Hey." The twins called simultaneously. They burst out laughing.

Jenna turned to her sister, "We so have to teach Carlisle to shoot."

"Of course. And Holly and the triplets. Maybe even Sky. Anna and Neal already know how. Father had me teach them. Which reminds me, I have not finished that teaching yet. Maybe we can teach together."

"Brilliant idea."

"Alianna and Neal are coming" Alice said.

"I guess we have a chance now." Sora said as Ali and Neal ran into the clearing.

"Sora, we're here for our lessons!" Neal said.

"I trust you brought your supplies?"

"Sor, we're not stupid!" Ali laughed.

"Well, you know what to do. Get started."

Alice came up to Jenna and whispered in her ear, "Holly just got an assignment close to here. She's going to stop by later on this week."

"Sounds great. Sorri, Carlisle, did you get that?"

"Get what?"

"Holly's stopping by later on this week." Jenna announced.

"Is she bringing the triplets?"

"No, she's coming from work, so she won't have time to go back to get them. That's okay, though, we'll see our nieces soon enough. And that would make Nessie, Jenni, and Corri Edward, Emmett, Bella, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper's cousins. Amazing. It is so a small world."

"What are you talking about? Nessie is Bella and Edward's niece." Renee said.

"Oh, I meant our sister Holly's daughters. She has triplets named Nessie, short for Vanessa, Jenni, and Corri, short for Coral."

"Oh"

"That reminds me. Renesmee, do you want to try?"

"Oh yes, thank you!" Nessie ran to Jenna and Sora.

"Put your hand here, and pull back on the string with your first and second finger. Oh, and put this on. It'll protect your arm." Jenna winked at the girl.

Sora showed Nessie the stance and then the girl pulled back on the bowstring. The arrow sailed through the air and caught the target just a little off of the center.

"Great shot, Nessie! Your a natural at this!"

"Thank you."

"Go ask your mom if you can join our little class, if you want to."

"Oh, really? You really mean it?"

"Of course. I think that Ali and Neal would very much like to get to know their niece. Wouldn't you?" Jenna turned to her brother and sister.

"Definitely. Come on, Nessie, let's go find some flowers." Alianna agreed.

Jenna held up a hand, "Maybe later. Right now, Renee and Charlie are here to see their granddaughter."

"Of course. Later, then." Neal patted Nessie's shoulder and she hugged her aunt and uncle.

Renee and Charlie stayed for a few more hours and then left. Jasper tried to go up to Renee and apologize, but he ended up having to leave because of the smell. The man stayed inside Sora and Jenna's protection circle, looking rather awkward. Alice stood with him, murmuring encouragement into his ear. Renee and Charlie couldn't here the conversation, but everyone else could.

"You're going to be fine, Jasper."

"I'm not so sure. Renee looks pretty bad. I should leave."

"No, Jazzy, it would only make it worse if you left." Alice's eyes focussed on the future. She grabbed both sides of Jasper's head with her hands and fixed his gaze, "No, Jazz. Don't even think about it. You are strong. You can get through this. It would destroy Bella, angel."

"I'm nowhere near the angel status, my goddess."

"Yes, you are. Stop thinking badly of yourself. Don't you realize what I'm seeing? I'm seeing you leaving! Please tell me that there is a glitch in my visions, and you are not actually allowing that thought to cross your mind."

"There is no glitch. But I am truly sorry I even entertained the thought."

"There is something odd about your family. You're not human, are you? That has to be it. How is Bella like you, though? She was entirely human before she married your son." Charlie asked Carlisle at the other end of the clearing.

Carlisle froze.

"Carlisle, just tell them the truth. Charlie and Renee won't tell anyone, and I'm sick and tired of lying. The Volturi are gone. We didn't leave any one of them alive, if that's what your worried about." Rosalie said.

"No, Rose! NO!" Jasper roared. Alice tightened her grip on her true love. Rosalie stopped, but the damage was done.

"Tell us the truth? What have you been hiding from us?" Renee asked.

"We have not told you the whole truth; Rosalie is right," Alice's voice carried across the meadow-like lawn, "And now we can. Carlisle, if you're frozen in place, I'll tell them." Alice piped. She took a step that placed herself between Jasper and the humans in the clearing, keeping her tight grip on his shoulder.

"No, Alice, I must do it," Carlisle turned back to Bella's parents. He flashed in a split second to the other end of the Cullen twin's spell circle, "You see," he called, "We're vampires. Every one of us except for Renesmee, who is only half vampire. Renesmee is Bella's daughter. She gave birth to her a few years ago."

Jenna heard Jasper trying to decide wether or not to join Carlisle. In the end, he and Alice ran to Carlisle, who was back with Renee and Charlie.

"Vampires? How long did you know for before you were turned?" Renee demanded of Bella.

"I realized Edward was a vampire about six months after I came to Forks." she answered.

"Now I understand why Jasper always looked at me like I was something to eat," Renee whispered to Bella.

"Mom! Jazzy's right there! He can hear you!"

Renee turned and jumped. She had just realized that Jasper was behind her. She started to apologize, but Jasper just held up a hand, "Don't worry, Renee. It is the opinion most hold of me." This answer surprised even Alice.

"How do you know?" Renee asked bluntly.

"Edward, Jenna and Sora," was Jasper's only answer. To Jenna and Sora, he whispered, "It's good to have mind-reading siblings."

"Carlisle? How old are you, really? I mean, you look about twenty." Charlie asked.

"I was twenty-three when I was turned. That was just over 300 years ago now. Edward is just over 100, Jasper's in his 100's, and Rosalie and Emmett are in their 70's. Sora and Jenna are both fifteen, and Bella is twenty-two. We don't know how old Alice is-or rather, she doesn't know how old she is. Alice can see into the future, and we think she had some premonitions before she was changed. Jasper's talent lies in emotions. It's amazing what he can do, actually. He can influence the moods of people around him. Edward can read minds, everyone's but Bella's. Bella's talent is that she is a shield. She can shield people from mental attacks from other vampires. Emmett's got his strength, and Rosalie has her looks. Renesmee needs physical contact, but she can project her thoughts into other people's heads," Carlisle chuckled, "Her mother keeps everyone out, and no one keeps her out."

"Amazing. What about your sisters?"

"Jenna and Sora are a bit different. I don't really want to overwhelm you, but you have to know. Our father was a Fairy," Carlisle paused to let it sink in, "Do you know the story of the Lord of the Rings? Well, it's completely true. Jenna and Sorri's mother was Matilda Greenleaf, who is one of the of the five daughters of Legolas Greenleaf. So the twin are part Fairy and part Elf. And I'm half Fairy and half human. Or at least I was before I was turned. Jenna, Sora, show them you talents."

Jenna and Sora immediately turned to each other and nodded once. They started off small, by getting into the human's head's and projecting their thoughts. Then they raised their hand above their heads and created beautiful fireworks show. To the great surprise of the humans, Sora and Jenna disappeared and then reappeared. The twins shook the magic spells of their wings, revealing two pairs of wings thirty feet long. They flew for their grand finale.

Renee fainted, and Bella caught her.

"Too fainthearted." Carlisle chuckled again to himself.

"Okay. So, you're vampires. You drink blood. You drink human blood. Why haven't I heard about any of your murders? People haven't been going missing or anything." Charlie said.

"No Charlie, we do not drink human blood. We call ourselves vegetarians-it's our little inside joke. We drink animal blood. It defies our very nature."

"Burning up in sunlight? Sleeping in coffins?"

"Myths. We don't sleep. We don't burn up in the sun, but we still can't go out in it."

"But the twins-?"

"They have a spell up so that they can. Ne, Sor, take down the spell. We have to show Charlie and Renee what we look like in the sun to reinforce this."

They obliged, turning invisible so that the first person Charlie and Renee (who had regained continuousness) would see was Bella.

Bella walked into the sunlight and took off her sweater. She turned to face her parents. Renesmee joined her mother in the middle of the clearing. Her skin didn't sparkle as much as Bella's did, but it was still beautiful. Bella was like a supermodel. Her dress and hair flailed in the wind. It was a very picturesque scene.

"There are no words for this." Renee muttered, and then fainted again.