8

Rose sulked as she followed Jenna into the woods. On one hand, she was pleased to be away from Jacob. But it was almost worse to be with Jenna, the vampire who could do everything. Rosalie kept in mind that Jenna had attacked Jacob, but that didn't help much.

Jenna had had enough of Rose and her sulking.

"Rose, you know how people try to kill blonde vampires?" She continued to the punch line in the same breath, "They put them up in a plane and a mirror on the ground."

"That doesn't kill us." Rose retorted.

"I know. I said try. Head in the game, Rosalie. I know you're thirstier than you let on."

For the second time that day, they passed Shane's scent in the wind. But this time Rosalie went crazy with thirst.

Shane and Kevin emerged from the bushes at the same time as Jacob, flanked by Seth and Leah, strode into view.

Leah was the first to phase. She was the first to recognize the situation. She saw Rosalie's maniac expression, eyes coal black with thirst, and Jenna's pleading expression. Jenna grabbed Rosalie before she could do anything. She saw Jacob and Seth phase behind her best friend.

The whole time, Shane and Kevin were dumbstruck.

"Shane, Kevin, get out of here! Now!" Jenna ordered. The boys raced away.

The werewolves stood in a protective circle around Rosalie and Jenna.

"Carlisle, Emmett, Edward, and Jasper are on their way." Jenna told them.

Four vampires broke the circle.

"Thanks, guys," Jenna breathed. She handed control of Rose over to Emmett.

"God. A 73-year-old vampire was driven mad by thirst, while one that was under a day old and extremely thirsty, was unaffected." Jasper gazed in awe at Jenna, and then immediately looked away guiltily. He moved like he was in pain. Well, he was. The weird thing was that he wasn't wearing a shirt. Jenna could see in perfect detail all of the scars on his torso.

"I have to go after Shane" Jenna was just about to turn when Edward grabbed her arm.

"No," He said, "You have to hunt, Jenna. Come on." He pulled her along behind him, in the opposite direction of Shane.

Jenna stopped in her tracks. Edward blew past her and then came back to her side.

"Edward, Shane-and Kevin-must be wondering what's going on-" She stopped.

Edward spun her around to face him, something Shane had done not so long ago. "Jenna, you will be no good to Shane if you kill him. What if that was you and not Rosalie in the clearing?"

"I see your point. Let's hunt." Jenna said quickly.

Jenna ran in front of Edward on the way back from the hunting trip. Edward was fast, but she was faster. Jenna had Seth and Leah on her flanks in seconds as she raced along Shane's trail. She knew Edward and Jasper were snaking their way along behind her, but she didn't care. She had to find Shane and Kevin. It was kinda like life or death for her-no, it was life or death for her. If she didn't find them, they could be freaked out enough to expose her secret. And that could not happen, or it would upset the balance of the world as Jenna knew it.

After nearly eight seconds of solid running, Jenna stopped dead. Seth and Leah, who were not nearly as fast as her blew past her and she reached out and grabbed them, stopping them in their tracks.

"Shane, Kevin, don't make me come up there!" Jenna called.

The two boys were statues in the trees.

"You asked for it." Jenna jumped onto the branch Shane and Kevin were sitting on, landing with a dull thud too low for human ears to hear and not rustling a leaf. Jenna seemed to glow, and the leaves around her brightened, even though it was overcast. She grabbed the boys by the arms and tossed them down to Leah and Seth, who put them on the ground. Jenna slipped gracefully down off the branch.

"Bet you guys are wondering what's going on, huh?"

Shane and Kevin nodded slowly.

"Leah, Seth, show them," Jenna said, "And don't worry, I will get you more clothes."

Seth and Leah phased into their wolf forms.

The boys stared.

"Seth and Leah are werewolves," Jenna said, ignoring the stunned look on her boyfriend's face, "And I'm a vampire."

They stood still for a moment, which Jenna found to be a restful as lying in a bed.

Jenna gasped.

"No. No! How the hell did Rosalie break free of Emmett? And how is she coming here? Edward, what did you hear?" Jenna read Edward's thoughts.

"Rosalie's still not sane yet. She wasn't away from the scent of human blood for long enough." Edward said, appearing beside Jenna with Jasper on her other side. Jazz had his hands on her arms, restraining her.

"Shane, Kevin, get behind me!" Jenna ordered, "Or, better yet, Seth and Leah, get them out of here until we've got Rose under control! And don't even think about staying to help, Shane! You would die within a eighty-fourth of a second."

"Jasper, can you try to get Rosalie calmed down? I don't really want to hurt her, I think." Jenna said. She wasn't sure if she-no, she decided that if Rosalie was going to go after Shane, or if she wasn't sorry after she regained her sanity, Jenna would kill her. Jenna saw the vision of her killing Rosalie in Alice's head seconds after she made the decision. Edward saw it too.

You're going to kill her? He thought the question.

If she lies as much as one finger on Shane. Jenna's thought was full of anger towards Rosalie.

"Rose isn't so bad, Jen. She just doesn't understand you." Edward said soothingly.

Jenna parted her lips over her teeth and snarled. What frightened Edward was that he had directed her action at him.

Jasper stepped in, sensing their moods. Jenna felt his presence calming her down. Though she was calm, it didn't stop her thoughts. She knew she would kill Rosalie or anyone who was intent upon killing or hurting Shane in any way.

Jasper stopped short when she projected this thought at him, "You really care about him, don't you?" He asked.

"Shane is my life," Jenna said, "He saved me from suicide so many times before I was changed, just by being there for me. It was more than anyone's ever done for me. My world is dying, and only another Fairy-Elf could have saved it. And since my family is the last of the Elves, it was going towards disaster. My aunts, they're all still single. Well, except for aunt Ginny. But either way, none of them would ever look twice at a Fairy. My mother was a very rare exception. I had to be born, because the last Fairy-Elf died out 500 years ago. If you look at his life, it would exactly mirror mine, except that I am a girl. I am the first female Fairy-Elf in the history of the world. Now that I am immortal, the Wild will live on until I am destroyed. There will be no more Fairy-Elves after me. A prophesy was foretold before I was born, by none other than my twin aunts, that the arrival of a maiden warrior would end the fertility of Elves with Fairies. I am that maiden warrior. Head in the game, guys" Jenna said as she read their thoughts and saw their pitiful expressions, "Rosalie will be here any second, and we've got to be ready to intercept her. I'm not letting Shane get hurt. Or Kevin, for that matter. Come on, Rose will be here in thirty seconds. Emmett's after her, but she's faster than him. Carlisle is here in eight seconds."

As Jenna had said, Carlisle dashed into the clearing in exactly eight seconds. He went immediately to Jenna's side. "Jenna, Emmett is so sorry he lost Rosalie-" He stopped and stared at Jenna.

Jenna was laughing, her sweet Elven laugh mixed with a booming vampire laugh, creating chiming bells bouncing off the trees.

"She kicked him in the crotch?" Jenna laughed, "She must be insane. I mean, this is Emmett we're talking about. Emmett! Although, you gotta admit, Rose is pretty resourceful."

As soon as Jenna finished talking, Rosalie sprinted into the clearing. Jenna had already recovered from her laughing fit and was settled in her hunting crouch. She sprang a Rosalie so fast she was a blur, even for vampire eyes. She had the blonde woman pinned before Carlisle, Jasper and Edward had even moved. She gave Rose to Jasper and Edward.

Jenna took to the sky. She searched for signs of the werewolves, and although they weren't hard to find, it would have been easier if she was on the ground. She circled them and angled herself into a steep dive, landing right in front of her friends.

"Are you guys okay?" She asked.

Is she still my Jenna? Shane thought.

"Yes, Shane. I haven't changed much. The only thing that has changed is my eating habits. And I don't hunt humans."

"I didn't say anything," Shane said cautiously, "But sill, that's a relief."

"Sorry, Shane. I forgot to mention that I can read minds."

"Oh, wow."

"Yah, add that to my list of abilities," Jenna said, "As you can see, it's a very long list.

"Seth, Leah, thank you for listening. I know of your aversion to vampires, and I know how hard it is for you to turn your back on a fight. Although, it wasn't much of a fight, as I had Rose pinned after an eighty-fourth of a second. You wouldn't believe how slow Rosalie is compared to me. How slow everyone is. I mean, I knew I would be fast, but this is like speed of sound fast. It must be my magic, interfering with the vampirism. Oh, look at me. A blabber mouth; it's almost like Jared, from Sam's pack, after he's been to Kim's. Darn, it, I'm still doing it. I-"

Jenna, just shut up.

Shutting.

Thank you. That was almost as bad as sharing your thoughts with Jacob. Oh, by the way, thanks for shooting him.

Seth growled.

Well, somebody had to do it, Leah thought at him.

I guess you're right.

Okay, Jenna thought, Let's talk out loud so Shane and Kevin can hear us.

Leah cleared her throat and thought, Well, we don't have any clothes.

"Oh, yes. I'll take care of that." And with that, Jenna was gone.

Jenna took off at a dead sprint. She made it to her new home in six seconds, covering a distance of twenty-five miles. Jenna turned invisible for the last mile. Unnoticed, she entered the house and then lifted her invisibility spell, much to the shock of Esme, Renesmee, and Bella, who were watching TV.

Jenna turned to her 'mother' for all intended purposes. Even though she had known Esme for only a few days, the older vampire was a better mother than anything the orphaned Jenna had ever had.

"Esme, I need to get some clothes for Seth and Leah. Do you perchance have any?"

"Of course. I'll be right back."

Esme returned in seconds. She handed the clothes to Jenna. "I hope they fit alright," she said.

"Thank you." Jenna said, and vanished into thin air.

"Auntie Jenna is cool." Renesmee said. The half-vampire girl had already forgiven Jenna and accepted her as part of the family.

"She is," Esme said, "I've never met anyone like her. Not just because she is the furthest thing from human I've ever seen, but also because she turned out with amazing morals and principles, although she raised herself. And all she's been through. It's just amazing. Her being the last of her kind. It must be a big responsibility for just one girl, and such a young girl at that. To think she's carried this burden for her whole life. It really makes you grow up fast."

Bella nodded her agreement, "She has the world on her shoulders, and no one to help her carry it. If she falls, it means the end for us all, even us immortals."

Jenna raced back to her friends as fast as she could. She made the return trip in five seconds, just one second faster than before. After Jenna gave the clothes to the wolves they disappeared into the woods to change, reappearing moments later in vampire hand-me-downs. Leah was not thrilled.

"Okay," She said, disgusted, "First, my best friend is turned into a vampire. And now I have nothing to wear but vampire clothes, which-no offense, Jenna-absolutely reek."

None taken, Jenna projected to Leah. Out loud, she said, "Come on, let's go talk to Carlisle and Jacob about letting you two into the loop. Although there is the constant threat of the Volturi..." She trailed off.

"How far?" Kevin asked.

"Twenty-five miles," Seth answered, "It will be faster if you ride."

"Ride what?"

"Us, of course." Leah called over her shoulder as she left the clearing to phase, with Seth going the other way.

When the wolves returned, Jenna grabbed Shane and Kevin and put them atop Seth and Leah. They took off in the direction of the Cullen house.

Jenna read Jasper's mind on the way to the house. She paid so much attention to his, that Alice's was totally blocked out. Jenna only realized she was having a vision when her eyes glazed over in Jasper's mind. Her focus immediately switched to Alice.

In Alice's vision, they were in the baseball clearing where the last confrontation between them and the Volturi had been. The leaves on the trees were yellowing. Early fall. The Volturi stood in formation facing and enemy of vampires and werewolves alike. Unexpectedly, Jenna recognized her aunts and uncles, along with her grandparents. Across the clearing, on the side of the Volturi, stood a wickedly beautiful and wild-looking woman. The Elf stared at her, as if she knew Jenna was watching. The woman's eyes flashed murderously, an expression that the woman had worn many times before. Even though Jenna hadn't seen the immortal for six years, the woman hadn't changed, unless her evil aura had intensified. It was her mother.

The vision ended abruptly and Jenna stepped up her pace. She left Shane, Kevin, Seth, and Leah in the dust and raced ahead. As she burst into the house, Edward was saying, "But who was the blonde-haired person on the Volturi side? And why did she have pointed ears?"

"Because she's not a person," Jenna said. Everyone stared at her, but she only met Jasper's eyes. Jasper understood her, even if he didn't want to be the one to do that. "She's an Elf. She's my mother."