AN: Hey again people. Ok, here's the thing. My grandparents are coming from Florida on Monday which means I will not be able to update next week unless I type two chapters today and post one of them next week. That is probably what I am going to do. That way this story will be finished right before I leave for Florida. Anyways, I'll shut up and type now. :D

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea.

Chapter 8: Renee's Story

"Bella?" She was just as shocked to see me as I was to see her. We just stared at each other, too shocked to do anything else. Then I felt Edward place his hand upon my shoulder.

Carlisle came up on my other side. "Good afternoon Renee. I'm Carlisle." (AN: I personally would find it creepy if someone you never met or heard of already knew your name)

Renee snapped out of her shock. "Hi, um… the vampires I met a while ago told me that you would be able to help me… um…" she glanced at me again. "Uh…" I too snapped out of my shock.

"Mom, is it really truly you?" She nodded. That was all the confirmation I needed. I hugged her tightly and she hugged me back. Tears of happiness slid down my cheeks. After a while I stepped away from her and pulled her towards the house.

"Everybody," I said to the few confused people (Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Esme, Alice) "This is Renee, my mom." Shock flitted across their faces. After my mother talked to the others for a while, I brought up the question that I was dying to ask.

"Mom, what happened all those years ago?" She thought for a minute, trying to figure out where to start.

"Well, about a year after you 'died', a strange man with crimson eyes showed up at my apartment in the middle of the night. I had never seen him before in my life. He killed Phil and then moved on to me. He stopped too soon though, and I went through 3 days of hell."

We both winced; those three days were all too fresh on our minds even though it had happened so long ago. One minute our lives had been fine (well, not really since I was dealing with Edward leaving and my mother was dealing with my supposed deathbed) and the next moment was unbearable pain. "When I woke up, I went crazy with the thirst. I killed a man as soon as I left my apartment. Nobody saw me, so I wasn't exposed for what I was.

"I knew what I was, and I hated it. I wandered through the desert and found that I sparkled in the sun. I couldn't risk anybody seeing me, so I moved north, to Canada. I wandered through many different towns in the following 200 years, give or take, feeding on humans every time the thirst became too much." I winced. I still didn't need blood, at all.



"Then a few days ago, possibly yesterday, I met the Denali coven in Alaska. They told me about their way of life and it intrigued me. But they were in the middle of something, so they wouldn't have time to help me change my lifestyle. They recommended that I come here, so I did.

"Imagine, I find Bella who supposedly died 200 years ago. Just amazing." She trailed off and we sat there. I looked at her eyes quickly but had to look away because they were a bright ruby.

My mother was a monster, but that could be changed. Right?

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AN: Just two more chapters left! Plez review because the more reviews I get, the earlier in the week next week I'll update.