Something to Believe In
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Author's Note: Welcome, fellow Twilighters. I'm back from my cousin's house! It was fun. We watched Underworld 1 and 2, which is kind of like Twilight but it focuses more on the action. It's pretty good if you like big guns and a little romance. Beware: It's RATED R! And I ate my very first In-and-Out burger, which is like… AWESOME! Oh and the movie, Ferngully, a cartoon back then was pretty good. About a fairy who tries to save a rainforest. Oh and did anyone see the iCarly episode iKiss? I wanna know what you guys thought about it. Personally, I LOVED it! Every seddie fan's dream… SO ANYWAY!
I bring to you, the TENTH chapter! Thank you everyone for reviewing. ^__^ 25 reviews = YAAAAY! You guys rock my chick socks off. The story continues right NOW!
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Renesmee's POV
First, I was going to go hunting. Even though mom and dad wanted me to stay on my diet of human food. No matter how much I've protested to this idea, even if it protected me from being harmful around Jacob. They eventually allowed me to hunt animals... at least once or twice a week. And today was one of those days.
I stopped and climbed to the top of a tree where there was nothing but hundreds upon hundreds more of the wooded-stemmed plants. I closed my eyes, and took in the oxygen and different smells in the atmosphere. I also listened carefully to the sounds of the different creatures inhabiting the area. One hundred and fifty yards away to the right was a river. Two hundred and ten yards to the left were a couple of elks, so I made a run for it.
Somewhere between the stalking of the poor animals and then sinking my teeth to their bodies, I heard a wolf howl in the distance—and I had a feeling I knew who it was. It was just too dangerous for both of us, especially in my current state of mind.
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Melanie's POV
"Damn it, Seth!" I heard a female's voice, her tone screeched throughout the whole household. Where was I? I sat up straight, sitting still only for a bit. I listened harder to the conversation, knowing that I may be caught. "What do you think Jacob's gonna say?! Oh boy, I can't wait until he finds out!"
"Leah, you don't understand." A male voice—Seth?—answered the female, Leah, with a sigh. "I kind of uhm..." After that, there was a whisper that I couldn't hear even if I tried. As I heard footsteps coming closer, there wasn't enough time for me to fake anything. There was a female and a male, somewhat the same height.
"Oh great," I heard Leah murmur. "She's awake." Seth elbowed her and she bit her lip. "Uh, hey." she said, forcing a smile. She walked over and sat at my bed side, "Feeling better?"
"Yeah, thanks." I smiled softly, running my fingers through my hair. "How did you find me?"
"My older sister, Leah, and I were hiking in the woods. And we found you, passed out, so we decided to bring you to our place." Seth explained. I nodded in understanding, and I thanked both of them for rescuing me.
"Oh, don't be silly." Leah answered, as she got up to walk over where Seth currently stood. I stepped out of bed, deciding that maybe it wouldn't hurt to hang around these two, even for a while. "C'mon, let's eat!"
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We've just finished eating tuna sandwiches when the door bell rang. Ding dong! Leah got our plates and took it to the sink to wash them. "I'll get it!" Seth said quickly heading toward the door. Out of curiosity, I followed behind him. He quickly turned the door knob, revealing a very tall male with shaggy hair, dark eyes, and russet skin. And someone He was accompanied by someone I'd least expect...
I saw the male mouth, Is that her? To which Renesmee nodded. She saw me and she quickly reached to grab my arm. Unexpectedly, Seth stopped her by going in between the middle of us. "Watch it, Nessie. Jake, what're you doing here?"
"Don't talk to her like that," Jake hissed, confused at the new behavior of his friend. "What's going on?" Renesmee tugged on Jacob's hand, with a worried expression on her face.
"Jacob." she sighed.
"Sorry..." he muttered, closing his eyes for just a brief moment."Seth, I need to talk to you." The two boys went to the kitchen where Leah was. The three of them seemed to be having such a personal discussion, a group activity really that I was not a part of. It had also had come to my attention that this Jacob was Renesmee's. I couldn't be wrong, but they seemed perfect for each other.
Renesmee hugged me, relieved to know that I was alive and well. "I'm sorry." she whispered into my ear. I was surprised! Why was she sorry? I knew very well that it was maybe my fault for all of this happening, and it was too late to prevent it. It suddenly occurred to me all of that didn't matter—she was my best friend, and she was worried about me.
"How long have you been looking for me?" I asked, wiping the tears that were welling up in my eyes. She just chuckled and settled me down onto the couch.
"Oh, just a few hours." she answered with one of her infamous smiles. "They're waiting for you to come home."
I looked at her, shock and confused. She answered for me, "Alice just wants to know the truth. We all know you're not as much as a threat as we are."
I tilted my head in confusion, "What kind of threat are you guys, exactly?"
She sighed, "Have you ever heard of the stories of the Quileute tribe?"
I nodded. "Of course, I heard tons of stories about that when I was little." She looked at me, as if hesitating to tell me the rest. But she did, and let me tell you—it was probably the most absurd thing I've ever heard in my lifetime.
And I believed every word of it.
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Renesmee's POV
It was a good thing to have met up with Jacob, along the boundary line of our treaty of course. I told him everything, and he assisted me in finding her. It didn't take long, as we found the unmistakable human smell mixed with a wolf's—
It was Seth's. We figured that he found her, and had taken her hostage or something. Jacob returned to human form and we followed the trail leading to the Clearwaters' household. And so here we are, Jacob and Seth and Leah were speaking among themselves in the kitchen. I've just finished telling Melanie the truth about us, the real predators of the human race. She seemed clearly surprised but she believed all of it. I think I was close to making her confess, until a loud BOOM shook the house.
It was a voice—Jacob's—and he was clearly not happy. I got up abruptly and entered the kitchen. Of course I was worried, and yet I don't think he noticed I was even there. I didn't even notice that Melanie followed behind me until she asked, "Uhm… What's imprinting exactly?" I cursed myself silently, that I've forgotten to explain that. It was important, and I guess I've been conceited enough to talk about us vampires.
Jacob rolled his eyes and Leah quickly answered with a grin, "Someone's got a thing for you."