A/N- ok thanks for all of your amazing reviews and for waiting, here's chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS! IT ALL BELONGS TO STEPHANIE MEYER!
Previously- He growled slightly as I laughed. Once he had quieted down he started humming my lullaby to me and I drifted off to sleep.
BPOV
The next morning when I woke up I was in the arms of Edward and I sighed contently before opening my eyes. He was looking down at me smiling.
"Good morning, my love," he whispered.
"Hi, what have you been up to?" I asked.
"Nothing, just watching my beautiful wife sleep and listening to her babble while she sleeps."
I blushed, "What did I say this time?"
"Oh just the usual, 'I love you, Edward' and 'Renesmee is so beautiful I love her with all my heart' although there was a 'Jacob is annoying' thrown into the mix this time."
I blushed harder at the last statement although I guess it could have been worse. "I see. What are we doing today?"
"Well, much to Alice's dismay, today we are going to look for the tribe that can help us."
This puzzled me, "Why is Alice sad about that?"
"She was hoping to shop before we did any of the hard work," Edward rolled his eyes at his sister's silliness.
I laughed as I shook my head. I swear shopping is all that girl ever thinks about. "Well come on then, we best be getting ready before Alice burst through our door and dresses us herself," I groaned as I sat up and stretched.
He laughed but got up anyway and went to his suitcase. I went to the restroom to do my morning rituals. After I was done with that I went back into our room and opened the suitcase that held my clothes for the day. On top of the clothes there were very specific instructions on what to wear and how to do my hair and make up. The pixie had officially gone crazy.
"Did Alice leave instructions for you too?" I asked Edward who was already dressed and waiting for me on the bed.
"Yes," he said with a roll of his eyes.
I shook my head and grabbed the short denim shorts, blue t-shirt, and white undershirt. I quickly changed then went back to the bathroom with my hair and make up stuff. I put off looking in the full length mirror until I had styled my hair in the ponytail and put on the light make up Alice assigned for the day. When I did look I almost wished that I hadn't. I still hadn't lost all of the baby weight yet, much to my dismay. Edward assured me time and time again that I looked fine, that I looked better, healthier, with more meat on my bones but I was still insecure. The shirt Alice made me wear almost covered my baby belly but not quite and the shorts were a little too short for my taste and showed a lot of my thighs, which thankfully hadn't blown up too much. I wouldn't say that I looked bad but I certainly wasn't comfortable by any means. With a sigh a walked out of the bathroom.
Edward's reaction made me feel better for about 5 seconds then I felt self conscious all over again. When he first saw me he froze, only his eyes moving to roam my body. Then he groaned and threw himself back on the bed.
"What?" I asked.
"Alice is not making the no sex thing easy on me by any means," he groaned. I blushed and looked at the floor. "And now I'm going to have to deal with the thoughts of vile men who can't keep there eyes off of married woman."
"Edward, I doubt any guy will be looking at me like that. I still have a lot of weight to lose and the way Alice dressed me makes me look like one of those fat girls who wear daisy dukes to make them feel skinny when they clearly aren't," I told him.
Edward sat back up and looked me straight in the eye, "Bella, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on even with the extra weight, which I think you are making too big of a deal out of, and any man would be a fool not to see that."
I blushed and looked down then tentatively looked back into his eyes, "Really?
He jumped off the bed and was pinning me against the wall in the next second. Before I could ask him what he was doing his mouth was on mine. This kiss was full of passion, lust, and most of all love.
"Yes really, Bella," Edward panted, still recovering from our heavy kiss even though he didn't need to breath. "How many times do I have to tell you before you believe me? You are beautiful and I will always love you no matter what you think you look like. You have no idea what you do to me," with that said his mouth was back on mine.
"I think I have an idea," I said when I could breath again.
He flashed me my favorite crooked smile then leaned back down to capture my lips in another kiss. This one was slow and gentle. I could feel his love for me in every fiber of my being. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist as his hands went to my butt to support me. He walked us to the bed and he gently put me down on the edge so my legs were hanging off and he was standing over me. When I couldn't breath anymore I broke away. His lips didn't leave my skin, instead they went to my neck and started leaving opened mouth kisses on my jaw line.
"Edward? We need to stop," I breathed when I could think again.
"Why?" he asked.
"If we don't then this will turn into something more," I responded. When that didn't stop him I tried something else, "We need to wake up Renesmee and get her ready."
"Esme already took care of that for us," he smiled as he kissed the hollow beneath my ear.
I was about to bring his mouth back to mine, unable to think of another excuse, when he froze then quickly pulled us up to a more formal sitting position. I looked at him curiously when Alice walked through the door.
"God do you two ever stop making out?" she asked as she walked in the room.
"What the heck Alice? Ever heard of a little thing called knocking?" I fumed as I straightened out my shirt.
"Hey you're lucky that I warned Edward I was coming in, I could've just barged in here," she retorted.
"You did just barge in here," Edward grumbled.
"Whatever, I'm here to tell you that we're getting ready to head out. So Bella if you were planning on eating something then I suggest you do that now before Jacob eats all the food Esme made," she said then started walking back out the door. She turned around at the doorway and said, "Oh, and Bella? You look great."
I sighed then turned to Edward and took his hand so we could walk to the kitchen.
As we were walking out of the room Edward said, "I told you, you look great."
"Shut up," I said quickly.
He simply laughed and closed the door behind us. We continued to walk down the hallway and into the kitchen where Jacob was indeed inhaling all the food he could.
"Wow Jake, thanks for leaving some for me," I said sarcastically as I walked over to the big island where Jacob and the food were.
"Sorry Bella, but it was first come first serve," he replied, displaying his mouth full of chewed food.
"Ew, seriously Jake? Didn't anyone ever tell you that it's rude to talk with your mouth full?" I asked.
He just rolled his eyes at me and continued eating. With a sigh I sat down and put what was left of the eggs and bacon on the spare plate left on the island, curtsey of Esme. When Jacob and I were both done eating we made our way to the front room where the rest of the family was waiting.
"Ok, now that we're all here I would like to discuss what's going to happen today," Carlisle began after I took my seat next to Edward on the loveseat and Jacob sat down on the floor next to Renesmee. "Edward and I know the general location of where the Ticunas tribe has made one of its villages. So we will set the coordinates in the GPS in our cars and when we come to the point where the cars won't fit on the trail anymore we'll get out and travel on foot. When we do that we'll have to rely on our senses to find the tribe. When we finally find it we will enter the village with open arms and let them know that we mean no harm and only wish to speak with their tribe leaders, is that understood?" he finished looking at Emmett.
"Why are you only looking at me?" Emmett asked.
"Because we all know that you'll be the one to start a fight," Esme defended her other half.
"No I wouldn't," he protested.
"Yes you would," we all said almost simultaneously. He pouted as he leaned into Rosalie's side.
"Another thing Carlisle and I thought we should discuss is Jacob," Edward started this time.
"What about me?" Jacob asked, eyeing Edward wearily.
"When we find the tribe we think you should stay in your human form," Edward stated.
"What! Why?" he asked, incredulous.
"Because, like Carlisle said, we don't want to come off as a threat. We want them to help us and that's not going to happen if we have a horse-sized wolf with us," since Jacob was still looking at everyone disbelievingly Edward added, "If things get ugly then, and only then, you can transform to protect yourself."
Finally Jacob nodded his gaze settling on Renesmee.
Then Carlisle was talking again, "And the last thing we need to discuss. If things do end in a fight we are simply defending ourselves, we don't want to kill any of the tribe members. Am I understood?" this time he was looking at everyone. After we had all nodded our heads. "Good, now that that's all cleared up let's head out."
We all stood up and walked to the entranceway leaving the suite. After getting into our car Edward turned on the GPS setting and put in the coordinates.
"Now starting guide for your route destination. In .10 of a mile turn right," the automated voice said.
"Aw, seriously? Those voices always get on my nerves," Jacob whined from the back seat.
"Oh suck it up, Jacob," I told him, turning my head to look him in the eyes.
"But it's so creepy. It's like there's a person in your car that you don't know about, and the voices are so robotic, like a killers."
"It's ok sweetie," I patted his knee and used a voice that you'd use to calm a child waking up from a nightmare. "The monster isn't coming to get you, she's not real."
"Oh shut up," he pushed my hand off his knee as Edward broke out in laughter.
"Do you need your blankie, pup?" Edward asked tauntingly as I giggled.
"Shut it, bloodsucker," he retorted.
"Ok both of you cut it out," I said.
"Don't act so innocent, Bella you are the one who started this," Jacob grumbled
"Yes, I did and I am sorry. Now stop sulking and Edward, stop teasing Jacob."
"Whatever." Jacob sighed at the same time Edward said, "Yes, love."
Jacob was looking at Edward through the review mirror smiling. "What?" Edward asked.
"You are so whipped," he laughed.
"I am not!"
"Really? You tell her 'Yes, love' to everything."
"Look who's talking. You can't stand to be away from Renesmee for more then 5 seconds or else you're in agony."
"You're the same way with Bella."
"But at least I have a backbone and I could refuse if I wanted to."
"Then why don't you-"
"Ok!" I yelled interrupting their meaningless banter. "Enough already. We all know that deep down all men are whipped. They have to be, because if they're not they get in trouble."
"Whatever, I don't need to be whipped, I choose to be," Jacob said under his breath.
"Same here," Edward agreed.
I raised one eye brow at him, "Oh really?"
"Yes."
"Ok," I leaned back against the seat, "We'll see how that goes."
Edward started looking a little nervous then he reached out to grab my hand and brought it to his mouth to kiss the back of it. Jacob had his smirk plastered back on his face as he chuckled.
"Shut up," Edward snapped. Jack held his hands up in surrender as he shook his head. I giggled a little then twined my fingers with his and brought our hands down to rest on the console. I looked up at him and smiled, his returning smile was dazzling.
We drove the rest of the way in silence. We were in Leticia a town that sat right on the border of Columbia and Brazil. The Amazon River ran through the south side of town where the rainforest got thicker. Finally we made a turn that lead us into the heart of the Brazil Rainforest. The trees were huge and leafy. Occasionally we would see a wild animal in the trees watching our cars go by. When I looked up I could see dozen of colorful birds flying and monkeys jumping from tree to tree. The trail we were on was very narrow and the leaves on the plants would brush the sides of the car. Finally the path was too narrow to follow anymore.
Edward stopped the car then looked at Jacob, "Remember what we said this morning."
"I know," he replied.
We all got out of the car and watched everyone else pull up behind us. When everyone was out we gathered around in a circle and Carlisle took the floor again.
"Ok everyone, close your eyes if you need to and try to use your senses to find any signs of humans."
Jacob handed me Renesmee so he could focus on the forest around him. Most of them closed their eyes to focus. Alice's eyes glazed over and she walked forward a few steps. Jasper took a deep breath as he turned in a circle. Jacob bent down and touched the ground and smelled the dirt. Edward cocked his head to the side and started walking in the same direction as Alice. Rosalie kept her eyes open but they weren't focused on anything. Emmett had his eyes wide open and they looked like they were searching the forest for something. Carlisle and Esme both stood tall with their eyes closed and their hands open, fingers spread wide. They all opened their eyes and came back into focus at the same time.
"This way," Alice and Edward said at the same time, pointing perpendicular to the path we were on now.
"Are you sure?" Esme asked.
"Yes," Alice answered. "I see us running for a few miles then being stopped by guards, but it's not a very solid vision because of Jacob and Renesmee.
Alice wasn't very happy when she learned that Jacob was coming. It wasn't because she didn't want him here, but because her already blurry visions, caused by Renesmee, became even blurrier. That's why we were having to do so much guess work, plus we wouldn't know how the tribe would react to us. It made all of us uneasy and on edge.
"And I think I'm getting fragments of thoughts so they can't be that far away," Edward added.
"Alright then," Carlisle said, "let's get going."
"Wait, Carlisle," Jacob said.
"Yes Jacob?"
"Can I at least transform right now so I can keep up with you, then when we get closer to the guards I'll change back?" he asked.
Carlisle thought for a second then agreed, "Then you can carry Nessie on your back."
Jake nodded then ran into the trees to change. I gave Carlisle a look for the use of the hated nickname. "Sorry Bella," he apologized. I simply rolled my eyes and looked back to the trees where Jake was coming out in his wolf form. He walked over to me and turned around waiting for me to put Renesmee on his back.
With a sigh I walked forward and gently placed my daughter on his back. "Hold on tight, Renesmee," I said as she adjusted herself to get more comfortable.
"Don't worry Momma, I'll be fine," she said as she grabbed two big fistfuls of Jacob's fur.
I stepped back then blew her a kiss before walking back to Edward and getting on his back piggyback style.
"Are you ready, love?" Edward asked as I gripped his neck in a chokehold.
"As ready as I'll ever be," I replied. I was nervous about meeting the tribe that could potentially help my daughter.
"Everyone stay together and if someone hears or smells something stop and tell us at once," Carlisle said. After everyone nodded he continued, "Then let's go."
With that everyone was running. Running through the rainforest was much different then running through the forests back home. The air wasn't cold like in Forks so it didn't sting my open eyes, instead the breeze was welcome in hot air like this. The scenery was different too. The huge trees and exotic plants swept past us as we speed through the forest. We past a few animals on our path, and the ones we did pass started howling, screeching, and just making noise as soon as they saw us. A few of the more dangerous ones even barred their teeth showing us their fangs. I swear if Rosalie hadn't pulled Emmett away from the margay he would have gotten into a full blown-out fight with it.
Finally a after a few more minutes of running we stopped.
"Edward? Alice?" Carlisle asked.
"I can't see anything other then we're close to where the guards stops us. I'm sorry, Carlisle," Alice apologized.
"It's ok Alice. What about you Edward?"
"I can hear the thoughts of the guards, they're about a mile away but they don't know that we're here yet," Edward reported.
"Good, are they armed?" Esme asked with a slightly worried expression, her eyes flashing to me.
"Yes, they have spears and bows and arrows, but nothing advanced. They are on look out for intruders but I don't think they'll attack if we come forward with open arms," Edward continued.
"Alright then, everyone you know what we're here for. We don't want to give them a reason to attack so try and be open minded to any conditions they may give us," Carlisle said looking each and everyone of us in the eye. After a few seconds he looked at Jacob and said, "Jacob go ahead and give Renesmee back to Bella and transform back," he looked at me when he said Renesmee and smiled slightly. I rolled my eyes at him again and jumped off of Edward's back.
Jacob made a muffled sound in the back of his throat to show that he had heard and understood. He turned around so I could get Renesmee of his back, then he walked into a part of the forest where the trees where the trees were thick. I held Renesmee close to my chest and buried my face in her long, bronze ringlets. I felt Edward come behind me and pulled me into his embrace, wrapping his arms around both of us.
"Everything will be fine, my love," Edward reassured me.
"How do you know that?" I asked him, turning around to face him. "What if they don't want to help us because they see Renesmee? What if they take her from us and kill her? And even if they do help us what happens if they tell us that she'll die?"
"Calm down, love let's just take this one step at a time. If they don't want to help us then we'll just have to do more research until we can find the answers we need. And I promise you we will not let them get anywhere near Renesmee. I'll be able to read their thoughts and if they show any harm towards her we'll be out of there so fast they'll think we were all just a nightmare. And…if they do tell us that Renesmee…will die some day then we'll spend the rest of her life with her, making great memories with her and showing her the world."
By now I was near hysterical, trying to control my sobs so I wouldn't worry Renesmee. My Renesmee. My darling daughter. My little nudger who I fought for and was strong enough to carry until she didn't need me to anymore. I didn't know how I would be able to cope if she did end up dying.
"Shh, my love it'll be fine," he tried to calm me down again.
"How do you know?" I asked again.
"I don't know," he said looking me straight in the eye. "But I have faith, you gave me that. You gave me yourself and you gave me a beautiful daughter, and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that you're both taken care of. You gave me faith that everything will work out fine."
"Who are you and what have you done with my husband?" I asked giving him a small smile.
"I'm still here, love. That's just how much you've changed me."
"Ok, are you two done being lovey-dovey yet?" Jacob asked coming back out from the trees.
"Yes, we are," I told him giving him an annoyed look.
"Everyone let's go," Carlisle said taking the lead at the front of the group.
Everyone lined up behind Carlisle while Edward pulled me and Renesmee to the back of the group, behind everyone else. He put his arm around my waist and leaned down to kiss both of us on our foreheads.
"I love you both," he whispered.
"I love you too," I said while Renesmee put one hand on each of us telling us that she loved the both of us too.
With one last deep breath we all walked forward, deeper into the forest. After about 20 minutes of walking I could hear two people talking in some odd language.
"Is that them?" I whispered to Edward.
He simply nodded back looking forward with his lips in a tight line. I nodded to myself then started walking again. Not 30 seconds later did the guards hear us. They both sprang forward barring spears yelling what I think was 'stop' in their language. Edward immediately pulled me behind him. I gave him a very pointed look and he relaxed but still kept his body angled so Renesmee and I were behind his body.
Carlisle started talking to them in their language. Before we left Edward and Carlisle decided to learn a little bit of the Ticuna language so they would be able to communicate with them a little better. When it seemed like the guards wouldn't be convinced that we just wanted to talk with their leader Edward stepped in and defended Carlisle. I have no idea what he said but whatever it was made them talk amongst themselves then one of them looked back at us and jerked his head to where I assumed the village was.
Carlisle turned to us then and said, "He wants us to follow him, but if we show any hostility towards and of the tribe members they will ask us to leave. So everyone on their best behavior and don't give them any reason to truly believe that we are the libishomen of their legends."
Then I realized that this was the same tribe Kaure, from out honeymoon, was part of. So they new of vampires and human/vampire children, but would they be willing to answer our questions was the question. I looked at Edward and he took my hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. I looked forward again and walked with the rest of the group. Not long after we started walking did I see men fishing in the Amazon River, they were tall and dark. They looked up as we walked past them and a few of them widened their eyes when they saw us and dropped their stuff and took of to, I'm assuming, the village. I would guess that they wanted to warn their families that the libishomen were coming. About 5 minuets later we came to the entrance of the village. Children were painting and dancing as adults were working in fields, it looked like they were picking the crops. As we walked through the center of the village people looked up to see who the newcomers were. Mothers ran to get their children and took them inside the huts, fathers stood in front of their families, and children merely stood there, entranced by the Cullens, letting their parents push them around. All of the adults wore looks of hatred mixed with fear on their faces. I was glad that it was a cloudy day today and all of the foliage from the trees helped block out the sun so the Ticunas didn't have another reason to believe the Cullens are vampires. Finally we were brought to a hut that was bigger then all the rest. The guards told something to Carlisle then they went inside the hut.
"They said to wait here and they would talk to their leader to see if he would grant us with an audience," he explained to us.
I was suddenly very nervous. Soon we would, hopefully, find out information about Renesmee that could help us. I felt a wave of calmness wash over me and I gave Jasper a thankful smile. He smiled back and shrugged his shoulders letting me know that it was no big deal. 10 minutes later the guards came back out and talked to Carlisle some more.
"They said that their leader will speak to us, but we will only be allowed to stand at the entrance way of the hut, understood," Carlisle told us. Of course we all nodded in agreement, it was understandable that he would ant to put a distance between himself and vampires. I looked at Edward and he gave me a reassuring smile and kissed my forehead. Then I turned to Jacob to find him looking at Renesmee with a worried expression.
"It'll be fine Jake," I told him. I had to believe that or else I would have a panic attack from all of the anxiety I was feeling.
He nodded then gave me a small smile and walked forward with everyone else. I took a deep breath then followed Jake inside the hut. The hut was about 12" by 14" and all the way across the room, who I'm assuming was, the leader of the tribe sat on a huge chair that seemed to be made from a rotted tree. At least 10 more guards with spears and some with bows and arrows surrounded him. The 10 of us were all standing by the entrance of the hut looking around. He started talking in his native language and I was surprised when one of the guards beside him translated, "You have asked for an audience and against my better judgment I have granted it, now what do you want?"
"Please we come in peace, we were hoping you could give us answers," Carlisle said, ever the gentle leader.
"Don't just go beating around the bush I haven't got all day. Answers to what?"
"Bella please bring Renesmee forward," Carlisle looked back at me knowing that I wouldn't give Renesmee up now. I nodded and started walking to the front with Edward right by my side. When they saw Renesmee they all gasped and started pointing and yelling. After a few minutes the leader was able to calm them down some but they still looked shaken. "Have you ever seen a child like this?" Carlisle asked straight to the point.
"Yes, that is an evil child! Why have you brought it here? It is dangerous and should have been killed at the first opportunity you had," the translator yelled. It sounded like everyone was snarling but Carlisle got them to control themselves.
"She is not evil, she has amazing self control and she would never harm anyone this human here," Carlisle said pointing to me, "is her mother. She is very much human and she is still alive."
"Nonsense. That thing will kill us all. You have been a fool to let it live!"
I was near hysterics again and Edward could tell. "Please," I started to beg, "She won't hurt you. All we ask is that you help us and then we'll leave and you'll never have to see her again." Edward rubbed my arm for comfort but it wasn't working too well.
After what seemed to be a very heated discussion between the leader and his guards the translator spoke up, "Very well, ask us your questions and we will answer them to the best of our ability but then we expect you to leave at once."
"Of course. So we know that you have seen a child like this before but have you ever seen one mature?" Carlisle asked.
"No, when the mother becomes pregnant with a child like that we usually banish her to the wild so the child isn't born here. But on the rare occasion the child is born in the tribe we kill it after it has been born."
I immediately felt my spirits go down. There had to be someone somewhere out there that could give us answers to our questions.
"I see, well have you ever heard of any children like this outside your tribe?" Carlisle would ever be the optimist.
"Yes, we have. My guards have reported seeing a child like that and a libishomen traveling together from time to time. We think they live not to far down on the other side of the Amazon River."
My hopes suddenly soared at the thought of another child like Renesmee alive. "Thank you very much. That is all we need and we will be on our way now," I looked over at Carlisle to see that he had a huge smile on his face.
"Of course but I hope you understand why I want my guard to escort you out?"
"Yes, we do."
"Then be gone with you."
Carlisle bowed his head then motioned for us to follow him out. After we got outside the same two guards that brought us into the village started leading us out. As I looked around this time I noticed everyone was in their huts and not a soul was outside. It didn't take us as long to leave and soon we were at the entrance of the village. Both guards stood aside and motioned for us to leave. As soon as we were out of the guards' sight Carlisle turned to us.
"Very good everyone, I'm very happy that you were all able to maintain control. And even though they didn't have the answers we were looking for but we did get one step closer to finding someone like Renesmee. Jacob go ahead and transform so we can head out."
I let out a very deep breath and said, "Well that didn't go as planned."
"No, it went even better," Alice said turning to me. "I wasn't sure how today would turn out because of all the wholes in my visions so in my opinion today went better then I could've ever hoped."
"She's right. When they started talking about how we should have killed Renesmee I was afraid a fight was going to break out," Emmett pointed out.
"Yeah, I wanted to lunge at that leader guy when he said that," Rosalie growled.
"Stupid Indian didn't know what he was getting himself into," Edward said from my side. Jake growled in agreement as he came out of the trees. I simply nodded as I put Renesmee on Jake's back again then walked over to Edward to jump on his back. The run back to the cars was short and silent.
When we finally got there I jumped off Edward's back and took Renesmee off so Jake could go transform again. We all got into our cars silently and as soon as Jacob came back we took off.
"Do you think we'll find the other child?" I asked Edward.
"I can only hope, my love. If they're in the area like the tribe said they are then it shouldn't be too hard to find them," he responded honestly.
"Yeah Bella, I mean if they're on the other side of the Amazon River and the tribe has seen them regularly then it shouldn't be too hard to find a sent and follow it," Jacob added.
"I hope you two are right," I said looking at my daughter through the review mirror.
"Of course we are," Jacob said cockily.
I rolled my eyes at him then leaned my head back and closed my eyes. it had been a long day already and it wasn't even over yet. I wasn't really keeping track of time so it surprised my when I felt Edward's cold hand on my arm and felt his cool breath on my ear, "We're here, Bella."
I opened my eyes and looked into his golden ones for a few moments before I leaned forward to give him a chaste kiss. He returned my kiss before unbuckling my seat belt for me and reaching over to open my door. I smiled at him then got out of the car to find that everyone else was waiting for us so we could go in. I blushed a little when Emmett gave me wink while passing me, but really it wasn't as if we were making out. Although I really wanted to. I quickly got rid of those thoughts seeing as Edward and I still wouldn't be able to have sex for a week. I sighed then walked around the front of the car, took Edward's hand, then started for the hotel.
As soon as we were in our suite again Jacob gave Renesmee and me and him headed towards the kitchen. A few days prior to the trip Renesmee had decided that she would go hunting with the family instead of having to eat human food. I swear someday I was going to get her to eat human food and she was going to like it. I quickly made us some burgers, well I made one for myself and I made about five for Jacob. We in silence and it wasn't until Jacob had swallowed his last bite that he made a noise.
"I'm going to go plan how to find the vampires."
"Ok, I think I'm going to put Renesmee to sleep then get ready for bed myself."
He nodded then stood up and I followed him out to the front room where everyone else was sitting.
I walked over to Edward who had Renesmee on his lap and said, "I'm going to go get her ready for bed, it's been a long day." And it had been, my poor daughter was falling asleep already.
"Ok, love. We're going to stay here and strategize for a little while but I promise I'll be there soon," he told me.
I nodded as a bid yawn came out and I picked up Renesmee and walked to her room. After I had dressed her for bed I sat sown in a chair in the corner and just held her in my arms for a while. As I started humming to her she put her hand on my arm and showed me myself- I was human, Jacob- he was a werewolf, and Edward- he was a vampire. Finally her- she fit nowhere. So that was why she had been so quiet today, she felt like she didn't belong.
"Oh Renesmee, you do belong somewhere, you belong here in our family. I'm sure there are others like you out there somewhere it's just a matter of finding them. That makes you special, not a freak or different but special. You are my daughter and I love you with all my heart," I told her while I ran my fingers through her soft hair.
She told me that she loved me too, and daddy, and Jacob. She told me she was anxious to meet someone else like her.
"Me too baby, me too. Now come on its time for bed." I carried her to her bed/crib type thing and she fell asleep when her head hit the pillow.
After watching her for a few seconds to make sure she was really asleep I went to mine and Edward room and got ready for bed. This time I chose a knee-length satin nightdress that had a gold, white, and black design on the boobs and under the bust was a pale lavender. Exhausted I dragged myself to the huge bed and collapsed immediately. I had every intention of waiting for Edward to come to bed before falling asleep but it just didn't happen that way.
A week. That's how long it had been since we meet with the leader of the Ticuna Indians and they told us about the vampire/human child they sometimes saw. A week of looking and searching only to find remains of prey and old trails.
I was currently waiting for everyone to finish the day and come back to the hotel, in the front room with Renesmee. I went with them for the first two days but when we realized that this was going to be harder then we thought we decided that it would be better for me to stay home so I didn't over exert myself. Renesmee stayed with me every other day so she could have a chance to hunt. It turns out that she had to hunt more frequently then vampires.
I couldn't blame them for how long it was taking. We couldn't really use Alice because she wouldn't be able to see the hybrid child anyway. She tried to look for blind spots in her visions and travel there but they never found them.
I was trying to watch T.V. while Renesmee read some book Edward had given her. At that moment my cell phone started vibrating and the caller ID read EDWARD. I jumped at the phone and quickly answered it.
(Bella/ Edward)
"Hello? Edward? Is everyone ok?" I asked frantically.
"Yes, love we're all fine, we're on our way back to the hotel room right now," he answered in his smooth voice.
"Oh, then why are you calling? Not that I'm not glad to hear your voice."
"Well today Rosalie found a trail fresher then all the other ones we had followed and when we asked Alice what would happen if we followed it she said she saw us running then everything went blank. So we followed it and… we found them."
"Wait you found them? Them as in the vampire and the half human child?"
"Yes, love! We found them. We were able to convince them to come back with us so we could talk with everyone present."
"Ok, are far away are you?"
"About five minutes."
"Alright I'll talk to you soon then."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
And with that we hung up. I ran over to Renesmee and sat down next to her on the floor. "Renesmee, Daddy's on his way here and he's bringing someone with him," I told her.
"Who?" she asked still entranced in her book.
"A vampire and someone like you." I had her attention at once.
"Really?" when I nodded she asked, "Where are they?"
"They're about five minutes away. Are you ready to meet them?"
She nodded enthusiastically and threw her book aside. She crawled into my lap and I stood up and carried her to the couch where I sat her back in my lap.
"Now when our guests come please don't show them your gift right away ok? Let Daddy and I tell them about that, then if they want you to you can show them," I told her. I really didn't want her to overwhelm them with too much happening in a short span of time.
She simply nodded yet again to show that she had heard me. I'm sure that her thoughts where wrapped around the fact that there were more people like her. Then I heard the rattling of the doorknob and a second later the door opened and about 5 different voiced flooded in, 2 of which I had never heard before.
"Bella?" Edward called out.
"I'm in here," I answered just as everyone came in. in the very back I could see two dark people, one boy who looked to be about 15 and a woman.
"Bella this is Huilen and Nahuel, her nephew," Edward introduced them as they walked in and sat across from me and Renesmee.
After everyone was seated Carlisle spoke, "Please, Huilen tell us how you became like this."
She bowed her head then began, "I was living with my family at the time, the Mapuche. One day my sister, Pire, named after the snow on the mountains, came to me and told her that an angel had found her and he visited by night. I warned her that he was the libishomen of our legends but she wouldn't listen. Bewitched she was. when she told me the dark angel's child was growing in her womb we ran away together. I hunted for her and she ate the animals raw and drank their blood. My hatred for the evil child grew when he started breaking her bones and I planned to kill it, but she still loved him. She named him Nahuel, after the jungle cat. It was impossible for me to save her when the child ripped himself out of her. All the while she begged me to take care of her Nahuel. It was her dying wish, so I agreed. When I tried to pick him up he bit me and I tried to crawl away, to die. The pain was too much so I didn't get far. He snuggled against me and waited. When I woke up he was still there. I cared for him until he could hunt for himself and we have been nomads of sorts ever since. We always stayed in the forest though, never leaving the Amazon." (paraphrased from pages 735 and 736 of breaking dawn.)
"Thank you for sharing that with us Huilen," Esme said. "And when did this happen?"
"About a century and a half ago. We don't really keep track of time," Nahuel answered.
"When did you fully mature?" Edward asked, hope in his eyes.
"About 7 years after my birth, I was fully grown," he answered his eyes on Renesmee.
"So you've been like this ever since?" I asked awe in my voice.
"Yes," his eyes were still on Renesmee.
"You have sisters?" Edward asked all of a sudden the shock clear in his voice.
He finally looked up at Edward, "Yes, my father, Joham, tired his little experiment with other human woman and none have lived yet. He tried to take me from Huilen to live with him and my half sisters but I stayed. I did not wish to be part of his evil game. I see him from time to time, he says he's trying to create a new super race."
"Are any of your sister venomous like you?" Carlisle asked, he had that gleam in his eye he always got when he was learning something new.
"No, but I don't know if that has to do with gender or if it was pure chance."
"Thank you so much for sharing all of that with us," I told both of them. It was finally setting in that I would be able to spend eternity with my daughter.
"It was no problem I glad we were able to help," Huilen answered.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries Huilen and Nahuel insisted that they must be on their way. When the closed the door I let out a huge breath that I hadn't even noticed I was holding in.
"Can you believe it?" I asked no one in particular.
"It seems almost too good to be true," Edward agreed from my side, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"We really get to spend forever with her."
"I know, love. Its going to be an interesting eternity."
"It sure is," Rosalie agreed from her lace on Emmett's lap. "Everything's turning out better then I think we could have hoped for."
Everyone nodded in agreement then a huge smile erupted on Jacob's face and I could feel a growl building up in Edward's chest.
"I don't even want to know," I decided. If Jake's thoughts were that bad then I was better off left in the dark. Everyone laughed at their little display. I looked around the room, looking at the people who would be my family for eternity. When my eyes fell on Esme she gave me a wink, reminding me of what she had said before we left for Brazil. I felt Edward stiffen a little and I knew he had heard her thoughts. I looked up at him and asked, "We need to talk?"
he nodded then stood up and held his hand up for me to take. I handed Renesmee to Alice then stood up too.
"Come on everyone let's leave these two to talk," Alice said.
"And go where?" Emmett asked looking at us for a second before grinning and giving us a wink, making me blush.
"Shopping, duh," Alice said as Rosalie jumped up and headed for the door. Everyone else groaned but followed them out nonetheless.
"Come on, love let's go talk in our room," Edward said as he started walking. I followed him to our room then sat down on the center of the bed my legs crossed Indian style. He sat down next to me then sighed, "So what do you think about Esme's proposal?"
"You know I wouldn't mind having another one of your children," and I wouldn't I would have 10 of his kids if he would let me. "The question is, how do you feel about it?"
he was silent for so long that it started to worry me. Finally he unfroze and his hand moved to smooth out the little dent between my eyebrows. "To be honest with you love, I feel very confident that we could make another pregnancy very comfortable for you since we know so much more then we did the first time. And there's no doubt that the outcome would be rewarding. So yes, I would love to have another child with you."
By the time he was finished talking my eyes were wide with shock and my mouth was slightly opened. "Really?" I asked, just to be sure that this was what he really wanted.
"Yes really love, I want another baby with you."
I squealed then threw myself at him, my arms encircling him in a tight hug. He laughed at my actions but hugged me back anyway.
"I love you," I told him honestly.
"I love you too, love."
And what made this even better was that tomorrow the two weeks would be up.
A/N- ok so there it is. Yes I know finally, you guys have been waiting awhile for this. But I wanted to make it extra long for y'all because I'm going to visit family in San Antonio this weekend. As a matter of fact I'm leaving around 3:30 p.m. so please excuse and typos because I didn't have much time to proof read this. I just wrote a one-shot too so please check that out and review. Its just a funny little outtake from the honeymoon but its nothing vulgar I promise. Anyway I hoped you liked the chapter and I'll try to get the next one out soon. Until next time.