Chapter 10

Albus stared out the window in amazement.

"Have you never been on a plane or something?" Renesmee asked sarcastically.

"No," he whispered, voice in awe.

Edward chuckled.

"So this is all that's been going on while I've been away?"

Renesmee blushed.

"Ermm...that depends on what you mean by 'all'..." she said, biting her lip.

Albus grinned at Renesmee. Then,

"How long until touchdown?" he asked.

"Only an hour and a half..." Renesmee replied.

Albus groaned.

Annoyingly, it was sunny when they arrived at the small town, Forks, where the Cullens – Renesmee's family – lived. This produced difficulty as Edward sparkled in the sunlight.

"We're going to have to run through the forest," Edward said apologetically. "Would you rather go on Renesmee's back or mine?"

"Renesmee's," Albus said, laughing. Renesmee noticed how euphoric he'd become since they'd decided to have him travel to America and live with her family.

So, Renesmee pulled Albus onto her back and followed Edward through the densely packed trees.

"Please don't bend us around a tree," Albus whispered into Renesmee's ear.

She laughed once. "Careful; I'll crash on purpose if you're not careful!" she joked.

They arrived at the huge white house within minutes.

Renesmee heard Albus' sharp intake of breath as he took in the beautiful, modern house.

"Yeah, it's nice isn't it?" Renesmee said.

They stopped for a moment while Albus slid off Renesmee's back, eyes still glued to the house, blatantly admiring not only the white walls, but the extravagant car parked before of the front porch: a bright red Ferrari. Renesmee recognised it as her mother's.

"Here we go then," she muttered to herself. Of course, Edward heard.

"It'll be fine. The only thing we need to worry about right now is Jake…"

Albus looked at Renesmee, confused by their conversation. He didn't attempt to understand what they were talking about.

"Let's go," he said as confidently as he could.

"You'll be fine," Renesmee said, taking his hand. "They'll love you."

And together, they walked into the big house.

There certainly was no trouble in terms of how Albus was received (but that's if you don't call Jacob a problem – of course he was moping and muttering to himself whenever he was at the house), everyone was fascinated by his magic: how he could do anything with his wand, but anything physical was very human. Emmett was laughing at Renesmee about her results until Albus waved his wand lazily and Emmett's arms and legs snapped together, and he fell backwards. Everyone laughed even harder as his eyes rolled around in their sockets as he struggled uselessly against the charm.

Times were happy, it seemed that the Cullen family was back in euphoric emotions with Renesmee back, but Alice and Bella did not seem quite so keen on the idea.

"I don't like this," Bella frowned, watching Renesmee run past with Albus on her back. "It's not right. I may be selfish in saying this, but...things were better with Jake here."

Alice looked at the two of them, now climbing a tree. Renesmee was calling instructions to Albus.

"I agree. Though...not for the same reasons."

Bella turned away from the window, and looked at Alice.

"How so?" she whispered. "I-I thought I was the only one who saw it, I didn't know you could as well."

"If only I could see it!" Alice hissed. "She's completely gone against her future by going with this stupid human boy!"

"I thought that wasn't possible?" Bella asked, eyebrows pulling together slightly, her frustration pulling through her expression.

"So did I until it happened! It seems that there is a lot more to this talent than I thought... I can see that Jacob – although of course I can't see him – has a pull to her. It's like she has an attachment to something invisible. I can see nothing of this boy. I did not get a vision of her even meeting this boy; and her decision wasn't that sudden that I wouldn't have seen it..."

Bella let Alice rant on until she had seemed to get it all out of her system. Finally, she said,

"I've got a splitting headache because of it, and I can't see this ending well."

She groaned, closing her eyes.

"Can you see Albus' future?" Bella asked, after a moment of silence had passed.

Alice sat down heavily on a nearby chair, and put her head in her hands.

"That's the thing – no. I've never not seen anyone's future who isn't a werewolf. Something is wrong."

They heard Renesmee's tinkling laugh, and saw her sitting on a branch halfway up a tree, with Albus hanging onto her ankle.

"Just hold on," she giggled.

He grinned.