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Silvinha08, my plan is to follow the same ideas as Midnight Shadows. So this runs alongside but is told with the focus on Rosalie/Emmett rather than Jasper/Alice. Obviously because of the change in focus my idea is only some of the issues/events that appear in Midnight Shadows appear in this one and if they do it will be from Emmett/Rosalie's perspective. Obviously because of the shift in focus Jasper and Alice won't appear until they joined the family so this won't run alongside Midnight Shadows until then. I have been keeping a timeline while writing all these (there is the secret why I never get my years and dates muddled through all this lol) and there are gaps in years where I skipped ahead in Midnight Shadows which should allow me to explore extra storylines for Emmett and Rosalie. Does that make sense? Hope it answers your question.
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Edward and Esme were moving quickly through the forest back towards the house when Edward suddenly stopped cold and a frown appeared on his face.
"Edward, what is it?" Esme asked as she immediately checked her senses but she couldn't find anything to evoke worry.
"I think maybe you should go back to the house alone," Edward murmured.
"Why?" Esme demanded. "If there is something wrong I want to know, I don't want you just rushing off on your own."
"I'm not," Edward sighed. "What is wrong is back at the house. Rose needs her mother. She is upset, I don't think she'd want me to see her that way."
"Why?" Esme gasped. "Has something happened?"
"With Emmett," Edward nodded. "Esme, go, she needs you. Ill go far enough away that I can't read your thoughts so she has some privacy, I'll be home later." Edward turned and rushed off, disappearing quickly through the trees and Esme watched after him for a moment before she hurried back towards the house.
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When Esme raced into the house Rosalie was sitting on the couch, her knees pulled up to her chest and her face resting on her knees and Esme groaned when she heard the quiet sobbing coming from her normally emotionless daughter.
"Rose?" Esme gasped as she raced over to her and sat down beside her. She put her hand carefully on Rosalie's back and rubbed it gently as Rosalie lifted her face to look at Esme, her eyes filled with pain. "What is it sweetheart?"
"Emmett," Rosalie whispered. "I ruined any chance I'll ever have with him."
"How did you do that?" Esme asked, trying to keep the amusement out of her voice.
"He finally made his move," Rosalie murmured. "He kissed me."
"That's a good thing right?" Esme frowned in confusion.
"But it went further than that," Rosalie sighed. "We were making out a bit and the memories just invaded me. I couldn't stop them, I couldn't help it."
"Memories?" Esme echoed and then her eyes went wide. "The night you were turned?"
"Yes," Rosalie dry sobbed. "I freaked out and now I'm sure Emmett thinks I'm insane. He'll never touch me again. He probably won't even look at me or talk to me ever again."
"I think you might be overreacting a little," Esme smiled sadly. "Emmett wouldn't shun you over one incident, especially when he is made aware of why it happened. Is he? Does he understand why you got upset?"
"I don't know," Rosalie wailed. "He just said he was sorry and took off."
"Oh," Esme groaned. "Well he would be understandably upset. Once he gets home you need to talk to him. It is obvious you both care for each other deeply. He would understand why you did this."
"I don't understand why I did this," Rosalie whispered. "I thought I was over it. I thought I had moved on."
"Rose, it will take you years to move on from what happened to you," Esme sighed. "But that doesn't mean you can't be happy. Give Emmett a chance. Talk to him. Tell him what you were feeling and why you reacted the way you did. Does he even know the circumstances surrounding your turning?"
"You mean does he know I was viciously gang raped and left for dead?" Rosalie asked, amazed at how Esme could sugar coat what happened to her and make it sound like something innocent.
"Yeah," Esme cringed and Rosalie immediately felt bad, realising what had happened to her was a painful subject for the woman who was like a mother to her now.
"I don't think so," Rosalie whispered. "I haven't hidden it from him but I haven't told him either. And I don't think anyone else has told him. He has never said anything."
"Well if you want to live the rest of eternity with him he needs to know," Esme advised.
"I guess he does," Rosalie nodded.
"Talk to him sweetheart," Esme smiled. "He is an amazing guy with a heart of gold. He won't reject you over something that was out of your control."
"I guess," Rosalie murmured again and she went quiet and Esme realised she was deep in thought and settled back on the couch in silence, just supporting Rosalie with her presence.
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As night descended Rosalie sat on the couch waiting for Emmett to return to the house. Both Carlisle and Edward came back but there was no sign of Emmett. Rosalie moved out to sit on the porch to wait for him so she could speak to him and as she waited she stared out at the forest, trying to work out exactly what she would say to him. She didn't realise how much time had passed until the early morning sun started to peak through the trees and she realised an entire afternoon and night had passed since Emmett had left. As the sun rose in the sky Rosalie found herself getting more and more concerned and finally she couldn't stand it any longer and she jumped to her feet and headed back into the house. When she walked into the living room Carlisle and Esme were sitting on the couch together but before she could say a word Edward walked into the room too.
"Rose, you and Emmett need to get moving," Edward announced. "We'll need to leave for school in half an hour."
"I think something is wrong," Rosalie whispered, surprised at the terror rising in her as she voiced the words.
"He hasn't come back?" Edward gasped, reading her thoughts instantly.
"Emmett?" Carlisle asked with concern, clicking on to what Edward was talking about.
"I thought the two of you were outside somewhere talking," Esme groaned.
"I've been waiting for him to come back," Rosalie whispered. "But he never did."
"He can't have been out hunting this long," Esme sighed as she glanced worriedly at Carlisle.
"Maybe he needed some time alone," Carlisle murmured and Rosalie realised Esme must have told him about the events the day before. She couldn't be angry though, she knew Esme only had their best interests at heart and the worry she was feeling for Emmett cancelled out her ability to feel any other emotion.
"Maybe what I did pushed him to leave the family," Rosalie groaned.
"I caught his thoughts when he left the house yesterday," Edward said as he shook his head, a soft expression on his face as he felt an uncharacteristic moment of tenderness for the woman who had become his sister. "He was confused about what happened with you Rose and was going to go hunting and then come back to talk to you. He was hoping you would be calmer by then. He didn't have any thoughts of leaving the family."
"Then where is he?" Rosalie snapped. "He should be back by now."
"Rose, it is okay," Carlisle sighed. "We'll find him. Edward and I will go out looking now."
"I want to come too," Rosalie gasped.
"All right," Carlisle nodded. "Esme, you can stay here in case he returns. The rest of us will search the forest. We'll go in different directions but I want everyone reporting back to Esme every two hours. Got it?"
"Yes," Edward murmured and Rosalie merely nodded her head and the group hurried out of the house in search of Emmett.
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Rosalie searched fruitlessly for the entire two hours, feeling like her unbeating heart was right in her throat the entire time. When the time was up she wanted to keep going but she knew Carlisle would be angry if she didn't check in. She turned and ran as quickly as she could back towards the house, her senses trained on the forest around her although she had already checked the area. When she reached the house she burst through the door and she sighed when she saw Carlisle, Esme and Edward but no sign of Emmett.
"You didn't find him," she whispered, more of a statement than a question.
"No," Carlisle murmured worriedly.
"I picked up a faint scent but that was it," Edward added.
"Did you follow it?" Rosalie demanded.
"It dropped off almost as soon as it started," Edward sighed. "It was impossible to track."
"You should have tried harder!" Rosalie snarled.
"Rose, that's enough," Carlisle murmured. "I know you are upset, we all are, but it is no excuse to take it out on each other."
"So what now?" Edward asked.
"We keep searching!" Rosalie snapped, knowing there was no other option.
"But where?" Edward sighed. "He's disappeared into thin air."
"What about the wolves?" Esme murmured. "Maybe he ventured onto their land."
"Oh no!" Rosalie gasped.
"I'll go speak with Ephraim," Carlisle decided.
"I'm coming," Edward said firmly.
"Me too," Rosalie nodded and Carlisle glanced at her for a moment and then sighed and inclined his head in agreement, knowing it would take a long time to argue with her and she was that set in her ways she would follow anyway.
"Let's go," he murmured and Esme joined them as well as they raced out of the house again and headed towards the treaty line.
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When they reached the invisible line Carlisle came to a halt and he held his arm out to warn the others not to step over it. They stood in silence for a moment and then Rosalie let out a frustrated huff.
"How are we going to communicate with them if we can't even go on their land?" she asked darkly.
"One of their patrols will sense us," Carlisle said with certainty. "It may take a while but they patrol the entire line. When they come near here they will know we are here."
"But will they approach us?" Edward asked.
"I hope so," Carlisle sighed. They stood in silence as they waited and then suddenly Edward tensed.
"Edward?" Carlisle frowned.
"There are two wolves approaching," Edward murmured. "One of them is Ephraim. They have smelt us and he recognises our scents."
"That's a blessing at least," Esme whispered. The rest of them followed Edward's gaze towards the trees and a few moments later two large wolves stepped out of the trees and walked warily towards them.
"My son is able to help us communicate," Carlisle explained quickly. "One of our family has gone missing. A large male with dark hair. He was with us during our negotiations. Emmett if your remember him. Have you seen him?"
"They say they haven't," Edward murmured and then his brow furrowed. "They want to know if another of our kind would harm Emmett."
"Why?" Rosalie gasped.
"It would be possible," Carlisle sighed. "If they were traditional vampires that fed on humans they might see Emmett as a threat. Why do you ask?"
"Others of the pack have been tracking an unfamiliar scent north," Edward groaned as he read Ephraim's thoughts. "It is a vampire unknown to them. Ephraim is wondering if this vampire might have harmed Emmett."
"It's possible," Carlisle sighed and glanced at Rosalie and noticed her panic. "We will head north and see if we can pick up any scents." He noticed Ephraim bristle in front of him and he turned his attention back to the wolf. "We will not cross the treaty line. You have my word."
Ephraim bowed his head low in acknowledgement and the two wolves turned and disappeared back into the forest on their side of the treaty line and without a word Carlisle, Rosalie, Esme and Edward turned and began to head north. They had only been travelling for a little over twenty minutes when Edward picked up the strange scent of the unfamiliar vampire. They followed it for a few minutes and when they reached a creek the scent mingled with Emmett's familiar one.
"Oh no," Rosalie gasped. The scents stopped near the water and Edward jumped the creek and walked along the other side of the bank and then looked back at the family and shook his head sadly.
"They end here," he sighed as he easily jumped the water again to join them.
"Carlisle," Esme whispered and he turned to look at her and noticed she was staring at a shrub near the water's edge.
"What is it?" Carlisle asked in alarm.
"Look," Esme gasped and pointed at the shrub. They all turned to look at it and immediately they noticed a shoe sitting nearly concealed under it and fragments of material caught in the rough branches.
"That's Emmett's shoe and he was wearing a shirt that colour," Rosalie yelled.
"Then where is he?" Esme murmured.
"He's gone," Rosalie whispered and although they all frantically checked their senses for any sign of Emmett or the other vampire they all knew she was right.