Renesmee's POV

It was barely six thirty when I was awoken by my ringtone. The caller ID read Mizu, and I was surprised that she was awake, but then I knew angels and demons apparently needed less sleep than a human (just a little more than I did) so maybe I shouldn't have been.

"Hel-" I stopped and cleared my throat, not wanting to let on that she had just woken me up. "Hello?" I greeted, hoping I sounded mostly awake. There was no immediate reply, but I could hear slightly ragged breathing on the other end, instantly inciting worry. "Hey, Mizu, are you okay?" Still Mizu. "Mizu, what's-"

"She's gone, Nessie." My mate's voice interupted me, sounding panicked and tearful. This got my attention even.

"Who's gone? Dragon? What do you mean gone?" I could practically feel the entire house tuning in to the conversation but I couldn't bring myself to care.

"I'm mean she's gone! I woke up and she just wasn't there and her side of the bed was cold and some of our things are gone and she left a note-" Her voice cracked on the last word, cutting off her panicked rambling.

"Mizu-" I started, "Calm down. Just take a deep breath and calm down. Just wait right there and I'll be over in just a second and then we can figure it out, just don't worry, okay?"

"Okay..." She mumbled uncertainly back and I began dressing as quickly as I could while staying on the phone.

"Good. Now, I'm gonna be there in a few minutes and we'll figure out where that crazy twin of yours got off to and everything will be fine, don't worry, you just have to stay calm and not freak out. Have some Oreo's, that'll make everything better." Her shaky laugh and confirmation followed, and with a hasty goodbye, the phone call was ended and I, conveniently, was dressed.

"Jess-" I called as I ran down the stairs. She was already waiting at the front door, keys in hand, before I could even request that she drive me.

"Come on, let's go get your girl." She patted my shoulder comfortingly as we left hastily. The car ride was short, but it felt like a small eternity. Of course, when we did arrive, I was out of the car before it was even fully parked.

My mate was sitting on the front porch, head in hands as she sat on the steps of their small house. When she looked up, obviously hearing out arrival I could see relief and anxiety battling for dominance in her expression. Without a word, she stood up and stepped into my open arms, her face pressing into my shoulder as she sighed.

"Don't worry," I murmered into her hair, "We're gonna figure this out and Dragon'll be back before you know it. Worse comes to worst, Alice and my Mom's flight comes in at six tonight, and Alice will definitely be able to find her. We'll get your sister back and figure out why she left and you can smack some sense into her and everything will be just fine." She chuckled at that as she pulled away and pulled a piece of folded paper out of her pocket.

"Here," She handed it to me, "this is the note she left." I took and and silently read it, feeling Jessica's presence suddenly at my elbow as she too read over the note.

Dear Mizu

You're... probably not to happy with me right now, eh? Or would downright pissed off be a better term? Sorry. I just feel like I need to take some time to figure myself out, okay? You probably didn't notice, but I'm just kind of an overemotional hot mess on the inside.

Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I can't say how long I'll be gone, but hey, keep yourself busy with that crazy awesome (you're words, not mine!) mate of your's and you won't even notice I'm gone :)

Take care of yourself and tell Esme I said thanks for the awesome food, and tell Nessie that this doesn't void that little "Talk" we had.

Love you and see you soon

Dragon

P.S. You better wait until I get back to get married! I've still got dibs on maid of honor!

Not sure what to say in response, I simply refolded the note and handed it back to my dark haired mate.

"Jess, can you call Alice?" I asked.

"Already on it." Indeed, the tone sounded ominously before the brunette even finished speaking, ringing only for a few seconds before someone answered.

"Alice-" Jessica started.

"I already know." Alice interrupted. "Done worry Mizu." She jumped as a voice unfamiliar to her spoke her name, "Don't worry, she'll be fine as far as I can see, though it is pretty fuzzy with you two to begin with, but I suppose I should be grateful that I can see you at all. She keeps changing her mind on where she's going." My pixie-like aunt sounded frustrated and uncharacteristically cheerless.

"Well, nevermind then." I sighed.

"Sorry. Look, our flight is going to leave in a few hours. I doubt she will have decided by then, but I'll keep watching and tell you if she settles. If not, hopefully she'll have at least picked a destination, if not gotten there by the time we land, so then, hopefully, we can actually find her and bring her back."

"Kicking and screaming, most likely." Mizu joked halfheartedly.

"Whatever it takes." Alice agreed, and I was surprised at the determination in her tone, the kind she normally only takes with our family.

"Well, thanks anyway Alice. See you when you get home." Jessica ended the conversation and I suddenly realised that this would probably be a very, very long eleven hours, plus however long it takes us to actually find my mate's wayward sister.

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After my mate got dressed (and it was only after she mentioned it that I noticed she was only wearing a thin tank top and some fairly short shorts) we opted to go back to our household rather than stay at their's.

Esme immediately went into supermom mode and rushed to comfort Mizu as she simultaneously pulled her into the kitchen where there was already more than enough food to feed a village, all of it smelling absolutely heavenly.

Rosalie was, of course, completely unsympathetic. "So she just left in the middle of the night like a thief? Why am I not surprised?" But the angry warning looks that Esme , Jessica and I all sent her way were enough to send her storming out of the room. A few moments later, Jessica calmly followed her, leaving the kitchen to Esme, Mizu and I as we ate in relative silence. Well, at least for the thirty seconds until Emmett and Jasper arrived.

"Hey pipsqueak." Emmett boomed, "Where's you're other half?" Mizu nonchalantly pointed at me with her fork, smirking, though not without a touch of unintentional bitterness.

"Right there. Oh, but I guess you mean the one that I was born with. Hell if I know..." She finished, bitterness colouring her tone as she flicked the folded piece of paper towards them before decidedly focusing on her eggs. Both of my uncles read it silently. Emmett clearly didn't know what to do, so he thankfully said nothing. I felt a wave of comfort and peace wash over me, and Mizu clearly did too as she looked up and smiled, thanking the Texan softly.

SeveralHoursLater

There was no word from Alice or my mom about Dragon finally deciding on a destination. I spent most of the day jumping between distracting her and comforting her. Most of my family, especially Emmett, lovable oaf that he is, helped a great deal with the distracting part. However, there was only so much video gaming and talking about random things that she could do at a time before she became distracted and distant, worry very palpable, though Jasper did help a lot with keeping her calm and unstressed.

The hour before Alice and my mother were supposed to arrive was the hardest, my girlfriend was tense and quiet as we laid in my bed together, both hoping that time would pass much more quickly.

"I just want to know why. Why did she think she had to run away and couldn't come to me with whatever was bothering her?" It was the first thing she had said in over half an hour, and I didn't say anything. I had a feeling she just needed to talk herself through this with minimum input from me.

"I mean, we're sisters, twins, and we've always been able to talk to eachother about anything and everything before..." She trailed off and, against my previous decision, I replied.

"Maybe that's the point." I suggested and waited for that to sink in as she thought, though I continued when she didn't reply or react, "Maybe it's because you used to be so close and suddenly, things changed." She didn't reply for several moment, and I almost began to believe that she was ignoring me when she pulled the note out of her pocket and read over it once again. The way here expression went from detached to regretful, stricken with pain as she read it made my heart ache for her. When she refolded it and set it on my nightstand before burying her face into my chest, I was, selfishly, a little relieved that she wasn't blaming me even though it was at least partially my fault.

"You're right. You're right." Her voice began building into a sob as she held on to me for dear life. "And she said- She said that I probably hadn't noticed that she was miserable. And I hadn't! I should have known it was more than just worry for my safety or something stupid like that. I mean, I'm supposed to know her better than anything, I should have known the second it started that something was wrong, but I didn't. And I would have two weeks ago and that makes it so much worse." She was crying right now, for the first time since her phone call this morning to me as far as I knew. "God, I'm a horrible sister."

"No, you're not." I told her as I held her. "If you were a terrible sister, you wouldn't care that she left and you certainly wouldn't be crying about it and regretting. If anything, this is my fault, if you hadn't met me, nothing would have changed and she wouldn't have left." I admitted my guilt hesitantly, hoping she would be able to forgive me.

"No it's not." She pulled away from me and gave me a surprisingly stern glance, considering her face and her eyes were red from crying. "It's not your fault at all, you didn't choose to be my mate and you didn't make me completely ignore my sister for you, so don't say it's your fault because it's not."

"Fine," I gave her a small grin "But that means that it's not anyone's fault, because it's not your's, so you aren't allowed to blame yourself either, okay?" Before she could reply, we were interupted.

"Girls," Jessica called from Downstairs, "Bella and Alice are almost here." Now that she mentioned it, I could hear the distinct sound of tires pulling into the gravel road that led to our house at a much faster speed than any human would dare driving. We got out of bed and headed down the stairs immediately and we were outside waiting for them as soon as the car came to a stop right outside the front door, rather than pulling into the garage.

"Nessie!" Before I could blink, I was wrapped in a firm embrace. I could tell it was my mother and immediately hugged her back.

"I'm so glad you're back mom." I told her. My mom always could fix things with my dad and even if I am sixteen, it's nice to have your parents behind you in whatever you do and she is the one that I can actually count on the support me at all times.

"I'm glad to be back, and I'm sorry that I wasn't here for all of this." She pulled back, kissed my forehead and then stepped away from me and immediately turned to Mizu, who looked slightly nervous at the sight of her. "You must be Mizu, right?" My mate only nodded, looking at the ground as she shifted from foot to foot nervously. "Alice told me everything. Welcome to the family." She hugged my girlfriend, clearly surprising her, "And I'm sorry about your sister, but don't worry, we'll find her." It was only then that I realised that my mom was still in "Mother mode" and I was glad for it, knowing it was her way of showing that she accepted us completely. Hesistantly, my mate hugged her back and I grinned at that, happy that my mom was already accepting her as almost another daughter and that my mate wasn't resisting such treatment, even from a woman who only looked a year or two older than her.

When my mom finally pulled away from my still slightly shocked mate, she was immediately replaced by Alice, none too surprisingly.

"Don't worry, we'll find her, I promise." The hug was short but I could tell that the words, coming from her, meant a lot.

"So, do you know where she is then?" Mizu asked her hopefully.

"I know where she's going. If we leave right now, we can get there long before she decides to pack up and leave again. She may be taking our tracking abilities into account, but she hasn't made any allowances for a psychic. Come on, we can talk more on the way." The four of us immediately piled into the car and left.

Hmm...Yeah,I'mGonnaStopThere

Well, I finally got this chapter done. I'm pretty sure Alice and Dragon finally meet in the next one, or close enough to it. Hope you enjoyed, my lovelies, and, as always, feedback is appreciated but never required. Until next time, my lovelies!