~27~

I woke to find sunlight streaming through my window, and pooling onto my pillow. I looked around and found myself in my bedroom in Buffalo, although I couldn't remember how I got there. I looked down and found a broken heart necklace dangling from around my neck. A flash of the events from when I was last awake hit me with a thud and I felt myself collapse back onto the bed in a fit of tears. Aiden was gone, I thought to myself, I always knew he would never be in my life for long.

"Renesmee?" I heard my mother call from the door and within seconds she was holding me in her arms. I remember her and Rosalie yanking me back from Aiden as he sat on the ground, writhing in pain. My father had then carried me back to the house, while Carlisle and Alice went to Aiden, and Emmett and Jasper had gone after Marney.

Marney, I thought, the name scaring me. I wanted to go find her and claw her eyes out with my nails, making her suffer just as she had done to Aiden and his dad.

"It's going to be alright, hunny", my mother cooed trying to soothe me, but it only made the tears come down faster.

"Where's Aiden?" I muttered, "Is he dead?"

"No", my mother said softly, "Alice and Carlisle are taking care of him."

It was a day later when Alice and Carlisle came home, and I ran down the stairs still in my pajamas, wanting to know where Aiden was; if he was back at home with his mom or if they had to take him to the hospital.

As I came down the stairs, the whole family was already there, except Charlie, who apparently went in the other room to avoid hearing the conversation.

Everyone's facial expression showed a sign of sadness and worried toward me. I went directly to where Alice and Carlisle were standing by the door, "Where's Aiden? Is he okay? Did you take him to the hospital?" I asked them.

I watched as Carlisle glanced to my mother and father, worried of what he should say, "No."

"Did you fix him up yourself and bring him home to his mother?" I asked again.

Carlisle looked down, "No, Renesmee." Why wouldn't they just come out and tell me what happened to him?

Tears began to come to my eyes, "Then where is he? She told me he was alive!" I pointed to my mother.

Carlisle put his hands on me, "Nessie, I'm afraid Aiden won't be able to go home. It was too late. He was already changing."

"What?" I said, unwilling to believe where he was leading.

Alice cleared her voice and took Carlisle's place in front of me, "He's a changed vampire now. We couldn't do anything to stop it."

"We took him to the Denali's to be far away from here and in seclusion from humans. The whole town already thinks he dead and the funeral is being held tomorrow. Everyone thinks it was from some kind of animal or serial killer," Carlisle said.

I stepped back from them and screamed at Carlisle, "You promised me he would be alright! He can't be a vampire! He can't leave his mother! She just lost his father, you can't do this to her and to Aiden!"

Carlisle stepped toward me, "I'm sorry Nessie, but the venom had already gone through his veins and his heart had already stopped. I couldn't do anything."

"No," I screamed, "You're lying!" I ran up the stairs and slammed my door behind me, sliding to the ground. I put my arms around my knees, pulling them into me. I sobbed as hard as I could. He was a vampire, I thought. His innocence had officially been ripped away from him. He was no longer the sweet boy that I longed to see every day, he was a ravenous, blood thirsty vampire, ready to kill the first human he saw.

I cried on through the night, thinking of his mother. He would never see her again; she thought he was dead. He was gone from this happy human world, the life that he thrived in, and all that was left in his place was the longing and emptiness I felt for my best friend. I thought of his smile and wondered if he would ever smile again, or would it just be the same evil smile that mirrored Marney's.

I sat in silence and solitude the whole night, thinking of my lost angel and aurora, wondering how my life would ever brighten up again.