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Chapter 26 -Clarissa's POV

"Clarissa, you can't go see Leah and you can't go see Greg. You are grounded for the next month." My dad stood in front of me; his arms folded, his brow furrowed, the typical Dad look.

"Dad! That's totally unfair! What did I do to get me grounded?"

"What did you do? You ran off, got married, and then got pregnant!" My father morphed into Rachel.

"How could you do this to Mom and Dad? It's bad enough that you ran off and eloped with a stinking vampire, and then you go and get yourself pregnant? And you think that crawling back will get you that respect and trust back? If you do, then man, do I have a message for you!" And Rachel morphed into Tyler.

"Sissy what happened to you? You were someone I looked up to. And now you're not even a part of the family tree." Tyler morphed into Leah.

"See I told you this would happen when you started to date a leech." Leah morphed into Greg.

"Clarissa, I don't think it's a good idea if we stay together. I'm a danger to you and your family. But you're much more of a danger to my family. And I'm in love with someone else, I've imprinted on a little werewolf girl."

I woke up with a start and screamed. It had to be a dream, vampires couldn't imprint. I sighed and flopped back onto the pillows but couldn't fall asleep. I glanced over at the clock, it was 10 pm. I sighed and flipped on the light. 2 pieces of paper caught my eye, on from Greg and the other from my parents. I read my parents' note first. They had gone down to the Reservation and taken Tyler; and they weren't sure when they were going to get back. Dad wanted to talk to the Elders. I wasn't sure why Mom and Tyler had gone, but I got up and checked the house anyways. They weren't back, and the doors were all locked. I went back to my room and read Greg's note. He had gone out for a long hunt, and would be back to pick me up for school in the morning. I sighed again and got back up.

I wandered down to the kitchen and warmed up some leftover pizza I found in the fridge. I sat at the table reading a book, but something was nagging at me. I thought back to my dream and tried to figure out what was bothering me… It was Rachel. We hadn't made up yet. I remembered asking Dad about her last night at dinner. I couldn't believe that it was only last night; it seemed like a week ago. I looked back at the clock above the oven, it was only 11 o'clock, she would still be up. I walked over to the phone and dialed her dorm number. Her roommate, Kylie, picked up.

"Hello?" I could hear music pounding in the background.

"Kylie, its Clarissa. Is Rachel there?"

"Rachel? She left a while ago. She came back from staying with you looking like she'd had some major plastic surgery, grabbed all her stuff, and just left."

"She….left?"

"Yea. You mean she's not with you? She didn't tell you or anything?" I heard her snap her gum.

"No, nothing. We haven't heard from her in a while, that's why I was calling. The night she left, we had a fight, and she never called." Some voice called her over the music.

"Well that's weird. I gotta go Clarissa. Bye." She hung up and I stood there with the phone in my hand staring at the wall. I hung it up. Rachel was probably playing a trick on me, she was probably still mad. The school had a parent hotline and I figured I'd try calling that.

"Hello this is Tammy. How may I help you?"

"Hello, I just called my daughter's dorm and her roommate said that she had dropped out. I was wondering if you could confirm that for me."

"Yes I can, what's the name of your daughter?"

"Rachel Brown."

"Alright, give me one second please." I could hear her typing in the background.

"Ma'am, she is no longer enrolled here. I'm sorry, but that's all the information I can give you."

"Alright, thank you Tammy."

I hung up the phone and stood against the kitchen counter, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. I grabbed a pad of paper and a pen, and started a list. I knew we'd had a fight the night she left, so she would have been driving home angry. And when she was angry, she got careless. I knew that she wasn't enrolled anymore, and that was so unlike her. Especially since she was a med student. I knew that she had seen Kylie for at least a little bit and Kylie said she looked like she'd had plastic surgery. That's was really bothered me. Rachel was a med student, she didn't have that kind of extra cash, and she never liked the idea plastic surgery. I tried to think about what else had happened that night. The Thelma incident and that was about it.

And then it clicked! Rachel had looked like she'd had plastic surgery because Thelma had bitten her, before she bit me! And no one had been with Rachel because she was driving back from staying here. And she was angry, so she probably took a wrong turn or fell into some sort of trap. That was why she had dropped out of school! People would notice the change and she was a newborn vampire, she wouldn't be able to handle being around all of those people. And she didn't call because any one of us would have detected the change in her voice, not to mention if any of the Cullens were around, they would know what had happened to cause that change.

I needed to call my parents. I tried both of their cell phones, but they were off. I couldn't remember anyone's phone number out on the Reservation, not even Leah's. And she wouldn't want to talk to me now, anyways. I tried Greg's number, but his phone was off too. I left a message asking him to call the home phone ASAP. I sat, racking my brains for anyone who could help me and I had a way to contact. Alice? I dialed her number, but she didn't pick up. I left her a message, but instead of asking her to call me, I asked her to come over ASAP. Five minutes went by, no one called, no one came over, nothing happened.

I got up and paced around the living room. I tried turning on the TV and watching something. But there wasn't anything good on, and my mind couldn't focus. I tried picking up my book and reading, but I ended up reading the same page over again and again. I glanced up at the clock again; it was now 12:30 in the morning. I left the kitchen lights on and walked back up to my room. I lay down in bed and attempted to fall back asleep. It wasn't working either. I sat up, ran my hand through my hair, and sighed in defeat. I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep until someone got back to me. I tried my parents' phones again, but left a message on each of them. And then I sat against my headboard and stared at the wall. Waiting for someone to call or someone to come over.

I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew, Alice was coming through my window. I glanced over at the clock, 3:30 am. I rubbed my eyes and yawned.

"Clarissa, what's so important? Is everything okay?" I got out of bed and grabbed my list sitting on my dresser.

"Rachel is missing, and she's a newborn vampire." Alice laughed.

"I think you took too much pain medication. She's still staying here isn't she?" I shook my head.

"She left the same night Greg came home, the same night Thelma attacked me. Thelma told me she wanted revenge against my mom and Greg. She wanted to kill me to get back at Greg and she must have gotten to Rachel before she came here." Alice was frowning.

"I think I would have seen that."

"Alice, I don't think it was her decision though. See, we had a fight that night and then she left. She's not the greatest driver when she's angry, she doesn't pay attention. Rachel could have easily taken a wrong turn or fallen into a trap, it was dark too." I showed her my notes and explained what the school and Kylie had told me. By the time I was finished talking, she was pacing my room.

"Any trail that she would have left would be gone by now." I nodded.

"I know, that's why I tried calling you because you know what it's like to wake up alone after that change. I was hoping you might be able to think of some places she would go and hide." Alice glanced up to the corner of my room and I saw her nod her head.

"Don't worry Clarissa, we'll think of something. Why don't you get some rest? Tomorrow is your first day back at school." I was about to object, but suddenly I couldn't keep my eyes open. Jasper, I thought, he must have been waiting in the corner. I didn't think of much else because I fell asleep so quickly.

OMOMOMOMOM (Alice)

"Okay, she's asleep." Jasper murmured.

"Let's go." We ran back to the house and I tried to think about where I had gone as a newborn. I couldn't really remember much. I had my extra sight, so I just followed that. Jasper had Maria and her crew; Edward, Rosalie, and Esme had Carlisle, Emmett had Rosalie, and Bella had all of us. Carlisle was smart enough to know what he was, so he hid. Maybe he would have an idea, Greg might have an idea too.

We walked in the house, and I could hear that everybody was back.

"Everybody, get down here! We have an issue." We all settled into the living room.

"Rachel's a newborn, she's loose, and we have no idea where she is. How do we find her?"

And then I was pulled into a vision. We were all still here sitting and trying to figure out how to find Rachel and save any people that she was around. But Mike Newton had just set foot onto our driveway and was coming to the house. We all split up and Bella was typing on the computer why he was here. I came back.

"Bella why is Mike Newton on his way here?" I hissed.

"Crap. Um, we need to scatter and seem as normal as possible. I'll type it out so everybody get near a computer and sync it with the one down here. Emmet, Jasper, turn on a game of some sort. Pretend you're watching it and read over my shoulder. Edward you're up in the music rooms. Alice, on your laptop doing some online shopping. Rosalie, is there a computer in the garage?"

She nodded.

"Alright, then why don't you work out there? Renesmee, come sit in my lap. Carlisle and Esme, the office upstairs?" They nodded and everybody sprang into action.

A/N: So, a little bit of a cliffie, but I promise I won't make you wait too long. It's Holiday Break and I have little to do until all of the family gatherings start. Hopefully I'll have 27 up in a few days, hopefully… Happy Holidays ya'll. Song of the week: Let it snow. Simply because we're vacationing in a warm spot! :)