Previously: "Months later, I was hunting with Jacob and Renesmee in the forest when Irina from the Denali coven comes to apologize; she sees my daughter from a distance and mistakes her for an immortal child, whose creation is a heinous crime of the vampire world. Irina runs away as soon as she saw my daughter." A sudden chill ran straight down my spine. It was colder than all of the other chills. I really had a bad feeling about all of this.


Chapter Twenty-Eight: Breaking Dawn Part Five

Bella took a deep breath and little Nessie placed her hand on her mother's cheek.

Bella nodded to her and kissed her on the top of her bronze curls on top of her head.

"A few days later, Alice has a vision."

The icy chill that was colder than all the others; it wasn't going to leave anytime soon.

"Alice's vision took her so by surprise that she dropped the vase she was holding. Vampires never drop anything. We were all too shocked that it slipped in the first place to go and catch it."

I looked over at Charlie and he had a very worried look on his face.

My icy chill suddenly turned hot and anxiety burned in my stomach.

I looked back over to Bella, Edward, Renesmee and Jacob.

"What Alice saw…"

Bella trailed off and took another unneeded breath.

Edward pulled her and his daughter closer to him.

"What she saw was that Irina had gone to the Volturi and told them we created an immortal child."

The heat in my stomach rose up to my chest and I felt like I was either going to pass out or throw up.

I looked over at Edward and his face was buried in Bella's hair.

But he must have heard my thoughts because he looked up at me and gave me a small smile.

It didn't really make me feel any better.

Charlie was making his grumbling noise again as Bella continued.

"The Volturi was planning on destroying all of us. They were coming. All of them. The ancients, the guard, even the wives. They also were bringing witnesses for themselves."

Charlie gasped out and sat forward.

I took a deep breath, trying to control the tightness in my chest.

I grabbed the glass of water that was on the table next to me and took small sips.

It helped.

I glanced over to Charlie and he was back in the position that made me think he was going to fall face first in the carpet.

"After a few minutes of talking we knew we needed to find friends to witness for us, to make the Volturi hesitate long enough for us to tell them Renesmee isn't what she appeared to be."

My focus on the dingy carpet was gone; my creepy, icy chill was back.

"We only had a month."

I was feeling panicked again so I took another drink of water.

Charlie's mouth was open and his eyes were all buggy again.

"Alice and Jasper left very quickly, they wanted to make Alice's visions more clear than they would be if she was around Nessie and Jake. As soon as they ran out of the house Jacob walked in."

Jacob, who was resting his eyes, looked over at Bella when she said his name.

"I had to tell Jacob that it was over, that we had all been sentenced to death."

Chills!

Charlie leaned even further forward.

"The next morning, Alice and Jasper were still gone. We followed their trail until we reached the border between our land and the wolves'. Sam said Alice and Jasper asked to be escorted to the ocean. Alice had left a letter with Sam to give to us."

Alice left?!

Oh my gosh.

Deep breaths.

Deep breaths.

Whoo, I wonder if Charlie felt as sick as I do?

"The letter that Alice left us was just a note listing the friends we needed as our witnesses. We really lost most of our hope when Alice had left. And that she took Jasper made it seem even more dim."

I could see why.

Oh my stomach.

I had to keep reminding myself that Bella and the Cullens' are fine and that Alice is back.

"What I noticed on the piece of paper Alice left, it surprised me."

I cocked my head to the side and looked at my daughter.

"It was ripped out of one of my old Shakespeare books."

Oh.

Wait what?

Edward sighed and reburied his face in Bella's long mahogany hair.

"I followed her trail back to our cottage and told Edward to wait outside for 30 seconds. Alice had also left me a secret note. It was in my copy of The Merchant of Venice, it was about someone named J. Jenks. She also told me to destroy the information."

J. Jenks?

Who is this J. Jenks?

Is his real name J.?

Or is it just short for something?

I wonder if it was spelled Jay, Jey, or just J.

I violently jumped when I heard something from upstairs.

It was a loud boom!

It sounded like someone had dropped a shampoo bottle in the shower.

I looked at the ceiling like I was looking in the bathroom.

Edward sighed and looked up at me.

"Sue walked into the bathroom and placed something on the shelf and she did knock over a shampoo bottle but it hit the rim of the tub and fell in the floor."

Edward explained to me before hiding his face back in Bella's hair.

Charlie made a coughing sound before leaning back against the couch, crossing his legs as he did so.

"I realized very quickly that I needed to keep it from Edward. I tossed the book into the lit fireplace. I had Alice's secret. I would find out who this J. Jenks person was."

"Why keep it from Edward?" I interrupted.

Bella sighed.

"I was the only one who was able to keep this a secret. Edward and Aro can't read my thoughts. Alice had made sure I was the only one who could figure it out.

Oh!

Alice is super smart.

I smiled at my daughter and nodded my head.

Bella smiled slightly before continuing her story.

"The rest of the family split up to find our witnesses. Edward and I had to stay home to let our expected visitors see Renesmee for themselves. We were expecting the Denalis the following morning."

Renesmee looked up at her mother and gave her a small smile.

Bella grinned down at her daughter and kissed her forehead.

"Later that night I looked up the info Alice had given me. I found out that J. Jenks is a lawyer."

Oh a lawyer!

That's cool.

But wait, why would Alice give Bella a lawyer's information?

"I knew Alice would know I would do anything to save my family and that everything was out of our hands. We had no control. I figured out this J. Jenks could help me save my daughter from our horrible fate."

Oh maybe I just should wait before asking or thinking questions.

I kind of thought about that for a moment.

Yeah, no, I will keep asking questions.

I needed to know everything after all and stupid Charlie knew more before I did.

I slumped back against the couch and crossed my arms across my chest.

"The next morning I asked Edward to teach me how to fight. I wanted to learn how to fight so I could defend myself and my family. Edward explained to me about the Volturi's strengths. I also hoped I was immune to some of their gifts, like I was with Edward's, Aro's, and Jane's. I wanted to help anyway I could."

That's right!

Edward can't hear her thoughts and neither can Aro.

Jane couldn't hurt her either.

That's so super cool!

Man, I wish I had a cool power.

I suddenly felt like pouting.

This isn't fair.

Edward snorted out a laugh, hidden by Bella's hair.

Bella looked over at Edward out of the corner of her eye; then she continued again.

"When the Denalis' arrived that morning, they were horrified to see Renesmee, who they thought was an immortal child; just like Irina did. Edward convinced them that Renesmee is half-vampire, half-human. That she is our biological daughter; they each let Renesmee touch them and show them her story."

Oh, what did she show them?!

I wanna see!

I wanna see!

Edward sighed and once again moved from his hiding place.

He whispered something to Bella and she nodded.

"Renesmee do you want to show grandma and grandpa what you showed the Denalis that day, starting from where you left off before?"

Renesmee nodded and hopped of her mother's lap and came over to me and Charlie.

Yay, I was going to see!

Little Nessie went over to Charlie first.

Why is he always first to know everything?!

Nessie climbed on his lap and placed her little, long fingered hand on his cheek.

He gasped at first and then he just closed his eyes; watching.

After a minute or two she removed her hand and smiled at Charlie.

Charlie smiled back and kissed her on her forehead, whispering something to her.

She broke out in little giggles.

Renesmee crawled over to me and sits on my lap.

Renesmee placed her hand on my face and I saw a rush of memories.

Carlisle measuring her.

Nessie saying her first words, walking, running.

I saw little Nessie with Billy, Sue, Charlie and the wolves and other people.

I saw her with Jacob in his wolf form several times.

I saw her with her mother and father and the rest of her large family more than anything else.

She slowed her memories down to a scene where she was out in the snow in the woods with Bella and Jacob.

She zoomed through the hunt.

Thank God.

It amazed me that I was seeing everything through her eyes.

I saw more detail but because I am a human I guess I couldn't see it all.

In the scene she was running next to wolf Jacob and her mother.

They stopped in a clearing and Renesmee started jumping up into the sky.

She would look down and Bella and Jacob looked a lot smaller.

She was jumping so high!

When she landed she went over to her mom and opened her hand.

In her hand was a perfect little snowflake.

I gasped and she flipped through several more memories.

All her family running around and talking, Alice and Jasper leaving; how she felt.

She showed me Bella and Edward telling her that others were coming.

She showed me the inside of the cottage, her room and the living room too.

She showed me how she thought it was all her fault, then how her mom, dad and Jacob all said 'no'.

She showed me what she heard her father say to the Denalis about her; that she wasn't what they thought, that she is his and Bella's daughter.

Then she showed me the Denalis standing in the living room at the Cullen house.

She showed me the Denalis accepting her and believing her.

Renesmee removed her hand and the pictures vanished.

I smiled at her and she smiled back before she returned to her mother.

She hopped on Bella's lap and then crawled to sit on her father's.

Jacob yawned and stretched his long legs out again.

Bella looked back over to me and Charlie and continued where she left off.

"The Denalis agreed to be witnesses, and they felt sad and hurt that Irina was the cause of all the danger. That she turned her back on family and went to betray us."

Charlie made one of his stupid little noises and shifted his weight again.

I swear if he doesn't shut up and hold still, I am going to find some duct tape.

"Eleazar, who has the gift of sensing the gifts of others, mentioned that I am a shield and a very powerful one at that."

Ooh a shield!

Wait.

What's a shield?

"Bella is a mental shield, meaning that any mental attacks and powers from others won't affect her. We think if she continues training she can eventually learn to block powers like Alice's and Jasper's. Everyone's. Maybe even actual physical attacks. She is the most powerful shield anyone has ever encountered."

Bella gave Edward a funny look.

It looked like she was embarrassed.

Hahaha oh I miss the blush.

Edward smiled but nodded.

"Well we will explain more about the shield and things later."

Edward told us quickly and then Charlie and I nodded in unison.

Bella took another unneeded deep breath before she continued.

"Edward and I were surprised and then Kate wondered if I could project my shield onto others."

I sat up a little further and I realized I was mimicking Charlie's earlier position.

I hope I wasn't going to eat carpet!

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Charlie's eyes widen.

I shook my head and refocused on Bella.

"In that time as I said before we figured out that I am a mental shield. Any vampire that had a mental ability could not affect me. Edward, Aro, Jane, Alec and the majority of the Volturi's guard. I was also immune to Eleazar, Kate and several others that I will mention later."

Wow!

My baby girl is really strong!

Edward smiled and nodded his head.

"Under the circumstances, Eleazar had to rethink his opinion of the Volturi; Eleazar thought that the Volturi were coming not to punish, but to acquire."

Chills!

Acquire?!

"Aro has had his eye on several members of our family. Part of it was to try and obtain us and others. But the main reason was to punish."

I nodded and shivered as the freezing chills ran back down my back and my arms.

"More and more witnesses arrived and the explanations started again. A few refused to touch Renesmee, but agreed to witness all the same."

Renesmee smiled brightly and leaned further into her father's lap.

"We ended up having an extra twenty-one vampires in the house. They all were going to helped us against the Volturi. We had the Denali, Amazon, Egyptian, Irish, Romanian covens and a few nomads."

Wow!

That's crazy!

"Who all was there?" I asked without realizing it.

"Oh, we had Senna and Zafrina from the Amazon Coven. Kachiri of their coven was helping Alice."

Oh.

Maybe I shouldn't have asked.

I leaned back against the sofa.

Renesmee eyes shown with great happiness; her face just beamed joy.

"I really like Zafrina!" Her little bell like voice filled the room.

"I know you do, love. She will visit soon." Bella said as she kissed her daughters forehead.

"Zafrina is a particularly talented vampire. She has the supernatural ability to create vivid visual illusions." Bella said as she looked back at Charlie and me.

Edward whispered something to Nessie and she came back over to Charlie and me.

She sat down between us on the sofa.

She placed one hand on Charlie's cheek and the other one on mine.

I didn't see anything at first but then Edward nodded to Nessie and I saw a very tall, dark skinned woman with bright red eyes.

She was standing outside with Bella and the one Denali named Kate.

The scene switched and I saw different scenery; jungles with monkeys and long vine things hanging from the trees. I saw waterfalls with rainbows coming from the cascade of water.

Ness moved her hands and smiled at me and then at Charlie.

"Those are just a couple of images Zafrina showed Renesmee. Zafrina can make you see anything she wants you to see."

Charlie looked over from Edward to Bella.

"Can you see anything from Zafrina, Bells?" Charlie asked Bella.

Wow that was the first time he has talked in a while.

Bella shook her head and smiled sheepishly.

"Nope. I can't see any of Zafrina's images either. But if I removed my shield completely away from me I can. But it is completely under my control. The only mental power that can get through my shield is Renesmee's."

Bella laughed lightly.

"But again Nessie can break through anything and anybody. Most can't help but believe, love and accept her. Plus she is my daughter. My flesh and blood, she is just an exception to any of the rules."

Bella leans into Edward and smiled brightly over at Nessie, who was still sitting in between Charlie and I.

I looked down at her and she was just smiling back.

Happy as a kid in a candy store just sitting here.

"We also had Amun and his mate Kebi, Benjamin and his mate Tia from the Egyptian Coven."

Wow.

Wow, I'm thinking wow a lot.

Charlie shifted his weight again, scooting closer to Renesmee.

Nessie looked up at him and then climbed onto his lap.

"Ben has a very unique and special talent. It enables him to physically influence the elements of nature: water, earth, fire and air. Amun chose to create him for this very reason, for he knew Benjamin would be gifted."

I looked over at Nessie; wondering if she would show me.

Ness reached out her hand and I scooted over to it.

She placed her other hand on Charlie's cheek.

I saw four other vampires with red eyes; Nessie focused in on one of them.

Then the scene switched and it was the same vampire she focused in on but he was standing just beyond the tree line.

Benjamin was just standing there but he was moving the still air into little vortexes, moving water from the creek; making whirlpools and waves with just his mind.

Nessie remove her hands.

"He was just demonstrating what he could do. I can show you more of what he can do later." Renesmee said to me and Charlie.

Then little Nessie looked over at her father and mother.

Edward nodded to her.

Nessie sighed and settled herself back on Charlie's lap.

"We also had Maggie, Siobhan and her mate Liam from the Irish Coven there."

Bella continued.

"Maggie has the ability to tell if someone is lying to her she is a little lie detector. And Siobhan is believed to have the power to visualize an outcome of events and project it into reality. But she really doesn't believe she has the gift."

That's cool!

"Stefan and Vladimir from the Romanian Coven. They were a couple that didn't let Nessie show them her story."

Oh dumb jerks.

Wonder what their problem was.

"Vladimir and Stefan are the only two members on the Romanian coven left. The Volturi wiped out all of their coven and mates. The Romanian's were in charge at one point in our history and Aro wanted the power. But that's a whole different story."

Oh good she wasn't going to elaborate on the Romanian's story.

I wanted to hear about her story.

Plus I don't know how much longer I can sit here.

Oh well, I want to know stuff more than I am antsy.

I felt myself sigh and I struggled holding back a yawn.

"Dracula 1 and Dracula 2." Jacob's booming voice made me jump slightly.

Edward started laughing and Jacob and Bella started in too.

"Yeah. That's about right." Bella laughed out.

"They are pretty creepy."

Renesmee reached out and touched my face just long enough to show me two very pasty looking, red eyed vampires.

She reached up and showed Charlie the same thing.

Charlie chuckled.

"Yes, they're pretty creepy."

Jacob snorted his last laugh and stretched back out.

"Then there was Garrett, Mary, Randall and Alistair. Also Jasper's friends Peter and his mate Charlotte. They are all nomadic vampires that were there too. The only mated pair is Peter and Charlotte. The rest were by themselves. Garrett later joined the Denalis, but I will get to that later."

I nodded as did Charlie.

"Alistair is also gifted with a unique tracking ability that allows him to track people and things at a greater distance than most vampires can."

Cool!

I could use that to find my keys!

And my cell phone and the TV remote and everything else I lose on a daily basis.

Edward chuckled but didn't say anything.

"And of course as you know Eleazar and his mate Carmen, Kate, and Tanya from the Denali Coven were there."

"It was mentioned before Kate's power is a horrible shock. I have never personally felt it because of my shield but Edward has."

Edward grimaced.

"And Eleazar's power is that he knows other vampires powers or gifts."

Yeah I think she did mention that before.

"Kate and Zafrina try to help me learn to project my shield; I wanted to be able to protect my loved ones."

Renesmee smiled lightly but didn't say anything.

"My poor Edward volunteered to be our guinea pig. We knew I was projecting my shield when he wasn't getting zapped by Kate."

Ow.

That doesn't sound like fun.

I crossed my legs and leaned back again.

"Long story short Kate decided I needed a new incentive and came after Renesmee. That's when I pushed out my shield and I covered Nessie and Edward. Like I said long story."

Bummer I won't get to know.

"A few minutes later, to test my shield, Zafrina blinded everyone other than Renesmee and myself. I was to push my shield out and whenever I got someone under my shield they got their sight back."

I went to say something when Edward interrupted.

"No Renee, like we said earlier Zafrina's power doesn't affect Bella either."

I closed my mouth and nodded.

"That's when Garrett met Kate. But that's their story."

Aw no details on other people's love lives either!

"I take Renesmee and Jacob to visit Charlie; there were twenty-five vampires in the Cullen house excluding me and Edward, and Jacob was getting kind of anxious."

Jacob snickered.

"Mainly Dracula 1 and 2."

Bella chuckled too and went right back to her story.

"So I dropped them off and I left to go find J. Jenks. Our lawyer who provides us with forged documents; I had him to forge passports and IDs for Renesmee and Jacob if we failed to stop the Volturi."

Cool!

I want that kind of lawyer!

I looked over at Charlie as he grumbled something and then it look like he had an epiphany.

Edward nodded and Charlie smiled.

Secrets!

"I understood that Alice had given me a chance to save Renesmee. I knew that, that meant that Edward and I must have had no chance of surviving."

Okay calm down Renee, they are sitting right across from you.

Edward nodded suddenly and Renesmee scampered back over to her mother and Bella pulled her daughter closer to her and continued where she left off.

"I had decided that Jacob could run with Renesmee to safety."

I took a sip of water from my almost empty glass.

"J. Jenks told me that the documents would be ready in a week."

I glanced over at Charlie and he had scooted to the other end of the couch.

"Edward knew I was keeping something from him but he didn't push to know what. I was happy that Jacob and Renesmee might've survived, if things had turned south and I was glad that Edward and I would have died together if we didn't achieve what we needed too. I couldn't bear surviving without either of them."

Chills!

They're back!

"Hey!" Jacob complained.

"I couldn't survive without you either, you knucklehead."

Jacob smiled and leaned back.

They look like a family.

"Edward, Renesmee, Jacob and I spent that Christmas with Charlie and the pack. I bought a Christmas present for Renesmee. It is an antique gold locket inscribed with the words 'more than my own life'."

Edward leaned down and whispered something to Nessie.

She nodded to her father and came over to me and Charlie.

She smiled softly at us and brought the locket part from under her shirt.

The locket's beautiful.

"And Jacob made her a bracelet that is equivalent to a promise ring."

Bella's voice broke my train of thought of the necklace.

Little Nessie held her arm out and showed Charlie and I a hand woven bracelet.

She smiled at us and before she went back to her mother.

"We returned home, we found out that one of the nomads, Alistair, had run off."

Well that was rude!

What a chicken!

Edward shook his head.

"Yeah well, his parting words were 'Well, good luck. You're gonna need it. Cheers.'" Edward said, pulling Nessie onto his lap.

But I had a feeling that he wasn't answering my mental banter; but just concurring with what Bella said.

Edward nodded, agreeing to me conclusion.


Surprise:

"Are you okay mama?" Renesmee projected her question to her mother.

Bella nodded to her and kissed her on the top of her bronze curls on top of her head.

...

Edward sighed and once again moved from his hiding place.

"Your mother wants to know what Renesmee showed the Denalis."

...

Charlie smiled back and kissed her on her forehead.

"Thank you sweetheart! You're so clever!" Charlie whispered to his granddaughter.

...

"Go show your grandfather and grandmother our visitors, my love." Edward whispered to his child and she went back to Renee and Charlie.

...

"Now, Daddy?" Renesmee thought to her father.

Edward nodded to Nessie and she began to show Renee and Charlie her memories.

...

Then little Nessie looked over at her father and mother.

"Should I stay over here for a while to show them the others?"

Edward nodded to her.

Nessie sighed and settled herself back on Charlie's lap.

...

"Fake documents?" Charlie grumbled under his breath and he got a look on his face as he had an epiphany.

"She was going to send them away. She had absolutely no hope. She would do anything for her daughter. Alice gave her a way to get her baby to safety. Alice gave her an escape! Oh, I'm so thankful everyone is safe."

Edward nodded and Charlie smiled.

...

"Can I come back to you and mama, please daddy?"

Edward nodded and Renesmee scampered back over to her mother and Bella pulled her daughter closer to her and continued where she left off.

...

"Will you please show them your locket?" Edward asked his daughter softly.

She nodded to her father and came over to me and Charlie.

...


A/N: Here we go!

Thank you, my lovelies!

~Twilightlovergirl