Chapter 21

Author's note: With the permission of my faithful reader and fellow fanfiction writer, 'Irrelevant86', I have borrowed some of her imagined characters from her fanfic 'The Apprentice'. Sorry for the lateness of the update. I know, it's been years. A lot of distractions. I still don't know how often I will be able to update but I'm going to try. Enjoy.

Beatrice's point of view:

I was still thinking about the Quileute legends, they were amazing.

It had been three days since the hybrid babies Soli'ena, and Ty'rell were born. They were now more than twice the size that they were when they were born. I was told that was normal.

Alistair's human girlfriend Letta was writhing in pain on the table. Her skin had turned pale white, and her eyes were a bright scarlet red. My vampire hearing heard her heart take off like helicopter blades for about one minute. Then her heart stopped, which I was informed was normal. She sat up from the hospital table and looked around with wide eyes as she took in the world with her new vampire super senses.

Alistair stood in front of her while Emmett and Jasper stood right behind him. Jasper emitted an aura of calm and peace onto Letta. Ironic, he uses a super power to turn a person into an Amity as long as they're in his presence.

"Letta my love?" said Alistair to her.

"Alistair?" she said to him. "Is it over?"

"Yes my love. It is over."

"And the children?" she asked.

"The children are healthy." said Alistair. "I have named them Soli'ena and Ty'rell."

"They are fine names." she acknowledged.

"But now it is time for you to feed." said Alistair.

"The Quileutes wish you not to hunt within the State of Washington." said Carlisle. "Since the border is quite a long ways away, perhaps we could take her hunting vegetarian style. If her eye color is a concern, a diet of animal blood will darken up the bright red faster than human blood will."

Alistair thought about that with a disappointed frown on his face. And then he turned to his woman.

"If it is your wish to live on animal blood, I will not stop you." said Alistair with a polite tone of acceptance.

She then held her hand to her neck and then she had a monster like look on her face.

"I don't want to kill anyone if I can help it." said Letta.

"Then let's go." said Alistair.

At Jasper's insistence we all went with them. Several of them went ahead to clear the path of humans, fortunately there were none in the area. We found several deer, and she killed them and then she seemed calmer.

We returned to the house and she met the children.

I decided to return to the Quileute Indian reservation with Jacob Black.

It was then that we met with two of the wedding guests that my new vampire eidetic memory recognized from the wedding pavilion. Strange how to see my vampire memory misses almost nothing. Some stuff only caught a glimpse of them from the side of my eyes once.

The woman was red-headed, while the man was about the same height as her but his long hair was styled in dreadlocks and his facial appearance seemed exotic as neither Caucasian or Native American.

"Hey Jacob." said the girl. "Some really weird rumors have been going around...?"

She didn't continue after the last word as though letting it hang there. Jacob seemed to understand and he went on.

"Yes Adolfina." said Jacob. "Nessie's mind has been replaced with someone else's mind...from another dimension."

"Alternate reality." I corrected.

"And your name is?" asked the girl that Jacob referred to as Adolfina.

"Beatrice Prior." I said to her. "Though when I got here I told them to just call me Tris. Your name is?"

"I'm Adolfina Anderson, and this is my husband Skarra."

"Pleased to meet you." said Skarra in a strong accent.

"Tell us about your world." said Adolfina Anderson.

I then touched both of their faces and showed them my thoughts.

"I remember when we went on that mission to that alternate Earth through the Quantum-Mirror." said Skarra. "But it was nothing like that."

"Quantum-Mirror?" I asked, thinking of the implications.

"A piece of alien technology that we picked up from an alien world that could transport a person to an alternate-reality that also has a Quantum-Mirror." said Adolfina Anderson.

"Interesting." I said, wondering if it could get me back.

But Adolfina Anderson went on, apparently guessing what I was thinking, "But it became a security risk so we destroyed it."

"Oh," I said with curiosity and interest, "what happened?"

"An alternate universe version of our friends Samantha Carter and Major Kowalski, came through when their world had been invaded by Goa'uld. We granted them asylum within our universe however there was a temporal confliction between two of the same people from different universes existing in the same universe at the same time. They called it 'Entropic Cascade Failure' Samantha Carter and Major Kowalski that did not belong in our universe began to have their..."

"Molecules degrade at the cellular-level." I cut her off in mid sentence, as my super special vampire-hybrid brain made the science come out of my mouth in an instant.

"You knew that?" said Adolfina Anderson, surprised.

"Well, Renesmee Cullen's brain did." I stated.

"Anyway, either their counterparts in our universe would have to die, or they would have to go back. We managed to go back and save their world and when we got back here we managed to destroy the Quantum Mirror to prevent any further incursions."

I was fascinated. A device that would allow instant transportation between alternate universes.

"Since the wedding was delayed, when do you have to go back to work?"

"Well, we are supposed to go back to work in another day or so. We and our team are due to go on another mission to a planet that's only recently dug up their Stargate. Our base then sent a robot probe there by our process of random dialing to potential worlds that we have not visited, and they seem friendly enough. The people on that world are a modern industrialized civilization with electricity and a few other technologies, though a few decades behind us in terms of level of advancement. They have requested the opening of diplomatic relations. Our team is supposed to represent Earth."

"What does your team know about all of us?" I asked.

"Oh they think that we're just visiting some friends for the weekend."

"Well, See you later."

Renesmee's point of view:

I had been here for 9 days now.

We had been in bed for several hours now. I had gone hunting again last night, so my thirst was satiated.

We were then woken by Four.

"Early morning War Games!" yelled Four. "Everyone dressed and waiting by the tracks! 10 minutes!"

We got up and got dressed. We went outside to the train tracks.

We waited for a few minutes. All of the initiates were there along with Four, Lauren, and several other older Dauntless members. The train then started coming. I told Mickey to go ahead and try to get on first. He got on alright. We all followed.

On the train we were briefed.

"Alright everyone!" said Lauren loudly. "Plain and simple, we are going to play a game of Capture the Flag."

"What do we get if we win?" asked one of the transfers.

"Bragging rights." said Lauren in a tone, irritated by the question. "You get to make fun of the loser for losing."

They then brought out several boxes. My vampire sense of smell could tell it was full of paint. They opened them and they were full of paint ball guns and paint ball cartridges. We each took one.

Four, held up one of the guns.

"The weapon is non lethal." said Four. "It fires a short range low yield impact. In the game, if you are hit in either the head or torso by a paint ball you are considered killed and are expelled from the game."

"The rules are simple," said Lauren, "you lose by having your team's flag captured by one of your opponent's teammates, or by both you and all of your teammates being wiped out before your flag is captured...whichever comes first."

Everyone nodded that it seemed simple enough.

"Lauren and I are Captains." said Four. "Two teams. Everyone here will be divided in half, Lauren and I will alternate picking one person at a time, transfer initiates will be picked first, then Dauntless-born, then members."

"You pick first." said Lauren.

"Nessie." said Four.

"Edward." said Lauren.

"Christina." said Four.

"Peter."

"Will."

"Al."

And it went back and forth for the 17 transfer initiates. Mickey and Myra both ended up on my team.

Lauren then got Uriah and Lynn, while we got Marlene. The rest of the Dauntless born and members were divided up and we began.

Both teams leapt off of the moving train at different points. We had gotten off at what appeared to be a 300 year old broken down deteriorating unused alternate universe version of The Navy Pier Amusement Park.

Our team mates began arguing on how to attack. I decided to just stand back and wait for them to come to a decision.

Long story short, we simply hid the flag somewhere that we thought that it couldn't be found. I scouted ahead and found the opposing team. I came back and told everyone where they were, and then we attacked them head-on. A few paintballs came at me but I managed to dodge them easily. With vampire ability, I gave several of my enemies precision shots with my paintball gun.

After a fierce battle, both teams losing a lot of players, my team won when Christina managed to find and capture the flag.

There were cheers and celebrations.

There was a promise of a party in The Pit when we get back to the Dauntless compound.

Some of the Dauntless born then approached me and told me that they wanted to show me a shortcut back to Dauntless headquarters, dauntless style.

25 minutes later, we were on the top floor of what was once the old Hancock building. There was what appeared to be a 10,000 foot metal cable as thick as a man's arm, they had with them a whole bunch of what appeared to be pulleys that fit on to the cable and we each got into them one at a time, the straps were made of thick heavy durable fabric.

This was a zip line. The longest zip line that I had ever seen. This was another part of the Dauntless thrills.

After 10 of the Dauntless born kids, both initiates and older members had gone, I was asked to get into the next one.

They helped me in headfirst face down.

"Damn girl you are heavy." said one of the Dauntless that assisted me.

This was a vampire hybrid thing; The flesh of a vampire hybrids body is significantly denser than that of normal human flesh, therefore making us more than twice the weight that a person of my size would normally be.

They then flung me forward hard and I rolled down the line.

Vampires don't fly, but I have of course run super speed on the ground.

This was a different kind of exhilaration. I try to imagine that I was not attached to the zip line on the pulley and I really was flying.

Eventually, many blocks away I had reached the bottom of the zip line and I coasted to a stop. I was about 20 feet above a large group of Dauntless that were right beneath me. They held their arms together like a net of human limbs. I reached to the release clasp on the pulley, and I fell. They all caught me. This is a test of trust that apparently I had passed, and then one by one, there were the others that came down.

We were close to Dauntless headquarters now, and we then entered the building and then into the underground tunnels. As promised there was a party in The Pit, then we indulged ourselves in a cheerful celebration that our team had won, though of course the losing team celebrated with us.

2 days later,

It was the seventh day rotation within the initiates 6 day training schedule. Meaning that today was our day off from training.

I then attempted to pull some of my pants on, when I realized something interesting. Far too much ankle was showing. And then I realized it, I had grown another inch. This was an unusual anomaly, Beatrice Prior's body had grown four inches since I took over her body. Also her facial appearance was changing, though I of course could not see her face in the mirror's reflection, I only saw my own face. I actually had to have someone look at me while I touched them and read their mind to see Beatrice Prior's face. She was also beginning to fill out, with her, feminine parts. I had grown a full bra size since I took over Beatrice Prior's body. The vampire hybrid transformation is having an effect.

I took a pen and paper and did some mathematical calculations on it though I could have done in my head. After a while when I went to all of the science that I knew about vampire hybrids and vampire transformation, I then realized it. By some fluke of Beatrice Prior's body's own growth hormones, she had not fully developed physically for her age. For her body seemed significantly smaller and younger and underdeveloped, (though as a normal human being she was perfectly healthy). But when her body was transformed into a vampire hybrid, the perfect genes and DNA of a vampire hybrid caused her body to balance out what was wrong, including gaining a few inches, and physically maturing a little. Other people have noticed though they probably thought that it was just my new Dauntless appearance.

I learned to deal with it.

Two weeks later.

Today was the seventh day rotation on The initiates six day training schedule. So today was the day off. Today was also what they called 'visiting day'. Where the families of the transfer initiates were allowed to come to Dauntless headquarters to visit with their family members that were no longer among them.

I wonder if Beatrice Prior's parents would show up. The Dauntless born were now visiting with their families. As apparently it was discouraged from them interacting with their Dauntless families until visiting day.

Lynn had an older sister named Shawna. While Uriah had an older brother named Zeke as well as a Dauntless mother.

His father had apparently passed away.

There were a number of other people there in The Pit who had just arrived and were from other factions. I saw Hunter with a number of people with yellow clothing.

There were a few people wearing white, and a few people wearing blue.

And then I saw it. A single woman with brunette hair tied back in a bun, and was wearing grey robes.

She was pretty. Even in her plain clothes. I walked up to her but I stopped short, and decided not to go any further, I just had to wait for her to come to me.

She then looked at me and then looked past me and then looked at me again. She stepped closer. She scrutinized my green and white hair, As well as the tattoos that were being shown because I was wearing a black tank top.

"Beatrice?" she said.

I had taken over this life, I thought that I had might as well acknowledged her mother. So at this point I was reluctant to lie to this woman. She came here to see her daughter. I don't think that I should pretend to be her daughter to her.

"Natalie Prior." I acknowledged.

She cocked her smile slightly.

"Beatrice, you have never called me by my first name before." she said half joking half reprimanding. "Is that a good thing?"

"Perhaps we should talk in private." I said to her.

We walked out of The Pit to a secluded place.

"Natalie Prior, I am sorry." I said to her. "But I am not your daughter Beatrice."

She put on a confused look.

"I think I know my daughter when I see her. Is this a 'faction before blood' thing?" she said.

"No ma'am." I said. "I think that perhaps I should explain."

Then I put my hand on her face and I turned on my telepathy, and I gave her my memories.

"Natalie Prior," I said inside my mind, "My name is Renesmee Cullen. I am from an alternate reality 400 years into the past. An 'ascended being'; a Supernatural entity, has transported my mind through time and space and placed it in your daughter's body. He has asked me to do a task where he will then send me home where at the same time I assume he will return your daughter's mind to this body.

"I am from the Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington, about a thousand miles to the west of here. I was supposed to marry my fiance, but unfortunately my consciousness was pulled out of my body right in the middle of my wedding ceremony. I am not human. I am a half human half vampire hybrid. My father was a vampire, my mother was human, now they are both vampires. I was born a species of both. I possess lightning fast speed, superhuman strength, super senses, as well as these telepathic abilities that you are now experiencing.

"I'm afraid that I do not know where your daughter's consciousness is, and that it is my wish that she will get back."

I took my hand off of her face and she then looked at me. With all that she rubbed her temple, no doubt the headache from the emotional transference.

"Oh my god!" she said. "I have never imagined such a thing!"

"I have pretended to these people to be your daughter, my secret is not something that I entrust to just anyone, But I thought that I could tell you."

"I understand." said Natalie Prior. "But you must understand that there are very strict rules around here. And that there is far more going on than you understand."

"You mean like the Amanda Ritter video that Marcus Eaton showed me?"

Her eyes widened in Surprise.

"You are full of surprises, Renesmee Cullen."

"What is going on?" I asked.

"We can't talk here." said Natalie Prior.

"What about the Abnegation sector after Dark?"

"As long as you can do it without getting caught."

I smiled.

"We vampires are very stealthy."

Natalie smiled

"A little piece of advice. Keep a low profile."

"Discretion is my middle name."

Natalie Prior then walked off.

I'm sorry that I had to spoil her visiting day with her daughter. But there's more at stake. More going on.

Later that night after everyone had gone to sleep I got up as usual and snuck out with vampire stealth. I made my way out of the compound and then at vampire speed I ran towards the Abnegation sector. I found Natalie Prior's scent and then followed it to a house.

When I got there I knocked.

I heard footsteps behind the door and then the door opened. A man was standing there. It was the same man that I saw at the ceremonial courtroom. This must be Natalie's husband.

"Andrew Prior?"

Natalie then appeared beside him.

"Please come in."

I was led into the living room where a cozy fire was burning in the fireplace.

"You have a lovely home." I couldn't help but say.

"Simple and modest." said Andrew Prior. "All that we need."

He paused for a minute then went on with a serious frown.

"My wife has told me a very unusual story." he said as he looked at me.

I raised my hand and stretched it out towards his face.

"May I show you the truth?"

He paused, looked at his wife, and then back at me.

He then nodded in consent.

I placed my hand on his face and I turned on my telepathy.

I told him everything.

I took my hand off of his face.

He then looked at me with awe.

"How can this be?" he asked.

"The Multiverse." I said to him. "Within time and space are many wonders that one can scarcely imagine."

"Some people within the city can scarcely imagine a world outside the wall."

"Some people used to believe that the Earth was flat. In fact in my universe, in my time, there are some people that still do.

"I have seen things that you cannot imagine. Well, I suppose I've just shown them to you.

"Now, worlds within worlds, there is a world of mythical creatures, superhumans, abnormal humans, monsters of all different kinds."

"Where is our daughter Beatrice, if you are not her?"

"My best guess is that she has taken my place in my universe in my time. I can only imagine what she's going through, and how my family is dealing with it.

"The thing is, I need more information. I don't have enough to go on with what I have here. I need to leave the city. I need to explore the area around the city beyond the wall."

"Oh," said Natalie, "there are things beyond the wall. I think I can tell you more about them than anyone."

"What are you talking about?" I asked her.

"Because I was not born within the city. I was born outside of the wall. There was a great War. The world's population was devastated. I grew up in an abusive household. I ran away and then was picked up by the Bureau of Genetic Welfare."

"Bureau of Genetic Welfare?" I asked curious now.

"The government funded organization operating out of the old O'hair International Airport."

I paused for a minute to think.

"Wait, the Bureau of genetic welfare? The Amanda Ritter video. She said she was working for an organization meant to help Humanity and that Humanity has been infected with a disease that was making people like the people of the factions."

"We call it genetic damage." said Natalie Prior.

"Genetic damage?" I asked. "You mean like children born from incest?"

"No." Natalie clarified. "10 or 12 Generations ago give or take, there was a golden age of peace. What we did was we genetically modified our DNA to make us perfect. We can make ourselves selfless, we can make ourselves smart, we would make ourselves Brave, honest and kind. But it didn't quite go as according to plan. People who are too honest were to merciless. They were incapable of keeping secrets, they were incapable of discretion, they were incapable of confidentiality. People who were too kind we're too passive. They would never do anything to protect others if someone else was in danger from another person. People who were too selfless had no self preservation, they would literally give up their lives to help others. Some people argue that that's not entirely a bad thing but except they have no regard for their own safety. People who are too brave were too violent and cruel. And people who were too smart were too arrogant. These people became the 'genetically damaged'. The genetically damaged engaged in a war with the 'genetically pure'. The genetically pure won the war. We sought to correct the problem. Turn the genetically damaged into genetically pure. But we needed a genetic template. And that could only occur in nature. After the genetic modifications. And that is what is happening in this city. We would genetically modify the genetically damaged to be genetically correct again and then we put them in the city and we have them live their lives as normal. Just for the record the results would take a few Generations. Once a significantly strong Divergent emerges within the City's population then we use their genetic template to permanently correct the DNA of all genetically damaged people."

I tried to do the calculations in my vampire hybrid brain, but it didn't work. I couldn't come up with an answer to what she just said. It says though she spoke nonsense.

"Okay, I'm confused. There is no Gene within a person's DNA that makes them behave a certain way. Now granted there are psychopaths and sociopaths, there are autistic people, people with ADHD, or people with OCD, but that has nothing to do with their DNA, those are just certain areas of the brain that work differently. "

"Many people have argued it just as you do." said Natalie. "But you just don't understand."

"I know a great deal about genetics." I said to her. "And anything I don't know I'm a quick study if I don't come up with the answer on my own. A person's DNA might be a contributing factor. The influence of genes on behavior has been well established in the scientific community. To a large extent, who we are and how we behave is a result of our genetic makeup. While genes do not determine behavior, they play a huge role in what we do and why we do it. But there's no reason why an Erudite can't be selfless, or why an Amity can't be honest, or why a Candor can't be polite. It's ridiculous. These people still have free will."

"You're right, it doesn't make sense." said Natalie. "I'm just saying that there's a bigger plan here, and there's more going on here than you understand. This experiment in the means to correct the problem that the scientists have determined has been going on for a very long time."

"Clearly things are a limited for me here in the city," I said, "I need to find answers. This may have something to do with what the hockey wants me to figure out. I'm going to need to leave the city. But it will have to wait until after dauntless initiation is over. I must Return To The Dauntless compound. We will meet again soon."

I left the house and ran back to The Dauntless compound at vampire speed.

Third person point of view:

From a discreet distance a black cloaked hooded figure was watching and listening to everything.

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