AN: Hey guys, long time no see! I know I've been busy lately, juggling school and work around, but its been fun so far. Had an awesome Halloween, getting to see many different costumes this year and I wanted to say, while all that was going on, I was cooking up this little chapter for all of you to enjoy for this coming Turkey-day ^-^


Serenity's POV:

Or at least, I thought he had turned away into the shadows. As I tried to move away, pain shot up my leg in annoying tendrils as I fumbled my way through the leaves, a heavy sigh escaping from his lips as he waited for me to cry out for his help. Not today Demetri, I thought anxiously as I gritted my teeth and tried pushing forward. "I'm sorry, but I don't know how much longer I could watch you torture yourself, when I could just carry you like so." He murmured as he had once again scooped me up into his arms, my body complying without complaint. "Why must you make me feel like a small child?" I complained sourly as I crossed my arms against my chest. He chuckled softly, the vibrations of his laughter from his chest seeping into me as he held me protectively close. "Now this is much better. As for your question, I don't think you see yourself right. You may be younger in age, but physically speaking, it would either have to be a fool or a blind man to call you a child." He answered softly. A shiver ran through me as I thought of his words, lucky me… I'm just surrounded by fools then.

Whether he knew it or not, I was feeling something in me changing and the feelings that came with it, scared me more than anything. I looked back up at him, taking in his full appearance as I thought about the first time that I saw him, and I mean really saw him and didn't bat an eye lash. Slightly curly brown-blond hair framed his face, the natural highlights of his hair creating his own personal sun in the dark canopy of forest leaves, while his eyes glimmered with laughter in auburn irises. Even as he held me, I felt safe, his arms a slightly olive tone, strong and secure no matter how many times I'd try to escape. And yet under all of his wonderfully crafted good looks, he seemed to be at ease as he'd handle any situation. One minute, he's confident and cocky, while the next he could be gentle and sincere; he is always surprising me, making me second-guess myself as I try to figure out the real him, and even as I watched him, my eyes creasing slightly, I could see the soft gentle smile that hung on his lips as he tried to navigate our route back to my house.

As we started walking back in the general direction of my home, something occurred to me as we walked passed the same crooked tree twice in a row. "So, which way is your house again?" Demetri stumbled as he asked me casually, his eyes trying to hide his embarrassment. A laugh escaped from me as my mind slammed into a blank figurative wall, a familiar small animal in red and gold clothing greeting me with frozen excitement. Symbols floating in its hands, its eyes wide as it stared, its figure a thing I've seen many times before. "Um… clapping …monkey…?" I answered slowly as I tried to remember where on the property we were at while Demetri stared at me as if I had something written on my head in sharpie, a slight questioning glint clouding his eyes. Another string of giggles threatened to keep me from breathing correctly as Demetri waited with me in his arms. "Please tell me that that's code for left or right," he replied as he shook his head in wonder. This may just make my broken ankle feel all the more better, I thought as a bright dazzling smile filled my lips.


Renesmee's POV:

As Alec held me close, my head tucked safely into his the crook of his chest, I could feel my body beginning to relax as he rubbed soothing circles into my back and shoulders. I could definitely get used to this, my mind whispered as I tried to hold onto the moment, wanting to keep time from ever moving forward as we stood like that. Suddenly, an image of a clapping toy monkey, invaded my thoughts with its shiny gold buttons, little red blazer and terrycloth hat as I had automatically let go of the one person that was trying to keep me from crying. "Are you okay Renesmee?" he asked timidly as if he had burned me. I shook my head calmly at him as I furiously tried to reach Serenity through our linked minds, wondering with absolute frustration and defeat as to why I couldn't get through to her. I don't know what I'll do the next time I see her, but for her sake, I sure hope that she has a place she could crawl into that I don't know about. I looked back at Alec, and slowly nodded after a minute, wondering how to explain to him that it's not his fault and somehow wishing that I could show him and not worry about the consequences. "I…I'm so sorry about that Alec, it's just been a bit of a long and wonderful day and I sort of, kind of forgot what time it was." I added sincerely with a slight smile. "Thank you for today." He shook his head at me, "it's okay, honestly I'm just glad that you were able to enjoy yourself and that we were able to see each other today. I wouldn't mind more days like this." He replied soothingly as he reached for my hand, bringing it to his lips as he kissed it softly in a princely manner before letting my arm float back down to my side.


Serenity's POV:

"No, really. I don't know which way to go from here," Demetri said once my giggling fit had subsided. I took a deep breath as I apologized. "And here I thought you were this great big tracker with the best sense of direction." His face blanched as I mentioned his skills, "if that were the case, do you think that I would have been asking for directions to your home when we first met?" I nodded without question. I mean, if he really wanted to, all he had to do was follow my scent back to the house and voila! He rolled his eye before hefting me over his shoulder as if I were a sack of potatoes, a small frightened shriek escaping me as he chuckled. "Hmm, if only I had some kind of guide to help me, maybe then I'd be able to get there faster…" he considered as I squirmed in the air. "Hey! Put me down! Demetri!" I called anxiously as he held me tight. "Will you be good?" he asked after a few minutes as I started to give up. Realizing how humiliating I probably looked right about now, and how thankful I was about this not happening on school campus, I nodded my head. "Ugh, fine." I conceded at last. Demetri flipped me back around until I was once again in both his arms, my feet never once touching the ground as he grinned mischievously back at me, my cheeks fully flushed from anger and embarrassment. I soon gave him the fastest directions back to the house, my heart just waiting for some kind of trouble to happen as he walk happily with me in his arms.


Demetri's POV:

Ah… she really could be hopeless sometimes, even to the point that she would make things difficult on herself, but then again, I guess that would be where I would come in. I smiled softly to myself as she relaxed in my grasp, my mind drifting back to when she and I had first met, when she had realized who I was and the danger that I probably presented to her, whether it had been my intentions or not. But for some reason, whenever I'm near her, I can let down my guard, be who I want to be and not some chess piece that is fighting in some pointless match against some invisible opponent. It was as if I could find the scraps of my humanity from my former life, pieces that I thought to have forgotten throughout the many years that have passed. While being with her, just the two of us in this quiet forest with its many nooks and crannies, I could see the quiet beauty that these woods possessed, and it went beyond the beauty of the constantly flowing, rumblings of the old city that I had been so familiar with these last few decades.

My feet continued forward of their own accord in some direction that she had given me while I kept her close in my arms. Looking back, I was glad that I came to check up on her when I did, knowing that she was alone out here as often as she is, anything can happen to her and it scares me to think of the dangers that there are for her. I can admit that she's feisty, quick, smart and beautiful, but without the proper training, she'd be as defenseless as a human to a very thirsty full-blooded vampire and an easy target. A snarl threatened to escape my lips just thinking about the surreal images my mind conjured up as I fought to keep my cool. Unfortunately, my tensed muscles gave me away quicker than my snarl as Serenity shifted in my arms, her soft lavender gaze questioning as she wondered what had caused my sudden change. I shook my head as I replied protectively, "it doesn't sit well with me knowing that you're usually out here by yourself, so we'll need to do something very important about that once that leg of yours heals." Her eyes narrowed sharply as she wrinkled her nose at me, and just as she was about to say something, a snarl echoed out through the thinning branches.


Serenity's POV:

The words that were about to leave my throat, halted faster than I could get them out as a somewhat familiar sound broke across the forest, my eyes searching franticly for the owner of the beastly snarl. "Oh no," the words floated from my lips before I could register that they were my own, tendrils of panic wrapping themselves around my bones and chilling me to the core. Before I could even warn him or ask him, a flash of pale gold soon reached us as Aunt Rosalie stood a few feet away, blocking the rest of the pathway back to the house. "Put. Her. Down." She demanded from Demetri, her voice clipped and angry, as her eyes remained trained on him. He shook his head as he held me closer against him, almost as if he were trying to shield me away from her chilly gaze, while his foot took another step towards the house. "She's hurt and needs help," he replied calmly, a hint of steel entwined with his words as he tried to move past her. "Then do what I say and leave." Another hiss erupted as he got closer before it stopped altogether, a crease forming between her eyebrows as her jaw smoothed out to something much scarier, her stance never relaxing as we went by. "Please don't," I whispered softly as I shut my eyes, closing out her image from my brain, hoping that there was still a chance to get out of this unscathed.

The closer we drew to the house, the quieter the woods became, while the ominous silence made the usually seamless seconds drag by like hours. There were no scurrying of small woodland feet, the soft high pitch shrill of birds chirping in the distance, nor the satisfying crunch of feet along fallen leaves. My eyes opened as I tried to look for the cause of the silence…


Edward's POV:

"Really now Edward, you shouldn't be so hard on her; she's still just a little girl," my dear mother Esme chided lovingly. I shook my head vehemently, seeing myself and Bella too much in our youngest daughter while trying to protect her as much as I can from the dangers of the outside world. Before Serenity had been born, I had almost lost the love of my life, our first born Renesmee, and the rest of my family to the Volturi if it weren't for the help of the other covens, nomads and shape-shifters that decided to take a stand against them and stand witness to the trial. I thought that I was lucky to have an eternity to create memories with the family that I thought that I would never get to have had, however that one experience seems to have haunted me the most as I've watched our children grow over the last decade or so. It was one of the main reasons why I had kept them from public school for so long aside from their rapidly growing metabolism, until finally I had given in from Bella and the girls saying that they had had enough.

"But not little enough mother. I don't want to lose her, and she needs to accept that. She can't just go running off, making spur-of-the-moment decisions, or we'll all be in danger." I replied, my fingers automatically pinching the bridge of my nose as I recounted Serenity's last outburst, my thoughts puzzling over whose side of the family she had received her stubbornness from. Maybe it is better that I don't know the answer to that question, I thought as I recalled the drive back home on that stormy night, finding her out alone in the woods with some human boy, both of them slightly drenched as they shared a secret smile with each other. They're growing up too quickly, a random thought echoed out, it was bad enough knowing that Jacob had imprinted on my first daughter, going from protector and uncle to best friend and boyfriend. "I am sure that she knows what she's doing Edward, just remember not to be too hard on her or else you'll push her away." I looked up in disbelief as she wrapped her arms around me knowing well enough what had been bothering me, before she had let me go, mentioning that there were a few errands that needed to be done for one of her construction projects.

As soon as I heard the engine of her car leave from the main house, I sighed out of habit and walked towards the piano, my fingers aching to release the tension from them as I tested out the keys. It wasn't long until something had interrupted my brooding thoughts as Rosalie's voice flickered to life in my mind, worry and anger lacing it as she urged me to come meet her. "It's them…"


Serenity's POV:

No sooner than I had done so, they had met the dark chocolate irises of my father, his face as hard as stone and eyes that were much angrier than they were when he had seen me with Julian. Demetri waited patiently until my father spoke, his voice even and still. "Welcome Demetri, to what do we owe the pleasure to the Volturi for the visit?" I was baffled, there had to be some sort of mistake I thought as my father him asked in a conversational tone. I could see that he was angry, yet why did he keep up with the pleasantries? "Thank you Edward, although I wish that the visit were under different circumstances, I think it would be best if Miss Serenity were to be seen to first. Originally Aro had wanted me to check in with your coven and see whether or not there had been an increase in wolves, however from what I've seen so far, there isn't much to worry about." My dad's mouth twitched slightly into a frown as he took in my injury and then the explanation quickly launched from my mind to his as I recalled my fall, my mind then putting back up the wall that I had learned to build over the years.

"I see." My father answered dryly as Demetri then gently moved me closer to the ground so that I could rest upright on my better foot. He still stayed close by with an arm laced at my waist as a way to give me some sort of support, and from the look in my father's eyes, he didn't seem to miss a beat of Demetri's careful actions. Both men had stayed quiet as they gazed intently at each other, both carrying on a silent conversation before coming to a conclusion as Demetri loosened his hold around me. "I guess I shall be on my way, that is, unless you require any more assistance Serenity?" he replied as he then turned his charming gazed on me, catching me off guard. "I…I think I'll be alright," I murmured softly as my father traded places with him. He nodded as he replied to my father, "Oh, and Edward, Aro told me to send Carlisle his best regards." He was out of sight before my father could answer him, like a ghost disappearing into the night.


Well guys, I'd like to know what you all think, and I hope that it wasn't too confusing with all of the point of view changes. See you all again next time,

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