Chapter 1: Last Ordinary Day
Nessie's POV
I awoke to the feeling of my dog licking my face. I opened my eyes and saw Simba, my white German shepherd looking at me expectantly. I turned onto my side and grabbed my phone to look at the time. It was 7:02 in the morning. Great. Just great.
Oh how I wished I could teach my dog that Saturdays were meant for sleeping in. I really did not plan on starting my day this early in the morning.
I wasn't the only awake though. I could hear my parents moving around downstairs but that wasn't surprising. They always woke up early. Even on the weekends. Ana, my sister, was still fast asleep in the next room. I could hear her snoring.
I sighed and sank back into my pillows. I looked at all the pictures that I had in my room. Pictures of my family and I. Looking at my family nobody would know that I was adopted into the family.
I was five years old when I woke up in a strange hospital with nothing but amnesia and a scar on my forehead. The doctors tried very hard to get me to remember in hopes that it would help the authorities locate my parents. But when they were unsuccessful I was given over to family services and then adopted shortly afterward. The doctors were able to deduce that my name was Renesmee due to a piece of Jewelry I was wearing at the time.
Over the years my memory began to return but fractured. I remembered names like Edward, Bella, and a few others but that was it. I didn't know who they were how they all related to me.
I remembered an Aro, Caius, and Marcus. Something called a Volturi in Italy? Vampires? That last part was nonsense of course. Surely I was confusing dreams with reality.
Other than that I was a normal girl that did normal things. I was a junior in high school and was getting mostly A's and B's. My favorite things to do were read, play video games on my Nintendo Switch, eat, play baseball, play with my dog, go to the beach. Unlike other girls I hated shopping. You couldn't pay me a million dollars to go shopping unless it was at a bookstore.
I only got out of bed when I smelled my mom cooking breakfast downstairs. Pancakes. My favorite. One could say that I was a food motivated person.
"Good morning Nessie," mom said as soon as she saw me coming downstairs.
"Good morning mom," I smiled as I sat down at the table. "This looks very delicious,"
As I was eating my mind wandered off. I didn't have any plans for the day. If I were smarter I'd get started on that English essay I'd just been assigned yesterday. But as far as I was concerned homework was a Sunday problem.
Then an idea came to me. I could go to the beach with Simba. A game of fetch on the beach sounded very relaxing. I finished eating and began to wash my dishes hastily.
"Nessie's what's the rush?" mom asked.
"I decided I'm going to the beach today,"
"Okay honey have fun,"
Fifteen minutes later we were off to the beach. It was a beautiful day and it wasn't overly crowded yet. But it would get crowded soon. One of the downsides to living in Hawaii was that there was always tourists.
I'd only been there for about ten minutes when I heard a familiar voice calling my name. I looked back to see my best friend Ella running toward me. "You didn't tell me you were coming to the beach," she said in an accusatory tone.
"I didn't know until this morning," I said as Simba brought back the frisbee I'd thrown. I threw it again as hard as I could. "and you didn't tell me you were coming either,"
"I know I'm just messing with you Nessie," she laughed. I laughed.
"I don't know what I'd do without you Nessie. Can you imagine if we'd never met?" she laughed.
"Yeah I can only imagine what my life would've been like if I'd never been adopted," I sighed.
"Do you ever think about finding your biological family?" she asked me.
"All the time," I responded without hesitation. "I would love to find them but you know that's not possible. Nobody knows where the hell I came from,"
We stood there in silence for a moment and then her eyes lit up and a smile came to her face. "I have an idea,"
"Uh oh,"
"Oh come on Nessie. It's not that bad,"
"Ella I've known you for twelve years. Every time you have an idea we both end up in a lot of trouble. I still don't know how you talked that officer out of arresting us that time that we-"
"This is different and you promised you'd never bring that up again! My parents still don't know,"
"and neither do mine," I shuddered at the thought.
"This is different. This is a good idea. Just hear me out. What if we helped your parents find you?"
"Come again?" I was seriously confused.
"You've told me before that you remember names-"
"and-"
"You should make a video. Make a video explaining the situation. Mention all of the names that you remember. It might be enough to help them find you,"
"Ella in case you haven't noticed I don't exactly have a lot of followers online,"
"No but Michael has like a million followers on his YouTube account. I know he won't mind letting me use it," she said. Michael was her older brother. He posted a lot of videos of his music band that he was in. He was very good which was why he was popular on YouTube.
"Are you sure about this?" I asked her.
"Yes I'm sure,"
I sighed and then agreed to it.
I stood there with Simba at my side. "Just let me know when you're ready and I will start recording,"
"I'm ready,"
As soon as she gave me a thumbs up which let me know that she was recording.
"Hi my name is Renesmee. But my family and friends just call me Nessie. The reason why I'm making this video is because of something that happened to me 12 years ago. You see I woke up in a hospital with one of the worst cases of amnesia that the doctors had ever seen. I could only remember my name. I couldn't remember my family or anything else. Since nobody was ever able to locate my family I was adopted. But I want to find my biological family. I can now remember some names but that's about it. I remember a Bella, Edward, Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and an Emmett I think. Jacob. I also remember other names. I remember an Aro, Caius, Marcus, Jane, Alec. I remember something about a Volturi and something called a Volturi guard that live in Italy I think? I remember something about vampires?-" shit why had I said that last part? Although the word 'vampire' did enter my thoughts a lot. "Anyway," I quickly continued "If any of this means anything to anyone. If you think I might be your family member please-I mean. I live in Honolulu, Hawaii. I've lived a good happy life here with my family and my dog. But I'd like to meet my biological family if possible,"
"That was good Nessie. I'm already uploading it as we speak," I saw her typing furiously on her phone. "I have my brother's password and I just asked him if it was okay,"
"Thanks Ella. You know this might be the first time you've had an idea that is not going to get us in immense trouble,"
We laughed.
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