So Garrett's physical appearance is going to be like in the movies.

Here's the chapter, hope you all enjoy.


The branches on the tall trees rustled slightly by the night wind. A herd of deer were quietly eating some grass, unaware of them been watched by two pair of dark eyes.

"I can't wait to leave this place for good," the blonde mumbled to her sister, trying not to alert the deers. "Emmett and I have been thinking of visiting Greece for a couple of weeks."

Ruby smiled softly, her gaze not leaving the herd of deer. "I miss London weather."

Rosalie hums softly before setting her eyes on a deer that is walking slightly away from the rest of the herd. Ruby notices the deer as well and smirks at the blonde vampire. Rosalie narrows her eyes at the dark haired vampire.

They both ran out of the bushes and towards the herd. Rosalie tackled the deer before Ruby could, making her attack to another deer that was close by. The rest of the herd quickly dispersed as the two vampires sank their teeth on their meal.

Minutes passed by in silence as they drank the blood from their prey. They were startled when they heard two set of footsteps running towards their direction. Ruby and Rosalie quickly drop the deers and got ready to attack. Soon two figures entered the small clearing where Rosalie and Ruby were standing.

"Alice?" Rosalie asked confused, her eyes flickering between Carlisle and the pixie hair vampire. "Did something happened?"

"Someone will be coming thru here," Alice explained, looking out to her left side.

"Whatever you do, don't attack him," Carlisle looked at both of them. "He's a friend of mine."

Rosalie was going to ask something when they heard running steps not far from where they were standing. Rosalie and Ruby slightly tensed again but not as much since Alice and Carlisle were here. Carlisle always knew how to keep the peace, something that they secretly admired from their vampire father figure.

It only took a few seconds before a browned haired vampire came into view. He stopped a few feet away from them as he looked at them. His deep ruby colored eyes glanced towards Carlisle and he smiled. "My good old friend, Carlisle. It's been a while."

"Garrett," the blonde vampire smiled back. "It's good to see you after a century or so."

Rosalie and Ruby glanced each other. They have heard stories of Carlisle's friends before he had a family. They have never met any of his friends except for their 'extended family' in Alaska, the Denali.

Garrett approached them and shook Carlisle's hand first before giving him a brief hug. Alice was the second to greet the nomad by shaking his hand and Rosalie shook his hand as well after. When Garrett stood in front of Ruby, he gently took her hand and surprised everyone by bending down and giving the back of her hand a kiss, not breaking eye contact with her.

Her eyes widen slightly. It has been a long time, since she was human to be precise, that someone has kissed the back of her hand like that. For a brief second, she saw her human fiance flash in her mind. His hazel eyes and the sad smile that he gave her before he left for the war. She quickly pushed the memory away. She didn't want to think about him. Not now at least.

Ruby noticed that Garrett's smile slightly lessen as he let go of her hand and stood up straight again. She turned to look at her family and noticed they were staring at the pair. She rolled her eyes when the pixie haired vampire winked at her.

Rosalie raised an eyebrow at the nomad. She had quietly observed him and was mildly surprised when he kissed her sister's hand. He was lucky that Edward wasn't present or else he would have dealt with the 'brother protection thing', as Ruby and Emmett like to call it.

"What exactly are you doing here, Garrett?" Carlisle asked after a few seconds of silence between the group.

The brown haired man grimaced at them. "I was a state away when I heard about missing teenagers. By the looks of it, it seems that there is a newborn running loose around. I came over here to see if you need any help on finding him or her."

Carlisle and the others shared a look. If a nomad like Garrett knew about the attacks that were going on, it will soon reach the ears of the Volturi soon. The blonde vampire turned to look at his old friend. "We can talk about it more at home."

Garrett nodded at his friend and ran with them towards their home.


Victoria is quietly observing the two vampires fighting one another. The blonde one kept throwing the black haired hair boy to the ground. It's the fourth time that Riley has beaten the boy in training.

She frowned at they continued to train. The young man was weak. And she didn't like weak vampires. The boy wasn't the only one that hasn't much improved. There were four others that either are not fighters or not wanting to improve. She didn't noticed that her lover was staring at her as she kept thinking of wanting revenge on the Cullens.

After another defeat, Riley huffed. He had noticed the frown on his lover's face throughout the training and he didn't like it at all. He turned to the newborn and growled, "Leave us and keep practicing."

The young man that was on the ground quickly dusted himself off with a scowl on his face. He thought he was getting better but he kept loosing against Riley. Still frowning, he quickly walked away, towards where the others would be.

"You don't seem satisfied at his process," Riley stared at Victoria, his red eyes regarding the redhead as she walked towards him. "He needs more work."

"He has had enough training. Everytime I come and see his practice, the worse he gets," she hissed at the young man. "I don't want any weak links on my army."

"What do you want me to do?" Riley growled in frustration.

The redhead just shrugged as she turned around and started to walk away. Without looking back, she coldly said, "Do whatever it takes to make the army stronger. Even if it means getting rid some of them. You can always make more."

Riley stood there in silence until he couldn't hear her footsteps anymore. He swiftly turned around and walked towards the direction where the newborns would be. Victoria had given him an order, and he will do anything that she commanded him to do.


"What are your thoughts on him?" Ruby asked her brother.

They were both outside on the balcony, enjoying the early crispy morning. Edward turned slightly to look back at the house before glancing back at the lines of trees.

He frowned and crossed his arms, letting them rest on the rail of the balcony. "I don't like the way he kept glancing at you while Carlisle and Esme were explaining to him what is going on. And it doesn't help that Alice keeps grinning at you."

"Alice is just been Alice," Ruby rolled her eyes. "And Garrett is not the first of the male species that has stared at me over time."

Edward shaked his head. "But the way he stares at you reminds me of the way…" he sighed heavily. "Thomas used to stared at you like that."

She grimaced, remembering her dead human fiance. She remembered her last year as a human. The grief and emptiness she felt when she received a letter from one of the generals that her fiance had died during the war. She could still see the his last smile and the last words he spoke to her.

"He was a good man," her brother softly said. Edward knew that his sister didn't like to talk about Thomas with anyone much. She hasn't mentioned him in decades. Her time with her ex fiance was only hers to know. "He would have been a good husband to you."

"I know," Ruby said, shaking the memory away. "I have grief him at my last moments as a human and the first years as a vampire. I have moved on and a part of me would always cherish the memories of him. But I won't spend my whole existence thinking of the 'what if's' of him."

"Are you saying that you will find someone that you will fall in love with."

"If you could find one so can I," Ruby smirked at her brother, breaking the seriousness of the conversation they were having.

Edward snorted and shook his head. "Then there is still hope for you. I know that Esme and Carlisle are getting concerned about your love life."

Ruby groaned. "We are in the middle of a crisis. Romance is the last thing on my mind right now."

Edward chuckled and ruffled his sister's hair, making her hiss at him. "And what are your thoughts on the nomad? I already told you what I thought of him."

"What are your thoughts on Garret?" a voice behind them interrupted the sibling's conversation.

They both turned to look behind them. Alice was leaning against the glass, with Garrett standing behind her. He nodded towards Edward and threw a smile towards Ruby.

Edward narrowed his eyes at the nomad. He knew that Garrett found his sister attractive by the thoughts and glances he threw at Ruby. Even though they weren't of ill intent, it still made Edward very protective of his sister.

Sensing her brother is getting irritated, Ruby quickly said, "You need to get Bella soon."

He turned to look at his sister and she raised an eyebrow at him. He sighed heavily, knowing that she was right. "Will you be alright?"

Alice rolled her eyes, walking towards the siblings. "Stop been the overprotective brother. I'm sure Emmett and Jasper will keep an eye on Garrett if he tries something on Ruby."

"Alice!" Edward and Ruby snarled at the pixie haired vampire. Garrett just chuckled and looked down at the floor, not saying anything.

"Not to mention Ruby will kick his ass in a second if he does something that she doesn't want," Alice grabbed Edward's arm and started pulling him inside the house. "Now, go get changed so we can pick up the love of your life."

Ruby shook her head and turned to look back at the trees. Sometimes here siblings were too much to handle. But she would never trade them for the world. After some silence, she heard Garrett coming to stand next to her, just where her brother was standing a few moments ago.

"He is overprotective isn't he?" Garrett said lightly.

Ruby let out a chuckled. "Well, he is my biological brother. Is only natural that he feel he needs to protect me. Afterall, I was the same when he started to see Bella. I was protective and gave her whole 'if you hurt my brother, I will kill you.'"

"The human girl," the nomad nodded, remembering what Carlisle has informed him. The whole situation with the redhead and the Volturi. Then the mess with a newborn on a killing spree in Seattle. Garrett had agree with Jasper and Emmett, that they should go to Seattle and kill the newborn. But he won't go against Carlisle wishes. This was his friend's territory and he will respect his home.

There was silence between them. The engine of Edward's car starting in the garage, then a few seconds they could hear the car leaving with Edward and Alice in the car. Minutes ticked by in silence. The tv was on with the morning news and the low murmurs of the rest of the Cullens in the living room.

"I'm sorry," Garrett said softly, breaking the silence.

Ruby turned to looked at him confused. "Pardon?"

"About last night when I kissed your hand," the nomad explained. "I didn't mean to offend you in any way. And if I did, I want to apologize."

"Oh. It's not your fault," she reassured him. "I was just taken by surprise, that's all."

"Has no man ever kissed your hand before?" Garrett asked curiously.

"The last time that someone did was when I was human," Ruby murmured.

"Thomas."

She quickly turned to look at him. "How do you know that?"

"Alice told me," Garrett raised his hand in defense. "She told me that you had a human fiance before you turned. That's all I know."

Ruby sighed and looked down at her hands. "He was the only one that kissed my hand."

"Did you see him after you were turned?" Garrett asked curiously.

She shook her head and looked up at him. "He died during the war before I was turned."

"I'm sorry," the nomad gently said. "Do you still miss him?"

"I have all the memories of him," Ruby said. "As well as all of my human life. I haven't thought of him for a while. But some memories are coming back vividly as if they just happened yesterday."

"All of your human memories?" Garrett asked the dark haired vampire in shock. "By all do you mean every single one of them?"

Ruby grinned at him. "Every single one."

"How is that possible?" Garrett asked curiously. He has met a few nomads in his vampire life and they don't remember much of their human life. "The memories that I do remember are blurry that I never get a good picture of them."

"I can restore memories," Ruby explained. "Whether clearing them up or bringing the memories that even you don't remember having. It depends on the memories, though. Some take me a few tries to fully grasp and clear them up. Others are quicker."

"You can restore any memory?"

"Yes, good or bad," she shrugged. "I have tried it on my family members. Mostly with Carlisle and Rosalie. I'm still working with Alice with her memories whenever she wants to."

Garrett stares at her with curiosity growing inside him. "Can you try it on me?"

"You?" Ruby raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You want my help with your memories?"

He smiled charmingly. "Of course. I'm sure that there is something in there," he pointed to his head with his left index finger, "buried deep down that I have forgotten. But I can you also help me with something else?"

"Depends on what it is," Ruby said, glancing briefly to the trees before bringing her attention back to Garrett.

"As long as I'm staying here, I promised Carlisle I won't be tasting human blood," he slightly frowned. "Can I go hunt animals with you?"

"You're going vegetarian like us?" Ruby smirked playfully at the tall vampire. "Do you think you can handle it?"

Garrett chuckled. "I'm up for a challenge." He winked at her. "So what do you say? Will you help me on both of those things?"

She observed him for a few more seconds. She could see the curiosity and the eagerness in his eyes and voice. Ruby smiled softly at him and nodded. "I'll help you."

"Great!" He smiled widely, his red eyes shining with enthusiasm. "We can go hunting tonight, since I interrupted your hunt last night."

"We can go before Bella arrives tonight," Ruby explained. "Not that I don't trust you but knowing my brother, he will be more overprotective than he already is with her if you are around her."

"Understandable," Garrett shrugged. He gently took her hand and gave it a quick kiss like last night. "I'll see you tonight."

With that the tall vampire went back inside, leaving Ruby with her confused thoughts towards him.


Next chapter will be up as soon as possible.