AN: I own nothing, the idea is not even originally mine, twilight belongs to Stephanie Myer and the idea for this story came from missphoenix05

So many dreams are broken and so much we sacrifice

Chapter 7

"Ray, this is my older sister Olivia Hale"

Hale, it seemed obvious now both Morgan and Olivia resembled Aunt Rosalie the blonde waves where identical, Olivia was the same height as Rose but her chin was wider and her eyes narrower, Morgan was prettier and had Roses pout and heavy lashed eyes. I couldn't wait to let Rose know and I wondered what the relationship was.

Morgan motioned for me to sit down and I complied, she sat next to me and leaning her elbow against the table she placed her chin on the palm of her hand smiling at Olivia than turning back towards me her eyes that I had previously assumed to be dark blue where actually almost violet. She appeared excited and I could tell that I already liked her. I glanced back to Olivia she was more laid back than her excitable sister her face serene yet watchful.

"Thanks for inviting me" I said, in an attempt to break the silence.

"Thank you for coming" It was Olivia who replied her voice as raspy as her younger sisters but slightly deeper. "I really wanted to meet you"

"Do you go to the school?" I asked, her age was hard to tell, as her grey eyes appeared wise, yet she didn't look older then seventeen.

"I study a couple of electives…"

"Olivia is a genius!" Morgan exclaimed, interrupting "She's a senior but she officially graduated two years ago, Dad is super-protective, wont let her go away to college until she turns eighteen. He almost wouldn't let me get moved up to high school early. Even when the teachers where threatening to strike"

"How old are you?"

"Thirteen" she replied with a small smile "But what does age matter, right?"

I returned her smile confused at her comment about age.

Millie and Leigh joined us then both sitting across the table from me with a pitcher of coke and glasses. Millie watched me intently her green eyes wide, Leigh looked bored stirring the coke in her glass slowly. There was an odd energy in the air and I knew it was anticipation.

It was Olivia who spoke first "Renesmee…we know what you are"

My throat constricted and I couldn't think properly. I couldn't believe I had forgotten what Millie had said to me only yesterday.

Immortal but not dead, a travesty, a mistake you shouldn't exist but you do…

I was stupid, I breathed in deeply and tried to focus, they where four teenage girls, I was faster and stronger. I could move Morgan and be out the door before they could say my name, but before I could finish gathering my thoughts Morgan had grabbed my hand.

"Don't run Ray" she pleaded her eyes focused on mine "If you run now we will never get to see each other again"

I understood she was speaking the truth, I would tell my family what had happened and we would have packed up and moved before the morning.

That's the way it's supposed to be Nessie, leave NOW

It was the voice again, the reception even weaker than before. But I didn't move, I couldn't, I felt compelled to stay.

"I don't understand…" I began addressing Olivia; Morgan squeezed my hand noting my decision to stay.

"It's simple" Leigh replied leaning forward and speaking through her gritted teeth "We know you're a freak"

"Leigh!" Olivia admonished, giving me a quick apologetic smile "I think what she means is that we know that you're…special. You have a unique heritage"

"How do you know?"

"It's complicated, and we have a code of secrecy just like your family has…"

"Except ours is, well you know…actually secret" Leigh interjected

"We would love to tell you everything but we can't yet" Olivia continued as if Leigh hadn't spoken "We need an oath from you first"

"That doesn't seem fair" I said meeting Leigh's gaze "you know my secrets… tell me what you know and how you know them and I'll consider staying"

Morgan looked at Olivia, who nodded at an unspoken question between the two.

"Edward Cullen is your father and a vampire, your mother is Isabella Swan and she must have been human when she had you, but now she is also a vampire, that's the basics of it but there is more to it then you and your family even realise" Olivia explained. "The 'how' is more complicated…we have special gifts, like you and your family."

"You're not vampires." I stated, they could be shape shifters like Jake but I wouldn't ask that in case I gave them more information then they already had "Are you half-breeds, like me?"

Morgan shook her head and bit her lip nervously.

I knew I should leave, my senses were telling me to leave, but I had to know, my interest was piqued. I let go of Morgan's hand and took a sip of coke, enjoying the cooling of my dry throat, even though it was practically tasteless.

"What is the oath?" I spoke to Olivia again; it seemed she was the leader. She smiled and scrawled some words onto a napkin, handing it back to me.

I read the words but they made no sense, I shook my head and placed the napkin on the table.

"You have to close your eyes to read it" Morgan whispered.

I laughed at this and looked at her but her face was serious, I closed my eyes and tried to see the writing gasping when the words began to appear clearly in my head.

"You speak them aloud three times" Olivia instructed.

"I don't understand" I said worried, but they were just words what was the worst that could happen.

"Ego sudo ut servo meus sanctimonialis specialis tutus intus meus animus. Haud vox mos obduco meus labiae , ut vendo suum fides. Sic ego mos is , sic is exsisto."

I had never learnt Latin although my dad and Carlisle could speak it fluently yet I understood the words.

"Ego sudo ut servo meus sanctimonialis specialis tutus intus meus animus. Haud vox mos obduco meus labiae , ut vendo suum fides. Sic ego mos is , sic is exsisto."

It basically translated to 'I swear to keep my sisters secrets safe within my soul. No word will pass my lips, to betray their trust. So I will it, so it be.' It was simplistic yet I knew something would happen if I spoke it again, I paused with my eyes still closed; I knew I shouldn't do this but at the same time it felt right, I wanted to belong. I had lost my best friend, my family loved me but they had each other, I wanted to be friends with Morgan and Olivia, and I needed to know how they knew what so few people did.

"Ego sudo ut servo meus sanctimonialis specialis tutus intus meus animus. Haud vox mos obduco meus labiae , ut vendo suum fides. Sic ego mos is , sic is exsisto."

I waited expectantly not sure what would happen, would there be a large thunderclap and a bolt of lightening. Nothing happened, I opened my eyes the three girls where still looking at me, although Leigh still looked disinterested.

"Is something supposed to happen?" I asked tentatively wondering if I had spoken it wrong.

"It's a spell" Morgan explained,

I couldn't help myself, I laughed loudly.

"We're witches Renesmee"

"What like pointy hats and crooked noses?" I asked

"Do your parents sleep in coffins?" Leigh demanded one of her eyebrow's raised.

"You're serious" I realised, although I suspected I had known when I spoke the oath aloud.

"Was that a spell?" I pointed at the napkin, shocked to find it now empty other than the café logo.

"Yes, you won't be able to speak of us or anything we tell you today without the permission of two other witches" It was Olivia who spoke her rough voice calming "We're a coven Renesmee and we would like you to join"

"I'm not a witch"

"Of course you are. You're a very special witch, one of a kind in-fact. I never would have believed it possible even with Amelia's vision"

"You have visions?" I enquired of Millie she looked up at me and nodded, her eyes really where outstanding a vivid green with blue flecks around the centre, I glanced round the table at all three of the girls they all had eyes that seemed inhuman. Morgan with her violet eyes that shifted to a dark blue, Olivia's were grey but with a dark brown ring which made them look paler and Leigh's almond eyes where a dark brown, with a burgundy tint.

"Do you all have visions" I asked the table.

"No, we all have powers but they correspond with our element and personality. A power is always unique"

"I'm sorry; I'm really not following this"

"It's a long story as I said, witches are human but not…"

"They're more human than the soul suckers you're related to" Leigh interjected.

I glared at her but she seemed un-phased, Olivia narrowed her eyes and without speaking Leigh and Millie stood up and left the booth.

"Sorry about Leigh, she doesn't like vampires" Morgan apologised with a shrug of her shoulders.

I felt that was an understatement with the burning glares Leigh was giving me from across the room; I turned away from her focusing my attention on Olivia.

"So you cast spells?" I asked "Are they all in Latin, like the one I just read?"

"No, once you have been initiated it just takes intent and a circle to cast a spell although we also have our own separate gifts"

I glanced at Millie "Like telling the future?"

"Yes, Millie is the only one of us who can tell the future it's her specific gift however when we are in a circle we can all access each others abilities."

"I still don't understand what this has to do with me. I'm not a witch" I stated emphasising my earlier point.

"Of course you are its genetic, both your parents would have been powerful witches if they hadn't been changed" Olivia's face dropped momentarily but she recovered fast smiling again, however I couldn't help but feel that perhaps Leigh was not the only one with an animosity towards my family.

"I think you're mistaken, my parents don't have any powers and can't do spells" well, they had powers but they where vampire induced powers weren't they.

"They won't now; their hearts have stopped so technically they are dead. A witch's power runs through their veins, it's a part of their living body. An uninitiated Witch who is 'changed' will have some abilities though, or gifts as we call them because that was already part of them it will become more pronounced as if they have been initiated, but they wouldn't be able to become part of a circle or cast spell's."

"Why are you hidden though, and how do you know so much about vampires and my family but they know nothing of you?" I wondered

"We have to hide, surely you have heard of the Salem witch trials and the persecution of witches in England in the 16th century, and that was only humans suspecting witchcraft. Vampires covet us for the power we can add to their 'covens', they even steal our term, it's safer if we are hidden, the vampires think the emergence of a power is an enigma, if they realised it could be traced through a family tree and simple genetics… "

I thought to the stories my mum had told me of the volturi and my own memories of that field and mass of dark cloaks, it made sense. The volturi craved power and if they knew for sure the existence of witches they would hunt them out and make themselves unstoppable.

"…Witches have hidden themselves amongst mortals since before the Egyptians built the pyramids" Olivia took a breath, and paused her eyes staring at me intently "I know this is a lot to take in, we can show you by forming a circle initiate you into the coven, but we cant do it now its almost four and your dad will be coming for you, can you sneak out tonight and meet us at the school"

"I don't know…" I was confused, did I truly believe all this, and surely it was just a teenage fancy.

"If you want to know the true you, and discover your powers meet in the courtyard at twelve. If not go to sleep and you wont remember any of this in the morning"