Chapter 1
Moving
As I sat up, I caught the delightful aroma of bacon, eggs and cinnamon. I loved mornings where I could smell breakfast as it was being prepared. It seemed to be the only thing that got me out of bed so quickly.
As I got out of bed, I looked around the room at all the boxes and remembered. We were moving today. To anyone else it would seem so insignificant, but for me, this move meant I was finally going to be part of the human world, as my family put it. I was going to meet people, make friends and maybe even fall in love.
To explain things a little better, my mother is Bella Cullen, formally Bella Swan and my father is the dashing Edward Cullen. We were living with my Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme, Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmet, and of course Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper. And well, we were all vampires, except I was only half. My mother had conceived me after marrying my father, while still human. She nearly died having me so my father turned her into a vampire to save her life.
There were a series of life changing events that happened after I was born. It had something to do with the Volturi, Jacob Black and my family working with werewolves. I don't quite know what happened and no one was willing to tell me.
After that day my family decided it was best to leave Forks, and we moved to Sitka, Alaska.
Now seven years have passed and I have grown to what we figured was the age of 16, and we were moving back to the little town of Forks.
The sudden rumble of my stomach brought me back to reality and reminded me of how hungry I was. I quickly got dressed, throwing on sweats and a t-shirt, and headed downstairs.
As I got to the bottom of the steps I saw my mother cooking. She was always as beautiful as she was graceful gliding around the kitchen. It never seemed to amaze me how wonderful her cooking smelled. For someone who never ate human food, she was one of the best cooks in the house. In fact everyone seemed to be good cooks, but I guess they had to learn if they were going to have a half human around the house.
"Morning mom" I said as I kissed her on her cold cheek, one of the many traits that came with being a vampire. While everyone in my family felt ice cold to the touch, I always ran at a temp. of 108.
"Good morning baby! How did you sleep?"
"Good!" I lied, trying to avoid eye contact.
Nights were brutal. It was hard falling asleep and once I did, I would be waken up by some horrible or embarrassing nightmare. There was always so much on my mind. My thoughts would force me to toss and turn, regardless of how tired I was.
She looked at me as though she knew I just lied to her. I changed the subject as fast as I could. Hopefully she wouldn't notice my eagerness to talk about something else.
"So what time are we leaving" I asked, trying to throw her off.
"I want us all to be on the road by noon," my father announced as he stepped into the kitchen.
"Good morning daddy!"
"Good morning sweetie," he said as he kissed me on my forehead. Then making his way to my mother and kissing her.
"Can't you guys get a room?"
"Renesmee, don't you worry about us!!" my mother said with a smile on her face. "One of these days you'll understand."
I doubt it, I thought to myself. I was never going to find anyone to love me. I was a freak. I didn't belong to vampires or humans. I was alone, stuck in the middle of both worlds.
"Sweetie please don't think like that," my father said. "Come sit at the table. You need to eat something before we go."
"Why do you always do that?" I demanded with bitter tone. I hated when he read my mind. It was hard enough feeling so different and lonely. Now I had my father hearing my every thought and desire. It was embarrassing.
"I'm sorry sweetie!" he said, as he placed a plate of eggs and bacon in front of me. "It's so hard not to listen to you when you're screaming your thoughts."
"Edward my love, let's not make this any harder on our daughter then it has to be. Try and listen a little less and don't comment on everything she's thinking."
Thank you, I mouthed to my mother.
Your Welcome, She mouthed back with a sweet apologetic smile on her face.
"Good Morning Renesmee!" Rosalie said as she came into the kitchen, kissing me in the same spot my father had. "Are we going to be leaving soon?" she asked my father.
"At noon," he said not really paying attention to her. He was too busy mapping out our course of travel.
"Hey squirt!" Emmet said as he tousled my hair. He always felt the need to annoy me somehow. Truth be told, it didn't really bug me. I just pretended it did, for his sake.
"Emmet leave her be, she needs to finish eating," Rosalie said, as she place a small plate of cinnamon rolls in front of me. Rosalie has always been very protective of me and when she told Emmet to stop teasing me, he stopped, but to only start up again as soon as she left the room.
"Rosalie, where are Carlisle and Esme?" my father asked still looking down at his map.
"They already left. Esme wanted to have the house ready by the time we got there."
"Ok, so where areā¦.." he started to say just as Alice and Jasper appear in the room.
Speed was another trait that came with being a vampire, along with all our senses being magnified 100 times, if not more. I had all the advantages of a vampire, with almost none of the disadvantages. I sometimes had to hunt with my family, but only when I had a thirst for blood, but my family was different. We never fed on human blood. Our diet consisted of only animal blood. The taste took some time to get use to, but it worked for us. I didn't need blood as much as the rest of my family, so I felt a little lucky in that department.
"Did you need me?" Alice asked.
"Yes, we need to get things packed in the truck. Do you and Jasper mind getting started?"
"No not at all. We'll be done in a jiffy. Good morning cutie!" she said, as Jasper winked at me with a smile across his face.
All I could do is smile back at him. It was always such a pleasant surprise when ever Jasper would smile. He was one of the kindest vampires I have ever known, but he had a tough, mean looking exterior that seemed to scare people.
I saw my father try to hide a smile, and I knew he was listening to my thoughts again.
I thought you were going to try, I thought to myself, knowing he would hear me.
I suddenly heard a voice in my head, "I am trying sweetie, but it was just funny." I jumped out of my seat with a shocked expression on my face and it forced everyone, but my dad to crouch in a predatory position.
"What's wrong baby?" my mother asked with her teethed bared, ready to protect me from whatever danger she thought was approaching.
"How did you do that?" I yelled, pointing my shaking finger at my father.
"How did he do what?" my mother asked standing up straight, as everyone followed her posture.
"Dad spoke to me in my mind, one minute I was thinking something so he could hear me and the next he answered."
My mother looked at my father with bewildered eyes, waiting for an explanation.
"Well, I wasn't sure it would work. I just thought if Renesmee could project her thoughts maybe she might be able to receive them too. I guess it works." he said looking so proud of his discovery.
"I don't like this Edward. Now you're using telepathy to speak to our daughter. I can't see any good coming from this."
I wasn't so sure about this either, but it was kind of cool. I had a new power. Well it only worked with my father for now.
My father and I looked at each other and smiled. We knew the only reason my mom didn't like it was because she didn't want us keeping secrets from her.
"Don't worry my love," my father said as he hugged her. "I promise we'll use it wisely. Think of it as a good thing, now we can say things without worrying about other people finding out our secret."
"That's what I'm afraid," she said with a little smirk on her face.
I realized everyone was still in the kitchen. I could tell by the looks on their faces that they were all a bit confused.
"Dad and I can talk using telepathy." I announced.
"Why didn't I see that coming," Alice said as her and Jasper left the room.
Poor Alice she prided herself on knowing the future, and when she couldn't see things happening she was a little hard on herself.
"Wow, this is going to be interesting!!" a big laughing voice said behind me.
"Emmet, why do you have to do that," Rosalie asked, while elbowing him on his side. It's always funny watching those two argue. It was a known fact that no matter how many times they argued Rosalie always won.
"That's great Renesmee! Your powers are growing." she said while giving me a big hug. "Emmet and I should help pack so we can get going."
"Thank You Aunt Rosalie," I said as we hugged and they were off.
My guess was that they would be done loading the truck by the time I showered and changed my clothes.
"Baby, you should go get ready now. I'll pack a lunch, and a few snacks for the road."
"Ok mom. Pack something good," I yelled running up the stairs.
I did love human food. I always felt like my human hunger was a little inconvenient at times considering I was the only one that ate, but my mother and father seemed to like cooking and shopping for me. Still, it did make me feel bad at time.
As I got in the shower, excitement started to build inside of me. I started thinking about the friends I wanted to make, the dances, boys, dating; I was going to be a normal teenage girl. Well, kind of!! I was actually going to high school, even though my intelligence was way beyond high school level, but I wasn't going for the education. I wanted the high school experience for myself, as did my mother and father.
As the warm water ran over my head, I suddenly realized I was going to get the chance to find out what happed in Forks before we moved. I knew I wasn't going to get very much help from my family, but it was going to be easier for me to find out on my own.
With that on my mind I jumped out of the shower and went to my room. As I walked in it was completely empty, except for the neatly folded pile if clothes and a pair of shoes sitting on the floor. My guess it was for me.
"Thanks Alice," I yelled knowing she would hear me. I loved her flair for fashion.
I got dressed putting on skinny jeans and a pink tank top, with matching pink boots. Alice is always the trendy one. I headed downstairs and looked around the house one last time.
Everyone was already in their cars, waiting for me.
"Let's go Renesmee."
"I'm coming dad."
I grabbed my jacket hanging on the banister, ran out the door and jumped in the car. I turned in my seat and watched as our little home slowly faded into the horizon.
