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Chapter 4

The ride to the palace was silent, I stared out the window the whole time, not even glancing at the people opposite me.

I thought about my family, the one's I grew up with, they were, in my mind, my real family, they had taken care of me, they had raised me, they had loved me. We opened presents under the tree on Christmas every year, we had looked for our easter baskets together, we had laughed together at the table while eating Thanksgiving dinner. But what about Isabella and Edward? Yes, they were my biological parents, but what else? Edward is my father, but he didn't teach me to ride a bike, he didn't read to me at night before I went to bed. Isabella is my mother, but she didn't teach me to cook, she didn't hold me while I cried after I had a nightmare.

They were there when I was born, but they weren't there when I grew up.

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When the limo stopped a man opened the door and I waited until Edward and Isabella had gotten out before I did.

When I got out I looked around, keeping my face blank, not wanting them to think I liked it here. I didn't like it here, but you never know what conclusions they might jump to if I showed surprise at how big it really was.

I watched the man open the trunk and grab my two bags before starting to walk inside.

"Wait! Where are you going with those?" I asked, stopping him.

He stopped and turned back to me looking confused.

"I'm going to bring them to your room, miss." he said, answering me politely.

I hesitated before nodding and watched him walk off with my bags.

"We'll send another car later to pick up the rest of your belongings." Edward said from behind me, walking up.

I turned around and narrowed my eyes at him.

"Only my brothers, sisters, friend and parents will pack my stuff, no one else." I said. No one but them would be allowed to pack my stuff, I will not have anyone else do it besides me. I didn't care if they worked for the king and queen, that was my stuff, and I got to choose what happened to it.

Edward looked surprised but nodded anyway and went to talk to the man who had driven the limo.

I stood in silence staring at the ground, trying to keep the tears from coming. I never thought that my life would change this much in just a few hours. Some people might like the change, going from just a normal kid to a princess, but I didn't, I wished it was someone else. I didn't want to be a princess, I wanted to stay that normal kid, I wanted everything to go back the way it was, I wished I'd had a choice in all of this, if it had been up to me I would still be at home, hanging out with Sam and Carson, playing Monopoly.

I shook my head a little to get rid of those thoughts. This is how things are, I couldn't change the past, and lingering on what could have happened wouldn't help, if anything, it would make things worse.

I looked up in the direction of the castle when I heard Edward coming. I didn't look at him the whole way to the front door, trying not to seem rude.

Someone opened the door for us and I started to wonder if they did anything for themselves, or if they just had other people do it for them.

A maid waited for us and curtsied when she saw us.

"Good afternoon your highnesses." she said to Isabella and Edward.

"Your family is in the parlor." she said, looking over at Edward, then curtsying and leaving when he nodded.

Edward started walking and I followed, guessing that we were going to the parlor.

When we walked into the parlor I looked around, seeing six people sitting on the couches and looking at us in interest and some excitement.

"Hey Edward! How did it go?" someone asked. I looked over and saw a large man sitting down next to a pretty blond haired woman who had piercing blue eyes. He had brown curly hair and hazel eyes.

"I'll tell you later." Edward replied, glancing at me.

He then started to introduce everyone.

"This is Emmett," he pointed at the man who had spoken. "The woman sitting next to him is his wife Rosalie." he pointed to the blond haired woman. "Over there in the corner is Carlisle and Esme." he pointed at an older couple. The woman had caramel and white hair, and hazel eyes, and the man had blond and white hair and blue eyes.

"This is Jasper and Alice." he pointed to another couple. The man had blond hair with blue eyes, he looked a lot like Rosalie, I was guessing they were twins. The woman had short black hair with gray-blue eyes.

"Everyone, this is Cassidy, or, as you know her, Renesmee." Edward said to them after he finished introducing them to me.

I raised my eyebrows at him.

"Renesmee? What kind of a name is that?" I asked him.

Isabella looked offended and Edward looked taken aback.

It was silent for a minute then booming laughter was heard. I looked and saw that it was Emmett making all the noise, Rosalie scowled at him and hit him on the back of the head, he stopped laughing and rubbed his head.

"What was that for Rose?" he asked her with big eyes.

She didn't answer, but just glared at him.

Everyone was silent again and I waited for someone to answer my question. No one did, so I decided to ask again.

"Well, what kind of a name is it?" I asked again, looking around at them.

It was Carlisle that finally answered me.

"Your mother named you, I think you should ask her." he said, looking at Isabella.

I looked at her expectantly.

She looked at Carlisle then me.

"I put Renee, my mothers name, and Esme's name together for Renesmee, and I put Charlie, my fathers name, and Carlisle for Carlie your middle name." she said.

I looked at her with my mouth hanging open and my eyebrows furrowed together.

"Umm.......it was really nice of you to name me after your mother and mother-in-law and father and father-in-law. But I grew up with the name Cassidy, and I'm not going to change it, even if you were the one that named me first." I said to her.

Everyone stared and me and I shifted awkwardly.

"So....could I go to....my room?" I asked after a minute of them staring at me.

Alice jumped up and ran over to me and grabbed my arm.

"Come on! I'll show you your room! I'm sure you'll love it! I'm going to have to take you shopping, and-"she started talking and dragging me to the door.

I stopped her in mid-sentience and paused, shaking my head.

"Shopping? No, my clothes are good enough for me, and if we do go shopping I pick what I get and what I don't, no arguing." I was not going to go around wearing immodest clothes.

She pouted at me.

"Please Cassidy?" she said.

I shook my head, no one was going to make me go shopping while they picked the clothes.

Edward cleared his throat.

"We'll talk about this later. You should go to your room and unpack, Cassidy." he said, looking at his family, I knew that he would talk to them about me after I left.

I nodded and followed Alice to my new room, listening to her chatter about decorating the room.

After Alice left I laid on the bed as tears streamed down my face.

Why couldn't everything go back the way it was?

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Poor Cassidy, she's really upset right now, and no, she didn't yell at them because she was raised to be nice. I'm really sorry it took so long to update! (at least I didn't leave you on a cliffhanger. ;) ) Anyway, Christmas is in 2 days! The year went really fast for me. I can't believe that it's going to be 2010! O.O

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