Celebwen Telcontar: Here's another chapter.

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"Okay, what's going on?" Bella asked Edward. Everyone else was looking at either Edward or Carlisle.

"Carlisle thinks Nessie is pregnant."

"What?" Renesmee asked. "I'm… oh, boy."

"I'm not certain," the vampire doctor said. "Nessie isn't fully human, so I can't be sure." Jacob whooped, grabbing Renesmee and twirling her around. "If she is indeed pregnant, I want to monitor both her and the baby. Because she's not entirely human, I don't know what will happen." Carlisle sat down. "I want to bring some equipment here to monitor Nessie. A normal human gestation period is nine months. Bella's was three months. I am hypothesizing that Nessie's will be somewhere between five and seven months."

"How should I eat?" Renesmee asked.

"Mostly human food, but some blood, I would say, since it's only a quarter vampire."

"Makes sense," Jacob said, setting his wife down. Rosalie smiled brilliantly at her niece.

"Great, now I'll have to go shopping for maternity clothes," Alice said.

"I'm fine, Aunt Alice," Renesmee said.

"No you're not! You're as bad as Bella with your wardrobe!"

"So what if I like sweats and flannel! They're comfortable!"

"Not this again," Emmet said with a groan. "Alice, just give it up. Nessie and Bella don't like fancy clothes."

"Thanks, Uncle Emmet," Renesmee said gratefully.

"I'm going to the hospital and getting some equipment," Carlisle said, heading for the garage. A few minutes later they heard the jeep peeling out of the driveway.

"You're not fully human?" Brunhilde asked Renesmee.

"Nope. Half human half vampire. Mom was human when she gave birth to me."

"Interesting. How did she survive a three-month gestation period? Wouldn't her skin tear?"

"I was ill throughout the whole pregnancy. Nessie would have ripped her way out of my womb, but Edward and Rosalie gave me an emergency C-Section, and had to turn me immediately after, since I would have died during birth," Bella explained.

"I see."

"I hope I deliver like a human," Renesmee said, leaning into Jacob and playing with his hair, one hand on her abdomen.

"How old are you, and how did you age?" Brunhilde asked.

"I'm twelve, and aged very rapidly until I was seven and a half years old. I haven't changed since then, and won't. Nahuel's also half-human, and hasn't changed in over 150 years." Brunhilde translated for her brother, who looked confused then amazed.

"How were you conceived?" Siegfried asked in German.

"The normal way any child is conceived," Renesmee replied in the same language.

"A male vampire can impregnate a female human?"

"Yes. Bella's pregnancy was very difficult, and she nearly died during delivery," Edward put in. The Shifters looked back and forth between the Vampires and the Schwarzenbarens.

"Gotta learn German quick," Embry said. Leah nodded.

"Mind giving us a crash course while we wait for the Doc to get back?" Quil asked Esmee.

"Certainly." The Shifters, Siegfried and Brunhilde all gravitated towards the library. Jacob didn't join them, instead taking time to cuddle with Renesmee and talk over baby names.

"How about Taha Aki?" Renesmee said. "He was the original Shifter, and our child will be the first of his kind. One quarter vampire, half Shifter, one quarter human." Jacob beamed at his wife.

"That's an excellent idea. Taha Aki Black. If it's a girl, it could be Isabella Rose."

"Thank you," Bella and Rosalie said at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed slightly.

Suddenly, Quil exited the library, cradling Claire in his arms.

"What happened?" Jake asked.

"I don't know. Her heartbeat is racing, and she's running a fever."

"What all did she eat at dinner?" Edward asked.

"Elk, beef, a lot of venison… and a whole ton of barbeque sauce. She didn't touch the potatoes, which are her favorite."

"I'm fine, Quil," Claire said. "Please put me down! I feel fine! Just more… energetic."

"Claire, when was your last menstrual cycle?"

"Hmm… three months or so ago, I suppose. I was going to ask Carlisle what was going on, but then Leah and Embry Imprinted, and then Renesmee got pregnant."

"Could she be Shifting?" Edward asked.

"I don't think so. The Shifter genes are all in the Ateara, Black, Uley and Clearwater lines. Embry is probably Sam's half brother."

"Isn't Claire Leah's cousin?"

"She's Emily's niece. Emily is Leah's second cousin."

"Could she be related close enough to Leah to Shift?"

"If that's the case, then Emily should be able to, too," Quil mused.

"I'm going to talk to Carlisle when he gets back. We're going to have to talk to Leah as well. If Claire's Shifting, then we also need to contact Emily."

"Good idea. But I'm still putting Claire to bed in case it's just the flu."

"Didn't Carlisle give all of you the flu shot?"

"Yeah. Could be something else, a cold, an infection of some kind, or some other illness. What bugs cause a woman to loose their… er… you know?"

"I'll have to talk to Carlisle about that. Quite a few do, but most that do that are the advanced forms of various illnesses. I have no idea how to diagnose them or what they look like."

"Quil," Claire said, struggling to get down from her Imprinted's arms. "Leah's period also stopped when she was Shifting. That's probably what this is."

"We're talking to the Doc to make sure it's not pneumonia or smallpox."

"It's not smallpox," Claire laughed. "If it was, it would look like chicken pox, only worse."

"Maybe it doesn't show up right away?"

"Quil?"

"Yes, Claire?"

"I'm not sick. I'm going to go e-mail Aunt Emily."

"Claire!"

"Quit it, Quil! I'm fine! I don't feel any different than usual… only hungry. Is there any food left?"

"We just finished dinner! You ate almost an entire deer!"

"So what? I'm still hungry!"

"Isn't a growth spurt a sign of Shifting?" Edward asked Quil. Jacob nodded, smirking in Claire's direction.

"And eating a lot is a sign of a growth spurt."

"She'll be fine, Quil," Bella said. "Just make sure that she only loses her temper outside. We like the furniture in here."

"Grandma's really fond of the dining room table. It's an antique," Renesmee called after Quil and Claire had left the room.

"Thanks, dear," Esmee said. "Now how are you feeling?"

"Not me, now, Grandma," Renesmee groaned. "I feel fine!"

Celebwen Telcontar: Who thought that would happen?

Balrog: Hmmm… it could be better.

Celebwen Telcontar: How?

Balrog: It's moving too fast.

Celebwen Telcontar: No, it's not. This is nowhere near the real plotline of the story. Yes, Brunhilde and Siegfried are very important to the story, as is their ancestry, what's going on now isn't a major part. This is just filler stuff until I get to the real meat of the story.

Balrog: Alright.

Celebwen Telcontar: Please review, people!