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I ran into the house only to crash into Paul. I quickly looked at him apologetically and then Ran to Alice's side.
"What's going on?" I whispered in her ear.
"They all want to come." She quickly replied. If my heart could skip a beat it would have at that moment. This trip was getting more complicated by the minute. I stayed quiet and listened to the argument.
"You're all not coming!" Edward yelled. "Shannon asked for us to come not you mangy mutts. We agreed to let you come but we didn't say anything about the rest of you"
"Well that's too bad!" Jacob retorted. "If I go, my pack goes. And besides, Shannon means a lot to us so we're not just going to sit by and let her hurt this way!"
No one spoke after that. The tension just grew and both sides glared at each other. Soon it became too much for me to handle. I left and rushed to the kitchen. Alice and Esme followed. I sat down at the table and sighed.
"What's wrong Bella?" Esme ran her fingers through my long brown hair.
"I'm just confused." I admitted. There was no point in lying. "I'm out of the loop and feel out of place."
Alice sat down next to me. "Are you going to explain or am I going to have to pry it out of you?"
"What is there to explain?" I asked. "No one will tell me anything of importance about the situation and that doesn't help me. I barely know anything about Shannon and everyone expects me to up and leave for a while to go see her and now this whole ridiculous argument has come up and I can't even say who is right and who is wrong."
I felt like crying at this point. Alice rubbed my back and made strange, but reassuring noises.
"I though Edward told you everything." She admitted. "I should have realized that wouldn't be something he could talk about."
"He started to but stopped." I replied. "He told me how you guys met her. But that's it. You came to the cottage about three second after he stopped."
Alice sighed. "Figures. He blames himself for her leaving even though she told him it wasn't that." I just looked at her. "The two of them got into a fight and she left only to call saying she was staying with the Alliance."
"Oh…"
"Don't be like that Bella! She said she told us she was planning on staying with them for good for a while now but couldn't bear to leave us. It was too hard for her. But after the fight she had time to really think and she realized she needed to change things a little, so she gave in and left. She has always tried to convince Edward it had nothing to do with him but he wouldn't listen."
I nodded. "So will you tell me more about her? Like what she is?"
Alice laughed. "Well you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."
I stared at her; a challenge twinkled in my eye. "Try me."
"She's a vampire, werewolf hybrid."
My jaw dropped. "But I thought you guys were surprised that Renesmee could have been conceived!"
"Well yeah, because you where human. Humans and vampires don't have the same chromosome numbers, but werewolves do. Carlisle was suspicious about the pack being werewolves when he found out their chromosome number but didn't really say anything. The Volturi confirmed it for him."
I nodded. Shannon became more interesting to me now. "How long did she stay with you guys?"
"Oh man, a long time. After we found her she became a part of our family. She went everywhere with us. Every so often she would leave and be on her own but she would always come back. She said it was a werewolf thing, ya know? That side of her was always moving her forward and telling her to explore. She liked it though.
"One of the times she left we ended up moving here. That was when the treaty was signed between the pack and us. Unfortunately we forgot to tell Shannon when she came back, so her curiosity ended up bringing her over the border."
I couldn't help but gasp. The thought of her being attacked by Jacob's grandfather and his pack was horrifying.
"She had just gotten over the border when they attacked her." Alice continued on. She told me how they circled her and asked her all sorts of questions and how she arrived at the border to help Shannon, only to not be able to do anything. Shannon had been too far from the border for her to quickly grab her and pull her on the right side of it.
"Shannon started to cry and beg them not to kill her and this stunned the pack. They knew vampires couldn't cry and as they looked closer at her, they realized her eyes were not like other vampires. The pack asked her more questions and when they got the answers they didn't like them. They didn't like the idea of cross breeding but because she was part werewolf they didn't want to hurt her.
"They let her go and Shannon quickly ran to the comfort of Alice. She couldn't stop crying. She was so relived to be away from the torment. Alice repeatedly apologized to her for not telling her but Shannon wouldn't hear of it. She didn't care. She just wanted to get away from the pack. She called them monsters and they didn't like the idea of it.
"I took her back to the house to calm her down but it wasn't long until she was gone again." Alice sighed. "We knew she was still in the area but we figured she needed time alone, so we didn't go find her. We found out later she was trying to get familiar with the boundaries and unfortunately came across the pack again. She told us how they talked this time and got on better terms.
"That's when things started between her and the pack. And this is why Jacob and Sam's pack insist on coming with us. Stories of her are well known to them and for those that never had the chance to meet her want to know. But she was always trying to get them to get rid of the treaty and be on better terms with us, but as you can see it wasn't successful."
I nodded and thought for a while. I was now eager to go and meet the Blood Alliance. I wanted to learn more about them and this other part of the Cullen's family. I got up quickly and rushed to the other room. Everyone looked at me questionably.
"They're coming!" I had decided.
"What?" Edward was stunned.
"Yes!" Jacob exclaimed.
"You can't be serious!" Rosalie glared at me. I knew she hated Jacob and the others but at this point I didn't care.
"I am serious! How do you think Shannon and the others would feel if they found out we didn't allow them to come with us? And besides if they didn't come with us they could just go on their own. It's probably not hard for them to find her with their sense of smell anyways."
"You know she's right." Billy chuckled. He ran his fingers through Renesmee's hair, who was sitting on his lap at the time. She smiled at him and then me. I knew what she wanted, even without her saying anything.
Edward growled in frustration and stormed out of the house.
"Edward!" He didn't look back at me. It hurt to know he was mad at me. Alice put her hand on my shoulder.
"I'll go talk to him."
"Thanks Alice."
"There's nothing to thank me for. It's not your fault he's stubborn." She laughed and I did as well. She was right. He was stubborn, but that was just one of the things I loved about him. Alice left and I could feel everyone's attention focus on Carlisle.
"So when do we leave?" Jacob asked him.
"As soon as Alice gets back with Edward." Carlisle smiled. He didn't mind in the least that they would be coming with us.
It was only a matter of seconds and Alice was back with Edward. He seemed a little better but not much. With their return a silent cue triggered and the whole group of us split into smaller groups and climbed into the available cars. We drove off and headed east.
It was a long drive. I ended up losing tack of where we were as the days passed but I didn't care. I sat there, in the front passenger seat of Edward's Volvo, with my hand under my chin and stared out the window. When I decided to look around we were crossing a state line. I read the sign. Welcome to Montana. This confused me. I sat straight up in my seat and looked around. Edward was looking intensely at the road. The speedometer was reaching its max. I looked into the back seat and saw Renesmee wide awake and looking, in awe, at the surroundings. I looked back to Edward.
"Edward?" I asked. I was glad the three of us were the only ones in the car. But my optimism slowly lowered when he didn't respond. I figured he was still upset. I sighed and looked out the window again, watching the forest rush by.
Edward sighed. "I'm sorry Bella."
I snapped my head in his direction. "What?"
"I'm sorry. I should have responded."
"Why didn't you?"
"I was thinking."
"Oh."
"What was it that you wanted?"
"I was just wondering how much farther we had to go."
"It shouldn't be long now. That is, as long as Carlisle doesn't get us lost."
I stared at him. "Please tell me you guys know exactly where we are going." Edward didn't respond. "Edward?" He kept quiet. I groaned. "I can't believe it!"
"Please don't get mad." Edward begged. "We've never been there. She's always come to see us. She won't tell us why but Carlisle assumes it's because she misses the place."
"So what happens if we get lost?"
"Carlisle calls and asks for better directions." He laughed and I couldn't help but laugh as well.
More time passed and we finally came to a small town. Jacob's car pulled into a gas station and they all ran out. I assumed they needed food. They were always hungry and this ride must be torture for them.
Edward pulled up to the tanks and filled the car up. I slouched down into my seat and pretended to sleep as one of the employees made his way to us. He stopped to talk to Edward and Carlisle briefly and head back inside. Light taps at my window made me open one eye. Alice was standing there with a big grin on her face. I opened my door and gave her my 'what did you get me into' face. Her grin got wider. I didn't like the look of it. Alice grabbed my arm and yanked me out of the car. She pulled me towards the back of the gas station building and I looked back at Edward. He waved at me with a smile.
When we reached the backside of the gas station Alice let go of me. I was completely confused at this point. We were in front of the ladies bathroom and we both knew we didn't need to use the bathroom.
"What are we doing, Alice?" I asked her.
She turned and looked at me with that same lame smile. "We're going to quickly hunt. We don't need to get hungry and attack anyone when we arrive. That wouldn't give a good impression."
"Yeah I guess you're right." I laughed. Leave it to Alice to use the bathroom as an excuse to disappear for a little bit.
"We'll all take turns leaving so it's not suspicious." Alice informed me. "We'll need to make it quick." I nodded and we dashed into the forest. I hopped I could catch something fast and to my lucky fortune the smell of deer soon caught my attention. Before I knew it I chased a buck down and drained him of his blood. Alice joined me, her eyes glowing. The hunt was successful and we headed back.
When I got back to the car Jacob was there. He was giving Renesmee some juice and a cookie. I sighed. I knew she should be eating something healthier but I let it go. I sat on the hood of the Volvo and waited. It didn't take long for everyone to hunt and we were off on the road. It was getting late and I had a feeling we were getting close. Edward was pushing the car to its limit, trying to keep up with Carlisle and Rosalie.
He took a sharp turn onto a long dirt road. The forest became denser as we moved on. The realization hit me as we continued. This was a driveway.
We pulled up to a large house. Well house wasn't the right word. Mansion was more like it. Edward pulled his Volvo up next to Rose's and we slowly stepped out. The was a basketball court next to the area we were parked and the creatures on it stopped their game and looked at us. By the looks of it, it was an assortment of immortals. Some were vampires, while others looked more human. I couldn't tell what they were exactly but some of them had tattoos in specific places on their bodies that were the same color so I assumed they were different from the ones who didn't have them.
They all smiled and some waved. By the looks of it they had been expecting our arrival. Alice and I waved back at them but stopped when the creaking of the front door caught out attention. A small woman came out of the house with a large grin on her face.
So I've decided to keep the story going even if no one reviews. I have a great idea for the story so I'll finish it. This Chapter I would say had to the most boring of all the ones planned out. I just didn't have enough creativity to make this transition chapter any good.
For those who are wondering, this story will be mainly based around the Cullen, Shannon, a few of the members of Jacob and Sam's packs and a few members of the Alliance. There will be romance, I promise. It just comes later in the story.
