Authors Note: To clear things up, the girls names are Zoe Autumn White and Ariana Mackenzie White. They call each other by either their first or their middle names, whichever one they feel like using at the time. Hope that clears things up!
Zoe's P.O.V.
"Alrighty, Quil, Leah, Embry and Zo, you'll be in the back. Seth and Ari, up front with me. Cool?"
We all nod at Jake as he runs round to the drivers seat of the old pickup. Quil and Embry both leap off the ground into the tray of the rusty car, and I'm left dumbstruck. How is it physically possible to leap that high?! Embry lets down the tailgate and offers out his hand to me.
"My lady," He says, in the worst British accent I've ever heard. Leah jumps into the back from behind me with a snort. I give Embry my hand and he helps me up. Quil gives the top of the cab a thump and we pull away.
"So," I say, "Where exactly are we going?"
"To the Cullen's place," Leah replies.
"Yeah, that's where we left your car when we find you in the forest." Quil fills me in.
"Oh, really? But, why didn't they, like, take it to a garage or something?" I ask.
"Well, Emmett, one of Carlisle's sons, is pretty handy with the whole mechanics thing." Leah replies casually.
"Oh. So, how many kids does Carlisle have?"
"Five. Plus a daughter in law and a granddaughter."
"What!? How old is he!? He looked like he was in his early thirties, maybe even late twenties!" Everyone glances at each other.
"Well, that's the thing about Carlisle, he's a lot older than he looks," Quil says quickly.
"Plus," Embry continues, "Technically, they're not his kids. They're foster kids. Him and his wife, Esme look after them,"
"Huh," Is all I can say. I look out into the forest rushing past and have a flashback to my dream. As if by reflex, I turn around to make sure Ari's okay. She's huddled under Seth's arm, smiling and laughing, unaware that we are in the forest from our dreams. I shudder and cuddle into Embry.
"You right, babe?" He asks curiously, looking down at me. I look up at his worried eyes and put on a smile to reassure him.
"Yeah, I'm fine," I say cheerily, despite the chills washing down my spine. He nods slowly, unconvinced, but doesn't push the subject, he just holds me tighter. Suddenly, Quil jumps up and yells, "We're here!"
"Quil! What are you doing?! Sit down, you could hurt yourself!" I exclaim. He looks at me with a cheeky smile on his face as we pull off into a long driveway and says simply,
"I think I'll risk it,"
I'm a bit taken aback by his comment, but that's quickly replaced by awe, as the huge house comes into view. Quil, Embry and Seth, who has stuck his head out of the window, let out a big 'Coo-ee'. I look over to Leah, confused and she just smiles and rolls her eyes, making me grin.
Jake pulls up outside the huge house and hops out. Just as he does so, the door of the house opens and a girl, about twelve or thirteen, comes bounding down the front steps. Jake jogs over to her and envelopes her in a huge hug, spinning her around. Embry jumps out of the tray, beckons me over to the side of the tray, reaches up and before I know it has lifted me out of the truck onto the ground. I blush, and Embry takes my hand and gives me a peck on the nose before assuring me with "Light as a feather," as if reading my mind. I hear a whistle and look over to see everyone smirking at us, including the young girl. She smiles at me and says, "Come on in and meet everyone,"
She's beautiful, and at such a young age. You can tell that when she is a little bit older, she'll be a real beauty. She can tell I'm feeling a bit shy and she takes my other hand leading me up the stairs, closely followed by Embry, Jake and Ari. I look around the huge room, gobsmacked by the light and the openness and entranced by this young girl. She leads us up some stairs chatting happily, saying things like, "It's so lovely to meet you," and "I'm so glad you're alright, we were all quite worried,". We follow her into a big sitting room where I see a number of people stop what they are doing and turn to look at us. I freeze in the doorway, and she gently tugs me through. I've always been freaked out by meeting new, large groups of people. Except when I met the boys but that was different. Ari, on the other hand, was exceptionally good at meeting new large groups of people. She hooked her elbow through mine and dragged me into the room, Seth in tow. Seth greets everyone with a big, cheery 'Hey!' and turns to us.
"Ari and Zoe, meet Cullen's. Cullen's, meet these two lovely ladies," He says smirking. Embry appears beside me and I melt myself into his side, smiling shyly at everyone. Carlisle stands up and introduces us to everyone. His wife, Esme; Jasper and Alice, who appear to be a couple; Emmett and Rosalie, who also appear to be a couple; and Bella and Edward, also a couple.
"And this little princess, is Renesmee, or as we call her, Nessie," Jacob says, ambling up to the little girl. There was something strange about these people. They were all, perfect. Pale, porcelain skin, golden eyes and perfectly proportioned bodies. I was dumbstruck by these people, even Ari was! We exchanged a glance and she went and sat by Renesmee on one of their pristine white couches. One of the girls, Alice, I think her name was, beckoned me over to the empty seat by her and the big guy, Emmett said, "Come on over, we don't bite,"
I relax a little and smile at them all. I take a step but I'm caught around my waist by Embry, who leans down and whispers in my ear, "They may not, but I might," giving me a sneaky kiss on the cheek before sitting me on his lap next to Alice.
Ariana's P.O.V
We follow the young girl inside and the only thing I can register is the smell. Sickly sweet. I look around me at everybody and see that nobody else seems to be able to smell what I can, so I quickly dismiss it from my head. Zoe is looking around nervously, so I hook my arm through hers and put on my trademark smile, with Seth following close behind me.
"Hey!" Seth says, very cheerily while turning to Zoe and I, "Ari and Zoe, meet Cullen's. Cullen's, meet these two lovely ladies" He has a smirked plastered on his face and I roll my eyes at him. Embry sneaks up behind Zoe and she quickly stands beside him, seeming to want to disappear. Meeting people has never really been her thing, but she does smile tentatively at everybody. Carlisle stands up and introduces everyone to us. He starts with an amazingly, almost unnaturally beautiful woman close to his age and says "This is Esme, my wife. Alice and Jasper are over there, Rosalie and Emmett and this is Edward and Bella"
"And this little princess is Renesmee, or as we call her, Nessie" Jacob butts in, walking up to the young girl. Something is different with all the Cullen's, they're too perfect with their porcelain skin, golden eyes and perfectly proportioned features. I stood in silence, taking in all the people in front of me. I look to Zoe and we can instantly tell the other has noticed the same things. I go and sit by Renesmee, as she seems to be the most normal looking one, with chocolate brown eyes and slightly rosy cheeks. Alice is beckoning to Zoe and Emmett smiles at her hesitation and says "Come on over, we don't bite" and I look at the glint in everybody's eyes as if this is some inside joke that only Zoe and I don't understand. Zoe takes a step towards them, but before she can get any further, Embry has his arms wrapped around her waist and whispers something in her ear that I can't hear, but makes her smile and he pulls her down on his lap beside Alice. Renesmee turns to me, a small smile on her face, as if she knows I'm nervous. She's so young, but seems to understand everything around her so much better than a lot of adults I've met, it's strange.
"Ness, why don't you show Ariana and Zoe around, if they'd like"
Renesmee looks at me, the question shining in her eyes. I nod my head yes and look at Zoe, to see her staring into Embry's eyes, lost in her own thoughts; I shake my head at her and turn back to Renesmee, who is quick to grab my hand and pull me along behind her. Together, Alice and I, follow her downstairs.
We end up in the garage, and I see a car covered by a sheet of some sort.
"What's under that?"
"What I've been taking you to this entire time. Grandpa bought your car here and Uncle Emmett and Daddy have been fixing it up for you"
"Wow... really? That's so nice of them!"
"I helped a little bit" She gives me a proud smile and I bend down to her eye level.
"Oh, really? And what did you do?"
"I got the tools for them and the paint when they asked for it"
"That is a very important job"
"That's what Uncle Emmett said"
"Well, your uncle was right. Can't get anything done unless you have the right tools and a little helper"
She grins at me and wraps her arms around my neck, almost crushing me in her killer grip
"Ness, I still need to breathe"
"Oh, right. Sorry"
I laugh, "No problem, but boy are you stronger than you look"
"So, little miss car fixer, how long do you think until it's finished?"
"Not long, Uncle Emmett said a day or two at the most. Daddy said that you hit the tree pretty hard"
"I guess we did. Now how about we go back upstairs and re-join the little party?"
She giggles "It's not a party, silly"
I gasp in mock horror, "It's not?"
She shakes her head no
"Well, they're still up there and waiting for us, shall we go?"
"Sure"
She runs towards the door and goes inside, running very fast for such a small girl.
"You're good with kids" Alice muses
"Oh, thanks. I've never really been around kids that much, honestly"
"Why's that?"
"Well - unknowingly to me - my whole family is right here in this little town of Forks, and I wasn't. I only just met my family for the first time"
"Oh, wow"
"Sad, I know. But I've always had my sister"
"Yeah, your sister seems lovely, but she's a bit jumpy, isn't she?"
"Yeah, she's not the biggest fan of meeting new people, I don't know how the guys won her over so easily"
Alice smiles and leads the way back to the room full of my new found family and friends. Ness is perched on Zoe's lap and Zoe is absentmindedly playing with her hair.
"Looks like you made a new friend, Ness. I'm hurt" I pout, mocking hurt
"I can have more than one friend, Ariana. I like your sister just as much as I like you"
"Well, that's fair enough"
Seth walks over to me and wraps his arms around my waist and kisses me on the cheek
"Hey, beautiful, where've you been?"
"Nessie was showing me around the house and revealed to me the big secret"
"Which is?"
"Edward and Emmett are fixing mine and Zoe's car"
"How nice of them"
"I thought so"
I look around the room and notice that Jake and Alice have disappeared
"Hey, uh... I'll be back in a minute"
"Ok, don't get lost" he winks at me and I grab Zoe's arm and pull her up; Ness slides off gracefully.
I lean in to whisper to Zoe "Jake and Alice have disappeared, I'm going to go find them. Want to join me?"
Zoe nods her head and we slowly make our way towards the door and slip out unnoticed.
"Where do you think they went?" Zoe asks
"I don't know, but Ness showed me around and I think the most logical place for them to have gone would be the upstairs balcony, It's secluded and quiet and I think that's where they would go to talk in private"
"Lead the way"
I walk up the stairs and lead the way to the door to the room that leads to the balcony. I open the door just a crack and peek through the gap. Sure enough, Alice and Jacob are on the balcony, talking in hushed voices.
"Look, Alice, I just need to know if you can see their future. They're direct descendants of Ephraim Black, and if I didn't know it was possible for girls to turn, I wouldn't be asking you, but ever since Leah did... Look, I just have to make sure that I keep an eye on my cousins. I need to know if you can see anything"
"Jacob, I understand you're worried, but I can't choose what I see. They come and go when they do, and I can't pick and choose. I see what I see and if that's nothing, then it's nothing"
"Can you just try, please?"
Alice's face goes blank without warning and Jake gets an eager look on his face, like he's waiting for some of the most important news of his life. A few minutes later, Alice zones back in and looks at Jacob.
"Ok, that was just ironic timing, but I did see something about them. It was fuzzy and then eventually just went black."
"What did you see, Alice?!"
"They were happy and they were running with what I assume was you and your pack, because I couldn't see you, but I knew you were there, then they phased and it all went black"
"So you're saying there's a chance they'll turn?"
"Yes, but my visions can change, what I see doesn't always happen"
Jacob runs a hand through his hair and sighs "I didn't want this to happen to them"
"It might not"
I close the door slowly and look at Zoe, who has a worried look on her face which I'm sure is mirroring my own.
"We need to get out of here before they figure out we heard that" Zoe whispers.
I hear footsteps from behind the door and roughly shove Zoe to the stairs and we race down them, making it back to the doorway before I stop Zoe.
"Act happy and smiley. They can't know we heard anything they just said"
Zoe nods and plasters an almost genuine smile onto her face and I start laughing as we walk back into the room, met with curious stares.
"What was that about?" Rosalie asks.
