Chapter 1
17 years later
Elle quietly walked through the three bedroom house so she wouldn't draw the attention of her so called "mother" Amy and her friend and roommate Jessica. Jessica is the mother of a 12 year old boy named Jacob, a 10 year old girl named Destiny, a 4 year old boy named Johnathan (JJ for short), and an 18 month old boy named Conner. Amy and Jessica weren't ever real mothers to herself or the other kids. Elle was though, she changed their diapers, watched them take their first steps, loved them and took care of them since the day they were born. All Amy and Jessica did was get drunk, get pregnant, give birth to them and then pawn them off to her to raise while they repeated the process over again. Although Amy only gave birth to her, apparently she learned her lesson the first time, use birth control. But all that was going to change tonight.
Everything was in place, she had saved up enough money to make her and the kids disappear so that they could finally have peace, finally have a normal life. Well as normal as they could get anyway. Elle went and checked on the kids to make sure they ready to go.
"Alright do you have everything you want to take with you?" Elle asked. Jacob, Destiny, and JJ looked up at her with scared looks on their faces, but nodded their heads in response. So she picked up little Nicky and guided the children downstairs. She was just finished putting Nicky in his car seat when she the loud bang of the front door slamming open. Elle turned around to see Amy and Jessica stumble out of the house in a drunken' stupor.
"Whhere the hellll dooo you think you're gooooin ya little slut," Amy slurred. She and Jessica seemed to be drunk off their asses as per usual. Elle should have worried about that, but she was more concerned with getting the little ones out of there in one piece.
"Getting them away from you, and to some place that we'll be safe." She said, she was determined to get them out of there as fast as possible. Before she even had time to blink, she heard a shot fired and a burning pain shot through her chest. Jessica had a gun in her hand and was laughing like a maniac and said, "Can't go anywhere bleedin' can ya yoooou little bitch, now get your asses in the house." She said with an evil smirk on her face then she stumbled back into the house, Amy following right behind her.
Elle didn't think, she just got into the car and drove. Conner woke up and was screaming in the background while Elle tried to stay conscious. Just as she was about to pass out, she saw three glowing lines in front of her. One red, one purple, and one black. She didn't know why, but she tried to pull on them. When she did they started glowing brighter and she knew that help was coming, but still she pulled harder, hoping, praying, that they would hurry as she slowly started to lose consciousness.
Meanwhile at the Cullen household…
Emmett was playing Call of Duty with Demetri and Jane, Rosalie and Jasper's mates when suddenly a sharp shooting pain shot through his mark. He dropped his controller and looked to Jasper and Rosalie and saw the same looks of pain on their faces. They then saw a young woman with fiery red hair and emerald green eyes calling to them. They didn't think, they just ran. The rest of the Cullens and their mates following close behind them. It didn't take long for them to find Elle's car on the side of the road. When the got there the site they took in nearly broke their hearts. A little girl in the back seat was trying to calm the younger boys down while the older boy was trying to keep the girl they were supposed to protect awake.
With what little strength the young woman seemed to have left she smiled and said, "Well it's about time." Then she passed out. Emmett didn't think, he just tore the door off the car and picked her up off the seat. When he turned around, the rest of the Cullens were staring at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Your mark," Jasper said "it's glowing."