Newborn

Chapter 4: Freaky Fred

BPOV:

We arrived to stand in front of Diego with smiles on our faces. I was very happy to know I had been right, the sun could not kill us. My memories might actually come back to me, but from the pain in my heart I didn't think or know if I wanted them all back. I was content at the moment with what I had, I knew this would not stop me from finding the Cullens one day but did I really want the memories I had lost back? I didn't think I did at the moment, something so heartbreaking, I knew was hidden in them and I couldn't think of it any longer.

"So pretty," I heard Diego say, and I snapped my head up to notice Bree had let go of my hand and was in-front of Diego. He had a hand on her face, border lining a lovers caress. I smiled yet rolled my eyes. I loved happy endings, but I had little faith in them. Looking over the cliffs edge where we had jumped early to get to his little hiding hole we took in the sun which was just as kind to us as it was to humans – though we couldn't tan if we tried. I suddenly felt happier then ever before, standing their my face towards the sky, even if it brought out my scars it made me feel connected to the past, I suddenly knew I had loved the sun when human.

"Mom! You in there?" Bree asked as she stood in front of me waving her hand around. I opened my eyes and suddenly realized the clouds were moving in front of the sun, and suddenly the sparkling stopped yet looking at Bree and Diego I knew we were still illuminating with light but anyone with duller eyes then us would never see it.

"Yeah, sorry. What is it?" I said, maybe harsher then I meant to. She didn't seem to take offense though and simply looked to Diego who nodded.

"We were discussing if we should tell Riley? Do we think he doesn't know?" Bree asked. I sighed, I didn't trust Riley as far as I could throw him and that was pretty far. The prospect of letting Riley in on this – if and that was a big if he didn't already know – made me sick to my stomach, or maybe that was something else all together. I stopped thinking of it and placed my hands on my stomach which was turning in discomfort, I felt like I was going to puke but that was impossible, I took a deep breath of fresh air and sighed happily when it passed.

"I don't know. Let's think about this while we track them."

"We'll have to be careful, the sun doesn't exactly make us in-suspicious," I said and Bree nodded, I could tell she was thinking the same thing.

Diego grinned. "Let's be ninjas." I snorted and Bree just grinned. She seemed to like this idea I simply found it childish but even I had to admit it was amusing.

"Super-secret ninja club sounds way cooler than the whole BFF thing." I looked to Bree with a raised eyebrow before shaking my head. I didn't think either of them wanted to be just friends.

"Definitely better."

"I think we should get going now," I said, interrupting their moment. They nodded and we took off running. Bree was the fastest but only barely, it seemed Diego was the slowest compared to us. We laughed at his misfortune but kept running, at times we ran side by side jumping over mountain edges or fallen tree limbs together. It had not taken us long to find the point where the others had taken off. As we ran I thought about stopping about us leaving now. It would be the safest, we could leave and never come back. We could find some where to settle for a while away from humans until we needed to hunt and then maybe in a year or two I could find the Cullens, I could finally live as I was peacefully. It sounded nice, but could I really do it. Could I look the Cullens in the face, let them see what had become of me – though I don't know why they would care they were just the same – and leave after getting my answers and never look back? I could simply walk away from Edward? I didn't know but I didn't think I could. I loved him, I knew this, it was something burned in me at all times, it had dimmed, I knew this above everything else I forgot but I wondered what he felt. Did he love me? Or was his reason as real as the sun?

Finally the sun began to set and I was getting very impatient and I could tell the others were as well. Bree more so then Diego who seemed almost more patient then me at times.

"I don't think we should tell Riley," Bree said. "Let's say we spent all day in your cave before we went looking for them."

"Better yet, let's tell them your cave was filled with water. We couldn't even talk." I smiled proudly, I knew she was smart. She seemed to notice and smiled sheepishly at me as we ran, slowly.

"You think Riley's a bad dude, don't you?" he asked. I noticed as he spoke he took her hand and I rolled my eyes skyward. That was really something I didn't wish to see or know about.

"She isn't the only one," I muttered to myself though I knew they heard me.

"I don't know, but lets pretend for now that he is." Bree hesitated, then said. "You don't want to think he is bad, do you?"

"No," Diego admitted and I groaned softly. There went telling them anything top secret, he'd mostly leak it to Riley or say to much and I'd be ashes. I hated being back into a corner but at the moment my hands were tied. "He is kind of my friend, not like you are but he was the first person I saw when I awoke in this life. He taught me, helped me when I was human, I owe him."

It kept getting worse and worse. I trusted Diego, really I did, but I had be cautious and Bree's mate or not I couldn't allow a mistake on his part to get me or her killed. I knew Riley had no problem with killing one of us, he needed numbers and skilled vampires so the lost of me would set them back but it was a give some take some sort of thing. Bree though...even if she did have a power- I think she did, but I did not know what it was – she didn't know it herself or it wasn't something offensive or defensive in one way or the other – she was expendable, but then we all were.

"..I should tell him when were alone. Grab him at dawn when he's coming back from wherever it is he goes..." I must have missed something but I figured he meant Riley. That meant they would be telling him they knew, I hoped Diego had a backup plan or something to at least save Bree from death, though for all I knew they might let her live until after the battle just to use her and then kill her with the others once we won, assuming we won. Personally I thought our odds were as good as a chicken learning to fly.

I sighed as we came upon the area they smelt the strongest. We stopped at the top of the mountain and looked around. We were so far out, this was not our usual migration pattern. Usually we stuck around islands or the cascades, all places orbiting around Seattle. It made me uncomfortable but I had no say in where we took residence. I narrowed my eyes as I saw Diego kiss Bree, it was a small peck, but right on the lips. I sighed and he looked to me with mischief eyes and a sheepish grin, I shook it off, letting him know I wasn't upset. Once we were half way down the mountain we heard the noise caused by eighteen or so newborns. I sighed, I wasn't looking forward to this. The house was a cottage like house, I looked to Bree and licked my lips as we came to the yard of the house.

"Bree remember we have to act as we did before. I'll be as close to you as I can but other then that, I'll be acting like you don't exist." I whispered. Bree smiled sadly but nodded. Diego nodded and entered first.

"Follow behind us, stay as far back as you would before. Like were one of Raoul's or something," I told her and she nodded and I walked in after Diego. I smiled internally at Bree's acting skills, very well if I do say so myself.

"Trying to lose me, losers?" he asked as he charged down the basement stairs with a confident strut. I was not far behind him compared to Bree who entered the others view almost a minute after I had entered.

"Well if it isn't Diego and Bella, looks like you two didn't bite the dust after all!" Keven answered without any enthusiasm. I rolled my eyes, wincing as the sharp pain returned to my heart and stomach. I shook it away and noticed Bree fly by me to sit behind Fred who smiled softly at me from his spot sitting on a old couch. Bree sat behind it. I kept one eye on Bree before turning back and glaring at Kevin.

"No help from you, you stupid shit. We had a hell of a time cleaning up your fucking mess," I seethed, snarling at him. My jacket was still being worn by Bree so the numerous scars were visible. I smirked as Kevin flinched back his eyes taking in my arms.

"I see the little girl made it, too," said a new voice. I stiffened and looked to Raoul. I kept my face indifferent, if I got to defensive he'd know something had happened between the three of us and I did not want to explain to Riley why I had killed one of his main and oldest men. I was happy though that he did not seem to know Bree's name.

"Yeah, she followed me," Diego said shrugging. I just scuffed and crossed my arms, glaring at them before walking over to Fred who nodded at me and picked up a black bag which held everything I owned. Inside was extra leather jackets just like the one I gave Bree and cloths, all black or dark colored. I also had a Picture of myself as a human but one side of it was ripped like you would dog ear a book, so while I knew a very pale man stood beside me with his arm around me I could not see the face, though I assumed that it was Edward. It made since but what I didn't understand is why it was ripped.

"Here Pati, I made sure ta grab this for ya," Fred spoke softly. He didn't speak a lot, he was very handsome though, though anyone who thought of him or got to close found him the most repulsive thing in the world. I found it amusing to tell the truth. I smiled and nodded slinging it over my shoulder, the opposite of the other bag with my new books in them.

"Interesting attitude Diego. You think Riley will care if I killed you, it won't matter, because today he thinks your dead." I snapped my head around as I heard Bree's breath catch and heard Raoul running his mouth. I was in front of Diego in a matter of seconds staring at Raoul face, which went from menacing to shocked and bit fearful.

"Patience?" he asked, and I glared harder. No one but a select few called me Patience. The creator called me this, preferring it to my real name for some reason, Riley did as well, to appease the creator I think. Fred called me Pati, a short form of Patience and one other girl had called me Patience but I had failed to protect Clair, I wouldn't fail Bree or Diego – at least I didn't plan to.

"It's Bella you moron," I snarled and he shrank back. Suddenly as two of Raoul's gang members came forward I felt something bang on my mental shield so to say and watched as repulsion came over everyone's faces and I turned to look at Fred who was staring at nothing in particular. It wasn't long before they were all running out of the basement. I was impressed that Diego and Bree were able to stand it. Though I could see the struggle and even if my shield was up I could still feel a nausea coming on, but maybe that wasn't Fred, I had been feeling odd all day, ever since the cave. I shook my head it was nothing, vampires couldn't get sick and neither was I.

"Sorry," Fred muttered once they were all gone and the banging on my shield slowly disappeared though I knew he hadn't totally shut off his power. He never did.

"Don't apologize," Bree said softly, like she was shocked he'd spoken at all. I smiled, so polite, she always was I realized then she wasn't a fighter. Not to say she couldn't I was sure with the proper training she could but she was more of a lover then a fighter as the old saying goes. I saw Bree was now in deep thought and smiled, I figured I new where her thoughts were heading. I wondered as well, did Riley know Fred was so powerful? I smiled at him and he smiled back and I turned to Bree who was looking at us in wounder and slight fear.

"Will...they come back to finish..." she trailed off and I snorted.

"Not if they know what's good for them," I said.

"Yea, Bell here packs one hell of a punch."

"You should know," I said smirking at Diego. He shrugged and smiled at Bree reassuringly.

"Thanks for the distraction Freddy," I said nodding at him in respect. He nodded back with his wavy blond hair and angular face, he reminded me a bit of Jasper, at least his hair color did, and the way it laid but I knew they looked like polar opposites in reality even if my memories of what they looked like were blurry and far in between.

"No problem Pati, I figure you've become protective of Diego and Bree here," he said winking at me. I stared at him shocked that he knew Bree's name.

"She writes her names in the books she leaves for me to read," he said laughing before he went back to lean against a wall close to Bree. Bree noticed this and moved closer, I looked between them and then to Diego and Bree, this was so confusing. I didn't see relationships between people but I always trusted my instincts, almost like imbedded sixth sense or self preservation. I didn't know but for some reason I felt the relationship between Fred and Bree could either be sibling like or romantic, but this made me happy. If anything happened to Diego, at least she'd be able to move on with another mate. She would lucky in that regard, I had found my mate and had lost him before I was ever damned.

A/N: Hey, sorry this chapter is so short, but I promise to make up for it next chapter, or the chapter after that. I think it's time to bring in Edward's Pov. There won't be very many POV shifts. I actually did not plan on making any povs other then Bella's and simply rewritting the story in Edward's pov as a sort of novella or something. I might still do that but anyways it has been decided and Bree is working her power on Bella that is why Bella is having so much pain out of her stomach and heart...it is slowly restarting her heart and the nausea is from her reproductive organs restarting and her baby which in a strange way was never fully dead because Nessie is half vampire is becoming active again. I know it seems OOC for Edward to have sex with Bella before a wedding or whatever but he thought he'd never see her again and unlike in the book he did not leave the next day or even a few days latter. he did not leave until almost two weeks latter after having sex with her which happened the night of her birthday. If and when i do the rewrite in Edward's Pov that will be in the story, not the lemon which if someone wants to write one for me - cause I can't at least not until I'm 18 cause if my mom or little sister read this and see that I will be grounded for life, and then I can't update! Shock, horror! OK seriously now, the fact is this is a AU so please no flame throwers, though criticism and suggestions are welcome. If you must flame me, please don't do it anonymously that's the cowards way out.

Also I am thinking of creating a playlist for the story so if you all have any idea's for songs that fit the chapters then let me know. No more then two for a chapter depending on length. I'll post a link when the list is created. So let's recap, Bella is pregnant with Nessie, check! Bree has a Power and is in a sort of love triangle without knowing it, Check! Edward's Pov next...Check and Check! See ya next chapter.

Ciao,

Lily