The Cullen's house became very crowded the next few days. The only good thing was that none need to sleep. When it came to feeding it was rough but the guests followed our rules and hunted out of the state. Jacob was upset by this since the werewolves lived to protect human life. But since it was Renesmee's life on the line he just glared at the floor.
I was surprised by everyone's acceptance of Jacob. He was more or less invisible but not harshly treated or even looked at as food. He wished he could join the other wolves on guard but he couldn't stand to be away from Renesmee that long. Renesmee though was too busy being fascinated but the new friends.
We replayed the scene for the Denali's with each new member. Peter and Charlotte, who came just on Alice's instruction with no explanation, were curious. They knew the rules but never seeing one before they did not give off the same reaction as Tanya and them did. After allowing Renesmee to show them they too became committed.
Carlisle sent friends from Ireland and Egypt.
The Irish clan arrived first and was easy to convince. The leader was a woman named Siobhan who had a huge but beautiful body and she had a mate named Liam who had a hard face. Their newest member was a red head girl named Maggie. She reminded me of Anabell with the curls. She had the gift of telling when someone is lying and once saying we were not lying they quickly became witnesses too.
The Egyptian clan though was not so easy. Amun, their leader, refused to believe anything and refused to touch Renesmee and wanted his coven to leave even after the two youngest, a small boy named Benjamin and his mate Tia, had been convinced by Renesmee. Benjamin finally convinced Amun to stay after a few threats to disband the alliance. Amun stayed but did not let him or his mate Kebi to touch Renesmee. They were very odd though they looked alike with their olive skin and dark hair. Kebi never left Amun's side and never spoke. Tia never spoke as well but when she did she held such wisdom. Benjamin seemed to be the center of attention and when I asked Edward explained that Benjamin had the gift to control elements and Amun was scared to lose him.
Emmett and Rosalie did send individual nomads.
Garrett came first. He was a tall, rangy vampire who looked like such an adventurer. He quickly became acquainted with the Denali sisters, intrigued with their lifestyle.
Mary and Randall also came- friends though they do not travel together. They listened and they too became witnesses, taking in the possibility that the Volturi does not stop to listen.
Carlisle and Esme returned with another guest. A man named Alistair who did not want to be here at all. He did not want anything to do with Renesmee and sometimes walked around mumbling about they would find him again. He was a tracker too but not as well as Demetri.
Ashton's friends were most interesting as I have not met a lot of Originals. Alin and Eliska were their names. Alin was a tall man with pale skin and long black hair that was tied back with a ponytail. Eliska reminded me of Rosalie with her bleach blonde straight hair and beauty unlike no other. The minute they saw me they automatically agreed to help with anything, calling me their queen. Ashton explained how he and the others ran into them ran from Damien.
Another pair of visitors came and they were a surprised as no one got in contact with the group in the Amazon. They were two very tall women. With long black braids and wore nothing but animal skins. Alice had sent them and that was interesting. Why were they in South America? "Zafrina and Senna! Where's Kachiri?" Carlisle asked.
"Alice told us her group needed her." Zafrina replied. "It's very uncomfortable but the one Original child insisted." So they knew of my kind.
They listened to us calmly and agreed to help. They even talked with Renesmee though Senna kept quiet the most time. Edward was happy to have the Amazon clan here because Zafrina had an extremely useful gift. She could make people see whatever she wanted them to see, except for me of course. Even Heather and Ashton fell to her power. Renesmee loved her power and the two were exchanging pictures in their head. After Renesmee would show me.
A few days later two new members joined after hearing rumors. They were both short while one was dark-haired and the other with ashy blond hair. Their names were Stefan and Vladimir from the Romanian clan and even though they wanted nothing to do with Renesmee they joined us in hope of picking a fight with the Volturi.
There were 19 witnesses to go along with the 11 of our family (including the Denali's) and the wolves were on our side too.
It was a lot to hope for but we still hoped.