It's time! Hello and welcome back! I almost forgot it was Friday, got carried away writing the other chapters that I almost forgot to post!
Are you guys ready? I also published Chapter 2 as an apology for publishing late.
Like any other sorry here's my Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight but my own original characters.
Much love Ness xx
Chapter 1: The beginning at the end.
My story begins different from most. Sometimes it's not all happy endings, but some twist of fate allows the happy ending. Today was my twin and I birthday's. As far as I know birthdays are supposed to be cheerful. After all, it is turning of age, another year of life or in my world, an age of forever young.
"Come on, Nessie, get changed," a my one of my aunts called. "While you do so, I'm going to check on your brother and see if he's actually dressed up in the clothes laid out for him."
"Yes, Alice" I was, what my grandma, aunts and Mom called me several times, all 'dolled' up. I looked at my mirror and not a flaw insight; my hair curled in loose waves, cascading my face. I looked at the dress, quite a beautiful dress it was, all white with blue detailing. Halter shaped top, and puffed out midi-length, just 3 inches below my knees. A dream dress, many would love and I quite love it myself.
Many wanting to be in my position, but I'm wanting to be free, explore and have adventures. My brother and I, both of us hybrids, are under constant watch by our family, but the constant vigilance we have on us, I know is directed more to me than my brother, Ed. Edward Jacob was born right after me, over looked by the shock of our mother's pregnancy—my grandfather would tell us. He was born healthy and gifted, both of us were gifted, Ed was a lie detector and had my mother's shield, which explained my father not hearing or knowing about him. They're easy gifts, I sometimes made fun of him for, but as years passed his gifts developed as well, he was able to make you tell the truth and you weren't able to attack his mind. Kind of a manipulator to tell the truth or lie.
I, on the other hand, my gift was noticeable from the beginning. I was able to tell you any thought or image by a touch of my hand. After the encounter with the Volturi, and everyone who came as witnesses, my parents noticed different things of me. It took them a while to know that I was a sponge. It wasn't until Eleazar from the Denali coven came over a month later, request by my grandfather, that they realized I had every power of the people who touched me and was a ticking bomb because I was having slowly trouble of keeping it under control. It took about a year for me to be fully in control, but it didn't stop my family to overwhelm me and occasionally make me feel uncontrolled. My brother, in the end was the only one to stop me before any real accident.
"Oh good you're dressed!" Alice came in. I turned and smiled.
"Yes, Aunty and I love it. Thank you." She came to me and stood behind me rubbing my shoulders in comfort. She was, after all, my favorite aunt.
"You look gorgeous and much more obliging than your mother on her birthday." I laugh at remembering the countless of times my mother told me of Alice moments on trying to dress my mother in pretty dresses as a human.
"Well, it's my day, and anyway Alice, I love pretty dresses." She giggled as twirled and curtsied. Uncle Jasper entered and handed me a medium sized box.
"Happy birthday, sweetheart, its from me and Alice" I smiled and instantly knew what its was and squealed with delight.
"Thank you, thank you!" I pulled the book it, a photography book of a Brooklyn, New York in the 1865 to the 1930s. In my ten years of life, I've develop a fascination for photography books since it was hard to leave my home to explore and I only fed off the memories and images my aunts and uncles told me.
"Now don't tell your brother we gave you your present first." I nodded happily. "Okay, sweetie, we have to get down stairs and help everyone else to finish setting up." Alice said pushing Jasper to the door
"You know for vampires you guys are doing things very slow…" I raised an eyebrow in suspicion.
"Oh shush, don't ruin your and your brother's surprise!" Alice said throwing Jasper a wink. "Also, you're not allowed outside your room until I call you out, alright?"
"Yeah, yeah, fine" easily complying, knowing very well I was going to be in my brothers room in a bit. I saw my favorite couple walk out her door.
I sighed and looked back at the mirror behind me. I wondered if I could ever find someone to love me the way Jasper loved Alice or vise-versa. I hope I do and some time soon. Not that I didn't admire my parents love for one another, but sometimes it was sicking to watch, but I guess thats any child with their parents.
Ten years old and I'll end up looking eighteen forever, EJ and I finally stopped showing signs of aging about a month ago. Oh the fun. I looked at the clock, 4:13. The party wasn't supposed to start for another three hours. I could hear EJ, in his room playing his games and complaining how it wasn't fair having to spend his time in his room.
Loser, I called out to my brother and I could feel him rolling his eyes at me.
Come to my room and play a video game, I'll even let you win.
Now it was my turn to roll my eyes, Yeah right, as if you could not lose even if you wanted too.
Oh, your on! I laughed, Well come on! We are waisting time here!
I'm going, you over grown child…
Well technically…
I was in his room in an instant, "Don't finish that thought."
"You know, I hate when you do that." EJ stood up from where he was to set the game system. "You could've just ran here instead of wasting your energy teleporting yourself."
I snide, "You're just jealous because you can't do it," EJ turned and gave me the finger, and turn back. "Oh, I'm so hurt!" placing my hand over my heart. "Hey, EJ?" He looked again, laughing at me for flicking him off.
I went to get a water from his mini-fridge, as I opened the bottle, I gasped and dropped it to the floor spilling everywhere. I saw a vision of me crying and an all soaked family looking destroyed as I showed them something. I blink my eyes, as I come back to the real world. I try to understand what was I holding on to but nothing came to mind. Everything was a blur. EJ rushed to me the minute my vision started, his questions muffed as background noise, in his concern and unanswered questions he gave my had and saw the vision and everything going on in my mind.
I could feel his shield protecting us. Placing his hands on my shoulders, he smiled "We don't want Dad canceling the party." Pulling me into a hug, "What you think that supposed to be?"
"I don't know. All I know is that I can't let that happen." She pulled away working her mind in overdrive to understand what was in her hands.
"Have you tried to look into a different future outcome?"
"I'm trying, but the reason is blank it still has the same outcome, and no it's not mom's or your shield that's blocking me to see the future, not even mine. Not even Jacob's."
EJ nodded, "Okay but your visions are not subject-able like Alice. Whose future are you trying to see?"
"Everyone's! I'm scared, Eddy. It's all the same, everyone. This is going to happened, and I can't stop it. Its multiple events happening that lead to this and I can't see what they are because the decision hasn't been made. What do I do?"
He signed, walked to sit down, "Let it happened. That's all you could do when you see it then happen make whatever decision you need to do. I'll be on your side."
I started to tear up and sat next to him leaning my had against his shoulder. He knew what to do and say to calm me down, "I love you"
He hugged me and I hugged him back and kissed the top of my head, we are good brother and sister. "I love you, too."
"If anything stay here and don't strain yourself to see the future if Alice hasn't come up here then she hasn't seen anything." He sighed and with his free hand ran his fingers through his hair, he has the hair like my Dad, but, over time his hair changed into bronze and mine changed into a chocolate brown. I kind of looked like Dad, but had my Mom's eyes with a hint of green in them. EJ kind of look like Mom, but had Dad's green eyes with hints of brown. In the end, EJ and I have the same equal amount of our parent's looks in ourselves.
"So want to play Guitar Hero 2 or Mario Kart?" He asked after a brief silence and jumping with joy; a kid smile on his face. This is one of the thing I loved of my twin he try to taking things into the bright side.
I smiled, I wanted to call down. "Sure, but actually I want to go to the study and read a book to calm down." He laughed and shook his head like he was disagreeing.
"What happened to staying here?" He pouted, as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "How about this you go and then come back in thirty minutes so we can play. Its like..." He glance at his watch "...4:29 be here by five? So we could play since the party starts at 6:30 we will be called out at seven, and you'll go to your room before seven so Alice wont know you were here. So is that a plan?" I nodded.
I'll let you win me in a game but ... I won't go easy on you.I thought to him. He laughed and nodded.
Hope you don't think I'll go easy on you either, Ren I laughed and hugged him.
"See you later, bro." I kissed his cheek and teleported out in to the study.
The study wasn't big but it want small either. It was still bigger than anyone's room in the house and Grandpa Carlisle's personal study. I look around, some titles didn't catch my eye I wanted to read something old and calming but nothing was catching my eye.
I spot at the sight of a cardboard box I kneeled down and open the box to see they were… journals? What? I continue to looked and noticed that they had years in them. I took out the one with my and EJ's year of birth in it.
2005-2006.
Turning the book back and forth finding nothing, I flipped it to the first page.
Belongs to Edward Anthony Mason Cullen.
So this is my Dad's diary. I flipped through it. I read of the time he left my Mom. What? I continue reading. I read how he came back how grandpa Charlie didn't want dad around Mom again. I read of the time Mom left with Jacob, about this bad vampire name Victoria, how he propose and propose to mom, and the day she said yes, his and mom's graduation, a newborn fight that involved this Victoria, how he met Aunt Bree, Uncle Diego and Fred, the wedding, he wrote about the honey moon planning. I stopped when I hit the date: August 23, 2006.
As I read, my tears spilled, I was confused. I reached the end of the journal reading how EJ and I were unwanted by him, when he asked Jacob for help, how we broke some off my mother's ribs and were killing her. I read the hatred my father had for us, I felt it oozing of these pages. I couldn't believe everything I read.
How?
Everyone lied to us.
I don't know how EJ and I have this past by us. I held the book as close to me. My dad never loved me; I was never his little princess. Jacob, my best friend Jake hated it me. Everyone did. I hate myself for being born. I was on floor holding my knees the book hugging it as it was my dear life. I wanted to scream.
I wiped the tears with the back of my hand and I head over to the box to close it. I checked my watch and saw I had less than ten minutes until I get back to EJ. I need to head to my room. I couldn't stay here. I took the book with me. I felt a vision coming to me, but blocked my thoughts and future and emotions as well as EJ's but unlike his shield, he can't feel mine. I teleported myself to my room got a backpack threw some clothes, shoes, and other necessities. Closed the bag and hid it under my bed. I head over to the mirror and fix my makeup and hair.
I felt EJ trying to get into my mind, I'm going, give me a minute, I told him. Wait, lets go to the entertainment room? When I heard a sure from him, I head to my notebook, and realized I had made up my mind subconsciously now my question in was where was I going to go? Opening the notebook it to the first page, began writing in vampire speed.
Dear family, I apologize. For everything. I appreciate the ten years here. I wished when I felt here, it would be with the love of my life, but thats not the case. Sorry for the abomination that EJ and I are, I utterly understand why all the thing that happened so long ago. Thank you everyone for playing the lovable aunt, uncle—and Edward for playing the dotting father. I don't know how long I'll be gone or if I'll be back, I or we need time. Farewell, Ren
I tore out the page and put it on top of my pillow and prepared a separate letter for Carlisle. I went back to my desk to start on a new letter I have two minutes to spare.
Dear Eddy, If you decided not to join me or didn't give you time for you to follow me. I'll leave you with this book. It is Edward's journal. Read it. I think this had to do with my vision. I'll communicate soon, I promise. Read you'll see why I ran away, why maybe I won't come back. See you soon, I don't know where I'm going but know I'll be safe. Just wait till I communicate with you. Okay?
I love you. Always, Ren
I tore the page out and folded I had everything I needed. I left everything on my desk and teleported into Carlisle's study into his safe and got a couple thousands to help me. I left the letter I had made separately for Carlisle and left it on his desk explaining and thanking him.
Back to my room, I shoved the cash in the backpack. Picked up and put EJ's note in my dress' pocket and put the book in my hand holding it casually. I teleport myself to Eddy's room.
Right on time. "Sorry! I got caught up reading, but still on time. Let's go!" I said with a smile on my face.
"When don't you? But you're here so let's go!" He said with a huge grin appearing in his face.
I laugh and teleported us to the entertainment room. He ran to set up guitar hero as I sit on one of the bean bags, I thought of plans for Eddy. I knew he would want to come with me but I couldn't let him know right now. I stood up. He notice something weird, he always does, I needed to strengthen my shield.
"Ren, is something wrong?" he said looking up from what he was doing. I shrugged. "Ness..." I sighed.
"Nothing, just worried of the vision. That's all, and I'm kind of thirsty." That was true.
He left the game half set up and came up to hug me. "Everything is going to be all right. I meant what I said earlier; whatever decision you need to make, I'll be on your side." He hugged me tighter and rubbed my back. "And about the thirst, I would go to your room and get a blood bag out of your closet." He shuffled my hair. I glare at him he just smiles and went back to work setting up the game.
Little did he know he was helping us run away. "Yeah. Ok, I'll be right back." I teleported myself to EJ's room and prepared a bag putting some of his clothes and necessities he would need. Slipping the bag under his bed, I thought of bring mine in. Before I left the room, I put the note out of my pocket and put it on top of his pillow, incase if he wasn't able to reach me. It would make more sense since I would Edward diary would be dropped off before I left for the party.
I teleported myself into my room and got out a blood bag, slipped out the bag and began to slip the blood. I knew EJ would want one too. I grabbed my bag and teleported back to EJ's room and put it on top next to his desk. I went to his mini fridge and got him a blood bag for him and teleported myself to the entertainment room.
"Here," Eddy looked up as I threw him the blood bag, and through myself in the bean bag.
"Thanks," He said as poked a straw through the bag. I laugh at his face he made when he could manage to make a hole until he rip one with his teeth.
"So, ready to lose, loser?" I throw my empty blood bag into the trash, just as he finishing his.
"Is that a challenge I hear?" He smirked.
"Take it as you want, now get ready." We both pick up the plastic guitar.
"Let the best twin win." We both laugh. Then I remember this the last best time we will have.