A/N Thanks to the two ladies (at least I assume it's two ladies, if not, I deeply apologize for my lazy mistake.) who took time out of their busy lives to review my last chapter. Of course, thanks to the previous two people who reviewed too. . . .but yeah! I'm kinda a review Grinch, so if I get more reviews… I'll update more quickly than usual. :P lol Right. The story. Enjoy.

Chapter Eight (Bella's POV)

"What was that?" I asked Edward hesitantly. It was almost like it was wishful thinking on my part, just hearing my baby's voice. But I knew it was Edelle, just by the smug little smile on her face.

"That was Edelle's power, apparently. She has never done it with me." Edward said with a shrug. "So far she's done it with Carlisle, Esme, Jasper and Rosalie. I think. I can't really tell when it's her thoughts she put in their head, or their own."

"Strange." I said with a tiny smile. My baby is gifted. "Can I see Renesmee too?"

Jacob and Edward exchanged a look, Jacob's pleading, Edward's firm. I would wonder about that, but with my baby in my arms, I couldn't think of anything else, except the fact that I may only have her for a few years… So I will definitely hold on to her as long as I can… Renesmee too.

A few months later… (A.N. The reason I'm skipping the funny parts… is that I can't do that better then S.M… sorry for disappointing a few of you people…. But this makes it so the story itself doesn't go on so long that people forget about it… also, I just want to get to this part…lmao)

The next three months went by as a blur, with only a few moments jumping out in my mind of upmost importance. Finding out my baby already had a move-in babysitter of an imprint, Charlie finding out that I wasn't exactly my normal self, though he was still safe from knowing what I really was. Dealing with all the ups and downs of being a vampire, and finally being strong, if stronger, than my whole new vampire family.

There was one problem though. My children were growing too quickly. Carlisle said they were slowing down, but how positive can we be? Even with his data he was sure at this rate of growth, they'd only have fifteen years of life. As I watched my children play with everyone, I noticed the same face of worry cross everyone's face. We watched as the girls learned how to walk together, how to run, how to speak…all in the first few weeks. It scared me, and it worried Edward.

Edelle grabbed my hand, pulling me out of my thoughts. She smiled at me, though I noticed it wasn't as big of a smile I received when I first met her. She was holding up her rattle, the mysterious toy that had all of us wondering how much of Edelle's power she was hiding from us. It irritated Edward to no end how we insisted that we couldn't keep it away from her, as it made him worry. She held it even when she was sleeping, so that Edward couldn't even tell her dreams. I smiled down at her, "What do you want Edelle?"

"Nessie's hungry," she spoke clearly, annoying me with that nickname, though I was slowly getting used to it, "But she doesn't want to hunt."

I laughed and pulled my daughter into my arms, "Does she now? Maybe we can convince Jacob to take her?"

Edelle shook her head furiously, "No Mommy! Please give her a bottle!" Her eyes were fearful, as if she knew something none of us knew, "Please mom, just this once!"

I shook my head as I stood up, "You know we're trying to teach you two to hunt. So why don't we all go on an outing?" I was about to walk to find Renesmee, but Edelle grabbed onto my leg.

"Please Mom!!! Let us go later today, just stay around here right now!" I stared at my daughter, before looking across at Edward in confusion, as he had been in the living room too. He shrugged and walked over to Edelle, reaching for the rattle.

"Sweetie, Mom doesn't understand you, can you please tell us what's going on?" He asked and took hold of the rattle gently, but Edelle ripped it out of his reach.

"Don't touch that!" She snapped, startling both of us. She looked up at us pleadingly, her hand holding on to the rattle so tightly that it started cracking the wood, "I don't care if we go later, just right now let's just stay inside and relax! Maybe watch a movie together!"

At that moment Jacob walked in with Renesmee in his arms, "What's going on with Edelle?" He asked, putting his imprintee down. My daughter waddled over to Edelle and gave her a hug.

"Mommy, we don't have to go hunting now, we can go later." Renesmee spoke sweetly, so I now knew that whatever Edelle was freaking out about, my brown eyed girl now knew too. I looked over at Edward, who still looked confused.

"I don't know…now I can't hear Renesmee's real thoughts." He murmured, making me as confused as he was. Real thoughts? What did he mean? Edelle grabbed on my hand and smiled.

"See, we can stay and watched The Princess and the Frog!" she told me brightly, but I still was unsure.

"Well, I need to hunt right now Edelle…" She frowned, before smiling again.

"Then you and Daddy can go, while Jacob watches a movie with us!" She took Renesmee's hand and plopped down in front of Emmett's big screen TV, showing us she had no plan of moving. I sighed and gave a "shall we?" gesture to him before walking out.

Once we were out of what we determined was the girls hearing range, I turned to Edward, "Do you have any idea what that was about?" I asked, since I wasn't the one with supernatural hearing of one's thoughts.

He sighed, pinching his nose in typical Edward fashion, "I don't know. She had her rattle remember? Then as soon as Renesmee came into the room, I couldn't hear her thoughts properly either."

I was still confused over that, "What do you mean?"

"Her thoughts were obviously not what she actually was thinking…it's really confusing."

"Maybe you got the subliminal thoughts?" I joked, and he shrugged.

"I don't know, but what I do know is you need to hunt. You haven't in the last few weeks."

He pushed me gently in the way of the forest, and we got started into our normal competition of who can finish first. I was in the lead I'm sure, when he came by my side and looked around, "What's going on Edward?" I asked and he gestured with his head to look in a certain direction. When I turned to look, Irina was coming out of the shadows, almost sheepishly.

"Hello you two. Bella, we finally meet." She smiled softly, which I returned.

"At last." I was about to continue, but as Irina walked closer to us, her face showed her bewilderment.

"What is that smell?" She walked closer and wrinkled her nose, "There are two smells that shouldn't belong to you Bella. You're a recent vampire, yet you smell like you've been running around with wet, horrible smelling dogs….and humans?!?! No, not human…."

Edward and I exchanged glances, before he cautiously began to speak, "Irina, we have children."

Her eyes widened and she began to back away slowly, hissing, "Immortal? Edward that's…"

"forbidden," he finished for her, "we know. But they aren't…or we assume…immortal." My face fell at that reminder of our pain.

"Assume? I don't understand." She shook her head.

"I'm their biological father…Bella gave birth to them before I turned her."

"Half-vampire, Half-human? That's impossible!" Irina protested and he laughed.

"We thought so too…it was a close scare, but everyone's healthy… at least, we hope they are."

"There you go with the hope so, or you assume. What's wrong with these children?" She asked, making us wince.

"They're…growing. Too quickly. Carlisle thinks after fifteen years they'll…" I couldn't say it, but Irina caught my drift. She went silent.

"Do the Volturi know?"

"No. We'd like to keep it that way. If Carlisle's right, then we only have them for a short time. I plan to go to Volterra myself, so they can see I'm a vampire, but they won't find out about the twins existence. I hope you can keep our secret Irina." I murmured, and she looked down, before making eye contact with me.

"I want to see them, if I may."

I smiled uneasily, "I would let you, but there is someone at our house you might find uncomfortable to see…."

"Who? Are you having human friends over or something?" she laughed, "I have great control, don't worry. I also hunted on my way here…"

"No, we have a dog. He was one of Bella's closest friends when she was human, and she couldn't bear to part with him. So we all have to restrain ourselves so we aren't tempted to have a midnight snack," Edward smiled and pulled out his cell phone, "I'll call ahead and make sure he's gone so it's not an uncomfortable stay for you."

Irina smiled, "Thank you. I didn't know you were a dog person Bella."

"They grew on me a few years ago." I laughed at the pun as we walked towards the house, taking our time.

When Irina saw Edelle and Renesmee, she seemed to stop breathing she was in such shock. If it wasn't for their non-red eyes and their polite behaviours, I'm sure she would have gone to the Volturi right away, telling them about the 'Immortal Children'.

I smiled at my husband as I watched our twins charm their way into Irina's heart, as they had done with the rest of us. Irina looked over at us and smiled worriedly, "Am I supposed to keep this a secret from my sisters?"

Edward shook his head, "No. As long as you can insure that none of them are going to the Volturi anytime soon, you can invite them over."

Irina smiled, "I'll tell them… they avoid the Volturi as much as you guys. We haven't seen even a trace of the Volturi since Eleazar joined us," she stood up and looked around, "I'd rather go now, then later…they would clearly enjoy this miraculous discovery."

I chuckled, "I'm sure they will." With that, she left and Edelle came walking towards me.

"Will we meet more vampires over the years Momma?"

I hugged her, "We will. So does this mean you knew she was around?" I asked, having put things together. If Edelle really had known…that meant her range of hearing thoughts was even larger then Edward's was.

She just simply shrugged, leaving her power as mysterious as it was before. I laughed and looked over at Edward, "Is Irina planning to bring them over immediately?"

He gave a weak smile, "Yes. She figures it is better not to waste time…"

That caused my happy mood to disappear again. Yes, that would be one's immediate thought. I hugged Edelle closer, not wanting to ever let my child go.

Three Years Later… (Edelle's POV)

I was holding the old rattle in my hand lightly while glowering at my father. It looked slightly odd in my ten year old looking hand, but it was the easiest way of not letting my family know the full extent of my power. He looked back at me patiently. Over the years I had figured out a way to relax the shield a bit, but only so he knew parts of my thoughts, not all of them. I still liked my privacy. My thoughts went along with the looks on my face; there is no way in the red fiery place that I'm going again.

He sighed, pinching his nose in a way that he only did in front of me, never with Renesmee. "We're going as a family to Alaska, and that's final. Eleazar wants to try and figure out your power again…since you aren't letting out any hints. Plus the sisters want to visit with Renesmee again."

Of course. It was always for Renesmee. I loved my sister dearly, but I knew that we both had subtle differences to our powers that will cause everyone to love her more than me, even if it was only subconsciously. Her power made it that no one could keep her out, that everyone couldn't help but love her. My power made people treat me like they do in movies to the mean popular girl. They want to become friends with her, yet never feel like they could. That meant while they played with Renesmee, I was only treated with politeness. Even in my own family I feel like I'm always being compared to my younger sister, though I only knew this because I know their thoughts.

I laughed bitterly, "I won't let him dissect my power. Aren't I allowed to have any privacy?" I asked. Alice skipped into the room and giggled.

"Not with Edward as a father, no you're not. These last three years has been torture for him."

I gave her a small smile, but crossed my arms over my black t-shirt. Aunt Alice loved shopping with Resnesmee, since they both loved the sport. She gets frustrated with me whenever she takes me, since I don't exactly let her have any say in my clothes. "I don't care. I'm not going." I spoke more loudly, noting how all my aunts and uncles slowly came into the living room now, ready to force me along.

"Sweetie, we can't let you stay here by yourself," Mom tried to explain, "the Volturi…"

"Yeah I know, the famous Volturi. They'll come, think I'm an immortal child, and kill me. Yeah, I got it. Not like it'll matter, since Renesmee and I are going to die anyway."

They all winced, but Carlisle came over and gave me a reassuring hug, "Your growth rate is slowing down Edelle. We are hoping…"

"That maybe you'll get thirty years with us?" I looked over at Jasper, "And no way are you going to change us to vampires. That'll just be hazardous."

Nessie skipped into the room and noted my defensive position. She gave me a hug and smiled up at me, placing a hand on my face, despite the fact I could already hear her thoughts, Please Edelle? For me? You know I find the trip up boring without you…especially since Jacob can't come." The Denali group found Jacob's smell nauseating, so he wasn't allowed to come anymore, much to his chagrin.

I groaned loudly, "Fine. But I get to drive." I gave my family a small smile, but Rosalie laughed.

"No dice Princess. I already had a hard enough time fixing Emmett's jeep after you trashed it."

That widened my smile. That was a priceless moment. I still remember Emmett's angry thoughts to go along with his roar of rage. "I'll fix the car if I need to." I spoke innocently, but my aunt just shook her head.

"Uh huh. Like you fixed Alice's Porsche so she couldn't go shopping with you?"

I shrugged, "Not my fault you taught me all you know." I stuck my tongue out and grabbed my backpack, "Fine. I call shotgun in Rosalie's car."

"And I call backseat!" Renesmee crowed, racing outside after giving Jacob a hug goodbye. I sighed and followed her out. Having a bundle of joy as a twin sister can be tiring sometimes.

A/N Are you at all interested in Edelle? No? Well then. Lol.