A/N So all of you can thank the anonymous reviewer who had sent her/his plot bunny army after me. I was hiding in my virtual cave with my laptop throwing carrots at the bunnies with one hand while typing furiously with the other. Now that this chapter is off…can that reviewer please call off the bunnies? I'm out of carrots. :P Anyway, enjoy.
Chapter Fifteen (Renesmee's POV)
Jacob might have the worst timing ever, but then again, our family has always known that. He had come in, so excited that he hadn't even noticed the grim atmosphere that Edelle had left behind. "Nessie, I was wondering if you wanted to go out for a run or…" he began, but my father interrupted him.
"Now is not the time to propose to my daughter, alright Jacob?" Edward snapped, causing all of us to look at him in confusion, but he was so distressed over Edelle's disappearance he hadn't noticed and kept going, "Edelle has disappeared leaving no hints on where she went."
Jacob froze, "Edelle's disappeared?" He then groaned, just realizing what Edward had done, "Way to ruin the surprise Edward!"
"Well, you sure as hell surprised me!" Edward growled, "Whatever happened to the respectfulness of asking the father for permission!"
"That tradition died a long time ago old man! That's what Las Vegas is for, so you don't have to ask parents for permission."
"You aren't having a Las Vegas wedding Jacob," Alice whined, "I already had to convince Bella and Edward to have the wedding at home, why do I have to do it with you too? Didn't you notice the great wedding decorations I did?"
"I was too worried about Bella's upcoming death to notice how the flowers smelt like lilac and orange blossoms!" Jacob replied sarcastically.
"So you did notice!" Alice said triumphantly. Soon Alice, Edward and Jacob were going at it full swing while the rest of my family watched, used to this sort of drama. It happened for about ten seconds before I had enough.
"Stop it!" I screeched, causing everyone to look at me. "My twin sister has decided she can't stand the sight of us for some unknown reason, and you guys are fighting over whether or not Jacob and I can have a Las Vegas wedding?" My family looked abashed, but I wasn't done yet, "Jacob, I'll marry you when Edelle is able to be my maid of honor." I said, softening my sharpness with a soft smile in his direction before looking back at my dad with tears in my eyes,
"I love Jacob, but if you don't want me to marry him then you can just insure that Edelle doesn't come back." I hastily wiped away the tears and Mom came over to my side to give me a comforting hug.
"We'll find her, even if we have to comb over the Earth twenty times over." She assured me but I shook my head.
"She doesn't want to be found Mom. Trust me on this; she probably went to Antarctica to avoid us finding her. "
"No she wouldn't, penguins aren't good for eating." Emmett quipped, causing a tense chuckle to go through the family.
Jacob came over to me and wrapped his arms around me, holding me tightly yet gently, "We'll figure a way to communicate with her Ness." He said, and I had to be careful with my thoughts not to give away that I already can communicate with her. He then joked, "That wasn't how I planned to propose, but we already knew your dad is a party pooper anyway."
I kissed him before pushing him away. "I'm going out to think by myself," I said, hiding my thoughts on where I was planning to run too. "I'll be back." I grabbed my phone and slipped it into my pocket before getting into Edelle's car and driving away…towards the library. I need to send a wedding invitation to my sister who may or may not show. We were so close three days ago…what happened?
Edelle's POV
Nahuel scurried off of me, "I'm sorry." He said, taking in my costume with wide eyes, "Are you a grim reaper?" He asked, well, that's how I translated it in my head. Grim Reaper, collector of souls…pretty much same deal.
As my thoughts started going through Family Guy Reruns Zafrina answered for me, "She's part of the Volturi. Do you know what that is, Hybrid?"
He shook his head slowly as his aunt came walking through, I nodded at her as well. "The Volturi is the head honchos. The vampires that make sure humans aren't any more aware of vampires then myths and legends. It causes less panic, more order. If there are any cases we think that'll disrupt this peace, we create a solution."
Nahuel noted my English and started speaking it as well, his accent barely noticeable, his voice flowing. "But you're a half vampire yes? Are you the only one you know of?"
"I'm the only one at the Volturi." I replied, "but you have three sisters...You wouldn't mind if I speak to the Volturi about your father Joham would you? You don't seem close to him."
"As long as my sisters are left alone, they've done nothing wrong." He froze and looked at me more closely, "Mind reader? I've heard legends of vampires having special powers but I've never spotted one…"
I smiled, "I'm not the only in this crowd that has a power." I left it at that, but Zafrina filled in with more details.
"I do illusions." I noted she had sent them illusions of oceans despite the fact that we weren't near them. Nahuel grinned.
"Brilliant." He said and I looked at my watch.
"Well, now that I have met you, I best be going. Thank you for your cooperation." I said feeling bored. The only thing I got out of meeting Nahuel was disappointment; the fact that Renesmee and I aren't unique anymore was the cause of that. We weren't even the only female half-vampires, but there were three already. From Nahuel's memory they seemed prissy and arrogant, thinking that they're special, so I didn't need to see them.
I turned back around the way I came, but Nahuel caught my arm. "Wait, I wish to hear your story."
I looked at him coolly, "Unless you wish to not remember your own stories, I suggest you take your arm off me," He looked confused but he complied, "And I will not reveal my story to you, even though I know you'll take to the grave so to speak. I don't speak my stories to strangers unless I can get something out of it." I bowed to the three sisters.
"Thank you for taking me to meet him. I'll keep my promise and get the two other members out of your territory."
Zafrina nodded, "Appreciated."
I strode away quickly, filtering the sisters' thoughts and erasing any that could lead my family to me, eager to start on new adventures. I already got what I needed out of South America, and all these trees reminded me of Forks, causing me to miss Grandpa.
I gave Demetri and Jane back all their thoughts, excluding the ones of Zafrina's illusions and included my own of just a few extra hours of silent wandering, so they wouldn't be alarmed when they realized how much time had gone. "Alright, I got what I needed, let's go."
"All we saw are trees." Jane complained and I smiled.
"I can hear thoughts over range remember? I already got all I need without us having to team up and use our powers to confront vampires." I said with a chuckle, "Come on, let's go back to Aro, I have things to report."
We headed back to the airplane, Jane grumbling about how she wasn't even needed for this trek. I glanced at her, "Stop whining Princess," I cooed, "Or I'll remove your ability to do so."
She scoffed, "you're bluffing, you're not that powerful. IT's not like you can remove my thoughts about what whining is."
I just chuckled, "Sure Jane, judge my poker face." I start humming Lady Gaga, which makes me have to duck due to the giant tree branch Jane aimed at my head. "Not a Lady Gaga fan? Weird, I would have pegged you as the type." I teased, causing her to fume in frustration.
I continued teasing her all the way back to the airplane, causing Demetri to get fed up by the time we were in the cockpit, "You two are like annoying two year olds that just got turned!" He hissed and I turned to Jane.
"See Jane? He thinks you were turned too young also!" I said, earning a whack across the head from Demetri.
"Stop it! I'm not your babysitter. I'm a tracker!"
"So track our miscreant ways and report us. I don't care." I shrugged my shoulders and smiled wickedly. He just sighed and started the airplane, lifting off and heading back to Italy.
Once we got back I updated Aro on what happened, well, what I wanted to tell him anyway. I told him about Joham and his little plot of making a hybrid army. I suggested to him to "talk" to Joham, but leave the sisters alone because they were innocent of such plans. I then checked my email, not surprised at the message Renesmee had sent.
Dad picked out proposal plans out of Jacob's head. I want you to come back to be my maid of honour. Please?
Renezz
I sighed. I didn't want to return, but it was her wedding… I sent back a reply.
Send me a date. I'll show up in a black sexy dress. Don't tell the rents, just let me show.
Eddie.
I signed out and erased my history before getting dressed. I felt like exploring Italy a bit before my next mission. I got dressed in slightly less black clothing that I had been wearing recently. I didn't feel like getting odd looks for a cloak I didn't even have to hide under. I soon was wearing tie-dyed black and grey cut off shorts that were held up with a studded black belt. Underneath that I had black tights that looked like ribbons since it was cut interestingly.
I put on some black leather, open toed, high heel boots. My top was a simple black lacy camisole that looked funky and I kept my hair long and straight, donning a simple black headband. I put on my multi-chain grey necklace and some snake looking diamond earrings as my jewelry. I put my wallet and such into a black purse before heading outside of the castle.
I walked through the streets with my iPod in only one ear, just enjoying the sounds of conversations being spoken in Italian and other different languages. I bought an apple from a vendor and was chewing on it as I sat down at the side of a fountain. As I chewed thoughtfully, I looked around. I realized that this was the fountain that had been in the way of my mom and my dad, during that dark time so many years ago. "Bloody hell, anywhere I go I think of them." I murmured hating the fact my family was so well traveled. I tossed my apple core out in a nearby garbage can before walking down a random street. I noticed a few girls chattering and walked over to them.
"Hello," I conversed in Italian easily, "I'm new here and am slightly boy crazy," I said lightly, smiling knowingly as the girls nodded and giggled in understanding, "so I was just wondering where some nice tasty looking boys are hiding?"
One girl glanced at her friend and looked at me with a knowing smile of her own, "You're American, aren't you."
"Well, if you want to get all technical, I suppose so." I replied with a dry grin, "How could you tell?"
"Your accent isn't quite authentic. Close, but not quite. Stay in Italy for a few years, then no one would be able to tell."
"Sounds good to me," I shrugged, "Now. Delicious boys."
"Oh, well, there's a special hangout where some of the guys chill. Of course, they're really particular what girls they let in, but if you're let in you're in for life unless you do something of extreme stupidity. Like…I don't know sucking someone's blood or something where everyone can see." She joked
"So If I suck one's blood without them seeing I'm still good right?" I teased and the girls laughed.
"I guess so. Just watch out for some of the girls that go in, they get real territorial."
"Trust me, if you meet some of my family, you'll realize they're as territorial as a small puppy on a tiny leash." I grinned, enjoying this light banter, "Can you show me where it is?"
The girls exchanged glances and shook their heads, "No, because my older step-sister kind of blacklisted us from going in there. She said it was to protect our innocence, but too many of my friends have flirted with her boyfriend so she just kicked us out."
"Ah, so you include her in the territorial group. Could you point the way? I'm sure I could sniff them out once I'm close enough." I replied lightly, doing this despite the fact I already knew exactly where to go since I sifted through the girls' heads.
They smiled, "Sure! Just do me a favour," the girl who had been doing most of the talking was saying this, "Use your American beauty to steal the attention away from my sister. She needs to be taken down a peg or two."
"That I can do for you," I answered, "Thank you." I walked away, erasing their memories completely of me, something that was more of a habit then anything after the last couple of days.
I knew that I was outside the place when I could hear a bunch of teenager soap opera thoughts sifting through the door. I knocked lightly and smiled flirtatiously at the boy who had opened the door, "I've heard this is where the It crowd hangs out. Have room for one more?"
He grinned, "Sure American Sweetie Pie," I stopped the urge to roll my eyes at the reference to the movie, "You in town for a visit?"
"Sure." I said, before the smell hit me. I took a step back, my eyes watering from the urge that was running through my body. I felt sorry for my father, something I never quite understood despite the fact I could hear his thoughts from that time. Who knew that singers could smell so, delicious. I took a few steps into the room and closed the door behind me, my throat burning in a way that it never had before. At this moment, I felt more vampire then human as my eyes locked onto my prey, my mind calculating what to do with the spectators. I was more of my father's daughter at that moment then I thought was possible.
A/N Teehee! Sorry for those who wished for Edelle to fall in love with Nahuel, but I don't think she'd be happy with a jungle boy…Have you seen jungle book? They seem really whiny about going to man villages. Of course, Nahuel would go to the man village for a little extra snack…but besides the point. I LOVE reviews, they make me write faster. . . and I'm on vacation this week, so I may or may not update depending on reviews. So. :D
Extra Note, look up Edelle's outfit on my profile. :D
