DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT SAGA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS! All Ownership and credibility goes to STEPHANIE MEYER!

I do however, own Sonja and all the Characters in her Coven. I also Own the Character Helena.

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The Umbra

Chapter 10: Stranger

(Renesmee POV)

I was a little confused when my family and Sonja came back to the house with the Romanians. We hadn't seen them in months since the Volturi put us on trial. They were pretty angry when they left since too since the trial didn't result in a fight against the Volturi. So I really didn't expect them to be back this soon. Though something told me this wasn't a simple friendly visit.

Mom, dad, Grandma, grandpa, Sonja's coven and my aunts and uncles were all in the living room talking with the Romanians. I could tell they had talked about something Prior to returning to the house because I caught them in mid conversation. From what I could tell, they were talking about the Volturi. I sat on a couch between my Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett, trying to catch up on what they were all talking about.

"Knowing this, You still refuse to rise against the Volturi Carlisle?" Stefan asked my grandpa. Were they trying to fight the Volturi again? But why? And Knowing what? What did I miss? I looked to my grandpa and he seemed to be really thinking something over. "Even if we did move against them, My family with you and Sonja's coven will still be outnumbered by Aro's witnesses." My grandpa was actually considering this? What's going on here? Why are we moving against the Volturi?

"Then we call upon our friends from last time. Carlisle They were willing to help us once why not again? And I'm sure the wolves will be more than happy to help us." My daddy said to Grandpa. I like My grandpa's friends. Especially Benjamin and Zafrina, They were so cool and so nice to me. "I won't call them to fight again Edward." Grandpa said. I looked to Sonja out of curiosity to see if she would say something. Then I looked to her coven Lylah, Titus, Rachel and Adonis. Why did they want to fight the Volturi? Had the Volturi been bothering them as well? I had so many questions but no one I could really ask at the moment except maybe my mom later.

"Carlisle would you rather them come here and slaughter your family without our help or all of us go over there and free the world of their Tyranny?" Sonja asked. Us go over there? To Italy? Did she just say the Volturi was coming here? "They're coming here? Is it because of me again?" I asked. My Aunt Rosalie wrapped her arm around me and pulled me into her side. "No you did nothing wrong sweetheart." Aunt Rosalie told me. "The Volturi just doesn't like us Kiddo." Uncle Emmett then said. I looked over to my mom and she looked to me with what looked like concern. I didn't understand why the Volturi wanted to kill us. I know there bad people, after seeing them rip apart my cousin Irina for something so little, nothing could convince me otherwise. But we did nothing wrong. My mom told me that Aro wanted My aunt Alice because she could see into the future. But that's no reason to try and kill us. I thought we were going to be safe now. Was the Volturi ever going to leave us alone?

I looked over to my grandpa and he looked like he was getting frustrated, like he didn't know what to do. I hated this. Why can't the Volturi just leave us alone?! We never bothered them! I was starting to get angry so I stood up and began to walk away. My mom was suddenly in front of me with her hand over my shoulder. "Where are you going Ness?" She asked me quietly. I looked at her with a blank face. "The meadow." I answered her. The meadow is the place where my mom and dad always go to talk and hang out. They started taking me there a couple months ago, Now I go there when I need peace and quiet and to just get away from it all.

She nodded her head. "Alright but I want you back here in 15 minutes. And no talking to strangers." Yea right. Strangers rarely ever showed up near the meadow. Why would they? I guess ever since that Vampire Laurent tried to kill my mom there before I was born, She's just been paranoid. But She knows I'm really fast like my dad, and if any trouble happened It would only take me a minute to run back here. I nodded to her and she leaned down kissing my forehead.

When I got outside I immediately started to run, making my way to the meadow. I couldn't help but wonder where My Jacob was. I haven't seen him in a few days and I miss him. I wish he was here so I could hunt. Since he wasn't here, if I wanted to hunt I have to take my mom or my dad or anyone at home. But hunting is more fun with Jacob because we play around. I hope he's okay and comes back soon. After about two minutes I arrived at the meadow. It was so peaceful, the only things you could hear was nature. Wind blowing through the tall grass and the trees, Bird's chirping, bugs humming, I could just close my eyes and fall asleep here for hours. I took a deep breath as I took in the scents of the forest.

I walked in more until I was almost right in the middle of the meadow. I threw myself back to lay on the grass and just tried relax. I didn't want to think about the Volturi coming here or my family going there. I didn't want to think about them at all. I just wanted to relax and pretend there were no worries, No trouble, and No Volturi. I closed my eyes and felt the sun's light resting on my eyelids. I could hear the relaxing sound of the stream that was nearby and the sound of the tall trees that surrounded the meadow blow in the wind. I opened my eyes for a moment and looked to the side seeing the beautiful wild flowers that surrounded me as I laid there. I again closed my eyes trying to enjoy the few minutes I had left here.

After those few minutes had past I still didn't get up, I wanted more time. I had been gone for 20 minutes, 5 minutes over then what My mom told me. They were so in to their meeting they probably wouldn't even notice I was gone for another 10 minutes. So I laid there for another 10 minutes. After that I knew it was time to go home, I didn't want to push my luck. So I stood up and brushed myself off trying to get some of the grass off of me, but it wasn't until I looked up and straight ahead that I would notice I was being watched.

It wasn't a Wolf or any animal for that matter, It was definitely a person. And from the looks of it, it was a woman. She was pretty far away. She was standing where the meadow ended and the trees began. She was just standing there watching me with a grin on her face. I smelled the air to see if I could get a scent on her to determine if she were a human or vampire. She was definitely a Vampire.

I couldn't see very much of her facial features since she was so far away. I'm Pretty sure if she were a bad Vampire that she would have tried to kill me already. Maybe she's curious. I didn't exactly look like an immortal child anymore. I looked like I was twelve, and since that girl Jane in the Volturi looks twelve, I guess no one makes a big fuss out of it. But still it was pretty young.

Not to mention that I have blood running through my veins but still had the scent of a Vampire. So I'm pretty sure she was curious. Or maybe she's a friend of my grandpa's. So she would have to be friendly! I stared at her for a few more seconds as she stared back at me then I would finally speak. "Hi." I said in a soft normal tone. Right after I said that within a blink of an eye she was now 5 feet in front of me. "Hello." She said in a sweet tone with a smile on her face. She was very beautiful.

"Are you lost?" I asked. "I don't think so." She said, still with a smile on her face as she looked to me. "Well, are you a friend of my grandpa Carlisle?" I asked curiously, I mean why else would she be here? Not many Vampires came to Forks unless they knew my grandpa. "Indeed I am." She said. I knew it. I knew she was a friend of my grandpa's. I loved my grandpa's friends. "I've heard a lot about you Renesmee." She even knows my name. Grandpa must have told her about me. She seems really nice, and she never stopped smiling at me.

"My grandpa told you about me?" I asked. "Yes, but your also famous in the vampire world, especially with the Volturi." The Volturi? Why would she even mention them? Was she here to help fight them too? Then I became curious. "What's your name?" I asked. Then she smiled even wider. "My name's Helena."