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 11: Gullible Children
(Renesmee POV)
Helena and I had been walking together now for about 20 minutes in the woods. Instead of taking the path that lead home, we took the opposite that took us further away. As we walked, Helena had asked me a lot of questions, Weird ones too. Like Where my family was right this second, If I had ever drank human blood, If my family had done anything really bad recently, If I was happy with my family and tons of other stuff. We were really getting to know each other. I noticed that she had a slight English accent in her voice that you wouldn't notice at first, And even though she was really nice, there was something about her that made me a little scared of her. I also noticed that she was kind of a child at heart, which was nice. I liked talking like a child every now and then. Everyone always expected me to speak like a grown up and sometimes I just wanted to be a kid. I have never been around other children before.
I liked Helena a lot though. She was so nice and so cool. As we continued to walk together talking and such, A thought came to my mind. "Helena, Do you have a special ability?" She seemed to be stumped for a second, as if she hadn't expected me to ask that. "Yes. I have the ability to… Painfully confuse people. I suppose that's what we can call it." I looked to her in a mixture of fascination and shock. To Painfully Confuse someone. I wonder how that worked. Well I didn't want to find out first hand of course. Suddenly Helena would ask me a question she had already asked me before. "Are you truly happy with your family Ren?" She was the first person to ever call me Ren, When most people shorten my name they just call me Ness, Or Nessie. I didn't know why she asked me that again. What was she getting at exactly? "Yea, I love my family" I said looking straight ahead. She looked to the side down at me and spoke again. "But are you happy?"
There she went again. Yes I'm happy I guess.. Well.. I don't know actually. "I guess so.. It's just that.. I'm only a year and a half and I look like a 12 year old. I didn't get much of a child hood. I've never even been around other children for more than a few minutes, And I guess I just wish people would talk to me like a kid sometimes instead of a proper adult. I can't complain though, I mean I did get my family in trouble with the Volturi. I figured I've done enough already." Helena would snap her head to the side and look at me with a serious face. "That is not your fault Ren. It was your parent's. They've always been reckless since the day they first laid eyes on each other."
I looked to Helena curiously. She seemed to know a lot about my family. My mom and dad never really told me much about there relationship events that occurred before I was born. So I was curious to see If Helena knew things. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Well you know.. When they started dating, These 3 Vampires came here to Forks just passing by and when they meet your family, Your father became jealous of the Vampire James because he was flirting with your mother. So your father murdered him. And that was only the beginning of their problems." I widened my eyes in shock as she told me this. "What happened after that?" I asked eagerly.
"Well after your father killed James, His mate Victoria was devastated so she put together a plan with her friend Laurent to create a newborn army to kill your father and mother for revenge but they failed. But before that happened Your father broke up and abandoned your mother, Leaving her here in Forks while he and the rest of the Cullen's moved to some other part of the world. They moved away knowing that Victoria and Laurent were in the area. And Laurent endedup almost killing your mother because Your father was no where to protect her. Luckily the wolf pack saved her. But then Your mom ended up going to the Volturi knowing that your father would be there and.." I immediately cut her off after that. "Why was he with the Volturi?!" Helena looked down to me as she brushed her long dark hair out of her face with her fingers.
"Oh. You didn't know? Your father joined them. But your mother begged him to take her back and at first he refused, But then Aro got one of his guards to form a bond between your mom and dad and he took her back." I was astounded. Was this really true?! "Aro did that?" I asked in shocked. Helena would nod her head. "Yup. If he hadn't stepped in, You would have never been born." I couldn't believe this. This couldn't be true.. "That guard must have made the bond pretty tight because your father even forgave your mother for kissing that wolf boy Jacob."
"What!? Jacob!? MY Jacob?!" I was furious! I can't believe they kept that from me! "Yea.. Sorry to tell you Ren.. But it's better to know who your family really is, then living a lie." I was so angry! I couldn't believe this.. why would my mom kiss Jacob while she was with my daddy?! And Was the Volturi really not as bad as my family always made them out to be? I was so confused. "I don't even know who to trust anymore.. I can't even tell who the bad guys are and who the good guys are." Helena stayed silent for a few seconds as we continued to walked, Then she would speak. "Renesmee. There is Evil in this world everywhere you turn. And I cannot keep you from it. No one can. It is up to you to find your own way. To do what you think is right."
Helena made a lot of sense. I did have to find my own way. "Can't I come with you Helena?" Helena would chuckle as we stopped walking, she rested her hand gently on my cheek and smile. "Not today, My little bronze beauty. Perhaps soon Though." She would say referring to my bronze colored hair. I sighed in disappointment. "How soon?" I asked eagerly. She would lean down closer to me and whisper with a smile. "Very, very soon. I wouldn't get too comfortable at home." I smiled at her with pure happiness. I really liked Helena. She's like the sister that I never had but always wanted.
"Renesmee?! Renesmee, where are you?!" Helena and I both cocked our heads back as we looked to the direction of where the voice came from. It sounded like Lylah.. Not a second later Lylah was 10 feet in front of us. "There you are! Your parent's are worried sick!" Lylah would say in a concerned tone. "Then Why didn't THEY come looking for me?" I snapped at her. Lylah looked a bit confused by my snap and was about to answer until she finally noticed Helena. "Do you know this woman Renesmee?" She asked keeping a cautious eye on the now smiling Helena. "Yes, This is my friend Helena." I said sternly. Lylah still looked at Helena in a cautious way. "Alright, That's all very well but I better be getting you home now Renesmee.. It's getting late." She would say with concern clearly in her voice.
Then before I could even do or say anything, Lylah would shout in a now concerned but angry way. "Renesmee run home now and go get everyone else!" I jumped to her sudden change in tone. "Why? What's wrong?" I asked in confusion. "Just go! Now!" Isuddenly began to run but I stopped once I was out of there sight but I made sure they weren't out of my hearing range. I hid behind a tree because I wanted to know why Lylah was acting that way towards Helena, and stayed behind. As I listened, I could hear Helena chuckle in a weird way, almost malicious. Then, Lylah would speak to her in a stern way. "You ought to do a better job hiding your Volturi necklace, other than just tucking it under your shirt. You can still see the Crest's outline."
Sorry this Chapter's short. Been sick all day today and yesterday. Didn't want to miss another day and Ill have next chapter up by tomorrow night. It's gonna get crazy!