I laid on the bed given to me for what seemed like hours. I couldn't sleep. The others came in not long after I had gotten out of the shower, and resumed their previous activities from when I had come in. Soon after, they pulled themselves under their blankets and went to sleep.

I could see the moon in the sky through one of the windows, and I wondered if my parents could see the same moon. I wanted my mother and father there to protect me as they always did. I wanted Jacob too. And he was so much closer. I thought of trying to find him, but the idea of running into that monster of a man, Joham, crossed my mind. I shuddered. I was afraid of him. Curling up into a ball, I prayed that Jacob would find a way to get us out of here.

When I awoke next, the room was empty save for Huilen. She stood at one of the windows, letting the morning sun wash over her sparkling skin. She was beautiful, but still I could see the sadness in her eyes. Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail and she was wearing a sky blue silk dress. I sat up and she turned to me and smiled.

"Good morning little one." she said to me. In her arms she carried an off-white silky object. Placing it on the end of my bed she headed to the door and said that she would wait for me outside. I slowly climbed out from under the sheets and took the object she left in my hands. It was a light sleeved top and matching pants with a little embroidering around the neck and sleeves. Under the clothes were a simple pair of sandals.

I wasted no time in getting dressed and heading out to see Huilen. Together we walked through the white halls of the house to what looked like a kitchen. Inside were the three girls with who I shared a room and a boy that I had not seen before. His black hair reminded me of Jacob and I could feel a longing within me. But that was where the resemblance ended. This boy had darker skin like Huilen and red eyes like the girls, and looked to be the same age as Chikela.

He smiled warmly at me like the others and I could not help but smile back. "Little one," Huilen said softly to me, "this is Nahuel." Nahuel came over to me and pushed some of my copper locks behind my ear. "So, this is the one that has father so worked up."

So Nahuel was another of Joham's children, another prisoner. But he gave me another warm smile, one that made me wonder how he could give so many of them while knowing that he was trapped here. He showed me to the table where the others sat and handed me a cup of red liquid. The smell of it made me nearly swallow it in one gulp. I was at least not going to starve, but I knew that to be the least of my problems now.

The girls took me back to our room after Huilen took the cup from me. No words were said, but by now I knew that few would always be said. Around here silence seemed to be sacred, and I would come to prefer it for some time. At our room they brushed out my copper curls and put my hair up. They helped to put gems on my collar, like they had on theirs, so that hopefully I would not see it as I knew I always would.

No matter how much they tried to hide it, they knew too.

On my wrists and ankles they slipped small bracelets of shiny beads. Vaguely I remembered the necklace my mother had gotten in a box of wood, gold, and a rainbow of colors. They all shone beautifully. A ghost of a smile graced my lips at the memory. Aminah caught it and smiled at me. Slowly I raised my hand to her face and showed her my memory. Surprise was in her eyes but her smile widened when she saw it.

Chikela and Pernel saw it and I showed them as well. Their reactions were the same as Aminah, and I smiled with them. I knew that with these girls I would be okay here. Any happiness to be found was here with Huilen, Nahuel, and them. Over the years, even though I would become seperate from Renesmee, she so much happiness with the people who would become her second family.

It was not long before I was brought before Joham again. He asked me more questions, this time about my family. He promised that if I answered them he would let me see Jacob again. So I answered.

I told him about my family, things I knew about them. Everything was fine until he got to the part of why I wasn't with them. I was silent for a long time, not able to will myself to tell him. He asked again. This time I told him, but in my own way. I showed him what I remembered. Snow, family, friends all around me.

However, when I showed him the Volturi he jerked away from me like I had the plague. The look on his face I will never forget. It was a mix of fear, anger, disgust and surprise. It was nearly frightening to me, but I held my place. He straightened himself and asked me more questions. Why were the Volturi there? Why were they all there?

I told him it was about me, but I didn't know why. After that he asked no more questions. He called for Huilen to take me to Jacob. She came in just as I saw him prepare a needle.

The last memory I have as Renesmee is the poking of a needle in my skin.

What happened after that, I know only from what was told to me. Joham was busy for nearly a year, staying in his laboratory working on a secret project. Not that anyone else cared, as long as they were not part of it. That secret peroject, though they did not know it, was me.

During that year many things happened. Renesmee's growth decreased drastically, but unlike before, there was someone who knew what was going on. She learned that Huilen was actually Nahuel's biological aunt. Nahuel had bitten her when he was born and she had been with him ever since. She had also been there when the three girls were born, making her the mother figure much like our grandmother Esme had been in our family.

Jacob was kept in his cold room, and Renesmee was hardly allowed near him. She felt the lonelyness, but luckily she still had the others. The next time I saw him, he was thin and unkept, but there was a fire in his eyes that I would never forget.

For a year, as I developed, Joham took notes on me constantly. I grew fast, and when I was released from my tank I was only a bit smaller than Renesmee, but was nearly a perfect clone.

Nearly.

Holy crap its been a long time since I updated. Been a while since I finally got inspiration for this one though, so please forgive me. Next chapter is still revolving in my mind.