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CPOV

I was really looking forward to seeing my old friend again. I had not seen him in so long, and I couldn't help wonder what he'd been up to all these years. I was really excited for the prospect of being able to find out about his experiments. He had always been brilliant, and I never understood why the Volturi wouldn't allow him to release his formula. After all, they were the ones who were forever insisting that our kind stay hidden from the human world. Augustus's formula would have been the perfect thing. There were a lot of things I never understood about the way Aro's mind worked. I was just glad to have the knowledge that we were no longer under his thumb.

ARPOV

It had been many years since I had seen my old friend Carlisle; I often wondered whatever became of him after he left Italy. I had been anxious to catch up with him and see what had gone on in his life ever since he called. I had been amazed and thrilled, when I heard it had been his family that defeated the Volturi. I figured he would always be alone and just travel around the world or something. I had learned though that he had in fact become a doctor and created a family for himself. That thought intrigued me more every time I thought of it.

APOV

"It's time! He will be here in two minutes," I announced to everyone.

The family and I assembled in the living room to meet the man, who was about to change our lives and make them much easier. I was so excited; I could hardly wait. Two minutes later the doorbell rang, and Esme answered it.

"Good evening. Would this be Dr. Carlisle Cullen's residence?" he asked.

"Yes, it would. Won't you please come in?" Esme asked in reply.

"Thank you," he said.

Esme led him to the living room, where we all waited.

"Augustus Reynolds, it's been too long, old friend," Carlisle greeted.

"That it certainly has, Carlisle, and for that I am sorry. We should have kept in better touch, but we shall make up for it now," Augustus replied with a smile.

"That we will, but first allow me to introduce my wonderful family," Carlisle said.

"Of course, and please let me say that from the looks of it, you have done a wonderful job," he replied.

"Thank you; first, we have Edward, who is my oldest son and his mate Bella, who is our youngest. Next would be Rosalie, who is the next oldest child and her mate Emmett who is after her. Last, but by no means least, we have Alice and her mate Jasper," Carlisle said.

"Well, it is my great pleasure to meet you all; I have been looking very forward to this, ever since Carlisle called me," Augustus replied.

"I saved the best introduction for last; this is Esme, my lovely bride," Carlisle told him, as he put his arm around Esme's shoulder.

"I must say I find myself quite envious old friend; you have a beautiful family. I am curious though; when I talked to Eleazar, he said you have a granddaughter," Augustus said.

"Yes, she is upstairs sleeping. She is Bella and Edward's daughter; you might meet her in a bit. She usually wakes up every couple of hours to eat," Carlisle explained.

"Ah, I see and will look forward to it, then," he said.

"You don't have any type of companion for yourself?" Carlisle asked.

"Well, I have a young friend that comes around quite a lot, when he's not pursuing other things. His name is Colin Reynolds; he took my last name when I turned him. He was 18 and dying from injuries he sustained in a mugging. I found him and took him to my home and changed him," Augustus explained.

We listened intently as Augustus explained what he had been up to over the years, and he had, in fact, been quite busy. He had invented the spray tan for our kind and he told us about colored contacts.

"You say you have invented colored contacts that are venom resistant?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes, it would take me an eternity to explain the process, but they do in fact work quite well. I am wearing them now, in fact," he said.

I hadn't noticed his eye color at first, but I looked now; his eyes were a dark brown color. They were gorgeous with his jet black hair and tan looking skin.

"This is so exciting; we can all have different eye color!" I exclaimed.

I don't remember what my human eye color was, but I always imagined it blue or brown. I know Jazzy would look so hot with blue or green eyes.

EPOV

Everyone was discussing or thinking of what the possibility of all the discoveries Augustus had made would mean for us, when I heard my daughter's angelic thoughts from upstairs.

"Mommy? Daddy? I'm hungry," she thought, as she started squirming in her crib. Bella heard her and started to get up.

"Daddy, I'm wet,"Ren started to complain.

"Let me go get her, love, while you go fix her a bottle. She is wet and hungry; so by the time we are back downstairs, you will have her bottle ready," I explained. She agreed and went to the kitchen, while I headed upstairs.

"You are such a good father, Edward; I am so proud of you. You and Bella work so well together," Esme praised. I smiled as I ran up the stairs. Like any man, I liked to make my mom proud.

I walked into the nursery Esme fixed for Ren; she had started to get impatient while waiting to get a dry diaper. She, like most babies, hated being wet and wanted to be changed five minutes ago. She heard me enter the nursery and turned her head in my direction.

"Daddy!" her thoughts exclaimed, as her chocolate brown eyes lit up. She was such a beautiful baby with her curly hair the same shade of bronze as mine and her brown eyes, the same as Bella's human ones.

"Hello, little one; did you have a good nap?" I asked her, as I lifted her out of the crib and kissed her downy soft locks.

"Yes, Daddy," she responded.

"Okay, let's get you a dry diaper on. Mommy is making you a bottle right now," I told her while I worked.

"We have a visitor downstairs, Ren. He is an old friend of Grandpa Carlisle's, and he is anxious to meet you," I told her.

She was listening to me intently, as I changed her into a pretty dress. Alice and Rose had bought her so many clothes, and insisted that she had on a new outfit every time she was changed. It didn't bother Ren to be changed so much, so Bella and I just went with it. Bella agreed they were too adorable not to be worn; I went with whatever my wife wanted.

"Okay, gorgeous, time to go meet Mr. Reynolds," I said, as I settled her in the crook of my arm and headed downstairs.

When we entered the living room, Augustus stood up to get a better look at Ren.

"She is truly extraordinary; she looks completely human, but she does not smell human. I can tell by her eyes that she is mentally more mature than any human infant," he said, looking at my daughter with awe.

"Hello, little poppet, it is a great pleasure to meet you," Augustus said.

Ren watched him with great delight; he was the first person she had met other than family. I could tell from her thoughts she wanted to talk to him, so I told him to put her hand on his face. He did so without question and immediately gasped.

She showed him that she was happy to meet him. There was laughter and happiness in my daughters face at being able to surprise this interesting man.

"Extraordinary!" he exclaimed and took his seat again.

I handed Ren to Bella, as she sat down; Ren greedily began sucking her bottle. Augustus had so many questions about Ren's conception and birth. He was first and foremost a scientist, but he was never rude or intrusive with his questioning.

BPOV

"So, you slowly changed during the pregnancy. Was it painful at all?" Augustus asked me.

I looked down lovingly at Ren while she ate.

"No, it wasn't painful at all. The worst part of the pregnancy for me was the morning sickness. I hear a lot of woman say that though," I commented with a shrug. I looked over to Edward who was nodding his head in agreement.

"I couldn't imagine what was wrong with Bella, when she started getting sick on our honeymoon. Now that it's over and I think back, I realize she was exhibiting other symptoms; her balance was better and her hearing and eyesight had improved as well by this time. I was still shocked, when we realized she could be pregnant. I almost panicked, but Bella talked me down," he replied with a chuckle.

"You almost panicked? Why? This is an absolute miracle," Augustus said sounding confused.

This caused everyone in the room to laugh and his confusion to increase.

"As my family would love to tell you, I have a tendency to overreact; especially when it came to human Bella and her safety. I was afraid I had put her life in danger, but she really did talk me down. As you said, this was a miracle; she let me know that this was a good thing. She pointed out that her body was already changing to accommodate the baby, and that it would probably change further. We confirmed this with Carlisle, and he assured us she would be safe," Edward replied, as he stroked Ren's hair while she drank her bottle.

"By the time she was four or five months along, her shield had become very powerful; and she is the reason we defeated the Volturi. She neutralized their powers and even used Jane and Alex's powers against everyone. She was amazing," Carlisle pointed out, like a proud father announcing his child is on the honor roll.

If I still blushed, I would have been purple; instead, I just smiled shyly and looked down at my baby.

"That is truly remarkable, Bella. May I inquire about the birth?" he asked.

"The birth was, I imagine, like most human births; I went into labor early while out shopping," I told him, but I didn't mention Jacob.

We had decided it was best not to mention them to other vampires. I never wanted to see Jacob Black again, but I didn't want other vampires going to Forks to check them out and possibly killing someone I knew and cared about.

"We got back home; and about an hour later, she was here. I was able to push her out with no problem. She actually helped with what she could and made it very easy on me, well as easy as birth can be. I held her for a minute before Edward bit me. We knew my transformation would complete after the birth, but he bit me to speed it along. I woke up 12 hours later, a fully transformed vampire," I told him, while he sat and looked completely fascinated.

"I see you have no problems holding her, but she doesn't smell human. While you traveled up here, did you have any trouble being around humans? I mean; aren't you just a few days old, my dear?" he asked.

"She is; but when she was about two months along, she started craving blood. She has been on animal blood since then, so she has had no trouble being around humans," Carlisle said.

"Fascinating! Now, what about Renesmee? Does she exhibit any other powers besides her communication?" he asked.

"Not yet, she is completely on baby formula right now, but we are thinking that will change as she gets older," Carlisle replied.

Everyone was paying attention, but we were all curious of what Augustus thought.

"I believe you are probably right, old friend. If Bella's pregnancy is anything to go by, she will exhibit more vampire traits as she gets older. I am thinking when she hits puberty, her true nature will manifest itself," he said.

"What do you mean, her true nature?" Edward asked.

Edward and I heard the answer in his head, but he asked this out loud for the non-mind reader's benefit.

"Her true nature being whether she will be more human or vampire. If she is more human, her abilities won't advance beyond what you see here with her communication. If she is more vampire, she will become far more advanced; she will begin craving blood. I will be checking back with you, if that is okay when the time comes. I am most interested in your little Ren," he said with a smile.

"Of course, you are invited back here any time, Augustus," Edward said.

Augustus stayed for a few more hours and explained to us how to apply the vampire airbrush tanning solution. We could put in on and it would stay on for up to three months at a time. The contacts were simple; they were venom resistant and would last for as long as we had them. Augustus did advise us to change them out every so often though. He left us with a huge supply just in case something happened, and said he would ship more when we required them. The family was very excited to try everything out.

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