Hello again! See what happens when I'm inspired? Nothing for years and then zap! Pretty little updates all in a row! Thank you so much to the readers that are still around and a big Hey to anyone that has just joined us, welcome! I really appreciate everyone that reviews and has sent me a pm, so with that in mind I would like to dedicate this chapter to lei Sun. Your words really touched me and you had some great guesses which may or may not be true . I wish I had actually thought of some of them myself. And as you rightly pointed out her eyes should be brown..ooops my bad.

One last thing, there is a line in here which I have shamelessly borrowed from HP, as I love it so much. It's not mine, I am just playing with it. Okay enjoy the update and please let me know what you think. Mwah. Love Tink. xxxxxx

Nessie

I braced myself for the pain, waiting for it to take me away from everything I had ever loved, tearing me out of my family's arms forever. It didn't come, instead a frenzied snarl met my ears and my eyes popped wide in shock. I saw Leah throwing herself at Jacob as they rolled together in tangle of fur and claws. In the same second a face appeared in front of me and in a moment I was being scooped up, held, carried in a set of strongly muscled arms. A heart beat fluttered rapidly beneath my ear and a vaguely familiar face stared down at me. His skin was as dark as Jacob's, his features ethereally beautiful where Jacobs were rugged, his dark chocolate eyes narrowed in concern as he studied me.

"Who are you?" I stared up at him as he hurried from the room, heading for the back door and out towards the tree line.

"I am Nahuel Renesmee. Surely you remember me? It hasn't been that long has it?"

He was a flicker from my past, from a time that I would rather forget; a time that still gave me nightmares. It was a wonder I hadn't blanked him out completely.

"Where are you taking me? We have to go back and help Leah, she won't be able to hold them both off, I can't leave her," I wriggled in the circle of his arms, wanting to get down, frustrated that he seemed to be stronger than me.

"I am taking you away from here, from these creatures, to safety."

He spoke in stilted English and with such finality, that my heart thudded with dread.

"No, please you can't, Leah needs me, she needs help, they're killing her, please!"

"Leah? I do not know this Leah, my concern is only for you Renesmee."

"She is my friend and she needs our help, please Nahuel, please take me back."

I twisted deftly in his arms and looked over his shoulder, terrified as I watched Leah become lost in a mangled snarl of grey, black and russet fur. I struggled uselessly in his hold, trying to claw my way free of his arms.

He merely glanced down at me with an amused look, "You are injured and bleeding, do not struggle you will only hurt yourself. I am stronger little one. It is useless to struggle against me."

It wasn't until his words hit me that I became aware of the dull burning sensation across my ribs, where Jacobs claws had torn my skin. Blood oozed from the wound in a slow trickle, it wasn't life threatening but it stung. It was a unique experience for me to feel injured and had circumstances been different I would have like to analyze the feelings. Right now all I could feel was panic for Leah and irritation at his condescending behavior.

Despite the gravity of our situation I felt the urge to roll my eyes at his macho attitude. Then an idea hit me.

"Then do this for me please, Leah needs our help, you're stronger than me, strong enough to stop them, help her please," I begged, unashamed at using the wiles my Daddy had given me, making my own attempt to dazzle him.

His lips pursed thoughtfully and he came to a stop, with somewhat of an exasperated sigh.

"This is true, I am stronger...Very well, but then I must get you to safety...which one of those dogs is this Leah?"

He turned and moved quickly towards the tangle of wolves.

"She's the grey wolf, she's smaller than the others, please help her, they're killing her". By now I wasn't past begging.

As we approached my heart was in my mouth, Leah was fighting valiantly but she was weakening, flagging against the pair of bigger, stronger wolves, I suspected it was only her stubbornness, her bitchy determination, that had kept her going this long. Her flanks were slick with blood and I knew she must be in a lot of pain but still she kept on. Nahuel set me down and strode purposefully towards the melee. He hissed as the large black wolf turned at his approach and despite his autocratic and chauvinistic attitude, I worried for him, Wolves were made for killing vampires, hybrids were no exception.

The rogue turned away from Leah and Jacob as Nahuel swung his huge hand back, connecting with his shoulder and sending him skidding across the room. The noise of claws scraping across the sent a frisson of fear down my spine. In a second the wolf turned again and leapt at Nahuel trying to find purchase on the slippery surface, his fangs bared and snapping a warning. Nahuel attempted to wrap his arms around the rogue, using his strength to subdue him but this only served to infuriate him and he fought harder. The rogue snapped his jaws, his dripping fangs only inches from Nahuel's skin, and then with a sudden twist Nahuel flipped him sending him flying towards Leah and Jacob.

The rogue landed between them, with a yelp, scattering all three of them across the room. Leah attempted to scramble to her feet but her strength was waning and she growled a warning as she stood on legs that trembled. Jacob was there again in an instant and I knew this could be it for her. My legs were moving without conscious thought and in a split second I found myself between them. I felt Leah butt her head firmly, impolitely against my shoulder, trying to nudge me out of the way but I stood firm.

It had come down to this; Jacob faced me, his snout twisted into a grimace, fangs bared in a blatant show of aggression. I could only hope my legs looked stronger than they felt, that I was showing no weakness and I forced myself to remain still before hissing to Leah,

"Run, Leah, find my family, get help. Nahuel will protect me. Go!"

I felt her hesitation and then in a split second there was a swish of breeze and she was gone. Now it was two against two. Hybrids against Wolves. Taking a deep breath, I braced myself and tried to think about everything Leah had taught me. The only problem was- Leah had trained me to fight other vampires' not giant wolves. This was Jacob, the love of my life, my protector, my best friend. Never, not even in the deepest parts of my imagination would I have expected this; nothing could have prepared me to fight him.

His head tilted slightly to the side, imperceptibly and he watched me though intelligent eyes. It was as though he was trying to figure me out and I felt a flicker of hope, was he remembering? Was he coming back to me?

Jacob

Ephraim's voice was strangely silent in my mind as he fought with the other abomination, a male of the species, her mate I guessed. Somewhere in the recesses of my mind, I felt a stab of pain accompany this thought and my guts twisted painfully as brief pulse erupted inside me.

Her, it was something to do with her, this creature before me, the one I was bred to kill. I looked down at her and snarled, unsure where these thoughts were coming from. Though I knew she was dangerous, a predator, a killer in the guise of human, I felt no sense of threat from her. It puzzled and confused me. Standing before me, her clothes torn and rumpled, a large crimson stain slowly spreading across her body, her skin pale and her brown eyes seemingly too large for her face, she looked the picture of fucking innocence. How could this be? But my alpha warned me, she was a devil in the guise of an angel.

From the corner of my eye I could see Ephraim and the other bloodsucker who were slamming against walls, both suffering, nether willing to back down. Loyalty divided me, did I kill the creature before me as I was supposed to or did I help my alpha defeat her mate, removing him from the equation? With him gone it would be easier to defeat the little one, which had been my sole purpose until something had stymied me. I had paused before delivering the death blow and I couldn't say why.

I thrilled at the prospect of killing her mate, so I turned my head towards the pair, ready to throw myself at the male, when the scent of more wolves and bloodsuckers reached me.

Frozen for a moment I inhaled, hoping it was my pack mates, knowing when I heard the sound of unknown furious growls and snarls there were other wolves and leeches out there. The female took advantage of my lapse and was gone in an instant, moving with supernatural speed outside. The movement sparked the hunting instinct inside me and with a sense of deja vu, I took off after her, leaving my alpha and the male to fight it out. She would be mine.

Nessie

The way his snout twitched and his shoulders moved, told me he scented them the same time as I did. My family! They were here, they'd come for us. Mingled in with the comforting scents of home was the tangible odour of wolf, layered with the sickly sweet death scent of the Volturi. Not waiting to see Jacob's reaction I ran towards the front of the house and for the door, towards the scents of my parents. I skidded to a stop at the bottom of the steps trying to take in the scene before me.

My family stood braced in a fighting stance, their faces masks of fury as they glared at the assembled members of the Volturi guard. Inter spaced around the clearing the wolves stood, snarling, pawing the ground facing Quil and Embry. Everywhere I looked I could see evidence of the battles fought elsewhere, clothes torn and ragged, hair mussed and blood marring the fur of my wolf family. It was an impasse, a deadly impasse.

My appearance in the yard acted as a catalyst and suddenly as one Quil and Embry moved towards me, as Sam and Seth surged forward meeting in the middle in an aggressive show of fangs and claws. Neither pack moved, each blocking the way of the other. Leah appeared suddenly from the tree line and darted past in me into the house, obviously following her nose, intent on stopping the rogue who was still fighting with Nahuel.

Uncle Emmet appeared suddenly at my side the same instant I was surprised to see Jacob did and I didn't even have time to call out before they were tangled in a brawl. Emmet's feet flying into Jacob's flank, sending them both hurtling across the clearing.

"Don't hurt him Emmet please," I cried as they tumbled down to the ground and fought, Emmett trying to pin Jacob who clawed and growled and snapped at his skin. The members of the Volturi watched with obvious pleasure as they collided.

"Renesmee go back inside, now."

My father glanced over his shoulder as he called to me and I watched as Jane smirked, the face from my childhood nightmares locking her scarlet eyes on mine. My heart stuttered, I had after all heard of her ability to inflict terrible pain, every vampire had. She was who they scared the younger wolves into behaving with, the vampire equivalent of the bogey man.

"Not my daughter you bitch," Mom growled under her breath and I felt a brief prickle against my skin as Mom's shield engulfed me.

Despite Jane's malevolent look I felt no pain and I could see the anger in her eyes the promise of revenge that glinted for a split second before it was gone. My eyes flicked back Emmet and Jacob as they jostled and fought for control, neither one gaining any ground, in fact Emmett looked as though he was enjoying his wrestling match.

"Felix, fetch Gianna and those dogs it's about time we ended this," Jane said quietly, her face a mask of calm composure again.

I didn't understand any of this, it was all so futile. Why now after all these years would they do this and why not send all of the guard? What could they possibly gain from coming after us, especially Jacob?

I heard the sound of muffled yelps and a loud smash from inside before Felix appeared once more, the huge rouge wolf behind him, following as obediently as a puppy. As he passed me the rogue snarled and snapped making me jump and Jane laughed delighted. The tension in the air made me edgy and I could tell by the grimace on Jasper's face, he felt it too.

"Deal with him" Jane murmured to the wolf and in the next instant Jacob fell still, unmoving as Emmet rolled him beneath him. Surprising me Jacob acquiesced with a quiet whine, though he still bared his fangs, emitting a low growl of protest.

"My dear, dear Cullen's, allow me to have the pleasure of introducing the newest member of our guard" she paused and smiled at the wolf, "Gianna if you will."

I watched as the large black creature seemed to shrink before my very eyes, the hair falling away in an instant leaving a stunning brunette in its place. A naked, stunning brunette. Gracefully, unashamed of her nakedness she climbed to her feet and offered us a smirk, coming to take her place beside the guard.

"Gianna's gift is a truly exceptional one, she is a shifter, she can take the form of any animal, human or hybrid" Jane explained with a little giggle and a pointed look in my direction.

I felt sick; she had been the rogue all the long? This was their weapon? Fury filled me as I realised what Jane was alluding to.

"Why?" I blurted striding down the steps to my parents side, "Why would you do this to us, now?"

"Ah little Nessie, all grown up at last. Gianna I don't believe you've met officially."

I felt her scrutiny and frowned.

"Though I have to say, I think she looks even better than you do...your mutt was certainly fooled long enough. They certainly had a lot of fun, right Gianna?" She chuckled again and I wanted to put my fist through her face.

"What did you do? What did you do to him, why is he like this?"

"Silly silly girl, I thought I explained she can shift into whomever she pleases and it pleases her to be Alpha of this pack...Ephraim Black."

My mind reeled, that was how she forced him to become rogue?

"But why?"

I didn't realize I had spoken allowed until Jane sighed and rolled her eyes, looking very much like the little girl she was.

"So many questions...this" she gestured wildly around her, suddenly losing her composure, "all of this is your fault you little freak!" she hissed.

"Hey, you watch your mouth you bitch, don't talk to her that way," Rosalie snarled, coming to my defense in an instant.

"Darling Renesmee, do you even realize the effect you've had on the entire vampire nation? Since your birth we've had vampires impregnating humans here and there, do you know how many we've had to destroy? How many of our own kind? Most vampires are not as... shall we say, discriminating as your father,"

"Why is that my fault? Why try to destroy us?" I was angry now, and even though I knew I could be playing with fire, I didn't care. The Volturi had already tried to ruin my life and the lives of my family and worst of all they had hurt my Jacob, wounded him so deeply I knew he would never be completely the same again.

Mom pulled me tightly to her side in a gentle warning and I felt a wave of calm washing over me, I glanced at Jasper who gave me a sheepish shrug.

"By letting you live all those years ago, it sent a message that the Volturi is getting soft, weak and others have since attempted to take us down. They have failed of course but now every vampire with a desire for children thinks it's okay to run around making little freaks just like you... The things we have had to do, to stop our secret spreading to the humans, how many creatures we've destroyed! You, all of you embarrassed Aro and he's had enough, we've had enough, it's over, an example must be made that this situation is unacceptable and will no longer be tolerated...Gianna."

My father looked at her and his face froze in horror as her grin got wider if that was possible "Go Nessie, get inside now!"

I didn't stop to ask what he had seen as Gianna shifted back into a giant wolf and Jacob suddenly came to life beneath an unprepared Emmett who found himself flying through the air with a muffled curse.

Once inside I called out for Leah, knowing I may only have seconds. The sounds of fighting reached my ears, the grunts of the vampires, the howls of the wolves. My heart thumped painfully in my chest at what I saw when I stumbled upon her.

Leah was curled in the fetal position, shivering and naked under the table, her body pitted with wounds, spattered with blood, her teeth chattering audibly. I had seen Leah with injuries before but his was serious, it was hard to see where one injury began and another stopped. But what got my attention was Nahuel. He was crouched protectively in front her, staring at her with a dazed look on his face.

"Leah, Leah" I called out and she opened her eyes with a weak smile, her gaze flicking from me to Nahuel and she smiled peacefully though her lips trembled. Though she appeared to be gravely injured I had never seen her look so serene and at peace.

"Can you get her out of here? Take her upstairs, she needs clothes and her wounds bandaging."

I spoke quietly to Nahuel who watched Leah as though she were the most fascinating thing he had ever seen. And I supposed to him, she was, not only was he not used to giant wolves, he had never met a female like Leah before.

"She needs medical attention, now," he said imperiously "Call Carlisle in here."

I shook my head and attempted a reassuring smile "Her body will heal itself and her wounds will close in a few hours," if we all live that long, I added to myself.

"Leah" he said quietly, huskily and her eyes popped open, as she gazed at him with open adoration. Uh oh, I knew what that look meant.

"Shit Leah, did you-"I stopped as she managed to nod shakily.

Jesus, this was all we needed to happen. Leah had imprinted on Nahuel. And just like all other imprints Nahuel was helpless to resist as he gathered her close and shifted her against his chest, like she was the most precious cargo in the entire world. His eyes were fixed on her face, pain at her suffering, etched on his own as he fled from the room. A spurt of jealousy erupted inside me, Jacob has looked at me that way and now once again he was a savage, a giant dog who didn't recognize me or the love we had shared.

Outside sounds of fighting continued and I wondered long this stalemate could last, nobody was coming out the victor even with the wolves on both sides. I felt drained and torn. I loved my Jacob but part of me was furious that he could forget me again so quickly. Growing up I thought his love for me was ever lasting and nothing would take him away from me. I was wrong.

Suddenly I wanted to be numb, unable to feel anything. I wanted the comfort of knowing everything would be okay, I wanted my mother to shield me figuratively and literally from the pain. But her shield didn't work like that, it could only stop vampire gifts acting on a person, not stop the feeling of my heart breaking.

I felt a surge of euphoria deep inside and it took my brain a moment to catch on. Moms shield.