Chapter 5.)

Hey my faithful followers. I'm highly disappointed in myself for not informing you guys of my absence. The reason behind that is that I have enlisted into the US Army and would still be absent had I not injured myself during training. Well let me get on with writing. I'm sorry if the story seems a bit slower or interrupted in places. Please enjoy it though.

The Cullen's

It was a somber group that ran through the forest. All preoccupied with their thoughts and the memories. Renesmee returned to her parents' home, while her husband and children remained on the Rez. This way part of the family was with both groups.

When they got home, Renesmee curled up in the couch and the rest of the family stood. Silent as ever, and unmoving. No body spoke. At least until Renesmee had enough of the deafening silence. "I kind of wish I never saw that mom." Was the unexpected statement spoken. The voice was small, emotionless and yet it held a certain amount of sorrow.

There was a tense moment between Renesmee's statement and everyone else's reaction. Everyone was still standing in various positions, looking like statues; meanwhile Renesmee had stood up and started to pace the area. Mumbling low enough that no one could understand what she was saying. Her family watched her pace for a good hour before moving for the first time. The first one to start moving was Carlisle, he had crumpled to the ground with such a heartbreaking look that Esme was instantly beside him, holding him to her as she sobbed.

"Nessie, stop pacing!" Was the harsh command from Isabella. "It's not going to help anyone, so just stop…" Her voice cracked at the end. And she buried her head into her hands, as Edward pulled her into his side. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry. To Mio, To Ness and her family, To everyone." She looked so defeated, it was disturbing.

Alice was trying to keep Jasper calm, but it didn't seem to be working as occasionally, spikes of sorrow would ram into people. Rosalie and Emmett were glued to each other's sides, desperate to lose the feeling of sorrow. Nahuel and Huilen had just walked through the door from their hunting trip, but had remained silent and felt the emotions rolling around the room. Peter and Charlotte had missed the pensieve viewing, but knew what was going to happen due to Peter's gift. It was a solemn group of vampires that were waiting for the Patriarch and Matriarch to pull themselves together.

A few hours after the family meltdown, and Carlisle had pulled himself to his feet—rather slowly for a vampire. He glanced at his family and cleared his throat, jarring everyone out of their thoughts and gaining a few startled hisses. "We need to discuss what we saw, and what we are going to do." So, for another 3 hours they discussed what was watched and what they would do for the family.

"How could one so young, survive such a horrible life?" (Esme)

"They only played the important memories, none of the in betweens. None of their hope." (Renesmee)

"Their hope was so diminished. So, shattered." (Carlisle)

"Their pain... Their sorrow... So, crippling." (Jasper)

"She was so selfless, she could have left them to their own devices, but she didn't." (Rose)

"The scars. So many, and many look horrible to my eyes... Humans must be frightened of them." (Alice)

"Epic battles! But holy shit, the family is so tattered and damaged. We need to help them." (Emmett)

"Oh Mio! My sweet innocent cousin... You're so old in soul now." (Isabella)

"Their family needs help to remake. Rebuild. I swear to myself, that I'll help them." (Edward)

It was in these thoughts that the family's resolution came to mind. They will help this family, they will heal them. They needed to, not only because Isabelle was family to Mio but because they were vulnerable alone. So, on that night, frozen with sorrow for people they really didn't know, and a renewed sense of helping they decided to help as much as possible; starting with making a few dishes for breakfast in the morning.

Whilst Esme, Alice, Huilen, Charlotte, and Rose were in the kitchen preparing meals, Carlisle was in his office trying to find a way to help them through their malnourishment and the Boys, Edward and Emmett, were sitting in the Living room and talking quietly about what they had just learned of their new neighbors. Jasper was still standing frozen, his form still in shock due to the intense emotions rolling off everyone since meeting the new family. The emotions were enough to drive a human insane, so it was a good thing his vampire mind could handle it. Nahuel was kept occupied by Peter, and they started to create pieces of furniture for the new family. Renesmee, on the other hand, looked scared and filled with pain. She had not wanted her children to witness the memories because she had an ominous feeling, and now she was right. Even she would have a hard time sleeping, but as it was she slowly fell into a numb-induced, fitful sleep.

The Wolves-Uley Cottage

The elders had split off from the wolves as soon as they got out of the tent, heading into the Black Cottage. The wolves had left the Black premises with their imprints and families, all of them heading to Emily's house, even though they all can't fit inside anymore. It was still the meeting place, and they somehow always managed to squeeze into the little kitchen.

Jake was standing in the corner with his children and their imprints—Sarabella, EJ and Anika, Avianna and Seth.

Emily, Sam, and their sons, Sam and Levi, stood staring blankly at the ground.

Paul, Lola, Catrina, Maddison, Victoria, and Leah were in the corner opposite the Black's.

Brady, Jasmine, Collin, and Jadene were staring glassy eyed at their imprints.

Kim, Jared, Jayden, and Maliyah were silently sobbing and even gripping each other closer than ever before

Kacey and Haylee, the twins, and their younger brother, Jason, kept looking at the older wolves and his siblings with a look of despair. While their parents, Claire and Quil, were crying silently.

But it was Evelyn Call, twin sibling to Zander and daughter to Rachel and Embry, that looked even more devastated than normal. She looked traumatized and broken down. "Where did Aunt Nessie go, Uncle Jake?" She was closest to Nessie, because Ness always seemed to understand everything and tried to give advice.

"She went with her mom and dad, to keep a link between the two places. Why what's up, kiddo?" He looked around at all the "little kids," even though they were teens. He noticed all of them lost most of the innocence they once had. Having never fought in a war, or had something ripped away from them until now.

"How was she able to remain so… detached during the viewing? I just want to know if she's okay and how she did that?" That perked the attention of the "children."

"She's not okay mentally. But she's dealing. And she managed that by connecting with her vampire DNA." He frowned for a moment, and concentrated on their connection. "In fact, she's determined about something and is extremely active right now. She's pulling from her reserved energy."

"Enough of avoiding the actual subject!" Leah shouted. "Did you not see Hermione? Harry? They looked defeated, destroyed. Weak!" She shuddered. "I mean… she lost her fucking soulmate to this war! And Harry! He lost his entire family, or his entire family has been attacked!"

The whole group glanced at her in shock and then reeled back in surprise when they realized she had spoken the truth. Her eyes widened when she realized she was defending and even genuinely upset about what the new family went through.

"I don't know what you did with Leah, but I like this one better." Seth said sadly before his breath caught in his throat before he looked at Avianna, "And I don't know how she survived that loss, just the thought of losing my mate, makes my wolf go insane."

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm entirely too fascinated with Harry's transformation into that odd-looking, big-ass wolf." Zander said with a bit of envy, "I wish my wolf could do what he did, and look like he did!" That landed him with a punch to the arm in multiple places by multiple people.

Emily smiled a soft smile at the pack before clapping her hands, startling all the wolves. "Well Let's get working on stuff to help that family out! Uley's, you're going to go find fallen, or cut down, trees. Black's, you're going to build some house decorations out of wood. Cameron's, you're going grocery shopping—you'll max out my credit card. Get everything you can! Atteara's, you're going to be doing photography of the area, and placing it in picture frames made by the Black's. Lahote's and Birchwood's, you'll be prepping food at your house (they are living together as roommates) and bringing it here to be cooked. Fuller's and Littlesea's, you're the group that's loading and unloading everything. Get to it! We have only a few hours before morning! And we have a lot of mouths to feed! And a manor to decorate."

Everyone dispersed to do what they were told they needed to do, meanwhile Emily sat in her kitchen preparing and cooking whatever she could for breakfast meals. She could feel the sorrow slowly fading into the recesses of her mind and knew that her 'human' mind was just distracting itself.

Wizard's Tent

Neville was staring with blank, glassy eyes at the pensieve—the thing that just dragged up every single horror he went through. His life being turned upside down at a young age, his seeming squibness, his time throughout the war, his wife being slaughtered down with her friends, his friends' family betrayals, the truths of the world hitting them dead on, and now starting all over again... It was all depressing and he could never show that inner turmoil, just like harry. "Just like Harry… but Harry had it worse. His story is worse, harsher, and way more dark than light…"

He could hear Harry's wolf form howling out in deep turmoil, he could hear the boys snoring and the girls tossing and turning, he could sense Luna's mental fatigue and duress, he could feel the fear rolling off Hermione. The house was having its nightly nightmares and depressing indulgences.

Slowly his eyes were shutting and he was about to be out for a few hours, before he was awoken by Lily's screams. Screams, he was sure, the wolves could hear. They would be on alert too. The girl was having a nightmare, a nightmare about a memory that wasn't shared, because every time it was viewed Harry would go crazy just to protect his little baby again.

He was jolted out of his seat and running to her side, no one else was there because everyone else was trapped in their minds. Harry was still running and probably told the wolves it wasn't anything to worry about. But Neville was the only one awake to watch as her wounds, going from head to toe, were wrenched open as if they were brand new. "Bloody Hell, not this nightmare again. Got to stop the blood with everything non-magical. Until it scabs over! Fuck, fuck, fuck. Lily I'm here, Uncle Neville is here. Calm down, I'm going to help you, flower."

As he continued to stop the blood flow and patch it up he realized that he needed to get her off the bed. So carefully he picked her up and carried her out to the sofa, and laid her down on the cushion.

While he was cleaning up her bed, he heard Harry walk through the door. "The nightmare, again, Nev? I wish it would vanish from her mind... to be reminded of that night. She'll never heal from what that monster did to her, and when I see him again… I'll rip him to pieces and burn him to ash."

"Harry, she's okay. The vampire that did this to her will meet its end… I promise. But we can't treat her magically, yet."

"That bastard raped, and tortured my little girl… and then used that disgusting, foul hand of his to cut her side to suggest a werewolf had done it. Unbeknownst to that son of a bitch, we managed to catch his scent on my beautiful little flower…" He sobbed out, before his magic lashed out towards his daughter to make sure she was truly safe.

"Harry, go get some sleep. I'll keep an eye on everyone here. Including you. Go! Hermione needs someone to comfort her. She's a bit distraught." Neville stood up, and pulled him to his feet as he was speaking. He silently pushed Harry down the hallway, towards 'Mione's room.