Renesmee Cullen
I woke up, glad it was just a dream. I dreamt that the Volturi came early, I was in a dark room, I couldn't see a thing!! All I could hear was Jacob screaming for me to run. But which way?! I suddenly heard a dark laugh, I couldn't hear Jacob's voice anymore. A man—or rathervampire—with a black cloak and gleaming red eyes was smiling at me. A sly smile. I screamed as he grabbed my hand and bit me. Pain lashed through me as the venom spread. I fell to the ground to suffer. I heard Jacob growl and another pound on the ground. I screamed a little more, the man in the cloak just stared at me with glee. He laughed even more as he bit my other hand. I screamed more. He laughed even harder.
Just a dream. I thought. Just a dream. I yawned and headed to the closet, but outside, something caught my eye: There was a shaggy russet brown wolf. I recognized him right away. I quickly got dressed into my "Saturday" clothes and ran outside. Bella and Edward weren't home so there were no questions of where I was going.
"Jacob?" I whispered, not wanting to wake him. He did. He stretched, shook himself and sat down to look at me. I patted him and started walking toward the family meeting, at Carlisle and Esme's house. He followed.
"Jacob," I said, not turning to look at him. "Go home and get some sleep." I sped my walking, hoping he would lose me and head home. Of course, that was wishful thinking; Jacob could track me easily.
When I slowed down, thinking I lost him, he caught up. I guessed he shifted back while I ran because he had his arms around my waist.
I turned to face him.
"Good morning." He said, smiling.
"Hey, Jake." I said, returning the smile. "What are you doing outside of my house?" He chuckled.
"I had a…bad feeling. I couldn't get in so, I decided to just hang around." I rolled my eyes. At least I wasn't the only one having nightmares about the Volturi.
"Jake, I can take care of myself. I'm not—" I couldn't find the right words, so I said what I could find. "I may be half human, but apparently, my other half knows what to do."
"That's just it Nessie!" He put his hands on my arms. "You're not going to be 'half' for long!" I sighed heavily.
"You don't have to—" I started, he cut me off.
"I know, but I want to." We stared at each other for a moment.
"Get some sleep Jake." I walked off.
"Keep your window open for me of I'll keep you up all night teling you to." He threatened playfully.
"Yeah, whatever." I said. I headed toward the family meeting. As I ran, something occurred to me: Did I want to be a full vampire? It was a silly question to ask but, shouldn't I get a choice of whether or not I wanted to be protected from the Volturi? But, why them? Why now?
I was at the house now and slowed my run to a walk as I entered the "Official Cullen House". I went to the living room.
"Good morning Renesmee." Esme and the other greeted.
"Morning." I just said as I took my seat beside Alice and Emmett. I refuse to sit beside my parents. It made me feel like a baby. Alice and Emmett aren't quite my favorite aunt and uncle (well, I like Alice over Rosalie) but I prefer sitting by them.
We were silent for a while. Carlisle broke it, "What exactly did you see in your vision Alice?"
"Well, we were getting ready to celebrate then the door bell rang. Jasper opened it and then Jane, Aro, Caius and Demitri were there, looking for Ne—Renesmee."
"But, why the Volturi? Why now? Why on her birthday?" Edward asked, mostly to himself.
"I think it's because they know she has to stop. If she didn't stop when she turned 7, then she has to stop some time. So, why not now? Why not them? We would never do this." Emmett said.
"But, why at 16? Why didn't they come when she was, like, 5?" Everyone shrugged.
"We can't just let them do this!" Esme protested. "Renesmee is unique in so many ways!" I wondered if she was just saying that because I'm, partially named after her.
"The Volturi aren't going to listen this time." Alice reminded them. "They're coming to do their job and leave…" She put on a grave face before finishing "and perhaps take Renesmee with them…" Carlisle and Edward sighed, everyone else groaned or rolled their eyes.
"What can we do?" Bella asked.
"There's nothing we can do." Jasper said, hopelessly.
There was silence. "No." Edward said reading everyone's thoughts. More specifically, Carlisle's. "Okay, we'll wait… no, she was thinking about that though." I was thinking about what? My choices?
"No… we have about a week to wait Rosalie… yes, she told Jacob." Edward got out of the habit of calling Jacob a "dog" or "mongrel" since he would become his "son-in-law" one day, and his best friend was back, Rosalie didn't seem to see anything wrong with the names.
"Alright." Edward leaned back into his chair and put his arm around Bella's shoulders.
"What?" I asked as everyone stared at me.
"We're going to wait." Edward said.
"What?! We're just going to sit here and 'wait' for them to—" Edward put up his hand to cut me off. I felt myself calm down, Jasper, I thought.
"We're going to wait, until you decide if this is what you want or not." Carlisle finished Edward's sentence calmly. I knew I should've been stressed, having to make the decision now instead of having more time. Jasper kept my feelings calm and quiet.
"You don't have to decide now. Just give it some thought." Edward said.
I kind of got the feeling that the meeting was over. For me at least. I quietly got out of my seat and left the room toward the back door.
No one tried to stop me or said anything. I took a walk, the stress developed quickly as I left the room. I was trying not to scream. Trying not to have to use all my strength to yank out every tree in the forest and crush every rock in my path. I went into the middle of the forest, where there was a meadow. It was a place to lie down, think things out and calm down.
When I got there, I stood in place, took a deep breath and lay down. I tried to clear my head and think about nothing. Not the Volturi, not Jacob, not Seth, no one and nothing.
I think I fell asleep trying because when I opened my eyes, Jacob was at the far end, watching me. He sat up and he was quickly at my side. We were silent. He probably heard the whole meeting.
I held my breath, trying not to bite him, his scent was too strong. I didn't even want to imagine how strong and irresistible it would be if I kissed him. Jake leaned back knowing I stopped breathing. Not because the distance between us was minimal. Jake sighed.
"You heard." It wasn't a question.
"Yes," he said. We were silent again.
"Are you honestly thinking about deciding?" Jacob said at last.
"Well Jake, I have choices that I need to make."
"You don't have to think about this. There's nothing to think about!"
"But, I have to decide if this is what I want."
"Renesmee. Think about me. Think about your life. I can't be with you if you're a full vampire."
"I'm having trouble with you now!" I snapped. "You being this close to me, it's hard to resist the scent of your blood!" He was silent. He lay down and took deep breaths. I spoke in a calmer voice.
"I can't ever lose control with you." I lay beside him.
"We could still be friends Jake."
"But I want to be more than just friends. You do too. We both know that."
"I know, Jake." I sighed. "I know."
