Bella paced the living room frantically.
The wolves had been sent home, and it was just her and the boys in the house while Jake searched for Winnie.
Fuck, she was so stupid.
Newborn vampire? House full of people? What had she been thinking?
She'd even seen the signs, all of Winnie's little twitches, the way her expression tensed before she cleared it... fucking obviously she was uncomfortable!
Ashton and Charlie sat huddled on the couch.
"Ma?" Charlie called for her tentatively. "Is... is everything going to be okay?"
Bella sighed and forcefully twirled her hair between her fingers.
"I- I think so, bud. We've just got to get Winnie back, and sort out a plan. Fuck, I wish I could call Carlisle, he'd know what to do..."
"So why don't you?" Ash asked.
Bella hesitated, remembering her last words to the Cullen's.
"You know why, buddy. I told them to fuck off forever and stormed out of their house. That's not the best terms to end on."
"Yeah, but Carlisle cares about vampires, right?" Charlie pointed out. "I'm sure he'd help with Winnie."
"He didn't help with Bree."
"Exactly." Bella nodded. "Look, I'll- I'll do what I can. We'll do what we can. And if worse comes to worse, then I'll hunt Carlisle down."
"Where do you think he is?"
"Well, they're probably-" she cut herself off. "Fuck. I have no idea. They could be anywhere."
She collapsed onto the couch beside her sons.
Ashton rested his head against her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, about what I said about Winnie. I didn't mean it, not really. I hope she comes back."
She kissed his head. "Me too, kiddo. Me too."
Jake came in a little after that, Winnie in his arms.
"There you two are!" Bella shot off the couch. "What-" she sucked in a breath.
"What the fresh hell?" Ash asked, horrified.
Jake quietly asked the boys to get off the couch, and laid her down.
"Dad, dad what's wrong with her?" Ash tugged on his father's arm. "Dad, what happened?"
"I'm not sure." he said dully. "I found her like this."
"Is she, is she sleeping?" Charlie peered at her.
Jake shook his head. "No, vampires can't sleep. I'm not- she's not dead. I know that much."
Bella didn't move. She just stared at the gap in the girls face.
The skin was jagged, and grey. Almost like... crystal?
Yeah, Bella thought she remembered Edward mentioning something like that happening to the vampires bodies when they turned.
"Fuck, uh, okay. Can we get her attention?" Bella yanked on her hair.
Jake lightly patted her face, and then a little harder.
Winnie groaned.
"Alright, Jake, you did it." she pulled him away. "Winnie, Winnie sweetie can you hear me? Are you okay?"
She curled in on herself and mumbled into the cushions.
"Let's give her some space." Bella decided. "She's probably really overwhelmed right now."
Everyone slowly left the living room, but Bella stayed beside Winnie.
She extended her hand.
"Are you okay, sweetie? Does it hurt?"
She nodded weakly.
"Who did this? The wolves didn't sense anyone."
Winnie didn't answer her question, she just took Bella's hand.
"Don't wanna hurt no one." she mumbled.
"I know, sweetie. And you won't. We're all tough cookies around here."
Bella sat down, and Winnie laid her head on her lap.
"Don't worry, sweety. I'm gonna make it all better. Promise."
The Volturi, inevitably, found out about Winnie.
Bella, with her very persuasive trick of not being hurt by any vampire powers and having a whole pack of werewolves behind her, she convinced them to fuck off.
It was weird, growing older while Winnie always stayed the same, but they loved her.
She was their daughter, their sister.
She stayed with the family throughout the generations, spreading stories of Bella's adventures, of Paul's temper, Seth's kindness.
And eventually, she met the Cullen's. She made friends with Alice, she bonded with Jasper over the effort from switching from human blood to animal, despite them both being well adjusted, and Emmet liked playing baseball with her.
She never really spoke to Edward, but that was okay. He didn't seem to mind.
It was sad, when her originally family died. Bella, then Jacob, then Charlie, then Ash.
It was still hard, losing her family every time she got it, but she adjusted.
She learned to love all of them, with all her heart.
She also learned to live without her nose, which was actually pretty easy.
Over all, Winnie led a good, happy, immortal life.
Good for her.
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Is this.... is this a kid fic?
FanfictionBella and Jacob are happily married with two kids. Bella thinks maybe, just maybe, she's escaped more vampire drama. Then she finds an immortal child and starts a fight with the Volturi. Because of course she does.