Chapter Twenty-Two of Renesmee's Saga: Forever Sunset

Fanfiction isn't letting me post on any of my twilight stories at the moment so for people who want to read this chapter- here it is. I'll post it on ff when I can :/

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hapter Twenty Two

Tell The World We’re Coming Home

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

-Abdul Kalam

Benjamin Racluse

“You’re my son? How can that be! You were killed! I saw it!” I exclaimed as I let go of my sons neck, I had no idea that he was alive but it was certain by his looks that was my son. He looked just like me, just as I looked the spitting image of my father.

“It was a trick to hurt you, Katia knew that you would believe I was dead, and when she realised you were leaving her she devised a plan to kill me an Izeya, but after realising that i could be more use to her alive she kept me.” Noah explained rubbing the hollow of his throat where small bruises were beginning to show, though they were already fixing themselves as they showed.

“Dad, he is you’re son. Please, believe it. Without him I wouldn’t have gotten out of there alive. Or the weird hooded guy… but still-” Izeya said and I put up my hand to end her words.

“Hooded man? What hooded man?!” i exclaimed. A cloaked man had been causing us some trouble, could he be the same man?

“A man in a dark cloak, I couldn’t see his face but he said that he had to save me because we shared a destiny and then he kissed me.” Izeya explained, and I felt my temper boil.

“He kissed you?! A MAN?!” I bellowed, not really at Izeya but I saw her jaw flex as if she was preparing for a fight, that girl was too much like me and Madison with her stubbornness sometimes.

“He kissed me on the nose, dad. That’s it. He saved our lives.” She muttered stubbornly and I had to smile at her.

“Well, I’m just glad you’re safe and that I’ve gotten you back.” I pulled Izeya into my arms and picked up her small frame in one arm, “Both of you.” I said and then I pulled my son into me with my other hand. I thought it would be awkward, but my son sighed happily and laid his forehead on my shoulder wrapping his arms around me and Izeya in a family hug.

“I love you, dad.” Izeya whispered to me and then she kissed my cheek sweetly.

“I love you too, Izzy. And you too Noah. You don’t know how long it took me to get over the fact that I never knew my unborn child… it hurt me just as much as when Izzy and Tee died but I think it hurt more knowing that I never got to know you, either.” I explained as Noah pulled away from the hug with a smile, tears flowing down his face.

“I always wanted to meet you, I can’t believe I finally have. It’s like a dream come true.” Noah smiled at me and i could see the childlike love there in his eyes for me.

“I always wanted to meet you too. I can’t believe you’re alive, and i can’t believe you were both right here in Volterra! I was preparing plans to fly back over to america to come find you, Izeya…” I trailed off realising what this meant, “Is Katia a part of the vampire army?”

“Yes. She planned to use me and Izeya to win the war and all I could do was co-operate because of her power and her mate’s power.” Noah’s face scrunched up like he expected me to hit him for working on the wrong side.

“I don’t blame you, Noah. Katia’s power is lethal and her mate’s is even worse in some ways. I will take you both home on the next flight. In fact, we are all going to go home except Karamiz and Rosetta, my mother and father. They will stay here and try and overtake the werewolves again, over half of them have joined their forces and now the rebellion is slowing. The other werewolves don’t believe that we can live in peace with the vampires, but now that we have over half of the army on our side, that means our numbers are growing, what we need now is some vampires to come over here and discuss this with the vampires so that our forces may increase even more.” i said to my son, daughter and the rest of my family who were staring dumbfounded at Noah, and i could see he was becoming slightly uncomfortable been the centre of attention.

“Okay, Benjamin. Say this plan works, why are we all going home?” Freeyah asked me with a slightly cocky accent to her voice.

“Because Karamiz is taking over as king again, he had enough people here to protect him. My children and our niece and nephew will be prime targets for Katia and any other’s who decide to try and overthrow the Cullen’s. They need protection.” I tried to use the alpha tone in my voice, but Freeyah been Freeyah, she didn’t do too well with authority.

“What other niece and nephew?” She blurted sceptically with a frown.

“Renesmee’s children, Freeyah.” I stated and recognition crossed her face.

“Oh, yeah. Liam and Rennie. I’ll go back then, and Zachariah will come with us. Judeya can also come because if he doesn’t I’ll drag his little ass all the way home, plus I’m sure he is missing Lilith.” She teased as she looked at Judeya.

“Of course I miss Lilith. She’s my kinda-sorta girlfriend.” He blinked and then a smile spread across his face as he realised what he had just said.

“Yeah, I guess she is you’re kinda-sorta girlfriend.” Freeyah grinned at him and then blew a kiss his way.

“Freeyah, shut up.” Judeya blushed slightly and then began to fiddle with an overhand on his nail.

“So, we’re going back today then. I’ll find a pay phone and book plane tickets. I have no idea how we’re going to get Noah on though.” I felt my brow furrow as I started to think more, how could we have gotten him on?

“We could always use Karamiz’s passport. You’re all freaky doubles of each other.” Zachariah said with a smirk as he came up behind Freeyah and wrapped his arm around her waist.

“That would be perfect if it works.” I sighed and then looked at my daugher, “And what about her?” I asked, and I saw Izeya look a little bit scared.

“We’ll have to think of something for her. We could maybe try and sneak her into the luggage compartment, with our speed humans won’t see us if we run fast enough, we could just hide her on the plane some how.” Judeya said looking at his niece with a smile still on his lips.

Renesmee Cullen-Black

“Izeya’s been found by Benjamin!” Madison yelled at me down the phone with glee, I had to laugh at her joy, she was adorable.

“That’s so good! Now you can stop brooding about it and be happy that your daughter is coming home.” I told her smiling at my sister’s enthusiastic voice.

“There’s one other thing I should tell you too.” Madison said, her voice going a little more grim, “Do you remember the child that Katia apparently killed while she was pregnant with them?”

“Yes?” i asked feeling that she was nervous as she spoke.

“Well he’s alive and he is also coming back here with Benjamin and his family.” I heard the grim reality in her voice, I think she was scared.

“Isn’t that good news?” I asked her, feeling her fear down the phone as she spoke.

“Well, it’s not somthing I would consider bad- it’s amazing for Benjamin, I’m just scared he might not approve of me.” She said glumly, and I realised why she was scared.

“Maddie, you don’t have to be his mother. Just be his friend, I’m sure he would like that, and if he want’s you to be his mother figure then you can be, just treat him like you would Izeya and Tee, with compassion and love.” I told her, I was watching Liam role about in his cot and next to him, Rennie was fast asleep.

“I’m gonna go now, anyway. Tee wants her dinner and I’m gonna go to Alice and ask her for some decorations for our house. I’m going to have a little party, what do you think?” She asked me.

“Umm, I think that might make the boy feel very welcomed and of course the Izzy and Tee will love it.” I grinned at my son as he gurgled at his sister, trying to wake her.

“Right then, he party will be tomorrow. You’re invited with Jake and my nephew and niece.” Madison said, “Bye!”

“Bye!” I laughed and then I pressed the ‘end call’ button, shaking my head slightly. Madison was so adorable when she got her mind set on doing something, but she was like a bulldose. If she wanted it doing it would be done.

I stood up and went over to my children, Liam was fully awake and looking at me. Slowly a huge smile spread across his face and he gurgled at me lovingly.

“Hey, little man, what are you doing awake at this time?” I asked him with a smile, he suddenly blinked and his eyes turned a flaming orange. I had to blink a few times to realise what I was seeing, then Liam rolled over and a scorch mark was left on his bedsheets. I felt my heart stammer a little with worry.

Was this normal for Orb Children to show their power over fire so young? Or was it just a thing that Liam could do? i hadn’t seen Rennie using her power and I also hadn’t seen her eyes flash that unmistakable fire red that indicated that the Orb Children were using their power over fire. It was like a warning sign saying, if their eyes were orange; you knew not to mess with the Fire Orb Children, or that is what Lilith had lead us to believe.

I watched Liam’s eyes go back to their normal brown and I began to relax, he had the beautiful eye colour I had inherited off my mother, it was strange seeing him with my eyes, but I had to admit he was a beautiful baby, possibly the most beautiful baby I had ever seen, or one of them, because Rennie was equally as beautiful.

I looked at my sleeping daughter in her pink jumpsuit, she was tossing and turning so I could tell she would be up soon, not that it bothered me, becoming a mother by mistake was the best thing that had ever happened to me. If I could have changed it- I wouldn’t, because i loved my babies more than my own life. Although they could be a handful sometimes, especially when they needed feeding and changing and bathing and everything else, it was times like this when everything seemed so perfect and relaxed that made being a parent so worthwhile.

Life really couldn’t get anymore perfect than this- I had survived a war, gotten married and had children. Not to mention I had the most amazing family that had my back and I had friends who I would trust with my life.

When I look back on the first seven and a half years of my life I realise that they were mediocre, they had been pleasant and simple compared to what lay ahead, but I didn’t mind that one bit, because this was my life; and I had my family to help me through the hardships and I had them there to make my future better- to make my forever even better than it already was.

I would have forever with my family, my children would be immortal, my nieces and nephews would be immortal. My best friends were immortal. My full family was happy, healthy and immortal and nothing would change that- nothing in this moment could change my mood from the way I was feeling because i was so overjoyed at my thoughts of our whole family living together I knew nobody could ruin that.

Our family was too strong, too powerful to let anything happen to them; this meant that we would keep going forever. Who knew? Maybe in one hundred years I could be meeting my great great great grandchildren or I could be travelling the world, but for now I was content with what I was doing right here- right now.

I was happy with what life had given me, and then the familiar saying popped into my head that Grandma Sue had always said to me;

“When life gives you lemons, you go ahead and make lemon juice.”

I felt a smile spread across my face again at the thought of my Grandma Sue’s saying, I had known other people say it, but the way she said it… well- it was like a self fulfilling prophecy; she lived by that saying.

I gazed at my daughter again and found that her large brown eyes were fixed on me, she reached out her chubby fingers and scrunched them up into balls, then opened them a few times indicating she wanted to be picked up.

“You know, Rennie, you are such a fussy girl.” I giggled at her and I could almost see her looking at me as if to say ‘Whatever, just pick me up.’

I reached out and picked up my daughter, wrapping my arms around her. As if on cue Jacob walked in and grinned at me, “Hey, Nessie. I see the twins have woken.” He laughed sightly.

“Yeah.” I smiled lovingly at him, seeing him there in his cut off pants, bare chested; it made me want to drag him to the bedroom, but I had other priorities at the moment.

“You take Rennie seen as she is such a daddies girl and I’ll take Liam, we’ll feed them again and then we’ll put them to bed… then me and you can have some alone time.” I winked at him, running a hand through my curls seductively.

“I like that idea. We need… alone time.” His voice purred the word and I couldn't help but laugh at the small pout he did at the end of the word.

“Okay Daffie, let’s go.” I giggled at him, his brow furrowed as I called him ‘Daffie.’ Clearly he didn’t realise that he had done the duck lips at the end of his purr.

“Okay, hand me Rennie and we’ll get started.” He winked at me and I handed him Rennie, still chuckling to myself as he waited for me to get Liam and then we walked down the stairs with our babies in tow, preparing for a night of… alone time.

Seth Clearwater

I walked around to Lottie’s house with a bouquet of flowers- her favourites, which were red tulips and white lilies. I knocked on the door and was let in by a smiling Rosalie.

“She’s upstairs, Seth. She really is looking forward to this dance, Seth. Just make her feel like a princess for one night, okay?” Rosalie asked me with a smile and then she walked away into the living room, leaving me free to go upstairs and wait for Charlotte to get ready.

If this had been a few years ago I would have gotten my ass kicked and I would have been thrown down the stairs, out of the door and told to basically get the fuck out of their house and away from their daughter.

But since Lottie had decided that she loved me and wanted to be with me, and I had promised her parents that I wouldn’t have sex with her until we were married, they seemed to like me a little more, especially Rosalie, but Emmett had stopped being so overprotective of Charlotte because he knew that I would not disrespect him like that.

Plus the guy was huge and scary. Sure, I was as tall as him now, I was now 6’5, so I was actually an inch taller than him; but in a fair fight I could be pretty sure that Emmett would win, so I wouldn’t be violating his little girl just yet. I was glad he couldn’t read my thoughts though, that must have been torture for Edward to see what Jacob thought of his daughter in his mind. I still get the creeps now when he is thinking about her naked, I see Nessie as my sister. I don’t want to have to see her naked in Jacob’s mind.

At least I kept my thoughts to Charlotte as concealed as possible from people, though occasionally I slipped and let one of my small fantasies slip into the pack mind, and then I would get silly teasing about how I was still a virgin, which I thought was silly seen as they dared not say that to Jacob when he hadn’t had sex with Nessie until a few months ago. I guess that was because Jake was the Alpha though, and he was a scary guy in his own right, at 6’11 Jake was huge. Taller than me by a whole half foot, he towered over the rest of us wolves, so I couldn't really blame the guys for been intimidated by them.

It was weird when somebody was bigger than you as a wolf, because as a wolf you get so used to been taller than anybody that when you meet somebody taller than you, you can feel easily defensive and intimidated, unless that person’s a human; then you just feel annoyed that a human is so big.

That’s why I hated the Racluses- Well, not hated, I just hated their heights- because they were all huge. Zachariah was about 6’11, Karamiz 7’0, Judeya 6’10 and Benjamin was 7’1 and probably the scariest, most badass guy I knew.

Even the girls were tall in the racluse family, Rosetta was 5’11 and Freeyah was 6’0, which for a girl seemed huge considering she was only half a foot smaller than me.

That’s one of the things I liked about Charlotte, she was small at only 5’3, she looked adorable besides me, and I think she liked been small because she could wear heals next to me where as if she had a small boyfriend she would look too tall in heels next to them.

“Seth? Are you coming in or not! I heard you come to the door!” Charlotte called from her bedroom to me, “You can come in! I’m decent, kind of.”

I walked into her bedroom and she was sitting on her bed in a low cut, short dress and black tights with six inch heels on. She walked over to me and in her heels she came to just below my shoulders. I let a smile spread across my face.

“I don’t have to bed so much to kiss you now!” I laughed and then bent to kiss her, but she placed her hand on my chest, stopping me.

“Are those for me?” She asked as she glanced at the flowers with a grin on her face.

“Yes.” I answered a little bit gutted that she didn’t want me to kiss her.

“Good.” She said, and then she threw her arms around my neck and pulled my lips to hers in a passionate embrace. She was so warm, her skin so soft. I wished I could have had her right there, right then, but I made a promise to her parents and it was a promise I would stick to.

I never broke my promises and this one was just as valid as the other promises I had made to people- I would not bed Charlotte until we were married and that was final.

Charlotte had also agreed to that; but I think that was more because she wanted to follow in Renesmee’s footsteps and get married first, because she really did look up to Renesmee as a big sister figure.

“Are we setting off then?” I chuckled as I rubbed circles on the smalls of her back, letting her moan a little at the contact.

“Sure,” She giggled a little and then I removed my hands from her back and pulled her hand into mine. Then we set off to the Charity Dance at her school.

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Six months passed, and in this time nothing much changed. Charlotte and Seth got engaged, Tara and Eddie finally tied the knot, Madison and Benjamin accepted Noah into the family fully, Mary and Leo got engaged as well, Leah and Nahuel also got married- as well as Leah realising that her menopause was due to the stress of losing her father, not turning into a wolf.

And Renesmee and Jacob’s children grew each day, and they passed many milestones- their first word, their first steps, using the potty…

In Volterra everything was staying the same though, most of the werewolves had joined Karamiz’s side again; meaning that it was only now the witches and the vampires who were at war.