If We Ever Meet Again
Tara blinked once, her eyes wide as she glanced around the forest. It had happened again, that feeling that she had… well, teleported… travelled… transported… whatever she wanted to call it- she knew that she had done it again. She bounced up, suddenly eager to see what had happened and who she had been transported with.
“Eddie?!” She called out eagerly, “Or Edd I guess.” She muttered to herself as she looked around with a smile on her face.
“Chloe?” Eddie suddenly walked out of the woods- only he wasn’t Tara’s Eddie. He was Chloe’s Eddie. Tara gasped and sped forward into him, throwing her arms around him.
“Tara?!” Eddie exclaimed as he pulled Tara into his chest. “Have you seen Chloe?” He asked the girl who was now crying in his chest.
“No, is she here too?!” Tara grinned and cried at the same time.
“Yes- I wonder if this means that…” Eddie looked forward and smirked as another one of the old friends entered the clearing. “Renesmee.” He breathed and then laughed a little as he looked at the girl who now looked confused as Jacob followed her into the clearing as well.
“Tara?” Renesmee smiled and then dashed forward to Tara and Eddie, joining in the hug with them both. “I guess this means it’s happening again… but… I don’t understand. Last time we needed you here, this time nothing is wrong.”
“I wonder why we’re here then.” Siena walked into the clearing followed by Masen who was smirking.
“Hey other dad.” He waved at Jacob, who suddenly smiled at his ‘son.’
“So…” Chloe entered the clearing, and then her eyes met with Tara, “Oh my god! Tara!” She squealed, suddenly looking like a little girl again as she dashed forward and literally tackled Tara to the ground with a joyous laugh.
“Your eyes are more golden now!” Tara grinned as she hugged Chloe.
“I can’t believe this… I thought I would never see you again!” Chloe blurted as she carried on hugging Tara.
“And last time I was the pessimist! You were the one who told me to keep hoping!” Tara laughed and then let go of Chloe.
“Yeah, but after over a century it’s hard not to lose hope!” Chloe exclaimed looking at Tara in wonder, like she didn't know what to say.
“Where’s Eddie?” Tara suddenly blurted as she looked around, she then caught Eddie’s eye- Chloe’s Eddie’s eye and he smiled at her nodding.
“Eddie, get your ass out here now!” Tara yelled at her husband as Edd re-emerged from the undergrowth with a smirk on his face, he had no shirt on as he walked out of the undergrowth.
“Why the hell have you got no clothes on?” Chloe smirked at Tara then, who suddenly began to blush bright red.
“Well we can already tell the reason from her face. It’s redder than a Coke Can.” Siena muttered and then smiled at the girls, “I missed you guys so much.”
“Since when did you get all soppy and sentimental?” Renesmee asked with a chuckle as she unwrapped Jacob’s arms from around her to join her double.. triple… quadruple.
“I’m not soppy and sentimental.” Siena rolled her eyes, “That doesn’t mean I didn’t miss you guys though.” She looked at Edd and Eddie and Jacob, “All of you.”
“I can’t believe that we’re all together again, this is so weird.” Renesmee exclaimed as she looked at the rest of the group.
“Well, from all our minds it seems that-” Eddie was cut off.
“We’re not so confused about it this time. We’re just confused at what we’re doing here because there seems to be no apparent danger.” Edd finished with a smirk to his brother. Eddie looked at him a little confused.
“How do you know…?” And then he trailed off looking like he had been wounded, “No way. Your power has not grown.”
“Oh yes it has, brother.” Edd smirked, it was clear to Tara and Chloe that their rivalry still hadn’t gone, no matter if they still thought of each other as brothers or not.
“You have to be kidding me.” Eddie muttered and ran his hand through his hair, “But from what I can gather, you can’t distinguish the abilities… right? Your shield and mind reading are one in the same, you have to expand your shield and then you can read people’s minds who are under your shield, right?” Eddie grinned as if he had gotten one over on Edd.
“Yeah, but I still have witch magic.” Edd growled slightly, but he was still smiling.
“It’s good to see you, brother.” Eddie chuckled and then pulled Edd into a man hug, slapping his back to both Tara and Chloe’s relief.
“They’re so cute together.” Chloe grinned at Tara and then linked her arm with Tara’s.
“Yeah, they’re bromance is so cute.” Tara laughed. “So, what have you been up to for the past century?”
“Well you know, the usual… I’ve had kids, travelled a bit, and now we’re living here and there.” Chloe explained and then she touched the hollow of her neck and pulled out a necklace, “I still have it you know.”
“Oh! My locket!” Tara exclaimed and moved her hand to take the locket from Chloe, playing with it in her fingers, “It looks exactly the same as the day I gave it to you.”
“Yeah, I don’t wear it that often but today was one of those days I felt like I wanted to wear it.” Chloe smiled, glad she had chosen today of all days to wear Tara’s locket, “So what have you been up to?”
“Well, I’ve had Three children, two girls- twins. Chloe Renesmee and Siena Renesmee.” Tara looked down with a slight blush on her face.
“Aww, I can’t believe you named your children after me.” Chloe touched her throat, a small lump seemed to be forming in it as venom began to pool in the corners of her eyes.
“And me….” Siena said, obviously trying to hide her emotion, but failing miserably as she smiled gratefully.
“I’m guessing that one of the middle names was me?” Renesmee asked, looking a little left out.
“Of course, and the other middle name was my Renesmee from my world, I named them all after my best friends in the whole world… or worlds I guess.” Tara chuckled a little at her own joke and then she said, “And I have a little boy- Edward though his nickname is Edd.”
“I have three children too, Holly, Avia and Teddy. Edward is his real name, but we call him Teddy.” Chloe grinned.
“I wonder if he looks like my son.” Tara said, and then Edd stepped forward with his wallet, or Man Purse as Tara often called it to tease him.
“Theres a picture of each of them in there.” He said to Tara’s confused look.
“Oh, right.” Tara siad and then opened the purse and showed the rest of the group the photos, “That’s Siena.” She pointed to one of the girls and Siena smiled, for once not saying anything sarcastic or sassy. “That’s Edd.” She pointed to a boy.
“He does actually look a lot like Teddy, though he isn’t a-” She stared at the next picture and gasped, “It’s Holly!”
“No, that’s Chloe.” Tara laughed.
“Well my daughter is her doppelganger! The only difference is that your daughters eyes are golden.” Chloe sounded shocked, and then she shrugged.
“Yeah, that’s why I called her Chloe. I thought she looked like you, and when she had vampire eyes… well. It just seemed fitting. And true to their names, Siena… my Siena is one sassy cat.” Tara looked at Siena with a serious look framing her face and then she smirked.
“Well, what do you expect when she has a name as amazing as ‘Siena’?” Siena smirked her signature sarcastic smile and then she looked at the girl, “She’s good looking like me too.”
“Of course she is. How can she not be with a mother looking like us?” Renesmee grinned and then put her arm around Siena.
“So what have you guys been doing for the past 100 years?” Tara asked the other girls.
“Well, I’ve pretty much done what you guys have done, had children, Travelled, the works really.” Renesmee smiled widely, “I got married as well, so now I’m Renesmee Black.”
“I’m Siena Black now.” Siena grinned.
“Well, I’m Chloe Cullen.” Chloe smiled, “Finally. It was about time too.”
“And I’m still Taramina Cullen.” Tara screwed up her face a little as she realised that everyone else had undergone a name change.
“Well, that’s the problem with having a husband with the same name as you.” Chloe teased.
“Oh well, I don’t regret been adopted by the Cullens. And technically, you were adopted by Grandpa Carlisle, so doesn’t that kinda mean your name changed from Elliot to Cullen?” Tara asked her friend.
“No, I kept the name Elliot until I was married.” Chloe answered and then looked to Eddie.
“Wait… doesn’t that mean that you were kind of his aunt?” Siena’s face screwed up a bit in disgust as she realised what they were saying.
“No. I was just adopted by Carlisle to make sure I didn’t have to go into care when my mom died.” Chloe explained and then placed her hand in Eddie’s hand.
“What about you Tara, weren’t you adopted by Carlisle?” Renesmee asked and looked at the floor, “If that’s not too personal of course.”
“No, of course it isn’t. He was going to adopt me, but I didn’t want new parents. I already had parents. I had my birth mother and I had her family who adopted me. When the all died I didn’t want more parents. So I just lived with him and began to call them Grandpa and Grandma.” Tara explained.
“Wow. You’re lived been pretty tragic then.” Renesmee tried to sympathise a little.
“Yeah, but it’s my life and as selfish as this might sound I wouldn’t change any of it because it’s been one hell of an adventure.” Tara grinned and then leaned into Edd.
“I can agree with that.” Edd chuckled and kissed Tara’s forehead.
“Yeah, even I can agree to that. And hopefully this will also be another adventure.” Renesmee agreed.
“Ditto.” Siena said, “I’m up for an adventure.”
“So am I.” Chloe agreed with her doppelgangers.
“Let’s go then!” Masen chipped in and then he turned to Jacob, “I’ll race you, other dad.”
“You’re on kid.” Jacob ran into the bushes and began to take off his clothes, followed quickly by Masen.
Siena and Renesmee shared a look, “Men.” They both muttered and then shook their head.
At the front of the group, Edd and Eddie were arguing yet again about who was more powerful. “I can testify to that.” Chloe chuckled, “They’re so competitive.”
“Still, they can’t be as bad as last time.” Tara chuckled.
“Well, I don’t know.” Renesmee pointed to the wolves who were now dashing around the clearing, and all of the girls then burst into fits of laughter.
