Chapter 1: A Birthday Present

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I sighed in contentment as Edward and I walked down the cobbled streets of London swinging Renesmee in between us. Back and forth. Back and forth. A small smile played on my lips as she giggled madly from a particularly high swing which attracted attention from many ongoers of the city.

"Nessie," Edward reprimanded softly to which only our vampire ears could hear, "don't swing too high okay love?" To which the subject of his scolding simply nodded and smirked mischieviously. I shook my head and chuckled in spite of myself.

It was a year after the fight with the Volturi. Renesmee was now officially one and as a birthday gift, Carlisle decided to give us a vacation to the beautiful country of England. Despite Alice's protests ("England has the most hip brands there are!"), he insisted that it was about time we had a family vacation. Just the three of us. And it was lovely really. We have been touring the various museums and tourist places that the country had to offer and with much convincing on Renesmee's part (though I'm sure Edward almost had a vampire equivalent of an aneurysm), we allowed our physically four year old daughter to hunt red deer. All by herself. Though it was painful to see my fragile child wrestle a buck at least five times her weight, I had to accept that my baby was growing up. Edward however didn't want to see his baby girl fly from the nest. Seeing as I had to restrain him (with much difficulty I may add) from attacking Renesmee's prey.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

My mindless wandering broke as the clear, sweet voice of my husband assaulted my ears with such concern that it almost made me squeal like Jessica Stanley.

"Never." I replied with a deadpan voice before breaking out into laughter along with Edward. "Just reminiscing about how much Renesmee has grown. And to think that she's only one!" I sighed sadly as I gazed after the bronze haired beauty who had skipped a few paces in front of us to look in the window of a bookstore. A gentle grin graced Edward's lips as he wrapped his pallid arm around my hoodie-clad shoulders and kissed me tenderly on the temple where a few strands of loose brown hair fell from my ponytail onto my face.

"Mummy! Can we go to the park?" Renesmee's excited voice half sang while she gestured toward a large stone water fountain surrounded by green grass and wooden park benches. Few people were walking about in the park on this overcast but otherwise warm day.

"Sure... But why did you call me 'Mummy'?" I questioned as my eyes flickered up to the cloudy skies. Edward stifled a laugh and I playfully glared at him. Darn telepath.

"Because that's what British people call their Momma and Dad so I want to try it. It seems fun. So can we go now?" Big brown eyes stared up at me expectantly, as if what their owner had said made complete sense.

I snorted in laughter before trying to conceal it with a cough. Too bad vampires don't get sick. "Sure Ness. You can eat your lunch at the bench. It's almost 11:30 anyways."

A frown spread over Nessie's face at the prospect of human food before brightening up and exclaiming something about throwing euros into the fountain. Edward and I shared a knowing look.

Roughly two minutes and thirty one seconds later, the two bronze haired Cullens sat side by side on a cherry wood bench directly in front of the beautiful marble fountain which depicted a lovely sculpted stag. I stood from a distance admiring the two loves of my life smiling and tossing blueberries into the air when suddenly a blur of bright turquoise shot past me at a rather alarming speed. Before I could even register what happened, I was standing much closer to the park bench than I was. And standing there, if I was not mistaken, was a nine year old boy with blue hair. I watched in confusion and amusement as the scene unfolded in front of me.

"Hi!" The boy exclaimed towards Edward. "You have interesting eyes," he stated confidently, "They're yellow. Like a badger." Blinking rapidly in astonishment that the child would even approach him, Edward was rendered speechless. As was I. Aside from the fact that badgers aren't yellow.

"You have cool hair. What's your name?" Nessie said sweetly in contrast to her dad's incoherent stuttering.

"Thanks!" The boy replied embaressedly and I swore that I saw his hair shift to a blush pink color before settling back to turquoise. Even with vampire reflexes, it only lasted for a brief second. Perhaps it was just a trick of the light, I convinced myself. "My name is Teddy."

Just as Edward was about to say something, all of our attention was diverted to a heavily pregnant lady who came hobbling down the pathway to where our bench lay. She had beautiful red hair that whipped in the breeze, reminding me of fire. Stretched over her inflated stomach was a plain purple sundress. My eyes caught sight of the small sleeping child in the old-fashioned baby carriage in front of her when suddenly she screeched.

"FOR THE LOVE OF MERLIN! EDWARD REMUS LUPIN I TOLD YOU NOT TO BLOODY RUN OFF!" She all but thundered, a ferocity that could have easily outmatched Rosalie's. Edward cringed at the use of his name but watched as the little boy (Teddy? Edward?) shriveled in guilt.

"Sorry Mum." He said, eyes downcast and guilt ridden but twinkling with irrepressible mischief only visible to vampire sight.

The young woman took a deep, shaky breath. Then another, this time more steady.

"It's okay Teddy. Just don't do it again. Running is rather difficult now. Even more so than flying." She said the last part under her breath before turning towards me and extending her hand. "I'm Ginny by the way. Sorry about Teddy. I hope he wasn't bothering you."

"Oh no, not at all! We were just eating lunch and enjoying the scenery. I'm Bella and this is my husband Edward," I gestured toward the bench's inhabitants, "and our... our daughter Renesmee." I smiled at the use of daughter instead of niece. Right then I felt a small tug on my sleeve as Nessie gave me pictures of her and Teddy playing together.

"You want to play with Teddy?" I said out loud for the benefit of the humans. To which the blue haired boy enthusiastically cheered and Ginny nodded her consent before the two kids ran off towards the fountain to do God knows what.

"Please, have a seat," Edward spoke up in a utterly confused voice, eyebrows knitted together as he stood and helped Ginny to the bench, cautious not to touch her skin. She graciously plopped down on the soft cherry wood and lifted the sleeping childinto her lap.

And that's when I caught a whiff of her scent. The odd, but not entirely unappetizing scent of burning wood. Since when did humans smell like this?

A/N Hey! I hoped you liked this first chapter of my newest fanfiction! Please review and tell me what you think. Also, this takes place one year after the events in Breaking Dawn- September 2007. Albus is actually supposed to be born by now, but for the sake of this story, he isn't. Teddy is nine and I know that some people believe his name to be "Theodore", however, I am just using Edward as his full name.

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