Maria's Revenge

Chapter 7

My Name is Nessie

Disclaimer: Yes well, I think we've been through this enough times that we have all understood that I do NOT own Twilight. Grrrrrrrrrr…

ALICEandra624: This chapter is dedicated to our wonderful CoWriter! Yesterday was her birthday!

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Edward's POV

I was in the room in a second.

"Nessie!" she yelled joyfully as she ran farther .into the room to hug our daughter who sat watching T.V.

"Hi Momma," she beamed as Bella scooped her in her arms and hugged her tightly.

"You're okay," Bella said as she crushed our daughter. Multiple sighs of relief came from the room where my family now was.

I ran to Bella's side and she passed me my Renesmee. I hugged her as tightly as Bella had.

"What's wrong?"Nessie asked, clearly confused. "Why is everyone so worried?"

"Nessie, sweetheart, you need to listen to me," I said placing her on the sofa while I got on my knees, so that I could speak to her while actually looking her in the eyes, "Did anybody stop by at the house?"

"Yes," she said carefully, still confused about the problem. "A friend of yours, Maria, she came and wanted to know where Jasper was. I told her I didn't know, and she said Alice was gonna go and help her look for him. She even gave me this book," she said pointing to a book lying on the table. Then she saw my dark expression. "What's wrong, Daddy?"

"She's not our friend, Nessie. She probably kidnapped Alice. Now, I need you to think; what else did she say?"

"Just to make sure I read page twenty three." she shrugged, looking towards the book on the table.

I ran at vampire speed and grabbed the book from the small coffee table. It was a baby book. Hmm, fitting I guess, she did work with newborns.

I opened the book flipping through the pages until I got to page twenty three. A folded piece of paper lay compressed between the pages. I pulled it out, then dropped the book and quickly unfolded the paper.

I read aloud what was written on the paper:

My name is Nessie. Ask me how to save Alice.

"What?" Emmett asked, clearly confused.

I ignored him and looked at my daughter frustration and anger evident in me. "Did she say anything else?"

"I'm not sure," she said with a frightened look on her face.

"What else did she say, Renesmee?" I yelled.

"I - I don't know," Nessie stuttered, fear in her voice. She'd never seen me explode like this, but I couldn't stand it. This was Alice we were talking about! The same Alice that was always there for me and without her, we probably would've all been killed by the Volturi. She had always been there for me, and now she needed our help.

I grabbed her by the arms and shook her."Renesmee! You have to remember! Think!" I screamed at her.

I watched as tears filled my little angel's eyes. "I'm... I'm sorry. I – I - I ...didn't k-know. I thought she-e-e...was your... f-friend," She said as she began to cry, her voice quivering.

I instantly felt guilty for making my own daughter cry. I wrapped my arms around her and held her tightly, my face in her curly bronze hair.

"Shhhh…. Nessie, I'm so sorry. It's just that I'm worried about Alice, that's all. I didn't mean to take it out on you."

Renesmee nodded her head against my chest and then looked up at me tears still in her chocolate eyes that resembled my Bella's so much.

"Will we get Alice back?" she asked softly.

I looked at the faces of my family. Carlisle's frustrated expression. Esme's worried face. Rosalie's face I couldn't see because it was buried in Emmett's chest, and whose own face was grave. Bella looked like her sister had died and Jasper had a pained, heartbroken, destroyed expression. I could only imagine what my face looked like.

I looked back down at my daughter.
"Yeah, Nessie. We're gonna get her back, no matter what it takes."

Hmm…..what happened to Alice? What does that message mean? When will I stop asking you questions that you probably don't know the answers to?

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