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Previously on Child's Play

For just a split second, I was Ashley Johnson again.

We stood there awkwardly for a few minutes. I felt a little pressure, as if their golden eyes were telling me to say something about myself, but I couldn't. I didn't know what to say. What did they want to know about me?

I looked away from all the grown ups eyes and looked up at Renesmee, who was still in her mothers arms. Her hand was to her mothers cheek and I noticed that Edward had his eyes shifted over to them, as if he was trying to see what they we doing.

Suddenly Renesmee's head whipped in my direction and I thought she looked at me so I smiled. That's when I noticed she was looking over me, so I looked behind me. I stiffened once I smelled the smell. I didn't see them yet, but I could smell the familiar smell. Carlisle went to open the front door, and I heard them talking.

Then the dark-skinned man I saw earlier today walked into the living room, shirtless and tired.

"Hi. Uh, have you seen a really short vampire? Came to the Rez. We chased her..." His voice trailed off as he rounded the corner. This time, instead of two, there was three of them. A girl and two guys. "Right there! That's her! Where the hell is Jake?" He yelled.

"I'm right here." I heard Jake say, and stop dead short when he saw me.

Four. Four werewolves and I'm the one they're staring at.

I'm dead.

I braced myself into a crouch and growled. I couldn't run. I was trapped in by the Cullens, and the wolves. "Wait Jake, don't!" Someone said behind me and I looked to see Edward come forward and stood right behind me, "You can't kill her. If you do you'll hurt Renesmee. This isn't the way these kind of things are handled."

One of the werewolves in the back stood taller and peered at me. "She's a kid! She's a fuckin' kid!"

Jake stopped vibrating. He stared at Edward, then to Renesmee, then to me. He looked behind him, to the ones who were still growling, "You guys gotta go. I don't know what the hell is going on, but you gotta leave.

"Wait, Jake. I'm calming down," Jake gave him a look, and from the way the kid nodded, it looked as if he said something to him. He started out the house with the girl and other guy, and mumbled, "I didn't know they could be children..."

Jake looked back at me, "Why were you on the Rez?"

I had a blank stare on my face. The Rez? What's the Rez?

I was still in my crouch and I knew it was ridiculous since it looks like they pose no threat, but how would I know. Maybe it's just as role they play. I also didn't trust the Cullen's behind me.

They didn't see my move as a threat because neither side moved as I made mine. I saw the calm look on Jake's face, and stood back up. "What's a Rez?"

Jake looked at Carlisle, I think, his eyes raised.

"She is new. Only a few months, maybe less. She wouldn't know what it is. But she is sorry she went there. We will be keeping an eye on her. She won't come back." Carlisle said and Jake .

"Only a few months?" Jake asked, " She's a child. A newborn child. Why the hell is she still alive? She was probably that one who was killing everyone down by the forest."

"Jake!" Renesmee said, but everyone ignored her.

"Yes." I whispered, looked down.

"She's a murderer, Carlisle!" He yelled. "And I told you! Why the hell doesn't anyone believe me?" He stepped back.

"This thing has been with Renesmee? She probably just kills everyone she sees."

"No, Jacob, she hasn't been taught the right way-" Carlisle was going to keep going but he was cut off.

"There's a right way to kill a person?" He snorted.

"No, but she doesn't know how to be unnoticed. It is obvious. She is sloppy. She was not taught the right way, if at all. We are willing to teach her everything she must know to live unnoticed. But she has to be willing to learn, which I'm sure she is. Like her abilities."

"Abilities?"

"Yes, she's telekinetic. She did that to Edward when she felt..." He looked at me then back to Jake, "threatened, I guess you could say."

"So what happens when those Volturi guys come? Huh?" Jake yelled. "They'll punish us for even knowing her. Then we're all fucked!"

"Jacob!" Esme chastised, but Jacob shrugged it off.

"Whatever. She already used that shit on me a while ago. When I ran to help Nessie." He looked at me and growled. I backed away towards the wall, "And she froze Sam while we were chasing her from the Rez. But it wasn't only us that she froze. I know this because my eyes still worked, okay?" He said when Bella was looking at him weirdly, "But I think she freezes time itself. No lie. Nothing moved. There was no wind, no song birds, nothing. It was strange.." He said to Carlisle.

"She can't freeze time." Carlisle smiled a little. "Not even the most elite vampire could do that. All the reason to keep her."

Jake made a disgusted face, "No, all the more reason to kill her. Damn it! She could freeze us right now and kill us one at a time and we wouldn't be able to do anything!"

Carlisle looked at me for a while, again like he was looking at my soul, "She wouldn't do that. You see a monster, Jake, I see a child."

"I know you're really old and, all, but I don't understand why we're standing here arguing and not taking care of this before the Volturi come."

Everyone was quiet for a moment. It was as if I didn't exist for a moment, and they weren't staring at "Ashley" anymore. I'm the kid that's putting them all at risk.

"I can handle this, Jacob." Carlisle said. "You needn't worry, understand?" He turned to everyone, then to me. "You don't need to worry at all. You can go now Jake. Go calm down."

"Yeah. Whatever." He turned around and quickly asked, "Can I take Renesmee?"

"Yeah!" She yelled while both her parents said looked at each other.

"Awe, c'mon. I promise I won't take anymore naps. Plus that was only once. I swear. You caught me the only day I actually did."

"I can read your mind, Jacob, I know you're lying. Renesmee' didn't have daily afternoon play times with Ashley here if you only took a nap once."

"Okay. Well, whatever. I promise not to anymore. Please just let me take Nessie. Pretty please?" He begged and Renesmee giggled.

"Fine. Take her, but I want her back before 5, got it?" Bella ordered, setting Renesmee down and she ran across the room and jumped up into his arms.

"Got it Bells!" He yelled at he ran outside quickly. When the door shut, it was as if the light of the room dimmed.

Now it was only me and them.

"Ashley, we won't hurt you. Believe me, we don't want to." Carlisle said, advancing towards me. I was back as far as I could be so I couldn't move back any further. Once again I was trapped.

A growl ripped through my chest and Carlisle stopped moving, "Please child." He stuck his hand out. Another growl was bubbling up in my chest. This time it was deeper and quieter.

Edward stepped forward this time, "I know you don't trust us, Ashley. I wouldn't blame you. But you must believe me." He tapped his head, "I can read your mind. I heard what you were thinking. We didn't mean to make you feel trapped. We were trying to protect you from the werewolves. You can trust us unlike Mary-Ann."

"Sorry to interrupt you son, but Mary-Ann?" He looked at me as he said the name, "You mean the tall, brown haired, red eyes, demanding Mary-Ann?"

I nodded, "Yes. That's her."

His eyes were wide, "Honey, you can't trust her. All she has told you is probably lies. That's what she does best."

No, don't fall for it. They're trying to brain wash you.

I shook my head, closing my eyes, "No. No, she doesn't lie to me. She loves me. She wouldn't do that to me." I defended her.

"That's only another one of her lies, sweetie. She lives a lie. There is somethings she never tells you. I would tell you, but I don't think you are ready to know. She should be the one to tell you. She did it. But she would demand you not talk about it, wouldn't she?" I wanted to shake my head no, but Carlisle seems to know her, so I can't lie. She would demand me not to ask about it, "Don't lie to me child." He said so I nodded my head.

"Yes, she would." But that doesn't mean she lies to me.

"No, it doesn't mean she lies, but it means she's hiding something from you. Every time she demands you do something she's hiding it from you. Think about all the times she told you not to ask her about it." Edward said, reading my thoughts. That's what I did.

Just recently she told me not to ask about her ex best friend. When she said something about my dad, she told me not to talk about it. She told me not to talk or ask about a lot of stuff. But once she demands something, I can't do anything to change it, unless she frees me.

"She fears you, Ashley." Edward whispered, "That's why she orders you around with her power. Yours can over power hers. If she didn't demand you not to use it on her you could and she knows that." I thought about that and when Jacob said that I could freeze them all and kill them. I could do that to Mary- Ann. But then who would I live with? I'd be on my own.

Suddenly, I was determined to defend my Mother. I know her. They don't know the new her. Why is it that every time I see a new vampire, they're telling me how I can't trust her? "How do you know this? You don't know what you're talking about."

"You could live here, but you can't solve it with violence. We will deal with her. You just go around and act like you always did. We will figure something out."

I thought about how that would work. It wouldn't. She would ask me if I found her, not that she cared. She would want to know what I did, "It wouldn't work. She would demand I tell her what happened. Then I would end up telling her everything that happened. That would include getting chased by the werewolves. Coming here and finding Renesmee. And talking to you about all this. I can't do it." I sounded so weak in front of these people. Now I definitely seem vulnerable, but maybe they aren't the bad people. Maybe they are right. Mary-Ann might be the bad person. Everything they are saying about her is true.

It was quite for a little, then the little one, Alice, stepped forward, "Maybe she could freeze her mind before she would get time to ask or demand. Can you do that little one?" She asked me and I shrugged. I also found her saying 'little one' was a little funny. Considering I am only about 6" shorter than her.

"I don't know. That could work." Carlisle mused, his finger to his chin, "Did you ever try such a thing?"

"No, I never tried that." I paused, "Should I?"

"Yes, if you don't mind Child." He looked around, then back at me, "Try it on me first. I want to experience it first."

I closed my eyes and tried to focus. I couldn't see anything, but I could feel Carlisle's presence. I opened my eyes after a little and looked at Carlisle, "Did it work?"

"No, I'm afraid not. Your power, does it only work when you're frightened?"

"I think so. The first time, when I froze a Child of the Moon in the air-" I was cut off.

"You mean a werewolf?" I nodded. Tomato, tamato.

"The first time I was frightened, and the second time... And the third time." When Edward reached out for me, "But when I was with those Denali people, I practiced without being scared first."

"Okay, try it on me, please." Carlisle said. I nodded and closed my eyes once more.

I may not trust them with my life right now, but I trust them enough that I can close my eyes and believe they won't jump me.

I opened them after a few seconds a saw everyone looking at Carlisle.

"Did it work?" Emmett asked and I looked at him. He caught my glance and smiled at me, so I smiled back, "I guess it worked." He answered his own question. "Damn, that is so cool."

"You can unfreeze him, Ashley." I did what he told and Carlisle took in a breath.

"Do me!" Emmett yelled, and forced his head at me. I stepped back and everyone smiled, so I guess it was okay for me to smile too.

"That's enough for the day. We should leave Ashley alone now." Carlisle stood up and motioned everyone along. "You're welcome to stay here, Ashley."

I hesitate and did not move at all. I waited still, but nothing,

It was Edward's turn to talk. "We won't do something if you don't want us to. We won't force you into anything. We want you to trust us. Making you do something won't make you trust us. It will only make you fear us."

"I guess you're right," I know they're right, "But I don't want to hurt Mary-Ann. I want to understand everything first."

"You understand that we're the good guys, though," Edward continued. "You still don't trust us."

"Yes, I understand, but will you stay out of my head?" I asked a little annoyed. Why does he have to fish through my head? That's the only place that is suppose to be private. I don't want someone to be reading my thoughts that I want to only keep in my head. Not his. I have my head and he has his. He should stick to his own.

"I wish I could stick to my own head, but I can't. I get to hear everyone's thoughts. Sometimes it's not too bad, but others," He shuddered, "it is."

"I wish I could do that." I smiled a bit, and Edward smiled too. I would love to know what goes on in his head, or Carlisle's, or anyone's, pretty much. Edward face became blank and I stepped back. I didn't do anything wrong...

He didn't say anything and I looked around a little confused, "Ashley..."

"Cool." It sounded like Emmett in an amazed voice.

Carlisle chuckled, along with the rest of the family, "You can unfreeze him now."

I unfroze Edward and he looked around, "What?"

Carlisle looked at me, and sighed. "You, Ashley, are more important than anyone has ever foreseen. It is unfortunate that you're a child."

"What does that mean?" I asked.

Carlisle took the moment to inhale then exhale. "I'm not so sure myself."

"She stopped my ability." Edward said. "I can't mind read when she does that."

I smiled at him, "You can block Edwards mind reading powers but what about Bella? She has the power to deflect any mental powers." He looked at Bella and she stepped forward, "Try just freezing her body."

I did what I was told and froze Bella where she was. She was still and I smiled a bit. I'm more awesome then I thought. "Now, unfreeze her and do her mind."

Again I did what I was told. I unfroze her and she breathed out. Then I tried it out on her mind, "Um, I don't think it's working now." Bella said, looking at Carlisle.

"So you can stop Bella physically but not mentally."

"Try Emmett." I froze him.

"Yep, his thoughts are frozen," Edward said and he laughed, "It's quite funny. His thoughts stopped on the last word he was saying, like he was cut off mid sentence."

"Why would you have to stop Bella mentally? All she is is a shield. And physically? Just stick a rock under her feet and she'll trip over it." Emmett laughs while Bella and Edward glare at him.

"I was human then, Emmett! I don't trip anymore, so shut up." I smiled a little at their joking.

They all kept talking about my abilities, and I just started to ignore them and finally relax. My shoulders were all tensed up. It seemed as though I was getting comfortable with them, which I guess isn't exactly the best decision.

"What about Mother?" I asked, and he gave me a glance. "Mary-Ann, I mean."

"I trust your judgment child. I know Mary-Ann. I know how she can be. And I know that all her actions are intentional." Carlisle frowned.

"How do you know Mary-Ann?" I asked, curious. He knows all this stuff about her, but I don't know how he does.

"I'll tell you everything you want to know. She use to be a friend of mine a long time ago. She was everyone's friend. But back then? She was known as Marianne Denali, and she was one of Aro and I's most trusted vampire."