Chapter 27: Awakening
As I opened my eyes one of the first things that I noticed (amongst the fact that I wasn’t in any pain) was that I no longer had the urge to blink. The room looked amazing; everything was surrounded by prisms of brilliant color. I could hear every sound inside of the house as well as what was going on outside. I could hear Nessie and Jake leading a very anxious Seth into the woods, towards Nessie’s parent’s house I was assuming. I wondered why they didn’t stay to come and see me and then with a shudder, I remembered what Nessie’s mom had said. I was dangerous. All of a sudden I felt a hand on my shoulder, something almost primordial within me took over, a guttural snarl was emitted from deep within my throat and I grabbed my attacker by the wrist and flung them over my shoulder and into a wall. I landed on my haunches and waited poised to attack. “Oh my God, Emmett, are you alright?” I heard a startled voice ask, Esme I think it was. I was suddenly filled with feelings of relaxation as Jasper walked towards me staring at me intently. Nessie’s Dad and Carslisle helped Emmett to his feet. “Are you alright?” Nessie’s dad asked him. Emmett smiled and shook his head in wonder, “I didn’t see that one coming, why didn’t you warn me Alice?” A peal of laughter rang through the air as Alice looked at him impishly, “See what happens when you take my Porsche without asking.” He looked at her with a broad grin on his face, “Well just so you know it was totally worth it.” Alice stuck her tongue out at him, and Nessie’s dad looked at them in annoyance, “can we focus here?” They turned towards me next; I snarled again and backed away. As they came closer I hissed. “Sienna, we are not going to hurt you.” Nessie’s dad said calmly. I growled at him viciously and Nessie’s mom held him back protectively. Suddenly a familiar voice came towards me, “Sienna, honey, it’s me Rose. Calm down no one wants to hurt you. We have blood for you I know you must be thirsty.” She came walking towards me holding a cup. I smelled it before I even saw her, the scent of the blood made my arid throat burn so badly that I wanted to scream. Part of me knew that this was true and that they meant me no harm; but I couldn’t get over my instincts and I was afraid that I would hurt one of them. Especially Rosalie. I couldn’t bear it if I hurt her, so I turned around and stealthily did a back flip and flew out of the open window. I could hear their conversation plain as day as I hit the ground running and started flying between the trees. Emmett was chuckling, “she’s like a secret agent, that’s my girl.” Rosalie was worried and smacked him in response, “Emmett it isn’t funny we have to stop her.” Bella came after me first yelling to the others, “hurry we have to stop her before she catches Nessie, Jake and Seth.” As the others bounded after me I froze in my tracks at the sound of Seth’s name. I couldn’t hurt him, I wouldn’t, would I? I could barely picture his face; the memory of it was cloudy as though I was trying to look at a picture that was on the bottom of a pool. Suddenly I felt strong arms around me. I snarled as Emmett wrapped me in a bear hug, “ready for round two tough guy?” he asked with a grin. I growled at him and tried to break free. Rosalie was in front of me next, “Sienna, calm down please. Trust me.” I stopped struggling at the sound of her voice, when she noticed that I was paying attention she continued, “That’s a good girl. You have to remain calm and try to control yourself, I know that it’s a lot to take in at first, but you need to remember that you are stronger than us. You don’t want to hurt any of us do you?” I shook my head gravely. She smiled at me and took a step closer, “Alright then, here take my hand”. Carlisle held her back, “Rosalie, no.” She looked at me intently as she slid Carlisle’s hand off of her. “It’s ok, Sienna won’t hurt me, Will you Si?” She asked me. It was as if I was under a spell. I shook my head indicating that I wouldn’t hurt her and I took her hand like I was a little baby. “If I let you go do you promise you won’t run,” Emmett asked me. I looked at him and smiled, “I promise.” I said I gasped at the sound of my voice it was melodious and lovely. He winked at me and whispered, “We are arm wrestling later”. I laughed and again was in awe at the beauty of my laughter. Rosalie quietly led me through the group who all stood with their mouths open in amazement at how I had been tamed by her. Emmett followed along behind us, probably worrying that I would turn on her. Jasper fell in step on my other side and again I was taken over by feelings of calm. When we got back to the house Rosalie sat me down and gave me a cup of blood. It was the most glorious thing I had ever tasted, she had Emmett bring me four more cups and then I finally was calm without the need of Jasper’s assistance. We were all seated in the living room discussing the events that had unfolded as well as how we were going to proceed. I sat between Rosalie and Emmett, and Carlisle paced the floor. “I am sorry that this was such a traumatic experience for you Sienna. We weren’t quite prepared for a feisty newborn, our last one was Bella and she was unnaturally calm from the beginning. I am afraid we got off on the wrong foot with you so please forgive us.” I smiled at him serenely; it was so easy to be calm now that the horrible burning ache in my throat had dissipated. “It is understandable, please forgive me. Can you tell me why I have become so violent?” Carlisle continued to pace, “Most newborns are like this, but you were even more aggressive I am assuming that it is due to the neglect you faced in your life and the brutal way that you met your end. I can’t blame you for having come into this the way you did, you poor child.” Rosalie looked into my eyes, “but that is all over now. You are safe, and loved we will take care of you,” she reassured me. Carlisle looked at me seriously, “Do you remember what happened to you?” I looked t him and shook my head, “All I remember is dancing with Seth. He thought for a moment,” We need to determine who will be your parents so to speak in order to explain to the town. Esme and I are happy to do it,” he offered with a smile. “No Carlisle,” Emmett spoke up. Everyone looked at him in shock. I have never been able o give my wife the one thing that she has wanted, and that is to be a mother.” Rosalie looked at me hopefully, “Will you adopt us?” She whispered to me. I looked at her in wonder and then smiled widely. It was odd, I felt as though I should be sobbing hysterically, but I no longer had tears, instead the choking sounds coming from my throat were all that I could offer. Rosalie was reacting in the same way and I hugged her tightly. “You don’t have to call me mom, if you don't want to” she said quietly. I looked at her and smiled, “you have been more of a mom to me in the past month or two than I have ever had I want to call you mom,” She smiled down at me and kissed my forehead. “I promise you that I will always be here for you, Emmett and I will teach you everything. You will never go unloved again, o you understand? You are everything to us.” I hugged her tightly and then Emmett tapped my shoulder. “You don’t have to call me dad, either.” I grinned at him sheepishly and said, “Sorry for throwing you into a wall…dad,” he chuckled, “it’s alright, by the way you’re grounded.” We all laughed at that. Esme walked up to me and hugged me, “Welcome to the family, oooh I have another granddaughter to spoil, I am so excited!” She squealed as she hugged me. Everyone else came up to me then I was in awe at the size of the family I had just accumulated. Rosalie looked at me solemnly, “There is one more thing. We have to completely change your identity. We cannot call you Sienna anymore, at least not in public. So I uh- I had a name picked out for you. If you don’t like it we can try something else.” She looked down and I encouraged her, “ok, what is it?” She met my eyes with a hopeful smile, “Amorita. It is Latin and means beloved. Because that is what you are my beloved, I have waited many lifetimes for you. We can call you Amore` for short.” I thought for a minute and then smiled. I like it.” Carlisle called us back to business, “There are a few things that you missed while you were out. We needed to in essence lead the town to believe that you had died, in order for this to work. Alice took your car and staged an accident.” I gulped and looked into all of the faces who were staring at me questioningly. “How did you do it?” I whispered. He closed his eyes and then looked at me sadly, “Alice drove it over a cliff. We left a note at your house saying that you were running away. It looked as though you were so upset that you lost control of your car.” I looked up in a daze, “But won’t they know it was staged when they don’t find a body?” Everyone looked down, including Rosalie who was suddenly very intent on one of her bracelets. “Um, there was nothing left at all, Sienna.” Alice said quietly. I inhaled quickly; Jasper was suddenly in front of me willing me back into tranquility. Rosalie found my hand and gripped it hard. I breathed in again, although I didn’t need the oxygen I couldn’t help it, “So, do uh, does my father know?” Carlisle looked at me sadly, “The memorial is today at the high school, that is where Nessie and Jake and Seth went.” I looked at him in horror, “but they know I am not dead.” Nessie’s dad looked at me sorrowfully, “That is correct, but we have to keep up appearances Sienna, most people in town know how close you were with Renesmee and Jacob and Seth. We have to sway them from thinking that anything out of the ordinary could have happened or we will be forced to leave.” I sat for a moment quietly pondering that thought. I suddenly spoke up, “I want to go too.” Everyone looked at me as though I had grown a third eye, “You want to go to your own funeral?” Nessie’s mother asked incredulously. “I have to know if my father and sister came, I just have to see it for myself.” Carlisle’s face hardened, “Sienna that is not a good idea.” I looked into Rosalie’s face beseeching her to help me and she looked up thoughtfully, “Hey Alice. Didn’t we have to change her appearance anyway?” Alice looked at us doubtfully, “Well, yes but,” Rosalie stood up with my hand still in hers, “Well lets go and get to work then, if she looks 100% different, then what is the big deal?” Nessie’s father looked at her in shock, “Rosalie, it’s too dangerous,” she looked at him coolly, “Just keep an open mind.” With that we were headed up the grand staircase I was flanked by Alice and Rose on each side. I tried to ignore the comments that were left in my wake but of course I could hear them plain as day. “Carlisle, you can’t allow this. You saw how she flung Emmett like he was a rag doll. She is not controlled enough to be around that many humans at one.” Carlisle quietly answered, “I know, Emmett, you have to talk to Rosalie.” At that moment I doubted myself could I really handle this? Alice looked at me and seemed to pick up on my thoughts, “I could always tell you how this will end up you know…” I looked at her and nodded, and then waited for her answer.
As I opened my eyes one of the first things that I noticed (amongst the fact that I wasn’t in any pain) was that I no longer had the urge to blink. The room looked amazing; everything was surrounded by prisms of brilliant color. I could hear every sound inside of the house as well as what was going on outside. I could hear Nessie and Jake leading a very anxious Seth into the woods, towards Nessie’s parent’s house I was assuming. I wondered why they didn’t stay to come and see me and then with a shudder, I remembered what Nessie’s mom had said. I was dangerous. All of a sudden I felt a hand on my shoulder, something almost primordial within me took over, a guttural snarl was emitted from deep within my throat and I grabbed my attacker by the wrist and flung them over my shoulder and into a wall. I landed on my haunches and waited poised to attack. “Oh my God, Emmett, are you alright?” I heard a startled voice ask, Esme I think it was. I was suddenly filled with feelings of relaxation as Jasper walked towards me staring at me intently. Nessie’s Dad and Carslisle helped Emmett to his feet. “Are you alright?” Nessie’s dad asked him. Emmett smiled and shook his head in wonder, “I didn’t see that one coming, why didn’t you warn me Alice?” A peal of laughter rang through the air as Alice looked at him impishly, “See what happens when you take my Porsche without asking.” He looked at her with a broad grin on his face, “Well just so you know it was totally worth it.” Alice stuck her tongue out at him, and Nessie’s dad looked at them in annoyance, “can we focus here?” They turned towards me next; I snarled again and backed away. As they came closer I hissed. “Sienna, we are not going to hurt you.” Nessie’s dad said calmly. I growled at him viciously and Nessie’s mom held him back protectively. Suddenly a familiar voice came towards me, “Sienna, honey, it’s me Rose. Calm down no one wants to hurt you. We have blood for you I know you must be thirsty.” She came walking towards me holding a cup. I smelled it before I even saw her, the scent of the blood made my arid throat burn so badly that I wanted to scream. Part of me knew that this was true and that they meant me no harm; but I couldn’t get over my instincts and I was afraid that I would hurt one of them. Especially Rosalie. I couldn’t bear it if I hurt her, so I turned around and stealthily did a back flip and flew out of the open window. I could hear their conversation plain as day as I hit the ground running and started flying between the trees. Emmett was chuckling, “she’s like a secret agent, that’s my girl.” Rosalie was worried and smacked him in response, “Emmett it isn’t funny we have to stop her.” Bella came after me first yelling to the others, “hurry we have to stop her before she catches Nessie, Jake and Seth.” As the others bounded after me I froze in my tracks at the sound of Seth’s name. I couldn’t hurt him, I wouldn’t, would I? I could barely picture his face; the memory of it was cloudy as though I was trying to look at a picture that was on the bottom of a pool. Suddenly I felt strong arms around me. I snarled as Emmett wrapped me in a bear hug, “ready for round two tough guy?” he asked with a grin. I growled at him and tried to break free. Rosalie was in front of me next, “Sienna, calm down please. Trust me.” I stopped struggling at the sound of her voice, when she noticed that I was paying attention she continued, “That’s a good girl. You have to remain calm and try to control yourself, I know that it’s a lot to take in at first, but you need to remember that you are stronger than us. You don’t want to hurt any of us do you?” I shook my head gravely. She smiled at me and took a step closer, “Alright then, here take my hand”. Carlisle held her back, “Rosalie, no.” She looked at me intently as she slid Carlisle’s hand off of her. “It’s ok, Sienna won’t hurt me, Will you Si?” She asked me. It was as if I was under a spell. I shook my head indicating that I wouldn’t hurt her and I took her hand like I was a little baby. “If I let you go do you promise you won’t run,” Emmett asked me. I looked at him and smiled, “I promise.” I said I gasped at the sound of my voice it was melodious and lovely. He winked at me and whispered, “We are arm wrestling later”. I laughed and again was in awe at the beauty of my laughter. Rosalie quietly led me through the group who all stood with their mouths open in amazement at how I had been tamed by her. Emmett followed along behind us, probably worrying that I would turn on her. Jasper fell in step on my other side and again I was taken over by feelings of calm. When we got back to the house Rosalie sat me down and gave me a cup of blood. It was the most glorious thing I had ever tasted, she had Emmett bring me four more cups and then I finally was calm without the need of Jasper’s assistance. We were all seated in the living room discussing the events that had unfolded as well as how we were going to proceed. I sat between Rosalie and Emmett, and Carlisle paced the floor. “I am sorry that this was such a traumatic experience for you Sienna. We weren’t quite prepared for a feisty newborn, our last one was Bella and she was unnaturally calm from the beginning. I am afraid we got off on the wrong foot with you so please forgive us.” I smiled at him serenely; it was so easy to be calm now that the horrible burning ache in my throat had dissipated. “It is understandable, please forgive me. Can you tell me why I have become so violent?” Carlisle continued to pace, “Most newborns are like this, but you were even more aggressive I am assuming that it is due to the neglect you faced in your life and the brutal way that you met your end. I can’t blame you for having come into this the way you did, you poor child.” Rosalie looked into my eyes, “but that is all over now. You are safe, and loved we will take care of you,” she reassured me. Carlisle looked at me seriously, “Do you remember what happened to you?” I looked t him and shook my head, “All I remember is dancing with Seth. He thought for a moment,” We need to determine who will be your parents so to speak in order to explain to the town. Esme and I are happy to do it,” he offered with a smile. “No Carlisle,” Emmett spoke up. Everyone looked at him in shock. I have never been able o give my wife the one thing that she has wanted, and that is to be a mother.” Rosalie looked at me hopefully, “Will you adopt us?” She whispered to me. I looked at her in wonder and then smiled widely. It was odd, I felt as though I should be sobbing hysterically, but I no longer had tears, instead the choking sounds coming from my throat were all that I could offer. Rosalie was reacting in the same way and I hugged her tightly. “You don’t have to call me mom, if you don't want to” she said quietly. I looked at her and smiled, “you have been more of a mom to me in the past month or two than I have ever had I want to call you mom,” She smiled down at me and kissed my forehead. “I promise you that I will always be here for you, Emmett and I will teach you everything. You will never go unloved again, o you understand? You are everything to us.” I hugged her tightly and then Emmett tapped my shoulder. “You don’t have to call me dad, either.” I grinned at him sheepishly and said, “Sorry for throwing you into a wall…dad,” he chuckled, “it’s alright, by the way you’re grounded.” We all laughed at that. Esme walked up to me and hugged me, “Welcome to the family, oooh I have another granddaughter to spoil, I am so excited!” She squealed as she hugged me. Everyone else came up to me then I was in awe at the size of the family I had just accumulated. Rosalie looked at me solemnly, “There is one more thing. We have to completely change your identity. We cannot call you Sienna anymore, at least not in public. So I uh- I had a name picked out for you. If you don’t like it we can try something else.” She looked down and I encouraged her, “ok, what is it?” She met my eyes with a hopeful smile, “Amorita. It is Latin and means beloved. Because that is what you are my beloved, I have waited many lifetimes for you. We can call you Amore` for short.” I thought for a minute and then smiled. I like it.” Carlisle called us back to business, “There are a few things that you missed while you were out. We needed to in essence lead the town to believe that you had died, in order for this to work. Alice took your car and staged an accident.” I gulped and looked into all of the faces who were staring at me questioningly. “How did you do it?” I whispered. He closed his eyes and then looked at me sadly, “Alice drove it over a cliff. We left a note at your house saying that you were running away. It looked as though you were so upset that you lost control of your car.” I looked up in a daze, “But won’t they know it was staged when they don’t find a body?” Everyone looked down, including Rosalie who was suddenly very intent on one of her bracelets. “Um, there was nothing left at all, Sienna.” Alice said quietly. I inhaled quickly; Jasper was suddenly in front of me willing me back into tranquility. Rosalie found my hand and gripped it hard. I breathed in again, although I didn’t need the oxygen I couldn’t help it, “So, do uh, does my father know?” Carlisle looked at me sadly, “The memorial is today at the high school, that is where Nessie and Jake and Seth went.” I looked at him in horror, “but they know I am not dead.” Nessie’s dad looked at me sorrowfully, “That is correct, but we have to keep up appearances Sienna, most people in town know how close you were with Renesmee and Jacob and Seth. We have to sway them from thinking that anything out of the ordinary could have happened or we will be forced to leave.” I sat for a moment quietly pondering that thought. I suddenly spoke up, “I want to go too.” Everyone looked at me as though I had grown a third eye, “You want to go to your own funeral?” Nessie’s mother asked incredulously. “I have to know if my father and sister came, I just have to see it for myself.” Carlisle’s face hardened, “Sienna that is not a good idea.” I looked into Rosalie’s face beseeching her to help me and she looked up thoughtfully, “Hey Alice. Didn’t we have to change her appearance anyway?” Alice looked at us doubtfully, “Well, yes but,” Rosalie stood up with my hand still in hers, “Well lets go and get to work then, if she looks 100% different, then what is the big deal?” Nessie’s father looked at her in shock, “Rosalie, it’s too dangerous,” she looked at him coolly, “Just keep an open mind.” With that we were headed up the grand staircase I was flanked by Alice and Rose on each side. I tried to ignore the comments that were left in my wake but of course I could hear them plain as day. “Carlisle, you can’t allow this. You saw how she flung Emmett like he was a rag doll. She is not controlled enough to be around that many humans at one.” Carlisle quietly answered, “I know, Emmett, you have to talk to Rosalie.” At that moment I doubted myself could I really handle this? Alice looked at me and seemed to pick up on my thoughts, “I could always tell you how this will end up you know…” I looked at her and nodded, and then waited for her answer.
