Chapter 48: Stay the Course

Nessie's POV

Jane grabbed Alec and threw him against the wall so fast that he had no idea what happened at first. His eyes went wide with shock when he spotted Jane.

"Sister what are you doing here?"

"I've spent the last hour trying to track you down. Brother. What does it look I'm doing?!"

"I mean how did you know that I was here?"

"Did you really think that the Volturi would not be able to find you? What were you thinking?! Deserting the Volturi?! Have all senses fled you?! Don't you realize what this means?!"

"That I will die," he said. "Yes I am well aware of the consequences of my actions. Sister,"

"Then why would you do it?! What on Earth posessed your mind to make you believe that deserting the Volturi was a good idea?!"

"Love," Alec's voice wavered. "Love has made me do crazy things lately,"

"Love? For the hybrid? You're willing to die for her? Die for that creature?"

I shivered at the way she said creature.

"Yes I would. Just like I would die for you. Just like I know you would die for you," I was in awe over Alec's words. Of course I knew what he was risking by helping me but to heat him say it out loud was an entirely different matter.

"What makes you think I would die for you?" Jane retorted.

"Why else would you be here? If you didn't desert the Volturi then you're here with them. If you're here with them it's because they're already looking for me. You're here to warn me. You already knew what would happen when you decided to track me down yourself and warn me,"

I realized something at that moment. Jane and Alec had a strong brother-sister relationship. They loved each other. They were family. Their love for each other was stronger than any ties they had to the Volturi. They were both willing to go against the Volturi to try and save one another's life. Just like I would have for any one of my brothers.

"When are they coming for me?"

"They have decided to wait until tomorrow to come for you, the Cullens, and the little hybrid,"

Alec looked sad and if I didn't know any better I would swear that he was about to start crying. "She's dead," his voice broke.

"The hybrid?" Jane asked.

"Yes so there's no use coming after the Cullens. She's dead,"

"Even with this news the Volturi would still attac . There is nothing we can do to stop the coming fight,"

"No," my voice shook. My family was going to get slaughtered. They were far outnumbered. Even without Jane and Alec at their side. My family would suffer heavy losses and that was something I didn't want to allow to happen. But what else could I do to stop it?

I was so angry and frustrated that I kicked the nearby dumpster. The noise was so loud and sudden that it started both Jane and Alec. I was shocked because I didn't think that there was anything in the world that could scare those two.

"What was that?" Jane asked. "There's nobody around human, vampire, or animal,"

"I don't know," Alec said. A strange look crossed his face and I wondered if he was thinking about what my dad had told him earlier. About me being dead but still here. Not that it mattered anyway. We would all be dead by this time tomorrow. I guess what was the point of even trying to fight them?

I walked away feeling defeated before the fight had even begun. I guess there never really was a fight to begin with. We were always destined to loose this fight. The war had been lost before we even knew that there was going to be a war.

"Nessie," I heard Sandra say.

"What?"

"What's wrong?"

"Everything. What isn't wrong? I'm dead. I'm sure after tomorrow I will have plenty of dead relatives to keep me company. So what's the use of even trying to fight? What's the point to any of this? I should've just crossed over when I had the chance. All I'm doing is causing my family pain anyway. They know I'm here but that's it. It's killing them and it's killing me. This is literally all for nothing!" I started crying.

She held me while I cried my heart out. There was little that she could offer in the way of comforting words though. She knew that what I was saying was true. She knew better than to try to tell me otherwise. So I just cried and she held me in a comforting way.

A bright light suddenly blinded me. It was just like the light that I had seen when I first died. Sandra noticed it as well. It was a beautiful light. Then I saw something, someone, a woman suddenly appear. She looked so much like my father and I that it kind of scared me. Was she an angel? Or was she a spirit like Sandra and I?

"I thought spirits couldn't come back once they crossed over," I muttered to Sandra.

"Not usually. But I'm still relatively new to this afterlife so I'm learning a lot,"

The woman smiled directly at me as she walked toward me. "You're beautiful. Just like your father,"

"You knew my father?" I gasped.

"Knew him? I gave birth to him. Renesmee I am your grandmother Elizabeth Masen. I have been sent here to talk to you. Can you take a walk with me?"

"You're my grandmother?" I was still in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"I have been sent here to talk to you. To give you an important message,"

"About what?"

"Don't give up hope," she said.

"Give up hope?"

"Don't give up hope Nessie. God has a plan for you. I know that you feel that you're in a hopless situation right now but you must not give up. This is all part of God's plan,"

"What plan?" I asked, feeling frustrated again. "Are you saying that me being dead is part of this plan?"

"God had decided that the reign of the Volturi must come to an end now. You are an essential part of that plan. Your death is a key part of that plan. But do not worry. That will not last either. You will live once again,"

I stopped dead in my tracks. "I will?"

"Oh yes young one. You are far from completing the mission that God put you on this Earth for. He had everything planned out for you before you were even conceived. It's important that you track so God's plans come to fruition,"

"I don't understand," I admitted.

"My dear granddaughter you will play a key role in ending the reign of the Volturi. Once that is done you and your family will come into power in the Vampire world. Your family will take over the leadership position the Volturi once held in the world. But things will be different. You and Carlisle together will help facilitate peace between humans and vampires,"

"Me?"

"You have a pure heart Nessie. You are a peaceful person and you see the good in everybody. Your goodness has saved Alec and it will save many others as well. That is why you are still needed here. That is why you will remain once everything is over. The happiness you seek is within grasp. You just have to stay the course,"

"What will happen with Alec?" I asked him.

"You will have many many happy years together. You will have a family of your own with him,"

"But how do I achieve all this? How do we win?"

"That part you must figure out for yourself. Just stay the course," then she disappeared.

Just stay the course.

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