Book Three
The book returns to Bella's perspective. She has just given birth to
her daughter and is now experiencing the painful transformation from
human to vampire. After receiving an injection of morphine to mitigate
the pain, Bella is unable to move. As the effect of the morphine
diminishes, Bella consciously remains as still as possible to alleviate
Edward's guilt and agony over the discomfort of her transformation.
When she opens her eyes, she feels a warm hand on her. She is
startled and moves instinctively to a defensive position. She realizes
that Edward now feels relatively warm to her, and that she is finally a
vampire. The Cullens are wary of Bella as newborn-vampires are volatile.
Yet, she manages to demonstrate a degree of self-control unseen in most
newborns. She wishes to see her daughter,
Renesmee
(pronounced "ruh-NEZ-may"), whom she named after both her and Edward's
mothers, Renee and Esme, but, since Renesmee is part-human, the family
believes Bella will be unable to deny her newborn thirst if she sees the
child so soon without first hunting.
Edward takes Bella on her first hunt to ease her thirst. Before
they leave, Alice shows Bella her reflection. She has transformed into a
stunningly beautiful woman with flawless skin and newborn-vampire red
eyes. Bella jumps out of the window, kicks off her shoes and goes
barefoot. She experiments with her new body on the hunt. She is now
graceful, strong, and fast. She accidentally crosses a human scent.
However, she resists the urge to kill and runs away to avoid bloodshed.
Edward is astounded, as newborns hunting shouldn't be able to deny their
instincts.
Upon returning, Bella is finally allowed to see her daughter.
Because Renesmee is growing at an astonishing rate, she looks older than
her calendar age. Bella learns of Renesmee's gift - the ability to
communicate by sending images to people's minds, by touching them. Bella
is infuriated when she learns that Jacob has imprinted on her. Her
self-restraint is tested by this revelation, but she manages to control
herself until she finds out the truth behind Renesmee's nickname
"Nessie." She loses her self-control and tries to kill him. Seth steps
in, and Bella accidentally breaks his collarbone and shoulder before
managing to calm down.
Bella and Edward receive a cozy cottage for Bella's birthday from
the Cullens. Esme had designed it and renovated it. That night, Bella
and Edward make love for the first time since Bella's transformation.
They find it very difficult to fully satisfy their sexual desire for
each other. At first, sexual thirst cannot be satisfied. Edward tells
Bella that this is normal for vampires when they begin a physical
relationship. Satiation usually takes years to attain.
Renesmee matures quickly and soon is able to speak, walk and
hunt. Jacob's imprinting also forces Sam and his pack to declare peace
with the Cullens (the most sacred rule of the wolves is that no wolf
ever kill the subject of another wolf's imprinting). Differences between
Sam and Jacob's packs are soon settled as well, and Jacob and Sam agree
to become co-existent Alphas. Jacob's pack also grows when Quil and
Embry join it. Meanwhile, Jacob learns that the Cullens plan to move
away from Forks. Thinking that Charlie is the reason, he phases into his
wolf form in front of him and tells him about Bella's change and
Renesmee (though he doesn't say she has become a vampire). Bella is
initially furious, thinking that her father would now have to become a
vampire or die. But he tells both Jacob and Bella not to let him know
anymore than he needs to know. This allows Bella to keep him in her new
life and allows Charlie to go on with his life.
Peace lasts for several months, but then things start to unravel again:
Irina , a vampire from the Denali clan, sees Renesmee while hunting with Bella and Jacob and informs the
Volturi that she is an
immortal child.
The Volturi purged the immortal children from the world because they
couldn't control themselves, and made their punishable by death. The
Cullens realize that Irina is mistaken and decide the only way to
enlighten the Volturi is to present Renesmee with a large group of
reliable witnesses.
After leaving a note with Sam from the copyright page of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", Alice and
Jasper
suddenly leave the Cullens. Since the couple does not provide a warning
or reason, the Cullen family does not know why they've left. Since it
was her copy of the book, Bella perceives this as a sign from Alice. She
returns to the cottage and finds that Alice has written a name and
address on another page of the book. When Bella visits it, she finds
that it leads to the office of a lawyer named
Jason Scott Jenks
(also presented in the book as J. Jenks or J. Scott) who is a document
forger. Bella requests documents for Jacob and Renesmee (with false
names - Jacob and Vanessa (from Nessie) Wolfe), should they need to
escape if a fight ensues with the Volturi. Meanwhile, nomadic,
vegetarian, and clans of vampires arrive on the Cullen's land after the
family begins to seek their friends' assistance with the Volturi. Most
of them are enthralled by Renesmee, and almost all agree to bear witness
to the Volturi that she is not an immortal child. Bella discovers that
her power of mind-privacy has a shielding effect and she wonders if she
can extend this protection to others. During the month of preparation
for the Volturi, several of the vampires with quantifiable supernatural
talents teach Bella how to expand the barrier.
When the Volturi and Irina finally arrive, all of the vampires
and the werewolves meet in a clearing in the forest. The Volturi
discover that they have been misinformed. Immediately, Cauis executes
Irina for it, burning her. Aro felt uncomfortable about Cauis's rash
decision because of the many witnesses they brought. However, the
Volturi are not satisfied to leave, since they don't know if Renesmee
will become a threat in the future. Aro wants to convince Renesmee that
he has no intention to kill her family and friends, but the Cullens and
all their witnesses feel Aro is actually lying to her. Bella's gift
disables the Volturi's offensive fighters,
Alec
(who causes one to lose all one's senses, much like numbing someone)
and Jane (who creates the illusion of pain in the victim), when she
shields everyone on her side.
Aro,
Caius and
Marcus
vote on whether or not Renesmee will be a danger to the vampire world
once she attains maturity. Just before Aro can cast his deciding vote,
Alice and Jasper return with another half-human, half-
vampire named
Nahuel
from South America who is about one hundred fifty years-old. He and his
three half-sisters (who are also half-vampire, half-human) are the
children of a vampire
who is creating a "super race." They have never caused any danger to
the vampire world. Facing no other choice, Aro gives up the fight, and
the Volturi leave. However, before doing so, they reveal that the
so-called werewolves are not actual werewolves
,
but rather "shape-shifters". The "shape-shifters" and vampires
celebrate their victory in successfully protecting Edward and Bella's
child.
After celebrations with family and friends, Bella and Edward take
Renesmee back home. They tuck her in bed and proceed to their bedroom
arm-in-arm. Bella tells Edward she wants to try something with him. She
places her hands on his face and tries to push away her shield. She has
been secretly practicing for this moment. She conjures the special
memories she wants to share with Edward. He is finally able to see for
the first time just how deeply she loves him. Edward is unable to
control himself; he starts kissing her and breaks her concentration, and
she stops. However, she tells him that now he knows that no one loves
anyone else as much as she loves him. He asks her if she would try
again. Bella acquiesces. Once again abandoning restraint, Edward kisses
her passionately. This distraction prevents Edward from accessing
Bella's mind. She wants to open the barrier for Edward so he can access
her mind. She says that they have only forever for her to perfect it.
The story of
Twilight ends with "And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever."
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