I smiled as I watched my little girl pad across the lawn outside our cottage chasing a dandelion puff. She was perfect in every way, part Edward and part me. There was no little girl loved more by her parents anywhere. Then I sighed; she wasn't going to enjoy what I had to tell her, and I hated to see her even the slightest bit down.

        "Nessie honey! Come here!" I called out, then grimaced. No matter how hard I'd tried, Jacob had been using the nickname so much that, despite my best effort's, I had started calling her it too. Renesmee turned reluctantly away from the dandelion puff and trotted towards me.

"What Momma?" She asked.

Here it came. "This afternoon I have to do some studying indoors and everyone was unavailable so… um… Uncle Emmett's going to watch you!" I said in a rush, bracing myself for her outburst.

"WHAT!?!?" Renesmee screeched. Sheesh, for a tiny little half human she sure had a loud voice.

"But I hate Uncle Emmett!" Renesmee whined.

"RENESMEE CARLIE CULLEN!" An angry voice boomed out. It was Edward, storming out of the surrounding tree's with a furious glare in his butterscotch eyes.

"Oops" Nessie breathed, looking scared.

Crouching in front of Nessie, Edward gripped her shoulders and said sternly "Can you please explain to me WHY you said you hated my brother?"

"Because he's mean!" Renesmee whined hopelessly "He teases me for playing with my dolls, he teases me for not being abe to punch hard and… he said Jakey smelled like a… like a… like a stinky wet DOG!"

Roaring laughter echoed from the surrounding tree's, and out came Jasper, howling with laughter, Alice biting on her lip to stop herself from laughing, Rosalie looking like she would be wetting her pants if she could, Carlisle trying to look stern and failing, a giggling Esme holding his hand and a very annoyed looking Emmett. Nessie screamed when she saw Emmett and hid behind Edward's legs. Rosalie punched Emmett and reached out to pick up Nessie (darn it, I hate you Jacob).

Edward folded his arms across his chest and said to Emmett "Emmett, exactly why is my daughter telling me that you tea-" He was cut off when a huge figure leapt out the trees and landed with his back to Emmett. Then the figure spun around and we realised it was Jacob.

"HE SAID WHAT!?!?!?!?!?" yelled Jake. I noticed his hands shaking uncontrolably.

At that moment time went in slow motion. I launched myself at Jake, grabbing his hands, wrenching them behind his back and yanking him away from my family, then threw him into the tree's in one second. It was lucky I did because he phased while flying through the air and hit the tree with a SMACK! that made it shudder then collapse.

"You're paying for that seeing as it's on our land dog!" Rosalie yelled to Jacob.

"No Emmett's paying for it, seeing as he teased my daughter and called Jacob a stinky wet dog and caused all this mess. Jasper a little help here." I retorted, and I felt a wave of calm and nodded my thanks to Jasper.

"Oh man!" whinged Emmett, scowling at Nessie (I am seriously gonna KILL Jacob), who stuck her tongue out at him looking smug.

"She's right." Carlisle agreed "You started this and you have to sort it out."

Eventually, after Emmett's muttered apologies, we headed to the big house. I left Emmett watching Nessie and walked inside to study.

A couple  of hours later, Rosalie walked in supporting an even-paler-than-usual Emmett.

"What  is it?" I asked paniced.

Emmett looked at me with dead eyes and whispered "Nessie's missing."