when all else fails -nessie

[faith]

Basil hummed as he walked along the beach his hands on his staff as he looked around. He had been busy most of the day since he had come back to the surface. Faith had left him some instructions but they always worked alone unless they had a big reason to. Finally finding a place that was secluded he set his staff into the ground and then removed his cloak and set it down slowly. He had not tried this in awhile as he rested his hands out and muttered a spell as he stared at the water as it began to swell up as he moved his hands around the water slowly becoming stronger and stronger. Usually he would ask for the help of the other witches but he was alone and had been working to gain strength in his element magic.

He had never been the best with his spells in elemental magic but he wanted to get better. Taking a breath he threw the waves back and tried to hold it back with the spells using everything that he could to stay up. He was making due as he quickly made jesters when the spell he had was about ready to break on him again. Taking a breath he tilted his head to the sky and threw everything he had and pushed back the water as much as possible. It held for a few moments as he summoned the magic from as far down as he could before the spell broke and he knew he would have to act quickly otherwise he would be in trouble as the water rushed at him.

Reaching to grab his staff he twirled it as the water came up faster and faster swirling around it and then the surface barely holding it and then blasting what he could back using the magic to hold his own as he was losing steam quickly though. Then it happened he could feel the magic break on his last spell as he used it and it sputtered out the water crashed into him hard knocking him out cold. He had pushed it back enough where the water carried his body out to sea. He would be lost within moments only a footnote in history. His magic gone he was slowly beginning to drown in the water that he had only a few moments before had a good hold on and been able to hold back.

[renesmee]

Renesmee Cullen was in La Push that day to visit Jacob but he had to go somewhere so she was left alone at the Black house since Rachel was off doing something else and Charlie came by earlier and picked up Billy. So Nessie put on her sandals and left her bronze hair down before she grabbed a light sweatshirt over her sun dress she had on.

She left the house without any note since she knew that Rachel and Billy wouldn't mind and that if Jake wanted he could follow her scent. She skipped off into town before walking off to the First Beach. She didn't really know that she was going there until she smelt the sea water. She smiled at knowing that she was at the beach. As she was walking in the sand she acted like any normal eight year old girl would do as she was walking in and out of the waves.

Renesmee stopped though as she watched a man that she never saw before was doing something with the water. She watched him and when he went out into the water she didn't know why but she took off her light sweatshirt and sandals before swimming out into the water and underneath where she could hold her breath for a while looking for the guy. She went up for air for like two minutes before going down and seeing him. She smiled as she swam over to him got ahold of his jacket and started to swim back to the surface.

Once she got to the surface she swam backward to the sand and dragged him onto it. She then knelt down to see if he was still breathing or not before poking him with one finger while thinking what was he doing out here? it looked pretty cool. She lifted her finger off of him before she asked him gently in her high soprano voice "Hello I'm Renesmee and are you okay now?" She smiled at him while waiting for him to answer and wringing out her bronze hair.

[faith]

Coughing up water as he slowly opened his eyes as he glanced at a girl who was by his side “you…dragged me out” he said after a few moments. He coughed up the sea water and slowly sat up muttering a spell and his staff appeared next to him “thank you” he said after a few more moments. Brushing his hand through his hair he she was a beauty he would give her that much and he smiled “your quite strong” he said softly. He was thankful that he was alive and that she had saved him. At first he thought that she was a vampire but her eyes were brown so it was not true “my name is Basil…it is a pleasure” he said and smiled at her. Resting his hand on the ground he slowly pushed himself off the ground and took a breath “may I ask your name?” he asked her a small smile coming to his face.

Hearing her name he smiled and reached out for a moment and touched her cheek “such a beautiful name” he said softly. He sat down a bit further up as he watched her “I must admit that I have never met a Renesmee” he admitted and brushed his hair from his eyes and coughed up some water again thankfully turning his face away before he did “I guess I got in over my head…a rouge wave” he lied but it was a good one unless she was to look into his eyes. He hated lying to her but humans had very little idea of witches they were like vampires in a way secrecy was a needed commodity to keep them sane to think they were as safe as possible instead of when they would realize that they were simply sitting ducks in many ways.

Pausing he watched her and stretched his hands above his head “perhaps I can buy you something to eat as a snack?” he asked her and smiled. He was a good hearted person and it showed as he spoke to her keeping his voice soft. Tilting his head to the side he paused and picked up his staff and twirled it around glad that it had not broken as he had made it himself when he had been young then it dawned on him as he realized she may have seen it…and chances were did “how much did you see?” he asked her.

[renesmee]

When the guy started to cough up water she backed away a little so that she wouldn't get any more wet than what she already was. She then looked around for her jacket as she heard him say if she dragged him out. To that she nodded her head and said in her soprano voice, that she learned from her aunt Alice, "Yup I did." After she found her jacket she put it on and saw that he had the same staff he was using before. She shrugged her shoulders before zipping up her jacket. She heard him say thank you and to that she said "Your welcome." She then just looked around First Beach as she remembered that first time she came here with her Jakey.

That was the first day that her parents let her away from them and she had so much fun but then she also knew that her parents couldn't come onto this land only her because Jacob imprinted on her. She got out of her head when she heard him say that she was quite strong. She blushed at that some before saying "Thanks I get that from a lot of people." She heard him say his name. Basil. She smiled some as she thought about the one movie with the mouse named Basil that acted like Sherlock Holmes. After he asked for her name she gave it to him.

When he touched her cheek she couldn't help sending a picture to him of other people touching her cheek and commenting on her. She bit her cheek as she thought opps wasn't suppose to do that. She heard him say that he never heard her name before. She giggled before saying "Not a lot of people have. My name is combination of my grandmother's names while my middle name is a combination of my grandfather's." She smiled at him some as she sat down on the ground and smiled at him. When he said the next thing she knew that he was lying since she saw what he was doing. So she just nodded her head at him.

When he asked her if he could buy her a snack she smiled at that and said "That would be nice and thanks." She knew that she shouldn't but she was a little bit hungry and she was getting quite good with eating human food now even though it still tastes disgusting in her mouth and doesn't smell or taste as good as human blood. Which she is know not drinking a lot of unless you count the blood that her grandpa Carlisle brings home from work at times but she is getting better at drinking the animal blood as well. She heard him ask her how much she saw. She bit her lip some before thinking of what to say. She sighed as she looked around before touching his arm and showing him what she saw before he was washed away. She then let go when it was done and said "Please don't tell anyone that I showed you that. I am not suppose to use my power like that on anyone unless its okay with them." She knew that if her father picked up on her using her power in front of him, whatever he was since he didn't smell anything like a normal human would or like what her Jake smells like either, since she knew that he would be quite mad at her.

[faith]

The picture surprised him as he pulled his hand away and watched her for a moment and he paused. His eyes found hers for a moment and briefly he wondered if he was dealing with another witch. The fact that she didn’t have a tattoo made him pause meaning that it was somehow gone as he watched her as she asked him not to say anything. Pausing he reached out and touched her cheek running his fingers along her skin “seems like we both have some secrets little one” he smiled and dropped his hand “your secret is safe with me relax” he knew that she was not human now as she had a good idea what she had done and even then some she was not a gifted human “ill be honest with you if you will be with me” he offered and smiled at her. Such a softness to his eyes as he watched her carefully.

Something about her told him that he could trust her as he reached down and picked up the sand and ran his fingers along it muttering a spell as he paused “hold still” he said softly and blew the sand came from his hand and formed a solid necklace around her neck with a simple charm around it and smiled “a small gift” he paused and muttered a spell as their cloths and bodies dried off instantly and nodded “see I have a few tricks myself” he admitted and brushed his hair from his eyes after a few moments. It was odd being around someone as he watched her knowing he would have to be honest first. Pausing he showed her his tattoo that all witches had “I am what most call a witch” he said gently. He knew that he was taking a risk here by trusting her “what I am doing was magic by the water and even now…it just got a bit to strong usually we have two big covens but I travel alone…have for the past three years or so I guess you would say” he admitted.

He had found being alone difficult at times but he was used to it “we…are kind of human but not so much we age differently I could live a few more hundred years if I play my cards right” he admitted softly. As he walked he made his way to the top and paused turning his attention towards her “so tell me Reneesmee what is your story?” he asked her his voice soft and curious at the same time. She was not what he had thought unless he had missed the tattoo which he doubted but it could happen if hers had come in another area. He had been almost completely honest with her about almost everything besides what happened when the month changed about having Faith somewhere buried inside of his head but also asleep at the moment for which he was thankful for at times but also sad that they would never work together.

Shaking his head he made the staff and cloak vanish so he would look somewhat normal before they would get to where it was needed “get anything you wish it is on me” he told her with a true smile. He was thankful and it showed as he closed his eyes and took a breath as he watched the sky as the clouds rolled by “I know about…others but your not one” he admitted meaning vampires unless they had somehow found a new kind of eye color again…such as when the golden color had been discovered not that long ago but was still a surprise to many due to its rarity but he pushed the thoughts aside at least for a moment.

[renesmee]

Renesmee watched him after she was done with showing the picture of what she saw if him doing before he started drowning. She shivered some when he touched her cheek since it wasn't as cold as when her parents or other members of her dad's family touched her, it also wasn't as hot as when Jacob touched her but it was sort of the same as her grandpa's touch except not quite though. She heard him say that they both had some secrets and she nodded her head before she heard him say that her secret is safe with him. She looked at him when she heard him say that if he was honest with her that she could be honest with him. She said "Okay Basil I well." As she returned his smile.

When he told her to hold still she did as she was told since she could probably stand still as a marble statue like the other Cullens. She looked down at the necklace and smiled some before saying "Thanks its pretty." After the necklace appeared she has three necklaces now and she was happy. She also had on the charm bracelet that her Jake gave her. She looked down as her clothes got warm. She heard him say what he was. She nodded her head and said "That's interesting. Grandpa Carlisle never talked about your kind before." She listened to him talking about some stuff. She said "So sort of like a vampire clan?" She shut her mouth real fast and smacked her head again.

When he admitted that he could live for a few hundred years since witches age differently. She thought sort of like vampires and me cool. She walked with him when he started walking. She heard him ask her about her story. She licked her lips before saying "Well when I was born my mom was still human while my dad was a vampire and my mom was only pregnant with me for not that long. My grandpa Carlisle says that I am a hybrid and I'm half human and half vampire. I, like you, age differently than humans. I don't get out of either of my parent's house or my grandparents house because of how I age. See right now you see me as an eight year old girl but I'm only three but with a mind of I guess a teenager you would say. I hate growing so much though since I can never make any friends until I stop growing which won't be until I look around either sixteen or seventeen." She sighed before moving back some of her bronze hair.

She then continued on "What you saw earlier when I touched you that is my gift or power I guess you can call it. I have two actually which is quite a lot for some vampires and hybrids. My powers are different than my parents. My first one is the opposite of my dad's since I can show people what I'm thinking while my dad can hear people's thoughts. My second one is that I can be able to break through a shield while my mom's power is a shield. And the reason I pulled you out of the water was with the help of my vampire strength. Also not really a lot is known about my kind though since we are generally new." When she was done talking she licked her lips before she heard him say that whatever she wants is on him. She nodded her head and said "Okay." She smiled at him before asking "How do you know about vampires?" Since she was curious about that and she was also curious on where her Jake went since he has seemed quite distracted to her recently.

She moved back some of her bronze hair before thinking about what life would be like for her when she was older. Nessie also wondered about if she could have any children since it would be kind of cool if she could but she didn't know since not much is known about her kind really.

[faith]

Basil watched her as she spoke about her past a hybrid that one was a surprise . He had never heard of those before and he listened as she spoke about her birth tilting his head to the side he smiled lightly “you are truly amazing Reneesmee +” he admitted in awe for a few moments but he would not treat her any different then he had a few moments before. When she asked about the clan he paused “kind of we are close knit mostly we had more but wars and humans over the years took us down to two tribes total” he sighed quietly “one good one evil we mostly deal with each other I don’t know what they have been up to though…I am a outcast from both so I hear very little from my old friends” he didn’t mention any family because he had none.

How did they know about vampires he shrugged “we just have since I was young we help any that come our way when possible though we don’t really associate with vampires much we don’t mind It is just how things are” he said and gave a small shrug as he closed his eyes and rested his hand on the counter as he walked towards a beach restaurant and smiled lightly pulling out a chair for her to sit down and then found a place himself where he was comfortable and smiled lightly as he watched her “I am interested though and would like to meet your family” he admitted he was curious as they had never come across each other. True he could never be allowed home again but he was sure that he could find allies in this area and have good friends he smiled lightly “I hope we can be friends” he admitted after a few moments.

Resting where he was for a moment he watched a waitress come and ask what they would like for a drink and he ordered a sweet tea and glanced back at the water where he had almost drowned and shuddered slightly making a note to get better with water magic. He would have to if he was going to be alone otherwise he would be dead before long by the evil ones of his kind. He had been surprised that he had not been found sooner or later and had thought of moving to avoid ever being found but now he had started to wonder “what is your family like?” he asked after a few moments.