When she went back to Charles, Makenna was honest with him. She explained to him all the drawbacks and advantages of vampirism. They discussed everything thoroughly before Charles chose to be with her. Knowing her uncle Luca would not change someone unrelated to the family, Makenna waited until she was sure she was strong enough to handle the temptation, and then she changed Charles herself.
Renata was the one who invited Makenna and Charles to accompany the Volturi to Forks to witness the crime the Cullens had committed. Because the Volturi were sure that Renesmee was an immortal child, Charles got no sense of dishonesty until they arrived in the clearing.
FAMOUS QUOTE
“We did not come here for a fight. We came here to witness. And our witness is that this condemned family is innocent.” Breaking Dawn, Chapter 37
PETER
NAME: Peter
DATE OF BIRTH: Sometime between the 1860s and 1920s DATE OF TRANSFORMATION: Sometime between the 1860s and 1920s SOURCE OF TRANSFORMATION: Maria
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Southern United States
HAIR COLOR: Pale blond
EYE COLOR: Red/black (vampire)
HEIGHT: 6‘3‖
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Peter is tall and lean.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Peter does not possess a quantifiable supernatural ability.
FAMILY/COVEN RELATIONSHIPS: Peter‘s mate is Charlotte.
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Peter was created by Maria to fight in her newborn army. Jasper found a kindred spirit in Peter and was impressed with his abilities; he advised Maria that Peter might be worth keeping.
Maria didn‘t care much either way, and so indulged Jasper in his preference.
Peter knew Jasper had saved his life, and he felt indebted; he would do anything Jasper asked.
Jasper enjoyed Peter‘s company, and they worked well as a team. Peter knew Jasper had saved his life, and he felt indebted; he would do anything Jasper asked. He cheerfully took on the responsibility of the other newborns. He was not concerned about their fate. Like Maria and Jasper, he viewed them as tools without individual personalities — until Maria brought Charlotte back.
Charlotte was different from the other newborns. Usually Maria selected humans she thought would make good warriors, but during her brief interludes of peaceful living, she was less picky. There were some women, a few physically older individuals, and some who were too young to be of much use. They were just numbers. Charlotte was one of the vampires who did not have physical attributes or life experience that would lead to her being a good warrior. She was very small physically, and scholarly by nature. She was the most self-controlled of all the fresh newborns, which gained Peter‘s attention. She was able to carry on a conversation, a rarity for newborns, and Peter found himself spending more and more time with her.
At first Peter did not think he was in danger. Charlotte was interesting and oddly pleasant, but still just another newborn. She was also very pretty in a delicate way, but all the female recruits were beautiful. She was fun to talk to, but that was just killing time. It wasn‘t until nearly nine months had passed that Peter suddenly realized she would be destroyed soon—
and it wasn‘t until he imagined her gone that he realized how much she‘d come to mean to him.
Peter waited for a good moment, and then spoke to Jasper about maybe preserving a few of the newborns. Jasper brushed him off, saying Maria would make that decision. In truth, Jasper had seen nothing special about any of the group. They were poor soldiers; he wouldn‘t make any recommendations this time. Jasper could tell that Peter was agitated, but he assumed it was a similar emotion to his own depression. He thought Peter was opposed to the coming destruction in a general sense. Jasper knew Peter would need to get over that weakness in order to stay alive.
As the time for Charlotte‘s demise approached, Peter agonized over his options. To his understanding, the world was entirely made up of warring factions of strong vampires surrounded by newborn armies. He had powerful allies in Jasper and Maria; he was in as good a position as possible for a three-year-old vampire. His best option was to convince Jasper to leave Charlotte alive. Peter could barely conceive of trying to strike off on his own with Charlotte—
they‘d be massacred in no time.
Charlotte‘s time grew closer and Peter became more frantic. Again he tried to talk Jasper into letting him save the ones he wanted. He never said Charlotte‘s name, worried that drawing attention to her would prove dangerous for her. Jasper told him to relax and not worry about it—
there was still plenty of time to make a decision. He promised to talk to Maria. Peter thought that sounded promising, so he waited. Jasper actually went to Maria to ask, for Peter‘s sake, but Maria felt that three permanent vampires were enough. She didn‘t want another Nettie/Lucy situation on her hands.
The night of the purge came a few weeks sooner than Peter had expected. As it began, he tried to control his panic. He begged Jasper to let him keep one or two. Jasper was adamant; Maria said all of them had to go. Peter tried frantically to come up with an answer as, one by one, he helped Jasper destroy the newborns. Then Jasper brought Charlotte out. She had no idea what was going on; she smiled when she saw Peter there.
Though he absolutely believed he and Charlotte would be slaughtered on their own, it was the only option he could think of. He didn‘t want to live if Charlotte was dead. He yelled for her to run, worried that she would be confused and hesitate. She didn‘t. He bolted after her, expecting to feel Jasper‘s teeth at any second, but there was no pursuit. They ran hundreds of miles before Peter paused to explain.
They lived very cautiously in the beginning; it took them a while to figure out that not all vampires lived Maria‘s way. Over time, they grew very comfortable with their new world.
Peter‘s only regret was leaving Jasper behind. He knew Jasper was his true friend because Jasper had not killed him for leaving. He also knew that Jasper was unhappy, and he was sure that, just like himself, Jasper had no idea of any other way of life.
Peter‘s only regret was leaving Jasper behind.
Peter decided to go back for Jasper. He told Charlotte he could move more inconspicuously alone, but in fact he was trying to protect her. Peter knew Charlotte felt no loyalty or friendship for Jasper; she should not have to risk her life to try to help him. Peter would take the risk alone.