What if Renesmee was a fish baby? She still has her canon personality/gift/control, she’s just noticeably a fish baby at birth.
Thoughts on Renesmee's gift.
Depends if my and @therealvinelle's crackpot conspiracy theories are right or not.
If It's Just What We See in Canon
There's serious discussion over whether they kill Renesmee or not. Renesmee clearly isn't human, Edward I imagine is disgusted and no longer pointing out that 'she really thinks like a human' for all that Renesmee's now very important gift allows her to relay her thoughts to anyone that touches her, and while she doesn't seem to be flopping out of her pond in search of human blood, she clearly does have their thirst and that could change at any moment.
We get very large drama as those who really wanted the baby aren't sure they want a fish. Rosalie finds herself very conflicted as she's extremely disappointed and horrified by this turn of events (she just delivered something not human from a very human womb, this is the shit out of horror films) but she put so much hope into this child. Bella's horrified to learn that the adorable Edward Jacob she'd been envisioning is a fucking fish. All of those visions she'd had of a perfect Edward clone are ruined by this thing she can only put in her backyard.
Carlisle is pro not murdering sentient fish species in their backyard and argues that Renesmee appears to be perfectly controlled, perfectly sentient, she's just a fish.
There's much debate over this, the Denali come over and do not notice the fish (as it's in a pond when Irina comes). The trial never happens.
I imagine eventually, unsure what to do about the fish, with the Volturi breathing down their necks to learn about Bella, with Edward and Bella being even worse parents than they were in canon, and with Renesmee's life in constant danger as while she's clearly sentient she's the fish that no one wanted, Carlisle informs the Volturi that a) Bella has been turned so please don't kill us all and b) Bella gave birth to a fish, please tell my family it's sentient and controlled so we can move on.
Aro comes to see the fish in person because what? And sure enough, Bella gave birth to a sentient vampire fish. I imagine Renesmee gets relocated to Volterra for observation and Bella and Edward are very much glad to see the back of her.
The majority of the Cullens do their best to pretend the Renesmee debacle never happened.
What if Vinelle and the Muffin Are Right
The family loves this fucking fish. She may be a bit floppy, and a fish, but she's the best fish in the world and their baby. They constantly dote and worry over this fish. They give her a great pond with Alice putting in cute decorations, Rosalie learns everything she can about marine biology to help little Renesmee's development, Carlisle's doing constant checkups to make sure that Renesmee's doing well, and all the Cullens spend time chatting with Renesmee and touching her scales to have conversations.
When Irina comes, she's very weirded out but thinks the Cullens just have a neat fish. She has no idea Bella gave birth to that and thinks this is just the usual Cullen nonsense.
The trial doesn't happen.
When the Cullens realize that Aro will eventually be coming to check on Bella, and thus learn about Renesmee, there's much panicking. Edward demands they fight the Volturi now, before they come to destroy all of them over Renesmee. STRIKE FIRST, HISS HISS. Carlisle vetoes this in part because that's morally bankrupt but also because they will not win (they have a) no army this time and b) have no idea that Bella's powers would work the way they did). As the family descends into bickering with Edward offering worse and worse solutions, Carlisle decides to go to Volterra alone to show his memories and explain what took so long.
So, you see, Aro, Bella was turned into a vampire after a delay of surprise pregnancy. She also gave birth to a fish who is perfectly controlled and the sweetest little girl on the planet.
Aro, not sure what to think, accepts this answer but wants to see it for himself. Aro goes to meet Renesmee, Edward hissing and spitting the entire time, but says sure enough that's a sentient fish and seems... fine. I imagine rather than take them all to Volterra, which would be his first choice, Aro chooses to let the Cullens be but check in with them every six months.
Edward, Bella, and Alice loathe this.
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