Set years after Breaking Dawn, focusing on the life of our favorite she-wolf as well as a new Cullen member. The chapters will later on begin to alternate between Leah and my own created character. Both will face trials that will test their strength, will, capacity to love themselves and their family and above all, their ability to accept the challenging path fate has in store for them. There will be some flashbacks of the time before the beginning of my story as well as some from before and during the Twilight series, but very few. And eventually this will be a femslash fic (NOT Leah/Nessie) , if you're not comfortable with that, this isn't for you. Rated M to be cautious.


Just the Beginning

"Leah, hurry up! We're going to be late!" my little brother, Seth 'Annoying as Hell' Clearwater, yelled at me from the other side of the bathroom door. I rolled my eyes at him and even if he couldn't see it, I knew my brother anticipated it.

"Hold on, damn it! I want to look good for this!" I yelled right back. An annoyed snort was his only response as he made his way back downstairs to the living room. A small smirk briefly touched my lips as I heard his muttered swear words. Shaking my head, I returned my attention to the mirror in front of me, continuing what Seth interrupted.

"Ok, Leah girl, just about done," I said to my reflection as I finished applying my eyeliner. Once done, I inspected myself carefully, not willing to settle for anything less than perfect. With a satisfied smile, I gathered the borrowed makeup and made my way to the room of my best friend, Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Alice, the makeover maniac, was not needed to make me up; I knew I could handle myself perfectly fine. I could only imagine how insane the little fairy vampire went while "dolling up" the bride-to-be.

The thought made me smirk and with each step that drew me closer to my human-vampire hybrid best friend, a bubbling giggly feeling seeped into me. By the time I finally reached her door I was struggling to hold back a laugh, which was extremely uncharacteristic of me.

"What's so funny?" Ness asked as she opened the door. The moment I saw her face I burst out laughing, clutching my sides, trying to gain control of myself.

"You… I… We… Me…" I breathed, unable to say what I was trying to explain. My laughter robbed me of breath but a pleasant sense of warmth settled inside of me, nestling in my bones, muscles and, even more importantly, my heart.

"You don't mean my makeup, do you?" she asked with worry dripping from her voice. I slowly shook my head and smiled at her.

"No… not that…" I said, feeling calmer. I took a few deep breaths and straightened myself.

"What is it then?" she asked patiently as I rubbed my aching sides. Laughter was one of the few things that winded a wolf; it also was one of the few things that made a wolf feel achy. The irony.

"I was thinking-"

"No wonder you were laughing, must have felt different than usual," she interrupted with a giggle. I shot her a pointed glare before I continued; all she did was grin and look at me with wide, falsely innocent eyes.

"No, dipshit, my laugh was because I was thinking of you and me and the whole situation around us; not because I was thinking in general. I'm actually quite an intelligent person."

"I was just kidding, sheesh." We rolled our eyes at each other then giggled as Ness pulled me into her room. "Now, mutt, tell me what you were thinking of."

"Welllll, I'm not sure I should, since you called me mutt." I added a small pout for good measure. She glared at me and bared her teeth but the playful twinkle in her eye made it obvious she was just kidding.

"Tell me!"

"Fine, but only because you asked soooo nicely and we coordinated that eye roll perfectly," I joked. Laughing, we walked over to her bed and plopped down.

"So, tell me."

"Demanding, aren't we?" I asked with a small chuckle. "Okay, well, I was just being nostalgic, thinking of the times before I got to know you and your family. It was a dark time for me that began the moment S-Sam phased." Ness obviously noticed my slight stutter when I said his name. She gently squeezed my hand, sending me an image of me laughing when I first got to her room. I offered up a weak smile before I continued. "It only ended when I finally realized how great you and your family truly were. Realizing that, it helped me get rid of some of my anger and bitterness. I never knew just how much of my anger was just because of my stupidity blinding me from accepting you guys. You know how much I hated your family and for so long. I blamed them for my unhappiness; for killing my dad, for taking away my first love, for making me witness his love with someone else and for taking away my chance of having a family. I guess what really made me laugh was the fact that my extreme hatred for your family was converted to extreme love and adoration because of you. I mean it's so amazing! I, Leah Amelia Clearwater, only known female werewolf of my tribe, am friends with you, Renesmee Carlie Cullen, daughter of a Cullen whom my alpha once hated!" My mood considerably lifted as I smiled at Ness.

"It still doesn't get any easier hearing about how much you hated us. I get over it quicker buuuuut, well, yea," Ness mumbled. She obviously failed to see the humor of it all. Her beautiful big brown eyes began to shine with tears.

"I'm sorry," I wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her in for a hug. "That's all in the past now, Ness, don't ever forget that."

"Okay, LeeLa," she sniffed. I smiled a little at her use of the nickname only she was allowed to use.

"Hey, no crying, unless it's because of pure joy. And even then that's only after the entire ceremony. Otherwise, I think the little pixie would kill you, plus this is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life!" Slowly but surely her lips lifted and formed a half smile that resembled her father's own famous one.

"You're right, on both accounts."

"I know," I smirked. She rolled her eyes and took a deep breath. "Hey, have I mentioned just how beautiful you look, Ness?" I took my time looking at her, starting with her gorgeous bronze curls with streaks of red that fell graciously around her head. Then moving onto her face, which was made up magnificently, I took in her rosy cheeks, smiling pink lips, cute dimples and sweet chocolate brown eyes. And finally, my gaze moved to her incredible bright white dress that was made just for her, snugly hugging her curves. She looked breathtakingly beautiful, like an angel. A delicate blush touched her cheeks and her heart began beat a little faster.

"Thanks, LeeLa," she whispered. Her soft brown eyes locked with mine; I couldn't look away even if I wanted to.

"Welcome," I murmured. For some reason things between Ness and I had turned strange, our moments became tense in the blink of an eye, loaded with heated energy. She reached out and gently held my cheek in her palm. Her scent wafted around me, a mixture of honey and… and more.

"You're pregnant?" I gasped, my body going instantly rigid and cold. Ness immediately retracted her hand from me; the electrical charge between us disappeared just as instantly.

"What are you talking about?" she questioned, pulling out of my arm and scooting over on the bed. Her eyes went wide as I grabbed her hand and brought her wrist to my nose. Sniffing carefully, I caught her natural honey and daisy scent with very subtle hint of another... vanilla.

"You're pregnant," I stated firmly, trying to contain the growl that threatened to escape with my words. I placed my head against her stomach and concentrated on my hearing. She went vampire still and all that I could hear were two irregular heartbeats, hers and another barely audible one. "There's no doubt in my mind that you are." My heart began thundering in my chest as I pulled away from her, reeling from my discovery.

"You… I…" She couldn't seem to form a single coherent sentence as she took the time to inspect her own scent. Eyes that were already wide grew even more so as her hands moved down to cradle her presently flat stomach.

"But… why didn't you ever even mention that… you…" I was stumbling on my words. Shock, frustration, anger, betrayal and another feeling I wasn't quite sure about began to choke me up.

"Two weeks ago… he proposed… we… how…"

"You didn't tell your best friend that you lost your virginity? Fuck, you even hesitated on telling me he proposed." My anger began to snake its way up and down my spine. "Best friends tell each other those things." I ground out through gritted teeth. Tremors began in my hands, ran up my arms and across my torso. I felt like a freshly phased werewolf pup again. I clenched my jaw, and pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to calm the raging fire that lit in my heart. She's pregnant! I thought angrily and felt heat flaring around me.

"LeeLa," she whimpered. With that one word all the wind blew out of my sails and I fell back onto the bed. Like a switch flipped inside of me, I sighed and ran a hand across my face. I could still feel my feelings playing inside of me, but above all I felt confused by my intensity. What the hell is wrong with me?

"I'm sorry," I murmured. Moving carefully, she settled down next to me and cuddled into my side.

"It's ok, LeeLa. I should have told you but we were afraid my dad would hear. I should have told you. Jake thought it would be better to wait until after the honeymoon… we didn't know I'd get… pregnant." I wrapped an arm around her, pulling her even closer against me. Her proximity canceled out any lingering unease and gave me strength.

"No more anger or sadness for us, ok? Jake would more or less kill me if I upset his imprint's perfect wedding." As a reply, she giggled and gently nipped my shoulder. I chuckled at the wolf-like gesture and nuzzled her neck in return.

"Ness? Lee? Are you guys in there?" Ness's mom, Isabella 'Bella' Cullen-Swan, asked from the other side of the door. I rolled my eyes at her totally unnecessary question; with her vampire hearing she must've known we were there.

"Yea," we called out at the same time. Looking at each other we erupted in a fit of giggles and pulled apart. Ness rose from the bed and walked to the window, gazing out at the abnormally bright Washington sky. Sitting up, I watched as the sun caught some of her red strands of hair and made them shine.

"It's time!"Bella sang out. With those words I felt something shift in the air between Ness and I indefinitely. Ness turned her head and our eyes met and held. There was no heat like before but a definite pull between us that was similar to that she had with Jake, when they weren't all lusty that is.

"Do you feel that?" I whispered. She pulled away from the window and stood next to me.

"Yea, I do, but why? It reminds me of Jake." I shook my head, not understanding what was happening between Nessie and me.

"I know what you mean. It's the same tug that I sense from anyone imprinted while we're wolves."

"Girls, let's get a move on. Having vampires and wolves so close to each other without a distraction is… hazardous," Bella said, hopefully too nervous to have paid attention to what Ness and I said. I got up from the bed and placed myself in front of the door, making a face I was sure Ness couldn't see, keeping things as normal as possible.

"Bella, two things: one, I'm older than you, and two, we're on our way so get everyone ready." An image of her rolling her eyes at me ran through my mind as I heard her walk down the hallway and out of the house.

"What are we gonna do?" Ness asked softly.

"I don't have a damned clue what's going on between us, but what I do know is that you are going to go through one of the happiest days of your life and marry the man that you love." I placed my hands firmly on her dainty shoulders and looked her in the eyes, once more feeling the pull. "We'll have time to figure this out afterwards, I'm not going anywhere." Throwing her arms around my waist, she buried her face in my neck and squeezed me hard. "Plus stressing out is bad for the pup in the oven," I teased.

"I love you LeeLa, you're the best friend anyone could wish for!"

"Love you too, Ness." With that said, I gently removed her arms from my waist. "Now it's time to attach the train and make our way out of this house and to your wedding!"

"Let me do it, I'm faster," Alice Cullen, Nessie's aunt and my other best friend, chimed as she seemingly appeared out of thin air.

"Three things, Pixie: one, it's polite to knock, two, it's never smart to sneak up on a she-wolf and three, 'that's what she said'," I finished with a grin. Rolling her eyes, she nudged me away from Ness and began to button on the train to the dress. It took her one minute max.

"Ok, Ness, all you need now is something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue." Alice flitted around the room, towards the window. "Bella! Esme! Rosalie!" she called out.

In seven seconds flat they all appeared around Ness. Each of the Cullen women wore matching baby blue bridesmaids' outfits that resembled my own maid of honor's dress.

"Oh sweetie, you look so beautiful," they all cooed. Each of Ness's mother figures took their turns hugging her in obviously tight embraces. Rosalie Cullen, Ness's second mother and aunt plus the biggest thorn in the paw, went first. Then Esme Cullen, Ness's pronounced grandma, Cullen matriarch and the great chef, took her turn. From there Bella and Alice shared their hug and took Ness into their arms. Then, like the sappy family they were, they all moved together and had themselves a mushy group hug.

"Goodness, you guys, let her breathe. We don't want the alpha to lose his soon to be wife from suffocation from all her mothers," I teased. They all rolled their eyes at the same time, unwound themselves from each other and took a step away from the bride to be, except for Esme.

"Here's something borrowed, sweetie," the grandmother figure said. There were two white gold encrusted diamond earrings in her delicate hands. Ness took them in her own hands with an awed expression and put them on.

"Thanks, Grandma Esme."

"Now something blue," Rosalie smiled, her blue eyes sparkling with humor. She held out a blue garter which she helped Ness put on.

"Thanks, Aunt Rose."

"Now, here you go, honey, something new, from us all." Bella held out a beautiful white gold bracelet with diamonds decorating the entire surface of it. "To shine like your family," Bella giggled. It was no secret that when Ness was still small, she would always pout over the fact that, 'she wasn't shiny like mommy or daddy.' Nessie accepted the bracelet with a scarlet tinge covering her cheeks.

"Thanks Momma."

"And finally, something old," I said. With a sheepish smile I made my way to the bed and picked up my purse. "I guess I wasn't as smooth as you vamps this time," I chuckled. While looking through my purse, I made my way back to Ness's side. "Here it is!" I took out the small black velvet box I was looking for with a smile. "There are only two others similar it, but not exactly the same, in the entire world, according to our legends anyways. One is to go to each of the Tribal Mothers, as we call them. My mom owns one, Emily owns one, and now you, Renesmee, own one." I opened the box and took out a hand woven pouch that dated back to the beginning of many of my people's legends. Within the pouch held Ness's necklace, which was the greatest sign of her importance to my tribe. I held her hand and gingerly emptied the pouch's contents into her palm. She gasped as she gazed at the necklace, completely entrance by the beauty.

The chain was thin and made of pure white gold. The pendant was a beautiful stone like no other that was also encrusted in white gold. The very center of the stone was a bright white in the purest sense, looking directly at it could probably blind a human. From the center moving out it faded into a shade of blue that resembled the clear sky outside. On the very edges it then faded into a beautiful silvery blue, with ripples and waves like water. Ness didn't know it yet, but the colors and patterns would eventually change; most likely, not until after she gave birth.

"It's so beautiful!" she exclaimed. "Will you do the honors, LeeLa?" I nodded and placed the necklace on Ness. It matched perfectly with everything else that she wore.

"Perfect match," Alice chimed, verbalizing my thoughts. With approving coos from her vampires and a wink from me, Ness adjusted her veil and took a step towards the door.

"Is it normal to feel so nervous you want to hurl chunks?" she asked with a sheepish smile. We all had a small laugh and gathered her into another group hug. Each of us offered final words of comfort and encouragement.

"Come on, honey, this is only the beginning!" Bella sang, taking Ness's arm and reaching for the door. The nervous gleam once again returned to my best friend's eyes as she nodded in consent for her mom to open the door.

We walked as a group with Ness and Bella leading the way and the rest of us following in a single filed line. Once we reached outside to the entrance of the tent where the ceremony was to take place, Ness looked at me and smiled softly. The bond that was established between us intensified for a moment, making my knees go weak and wind rush out of my lungs, before it settled to a gentle pull that tugged softly at the base of my neck. Ness looked at me with wide, horrified eyes; she must have felt it too.

"Ness," I breathed. She gulped and rubbed the back of her neck.

"What's wrong?" Esme asked. She must share the same observation skills as her mate, Carlisle Cullen, the Cullen patriarch.

"I think it's just Jake's nerves messing with us," I lied.

"I just peered into the tent, Seth and the others looked perfectly fine, well except the jittery groom himself."

"Well Ness is his imprint and I am his beta, so we're… special." I felt confident in my explanation and smiled.

"I suppose," Esme said, unconvincingly. She eyed me then Ness. After a short while of eye balling us, Mama Esme sighed and placed us in our walking order. First in line and first to enter was Rosalie, then Esme, followed by Alice, then me and finally Ness and her mom.

"It's time, Edward," Bella said and within seconds the mind reader appeared by her side. He looked at his daughter with such love and tenderness that I was left with little doubt in my mind tears would be in his eyes if it were possible.

"You look beautiful, sweetie," Edward Cullen, Ness's softie mind reading dad, said in a voice thick with emotion. He placed a small kiss on her forehead and smiled sadly. "My little girl."

Tears that began to pool in Ness's eyes spilled over and ran down her cheeks. The compulsion of the pull washed over me and before I knew it I was holding Ness in my arms and stroking her hair. She buried her neck face into my shoulder and breathed deeply.

"Come on, kiddo," I whispered in her ear. "Your hubby to be is gonna lose it if he has to wait much longer. It'd be even worse if he sees you've been crying."

"You're right," she murmured against my skin. Pulling away from me, she offered all of us a small smile and carefully wiped at her tears. "I'm really ready." She nudged me back to my spot and took both her parents' arms.

Each of us took a deep breath, wolf, hybrid and vamp alike.

'I love you, little Ness,' I thought as Rose began her walk and the procession music began.

'I love you, LeeLa.' The thought wasn't my own. I turned around and met Ness's steady and amused gaze. I quirked my brow at her, which prompted her to giggle in response.

'Quirky vampire-human hybrid dork,' I thought with a smirk. Edward stifled a laugh with an obviously fake cough and grinned at me.

"Come on, wolf girl," Alice said as she made her way into the tent.

I glanced back at Ness. Her eyes were closed, and her mouth relaxed with ever so slightly parted lips. She finally looked completely at ease and blissfully ready to make her tie to Jacob Black official.

With a smile on my face, I walked into the wedding tent and took my place beside Alice. I stood there and my breath caught, like everyone else's, when Renesmee finally entered through the tent flaps. The way she walked, the way she looked, the way everyone stared at her in awe made her look all the more like an earthbound angel. When she stood next to Jake at the altar and took his hand in hers, the ceremony finally began; and a chapter was finally put to an end while another opened wide.


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Oh and P.S., a reviewer questioned why Nessie got a tribal necklace while Leah doesn't have one. The thing is, Leah is going to inherit her very own necklace from her mother when the time is right. Leah is as much a 'Tribal Mother' as Emily and Nessie, but her mom is the one in charge of deciding when she takes on the symbol of her status.