A/N: Hi everyone! Thank you for taking the time to click on my story and have a read. I truly hope you find my fanfic interesting and entertaining. This fanfic takes place just after Jacob, Edward and Bella meet in the forest at the end of New Moon. But before you begin reading, there are a few things I wish to address before you begin reading, so I hope you will take the time to have a squiz at these before continuing to the prologue.
Disclaimer: Firstly, I wish to say that the characters and some of the plot lines depicted in my story are not of my creation, but that of Stephenie Meyer. Although, there are some scenes and plot lines that came from my imagination, the foundation of these are based around the world Stephenie created in her Twilight Saga novels.
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This fanfic: is something I have been working on for most of 2011. It is a 'what if' scenario I thought of one night. As the brief summary outlines on the website, this fanfic centres around Edward and Jacob. Please note that this is NOT a slash fic, but one of friendship, hurt, comfort and quite a bit of emotional angst. If this is something you are not interested in reading, please do not begin. When I write, I often like to keep my fics as close to canon as I can. I have striven to do this with 'Trust me', however the only aspect of Stephenie's world that is drastically changed in mine is that vampire venom does not kill werewolves. As to what it does do, well you'll need to read to find out! =P
Nevertheless, this should give you a little idea of what to expect from my fanfic, and I hope you will enjoy it! Most of the story is told from either Edward's or Jacob's perspective (with occasional input from other characters). In later chapters, I write some of my favourite moments from Eclipse and Breaking Dawn from either Edward or Jacob's perspective, so I hope you enjoy those (though keep in mind the events from my fanfic will influence how these particular scenes will be retold). Finally, I wish to say that this fanfic is almost complete (I have one more chapter to write), but am only putting up one chapter at a time (I will post every week around this time). This fanfic is 24-25 chapters long, each chapter is between 10 to 15 A4 pages, single spaced (excluding the Prologue which is much shorter). Having said this, I am still open to suggestion, and am happy to add in any scenes or conversations you would like to see written from a different character's perspective.
About me: I imagine a lot of you will first see this fanfic because you have put me on your 'Author Alert'. Thank you so much for doing that, it always makes me smile when someone has put me on their alerts list. For those of you who have never read a fic of mine, I thought I would let you know that prior to now, I have only written Harry Potter fanfics. I apologise in advance to anyone who is a fan of Harry Potter, who was hoping this would be another HP fanfic. For the moment, I have stopped writing in the world of Harry Potter, but I do have some ideas brewing!
Hence, this is my first Twilight fanfic and regret to say that I have had little time to read other author's Twilight fics (except for 'All Grown Up' by VanessaWolfe- an amazing fanfic, I highly recommend it!).
Anyway, enough of my rambling on; I hope you enjoy the prologue and I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Trust Me- Preface
Jacob's POV
My howl echoed off the trees as I sprinted into the forest. All I could think about was the person I was leaving behind: Bella.
The last three days have been a torturous hell. While Bella was in Italy facing mortal peril, I was stuck in La Push attempting to find the allusive red-haired vampire. Victoria was no longer important to me when I knew Bella was elsewhere facing far worse. My brothers were becoming fed up with my constant preoccupation with the girl I love- I could see their annoyance in their thoughts, but was grateful they did not speak to me about it. It wasn't like they weren't also angry that the bloodsuckers had left Bella to suffer cruelly, to then be welcomed back by Bella with open arms, to then be expected to travel half way around the world to rescue the one who deserved to die most. It made no sense to us, and to think that she was risking her life to save the bloodsucker made my blood boil to no end. Words cannot begin to describe my relief when I heard she had survived- though it was slightly dampened by the knowledge that she saved her bloodsucking partner too.
I was certain she would visit me soon.
No such visit came.
And tonight, Edward was so 'grateful' that I was there for Bella when he was not (the bastard), yet refused to even let me say goodbye to her? After discovering I may lose her forever to their way of 'life', I was not even permitted one final farewell? A hug? Wasn't it obvious that Bella wanted to say goodbye too? Urgh! Grateful my arse!
I couldn't see properly through the tears that began to fall when I thought of the injustice of it all, as I continued to propel towards La Push. I was thankful that all of my brothers were eating dinner at Emily's tonight; it allowed me to clear my head without anyone impeding on my privacy. More importantly, if they knew I was upset about Bella, then Leah at least would have something to say about it. Yes, I was definitely grateful for their absence. It was my night to patrol the area; Embry and Paul were to join me after dinner, a precaution which I thought was unnecessary; we hadn't found any trace of Victoria for days.
Suddenly a disturbing image filled my head so powerful that I felt sick to my stomach. My image of Victoria suddenly changed into one of Bella, with red eyes and stone-like features and a putrid smell that even in my imagination was too all-consuming for me to bear. I tried to erase the image from my mind and let out a cry in anguish when I realised I couldn't. I would lose my Bella forever. Things could not end this way for us.
Before I knew what I was doing, I felt my paws dig into the soil beneath me. I looked around and realised I was only meters away from the boundary that separated La Push from the vampire territory, but I didn't cross it.
My mind suddenly erased the disturbing image I had conjured before and was replaced with Bella's face- the expression she wore during those short seconds before the bloodsucker pulled her away. Who was he to tell her who she could or could not talk to? I was so intent on hugging her and whispering in her ear that I loved her, and beg her to love me enough not to become a vampire, only for that opportunity to be ripped out from my grasp. I would give anything for a final chance to save her… and myself.
Although it was a foolish hope, I continued to stand at the border under the shade of a tree, in the hope that the bloodsucker would have allowed Bella to chase after me.
I barked angrily and made a claw mark in the tree, my paw smashing against the bark in frustration. Who was I kidding? Neither of them cared for me now- things were just as they were at the beginning of this year except now I was in love with Bella. No one seemed to care about how Bella sank into what felt like an eternal depression- I shuddered to think where she would be now if it weren't for me… and this is how I am repaid? I hope Charlie punishes that creature for what he did- if I ever saw the bloodsucker again, I swear I will kill him for what he did to Bella.
I paced the borderline, keeping my nose alert for Bella's scent as I moved. It was dark now and a few of my brothers had phased and had mentally joined me in my repetitive thoughts.
She will come, she will come.
No one bothered to ask me to whom I was referring; they all knew. After an hour or so, they apparently grew sick of my behaviour- I was no fun anymore- so they left to be with more cheerful people or to otherwise gossip about me. I didn't care which.
My impatience was starting to consume me. Surely Charlie would not have prevented Bella from seeing me? It was evident that he preferred me to Edward by far. But would Bella be bothered to ask him, when she had the 'man' she wanted in that bloodsucker of hers? Would Edward even let her go if she begged him?
I snorted.
Doubtful.
Now that I had kept her alive that's all he needed from me. I cringed when I realised that I had done him a favour, though that was not my intention. But of course, I wouldn't have done anything differently had I known how this would all turn out…
It was in that moment that I realised that I would never win Bella over this way; standing aside and waiting for her would achieve nothing. I would need to chase after her- constantly remind her that I would never hurt her, that she will lose me and her family if she stayed with the bloodsucker and his coven. If Edward was 'incapable' of leaving without Bella's permission, then I would somehow encourage Bella to order him away- it would improve both of our lives. Of course I knew it may not work, but in order to succeed, doubt could not be on my mind, only the rewards of success.
My head had been so full of these thoughts that it was only when I began sprinting back towards Bella's house that my nose stung with a disgustingly sweetened smell and I realised I was not alone. I felt a sharp and powerful force bite down on the nape of my neck. I howled in pain and tried to keep myself together- I could not phase back into my human form; I needed to fight. But when I felt my entire body collapse to the ground, and my head smash into the tree root beneath me, I knew I had not succeeded. I was human again, blood was pouring out of my neck, I felt dizzy, and Victoria was standing over me. I could barely breathe. The red head was smiling sweetly at me as if I was a new toy for her to play with, yet the way her lips were pursed suggested that she was not about to continue feeding on my blood. Why, I could only guess. But one thing was for certain- I would soon be dead.
I could hear paws pounding against the ground, their rhythm getting faster and faster- their owners barking loudly. A couple of my brothers must have heard my cry. Victoria seemed torn between self-preservation and ensuring my death. Within a split second, she decided her own life was more important than the end of mine. I watched her sprint to the north, sticking to the boundary. I saw Paul and Embry chase her some 20 meters away from me. I hoped someone would find me, but even if they did it would be too late. I gritted my teeth in anxiety and in an attempt to block out the painful throbbing in my head. I closed my eyes and tried to take deep breaths as I moved my hand slowly towards the back of my neck. I cried out when I felt my blood oozing from a wound that was definitely a bite mark. I left my hand there and lay back on it, hoping that it would stem the flow of blood eventually, but without any true hope. Lying down on the ground, my chest heaved in sobs- I was terrified. Although I felt fine for the moment, I had no idea what the venom would do to me. I felt clammy with panic, my heart pounding in anticipation- I felt faint even though I was lying down. What if I turned into one of them? I couldn't go home- I didn't want to endanger my family- my pack. I would just have to wait to find out my fate, but given everything that had happened today, I had no desire to live long enough to find out.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the prologue! If I receive a few reviews, I will post up chapter 1 to get the ball rolling into the main story So please, please, please review! I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I look forward to hearing what you think!