Born Again

A/N: Hey, I've been wanting to do something with Emmett from Twilight and New Moon for a while now, here it is, I do hope its good. I'm also going to try to start one for Jacob. Mind you I plan on keeping Bella with Edward.

Prologue:

The look on her face as the wild Victoria ripped out his Rose's throat was enough to jolt Emmett from his meditative state with her screams echoing in his ears. If he could dream it would be nightmares of the accident that took his mate from him. Twelve years seemed like days in his mind and every time he pushed those memories back they resurfaced with a vengeance so painful it was all he could do to not curl up in to a ball and scream.

He assumed what had made the memories resurface this time was that he had come home arriving shorty after Bella and Edward. He had walking into the living room where Edward had been sitting playing the piano with Bella at his side both happy and Carlilse and Esme grinning like a human married couple at Christmas along with Jasper and Alice sitting comfortable tucked into each other.

He was the odd one out. He tried not to feel sorry for himself but, he had no mate, he was all alone for the rest of eternity. Thinking that brought ragged cries of anguish from his chest as he curled up in the cool grass where he had been sitting and thinking all day and let out an eerie shriek that could be heard for miles.

Chapter 1

She ran as she had done for days without stopping. All of their survival depending on her reaching Carlilse in time. She ran and she could no longer feel her heavy paws the only thing that kept them going was will power. Her mind forcing her to place one golden paw in front of the other. Gods above but she was so tired and hungry.

A shriek made her slow slightly her spotted ears twitching towards the sound. But she couldn't stop as soon as she stopped she would pass out. Ash never noticed when her paws veered from the path and as she burst from the woods into a grassy meadow she collapsed thinking she had failed them all, before the darkness overwhelmed her vision.

He heard the steady rhythm of paws on the ground nearby though they were silent. Emmett immediately stood up and crouched ready for a fight. He was completely taken aback when a jaguar bound through the brush and into the meadow. She collapsed on her side shaking violently for a moment before her sleek body spasmed and changed smoothly, quickly into a human woman. He stared at her noticing she was naked and a few minutes before a cat had been there. Instinct took over as he stood over her. Scooping her up he ran back to the house hoping Carlisle had stayed home that day.

Before he ever walked up the porch Alice was opening the door and calling for their father having seen ahead of time what was happening. His family huddled around curious and cautious a buzz of questions assaulting him before Carlilse came down and shooed them away. Carlilse knelt by the couch and checked the womans pulse it beat frantically four times that of what a humans should. Checking her temperature she was running 115. Emmett looked on concerned.

"Shape shifter." Carlilse stated in a decided sort of voice. "There is no way a human could survive conditions like this." Looking to Emmett he asked what had happened. Emmett explained the jaguar leaping and collapsing from the brush and then spasming and turning into the woman that was now in their care.

A look crossed Carlisle's face and he started to examine the young woman turning her over gently to reveal a back lined with scars. Fury struck him. He had been a doctor long enough ago to know whip marks when he saw them. And between the womans golden shoulder blades was a brand that Carlisle recognized, though he hadn't seen it let alone heard of it being used for centuries. He cursed under his breath.

"Emmett take care of her, she'll wake up in a few hours. Feed her liquids such a soups. She's exhausted and dehydrated, theres no telling how long she's been running to get help. Take her upstairs and to your room. Lay with her to get her body temperature back down. If we put her in a tub of ice she'll go into shock its better to have the coldness gradually." Carlisle went to his office to make some calls.

Emmett looked down at his new charge after placing her on his bed. Lovely crossed his mind as did exotic and beautiful but none of those really did her justice. Lots of long red hair. Not the normal orange or auburn red hair or burgundy. It was the color of a pure ruby with hints of black through it. Her skin held the lightest golden shine just shy of being pale or tan.

He tried not to look at the rest of her as he covered her up with a sheet. Tried. She had nice curves but her legs stomach and arms were toned nicely. He pulled off his shirt and spooned with her under blankets and him on top. Her scent wafted to him them and it almost made him jump up. He hadn't smelled her approach before, nor when he was carrying her but now he could.

She smelled fresh rain without the pollution diluting it. His thoughts were interrupted when Edward and Carlisle came in. "Bella went to get her food enough to last for a week. We have to go to Ontario will you be alright here with her by yourself. No one will think to look here for us."

"You cannot leave me here with her. Surely, I would do more good to you if I was with you. Let Bella and Edward stay. They know more about her human needs." He argued.

Carlisle shot him a firm look that said the decision was final.

"Please," Emmett begged in earnest. "You can't leave me with her. She smells wonderful, it would be to easy..." Emmett left off.

They all knew of the two mistakes he had made when woman smelled good to him.

After a thoughtful pause Carlisle shook his head. "No, it must be you to say. Alice has seen that it would be best. We really must be going. The problems at hand can not wait. Many people are in danger."

Emmett got slightly frustrated wanting answers as to where Carlisle was rushing everyone off too. But seeing the panic in Carlisle's eyes was enough, to let the explanation go for now. Looking down at burning shape shifter in his arms he brushed away a piece of hair that had fallen across her cheek. Her lashes fluttered slightly and suddenly her face moved to nuzzle his hand sending shocks through him.

"I'll be fine with her." With that Carlilse looked at him. "Emmett", he started but stopped and shook his head. Maybe this was all Emmett needed to conquer his grief of Rosalie. Alice thought so. Carlilse missed her terriably himself but what hurt even more was the constant pain in Emmett's eyes. "Call me if you need me." With that they all vanished. Emmett watched the woman's sleeping form for hours that ran together thinking nothing, just watching her lashes flutter and feeling her pulse beat strongly and faster than a humans.

Ash woke up in slow stages, feeling overheated. Something cool was pressed hard against her back and she tried to press harder against it when a voice woke her up fully. "How do you feel?" Slowly she turned towards the voice and her cool lavender eyes met light golden ones.

Ash opened her mouth to ask where she was but it came out in a raspy noise. "Here." It said as cold hard hands gently pulled her into sitting position and put a bottle of water to her lips. She took a drink then realized she was thirsty and quickly snatched the bottle out of his hands gulping greedily.

"Slow down before you make yourself sick." Said the deep male voice. Her lips rose in a snarl when he tried to take the bottle of water away from her. He surprised her by hissing back revealing dainty canine fangs. Out of instinct Ash immediately was across the room stumbling over the sheet ripping it to shreds.

"Who are you?" She asked when he was suddenly there steadying her.

"Emmett, I'm not going to hurt you." Her head tipped back to look up at him and her blurry thoughts started to clear. He was gorgeous that was the only word for him. Big, not fat big but muscled big and bear like. With beautiful dark hair and perfect features.

"Where am I?" "Your just outside of a town called Forks, in the home of a man named Carlisle." She sagged against him relieved. She had made it. "Where is he, I need to speak with him."

The handsome vampire...he had to be a vampire though an odd one shook his head. "He examined you then took off. It was all very sudden but he seemed alarmed."

"Thank you..." she started then her ever clearing healing mind made a note that the hand on her back was touching bare skin cooling it and soothing it. She was naked, that wasn't odd for a shape shifter her clan often spent hours together nude. But there was a difference. She felt naked, not nude.

She quickly bent to wrap the sheet around her awkwardly. Emmett could feel the tension in her and laughed softly. "I'll go fix you some food. Theres a room across the hall that should have some clothes you can fit,come down when your dressed." She nodded relieved.

She crept to the room Emmett had mentioned and found some jeans that we're slightly short for her long legs and a purple t shirt that was a little loose. She wasn't complaining. Clothes were clothes. She had so many questions to ask about the infamous Carlilse. DeCour, her jaguar packs alpha had spoken highly of him. Carlilse had been very active in putting a stop to shape shifter slavery amongst vampires.

Claire, the master she had escaped from to save her pack mates had started the trade up again about half a century ago. But with Claire running it, it was far worse than the first slave era. Claire was a sadist. That was the only way to put it. Jaguars were is favorite and so her pack had become his personal toys. You neither wanted Claire to like you or to hate you.

If he liked you you'd turn into his sex slave until he tired of you. Sometimes that could take months, sometimes years. And if he hated you, well...it made being his sex slave look like a walk in the park. He was cruel and inventive in torture making you wish you were dead, but never giving death to you. Ash shivered as she thought of the things he had done to her and her twin sister. They were his favorites for the bed.

Claire had no gender preference as long as his 'partner' suffered. Thinking of Pantomime made Ash want to cry. There was no telling what the brute had done when Ash had ran away. The fucking creep.

A soft knock at the door made her jump and look up. Emmett stood blocking the doorway with his large frame looking at her with soft brown topaz eyes. "Soups done." she stared up at him from where she had slouched down on the floor. She'd never met a vampire who was kind before...and never even heard of one fixing soup. She wrinkled her nose.

"Soup, why can't I have something solid. Like a double cheese burger with bacon. Just thinking about it made her mouth water. Shape shifter consumed a lot of food because of the energy they burned. She could eat two triples with large fries before she was totally full...add a shake and she was satisfied.

"Carlilse told me you'd need liquid. You need to take it slow." Emmett said in that deep voice that made her want to shiver. "What if I eat the soup first and drink a bottle of water on the way to a fast food place." she compromised. He looked her small figure over. She had a delightful body and there was no way she could eat that much. After all when he watched the woman at school eat they usually didn't even finish their pizza. "Alright." He said because he didn't think she could do it.

Emmett offered her his hand to help her stand she took his hand and purred with the cool roughness of it. Not noticing what she was doing she brought it to her hot neck that her thick hair covered. Emmett sighed with her warmth wondering if he was hallucinating that his hand seemed to be getting warmer. They met each others eyes and she smiled, not the least bit embarrassed.

"A shape shifters body temperature runs around 100 degrees when we're healthy. Mine's still a little bit above average so...if I snuggle with you on occasion don't freak out on me alright? If we get to hot we die." Emmett smirked down at her.

"Was I complaining..." Then he let out a rumbling laugh that had her stomach tightening. "You purred." He teased her. Ash growled. "I'll do more than purr if you don't show me food." With another laugh Emmett lead her to the kitchen and watched her eat in pure awe.

The pot of soup was gone within five minutes and she was looking at him expectantly Grumbling under his breath he went to pull his jeep around. Apparently he had a lot to learn about shape shifter. As he pulled into the driveway and saw Ash walking the porch rail like a tight rope he couldn't help but think that maybe it would be a pleasure to have her teach him.