Disclaimer: Don't own the Twilight Series, if I did Breaking Dawn would have ended differently.
This story will not all be in Jacob's perspective as every chapter is from a different character.
Revelations is the next chapter, written in Edward's perspective.
Chapter One: Blind Fury
Jacob's Perspective
"Bella?"
As my eyes fell across the pale creature that stood only a few metres away I couldn't believe that the name I had spoken belonged to them; it was like if you named a lethal shark Fluffy, it just didn't fit. Bella never was perfect, but in a way that was what made her perfect, what made her perfect to me and to everyone who ever met her. The clumsiness that absorbed her human life I knew was gone now she donned the albino skin of the vampire that with every movement she made, or will ever make will be perfect, no longer tainted by human imperfections. It wasn't her. Bella was meant to be human to have flaws, not be one of those so-called graceful bloodsuckers. It probably wasn't just the fact that she was now immortal that bothered me- no, it was also the fact that she was now one of them, a Cullen.
"Jake, it's not what you think..." Bella whispered to me, her voice quiet as if she was frightened to speak to me. The soothing tone she bubble-wrapped her words in sounded strange next to the sickly perfect peal of her bell-like voice. Everything about her was just so wrong, if I hadn't already crafted an image of what she would look like as a vampire beforehand I probably wouldn't have recognised her at all- that was if her boyfriend wasn't there, hovering around her like always. I probably should have at that point just stalked off into the forest depths leaving them to inhabit the meadow we had gathered in, especially when I found myself clenching my fists with anger.
'Control yourself, I can't phase in front of Bella.'
As I contemplated this thought and fought with myself trying to keep the calm front active I noticed a small smirk curl tug at the corners of her perfect-at-everything vampire boyfriend, just thinking of his name threatened to push me near and off the edge of my self-control. I began to flex my fingers in a recurring motion from open to fist in a bid to keep the anger at bay, my eyes closing during this meditating period to give me an extra effort to keep my emotions in check, but even this couldn't stop the anger from silently working its way through my body, and the fact that I knew the smirk was growing with each second that past didn't help.
'I'm going to rip you apart for this,' I thought, my eyes only just beginning to open as the idea produced a wash of peace to temporarily allow me to completely ignore any rage I felt. Perhaps it was the desire to kill the bronze-haired male that made a smile flicker on my face momentarily, but when I glanced over at Bella and saw a similar facial expression to my own I knew she was thinking that I was going to let this all go. Like that was ever going to happen. She then began to approach me leaving the Cullen behind, but all that done was give him the lease to do whatever he wanted, and that was to pull back what was a small smirk into a wide grin that threatened to split his face in two- which I would have loved to see- offering me the message of 'I would like to see you try' in response to the thought of mine he must have read.
Stupid mind reading bloodsuckers.
"Jake..." Bella said again, the shockingly white hand reaching out to for mine as she spoke. I don't know whether it was the icy temperatures her skin radiated or the fact she was now a vampire that repulsed me from this contact, my instincts reeling back my hand to my chest as if I had been suddenly electrocuted. It did hurt as I saw the pain flood into her eyes from my rejection, but I couldn't concentrate on that right now. I had to concentrate on not losing it before I cared about anything else. If it had not been for her there I probably would have already let my instincts tip to the animal side of me and consequently lunge at the smirking vampire without a second thought, knowing that nothing in the world would give me more pleasure to rip him limb from limb so I would never have to endure his silent mocking ever again. But as always, I couldn't. Instead I unleashed this frustration upon Bella without meaning to, my words sounding sharper than intended as I clenched my teeth together.
"Get away from me Bella," I growled, sending out a warning for her to back off just in case the time that I snapped came about anytime soon. I knew there wasn't long until it happened if the situation stayed like this- even if he didn't say anything his expression spoke a thousand times more, irritating me further and severely beginning to test my emotional limits. The last thing I wanted was for Bella to become the victim in all of this- if I was going to have to hurt someone here then it would definitely be Edward or myself, I couldn't bare it if I just even grazed her skin with my claws.
"Jake... don't be like that..." she soothed, her eyes yearning to reach out and touch me. Another time I would have been ecstatic to be gifted with her presence let alone her touch, but right now I didn't really want either. At least not with her lover there, especially when he seemed to have a 'command' over her. Perhaps it was some stupid vampire rule that she had to answer to him- or rather this was the scenario I decided to delude myself with- from him creating her and all that. I didn't like believing the other reason that she actually done it out of love for the bloodsucker.
"Do as he says, Bella," Edward said in a simple tone, sounding almost triumphant as she turned to give him a weary look before ultimately scuttling back to his side like some pathetic little poodle. He kept the grin from his previous victory on his face for me to see up until the exact moment where Bella looked at him, forcing my face to screw up in disgust as he instantly adopted a more concerned look to enhance his caring facade. If it wasn't for the fact that I was glad that the space had grown between me and Bella then I might have acted differently to just standing there, ignoring the confused look upon her face as I scowled at the arm he snaked around her waist, almost as if he were protecting her from me. As if she needed protecting from me, he was the one he drank her blood like a cocktail after all.
'Don't get too comfortable there, Cullen. I'm not letting you hurt Bella again.'
I must have hit a nerve there since he instantly released Bella from his trap and took a few short steps towards me, hiding his facial expression from what I guessed would soon be his bride.
Ugh. His bride.
"I would never hurt her, dog. You however, are a different story," he snarled in a low voice, obviously speaking within the octaves that I could hear but Bella could not, despite her newly enhanced senses. I should have been more prepared for the onslaught he was about to give me but when you are blinded by pure fury you find that only the bad stuff registers, and that you are defenceless to their relentless accusations. "I don't want you in her life anymore. You are a walking danger to us, and do nothing but hurt Bella when you are around. Luckily for you however, we will be leaving for Alaska in the upcoming months to attend college there, so the separation will not be as hard on you."
A growl rampaged in my throat as I gave it no pass to leave my mouth, not wanting to give him the satisfaction of my ever-growing anger towards him. I finally snapped as he spoke he set his next comments upon me, the fact that it was an undeniable truth sparking my phasing, the tan shorts I had been wearing soon littering upon the floor as threads from where they had ripped at my wolf legs. When I left for my forest run I hadn't decided to take spares with me- I hadn't gotten used to just taken them off before phasing that it never occurred to bring anymore. Billy was probably not going to be happy, but right now I couldn't lay aside even an ounce of concern for it, my eyes instead narrowing upon my target, his smile now drawn out due to my phasing reaction to is words. All I could think about was what he had said- a truth I could hide but never properly get rid of.
I was more of a danger to Bella than he was- and I wasn't even some freak with fangs.
"You know i'm right. Just leave now so I don't have to put a leash on you," Edward said in a clearly mocking tone, speaking the threat only to get another reaction from me, to prove him right. This was another time when I should have been more well prepared but instead I acted exactly as he wanted me to, my legs slipping easily into the all too familiar offensive stance. I didn't even seem to care much now at how Bella had now appeared upon his arm and was tugging on it much like a little child would do her father, her pitiful pleading not even receiving a response from the jeering vampire as his eyes were just egging me on, baiting me to do something that I would regret.
"Edward, stop it! If you hurt him, I swear..!" Bella cried, not even finishing off the hollow threat with some sort of lame consequence. She uttered a light squeal as she found herself pushed to the side with the flat of his forearm, once again opening up the distance between the two duellers and the fair maiden. I snorted as I watched her expression almost drive her to complete confusion, her eyes lost between who she would support should a confrontation begin. However I wasn't about to deny the fact that her eyes did linger more upon the more human-like of us, his freakish features still holding the charm for her even when he had feasted upon her like a lollipop.
"What's the matter, mutt?"
Up until that last remark I had considered being the bigger man- or wolf- and simply leaving the meadow, just so that he wouldn't get the triumph of enticing me into his little game. Of course he would still win in a sense that I would be the one walking away and it did eat me up because of it, but it couldn't be helped. Whatever might have happened didn't even matter now, not when I was already soaring through the air with one kick of my legs at him, my claws reaching out in anticipation of tearing the skin right off his bones. As soon as I drew near I lashed out in repeated swipes with my claws before finishing with my teeth sinking into the shoulder, the blood that was filling my mouth enough to force my mouth away after the initial bite. I pinned down my victim easily with my weight and held a triumphant glint in my eye until I finally looked up to see Bella's reaction to the scene, and seeing Edward's instead. My eyes travelled slowly down to the limp body underneath me and caused me instantly to recoil, my paws freeing the vampire that had fallen victim to my anger.
Bella.
I could have sworn that everything around me had frozen for a few moments as I stared numbly at the bleeding body of Bella, her eyes fixated within the wide, shocked expression she had last held as I blindly attacked. Edward seemed more overwhelmed than I was since he just stood there, his whole body unmoving even when I padded over to her; a whimper escaping as my nose lightly nudged the palm of her hand despite the cold temperatures she responded with. I couldn't deny the relief I felt as she gently closed her hand around the bridge of my nose and rolled her head to the side to meet mine, her eyes having since recovered from the initial shock and instead settled into what I could only describe as a strange sense of tranquillity. How she could be like that was beyond me, especially when her blood was now progressing in staining the torn, jade satin that was covering her body.
"Hey Jake..." she murmured, a weak smile forming upon her lips, ignoring the blood that was painting them from the diagonal scars I had created across her cheek. I laid down close to her to act as a cushion for her, hoping that in this futile act she might think of it as my apology, or at least attempt to fool myself that she was thinking just that. I kept my gaze focused upon the dull, scarlet eyes of this female vampire despite the way they chilled me to the core- I didn't want to risk moving mine in the slightest for fear that my own would once again fill with the images of her bloodied body. However as I dedicated my time to this fruitless staring effort I didn't register the now unfrozen body of Edward advance, it wasn't until after I fell to the base of a nearby tree that I realised he had been there at all. I did think that he must have hit me quite hard since I opened my eyes to a completely black slate, it wasn't until my vision announced a slight shift that I realised I was just in fact staring into the dark brown hair of my protector.
"Bella! Oh, Bella why did you do that!"
Her body rose from the body cradled in the arms of Edward with no concern of where that left me, my eyes instinctively squinting so not to let the strands of hair poke at them- not that I didn't deserve this minor form of torture for what I had made her do. My attention was drawn from my own self-loathing for a few moments as a small battle ensued between the pair hovering only a few inches above me, my gaze watching through a veil of confusion as Bella struggled against his grip until she fell on me, reminding me of a pain in my ribs I hadn't even realised was there in the first place.
"I'm sorry about hitting you Jake," she spoke with sincerity, actually truly sorry that she had fell on me, even when she was far worse off. Sure I had a dislocated shoulder and I could feel that about four of my ribs had broken but that was only a small fraction to the injuries she possessed. I couldn't even understand why she wasn't angry at me- she just genuinely seemed to radiate nothing but concern for someone who had just had their teeth into her earlier. No matter how much she tried to reason with me that I hadn't done anything I couldn't see myself allowing me to be near her at this time- I had hurt her, I had proved Edward right. I gingerly rose to my feet after an initial collapse, a pain that had laid dormant in my back leg bringing itself into the spotlight as I tried to use it, the broken bones rubbing painfully against each other as I put weight upon it. If I didn't have such a strong urge to get away from my victim then I probably wouldn't have been able to find movement at all, the image of Bella's rag doll body plaguing my mind whether my eyes remained open or closed; I just couldn't be allowed to escape it. I did turn to make my leave- much to Edward's obvious happiness- but something tugged at my leg, luckily the hand that was pulling me back clutching at the merely bruised of the pair. The owner of such a hand then spoke in what I had to strain my ears to hear, hardly even being able to be classified as a whisper as it only just barely brushed past her lips.
"Don't go Jake, i'm fine," she said, a determined smile breaking past the agony she clearly must be experiencing. Bella then began to push her frail limbs in a bid to get upright, her hands reaching out to the tree I had left in order to keep her balance under her own control and not fall back to the ground. She did manage the feat which no other human would probably able to accomplish under the same condition she was in, her body while relying heavily on the strength in her arms upon the thick trunk. However it didn't take long until even her own will and determination was not enough to keep her standing, her form now beginning to sway with Edward waiting in the wings, ready to catch her when the time arose; but it didn't. For some reason even when she was leaning to fall directly into his arms at the last minute as if she decided it to happen she ended up on me instead, her hands swimming with my russet coloured fur as she sighed in content and uttered a light, hearty laugh.
"I'm so clumsy aren't I?" She said, her head resting in the small dip between my shoulder blades after shuffling herself to a more comfortable position. I shot a look at Edward to emphasise my next warning as he began to advance upon the quiet body laying on my back, my thoughts being my only means of conversation at the current time. Luckily for me he just happened to be a mind reader, otherwise all the times when I was thinking of destroying him he might have otherwise missed.
'Back off Edward, she's fine where she is. Just take me to Carlisle.'
To my surprise he did what I asked of and turned to lead me through the dense forest towards what I assumed to be the hospital, his pace noticeably slower in a bid to somewhat match my own lopsided run. I wasn't deluded enough that I thought he was doing it for both of us; I know for a fact that if Bella hadn't have been involved I would probably have ended up as a fur coat he presented to her for Christmas or something. When the first hint of the sterile white building came into view just over the next group of trees I dug in my heels and abruptly froze, taking care that my sudden decision to stop didn't jostle her already critical wounds. Did he really think I had lost my mind enough that I would just waltz in through the front doors as a wolf and get attacked by some passing nurse? In any case I wasn't planning to go along with it and instead took it upon myself to veer off to the back of the building without his guidance, managing to come across a door that must have been accidentally left open. This luck seemed to continue as it opened up to an empty hallway and then lead to a pair of jeans poking out of a duffel bag outside an empty room, grabbing them in my teeth just as Edward caught up. The door easily moved with my nose and opened to a space for me to change, padding quietly inside with Bella still on my back (after growling at Edward for trying to follow me) and phasing back into my human form and pulling on the jeans I had picked up along on the way. Crouching down I gathered her fragile body carefully into my arms ignoring the unwanted pressure on my broken ribs before re-entering the corridor where Edward was waiting, the atmosphere saturated with his impatience as he snarled at the fact I was now holding her close to me and he wasn't. I didn't let him linger on this minor aspect for long as I simply pushed past him and began to make my own way before he once again took up his title as guide and led me through the numerous corridors that dwelt within this monstrous building. We ended up moving at a speed that was inhumanely possible in our joint desire to get Bella to Carlisle, causing many visitors, nurses and doctors to cry in surprise as papers got thrown into the air from our passage, standing stunned as they tried to decipher what the two blurs that passed was. It was a rather risky thing to do since we were basically screaming to everyone that we weren't human, but luckily the faulty human vision seemed to balance this decision somewhat, and merely leave them wondering what could have happened.
When we neared the doctor's office Edward gave caution to the wind and increased his speed down the 100m separating them, the corridor at this current time remaining luckily empty as he took the door clear off its hinges and held it in his hands as I followed soon after, the door being put roughly back into the frame without even a scratch upon the outside surface. Carlisle looked up at us rather bewildered from the commotion we created but his medical instincts instantly zeroed in on Bella and quickly directed me to his desk, where I slipped Bella's weight onto one of my arms while I roughly swung my other across the mahogany surface to clear it before placing her gently upon the makeshift examining table. I sat upon the leather chair situated behind the desk and sat my gaze upon her completely silent body, her need to breathe obviously non-existing since her change but not as convenient in telling me whether she was alive or not still. For all I know I had been carting a dead body on my back for the last twenty minutes or so. I glanced up at the words of "What happened?", my cheeks burning as I watched Edward's eyes drift over to mine as if he were saying "He did it", obviously leaving out the part that only the visible injuries I could be blamed for; any of the internal like broken bones was his fault.
"Just shut up and help her already!" I ended up shouting after a few minutes even though the only words actually spoken were those of Carlisle, the rest of the conversation had remained entirely one sided thanks to Edward's telepathy and a series of nods and shakes. The adrenaline from everything that had happened amounted to an astonishing high which gave it free reign on my emotional control, allowing my irritation to just flicker upon my expression and break the unnerving silence. If anything I just wanted the blond vampire to just reassure me that Bella actually hadn't departed into the afterlife- whatever that may be- just yet, and to calm my inner demons just that little bit more.
As Carlisle gave a curt nod in my direction he began to examine the limp body of Bella over, my posture reclining as he pulled back one of the frayed pieces of material covering the shoulder would and prodded it gently, the teeth marks perfectly defined in the pale flesh of her body. He then moved on to the odd shapes protruding from her chest, his head shaking slightly as this time it was Edward's turn to cringe for what he had contributed. The bronze-haired vampire then gestured for me to join him in the corridor which I only all too happily complied with, my mind already tormented by smelling the blood I had spilt. However the instant we left the office- after taking the door off and then replacing it- I was suspended in the air with Edward's hand gripped around my throat, my eyes just staring at his own enraged topaz spheres, knowing that whatever was going to happen next I did deserve. Not that Edward shouldn't receive the same treatment, but I was far too wrapped up in the punishment that should be bestowed on me that I didn't care.
"However you are now you should be feeling a thousand times worse for what you did to Bella," he snarled, his words seething with a pure, undeniable hate that enunciated with every syllable. As if to add further emphasis he pulled me away from the wall and slammed me back with a force that cracked the bricks behind the paint and plaster, the pain that sparked at the base of my spine because of it now snaking up the contours of my back and once again highlighting pains from previous events. If I only had a few broken ribs, a broken leg and a dislocated shoulder at first then I believe I was blessed back then- especially when the malice in his eyes told the story of someone who very much wanted to hurt me so much more. He leaned in close at that point, his icy breath chilling me to the core as he drew ever closer to my ear. "Be lucky that Bella treasures your heartbeat Jacob Black, because I certainly do not."
At the end of his sentence something sharp punctured the skin of my neck, my eyes widening as Edward drew back, two streams of blood trailing down past his bottom lip. As soon as his grip released my neck I fell in a heap upon the floor, my back relying heavily on the wall behind for support as I looked wearily up at what Bella often called her angel, the hatred he felt for me clear as it just seemed to seep from him with every action he made. I did brace whatever in my body had not yet lost connection with my instruction but nothing more came of his onslaught, instead he merely left me there, taking the door from its hinges once again and replacing it just as we had a few minutes before. However in the split second before the door blocked my vision of Bella on the desk I could have sworn that I saw a beautiful brown colour underneath the flickering eyelids, the very same colour that she adorned in her human life. But of course, there was just one thing wrong with that.
Bella was now a vampire.
A/N: I will probably only write chapters from Bella's, Edward's and Jacob's viewpoints, because I always deemed them to be the main characters in the series and plus if I suddenly wrote one from Alice's or Jasper's it probably wouldn't make much sense because this story doesn't really involve the rest of the Cullen family.
Please review, even if it is that you didn't really like it; criticism is one of the best things for a writer to receive after all.
