A/N: I do not own Twilight, or any of the characters. This is also my first fanfic so please review. Hope you enjoy!
The Unhidden Secret!
Chapter 1:
The sun filtered through the leaves, making patterns on the ground below. A solitary figure waited underneath an old oak tree, watching, waiting. She sat for a while, just watching the forest creatures around her, going about their daily routines. When a crow landed in a near-by tree, she looked up and followed it with her eyes. She pulled her red hair out of its ponytail and shook her head to loosen it. The crow watched her carefully before flying away. A twig snapped a short distance from her and the forest grew silent. Another figured, in a summer dress, walked towards the girl, who watched, making no attempt to move. The second girl sat beside the first and leant in to hug her. They embraced and retreated back into their own space.
"Jacob will be here soon," the first girl said, glancing up to look at her companion.
"So will Clarissa," the second added.
A young man of 18 ran towards the pair, his brown eyes sparkling. He was closely followed by a young girl, whose blonde hair was flowing in the breeze.
"Lilly, Harley, you're already here. And you said we would be early Jacob," scolded the blonde, her blue eyes catching those of the man.
"I'm sorry," he replied, stooping down to kiss her lightly on the cheek.
She blushed and stepped closer to the girls seated on the ground. The smaller one stood and embraced her, their hair creating patterns of red and blonde across their shoulders. They pulled apart and smiled at each other.
"You've grown since I last saw you, Lilly," the taller girl commented.
"Not by much, Clarissa," she laughed.
The girl, whom at this point was still seated, rose and stared intently at the man. He shifted nervously in her gaze, but she didn't notice. Slowly she approached him, as though he was her prey. When she was within lunging distance, she stopped and regarded him coolly. He glanced at Clarissa, who was looking to Lilly for an answer to the other girl's strange behaviour.
"Harley, what are you doing?" Lilly asked, taking a step towards her friend.
"Nothing, nothing," Harley replied, blinking and smiling down at Lilly, "I thought I'd seen him somewhere else."
Lilly knew that Harley was lying but said nothing of this to the others. Clarissa recovered from the strange confrontation, and stepped up to hug Harley. As they hugged, their hair fell into an indistinguishable mix, blonde on blonde. These two girls were identical, from their hair colour, to their height, except for their eyes. Clarissa was a typical blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl, but Harley's eyes were a deep chocolate brown, abnormal for a blonde. Lilly stood out from the other girls, with her red hair and bright, inquisitive green eyes. She never missed a thing that Harley said or did, whereas Clarissa seemed almost willingly to over-look these things. Due to their different natures, all three were extremely close, and Jacob felt slightly uncomfortable as the girls huddled close talking quietly together. Despite Harley's strange reaction upon seeing Jacob, she was the one who noticed his discomfort. She stood back from the girls and looked him over carefully, taking him apart with her hypnotic eyes.
"I know you from somewhere," she said, slowly walking closer to the young man.
"But I've never seen you before," he replied, stumbling over the words in his haste to get them out.
"No, I've met you somewhere, but I can't remember where." Harley stopped in front of him and examined his face, looking at each of his features before completing a circle around him.
"It's those eyes," she concluded.
Jacob had eyes the same colour as Harley's, though where hers never missed a trick; his were full of wisdom that can only be gained through experience. Harley looked into his eyes, assessing what she read there. He was frightened of her, that was easy enough to see, but what surprised her was the look of hatred that made his eyes hard and impenetrable. She glanced back at Lilly and Clarissa, who had carried on with the conversation, and satisfied herself that they were paying no attention to her and Jacob. She looked back to him and leaned closer.
"I know your secret," she whispered, glancing up to make sure he had heard her.
He had. His body stiffened at her voice, and when he looked back at her, his gaze was one to fear.
"If you tell anyone what you know, harm shall come to them," he whispered menacingly.
"And what makes you think I'd tell anyone," Harley snapped back. She gave her head a proud toss, to show that Jacob's words had had no effect on her.
He regarded her carefully, choosing his words wisely.
"Well, if you know my secret, you must know what I'm capable of."
The phrase if looks could kill ran through Harley's mind but she pushed it to the back of her head. She had to concentrate on the present task; unravelling the mystery surrounding Jacob.
"La Push!" Harley exclaimed, as she remembered the beach; the waves running gently over the sand, the sound of seagulls squawking lazily in the air above, and the footprints, which had changed from wolf, to man.