The Quest
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(The Misadventures of Ed and Jake)
"I need your help"
The big, rustic wolf slides to a halt. Edward is the last person Jacob wants to see, and resisting the urge to kill him is like pushing a five ton boulder up a hill with tall grass covered in honey. Jacob, however, has to resist; he couldn't put Bella through the lost of Edward again. Instead, a snarl escapes his muzzle as he walks past Edward. Jacob highly doubts that any problem of Edward's would concern him.
"You're wrong" says Edward, making Jacob swerve around. "Bella's gone."
"What do you mean Bella's gone? You didn't…" Jacob's stomach turns as he thinks of Bella as one of those bloodsuckers, off somewhere killing innocent people…
"I didn't change her yet."
Jacob exhales sharply. "Well in that case you don't need my help. Bella has proven that she'll do anything to be with you, so she'll probably show up soon."
A stone-cold grip grasps Jacob's shoulder. "This is serious Jacob" Edward sneers, "Bella could be in danger; you have to put aside your hurt feelings to help her!"
"Bella's no longer my concern!" Jacob snarls, crouching and barring his teeth, "If you value your…life, I suggest you back off!"
"Fine. I thought as Bella's best friend, you would want to help her, but you don't. Sorry for interrupting your run."
Although Jacob knows that Edward is baiting him, he growls. "Where were you when she depressed and suicidal? Oh that's right, you weren't here! I was!"
"You have no right to throw that in my face if you refuse to help me find her", says Edward as his eyes turn black and he crouches on the ground, "If something bad happens to her while you're gone, then you'll be just as guilty as I was!"
"That's it! You're dead, bloodsucker!"
Before Jacob and Edward launch toward each other, a long object whacks both of them on the forehead. A rattle makes both of them turn towards a patch of tall grass. If it weren't for their impervious night eyesight, the Edward and Jacob would have believed that they were seeing things. A primate, probably a baboon, with bluish fur and a white mane stands between them. In its hand is a long staff with two coconuts on the end of it.
"What the…?" says Jacob.
The monkey suddenly hops towards Jacob and wraps his arm around Jacob's neck. "The question is not 'What the?', but 'Where the?', as in 'Where is the girl you both desire?'"
Jacob pulls away from the baboon and growls while Edward crouches and sneers. "Where's Bella?" says Edward.
The monkey shrugs. "I don't know."
"Don't lie to us!" says Jacob as he prepares to attack.
"Stop, Jacob" says Edward as he stands up, "Rafiki doesn't know anything."
Rafiki leans back and laughs to the sky. "So you read my mind and found out my name. No doubt you also saw part of the message I 'm supposed to give you."
Edward rubs his face. "Yeah, but your message makes no sense!"
"What are you two talking about?"
Rafiki starts making shapes in the ground with his staff. "Bella has disappeared, but finding her in the conventional ways won't work. You, Edward Cullen, and you, Jacob Black, have to travel together, finding clues from different people in different places. Those clues will lead you to her."
"How do you know all this?" asks Edward.
"What makes you think we're going to go along with your crazy plan?" asks Jacob, "Why should we even believe you?"
"To answer your question, young one, just ask the old one. He knows that there is no deception in my mind, and I know that he has done all he could to find her."
Edward sighs as Jacob looks at him. "He's right. I asked her friends, I got help from her father and the police force, I went to see her mother in Phoenix…I even asked for help from the Quileute tribe, and they didn't know."
Jacob rounds on him. "The Quileute tribe? Why didn't they tell me that Bella was missing?"
Edward shrugs. "Maybe they didn't want to upset you. Or maybe you were ignoring them."
Jacob heads drops. Rafiki goes over and rubs his head. "There's no need to feel guilty. If you would've gone back, you wouldn't have found her. This is the only way to find her."
"But how do you know all of this?" Edward asks again.
Rafiki points to the sky with his staff. "The great kings of the past gave me that answer, and your first clue will be found in the land of your king."
"We don't have a king" says Jacob, "We have a president."
"DC" says Edward, "We have to go to DC."
Rafiki hangs his arm around Edward's neck. "Well, now you know where you have to go. So, go off on your journey, but remember, be as inconspicuous as possible. So you probably should turn back into a human, Jacob."
Before either of them could say anything else, Rafiki disappears behind the grass. Jacob runs through the grass, searching for a scent that was no longer there.
"There's no use" says Edward, "He's gone and you know it."
"So what now?" sneers Jacob, "We're gonna go across the country to find this clue that may or may not be there? All because a monkey told us to? Do you know how crazy that sounds?"
Edward heaves. "The reason why I came to you is because I thought Bella was with you. When I read your mind, however, I thought that if anyone could find Bella, it would be you. Maybe we have to do something crazy to find her."
"But anything could have happened to her. Maybe she went on a trip. Maybe she came to her senses and got away from you. Maybe…"
A chill goes up Edward's spine as he reads Jacob's thoughts. "If she disappeared in one of the conventional ways, then the people in Forks will find her. If Rafiki is right, however, then no matter how insane it is, we have to take the risk. For Bella."
Jacob growls as he shifts into a human. "For Bella, I'll follow the monkey's word and go to DC with you."
With that, Edward and Jacob leave the grassy field.
(The Misadventures of Ed and Jake)
Wow, it's been forever since I uploaded a new story. This isn't really a well-written chapter, but I promise that it'll get better next chapter. Thank you for reading this chapter!