Stolen

By: Nicole Lopez

Summary: The Vampire Diaries world meets Twilight when Jacob Black makes a run for the east coast in search for a normal life with no vampires. He comes upon Mystic Falls and finds himself immersed in another vampire war. (Takes place after Bella is no longer a human being and after the last episode of the Vampire Diaries when Elena sees the photograph of Katherine).

Epilogue

I knew what was going to happen before it did. I knew that thing, that monster would be the end of her. The very essence of her, her humanness, her clumsiness, her inability to protect herself … it was all a huge part of why I loved her. I never thought that at sixteen years old, I'd be in love this deeply, but I was.

I would have done anything for her, I'd even contemplated ways to make myself more like Edward in hopes that she would come to her senses once she realized that we were meant to be. She belonged with me. Why couldn't she see that, or one better … why couldn't I see that loving her as much as I did, didn't guarantee that she would love me back?

Strike one was when he came back and she rushed to be with him. Strike two when she kissed me so passionately and then cruelly took it away because it would hurt her precious Edward and strike three … well, that was obviously the wedding which drove me over the edge and into temporary confinement.

As I started to leave the house, a variety of things rushed through my mind. Bella was dead. The monster was here and Rosalie … ugh. The thought of having to looking at Bella's murderer made me cringe. I opted for one of the house windows instead and ran as fast as my human legs could take me before the aggression in me broke out and I was back in wolf form.

As I roamed through the woods with no place to go, I could hear Leah and Seth inside my head.

Where are we going Master? Leah wondered, with a hint of sarcasm and playfulness in her voice. I could see a look of triumph in her face or maybe it was a confidence that she didn't have before. And it bothered me to see her so … momentarily casual about the Sam situation.

We're not going anywhere, but … I stopped to think. I knew that the events of earlier were replaying through my mind and that both Leah and Seth would know.

I'm really sorry Jake. Seth lamented.

So you're just planning on running away?

I'm not running away … it's not too late for you and Seth to go back to Sam.

I'm never going back. Leah jumped in front of me and her action caught me completely off guard even though we could hear each other's thoughts. I was much more concerned with my own problems.

Back off. I sneered as pounced on me and the two of us commenced in a mini fight where I struggled to get away, but Leah wouldn't let up. She was way too fast for me. After the scuffle continued for a few seconds too long, I started to get really aggressive.

Don't fight. Seth howled.

Go away Seth. Let me talk some sense into him. Her little brother stopped meddling and watched from the sidelines for a while before turning back into his human form.

Go join him. I demanded in between snarls.

No … I know how much you're hurting Jake. I'm eternally bonded to Sam, but you're lucky.

How so? We both stopped fighting, but she still had me pinned to the ground.

The girl that you obsessed about so much is dead. Gone. You can move on. I shook my head as Leah let up a little. I had to get away from her before she said something else that made sense. She had a way of talking me into doing things and I didn't want to be rational. I couldn't see Bella as a vampire. You can be with anyone you want to. The Cullens will be leaving soon and then you can forget her.

Forget her? Even as an immortal, to forget Bella was impossible. I felt as though she had imprinted me. And it wasn't due to any super human tactics, but with her raw, vulnerable humanness, her hurt that drew me in. The fact that she wasn't like the other girls I'd been used to growing up with.

Leah howled. She's a bloodsucker now.

Unfortunately, Leah was right. Even if I went back, I wouldn't be able to stand the smell of her, much less her whitened appearance and her blood lust … And to think of Edward's condescending, emotionless face made me cringe. Yes. Running would be the right thing to do. But this time I wasn't going north. I was going east.

East? Leah's voice echoed after me as I started to run off. She followed until I stopped suddenly. As your alpha, I order you to stay here. Don't follow me.

Quickly, I changed back to human form and she followed suit, gazing at me with her stern, bitter and yet … sad face. Her eyes seemed to be pleading with me with an openness that Leah kept guarded. I didn't ask her about it and I ignored the fact that we were both standing in front of each other naked and took off running.

"Are you coming back?" She yelled as I picked up speed without answering out loud. Secretly, I added 'no,' but she couldn't hear that part.

My escape wasn't well-planned or thought out, but that was just the way I seemed to do things. Some called it childish or reckless, but when I had the urge to get away, I had to. I had to before I did something that was essentially suicidal, plan a one-man attack against the entire Cullen clan.

At this moment, running wild in the woods with nothing but the skin on my back, I felt a twinge of cowardice run over me. It pissed me off, but I had to stay calm. I didn't want to turn back into a wolf again. I kept vacillating between my wolf and human form and I would get there quicker if I'd have just ignored my human half.

But sometimes I actually missed the feeling of bare human feet on the moist ground. And then there was the fact that I had no idea where I was going. I wanted to just keep going and going until I found the answers but the grumbling of my stomach had a mind all its own and I was forced to stop, oblige and become the wolfman.

With no remorse, I came upon a small deer which was more than enough for just me. With my snout being covered and gorged in blood and guts, I paused to think about Leah and Seth for the first time.

I was their leader and I had abandoned them. Seth was my friend and Leah was … excess baggage. The scene of that day passed through my mind again like a kaleidoscope and it stopped when I thought about how wrong I had been to Leah.

She'd stood up for me by yelling at Bella and when I had the chance to return the favor by bringing my new clan with me, I'd forced her to stay. Abandonment. Damn. I was no better than Sam.

As soon as I ate my fill, and then some, I forced myself to remain human at all costs. This only lasted until I felt those hunger pains again.

Whenever I passed into wolf form, I felt the true, authentic feeling of loneliness, but I trudged on. On and on until… until I started realizing the change in temperature. I noticed it in the most subtle way, through the t-shirts and sandals that people had wearing around me for a while.

I kept going for a few more miles, passing into the next town. By now, it was dark and very early in the morning, the time of the day that I liked best. It was my domain. I felt invincible in the dark. I was almost there, almost there. I could smell the food, but at the same time I could smell something else.

I could hear it getting closer and closer to me. Venison, my new favorite meal. Although I was dying for some cooked meat, it would be a lot easier and faster just to chase the animal down one last time. I suddenly grew still, ripping off the latest outfit that I had gotten from one of those Good Will places.

Looking as rugged and rustic as I did, they didn't even ask me about my background or where I came from. They had silently handed me the clothes and I had held onto them for about two weeks now. That was my record so far. I shook my head, to force myself to get out of my head. It was time to hunt.

Sprinting as fast as I could, I moved to the side of the poor animal, but it quickly hopped out of place. Normally I wasn't so sloppy and got them on the first try but this time … I just needed to concentrate more. The deer sensed that I wasn't done with the chase and ran out into the road as I simultaneously sunk my teeth into its throat and managed to feel the impact of a car on my other side.

With a fresh chunk of meat in my mouth, I swallowed it whole realizing too belatedly that I was not alone. My nose felt that intense burning like a mixture of acid and peroxide were entering my nose. Instantly, I knew who it was. Vampire.

Suddenly, I became alert, searching for the culprit and finding him only when I saw her in the car. Her delicate brown hair was splashed all over the steering wheel, but that was nothing compared to the amount of blood that was oozing from her temple. Save her.

I had to save her and kill this bloodsucker once and for all.

(A/N: Comment. Review. I've already written more, just getting a feel as to how much time I should invest in the story. --NL)