Let The Wrong One In
A/N: I do not own the world that I am writing this story in but I am of a fan of it. Everything except for the characters that I have created is own by Stephenie Meyer. The title is an obvious play on the movie "Let The Right One In", which in an awesome movie and arguably the best Vampire movie of the last 10 years. Review are more than welcome, all I ask is that you tell me the truth. I really do hope all of you enjoy this. Any similarities to any other fanfic is purely coincidental, I tired to make this all my own and that is why I made sure that all relationships in the novels were respected and left alone.
Basic Synopsis: A new Vampire has come and made his home in Fork, a vampire with unusual abilities. He finds a mentor and friend in Carlisle and an unforeseen love with Leah. But when his past intercedes with his future, which road shall he take; revenge or peace.
Chapter 1: The Introduction
All was quite in the Cullen household; Carlisle as usual was in his study keeping himself up to date with all the new advancements in the field of medicine. While Alice and Esme were in the kitchen reading various cookbooks in the hopes that they could make meals that Nessie would enjoy so that she would not stick to her current diet of solely blood. All this happened while Edward was in another room with his daughter; because of the rapid growth of Nessie from not only a physical aspect but a mental one Edward had to spend various hours with her teaching her as much as she could handle. Whenever she would throw a fit and refuse to be educated Edward would call Jacob and he would help to ensure that Nessie would entertained. Today Edward would be teaching his daughter English Literature, so he knew it would be best if he called Jacob in advance since it was the subject she found to be most boring. Jasper and Bella had just come back from hunting and both took quite a bit of amusement in the fact that Nessie was being resistant to what Edward was trying to teach her. Rosalie and Emmett were off again by themselves, the story this time was that they were traveling all of Europe; in truth they were in Denali with their extended family.
The sun had just come down and the night's sky was especially dark. Within the first 20 minutes of the sun coming down the rain that was coming down and that rain was starting to become extremely hard and porous. Everything is what it usually looks like in quite little town expect for the fact one of the large trees in the area is slightly heavier than it should be. A mysterious black cloaked figure looks own from a quite a bit of a distance. He looks into the house and makes a mental note of his surroundings. He sees the family go about there business, he knows that anyone else would presume that this family is like any other happy family but he knows that this is a façade and hides the truth of what they really are. As the figure looks on into the surrounding area of the house he notices that there are three large animals in the vicinity, they are all similar in the fact that he picks up on the fact that they are all from the same species yet they all have differences that set each one apart. One of them stays in a stationary position he notices that this animal is of a light grey complexion and obviously smaller than the other two yet they seem to be taking it's lead. The second animal is a thin brownish colored one who looks to be younger than the other two; but he isn't really sure of this since the manner in which this one presents itself seems could either be consider a youthful demeanor or its overall playful attitude. And finally the third one is a large hulking black colored one. It seems that the two larger animals seem to be patrolling the area around the house; the circle that they are running in seems to be at least three miles in each direction. The thin-ish brown one is definitely the faster of the two yet the figure notices the powerful strides of the large black one. He instantly outlines how he would encounter these three animals if he would have to fight them. The figure has learned to never underestimate his opponents, but if he had to chose he would go after the small of the three since it presents itself in a position of authority and he has always found it best to cut the head off of the snake first. Then he would take on the large one and use his superior speed and fighting skills to fight the larger opponent. And lastly he would fight the brownish colored one, but he isn't so sure that the carefree attitude that this one portrays isn't all an allusion to throw off any potential enemies. All of the planning he does in his head takes all of a minute and by the time that he has finish making up a plan he sees that this is all for not and that the perimeter has a huge widening hole on the side of the house and by the speed that the two animals seem to running at he knows that neither one of them would be able to catch up with him and the gap between the smaller animal and the house is an larger distance away from the house than the spot from where he momentarily standing. He takes a final look at his surrounding and at his potential enemies and makes his descent towards the house. By the time that the two animals had close the gap he had already pass by without detection. Step one complete he thinks to himself, he moves on to the next phase. He notices that there are holes in which the house is completely in the dark, he moves in confident strides through each lightless patches of the house's lawn. Two to three seconds later the cloaked figure was makes his way up the stairs of the house. As he lifts his hand to knock on the door he held it there for a second and evaluated where or not he should intrude into their lives and make them part of his own collateral damage. But he knew that if had any shot of possibly living a peaceful existence then he needed to do this, he needed to talk to the one man in this entire world who could give him any prospective on life as a vampire. He lets his hand fall and it makes a thud on the door.
He then hears various conversations going on in the house; everyone seems to be confused at the sound. He can tell that there is an argument as to whether or not they should answer. Manners eventually win out and a woman answers the door. The figure notices that how beautiful the woman standing before him really is. Before she speaks a word the cloaked figure removes the hood and gives her a slight smile
"I do not mean to intrude but may I speak with Dr. Carlisle Cullen?" asks the man
The woman gives him a smile in response
"Yes he is, may I ask who you are?" replies the woman
"Of course my name is Jeremiah Reuben and I have come to ask for guidance and words of wisdom from Dr. Cullen," responses Jeremiah
The woman seems satisfied by his responses and waves him in. As he walks through the house he takes in his surroundings and makes mental notes of any possible escape route if need be. She directs him to the couch and calls for Carlisle. Within two seconds Carlisle comes down the stairs to greet the guest. As soon as Carlisle sees the cloaked figure he stops from a second and makes a mental note to himself. By this time everyone in the house has all piled into the living room. Jeremiah has put a face to each voice that he heard coming from the house earlier. Not ten seconds later do three individuals come barging into the house; two men and a woman. The tone each one present is an angry, frustrated one. Although he has never seen any of these three before, he swears that they all look familiar to him. Immediately Jeremiah locks eyes with the woman, the look he gives her never reveals his true thoughts; he has never seen such a mixture of beauty, strength, and passion, it is a combination that he has never seen in one single form. The look he gets in return from the woman is that of indifference and nonchalance. After everyone has settled in, Carlisle takes his seat at the center of the group as they all stare at Jeremiah.
"Hello I am Dr. Carlisle Cullen and you are?" asks Carlisle
"It is a pleasure to meet you sir, my name is Jeremiah Reuben and I have come a long way to see you," answers Jeremiah
"Well as you can see guest that I have a large and extended family and any move made on my life would only result in the forfeiting of your life," says Carlisle
Jeremiah chuckles a bit and response, "I'm not here for any of that. As I told the woman who answered the door that all I seek is your guidance."
Carlisle relaxes a bit and sighs. "Certainly, but you have to understand that in the last several years we have had problem with visitors in my territory, they have all lack the manners in which you seem to be showing at the moment. I do apologize, of course if you seek guidance that I am more than willing to provide it to you. But where are my own manners, the woman of whom you speak of is my wife Esme."
Esme gets up and Jeremiah nods and shakes her hand. Both return to their original positions
Carlisle continues, "To your left is my oldest son Edward with his wife Bella and their daughter Reneesmee. Next to them is Jacob Black along with Leah and Seth Clearwater and Embry Call; they are members of the Quileute tribe, who live in the area."
Jeremiah nods his head and shakes the hand of each one, and thinks to himself, "Leah Clearwater, it fits."
Each member of the tribe seem to be confused by the Vampire, while physically he looks like any other Vampire they have ever come across but something is odd about this one, it is something that they cannot put their finger on
"On your right is my other son Jasper and my daughter Alice, they are mates. My other two children are Rosalie and Emmett, at this moment they are in Alaska with my extended family," says Carlisle
Jeremiah proceeds to shake each one's hand, as he return to a seated position he begins to speak
"You have a very beautiful family Dr. Cullen. But I have to be honest with you; the fact is that I already knew the names of the members of your family. Your exploits are well known within the Vampiric community, the infamous Cullen family who the got the Volutri to stop dead in its tracks, no pun intended. But I really do appreciate the fact that you have shown me so respect even though I am a stranger in your home" replies Jeremiah
"You give us way too much credit, we were on the side of right and in the end that side won out and here we are tell the tale. And you are very much welcome but I am only returning the same level of respect that you have given me. But with all the formalities out of the way, I must ask that while you stay here in my territory that you reframe from drinking from any human being?" asks Carlisle
"If you do, you will have to contend with our entire tribe," says Jacob with an ominous tone implying that if Jeremiah were to take a human life he would die himself.
"You need not worry about that Dr. Cullen nor you Jacob Black. In my time as a Vampire I have not once taken a human life. I find that act that is atrocious and heinous. It's like killing a puppy in my eyes, humans are for the most part defenseless creatures and it is unfair to take away their lives. With that being said I will not lie and say that I have never tasted human blood because for the early part of my new life I did drink human blood but I received my blood from the blood bank and while that sustained me for a while it just never felt right. Not soon after that like most of our kind I began to hear rumors a family in the Pacific Northwest who did not take human lives and sustained themselves through the consumption of animal blood. But unlike many of our brethren, I was open to the possibility that it could be a reality because to be truthful with all of you I did not want to look in the mirror and see a monster. After I made the decision to test whether or not it could happen and I knew that for a period of time I would have to go into seclusion and I began to train my body and my soul in order to live off of the blood of animal, although I believe that the taking of any life whether it is human or animal is deplorable, I have resigned myself to the notion that I must chose the lesser of two evils," responses Jeremiah
The answers seems to satisfy everyone
"Well I must be honest with you, I am glad to hear that our way of life appealed to you and you feel the same way that we do about the prospect of taking a human life. With that out of the way, what exactly can I do for you?" asks Carlisle
"May I ask a favor before we begin?" asks Jeremiah
"Of Course, what is that you need?" responses Carlisle
"Could you kindly ask your children to stop attempting to use their abilities on me. They should know that none of them will work on me," answers Jeremiah
Everyone turns their focus towards Alice, Jasper and Edward, who all look at each other in shock and then everyone turns their eyes towards Carlisle who nods in agreement with Jeremiah
"I deeply apologize for that but you must understand that my children are quite defensive about this family and since you are I'm sorry to say a stranger in this house my children are quite hesitant about your true motives I'm sure that they were only trying to be protective. Again I am truly sorry if they have insulted you," responses Carlisle who then proceeds to glare at his children
Jeremiah chuckles a bit, then proceeds to speak, "No harm no foul Dr. Cullen. You have to understand that like some of your children I have an ability of my own and it is one that I have used to remain off of the radar of my enemies and of the Volutri. You see I am able to block out all abilities. It is similar to yours Bella except for the fact that no ability works on me whether it is a physical or a mental ability and yet on the other hand I cannot extend my ability out to others like you can. As you can see there is always some good and some bad. Alice, you will not be to see my future, any potential future you see at the moment will not include me it will be as if I was never there while everything is going on. Also Edward cannot read my thoughts but know that anything I tell you will honest and upfront. And finally Jasper, you will not be able to read or control my emotions; it will be like there are ten individuals here not eleven."
The look everyone gives Jeremiah is a mixture of awe and confusion. After a few moments of pondering what he has told everyone, Jasper decides to break the silence
"Is that all you can do Jeremiah?" asks Jasper
"No it isn't. It is actually a piece of my overall ability," replies Jeremiah
"Well go on," says Jasper with a look of excitement on his face
Jeremiah nods and continues, "Think of as stealth on steroids. Beyond blocking out all abilities, I also do not leave any odor, which is why none of smelled me or could track me while I was approaching. And also when I run I cannot be seen by anyone it is only when I stop that I am visible."
"Well he sure doesn't smell like a leech," says Leah
Everyone glares at Leah including Seth; once she sees that her brother is giving her the death eyes she proceeds to slap him upside his head. It is only when she meets eyes with Jacob does she finally look as if she is sorry that she made that comment
Jeremiah chuckles a bit and he then gives her a sly smile
"Come on guys It was a joke and a funny one at that. I going to say thank you Leah Clearwater and take it as a compliment," responses Jeremiah
Leah can't help but smile, "at least someone found that funny" she thinks to herself
"And finally, umm I don't shimmer," murmur Jeremiah
Everyone looks at him with a shocked expressed
"Excuse me," says Carlisle
"I don't, I don't shine, glimmer, sparkle. Whatever you call it, I just don't do it. I mean my complexion, as a human was like a caramel brown so when I became a vampire the color of my skin became lighter like everyone else but unlike every other vampire in the sunlight I don't stand out; it doesn't look like my skin have millions of diamonds. My skin looks the same under all condition. I guess its so I can blend in easier," answers Jeremiah
After a minute of silence
"How is that possible?" asks Edward
Carlisle shakes his head he is just as confused as anyone
"I was once told that you have a belief as to why some of our kind have these abilities and how they are tied to our lives as a human," says Jeremiah
Carlisle nods his head and says, "Yes, it is a theory that I have been kicking around in my head for some time now. Do you believe that this theory is related in some fashion to your case?" asks Carlisle
"It would definitely make sense," says Jeremiah
Jeremiah then proceeds to look out through the large window off into space. Everyone has his or her eyes focused on him, as it is obvious that he is lost in though.
"Would you want to talk about your past?" asks Esme
This snaps Jeremiah out of his revelry, as he comes back to the present he gives Esme a reassuring smile.
"Yes I think that would be best. It would definitely give you some perspective on my dilemma," answers Jeremiah