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It'd been moths since I've been here. The house looked somehow familiar in a way, butthe memories it recalled were horrible. I wrinkled my nose, their smell burning in my nose like I was inhaling smoke. They invited me in, Edward was as cold as ever when he nodded at me. I simply nodded back and walked through the door. I wondered where the myth that vampires had to be invited first came from. Edward chuckled behind me and I told him to stay out of my mind. Guess he couldn't be helped.
The house was quiet. Bella and Alice were waiting for me in the living room. I smiled at her and she gave a smile back, but it never reached her eyes. They were hollow, hiding a darkness behind them. She never got over what happened years ago; right after the honeymoon, Bella was kidnapped by Victoria. It was soon after that both of them found out Bella was carrying a child, so instead of killing Bella at first glance she waited. When the time was right she cut the baby out of her and left her to die. After months of searching The Cullens finally were able to track her. Carlisle found her and turned her on the spot. The clock was ticking and Bella barely made it. They didn't have time to go after Victoria because they wanted to say their goodbyes… Months later we learned that Victoria went on a killing spree in Italy. As soon as the Volturi heard this; they executed her. No one knew where the child was and it was presumed dead.
"Happy birthday" I handed her present with a halfsmile. With faked enthusiasm she thanked me and opened her gift. It was a book from her favorite author. She managed to look the slightest bit of happy. For me that was good enough, the Bella that sat here and the Bella I knew were two completely different persons. I could never fall in love with the girl sitting here, she was almost emotionless. I wondered If maybe she was too broken to mend. But those concerns were not mine to have, I glanced up to Edward who was staring at me intensely from the kitchen. I decided that it time to go, so I stood up returned home in silence.
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It had been a while since we needed to patrol in de woods. Besides the Cullen there were no sightings of vampires over the past years. Ofcourse we still made sure we were in perfect shape. Because an attack could happen every second of every day. We had to be prepared for everything. It was while I was having dinner with Billy, that she called. The Cullens and the werewolves had a treaty but nothing more. So when she called me I knew something was wrong.
"Alice" I picked up the phone "What's wrong"
"I can see intruders, they are coming tonight. Their group is quite big so we need every man tonight. Meet us at 8 in the meadow with the waterfall at our side."
"But.." I started, but ofcourse she cut me off before I could finish my sentence.
"For tonight you have permission to cross over to our side" then she hang up before I could respond. I sighted and rolled my eyes, those stupid vampires where trying to command us again. Eventhough I hated to show up whenever they called, an army full of vampires was serious business. I couldn't risk letting them get away and on a killing spree. So I excused myself with Billy and quickly explained the situation. He understood, like he always did, and soon I was on my way. I called all the members of the pack, not by howling or by our minds, but with my cellphone. Like I said it had been a while so this was quicker. Ten minutes before the deadline we arrived at the meadow. I left Leah and Quill behind on our territory, just in case. With leeches, even the Cullens you could never be too sure. They were already waiting for us, I was carrying my jeans in my mouth and before I stepped foot on the meadow I turned human and dressed myself. There were a few wolves that stayed in wolf form and hid between the trees.
Alice's eyes found mine and she nodded gratefully. Carlisle and Esme welcomed me and thanked me for my assistance. Somehow I didn't really mind them, however the others I still couldn't stand.
"Oh they are quicker than I expected" Alice mumbled with an blanc expression, her eyes staring into nothing.
"What do you see Alice, is there going to be a fight?" Bella's little voice asked.
"I don't know" Alice answered with a pained look on her face "I just see little flashes of their group coming closer and closer"
"How many?" Emmet asked while he hung his jacket on a tree. Making sure that it would stay out of harm's way. Before she could answer I could smell them, seconds later I heard them approach. For vampires they walked quite slow, I counted two scouting and eight more in a group behind them. This would be a cakewalk. I don't know who it was, but one of the pack member produced a low growl and the scouts froze in their tracks. Their eyes scanned and soon found us. I knew the rules, because it wasn't our side I had to wait for a sign. So with a handsign I told my pack to wait just a little bit longer.
The scouts flashed their teeth and got ready to attack. I thought I heard one of them shout 'commander'. I wondered who this commander was, to lead a clan of ten vampires it would have to be quite a strong guy. Not only mentally but also physical, I grinned because I made a mental note that this "commander" would be my kill tonight. Emmett let out a bouldering laugh when he laid eyes on them, like I said; a cakewalk. The body language of the leeches told me they were just seconds away from attacking, but something was holding them back.
'Alex, Cheng!" I heard someone call and the scouts slowly backed down. They stepped backwards and joined the other group. Carlisle stepped forwards his face friendly as ever.
"I would like to speak to your leader" He said. Uncertain glances were shot at our direction but they seemed to step aside to reveal their 'commander'. Whatever I expected, this was not it. For starters it was no he, but a she. She was wearing a leather pants and biker boots, a white sweater and a leather jacket. She threw her backpack on the ground and I glanced up to her face. There was a wave of brown curls, her face was pale like marble and seemed flawless. Her eyes were big and brown, lips were pressed together in a hard line but that didn't mattered. This girl was the most beautiful person on this world, somehow I didn't seem to get any air. My heart fluttered and for seconds I just stared at her with my mouth hanging open. My head was spinning, what just happened. I frowned, I didn't knew why, but I was going to make sure that there was nothing going to happen to her.
Her face was stone cold as she walked forward, somewhat hesitant. Her eyes searched for a boy with strawberry blond hairs, she simply nodded and he closed his eyes. He seemed concentrated on something and I wondered what that might be. I got an answer soon enough because Edward and Alice started to hiss at each other. Even Jaspers face was frustrated as much as confused.
"No worries, I just thought I would even the odds a little" she spoke. Man that voice made me shiver, she sounded like an angel. Everything was perfect, even her voice. I could listen to that voice for forever. Carlisle seemed to exchange glances with Edward but soon turned back to her.
"My name is Carlisle Culllen, this is my family" He gestured at them "These are my neighbors" he gestured at us now.
"Wolves, why fucking wolves" A redhead cried.
"Charlene behave yourself" She hissed. "I'm sorry" her eyes met mine "My coven is completely famished, we do not mean you any harm" and with a little nod she turned back to Carlisle. I shivered again and needed to clear my head after those seconds of eye contact.
"Is there a problem here" She asked while she pinched the bridge of her nose closing her eyes for just a second.
"We would like to know what brought you here" Carlisle asked politely.
"We are looking for someone" she answered vague. I heard Edward hiss out of frustration, he was now completely useless. They cut him off cut turkey style, I couldn't help but grin. Clever girl.
"And that someone is?" Rosalie asked bitchy.
"I'm sorry but if I tell you I have to kill you" she answered with an amused look in her eyes. Someone in their group chuckled.
"I do not mean to be rude, but we forbid you to hunt here" Carlisle said. She frowned but soon after that she flashed him a smile. 'No worries! we got it covered' she inspected us with intelligent eyes "We won't hunt on your lands mister Cullen" Carlisle nodded relieved, this wasn't a Victoria or James scenario.
"Where are you headed?" Edward asked her.
"We don't know yet" She grinned. Suddenly her eyes went serious. "This land is it all yours?"
"Tell her Jake, tell her is she crosses the border we will rip her to pieces" Embry hissed.
"Shut your mouth" I hissed back. He gave me a confused look but kept his piehole shut.
Her eyes were on me when I turned around, but before we could make eyecontact she turned back to Carlisle. "Mister Cullen, we don't want to cause you any trouble at all. We are sorry we entered your land but may I ask one thing of you? Could we camp here tonight? We will be gone in the morning and you will never know we were here" She said carefully.
"Excuse us for a second" he said and gathered us round.
"The blonde one is blocking our gifts" Edward hissed frustrated. Bella grabbed his hand trying to calm him down. He gave her a smile and pressed his lips on her forehead.
"Jake what is wrong with you" Embry hissed at me. The Cullens shot me a strange look but I didn't answer the question. I just kept staring at her.
"Jake" Sam insisted. But when I glanced at him he knew enough. "You imprinted on her" He frowned. I just gave a simple nod and tried to focus on this discussion. I noticed I wasn't the only one staring at her, Jasper stared at her as well.
"Why would they want to camp here?" Bella asked.
"Because the commander needs to sleep" Jasper whispered barely audible. He just sighted and gestured to her. "Listen you fools" confused I stared at their faces. I could hear nothing but the wind and the breathing of the pack.
"She has a heartbeat" Carlisle said while smiled at Jasper. He nodded. I shot her another look and then turned my focus back to the group.
"This doesn't make any sense" Emmett muttered. "Why would a human lead a group of vampires. Why would they listen to her?"
Edward chuckled "Because she is not human"
"Then what is she?" Esme asked.
"Let's find out" Edward whispered. "Let them camp here"
A few seconds passed while they took their time to overthink the idea. The only thing I could think about was how I was going to make a first move on her. How our life together would be, it was a god's gift that she wasn't a vampire. Or was she?
Carlisle soon hurried over to her side and told them the news. She thanked him and cleared her throat, soon started to give some orders.
"Charlene and Cheng, Start a fire."
"Everyone listen up, you can have one bloodbag tonight. JUST ONE. We need to make sure we safe enough for our journey, AM I CLEAR" they all nodded towards her direction before they opened their backpacks and took some bloodbags out. With straws they opened them and gulped them down. It was quite impressive how she ordered them around. They seemed to respect her very much and I wondered what she did to deserve that. I sent the rest of the pack home, telling them I would stay here to keep an eye out. Of course the only thing I would be looking at tonight would be her. Damn she was so beautiful. Carlisle ordered his family to do the same, leaving Alice and Jasper behind. Jasper was the most perceptive one. They gathered up some tree trunks to sit on and we took a seat. The group was silent at first, not knowing what to do with us. They all eyed the commander but she was deep in thought, staring at the fire with an blanc expression.
"Commander, your tent is ready. I you want you can get some privacy" A boy said and without saying something she stood up and walked away. She didn't show until a few hours later. Most of the group was too scared to say anything in our presence. I felt like a was babysitting, they all seemed so young.
The redhead was Charlene, Cheng was the Asian kid that stared at me disgusted. Alex seemed like one of the oldest ones. He looked like he was 21, with brown curls and a babyface I guessed he could be a real charm. The other girl's name was Chelsey, she seemed like she was around eighteen but acted like she was 12. She annoyed me very much, but I tried to ignore her as much as I could. There were five other boys; Jason, Rudy, Marc, George and the blonde one who seemed to have the ability to block the gifts was called Soren. Everytime I asked them something they just shrugged their shoulders and stared at the fire, trying to avoid and ignore us as much as possible. After a while I just gave up and thought about the commander, I didn't even knew her name! I yawned and Cheng hissed irritated at me, I gave him a low growl in return. He stood up showing me his teeth, I did the same.
"Cheng" I heard her voice from behind me.
He kept staring at me "CHENG" she said again. She walked past me and took a stance right in the middle of us. She pointed at the woods "Walk it off" He growled at her and for a second I thought I was going to leap at her. She didn't seemed impressed "I said; Walk. It. Off. Now" She hissed towards him and with the blink of an eye he vanished. She turned around to face us "Sorry about that, they are just a little on edge. There's not enough food for them, we see each other 24 hours a day. That somehow gets under your skin you know" She smiled at us. I just nodded and stared in awe. I felt like a moron but on that very moment I couldn't do anything else. I barely noticed that Alice's phone rang, she answered it and talked so quickly that I couldn't understand a word. The commander seemed a little confused too.
"What's your name"I finally dared to ask.
She shrugged her shoulders "I have many names, they don't matter to me at all"
"Commander" Alice interrupted "Carlisle invites you to our home"
Her eyes strayed over the rest of them "I can't leave them" she mumbled.
"It wasn't really a question" Jasper added sweetly. Her eyes grew dark, and I thought she would hiss at us but she didn't. She seemed to have a mental argument about this with herself. I understood why, she was just asked to go to the homes of their hosts, but she didn't know if they were friends or foes. It was a hard decision to make.
She whistled between her teeth and everyone went silent. She swallowed and straightened her back.
"The Cullens have invited me to their home" She stated. They gasped and looked at her with scared eyes. "You know the rules. Just follow protocol" She said coldly.
"What no, you can't leave us. I won't let you go alone" Soren said as he stood up. She smiled at him.
"Soren, you know the plan. Please rest for now and gain your strengths. If I'm not back by sunset you'll know what to do" There was no response "Don't you?" She asked again while she raised her eyebrows. All of them turned their eyes towards the ground and nodded "Yes commander"
She gave them a brave smile. "No worries my friends, until we meet again" Then she turned around and followed us. Jaspers pace was too fast for her and she couldn't keep up. But she said nothing about it, trying the best she could. I knew Jasper was testing her, trying to find something special about her. She was a fighter for sure. I was proud to imprint on such a strong girl.
It took us twenty minutes to reach the house, they were waiting for us in the living room.
"Thank you for coming" Esme smiled at her. She just nodded in response, waiting for what was going to happen. They gestured to take a seat and she sat down on the sofa, on the same spot Bella's sat weeks ago. Even though they were both brunette's the commander had the light of life in her eyes. They sparked with it, I somehow knew that she would never give up until she got what she wanted.
"I figured you would be thirsty too" Rosalie smiled and walked over with a glass filled with blood. We all stared at her.
"Well thank you, indeed I am" She smiled sweetly when she took the glass out of Rosalie her hand. With mouth open I saw her gulp it down, in the process she never broke eye contact with Rosalie. When the glass was empty she offered it back. Rosalie tried to keep her cool and brought the glass back to the kitchen.
"What are you?" Emmett asked confused.
A smile played her lips "All you need to know it that I mean you no harm, we are just passing through"
Edward was staring her with a furious look on his face. Guess he was still not able to read her mind. Alice just stared at her with a blanc expression, Rosalie's arrogance and envy were clouding her face. Couldn't blame her because this girl was phenomenal. She was witty, smart, beautiful and she was the leader of a very big coven. I chuckled 'thank you god'
She cleared her throat "Why am I here?" She was direct, straight to the point. I liked that.
"We have to make sure your coven doesn't form a threat for the people in Forks" Jasper answered. There was something that was irritating him, he seemed chagrin. She just waited with an blanc expression.
"I've seen covens like yours before" he broke the silence again "And such a big group of vampires always causes trouble. They are all new borns are they not. How can you control them?"
His eyes shifted to her "I am their leader" She hissed back. He walked towards her and brought his face close to hers, there was just inches between them.
"I don't believe you" He whispered. He was trying her out, trying to find the answer to the question; what kind ability did she have? She stood up and stretched. "Maybe it is time for me to go home" She mumbled while she walked passed Jasper. Suddenly Alice started to gasp and chaos spread through the room. Jasper hurried to Alice her side, the commander turned around to see what was happening and then before I could do anything to stop it, something flew through the glass wall and hit the commander in its fall. She flew back and crashed through the glass table. It shattered to a thousand pieces. The thing that flew through the window was Embry in wolf form. He quickly stood up and shook the glass out his fur. I shot him an irritated look, I knew it had been a while since we phased. But god dammit man look where you are going. I hurried to her side, her eyes were closed and when I softly shook her she didn't respond. It felt great to finally touch her, she was even softer than I could imagine. But worry and panic flushed through me when she didn't woke up.
"Shit" Jasper said while Carlisle got his bag. Together with Jasper I carried her to the couch. I took her arms and he her legs, we didn't want to hurt her more by pushing the glass deeper in the wounds. She had a huge cut on her head. The blood kept pouring out, I applied pressure on it waiting for Carlisle's expertise. The room quickly cleared, the smell of blood was too much temptation for the vampires. I stayed back with Carlisle who quickly took a look at her wounds. She was losing a lot of blood, the gash on her head didn´t stop bleeding and the wounds on her back and arms started to bleed now too. Carlisle pulled the pieces of glass out with a steady hand. He cleaned her wounds without even twitching at the smell. When he stitched her up he brought her to the guestroom and gave her some morphine against the pain.
Downstairs they already started the cleaning. Within seconds it was like it never happened. Quill sat on the couch his face full of guilt.
"I´m so sorry Jake" He whispered `I was following the blond vampire, he followed you. But he was so fast and I just` I cut him off by raising my hand. I felt how the anger took after, he saw it too.
"Out"I grumbled and he nodded. We would talk about this later, carefull he walked out, shooting me one last guilty look. I wasn't mad at Embry, but I was furious about the fact my imprint got hurt. It was my job to keep her safe, and I failed on the very first day. I sighted while I took a seat on the couch.
"She will sleep for a little while" Carlisle told me with a soft voice. He seemed to understand that she was my imprint.
"What are we going to do about this?" Jasper asked. "I don't think she is able to leave tomorrow morning"
Carlisle shook his head. "I am sure of it, her injuries are not to be taken lightly"
"We can't let them stay here" Emmett this time "They are newborns, they will go hunt sooner or later"
"There is something off about them" Edward said "They are trying very hard to keep it a secret who they are looking for, if they are looking for someone at all"
"Why would such a big coven travel together, and why would they listen to her?" Rosalie sighted "It doesn't make any sense"
The discussion seemed endless, they couldn't figure out why they were following her. They tried out every theory they could think off, but nothing seemed to make sense. I fell asleep for a few hours to the annoyance of the Cullens. When I woke up it was already sunset. I took the liberty to make myself some coffee.
She stumbled into the livingroom, grasping onto everything to keep her balance. In a blink the room was filled with Cullens.
"You should stay in bed a little longer" Carlisle said kindly.
"Bring me back to the camp" she whispered.
"I will check on your wounds and then we will escort you back"
"I. Need. To. Get. Back. Now" She hissed "I am gone for too long. They will attack if I don't return NOW" she exclaimed. I jumped up from the couch and swooped her off her feet.
"I'll take you, and then we will go back for your check-up" I said
She snorted "You don't have anything to say about me" she cried out in pain when she shifted her weight. Carefully I brought her back to the camp. We ran in silence, she had her eyes closed. I could imagine how sore she was feeling. When we arrived we were just on time because they looked like they were preparing for a war.
"Commander" Charlene gasped as she hurried our way "We were so worried"
She gestured to put her on her feet. I slowly put her on the ground, I didn't pull my hands off of her until she found her balance. Her face was even paler than before, the rings under her eyes were turning slightly purple.
"Everyone please gather" They all rushed our way. Everyone shot me filthy looks and some of them even showed me their teeth. The commander didn't seemed to notice and I easily brushed it off.
She turned around to me. Shakily she smiled at me. "Thank you, now can you please leave us?"
I frowned "Are you leaving here?" She just shrugged her shoulders in response.
"But you are hurt, we need to take another look at your wounds'" I whispered suddenly anxious. I couldn't let her leave, I just found her.. She was supposed to stay here with me for the rest of our lives.
"I have other responsibilities now" She said and her eyes grew a shade darker.
They all stared at me, their ruby eyes waiting for me to leave. I snorted "I'll pick you up in a hour" and then I turned my back and left. The hour I was gone I was captivated by her smile, her smell and her ringing voice. When I returned I lost the way, I retraced my steps back to the Cullens and tried again. Again I was welcomed by and empty meadow. Realization shot through me, they left.
I promise that it will get more exciting in the next chapter. This was just an introduction that needed to be done. Please be kind and let me know what you think?