Disclaimer - All Characters and Copyrights belong to Stephanie Meyers.

Author's note: Here is an idea that just came to me. Hope you enjoy it. Please don't be discouraged that I still have a lot of stories unfinished. I promise I will finish them all. I hate when authors abandon their stories without warning, or start sequels that leave you hanging. That's not my style.


Chapter 1: Waking up

BPOV

I had so many doubts as I laid there on the gurney waiting for the last beat of my heart. I still didn't know if I had made any of the right choices in my life. Sure, I had my handsome husband, and his loving family. If what I saw of my child was to believed, then I had the most beautiful daughter waiting for me to wake up. I also felt that twinge of guilt set in when I remembered the look on Jake's face as he fought to keep, even a little part of me still, alive. Even until my heart stopped beating, he was still my wonderful Jake. I only hoped that I wasn't too disgusting for him to associate with now. I hoped a war would not be found on our doorstep the moment I woke up. I had no desire to fight the people that had saved me more than once over this past year. I could feel and hear the sound of my heart taking its last beat. The fire that had rocked my body for these last three long days had slowly eased to erase the little remaining part of my humanity, and soon that would give in to the fire as well. The pain I felt was only justified. A cleansing of my spirit, if you will, for all the grief I had given others. I know most would rather this didn't occur at the cost of being human, but really what choice did I have. When I had followed Alice to Italy to save Edward. I set into motion a series of consequences that could not be reversed, even if I wanted to choose Jacob. The Volturi knew about me, and my knowledge of them. It was only because Aro coveted my potential, that he allowed me to leave that day alive. He did not want me to be an angry Newborn who would rebuke his invitation to join his guard. I think he hoped if I had time to come to terms with my fate, that he could twist me to come to him in my own time. I always thought it odd, how at ease Edward and Alice had seemed in their presence. They were even arrogant about it. Like they were part of some inside joke, that I had not yet had the pleasure to know. So many random memories and ideas were floating around in my head, and I didn't know which would survive my transformation. My mind wandered back to Jake again. What would he look like to me after I open my eyes again? Would he still be my personal sun? Or would he now just smell as foul as the Cullens always described, a filthy beast? Would he still be my best friend, the man that owned a large part of my heart? Or would all I see in him is the face of my enemy? I prayed not, I prayed he would still be there for me. My sun. My Jacob. But then I heard it, the last beat of my humanity.

JPOV

I still couldn't believe it. I had imprinted. I had imprinted on the daughter of the girl that I love. How the hell could my life be any more fucked up then this? I have fought for over the last year to stop what had just happened upstairs from occurring. I had tried to keep the girl that I love from dying and becoming one of them. I pounded and massaged her heart with all I had, until it just stopped. No matter what I tried, it just wasn't enough. A common thread in the tapestry of the messed up life of Jacob Black. I looked into Bella's eyes, now found in the small bundle in my arms. I just wished that they took away all my pain and anguish. I mean, wasn't that what the legends always said, wasn't that the point to this all. But if I had spent enough time in Sam's mind over the last year, I knew that serenity was not always achieved with an imprint. How many times did I still see flashes in his mind every time he was near Leah? The sorrow every time he thought of her, and what they lost. Yep, I must be a complete screw up in all that I do. Couldn't protect the girl I love. Nope, she was dead upstairs. Couldn't be the best brother to my family. Nope, my sisters fled my house as soon as they reached a legal age to be on their own. Couldn't be the perfect Pack mate. Nope, I split the Pack up to form my own band. Just call me Yoko. I sighed, she was cute this little bundle of joy in front of me. But, I don't know, while I felt a pull to her, it just wasn't that pull I've heard anyone else had with their Imprints. I carefully scanned the room to see who was on glaring duty. Apparently, I was not the only one not thrilled about this imprint. The Cullens seemed severely disgusted by my presence in their home. But the odd thing is, I think that was the only part they were really upset about. They seemed to not want anything to do with the baby sleeping in my arms. I would think they would be gloating over me having gotten everything from me they could. They got my girl, who had just begun her transformation earlier this evening. Yep, I'm not sure what I preferred, her as one of them still existing in some form at least, or her dead. I'll admit it, still a selfish dick here. Oh well, no sense crying over spilled milk as they say. My life just sucks, so I will just deal with it. I noticed there seemed to be a lot of commotion going on. I'd swear if I didn't know any better they look kind of nervous, as if they were planning something. Hmmm, I couldn't spend too much more time considering this anomaly. I had to meet Sam and his Pack soon. We had to discuss what my Imprint now meant to our Packs. Since no one was available to take over, I gently placed Nessie in her crib. I tried to grab someone's attention, but the couple of Yip's I heard from outside, was the signal I had to take off. I was very reluctant to take off with her being alone. I whisper-shouted out, "Need to get going. I laid the baby in her crib. If someone could give her a bottle in a few hours that would be great." "That's fine!," voices shouted. "Damn it! Use your damn quite voices you stupid leeches," I thought to myself. I quickly caught up with Leah and Seth, and we booked it to La Push.

6 Hours Later

"Wow, if I had a gun I would have blown my head off," I said. "You'd have to wrestle it away from me first," Leah snorted, "Why does that asshole have to make everything so difficult? Even when we were dating, he was the same way." "Well at least you've got me and Quill back, eh Jake!," Embry said. "Don't remind me of another reason I am not happy today," Leah replied. "You suck," Quil laughed. "I second that," Embry chimed in. "Oh mighty Alpha, you gonna let these newbs talk to me that way?," Leah laughed. While I was listening to the inner dialogue of my newly reformed Pack, something felt off to me. It was great that for now, Sam had let Quil and Embry split off to join my Pack, and I was happy about that. However, I couldn't get this sinking feeling from leaving my gut. We were supposed to be on our way to our homes, to get some much needed rest. When I felt the urgent need to get to the Cullens. I broke off from our current path, and headed straight towards Vamp central. I had told the team to head home, which of course meant, they followed me. As we approached the house, I could tell right away something was terribly, terribly wrong. The lights were all on even in the daylight. I could tell that most of their cars were missing. "No, no, no, no, no!," I shouted. I quickly phased, along with the rest of the Pack. They could sense my anxiety in the Pack mind. "What is it Jake?," Leah asked. I tore into the house, and look all over the lower level. Everything was covered up. They left. They left with the two most important women in my life. "Those fuckers, they took them and left. They waited until we were gone and snuck off. Those selfish bloodsuckers, they stole my imprint," I fell to the ground in anguish. My Pack didn't know what to say or do. They all gathered around me, and tried to comfort me. I was tearing at my skin to break out into my wolf, and chase after those leeches. I stood up, my body vibrating, while my body heat spiked. I turned to run out the door when I heard it. All of our heads snapped to the second floor. The noise got louder. The noise was the wonderful sound of my imprint crying. I wasn't happy she was crying, but just so happy that she was still here. I quickly dashed up the stairs to the nursery and picked her up. I tried to soothe her right away, "Shhh...shhh. It's alright honey, I'm here. I'm here to protect you. The rest of my Pack finally joined me in the nursery. "Scour this house. Don't leave any crook or corner unchecked. Bring me back anything you find that would explain what happened here while we were gone." They all took off to explore the house. I quickly brought Nessie downstairs. I searched for any of the blood packets we had for her, but found none. What the hell is going on here. Embry and Quill returned disgusted. They showed me why, and I was more confused. "Crap, ok. I know you guys have seen inside my mind, and you what part of her diet consists of. Now we have two options here. We can either donate her some of our blood, or else I need you two to go wrestle a bear and drain it's blood to put in these containers. What's your poison?" They both looked at each other shrugged then replied at the same time, "BEAR!" Embry continued, "Not that we wouldn't just love to become living blood bags for this cutie pie here. But why not break her of the this human blood habit now while she's young?" He said this as he tickled her neck under her chin. Her laughter was beautiful, and we all chuckled with her. "Alright, you two get going. Just know, that I know, the real reason is, you are both afraid of crying in front of Leah if we were to take your blood. They both just rolled their eyes, grabbed the containers, and took off to find Nessie her feeding. Leah and Seth, I could see were coming down the stairs from their searches. "Hey baby girl. Can you show me what happened after I laid you down for your nap?" Nessie shook her head yes, and then grabbed my finger with her left hand. Leah and Seth had joined our circle, and she grabbed Leah's finger as well. Seth just gently grabbed her right arm. Soon we were flooded with images of Nessie being woken up by strange sounds. She looked through her crib bars as she saw the members of her family race around with suitcases and their belongings. She laid there taking in the sights until she saw her father walking by the door holding her mother's body. She started to cry, and Edward just snarled at her, and kept walking. No one came to check on her. She kept crying for help, but no one was there. She could hear the cars being started and laughter, but then nothing. She waited patiently for anyone to rescue her. "Where did they go, my Jacob? Where were you?," she asked. I sighed, "Honey, I told you I would be gone for a while at a Pack meeting. But I came here right away. However, I have no idea where your family went." Her eyes began to glisten, and I curled her into my chest. "Don't worry honey, I will never leave you. I will always be here. Not like him." "Fuck me," I thought to myself, "How many times do I have to make the same statement to the girls that I love about the same god damn monster and his family. Great job Bells! The score now, is Asshole Who Keeps Crushing the Women in His Life - 3 vs The Moron Left Holding the Bag and Fixing the Broken Hearts - 0. Leah cleared her throat, "Everything upstairs has been sanitized, you would never know anything ever happened up there." Seth spoke next, "I found this letter and this suitcase on Carlisle's desk." I took the letter from his hand. I opened the letter, and a set of keys fell out. I then proceeded to read it:

Dear Jacob Black,

By time you return back to the house here, you will find we have left, and that we have left the young child in your care. We are unfortunately not able to care for both Bella and the young infant at the same time. Bella will of course be a Newborn soon, and you may remember from your training, that they are wild and unpredictable. We would not want the guilt on your head if you were forced to kill your former best friend, and imprint's mother. So we are taking her away until she is able to control herself. We do not know how long that will take, but once she is able to be around humans again, we will return. We are leaving the young child in your care. We neglected to inform you because of her unique make-up, her blood is very overwhelming to us, much as her mother's scent was to Vampires as well. Because of this, we feel it would be safer to have her in your hands for now. We have left you a suitcase full of money that should let you all live comfortably until we return. We have also forged birth certificates and various fake ID's should she need them, or yourself.

We thank you for your cooperation,

Carlisle Cullen

"I'm sorry, but we're we just bought off?," Leah asked. I sat there mulling over everything that had occurred in the last 24 hours. Bella's dying, no one's interest in Nessie, the note, the money. "I think we were, but I'm not sure for what. I get the feeling that we have been played here. I think they got what they wanted all along, and threw away anything extra that did not fit into their schemes, whatever they may be," I stated. Something bothered me as I walked towards the garbage that Embry and Quil had brought in earlier. As I was approaching it, the two returned with the containers full. I told them to bring the blood to me, as I quick filled up a bottle. It was still warm, so I gave Nessie a feeding. While she was drinking away, I rummaged through the garbage, and pulled blood bag after empty blood bag out of the garbage bag. Thankfully Ness was busy with her bottle to notice the more tempting bags on the counter. We all circled around the counter and noticed that there had to be at least 20 empty bags. The bags had been ripped open by teeth, that was clear to all of us. "I don't get it. These aren't from Bella's delivery are they?," Seth asked. I shook my head no. "It's like they had a going away party, but...I thought they didn't drink human blood?," Leah snarled slightly. I could tell they were all as perplexed and disgusted as I was. Knowing that we weren't going to get any immediate answers, and also knowing they had too much of a head start to track, I decided to work on what I did know. I turned to my Pack, "Alright, here is what we are going to do. Embry, go check to see if they left any of their vehicles here that match these keys. Seth and Quil go upstairs and pack up all the nursery items, clothes and anything else we are going to need to take care of our princess here. Leah, please take Nessie outside for a moment. I'll join you in a few seconds. Everyone took off to complete their tasks. I handed Leah a sleeping Nessie, and they quietly walked outside. I took a moment to breathe deeply trying to reign in my anger. I was just about calm, when from the corner of my eye, I saw the exposed legs of that bastards pride and joy. I walked over to the piano and uncovered it. I was so tempted to just smash the ever shit out of it, but I talked myself down. I sat on the piano bench, and tapped a few keys. Hmmm...something sounded out of tune. I opened up the piano lid, and tore out all the piano strings out. "Try to play her lullaby now Asshole," I smirked as I left the living room. Embry had discovered that the keys they left were to a top of the line SUV, but of course. We loaded up the vehicle, and all piled in. I gave one more glare in my rear view mirror, and tore out of there. We would figure out our next steps once we got home. All of ours home now I guessed. I sighed, "Where the hell did they take you to Bells?"

BPOV

I had heard it. My last heartbeat. "30 seconds till her eyes open. Didn't I tell you Edward she would be your perfect mate?," Alice asked. Edward chuckled, "Yes, Alice once again you were right." I felt odd for some reason, why didn't hearing his voice make me melt like it used too? Slowly my eyes opened, and I gasped. Staring back at me was, myself? Alice was holding a mirror up, and I couldn't believe how completely different I looked. But what had made me gasped was not the fact that the creature in the mirror had red eyes, for I was told to expect that. What shocked me was the seven set of red eyes staring back at me, from my vegetarian family.