Okay, here is actually the first 2-3 chapters of unending slumber. I had started this story forever ago and just haven't touched it for years -_-' I hope you like it and if you do please review.
Renesmee "Nessie" Carlie Cullen -17
Jacob black- indefinitely 18
I stood inside the dark clearing. Listening, Looking for anything that could warn me in time before he came to close. I closed my eyes and let my other senses take over. The slight tingling of the wind on my back. The variety of smells. The wind stopped suddenly. I struggled to find a small hint of what I knew was coming. Nothing! No sound no smell no… the wind started up again and it hit me like a ton of bricks. That oh-too-familiar scent that emanated from right behind me. I spun around only to be bulldozed by dark brown fur. The impact sent him along with me sliding across the ground into a large oak. My back slammed into the oak. I could hear the wood splintering as the dog slammed into me and I was sandwiched between him and the tree. He grabbed my shirt with his teeth in an attempt to swing me away from the tree into the center of the clearing. I slammed my hands against his concrete body before he could which sent him flying into a tree across the clearing and me straight through the oak. The old oak tumbled to the ground as I picked myself up off of the forest floor. I scanned the area for the large dog. A rustle in a bush about 20 feet away from me caught my eye and I instinctively leaped towards the bush, ready to attack. Sadly I only got about half way there before a freight train rammed into my side. I slammed into the ground and 2 large paws pinned me to the floor. dang it. I let my arms lay at my side, and gave up.
"you win Jacob" I muttered and looked away.
The large canine backed off of me and ran into the bushes. I lifted myself off of the ground and brushed what I could off as Jacob wandered back from the bushes. A pair of blue jean shorts on.
"you did really good today Nessie, you almost got me" he said with a laugh and patted me on the head.
"emphasize on 'almost'" I said looking down. He lifted my chin
"don't worry about it, your getting better by the day. Soon you'll even be able to beat your old man" he said with a smile his brown eyes glistening as if they had their own light source in the dark forest. It was moments like these that made me really love my Jacob. Moments where I could see every part of him, inside and out as if it was on display only for me.
" if you say so" I said with a smile. He smiled back, then looked at the darkening sky.
"it's getting late, ready to go home?" he asked looking in the direction of my house.
"I guess…" I said looking in the same direction. I glanced over at him. A small mischievous smile spread across his face. I knew exactly what he was thinking.
"race?" he asked. The smile apparent in his voice. I shrugged.
"race" I replied. I didn't want it to seem apparent that racing home with my Jacob was the best part of training, the only part of training that I actually liked even though we didn't get 2 do it often. The pack had him most of the time…
"ok on the count of 3" he said as he knelt into a runners pose, I knelt too.
" 1.…2...OH! WAIT!" he said suddenly. I was slightly confused until he looked at his shorts. The same shorts that would shred in an instant as soon as we started. He quickly ran behind a bush. The bush rustled a little and then went silent. I still waited in runners pose.
"are you-"
"3!" he yelled. The large brown wolf leaped out of the bushes and rushed past me. The blue shorts tied to his left hind leg.
"hey!" I yelled and quickly took off as well. The scenery flew by as the distance between us shrunk. I could tell we were close to the house. The sound of the river gave it away. I was right on Jacobs tail when a loud howl made us both stop in our tracks. We skidded to a stop and stood listening silently. Another loud howl pierced the air and Jacobs head lifted up defensively. He turned to look at me and I knew what was going on.
" Leah?" I asked. He nodded . I turned in the direction of the howl.
" another outside vampire?" I turned to look at him. His head was down as if listening to something then looked at me his dark brown eyes all too readable. He moved to my side and nudged me with his nose. The usual sign for me to head home but I didn't want to leave, I didn't want HIM to leave either, not now. Not when I finally got him back from the pack. I wanted to be selfish. I stood there silently and he gave me another nudge. I looked into his eyes which pleaded me to go. 'so I wouldn't get hurt' was his usual reply and I usually gave in all too easily. We stood there staring at each other until another howl, a different tone from the last, rang through the forest this time close. Seth sprang from the bushes in wolf form and padded over to Jacob. They looked at each other for a minute then both of their eyes rested on me. I took the hint. In fact, it felt like their "hint" was shouting in my face "go home now!"…well, at least kinda like that except in a "nicer" tone. Jacob knew I had given in and gave me a nod to let me know he was going to go. I nodded back. Jacob turned back to Seth and they both rushed through the bushes towards Leah.
" be safe" I muttered. Though I doubt he had heard me. I stood there listening to the sound of their paws landing softly against the ground until it faded into the distance. Then I ran alone through the trees back to my house.
Rosalie was waiting for me at the main house when I arrived. I slowed to a walk as I approached her. I looked around for another family member but no one was to be found.
"where is everybody?" I asked as she walked over to me. I looked around once more to be certain. She walked up to me and pulled a twig out of my hair and brushed off my shirt.
" they went with the wolfs to get rid of the outside vampire." she replied. Well of course they did, that was obvious. But all of them? Usually just the wolves and the guys went, but Alice, Esme and mom were nowhere to be found. I placed my hand on Rosalie's face and remembered the last time an outside vampire came. One of many, where only the guys went and the girls stayed. She stared into the abyss as I gave her the information then nodded when the transfer was complete.
" they left because this one is 'special'" she said and turned towards the house.
" Alice saw her this afternoon, she thinks there might be a chance we can convert her but it's going to take everyone." Rose said and started walking towards the house. I followed.
" I stayed here to make sure you got home alright." she said as we got inside. " but I'm going to follow after them as well" she put a light jacket on and grabbed the keys to her car off of the table. Apparently this one was too far away to just run.
" oh…okay" I replied. I watched her shuffle around the room grabbing random objects. Keys, chains, and last but not least a lighter and gas fluid that she quickly shoved into a brown backpack. She glanced around the room one more time to make sure she got everything then quickly kissed me on the cheek and opened the door.
" you know the rules, don't leave and lock up tight." she said, she locked the bottom lock on the door and looked back at me. She paused and lingered in the doorway.
" …don't worry about it, we will be back soon… I'll call you when we are done" I guess my face betrayed me. I was worried about it. Even though they went out all the time to get rid of the outside vampires that started springing up ever since the Volturi left, this was the first time ALL of them left me. Usually at least one would stay to make sure no "unexpected visitors" came by. I looked away and nodded. She nodded back then shut the door. Instantly after, her car pulled out of the garage and sped down drive way. I watched it leave then started locking up. There were a lot more locks on the house than there were when I was a child. Mostly because of the outside vampires. When the Volturi left, vampires from all over the country heard about it and now wanted to get rid of what the high and mighty Volturi couldn't. Some to gain power, some just to see what a "half-breed" tasted like. All I knew was that these nuclear bomb proof windows, and these harder-than-steel locked doors were more like a prison than protection. It was the same at my house near by. My room was surrounded by reinforced steel. Just what I always wanted. I wandered around the house. Shutting off light after light until I got to my father's old room. My usual hiding place. I clicked the light on and sat on the couch. I pulled my cell out of my pocket and placed it on the table. I stared at it, waiting for it to ring, even though I knew it would probably be a long while before it did. After about 20 minutes of staring at my phone I walked over to my dad's music collection. Even though the one he had at our house was larger (having thousands of cassettes, records, and CD's) this one had my favorite song. I slid the 27th CD in the 3rd row from the bottom to the left and reached for the one that I had hidden in the back. I pulled the dull CD case out and read the title. Bella's lullaby. the song that held so many dear memories for me. My mother would hum it to me when I was a child and I've loved it ever since. I walked over to the CD player and placed the CD in and put it on repeat. The beautiful piano music started and I wandered over to the large bed next to the wall and plopped down and listened. I shut my eyes and let the music flow into my ears as my mind drifted off...
I awoke suddenly as a loud bang against the window echoed through the room. The room was dark. The lights turned off from the on position I had left them in when I fell asleep. But something was wrong. I couldn't see. It was like my eyes had downgraded, I could only see small areas where the dim light touched. Usually I could still see everything in the dark. My eyes strained to look around the room. I tried to jump off of the bed. But it seemed so slow. Everything seemed slowed down and dark I reached my hands out in front of me to try and find the light switch. When I finally found it I tried switching it on but nothing happened. I flicked it on and off to make sure but the room stayed dark. a power outage? I went to the table to get my phone but it wasn't there. Something is DEFINETLY not right. I shifted my body into a defense position. Crouching my body, I walked backwards towards the door. Keeping my eyes on the windows, I found the doorknob and tried to open it but it was locked. what? I spun around and jiggled the knob but it wouldn't budge. I decided to break the door. I lifted my hand to strike at the door when something grabbed my arm and my throat and pulled me backwards. I couldn't breathe. The hand was locked on my throat and as cold as ice. I heard the sound of the glass break and the ground disappeared from beneath my feet. I was falling. I reached out towards the window, hoping I could reach it somehow. I slammed into the ground and awoke with a jolt breathing hard as my phone yelled at me from the table. I quickly jumped up and picked it up.
"h-hello?" I said. Trying to calm the fear in my voice.
" we are all done, she didn't want to convert but she left peacefully. We are on our way back now" Rosalie said from the other line. I could hear the car speeding in the background.
" o-oh… okay see you soon" I said.
" hey are you oka-" I shut the phone before she could finish. I let out a breath, I felt exhausted. I looked around the room. Something about that dream had me spooked. I walked over to the window and placed my hand on the glass. Nice and unbroken. The lights were even on as well. I stopped the music and hid it away then went to the door. It opened without any trouble. I walked out into the dark hallway and quickly made my way through the house to the kitchen for a late night snack. I pulled open the fridge door and looked inside. I debated on the leftover spaghetti or a delicious apple when I felt a slight breeze on my neck, like breathing. I quickly spun around, baring my teeth and crouching slightly as I looked into the empty kitchen. Left…right…nothing except for me and the dark. Okay I admit I'm being a bit over cautious, but who wouldn't be? I straightened up and decided to give up on the late night snack. I turned on the kitchen light as I heard cars pull up. It was easy to tell who it was. I could hear my father and Jacob talking intensely about the outside vampire on their way up to the door. The rest of the family followed behind. And by "rest" I mean everyone. Wolves included. I went into the living room as the door opened.
"welcome hom-" I was cut off by a huge hug from Jacob. His usual way of coming home. I stood there for a minute until Leah came up from behind Jacob and lightly slapped him on the back
" she needs to breath you know." she said with a slight smile. I could hear Jacob chuckle a little and then he released his grip.
" hey, sorry for leaving you alone back there. If I had known no one was going to stay with you I would have-" I cut him short, placing my finger on his perfect lips
"don't worry about it, they needed you there" I replied, Smiling. His face still sat sadly. I glanced around quickly, practically everyone had migrated to the kitchen and started devouring the leftover spaghetti and the last 2 were talking outside. Jacob looked confused. A sly smile slid across my face.
" don't think" I said quickly. He was confused until I quickly pressed my lips against his. It lasted only a millisecond but it seemed much longer. I ended the kiss and pulled him close to me in a big hug. He laughed lightly, apparently he cheered up a little bit.
"so did you have fun without me?" he said playfully. He scuffled my hair. I shot him a glare then refixed my hair to my liking.
"oh you know it" I said sarcastically. He spun me around to where I was standing beside him and wrapped an arm around my shoulder.
" so what did you do the whole time?" he said, staring down at me from his 2-large-for-a-forever-18-year-old height.
"just took a nap" I replied.
"oh, that sounds interesting" he said with a smile and squeezed my shoulder lightly.
"I know!" I replied with a laugh. Then I went quiet "But…I did have this really odd dream…it was…scary" I said. I stared down at the floor.
"oh really? A bad dream?" he said a mixture of concern and amusement on his face.
"I guess so, I haven't really had one this vivid and…nightmare-ish" I said with a shrug. Jacob was silent so I looked over at him. He had a big grin on his face.
" what are you smiling about?" I said, slight irritation in my voice.
"sorry, sorry it's just that…you look so cute when you're worried" he said with a smile and a laugh. I pulled away and punched him. Way to make me feel crappy Jacob. I turned away from him and pouted.
"gee, thanks for paying attention Jacob" I said, the irritation obvious in my voice.
He took the hint and for a second looked a little freaked out that he had pissed me off but then quickly got his resolve back.
"sorry! It's just that you're so beautiful it's hard to focus" he said slyly, knowing he could always get me to forgive him with a little complement.
"yeah yeah, whatever jacob" a small grin crossed my face. I turned back towards him and gave him a big hug. Jacob rested his chin on my head as we twisted back and forth in our embrace.
"what was the dream about, if you don't mind me asking?" he said casually.
I was about to begin when a white flash shot in front of my eyes.
"uh…It was about…um…" the memory of the dream just seemed to vanish into thin air. I struggled to find at least an ounce of the memory to help link the dream back together but nothing came up.
"um…I seriously can't remember." I pulled away from the hug to look him in the eyes.
" I guess it must not have been that important then?" Jacob replied.
"I…I guess not…"
A couple days later…
I casually walked towards the back of the house. As I turned the corner the loud roars and yells where clearly visible. I stayed by the wall as Emmet and Jasper tossed each other carelessly across the back lawn. I found my way over to Alice and Rosalie who were watching on the sidelines like me. They didn't even glance to see if it was me when I walked over, they didn't need to, they could pick me out from a mile away just by my smell. We stood silently and watched as the two boys battled. Emmet let out a loud laugh as he put Jasper in a choke hold in his huge arms, I saw Rosalie smile from the corner of my eye, apparently assuming victory for Emmet.
" ha ha ha! Thought you could beat me jasper!" Emmet said as he tightened his grip on Jasper's neck. I heard Alice chuckle from beside Rosalie. Jasper smiled as he grabbed Emmet's arm and tossed Emmet over his shoulder. Emmet slammed onto his back as Jasper jumped on top of him and wrapped his hand around Emmet's neck. Emmet did the same to Jasper. The victor was about to be announced when Carlisle appeared in the back doorway
" Jasper, Emmet" he said with authority in his voice. The two boys ended their fight and lifted themselves off of the ground. Carlisle motioned for us to follow him back inside the house and we all followed. He lead us to the living room where everyone was waiting. Emmet said what we all were thinking.
" what's going on?"
My dad tossed a newspaper onto the coffee table in the center of the room. We could all read it from where we were standing. " Mysterious Deaths On Misery Peak". The room went silent. Rosalie was the first to speak
" do you think it's…"
No one answered her question, we all knew the answer. An outside vampire. Emmet was the next to speak
" but how did it get so close? Misery Peak is on the mountain range just outside of Forks…" he said with concern in his voice.
Everyone turned to Alice. She held a pained and confused expression on her face. Jasper moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her. My father began to speak.
"we cant see them…" he said, obviously reading Alice's thoughts.
I could feel the atmosphere in the room tense up.
" but I thought that was only for Werewolf's and Nessie…" Emmet said.
I could see Alice hold Jasper tighter, obviously reacting to her flaws being talked about. She then suddenly looked up. A few seconds later Carlisle was opening the door for Sam Uley. Sam thanked Carlisle and walked to the center of the room, followed by Seth and Leah on both his sides. He began to speak but I cut him off.
" Where's Jacob?"
He smiled and turned to me.
" He went to tell the others about our plans"
I nodded and went silent.
" and what exactly are your plans?" Carlisle said as he returned to the group. Sam looked over to Seth. Seth nodded and pulled a map out of his pocket and laid it on the table. Sam began his overview, I tried but couldn't follow his battle plans so I sat silently on the couch with my mother. As my mother played with my hair I watched as everyone's expressions changed from worried to smug.
" okay so does everyone understand the plan?" Sam said as he finally finished. Everyone nodded. I touched my mothers face with my palm, I was confused about what I was to be doing. She collected my confusion and then moved my hand away from her face and held it in hers.
" your going to go to La Push with grandpa Billy and Collin and Brady okay?" she said with a smile. I nodded and looked back to the conversation at hand. I saw my dad look at us for a moment to see what we were doing then look back at Sam.
" when are we going to go?" Carlisle said as he stared at the map on the table, most likely going over the plan in his head. He looked up at Sam for the answer. Sam looked at me for a moment then cleared his voice.
" as soon as possible…we don't want anymore casualties and we don't want whatever it is getting any closer to Forks than it already has…" he glanced at me again.
" okay then, we will head out tonight" Carlisle said, he glanced at my father. My dad nodded.
" I will take Nessie over to La push later tonight" my dad said. He glanced at me and I nodded.
" good, so it's a plan." Sam said with a smile as he folded the map up and handed it back to Seth.
" we have to head back to La Push and get everyone ready so I guess we will see you all later on tonight" Sam said with a smile. They waved goodbye and Carlisle walked them to the door. After Carlisle shut the door Alice walked over to me.
" come on, let's get ready" she said with a smile, but I could still see some irritation and worry in her eyes. She didn't like not being able to see the future, it made her uncomfortable to not know what possibility's might happen and not being able to find a way to deal with it. She reached out her hand and pulled me up off of the couch. She looked at my mother.
" do you want to come with us to get Nessie ready?" she said. My mother didn't respond right away, she seemed deep in thought but then she snapped out of it.
" oh, um… no I need to talk to Edward about something, so go on without me" my mom said with a smile. Alice just shrugged and grabbed onto my arm.
" let's go Nessie" Alice said and pulled me forward. We headed out of the house and towards the direction of my parent's and my home. Along the run there Alice spoke suddenly.
" hey are you okay? Your quieter than usual" she said with concern. I shook my head.
" Just thinking about some stuff…" I replied. She looked at me for a moment then turned towards the house. We made it to the house a short while after. Alice pulled the key from the top of the doorway and opened the door. We both wandered to my bedroom and began to shove some stuff into a bag that I was going to take to La Push.
I didn't really pay attention to what Alice was putting into my bag, I was more focused on my own thoughts. I was shoved out of my thoughts when Alice plopped the heavily loaded bags in front of me.
" done!" she said with a smile, I smiled back and we headed back to the main house. By the time we reached the house it was almost nightfall. I ate a quick dinner and said goodbye to everyone then met my dad out by his car.
" are you ready?" he said with a smile. I smiled back and nodded. He took my bags and tossed them in the trunk then opened my door for me. He shut my door then went over to the driver side and got into his seat.
" okay lets go" he said as he put the car in reverse and pulled us out of the driveway. It was a silent ride to La Push, I kept my mind preoccupied with the music that was on the radio at the time and he kept his time preoccupied by speeding down the road at an ungodly rate. We reached La Push in less than half the time it would take a normal person to get there. Sometimes I thought he was speeding so fast just to scare me.
" I'm not trying to scare you" he replied, a smirk on his face. ' sometime's people want their thoughts to themselves' I thought with a smile. He shrugged.
" can't be helped"
I'd have to remember to have more 'private' thoughts when he wasn't around.
" that's mean" he said with a pout on his face. I chuckled. We pulled into grandpa Billy's drive a couple moment's after that and were immediately greeted by 2 pure white colored wolfs, one with a grey ring around the left eye and one with a grey ring around the right. It was easy to tell that it was Collin and Brady. Sam thinks that since they were such good friends before they first phased that it may have had something to do with their similar fur color. Collin ran past the car to the house as Brady ran beside us. The car hit a bump and my phone fell to the floor. As I reached down to pick it up my dad stopped the car.
" hey Nessie!" I heard Brady say as he opened my door. I picked my phone up and sat up and turned towards him.
" hey Brad-" I began but was cutt off as I heard a hiss escape from my dad's lips as his hands covered my eyes and pulled me towards him.
" Brady! Shorts!" he yelled.
" oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" Brady yelled, I could hear him phase and run towards the forest to get changed. I could still hear my dad seething. I reached up to his hand that was still over my eyes. ' can I look now?' I thought.
" oh, sorry…" he said as he unhinged his hand from my eyes. I put myself back into an upright position and stepped out of the car. Brady was jogging back to us from the forest as I opened the trunk.
" I am so so so so soo sorry Nessie" he said with a worried look on his face. He glanced at my dad, I could see a flash of fear in his eyes. I didn't even need to look to know my father was giving him the you-better-not-have-scarred-my-daughter look. Brady was frozen for a moment but then jump started again.
"l-let me get that for you!" he said as he grabbed my luggage out of the trunk.
" thanks" I said softly as he quickly darted for the house. We stood there for a minute then my dad cleared his throat.
" okay I'd better get going" he said. ' when do you think you'll get back' I thought.
" I don't know, it may take a while…" he said. I looked at the ground.
" we will try to get back as soon as possible." he said with a smile. I smiled back and gave him a hug. He started towards the driver side and I stepped away from the car. Once in the driver's seat he shut the door and rolled down his window.
" I love you" he said through the window. ' I love you too' I replied. He smiled and then backed up and turned around and drove away down the drive. I stood there for a minute and then turned towards the house. Collin was walking towards me, fully clothed.
" hey Nessie" he said with a smile. I smiled back.
" hey"
He gave me a hug then stepped back.
"ok lets get inside before it get's any darker" he said with a laugh. I nodded and followed him inside. Grandpa Billy greeted me when I walked in the door.
" hey Nessie!" he said with a smile and reached his arms out for a hug.
" hey grandpa Billy!" I said as I gave him a hug.
" ah, your getting so big!" he said with a laugh. We all laughed at the irony that I was actually the smallest person in the room compared to the two giant forever 15 year olds. Grandpa Billy let out the last laugh then spun his chair around towards the kitchen.
" are ya hungry? I just made a big pot of pot roast" he said as he wheeled himself into the kitchen.
" I'm hungry!" Collin yelled and followed Grandpa Billy into the kitchen.
" me 2!" Brady yelled as well and followed them into the kitchen. I waited in the living room
" I know you 2 are hungry, your ALWAYS hungry! I was asking Nessie" I heard Grandpa Billy say from the kitchen.
" actually I was thinking of just unpacking and going to bed if that's okay, I'm kind of tired…" I replied.
" okay, that's fine, your stuff's in the usual place honey" he said from the kitchen.
I said thank you and goodnight and then headed upstairs. I opened the door to Jacobs room and moved my luggage off of the bed and onto the floor. I let out a long yawn and then plopped down on the bed. I'd unpack later. I laid down and shut off the light. Before I knew it I was already drifting off to sleep. Sadly it wouldn't really be a restful one…
That's all for now, I hope you liked it. Please review if you think I should continue it.