"QUILEUTE ~ LA PUSH ~ CHALLENGE" Entry
Title: The Darkest Hour
Pen name: ToraNoKo123
Beta Name: (Hannah/ IRL best friend, no FF account but she betad through e-mail and live review)
Genre: Romance
Summary: Let's just say that Breaking Dawn NEVER HAPPENED… Everything else did. Jacob Black can't stand watching Bella and Edward live 'happily ever after' but respects Bella enough to not interfere. After much deliberation he decides to break from the Pack and become a lone Alpha. He travels east to give himself some much needed space from the 'happy couple'. Even though the threat of the new born vampires was gone apparently nature didn't like that the pack was down one member so another new shifter was born.
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The Darkest Hour
Prologue
1992 Northern Indiana
A little girl of four sat eagerly in her bed waiting on her elderly Great Grandma to come tuck her in for the night and tell her a story. Fern Snow lived in Oklahoma and only came over once or twice a year. She was 98 years old with pure white hair and blue eyes so pale at times they looked the color of glaciers. She only stood 4foot 9inches but it was hard to miss her when she entered a room. She always told the best stories, she was half Cherokee and most of her stories had been passed down through many generations of Native Americans.
The beautiful old woman came in the room slowly smiling at the small blond haired Child with the same blue eyes. "Well my little Ariana what story shall I tell you tonight?"
The girl pretended to ponder the question but she had chosen the story the moment her grandmother had agreed to tuck her in to bed. "Would you tell me the one about the Indian Princess?"
Fern smiled sweetly at the young girl before sitting down on the side of the bed and making sure she was snuggly tucked under the covers. "Hum… you really do like that story don't you? Alright but you have to be really quiet and stay lying down."
Ariana nodded and snuggled deep into the covers making sure to be really quiet so that Grandma Snow would tell the story and use the special voices. Once she was settled Fern closed her eyes as if she had witnessed the story herself.
"Many years ago in a small Cherokee village lived a beautiful girl. She was the second child of the Village's Chief. Her older brother, who she loved very much, was going to take her father's place as Chief one day so she spent most of her time following the old Medicine man around to learn from him.
Late one night while all the villagers were asleep an evil spirit snuck into the village and kidnapped one of the young mothers of the village. They searched for days but never found her. A week later, on the same day, another girl went missing, this time the young daughter of a strong brave.
This went on for many weeks and finally the village elders started to pick the weekly sacrifice so that other young children would not be motherless. One week the young girl chosen was the love interest of the chief's son. When the young princess found out, she volunteered to take her place, so that her brother would not lose the love of his life. Her father was furious but after the daughter pleaded her case to him and the elders they agreed to let her go.
The night finally came for the young princess to wait at the edge of the village for the evil demon. Although she was scared of what was to come she refused to run. Finally out of the shadows a large figure crept out, as it got closer the young girl refused to move or weep. Eventually the figure got close enough for her to see. It was a beautiful white she wolf with piercing blue eyes.
The large wolf slowly walked up to the princess before sitting down. No one that had seen the evil spirit had ever lived to tell anyone else what it looked like but the princess was sure that the wolf in front of her wasn't it. "Hello Sister Wolf, what can I do for you?" the girl asked not expecting an answer.
"Young one, you have done a great deed to save a loved one. Because of this the council of spirits has decided to grant you the strength needed to defeat the evil spirit hurting your brethren." With that the wolf stood up and put a paw over the young princess's heart. A jolt went through the young girl and she fell asleep to the sound of a howling wolf.
When the princess woke only moments later she noticed that something was different. She didn't have time to figure out what it was because the evil spirit suddenly came out of the forest. It stalked slowly towards her laughing the whole way. The princess stood her ground for a moment but something urged her forward and before she knew it she had turned into the spitting image of the large wolf spirit who had come to her.
The evil spirit shrieked and tried to attack the princess but she quickly killed it. After the spirit was dead she found that she could easily shift back to her normal human body. Rejoicing she quickly returned to the village to give them the good news.
She ran into the village shouting so she could get the villagers attention. Soon all of the villagers came out to investigate the noise. Her brother was the first to reach her and quickly embraced her glad she was safe. As he let her go he gasped. "My dear sister your eyes, they have changed"
The young princess was curious as to what he was talking about and soon found herself standing above a small bowl of water. Her reflection showed that she looked the same as always except for her startling blue eyes. They were the same blue eyes that the wolf had. For a moment the young princess was puzzled but the soft voice of the wolf spirit echoed in her mind.
"Dear child, do not fear, because of your great courage I have given you my strength, we are now one. When ever you are in danger or in need I will lend you my strength."
The people praised the young princess and from that day forward she became the guardian of the village. Through out her life the wolf spirit was with her. She eventually married and had children of her own, three boys and one girl. Each of the boys had brown eyes like their father but her daughter had her same blue eyes. The same blue eyes that I have… and you have. That princess was my great great grandmother.
The story finished Fern looked down at Ariana who appeared to be fast asleep under the covers. She smiled at the young girl before leaning down and kissing her forehead. Finally she got up to leave the room; she was almost out of the door when she heard a noise behind her. "Grandma Fern, if I have the same blue eyes as the princess does that mean I can turn into a wolf too?"
Fern turned and with the light from the hall shinning behind her she shrugged her shoulders "No one has turned into a wolf so far my little princess, and hopefully they never will have to. The wolf is only meant as a protector. If you should turn into a wolf that means you or someone you love is in danger."
