I thought I would read some stories on Leah because she is in fact my favourite character in the book. I was actually so disappointed. Not in the quality of the writing as my writing is NOT the best or even close to the best of writing on this site. But in the characterization of Leah in every. Single. Story. She's always painted as the bad one. It's RIDICULOUS. Do you people know what she had to go through? She went through more real crap than Bella. And Bella was the main Character! Maybe it's just because of my nature to always have a thing for the underdog. But I AM giving Leah a story. A damn good story. I'm giving her a happy ending once and for all…. Anyways hope you enjoy. Rant done.
Leah P.O.V
"God doesn't she look beautiful Leah?" My mother asks as she snaps pictures of Emily in her wedding dress.
"You do," I say softly agreeing smiling at her. Even thought it was literally killing me on the inside to even be a part of this. But of course out of all the things I've been told about my life. I don't really have a choice. For God sakes does my mother have no heart what's so ever? Like at all? Even a little trace of one? I told her I would come to the wedding. I told her I would take part in the stupid wedding. But did she really have to have me go through all of this planning. Emily smiles at me I get a hint of happiness and smugness off of that smile. She knew this was torture for me. She also knew that I said anything about it and sure I get satisfaction… for a whole three minutes as this entire tribe was on her side. For what? I will never have an idea. The only person I can ever sometimes talk to is Jacob and that usually never happened because he was always blowing me off to be with his imprint freak thing. I try my best to keep in my sigh as I look at my watch, trying not to think about the fact that I was ten minutes late to class even though it was community college, and chances are I would do nothing with what I learned. Emily goes into the change room and my mother smiles as she texts.
"Charlie is going to love the pictures of Emily in her dress," She says and I roll my eyes at the sound of my step fathers' name. Honestly out of the million things I hated Bella Swan- Cullen whatever the fuck last name she had for. Was the fact that upon getting married and moving out at 18 she decided to support her father when he said he was in love with my mother. Now he slept where my father used to sleep and I noticed slowly the pictures of my father with Seth and I slowly disappearing from the house. It felt like suddenly everyone was forgetting him. It was like the only thing keeping his memory alive was me. Pictures are fading and memories no longer exist to people it's like I'm alone.
"Mom do you really think Charlie cares… He barely talks," I say. It was true. He was worse then Bella on the monotone scale. The man had no emotion, I can remember my dad turning on the record player and dressing up in a suit and slicking his hair back just to slow dance with my mother for 5 minutes in the living room. I used to watch the sparkle in her eye loving the way my dad can make her so happy without even spending a dime or doing something so extravagant. All Charlie does is watch stupid football games and eat the fish that he catches... Uh yeah a big romancer I tell you.
"You know Leah you should really start being nicer to him," my mother says with an annoyed tone and an eye roll.
"Mom we barely speak,"
"Exactly. You need to stop being so bitter about… everything lord have mercy . This is why I wanted you to be a part of this wedding for some happiness," She says dully as she scrolls through her phone. I squint my eyes at her in disbelief. My phone dings and it's another five minute alarm telling me I need to get to class.
"Mom I have to get to class," I say getting up and throwing the purse over my shoulder.
"Leah you do not you have to be here. You can miss a day of class,"
"If it were any other day yes but I've already missed half and I have a huge test. I miss this test and I will have to do this course again," I say trying to reason with the dragon lady.
"Leah you can take the course it's not that big of a deal," She says through clenched teeth. Her light brown orbs daring me to test her. I just shake my head as I make my way out of the shop.
"This is why people give up on you," She says and I stop my back turned to her. I wipe the tear away and I don't turn around. Knowing that what would hurt me more was seeing no remorse etched on her face. I leave the bridal shop and get in my crappy car. Honestly the thing was worse than Bella Swan's beat up truck. But it was the only thing I could afford on my crappy pay. It wasn't Seth's brand new Range Rover that Charlie oh so kindly helped my mother pay for. Before I could even comment on the fact that she didn't help me she said that she and Charlie thought it was a good idea that Seth have his own car and plus.
She didn't think I'd need her help.
Yeah, she helps every stranger that she can find on the reservation of La Push but when it came to helping me. She didn't think I'd need it. Sometimes I wonder what my dad would think of my mothers' behaviour if he were here. But then I remember that he wasn't and would never be again. I get to the college and when I see that the classroom is closed I bang my head against the door. I missed the test. My rude ass teacher leaves the room and I follow her.
"Mrs. Evans. I know you're not allowed to have people redo tests but if I can redo this one. There was a big family thing and-
"No Ms. Clearwater. I do not give retests unless you were in the hospital dying," She says in her stone cold voice as I follow her to her car pleading for a retest.
"Mrs. Evans please if I don't do this test I'm going to have to redo the entire semester,"
"Well then I guess I'll see you in my class next school year Ms. Clearwater. Next time focus on the fact that this is your future. Your cousins wedding is not your future," She says rudely. I just stare at her. "Yeah word travels fast,"
"Mrs. Evans,"
"I don't really try to keep up with the drama that constantly circles this reservation, but your story keeps popping up. Listen to me your cousin is marrying him move on and get over it. Build the bridge then burn it and when you do. Call the school and schedule your consultation for joining the college again next term. Because for the past couple of weeks it seems like you didn't really want this. And now you don't have it… Learn to take your future seriously Ms. Clearwater. Because everyone is moving on with their lives you need to jump on the band wagon. Have a nice day," Is all she says before she opens her car door and drives away leaving me standing there in the parking lot. I put my hands to my face and do a muffled scream. I couldn't deal with this world and life SUCKED. I drag my feet to my car trying not to think of the fact that I would be having to do this whole school semester over again. This would have me graduating late. Not that it mattered really because in reality… would I ever get out of this place? I start my car and drive home slowly not knowing what the heck I was going to be walking into. I get home and shoot straight up the stairs ignoring Charlie watching that stupid flat screen that was his entire life.
When I get into my room I sit on my bed and just cry. I was so fucking frustrated, I missed that test I would be graduating late. All because of Emily and this stupid wedding! Even my goddamn teacher was telling me I needed to get a hold of my life. My mother walks in with a dress and when she sees me crying she stops dead in her tracks.
"What's the matter?" She asks hanging the dress on the door.
"I have to redo this whole course," I say as I start wiping some tears. She tilts her head to the side.
"Missed the test huh?" She asks and I nod. For a second I think she'll rub my back and tell me it's ok like she does all the time to Emily whenever she and Sam get into a fight about something pointless. But she just sighs.
"Honey come on… Put that dress on and get ready for the barbeque at Sam and Emily's place. I'm sure you'll be over it by then ok?" She says and then she's gone. I take a pillow and scream into it knowing that I was going to get nothing from these people. I go into the shower and get dressed, blow drying and straightening my shoulder length hair. I've been trying to grow it out recently not for any particular reason. I just decided I was going to grow it out and no one knew I was trying to grow it out even though it was stupid it was… my thing. My own little special thing that no one would be able to tell me was stupid or unimportant. I had really long hair before I turned into a wolf and had to cut it. I just wanted a little bit of the old me back… so I was growing it out. I straighten it out and then I put the strapless flowy blue dress on. I don't put any makeup as I deem it absolutely pointless. No one to impress at that party. I figured maybe I could dip in for five minutes and dip out. When I get there an hour later I'm already late and I don't even care. Today has just been horrible enough as it is already. Seth's range rover is out front so I know that I'm extremely late. I got out of the car and walked inside. No one noticed and I was thankful. Seth walks up to me and loops his arms through mine.
"Your late mom is pissed,"
"Well if she helped me pay for the repairs on my car she would have nothing to be pissed about," I retort back smiling.
"You're a grown ass woman Leah you don't need mom's help,"
"I'm nineteen Seth,"
"Act like it," Is all he says before he walks away. I grunt as I take a beer from Jacob who offered it with a smile.
"I heard," He says and I just sigh for an answer.
"… You know Leah maybe college isn't for you… Maybe-
"… Maybe I'm supposed to be stuck here with no education fighting for a town that hates me?" I say casually as I take a sip of my beer.
"No come on you know that's not it… it's just the chief elders are talking and…"
"And what?" I ask disbelievingly. I couldn't believe they were discussing me. Why in God's name was I topic of conversation?
"They think you need to start taking the pack seriously again,"
"Why am I the one being picked on for going to the school. Embry is taking classes,"
"Yes but Embry is never late for meetings and always present for patrol," He argues calmly as we walk.
"Yes well Embry also doesn't have to attend wedding events that he doesn't want to attend every god damn second," I say aggravated and then I sigh. "Look I know where you're coming from… but I need to hold onto something that's not La Push. I need a glimmer of hope that one day… I can leave this place," I say quietly to him and he rolls his eyes as he fixes his cropped pitch black hair.
"Don't say that Leah. La Push isn't that bad,"
"If it's so bad why stay," Says a voice from behind me. Jacob and I turn to see an Elder named Franco. He was so annoying always on my case in particular. The man hated me for no reason. He had white hair that was pulled back into a ponytail and he used a walking stick to get around. His body was that old.
"Franco I-
"No need Leah if this small town is such a nuisance. If being here for your cousin takes that much of a toll on your life."
"It's not like that Franco and you know it… You have to admit this situation is not one of ideal proportions," I say stating my case. Jacob stays quiet.
"Leah since your father died you have been taking no responsibility for your actions. All you've done is miss dates and insult your cousin and Sam," He says. The nerve of this guy!
"That is not true," I say. The music gets lower and I realised now that I had an audience. As if today could get any worse.
"No! You've made her cry on multiple occasions,"
"What about what I've been through!" I shoot back and he rolls his eyes.
"You should be over that by now it was young love. What they have is real,"
"How could you even say something like that to my face. You're a stupid elder you think everything you say or do is the shit! You disrespect whoever you want to you think because your old you have the right?" I yell back. If I thought it quiet before. It was eerily silent now. Sam just stood there with his head in his hands and Emily just stood there with her hands in her pocket. My mother just glares at me probably for disrupting her perfect little function.
"Leah… Just start taking everything more seriously ok?" Says Rachel. Someone I used to consider my best friends until Sam imprinted and deemed Emily more important. Rachel, Miranda and I used to do everything together. But then Emily… was the sweet one, the cool one the new one. I was bitter, rude and heartless. I lost two of my best friends and by the looks of everyone in this room staring at me. I leave through the front door and the screen door opens again and Jacob is behind me.
"Leah wait,"
"Thanks for sticking up for me back there Jake,"
"Leah don't be like that you know how Franco can get,"
"I also know how the Volturi can get but that didn't stop me from risking my life to protect your imprint," I say turning around and facing him. His face is guilt ridden at that statement and I fold my arms. "Yeah I would stand up for you whenever you needed me… It's nice to know that's one sided," I say as I get in my car and drive home. I get in the house and pass Charlie who's just leaving.
"Heard what happened at the party," He says to me as I'm walking up the steps. "You know Leah your father wouldn't want you to be so upset about things," He says and I stop dead in my tracks on the steps.
"Maybe if you people stopped focusing on the fact that I'm upset but on why I'm upset. Also don't you dare tell me what my father wants. I know what my father wanted and you married to my mom is not it," I say. Charlie stuffs his hands in his pocket.
"Your father would have wanted your mother to be happy,"
"She was happier with him. If you think she's at her happiest you're a damn fool," Is all I say before I stomp up the stairs.
"Young lady take that back!" Says the shrill yell of my mother coming into view. I groan inwardly knowing I have to deal with her now.
"No," I say "It's the truth," I admit in a low tone.
"Leah! I am getting sick and tired of your horrible attitude why did you start that fight with Franco!"
"I didn't! He's the one that insulted me first you always think I start everything!"
"You do!... Just be more like Emily for once in your life and maybe I don't know. People wouldn't insult you," She says but then she gets quieter as she realizes she just touched uncharted territory. I was done yelling with this woman.
"Well it's nice to know how you feel Sue," I say as I run up the step and into my room. Slamming the door. I was never calling her mom again. Maybe if she started acting like one.
"Do you think you maybe took it too far?" I hear Charlie ask from downstairs.
"Don't worry I know Leah. She'll be over it tomorrow," Says my mother. I roll my eyes as I cry into my pillow. What my mother knew about me is what Kim Kardashian knows about morals… nothing. I cry for what seems like hours for about everything. The fact that no one has tried to understand me, the fact that Emily has taken just about everything from me… my friends, my mother, my brother. The fact that those stupid Cullen's started it all! They even took Jake… Jake my best friend… well one of the only ones I had left anyways. I don't know why I did it but I sat up. I looked around the darkness of my room and examined everything. Every picture, every little trinket everything was from years ago. I look at a picture of Rachel, Melissa and a girl named Lola. Used to be good friends of mine I was on the cheerleading team with Lola… She's one of Emily's bridesmaids now. It's not that I was mad over the fact that they liked Emily… that's not it at all. I was mad and saddened over the fact that although knowing me longer they decided they liked her and no longer liked me. Maybe I've become more sad but I was there when Rachel refused to leave her bedroom or see sunlight when Kevin Harem had sex with the entire cheer leading team excluding me. I punched Derrick Rose when he took Melissa's virginity and told everyone how it was.
You're telling me they couldn't just defend me this one time? Or be there for me when I needed a friend. What really has Emily done for them that I haven't? I look around the room at all the pictures. I realised that I still had these up because it was like a little glimmer of hope that things can go back to how they used to be. But as I sit there in the empty room I realised that's impossible. I get up and look at the picture of my father and I a week before he died. I take it and fold it. Tying it to my hand with an elastic band. I look at anything else I might want and see nothing. I strip my shirt and my pants in my room before I jump out the window in my bra and underwear. I run into the forest without looking back. When I'm in deep woods I phase knowing for sure that no one was on patrol tonight. I had no idea where I was going, but I did know why I was going. Because there was nothing left for me here.
-Three Months Later-
It's been almost four months. I've been running non -stop and I can't even remember the last time I was in human form. I don't know what I looked like as a girl anymore. I just know that my hair must be very long. Considering my hair in wolf form was extremely long. I was in the woods somewhere I'm sure was close to New York city. I was getting tired and I'm pretty sure any minute I would stop, I didn't know how much longer I could run I needed to refuel. I decided to do just that as I stopped running and relaxed by a tree still in my wolf form. I sleep for a couple of hours until I hear it.
Growling.
I wake up to see six other wolves probably about twice my size. None of them looked friendly. But even I knew these weren't normal wolves this was a pack like the one I had at home. These were shape shifters. But the problem was their eyes were pure red.
Evil Shape shifters.
I growl back which I know is a bad move since it's only one of me but I had no other power. I start to run and I think I got pretty far until two of the wolves end up in front of me snapping away. Two behind me grab my legs and tackle me I'm pretty sure I'm done for as it's six on one until I see it. One of them goes down as they were shot in the stomach. It whimpers as it's sent halfway across from where I was. I look up to see a group of men all dressed up in black, looking very hunter man sexy type thing. As they had long leather jackets and these high tech looking crossbows. They start shooting all of them with these irregular looking arrows. When all the other wolves are down I shape shift into my human form, bloody and naked on the forest floor, breathing hard. A man walks up to me ready to shoot me but he doesn't
"Stop! She's not with them," Says a voice from behind. I look up and it's probably one of the most handsome men I've ever seen. He was a pale face… white. With dark black hair and deep blue eyes he was a good build and honestly just the sight of him calmed me down. He drops his crossbow and kneels beside my head pulling my body in his arms not showing any kind of smugness that I'm naked.
"You run away from your tribe?" He asks in a voice with nothing but authority in his voice.
"Yes," I breathe out in between gasps of pain. I don't know how he knows about tribes or wolves or how to kill them. But if he was a threat to the supernatural world I'm sure they would know by now.
"She needs to stop bleeding," Says the man that was going to shoot me a minute ago. Even though he looked vicious just a second ago as he was about to pierce my skin with God knows what. Now he had the same nature as the man who had me in his arms. In control… caring and handsome. Were they brothers? He was blonde though and had green eyes not blue. The blonde one hands the leader a syringe of something green. I look up at the man with black hair in panic.
"Don't hurt me," I gasp out desperately not knowing what that syringe is filled with.
"Don't worry," He assures brushing his hand through my hair. "It'll hurt a little bit but it's going to numb the pain and close your wounds ok," He says softly. I nod my head telling him he can do it. The blonde haired man Is wrapping my wounds and gives me a reassuring smile. Another man who was part of their group takes a blanket and wraps it around me. The syringe enters my neck and all I can remember is staring into blue orbs before I pass out completely.
-MVOGS-
I wake up with a pounding headache and aching feet. I was in a huge room that looked rather beautiful. There were double doors off to the side that were open and let in a beautiful breeze and gave me view of the pink, purple sky and lovely sunlight. The bed I was on was one way too big to be a king. The comforter was so fluffy… so comfy it was like I was asleep on a huge cloud it was so comfortable. I look around at all the fancy looking black furniture.
The Cullen's were starting to look dirt poor the longer I observed this bedroom.
It wasn't only how grand it was but. When I was at the Cullen's I got this stuffy feeling like it felt like a showroom and not… home. Although this wasn't my home and I haven't been able to call any place home for a long time. I kind of felt like it was home. I move my legs and whimper at the shooting pain. This was bad how was I going to run again with my legs in this condition?
A woman walks in the room. She was old but not too old. Probably a couple of years older than Sue. She had red hair with streaks of grey up in a tight bun. She was wearing an apron and I guessed she was a housekeeper. She pushes the trey of something to my bedside and uncovers it. It was probably what you would call a six star breakfast.
"Oh… I couldn't" I say as she looks at me with a smile.
"Nonsense dear," She says as she takes two red pills and puts in my orange juice. I raise my eyebrow at her and she smiles again. Nothing about her screamed evil or crazy… just mother figure. Or grandmother even.
"They are painkillers for your wounds. They work wonders on your kind," She assures sweetly as she brushes some of my hair from my face. I look at it and it was down passed my bra strap. I smiled to myself as I examine it.
It grew.
Even longer then I had it before. Maybe it was all the running in wolf form that sped up the process? I don't know.
"Thank you… uh?" I say fishing for her name.
"Nana Jenny to children but for you it's just Jenny," She says sweetly. She sits at the end of the bed and examines my arms with a sad look on her face. I look down and that's when I notice the cuts and bruises.
"It doesn't feel so bad," I assure her softly. She just smiles as she kisses my forehead.
"Make yourself at home sweetie pie. I'm sure you'll be here for a while as someone seems to be taken with you," She says and I look at her curiously. The hurt look in her eyes disappears and now it's a smug smile. Like she knows something that I don't know. She gets up to leave the room and when she does he enters. The man from that night… with the black hair and blue eyes. He was gorgeous, he smiles at me as he comes in with a silver tray of medical looking things. He sits at the end of my bed he touches my forehead.
"You're burning up," He says to himself.
"I'm sure I'm fine,"
"You will be… but you're not right now," He says as he starts putting some pick liquid in a powder. Causing it to turn to liquid.
"Why'd you run away from your pack?" he questions as he makes his suspicious looking concoction.
"How do you know about wolves?"
"Don't answer my question with a question. I don't like it,"
"I don't care," I say crossing my arms. He just smirks as he puts the pink liquid in a syringe. He grabs my arm and injects the liquid into me.
"It's going to get rid of your scars. You're self -healing but you running for months straight makes it harder actually and not easier. Tribes think otherwise but they're stupid," He says calmly as the last of the liquid goes in. He pulls it out and places it on the table. My arm felt like mush. He goes back to making another concoction. This one was blue.
"Why do you want to die Leah?"
"How do you know my name?" I whisper.
"Answer my questions Leah," he commands softly as he adds some weird looking green ball into his little potion and it smokes.
"What makes you think I want to die?"
"This is the second time I've injected you with something and you haven't even questioned my motives. I had to tell you what I was doing. You don't care what happens to you, you don't know me but you're taking my explanations for injecting you with weird looking things. I could be injecting you with poison for all you know,"
"Right," Is my lame reply. I try to fight the tears as he takes my other arm. He points the syringe on my skin.
"This is making sure you get the nutrients that you lost back into your body," He says before he injects me. It's quiet as the last of the blue stuff enters my body. I take my hands back when he's done and just sit there with my hands folded in my lap.
"Who hurt you Leah huh? What are you running from," He asks softly. Silent tears fall down my face and he wipes them away. I just shrug.
"I don't know. But there's nothing left for me back home… Everyone has made it clear that. They really don't want me there," I say. He nods his head in understanding.
"I know your name because every wolf has a different fur texture. Our fur is like a finger print. You don't know it upon first touch… you have to run it through a machine," he says.
"Why do you have these machines do you study wolves?" I ask.
"Not just wolves Leah. Supernatural in general. I study every supernatural being that walks the earth. You think the Volturi are the kings?" He asks and my head snaps up that he knows this terminology. He smirks.
"They fear me. I have the ability to destroy every vampire, every wolf, mermaid, nyph you name it," He says.
"Is that what you're trying to do?" I ask and he shakes his head with a disbelieving look.
"The world needs these things," he assures. "I'm a scientist for a top secret supernatural unit in the government."
"So you help them make inventions… supernatural inventions, so they can help with war and stuff like that?" I ask. He nods and smiles as I start to understand what he does.
"Yes. But I also get rid of disturbances," he says.
"Like those wolves attacking me?"
"With every species right down to humans there's good and bad," He explains.
"Thank you," I whisper. He just gives me a modest nod. … "So where am I?"
"Two hours from New York city… Connecticut," he answers. I nod.
"Are you a supernatural being?" I ask him. He nods as he takes a knife of his trey and stabs himself. It doesn't work. I narrow my eyes.
"You're a wolf?" I ask incredulously.
"Yes… But not any kind of wolf. A pure breed," He says. So both his mother and his father were wolves?
"I thought that was a legend… impossible?" He shakes his head.
"You're not the first female wolf Leah. You're the first documented female wolf," He says smiling.
"So you're like incredibly strong," I say to myself and he nods smirking.
"That's right," he agrees.
"Well… I'll be out of your way by tonight. I promise," He shakes his head.
"No need you can stay here," He says I shake my head vigorously.
"I don't want to intrude?"
"You're not. This place is big, you have no money, no job, no food, no nothing,. Don't be stupid," He says softly.
"But I don't want to be a bother,"
"You stay here and I'll help you do whatever you want to do alright. Just stop with this bother shit. You're not bothering anybody," He says toughly. I smile at his ability to insult me but care for me at the same time.
"Can I think about it?" I ask and he nods.
"Sure," He says. "Eat your breakfast. You need energy," Is all he says before he gets up.
"What's your name doctor?" I ask him.
"Zavior," He says before he gives me one last nod and leaves the bedroom. I fall back onto the pillows and sigh softly.
That's a hot name.
I look up at the bed side table and what I see makes me smile softly. The picture of my father and I that was kind of torn up and battered. It was framed and put on the side for me. I pick it up and smile at it. I think Zavior was trying to get me to think of this place as home. I honestly didn't know what to think of this whole situation.
Ok here it is the first chapter. I wanted you guys to be introduced to Zavior right away because well… he's sexy and awesome in my opinion. Well my other stories will be updated soon as I was faced with mad writers block and I really hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter.
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