The Lion The Beast and The Beat
This one kinda just popped into my head so I'm rolling with it. This story was heavily influenced by the Grace Potter song 'The Lion The Beast and The Beat' haha so enjoy:] Ah last thing, this is an OC/Jacob and some of the original couples from the books, and the POV switches between various characters. Ah and btw, the picture thingy for this story is suppose to be the OC so you can have an idea of what he looks like, if you don't recognizing him, that's Tom Daley, the British Olympic diver…he makes my stomach get all tingly inside so I knew I needed to make a story with him in it, haha. Finally, there are only going to be 3 chapters, but of course…each is very long:]
Chapter 1: The Beat of Dusk
Louis
"Kind of cloudy I know, but you'll get used to it." Charlie chuckled next to me. I stared up at the sky, it was the kind of cloudy where it's cloudy, but it probably isn't going to rain. I felt the police car slow down a bit; I turned my attention back to in front of me. I could see it now, Forks. The place was almost exactly how I remembered, honestly the only difference was some of the cars parked outside the stores, and they were a bit newer. More…2000 era than 1980's era.
"Nothing's changed." I chuckled out loud. Charlie laughed.
"Ya, your sister said the same thing."
"Where is Bella? I was surprised she wasn't with you." I said. He rubbed the back of his head.
"Thanks for reminding me. She wanted me to tell you sorry for not being there…she had to go to her boyfriends place for something."
"Oh, that Edward guy you don't like?" I said. He laughed.
"Hated…he's alright, I've gotten used to them, he actually is a nice guy…even if he is a bit overprotective of your sister…while that part can be creepy, I actually like that he is overprotective…she is clumsy you know."
"I am too." I said with a smile. He laughed again and conversation kind of died as he drove through town. People waved at him and he waved back, he looked happy, which was good, after mom he got kind of depressing to be around. Bella and I have lived with mom for so long…but Bella decided to break the cycle and move here with dad, which was about a year ago. It took mom and I by surprise when she decided she wanted to stay here till she graduated, we realized it was because she met this surprisingly hot guy named Edward. I say surprisingly because…well to be honest, my sister is beautiful but good god is she awkward. I mean, I am pretty awkward myself, but she takes the cake for awkward person of the year. I never expected my sister to meet someone so gorgeous…though I have noticed she has been a bit more outgoing since she met him, and happy, so I'm not complaining.
Bella had been bothering me all my sophomore year to come live with Charlie and her in Forks, but I told her I wanted to finish my school year…and I didn't want to leave, I had Tyler.
Tyler…Tyler was my boyfriend, we had been together for a year…but…then he got pneumonia…there were complications…
Anyway, I knew I needed to leave after that, everyone at school did nothing but give me sympathy looks and people stopped treating me like a human being, and treating me as the poor kid whose partner died.
So I took Bella up on her offer, school started 3 weeks ago so I was a little late, but I was here.
"We're here." Charlie said. I was tossed out of my thoughts and back into reality at his words. I stared up at the house, exactly as I remember it. I did notice a few things, the garden was gone and was replaced by square bushes, the house had been painted grey, and the front door looked different. I got out and couldn't help but laugh as memories of the last time I had been here flashed in front of my eyes. I had been terribly young the last time I was here, but I did remember those few small things.
"Ya, haven't changed the old place up too much." He said.
"Though the inside will look different…Bella's been helping with redecorating the inside, though not a lot of change…we did do a lot with your old room though, getting it ready for you."
"Wow…thanks dad." I said with a smile. I let dad pop the trunk and I got my duffel bag out and my small single suitcase. I hadn't really packed a lot, but I didn't bother because Bella had promised me via Skype we would go shopping in Port Angeles.
"I can carry something if you want." I offered him the suitcase and thanked him. I let him lead, it had been to long so I couldn't quite remember where my room was. When we got inside I did recognize the carpet in the living room, but that was about it, everything had been moved around, different furniture, or taken out all together. We walked up the stairs and he led me to my room. It did nothing for me in the memory department surprisingly. It was a bit bigger than Bella's room, well from what I had seen of it from our Skype sessions. The bed was surprisingly big, like Queen Size big. The room was pretty much bare except for the bed, a large dresser with an old TV on it, and a desk next to that with an old computer on it. Bella had told me she had put the old computer she had gotten in my room, but that we were gonna replace it soon, I told her not to bother though, I had a laptop I had brought with me. The one thing I did really notice though was the overtly large window, which gave a great view…of a huge tree, oh and a little bit of the sky.
"So?" he asked. I turned and smiled.
"I love it…"
"But?" he said. I laughed.
"But I'm a bit jet lagged…I kinda need a nap." I chuckled. He frowned.
"Oh…right…sorry." I suddenly realized what he thought.
"Oh! No, no dad I'm not trying to like, get rid of you or anything, I'm just…I really am tired and just need a good…oh…half hour nap…then we can…I don't know…maybe we can, cook together or something? Make dinner…for Bella." He looked happy, I realize things are a bit…awkward between us, it's just because we haven't seen each other for a long time, it would take a while but we could rekindle things, Bella said it was the same with her, but the two have gotten close again, I wanted that.
"Naw don't kiddo…you sleep, I'll wake you up when dinners done, ok?" I smiled.
"Thanks dad." His eyes always got a bit happier when I called him dad. He turned and walked out, quietly closing the door behind him. I brought my duffel bag over to the desk and opened it and got out my drugs.
No not like, pot or crack or anything, my mother had to take me to a doctor and get me these pills called Clonidine. The drugs purpose is to help control high blood pressure, but I use it because it relaxes my heart rate and makes me drowsy. After Tyler died, I was unable to sleep, I went 3 days straight once without sleeping, it was starting to show in school work, I had to quit the swim team because I was so miserable and tired all the time. Mom took me to the doctor for the sleeping, and he said they would make me drowsy and should help. That first night of taking them, I sleep the best sleep ever. I've been unable to sleep without them.
I popped one into my mouth and sighed. It takes a bit for them to kick in, for most apparently an hour, for me only…oh…10 minutes. It varies person to person apparently. I took off my plain white T shirt and stared at myself in the mirror. I was quite muscular for my age, being on the swim team does that, but I did look skinnier than normal. After Tyler died, I didn't eat a lot, and quitting the swim team didn't help with keeping my muscles toned…but it's alright, I was here to start fresh. I would join the swim team here, if they had one (I think Bella said they had one), I would work hard and have straight A's like I had and…and…
I frowned; the idea of getting a new boyfriend…it sounded nice but…was I ready? I laughed the idea off, I'll worry about it later, I was home, I was with dad and Bella now…I can worry about all of that later. I undid my jeans and let them fall off me; they dragged my underwear down with them. I let those slide off too and crawled into bed. It was freezing cold, how I liked it. I closed my eyes and took a deep, relaxing breath. I looked out my huge window; there was still daylight outside, though dusk was approaching fast. I stared, the tree outside really was big, I was half afraid to leave the window open…what if a squirrel decide to come in? I noticed a branch outside shiver ever so slightly as if to prove my point of squirrels. I smiled as a squirrel poked its head out and…
I fell asleep
When I woke up, it was almost completely pitch black outside, I frowned and sat up, how long had I been out? Unfortunately there wasn't any sort of clock, I had one but it wasn't set up yet. I got up and stumbled over to my duffel bag, I felt weak. A side effect of the pill, it makes my whole body feel like lead, which was the point I suppose. I pulled on sweat pants and pulled on a blue T shirt and found myself going downstairs. When I got there, I noticed Charlie in the kitchen, with someone right next to him, the two were both, by the smell of it, cooking some kind of chicken related thing.
"Hey." I said, weakly. I said it kind of quietly, so I was surprised the girl managed to hear me. She turned her head and I was taken aback by how gorgeous she was…didn't do anything for me, but man I had to admire her beauty.
"Charlie." The girl said, she was tiny, shorter than me, though only by a little bit, I was kind of the runt of the family after all.
"What?" he turned and smiled.
"Oh hey son! I was just about to go and wake you, dinners almost ready."
"Um, ya…not to be rude but…who are you?" I said, staring at the girl. She laughed, it sounded like the soft chimes of tiny bells.
"Sorry!" she walked over and held out her hand.
"My name is Alice, I'm Edwards sister and one of Bella's best friends." She said, her amber colored eyes glimmering with happiness. I grabbed her hand and shook it, I was a little taken aback by how cold it was, but didn't mention it, that would be quite rude.
"Louis." I said as we shook. Alice laughed.
"Oh I know, Charlie and Bella haven't stopped talking about you!"
"Oh?" I said, staring at dad with a raised eyebrow.
"Not that much Alice…" Dad said, looking a little embarrassed.
"Louis!" I turned; Bella was standing right behind me, her boyfriend Edward behind her. I grinned and we hugged.
"Hey Bella." I said with a smile.
"I would have waked you up but I saw…er I mean I saw you sleeping and didn't want to wake you." She meant my pills, dad didn't know about them, not sure why mom didn't want to tell him, I guess so he wouldn't freak out about it, mom says he can be a bit paranoid about prescription drugs. Apparently he was freaking out because she was taking vitamins when she was pregnant with sis, if vitamins freak him out, who knows how he'd act when he found out I had to take pills to sleep.
"It's fine, just a little jet lagged is all." I said, rubbing the back of my head.
"I'm kinda starving…probably why I woke up." I finished.
"Well dinners almost ready." Charlie said. I couldn't help but ask.
"Since when do you cook?"
"Aw well…Alice and Bella have been helping me."
"Connoisseur in training." Alice giggled.
"It's nice to meet you finally." Edward said suddenly, holding out his hand. I held out mine and shook it, again it was shockingly cold, must be something that runs in their family.
"Same, Bella never shuts up about you." I giggled.
"Oh…nu uh." She said. I laughed.
"Nothing bad though."
"I certainly hope not." He said.
"Well…foods done, Edward and I gotta go." Alice said.
"Aren't you gonna eat?" I asked. I felt bad; she helped make the food but wasn't even going to get to have any.
"Don't worry, Edward and I already ate, Ed and I mostly just came to meet you." She said with a smile.
"So, going to school tomorrow?" Edward asked.
"No, day after, I was suppose to get a tour of the school tomorrow."
"Which I will be giving you!" Alice said, excited. "I asked the principle; I personally get to give you the tour tomorrow."
She practically danced out of the door. Edward kissed Bella, and then followed silently after Alice.
The next part was when things got a bit awkward. The three of us sat down and ate, no one really talking, all that could be heard was scrapping of forks against plate, and the sound of crunching from teeth. I finally decided I couldn't stand it, and broke the silence. I asked how things had been going with the two of them. They got to talking, and soon that turned to laughter, and things got a little less awkward and more…well, we turned into a group of people who haven't seen each other in ages, and were finally getting the chance to catch up. None of us even realized we had been talking for 2 hours straight.
"Ah well, it's getting late, I should probably go to bed." Bella said. I nodded.
"Same, I'm getting up with you right?" she nodded.
"Ah well, night kids." He stood and started to hug us, but froze a little and gave probably the most awkward hugs ever given, like Voldemort hugging Draco in Deathly Hallows part 2 awkward. We nodded and all walked upstairs to our rooms, I was about to close my door when a hand blocked my closing the door.
"Hey, can we just talk for a minute?" Bella asked. I nodded and let her in. I closed the door and flipped on the light. She walked right over to my overly large window and opened it.
"Sorry, it's just, nice breeze tonight…"
"I don't mind." I chuckled. I walked over to my computer desk and settled comfortably into the chair with wheels on it, while Bella sat at on the bed.
"So, what's up?" I asked. I hadn't noticed she had grabbed my pills; she was fiddling with them while she stared outside.
"Louis…do you remember when I…um…I told you things were different here?"
"Is this about me being openly gay? You said people where really accepting here…"
"No, no, it's got nothing to do with that, people really are accepting, no one's going to make a big deal about you being gay….well except Alice, she's kind of…well…kind of a fan girl when it comes to two guys kissing…"
"ANYWAY." I said a bit loudly, she rubbed the back of her head.
"Sorry, anyway…when I said things are different here…I meant that…things are run differently in school, hell in the whole town."
"I don't understand…"
"Look, Louis, things are…complicated here….gah alright let me just say this, and when I'm done just ask away whatever's confusing you alright?"
"Alright." I said.
"Ok…for a long time, the kids of Forks and the kids of La Push have always….been at odds."
"La Push?" I couldn't help but ask.
"I'll explain." She said, I nodded, vowing quickly not to talk till she was done.
"La Push is the Indian reservation about 10 miles from here. A lot of kids from there go to Forks now since there school up there burnt down a few years ago. Anyway, so first off, the school is very crowded, you'll notice a lot of the kids are Indian…you'll also notice something else." She unbuttoned her shirt and I froze.
"Whoa hey…" she pulled her shirt down just a little to reveal her left shoulder.
At first I didn't quite know what I was looking at.
"What..."
"You see them right?" She had two small spirals on her left shoulder, from far away they looked like tiny bite marks, but up close you could see the design. They weren't just spirals, there were words written in the spirals, making up the spirals, but they were written in a different language.
"It's Latin." She said.
"What…"
"I'll get to that." She said. She buttoned up her shirt and pulled out her phone.
"Here." There was a picture on her phone, two arms belonging to different people but both with similar copper skin. On their arms were similar looking tattoos, a wolf that looked like it was made of flames, carrying what looked like a lit lantern on a chain. Both of the tattoos were black.
"Look…there are…gangs, 2 to be exact. The Coven and The Pack. The Coven are vampires, The Pack are werewolves." I started to laugh.
"You mean these people actually think they are vampires? Werewolves? Please tell me you aren't buying into this, those two things aren't real…and I'm pretty sure you aren't a vampire."
"Course I'm not a vampire…yet, Edward…"
"NANANANANANANANNAANANANNANA!" I said, putting my fingers in my ears.
"Not gonna listen to the crazy! Not gonna…" she grabbed my arms and yanked them down.
"No, most of the people in both gangs are not actually vampires and werewolves…there are only 5 actual vampires and 3 actual werewolves…I mean come on, you of all people…" I just stared at her.
"Ok…ya so let's just…go to bed." I said. She sighed.
"I guess you'll see soon enough." She got up and walked out; I closed the door behind her and took a deep breath.
"Vampires and Werewolves…that's a funny one Bella." But I couldn't keep the doubt out, as insane as it sounds…Bella really doesn't have any reason to lie to me, and she isn't exactly very good at lying, or practical jokes…so either she is telling the truth, or she really thinks it is the truth.
You of all people…
"I guess she would bring that up." I said quietly. I turned off the light and walked over to my bed, letting my clothes strew behind me. I was naked under the covers of my bed.
"You of all people…" I laughed. I quietly raised my right hand and stared at the window.
"You of all people…" I watched the window struggle, my body shook a little, and my abs clenched and my whole body ached.
But the pain went away once I got the window to close
Being telekinetic isn't all it's cracked up to be, I've been practicing for years and it's still hard for me to do the simplest of things, like pick up a book from across the room, or close a window. We get our powers from my mother's side, I say we because my sister has similar powers, though she has never been quite as powerful as I was. Where I could pick up big books, she could pick up pens and needles. My mother was a completely different story; if she wanted to she could pick up an elephant with just a thought. She called the fact that we couldn't pick up bigger things…well I should say, she says it's because we haven't had 'the experience' yet.
She says our gifts stay….dampened until something happens, something that affects us greatly emotionally or physically. For my mother, when she was a little girl (she was only 14), her grandmother's house caught fire while my grandma and her were still inside. A cabinet fell on my grandmother while they were trying to escape, and my grandmother was knocked unconscious so she couldn't move it herself with her own gift. Being surrounded my certain death and watching the flames lick at my grandmother sent my mother over the edge and she unlocked her true power, and threw the cabinet away like it was nothing, and carried my grandmother outside while blowing the door right off of the house. Over the years, after all the practice, she got nothing but more and more powerful.
Of course, I haven't really had a traumatic experience…besides my boyfriend, but I guess it didn't happen in a bad way…well yes it was a car crash but…I got to see him in the hospital and say goodbye…he died peacefully. I had wanted to tell him but….mother forbid my sister and I to tell ANYONE. She always said the wrong people could find out, and it would tear the family apart. So no one has ever found out.
I rubbed the sweat off of my brow; even closing a window makes me sweaty. I sighed, took a deep breath, and let sleep take me over once again.
Jacob
You all ready for this? That's what I ask myself every night before going out. I pulled my black T shirt on and left, my shoes loose and my jeans skinny.
"Again?" my father asked.
"I kind of run things, I have to go." I said. He sighed.
"I just…"
"Don't stay up." I said with a frown, quickly going through the front door, I didn't have the time, need, or want to spend talking to that man. I got in my car and drove through the darkness. I finally arrived 10 minutes later at 'Place'. That's just what it was called, officially anyway, a lot of people had different names for it… 'Devils Haven' 'Sin City' 'Leech Haven' 'Dog Warehouse' the list goes on. 'Place' was a very large club right outside Forks, of course to anyone with a brain, its main purpose wasn't actually to be a club, it was neutral territory for the 'The Pack' and 'The Coven'…on nights it wasn't being used as the official meeting place, it really was just a regular night club.
My cubs were already there, cubs being the name of my select few who were perhaps to become werewolves if deemed worthy. Transcending from Dog (the lowest of low) to a Cub (the halfway point) to a werewolf is a tough process, but becoming a cub simply shows they have the potential. There are only three actual werewolves, one being me, and the other 2 being brother and sister. Seth Clearwater is my Beta, my second in command, and Leah Clearwater is my third in command. I run the pack, just like my father did when he was my age. Of course the fool actually gave it up to have a family and to grow old…as long as I accept what I am and change at least once a month, I will never grow old, it's pretty damn awesome, my second and third agree with me.
But to get back to my original point, I had arrived at Place, and my cubs were waiting for me. My cubs being 3 young individuals that I think have a chance at surviving the change…but that's a story for another time.
"Embry, Brady, Angele. I hope you weren't busy."
"Of course not sir!" Embry said, I sighed.
"I told you not to talk to me like I'm some kind of military commander."
"Sorry si…er sorry!" he said. I stared at the three of them, Embry looked eager, Brady seemed a bit nervous (he was the newest cub after all, I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised) and Angele looked tired, though can't get angry about that, it was 1 in the morning." I walked up to Embry and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a bare chest. Right on the side of his stomach was our emblem, the wolf with the lantern. I walked over next to Brady, he looked a little embarrassed.
"Off." I commanded, but gently as not to sound mean. He nodded nervously and took off his shirt, revealing his soft features. He wasn't quite ripped yet, but he did have a nice body, I couldn't wait to explore it a bit more. But again, that's a story for another time. I smiled and stared at the tattoo, same place as Embry's, just on the other side of the stomach. I smiled at him, he blushed nervously, I just smiled and affectionately rubbed his cheek before moving on to Angele.
"I got it." She grumbled tiredly. Anyone else would be nervous to talk to me like that, but not her, it had actually earned some respect points from me…I think another dog tried talking to me like that…beat the shit out of him I think. She undid the top 3 buttons of her vest, revealing her admirable cleavage. On the side of her left breast was the tattoo.
"Remember, when it comes to these meetings, you always show your tattoo."
"But sir, what about you?" Brady asked, Embry growled at him.
"He doesn't need too because he's the Alpha!"
"Oh! Sorry!" Brady said quickly. I growled at Embry.
"Embry, shut up."
"Yes sir!" he said, saluting me…he actually saluted me.
"Dumb ass." Angele mumbled under her breath, looking at Embry with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.
"Alright, now follow me, and I don't care what any of the vamps own personal cubs or bats or whatever he calls them, do or say. If they insult me, do not get in a fight or stoop to their level, they simply aren't worth it, and the one we are meeting with tonight is Edward, and I know him and he'll punish them rightly for any disrespect, so in all honesty, feel pity for them. Finally, do not say a word unless spoken to directly by either Edward or me, understood?"
"Yes." They said in unison. I smiled sweetly at Brady.
"I know this is your first time, so don't be nervous or show fear, I wouldn't let a hair on your head be harmed, I promise.
"Alright..." he said nervously. I smiled and added.
"IF you do well tonight, I'll give you the second part of your transition." His eyes widened.
"Ok, I promise to do my best."
"Course you do." I said with a smile. I tossed Brady's shirt into my car, and then walked into the club, the three of them following behind me. The club without people was a sad sight indeed; it was pretty much an empty space, besides the bar and a couple booths on on the wall, and the DJ corner. We walked past all of this and walked into the back, Edward was already there, 5 of his little bats sitting behind him leaning against the wall, 1 girl 4 boys.
"Edward." I said, sitting down at the other end of the table. My cubs followed suit and stood behind me, much like Edwards little bats.
"Jacob…I thought Seth would be here tonight."
"I wanted to handle this one personally, let my newest cub see how these things go."
"Of course…has anyone ever told you…"
"My father, I know…but unlike him, I don't plan on leaving this all behind for a mortal life."
"So, its official then? You'll stay on as Alpha instead of going human and leaving after you graduate this year?"
"Yes…I suppose I'll get the same deal as you, continue with school every year…staying a senior for eternity, sounds undesirable, but of course I do get to keep running things…plus my pack in Port Angeles adore me, so I'm sure no one will complain…."
"Indeed." He said.
"So was that why you called this meeting? To get my answer? Because you could have just used a phone you know, saved us all the trouble."
"You know that's not the only reason…" Edward rubbed his nose and closed his eyes.
"We have a new student."
"I've heard, Bella's brother was it? Louie? No…Louis, that's it."
"Yes, Louis Swan…"
"Just curious, is he like his sister? Can you not read his mind either?" He frowned.
"No…no I can't."
"Still haven't figured out why?"
"No, I haven't." he said, annoyed.
"So is there a reason you've decided to mention…"
"Stay away from him." Edward growled. I could feel my Cubs tense behind me, I watched his Bats tense a little, it was rare to see Edward provoked, and this kid must be serious.
I laughed
"Oh dear, that's what this is all about? I hadn't realized Bella had her grips in you like that…does she basically run your spot on your little consul?" he growled, but closed his eyes, took a deep, not needed, breath, and then opened his eyes, there was the cool calm Edward everyone knew.
"My dear brother Jasper is leaving after this year, you know that."
"Yes I do, he wants to travel the world or something like that right?"
"Correct, now here is the part you don't know…."
"Bella will be taking his place." He stared at me surprised, his bats looked stunned, no telling what my cubs felt.
"But…how…"
"Oh come on, I was right? It was a total guess!" I chuckled. He growled and stared at me, trying to penetrate my mind.
"You know it's no use, when you become a wolf, your silly vampire powers become…obsolete." I chuckled. "If you must know how I know, it was simply an educated guess. Bella graduates, you love her, and we both know with Jasper leaving after this year, you would be pushing to make her one of you…leeches."
"YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! HOW DARE YOU!" one of his bats screamed, one of the boys.
"YOU FILTHY DOG! YOU…" I was in front of him in an instant, my hand around his throat and my teeth bore in a grin.
"Edward, you really should teach your little bats much better than this, to respect there…superiors." I felt his ice cold hand on mine.
"He'll be thoroughly punished for making a scene, but kill him…"
"I won't." I chuckled.
"I just want him to know what fear is." I squeezed a little tighter, and then let him go, he crumbled to the ground, his long brown hair falling over his face.
"Little fool…but you have to admire the spirit." I chuckled, walking back over to my chair, Brady looked stunned, but quickly composed himself, Angele looked bored, and Embry looked ready to punch something.
"But of course, this is not a place of fighting…physically anyway." I chuckled, sitting down.
"Edward, I have no interest in the girl you loves little brother…but I make no promises. We both know he has to choose, if he chooses me, I will not turn him away, I'll let him join my pack. If he chooses your coven, which we both know is much more likely, and then you won't see me lift a finger or care in protest. I want your word though, if he chooses the Pack of his own free will, then you will let him and not force him to be something he's not. That's all I can give you." I said. He stared at me quietly.
"If he chooses the pack…I promise personally I will not protest….I can't make promises for his sister though, you know she doesn't care for your pack of…pack." He said. I smiled.
"Alright, I would like to see her try…the minute someone joins my pack, they are under my protection…and you know I will have no problem fighting for someone who wants to join but is being blocked by…your kind."
"Fine." He said, I smiled; perhaps I should look into this kid.
"Well then, if that's all…" I stood and smiled.
"See you at school in a few hours…oh and Edward?" I reached into the small pouch inside my pocket and tossed it to him.
"Remember to tell your little bats, not to fly where they aren't welcome." I let my cubs go ahead of me, mostly to see the surprise on his face as he dumped the contents of the pouch onto the table. Nothing much, just a couple of teeth from a couple trespassers. We arrived outside and I smiled at them.
"You all did perfect in there, Angele and Embry, you may go home."
"Finally." Angele grumbled, getting into Embry's car, I suppose the three carpooled. I watched them leave, and then turned to Brady.
"You did as I asked…are you ready? After this, you'll be halfway into turning into a wolf."
"I am." He said, blushing. I nodded.
"Good, then get in the car." We got in and I drove us back to La Push, but kept driving through the village until reach the forest. We got out and I took his hand as we walked through the forest.
"As I remember, when told you're to become a cub, you must choose a wolf that will go with you through the second phase of the transformation. Collin and Jared chose Leah, Paul chose Seth, and Angele Embry and you chose me. Can you remember how this works?" I asked. He looked thoughtful.
"Well, first you choose to join the pack, to prove you are loyal you have to get the tattoo. Then you stay a dog for a year, and then if you have proven your extreme loyalty, 6 dogs are chosen to become cubs…if you are chosen, you become a cub…and the cubs must choose who they want to train under and…be with for most of the cub life, which Embry Angele and I all chose you. Then, after the second phase, the tattoo on our body begins to fade, and it's a different pace for all cubs. It could take a week to a month…and I think the longest was a year right?"
"Correct, and then?"
"Then…um…oh! Once the tattoo fades completely, then the cub is changed into a wolf, and they get a new tattoo, where they want, and it's the color of their fur as a wolf, right?"
"Correct." I said.
"Then the now changed wolves stay on until they graduate….then they have to make the choice right?"
"Correct. And what is the choice?"
"The choice is, they can give up the life and do what they want with their life, they can go to Port Angeles and help run the huge packs there, or they can stay here, doing school and stuff for as long as they want and stay under you right?"
"You forgot, they can do what that leech Jasper plans on doing and traveling the world and perhaps finding new places to start packs."
"Has anyone done that?" I smiled.
"Only one, her name is Veronica and she runs a pack similar to ours in England. Seth and Leah stay here with me, a lot of the pack chooses the human life…which I cannot blame them, and you know about 90 percent of those who join the pack never get this opportunity? They stay human until graduation, then they leave, run businesses in town, suicide, I've even seen former pack members try to join the Coven, though there system is similar and they aren't allowed to join…which leads to suicide usually."
We arrived at the spot and I smiled.
"Here, here is where so many before you were initiated. This is where you will be prepared to become a wolf." I said. He gave a little shudder and I smiled.
"Don't be nervous…lay on the rock." The place we had come to, was just a small clearing in the middle of the forest, right in the middle was a very large, flat, boulder. Around the boulder were flowers, all kinds and so many different colors. The moon was visible in the night, and I couldn't help but smile, this was the perfect time.
He laid down on the rock and I smiled.
"Now, before we begin, I just need to make a small explanation to you…" I tossed my shirt off and walked slowly to him.
"This does not mean we are together." I said, he didn't look disappointed, just serious, hanging on to my words.
"This does not mean we are a couple, after this, this will not happen again unless I choose for it to happen again, this is not for the pleasure, the pleasure just happens to be there. You will find someone else, but we will not be together again after tonight…if you do not want to do this, say so now, and you can go back to being a dog for the rest of your time in High school. If you choose that, there will be no hard feelings, but if you choose for this to happen, there is no turning back, the choice is yours."
"I understand…and I want this, I accept." He said confidently. I nodded and kicked off my shoes.
"Then take off all of your clothes." He did as I asked, he was already hard, and there was even a little precum. I let my pants fall off, then took off my underwear and lay on top of him, he shuddered.
"Now relax, this will take me a while, but if you relax you'll enjoy every second."
Louis
"Hey, we got half an hour before we got to get out of here." Bella said, knocking on the door and waking me up.
"I'm up!" I mumbled loudly, stumbling over to grab my clothes out of my suitcase. I hate having my clothes in a suitcase, when I got home tonight I was gonna have to put these away. I grabbed a tight grey shirt with the number 68 on it, and then pulled on a too large black hoodie and a pair of tight skinny jeans. I got into the bathroom and ran some water over my face, then gelled up my hair a bit to get it sticking up just like I like. I walked out; Bella was downstairs waiting for me.
"Here's lunch money before I forget." She said, giving me a 5.
"Alright I made waffles so go ahead and eat then we can go."
"Do I need a backpack or anything…?"
"No, well, you aren't going to be there the whole day, just till lunch, then you can head home."
"But how are you…"
"Edward is just gonna drive me home. So you can take the car." She said, handing me the keys. We ate, then quickly ran out into the rain and headed out for school. She had me drive, so she had to give me directions. When I got there, I was a bit surprised by how large it was. Considering how small the town was, I certainly didn't expect it to be so large…perhaps they had to add on with the La Push kids or whatever?
"Alright park there…" she said, pointing. I did and she laughed.
"Alright, don't be nervous or anything, just head to the main office, Alice should already be there, and you'll get your tour!" We both got out and ran inside.
"Alright, have fun." She said, running in the opposite direction.
"But…you didn't tell me where that was." I mumbled.
"Excuse me." A voice said behind me. I turned. Standing before me was a very tall, very muscular copper skinned boy. His hair was as black as night and cut short and clean. He was wearing a green jacket and a tight dark green T shirt underneath it, along with form fitting blue jeans and a pair of large black combat boots.
"Couldn't help but overhear." He said with a smile.
"If you want, I could walk you there."
"Really?" I said, a bit of relief flooding my body.
"Oh, that would just be fan freaking tastic." He laughed.
"Jacob, Jacob Black." I smiled and shook his hand; it was shockingly hot, what was with peoples temperatures here?
"Louis, Louis Swan." He gave me a thoughtful expression.
"Huh, don't think I've seen you here before."
"New, just got here yesterday." I chuckled. I realized we were still holding hands and quickly let go.
"Sorry, anyway, like I said…new, little fish in giant pond, that whole shtick." He seemed very amused.
"You talk a lot, I can tell."
"Huh, usually people tell me I'm annoying." I said with a smile.
"You're quite the talker, bet you could talk people into doing just about anything." He said, again with that thoughtful expression.
"Be careful, might just talk you into sleeping with me!" I laughed. He seemed completely taken aback and I sighed.
"Sorry, I um…sometimes words just come out and I don't realize how bad they sound until it's too late." To my surprise, he started to laugh very loudly, it was almost embarrassing how loudly he was laughing, but no one was really paying any attention, if anything they were avoiding looking at us.
"Talk a lot, funny, and very…blunt, I like that." He said with a smile.
"So, if you're free…" he started.
"Louis! There you are!" A bell chimed. I looked to my right, Alice was dancing down the hallway towards me, but stopped just about a foot away and stared at Jacob, and a look of…well frankly I couldn't tell what that face meant, shock? Surprise?
"Oh…and…I…see you met Jacob!" she said, that face suddenly disappearing and was replaced by the smiling sweet Alice I was accustomed too.
"Ah, Alice, I just happen to overhear poor Louis here having some trouble finding the front office, I was simply offering my services by showing him the way."
"Thanks, but I've got it from here, you can just, oh, go to class." Three things happened at the same time. I got the sense that what she really wanted to say was 'You can just, oh, jump off a cliff and die slowly and painfully' and the other thing, was that she was giving him a look. This look…it was so creepy, she was looking at him, that same sweet innocent smile, but her eyes, her eyes told a different story, probably involving a large knife and stabbing. But if Jacob was affected by this look, he didn't show it, he just smiled sweetly.
And that was when I noticed the third thing, everyone was staring. The hallway was filled with about, oh, 50-60 kids, and all of them were staring at these two, like they were just waiting…waiting for what? You could cut the tension between these two with a knife. I had to stop this…I couldn't help but think something very bad was going to happen if I didn't step in.
I only knew one way to do that
I made a very loud noise
"WOOOOOOOOOO!" I yelled, raising my arms above my head. The two seemed to snap out of it, I actually noticed some of the kids watching jump.
"Sorry! I like to make loud noises when I need to STTTTTTTTTTTTTRRRRRRREEEEEEC H!" I yelled, bending down and touching my toes. Jacob was watching me with clear amusement; something told me he was thinking I was clever for making the noise. Alice just laughed, her laugh still the sweet sound of bells chiming.
"I do that too." They both said at the same time, they both stared at each other, and then laughed.
"Anyway, you're right, I gotta go to class." He chuckled. He turned to leave.
"See you around Jacob!" I said with a smile. He twisted his head and smiled at me.
"Yes, if that's what you want, you will." It was kind of an odd thing to say, but I didn't really complain. I liked him, he was sweet, damn hot, and I bet once I…
"What the hell are you thinking?" Alice hissed. I jumped a little, diverting my eyes from he's behind and trying to focus on Alice.
"What?" I said, I suddenly noticed everyone was walking around, going to classes, etc, like nothing had just happened.
"Didn't your sister explain anything to you?" she said. I frowned at her.
"Um, excuse me? Look, Alice was it? No offence, but I barely know you, so until our relationship gets closer, you don't lecture me." I said, annoyed. She seemed kind of surprised that someone was telling her off. I suddenly noticed a bunch of pale kids staring at us, me more specifically, like they were in complete shock of me or something.
"Look…Louis you're right, I'm sorry." She said, shaking her head.
"I was just…you really remind me of Bella is all, a lot less awkward, but you do remind me of her in some ways, I guess I just got you two confused." I smiled at her.
"It's alright, I didn't mean to…well you'll learn I'm a little bitchy in the mornings." She laughed.
"That makes two of us." She shook her head.
"Anyway, let's get this tour started huh?" So our little tour began. She showed me where each hall was located, the green hallway next to the main office was completely dedicated to math classes, the blue hallway next to it was all science, and the purple hallway across the school was a mix of Literature classes and social studies.
"Now the next few halls are mostly just the random extracurricular classes and such, but I noticed a few of your classes are in these hallways…" She showed me where my foods classroom would be, then where my last class of the day was. It was an odd class that I decided to take because, well, if I was going to be living here I needed to know this stuff; it was called Fork's History.
"This is a good class; Mr. Malakov is a really nice guy." She said with a smile.
"Well, you know where all of your classes are, so now we just need to show you the lunch room and you have to go talk to the principle, and then you get to have lunch." She said, never losing that smile.
"Um…before we do." I said. She stopped walking and turned, the hall way was empty as all the kids were in class.
"I kind of have to address the elephant in the room." I said.
"What was the deal with you and Jacob back there? And all the kids staring…you looked like you wanted to punch him or something." I said. She sighed.
"Didn't your sister tell you…"
"She tried to tell me stuff last night…but its insane! I mean, she was talking about like, vampires and werewolves or something, and gangs or something…I don't know, I've kind of chalked it up to being a weird joke, which my sister is awkward enough so a weird joke kind of fits her like a glove…" I frowned.
"Don't tell me you actually believe this stuff…its crazy!"
"Not as crazy as a brother and sister telepath." She said.
My blood went cold
"W-what?"
"I know what you and your sister are, she told me."
"S-she did what?!" I hissed. I suddenly laughed.
"My sister, she really does make up the silliest…"
"It's no use lying, she showed me, she picked up a pen with her mind right in front of me." She said. I suddenly became serious.
"Well I don't know about that…but I'm certainly not a…telepath was it?" it was a bad lie, and she knew it.
Well, if lying wasn't working, might as well face it head on
"….who knows?"
"Just Edward and I." she said. I growled angrily under my breath. What in the hell was she thinking? We were forbidden by our mother to ever tell or show ANYONE our powers.
"Why?!" I said, unable to hide how angry I was.
"I'm her best friend, and Edward is the love of her life…she felt she could trust us, and she was right. We promised never to tell anyone unless given permission by her. You don't have to be scared…"
"I'm not scared!" I snarled. It was like my body suddenly had a mind of its own. I thrusted my arm out and she was suddenly floating in mid air, like a giant fist of pure telekinetic power had wrapped itself around her and was picking her up.
"S…" she couldn't speak. She was struggling, that much was obvious, but she couldn't break out of my grip.
"LOUIS!" a voice hissed down the hallway. Suddenly I felt a tugging on my arm, like another smaller arm trying to get me to let go.
My sister
My body was suddenly wracked with pain and I let her go, she tumbled to the floor, seeming completely shell shocked.
I felt blood pouring down my nose, my body felt like I had just gotten done lifting 200 pound weights for an hour straight.
"Louis." Bella said, running to me. I wrapped a hand around my nose and stumbled up.
"Get away from me!" I hissed waving a hand at her. She stumbled like something had hit her and fell on her butt. I stared at my hand, oh shit.
My powers…had they…?
"I'm…sorry." I said, stumbling down the hallway, my whole body was just killing me. I limped out the front door, ignoring the stares of many and the calls of a few. I got to the car and quickly got in. My nose had stopped, but my body still ached, and my stomach was growling with the ferocity of a lion.
"My…" I held out my hand, it was covered in my blood, and I aimed it at the passenger's side door. If my powers were awakened, this would be no problem, if they weren't; I should have a lot of trouble opening that door. I concentrated, my body hurt worse from the strain but I ignored it. I managed to open it and just barely push it open. I sighed, no they weren't awakened, they just…I'm not quite sure what that was, a heat of the moment type of thing? I just remembered feeling…furious, I couldn't believe my sister was telling people, people I barely knew, that we had gifts. She broke the one rule our mother was adamant about.
I couldn't be here
I didn't want to be here, I didn't want to go back into school, I didn't want to go home…I just wanted to...get something to eat. I started the car and pulled out quickly, where to go? I drove through town, nothing looked good. I drove out of the town and found myself driving down a long winding road for about 5 minutes. That's when I noticed a small bar and grill on the side of the road. I pulled in and felt my stomach weep for food.
"Burgers do sound good." I chuckled. I got inside and immediately realized I was a moron. I was still COVERED in blood. I quickly got into the bathroom, thankfully no one noticed me. It took some doing, but I was able to wash it off of my hands and face, but my T shirt was a mess. I stripped it off and washed the blood off of my chest and stomach and stared at the shirt. It was only like, 2 bucks; I might as well save myself the hassle of cleaning it. I tossed it into the trashcan and pulled my, thankfully, black hoodie on and zipped it up. I stared at myself in the mirror, besides a few spots on my jeans, and the sorta kinda crazy look in my eye; I looked like any normal teenager. I walked out and went to the front; a young girl was standing there.
"Hi, table for one." I said. She nodded and led me to a small table in the corner meant for two.
"Dr. Pepper." I said when she asked what I wanted to drink. She nodded and left, and I was left to my thoughts.
That was one hell of a first day…hell it wasn't even an official school day, it was a goddamn tour.
"God…Alice knows, I attacked Bella…but it was an accident." I said with a small cry, I half wanted to cry, half wanted to beat something up.
"Well, that was one hell of a reputation you started for yourself!" A familiar voice chuckled. I looked up, Jacob. I wanted to smile, but I found I couldn't as his words hit me.
"Wait…what?"
"Well, there's different accounts, but all say the same thing, you beat Alice Cullen in a fight." He chuckled. I froze.
"W…what? No we weren't fighting…I just…I got angry and…well…but how does everyone know?"
"A few kids passing by say the end of the fight, and a LOT of kids saw you fleeing school covered in blood…you know you really freaked people out, a lot of people don't realize that's your blood and that no, you didn't brutally murder Alice and your sister."
"Oh god." I said, burying my face in the table. The waitress came back and gave me my soda.
"Hi, one more of those sodas and we'll take to very large burgers with large fries and another side of steamed broccoli. He said. She just nodded and left and I stared at him.
"What? You aren't afraid of the crazy kid with magic hands?" I asked. He laughed.
"Not really, and before you ask, no I didn't follow you. Well…I kind of did, but I usually head here for lunch anyway so this is just a happy coincidence." He said smiling.
"Everyone knows." I said out loud.
"I just…everyone knows, everyone knows I'm…different."
"Ah well, how about you tell me about it? I'll gladly be your shoulder to cry on." He said. Despite everything, I couldn't help but smile, he was…charming. So I told him everything from right after he left. He never stopped, simply stayed quiet and paid sole attention to me, his eyes never leaving me. When I got to the part with Alice though, he busted up laughed.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait….she couldn't break out of it? Oh god this is too perfect!" he kept laughing.
"Oh, what I wouldn't give to see her face…" Suddenly the image of her face popped into my head, I hadn't really noticed it during, but now I was remembering it.
"It was um…kinda like this." I made the face and he laughed harder, and I found myself laughing as well.
"It was like… I don't know, the spoiled rich girl suddenly getting pigs blood dumped on her." He chuckled.
"Not quite how it happened in Carrie but I see what you mean." I said. Wow, despite everything that's happened he was making me laugh, he was making me fell…happy.
I finished up the story and he smiled.
"So…you're a telepath huh?"
"Yup." I said. The waitress arrived and gave us our food, then left quietly.
"Can you show me? I mean, I don't expect you to pick me up, just…" he pushed a pepper shaker towards me.
"Can you do that?"
"Easily…little stuff is easy…it's the big stuff that's hard." I said. I barely concentrated on the shaker before it lifted into the air and he started laughing.
"You're amazing." He said with a smile. I stared, I figured he would say 'that's' amazing…but he said 'I'm' amazing. I blushed a little and sat it down.
"It…doesn't freak you out?" he just laughed and gave me a quizzical look.
"Why in the world would it do that?"
"I don't know…it's not like you see people lifting things with their mind." He smiled.
"If anything? I think its pretty badass."
"Wow, um, thanks." I chuckled. He frowned.
"But does that usually happen? The whole bloody nose thing? I heard a few kids say it was gushing out of your nose."
"No, well not usually. It just happens when I try too hard. When I was little I tried lifting a box of my toys, it was too heavy but I kept trying. I got it to where I wanted, but it made my nose bleed. Trying to pick up stuff that's really heavy…it puts a lot of strain on my body and my mind, so no, nose bleeds usually means it's time to stop."
"Hmm." He said.
"It usually stops right away though." I said to assure him. He smiled.
"Right…should probably eat, I can hear your stomach from here." I nodded and we started eating. He was quiet as he ate, concentrated solely on his food. I figured I would follow his lead; I pretty much devoured it all in about a minute.
"Geez, you eat quicker than I do."
"Sorry…I was just really hungry is all." I said, embarrassed. Though maybe I shouldn't have been embarrassed, he finished his food about 10 seconds after I did.
"You hungry too?" I asked. He laughed.
"A little; could eat more but eh, I won't complain." I sipped at my drink and stared.
"So…what now?"
"Wanna go to the beach?" he asked. I stared.
"Um…don't you have to go back to school?"
"My missing really isn't a huge deal." He said. I blushed and said.
"Well…alright I guess." I said. He smiled.
"Just follow me in your car…you'll love First Beach, it's amazing." He said with a smile.
"Right…"he laughed.
"What?"
"Nothing just… been a while since I've been in water." He wrinkled his nose.
"Don't you shower?" I laughed out loud, a single HA!
"I meant swimming."
"Ah, makes much more sense." He jumped into his car and I followed.
When we arrived at the beach, I found it was pretty much empty.
"This is the perfect time, because it's usually really crowded, but with everyone at school it's a deserted wasteland." He said with a smile as we walked down to the water. I frowned.
"I don't have any swim gear…" he laughed.
"What? Who needs that shit? Have some fun, be crazy." I started giggling as he tried to lift up my shirt.
"Someone's got some Pecs." He chuckled, lifting my shirt over my head and wrapping around my head as I desperately tried covering myself up.
"You are so…" I tossed my shirt into the sand and he grinned.
"So what? Say it."
"Cool." I said, grabbing his jacket."Alright, have off with it." I said, yanking. He smiled and let me pull off the jacket, revealing very, very nice arms. He pulled off his shirt next, revealing the most ripped body I had ever seen.
"Well…look at you making me jealous." I said.
"You've got a bear body…I'm a total twink." He gave me a quizzical look.
"What…is that?"
"Well, its gay lingo, bigger guys are bears, and skinny ones are twinks…" I stopped when he started laughing.
"What?"
"Has anyone ever told you…"
"I have huge gay moments? All the time." I said, waving him off.
"Well anyway, let's get in shall we?" He ran into the ocean ahead of me and I laughed.
"Wait I gotta put my phone away." I tossed it onto my shirt, then my wallet and keys. I turned and that's when I saw it, plainly on his back. One of those wolf tattoos, like what Bella had showed me.
"Jake!" I said, stunned. He was soaking wet when he ran back to me.
"What?"
"Was…is that…on your back?"
"What?"
"That…tattoo?"
"What about it?" he said with a smile.
"Doesn't that mean…you're part of the …pack or whatever?" he laughed.
"Not just a part of it."
"What do you mean?" I said, confused. He grinned.
"I'm not just a part of it, I run it, I'm the leader or 'Alpha dog'. Whichever you prefer."
Right, well hope you enjoyed. As you can see, this was very long, so the next chap will take a while, but I'm kinda obsessed with this story its def gonna happen.
Anyway, please review? Love ya!
