Jane Pov
Alright, so I need to get this straight. We came here merely to find out if the Cullens were evil or not, and to decide if he wanted to stay with them. That was how it started. Simple, and to the point. Life, and unlife, are rarely so simple.
Instead, I ended up falling in love with him, becoming Alice's two personal clothing models, discovered he is also a quileute with the wolf features to a degree, and I became Renesmee's best friend over the remaining summer somehow. Now, the next strange occurance was about to begin. A thing I thought I wouldd never experience, despite being the actual starting age for it.
High school.
I cringed at the thought, especially since, other than gym, Alice would be pretty much our only teacher for the entire four years. I thought about it, and saw it as a double edged sword. On one hand, she would always be there to make sure we didn't slip up, and would give constant updates to Carlisle on our progress. On the other hand, it meant I always had a familiar face around to help with the new experience, other than just Evan, and didn't have to worry about super exceeding the other students in case the teacher became suspiscious, like they had told me they had to be before.
I also knew that Jacob and Renesmee, our two closest friends since we came here, and the only two, other than than the two head vampires, who actually trusted us. We would be able to contact them via cellphone and computer, but since they would be on the opposite side of the country, in some ivory league college, we wouldn't really get to hear from them that often. We had already planned to meet for spring break each year, however, for a huge hunting trip with just the four of us. I couldn't wait for that.
I am probably one of the few students who are entering their freshman year, worrying about many things, but not one of them being actual school work. I had centuries of knowledge in my head, and if I didn't get anything short of a perfect grade in everything, I would see to my own burning. It hit me then.
Two things that made themselves suddenly apparent. Will Evan be able to do as well, being the actual age for this and no actual education since he lived on the streets since his dad died, and what are we going to do about his eyes and hair? Sure, two different colored eyes would be cool, if they were normal colors! Bright emerald green, and gold aren't exactly normal eye colors. I also figured it would send up tons of red flags to vampire enthusiasts, and I knew there were at least a few in this town somewhere, that he actually looked like a vampire from lore. He had the god-like beauty, even greater than ours, the silver white hair, and the unnatural air about him that would just lure every girl in that school, and possibly the town, to him. Sure, I would come off as odd, but nothing they hadn't seen before with the original Cullen family. He, on the other hand, was something all together new.
Then I realized the moment they touch his skin, all suspiscion would disappear. He was about the same temperature as a normal human, could eat, and enjoyed, normal food, and hell he eminated life. If that didn't scream none vampire to a human who goes by legends I had aided in making sure were the only ones humans thought to associate us with, they had to be even crazier than anyone I had driven to insanity, and trust me, you don't want to know.
I took in a deep breath, figuring it wouldd all work out, hopefully, and moved from the couch I was sitting on in my newly made adopted parents home, and headed upstairs to my new bedroom to put on my outfit for my first day of school. I wore the same outfit we had piicked out at the store that day, with the addition of long, knee length black socks to make it at least seem like I was trying to stay warm. I doned a small fall coat that Rosalie had given to me as a peace offering. It was a stylish button up coat with large buttons, and went down over my dress. It was deep red, and fit the rest of the outfit perfectly.
I looked at the clock, and knew it was time to leave. I ran outside to find Rosalie standing next to her red convertible, looking like she actually was happy to drive me to school.
"Okay I have to ask. Why are you so chipper?" I asked coldly.
"I have been allowed to be a parent. Even if it is to someone older than me, you still have to listen to me, and as far as the rest of the coven is concerned, you are my adopted daughter for the remainder of your high school career, giving me the one thing I have always wanted. A chance to at least act like a mother." She answered. I had never, in the all the time I had been here, ever heard he say so much at once. She usually came off as one of those one liners, or just answered with a sound.
"So what, am I going to get a lecture on boys eventually?" I asked mockingly.
"All things considered, that is actually a big consideration for me and Emmet." She answered seriously. I froze, terrified by her words, like she would really do it too. I looked at her, and her face depicted complete honesty. Then she merely motioned for the passenger door, and we sped off towards the school. It didn't take long, and after only a few minutes, we arrived at my new scene of torture, Forks High School.
I looked around, finding nothing particularly unique about this place, other than the small size, making it different from normal high schools. It had about three hundred student in all, which would be alot better than most, since this made less of a smell to torture me, and I would have Evan with me at least. I had math, english, social studies, physics, and gym. I had Alice as my teacher in all but gym, and each class I also shared with Evan. I had been warned not to go to far in gym, which wouldn't be easy since I had never been restricted physically before.
"Oh Jane one more thing. If today goes well, Emmet Jasper and Edward have promised to show you were they hunt bears and lions for a nice hunting trip tonight, and Alice will give us a full report. See you this afternoon." She said the last part loud enough for thee people nearby to hear, so it would seem like she was just giving a good bye talk to her daughter.
Mountain lion and bears souned alot better than deer, so I would hav to be behaved if I wanted a taste of that. I wasn't allowed to hunt alone or with just Evan, so a I didn't know any good hunting spots yet. This would be a perfect chance to learn how to hunt animals, and learn the difference between that and human hunting.
Bringing my mind back to school, I searched around, using my nose and eyes, to find Evan. I couldn't find his scent anywhere. Then I heard the sound of that car of Alice's. The very car in question appeared in moments. A bright yellow porsche drove up to the opposite side of the lot, and parked right in the farthest spot. Alice's hopped out, wished Evan good luck as hee hopped out with simialr enthusiasm, and went in opposite directions. Alice rushed towards the school, wearing a very interesting outfit for her first day. She wore a dark blue blouse, and a knee length skirt, with heels. Everythings is blue today I guess.
Evan closed his eyes, and turn towards me. I see they did nothing to hide his hair, but had given him a single emerald green contact to match his one eye, attempting at some sense of hiding his identity. He beamed as his eyess focused on me, and he ran, human speed, towards me. I simply waved, and gave small smirk in response. He came up to me looking overjoyed to see me, wearing the same outfit we had picked for him as well.
"Hey Jane, ready to start our first day of school?" he asked quite enthusiastically.
"Just stay near me, or I might just eat a student." I told him nervously, both knowing it was a possiblity. He laughed lightly, but not soon after, the first of the students started arriving, and thee smell became very strong, very quickly. My throat started to burn, but he hummed a light tune in my ear, erasing my thirst with its pleasant sound. that gift would definitely come in handy.
We moved inside, heading to our first class with 'Mrs. Cullen' as she told me she wanted to be called. Math. We sat down in seats next to each other, and were quickly followed by several students, who stopped as soon as they hit the door way. They began staring at me, and in the girls case, Evan as well. I knew humans were lured, but I had forgotten just how hormonal teenagers were, considering I had only been twelve when I had ben turned.
After a few minutes, everyone settled into their seats, all the guys on my left, and the girls on Evan's right. Great. Alice walked in, now wearing glasses, and wrote her name on the board. She turned, waited a few minutes, and spoke.
"Hello students. Welcome to Forks High School. I am a neew teacher and alumni here. My name is Mrs. Cullen. Now I would like you each to tell me a little about yourself." She turned to a boy sitting just next to me, a dark skinned kid with glasses, and short hair, his eyes still firmly locked on my face. "How about you? What's your name, and tell us a little about yourself."
He seemed to be ripped out of some trance, and turned to look at her. "Um... I'm Zuri Masters. I like card games, and hanging out with my buds. Not much else. Oh and video games." he answered cooly. He returned to staring at me like he had never been interrupted.
"How about you?" She turned to me. I remembered that as far as the school knew, she was my aunt by adoption.
"A-Mrs. Cullen, you already know me." I told her.
"Yes, but the rest of the class doesn't. I'm certain most of them know each other, so this is to help me know them, while you are new in town." she explained.
I sighed in defeat, and tried to think of words to describe myself that wouldn't seem too strange. "I'm Jane Cullen, your adopted neice, and came from Italy. I like mostly old books and going hiking."
"Very good, now you." she said pointing to Evan.
"Name's Evan Keme Cullen, your adopted son, so everyone knows, and came here from off the streets. I love skateboarding, rebellion, and old mythology. I am also dating Jane." he answered. I felt a wave of relief come over me as half the boys oogling at me seemed to back off, as did half the girls from him, but about six each continued staring, just more descretly now.
"How about you?" she asked a slightly tall, long brown haired girl holding hands with an italian looking boy with short black hair.
"My name's Stephanie Benecke, and I love sports. I also love Mike." she answered staring at the boy next to her. So far, those had been the only two not to even give us a second glance. At least we wuld have some peace.
It went on like that for a while, and ended class with knowing everyone pretty well. We left for english next, followed quickly, and passed by, Alice. We saw heer again in another classroom, and it went pretty much the same physics class, and having made three friends so far, the first three from the introductions, we headed to lunch. we sat dow with them, after grabbing some food from the cafeteria.
"So is your mom really the Alice Cullen from the stories i heard back from years ago when she went here?" Stephanie, or Steph as she prefered asked before diving into her pizza.
"Yeah, I heard she used to be one of five kids who were all adopted by Dr. Cullen and his wife. They were all supposed to be perfect student, but other than the one called Edward, I heard they pretty much kept to themselves." Zuri added.
"Yeah she went here with her brothers and sisters, and Uncle Edward told me he was pretty much the only one who ever bothered with anyone, and that's how he and Aunt Bella ended up together." Evan answered, staring at the food in front of him like it was strange. He could eat normal food, and it tasted just fine, but after so many of Alice's meals, normal food would start to look alien to anyone.
"I heard she was the daughter of the chief around here. Is it true she was kinda dating two guys at once, Edward, and some kid from the reservation?" Mike asked. His naem was Michael Giove, but he just went by Mike. He was pretty laid back compared to the hyperactive Steph, and slightly less so Zuri.
"Nah, he was jsut a friend comforting her, when Uncle Edward left her for a while, but he came back. Besides, Jake's with Renesmee, our adopted cousin." he answered. They looked at him like he was crazy. "Guys, that was like four years ago, and she was our age then, and Jake was like seventeen, so it isn't all that akward."
They seemed to relax, satisfied that it was now clearer. Evan turned back to his pizza, smelled the air, and, since I bet he picked up on the tomato scent which was easily his favorite normal food, he dove in, chewing happily on the strangee mix of cheese, bread and sauce. They othered all were eating happily, but I knew i wouldn't enjoy it at all. Unlike Evan, I was what he called a true vampire, and could only digest blood. His one gift helped remove my cravings, but I knew it would be akward if I just sat there.
"You gonna eat that?" Zuri ask as if reading my thoughts.
"No, you want it?" I asked, which was followed by him grabbing the slice and quickly downing it.
"Here." Evan handed me a can of tomato juice, that did not smell at all like tomato juice. "Carlisle made them for ya, saying he should of thought of this back when the others went to school. It's only animal. Your favorite too, fox." he said. Mmm, fox, smooth and sweet with a hint of saltiness. I grabbed the can, and drank it like a normal can of tomato juice. Even though he helped with the cravings, it tasted so good, and made my mood lift. It wasn't human blood, and it would still be a while before I came to like it the same way, but it still tasted really good.
After lunch, we all headed to our next calss, on that wasn't taught by Alice. The teacher, however, was someone I did know. We left thee locker rooms both wearing grey sweat shirts and sports shorts, and stepped to meet our teacher. I wasn't told about this.
"Hello class." he said in the low, masculine voice that was all to familiar. "I am your gym teacher, and I will make sure each of you are as fit as you can be. My name is Mr. Uley, but please, call me Sam. I am here to teach you, but that doesn't mean we can't be on good terms correct? Now lets get down to the rules." He went on to explain gym class etiguete, but I was full of anger right now. I was sure they knew about this, and I was going to ask Carlisle the moment we got home why he had a wolf in the school, especially since he could transform with just the slightest aggrivation, which is alot harder to hide then my simple eye color change, and dark rings under my eyes, which would just be taken as lack of sleep.
As soon as the bell rang, Evan followed, step for angry step, as we headed towards the door. We got outside, finding Alice waiting for us, and Sam standing next to her. We ran as fast as possible, without causing suspiscion, towards them. I stared at Sam, clear rage in my eyes.
"Hello Jane, how was your first day?" Alice asked, as if she didn't have a clue anything was wrong.
"Why wasn't I told a wolf would be teaching here?" I asked gitting my teeth the whole time.
"Well, we figured noone else would be able to handle you and evan as a gym teacher, and this makes it easier for you two to let loose every now and then. Sam will be just fine, and besides, aren't you glad we choose him instead Paul?" Alice answered. I continued to growl.
"I thought you would never leave your precious reservation?" I questioned.
"He is quileute, just like myself, and I need to keep an eye on him. Unless he wishes to go to the school on the reservation." Sam asked.
"Sorry, but I can't go there." Evan answered.
"Yes you can." Sam responded.
"No I can't." he retorted.
"You are one of us. You would be welcome with open arms. Why do you think you couldn't go?" Sam asked angrily, yet calmly.
"Because only Quiluetes can go." Evan answered.
"You are a Quileute." Sam responded sternly, anger filling in more.
"Jane isn't." He continued, still amazingly calm. Sam froze. His anger subsided completely.
"You imprinted on her?" he asked.
"No. I just love her that much. So, I have to go to school here if it's a reguirement to join the Cullens." he answered. I felt my mind raise with joy, and passion, at his words. How had come to change so much from my cold ways, just because of one child?
"Fine, but you are still welcome in quileute territory anytime." he said with obvious emphasis on the you. I guess I was still unwelcome. "Just tell us it is you, and we will give you a guide through the entire area. Just no hunting there."
"Which reminds me, good luck on the hunting trip. This will also be Evan's first hunt since he came here." She told us. it was true, he had amazing control, and his appetite wasn't that strong. I had never actually seen him hunt before, so I wondered what he would be like, as a predator.
We drove home with Alice, arriving at the main Cullen home. We were greeted, and told we needed to leave soon so we could be back by tomorrow. Evan could go several days without sleep and be just fine. We ran all the way, following Edward, Jasper and Emmet up towards a large mountain trail, which was thick with the smell of bears and lions.
"You guys can go off and hunt, we'll be watching. We already ate before you guys got home." Jasper told us. We nodded and rushed up the mountain together, following the scent of a big grizzly. We found it, feeding on some fish, but a small stream. I took a deep whiff of thr air, and found the creature quite delicious in smell. Not quite as good as fox, but it still smelled good. I turned to evan, who had begun to show those massive fangs. I realized i had never even seen him so much as feed on anything at all, so I didn't know what he could do.
He looked at me, and I nodded, giving him the okay. He zoomed forward, tackling the massive creature, and sending it to the ground. it stood up, dazed, but otheerwise fine, and showed it's teeth. I heard Evan give out a powerful growl, a mix of the wolves and ours, and lunged at the bear. After only seconds, the creature was pinned, and I watched him rip open the side of its neck with those massive fangs. the first removed the entire side of its throat, and the second plunged him deep into its neck, where he stayed for a few seconds before pulling away. He licked his lips, and then proceeded to eat the remaining carcas. I couldn't believe what I was watching. He didn't only crave the blood, btu also the meat. Within two minutes, all that was left was a perfectly clean pile of bear bones, and a young vampire standing there licking his lips.
"Delicious." He said in a very dark, bloodthirsty, and predatory tone. That was the most preddatory act he had ever performed. He moved over to me, and put a hand on my shoulder, obviously sensing the immense fear I had for him now. I knew if he wanted to, the same thing could ahppen to me because he was clearly faster and stronger than any of us.
That wasn't what scared me though. It was the sound of his voice, his usually sweet, innocent and carefree voice, suddenly becoming hungry and evil even if for only a second. My Evan wasn't evil, he was kind and nice, always trying to show people a good time, and whatever that was was merely a predator, filled with hunger and power. That was not my Evan.
"Jane, are you alright?" he asked obviously very concerned about me.
"Never talk like that again please." I told him, my voice trembling slightly.
"Fine, if that causes this, I won't do it anymore. Now come on, let's go findd you a nice mountain lion." he told me in his usual tone. My fear subsided, and we returned to our hunting trip.
Several hours, and lions, later, we came back to the main Cullen home, full and happy. I could learn to enjoy this since animals have alot more blood than humans with their greater size. We were met by Rosalie and Alice who quickly took us away to our respective homes, as we were supposed to stay in them each night. It was annoying, but it would keep suspiscion off us.
When we got there, though, I saw something that shocked me. I undid the bun the tied my hair up, which hadn't been undone since I left the Voltrui. My hair usually went right to my shoulder blades and that was it. It reach all the way down to the center of my back now. What in the world was going on? Vampires don't age, and our hair doesn't grown. I ran over to the wall and measured my self. I was normally 4 feet and 9 inches since I was very young when I was turned. I was 4 feet 11 inches now.
"AAAHHHHHHHH!" I screamed loudly. Rosalie and Emmet rushed in to find me on the ground with my hands on my head, curled in a ball. I was panicking because this wasn't possible.
"Jane what happened?" Rosalie said. I pointed to the measurement of myself on the wall when I first got here at 4 feet 9 inches, then the next measurement, which was a full two inches higher.
"Jane what is that a measurement of?" Emmet asked, still confused. Rosalie looked just as puzzle. I recoverred my composure mostly, and stood up.
"I was $ feet 9 inches tall, but now I'm two inches taller, and my hair has grown a full five inches since I came here." I told them. They stared in disbelief, wide eyed and stunned. We all rushed to the main Cullen house to see if Carlisle had any idea what was going on.
He checked out my entire body for several hours, and I knew he wasn't over extending it for a perverse reason because this was very strange, and oour bodies need to be examined down to the very millimeter to check for anything out of place. He had done the same thing when I first came here to check for any sign of the Volturi still with me before.
"I don't believe it." he said as he finished.
"What is it Carlisle? What's going on with her?" Bella asked panickly.
"I've never seen this before, but I also have never seen a power like Evan's final gift either." Carlisle continued, still seemingly caught up in some thought. I looked at Evan in the corner, where he stood near Edward. They bo0th could read minds right now, and had the same look on their faces, a mix of joy and surprise.
"Carlisle, please what is going on with Jane?" Rosalie asked, becoming worried since I was, in a sense at least, her daughter at the time, even if it was just as a precaution to hide suspiscion.
"Yes, well. It appears Evan's gift, Life energy emination, has a very interesting effect on vampires who remain close to him for very long periods of time. Jane has begun to age at normal speed. Her hair and body have resumed their growth from wherever they left off when she was turned. She is about four months older than when she first came, and is now roughly a teenager." he answered.
"That's how I knew my dream would come true. I have Alice's vision, but no blockages or aversions. Mine are true, end of discussion. They just are only years away, not close by and soon like hers can be." He told me as he came up to me in a voice so low, only I heard it. A shiver went straight down my spine. It could come true, I could actually breed.
After several more hours of analyzing to make sure he was correct, we all left to our respective homes, and prepared more the next day. I sat there, completely happy by this turn of event. The Volturi had turned me when I wwas only twelve years old, and made it so I would never experience the wonders of adulthood, or even the teenage years. I wasn't quite an immortal child because they were ten years old or younger. This also meant when was old enough, we could have the first child of a vampire mother. I layed down on my bed, thinking of thosands of things involving such an idea, like a name, since I already knew it would be a girl, what she should teach her, and if she would be like me, or more like her dad.
The next morning, I was so caught up in my thoughts, the whole day just zoomed by. I finally snapped out of it when we were heading home at the end of the day, Evan nowhere to be seen, going on our way home, when Rosalie and I caught a familiar, and very disturbing scent. Felix. We were suddenly broadsided by something, sending the car flying off the road and into the woods. The car, needless to say, was now a twisted heap of metal.
"Dammit!" Rosalie yelled as we ripped our way out. "That was my car!"
We soon came face to face with our attackers. Felix, Demetre, and Santiago. They had followed me here. We both made a mad dash, nowing just the two of us were no match for those three, even with my gift, for the main house. We made as far the driveway before I felt a sudden grip around my neck that felt so tight, I knew it wouldn't be long before I began cracking if it wasn't released soon.
"HELP!" I screamed in pain.
I looked out to see Evan staring in anger, and everything went dark for a while.
Sam Pov
Today had proven very strange. Evan had come in, feeling extremely odd, and Jane seemed completely lost in thought.
"Evan, you alright man?" I asked him. I felt hia head, and even my hand felt burned.
"I feel like I'm on freaky fire. I didn't know vampires got sick." He told me. I grinned broadly, and took him to the nurse, telling her was sick. I took him back to the house, knowing Jane would be back in about a half hour.
"Hey Carlisle." I said carrying Evan through the door.
"Hello Sam, what's going on?" He asked looking at Evan in my arms. HE was actually turning beet red, as compared to perfect white, and his temperature was hot even to me.
"I think it's begun." I told him. Just then we heard a loud yell from outside, and we both smelled Rosalie and Jane, as well as three of those scum from the Volturi. Only carlisle and I were here, the others gone off to visit Renesmee and Jacob, and the wolves had the day off from patrols since it was a holiday on the razz. Only Seth and Paul joined us, both wolved up, and crouching outside on the lawn.
We rushed outside, Evan jumping out of my arms, and we stared at Felix holding Jane by the neck. I heard a massively deep growl, and looked to see Evan staring angrily. I shifted to wolf form, and prepared to attack. I turned to see Evan staring intently, claws and fangs showing. Then the noise came, a loud cracking as Jane's neck began to break from th pressure. I crouched, and was stopped by a sudden wall of smell that came from Evan.
He was shaking horribly, and I knew it was going to happen, but when it did, even I was surprised. He shifted for the first time. He was slightly larger than even Embry, our largest wolf in the pack, but that wasn't the odd part. He was perfectly silver, both eyes now emerald green, and fangs showing. Still, even with that, i wouldn't be surprised at his form. It was how he was standing that took all of us of guard.
He turned, at first, still on all fours. Then, He leaned on his back legs, and stood perfectly straight, standing at least twelve feet in the air, staring down at Felix as he turned around to see the massive creature looking at him. He looked exactly like us, but stood with the posture of a man, though he still had the wolf look, with massive claws, far larger than ours, on each finger.
That is freaking awesome! I heard Seth say in his mind.
Why the fuck can't we do that? Stupid Werepyre! Paul said in his mind.
In tried to hear Evan's mind, and I did, but wished I didn't. BASTARD! I'LL RIP YOU APART! He mentally screamed. He raised one paw, just in time for Felix to stare in horror, and brought it down. Felix was slashed to pieces in mere seconds, leaving just a pile of crystal, scattered across the floor. I looked at the otheer two vampires standing nearby, and as they tried to run, I motioned for Paul and Seth, and we charged them, taking them both down after a couple minutes.
I turned to see Evan, lying down now, with Jane up against him. She was cudddled upagainst his fur to his side, while he rubbed his head against her. His fur seemed to shimmer slightly in the low light, giving a sense of ancient power coming from him. The last grey wolf had been the original one, and that had been so many years ago. Before us now was the next grey wolf, which was supposed to be the allpha whenever such a wolf ever appeared, regardless of lineage. Only the original had ever been grey though, so that law had never come into play before. Such wolves were to be refered to as ancient grey wolves.
Welcome to us now, Seth an Paul, the next Ancient Grey Wolf. I told them. Seth simply wagged his tail as he played with the ones known as Santiago's head, and looked up with a pleasant wolf like smile. Paul snarled, and stepped down hard on Demetre's head, and angrily lookeed away.
I know of such legends, Alpha Sam, but I will never lead your pack. I am but a child, and have no true right. Such a law is not exepted by me, so I will not follow it. I shall remain just a member of my new family. I heard Evan say in his mind. I looked at him, and he shook his head. He seemed truly sincere, and from the looks of it, was not in the mood to argue, so I left it alone.
He stood up, all fours now, and turned to Jane. He snuggled her face, and then turned back. He wasn't wearing anything, so Carlisle rushed inside and grabbed some shorts. he handed them to a slightly dazed Evan, wgho quickly put them on.
He then turned to the remains of the vampires we destroyed. He shook his head.
"I can't do it. I have beaten so many in the past, but never once have I ever burned someone before. I'm sorry, but I can't do it." he said. There was a slight snapping sound and small match burned in Jane's hand.
"I can." She said as she dropped the match on part of the remains, which quickly ingited the rest. She ran over to the other two remains, and did the same. Seth didn't want to give up his new plaything, but with some coxing, he regretfully handed it over to her, and she tossed it into the flames.
"I can live with that. Now why do you seem so different, when i'm the one who transformed?" Evan said as he looked at Jane.
"What do you mean?" she asked. I turned back, and walked towards them, putting some shorts I ahd wrapped around my leg before on.
"I feel like you are so much more important, like if I even leave your side for a moment, it will hurt. As if my world woul shatter if I was away to long." he said.
"You have imprinted. It's a wolf thing. Once the fever and transformation happens, you can imprint. Congradulations, now you two really can't be separated." I told them.
"Doesn't that also mean she can enter the reserve as well?" Evan asked cockily, obviously knowing the answer. I growled alittle, but swallowed my pride.
"Yes, she is now a welcome member of the tribe. As long as she is with you, we must welcome her with open arms. Regardless of her... species." I answered. He smiled broadly, and hugged her deeper.
Jane Pov
After everyone left, heading out to do their own thing, the only ones left were Seth, Evan and myself. We were told that know that he had transformed, Seth was appointed to teach him how to use his powers, both because Seth seemed to like him the most, and because he was jumping up and down begging for the job.
"Okay, welcome to day one of wolf training. Lesson one is we don't wear anything other than shorts. This reduces the cost of clothing in case we transform still clothed. Also, always tie your shorts around one of your ankles just before you do if you are able to, so you have something readily avaible when you turn back." He told us. He showed Evan how to tie it, and went into wolf form. Evan followed, standing on four legs still. I guess two legs is just for combat.
They seemed to converse with that weird mental thing that the wolves have, so I was sort of left in the dark. Evan turned to me when they were finished. He nuzzled his massive nose, which was quite warm and wet, under my chin and motioned for me to climb on his back. I always wondered if these things really were faster than us, so I hoped on, and held on tight. Seth made a face that looked similar to a lifting his eyebrows up and down, like when they are sharing an inside joke.
Suddenly, we were moving through the forest, faster than I had ever gone before. I was fast, even by vampire standards, but this, this was at least our speed and a half. It was amazing, the wind flowing through my newly grown hair, my arms gripping against his immensly warm body, and very soft fur, the seemed even softer than the silk robes I used to wear when in the Volturi, which were custom made. He felt so nice, even with the immense heat that felt like an open fire. His body still eminated life, making the fiery blaze touching me turn to a comforting hearth again, bring back that sense of bliss I had felt before.
We ran for hours, traveling bacck and forth between the reservation and Forks, both of which I could now call home. Hard to believe just six several months ago, the only reason I would be here would be to try and kill the wolves and Cullens, never understood the concept of love, was a mindless slave to Aro, obeying even his slightest request without question or disagreement, and was frozen in time to never age past twelve. Now, I was a welcome member to their home, had found a mate who had also become a wolf, and had imprinted on me, hated Aro with all my being, was rushing through the home of the wolves where I was now a welcome member to them as well, and wass beginning to age to adulthood, which Carlisle said would be as far as it would go like him, finally becoming the adult I wanted to be for so long.
My only wish was that Alec could share in my joy, but I had no idea where he was, or if he had been brought back to the Volturi. The last time I saw him, he was rushing off just as Evan and I escaped. I don't know what happened after that.
We finally stopped at the baseball meadow as it had be named since this was where we palyed every other saturday. It was very beautiful, but that wasn't the reason we stopped. Evan froze in the center, sniffing the air. I smelled as well, and found a scent almost identical to his, just more feminine. I also smelled Alec nearby. Just as i thought that, another wolf, the same look but smaller, appeared on the outskirt of the forest, on its back was my brother who looked just as stunned as I did.
We all approached eachother cautiously, Alec and I getting off our respective wolves backs. Whoever this wolf was, they were not a known member of the pack.
"Alec, where... what... How?" I asked, not knowing what to ask first. he seemed to share in my confusement. Evan walked up to the other wolf, who had shorts around its legs, as well as a shirt. They both turned back, and dressed. The other wolf was a girl who looked exactly like Evan, just alot smaller, more feminine, and her hair went all the way down to her butt, spreading widely out and easily covered her entirely from behind, only her legs showing under it all. They sniffed each other, eyeing one another curiously. Suddenly they both grabbed each other in a deep hug.
"Evan! Where have you been? I haven't seen you since that monster killed Daddy!" The girl exclaimed as they moved away.
"I was just traveling around. I wondered where you were, but I could never seem to find you. I was all over Europe, searching around to findd a home." he answered.
"I was thinking you would have headed to Asia, so I searched all over there. I only went to Europe again a couple months ago where I found Alec." She replied.
"I found Jane there too, and Alec I helped release from their mutual prison." He told her. At this point, Alec and I were just watching, our reunion full, neither of us being much for long talks.
"So you were the one who saved him. He told me someone who looked just like me inveaded those Volturi scum, but I wasn't sure. I see you also discovered Daddy's old myths were true." She answered.
"Yup, and I even am a part of the original pack now. Seth here is a member too. Oh, maybe we should introduce each other to our new friends." Evan told her. She nodded, and moved back towards Alec. Evan rushed over to me, and Seth stood, human again, behind us.
"Evan, I would like you to meet Alec. I know you met before, but you didn't get to know each other well. He is also what Daddy called my imprint, and my vampire mate." She told him. He shook hands with Alec, who I noticed smiled broadly at him.
"Thank you very much for releasing Jane and I from Aro. We truly had no idea how much of slaves we had become until we were released." Alec told him.
"How did you meet my sister?" He asked.
"I was running away, trying to get as far as possible from there before they realized we were gone, so I could try and find Jane later. I met her in ZPariss, when we slammed into each other just under the Eiffel tower. We quickly became friends, and came to enjoy each others company. Eventually, that became something more. I told her of my search for my sister who had left with you, and she told me that you would likely go in search of our old home, if you had started messing around. She said if you had stopped searching for her, you would try and find out if the old legends your Dad told you was true. We found out first hand they were when several of the lesser members came for us in California, and she turned for the first time." Alec answer calmly.
"Well then I guess it's my turn. Jane, this is my twin sister Eve. Please, no jokes, we used to get it enough. We were separated when you guys attacked our Dad, thinking he was a child of the moon. I found out later that he had actually turned because of our presence, and the one called Marcus had attacked him, and had both of us attacked, but we managed to escape. Unfortunetly, we were separated, and unable to find each other. Until now, I thought I would never see her again, but now, I'm glad we have finally met again. I'm just shocked we not only fell in love with fellow twins, but also imprinted on them. It's kinda cool though." He said.
We continued talking about several things, like how he and I had enrolled in the school, and I had become a veggie'pyre. Alec had also become one, since Eve had talked him into it. He had a hard time for a while, but qquickly became accustomed to it. I also learned she shared all his gifts except his power ability. Instead of copying powers, she can 'hyper amblify' any ones gift as long as she is in contact with them. Alec's gift had changed from simply removing ones senses, to over sense stimulation, causing each of ones senses to go into overloud, making them so sensitive, that a light breeze, or a pin drop would send then spiralling in pain. Any thing that affects any sense at all becomes a powerful stimulant that causes severe overload, causing immense pain, and effectivley removing them from the equation entirely. I was curious what mine would become, but that would have to wait until later.
We talked about how he had become on of the pack, and Seth told of all the details, turning into a wolf, after saying he would tell the others, and must have heard something funny because when he turned back, he was rolling over laughing.
"Seth, what's so funny man?" Evan asked.
"Dude, first, Sam is perfectly okay, and heard the whole thing from me. Second, and I will quote him on this, Paul said, ' God dammit, these stupid werepyres are sprouting like fucking wildfire, like we didn't have enough problems with one of the bastards'. You shoulda heard it come out of his mouth though, it was hilarious." At this point, Evan was on the ground laughing too at Paul's words. It was pretty funny how Paul hated them so much, but he would just have to get used to it.
We all left, heading towards the home, every one who could turning wolf. Alec and I rode on the backs of our newly found mates. If I was alive, I would say life is good, but instead I will say existance is good. Carlisle seemed overjoyed to meet another, and immediately set out to have her enrolled in the school. She liked the idea, and had no arguements. She got into without any arguement at all, with her adopted parents being Alice and Jasper as well since she was his twin, and was given an identical schedule.
The next week was filled with Alice going shopping, and giving Alec and Eve outfits that looked identical to ours, except they were blue and white instead of red and black. She had a simialr personality to Evan, but instead of the goth part, that was replaced with a more bubbly, cheerleader style personality. She was very nice, and was instantly the new focus of every male at the school, until Alec made it clear she was with him, and that if anyone touched her, if she didn't rip them apart, he would. Most thought he was joking, but noone tried either so I guess they got the message.
They also became friends quickl with our three friends, and we all quickly became very close. I learned Zuri was quite good at all these card games. Even though I never forgot a rule, and we played with identical decks, we had a perfectly even record, 20 wins each. Mike was pretty laid back, until it came to school work which he got done as fast as possible, which he said made more time for relaxing. Steph was a girl who loved a good time, and Mike. I figured they would be together for a long time, if not forever. They were just like Evan and I, as well as Eve and Alec, inseparable. It was nice to see humans could have a bond just as well as the supernatural races. I had become quite accustomed to the smell of human blood by the time November roled around, and found that, in the spring time, some sports that Carlisle had aproved of would be starting up.
Zuri, Alec and Evan signed up for Tennis, Eve and I signed up for track, Steph was in for Softball and Mike for Baseball. It was... interesting trying to play well, but not to well so as to not make it seem like we were not human. It became clear, though, that any team we were on, we supernaturals as Evan began calling us, was always the best. The tennis team went on to win the regional chanpionship, and even made it to stae before Carlisle made it clear that any further would seem strange considering both Alec and Evan had only just started playing this year. Even this far was pushing it.
The track team, on the other hand, was a different story. Noone would think it odd that a two amazingly fit looking girls could make it very far, so Carlisle let us get as far as nationals before he told us it had to stop. We still won, but he made it clear that we needed to at leaast give the other competitors a chance next year. We told him we would at least try.
Softball team made it pretty far, winning districts, as did Baseball, but that was it. They never made it any farther. They were all still just humans. Still, we came out to root for them at each game, since the school home games for each sport were luckily all on different days, so we could be there for each of our friends to cheer for them. I still can't get over thinking that word friends. I had always thought, in the centuries of my existance, that I would ever be anything more than a servant, and my only friend would bee my brother. I guess I would have to thank Carlisle for sending us here, even though I wasn't too happy about it at first. Now, it seemed like life was dull without it.
The Volturi hadn't appeared since their lackies had attack us four separately, and i began to wonder if they gave up. I knocked that idea away instantly. Aro never gives up. Never. When he wants something, if there is even the slightest chance he can get it, he will do whatever he can to get it. If there is no chance, however, he simply watches and waits for an opportunity to show itself. When it came to revenge, though, he would stop at nothing to destroy the object of his hatred, no matter what stood in his way. I knew only the judges themselves, the silent true keepers of peace in the vampire world, to stop him. I shivered at the memory of those two.
They were the ultimate vampires. Unbeatable, unstoppable warriors who could not be defeated. I had heard once of them taking out an entire continent of vampires who had tried to become one with a few centuries ago. People often wonder why millions of the mayans disappeared. The reason was that a massive coven of vampires tried to turn the entire populace into them, creating the ultimate vampire civilization. Aro had visited them alone, and had told us a good fifteen hundred vampires had been created there, all working together, and acting as gods to the people. He also told us of how he first met the Judges then, who were severly angered by such transgression as they called it. Their laws are similar to the Volturi's rules, only they only concern concealment, and also contain one extra one. Do not try to create a vampire civilization, ever.
He told me the Judges, who only appeared to be as old as myself when i was turned, appeared before him one day as he was bout to journey home. They were a boy and a girl of the same age. He said they wore perfectly black cloaks, covering their entire bodies and faces, showing only their mouths. He said both wore a bind around their eyes. They asked him what was going on in this area, and he informed them of the civilization. They asked if he had aided in the creation, and he told him he had merely come to observe, which they then asked if he would like to see why noone crossed them or their laws. He told us he never believed two small vampires could have the power to take on fifteen hundred and possibly more.
They told him they were here to make a point, showing the world what happens when their most sacred law is broken, and what happens to all those who took part in it, excluding only those who watched such as Aro, but did not partake in the actions. He followed them to the center of the civilization, where they met with the ten leaders. He told us that they saw the Judges, and laughed as the Judges told them they had broken their greatest law. The ten leaders said that they had an entire civilization, and no longer had to listen to such petty rules. Aro then said that he witnessed the reason they are called the Judges.
Angered by such disobediance, they began to attack the leaders, and all ten fell easily to these two creatures. The entire army of the mayan vampires converged upon the two, with Aro watching behind them. They had told him to stand behind them, and as they removed their binds from their eyes, he said he wished to never witnss such power again. The suddenly created what he could only describe as small suns behind each eye, and went to completely annihilate all fifteen hundred vampires within a single day, and then slaughtered most of the mayans who had worshipped the leaders and their army. He was never sure exactly what to call their gift, just describing it at raw, and absolutely pure power.
Aro was the first in history to observe such a display of power by the Judges, and walk away without so much as a scratch. He told u they were the only two vcreatures he truly feared in this world, and made a salem vow to never cross them, regardless of the reason. He also made us all take the same vow. I may no longer be a member of the Volturi, but that vow ran deep because if they scared Aro and had done what he said, which he never exagerrated such things or told tall tales, they were truly beings to fear.
Still, I knew it would be a while before they tried again, since they not only lost their two strongest weapons, but now lost their two main muscle men, tracker, and three smaller members. They had only twenty four members left, and against the army of wolves, their own once greatest weapons, and their own gifts rendered useless by Bella, they stood no real chance against us in the near future. Even when they did chose to attack, we would see it coming.
The school year ended with our entire group passing, although Zuri had to get some tutoring from both Evan and me with his math work. It was kind of funny, watching him turn from a carefree, skating heartthrob to a person who could have been teaching for at least thirty years. It had also been funny watching all the dudes, and even a few of the girls, falling all over themselves, constantly trying to get Eve and I to go out with them and dump, what they called, our over perfected boyfriends. Evan and Alec didn't get quite the same, instead having the girls constantly sending love letters and packages instead of just talking to them. We had had a few bonfires from the sheer number of them that first year. It grew into a personal joke that he had to read each letter and open each package before throwing it in so that he could at least say he could turn the girl down with respect.
He always had to be nice about it, as did Alec and Eve. I, on the other hand, flat out told them off, sometimes threatening the bolder ones, while the others merely watched. By the end of the year, my hair had grown to be just as long as Eve's, including the massive covering it created with it. His power not only made me age, it accelerated growth when it came to hair which is why it got so long so fast. I grew another inch by the end of the school year, now standing a full five feet tall. I was finally taller than a child at least. Alec had shot up as well, going from a simple four foot eleven when we first left the Volturi, to an amazing five foot three. He would always be taller then me, I knew that. I would a bit grow more anyway, maybe six more inches at most, before I was fully grown. My hair, however, was not permitted to get any lnger by Carlisle's orders, and Eve and I had to cut our hair every so many weeks to keep it from going to long, and it had a limit of our lower back from now on. Still, it was a lot better than the small bun or shoulder length it used to be.
We spent most of our time, before school ended, and the school day done, out with our human friends, or, which this is my favorite, running with our wolves. It was so much fun to sit on his back, and just zoom through the entire area because it wasn't just faster than i could go, it also meant I could relax as well as feel his hearth like warmth in his fur. I always knew Alec felt the same way with Eve. Her andd I had became good friends, often going together to hunt while our mates were off hanging out somewhere. I figured they hunted too, but we needed girl time. Wow, I have really changed in this last year. I had once been a cold blooded killer, loving nothing more than to cause pain and misery. Now, I was a happy, wolf loving schoolgirl, with just a hint of my former anger and hatred showing in my speech towards guys who tried to hit on me.
It wwas fun, just spending time with my time with people, who were once my hated enemies, were now my best friends and family. I could never believe this wouold have been the turn my existance would take. I also never would have asked for anything different if given the choice to change it.