Movements

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Previously:

Without another thought, he grasped an old dusty container in the room next to his writing desk and opened it. Maps upon maps lay rolled up neatly within and he grasped one, spreading it open on the table, moving a finger along its dusty creases.

"Forks…." He pointed to a place in the western united states, "Interesting….." He quickly rolled the old paper back up and turned, walking towards his rooms to pack a bag of extra clothing for his first trip overseas.

Washington: 1 DAY LATER:

Bella sighed, bored as she flipped through the channels on tv, wondering what to do with her evening as her dad left to go see his new girlfriend, Sally Clearwater.

"Call me if you need anything Bells." Her dad said as he opened the door.

She smiled a small smile at him, "Of course, have a good night."

And with that her dad was out the door and she was alone once more, her thoughts her only company until her cell phone rang suddenly, "Hello?"

"Bella."

"Edward…." She breathed into the phone, happy to hear his voice, her anger towards him all but forgotten in the moment.

"We arrived in South America, we are rounding everyone up and we will be back as soon as we can be. Some of the coven is spread throughout the area so we have to go on a search and find." He sounded irritated.

"Just hurry back….I miss you."

"I miss you too."

"You should have taken me….."

"No Bella, we have been over this, you are safer where you are at….."

"Don't you think that should have been my choice to make? I am not a child Edward…." Her anger now coming on in waves.

"Bella…." He whispered, obviously not wishing whoever was around him to hear him, "Please understand."

She sighed again, knowing there was nothing that could be done right now. "Fine, just hurry back….please."

"I will. I love you."

"I love you too." The phone clicked off and she ended the call.

With frustrated yell, she threw her phone on the couch. It just wasn't fair, no matter what Edward always insisted on making decisions for her like she was a fragile doll and she was just beginning to realize it. He'd tried to intervene between her and Jake and thankfully her wolfy companion had stood his ground and refused to walk out of her life despite his complete and total dislike of the vampires.

It was just one of the many things that she'd notice Edward would try and voice on her behalf as if she were too weak to speak for herself. Granted she understood his reasoning in leaving her behind but dammit she was allowed a say too!

She loved him that she was sure of but he sure was making everything difficult.

A sudden knock on the door snapped her out of her thoughts and she got up, walking across the living room and into the small foyer, she opened the door to see just the wolf she was thinking of. "Jake."

Her closest friend and companion stood on the other side, smirking at her, shirtless of course and out of breath since he no doubt ran the whole way in wolf form.

"Bella." He proceeded to scoop her up into a bear hug.

She hugged him back just as tightly.

"Sooo…." He let her go as he walked through the door, "the good doctor got a hold of the werewolf?"

She nodded, "The friend of Lucian, yes, but no one knows if or when he is coming here."

"Any idea when your blood s….he will be back?"

Her eyes flashed in sadness as she shook her head.

Jacob could see her emotions she tried so hard to hide and decided enough was enough. He remembered when she had foolishly shut herself off to the world when the damn bloodsucker first left her and he would be damned if he was going to just sit by and just let her keep to herself and fall back into depression. Granted this time it was for different reasons that he left but he could see how much it hurt her and he wasn't going to let her dwell on it any longer, not tonight anyway.

With a soft growl, he scooped her back up, throwing her into his arms. "Jake….what …. what are you doing?!" She cried out.

He smiled, "Taking you away for the night."

"But my dad…."

"Will be fine." He finished, "You need a night away from all this drama, just one night."

Seeing that he clearly wasn't listening to her protests, she huffed and pulled at his hair, "Then where are you taking me if I may ask?"

He grinned as he ran through the forest, "For a run, it always clears my mind."

She looked at him questioningly before he gently let her feet touch the ground, "Grab hold." He instructed and then he took a leap in the air, the wolf coming forth as he landed back on the ground on all four paws.

Bella smiled and shook her head at him as he nuzzled her arm, "Fine but only for a little while." She warned him before climbing onto his back, his soft fur in her hands as she held on.

He let out a playful howl before taking off, charging through the woods. The trees rushed by her and she smiled, the moonlight reflected off of the branches and leaves making a beautiful blue hue on everything it touched.

Lucian stretched his muscles, not used to flying at all and especially an almost 15hr flight at that. He was more than thankful to get off the tiny sardine tin that called itself a plane and walk on ground once more.

The sky shimmered in darkness as he stepped outside the airport and he sniffed the air, dense and thick as he expected it to be in the small populated town of Forks Washington where Selene and Michael said the human resided in with her shifter companions.

Cracking his neck, he headed out, walking along the sidewalk into the little town, glancing around at the buildings until he got to the forests edge.

She watched them from afar, the shifter and his little playmate riding through the forest completely unawares. Her red eyes glinted in the light as she stalked them, licking her lips. She could smell them, the scent of the human, most definitely not a newly born vampire as was the agreement between her master and the Cullen clan.

Jane smirked, her days at the castle had grown quite boring and for that she had gladly accepted her masters request to bring the human to him alive so he could succeed where the Cullen's had failed and turn her, and not just into a vampire, but to turn her to their side once the war began and use her to bring back their fallen king, Viktor.

So she had gotten on the earliest available flight out to the little grey town of Forks, arriving early in the day, plenty of time to survey her prey before bringing her back to Italy.

And of course the master didn't put any stipulations on just how much fun she could have along the way and it had been far too long since she'd gotten to …. play.

One of their most trusted vampire guards stood with her, Steven, face as stoic as ever since he hardy spoke to anyone and Aro insisted he go with her just in case there was any trouble.

Her smirk widened as she watched the twosome riding further into the forest, towards the meadow…..open game, hands flexed as she readied herself.

Lucian walked into the forest, inhaling deeply, trying to track any scent of the shifters or humans nearby. As he walked through, he smelled the strong pine scent of the forest surrounding him. He could hear the owls hooting softly and rustle of wings as birds flew in the air above, the insects humming softly and the leaves on branches blowing lightly in the wind as he walked quietly through the dark forest, descending deeper into it.

Suddenly laughter filled his ears and he perked up, looking around rapidly for the source. It was feminine and …..he sniffed the air, human…..a delicious smelling human at that. As he moved closer, the scent of a male, a shifter filled the air and he smirked. He was almost a hundred percent sure he had just found his target.

No sooner had he taken a step forward, another scent, one he was all too familiar with flooded his nose…. Vampire….

Quickly he headed in that direction, following the scents, taking off on a sprint.

"Jake slow down!" Bella laughed outright as he moved into the meadow at full speed. She clutched at his fur, shaking her head as he slowed down, "Let me down so I can stretch my legs."

He let out a small whimper and bowed down so she could slide off of him, licking her hand as she stepped away. With a chuckle she patted his head gently, looking up into the moonlight sky, taking in the beauty that was this cool summers night when Jake suddenly let out a growl, moving in front of her.

"What's going on?" She asked, biting her lower lip nervously as she glanced around, seeing nothing.

He growled again and turned back to her to signal for her to climb onto his back so he could get them out of danger when suddenly his entire form was engulfed in pain. A pained howl escaped his lips as he collapsed to the ground, unable to move.

"Jake!" Bella cried out and ran towards him, only to be stopped cold by the voice that echoed around them.

"Down dog." The chiding and emotionless voice of Jane hissed as she emerged from the forest, her red eyes glowing, a Volturi soldier following close behind. "Miss Swan…."

Bella's eyes widened in fear as the petite innocent faced second in command neared her. "Such a shame your family left you behind once again."

She flinched at the implication of what they had done in the past, "Please stop hurting him!" She cried, reaching for Jacob once more just as the guard flashed to her side, grasping her hair and pulling her away. "He's got nothing to do with this…." She choked.

Jane tsked as she moved closer, "You will be coming with us and Aro will turn you himself, from then on you will stay with us at the palace."

"Please don't do this." Bella whimpered, she wanted to be turned but not like this, not by the cruel self-appointed vampire king.

The blonde's eyes lit up in rage, "You have no choice, it is the master's command and therefore you will obey."

Bella hiccupped back her sobs, "Okay but leave Jacob alone, please!"

Jane regarded her momentarily in thought before smirking, "Not yet, he must learn his place."

The wolf howled out, crying in pain under her gaze and she turned to her guard, "You may begin to take Miss Swan out of here."

The guard nodded and forced her to move.

A loud inhumane growl was heard and a man stepped out of the shadows, "Vampires….."

Jane's head snapped in the man's direction just as the stranger charged, his eyes flashing as he threw himself onto her, knocking her to the ground long enough to break her concentration on Jacob.

"Pain!" Jane cried out only to have the stranger growl in her face, fangs descending and canine features half protruding from his face as he leaned in, hands grasping her neck. "Impossible…." Was her last word as he twisted her neck, severing the head from body.

"Jake!" Bella yelled out as she struggled against the guard who was attempting to run off with her.

The wolf slowly sat up, weakened, head whipping from side to side as he attempted to see where the guard had dragged her off to.

Lucian growled and stood up from the lifeless body of the vampire, his ears ringing with the humans pleas for help.

Turning he watched as the guard dragged her deeper into the forest at vampiric speed. He snorted; the blood sucker thought he could out run him.

With a howl, he took off, running at full speed towards them, grasping at the tree nearest him, he climbed, using height to his advantage.

"Please let me go!" Bella cried, struggling in the tight hold of the vampire, silence greeted her and she could only hope Jacob wasn't far behind.

A howl sounded in the distance and her blood froze…..it wasn't Jacobs howl…

Before her mind could reel any further, the stranger who had killed youngest of the Volturi fell out of trees, landing gracefully in front of them, throwing a bag of some sort to the ground as his piercing animalistic eyes bored into hers momentarily.

She felt her captor tense and pull her closer, her breath leaving her as he began to choke her, "Any closer and I snap her neck."

The man in front of her laughed, "You won't have the time to do so." And as he spoke, he charged. Bella saw a silver dagger slide from his hand or coat, she couldn't tell, and he leapt. She screamed as he brought the glinting weapon down, waiting for the inevitable pain, only to be thrown forward and right into the stranger's arms, whom suddenly appeared back in front of her.

She turned from him to see her captor looking at them with a shocked expression before part of his head fell to the ground, his body following.

Her heart beat into her throat as she turned back to the man, blade glistening with blood, and she backed away. "What….what are you?"

He sniffed the air; her scent was intoxicating and moved towards her, his features softening back to normal. "My name is Lucian….."

Another howl cut through the night and he was abruptly cut off as Jacob bounded through, knocking him flat on his back, growling viciously.

Bella stood back, watching as the rest of his pack slunk out of the woods, surrounding them, the youngest Seth moving in front of her protectively, all eyes on their leader.

Lucian's eyes flashed, he would teach the insolent shifter his place here and now.

With a growl, he grasped the wolfs paws, roaring into his face before throwing him off and skidding across the grass.

He got to his feet and dusted himself off just as the shifter came back, charging at him. With a growl, he met the wolf head on, throwing the boy to the ground again.

"Jacob stop! That's Lucian! The one your father told us about!" He could hear the human yelling at him as the wolf struggled to get back up.

To his ultimate displeasure, the wolf stood back up ready to charge again. Lucian was growing tired of this childish behavior; he locked eyes with the human momentarily before growling at her companion, allowing the change to take over.

Bones broke and he howled as the change took over, his back hunching inward, ribs shifting, organs moving, and he roared into the night, hind legs breaking and bending as he stood in his lycan form.

The transformation seemed to have worked, all eyes were on him, and not one moved against him. He roared once more before, gazing directly at what he now recognized as their pack leader before changing back.

Bones reshifted, broke, and moved into place again and his canine features retracted as he stood human once more.

The wolf standing before him jumped and he braced himself to slam it back onto the ground when it soared overhead and landed in its human form.

Both men stood fully nude in the moonlight, regarding each other silently, as the boy moved towards him, the rest of his pack surrounding the human girl in their wolfen forms.

"It's true then…"

An eyebrow rose, "What is true?"

Jacob moved closer, "You are a lycan, not a shifter…..you can transform at will….but you are a werewolf…"

Lucian smirked, "Yes I am a lycan, shifter, and as one I can control my transformations to the tiniest detail."

The alpha's eyes drifted to the body of the guard and Jane's headless corpse lying further away, "You killed both, just like that….she was …."

"My brother dearest's most trusted…." Lucian sneered, "He will figure out her fate soon enough when she does not return to his side."

"How did you find us…."

It was the human's voice who spoke and he looked over at her, "Your scents….I knew there was a shifter and I could hear your laughter ringing through the forests."

The shifters voice cut through, glaring at him, obviously not liking where his attention had gone to, "You will come with us back to the reservation."

Lucian looked back at him, "I don't take orders from shifters."

Jacob snarled, "I am the alpha of this pack, you don't have a choice."

He opened his mouth to retort when the human cut him off.

"Jake…."

Again, the human spoke and Lucian shifted his gaze to her, "Please don't do anything stupid….he saved us. He's Aro's brother, the werewolf your dad told us about and he is on our side." She looked at Jake, pleading with her eyes for him to listen to her for once.

Lucian chuckled softly under his breath, seeing that the young one was obviously known for his irrational decision making.

Jacob turned back to him, "It would be …. beneficial if you would come back with us to the reservation…."

The elder lycan could see the boy was attempting to be nicer for the sake of the human female and he had to stop himself from outright laughing at the obvious puppy love the shifter held for the girl, "Lead the way."

As the boy walked forward, grasping the human and moving her with him, Lucian grasped the bag he'd brought with him and pulled out another set of clothing similar to what he had worn here, and began to dress quickly.

The human glanced back, and he caught her look, curiosity filled her brown eyes and when she met his gaze she blushed furiously and turned back just as quickly.

He smirked; the little human was something else that was for sure.

"Lucian…."

Though confined to a wheelchair, the elder man sat upright with pride, fearless, as he stared in the stranger's direction.

"Yes and since you know my name, what is yours?"

"Billy Black."

He sniffed the air, "Human?"

Billy took a deep breath, shocked, "The shifter gene skipped my generation and landed with my son instead. Stories have been told about you, about your deeds and what you went through to free the older generations of wolves from enslavement, I assume you came to help us….."

Lucian nodded before speaking up, addressing the entire pack as well, "Indeed, I have come here to aide you in the fight, the war against my brother, Aro Volturi. I was told of the youngest Cullen having a vision of war and the deaths on both sides and all of it centering on a human, Isabella Swan?" He turned at this and looked pointedly at Bella who blushed, looking down at her hands before speaking and moving away from the pack.

"I am Isabella Swan…." She murmured, "I am the one your brother wants."

His eyes moved up and down her swiftly, appraising her form before locking onto her deep brown eyes, "He may want you but he will not get you. Your blood must not be used to restore life to Viktor." He turned the pack, "If you think Aro and his "brothers" are bad, you haven't seen anything until you have seen Viktor. He was the one who enslaved my kind, your kind, and your descendants. We were slaves to the vampires, their bodyguards and nothing more than an animal to them, a pet. I will not play that part again; I will not stand by and watch my kind be treated like nothing more than dirt beneath their feet, least of all by him or my brother…." He sneered.

The pack growled in response, agreeing with him whilst Jacob spoke up, "Then what do we do to stop this?"

Billy leaned forward to hear the plan as the elder lycan spoke, "We protect the girl and keep finding more of our kind and the vampires who would be willing to fight alongside us. This is a war and one we can and will win but only if we all stand together. Currently my pack and my allies Selene and the hybrid Michael are gathering more of their kind to assist with this war and will come here to Forks as soon as they can."

"Hybrid?" Bella cocked her head, curiosity filling her innocent doe like eyes and Lucian nearly found himself lost in her innocence, momentarily seeing why his brother craved her. "Yes he is a hybrid of the lycan and vampire species, not quite one or the other, and stronger than any of us combined. He will be useful and lucky for us he is on our side."

Stretching his muscles he stepped forward, "So where is this Dr Cullen that Selene told me of and his daughter?"

Again Bella spoke back up, "In South America…..well Carlisle is there with some of the family and Alice, the psychic daughter, is in Alaska, they are gathering anyone in their family willing to fight alongside us."

"Us?" He stared at her, eyebrow raised.

"I won't sit back and watch you all fight a fight that has to do with me and could possibly end in the ones I love, deaths."

Jacob growled, "Over my dead body, you will not fight and your blood sucker will agree with me on this."

Lucian watched in silence as Billy rolled his eyes at his son, shaking his head before looking at him, "Stay here as long as you need to." He gestured to the house and the lycan nodded in thanks as the old man wheeled himself back in the house. The pack began to separate, sensing the tension rising between their pack master and his female companion, obviously used to their disagreements. He observed in silence, watching as he felt the tension rise even more as they stared each other down, both stubborn to no end.

"You can't tell me what to do."

"Yes I can." He growled again, "I say you will not fight, you are the reason we are doing this in t…."

"EXACTLY!" She shouted, "I am the REASON! Therefore I will fight alongside you."

Jacob glanced towards Lucian in irritation seeing the lycan hadn't moved an inch as he spoke, "You are not a blood sucker or one of us, you would get killed instantly."

"So I am weak now?"

"No I…." Jacob huffed, "You trip over your own two feet Bella, I cannot….I will not watch you get killed or captured by one of them and you know what he would say."

Bella was growing redder with rage by the minute. First he had the audacity to tell her he wouldn't allow it like he was her father and then he adds fire to it by pointing out her humanity, the one thing she wished she wasn't anymore and he threw it in her face.

"It's not your choice!"

And with that she stormed off into the clearing, yelling for the shifter not to follow her as Jacob growled and moved in her direction, ready to run behind her when he heard Leah calling his name.

Groaning he turned to start sprinting only to have Lucian suddenly a foot away from him, "You should listen to her shifter, she may be human but having her on the sideline will not put her in any less danger."

Jacob growled agitatedly in response before leaping out of the area and bounding off to his pack mate.

Without another thought, he raced after the human, catching her sweet scent instantly and following it. He knew the shifters weren't much protection but he had no idea they would be this damn stupid. Even he could see how much of an asset to the war this girl would be and the alpha wished to have her hide like a little girl. He growled; never leave a shifter to do a lycan's job….

"Are you okay?"

The voice startled her and she turned, stumbling over a branch in front her and yelped as she began to fall only to crash into something soft.

Looking up, she saw she was in Lucian's arms and he smirked at her as he set her upright, moving away just as quickly. "Sorry."

"No harm done." He dusted his jacket off.

She stared at him, images of his nude form suddenly flooding her mind and she blushed, blinking, attempting to rid herself of the unwanted imagery. "I'm fine…" She stammered out as he stared at her, picking up on her faint blush crossing her cheeks.

"Fine or not, you shouldn't just take off into the forest where anyone could find you."

She sighed, kicking at rocks, "I know…he just …. Both of them telling me what to do…it's too much."

Realizing she was referring not just to the shifter but someone else, he remembered 'your bloodsucker' from the shifter….. "Ah you mean your lover as well?"

She stood, just watching the darkness, arms crossed, nodding, "My boyfriend, Carlisle's youngest son, Edward….he won't want me to fight either."

Normally he did not care about the affairs of humans as they held little to no interest to him other than food. But this human, this woman who could possibly send the wolves to their deaths if his brother had his way and revived Viktor…..she piqued his interest….why he was not sure, but since he knew her role was important, he decided in this moment to find out more, learn more about her.

"If you want my opinion," He sighed as he moved next to her, "You should fight."

Bella had braced herself for him to agree with Jacob and tell her she was not allowed to fight with them….this was not the answer she expected, "You think I….but you know if I were to get caught by your brother….he will use my blood to…."

"Which is why I think you should fight…..but….only if you are well prepared."

"Prepared?"

Lucian nodded, "Even the strongest of my pack train every day in case of battles such as this. Despite your…..human nature, you can still train, learn to properly fight and defend yourself."

She smiled a small smile, "I want to learn, Jacob is right about my clumsiness, but I also know he won't teach me and neither would Edward…..he would never agree to it."

Now was his opportunity to find out more about her, to see what it was that made his brother want her for his own, "I will teach you."

She looked right at him in surprise, "You….why? You barely know me…."

"My brother is the reason we are going to war, and I am here to make sure you do not get killed or taken by him. You knowing how to fight will aide in the prevention of your death."

She uncrossed her arms, "So you will teach me then?"

"Yes, here in this meadow, we can start tomorrow."

"Thank you…." She couldn't believe the lycan warrior as she had begun to refer to him in her head, was actually offering and wanting to teach her, a mere human, to fight and defend herself….

Feeling the chill in the air as the temperature began to drop, she wrapped her jacket tighter around herself and began walking, the lycan matching her shorter strides.

Lycan and human walked through the clearing and towards her home in a companiable silence, before she broke it, "So how long before he comes after me?"

Knowing she meant his brother, Lucian sighed, "He plans everything to the last detail. We have time, he will give it another day or two before realizing his pride and joy is now dead. Then he will begin to assemble his allies before attacking as he will need an army to hide behind."

She could see the emotions flying through the lycan's eyes but dared not to ask what was going through his mind despite her curiosity.

"Then I have time to learn to protect myself."

"That you do." He smirked and watched as she thanked him one more time before heading into her house.

Making a note of where her house was, he turned and headed back to the forests to run through the perimeter before going back to the reservation for the night. He would call Raze in the morning and instruct the pack to get a move on to the US.

The war was brewing and he would not lose this one.