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Sam drew a deep shuddering breath and Emily and I looked at everyone in horror.

"Did he follow you?" I asked aghast.

"No. Luckily, he didn't see us." Jacob said hoarsely, but was silenced with a look from Sam.

"So what is it?" Emily repeated.

Sam's face was pale, but determined when he spoke. "A prisma."

On with the story

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I looked at Sam – and so did Emily –both of us clueless. "What… what is a prisma?" I asked, not understanding a word. What was this creature and how dangerous was it really?

Sam looked sharply at his pack, before replying: "There is no need to worry, as we are protectors of our land and currently they are not attacking us. We don't even know if they are planning on attacking anyone. Maybe they are harmless and don't want to hurt anyone."

"But what about the other poor people?" Embry cried out. "The ones that live amongst the prismas but don't know what they are?"

"We are talking about one prisma." Sam said seriously. "And we only have to worry about our land. Embry, you can't be everywhere, or would you like to be stationed at a war-zone?"

"Sam, I think there is a high possibility that the prisma wants to attack. Why was his trail colliding with Victoria's?" Paul asked indignantly.

"Maybe it was just a coincidence, but we will need to keep our eyes and ears open." Sam looked imploringly at Jacob. "When the Cullens are back we need to tell them." Jacob nodded reluctantly.

I looked incredulously at Emily – and she mirrored my expression. We had no idea what was going on and the talk the pack had did not enlighten us one bit.

"What is a prisma, Sam?" Emily asked for the umpteenth time.

Sam sighed wearily. "You can see it in their eyes iris is multicoloured, with different specks of light, glinting off every angle – like a prism. It is unnatural and if you know what they are, you notice the difference immediately. If you do not know what they are, you think they just have beautiful, yet strange eyes. Otherwise, they just look like normal people – people like you and me. However, their lives are cursed – they live a half-life, they have pain in every part of their body and when they die, it's pure agony for them."

Everyone shuddered and I gasped for breath.

"We found the vampire's and prisma's trails crossing, which is not only a danger for us, but also dangerous for the others. Prismas are a bit like vampires. They can change a normal human being into another prisma by either kissing someone or biting. Some powerful prismas just need to touch another human to change them into a prisma."

Sam took a deep shuddering breath. "They are very powerful, incredibly strong, and fast and they know how to disguise themselves as they almost look like a normal human being except their eyes. Prismas even eat the same food and are almost like a common person. However, as I've already told you, their life is cursed and painful."

"If their lives are cursed and they suffer from pain – why do they want to change as many humans as possible into prismas?" Paul asked aghast. "And what about werewolves – can they change us too?"

Sam smiled a dark smile. "No, they can't change us, but if they change one of our family, friends or imprints, we wouldn't recognize them any more, and they wouldn't recognize us any longer. They would suffer and live a painful life. Now to your first question – they want to change as many as possible, because by changing other people, their lives become less painful and it is prolonged. Usually, a prisma lives for 14 days. If he or she hasn't created anyone during that time, they die – painfully. The more they create, the more powerful they become and the less pain they have to suffer."

I suddenly shivered. So now prismas existed as well. Not only werewolves and vampires – but prismas? What else that I didn't know of was real? Was Sam now going to tell us that Hogwarts exists as well?

Jacob put his comforting hot arms around me and pulled me closer to his chest. I relaxed immediately, feeling safe and comfortable in his embrace.

"So what are we going to do? We have to do something!" Jared said.

"We have to fight them. At least we know their goals, which are to achieve power and create as many other prismas as possible. Now, here is our problem. They usually side with vampires and then we don't stand a chance. They prefer vampires, because they think that they are similar – they can both create their creatures, they both more or less look like humans and they both strive to achieve power."

Sam patted his forehead with a handkerchief. "And here comes the problem. Vampires don't have a choice. If prismas decide to side with vampires, they charm them with their prisma magic and even if they don't want to, they will join the prismas."

Emily and I gasped in horror.

"If they side with Victoria's army, then we are lost, because we can only fight against one species at a time – either a vampire or a prisma." Sam sighed.

"Look…" Quil said suddenly. "I know this sounds really bad, but we don't even know for sure if the prismas are part of Victoria's army. We only know that they really exist. Maybe they are a friendly bunch of people."

"Maybe…" Sam said, but he sounded doubtful. "It's just important that we keep our eyes and ears open and on red alert. No vampire and no prisma are going to cross our boundaries. And don't worry – we've got everything under control."

The boys all nodded in agreement and Jacob clapped me on my back. "Let's go then." he whispered into my ear.

"Am I going to stay at your place?" I asked hopefully. I didn't feel like sleeping at home alone tonight – not with all these terrifying news.

"Of course." Jacob laughed his laugh I loved so much. He picked me up bridal style and carried me to my trunk. "I'm going to drive." he said, easily placing me on the passenger seat and sitting down next to me, keys in hand and a grin on his face.

"How can you be so light-hearted?" I asked him disbelievingly.

Jacob started the engine and looked at me sceptically. "You aren't really afraid of those prismas, are you? Sam is known for his theatrical antics. I saw the prisma-boy - he isn't even half my size. Okay okay, they are pretty powerful, but who cares? If you ask me, the boy didn't mean any harm."

I sighed. "I just hope you are right."

"I usually am." Jacob smirked. "But don't worry, I will protect you – the whole pack will protect you."

I gave in and smiled too. There was really no need to worry when my Jacob was near. "Okay, you are usually right."

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"Come on Jacob, I'm really tired. Why do you have to take a shower now?" I asked doubtfully. Jacob's bed awaited us, warm and comfortable and I couldn't wait to be in Jacob's warm arms, so why did he need to shower?

"I was running around in the forest, Bella, of course, I need to shower. BUT, you'll come with me anyway." Jacob grinned.

"What?" I yelped. "Hey!" Jacob picked me up and carried me to the bathroom. "Noooo…"

"Sssssh, or you're going to wake Billy." Jacob shushed me. "And now, we are going to have some fun in the shower. You need to relax after such a stressful evening." Jacob crooned. He started to massage my bare shoulders and I gradually relaxed. Suddenly, Jacob stopped and whispered sensually into my ear, his hot breath making me shiver from pleasure. "See you in 20 seconds. In the shower. Naked."

"Yes, sir." I said playfully serious and took off my clothes. Jacob and I were going to have some fun. The bed could wait.

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"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring"

Jacob stirred and I groaned.

""

Jacob swore under his breath and I snuggled my head under the pillow – which happened to be Jake's chest.

"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring"

Jake growled and got up. "It's like in the middle of the night… what? Six o clock already..."

"We have to get up anyway – we need to go to school." I yawned. School. Yeah, I really wanted to go there all alone when the prismas and Victoria's army were on the loose.

"But not before 7:30." Jake shook his head and picked up the receiver.

"Yes?" he asked harshly. Trust Jake not to be a morning person.

I quickly got dressed and saw that Jake's forehead was wrinkled in confusion and concentration. "What? Now? Why so early?" Jake barked into the receiver.

Smiling to myself, I stepped in front of the mirror and pulled my hair up into a high ponytail. "Screw school!" I heard Jake holler into the phone.

"Jake, calm down, you're going to have a heart attack." I chided lightly when I added the finishing touches to my make-up. Jacob slammed down the receiver and started breathing heavily. To my dismay, I noticed that he was shivering violently. 'No, please don't phase, Jake.' I thought uneasily.

"Come on, Bella, I'll drive you to school." Jacob said finally, when his breathing was back to normal.

'What no breakfast? That isn't my Jacob.' I thought and was clearly worried. Something bad and it had to do with that phone call.

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"What's the matter?" I asked him when we were finally in the car. I knew, he would answer me – he was not like Edward, always trying to keep the worst from me. And I preferred to know the truth, instead of being clueless.

"Sam called this morning – he has some visitors who want to see us before school. Quil, Embry and I have to go to school afterwards – and so do Leah and Seth – and Sam insisted on meeting up NOW instead of during school." Jacob sighed.

"What kind of visitors?" I asked, but understood at the same time. The Cullens. Edward. Who else? They said they would be back on Thursday. I clutched at my chest automatically, as if it were about to rip open again. To my surprise though, I remained intact. Jacob's presence was probably the reason that I was still alive.

"The bloodsuckers." Jacob said predictably. "The doctor wants to talk to us now – because his … well two of them… have to go to school as well."

"Ah… okay." I muttered under my breath. "And why can't I be with you at the meeting?"

"Because Sam only needs us wolves. Emily won't be there either." Jacob explained.

"But I want to know what's going on!" I pouted.

"I will explain everything when I pick you up from school today, okay?" Jacob smiled.

"Okay." I couldn't resist Jacob's smile anyway. "You can let me out here." I pointed to the bakery. "I need breakfast before school."

"Alright. Hey, and get me a bagel and a muffin. Oh and a yoghurt." Jacob grinned and handed me a tenner. "That should be enough." He kissed me lovingly. When we broke apart, Jacob jerked his head in the direction of the bakery. "Be sure to be back soon – don't wanna keep Sam and the others waiting."

"Sure sure." I smiled and kissed Jacob on his full lips again.

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English dragged by. I couldn't wait to see Alice again, although I didn't know about Edward. On the one hand, I was very excited – but I wondered how awkward our first meeting would be. And a small part of me wondered, if I was already over him.

It was a relief when the bell finally rang. Actually, I didn't feel like eating lunch, so I thought I'd just grab a soda, before going to my biology class. If Edward wasn't at lunch, he was probably in biology – sitting next to me. My hands where shaking when I gathered my books together and shoved them into my bag. "Hey Bella." A smiling face appeared only inches from mine.

Mike.

"Hey Mike." I replied, forcing a smile on my face. What did he want now? I hope, he is not going to ask me out again. Mike hesitantly looked at the door where one of his friends was waiting and he waved him away with his hand. "Uhm… I wonder if we could switch shifts?" he asked, his eyes downcast. Which shifts? As a long as it doesn't limit the time I could spend in La Push with my Jacob and the pack.

"When?" I asked warily.

"I'm going out with… well with someone in three weeks. If you could take over on that Friday in three weeks, I would cover your Saturday shift the following day." he grinned.

"I don't think it would be a problem." I shrugged. It would be even better, so that I could spend the whole weekend in La Push. "Just remind me again." I grinned.

"Sure, I will." Mike smiled in thanks and I followed him out the door, my excitement mounting. However, I didn't want to appear to eager to see them again, so I thought I'd just strike up a casual conversation and walk into the cafeteria with Mike, playing cool.

"So Mike, who is your date then?" I asked.

"Her name is Silvana." he replied, a dreamy expression on his face.

"I don't think I know her – where is she from? What does she look like? Where did you get to know her? Details please!" I smirked, turning into the cafeteria, deliberately not looking around, but looking at Mike, waiting for his answer.

At that, Mike let out a loud laugh. "I got to know her last weekend when I went shopping for groceries. She is from Port Angeles and has long blonde hair and mesmerizing eyes." Mike grinned. "Unlike any girl I've met so far, her eyes are beautiful yet strange."

Strange? Oh no, does he mean what I think he means?
"What do her eyes look like exactly?" I asked, keeping it friendly, though my nerves were bursting from strain. I didn't think I could avoid looking at the corner where they usually sat that long, but obviously I could.

"Yes, beautiful but strange. It's as if light is reflected on every particle of her eye, it's almost glittering. And the various spectres…"

I've heard enough. And I knew exactly what Mike was talking about. Shit. Double shit.

He couldn't go out with a prisma, could he? Did this Silvana mean any harm or was she really just going on a date like a normal human?

Mike was babbling on and I chanced a glance at the table – and my heart almost stopped. They weren't there. I took a soda and found I could breathe freely again. Where were they? Were they still at the meeting with the wolves and did they have bad news? Immediately I was worried for Jacob.

Taking deep calming breaths, I sat down at our usual table.

"Aren't you going to eat anything?" Mike asked me, pointing at my soda.

"No… not hungry." I slumped down in my chair, disappointed.

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JPOV:
(thoughts of wolves in italics)

Quil: Where are we meeting them?

Sam: Right at the border line.

Seth: Shouldn't we change into humans? If Carlisle really wants to talk to us –

Sam: NO. And even if I decide to change back, you are to stay wolves until I order you to phase!

Jacob: But Sam, what about attacks?

Sam: They are not going to attack us and if they were, we would be stronger anyway. So it wouldn't be wise for them to attack us.

We fell silent for a while until we reached the border. I could already smell the awful sickly sweet vampire poison and it made my nose sting and my eyes water. Eeeew. Gross. How did Bella stand the reek?

"Good morning, Sam." Carlisle greeted politely. Half a pace behind him, his whole coven stood, watching us warily.

Sam moved forward and Paul was half a pace behind him.

Sam: I'm not prepared to talk to you in my human form.

Edward sighed. "He doesn't want to talk to you in his human form so he needs me as their translator.

Quil: WHAT?

Jacob: He can read our thoughts, Quil. Handy, huh?

"Sam, Alice already filled us in about the current situation with Victoria, she is building an army and we need to fight her. Newborns are incredibly strong and unpredictable. It's your choice if you want to help us or not." Carlisle said, looking at the wolf-Sam.

Paul: He can't seriously think that we would miss a chance to fight bloodsuckers?

Sam: I totally agree with you.

"They want to fight." Edward said evenly.

Paul: Stay out of my head, leech!

"I can't help it, if you are shouting out your thoughts, Paul." Edward answered smoothly.

"We would appreciate your help very much." Carlisle said, though I noted his relieved tone. "However, if we want to win this fight, we need to learn how to fight. I don't know how much more time we have – Alice will keep track of things – but we have to train hard. My son Jasper-" he pointed to the blonde haired, lean young man with scars all over his body "-fought battles and knows a lot. He could teach us – prepare us for the big fight."

Quil: Big fight? Sounds fabulous.

Sam: When are we going to start training?

"I would suggest right now." Carlisle said. "Though if you have other plans –"

Sam: No, now is fine. I don't think my pack minds very much, if they don't go to school today.

Quil: Nope. Not really.

To my astonishment, Sam had suddenly changed into his human form.

"Carlisle, I think, I need to explain something and you need to hear it on my first hand account. Yesterday we followed a strange trail that collided with Victoria's. We investigated it and found out that it was … a prisma." Sam said.

Everyone, except Carlisle, looked confused. "A prisma?" Carlisle said and his face was whiter than usual.

"What's a prisma?" the pixie asked.

"It's a creature that is strong, dangerous, and can charm vampires into obeying them, Alice." Edward answered her. He had probably read Carlisle's and our thoughts.

"Charm vampires?" Alice asked aghast.

"They have certain magical abilities that can charm us. Normally, we can't resist it – which is a pity. If they are with Victoria…." Edward didn't end his sentence.

"What do they look like?" the big bulky one asked.

"Like normal people. Just their eyes are different – like prisms. That's why they are called prismas." Carlisle explained matter of factly. "Besides, their life is cursed and they suffer from severe pains, so their goals are to achieve power and change as many humans as possible. The more they change, the longer they live and the less they suffer."

He sighed. "Thank you for telling me all this, Sam. We might even need to be prepared to fight prismas."

"Have you ever fought prismas?" Sam asked Jasper.

"Unfortunately, not. I've never even heard of prismas before." Jasper explained. "But I can show you how to fight, vampires. Are you in?"

"Of course." Sam answered.

"I would advise you to change back into your wolf form." Jasper said and Sam phased back immediately.

"Now, let the training begin!" the big bulky one called out.

Quil: Yeah fight!

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Bella POV:

"Jake." Jacob was waiting for me in the parking lot and boy did he look hot. His short hair was spiked up with gel – and it looked almost as if it were wet. He was wearing his ripped jeans, biker boots, and a t-shirt that showed all his muscles.

I almost ran towards him and hugged him tightly. Jake snuggled his nose into my hair and inhaled deeply. "I missed you Bella." He laughed my favourite throaty laugh and bent down to kiss me lovingly. Oh, and I missed his kisses. I found myself melting into his arms contently.

"I was so worried about you." I confessed finally.

"Why would you be worried about me?"

"The Cullens didn't come to school, so I thought your meeting didn't go well." I said in a small and slightly guilty voice. Would he notice that I had been looking for the Cullens? I went to the passenger side and climbed in. In my mind, I compared him to Edward, who always opened the door for me. However, I quickly pushed that thought away.

"The meeting did go okay." Jake said grumpily. "The pixie bloodsucker and he will be back in school on Monday. Apparently, they still need to arrange a few things or it would look suspicious." By Jacob's tone, I knew that he couldn't care less. "Besides, we learned how to fight today. The Cullen doctor… okay, Carlisle… thought it would be better if we started training immediately, so instead of school, we had a hard training session with the bloodsuckers. And mind you, we learned a lot."

"That's good then." I nodded appreciatively. "Did you tell them about the prismas?"

"Yes. Carlisle seems to be worried." Jacob said, rubbing his forehead when he noticed me looking at him expectantly.

"What? Anything you need to tell me?" he asked with a frown.

"Well – yes. Do you remember Mike?" I didn't dare look at him.

"Mike? No. Who's that?"

"Of course, you know him." I cringed, remembering our cinema date, where Mike had the stomach flu and Jacob phased for the first time. "When we went to the cinema together – you, me and Mike. You called him a joker who had a weak stomach." I smiled lightly.

"Yes!" Jacob laughed so loud that the whole car vibrated. "What a marshmallow! And though whole film was sooo fake."

"Yeah, but apart from that, you remember now, who he is, right?"

"Of course. The one who still has a crush on you." Jacob growled.

"I'm not sure about that anymore, because today he told me that someone had asked him on a date."

"Good for him." Jacob couldn't help keeping the smile off his face.

"I don't know. He described the girl to me and it sounded exactly like a prisma." I said sourly.

Jacob fell deadly quiet and his face suddenly became as white as mine. "You… you sure?"

"Yes, very. The way, he described her eyes… and he told me, she was from Port Angeles and her name was Silvana or something like that." I told him.

"Well, that fits. The doctor said that they never keep their usual names, but change them into more interesting names. Port Angeles? And a she? That means, more of them are around." Jacob rubbed his forehead.

"But can we let Mike on that date?"

"No! Definitely not. Because she could change him… and he is in your school… I can't think about that, it makes me sick." Jacob said darkly.

"How long does it take for the change to take effect?" I asked fearfully. "Maybe, she already changed him into a prisma."

"You would have noticed. It takes three hours. At the beginning, they don't notice anything, and the others don't either, but after three hours, they are all of a sudden a prisma and can't think of anything else than to attack others." Jacob sighed. "Okay, we are here. What do you want to do?"

"I think we should talk to Sam and tell him about Mike." I said. Today was one of the few days with sunny weather and I desperately wanted to go to the beach. "And afterwards, we'll go to the beach, okay?" I grinned.

"Sure sure." Jacob gave me a kiss and led me to Sam's house with his arm around me.

A/N: Hope you liked it. Reviews plz :)