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Chapter 5- Jacob's POV
I silently crept up on the grazing deer, hoping Embry and Quil would be quiet for once. I hadn't eaten well in weeks, and this was my only chance at a decent meal. I jumped up at the large buck; he sprang forward, half jumping- half running, away from me. I let my paws eat the ground up as I chased after him.
Jake! Be careful, there's a house up ahead! I heard Quil's scream in my head just as I brought the deer down.
I looked up and saw that I was in the backyard of a decent sized house. I gulped and looked around. There were so many trees I didn't know where the forest had ended and where the yard had begun. I felt my heart sink as I realized that if anybody came to their window to take a casual glance out the window, they'd see this huge, almost horse sized, wolf standing and staring at the house. I grabbed my catch and drug it back into the woods.
I wish you had told me about that before I got to close Quil. I tore off a large chunk of the deer's hind leg and ate greedily. I was actually beginning to like the taste of raw meat, but I chalked that up to the 'it's a wolf thing' idea. It was just something you got used to when you were a wolf.
We were almost too late when we saw it ourselves Jake. Embry defended. We tried to stop you, but you were too far ahead of us. He sat down next to the deer carcass and ate. Quil was the last to join us.
We ate in silence for a good fifteen minutes. I was almost asleep when we heard the first howl. Quil jolted upright and looked at Embry, who in turn looked at me.
I gulped.
Okay guys, don't panic. I bet we could take on any wolves that tried to attack us. I mean, look at how big we are.
Yeah, but we've never met any wild wolves before Jake. What if they attack us anyway? I mean, I'm pretty sure we'd win, but what if…
I knew the question before he even asked it. What if they aren't wild wolves? What if they were real werewolves? What would we do then?
Before we even had the chance to come up with a way to deal with the situation, five large wolves walked up into our camp. The largest one was completely black with dark brown eyes. He reminded me of Sam.
"What are you doing here, trespasser?" He spoke with a ragged voice, obviously not use to the words it was forming. "What is your purpose?"
I looked at Quil and Embry and knew that I wore a face very similar to the 'what the fuck? How the hell is he doing that?' that they had.
"If you cannot speak like I can, show me your true selves." He growled and changed right before our eyes.
I nodded and felt strange to be human, almost unnatural. I looked at the guy who stood in front of me. He was a few inches shorter than I was, with short spiky black hair. His eyes were a little lighter than what they were in his wolf form, but I wasn't too surprised by that. None of us looked exactly the same when changing back and forth between forms.
"I am Jacob Black." I looked at Quil and Embry, and was happy to see that they had both changed as well. "I am here chasing after a group of three vampires. Have you seen any?"
"Not since October, Jacob." He spoke slowly, as if he had a hard time keeping control of himself. "I am Nathan Carson."
"Are you the leader of this pack Nathan?"
"No, our leader has been gone since October as well. Please, call me Nate." He smiled, showing me that he wasn't as old as I thought he was. He seemed to be about a year or so older than I was, which came as a relief to me. Sometimes it was easier to deal with another teenager than it was with an adult. "Why don't you follow me? We got a nice place not too far from hear that is safe from wandering eyes."
Wandering eyes? Who would be out here in the middle of the forest?
Nate was right; the large barn wasn't that far from where we were. When we walked inside the old rickety structure, I was happy to see the other four wolves change into humans. It eased some of the tension that was in the air.
The inside of the barn was in much better condition than the outside of it. I could tell that they had meant it to be that way so that nobody would come near the place. While the outside looked like it was going to fall in at any moment, the inside was almost the complete opposite. I leaned against a wooden beam that rose all the way up to the top of the barn. I guessed it was the main support holding it up.
Nate sat down on the couch that was across from me. "You don't seem to be very comfortable around these parts. How far from here do you live?"
"Washington." Embry answered before I had the chance to think. I glared at him.
Nate whistled. "That's a long way brother." He smiled and reached into a cooler. He tossed a Coke to me, Embry, and Quil. I opened the top and began to chug the cold liquid down. "That's where our leader went actually… You didn't happen to meet an Elizabeth Frost did you?"
I started choking and spit out the pop that had been on my mouth. "W-who?" I asked in disbelief.
"Elizabeth. Frost." He said slowly. "Did you meet her?
"Yeah, and I'm sorry, but she's not coming back." I said angrily.
"Dude calm down before you break something." A young girl with dark brown hair said as she walked by. I hadn't realized how hard I was squeezing the Coke can until she walked by.
I let it slip out of my hands and fall to the floor. I felt the anger of the last few months all come back. I growled and began shaking all over. I had to gain control before I changed. I pushed the idea of changing out of my head and closed my eyes.
"What do you mean, not coming back?" Another girl asked.
"She promised she would." A dark skinned guy with curly black hair said soflty.
"Yeah!" Three more joined in.
I looked around, finally realizing how big the pack that had taken us in was. I heard Embry, or maybe it was Quil, maybe it was both, gasp.
We were standing in a large barn with over twelve people besides us in it. Three girls were sitting in the rafters above us. A couple of guys were lounging up there as well. Nate and the other four that had brought us inside were on the ground level with us, while another two guys were climbing down the ladder from the rafters. I gulped.
"I mean, she's dead." I said softly at first, then let my voice raise in the anger and anguish of knowing that she had been a wolf just like me, and that she was dead. "She was attacked by a vampire. One of the three we seek. They broke a treaty with us, and I will not stop until her killer is dead!"
Nate burned a large bonfire behind the barn that night. He and his pack were as silent as the stars above them, and I felt horrible because of I had to be the bearer of bad news.
One girl, the one with the brown hair that had told me to calm down hours before, walked up to the fire and held out her hands. Two others, one with black hair and strange purple eyes, and another that had light blond hair and teal highlights, joined her.
You came to me,
In seamless sleep
And slipped right in
Behind my eye
In the back of my mind
We swam a sea
Of pretty sights, and chandelier skies
I swore I could feel you breathe.
It was all so real to me.
The three girls sang in perfect harmony and melody with each other, and as I listened, I couldn't help but to cry like a little baby. I didn't care if Quil and Embry were there. For some reason, the lyrics made perfect sense to me. This was Elizabeth, it was probably a song she had loved to listen to, and they were contributing what they could to tell her; that they were sorry they had no other way to tell her that. Two guys joined in softly.
The light had slipped through the window
The morning ripped you away, oh.
The light had slipped through the window,
The morning ripped you away oh.
The two guys dropped out and let the girls continue their song. I guessed that they were singing the chorus, while the girls were sing the verses. I was surprised that the entire pack knew the song, but as each verse ended, more people joined in.
Don't wake me up,
I am still dreaming,
The story's undone
Unravel at the seams
Don't wake me up
Death is misleading,
And when I fall asleep,
Sleep with your ghost
I looked in the dark
The room calm and cold
And quiet hollow
I am such a haunted soul
Your ghost has gone to bed
Its all cold
The light had slipped through the window
The morning ripped you away oh
Don't wake me up
I am still dreaming
The story's undone
Unravel at the seams
Don't wake me up
Death is misleading
And when I fall asleep
Sleep with a ghost
Everybody dropped out except for the one girl with light blond hair and teal highlights. I was beginning to wish I knew everybody's name, I knew hers, but it was only because Nate had yelled at her while they were busy with building the bond fire. Haley Jacobs stood alone. Softly she sang while a few people hummed along.
Oh you were a fire caught in a storm
Memories like embers keep us warm
You will leave me in the morning
You will leave me in the morning.
The light had slipped through the window
The morning ripped you away oh
She stopped and looked at the fire with tears in her eyes. "Elizabeth, come home." She whispered to herself. "Please, come home."
I walked over to her and gently put my arms around her. "Haley, I'm so sorry." I whispered and tried my hardest to comfort her. "What's the name of that song?"
"Don't Wake Me Up, it's by The Hush Sound." She whispered. Tears were still sliding off her face. "The only reason why we all knew it so well was because she sang it all of the time, and when she didn't sing it, she was thinking about it." Haley shook her head sadly. "She was a fire caught in a storm." She said softly.
It was then that I knew I had to do more than just kill Jasper. I had to make him feel like shit. I had to make him feel the same way I did at that moment in time.
And then I would kill his ass.
AN: Please review, I want to know what everybody thinks so I can fix any mistakes I've made. Talicka