Two weeks had passed since the Umbre attack, and there had been no signs of any other demons nearby. Jordan had recovered with splendid results, thanks to Dimitri. Training had become more intense, with the Cullens and the pack able to fend off some of the demon attacks. Hopes of having a chance of success had increased. Jacob and Celeste had gotten closer and closer together, ever since that fateful night of the attack. This was noticed by everyone, including the vampires. Bella had talked to Edward, and had told him all of her conversation with Jacob at the bonfire. Edward had been suspicious at first, as had all the Cullens. They couldn't believe that Jacob had so easily given up on Bella, but as time went by, they noticed the closure between Celeste and Jacob. Edward was somewhat relieved, for at a period of time, he had actually thought Jacob would interfere with their plans, and he wasn't about to allow it. He didn't want to hurt his love's best friend, but if he got in the way of their wedding, he would pay dearly.

That night was Edward's and Bella's bachelors' party. They had invited their friends from high school: Angela, Mike, Ben, Jessica, Tyler, and even Lauren, who had become nicer after high school. Sam, Emily, Quil, Embry, Paul, Jared, Kim, Leah, Seth, and Jacob had also shown up, with Celeste, Jordan, Tyrell, Aidan, and Dimitri. The Cullens had organized the party at their house, all organized by Alice. The whole first floor had been cleared of furniture for the party, and a DJ was playing various remixes. Alice had wanted to hire strippers, of whom both Edward and Bella clearly said no. The party was unsupervised; Carlisle and Esme taking Charlie out to dinner so that he wouldn't be spying on the kids. There was tons of food, people clearing out dishes an hour after the party had started. Everyone took to the dance floor, even the demons, which had spent the last two weeks learning some dance moves from Alice herself. Leah and Aidan were dancing on the dance floor, Aidan clearly following Leah. Jordan and Paul were taking a break after a lot of dancing; Paul sweating and Jordan short of breath. Celeste was sitting next to them, starting a conversation with Angela and Ben. Jacob was standing on the other side of the dance floor, starring at Celeste. Out of the shadows, Edward approached him. Jacob tensed up, until he realized who had snuck behind him. "Are you enjoying yourself?" Edward yelled over the music.

"Yeah. Give my compliments to Alice!" Jacob yelled back.

"I wanted to speak to you." Edward began. "Bella told me about your conversation a couple of weeks ago…"

"Oh…"

"And I wanted to confirm that it's true…what you said to her. You mean a lot to her, which is why I was willing to let her go and be with you, if she chose to, but she chose me, and I am glad of that. I won't lie to you Jacob. I can't quite believe what you said, especially with the Pact between us…"

"I know which is why I wanted to talk to you too. I spoke with Billy and the pack, and they have agreed on this: if you do convert Bella, we won't attack. These past months we've been around you a whole bunch and we've seen how you guys have worked alongside us, forgetting a feud that is centuries old. Now that we are facing this threat to all of us, we need to be more united than ever, which is why we are letting go of the Pact, temporarily. You can convert Bella, but no one else, because she chose to be converted, and we have no judgment on her decisions. You are allowed on the reservation for a short while, just because it will make training easier, but you are permanently allowed to go to the beach. Those are our conditions. Do you accept?"

Edward couldn't believe it. Here was the solution to all his worries. This sounded way too good to be true.

"Who made you change your mind?"

"Celeste. She pointed out to all of us that it was nonsense to attack you if you converted Bella, just because it was her choice, and we had no right to interfere. If it had been forced, then it was ok, but if she was willingly going to do it, a fight over it was pointless. Plus I was sort of taking advantage of that particular clause just so you and Bella weren't together, back in the day. Now things have cleared, and I have had some changes in my life. If you fear that I'll be a threat to you, don't. I only love Bella as a sister, not more."

"I don't know what brought this change on you, but I'm glad it did. Bella also told me that Celeste was going to be her bridesmaid, but that she didn't have an usher. Would you…be…my usher? Edward asked. "For Bella's sake." He added quickly.

"I gladly accept, for Bella's sake." Jacob said. Both men shook hands, and went of to tell the news to the others. The party continued on, more people talking than dancing. Alice went up to Bella and said "This is so boring! People aren't dancing, and it's really good music."

Celeste had come up behind the two of them. "Maybe Aidan and I can help you on that subject. Remember that Latino music you were showing us? Salsa, I believe it's called? Well, I just asked the DJ to put on a song I really liked. Oh it's starting! Excuse me."

Celeste and Aidan joined hands in the middle of the dance floor, and started to dance to a soft salsa tune, that turned into a rapid rhythm. Everyone gaped at the two brothers, and their incredible movements. Jacob's eyes were wide open, and his mouth stood slightly ajar. Celeste's movements were quick, seductive, and sensual. She had worn a white, strapless cocktail dress with blue lace around the hem, and a blue ribbon around her hips. Her hair was in a loose ponytail, and she had worn blue high heels. Jacob had seen her coming down the stairs, feeling as if lightning had struck him. Now, as she was dancing with Aidan, she looked like a goddess. The music ended, with an outburst of loud applause, and some whistles. Many of the guests had joined Celeste and Aidan on the dance floor, and few sat down after their performance. The DJ announced that he would now play Alice's Club remix, and he started playing "Satisfaction" by Benny Bennassi. Angela and Ben were dancing, with Jessica and Mike right by them. Aidan had gone to where Leah was seated, and asked her to dance. Jordan was pulling Paul to the dance floor, Paul trying to explain that he wasn't a good dancer. Jacob sat in a table, drinking some Coke, when he saw a figure sitting at the next table. Celeste was there, sipping some Sierra Mist. Jacob forced up all of his courage, and went up to her. He gestured for her to dance with him. She smiled, and took his hands. "I warn you, I might step on you." Jacob teased.

"You are such a liar." Celeste mocked back.

They joined the group in the middle, and started dancing. The tune ended, with a "Sandstorm" remix continuing right after. They danced facing each other, Celeste's hips moving at the same tempo as Jacob's. Their eyes never left each other, and they soon lost sense of everything and everyone, except themselves. The party continued up until four in the morning, with almost all of the "human" guests leaving at that time. The Cullens, the pack, and the demons, all being night creatures, didn't feel the least bit tired, and continued the party in the forest. The men went of to play a baseball game, just like the one Bella witnessed the Cullens playing a long time ago. The girls went of to their corner to detail some of the wedding's last minute things, and then joined the game. When the sun started to rise up, the game ended, with Jacob's team winning against Edward's. Celeste had been the only girl in Jacob's team, yet she had made the longest homerun. As the sun rose higher into the sky, a sudden gust of wind blew by everyone. All turned their heads towards Celeste, who denied any involvement with what had happened. They all turned their heads to the source of the wind. Not far, something was coming for them, for the trees gave in abruptly to a huge body, some actually snapping. The earth began to tremble with each footstep. Whatever this thing was, it was huge. Everyone got closer together, forming a circle at the center of the clearing. The thing got closer, and closer, and before it showed itself, it shrieked a loud, high pitched cry that made everyone's hair stand up. Edward had taken Bella to the opposite edge of the forest, and told her to hide. The creature reached the clearing, and its sight was frightening. It was a massive beast, with the head and tail of a dragon, the body of a lion, and sharp claws instead of paws. It had wings that spanned to the length of a five-story building from tip to tip. It had a curved, razor sharp beak. Its tail had huge, pointy spines, and was swinging it, destroying trees in the process. It was another of Erebus' creatures, called a dracotheus in Celeste's tongue. A vicious creature, with an everlasting hunger, that made it kill everything in its path, and that was now facing the group with huge, hungry, slit eyes. It lunged forward, knocking most of the Cullens in different directions. Alice, Jasper, and Edward were thrown into the air and against trees. Emmett and Rosalie were thrown hard onto the ground twenty five feet away. The werewolves had changed into wolf form, and had spread out, climbing up the monstrosity's body. They gnawed and snipped at whatever skin they could find, making the creature let out yell of pain, and making it angrier. The Cullens had recovered, and had joined the wolves in clawing at the creature. It shook violently from side to side, trying to get rid of all the tiny parasites it had gotten. Many of them went flying again, and the rest took off right before the creature rolled down on the ground. It got to its feet again, when an attack of fireballs and electric bolts reached it, stinging its body and its face. Tyrell and Aidan were making a full force double attack, hurling as many fireballs and bolts as possible to the creature. Jordan joined in, taking water from a nearby creek, amassing it until it became a huge fist, and swinging it at the beast. Dimitri came in, with a huge tree trunk in his hands, and swung it at the creature, which went flying a few feet away. It got back to its feet again, and let out a huge column of fire, almost scorching everyone to ashes. Everybody had taken cover against rocks. Celeste flew out, reached a decent height, and then hurled a huge wall of wind at the creature, the momentum knocking it over. All of a sudden, the creature took three leaps forward, and slammed into Celeste, swallowing her whole.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!" Jacob screamed at the top of his lungs, and tried to run towards the creature, but was stopped by Sam. The creature landed on its feet, and clouds of dust rose up. Almost everyone was injured, some even with broken bones. They knew that they couldn't stand up to that thing in the state they were in, and called the battle lost. Jacob went down on his knees, sobbing uncontrollably. Bella went up to him, and tried to comfort him, but he pushed her away gently. He couldn't believe that his Celeste was gone. His feelings for her had gone from mere desire, to a love so strong, he had been ready to tell her that when dawn broke, but had been interrupted by the dracotheus' arrival. He was sinking into pain, when he heard a sharp cry of pain come from the monster. The monster started to rear back, throwing its head from side to side. Everyone stared at it, eyes growing wide with confusion. Abruptly, the creature vomited a huge amount of purple blood, accompanied with bits and pieces of what looked like its guts, and its previous meals. The creature swung from side to side, turned around, and then fell on its side, belly facing the group, and moved no more. Instantly, a sword hilt, protruded from its belly, and started to cut its way out. Celeste came out of the creature's belly, covered in the purple blood. She had her katanas by her side, and was now limping towards the group. Jacob raised himself up, eyes wide with bewilderment and disbelief, and sprinted towards her, grabbing her in his arms, and taking her lips with his. Leah made a disgusted sound, and said in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear "I think I'm going to be sick." Aidan helped her up the slope. After what seemed ages, Jacob pulled away from Celeste. He then grabbed her by the shoulders, and started to shake her violently.

"DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!! I ALMOST DIED WHEN I SAW YOU GETTING EATEN BY THAT THING! I REALLY DID THOUGHT I HAD DIED….DONT YOU DARE TO EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!!"

Celeste just looked at him with wide eyes. Then she said in a voice much quieter "I'm sorry. Didn't see that one coming. Had to wiggle my way out of its stomach before I was digested."

She hugged him tightly. Tears streamed out of Jacob's eyes. She then said in a joking tone. "Well, the good news is that dracotheus are well known for having blood that smells like flowers, so I'll be smelling like…lilacs for an entire week!"

With that, Jacob burst out laughing. They walked to the group, hand in hand, and then everyone retired to their places, to try to at least get some sleep.


What did you guys think? That i was going to kill Celeste? the story would suck then!! gave you a scare there ha?! well here is the next preview...

Next: The Wedding is finally here. Revelations will come up, and a transformation will occur. Wait up for Chapter 7!