Chapter 8
Renesmee went to open the door for Jacob while the rest of us stayed in our spots in the dining room. When we weren't around humans our vampire instincts and mannerisms would take over and we would act more like ourselves. In this instance we sat completely and perfectly still like perfect marble statues. As Jacob and Renesmee entered the room we all look to them as if they had something we needed, as if we couldn't survive without this new information.
"I'm sure you all already know why I'm here." Jacob said glancing at Edward.
"No Jacob, I haven't told them the story." Edward said.
"Well as you know that was Ethan and Kai in the meadow earlier today." Jacob began. "At first I was not able to reach their minds I think because they are not in my generation but once they came before us and I could look into their eyes I was able to establish contact and they recognized me as an elder and as their Alpha, so that's why we didn't need to fight. Once we got back to La Push I helped them calm down enough to phase back to their human forms. I asked them how this happened and they told me that after school they went hiking and that's why no one had seen them, but they wandered too far off and it was dark by the time they realized they were lost. So they just wandered around the forest for what seemed like a few hours until they heard something running in the forest. They froze in the spot they were in, and then a large wolf-like beast sprouted from the forest with intentions to attack them. After that they went into fight or flight mode and their bodies decided to fight and they simultaneously burst out of their clothes phasing into their wolf form. Once the werewolf saw that they weren't just two kids but now two werewolves, he realized he was outnumbered and ran off."
"That still doesn't explain how they came to try to fight us." Rosalie interrupted.
"I was getting to that part blondie." Jacob spat. "Well they didn't know how to phase back to their human forms so they ran around the forest the rest of the night and this morning then sensed our presence and their instincts took over and they were coming to attack, but once I made contact with them they no longer saw us as a threat."
"Okay that explains Ethan and Kai. What are we going to do about this other werewolf that's running around?" Jacob asked.
"Well we were talking about that earlier and Nessie suggested that we try to find it and understand why its here before we make any decisions on getting rid of it." Edward answered.
"I guess we could do that but I don't mind just disposing of the thing." Jacob muttered. "How about we start looking for it now?"
"Well we have to wait until nightfall, because unlike you Jacob they cannot control their phasing. They are human during the day and wolves at night, so even if it was in the woods we wouldn't be able to find it because it has a whole different scent right now. Edward replied. "And Jacob I thought you might hold some aversion to just killing the werewolf."
"It's not one of us. It wasn't born to be a werewolf it was changed into one, so I don't relate to it in the slightest." Jacob muttered.
"So we'll leave at night fall then?" Carlisle asked. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well we still have a few hours until then, so I'm going back to La Push to help Ethan and Kai." Jacob said.
"Ok we'll see you later Jacob." I said.
Renesmee and Jacob walked back to the front door so he could leave. I saw Jacob give Renesmee a passionate kiss as he left. I noticed Edward rolling his eyes. Though he liked Jacob most of the time, after 90 years he still wasn't used to 'daddy's little girl' growing up in this way, already matched with her soul mate. I laughed as he reminded me of my father, Charlie, who never really liked Edward.
Charlie had died about 40 years ago. He was in his 90s and had died of old age. He retired from the police force when he turned 70 and had been living in the same house he always had. Sue Clearwater had moved in with Charlie after Seth went off to college. Sue died about five years before Charlie. Charlie was heartbroken when Sue died. I couldn't actually go and visit Charlie after the Cullens and I left Forks officially, which was only a few months after Renesmee was born. Charlie knew that we were different, he really realized it when I took Renesmee to visit him before we left Forks and he told me she look like she was a four year old. I didn't answer him and he didn't press me for an answer. I guess he figured whatever he didn't know wouldn't hurt him. Renee never found out what happened to me. She and Phil had were killed by a drunk driver while I was supposed to be at Dartmouth, it broke Charlie's heart but Sue had helped him through the whole process
After we left I often wrote Charlie letters and we had many phone calls. About two years after Sue died I got a phone call from Charlie about seeing everyone before he died.
"Hey Bells." Charlie said. His voice had become quite raspy in his old age.
"Hey dad, how are you." I greeted him with my human voice that I had learned to perfect over the years, my usual musical voice kind of freaked Charlie out.
"Bella when are you and the rest of the family coming to see me? You know I won't be around too much longer."
"Well dad with work and everyone's conflicting schedules it would be hard to come out there."
"Are you sure you can't come out here to Forks Bells?"
"No dad I don't think it's going to happen, I'm really sorry maybe another time."
"No problem Bells, I'll just fly up there to Blasdell. I hear it's just like Forks this time of year." He chuckled.
"Dad I don't think coming up here would a good idea especially with your age and everything." It was the best excuse I could come up with.
"Don't worry Bella just tell everyone that's not a Cullen that your great grandfather is coming up, since I'm sure you haven't changed much since the last time I saw you. I really want to see Nessie too."
I was speechless I didn't have anything to say to him
"Okay, it's settled then all you guys have to do is pick me up on Saturday from the Greater Buffalo International Airport at noon. Okay Bella?"
"Okay I guess we'll see you then" That was all I could say. A billion things were rushing through my mind all at once but that was the only thing I could manage to say.
"Good see you Saturday Bells. Oh, and tell everyone I said hi."
After we hung up I told Edward what had just occurred he laughed and said it was okay and that we would pick him up from the airport on Saturday.
That weekend was the last time we saw Charlie alive. I was extremely glad that Renesmee got to see her grandfather before he passed and he got to see how lovely she had become. Charlie died about three years later. I went to his funeral and posed as his granddaughter. I went alone because the story of me being his granddaughter would fall apart if all of the Cullens had come with me. No one questioned it since to the humans I was the spitting image of Bella with Edward's eyes so everyone believed I was Charlie's granddaughter. I had seen a lot of people I went to Forks High School with. I saw Mike Newton who was married to Jessica and now the Chief of police, Jessica was a stay at home mom and they had a set of twins who were about to go into graduate school. I saw Angela who was married to Ben Cheney; they had come all the way from California for the funeral. Angela was a pediatrician and Ben was a special effects supervisor in Hollywood, they had three kids in college. If only they had known who I really was, they probably would all go into shock. Also at the funeral was Jake, pretending to be his own Son and we hung out for a bit until he had to go back to La Push for his Elder responsibilities.
Immediately after the funeral I drove to Seattle and got in our jet back to New York. Edward met me at the airport in Buffalo and we drove back to Blasdell. I new he was in agony because I was sad and he hated to see me sad but he knew that this was a wound only time could heal. I let go of Charlie's death sooner than most daughters because I knew that it was inevitable, at least for humans it was.
After I stopped reminiscing I noticed that everyone had went back to their other activities. Emmett was at the television playing video games. Rosalie was upstairs with Alice planning another fashion show for themselves, Carlisle was in his study as usual, Esme was drawling up some blueprints in her room for a house in Europe, and Jasper, Edward, and Renesmee were wrapped up in their usual quiet conversation. I just went to the library and picked up a book that I had read several times
As nightfall approached we prepared for a night of searching. We did not take any weapons, for one thing as vampires we wouldn't need them, and we also didn't want to scare the creature away. When Jacob had came over I was surprised that he had brought Ethan and Kai with him.
"Are you sure that they should come with us?" I asked Jacob.
"Yes and plus they wouldn't of stayed behind anyway." Jacob responded.
"We'll be okay, we figure the more people we have looking for it, the better chance we'll find the thing." Ethan said.
"Okay since we have everyone shall we get going?" Edward Interrupted.
"Lets do it. The sooner, the better." Jacob answered.
Then we were out the door and through the forest as the last bit of light fell behind the horizon.
A/N: Sorry it took so long with this chapter. Life got in the way…please review and tell me what you think!!!
