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Treaties
JACOBS POINT OF VIEW
Hello my lovelies, I didn't want to leave you hanging on the Treaty signing, and I did want this entire story to be from Edward's point of view. Alas this is something that I will not hold back in the outtakes and just give to you guys now. This is from Jacobs point of view to give everyone a brief history…sorry if not enough is revealed…all in due time. Hope this is a helpful insight into the Treaty Signing.
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The last five years had been hell on the Quileute's and the people who lived within our borders. We swore to protect them, but none of new exactly how we would protect them and from what. We were just kids when we all started shifting into werewolves. None of us believed the folk tales that our grandfather's and father sat around to discuss during camp fires. To us, it was all just a bunch of crap.
Now, I was a leader of a pack of werewolves. It hurt at first when the change happened but after time and multiple changes I had grown accustomed to switching between my human form and my wolf form. Several of us were deemed the protectors of the tribe. Our genes carried the cell that allowed us to switch, it was involuntary at first…but now we changed at will.
"Hey Jacob, we need to talk."
I turned to look at my father Billy who sat in his wheel chair on the front porch staring down at me as I sat on the bottom of the steps waiting for Bella to show up. She was always late and never had any good excuses but surprisingly she was my best friend so I let her get away with it.
"What's up dad?"
"Could you come inside for a minute?"
"Ugh, can this wait? I'm waiting on Bella so that we can go watch a movie."
"Actually I would kind of like her to be here for this as well. The movies can wait, this is a family matter."
"Are you sure you want Bella here then?"
"I think that she can help with this particular problem being that she is so familiar with it."
"You're speaking in tongues…what's up old man?"
"Old man? I could out run you in my wheel chair boy, now get in the house."
I smiled as I stood up from the porch steps just in time to see Bella coming towards the house. The closer she got the more her smile turned into a frown, I looked back up at my father Billy who wore a determined stare as Bella pulled up to the house in her old beat truck.
I had given her the truck for her birthday last year, Billy told me she would love it…and of course she did. The damn thing never ran right though. I must have rebuilt the engine twice in the stupid thing.
I turned and moved up the steps as Bella inched her way closer towards the house. She always moved slowly and cautiously when she was close to the tribal member's. I couldn't understand why but I knew that the older member's appreciated her precautions. It was often brought up in the tribal meetings.
"Are we in trouble?"
I looked from Billy to Bella and smirked before rolling my eyes and falling down onto the living room couch with a loud thump. Bella moved softly against the old wooden floorboards before taking a seat on the love seat and looking intently at me.
"Did you do something to get us in trouble Bella?"
"Me? I'm an angel compared to you…what did you do Jacob?"
Billy hushed us by clearing his throat and moving his chair to face to the window. The old man got around pretty good for a handicap if you ask me. I looked over to where Bella sat on the chair, her brown eyes were focused on Billy and the information he was taking forever to just spit out. If I didn't already know what she was I would assume that she was a normal human, but her scent gave her away.
"There are new people in the area, they are not like us and pose a possible threat to our people. I need you both to take Quill and Seth with you to check it out; we don't want a war with these people Jacob. The elders have already drawn up a treaty in preparation for their arrival. Go in form and let Bella do the talking; we want to agree to our terms...they are outlined in the treaty. Bella can you handle that?"
What the hell was he talking about was all that was running in my mind, were these more people like Bella?
"Who are they or well I guess I should be asking what are they?"
"They are different from you and Jacob Bella...they are vampires, we don't want them on our land or feeding on our people."
I watched Bella tense and ten her shoulders slumped as she stood up and began pacing the floor. I absolutely hated it when she got this way, she was a nervous mess and I knew it, but she'd be stubborn as all hell and never say anything. It was cool that she was brave and accepted everything that brought to her in her strange life...but still all the same her nervous pacing and wringing of her hands was annoying.
"I can handle it Billy, when do we leave?"
"Nightfall Bella, and don't let these boys push you around when you go...I have a feeling that these bloodsuckers might respond better if you approach them."
"So I am going alone?"
"Oh hell no, she does not get to have all the fun!"
I stood up and glared at Billy, there was no way in hell I was sending Bella to meet and greet some stupid fucking bloodsuckers. Over my dead body and I was going to make my point very clear if Billy was going to argue with me on this one.
"No Bella and Jacob sit back down. We won't send her alone. But you three boys will be in wolf form when you all approach, just in case they attack."
I slumped back down on the couch as Bella looked from me to Billy, she wasn't even part of the tribe; she simply showed up one day and never really went back to wherever she came from. Why does she get to have all the fun? She probably won't even be mean to those bloodsuckers and then they would think that we were some softies.
"Ok, so back to my original question...when do we leave?"
I looked at Bella and shrugged my shoulders I was just excited for the possibility of real action, I hadn't had any real fun since my change. The boys and I would test our strengths and limitations by wrestling each other or seeing who could shift the fastest.
"You four will leave now, the sun will be down completely by time you get to the forest edge; I have already arranged for the meeting."
"And how did you do that?"
"I had Leah leave a note on the door this afternoon."
"Was anyone home Billy?"
"No one was home."
Bella sighed as she moved over to me and stuck her hand out to help me off of the couch. I could hear the rumble of Quill's car pull up outside making me wonder why I was always last to find out everything. I was supposed to be the Alpha, the one in charge but I was treated more like child. I swatted Bella's hand away and stood up on my own, I didn't need her help to get up.
"Let's get this party started."
Bella smirked as she moved out of the front door and greeted Quill and Seth. Seth was always really nice to Bella and I don't think that Quill really knew what to think about her, we had never met someone of her kind. Quill and Seth shifted quickly as Bella climbed onto Seth's back and I shifted into my wolf form. We took off threw the woods towards the edge of the forest running as fast as our feet would carry us. It was always a sort of race when we ran in packs like this.
My ears perked up as the most rancid smell I had ever encountered approached low to the ground and fast. I stopped dead in my tracks and mentally told the rest to stay close behind me. When we were in wolf form we could communicate mentally with each other, it was a good defense when we needed to be quiet.
Bella slid off of Seth's back as she took a few steps closer to us unfolding a piece of paper and gripping it tightly in her hands. Three sets of golden eyes appeared in the woods as Bella took another step closer to where they stood. I wanted to talk so bad, but knew that would only be possible if I shifted back to my human form, which would leave me vulnerable to the bloodsuckers.
A tall blonde that you would only see on the cover of a magazine stood next to a short pixie like girl with black spiky hair. A third bloodsucker stepped up next to them, she appeared young yet older than the rest and her auburn hair fell over her shoulders. She stuck her hand out to Bella and I growled. Bella shot me a glare before stepping closer and shaking the woman's hand. The other two girls looked at her curiously before the blonde cocked her hip out and glared at Bella.
"You left a note." The blonde spoke.
"We have a treaty that we would like for you and your clan to sign. We do not want you feeding on the humans in the area nor do we want you on our land."
"Hi, I'm Alice, this is Esme and my sister Rosalie...you don't have to worry about us feeding on humans...we live off of animals."
Bella nodded her head as I looked down at the small pixie girl curiously. She eyed me up and down before she reached out for the paper that Bella held in her hand. The blonde who I assume to be Rosalie snatched the paper out of Bella's hand and scuffed at the writing.
"Alice, don't be nice to them...they obviously aren't going to be nice to us. And what if we do decide to come on to your land?"
The vampire I presume to be Esme moved her hand over Rosalie's shoulder and offered Bella an apologetic smile before looking down at the paper. She didn't speak but her eyes spoke a million words to Rosalie, I didn't like it not one bit.
"The treaty states that if you come onto our land or harm the humans in the area we will expose you for who you are and there will be war. We are here to protect these people."
"And why should we answer to you? Who are you, or better yet...what are you?"
"I assume your Rosalie...what I am or who I am is none of your business. The treaty is so that we can live here in peace, sign it or there will not be any peace for you."
Rosalie growled as Alice moved in front of her, again Esme offered an apologetic smile that made me want to growl in response. I bit my tongue instead and silently told Quill and Seth to be more guarded. I didn't like them asking questions about Bella. All that they needed to know was she wasn't like them and she never would be.
"Are you going to sign the treaty?"
"Yes dear, but we must take this to our other expected family member's...may we bring it back to you?"
For the first time Esme spoke but I didn't like the way she was looking at Bella like a mother. Bella's mother was dead and she didn't need some bloodsucker trying to confuse her and make her think or feel any different. Bella turned her gaze to me as I nodded my head 'yes'. She turned back to Esme and nodded her head 'yes' silently translating my approval. I just wanted Bella as far away from these blood suckers as possible. I knew that this must be hard for her.
"Then we shall return dear, would two evenings from tonight be alright? It'll give me time to explain this to my husband and sons before having them sign and return the paper."
Bella nodded her head as the blonde turned her nose up at her, I was tempted to rip her throat our just for being so cruel to Bella.
"Let's get out of here, these dogs stink."
I growled this time low and deep as Bella threw a hand up in the air to silence me. The bloodsuckers took the paper as the smallest one, Alice, turned and waved to Bella smiling as they took off through the woods.
