Im really sorry, this was way late but School is starting soon and I had to work on my honors reading assiment more. i didnt have alot of time to work on this, so its a little short. I hope you like it anyways, please review!
ALL TWILIGHT CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND BASE STORY LINE OF THE TWILIGHT PAST ALL BELONGS TO STEPANIE MEYER!!!!!
Chapter 10: Training with Intentions
No one said anything on the way home. I couldn't stop thinking about the figure in the reflection. I could see it so clearly in my head, over and over and over again. Comparing the memory of my mothers killer and this figure, they were astonishingly similar, almost a perfect match. So close to a perfect match, it was either the same person or a twin.
Every two minutes Edward would steel glances in the rear view mirror at me. He didn't look like he was worried, but he was good at hiding those type of things. He knew everything I was thinking, I couldn't hide my thoughts from him now, even if I tried.
We turned off into our driveway in only a few minutes, but it seemed like forever. My worries vanished almost completely. I was going to see Ian after what seemed the longest day ever!
Edward parked the car and everyone got out. I didn't even take two steps from the car when I was suddenly picked up in Ian's arms. I hide the worry on my face, and I was able to replace it with the excitement that I felt.
He gave me a kiss, it was deep and long. Before long I could hear someone clear there throat, it was probably Emmett. We broke away and he set me on my feet.
"Hi." He said, wrapping his arms around my waist again.
"Hi." I replied.
"Look at the happy couple." Emmett said. I turned my head at him, and let out a growl.
"Ooo, scary." Emmett laughed. I was getting ready to pull away from Ian and pounce on Emmett when Ian whispered in my ear.
"Training, remember."
I just nodded. I had other things on my mind I needed to worry about. I pulled Ian by the hand to our room. I set my backpack on the bed and went to my piano. I sat down on the bench; my hands drifted across the keys with a feathery light touch. I sighed.
Ian was at my side. "What's wrong?" He asked. He knew my face so well; I couldn't hide my anxiety anymore.
"Nothing, I'm fine." I said anyway.
"No your not. Something's up, I know you Jade, now what is it?"
I took a deep breath. "After school I thought I saw a figure in the car window's reflection. It looked like my mothers murderer. I turned around to look at where it was but nothing was there."
He looked at me for a second, thinking. I looked at him.
"What if it was my mother's murderer? What if he's in town? I…" I didn't know what I would do. I wanted to revenge for my mothers death. But I wasn't ready to even play fight with Emmett seriously.
"Shh, shhh, its okay." I was shaking. Ian took another deep breath and went on. "I'm here for you, we all are. If he's in town, well we better get started on your training. And of course I'll help you with him, when its time. You won't be alone." He said soothing me. And that was true, I wouldn't be alone. I would have my family behind me every step of the way.
I took a deep breath, making sure my voice was steady. "Okay."
I turned back towards the keys. I started to play another one of my favorite compositions. The song Halo by Beyonce was always comforting. The flow of the music helped me calm down.
"Sing please, it's so beautiful." He whispered. And so I sang.
"I found a way to let you in, but I really never had a doubt. Standing in the light of your halo, I got my angel now!" I continued through the whole song, he even joined in now and then.
The song drifted to a close, and the music hung in the air for just a second longer.
"We should tell everyone else about this. If he's in town, everyone should know and be on alert." Ian said, pulling me towards the door. I just nodded, afraid my voice would shake.
What was I so afraid of? He wouldn't be able to kill my family; they were a strong large coven. He wouldn't be after me; he said he got what he wanted. What was he doing here if he was here? It donned on me that when the rest of us were at school and Carlisle at work it was just Esme and Ian here, alone. What if Ian went hunting one day alone, just to pass the time? What if he ran into the killer? Ian had worked for the Volturi, and the Volturi were the ones who killed the murderers mate. What if the killer recognized Ian, and decided he would take revenge again?
I looked at Ian; he had a big grin on his face as we walked down stairs, just humming a random tune. His eyes were a very light red, with small glints of orange now.
I couldn't lose him, of all. I had already lost my mother and gone through all of that pain. I would not lose him. If I did I…
I shuddered, not finishing the thought. Before we got to the bottom of the stairs I stopped. Ian looked at me, and I placed both my hands on the side of his face.
"Ian, you have to promise me something, you have to swear." I said.
"Whatever you want and I'll promise. Cross my heart, and hope to die." He grinned.
"I need you not to go hunting alone, to never go hunting without me or someone else, anyone else. Just make sure there is at lest two of you." I said sternly. I was surprised at how strong my voice sounded. I only remembered being good at that as a human.
"Of course, whatever you want. But why?" He asked.
"Well you worked for the Volturi, and they are the ones who killed his mate. I don't want him to be able to catch you alone, he mite recognize you or something. I just can't take it if you're gone, I won't allow it." I closed my eyes, trying to banish the thought.
"It's okay that will never happen. If he recognized me, I would be able to defend myself well. I have had training-"He quickly thought of something else to say when my eyes narrowed. "-and I wont go alone. I promise we can all go together. I swear." He put his hands on mine on the sides of his face.
"Good, I love you."
"I love you too, forever and-" He didn't finish, I did for him.
"Eternity."
Our hands intertwined as we continued back down stairs.
Only Esme, Rose, Alice, Bella, Nessie and Edward were in the living room. Emmett and Jacob were outside in the garage, and Carlisle was probably in his study.
"We need to have a family meeting, now please." I said quietly. Carlisle was by my side in a half second.
"What's wrong?" He looked puzzled.
"Call Em in, will you Rose?"- I turned to Carlisle.-"Let's go into the dinning room well I explain." I said well walking in that direction, Ian in tow.
I sat at the head, Ian next to me. Everyone else filed in and grabbed a seat. I took a deep breath; again making sure my voice would be steady as fear gripped me. Let's face it; I could lose anyone of my family if they went hunting alone, or even in pairs. Edward would be able to hear his thoughts, but if Jacob or Renesmee was with Alice she wouldn't be able to see him coming.
"Who coming?" Edward asked, hearing the thought in my head. I could clearly see Jasper could feel my distress too. I took another deep breath, closing my eyes.
"Earlier today at the end of school I thought I saw someone. After Emmett left I caught the sight of a figure in the reflection of the window before I got in the car. The figure was very familiar, but by the time I turned around without disturbing the humans, it wasn't where it should have been, there wasn't anything there."- I took another deep breath. –"The figure I believe was my mothers killer, I'm absolutely sure of it. If he is actually around, he could be a possible danger."
Everyone in the room was thoughtful; the only one who wasn't was Ian. He just whore a happy grin.
The first to talk was Carlisle. "What would he be doing here? Maybe it's not a bad thing." He hated violence more then anybody I'd ever known.
"Sure, but he will recognize me. He knows I want to get him back for my mother, and he may decide to take more revenge himself. He may want to kill me or even Ian since he worked with the Valturi."
"I will over look it, if you decide to take action against him. I can see the pain he has caused, but he may just me curious about us." Carlisle said.
"And if it's a bad thing, if he wants to hurt you or Ian we will do all we can to help." Bella said firmly.
"I didn't mean we wouldn't help, of course we will. But we should make sure before we do anything." Carlisle said, but surprisingly it wasn't defensive.
"Well, what if he attacks anytime soon we'll be ready." Jasper said.
"Yea we will!" Emmett said, already excited about the possible fight.
"I need to ask you all to do something. First we need to make sure none of us go hunting alone, we need to be in groups. I don't know if he has a coven or anything but we would have better chance together. Second, I need you guys to teach me how to fight, how to defend myself. I need to know, so I can finish what he started." I growled the last part, and for once Emmett didn't make fun of me.
"I think that's appropriate. It's much safer that way, and you are going to need to learn eventually." Edward said his face unreadable.
"I think if Renesmee goes hunting, I'm going with her no matter what. I don't want her near him." Jacob said, tightening his hold around her waist. She smacked his hand.
"I can take care of myself." She said confidently.
"No young lady, you will let Jacob go with you everywhere. Your only half Vampire, you're still weaker in strength then this vampire." Edward said eyeing his daughter. Bella didn't seem any happier about Nessie's remark.
"I know I know, I still don't want to be babied all the time." She grumbled. Jacob just leaned over and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Ian, Esme? You both should stay together when I'm at work and well the others are at school. Stay in the house, and the surrounding area. It would be best, and make sure to get a hold of us if he comes around." Carlisle started giving instructions.
Ian pulled me out of the seat and out into the front yard. It was twilight now, the suns light slowly fading. The cloud's hovered over head, they were a light gray.
"Okay, time for training." Ian said with a smirk. I could hear everyone else fallowing behind us.
"Okay professor." I smiled. I felt a lot better now that we were all prepared, I felt excited about learning to fight too.
"Ha ha ha, now go stand over there and get ready. I'll be your first match." He pointed over to the opposite side of lawn. about fifty feet away. I was at the very spot he pointed at in milliseconds.
"Okay, were going to play fight. Give me everything you go, I'll hold back." We sank into a crouch at the same time.
I stalked forward for several yards. I looked at his defense, trying to find a lope hole. He was slightly leaned to the right, coiled and ready. I darted at him, and jumped about teen feet in the air not using all my strength. I twisted my body to where I would land on Ian, but he moved out of the way by the time I was on the ground. I sprang at him, and he sprang at me. With all my strength we went flying from where he came from, but he was able to land on top of me with my arms pined at my side some how.
"One for me." He smirked. The whole situation only took about ten seconds. He pulled me up and I could see the rest of the family sitting under the wall of glass watching us.
"Okay, you have the extra strength. It should last for another eight months or nine months. Don't go for a direct kill immediately, look for openings and move around a lot. Look for loop holes…" Ian continued to direct me. I fought with almost everybody, learning different points of attack. I learned everybody's fighting technique, and I learned to form my own. This schooling continued the rest of the night in the same way.
Everyone else gave me directions too, and learning from Ian's training at the same time. He was well trained by the Volturi so some of this was new to them. By far the hardest fight of the night had to be against Edward.
I darted towards him, but jumping over him and landing besides him. I twisted around on the ball of my left foot. He was behind me by the time I got all the way around, knowing what I would do a second before I did it, my thoughts always giving me away. I jumped at high in the air as I could write before his arms touched me. I high point in the arc in my jump was about forty feet in the air, double what any older vampire could jump. I twisted my body, doing a back flip and landing on my feet and going straight back onto my crouch. I wasn't prepared for his leap, and he pined me on the ground.
The rest of the night went by much the same way, and I was only a little bit closer to becoming a deadly lethal predator. I still had more training a head, if I wanted my revenge.
Okay, please dont be mad at me since its so short. And I have some bad news, I wont be able to update for another week and a half. I'm going with a friend to stay with her untill friday night. I may not have time to type, so I may need to type when I get back. So the earliest I will update will probably be monday. Again I'm sorry, but theres no real way around it.
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