Great White Wolf
Chapter Nine
Eleazar POV
When the call came from Tanya, we made plans to leave right away. Carmen and I are concerned for our friends because Aro has already tried to destroy the Cullens once, and if he finds out they have more hybrids, I fear he will attack again. We agree to go and retrieve Nahuel and bring him to Forks. Kate and Garrett will join us on the journey. The girls miss Tanya and can't wait to see to her again. She sounds really happy on the phone when we talk to her, but it's not the same as seeing someone in person.
Our trip to the Amazon goes off without a hitch, and we find Huilen and Nahuel easily with help from Zafrina and her sisters, Senna and Karachi. Nahuel isn't upset about the death of Joham at all, which alarms me some.
We stay with Tanya and her mate Billy while Nahuel visits with his siblings when we return to Forks. The children seem to be settling in fine, and my friends' love for Carty and Jazzy Rose is evident. I know if Nahuel decides to take them back to South America with him though, it will devastate Rose and Esme, not to mention the rest of the family. Nessie's attachment to them will cause her heart to break, too. Though Carlisle tries to be objective about the situation, his mate's happiness in caring for the small girl is making it difficult for him.
Rose and Esme are beaming mothers, and the children are growing at an accelerated rate like Nessie. Rose isn't too thrilled with the nickname Carty, but Jacob makes the name stick, like he did Nessie's. I think it's quite funny to watch Rose and the "dog" annoy one another about the name and other things. Jazzy's name is a personal favorite of Alice and Jasper's, of course, and honestly, me, too.
My friends seem to always be in the thick of things, so their involvement with Joham's children doesn't surprise me in the least, nor does the fact they are helping them. Carlisle's family is close, and their love for one another is obvious to anyone who meets them. That's why Aro feels threatened by them, their talent, their love, and their relationships. Carlisle has forged many friendships over the past few centuries with other vampires and the wolves. Their loyalty to him and the talents they possess, friends and family, make the Cullen coven seem dangerous to Aro.
The wolves come and go, quite frequently, during our visit. A new development since our last visit is the Cullens are now allowed to go to La Push, too. Tanya has even been there a few times for various reasons. The wolves haven't extended that same courtesy to us at this time, and I'm not sure they ever will. I still consider Tanya part of our coven, but in reality, she's now a part of the Olympic coven. Because she is Billy's mate, she's been accepted by the wolves. It amazes me how at the ease Tanya is around the wolves lately. My friend's adjustment into her new life makes me happy. For far too long, she was the odd woman out, and now she has found her mate. Being with him allows her to have true happiness, and though we miss her in Alaska, she is where she belongs.
I'm relieved when Nahuel decides to return home, but weary, because I suspect he plans on taking his brother and sister with him. I've been preoccupied with discovering all I can about the two hybrid children, though. I'm sure Nahuel loves them, but I don't think he can care for them the way they need to be. At least, not like the Cullen family can, and the idea of them returning to the Amazon where Aro might be able to locate them unnerves me. I hope my friends will be blessed with two more to add to their ever expanding family. I haven't spoken to Nahuel about what I've learned about the children because he hasn't said anything about his decision, yet. The last two days have been really stressful for me. I have managed to keep my thoughts private around Edward, which is not an easy task. I want to allow things to happen on their own without interfering too much.
"Nahuel is planning on leaving today," Edward says causally.
Damn it. I look at his face searching for any clues as to what he knows. He keeps his face neutral and doesn't reveal anything to me. So I try another tactic. "Any idea about what he plans to do about Jazzy and Carty?"
Edward alludes to the choice Nahuel is leaning toward. "I think they will be more likely to hunt jaguars rather than mountain lions the next time they feed, "Edward says, his voice flat. I can tell he has given up on the likelihood that Jazzy Rose and Carty will be Cullens.
"Really," I say carefully.
I want to make sure the young man has all the facts before he decides definitely. I have to tell him what I know. After so many years, Carlisle finally has what he has always wanted▬A wife, children, grandchildren, and he's happier than he's ever been. If he loses Jazzy Rose then he'll be sad, sadder than I think he even knows, and I can't let that happen.
I search for my wife for to get her thoughts on the matter, and I find her out back with Esme and some others.
"Well, isn't she beautiful, Esme." Carmen's beaming at Jazzy Rose. The girls are having a little impromptu fashion show,, and my lovely wife is enchanted with the hybrid girl. My Carmen, love of my life, is watching the child in fascination. I study the little girl for a moment. She is dressed in a red dress, her long brunette hair hanging about shoulder length, and her eyes shining like a smoky diamond▬a beautiful, dazzling, gray color.
"Momma, she thinks I'm beautiful."
"I know. I heard her." Esme smiles lovingly at Jazzy Rose. "She's right, you know. You. Are. Beautiful."
Edward and Jazzy Rose are looking at each other intently. I watch in fascination as Jazzy Rose and Edward have another one of their private conversations. Something I've become accustomed to in the short time I've been here. I know what her talent and Carty's are, and it simply astounds me to see it in action. Everyone thinks she is a telepathic like Edward, and the boy has no talents, but they are wrong. Their talents are so much more than what they've seen.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have been asked to adjourn to the living room by Nahuel. He will be back soon and wants to speak to us," Carlisle hollers to us from the house.
We all go to the living room, and I see Edward's face darken. Nahuel enters the room and if I had to take a guess, I'd say Edward's exacerbated with him. Jazz is here in the room, too, and I feel a wave of calm flow out, but I doubt he projected the emotion I felt. I think another person did. A little person. A hybrid to precise. Edward and Jazzy Rose are speaking again.
"She's speaking to you, isn't she?" I ask.
Edward confirms that yes, she is.
"Jazzy converses with me a lot. I never thought having another telepathic person around would be much fun, but it's nice."
"I think she is more than telepathic, Edward," I say casually to clue my friend in on Jazzy Rose's talent.
"What do you mean, Eleazar?"
"I think she's a mimic."
"A mimic?"
"Yes, both of them are. Has she ever mimicked Alice or Jasper?"
"No. Not that I'm aware of anyway." Edward answers thoughtfully. "But I can't be really sure. Alice or Jazz never said anything about it, and I haven't picked up anything from anyone's thoughts including hers."
"Okay. She's only a mental mimic." At this point everyone has heard Edward and me talking, and everyone's clamoring for information about Jazzy Rose's and Carty's abilities."Mental mimic?" Esme questions. "What's a mental mimic?"
"Well, the best way for me to explain it is that her gift operates inside her mind. That's why she can't mimic Jasper's ability. His gift works outside the mind," I say enthusiastically.
I have everyone's full attention. They are hanging onto my every word. "She can mimic Edward's, Aro's, even Jane's gifts." Everyone listening to my assessment is stunned. "Really anyone with a mental ability is fair game."
"How long can she do this for?" Esme asks. "Does it work full-time like Edward's, or is it whenever she wants it to?"
"She and I speak all the time if that helps any," Edward offers. His insight helps me to fully understand the scope of Jazzy Rose's gift.
"It seems to me like she can use it anytime, but if she changes from one person's gift to another, then her ability to use that gift transfers, too. The ability remains in her memory, but she is unable to access more than one at a time. If she transfers to another talented vampire then the last mental gift is stored and the new one is open to use."
"Okay. What happens if there are two talented vampires together?" Carlisle asks, concerned. "How does her gift work then?"
"Well, she'll need to establish a mental connection to one vampire, and whichever one she connects to, she'll mimic," I answer confidently.
"What if she wants to access a different vampire? Can she switch? If so, how does that work?" Edward inquires.
"She can switch in-between each one, one at a time. Whenever she switches, she'll have to reactivate the talent that is stored in her memory. Whoever she connects to is who she'll be mimicking. For example, if she's connected to Edward, then his telepathic ability can be used. If she chooses to mimic, say Bella, then Edward's gift is stored in her memory until she reconnects to him again, and she can use Bella's."
"Can she turn it off and on at will?" Carlisle questions me. The doctor in him is intrigued.
"Yes. Well sort of. She communicates with Edward because she hasn't connected to another vampire with a mental ability. Unless … "
"Unless, what?" Carlisle asks, worried about Jazzy Rose.
"Has she ever blocked you like Bella?" I direct my question to Edward. He pinches the bridge of his nose trying to recall if she had. I smile to myself about Edward's nervous habit. He has had it as long as I have known him. You can always tell when he is worried or annoyed, and especially, if he is thinking about something.
"Come to think about it, I think she may have once or twice. But I never connected the dots before now. So much has been on my mind lately that I simply overlooked it. Now that you've explained her gift to us, it's obvious."
Carlisle's not happy with my answer. Not happy about it at all. "So what your telling me is if Aro got his hands on her, he could have her use Jane's gift on someone, if she chose to mimic her?"
"Yes. I am afraid so, my friend." I regret having to tell him this news because I knew it would disturb him greatly. The idea that Jazzy Rose could emulate Jane, the vindictive bitch, is a scary thought for him and for me, too.
"So you're telling us as long as she mentally connects with a vampire, she'll have access to their ability," Carlisle states painfully. "The idea of something as sadistic as Jane's mind connecting to Jazzy Rose makes me ill."
"I know, Carlisle. She has a great gift. Very strong. If she is in a room full of talented vampires with mentally-based talents, she can choose any gift there. Once the ability is copied, she can store it in her memory … to reuse at will."
"Okay, how does Carty's gift work then?" Emmett wants to know. "You said both of them are mimics. He hasn't demonstrated any talent like Jazzy Rose has." I know when I tell them about Carty they'll be surprised and awestruck. He has mimicked Jasper,; they just hadn't realize it.
"He can mimic or copycat a physical gift such as Jasper's empath ability, or any one vampire with a physical talent. He needs a physical link, though. He must touch the talented vampire in order to copy the talent."
"Are there any limitations to their talent since they are essentially copying someone else gift?" Carlisle wonders aloud.
"Once he he uses the physical ability, he will retain it, or at least 'til he transfers to the gifts of another vampire with a physical ability. He needs a physical touch to be able to use his talent, and she needs a mental connection. No limitations, well other than Alice's gift."
"Why am I so different, Eleazar?" Alice asks, bemused.
"You are different because you need to have a vision at the same time Carty is touching you. Or when Jazzy connects to you mentally. Or at least that is how I think it will work for Alice and them. It's hard to determine for sure about them and their ability to connect with Alice."
"Can they mimic Nessie?" Jake asks speculatively. The wolf, the man, is totally invested in Nessie and anything concerning well-being.
"I don't think so. Nessie's unique because her ability is the product of Edward and Bella's gifts. Almost as different as hybrids are from us, Nessie's gift is too. She is the only hybrid known to have a talent. None of your sisters or you do, right Nahuel?"
"You are correct as far as I know, none of them do. I do not, for sure." he answers quietly.
Nessie likes the idea that she is special and tells us all so. I warn my friends,"We have to protect these hybrids at all cost. I've never come across any vampire like these hybrids before and their powers are something Aro will crave." I direct my next comment directly at Nahuel. "Would even kill for." I look at my friend Carlisle to see his reaction. I see the same fear in his face as I feel in my heart. "There will be no way around a battle with the Volturi this time if Aro discovers either of these children exist."
"Carlisle, Esme."
"Yes, Nahuel," they answer in unison.
"I can't protect my siblings from the Volturi. They'll be vulnerable if I take them with me, but if you raise them they may have a chance for a life. If Aro gets his hands on them he will only exploit their rare gifts for his own personal gain. Both you and I know this."
Esme and Carlisle are stunned by Nahuel's request. "Nahuel, we would be honored to have them both live with us, and we will protect them with our lives if need be."
Everyone in the family is in agreement that regardless of the danger the children will remain with them. I thought my warning, for that's what it was, would convince Nahuel to do the right thing for his siblings.
Carty speaks up then. "Rose and Emmett can I call you Mommy and Daddy?"
Jazzy speaks up then. "Esme is my mother and Carlisle is my father. They love me and I love them. They're Momma and Daddy. No matter what anyone says." She gives her brother a stern look and I have to look away before I burst out laughing at her boldness.
Rose and Esme, both, are a little overwhelmed with the twins declarations of love for them. Now they will be mothers to these hybrid children forever, just as it should be. With the addition of these two hybrids the Olympic coven has become a powerful one. Almost too powerful, I fear. Aro will never let them live if he discovers the truth. He'd take the ones he wants and destroy everyone else in the process as he has done to so many other covens before.
AN: Thank you PTB for all your help thus far. Also thank you Rachel and Nicole for agreeing to becoming my BETA'S. I hope everyone enjoys the story as much as I enjoy writing it. Please, I beg of you, review, review, review. This is the first story I ever wrote for FF and posted it a long time ago. I then removed it to update and rework it. I broke my back in the beginning of Jan 2012 and writing this was my therapeutic outlet. So I needed to redo it because I was kind of in a fog of pain and meds when I wrote it originally. I tried to iron out the bugs and make it a little more polished and with PTB I think I have managed to do that. With my new beta's help, I plan to make it even better. I have a few other stories I am working on at the same time so check them out. Also I would like to give a shout out to a phenomenal author content1 for inspiring me with this story when I first wrote it. Check her stories out because they are great.