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Memories don't just fade away

Chapter nine

Sam P.O.V.

Billy was now telling the young ones the story of Encantante, the son of the undead. Legends had said that he was the son of the 'purest' of vampires, the first of their kinds. I listened carefully at the story version of Billy. I was really surprised and fascinated at the fact that the Blacks had access to this 'pureblood'. I still couldn't believe that Jacob's great-grandma was Encantante's lover. Elena Seige.

"He's Great-grandma's ex-fiancé? What do you mean he's the reason of the war?" asked Jacob impatiently. "He's just a human, right?"

Billy bowed his head and took a deep breath.

"Jacob, Encantante isn't a human. He's a vampire."

Jacob stood up, the album falling to the floor.

"Great-grandma fell in love with a bloodsucker?" he shouted. "How did great-grandpa stood something like that! How could he still love a woman with a bloodsucker…" Then he stopped.

"I think you know the answer, Jacob. It is, after all, happening to you too." pointed Billy.

I could clearly see the pain in Jacob's face. Silence filled the room. Jacob sat down back on the coach and placed his hand on his face.

"Did he left great-grandma just like he left Bella?" asked Jacob silently.

I glanced at Billy, this is one story that I haven't heard of. Billy picked the album from the floor and flipped the pages again. He stopped at the picture of Elena and Encantante smiling at each other brightly. They looked young and carefree, not knowing of the tragic future ahead of them. I expected Billy to answer, but he didn't. Instead, he took the picture off the album. Behind it was another picture. It was a hidden photo. I peaked behind him and saw Elena again with a baby cradled in her arms and Encantante standing behind her, wrapping his arms around them lovingly.

I was astonished by this photo, "No, it can't be…" I whispered.

Billy turned around and looked at me. He smiled sadly and nodded.

"I'm afraid you're right, Sam," he started. "The child is Elena and Encantante's child, Stella."

"This can't be… How could they… Vampires couldn't bear children!!" I protested. I was 'dead' sure that vampires couldn't bear children, it was a fact, the truth, and yet, it happened.

"This is the truth, Sam. Elena did bare Encantante a child." said Billy.

"But…How?" I asked narrowing my eyebrows.

Jacob, who was sitting silently, answered me, "He's a pureblood."

Billy nodded, "Yes, it's because he's a pureblood, and so, he had powers that most vampires today don't. He could reproduce an heir of his own."

I was shocked, shaken by this news.

"You haven't answered my question, dad. Why did he left?" Jacob demanded. "Why left when he had already a child? Why great-grandma was still married to great-grandpa?"

Billy dropped his head again and answered. "He didn't left Elena. She left Encantante."

I was shocked again, but masked it carefully. Jacob was now confused and started questioning again.

"Why?"

"Elena left him because your great-grandpa knew about Stella and so threatened Elena that he'll kill the child, for the child was the daughter of the living dead." Billy answered gravely.

"Elena got scared," he started again. "So she ran away while Encantante was in Italy. When Encantante returned, he found the house empty, only a letter was left behind. Something about the child in danger," he paused.

"Encantante knew what she meant and seek your great-grandpa with his friends, the Volturi. Your great-grandpa thought Encantante wanted war, so he called for the other packs from the other village and started fighting. Elena knew this and came back just in time before the war broke." Billy sighted.

"Elena persuaded Encantante to stop but the pack didn't. That's how Carlisle Cullen stood up to make the treaty. The pack knew that they could win the war, but they still accepted the treaty with conditions…" Billy silenced. He looked at the picture of Elena and Encantante again with sorrow.

"What conditions?" asked Jacob.

"One of the conditions is that Elena must marry the head chief of the pack, your great-grandpa." Billy stopped and sighed gravely.

"What happened next?" I asked.

"Disaster broke in the village," said Billy. "We have angered the purest of them. Encantante refused to let go of Elena and tried to fight back. But Elena demanded that he must stop. I don't know why she had done that, to save your great-grandpa life. Some said that your great-grandpa had found the child and bargained with Elena. If Elena agreed to marry him, the child will live. But if not, he'll kill the child instantly." Billy paused.

"In order to save her child, she made and act to Encantante, telling him that she didn't love him anymore and hoped he'll leave her alone forever."

Billy flipped the album again and stopped at the wedding picture of Elena and Jacob's great-grandpa. Elena wasn't smiling in this picture, unlike the others she had with Encantante. I felt terribly awful for her, knowing that fate has been cruel to her during those years. I watched Billy carefully, knowing how hard it was for him to tell this shameful past to the younger generation, especially to his own flesh and blood…

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