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Our Dawn
Part V
Book 1 – Summer Rain
Leah Clearwater
10. Encounter
After travelling through Jacob's memories the twins ended up assuming they'd been acting like a pair of spoiled brats and were doing their best to get on Jacob's good side again. Especially because they were tired of being grounded.
During all week William and Harry did their best. They helped with their younger siblings, they helped with the chores and took care of Tyson. On saturday morning Billy called them to his house so they could help preparing the annual festivity celebrating the end of the raining season.
Since it was a tradition of our people, Jacob gave them permission to go along with Isaac and Sarah. He wanted to have some time to work on the Rabbit and I had a lot of cleaning to do.
"So what did you ask Billy for your fifteenth birthday?" I asked Jacob after he'd finished his work on the broken car.
"I don't remember...but I never paid too much attention to my birthday after my mum died."
I knew what the twins wanted for their birthday but I didn't know if Jacob would agree with it.
"I remember you used to have a small party. You used to invite Quil and Embry."
"Well my dad used to buy a cake. Usually he gave me some money so I could buy something I wanted."
"What did you buy?"
"Stuff...mostly for the Rabbit. Why?"
"Harry and Will's birthday is tomorrow."
"I know that."
"I didn't buy them anything yet. Do you have any ideas?"
"They're grounded. We shound't buy them anything to begin with."
"Are you really going to punish them on their birthday?"
Jacob hesitated.
"Probably not." He confessed.
I smiled. Not that I didn't think the twins hadn't deserved being grounded because they did. But to be grounded on their birthday was a bit extreme even for someone as strict as me.
"You do know what the twins want, right?"
Jacob knew.
"We can give them what they want." I said.
"We don't have the money."
"I wasn't talking about buying."
"I'm not going to give them the Rabbit." He declared. "Besides they don't need a car. In wolf form they can run faster than a Ferrari."
"I wasn't thinking about that stupid old car of yours."
"She's not that bad." He retorted. "She's just in bad shape." Jacob loved that car too much.
"Right now it's a useless piece of crap." I insisted.
Jacob glared at me. He hated when I called that to his precious Rabbit.
"I'm not buying them a car and that's final. They don't need any more trouble."
In the Reservation having a car meant freedom and all the teenagers wanted to be free. Our children were no exception but we knew that having a car could be a bad move.
"Besides they don't have a driving license."
"You didn't have a driving license when you started to drive. You were thirteen remember?"
"That was different. Dad needed help and...It doesn't matter when I started driving the point is I only got a car when I was sixteen."
"But you drove Bella's old truck before the Rabbit." I recalled. "Billy taught you how to drive in that truck, right?"
"Yes. So?"
"If you started driving when you were thirteen why can't our kids learn how to drive now?"
"And what car would they drive? I don't have time to build them a car from scrap."
"You don't need to build them anything. Bella's old truck hasn't been used in years. It's at the Cullen's garage and I'm sure Bella won't mind if you ask the truck back."
"You want me to ask Bella for her truck?"
I nodded.
"Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously!" I declared. "And no, I'm not crazy."
"What if she says no?"
"She won't say no."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Bella can't refuse anything if you're the one asking. Plus she likes to play the good friend and she drives a Ferrari now."
"But she loves that truck."
"Oh please Jacob, you know that any car that doesn't go more than two hundred per hour is obsolete to the vampires."
He shrugged.
"Okay, fine. Maybe Bella won't mind about the truck but I don't know if I want the twins hanging around in the Reservation showing off a car."
"Wasn't that what you used to do as well?"
"No."
I glared at him fiercely. He used to brag about the Rabbit all the time. He even used the car to get Bella's attention.
"Maybe for a while." He conceded. "But I was a lot more responsible than William or Harry."
I laughed.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"More responsible? Jacob...you were an idiot back then. Do you want me to refresh your memory?"
"No, not really."
"You fell in love with a girl who almost caused your death because she loved a vampire instead and..."
"I said I didn't want to hear it." He came to meet me and hugged me tightly. "But if you want me to call Bella and ask her the truck, you'll have to convince me."
"And how can I do that?"
Jacob turned to the bed and winked at me.
"Since the children will be here by dinner time, I guess you have about four hours to use your imagination." He whispered kissing my neck lightly while his hands gripped my waist.
"I won't need four hours." I smiled confidently taking off his shirt.
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The next morning when I felt Jacob moving in the bed next to me I realised I hadn't slept att all. Every time I closed my eyes I saw Joham and his evil smile. Jacob had called Bella the night before to ask her about the truck.
As I expected she didn't oppose the idea and even offered to pay for a decend car but Jacob refused. We wanted the twins to learn how to drive in the same car Jacob did. After that Bella told us that the war between the Children of the Moon and the Volturi had already started.
After a few failed missions to exterminate the werewolves, the Volturi decided to stay in Volterra waiting for Joham and his army to attack. They had even gathered an army of newborn vampires, breaking their own rules.
A while later Aro realised Joham wouldn't attack them on their own ground and ordered the execution of the newborn army, sparing only the ones who had powers. Since the werewolves were now hiding, the Volturi were preparing themselves to the battle ahead and had asked for Eleazar's return to help them finding other vampires and humans who could be turned into bloodsuckers as long as they possessed useful powers.
That was the reason why the Cullens had visited the Denali Coven. Tanya, Kate and Garrett weren't pleased when the Volturi requested Eleazar's services. Their family was now reduced to three because Carmen had gone with her husband to Italy. Eleazar wasn't working for the Volturi willingly. He had never intended to go back to them but Aro knew how to be persuasive and granted Eleazar and his family immunity during the war in exchange of his help.
Now Eleazar was also being pressured to convince the Cullens to join the Volturi's side because the Italians had information that Joham's army was increasing and he had ordered the werewolves to kill all the vampires they came across with. Without a specific place to stay, the werewolves were travelling from country to country, increasing their numbers and killing vampires randomly.
In order to replace Demetri, who had been killed by the enemy, Aro had tried to find Alistair, whose power was similar to Demetri's but he had failed so far. The leader of the Volturi was almost sure that Alistair had also been killed though Carlisle didn't believe in that possibility because Alistair was one of the most intelligent vampires that ever existed.
The news was disturbing to say the least and Alice was getting frustrated because Joham was letting his werewolves pals decide everything thus making her visions useless. Due to the volatile nature of the Children of the Moon, Alice could only see blurred things which most of the time were nothing more than black smoke in front of her eyes.
I wasn't worried about the werewolves killing vampires or even the other way around. I was worried that soon or later we'd be implicated in the conflict. And right now all we could do was to wait.
"Nightmares?" Jacob asked worriedly.
"Sort of."
"Don't worry Leah. I won't let anything happen to you."
"I know but…This war…Our kids…"
Jacob nodded, understanding what I was afraid of.
"I'm scared for them too." He confessed.
"I hate this." I said. "I hate knowing that both sides are using innocent people. I hate not being able to help and I hate wishing that things could stay like this because if things get worse we'll have to choose a side and fight."
Jacob hugged me and when he was about to kiss me, Sarah's cat jumped and landed on our bed.
"I hate this cat." Jacob said.
"I guess he wants you to feed him." I laughed.
"Why did I let her keep the damn cat?" Jacob mumbled to himself.
"Because you can't say no to your little princess." I recalled.
He sighed.
"You never told me you didn't like cats."
"I'm a wolf Leah…of course I hate cats."
"Well, I'm not Tiger's biggest fan either but we should feed him."
Jacob got up and we both went to the kitchen. I fed Tiger while he prepared something for us to eat.
"What do you think about going to the Cullen's mansion to see the truck?" I suggested. "We're both on patrol this afternoon."
Jacob agreed and five hours after patrolling our lands we arrived to the mansion. Jacob was planning on telling the twins they weren't grounded anymore afterwards. Then we could actually let them go party with their friends.
Unfortunately our plans were down the drain when we suddenly noticed a strange smell on the forest. We ran in circles trying to track down the enemy but we didn't see anyone.
'Why can't we see the damn leech?' I asked.
'I don't know but I think the bloodsucker came this way.'
'Aren't we near the Cullen's house again?'
'Yeah…I guess we are.'
'Do you think the leech knows them? Maybe he's after them and that's why he's been here for so long.'
'I think he's after something but I don't think it's the Cullens, I think he's interested in whoever is inside their house right now.'
Jacob was right. Someone was inside the Cullen's house. The vampire had been attracted by the loud voices coming from the opened garage door. When we were just a few feet away from the mansion we recognized who it was.
'I will ground them for life after this! I don't care if it's their birthday or not!' Jacob exploded.
'Can you see the leech?' I asked.
'No.'
Jacob was about to enter the garage when we realized the twins weren't alone. We quickly turned back to hide in the trees.
'They brought their friends?' Jacob was astonished.
'I think so. I recognized Lewis and James.'
'Can they be more immature? We've been telling them about the dangers of being alone and they come here with their friends with no protection whatsoever!'
'We'll talk to them later. They need to get out of here right now. One of us will have to go there to warn them.'
'I think you better go. I won't be able to control myself.'
'I'll be back in a moment.'
'I've got everything covered.' He assured me.
I was about to go back to my human form when I felt a presence behind us.
"I wouldn't move if I were you." The cold voice of a dark-haired woman spoke. Finally we were able to see our enemy's face.
TheSkeptic88 - Hi. Thanks for reviewing. Demetri is dead (as in really dead) and it's not Nahuel. There's a reason why the scent is familiar to the wolves, you'll find out next chapter. Have a nice weekend.
Take care,
Karisan