Author's Notes: Howdy y'all! How's it going, so todays update is a crazy one because it is filled with emotions so get tissues, y'all because it's gonna be bumpy. I even warned one of my closest friend, so she knows. And please don't punch your computer or phone screens. I hope y'all enjoy though.
Megan Charpentier-Sky Swan
Claire Holt-Melissa Spellman
Fun fact: Sky has big dreams of being a detective one day, not a sheriff, a detective in Seattle.
I don't do own Twilight; all rights go to Stephanie Meyers. I only own Sky River Swan
Enjoy!
Family Meeting and A Very Sick Sky Chapter 20
It was late into the night when Edward called for a family meeting. Edward paces, frustrated. Alice is stressed. Bella tries to track their fast-paced conversation with Carlisle, Rosalie, and Esme, all of whom have black eyes and not golden.
Alice looked to her brother and asked, "Who was it? Someone we know?"
Edward continued to pace and shook his head. "Just a stranger. I didn't recognize his scent."
Esme meshed her lips and gripped onto Carlisle's hand. "A nomad passing through?" She asked.
Rosalie shook her head. "A passer-by wouldn't have left Bella's father nor Sky alive."
Bella's chilled by the thought. Esme wraps an arm around her just as the door bursts open.
Jasper enters with Emmett right behind him. "His scent disappeared about five miles south of Bella's house, but it was stronger in Sky's room."
Edward growled. "Someone's orchestrating this."
"Victoria?" Carlisle suggested.
Alice shook her head. "I would've seen her deciding."
Edward stopped and looked to his 'father'. "It has to be the Volturi."
Alice shook her head again. "I don't think it's the Volturi either. I've been watching Aro's decisions, too."
Emmett said, "So, we keep looking."
Carlisle stood tall and said, "We also take shifts, guarding Bella at her house."
Rosalie scoffed and crossed her arms. "Another protection detail?"
Esme pinched the blond's arm. "Rosalie." She hissed.
Bella stood up and looked to the family. "No, she's right. You can't protect me, watch my dad and Sky... ... and search for the intruder. And for Victoria. And keep yourselves fed."
Edward grabbed her arm and said, "I'm not leaving you here defenseless."
Bella shook her head and took his hand. "Well, I'm not gonna let you starve. And I wouldn't be unprotected, I have..." She stops... a beat. An idea occurring. She looks at him, a tiny glimmer of optimism flashing on her face.
Edward farrowed his brows. "What?" He asked.
•
Day 1
They were back at Bella's house the next day, luckily it was the weekend, so it was perfect for Jacob and Embry to come and sniff out her house. Edward stands at the curb, frozen in place, waiting eyes unblinkingly watching the front door. Finally, it opens. Bella exits. Behind her, Jacob and Embry. Edward meets them halfway. Edward is cool, calculating; Jacob and Embry hotheaded, fractious.
Jacob crossed his arms and said, "Whoever it was, he left his stink behind. It'll be hard to miss when we cross it again. We'll handle it from here."
Edward narrowed his eyes. "We don't need you to handle anything. Or anyone." He commented, thinking that he could take on Sam any time of the day.
Jacob steps toward Edward who doesn't move.
Jacob seethed, thinking about the day Sam got his heart broken. Hell, Sam was still in wolf form running patrols. "I could care less what you need."
Edward saw into Jacob and Embry's mind, seeing that Sam hasn't phased back into a human. Edward was not proud of himself, but it made him smile just a tiny bit. "Alright, we're done here."
Jacob said, "No, you're done here." Embry stood behind his best friend and narrowed his eyes at the leech. Bella moves between them.
"Stop. I'm tired of this. From now on I'm Switzerland, Okay?" Bella tries to push them apart; it's like pushing boulders. "Stop!" She exclaimed. Jacob simmers. Edward just looks at him. "I don't expect you guys to chuck a football around together. Fine. But we have a lot of problems. And this is one temporary solution. Are you willing to at least try?" She asked. A long tense beat. Finally, Edward nods. Then Jacob. Bella smiled and said, "Alright, so you need to coordinate. You know, schedules and stuff." Neither says anything. Bella sighs. Turns to Jacob. "Would the pack prefer days or nights?"
Jacob smiled and looked to Embry, who nodded with the same idea. He turned back to Bella and the leech. "Nights." He said.
Bella nodded. She turned to Edward with the same question. "Will days' work for your family?" Edward nods. "Good. See? How hard was that?" Agonizing, off Bella, determined to make this truce work.
When Bella said goodbye to the two pack mates, Edward and Bella walked inside to hear someone upstairs in their room moaning. Bella walked up the stairs to find her little sister tossing and turning with Charlie sitting on her bed with a wet rag on her forehead.
Charlie looked up to Bella and Edward who hovered over the door. "Sky's running a fever, she said her stomach and head hurts." He said.
Bella walked into her little sister's room and sat on the other side. She placed her hand on her Sky's cheeks to feel that it was very hot. Bella hissed and took her hand back, she looked to her dad with a questionable look. "Do, you know what's wrong with her?" Bella asked.
Charlie shook his head. "No, might be a stomach bug, but who knows. I'll keep an eye on her, maybe even call Sue to see if she has any medicine from when Leah and Seth were sick."
Bella nodded and rubbed Sky's arm, but she stopped short when Sky muttered, "Sammy." She looked to her dad with wide eyes.
"She has been doing that too." Charlie said.
Bella sighed and shut her eyes. She patted her dad's back awkwardly and walked away with Edward right behind her.
When they got to her room, she sat on the bed and covered her face with her hands. "I can't believe this." She muttered.
"I could." Edward said. "I remember somewhere that this happened to one imprintee. She was so sick that Carlisle kept her away until the wolf came back, and she was healed."
Bella looked to her boyfriend and asked, "Should we get Sam?"
Edward shook his head. "No, it would just show that they wolves won. Do you want Sky to be with Sam again? He might hurt her. Even though Charlie doesn't see it, we do. We can protect Sky."
Bella sighed and nodded. "Fine, but I just have the darkest feeling."
Edward sighed and pulled Bella into a bruising kiss. She moaned and wrapped her arms around his neck while his cold hands went up her shirt.
Back in Sky's room, Charlie was on his cell phone with Sue as he paced back and forth as Sky tossed and turned whimpering Sam's name repeatedly. Charlie was getting worried for Sky, he has never seen her this sick and he felt hopeless. If he could take away her pain, he would but he just had to sit by and watch her suffer and it was killing him.
In the woods the Alpha was growling and chasing a rouge vampire, he was hot on his tail. He finally got the leech and ripped his head off without even saying hello. The Alpha dropped the head as Paul set it on fire. He looked to his pack and rushed off to continue to kill more rouge leeches.
Leah and Paul looked at eahc other with worried eyes and Sam rushed off into the woods.
"He's really torn up about this, isn't he?" Leah asked.
Paul sighed and shook his head. "Yeah, he is. I guess you can say his wolf has taken control now."
Leah nodded. "The leech family has got it in Bella's head that Sam could hurt Sky."
"The seer leech wants Sky to be a vampire just like that." Paul said.
Leah scoffed. "Oh, that is fake as fuck if I have ever heard that." She said. "There is no way Sky would be a leech. She would rather die then be a leech like them."
"Exactly." Paul said. He looked down at his phone and sighed when he got a message from Rosalie. "C'mon, we have to take watch of the Swan house now. Might wanna go home and rest before."
Leah nodded as they both jumped and phased into their wolves.
Later that night Angela and Bella were in her room doing mundane normal things. From above, looking down at the dark, silent forest beyond the yard. Stillness. Suddenly, we see a movement in the trees. Then two gleaming eyes peer out, belonging to... a wolf skulking at the edge of the tree line. It looks up at. Bella stood next to the window and watched out onto the wolf. She stands in the window, looking down at her protector. Then, in contrast to the danger that surrounds her.
Angela looked up to her friend and said, "U.W. sent me and Eric our dorm assignments yesterday..." Bella turns back to the room where Angela lies on the floor, a massive stack of graduation announcements in the "done" pile. Angela is blithely unaware of Bella's situation. "I'm in the furthest dorm from campus. Eric's in the closest, of course. Has Alaska assigned you guys dorms yet?" She asked.
Bella looks at her, missing her already. She lies next to Angela, takes up a card to address. "Not yet." Bella said.
Angela nodded her head. "Where is Edward tonight anyway?" She asked.
Bella scoffed and smiled. "Out looking for trouble."
Angela hears the worry in Bella's voice. Looks at her. "Is something wrong?" She asked.
Bella shook her head. "No, why?" She tilted her head to the side.
Angela sat up and said, "One, Edward's always with you. Two, you keep looking out that window like you're hoping he'll show up with a mariachi band."
"Angela, what if Eric was like secretly a member of this... violent gang, and... your brother was in this other gang, and they wanted to kill each other, and you couldn't tell anybody?" Bella's slightly odd remark just kind of sits there.
Angela said, "It's okay. You don't have to talk about it."
Bella said, "There's nothing to... I mean there is but..." How can she talk about it? Bella debates, then sits up, cross legged, choosing her words carefully. "Okay. You remember Sam Uley?" She asked
Angela smiled and crossed her arms. "Ah. Edward's jealous." Bella shook her head. "Oh, it's not jealousy?" She asked.
Bella sighed and messed with her ring. "Edward just thinks Sam's dangerous or something...bad influence on Sky." Angela shakes her head. "What?" Bella asked.
Angela said, "I don't think Sam is dangerous to Sky. I have seen the way he looks at Sky, Edward's seen it too, and he's only human. Sam is a leader, yeah he looks tough and mean but he is pretty nice."
Bella shook her head and looked down at her solid colored socks. "It's more complicated than that."
Angela crossed her arms and started at her friend. "Say the words." She commanded.
Bella sounded out the word. "jell-oh-see." Bella scoffed and shook her head. "I've told Sam how I feel about him with Sky. He accepts it. He'd rather be best friends than nothing."
Angela nodded. "Okay, so the words are dee-nigh0ul."
Bella chuckled and said, "You're saying I'm an idiot."
Angela shrugged and looked back down to her application. "Just a little oblivious."
Bella scoffed. "Well, I don't want this. Every move I make hurts someone."
Angela looked back to her friend and said, "They're big boys. They make their own choices. Don't worry it will work itself out. It's not life or death or anything."
Off Bella glancing back at the window at her reality.
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Day 2
That next day Sky had her head in the throw up bucket, vomiting out that mornings breakfast. Sue was not too far away with a wet rag on the back of her neck, she was rubbing the younger Swan's back to make her clam down and make the child relax.
Sky whimpered and pulled her head away to only lay back down with a sigh of relief. "I hurt everywhere, auntie Sue." She muttered.
Sue sighed sadly and held Sky's hand. "I know, sweetie. I wish I could take away the pain."
Sky whimpered and pulled the blanket to her chin along with Ghost. She finally fell asleep when Charlie walked in, he looked towards his daughter with a sad look on his face.
"Do you have any idea on what's wrong with my baby, Sue?" Charlie asked.
Sue sighed, and she stroked her fingers over Sky's warm forehead. "I dunno. My guess might be a stomach flu going around," She lied, she had to. She felt so bad for Sky. Sue hated seeing the youngest Swan like this. "But other than that I have nothing, Charlie." She said.
Charlie sighed and rubbed his tired eyes. "I hope she gets over this soon." He said.
"Where's Bella?" She asked.
Charlie scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Out with him and his family. I swear it's like she doesn't even want to be around me or Sky anymore."
"Jacob is noticing the same thing. He noticed that everyone is coming down with something, they are sad about something." Oh, she knows why they are sad in the first place. It's because their Alpha is off somewhere unknown still mad about losing Sky.
Sue knew the symptoms of losing an imprint, Quil the I went over this when he lost his imprint. It was sad to see Quil stop talking until Sky came to La Push and he was that happy old man again.
"I just hope I get my little girl back." Charlie said.
Sue nodded and looked back to the younger child. "She will be, soon."
It after nine when Sky had the energy to take a bath and crawl into bed along with taking fever medicine that Sue had dropped off. Charlie tucked her in, kissed her head and went back to the Riley Biers case.
What he didn't know was that Alice stood in the shadows of Sky's room and projected a dream onto the younger Swan. Showing her what the future might hold for the young girl.
•
Small warning, if you are sensitive then please leave now or skip the dream all together. Or get some tissues.
Sky was running up a hill that was covered in snow, she didn't know why she was running but she just felt that she needed to get to the top of the mountain to save the person she felt that she needed to save. She stopped a couple of times when she heard howls of pain and cracks of bones.
Once she did Sky hid behind a boulder to find what looked to be Alice and Edward fighting the pack. All of them were in wolf form and half of them were laying on the ground, they weren't even moving.
It looked like Seth, Quil, Embry and Jared were down. Sky every so quietly walked towards Embry and placed her hands on him, he was so cold. Sky got past that and tried to revive him.
"C'mon, Embry, you have to wake up." She muttered. "You have to help Sam fight off Edward. Please wake up. Please." She pleaded but nothing happened.
A shadow fell over the small child as a cold hand picked her up and tossed her to a boulder. Sky gasped and looked up to see Edward have his hands around Jacob's wolf neck and he snapped it. Jacob cried out and took his last breath.
"No!" Sky shouted, she tried to go after Jacob, but she was stopped with cold arms wrapped around her waist. She looked up and screamed when she saw Bella with red eyes.
The younger Swan looked back to find Alice choking Leah and kicking Paul while Edward fought off Sam as long as he could. Sky heard a loud crack coming from Leah and she fell next to a dead Seth.
Paul tried to attack Alice, but Jasper was faster. The blond male vampire wrapped his arms around Pauls' ribs and crushed them with all of his might. Paul howled in pain and tried to snap his fangs at the vampire, but Jasper grabbed Paul's snout and crushed the wolf's head.
"No!" Sky screamed. She whimpered and tried to get away from Bella, but the newborn had such a tight grip on her that Bella only laughed in her face.
Sam was out numbered, he looked around to find Jasper, Edward and Alice laughing at him. His eyes went over to find Bella holding onto Sky. The younger Swan was kicking and crying to Sam to just run away, to save his self, but Sam was too stubborn and attacked Edward first.
But, Alice speared Sam in the ribs. The Alpha rolled around, whimpering and crying, he looked back up and was surrounded by the leeches he had always wanted to kill. He growled and tried to go after them again but was stopped by a boot to the gut.
Alice got on his level and said, "Oh, poor Sam, having to watch as his pack falls one by one." She giggled and shook her head. "But, it was better for them to be in a better place and not to have been in charge of someone like you. But, don't worry we will take good care of Sky. We will turn Sky right after I mount your head on my wall." She doubled over laughing as Edward took his giant wolf head.
Sam looked over to Sky who was crying and screaming for Sam. "I am sorry." He thought. He closed his eyes as Edward gripped his jaw and snapped his neck.
"NOOO!" Sky screamed as she watched Sam's head fall with his last breath. Bella finally let her go as she watched her little cry over Sam's body. "Please wake up, Sammy. Please. C'mon we are supposed to be together, forever. Our own forever." She sniffled and pulled on his ears. "Sam. Sam, c'mon. You gotta get up. Sam. We gotta go home." Sky pulls on his ear again; the head limply moves back in place. She cries. Sky turns back to the body. She nuzzles up under the limp paw so that she is embracing him.
Alice smirked and turned on her acting skill. She leaned against Sky and asked, "Sky, what have you done!?"
Sky looked to the seer vampire and said, "I didn't do anything. It was you." She pointed to all of them and leaned backed into Sam's body.
Edward shook his head sadly. "It wasn't us, kiddo. It was you. You killed Sam and his pack. You killed your friends."
Bella stood next to Edward and said, "And if it wasn't for you he would still be alive, having a happy life with Leah or some other imprint that wasn't you. You mess up everything."
Sky shook her head, in denial. "But, it wasn't my fault." She pleaded. Sky sniffled and looked around. "What I am gonna do?" She asked.
"Run." Jasper said. "Run far away, so that nobody could find you. Not Charlie, Sue, or Billy."
Sky looked around to the other bodies of the fallen pack mates, she looked back to the vampires and nodded as she run back down the mountain.
They smirked at each other and they set the bodies on fire and chased after Sky. They were hungry after that long battle and they knew just the person to feed off of.
The younger Swan was close to the road when an arm wrapped around her body and threw her into a tree, she looked up to find her sister and the Cullen family looking at her with hunger in their eyes. She tried to run away but was stopped by Bella who wrapped her hand around Sky's tiny neck.
"Bella, please don't." Sky pleaded.
Bella sneered at her and said, "Bella isn't here anymore." Then Bella bit into her sister's neck.
"AAAHHH!" Sky screamed as Jasper got her wrist, Alice got her neck and Edward got her arm. Sky tried to squirm out of their hold, but they sucked the life source out of the young child.
•
Sky sat up out of bed scream her little lungs out. Leah sat next to Sky and pulled the younger girls into her arms. "Sssh, it's ok. You're ok." Leah said as she tried to calm down, but that was stopped short when Sky went green. Leah grabbed the vomit bucket and watched sadly as poor Sky threw up her guts.
Charlie charged into the room with a worried look, he looked to Leah was rubbing Sky's back as poor Sky was throwing up. "I have her, Charlie. You can go back to bed."
Charlie nodded and walked back to his room only to be stopped by Bella who looked half asleep. "It's ok, kiddo. Sky just had a nightmare." Bella nodded and slammed her door in Charlie's face. He sighed with worry and went back to bed, knowing that Leah can take of Sky.
Once she was fine, Sky sat back and started to heave. She looked to Leah and clasped her hands around Leah's. "You are real. Are you alive?" She whispered.
Leah sighed and stroked her finger over Sky's warm cheek. "Yeah, I am sweetie. What was your nightmare about?" She asked.
Sky shook her head and pulled Ghost to her chest. "No, no, no. I don't wanna talk about it."
"They say that if you don't talk it, it might happen." Leah said.
Sky sighed and nuzzled into Ghost. "You and the pack, including Sam, was killed by the Cullens."
Leah farrowed her brows and pulled Sky into her arms. "Oh, kiddo, I am so sorry."
Sky started to shake and nuzzled into Leah's neck. "I watched them kill Sam. I watched Sam die by Edward's hands. when I got there Seth, Embry, Jared and Quil were already gone."
Leah never cried since her dad's funeral, but this had hit her hard when Sky said that Seth was killed. "What, what did they do to you?" She asked.
Sky shook her head and broke down crying again. "They killed me after they set everyone else on fire."
Leah gasped and pulled Sky to her person. "Oh my God." She muttered. Leah kissed Sky's crown and said, "Just know that we are stronger than the Cullens and Sam will always protect you, ok?"
Sky nodded into Leah's chest, listening to her heart beat lull her to sleep. Sky had finally gone to sleep after Leah sung her to sleep to an old Native lullaby.
Once Sky was dead asleep, Leah changed to vomit bucket and sat next to Charlie. He gave her a beer that was still cold as they sat in silence.
"I'm sorry about Sky." Leah muttered.
Charlie sighed and set his beer down. "Yeah, I just wish I knew what was wrong with her."
Leah laid her hand on his and squeezed it, Charlie looked to the young lady with sad puppy eyes. "We'll figure it out, Charlie. We always do."
Charlie nodded and looked back to the TV that was currently on mute. "I know, Leah. I know."
That night Leah stayed and watched over Sky just in case. She felt bad for the little tyke because she has never done anything wrong in her life, she wants to stay human and not be some blood sucking SOB. Sky wants her Sam back and Leah was gonna help.
†
Day 3
The next day Sky was pale white and couldn't even get out of the bed to go down stairs and cuddle with her dad. Leah felt how cold Sky was, she was sweaty and looked like death. Now Leah was worried because this was the finally stage of being away from her wolf, she had to do something.
Then a lightbulb went off.
Leah got out her phone and quickly called the enemy. "Hey Carlisle, yeah I am gonna need you to come over to Sky's house."
"What's wrong?" He asked.
Leah looked over to the very pale, cold ten-year-old with worry eyes. "Sky is getting worse."
"I am on my way." He hung up his phone, grabbed his kit and Esme and was out the door with his 'kids' on his tale.
Leah sat next to Sky and cupped her cheeks to get a little warmth back in her. Sky barely opened her eyes that Leah was so used. Leah kissed her forehead and silently prayed to Taha Aki to save Sky. "I will be right back, kiddo." She whispered.
The she-wolf charged out the door and told Charlie that Carlisle and Esme were on their way to get a closer look at Sky and that she needed to call Sam.
"Sam?" Charlie asked. "Why Sam?"
Leah looked at him with her brown eyes and said, "Just trust me." She patted his back and rushed out the backyard to get the others to follow in her plan.
Charlie sighed and rubbed his head. "Damned Leah. Just like her dad." He muttered as he rushed upstairs to sit with Sky until the doctor comes.
Guys! Leah called. Hello! Anyone! I have an idea! I have to save Sky! She showed them how much Sky's condition was doing, and it had everyone freaking out. Leah smirked, this got their attention. She sat in the clearing as her pack mates, excluding Sam/Alpha, gathered. I know you guys hate the Cullens, but Carlisle it the best of the best. Do you want Sam to lose Sky just because her sister wants her life the way she wants it? Or do you want Sam to be happy for once?
Jacob stood tall and nodded. I'm in. He said.
Us too! Everyone exclaimed.
Leah smiled and said, Ok, here is was what we need to do-she stood short when a growl was heard not too far behind them.
All of the wolves saw a jet-black wolf coming out of the bushes. The wolf stood tall and looked to his pack. What's this I hear about getting my Imprint back?
You remember what happened, right? Jacob asked.
The wolf looked to his pack and nodded. I do. And I am ready to get her back. He looked to the she-wolf and said, Show me.
Leah stood tall and showed him how Sky's conidiation worsened. The Alpha saw how pale and sickly Sky looked. The Alpha looked to the ground with a worried look, but he looked back to his pack with fierce eyes.
Let's get this started. Let's get my imprint back.
Everyone cheered and rushed to La Push to only change back into their human forms. Once they got cleaned up and changed they headed to the Swan household. They parked their cars or trucks and rushed inside, but the Alpha stayed behind and looked at the house.
He saw that the leeches' cars were parked out on the curb as he looked to the house that was bustling with people.
When he walked inside, still showing off his yellow eyes, he looked around to find Bella cuddling next to Edward while Alice sat on Jasper's lap in Charlie's favorite recliner, Rosalie and Emmett leaned against the window sill wrapped in eahc other's arms, and his pack mates sitting far, far away from them.
Edward stood up and guarded Bella as he was reading Sam's, no Alpha's, mind. The Alpha crossed his arms over his clothed chest and stood toe to toe with the quaffed hair leech.
"What are you doing here?" Edward asked. Alice stood next to her brother with her arms behind her back.
"I want my imprint back." He growled.
Alice placed her hand on Edward's chest and stood up to Alpha. "You are not getting Sky, because we have big plans for her once this 'bond' is broken."
Alpha narrowed his eyes to the little vampire. "I am the Alpha, you bitch. I am high ranks than you. Sky is safer with me than you." He pointed at her chest and smirked. "When she comes back into my arms just know that in my dreams your head is on my wall."
Alice shrieked and rushed away with Jasper right behind her.
Alpha looked to Edward with his arms wide open. "I am ready whenever you are, leech."
Edward was about to get in his face, but he stopped short when Charlie came down the stairs with a worried look. He looked around his house and said, "Is my house Grand Central Station now, what the hell is going on here?" He looked to Sam, Edward, the Cullens and the La Push pack. No said anything. "Well, I have a sick kid upstairs, so would someone like to explain please." He demanded.
The Alpha cleared his throat and looked to his Imprint's dad. "Well, I haven't seen Sky lately and I wanted to know how she was doing. Leah told me she is getting worse?"
Charlie nodded. "Yeah, sadly." He looked to Sam who had the same colored eyes as the Cullens, but he shook it off and asked, "Do you wanna see her?"
Sam was about to say yes, but he was stopped short by Carlisle. "Charlie, I think Leah and Esme can keep an eye on Sky for a bit. May I talk to you for a moment?" He asked.
The Alpha growled and narrowed his eyes at the doctor. He was supposed to be helping them be together not making it worse.
"Charlie, I have no idea on how to explain this, but Sam and Sky have a very special relationship." Carlisle said.
Charlie crossed his arms and listened to the doctor.
"Sky and Sam have obviously spent some time together, but I have noticed that they are a special case."
Charlie sighed and rubbed his hands together. "Can you tell if Sam was hurting Sky?" He asked.
Carlisle smiled and shook his head. "No, Sam never laid a hand on Sky. I say let him help her heal."
Charlie nodded and sighed. "Ok." He said. Charlie looked to Sam but was stopped short.
"Dad, you can't, ok." Bella said.
"What? Bella, for the love of God." He rubbed his tired eyes and shook his head. Carlisle wasn't even very happy about Bella's interruption.
What they didn't know was that Rosalie snuck away because Leah had asked her to come up and cool her down before she over heat. Her temperature went from going down to up.
"Bella, you cannot stop this." Jacob said.
She narrowed her eyes at Jacob and said, "I can, and I will." She turned back to her dad and said, "Dad, Sam could be hurting Sky."
He growled and said, "I've had enough of this crap, Bella. I have known Sam since he was a little kid up until he dated Leah and Emily, so just leave it alone."
"But, Mr. Swan, Sam could combust at any moment." Edward said.
Alice nodded. "Have you seen the way he looked at her." She said. "It's almost like he could eat her or something."
"Almost as if he loves her," Bella said with disgust in her voice.
"And I am standing right here." Sam said.
"Look, I have had enough of you three in my ear saying that he is hurting Sky," Charlie said. "Do you have proof? Has she come to you and told you? No, she hasn't. Sky trust me enough, not only as her father but as someone who can protect her, and I say leave them alone."
"Sir, they look at each other as if they are lovers." Edward said. "Sky is too young to be having crushes."
Alice nodded. "Sky is only nine years old, sir."
"Ten."
Alice hummed and looked to Charlie.
"Sky is ten years old. Not five or nine, ten. And she can be old enough to have a crush if she wants to." Charlie said.
"But, dad-"
Charlie held his hand up to Bella and shook his head. "Enough, Isabella. If you drop one more word about Sam and Sky I will ship you back toy your mothers without Edward." Charlie threatened.
Bella's eyes went huge. She knew that her dad couldn't do that, she was an adult she can make her own decisions. She didn't know why she eve listened to her dad anymore because she just tuned him out lately, more than ever.
Bella huffed and went back into the living room, but not before staring down Sam. The Alpha smirked, he flashed his yellow eyes at her and winked. Bella gasped and was about to say something, but Charlie stopped her and gathered Sam, Carlisle and himself into the kitchen to talk more about this whole new situation.
In Sky's room Rosalie was lying on the bed with Sky in between in his legs. Her fever was up so Rosalie was trying everything to calm it back down to a normal degree.
"Rosie," Sky rasped. Rosalie hummed and stroked her cold fingers over her cheek. "Can you tell me about winter?" She asked.
Rosalie smiled and asked, "Why do you want to know about winter?"
Sky nuzzled into Rosalie and said, "I read somewhere that winter is controlled by the emotions of Demeter."
Rosalie kissed the back of Sky's head and said, "Ok. Just close your eyes and imagine for me, please. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful goddess named Persephone, the goddess of spring. Her mother, Demeter was the goddess of harvest for the humans. Well, one day as Demeter left to visit Zeus and his wife Hera, a god in the underworld named Hades watched Persephone from a far."
Sky closed her eyes and imagined herself as Persephone, Sam as Hades and Demeter as Renee while Zeus and Hera were Edward and Bella. She took ahold of Rosalie's forehead and laid her head on the blond's shoulder.
"Then Hades did the bravest thing in the world, he took his chariot to Persephone and came out of the ground to ask her if she wanted to go with him or stay with Demeter and never experience what love truly is."
Leah was not too far away listening to the tell of the Greek god and goddess, she kind of liked this tale too.
Sky looked to Rosalie and asked, "What happened next?"
Rosalie smiled. "You tell me, kiddo."
Sky sighed and said, "She went with him."
Rosalie nodded and kissed Sky's crown. "Exactly. But, after three days of bliss Persephone was unaware that her mother has caused the mortals lives to be miserable."
"Demeter caused winter?" Sky asked.
Rosalie nodded. "That she did. She even threatened Zeus to get Persephone back or she would kill the mortals that made them stronger than ever." Sky gasped and pulled Ghost to her chest. Rosalie rubbed her arms and pulled her closer. "Zeus went down to the underworld and told Hades that Persephone needed to go home, back to her mother or the underworld will go into chaos."
"So, she left him?" Sky asked, she sighed sadly and whipped a stray tear. "Poor Hades."
"Well, Persephone didn't want to leave Hades, so he gave her a pomegranate from the underworld. She ate six seeds. Do you know what that means?" She asked. Sky shook her head and nuzzled into Rosalie. "That means Persephone stayed with her mother for the spring and summer time, while she went to Hades in the fall and winter time."
Sky farrowed her brows and looked towards her window with leaves reblooming on some trees. "So, Persephone is home with Demeter right now, right?" Rosalie nodded and pulled the younger Swan closer to her.
"That's right, kiddo." The blond muttered.
Sky smiled but turned her head and went to sleep, just to sleep. Rosalie smiled and placed her hands on the child's forehead but felt how cold she was. Rosalie looked up to Leah with a small worried look. "Get Sam, now." She said.
Leah rushed down stairs and hollered for her Alpha. He turned to her with raised eyebrows. "You need to get upstairs now." Sam nodded and rushed up stairs with Carlisle, Charlie, Bella and Edward on his tail.
Rosalie got out of bed and looked to her 'father'. "She went cold, and her heart beat is slow." She muttered the last part, hoping that Charlie didn't hear it, which he didn't he was too worried about Sky.
Carlisle took Sky's wrist in his and felt her heart beat, she was colder than him and her breaths were short.
"Oh, she's fine." Bella said. "Sky is just faking being sick, dad."
Charlie just ignored his oldest and sat next to his youngest. "C'mon, chickadee, I know you can hear me. You have to wake up. Who I am gonna take fishing with me this summer?" He choked back some tears as he took her hand. "She's cold." He muttered.
Carlisle looked to Sam and nodded. It was the bond, it was weakening and killing Sky. "Charlie, I think you should let Sam and Sky be alone."
Charlie had remembered the talk Carlisle about the bond between Sam and Sky, and he agreed that whatever they had together it needs to be repaired. He stood tall and looked to Sam. "Take care of my daughter." He demanded. Charlie and Carlisle left the room with sighs.
Sam nodded and looked to Sky with a small smile but was stopped by Edward. "Let go." He snarled.
Edward narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "Let the bond break so that way we can have Sky the way she was supposed to be."
Sam chuckled humorlessly and pulled Edward to his chest by gripping his clothes. "If you think I am gonna let you beak this bond, you are so wrong. I care about Sky and if you think just by making her just like you are gonna fix things, it's not. Leave Sky alone or your head is going on my wall. Got me?" Alpha came through and growled at him.
Edward puled at the Alpha's hands and growled. "Fine." He took Bella by the hand and guided her out the door. But she kept protesting, wanting to stay in the room with Sky. Edward just shook his head and pulled her out of the bed room.
When they got down stairs, Alice had her chin to her chest and Jasper having his arms crossed and shaking his head at his wife. The pack all smirked and were tapping their toes on waiting on their little tyke to get well. Carlisle and Esme were talking to Rosalie and Emmett about everything.
After that fiasco, Sam pulled Sky to his warm chest and talked to her in Quileute. He knew that she knew some Quileute but not a lot, it was something that she was trying to so that way they could talk to eahc other in secret.
"I know you can hear me, kiddo." He muttered. "You are my rock, I love and care for you. I don't want you to leave this earth knowing that I wasn't here by your side. You should see my wolf, he is going crazy right now." He nuzzled into his neck and kissed the back of her neck.
"Know that I love you and want a life with you. I don't want you to leave me, Sky. I really don't." Sam said.
Sam laid on her bed with Sky on his chest. Sam let out a breath of relief when Sky sighed and nuzzled into him. "Sammy." She muttered. Sam chuckled and thanked Taha Aki in a silent pray. He nuzzled back into her curly hair that he could smell a bit of sweat in it.
But back downstairs Bella was begging her dad to let her and him go back upstairs to check on Sam and Sky because obviously it has been an hour and half of the pack already left due to their parents, but Leah and Embry were only ones left.
He was about to protest but Carlisle said that he wanted to check on her too. Charlie gave in as he, Bella, Edward, Alice and the doctor went upstairs while Leah and Embry stayed down stairs. They knew Sky was ok because her heart picked back up and so did her scent.
When they opened the door, they noticed that Sam was asleep with Sky on top of him. The doctor slowly and silently sat next to the wolf and his imprint and checked on the child, he noticed with his eyes that she had gotten her color back in her face and her heart beat had picked up again.
Carlisle placed his hand on her forehead but only to be stopped by Sam, whose eyes were open, and they were golden. "Sam, I am just checking on her temperature." Sam let go of Carlisle and pulled Sky closer to him. The doctor smiled when Sky rubbed his clothed chest and moaned. He laid his hand on her forehead and felt that her temperature was normal.
Carlisle looked to Charlie and said, "She is fine."
Charlie sighed and thanked the doctor.
"I told you she was faking it." Bella muttered. Edward wrapped his arm around her shoulder and nodded at the father.
Charlie groaned and shook his head. He looked to Bella with a very stern look. "Why? Why do you hate Sam and your own sister so much?" He asked.
Bella shrugged. "She is faking it, dad. I bet if you asked Leah, she would say that Sky was faking it too."
Charlie shook his head and looked to his shoes. He knew that Bella was doing this to get attention because Sky was this close to death, so Bella wasn't happy that Sky was getting the attention that she needed to live. Charlie wasn't ready to lose a daughter, so he was happy with his decision.
"Bella, knock it off." Charlie said.
"But, dad, she is lying." Bella pleaded.
Charlie just shook his head and turned back to his littlest daughter as Edward took Bella out of her room with a not so happy look.
"She'll be ok." Carlisle said as he looked back to Charlie. "Just keep her home tomorrow and she will be good as new."
Charlie nodded and kissed Sky on the head and nodded to Sam who feel back to sleep.
Carlisle was packing his stuff away but stopped when Sam said, "Thank you." The doctor nodded to the wolf out of respect and left the room, knowing that Sam would protect Sky no matter what.
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Day 4
Sky woke up with a smile on her face and the sun shining through her window. She felt kind of hot though, she looked up to find Sam on her bed. She gasped and wrapped her arms around his neck. She felt him wrap his arms around her and pulled her tight to his chest.
Sky pulled away from him and asked, "Is this real? Are you real?"
Sam nodded with a smile on his face. "Yes, ma'am I am real." He kissed her forehead and rubbed her back. "Are you ok?" He asked.
She pulled away from him and nodded. "Yeah, I feel fine. Maybe sore, but I am ok." Sam nodded at that. He was happy that she was alive and had color back in her cheeks.
"Are you hungry?" He asked. Sky nodded after her stomach made its appearance. He smiled and carried her down stairs.
Charlie had his back turned to Sam and Sky but not Bella, Edward and Alice who were giving them dirty looks.
"Hi, daddy." Sky rasped.
Charlie stopped making eggs and looked to his daughter. He walked towards his daughter and pulled her into a hug, he was so happy to see her up and around again. Charlie kissed her temple and said, "I am so happy to see you, Chickadee."
Sky giggled and said, "I am too, Honey Badger."
Charlie belly laughed and pulled away from her, he let Sam take Sky to the table and set her scrambled eggs, butter toasted and Sunny Dee. While she ate Sam and Charlie talked about maybe getting together to fish sometime soon which they both agreed with Sky saying that she would do it too.
Bella wasn't too happy this at all. This imprint was rubbing her the wrong way, she had to find a way to make sure that Sam stays away from Sky. The word 'Imprint' just made her sick to her stomach. Sky deserved better than Sam Uley, of all people. Same for Jacob and this Melissa. This 'Imprinting' was bothering.
Edward had rubbed her shoulders to get rid of the tension as he looked to Alice for help. She shrugged, finally giving up on this whole fiasco.
Alice saw how happy Sky and Sam were, so she just finally wanted this drama to end. They had other monsters to worry about at this point and time.
Sam and Sky had a fun day together. She actually felt well enough to say that she felt better. Carlisle said that she was clear and can be a normal child again which Sky loved personally. She was happy.
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That night, in Seattle, Washington Riley stood away from the screaming newborns killing and attacking bystanders.
Riley had a dark purple long sleeve shirt in his hands that still had the sandalwood scent clung to it. He felt like he had some connection with this small child in some way, but he can't put his finger on it.
Victoria came around him and kissed his neck. "What's that?" She asked as she took the shirt out of his hands. She farrowed her brows and sniffed the shirt. The scent smelled familiar but nothing on her radar was coming up. "I have never smelt this scent before."
"I feel like I knew her." Riley said. "She is connected to me somehow."
"Focus on the Cullens then we find this person. Although," She held the shirt out arm length with a smirk. "This seems to belong to a child and you know that I don't touch kids." She gave him back the shirt and walked back towards the newborns, watching them change before her eyes.
Riley looked back down at the shirt and sighed. He was going to find the person no matter what.
Author's Notes: Wow. That was one intense update I tell ya. Jesus Christmas. But, I hope I didn't make y'all cry too much by the dream, I just got this sick twisted idea from Lion King to use that scene and it works. Just don't kill me, ok? Ok! But, I hope y'all enjoyed it. And P.S. I plan to have Carlisle take care of Edward and Alice while Charlie grounds Bella for life! Also, Sky's fun facts, do you want those to continue or what not? Because to me they are very fun to write because some of them are mostly my facts or something random I pull out of the sky...lol!