Chapter Twenty Five
The next morning I found Fable out on the balcony, she was alone something she hadn't been since we got here, the Eagles were always with her telling stories and reminiscing about the old days. I'd tried to talk to her last night but she'd been deep in conversation with Tali discussing the friends they had both lost since they'd last seen each other, apparently Rufus's wife, another Eagle had passed away recently.
I walked up behind her I wanted to wrap my arms around her waist and press my lips to her neck but it was too much I shouldn't and so I didn't. Instead I just stood beside her leaning on the rails. Neither of us spoke for a good ten minuets we just stood there in each others company, I was surprised when Fable spoke first. "Why do you think the birds sing?" she asks. I frown for a second wondering why she would ask me that.
"What do you mean?" I ask
"When I was little girl my Father would tell me when a bird sang at dusk it was all the mother birds calling their children home, and in the morning it was the mother birds telling their children to be home in time for tea. It was a stupid story for a little human girl, a girl that should have had a regular life and died hundreds of years ago" she says still staring off into the forest.
"Why are you telling me this?" I ask
"I don't wish you a normal life, because I don't wish you dead. Russ was ... well he was many things but I would never have even wished him away. I didn't wish or ask for you, to find you or rather for you to find me I guess you're the one who did the imprinting" she sighs "and before you take this the wrong way as well, I'm not saying I wish you hadn't I'm saying don't think that I would wish you away either"
"I don't think that" I tell her
"Yes you do, you think I'd run to another man in the event of your death. What I'm saying to you is that I wouldn't and certainly not to Demitri. He's a Vampire Skar! Not a mellow little kitty cat one, a big bad one with blood red eyes" she sighs and turns her back to the railing "people who knew Russ don't find it hard to believe I found another sprit because they know what he was like and they all tell me the gods got it wrong with me and him. But I don't think they got it wrong with us, do you?" she asks
"No" I say instantly
"Then put this away and trust me? Trust us?" she says and I sigh
"Then look me in the eye and tell me you don't feel anything for him?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"The fact that you even have to ask me that proves that you don't trust in us" she says then walks away.
I wanted to believe her, I wanted to run after her and tell her I did. But there was still that niggling feeling of doubt chewing at the back of my mind. No matter what I did or what she said I just couldn't shake it. maybe it was the imprint telling me I couldn't let my guard down I'm not really sure what but something was telling me Demitri was bad news, something kept telling me he was going to take Fable away from me. I moped back inside where Jasper was sitting reading a book. He snapped the book shut and glared at me.
"Do you mind? You're negativity and all round grumpiness is giving me a headache" he says.
"Sorry" I sigh.
"What's going on?" he asks.
"You can read emotions maybe you can help me?"
"Help you with what?" he asks.
"Does Fable have feelings for Demitri?" I ask. He blinks at me a couple of times then gets up out of his seat laying the book to one side.
"Oh no, I'm not even touching that" Jaspers says and walks away into the kitchen, I sigh and follow him.
"Come on man I thought we were, you know... I thought we were friends?" I say, he looks at me for a second and then rolls his eyes.
"Oh you son of a bitch" he sighs
"So?"
"How am I supposed to know? that girl doesn't even know what she's feeling right now" Jasper tells me.
"So she does feel something for him?" I ask and Jasper shrugs his shoulders.
"I don't know what to tell you Skar. What I do know is being here with the Eagles it's bringing up a lot of old memories, from the feel of it sad memories. She's having a hard time right now and you both need your heads on straight for whatever's coming. My advice would be either sort it out fast or let it go and hope your both still around to fix it after the fight, I know which I'd do" he says.
We were about ready to head off home when Alice leaped out of the tree and landed silently in-between Carlisle and Teague. "Jesus Christ Alice" Teague complained clutching his racing heart.
"Sorry but this was too urgent to climb" Alice says
"What is it Alice?" Carlisle asks her
"I know where the battle will take place" she says and everyone crowds closer waiting to know where they're fate will be met. "An old timber yard here in Canada, it's not too far from here, at the base of the mountains maybe about a mile away"
"I know it" Rufus says
"Then our trip home would be futile" Jasper says
"Yes it will make more sense for the others to come here" Carlisle agrees
"Others? What others?" Rufus asks "Fable?"
"Well there's Carlisle's wife and they're other children, then there's the rest of the wolf pack. Oh and a few of the Cullen's cousin's from Alaska" Fable says
"And I assume these are what did you call it? Vegetarians?" Rufus says
"Of course" Carlisle assures him
"Aren't you forgetting somebody?" Teague asks Fable.
"Ah yeah" Fable nods and bites her lip, I guess she doesn't think Rufus is going to take this very well "There's also a few other Vampires we made allegiance with" she says.
"Great more Vampires" Max sighs
"Quiet" Rufus tells him
"They're members of the Voltori, or they were. We told you how Marcus left the others well some of the guard went with him and formed sort of a rebellion" Fable explains "Well that's what we've been calling them anyway" she adds with a shrug.
"Yeah they haven't come up with a name for their boy band yet" I mutter under my breath and Micah sniggers. Fable shoots a glare at him and he quickly shuts up.
"Voltori?" Rufus asks
"Yes"
"Let me guess these rebels are blood suckers right?" Max asks
"Little bit yeah" Fable admits and Max rolls his eyes
"But they will honour our truce and not hunt on these lands" Carlisle says quickly.
"And you neglected to tell us this why?" Rufus asks looking at Fable
"Well I didn't think the fight would take place on your land for starters" she says with a shrug.
"Come on Ru? So we're working with the bad guys to get the even badder guys" Max says wiggling his eyebrows. Everyone turns and looks at him, Rufus is scowling but I can see Fable trying not to smile. He's sat on a low tree branch with Tali sat on his lap with her back leant against him, even she smirks and looks up at him. "What?" he asks.
"Fine we're in" Rufus huffs.
Before long the word was out and within a matter of days the others started to arrive. The pack first then the rest of the Cullen's and the Denali. I was training outside with Micah and Garrett when they arrived; Max came over to where the three of us were stood. "Your blood sucking friends have arrived" he says "I can smell them from here"
"Trust me they're no friends of mine" I tell him
"I still can't believe you have an allegiance with them in the first place" Garrett says shaking his head.
"Don't look at me that was Jake's idea"
"Oh yeah one of his better ones for sure" Micah says and Garrett and Max laugh. But I wasn't paying attention I was watching them approach in their black cloaks as they glided towards us. Max snorted under his breath.
"Ooh scary?" he smirked and I rolled my eyes
"I think they were aiming for debonair" Garrett chuckles quietly.
The Rebels walk up to us, Marcus in the middle with Demitri and Felix either side of him and two other guard I didn't know on each side of them, seven? That was it? "Please tell Carlisle that we have arrived" Marcus says in his mellow drawl. I glance at Micah and he nods, he turns to head inside when Max grabs his elbow and pulls him back to where we're stood.
"Who died and made you king of jack shit?" Max asks.
"What are you doing?" Micah whispers to him
"How about you tell him yourself" Max says. Everything happens so fast I'm knocked on my ass as I watch Garrett fly against the base of the tree house and Micah pulled behind Demitri's back. Felix grabs Max by the throat and he shoves him off, phasing in the process. He's an Eagle but not a bald eagle like Rufus, he's dark brown with white on the fronts of his wings and and on his tail plume.
"Felix don't" Demitri warns but Felix obviously isn't listening. He lunges at Max and manages to grab him by the wing and pull him back down to the ground; the bird lets out a shrill cry. I get to my feet and phase tackling Felix off of Max in the same leap, Felix tumbles to the floor. He rights himself and snarls at me.
"Enough!" Marcus bellows, everyone's eyes swivel to him as if they've never heard him speak that loudly either. "Please inform Carlisle that I will be waiting in the clearing when he is ready to see me" he says back to his regular slow tone. Then Marcus turns and retreats back the way he came into the trees, Felix stands brushing himself off, he shoots a look at an obviously in pain Max then speeds after Marcus and the others. Demitri is the only one who remains. No prizes for guessing what for. He turns to Micah.
"You alright?" he asks
"I'm fine, I don't need your help" Micah snaps at him then walks over to me and Max, he looks at us "Should I bring Carlisle?" he asks me all I can do is shrug my shoulders I have no way of communicating with either of them in this form. "Right I'll bring you some clothes too" he says then jogs towards the house, by this point people have started coming outside to investigate the commotion.
Micah returned with Carlisle before long and Max and I phased back onto human legs. Rufus came out too and he was pissed. "This is unacceptable! How could one of yours be so rude to attack my kin when it is through our goodwill you are even stepping foot on this land!" Rufus yells at Demitri.
"With all due respect, I believe it was your friend here that started the fight by insulting our Master. He's lucky to be alive" Demitri tells him all Rufus graces him with is a huff.
"Let's all settle down?" Carlisle suggests "No one is an enemy here the real enemy is out there, save your anger for them. Now if Maximus is alright I will see Marcus" he says
"I'm ok, Thank you Carlisle" Max says while Tali fusses over him.