Elena's POV: (Opening thoughts)
Alice... things are... things are bad again. Bella and I had a big fight and without her and Jake... I just can't stand it... I don't see Edward anymore. But I really feel like he never existed. I will find the place where I can see him again.
I had found it. The field I had laid down with Edward when I had first found out what he was. The moment I knew I loved him.
But it is different now. It is not how I remember. No flowers just grass that is rain soaked but also a dark green. Where is wasn't green the grass was yellow like straw. I cannot remember him in this field with the way it looks. I fall to the ground suddenly.
I give up. I am never going to see Edward again. My relationship with Bella and Jacob is probably ruined.
I stand back up after a minute. I am shocked when I see that I am not alone. Even more shocked that I know the olive-skinned man in front of me.
Laurent the vampire.
"Elena," he says gently.
I answer in a very shocked voice. "Laurent."
He is suddenly a lot closer to me.
"I didn't expect to see you here," he tells me. "I went to visit the Cullen's but... their house is empty. I'm surprised they left you behind. Aren't you sort of um... a pet of theirs?"
"Yeah," I say trying to keep calm as I don't like how close he is to me. "You could say that."
He is circling me now and I keep turning so I am still facing him. "Do the Cullen's visit a lot."
The mirage of Edward suddenly appears and I know its because I am in danger.
"Lie!" It orders me.
I gasp but decide to listen to it.
"Yeah absolutely all the time," I lie but I know its not convincing.
"Lie better." 'Edward' tells me.
"I'll tell them that you stopped by," I tell him as we continue to circle around and he keeps his red eyes locked with mine. "I probably shouldn't tell... Edward. Cause he's pretty protective."
"But he's far away isn't he?" Laurent says with his hands raised.
I decide to counter his question with one of my own. "Why are you here?"
"I came as a... favour to Victoria," he says to me.
I am shocked to hear the name of the woman who has a vendetta with Edward after he killed James.
"Victoria," I repeat her name. As far as I knew Laurent had abandoned Victoria and James to go and live with the other Vegetarian family the Denali's.
"She asked me to see if you were still under the protection of the Cullen's," he tells me and I begin to wonder why she would want to know that. "Victoria feels it's only fair to kill Edward's mate, given he killed hers, an eye for an eye."
"Threaten him," the voice tells me.
"Edward would know who did it," I point out even though it's a lie. "And he'd come after you."
He shakes his head mockingly. "I dont think I will. After all, how much could you mean to him, if he left you here unprotected. Oh, Victoria won't be happy about my killing you. But I can't help myself. You are mouthwatering."
"Please don't," I beg him. "You helped us."
He is suddenly right in my face, his hands on either side as he begins to speak quietly.
"No, shh shh shh," he tells me. "Don't be afraid. I'm doing you a kindness. Victoria plans on killing you slowly. Painfully. Whereas I'll make it quick. I promise. You will feel nothing."
He steps away from me and raises his hand. It is official I am gonna die.
I close my eyes and whisper. "Edward I love you. Bella I'm sorry."
There is a sound of a branch breaking just into the trees and Laurent stops just as he is about to strike me.
"I don't believe it," he says and I reopen my eyes.
I turn as a black wolf, and a ginger and grey wolf come out of the woods. But these are not regular sized wolves. These are about three times the size of a normal wolf.
My mouth drops open in shock as they growl at Laurent. A second later and four more wolves come out of the shadows all a variety of colors. The orange one growls again before snapping his jaws at Laurent, who turns and runs off at vamp speed.
The other werewolves begin to follow but the ginger and grey one and the rusty brown one both hesitate as they see me. Oh god they're going to kill me as well.
But a second later they both snarl before also running after Laurent.
Half way across the field I see Laurent turn and stop. He wacks the Black one sending him flying back towards me. He just gets back to his feet, snarls and runs back towards Laurent.
I've seen enough, I'm out of here.
I run off back towards the woods.
I race into the house where Charlie and Harry were sat down and Bella is doing the pots in the kitchen.
"Dad I saw them!" I say as I run into the kitchen.
"What's the matter?" He says at the same time and Bella looks around but I avoid her eyes.
I haven't forgotten what happened.
"In the woods," I tell them. "They're not bears."
"What do you mean in the woods?" He asks sounding annoyed. "Elena what the hell are you doing in the woods?"
"They're wolves," I tell him and I can feel I am wide eyed. "I mean they're huge wolves."
"Are you sure about that Elena?" Harry asks him,
"Yeah I just saw them," I tell them and then I nearly mess up. "They were after... something."
Can't explain what they were after. Bella is staring at me so she can probably guess.
"Wolves? You saw em?" Charlie asks and I nod my head so he turns to Harry. "All right. Well... Harry? Feel like going hunting? Get some of your guys together?"
Harry agrees with a few words but I ignore them as I begin to realise something. By now those wolves will be dead. And Laurent would have told her I am unprotected. Victoria.
I had gasped as I realise how much danger myself and my family are in.
"I should go to the station," Charlie tells Bella and I.
"Yeah you should go," I agree as he gets to his feet.
He turns back to both of us. "Can you both just stay in the house?"
I nod before he leaves and Bella turns to me.
"So can I ask..." she begins as she hears the door close. "What aren't you telling Charlie?"
I sigh. I can't lie to my twin anymore. If he cared... he wouldn't have left.
"It was a vampire they attacked," I tell her and she nods. "He was trying to kill me."
She comes towards me and takes my hands. "Are you okay? Why was he trying to kill you?"
I begin to tell her the story of what happened last year, especially with what is going off now. By the end she looks sick.
"You know I'm not letting you out of my sight till I know you're safe," she says. "I'm sleeping in your room tonight."
Even though I want to argue I know that it will be useless.
"Elena?" I hear Bella's voice whispering as she shakes me awake. "Do you hear that?"
I sit up and listen but I begin to panic as something hits the window. VICTORIA!
"Bella go," I say but she stubbornly stays. "I don't want to lose you."
"Not a chance," she says sounding a lot braver then she must be. "I'm not le-"
Before she can continue we hear a very familiar voice say. "Elena!"
I head to the window and open it. Both Bella and I look outside to see Jacob there. I am shocked but also curious to why he is here.
"You scared us," I point out to him. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Both of you back up I'm coming up," he says and I watch shocked as he runs up the wall, jumps and grabs one of the tree branches, he then jumps to the wall, kicks off from the tree and jumps through my window.
I scoff still not happy with him.
He steps forward and looks at both Bella and I. But once again his eyes seem to mainly be on Bella.
"Hey, guys," he says but we both ignore him as I pull up my sleeves. "Look I'm sorry."
He had taken a step towards us but Bella put her hand out and stopped him. She seems a little disturbed as she touches his skin but I don't ask why.
"For what?" I ask him.
"I wish I could explain," he tells me and then he moves around Bella and I and we turn to face him as he continues to speak. "But I literally... can't."
I see him glance at the dreamcatcher he brought me for my birthday. I hang it above my bed to try and stop my nightmares. Doesn't work well but that's because heaven itself couldn't control my nightmares.
"Have either of you ever had a secret toy couldn't tell anyone?" He asks both of us. "One that wasn't yours to share."
I'd say so.
I look down as he sits down. Bella just glances at me as we now share a secret. About vampires.
When we don't answer he knows that we do have secrets. "Well it's like that for me. But worse. You both have no idea how tight I'm bound."
Bella steps forward and places her hand on his head and she speaks as she goes. "I hate this. I hate what they've done to you."
I also step forward and place my hand on his shoulder. He takes my wrist off of his shoulder and in the process he spots the crescent moon bite marks on my wrist that I got from James. I cover it up with my wrist as I can see it is upsetting him.
Jake then looks up at me in shock but I just stare down at the floor. I know what the scar means, I had told Bella earlier what the scar means and by the look on Jakes face... he knows what the scar means.
"I mean the killer part is, you already know," he snaps at me and by the end of his sentence he is on his feet and Bella and I stare at him in shock. "You guys, do you remember the day we walked along the beach in La Push? The stor-"
For some reason he cannot finish his sentence so I do it for him. "The story. The story about..."
"The cold ones," Bella finishes seeing as I am also struggling.
"I guess I understand why that's the only part you remember," Jake says nodding and I am confused. There was another part to the story.
He walks around us and I turn to stare at him as does Bella.
As he taps the dresser I glance at Bella before speaking. "There's gotta be something that you can do-"
"No," he cuts me off with a hint of no nonsense in his tone. "I'm in it for life."
Bella glances at me.
"Maybe we should all just get out of here for a while," she suggests and I nod as we had been discussing this. "We'll just leave. Just the three of us."
Jacob glances from her to me and back again. "You two would do that?"
I was willing to do it once before but the man I was doing it for ran off without me. "We would do it for you."
Jacob turns away and he seems to hesitate.
"It's not something I can just run away from you guys," he tells us but then he turns to us with a gentle look on his face. "But I would run away with you two. If I could," he shakes his head and it makes me hate Damon and Sam. "I gotta go."
"No you don't," I tell him and Bella nods in agreement with me.
"I do, they'll start wondering where I am," he tells me and I sigh but nod before pulling first Bella then I into a group hug. Then he begins whispering to us. "Come here. Please... try to remember. It'd be so much easier if you both knew."
"We'll try," Bella tells him as he begins to move towards the window.
"But Jake," I begin wanting to continue to talk to him but he still moves towards his exit. "Jake what are you doing? Wait, Jake!"
But we cannot stop him as he launches himself out of the window. He lands on his feet without any sign of injury before taking off. I share a look of disbelief with my sister.
She whispers his name before we make the decision to go to bed.
(Dream)
I am suddenly laying in the woods of La Push. It is dark and this seems familiar. I sit up and see Edward stood in front of me.
"Edward I'm scared," I tell him.
"You should be!" he says.
He suddenly turns into Jacob, who is moving through the woods within a blink of my eyes.
I begin to remember Jake's voice in La Push. "Really it's just like an old story. I'm not really supposed to say anything about it. Did you know Quillettes are supposedly descended from... wolves."
As I was hearing his voice I had been walking towards the last spot I had seen him before he disappeared. I see Charlie on the floor and stood over him is a wolf with blood all over it's muzzle.
I then have a flashback of a wolf in the woods growling right before Damon picked me up and brought me back.
I sit up quickly. It is now morning and Bella is also sitting up. We both look at each other before we both say the same words.
"Jake's a werewolf!"
QUEENC2020:
Sorry it took me so long.