Quote of the day: "You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." -Dr. Seuss

Chapter 23

Days turned to weeks, and weeks quickly turned into months. Harry had decide to follow through with his heart treatment and Leah and Seth still had yet to phase. I spent most of my time with Edward, the Cullen's or Leah (who had officially became one of my best friends). Leah still hadn't told me about her and Sam's break up but I could see that she was going to soon. Also I still went to Forks High since I am about to graduate and I would stick out like a sore thumb if I went to La Push High.

It was now February and my birthday party had gone off without a hitch. Amias was right, my blood did nothing to heighten the Cullen's thirst nor did it drive them crazy if I spilt a drop or two.

Everything was peaceful... but I couldn't help but notice the dread and foreboding that was ever present in the back of my mind. Me and the Cullen's had discussed a lot about my dream (not really going into specific details) and came to the conclusion that some events are fixed. This meant that some events were bound to happen no matter how hard we tried to stop it.

This theory was confirmed today.

In the morning I had woken up and went downstairs at help Sue make breakfast. This was our routine. As I sat down at the table, I glanced up at Harry who was reading the newspaper. Shock, fear and panic raced through me as my eyes caught the newspaper headline 'Suspicious teen disappearances!' There was a picture of the front, one I remembered all too well. His blond hair and brown eyes still haunted a corner of my mind, except when I saw him his eyes were red. Riley.

"Harry, can I take a look at that?" I asked. Harry's eyes peered over the top of the paper, at first he looked like he was about to protest, but the look on my face must have immediately alerted him. He handed me the paper with a frown creasing his forehead, Sue was now standing curiously beside him. They both watched me intensely as I leafed through the paper to find more information about the disappearances.

Once I found it I began to read. "In Seattle there has been a total of 22 disappearances over the last few months, as well as many deaths resulting from unexplained fires. One of the first to go missing is a local boy named Riley Biers age 18..."

I didn't need to read anymore. I knew what was happening, but Victoria was dead. Who else had a vendetta against us? I was assuming it is one of us because a newborn army wouldn't be created in a city where the disappearances would be discovered quickly.

I sat there chewing at my lip and in deep thought, "Bella, what is it?" Harry's voice snapped me out of my daze. Harry's eyes were still trained on me and Sue had now moved her hand so that it clutched at Harry's shoulders.

I just shook my head and said, "I am going to borrow this." I waved the newspaper before I rushed out the kitchen, out of the house and towards my truck. Before I drove off I sent a quick text message to Edward saying to meet me and the wolves at the treaty line- there I will have to tell them.

It didn't take long to get to Sam and Emily's. I quickly pulled into the driveway, hearing the dull crush of the stones under my trucks tires, and got out walking hastily towards the door. I almost made it there, until the irritating growling voice of Paul Lahote shouted behind me. "What the hell are you doing here, Leech Lover?"

The old me would have flinched at the pure venom and hatred that radiated from him but the new me spun around to meet him with a glare of my own. "I am here to see Sam, not you, Dog." I sneered. Internally I was both cheering for myself and scolding myself because A) I just stood up to Paul, the Packs hot-headed werewolf and B) I just provoked said hot-headed werewolf.

"Yeah, well you can't. So go home to your f****** leech." Paul trembled slightly. I think I should have been scared-I would have been scared- if I had any sense of self-preservation that it.

"You don't get to tell me what to do, Paul. You don't want me here, well tough shit. I am, so get over it." His trembling increased.

"Bella, what are you doing here?" I spun around once again to see Jacob running down the steps with Sam and Embry behind him. Jared running out of the forest.

"Jake!" I exclaimed as he stopped in front of me. "I needed to see Sam and the Pack." Everyone around me froze and for a second I didn't understand why but then it clicked. "I thought Harry told you I knew."

Jake shook his head, "No he didn't."

"Oh." Was all I could say. I turned to see Paul, he was trembling but not as severely as before. He glared at me, a burning hot glared that would have given anyone third degree burns and sent then crying in the opposite direction. "Can't wait for him to meet Rachel." I muttered under my breath, then smirked thinking that one day Rachel is going to have that pup wrapped around her finger.

"What do you mean, you can't wait for him to meet Rachel?" Jake asked.

I shook my head, "That is not what is important right now. The Cullen's want to meet you, all of you, at the treaty line."

"What? Why?" Sam said, turning quickly to Alpha mode.

"Well, really I am the one who is setting up the meeting but they will be there as well. Somethings going to happen and it is going to put everyone in danger. Not just La Push but Forks and, if we don't stop it, then maybe ever more towns."

"Okay, let's go." Sam shouted out. He then turned to Emily, who had quietly stepped out of the house, kissing her goodbye.

The boys phased and were about to race off when I shouted, "Do you mind if I get a lift?" There was a short pause as the wolves spoke to one-another silently, then Jacobs russet wolf walked over to me and lowered himself to the floor. I smiled and muttered a 'thank you' before climbing clumsily onto him. Then we were running.

As they wolves ran, I squeezed my eyes shut and buried my head into Jake's fur, trying to block out the nausea the rose in my stomach. It didn't take long for them to reach the treaty line and then they were face to face with the Cullen's and I was standing in the middle. The wolves were growling at the vampires and the vampires were hissing at the wolves. Once again it felt like I was Switzerland.

Hey, I was thinking about changing POV for the next chapter. Who's POV do you want me to write in- personally I was thinking Edward's or Jacob's or maybe Sam's?

Hope you liked the chapter.