A/N: If you don't like the characters or plot, then don't read. This is slightly AU as fair as Lana and their ancestry and stuff like that. But the main premise will not change.

DISCLAIMER: I only own my OC, nothing else.

WORD COUNT: 2, 310

Chapter 14

Twilight's Pass

Lana rolled her stiff shoulders, having fallen asleep on one of the cafeteria chairs.

What she had inflicted during the fight with James was far less threatening than what Bella had sustained. Lana had gotten off with a minor concussion and a few stitches here and there, quite a few cuts and bruises but nothing life-threatening, especially since her quick recovery had lessened the severity of the blow to her head. Carlisle wasn't sure what kind of strength Lana possessed for her to even move while concussed and stumbling around, but somehow she was able to walk, talk and she was completely alert.

He had no answer for how what should have been a severe concussion, to the point where she shouldn't have been able to move or be incredibly sluggish and nauseated, was minor, given the amount of blood she had lost and the large bump wasn't pointing to 'minor' at all.

Lana was something else completely.

Carlisle sat down in the opposite seat and Lana's tired eyes followed him, "it's good to see you out here, instead of cooped up in that hospital room."

"Is she okay?" Was Lana's only question.

The blonde vampire sighed, "she's going to be okay. The swelling in her brain has lessened, they managed to repair her severed femoral artery, the blood transfusions are working well and the surgery on her leg was successful. I'm positive that she will make a full recovery, but it's going to take some time."

"I failed her." Lana's jaw clenched, her hands tightening fists, "I wasn't strong enough to protect her."

"Hey," Carlisle leaned forward, looking into her tormented honey hazel eyes with his black, "you did more than what was humanly possible. You're possibly one of the strongest humans I have ever come across and while that you being dragged into this predicament is terrifying, but you did your best and if you weren't there, it could have been a lot of worse for Bella." He slowly moved back into his chair, "don't ever feel weak or beat down because you couldn't do more. What you did was more than enough and I'm sure Bella is incredibly grateful."

Lana remained silent before her fists slowly loosened and her open hands remained. "Dr. Cullen, can I ask you something?" Her tired voice rumbled in the space between them.

"Hmm? Oh, of course, Lana." Giving her his undivided attention, the young Swan took a deep, shaky breath before continuing.

"What's a blood guardian?" Her sudden question made Carlisle straighten, blonde brows furrowed in confusion.

"How do you know of blood guardians?" His voice sounded like someone had winded him.

"James brought it up before I smacked his face in with my bat. He must have sniffed me before calling me a blood guardian. I sort of just remembered it now." Lana chuckled nervously, before scratching just underneath the stitches were the punctured skin from the corner needed time to heal. "Am I freak or something and that's why I smell different?"

Carlisle cleared his throat, "no, no not all. You're not a freak, Lana. It's just that blood guardians, that's what we call them, are so rare, so very rare and it should be impossible to actually come across someone like you nowadays, I've never even met one before, in my six hundred years of walking on this soil," the Cullen patriarch sighed, "but according to legend, blood guardians had the ability to mask and overpower other scents and its purpose was to protect those the blood guardian felt that natural instinct to defend," he stated, leaning forward so they were not to be overheard, "especially when they were in the position to protect a family member, or someone they loved very much. Blood guardians are a natural defence to vampires, and they were often in Native American tribes."

"Native American tribes? Why?" Lana asked, intrigued.

"I'm not too sure. Like I said, I've never encountered one before, well, you." Carlisle smiled, "do you have any Native American ancestry?"

"On my father's side. I think my great-great-great-something grandmother and grandfather were from the Cherokee tribe from my Dad's side of the family before we sort of moved around, so it's pretty far in the family tree, not even part of the family at all, but I seem to have inherited it all. I hardly look like Dad and the only resemblance to my mother is my facial features, but even then it's slight." Lana chuckled, pushing straight black hair from her young face, the small cuts had already crusted over and the bruises on her body had started to yellow.

She was an incredibly fast healer, it puzzled him. "But you are definitely Sheriff Swan's daughter, I'm sure if your father was armed with wooden baseball bat and knew of vampires, he'd do the exact same as you did. That was very brave, but also quite stupid to take a vampire on."

"I learnt from my mistake, though, next time I'll bring a metal one." Lana's eyes snapped to the entrance and they got up as Charlie and Renee made their way to their youngest.

"Hi, Lalana." Renee smiled gently, pulling Lana into a warm, motherly hug.

Lana, for the first time since moving to Forks, felt like the small girl she still was as she wrapped her arms around Renee's middle tightly as tears stung in her eyes. "Hi, Mama."

"Are you okay? Let me look at you." Stepping back, Renee's warm hands ran softly all over Lana's face, tracing every youthful line and feature with great attention.

"I'm alright, Mama, it was a flight of stairs, anyway, Bella's worse than me. You should go see her, she'd want to see you when she wakes up." 'Also because she was under the impression that a sadistic tracker vampire had taken you hostage and was going to kill you.' Lana silently mused before pulling away from her mother's loving hug. Renee kissed Lana's small forehead, her thumbs caressing her baby's cheeks before the older woman walked back to her unconscious eldest daughter.

"Thank you for looking after my girls, Dr. Cullen, we're in your debt." Charlie thanked Carlisle profusely.

"You don't need to thank me, Sheriff, just doing my duty as a doctor." Carlisle smiled humbly before taking his leave.

Charlie turned to Lana. "My little girl." His eyes were wet with tears before he too, enveloped her in a gentle hug, like she would break if he held her too tight.

"I'm okay, Daddy. I'm okay." Lana reassured her father, rubbing his back soothingly as he kissed the top of her head, smoothing her hair, deftly avoiding the stitches. "I'm alright."

It was a warm moment between father and daughter, something Lana would probably never forget.

(..)

The debacle with James had been two months ago and both Swan siblings were almost completely healed, save for Bella's leg.

Well, Lana finally got her wish.

She and Bella were going to prom, but while Bella was being escorted by Edward, Lana would be dateless for prom. She'd probably be the only person in Forks High School without a date and you know what? It didn't faze her as much as it probably would've a long time ago.

Walking toward the venue where all of her classmates were, Lana's dress fitted her form. A sequined upper half that shined in the light, the straps were tight around her shoulders, keeping the dress up securely, the neckline was cut pretty short so that it showed quite a bit of cleavage but the bottom is what was beautiful, it was a peach, chiffon fabric with an opaque underskirt and there was a split in the front that stopped at the middle of her thigh. Her hair was straight but tucked behind her ears to showcase her beautiful face and the light makeup that enhanced her features. Her jewelry consisted of delicate silver teardrop earrings, with a thin bracelet wrapped around her wrist. Over her dress, she covered up with a short leather jacket that covered her arms easily, the buckles clinking lightly as she walked.

She looked beautiful.

An appreciative whistle captured her attention, turning her head to the side quizzically, Lana's face lit up as she saw Jacob looking directly at her, his cheeks tinted red. "Jake!" Laughing joyously, she started forward, going as quickly as her thin, strappy heels would allow and she bombarded him with a massive hug.

Laughing along with her, Jacob lifted Lana off her feet, twirling her round much to her delight as she giggled, "you look absolutely gorgeous, what happened to the fierce biker chick?" Teasing, he gently set her back to her feet before stepping back.

"Oh, she's still here." Showing off her jacket, "just thought I'd channel my inner girly-girl tonight."

"Y'know, when you dress, you end up wearing your personality." Jacob mused as Lana's brow lifted in question.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Lana murmured, looking at her best friend and crush like he'd lost his mind.

"No, let me explain," Jake chuckles, "you wear girly things. Like today, you're wearing a gorgeous dress, you're all made up for prom, but instead of choosing some frilly wrappy thing or some cardigan that'd make you totally seem like a girly girl, you're wearing a leather jacket, it suits you. You're girly but tough."

"Thanks, Jake, that means a lot coming from you." Lana played it off externally, but inside she was jumping for joy and screaming to the heavens that he finally noticed her.

Jacob chuckled, pulling her in for one more hug, smiling, "you're welcome, Lana."

Lana beamed as she wrapped her arms around his lanky shoulders, his long hair tickling her face but it was one of the many things she loved about him, his long hair that she used to braid when they were kids. Pulling away slightly, she pressed a soft kiss to his nippy cheek, lingering for a little longer than what would have been considered a 'friendly peck' as her right hand cupped his other reddening cheek. She felt his gasp and his arms tighten around her waist as he leaned into her kiss, rubbing on her softly, like he was an affectionate dog.

Pulling back completely, she smiled, wiping the remnants of the shiny gloss that had transferred from her lips to his cheek. "Thank you, Jake. That's exactly what I needed to hear tonight, especially from you." Jacob's dark eyes made contact with hers, the smile slipped off her lips as he slowly started to lean in once again, just like before in Jacob's Rabbit before a painfully familiar and poorly-timed voice threw ice-cold water on their heated moment and they both jumped apart like they'd been electrocuted.

"Jacob, what are you doing here?" Bella asked, her sceptical eyes following Lana, whose cheeks were bright red and she fiddled with the hem of her jacket.

"Bella!" Jacob's cheeks turned bright red as he stepped even further away from Lana, as if she was contagious and he didn't want to catch her sickness.

"I'll go grab the stuff for myself." Lana mumbled before running off inside the lobby to the receptionist desk, not listening to Jacob's protests to her hasty exit from the awkward and embarrassing turn of the conversation from the arrival of Bella and sighed as she handed the teacher the fee before he gave her the package to which she could get individual and group photos taken.

Sighing, she walked back to see Edward slipping her cardigan over her shoulders, "guess I'll see you around, Bella." With that, Jacob about-faced and walked back into the woods without even noticing that Lana had returned.

"What happened?" Lana asked Bella, who just shrugged.

"I leave you alone for two minutes and the wolves descend." Edward joked, making Bella chuckle, but it made Lana stop. Turning back to where Jacob had disappeared under the cover of the trees, her eyes illuminated, even though there was no sun to speak of, her nerves prickled in some form of anticipation and a predatory grin curled her full, shiny lips.

"Wolves, huh?"

And that is it for Twilight! WOW, that was a rollercoaster and a half, but there is more if you didn't read last time's outro, I will also be writing New Moon as well, keep your eyes peeled. I won't be making a new story, but rather continue it in this one so if you hit that alert button, you'll always get a notification on when I update!

I love you guys so much, thank you for making this story popular and for loving the story and making it amazing. I know my updating is haphazard but sometimes I fall prey to writer's block and we all know how bad that can be, but thank you all once again for sticking by this story and giving it so much love and affection.

Lana and I will see you in New Moon.

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