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Author/Note 1: This story is the sequel of Our Dawn 5. For the ones who don't know anything about Our Dawn Series, you can always read Our Dawn 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Our Dawn Series Specials but if you don't want to bother I have a resume on my profile page. As it would be expected this is a next generation story and as such, it's focused on Jake and Leah's children.

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A/Note 3: I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry for my grammar and spelling. Thank you for reading.

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Book I – The Third

Isaac Black

10. Family reunion

Another howl woke Sophia up.

"Isaac? What the hell is howling outside?" She asked shivering either I couldn't tell if she was afraid or simply cold.

"It's probably a wolf." I tried not to sound too worried. Wolves were common animals in many areas of the USA. These ones were just not so common. But Sophia didn't need to know about that.

"It sounds massive." She commented.

They probably were. I had seen my brother Will morphed into a russet wolf ten years ago. He was only fifteen at that time and already seemed huge to me. Now he was probably twice that size.

Sophia left the bed and went to the window to take a look. Fortunately there was no sign of the moon since the sky was covered by low black clouds. There was probably a storm coming soon.

"I think I can see it. On the tree line but it's too dark to be sure."

"Stay away from the window."

"Should we call the reception? Or maybe the animal control?"

"This must be normal around here." I said. Even though I didn't want to go back home, I couldn't call the animal control and send them after my family. "Wolves, bears, wildcats… there are many wild animals on those woods. We're safe inside."

Sophia nodded but neither of us relaxed enough to go back to sleep. And to make things worse, the wolves kept howling.

"Maybe the wolf is hurt." Sophia said sitting back on the bed. "Or maybe it's calling more wolves."

They're calling me. I realized suddenly. They were trying to tell me they weren't leaving without me. Focusing a little bit more I was able to recognize the wolves. When I first detected the wolves coming after me in Port Angeles, I had noticed they all had similar odors but these two wolves had a distinctive smell that I would recognize anywhere in the world. They shared the same blood with me.

If my twin brothers kept howling like this people would call the police or the animal control. Were they aware of the danger they were facing by coming here after me? Or were they counting that I would go with them pacifically?

"I think it's more than one." Sophia went back to the window. "And I think there's a storm coming. I won't be able to sleep with those howls… God it looks like we're in a horror movie."

I've been there. I thought bitterly. Actually my life had turned into a horror movie.

"I'm going to call the animal control." Sophia decided and grabbing her cell phone she called an assistant to ask for the number of the Animal Control Service in Brinnon.

"Wait." I asked her.

"What?"

"I'll sort this out. Don't call the animal control just yet."

Sophia turned off the call and looked suspiciously at me.

"How can you sort this out?" She asked. "How can you make them shut up?"

"Wait for me here."

"You're kidding, right?"

"No."

"You can't go outside!"

"It's alright. I know what to do."

"Isaac! We're talking about wolves! Wild animals that kill humans occasionally. We don't even know how many there are!"

"Two." I replied. "There are two wolves outside and I'll make them leave."

"I won't let you go. That's suicide."

"I have a gun." I lied. Sophia opened her eyes in shock but I didn't know if she was shocked to know I had a gun with me or if she was shocked because I wanted to go outside. "I learned how to shoot when I was twelve. I'm pretty good at it." She was still silent. "I've never used the gun on people, if that's what you're wondering." I added.

Then Sophia took a few steps towards me and hugged me tightly.

"Even with a gun, I'm scared the wolves will kill you." She sobbed quietly.

"You've clearly never seen me shoot. I never miss my target." I told her. I had always hated liars and now here I was lying and cheating. I had never held a gun in my life, much less shoot animals but what choice did I have? If I told her the truth things would be even more difficult for me to explain.

"Please stay here." She begged.

I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back a little. I was suddenly very self-conscious of our close proximity and that was making me feel anxious.

"Look, I'll be back in a flash, okay? I'm just going to scare them off."

Realizing that Sophia was too scared to move, I kissed her forehead and left the bedroom as fast as I could. It was now or never. I had to face my brothers as soon as possible and get them to leave the area.

A cold and strong wind was blowing and I ran from the motel compound to the tree line hoping my brothers wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the woods. I had no idea if Sophia was the only person besides me who had woken up after hearing the twins' howls. More people could be watching from their windows right now and it would be rather unfortunate if my brothers were seen.

I was a bit surprised when I realized I could see perfectly in the dark and that I could feel their presence not far from me. The woods were quiet when I got there. Too quiet actually.

The howls stopped. I noticed.

From there on I gave small steps towards the place I knew my brothers would be.

I was about a hundred feet past the tree line when I felt them coming closer. Harry was coming from my left side and William from my right side. Despite the darkness I could see both wolves coming for me. They approached me quietly while I stood still. I had no idea what they had been instructed to do.

Both Harry and Will's wolf forms were russet and just like I had anticipated, they were huge.

Watching them I wondered if they would understand me if I spoke to them? Would they attack me if I moved?

Those questions remained unanswered because without further notice my brothers phased back and hit the floor standing tall on two legs. They quickly untied something from their ankles.

Clothes. I realised when they put on a pair of shorts each. They carry their clothes around their ankles. That's clever.

"Hi there little brother." Harry greeted me. "Are you ready to go home?"

"Did you have fun?" Asked Will.

I remained quiet.

"Your little adventure ends here Boo." Will added. I could tell he was in a bad mood. "It was very intelligent of you to mislead us like that. I guess having a high I.Q. is finally paying up."

One of the things I hated most about William was his sarcasm.

"Don't be an idiot, Will. And don't call me Boo." I warned. I had no idea why but their presence there was making me feel so nervous. Not that I was scared, I was just feeling… challenged. Something inside was telling me I should fight them and make them go away.

"So we can't call you Boo anymore?" Will laughed. "Oh... I get it... it's embarrassing if we call you by your old nickname in front of your girlfriend, right? Little Boo is ashamed of his nickname!" He mocked me.

"It's a stupid nickname! It was always a stupid nickname and I never liked it!" When I was a kid I didn't mind being called that, but I wasn't a child anymore.

And how the hell did they know about Sophia?

"We get it, Boo!" Will mocked me again. "I guess we'll have to find you another nickname. How about Don Jon? We'd like to meet her. It's only proper… after all you shouldn't hide things like this from your family."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I'm talking about the girl inside your motel room, Isaac. You were sleeping with her."

"Our senses are pretty developed. We can hear, see and smell things for miles. For example we know that the couple on room 205 is having sex and the man at the reception is so drunk, he's passed out on the counter." Harry explained. "And your girlfriend is scared. Her heartbeat has increased considerably in the last two minutes."

"Perks of being a wolf." Commented Will.

We were not so different after all.

"You should go back to your room and tell her goodbye because you're coming with us." Will announced with a grin.

"No." I stated firmly. "I'm not going."

"Isaac..." Will warned.

"Come on, Isaac... Dad wants you home. We all do." Said Harry.

"Dad was going to hand me over to the Cullens."

The twins exchanged a surprised look.

"I'm sure you misunderstood." Harry tried to soothe me.

"I didn't. I heard him speaking to Granddad Billy about making arrangements with Edward."

"Stop the victim act, Isaac. What a drama queen!"

"Victim act? Drama queen? Are you for real?" I turned to William who was standing tall, his arms crossed over his broad chest and a frown upon his face now. "Our parents lied to me for ten years! If I had known the truth my life, my decisions, everything could've been different!"

"Oh… Poor little Isaac was lied to." He said in a sarcastic tone. "You have no idea how lucky you really are, you prick!"

"Oh yeah… I'm really lucky!" I retorted. I was feeling myself get engulfed by rage. "I was attacked by a freaking werewolf when I was eight! I'm probably going to turn into a monster and I'll never be able to live with other people because there's no cure for this curse. While you and Harry will be by Dad's side, helping him, facing Cold Ones together, I'll be all alone making sure I don't kill anyone accidentally. So tell me again how am I so lucky?"

"No one knows for sure if you're really going to turn into a werewolf." Harry said.

"But no one wants me around when the time comes to find out. Everybody is eager to get rid of me. First you sent me to college and now I was going to be dismissed to the Cullens."

"You wanted to go to College." Will pointed out. He was right about that one.

"I wanted to go to college but I also wanted my family to be happy for me!" I yelled at them. "But Dad wanted to keep me in the reservation to make me miserable, and you two never gave a damn about anything I did!"

"Dad wanted to keep you safe." Harry confessed. "But then he saw he was making a mistake because you were really intelligent and you deserved a chance out of La Push. He told Mum that he was happy that the Council had gone against his decision of keeping you there."

"It doesn't matter anymore, Harry."

"Yes, it does!" Will stated. "Because from the moment you left, everything turned out to be all about you! Can't you understand? They lied to you but at least you had a normal childhood. You were able to go to College, you were able to be with other people, you had a taste of normalcy that we couldn't have!"

"I had a normal childhood but I never had what you two had, did I?"

"And what was that Isaac?"

"A father! All I wanted was a father! You two had Dad all for yourselves… You had everything I wanted."

"Dad was always there for you too." Harry said and I wondered if he really believed that because if he did he was a damn fool.

"He was there for me until I was attacked by that werewolf. As soon as he realized I wouldn't be like you, I wouldn't make him proud like you, he was never there. He wanted me out of his way, he never grounded me, he never taught me anything. He taught you how to drive, how to fight, how to fix cars… What about me?"

"What about you?" Will snapped. "Do you really want to go there? Do you think that when that werewolf attacked you, it was just your life that was changed? Why do you think we left La Push? Why do you think we travel so much?"

"Because they all let you do whatever you want!"

"If you think that way, you're not as intelligent as you think you are!" He snarled. His fists were clenched, his eyes were blazing fire, and for a minute there I saw our father in Will's body. Dad used to make that same expression when he was angry. "Do you have any idea how hard it was for us after that night?"

"Hard for you?" I yelled back at him. Was he kidding me?

As far as I remembered my brothers' lives didn't change after that night. Still reckless, stubborn, careless, popular teenagers, Harry and Will never had to deal with nightmares, fear beyond belief, indifference and incomprehension. They had never been bullied; no one called them names just because they were different and had to search for their mother's comfort at night. They had never slept inside of a closet because they were afraid of monsters; they had never faced the humiliation of having their younger sister defending them against a bunch of kids calling them 'chickens'.

And they sure didn't have a father that ignored them most of the time. Maybe I was overreacting when I told people I was neglected during my childhood but the truth was that Dad had never treated me like he treated the twins. Back then I didn't know why. Now I knew why I always felt like an outcast and I wasn't going to stand there listening to William's lies.

"Do you really think we weren't affected by what happened?" Harry asked me. He was calmer than his twin brother.

"Yes!" I replied. "I'm sorry Harry but you weren't the ones who got the shortest end of the stick, I was."

"I can't believe I got hurt to save such an ungrateful little bastard like you." William spat furiously.

"Then maybe you should've let that werewolf kill me!" I spit those words angrily and watched my brother's face distort into a raged expression. Then he took three steps towards me and his right fist made contact with my face.

I heard Harry scream something but I didn't understand his words because all of a sudden he seemed really small compared to me and the russet wolf that had taken Will's place.

With his teeth bared, William pushed me to the ground and I tried to use my hands to avoid being bitten and it was then that I realized I didn't have hands anymore. This wasn't my body anymore. I was taller and probably a lot heavier.

Shit. Shit. Shit. I cursed repeatedly watching paws and claws instead of hands; fur instead of skin; four legs instead of two. I wasn't human anymore. I was a beast now, a creature, a monster.

I couldn't stay there anymore. I had to leave, to hide and keep myself away from everyone. I tried to get up but William's massive body was on top and he was too heavy.

"Let him go Will!" I heard Harry screaming. "Dad advised us not to provoke him."

In that moment Will's teeth grazed my neck and I was finally able to push him off of me, hitting his nose with my paw. He howled in pain but my assault wasn't enough to hurt or even stop him.

Is this really happening? I thought. Am I really a werewolf? Am I really fighting against my own brother?

The answer was obvious. I was standing on four legs and my brother was circling me, ready to attack again. I had seen him doing the same ten years ago when he had come to my rescue. That night he ended up getting hurt because fighting inside a small room was different from fighting in an open space. Back then his movements were limited but tonight things were different and he had the advantage.

There were ten years of experience separating us. He was probably one of youngest wolves in the pack but I was sure he could beat me senseless easily.

Maybe I should run. I could run away and hide until the moon was gone. Then I'd be able to turn back into my human form and…

My train of thought halted when I realized the moon wasn't in the sky right now. Black clouds were covering the sky and there was no full moon visible. And that could only mean one thing: I wasn't a werewolf.

Werewolves were irrational beasts and I could still think for myself. I could recognize my brothers; I could remember clearly what was going on and where we were. And I could feel Sophia's heartbeats inside my bedroom at the motel.

I'm not a werewolf. I let the thought sink in further into my head. I'm not a monster. I don't have to hide away from people. I can go back home and I can do whatever I want.

For a split second I imagined myself accepting Sophia's suggestion of moving to Pacific Beach and volunteer to work with disabled children.

William's low growl brought me back to reality.

I'm not a werewolf… I'm a wolf like the others. I'm a protector.

All I knew about the wolves that protected our tribe was what I had learned from the legends that Granddad Billy and Grandma Sue told us when we were children. I knew what they were and what their purpose was but I knew nothing about actually being one. Right now I was inside of a body of a huge animal that I knew nothing about.

To be able to pursue and kill vampires I was probably stronger and faster than a regular wolf, and I knew for a fact that I was immune to the cold, had all of my senses enhanced and I could probably phase whenever I wanted to but that was it.

Will. I need you Will. I need your help. I don't want to fight anymore… Will! William!

'Stop the yelling, you're going to give me a headache!'

'Will?'

'Who else, you idiot?'

'You heard me?'

'Not from the start, but I'm hearing you now… Don't freak out, everything's fine.'

'Everything's not fine! I'm…'

'You're a wolf just like us, just like you were supposed to be.'

'What do I do now?'

'I guess I'll have to kick your ass some other time. Stay where you are and don't panic.'

With that William phased back to human. I saw him telling Harry he was going to the car to get more clothes and then he left running naked through the forest.

Harry took off his shorts and phased. When he took his wolf form I was able to communicate with him instantly.

'Welcome to the pack little brother.' He greeted.

'How can we communicate like this?' I was letting my curiosity take over.

'Our minds are linked so we can share memories and thoughts, and follow orders.'

'I couldn't hear Will in the beginning. Why?'

'I don't know. We'll ask Dad or Carlisle later. Right now you have to learn how to phase back.'

'But I want to know more about being a wolf.'

'There's plenty of time for that and right now we have to hurry because your girlfriend just left the motel and she's heading here.'

'Shit! I told her to stay inside!'

'There's something you need to learn about girls, Isaac. They never do what you tell them to do.'

'How do we do it? How can I change back?'

'It's a different process for all of us. It gets easier with time. The older wolves do it on instinct. But Will and I… we need to think about familiar things that are able to calm us down enough to return to our human forms.'

'And what things do you think about?'

'Driving cars and cliff diving for me.'

'And Will?'

'Arguing with Rhea.'

'Arguing with Rhea?'

'Don't ask.'

Rhea May White was the daughter of Verena White and some guy she had met at the Rosebud Indian Reservation. She had moved to La Push with her mother when her father abandoned them. She was fourteen at the time and the twins were one year older. Rhea was put in the twins' class and she instantly became a target after a small argument with William in their first physical education's class.

Why would my brother think about a girl he hated since the day they had met to be able to phase back?

'Leave it, Isaac. There are things about Will that we'll never understand. Try to think about something that makes you feel nice and comfortable.' Harry suggested.

"Isaac! Isaac! Where are you?"

'Sophia!' Her voice was close now.

As soon as I thought about Sophia in the woods, alone and unprotected I felt my muscles and my bones shrinking and I hit the floor hard. I felt Harry phasing back a few feet away from me and before I could even move to brush the leaves that were glued all over my body due to the heavy rain, I was hit by a flashlight beam.

Sophia screamed and collapsed right in front me leaving me wondering if she had passed out because she'd seen me naked or for seeing me in my wolf form.

"I suppose you didn't tell her what we are." Harry said putting on his shorts.

"I didn't even know what I was." I confessed.

"Dad's going to be really glad to know you're one of us."

"I'm not so sure about that."

"Dad's been beating himself up for what happened to you that night. He blamed himself for everything and that's why it was so hard for him to be with you, because it reminded him of his failure." Harry told me placing one hand on my shoulder. "I know you always felt an outsider and I know it was hard for you… but it was hard for us too. When you went to the University Dad used to go check on you three times a week. Whenever he returned we used to hear him tell Mum how tall you were, how good your grades had been, how well you were doing in your martial arts' trainings. He told Mum he was happy to know that you were having a normal life."

"He checked on me?" I was surprised. "Really?"

Harry nodded. "I'm going to take your girl back to the motel. You stay here."

"No. I'm going with you." What would Sophia do when she realized she was with a stranger?

"You stay here." Harry insisted. "Dad's coming and I'm sure he'll want to talk to you. I'll take good care of her."

Harry was right. I could feel not one but two wolves arriving. One was russet like my brothers, the other was just a bit smaller and his fur was the colour of the sand.

"Is it Uncle Seth?" I asked while my brother was picking up an unconscious Sophia.

"Yep. How do you know?"

"It's just a feeling."

"I'll see you in a minute." He said and then he took off carrying Sophia in his arms. I only took my eyes off of him when I heard the soft footprints behind me. If I thought my twin brothers' were huge in their wolf forms what could I say about my father? I even took a step back.

I tried to guess what he was going to tell me now that we were again face to face. Would he ground me? Would he welcome me in the pack like Harry had done? Or would he just ignore me?

Dad phased back midair like a true professional and landed on his feet. He copied the twins and took his clothes from around his left ankle putting it on so fast I couldn't even see him moving. That reminded me that I was still naked in the middle of the woods, facing my father and my uncle.

Could this night turn even more awkward for me?

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