A/N: If you recognize it, it's not mine. Simple as that.
Chapter 26
Perci POV
According to the others, who had slightly better hearing than I did, Edward had taken Bella for her first hunt immediately so she wasn't a danger to Renesmee.
"So, what do we do while we wait for them to get back?" I asked, plopping down on a chair in boredom.
"Well, you could show Nessie some fun things by bending water." Emmett suggested, making me roll my eyes at the nickname. Honestly, Bella was going to have a fit when she heard it, and I would be the one laughing and telling the others 'I told you so', since I had, in fact warned them.
"Fine, I'll amuse Ren, but I stand by what I said on the nickname bit, Bella's going to flip." I said, getting up to grab a large bowl of water, bringing it back into the living room. After an hour of amusing the baby by making shapes with the water, the eyes of everyone else in the room strayed from where I continued amusing the kid in Rosalie's arms to the doorway. Catching sight of Bella, I let the water drop out of the dolphin shape I had it in, and gestured outside, sending the water onto the porch.
"Oh good, you're back. I was starting to run out of ideas for shapes to make with the water." I said simply, standing up to give her an appraising look.
"How about that, you don't look like a stick anymore. Guess you'll be annoying Paul and I for a few thousand years now, huh?" I asked, a slightly joking smile on my face. To my surprise, she smiled back softly.
"I guess so. Um, I wanted to thank you for everything you did to help me. Edward told me about everything you guys did, even after Renesmee was born. He said that you tried to keep me from bleeding out, and that you got hurt standing between the house and Sam." She said, making my eyes go wide, before I turned to Paul.
"You heard that too, right? I'm not hallucinating? She actually thanked me for something for once?" I asked. His equally wide eyed nod made me turn back to Bella, who looked sheepish besides an amused Edward.
"Um, you're welcome, I guess. Sorry, trying to wrap my head around the fact that you actually thanked me." I said, making her wince slightly.
"Sorry about that, about a lot of things actually. You saved my life, and protected my daughter despite the fact that you were here mostly to stay away from Sam." She said, causing my brain to stall.
"My head hurts, I think I ended up in an alternate reality." I whispered, holding my head.
"You and me both." Paul whispered, taking me off to the side so Bella could meet her daughter while we nursed our headaches at the shock. After a few minutes, we heard Jacob's mildly panicked voice, and looked over to see him backing away from Bella.
"It's a wolf thing." He said, trying, and hilariously failing to tell her about the imprint without pissing her off.
"What's a wolf thing?" Bella demanded in a low, even tone. Oh yeah, she was in mother bear mode, this would be funny.
"He imprinted on her." Paul said bluntly, earning a look of betrayal from his alpha before Bella threw him out of the house, storming after him.
"You imprinted on my daughter?!" She shouted, clearly pissed.
"Why didn't we make popcorn for this again?" I whispered, watching in amusement as Bella started whooping Jacob's ass, resulting in the reveal of his nickname for the kid. I smirked when she got even more pissed.
"You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?!" She shouted, well and truly pissed off now.
"I told you so, Jacob. That's why I went with Ren." I said, earning a glare from said wolf.
I put out a hand to stop Seth and Leah when I noticed them coming to check out the sounds of angry vampires against their alpha, casting them a reassuring look to calm them down a bit.
"It's cool, guys. Bella's just pissed off because Jacob imprinted on Ren when she's only held her daughter once, and then got more pissed when she found out Jacob nicknamed said imprinted on daughter of hers after a monster. He's getting his ass kicked as justice." I said, making Leah huff in apparent amusement.
"Alright, looks like we had better calm her down before she does damage to him." Paul said, looking at the showdown.
"On it, I'll hold her in place, you try to make her laugh or something. Make fun of Jake, that ought to do something to calm her down." I said with a smirk, before reaching out with my power and freezing Bella in place by the venom, a slightly more difficult task than heating it up, but still possible thanks to the small water content in the burning liquid.
"Hey Bella! Look at it this way, Jake's not hopelessly in love with you anymore, and you get a built in babysitter. No more awkwardness on your end, and plenty of blackmail material on him for when Ren makes him play dress up and tea parties. She could ask him to wear a dress and tiara and he'd do it. Just think about that for a photo album." Paul said, nearly making me lose my hold on her with how hard he made me laugh, but at least she did to, while Jacob gave my wolf a truly epic bitch-face.
"I think she's not gonna whoop Jacob's ass anymore." I choked out, releasing my tentative hold on her.
"Oh, that's an image." Edward managed to get out before bursting out laughing again, while I turned to look at Paul.
"You're imagining Jacob in a pink dress with a feather boa and sparkly tiara, aren't you?" I asked, trying to sound stern, but the image hit me when he nodded, and I collapsed in my laughter. After a few minutes, everyone's laughter calmed down, and we were breathing normally again.
"Alright, I'm not happy about this, but I will accept it." Bella said, pointing a warning finger at Jacob, who sighed in relief and nodded.
"Understood. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go beat up my beta." He said, before focusing on Paul.
"You're dead, Lahote!" He shouted, charging at my wolf, who ran off laughing his ass off. Shaking my head in amusement, I followed the others back inside to tell Bella exactly what had happened during the confrontation with Sam's pack. In the middle of explaining about Jacob's intervention after Sam had thrown me into a tree, the boys came back inside, Paul's face morphing into a scowl as he realized what I had been telling Bella.
"I've got the perfect retribution in mind for that, too." He said, lifting me out of my seat to set me on his lap as he sat down.
"Care to share?" I asked, honestly curious.
"Nah, I'm leaving that for a surprise." He said, much to my annoyance. Opening my mouth to try to convince him to tell me, I was cut off before I could speak by the sound of Paul's phone ringing.
"Hold that thought, Princess." He said, digging his phone out of his back pocket and answering it.
"Yeah?" He answered, his eyes narrowing slightly at whatever he had heard on the other end.
"Oh yeah? And what would that be?" He asked, making me look at him in confusion. He shook his head, mouthing 'one minute' to me.
"I bet he didn't like that. Alright, Perci and I will come down to take care of my end of the deal, then we'll handle your end." He said, making my eyes widen when I realized what he was talking about. Sam's punishment from the council for knowingly attacking me -their words, not mine- must have been passed.
"Yeah, be there soon." He said, before hanging up.
"The council has passed Sam's punishment, haven't they?" I asked before he could speak, prompting him to close his mouth and nod, having been about to explain.
"Yeah, they have. Sam is to offer you a sincere apology, and is to stay 50 feet away from you unless it can't be helped. He also has to apologize to the Cullens, and Jacob for intending harm to his imprint, regardless of the fact that it hadn't happened yet. Sam's pack as a whole has to apologize for the intent to harm Ren, then he has to turn over his pack to Jacob's command, submitting himself as well to Jacob as alpha unless Jake says otherwise, but Sam can't be alpha anymore period. He's also in deep shit for alpha ordering Jared to go to our house, because Jared was alpha ordered to take you from the house and basically lock you up in Sam and Emily's place." He said, making mine and Jacob's eyes widen at the list of offenses Sam had actually attempted, or done.
"Sam actually abused his power as alpha to order a kidnapping? That's not just against tribal law, Charlie could arrest him for that if he heard." Jacob said, sounding as incredulous as I felt.
"Oh yeah, Jared ratted him out on that. Apparently there's more, but Billy didn't want to get into all that. Let's just say man, that your dad was pissed, and it sounds like Sam's lucky he's a wolf otherwise he'd be exiled from the tribe. Literally, Billy said that being a wolf is all that's keeping Sam on tribal land. Were it not for that, he'd be kicked off and banned. As it is, it sounds like Sam might be shunned by the tribe." Paul said, making my eyes nearly pop out of my head at the information. What the hell else had Sam done that would be this bad?
"Well, let's go take care of your revenge then, shall we? I'm sure Leah and Seth want to see their mom." I said, casting a glance at Jacob, who nodded in agreement.
"Sounds good, let's go." Paul said, lifting me up so he could stand, before setting me back down on my feet. I gave him an amused glance, shaking my head while Jacob snorted.
"You really love doing that, don't you?" I asked, earning a grin from my wolf.
"It's an excuse to have you in my arms, of course I love doing that." He said, making my insides melt into a puddle of goo as I followed him outside.
"Seth, Leah! We're heading to the rez if you want to see your mom. Sam's in deep shit with the council, and Paul's about to get his revenge if you want to laugh at his pathetic ass!" I hollered once we were on the back deck, while Paul went into the woods to phase, emerging a minute later as the familiar gray wolf. As I climbed onto his back, another, smaller, silver wolf and a sandy brown wolf joined us on either side of Paul, making me smile.
"Let's go then." I muttered, only to squeal in surprise when Paul took off like a shot, the other two trying to keep up and pass.
"Are you seriously racing?" I shouted over the wind rushing past my ears due to the speed Paul was going. A playful growl from Seth was my answer, and I rolled my eyes skyward.
"Of course you are, why didn't I realize you would?" I asked myself, before shaking my head and smiling in amusement as the three wolves sped through the trees, trying to prevent each other from getting ahead. Due to the race, we made the trip back to La Push in about five minutes, with Leah winning the race just barely, with Paul coming in second and Seth a few seconds behind us. The three wolves looped the reservation to mine and Paul's house, dropping me off on the back porch before going to phase back. After a few minutes, I could hear playful arguing about cheaters, and how Leah was the most badass because she was the fastest.
"If you three children are finished arguing, we have a pathetic wolf to laugh at!" I called, making conversation stop as the three of them came running out of the woods.
"Sorry, Perci, we got a bit carried away." Seth said, while the three of them looked sheepish, making me snort in amusement.
"I heard. By the way, to settle further arguments, Leah barely won, with us half a second behind her, and Seth a few seconds behind us. Now, can we get this taken care of? I think Paul would let us move back into the house once he gets his revenge on Sam, and I would like to sleep in my own bed for the first time in about two weeks." I said, earning smiles from them, before they lead me to Billy's place, where they were apparently waiting. When we got there, Paul was tense, and kept trying to keep me behind him as we walked around to the back of the house, where Sam's pack and the elders came into view.
"Good, you've arrived." Old Quil greeted, giving me a surprisingly warm smile, before glaring at Sam.
"We can begin with the retribution of the wolf whose imprint was harmed. Step forward please, and state your name and place within the pack." Billy said, his voice sounding so much more official than I had ever heard it, making me realize that at the moment, this wasn't Billy, this was Chief Black. Paul stepped forward, glaring death at Sam.
"Paul Lahote, beta of alpha Jacob Black's pack." He said, and I caught a small glimmer of pride in Billy's eyes at the words.
"Please tell us of the incident involving Samuel Uley intentionally harming your imprint." Sue Clearwater said, and I bit back a smirk at the glare she sent Sam briefly, though I noticed Leah didn't even bother to hide it.
"I left Samuel's pack upon learning that he intended to harm or even kill an innocent human. Yes, she was carrying a hybrid which we had never seen before, but she is related to my imprint, Persephone Jackson. I considered this an offense against her as it was her family and left his pack for Jacob's. Once the child was born, we stood against Samuel's pack when he came to kill the child while Bella underwent the transformation to a vampire via an injection of venom into her heart. My imprint stood between her cousin and Samuel, injuring him with a weapon in an attempt to get him to cease his attack. He looked at her and upon Persephone asking what he was going to do about it, he, in wolf form, threw Persephone into a tree, dazing her from the impact. She received a cut on the shoulder, which had been dislocated on impact that she healed. After my imprint was down, Sam continued forward with the intent to kill Renesmee Cullen, Jacob Black's imprint. It was only upon the reminder of the law being absolute that no imprint is to be harmed, and the reminder that he had already broken it that Samuel and his pack retreated." Paul explained.
"This matches with what we were told by members of Samuel's pack. His punishment by the council has been issued, and he will now face yours for the wrong committed against your imprint." Billy said, also sending a glare at Sam, while Paul's expression morphed into a mildly blood thirsty smile.
"Sam is to submit himself to the mercy of my imprint's father and brothers. Lord Poseidon, god of the seas, Lord Triton, god of tides, and Tyson the cyclops. I feel that if I were to take my revenge, I may kill him, and I won't hurt his imprint that way." Paul said, making Sam blanch, and my jaw drop. Sam would be lucky to survive the combined rage of two gods and a cyclops who hasn't learned to control his strength yet.
"Paul, Tyson hasn't learned to control his strength yet, he would kill him. I won't object to putting him before my father and Triton, but instead of Tyson, what about Leah? She's my best friend, and she won't kill him." I said, giving Leah a wink to let her know I was giving her a chance to take her anger at Sam out on the source. Her eyes lit up, before she gave Paul a hopeful look, grinning at his nod.
"That's acceptable. I wouldn't want Tyson to feel bad about killing someone, so Leah can take his place. Will you call your dad and brother?" He said, giving me a look. With a nod, I reached up to my conch shell necklace and lifted it to my lips.
"You and dad get your five minutes with Sam, no weapons, we want him alive." I whispered into it, smiling slightly at the look of terror on Sam's face. I felt kind of bad for his pack, having to see this, but reasoned that they might be mad at him as well for leading them into an attack on an imprint, unknowing or not. Seconds later, a strong smell of the sea reached us, and my father and brother appeared, pissed, but thankfully weaponless.
"Have fun." Paul said, and the two gods and lone she-wolf converged on the now cowering former-alpha. I only hoped this wouldn't end in much bloodshed.
A/N: Holy shit. Home stretch guys, I'm writing the last chapters of this story. We are in Breaking Dawn pt.2 now, and I've got plansssss. I will write the wedding, I promise that much. I also have a tentative idea for Leah's imprint. I'm thinking Hephaestus, what do you guys think? I think it's good because he needs love, and so does she. And if she imprints on him, he won't have to feel the pain of Aphrodite and Ares rubbing their affair in his face. Plus, it'd be highly ironic that Hera actually has to conduct a divorce for the son she chucked off Olympus. Let me know what you guys think, but if not him, please give a suggestion, because I'm drawing blanks here. Love ya, thanks for the support on this story!