Wow! Thanks for all the interest, so glad to see alerts, makes me feel all worm and fuzzy inside. Ok so now that I have a few of you reading I'll stop stringing you along just a little. I'm going to start combining Draco and Hardy POV. Not all chapters will be that way; some will be from third person just for funsies. And I will occasionally go back to separating the different POV's by chapters, if I feel like stringing everyone along, just because I'm evil. Hehehe! (Ok I'll work on the evil laugh.)
Thank you Sarahamanda, and Sunny Book Lover for continuing to review, they honestly make my day. Glad you are so excited to read more. I'll try to keep it coming, but don't be afraid to tell me when I need to pick up the story.
*The Cullen's and Draco are the property of Stephenie Meyer and J.K. Rowling. Hardy and her pack on the other hand are all mine! : ) *
Draco's POV
I was beyond confused. The thing that stepped out from the bush was the most beautiful white wolf I had ever seen, but she was talking! One the wolf was most defiantly a girl which was odd. Jacob had only ever heard of one female wolf and that was Leah from his old wolf pack. Two she was obviously the leader of this pack, the four wolves that followed her stead were not as big as she was and did not pass her as she came to a stop. She took a protective stance in front of her pack just like any alpha wolf would have. Three she didn't smell like a dog. There was a hint of the horrid smell but it was combined with a sweet smell that made it hardly noticeable. What was she? Four she was fucking talking! In wolf form! I had known Jacob for seventy-five years and if this was possible he would have said something buy now! We all stood there dumbfounded. The wolves stared at us and the small one in the back barked out a laugh, the others all had amused looks on their faces.
The white wolf spoke. "What's wrong? Wolf got your tongue?" The small wolf barked another laugh and this time the other three joined in. Wow she had some guts. I couldn't help but smile a little at her words. Why? The fuck if I know.
Carlisle stepped out in front and spoke. "I'm Carlisle Cullen and this is my family." Before Carlisle could continue the white wolf interrupted.
"Please let me guess, Carlisle and the caramel haired lady you stood with must be Eseme. Then the four to your left are Emmitt, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice. And the four to your right are no doubt Edward, Bella, Renesemee, and of course the wolf next to her is the famous Jacob Black." She hit the nail on the head. Everyone was silent as she continued. "I am a little confused though."
"You're confused?" Emmitt laughed.
"As a matter of fact I am. Last the tribe had heard your numbers had grown by one. There are only ten of you here when there should be eleven. Have you lost someone?"
I tensed up. How the hell did she know so much about us? She was so baffling. "No my son Draco is off visiting friends. He may or may not be joining us, he has not decided."
"I see. I assume he has taken your diet? If not I cannot guarantee his safety if he does come to Forks."
"I assure you he is a Cullen in name and in diet." Carlisle confirmed. The whole pack relaxed at his assurance. I'm not sure how they knew so much about us but they seemed to trust us.
"So I assume you have come to establish some lines or something to that effect?"
Before Carlisle could answer Emmett decided he had been patient enough. "Ok cut the bull shit! How do you do it?"
"Emmitt son, please…"
"No Carlisle, this pack seems to know all about us, it's only fair they explain this one thing. How can you talk? You're a wolf for heaven's sake."
"Oh that." The white wolf smiled. "It's a gift of mine. It's an easy way to communicate with the tribal council and my pack at the same time. Without it I would have to phase and be cut off from them. Really convenient if you ask me." Wow nice. She was right it was easier and she had a lovely flowing voice that was so musical to my ears. I could tell Carlisle was busting with excitement.
Carlisle decided to take charge of the conversation again. "Perhaps everyone can phase back to human form and we can all talk Miss…" Carlisle trailed off realizing we did not know her name.
"Oh Hardy."
"Miss Hardy?"
"Yes, my name is Hardy, Hardy Black." Jacob's head jerked up at the sound his last name.
"Black?!" Emmitt Roared. "You mean Black as in…" Emmitt's eyes darted to Jacob.
"As in Rachel Black was my grandmother." Jacob winced at her words. Wow. Jacob had a niece.
Carlisle cleared his throat. "Then perhaps everyone should phase and we could all talk, perhaps some place more comfortable? If you are all comfortable you could come back to our home." The four wolves behind Hardy all stirred.
Edward spoke up after reading their minds. "You are in no danger with us. As I am sure you are aware the Cullens and the Quileutes have been allies for many years. We do not intend to go back on that trust."
Hardy looked at her pack briefly before answering. "My pack does not feel safe going."
Carlisle tried to assure them. "Edward was right, we mean no harm." Why were they so afraid? I could tell we could all get along. Heck I thought they were all a Bloody riot!
The smallest wolf retreated into the bush. Hardy called after him, "J.J.! Get you ass back here!"
J.J. was back in seconds. "I'm not going anywhere, they just need to hear why and you sugar coat everything boss." With that the other three wolves followed J.J.'s lead.
"Boys! Great…Do any of you ever listen?"
"Hardy I take offence to that, but, God help me for saying this, I agree with J.J." The tallest of the four male werewolves stepped forward. "I'm Robert the wolf you say to Hardy's right. The wolf to her left was Quil." Robert pointed to the second tallest male. Jacob winced again at the familiar name. "The small one over there is J.J. as you have heard and he is on Quil's left. Last is Joshua, the wolf who stands to my right." All the boys nodded their heads as each was named.
Carlisle stepped forward again. "Hello boys, since you have taken the trouble to phase to talk to us, please continue."
Edward interrupted, "Before they do Jacob wanted to Phase." Jacob turned and went into the bush, he was back within seconds.
Jacob smiled, "Ok your grand explanation for why you can't seem to trust any of us. You have my word as a brother wolf that you will be safe."
J.J. spoke before Robert or Hardy could. "It's not really us we're worried about Jake. The four of us are more worried about Hardy's safety than our own."
"Really boys? Must we go so far?"
"Hardy they wanted to know."
"I don't understand… why would we hurt your alpha?" Jacob's words obviously had a double meaning. How could any one of us hurt a family member of his?
Robert looked back at Hardy. "Listen Hardy I know this is harder for you and it's going faster than you wanted but maybe you should just show them." Hardy lowered her head and gave a slight nod. She retreated into the bush without another word. "Look I know you don't think you could hurt Hardy, but we are all afraid that will change once you know who her father is."
This still made no sense whatsoever. Edward stiffened as he read their thoughts. Everyone else was beyond confused.
Jacob was becoming impatient. "Why would I care who her father is?"
And then slowly the most beautiful creature walked into our site. Her hair was a long black main that lead down to her waist. Her pearl white skin made her hair jet black. She wore a pair of very short cut off shorts and a small blouse. She probably had them because they were easier to carry when running but they accentuated her petite figure perfectly. I saved he face for last because I some how knew that I would get lost in it as soon as I stopped there. Her face was a round with perfect skin and features. Her lips were large and plump, they were perfect with every curve. Her dark black eyebrows framed the most beautiful hazel eyes I had ever seen. They were truly a window into her soul. I was so lost in them it took me longer than usual to notice the sadness that was seemed to run deep. I had been lost for five, maybe ten seconds. I let out a deep breath that no one heard because of my spell. Edward's head snapped to me and his eyes were bugging out of their sockets. Everyone was too focused on Hardy to notice except Bella. She saw his reaction and figured he was looking towards my thoughts; she elbowed him so he would look forward again. The pack did not know about me and it would break their trust to know I was tricking them like this.
Thirty seconds had passed since Hardy stepped out of the bush in human form. It was long enough for everyone to take in her appearance and for her to take a deep breath, look up to Jacob and say, "Because he wasn't human."
Jacob's eyes were bugging out. Hardy took another deep breath and continued. "My father was Joham; you may remember him after meeting my brother Nahuel. Because of him the day I was born I killed my mother Jessica, your niece Jacob." With that last word all four of her pack members ran to stand in front of her in protective crouches, ready to protect their leader.
Hardy's POV
We were standing there and the Cullens looked no closer to speaking than statues. The boys were eating this up. J.J. had burst out laughing like a hyena. Hardy they're frozen solid, if their hearts could beat I think all of them would be having a heart attack.
Wow I know. They all looked zonked out. Hey Rob, Quil five bucks says that J.J. dies laughing.
I decided to speak again. You'll love this J.J. "What's wrong? Wolf got your tongue?" This time the whole pack was laughing. I was surprised that they weren't on the floor rolling. As I looked at the Cullens I got this weird feeling. I felt this really weird pull coming from them. Well not exactly coming from them, more like next to them. On the other side of my uncle Jacob I felt like there should have been something or someone there because I felt drawn to the spot. I knew I was imagining things because I couldn't smell anything there.
The blonde vampire in the center stepped out; I immediately knew this had to be Carlisle. "I'm Carlisle Cullen and this is my family." Before Carlisle could continue I decided to risk being rude interrupted.
"Please let me guess, Carlisle and the caramel haired lady you stood with must be Eseme. Then the four to your left are Emmitt, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice. And the four to your right are no doubt Edward, Bella, Renesemee, and of course the wolf next to her is the famous Jacob Black." I could tell I hit the nail on the head. Everyone was silent as I continued. "I am a little confused though."
"You're confused?" The one called Emmitt laughed.
"As a matter of fact I am. Last the tribe had heard your numbers had grown by one. There are only ten of you here when there should be eleven. Have you lost someone?"
They all seemed to tense, perhaps they had lost him…opps! Carlisle spoke. "No my son Draco is off visiting friends. He may or may not be joining us, he has not decided."
Great dodged an awkward bullet there. Is he like them Hardy? Rob had a good point. This other son could have left to explore the darker side of being a vampire. Don't worry Rob, I'll check.
"I see. I assume he has taken your diet? If not I cannot guarantee his safety if he does come to Forks."
"I assure you he is a Cullen in name and in diet." Carlisle confirmed.
Well that's good. I didn't want to start a fight with our allies over some new blood sucker we don't even know and who lost his way.
Hold your horses J.J. we're not out of the fire yet. We haven't even gotten to our biggest problem yet. Of course Quil was right. Soon enough we would get to me.
"So I assume you have come to establish some lines or something to that effect?" I asked.
Before Carlisle could answer Emmett decided he needed answers now. "Ok cut the bull shit! How do you do it?" and so it starts.
"Emmitt son, please…"
"No Carlisle, this pack seems to know all about us, it's only fair they explain this one thing. How can you talk? You're a wolf for heaven's sake."
"Oh that." I smiled. "It's a gift of mine. It's an easy way to communicate with the tribal council and my pack at the same time. Without it I would have to phase and be cut off from them. Really convenient if you ask me."
Carlisle decided he should take charge again. "Perhaps everyone can phase back to human form and we can all talk Miss…" Carlisle trailed. That's right! How rude of me! He didn't even know our names.
"Oh Hardy."
"Miss Hardy?"
"Yes, my name is Hardy," I took in a big gulp of air and said, "Hardy Black." Jacob's head jerked up at the sound his last name. I could feel the alpha connection in my head. Alphas could communicate through thought like the rest of the pack but it was optional and could be turned off. I decided not to allow Jacob into my head; I was not ready for that. I knew the mind reader was already tapping into us and we all had to think carefully and not expose my secret prematurely. It helped to have the weir pulling sensation. It kept me distracted enough to keep my mind clear. The boys were confused by it too, and combined with that and dealing with the Cullens we were able to hide our thoughts well enough.
"Black?!" Emmitt Roared. "You mean Black as in…" Emmitt's eyes darted to Jacob.
"As in Rachel Black was my grandmother." Jacob winced at my words.
Carlisle cleared his throat. "Then perhaps everyone should phase and we could all talk, perhaps some place more comfortable? If you are all comfortable you could come back to our home." The guys didn't like this idea very much.
Red light Hardy! J.J. got really nervous.
No! NO! No! Joshua was starting to panic.
I'm with tweedle dee and tweedle dum here. Bad idea! Quil was ready to jump in front of me.
We need to stay on neutral ground here Hardy. No telling what they might do. Rob sounded more reasonable but I could feel hi panic.
Boys calm down! I'm a big girl, ok?
Edward spoke up, I assume after reading our minds. "You are in no danger with us. As I am sure you are aware the Cullens and the Quileutes have been allies for many years. We do not intend to go back on that trust."
Hardy! They all screamed in unison. Holy shit boys! One angry thought at a time please! Ok don't worry I know what I'm doing!
"My pack does not feel safe going."
Carlisle tried to assure us. "Edward was right, we mean no harm."
They don't understand! They need to understand! Don't worry Hardy, I'm on it!
And before I could stop him J.J. ran to the bushes and phased. "J.J.! Get you ass back here!"
J.J. was back in seconds. "I'm not going anywhere, they just need to hear why and you sugar coat everything boss." With that Joshua, Quil and even Robert followed J.J.'s lead.
"Boys! Great…Do any of you ever listen?"
"Hardy I take offence to that, but, God help me for saying this, I agree with J.J." Robert stepped forward. "I'm Robert the wolf you say to Hardy's right. The wolf to her left was Quil." Robert pointed to Quil. Jacob winced again. That's right; he had a friend named Quil in his pack. "The small one over there is J.J. as you have heard and he is on Quil's left. Last is Joshua, the wolf who stands to my right." All the boys nodded their heads as each was named.
Carlisle stepped forward again. "Hello boys, since you have taken the trouble to phase to talk to us, please continue." Great! This spelled trouble.
Edward interrupted, "Before they do Jacob wanted to Phase." Jacob turned and went into the bush, he was back within seconds.
Jacob smiled, "Ok your grand explanation for why you can't seem to trust any of us. You have my word as a brother wolf that you will be safe."
J.J. spoke before Robert or I could. "It's not really us we're worried about Jake. The four of us are more worried about Hardy's safety than our own."
Come on! They are acting like I'm four years old instead of seventy-seven. "Really boys? Must we go so far?"
"Hardy they wanted to know."
"I don't understand… why would we hurt your alpha?" Jacob's words were pleading. He had not seen anyone from his family since he left with the Cullens. He probably couldn't imagine hurting his sister's grandchild. Well start imagining Jacob.
Robert looked back at me. "Listen Hardy I know this is harder for you and it's going faster than you wanted but maybe you should just show them." I nodded. I retreated into the bush without another word. "Look I know you don't think you could hurt Hardy, but we are all afraid that will change once you know who her father is."
I took my sweet time changing. I looked at myself and let the floodgates open. I though of everything. I hear a small gasp from the other side of the bush. Good Edward was listening.
Jacob was becoming impatient. "Why would I care who her father is?"
I slowly walked back into the clearing. As soon as I was visible all attention was on me. They looked me up and down unable to comprehend my appearance. They took in my pear white skin and jet black hair. Although my features were Quileute I was clearly more than human. Well this would be step one in explaining who I was to them. First the big unveil, next I start to explain.
Thirty seconds had passed since I stepped out of the bush in human form. It was long enough for everyone to take in my appearance and for me to process in my head what I was going to say to mu uncle. Long enough to start felling really scared, long enough to second guess myself, and long enough for that damn annoying pull to get stringer! What was that? I noticed from the corner of my eye Edward looked in the exact spot that the pull was coming from. Maybe he heard in my head how annoying that was and decided to look and see if there was something there while I was otherwise distracted. This had taken long enough to take a deep breath, look up to Jacob and say, "Because he wasn't human."
Jacob's eyes were bugging out. I took another deep breath to steady myself and continued. "My father was Joham; you may remember him after meeting my brother Nahuel. Because of him the day I was born I killed my mother Jessica, your niece Jacob." With that last word all four of my pack members ran to stand in front of me in protective crouches, ready protect and defend me no matter what I was. I was ready for him. I would take whatever punishment Jacob had to give me. I ha killed my mother and caused my family pain. I deserved whatever judgment Jacob passed on me.
So what do you guys think? Like the longer chapter? Well this will be it for a few days, I have closing weekend of Twelfth Night this weekend and then we strike the set. I'm probably going to be so busy, I have no idea how I will get my HW done! That's the price I pay for wanting to act and go to school I guess.