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Chapter Twelve- Blue Bird (Make You Shine)

"Take you from the dirt

And bring you above

Drain it off transfusion

Different way to be

Sorrow passed my way

I didn't shed a tear

Knew it would be okay

Gonna make you shine

So beautiful tonight

Gonna make you shine

So bright tonight"

-Southern Isolation- "Blue Bird (Make You Shine)"

(Leah's POV)

No matter how fast I ran, I couldn't stop Edward. It didn't matter that I was the fastest wolf in the La Push pack; I didn't get there in time. When I reached Seattle with the boys Bella was gone. Edward was nowhere to be seen. We followed his trail as far as it went and then it just stopped. I went nuts, destroying trees in the forest. My imprint, my love, my Bella, had been kidnapped by a vampire who just so happened to be her ex-boyfriend.

Alice had another vision and said, "He took her to Canada." She took off running and I followed her. I soon passed her and she fell behind, but yelled to me to tell me what direction to go.

I could see in Sam's mind that Alice stopped. Sam poked her with his nose and Alice whispered, "We're too late. He bit her."

I howled, a heartbreaking sound to all that heard. A flash of white caused me too look up and right into the wise eyes of Carlisle Cullen.

"Leah, I'm sorry my son chose to do this. But you have to find Bella, she'll need you more than anything." He said. Alice appeared and smiled sadly at me.

"This way." She said and then ran off, I followed of course.

After a few minutes, I heard a piercing scream rip through the air and cut through my heart. Bella.

I ran faster and came to a house. There was a hand around my heart pulling me forward, Bella was in there, I knew.

Breaking down the front door, I found Bella writhing in pain on the floor, Edward stood over her. I didn't think, for that would give him an advantage over me. I just leapt onto him.

My mind was a blank as I fought with him, my mind in a haze. I killed him in just a few minutes. The heart-wrenching screams of my imprint in pain drove me to madness. I could do nothing to stop her pain, it was almost too much to handle.

Carlisle came in the front door and went to Bella. Without thinking, I attacked him too. He went through the wall behind him.

'LEAH, STOP!' Sam yelled in my head, I dropped down under the weight of his command. Carlisle came back in the room and smiled nervously at me before checking over Bella.

"There's too much venom in her veins, she's going to turn." He said solemnly.

I tried to phase back so that I could talk to Carlisle, but I couldn't. Too much rage and hurt were pumping through me, I couldn't calm down. Jacob came inside with Embry in their human forms. They gathered the pieces of Edward and took them outside.

'They broke the treaty, Sam. He bit a human and not just any human, an imprint.' I said.

Alice entered the house and looked up at me with a terrified expression. "Leah, please don't attack the rest of us. What Edward did was his own choice. I tried to stop him, I came to get you, remember?"

'She's right, Leah. We won't attack the Cullen's because of what Edward did.' Sam said.

Carlisle looked up to me, "We should take Bella to our house, she'll be turned in a few days. You may see her then."

He stood up, lifting Bella's writhing form with him and ran out the door. The rest of us followed him home.

Alice opened the door for Carlisle and they went inside the Cullen's house. I started to go in the woods and phase, but Sam stopped me.

'Where do you think you're going?' He asked.

'I'm going to phase so that I can go inside and stay with Bella during her transformation. She'll need me.' I answered.

He shook his massive head. 'No, you're going home with us.'

The rest of the pack tensed up, sensing a fight. I growled at Sam. 'And just why the hell can't I stay with her?'

'It's too dangerous. You just killed Edward Cullen and you want to stay in a house with his family? Do you know what they might do to you when you're the only one there? There are six of them remember? Not only that but when Bella wakes up, she'll be a newborn. She won't be able to control herself, she might hurt you or worse, kill you. You're going to La Push.' He said.

For some reason I didn't believe that the Cullen's would hurt me. 'They didn't want Edward to bite Bella anymore than we did, they won't hurt me. And Bella needs me, Sam. I can't just leave her.'

'You can and you will. Now let's go.' He said in his Alpha voice.

I tried to fight the command. 'Sam, what if it were Emily?'

He growled at me. 'Leah, I care about you almost as much as I care about Emily and I'm not leaving you here with a bunch of vampires!'

'They won't hurt me.' I said, feeling tears well up in my eyes. I needed to stay with Bella.

Sam shook his head again, 'No, you're coming home, now LET'S GO!' The Alpha command forced my feet to move without my permission.

We were almost at the tree line when a voice called out, "Leah." I turned to see Alice and Rosalie standing there. Rosalie said, "We'll take care of her. Don't worry." Her voice was sincere, but I still wondered if I could trust her. I nodded slightly and then walked on.

(Rosalie's POV)

Of course I was pissed that the dogs had killed my brother. I was even more pissed because my brother had bitten Bella when she didn't want it. She was living a happy life as a human with her mutt. Edward ruined that, and Bella's mutt killed him for it.

When Carlisle carried her in the house, my cold dead heart broke for her. She was like me now. Her choice for humanity was ripped away from her, she was forced to live like us now. It was worse for her because her choice was taken away by someone she once loved and trusted.

So I promised Leah that I would take care of Bella and I meant it. We were equals now. I just hoped that Bella wouldn't be as bitter about this as I am. I went up to my room where Carlisle had put Bella on my bed. I sat down next to her and took her hand.

"Leah." She choked out.

I shook my head. "No, Bella honey it's Rosalie. Don't worry, this will all be over soon." I lied. It would be three days before this painful transformation was over. I stroked her hand and pushed her hair back from her head.

Emmett came in then and sat down next to me. "I can't believe Edward did this." He said, shaking his head.

"I know. I can't believe he was so stupid." Bella groaned in pain and gripped my hand tighter. Emmett leaned his head on my shoulder. He placed his hand over mine.

"We'll take care of her though." He said. I nodded.

"Of course. She and I are equals now." I looked down at my lap.

Emmett pulled me tightly to him. "Don't be sad, Rosie. You gotta remember, sometimes life throws things your way and you just have to deal with them, like this. You can't control every aspect of your life. You just have to make the best of things, like I do. I don't want to be a vampire anymore than you do, but I've made the best of it. I mean, I can run really fast, I can break a tree in half if I just kick it. You have to look at the bright side of things, Rosie."

He motioned to Bella. "Like this. I don't think of this as losing a brother, I look at this as I'm gaining a sister. Bella's gonna be so much fun to have around, just think about it! You and Alice have someone else to dress up, and hey since she's with Leah, you'll have two new girls to dress up and shop with. Two new sisters, can you believe it?"

Emmett sounded so excited, I couldn't help but smile and nod. "Yeah, you're right." I kissed his cheek. "Thanks, Em."

He rubbed my shoulder, "No problem babe."

I looked back to Bella. She was breathing heavily and sweating, so I placed my hand over her forehead in an attempt to cool her down. It worked a little, but I knew nothing could cool down the fire that was coursing through her veins right now. I remembered my transformation, and it was not something I wanted to go through again. It was certainly not something I wished on anyone else.

Bella groaned loudly and squirmed under my touch. I removed my hand, but she groaned louder. I replaced my hand and sighed. Was there nothing else I could do for her? Emmett sensed my distress and rubbed my shoulder.

My eyes locked with Bella's. Peering into her eyes, I saw every once of pain she was in, her agony, her heartbreak from being betrayed by Edward, her distress from being away from Leah. My heart broke again for this poor girl.

I put my head in my hands and shook my head. Downstairs I could hear Alice and Jasper talking with Carlisle and Esme. I knew they heard my next words though. As soon as the three little words left my lips, all the chatter downstairs stopped.

"What about Charlie?"

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I updated my FF profile the other day, because it had pretty much nothing there. Now it's got lots of stuff so go check it out. Also, you can follow me on Twitter. There's a link to that on my profile. I have a brand new story up that is a Sam and Emily story, go check that out while you're at it.

Also, I started a femme-slash community, there's a link to that also on my profile. I only have a few in there so far, so if you know of any good ones, let me know!

BIG THANK YOU to my lady, NYX826 for her help on this chapter. (She's such an inspiration) And to Avarenda for all of her suggestions. You guys were both wonderful.

Finally, I got a pretty fantastic piece of news yesterday. One of my friends is a Marine and has been over in Afghanistan for a really long time, I seriously haven't seen him in years. Well yesterday he informed me that he is coming home in 23 days! (Well, now it's 22 days) I'm so excited, I can't wait to see him! At least he gets to be home for Christmas. Until then stay safe, Frank!

~LCM~