A/n: Sorry for not updating in a while, I was awaiting for inspiration to speak to me.
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Chapter 5
We didn't discuss the matter again, but all the time I was I guessing what he was. He didn't ask either.
Spring slowly settled in as winter faded away.
As I was eyeing him again one lunch, wondering the same question, Diana appeared behind me.
"Hey Bella! We're going to go to the reservation down at La Push next week! It's gonna be sunny! Wanna come? Oh and we are going to have a mini talent competition during the campfire!"
"Who else is going?" I asked, turning to look at her
"Oh… Just everyone else sitting around this table."
"Only?"
"Yeah, basically, just all of us."
"Oh, okay. I think I can make it. I'm in."
"YAY!"
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The day came really soon, I enjoyed the rare moment of sunshine in Forks, no matter how much I love the rain.
The sound of Adain blaring the car horn signaled that they were already here.
"Bye dad!" I called out, while leaving the house.
"Be careful Bella! Say hi to Billy for me!"
"Sure thing!" I shouted back.
I got into the car, and sped off to meet at Mike's , where we were gathering
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"I still think Bella should sit in my car," argued Mike, again.
"But it is already so crammed," complained Adain, trying to save me from him, "I think he should join Angela, Diana and I."
"I really want to go with too, it really is very squashed." Hoping that because I said it, Mike would let me off. I was right.
After the long ride to the res, we set down our things, and some of us decided to go hiking, I was one of them.
Half way through, Diana, Adain, and I separated from the group to follow the river that led down to the sea.
"You know, we've never seen each other's half-form," said Adain, as we reached a secluded beach right by the sea, after following the river, " except for between us two," he added, referring to Diana and him.
"Well, the sea is just there," I said, wading into the water. Once the water reached my chest, I let my legs change into it water form, removed my shorts, and changed it to a tail. I watched as it sparkled in the sun, gleaming blue and green.
"Turquoise! Nice. Classic, but nice. I, however, have long preferred silver," said Diana, doing the same, "it looks classier."
"I agree, silver looks good on you," I replied admiringly.
Adain then dived down into the sea, with a huge splash. He then popped up in-between us, with a tail of spunky orange.
"Cool!" I exclaimed. We swam and talked for awhile, we even had a race. It was kind of a tie though.
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We retraced our steps, and were back in time for lunch. Some of the local La Push boys had already started helping us set up the campfire.
"Why didn't anyone invite the Cullens?" I asked Jessica, who was sitting on the log-seat next to me.
"Even if they did it's not like they can come," she was saying it as if they were not allowed to be here or something. Does this mean that Edward's family is like him too? I gave her a questioning look, "Oh come on. Everyone knows the tales."
"Well, I don't. Can you tell me?" The usually eager-to-spill-out-stories Jessica shut up then, and pretended she didn't hear me. Then she went on to talk about some other crap I didn't want to hear.
I went off pretending to want some food, but I didn't feel like eating, so I went out to sit on some of the rocks and stare at the sea.
"Hey, do we know each other?" it was one of the boys from the res. He sat down beside me. I turned to look at him, he does look quite familiar.
"I think we do. Hi, I'm Bella Swan,"
"Oh! You're Officer Swan's daughter. I'm Jacob Black, you might know my sisters better though."
Ah Jacob, now I remember Billy's son, he always comes over to visit when I stay with Charlie for the holidays. I hang out with his sister's more though. "Oh! Charlie asked me to say hi to your father."
"Okay, well, I'll pass the message along to my dad." I smiled, then turned back to gaze at the ocean.
"Why are you here by yourself? Don't you want to have any lunch?" asked Jacob, breaking the silence after awhile.
"I don't feel like eating, and Jessica wouldn't tell me the tales about the Cullens, if she keeps quiet, I think everyone's lips would be super-glued and sewn shut." I complained.
"And that's why you're sitting here?" he asked incredulously.
"Not really, it is a very beautiful view from here too. But apart from that, yeah," I thought about it for a moment, and added "Hey, why don't you tell me."
"Me?"
"Yeah," He shook his head. I pouted, and decided to try and bribe him. "I'll dedicate the song I'm going to sing for the talent competition to you."
"Why not you sing a few lines first, before I decide whether I want the song to be dedicated to me."
That was the golden opportunity. Water sprites' singing are absolutely hypnotic when they sing in the ancient language. (How else would we have gotten those Greek sailors to crash their ships back then, when it was the prank of those times? We do know the damage it does and have stopped doing so already.) Even when singing modern songs, it is still considered absolutely beautiful.
Really wanting to know the secrets badly, hoping that I would then be able to solve the mystery of who the Cullens really are, I decided to "abuse" my "powers".
"Must I?" I batted my eyelids and pretended to be shy, Jacob smiled and said yes.
"Okay then, but I'll sing another song; we aren't supposed to reveal the song we are singing."
He nodded, and I started singing the ballad of mesmera, a song in the ancient language. I sang softly, just loud enough for him to hear, not wanting to affect the other people.
"So are you going to tell me about them?" I asked, right after I finished singing. He nodded, still slightly looking slightly lost, like he just came out of a trance. He nodded, telling me the stories of the "cold ones" and werewolves.
At the end of the story, he added, "There is also a prophecy."
"A prophecy?"
"Yes, it is said that there will be a war between the cold ones and the werewolves, it will be caused by a child of the water, and it will be the same child to end the war."
"Wow. Do you believe in all of this?"
"No, I think it is all just a bunch of tales used to keep children entertained."
"Oh, okay thanks for telling me anyway."
The rest of the day passed quickly, and in the evening, we set up the bonfire.
"Have you seen a fire using driftwood as fuel?" asked Jacob, who has stayed to watch the competition
"No."
"Well then watch this," he threw a piece of driftwood into the fire, causing it to burn bluish-green, "it's the minerals in the wood that causes it."
"It's pretty."
"I know."
"Okay people, time for the competition. And first up we have…" announced the MC, which was in fact, Jessica. And I thought she'll be the one participating in the competition. The cheerleaders did a short routine for fun just to start things off.
So we ate while we listen and watched, or when it was someone's turn, the person would put down their food, run up and do their item. Lauren did a dance, Mike was juggling 5 rocks at a time, he eventually dropped one of it on his foot, and he had to end his item early. You could see the worried look on Jessica's face, it was almost hilarious. Angela and Ben did a duet, there were also other singers, and some did card tricks, some performed in groups, others did it solo.
Finally, it was my turn, or should I say, our turn. I was performing with the twins. We looked like an odd group, but imagine hearing three water sprites singing. It would have been almost unbearably beautiful. We sang a normal English song of course, had we sung anything in the olden language, the audience would have almost lost their minds. No doubt that we won of course. There were no prizes though, just the joy of winning.
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Adain gave me a ride home, while we blasted the song out from his car's stereo, lowering the window, and letting out the music. We did that just to gloat and get at the rest of course.
By the time I reached home, it was quite late. I went straight to my room, put down my things and took a shower.
As I lay on my bed, I was wondering more about what Jacob told me about the Cullens. Since he already mentioned about a water child, he has to be at least partially correct, what's to say that the rest aren't real? I tossed and turn in bed, unable to get fall asleep. I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep if I don't find out more. So I got up and turned on the computer to research about the cold ones, the vampires.
A/n: I'm going to start something new, called password of the chapter. If you include the password in your review, you will get the next chapter dedicated to you! Password of this chapter: SuperHappyFunTime.