A/N: Final chap! Final chap! Final chap!

Hope you like! And sorry this took longer than Carlisle's been alive to publish.

My thoughts were interrupted.

Hey Jake! Took you long enough to phase!

NO WAY! LEAH! BUT YOU'RE DEAD! I SAW YOU DIE! I WATCHED YOU BURN!

Jake, please don't insult my intelligence. I know I'm dead.

I was seriously starting to question my sanity. How the hell could Leah be talking to me?

Um, I might not be an expert on these things, but I'm pretty sure that dead people don't usually start talking again.

But that's just it Jake. I'm not a person, I'm a werewolf.

Your point being?

God, it's like talking to a two year old. Think Jake, think! Remember my first council meeting, at the bonfire? I think Bella was there.

Of course I remembered. That was before...things got complicated.

And?

Your Dad told us the story of the Spirit Warriors.

FLASHBACK

Dad sat up straight, a serious look in his eyes. Man, he looked old.

"The Quileutes have been a small people from the beginning. And we are a small people still, but we have never disappeared. This is because there has always been magic in our blood. It wasn't always the magic of shape-shifting, that came later. First we were spirit warriors.

"Kaheleha was the first great Spirit Chief in our history. In an emergency, Kaheleha used the magic to defend our land. He and all the warriors left their bodies. The women watched over their bodies and the men took their spirits and fought off enemy tribes."

END FLASHBACK

Wait, wait, wait. So what you're trying to tell me is that you've been re-incarnated as some freaky spirit?

I needed sleep. To be having hallucinations this realistic, I must be seriously tired.

Not re-incarnated exactly. When I was killed, my body died, but my spirit lived on. Just like our ancestors, the spirit warriors.

Okay...Does anyone else know about this?

I can't talk to them Jake. Only you.

Um...Leah, I'm glad you're back and everything, but I really don't feel that way about you. Sorry.

JACOB BLACK! Please be serious for once in your life! I can only talk to you because you're the Alpha of my pack. And I can only talk when you are in wolf form. Not when you're human.

So what, you're just some weird, floaty, spirit-thing now?

Yes

But you can talk to me?

Yes, Jacob. Believe it or not, I can!

And you're definitely real? You're not some crazy-assed hallucination?

YES! I'M REAL! IS THIS REAL ENOUGH FOR YOU?

A huge branch suddenly fell out of a tree and hit me on the head.

Leah, that hurt!

Good! Don't ever question my existence again!

Fine! Can I tell the others about this? Everyone misses you, Nessie and Seth especially.

I guess so. Tell Seth and Ness I love them and miss them.

Will do. This is so cool! The guys are gonna flip!

Renesmee's POV

Jacob, Jacob, Jacob. My Jacob. Jake, where are you? Why have I lost my best friend and the love of my life? Why has my husband been replaced with a stranger? Where is the Jacob that I fell in love with? Come back to me Jake, I love you. I love you with all my heart and soul.

Bella's POV

"Jake, are you okay? You look kinda... high." His eyes were wide and gleaming and he didn't seem to want to sit still.

"Don't worry Bella. I know what a high person looks like, and that aint' it."

"Thank you for your valuable input Emmett. Get me some water!"

Emmett passed me a cup and I splashed the cold liquid in Jake's face. He blinked and then came back down to planet Earth.

"Thanks Bella, I needed that. Where's Nessie? I need to tell her something."

Nessie appeared at the doorway.

"Jake? You okay?" She walked hesitantly towards him.

"I'm fine, Nessie. Better than okay!" He sat down at the dining room table. Everyone followed.

"Okay, so I guess I have two things to tell you. The first is that I've started phasing again."

"You have? Oh Jake!" Nessie threw her arms around him and curled up on his lap. "I thought I was going to lose you."

"You will never lose me. I will always be here for you. I promise." He lightly kissed her forehead and both cheeks, wiping away her fresh tears with the touch of his lips. "Anyway, there's something else I need to tell you." He looked around at each of our faces and sighed. "Okay, don't try and get me committed the minute I tell you this. It's gonna sound crazy, but I can prove it's true."

My forehead creased. Edward, on the other hand, sat up straight, a smile on his immaculate face. Obviously he already knew Jacob's big secret.

"Go ahead Jacob. Whatever it is, please, tell us." Carlisle had the same anxious, confused look on his face.

"Well, when I phased, I heard a voice in my head. Not just any voice though. Her voice. Leah's voice."

What? Well, that was unexpected. I was thinking more along the lines of "I'm gay and proud".

"Jacob listen, I know you've been through a lot recently and sometimes a bereavement like this really takes its toll on people. If you'd like, I could get you someone to talk to, listen to your problems, and give you advice..."

"Doc, I'm not crazy and I don't want to talk to a shrink! I'm not imagining this! It's just Leah's spirit!" Jacob turned to look at me now. "You remember those stories, don't you Bella?"

"You're gonna have to be more specific Jacob. Are we talking Goldilocks and the Three Bears?"

"Of course not." Jacob's dark eyebrows pulled down into a frown. "Does the story of The Spirit Warriors ring any bells?"

Oh.

"Yeah, I kinda remember, I guess." It was a long time since I heard those stories, but they'd managed to stay with me.

"It's just like the spirit warriors Bella! Leah's still with us!"

At his words, the glass of water on the table toppled over.

"It's Leah," Jacob whispered with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Can I talk to her Jake?" Nessie was smiling for the first time in months.

"Sorry Ness, she can only speak to me, the Alpha. She told me to tell you she loves you though. And you Seth."

A silent tear fell down Seth's cheek, which he quickly wiped away on the back of his hand.

As I looked around at my incredible family, I realised just how lucky I was to be surrounded by such wonderful, loving people. I grabbed Edward's hand under the table.

"Everything's going to be alright, isn't it Edward?"

"Of course Bella. It always is."

THE END

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