Sorry for the delay, it shouldn't be this bad in future. I have moved to university, and been having some problems in my personal life, but I feel I'm ok to write, so voila!
Nomads, it turned out, did not get up early. At least pregnant werewolves didn't. It was near to ten in the morning when the heavy footsteps announced the arrival of the couple. Swarhi was once more in a very long dress, and Jonty greeted Sam and Emily with a smile that matched his wife's yawn as she sat down heavily.
"Morning" Emily said "I've got some white tea…"
"That would be great." Swarhi said with a tired smile, and propping her elbow on the table leant on her hand "So, tell me about your resident vampires, smells like about 7 or 8 or them?"
"About that number" Sam agreed, sitting down with his coffee "we have a treaty with them, they can stay in Forks if they keep to their vegetarian diet, no biting humans. We try to avoid them and them us."
"So, your at peace with this….coven?" Jonty asked in disbelief, Sam half-nodded
"Not quite. They recently took a girl from Forks, the chief of police's daughter, not very discrete. We had vampires all over forks after her, even the Volturi-"
"The royalty?"
"Yeah." Jacob had come in behind them, and shooting a smile at Emily re-boiled the kettle "Everything was nuts, we had this huge army of newborns and everything down to get her, and we helped the Cullen's fight them off, all because" Jacob's voice grew bitter "the youngest Cullen, this guy Edward had gone off and married her whilst human, and she ended up pregnant" Swarhi frowned "so he bites her and now they're all vampires together like some sort of pale Brady bunch."
"What happened to the baby?"
"It died. Tried pretty hard to kill Bella." Sam said, regaining control of the story and shooting a look to Jacob.
"So how long ago was this?" Jonty asked, emerging from the fridge with milk and placing it down.
"About 6 months" Sam said "The Cullens keep to themselves, masquerading at the local high school and hospital. You probably wont even meet them."
"Your sure?" The couple weren't nervous, more apprehenious.
"You have my word" Sam said with what he presumed was an engaging smile. Emily touched Swarhi's arm.
"Why don't I take you into Forks today, so you can get to know the area?"
"That sounds good" Swarhi said with a smile "Mind if I bring my shadow?" she motioned to Jonty who grinned as he drowned his cereal
"'Course".
"Oh, I didn't realise we'd be driving." Emily turned, regarding the couple looking warily at her car.
"It's the quickest way, we could try the bus…."
"No no no!" Jonty said quickly, opening the door "this is fine, sorry, sorry!"
"Ok…." Emily said as the couple slid into the back seat. She didn't have to be a werewolf to hear them converse in quiet voices abut how to do their seatbelts up, and pretended not to be listening by adjusting the mirrors.
The reason became clearer once driving, and at Swarhi's request had all the windows open, letting the drizzle spray in. The couple were silent, and nervous, and a faint green. At first Emily thought it was travel sickness, but upon closer studying of the mirror saw their dark eyes travel worryingly from the roof to the seats and then inch longingly towards the window. They were claustrophobic, and possibly even terrified of being on the road. She parked as quickly as she could, and almost admired the speed at which they threw themselves out of the car, and tried to compose themselves.
"You alright?" She asked quietly
"Yeah, yeah" Swarhi said with a reassuring smile that was slightly too wide. "You're going to show us the town?"
And Emily did, buying the groceries (the pack ate a LOT) and other essentials. Forks was not terribly big, but the conversation flowed easily as they walked down the main street, right up until Swarhi and Jonty went silent.
"Whats wrong?"
"I smell some." Jonty said quietly
"Some?"
"Two. Vampires." Swarhi finished. She was pale. Emily looked around. Edward and Bella, the 'youngest' of the Cullens stood watching with their amber eyes glinting in the drizzle. They made no attempt to be inconspicuous, looking like models in the shop doorway.
"That's two of the Cullens" Emily explained quietly
"Your sure?"
"Yes, its ok."
"Can we leave?" Swarhi asked in a worried voice. Emily nodded, and led them back towards the car. She could feel the eyes of the Cullens on the back of her neck, and involuntarily shuddered.
In a big, beautiful house in the woods, Edward gathered the coven in the sitting room and relayed what he and Bella had seen. Carlisle, his blonde hair beautifully coiffed as usual, rested his chin on the steeple of his fingers and regarded his youngest son.
"New werewolves." The patriarch stated at the conclusion. Edward nodded.
"Man and a woman, about 30."
"And the pack have taken them in?" Bella nodded from where she leant against the sofa.
"Your sure they were werewolves?"
"They definitely were; they smelt a lot stronger than the others from the pack."
"Would you say this is a cause of concern?" Carlisle asked
"They might just be visiting…." Alice put forwards
"The pack don't know any of the other werewolf packs" Edward said sharply "I don't think this is a coincidence."
"Edward she was pregnant, how much of a threat do you really think they are?" Bella asked. Rosalie stiffened next to Emmet, who quickly caught her hand in his.
"Pregnant?" Carlisle sat in surprise "Your sure you couldn't just smell her husband?"
"I'm telling you" Edward said calmly "they both stank of werewolf, and-" he sighed "-I couldn't read their minds."
"Really?" Esme asked, concern apparent on her pale features. He nodded.
"Its not like Bella, these were intentional barriers. I could almost see them, like brick walls barring me from their thoughts. They just got stronger when they noticed us."
Silence fell as the Cullen thought the events through. Edward watched them jumping to and from various conclusions, until Carlisle nodded slowly.
"I think you should keep an eye on them, we don't know if they're hostile, or what to expect. If they have been brought for aggressive reasons, we'll need to know fast." Edward nodded, and joined Bella.
"We'll watch as best we can" She said
"Stay upwind" Jasper said sullenly, and Edward smirked.
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