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Author/Note 1: Sequel from Our Dawn 2

A/Note 2: I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry for my grammar and spelling. Thank you for reading.

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part III

Book 1 – Weakness & Strength

Leah Clearwater

Chapter 3 – Taken

Home sweet home. After Embry leave us at our house, Jacob went to have a shower and I started to unpack. We would see the kids later and I was actually in a very good mood.

"Are you going to be home by dinner?" I asked when he entered the bedroom wearing only a towel around his waist. My mood got even better at his sight.

"I hope so…I mean how long does it take to sign a few papers?"

Embry had asked Jacob to go with him to Forks to meet Rebecca's soon to be ex-husband. Rebecca didn't want to see him and Embry was afraid to lose control so he needed someone there to supervise. Of course that the douche didn't know anything about Becca and Embry's relationship or about imprinting. That was why he had been denying signing the papers. She had never gave him a good reason to break up.

"Maybe you should call Quil too." I suggested.

Not that I doubted Jacob's strength, I just had the feeling that Embry's temper would be under a lot of stress and I still had a lively memory about the first time that Embry lost control. It wasn't pretty to see.

Let's be honest, Embry's life had never been easy. There was even a time when I was partially responsible for his suffering. I kind of enjoyed making fun of him for being a bastard child. back then I thought everyone should be as miserable as me, so I didn't really pay attetion to what my pack brothers were feeling. I didn't care about anyone else but me.

After imprinting on Rebecca, one thing we knew for sure, Billy Black wasn't Embry's father, otherwise he would've never imprinted on her. I have always believed that was the reason why Jacob accepted Embry's imprint faster than Paul's. That and the fact that Embry didn't have such a dirty mind and wasn't such an asshole.

But again, things didn't go easy for him. Rebecca fought against the imprint for weeks. She refused to believe in the old legends and even threatened to call the police. I understood her point of view. Unlike her sister, who only had to give up on her dream to live in a big city and have a successful career, Rebecca was married and had built a relationship with her husband. She had a job, friends and a house back in Hawaii and it was hard to understand that a stranger was actually her soul mate and was keeping her "hostage" in a place she had initially ran away from.

Rebecca was trying to save her marriage, she wanted a baby more than anything and when Embry imprinted on her she thought she could fight it and go back to her old life. The Council talked to her, Jacob, Sam and even Emily, Rachel and Kim. She didn't listen to anyone. She refused to be tied to a nineteen year old guy that she had never been too fond of and didn't remember very well.

To respect her wishes Embry never approached her directly during the two months she stayed in La Push, even though he was physically and emotionally in pain. She called him to apologise and to tell him that she didn't believe in any of that imprinting bullshit and Embry took it all quite well. He could only be what she wanted him to be and it was obvious she didn't want him as a boyfriend.

When she finally decided to go back to Hawaii, Embry went to say goodbye to her and Rebecca hesitated in leaving. That was the first sign that she would come back. Embry spent the next two months in pure agony because he had fallen hard for her and Rebecca felt that her relationship with her husband had reached a breaking point. She came back straight into Embry's arms and got pregnant unexpectedly which made things a chaos.

Although he had always been responsible, Embry was not ready to be a father, his mother couldn't believe he had knocked up a married woman, thus making him worse than his father, she had even called Embry a marriage's wrecker.

Billy didn't mind much because now he would finally see his dream coming true. He had his three children at home. But that didn't mean things were easier. Billy's pension was not large and his house was small. With Rachel, Paul and James living there Rebecca and her baby would have to live elsewhere. Suddenly Rebecca had everything she wanted, a child, but her life was totally upside down.

Eventually Embry decided to beg his mum to let Rebecca live with them and six years later, they were still living together. The only problem was that Rebecca had left her husband without an explanation, she had Embry's child and they couldn't get married unless she had a divorce. Basically David Call was like his father, a bastard child, and that was the reason why Embry exploded the first time. I don't remember who brought the subject on (although my money was on Paul) but I remember someone talking about little David a few hours after his birth and the "bastard" word being pronounced. That was all it took for Embry to flip at the Hospital.

Fortunately the two packs were there and in the end no one got seriously hurt but from that day on, there were no more visits for Becca and David at the Hospital.

"Just make sure Rebecca's husband doesn't provoke Embry." I told Jacob. "And don't mention David. I'm not sure Becca told her husband she had a child."

"My family sure has been a gossip gold's mine for these past six years." Jacob complained.

"I thought you didn't mind about gossips."

"And I don't…I'm just saying."

"Well not everyone can have a sibling like mine." I stated proudly.

"Seth is not that perfect."

"Of course he is. He's twenty-two years old, he's going to be a great doctor and he's single. No girlfriend, no wife, no kids…Perfect."

"Did you ever ask yourself why Seth is still single?"

"Because he's smart?"

"Nope. He's single because you have way too much influence on him."

"Oh come on…My brother left the nest a long time ago. He asked your permission to leave La Push and go to Canada to do his internship."

"And he wants to come and practice medicine in Forks' Hospital."

"He wants to be near his family. What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing…"

"You're not jealous of my brother, are you?"

"No."

Jacob kept buttoning his shirt up and didn't look at me.

"Yes, you are. Jacob Black is jealous of my relationship with my brother." I said stunned.

"Why would I be jealous of Seth?"

"My question precisely."

"Leah…" He finished dressing up his jeans and walked over to me. "I'm not jealous and I'm not going to fall into your games."

"What games?" I asked running my hands up his chest.

"You always eager to start a fight."

"And you always try to avoid telling me your feelings."

"I didn't hear you complaining for the last two weeks. I believe I expressed myself quite well."

"Very funny…" I put my arms around his neck and kissed him. I didn't know why suddenly I had felt the need to be with him. I didn't want him to leave that room.

"Leah…I need to go." He said pushing me away. "And you need a shower."

"What?"

"Your scent is driving me crazy and I need to focus right now."

"Oh…" He was talking about the damn mating season. Our scent was ten times enhanced during that time and we still had a few more weeks to go until April was over.

"I'll see you later, alright?" He kissed my lips softly and smirked. "To be continued."

As soon as he left I picked up a few clothes and went to the shower. Tonight it would be our last night without the kids at home. I was going to fix us a nice meal and then we would probably end up ruining another bed. So far we had broken ten, excluding Jacob's old bed that we had broken on our first time. We were wolves after all.

Hours later Jacob called saying he was going to be late. Rebecca's husband had refused to sign the papers without seeing her first and Embry lost it. The guy ended up in the Hospital with a broken nose and a broken wrist. He pressed charges to the police and Embry was arrested. Jacob was forced to get Rebecca and when her husband saw David with her everything started to make sense in his head.

He realised Embry wasn't just Rebecca's friend, that his wife wasn't in La Push against her will, that opposite of him she had moved on and was now a mother, that she didn't love him anymore. Rebecca wasn't allowed to tell him about the imprint or the old legends but she was given a second chance to apologise properly. Jacob said he was going to stay in Forks until Quil arrived with the money to pay Embry's bail and then he would come home.

We were still a pack, so I waited patiently until my eyes started to close from tiredness. I woke up when I smelled his scent invading the room. He lay down beside me and pulled my body to his.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Almost midnight. I'm sorry I missed dinner."

"How's Embry?"

"He's home…at last."

"Did the other guy sign the divorce's papers?"

"Yes, finally."

"The pixie is going to flip when she realises she has another wedding to organise."

"Thank god this is going to be the last one for a few years."

There was only one more imprinted couple left: Quil and Claire. Since Claire was still eleven years old, we would have to wait probably ten more years until they decided to get married, if they eventually fell in love.

"Well I'm glad everything is going to be alright for Embry and your sister."

"I thought Embry was going to kill the guy."

I laughed slightly. I had always enjoyed a good kicking ass scene. Too bad I wasn't there to watch.

I ended up falling asleep rather quickly again and I only woke up when I heard the phone ringing. I honestly thought it was already ten o'clock in the morning but then I noticed that it was still dark outside. Jacob was already talking on the phone and my heart sank when I saw his face.

We need you all here now! I heard Bella's voice. Jake? Are you there? Did you hear me?

Jacob was holding the phone but he couldn't speak. I walked over to him and took the phone out of his hands.

"Bella? It's Leah…What happened?"

Leah…It's an emergency. Listen to me carefully. Call Quil and Embry and come over to Mount Sima…it's in Whitehorse, alright?

"Bella, are my children alright?"

Just do what I say and come here as fast as you can.

She hung up on me and I knew something was terribly wrong.

"Jacob? What did she tell you?" I asked.

"She…She told me they're missing…"

"What? Who's missing?"

"Edward and the kids."

I felt suddenly dizzy.

"How can they be missing?" I asked in panic.

"I don't know."

I tried to focus and remembered Bella's last words.

"Call the others." I said and Jacob grabbed the phone immediately.

It took them only seven minutes to arrive. Jacob and I were ready to leave. We phased when we got into the woods. It was a weird sensation because I hadn't phased frequently in six years.

'How can a vampire disappear?' Quil questioned.

'Why can't we hear Seth's thoughts?' I asked.

'He's probably not phased.' Embry replied. 'Look, if Edward is with them, they'll be fine.'

'What's disturbing is that fact that Edward's missing too.' Quil insisted. 'He reads minds, there are not too many chances of surprising him, plus he's a vampire.'

'I can't believe I let this happen.'

'It's not your fault, Leah.' Jacob assured. 'I was the one who suggested them to stay with the Cullens.'

'Let's just wait until we get there to know all the details before we start blaming everyone.' Embry suggested and Quil backed him up.

How could this have happened? Why were my children missing? What the hell was going on?

I didn't have answers to those questions and it was becoming hard to organise my thoughts. Quil was right about something, it was weird that Edward was gone too. Kids get lost frequently but vampires? We had never heard of such thing. Especially when the vampire had the ability to read minds.

I was slowly giving into the abyss. My state of confusion was starting to affect my pack and Jacob had to interfere.

'Leah…calm down. Thirty more minutes and we'll be there.'

'Don't tell me to calm down. They are my babies.'

'They're mine too and we'll find them. I promise.'

'I can't live without them.'

'I know.'

'They're tough kids. They'll be fine.' Quil declared.

We were running at a tremendous speed now and when we finally reached Canadian soil we started to slow down because we had to find a way to go to Whitehorse without being seen. We managed to take a route in which we were safe because there were large forests and we only had to cross two highways.

Mount Sima was just ahead when we picked up the Cullen's scent. As I thought, they were in the forest, a few miles away from the private and expensive hotel they had been staying in. We phased back and put some clothes on.

Bella and the others had already noticed our presence. They were in a circle, with worried expressions. I couldn't see Carlisle or Seth anywhere.

"Start talking." Jacob said when we joined them, adjusting our clothes.

"Jacob…We tried our best but…we lost their tracks." Bella said.

"What happened?" I asked. "Where are Seth and Carlisle?"

"At the local Hospital. There was an emergency and they called all the doctors available in the area." She explained. "We already warned them. They'll be here soon."

"What about the kids and Edward?" Jacob insisted. "I want to know all the details."

"Since it was going to be our last night here, Emmett, Edward and I decided to have some fun with the kids." Jasper took the lead. "A men's night. Carlisle and Seth couldn't join us because they were called to go help in the Hospital. We planned a night out in the woods. A camping's night."

"We were supposed to stay up until late, telling stories and eating marshmallows. We brought our sleeping's bags, the tents and then, after making the small fire, Jasper and I went back to the hotel to get more food for the kids." Emmett continued.

"We took thirty minutes, maybe less…and when we arrived, they were gone." Jasper said. "We searched the perimeter but it's difficult to track someone when we don't have a scent to pick up their location."

"But…we picked up your scent a few moments ago." I said.

"I know, but Edward's scent and the kid's too…it's gone."

I soon realised that Jasper was right.

"How is this possible?" Quil asked.

"And why didn't Alice have a vision?" I questioned.

"Whoever came here and took them wasn't planning on doing it. It wasn't premeditated." Alice explained. "I do have a theory…"

"Please enlighten us." Jacob said harshly.

"There are no Covens living in Canada permanently and no nomad vampire would have a chance against Edward. Besides…nomads don't usually attack children." She said matter-of-factly. "The nearest Coven in the area is Tanya's."

"The Denali?" I asked feeling suddenly nervous. Could they be doing this to have their revenge because I had killed Irina?

"I'm sure they have nothing to do with this." Carlisle's voice reached us. "They felt that Irina had reached her limit. Emotionally speaking, of course. Tanya gave me her word she would not act against the pack."

Seth came to hug me and I could feel his mental stress. He was feeling guilty about the kids' disappearance.

"We're going to find them. I promise." He whispered to me.

I nodded.

"So, what have you done so far?" Seth asked.

"We've been searching for them. Esme, Rosalie and Emmett went south. They've reached the east coast in Halifax and there were no signs of them. Alice, Bella and I went north. We've been by the Alaska's border and then east." Jasper stated.

"We did find something useful…" Alice announced. "We found drops of blood in the snow, right outside Whitehorse and going east."

"Blood?" Jacob asked. "Whose blood?"

"We believe it was William's." Jasper said.

"If that's the case we can follow the smell." Quil said.

"Like I said before…someone managed to hide their scent."

"Even blood's scent?" Seth asked.

Jasper nodded in confirmation.

"Does that mean William is…dead?" I felt myself shaking when I pronounced the last word.

"No. Not at all. It was just a few drops. He probably fell or…Edward did it on purpose to give us a clue." Jasper explained.

"So, you do have a suspect in mind." Embry said.

"The Volturi." Alice declared. "But it's just a hunch."

"Again?" Embry and Quil said at the same time.

"How do you know it's the Volturi and not the Denali?" Jacob questioned. He was still not convinced that Irina's family was innocent.

"Because only a vampire with a power could actually be here, approach Edward without being detected, force Edward and the kids to go with him and leave no tracks." Alice said and what she told us made sense.

"But they're supposed to be in Italy." Jacob pointed out. "You said they almost never leave their fucking bat-cave."

"The Volturi travel whenever there are things to investigate or problems to solve." Carlisle informed us. "Just like that time when they went to Forks. Usually they don't travel in large groups…only three or four of them."

"I believe this was the case." Jasper continued. "And I believe Edward was forced to go with them to protect the kids."

"What can they possibly want from Edward or my children?" I asked.

"We don't know." Bella sounded concerned about the situation although Edward wasn't in any danger.

"Enough chatting. If we call Sam's pack we can cover the whole country plus Alaska and the north of the United States." Jacob said. "Right now I don't need to know what the Volturi want, I just need to find them. How long ago did they disappear?"

"Almost two hours." Emmett replied.

"Two fucking hours and you only called a few minutes ago?" Jacob roared.

"We…started the searches immediately. We thought we would find them." Rosalie tried to defend her husband.

"Jacob…you're not the only one who's worried." Bella said softly touching his arm.

"With all do respect Bella, your fucking husband is a damn immortal leech who can read minds and he's valuable for the Italians. My kids…they're just a snack." Jacob brushed Bella's hand away from his arm and asked my brother for his cell phone.

"Should we go visit the Denali's Coven too?" Embry asked.

"Yes, we can't exclude their involvement either." Jacob said dialling Sam's number.

"Wait!" Esme said suddenly and she immediately surrounded Alice. It looked like she was having a vision.

The pixie had this weird look on her perfect little face. Her eyes were focused on the horizon as if she was sleepwalking. She stood there for a couple of seconds and then she woke up from her trance.

"They were taken by the Volturi." Alice said in a weak voice. "The Denali have nothing to do with this."

Jacob turned the phone off and walked over to her placing his hands on Alice's shoulders.

"What did you see Alice? Are my kids alright?" He asked trying not to sound too nervous.

"Edward and William are about to leave the States. We can't reach them in time. They are going to Volterra."

"So, they are alive." Jacob said relieved.

"Yes, but…" She hesitated. "I can only see William. I didn't see Harry. I'm sorry."

A/Note 3: Thanks again for all the reviews; I really wasn't expecting much of this sequel. Since you're all eager to know what the future holds for Leah and Jake, I can tell you a little secret: they didn't imprint but their family is going to have a new member soon (nine months to be more precise). So yes, more Blackwater fluff and a new baby on the way (almost everyone was expecting that after last chapter, right?). Hope you like the news. But that doesn't mean bad things/drama can't happen.

Take care,

Karisan