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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 5 – Showdown

Alice was waiting impatiently for us to arrive to start talking about her latest vision. I sure hoped she could tell us something useful but by looking at her face I knew it was bad news.

"What happened?" I questioned worriedly.

"I think you better all sit down." She replied.

"Shouldn't we wait for the others?" Seth asked.

"We'll fill them in afterwards." Jasper said. "We have important information."

"Spill it already, we need to go back." Jacob said standing right in front of Alice.

"I saw Edward and Will. They'll arrive to Volterra in five days."

"We can be there before them." Jacob said suddenly. "We can get William and Edward before they even set a damn foot in the Italian leeches' city."

"I know…but I don't believe that's the best thing to do." Alice said. "That would make the Volturi suspect that we're hiding something. They can even make us go there sooner than we were supposed to."

"Besides if they feel threatened they can decide to come to the States again." Carlisle informed.

We didn't want to be forced to face the Volturi Guard again. The last time we had been lucky and we couldn't depend on luck again because now there was much more at stake. La Push had met peace for six years now. Families had been formed since then. Rebecca was back and she was probably planning her wedding with Embry now that her ex-husband had finally signed the divorce's papers. David would finally see his parents getting married.

Rachel and Paul had been parents again recently. Baby Daniel wasn't one month-old yet. Sam and Emily had two kids to take care of and Kim was going to have her second child in October, which meant that four-year old Jeremiah was going to have a baby brother or a baby sister.

"So, we should just abandon my son and Edward there?" Jacob asked.

"No. I'm not saying that." Alice defended herself.

"Edward knows how to deal with these situations." Carlisle explained. "He will make sure that William is safe until Aro decides to let them go."

"But how can you be so sure that they'll let them go?" I asked feeling nervous by the minute. We all knew the dangers of being close to the Volturi.

"Edward will follow a specific procedure once he gets to Volterra. He's going to try to make Aro feel guilty from Demitri's actions." Alice stated.

"What do you mean?" Jacob asked.

"Demitri is the one in charge with this mission. He's the one leading the Volturi, Edward and Will back to Italy as we speak. Edward is going to tell Aro that Demitri forced him to go."

"Is that going to work?" I saw a glimpse of hope at the end of the tunnel but Alice nodded negatively.

"Aro can scold Demitri but once Edward's there he'll just take that chance to know what our family has been doing and when we'll be joining them…"

"Edward will stick with our plan. He'll tell them that we'll join them by the end of this century, like we agreed before." Jasper continued. "But Alice thinks something will go wrong."

"Why?" We all asked almost at the same time.

"Well, this would be much easier if Edward was there alone but William's presence is going to raise some questions." Jasper told us.

"As we explained before, it's forbidden to turn a child into a vampire. They're too unstable and can't control their bloodlust. The punishment for breaking that rule is death. I believe that when Demitri found Edward with Will he thought that Edward was going to change William into an immortal child." Alice's words got us even more worried and Jasper noticed it.

"Don't worry, Edward will be able to prove Aro that he wasn't going turn Will but while doing that he'll allow Aro to know that we still keep in touch with your pack when we were supposed to have left La Push so you could stop phasing." The emotion's controller said.

"I believe Edward can actually keep Aro from reading his mind." Bella stated with confidence.

"I know that Bella. No one is better at hiding his thoughts than a mind reader, but still we have to assume that Aro will figure things out quickly. By reading Edward's mind or not, Aro will know that William is important to us and he'll be interested." Alice announced.

"So what? What can he do if he discovers that we're still friends?" Jacob asked.

"Well, Aro got really curious about your pack when he was here and he will find out that you're William's parents and that Will is a wolf." Carlisle explained.

"He's not a wolf yet." I opposed. "He's just a kid."

"He's not just a kid." Alice said suddenly. "Not William…He's not only the son of two wolves but also…" the pixie hesitated. "Do you want to tell them what you told us a few minutes ago?"

Alice was now facing Bella who was quietly looking at the floor. I didn't understand what the hell was going on between them. Then Bella finally lifted up her head and she walked up to Jacob, holding one of his hands.

"Jake…Last year when you invited us to the twins' birthday party Edward noticed something…" She looked at me and sighed deeply. "I should've told you before but…we got scared that you wouldn't believe us or that you would forbid us to be with the kids."

"Bella…" I started. "Just tell us what happened."

"Edward realised that William has a power. At first we didn't know if it was just our imagination…but we later confirmed."

"A power?" Jacob and I inquired raising our eyebrows.

She nodded.

"He can move objects with his mind." She said.

"Telekinesis." Carlisle stated. "That's quite interesting."

"Are you kidding us?" I asked.

"No. You've been too busy working and arguing…you didn't pay attention." Bella's words made me flinch a bit. I could notice the criticising tone beneath her words.

The leech was right about that and I felt suddenly angry with myself for not paying attention to my kids properly. It hurt my pride and made me think again that I wasn't a good mother. How could I possibly let that slip? How could I not notice that my son had that kind of power? It was really humiliating to know that two fucking leeches had realised it and I hadn't. It was almost as if they knew my children better than me.

But the humiliation faded away and was replaced by anger quite rapidly.

"Why didn't you tell us? We had the right to know." I said clenching my fists.

"Like I said…you were always too busy and we were scared that you would blame us…"

"Blame you for what? We wouldn't do that, Bella." Jacob assured her. "But Leah is right…we had the right to know."

"I'm sorry."

"You're sorry? Is that the best you can do?" I half yelled. "I'm William's mother not you! I have the right to make that kind of decisions, not you or your mind rapist husband!"

"This is exactly why we didn't tell you. You distort everything Leah. You would've freaked out and blamed us." She declared.

"I know that it's not your fault that my son has a power and I wouldn't freak out! I'm his mum."

My blood was boiling. Bella was clearly asking for an ass whooping. The last six years of truces between us seemed to be over any minute.

"Did you all know about this?" Jacob asked.

"Edward and I were the only ones who knew and we were going to talk to Carlisle about it so he could talk to both of you. William's power needs to be developed and Carlisle could help."

"You're really something Bella. Why do you keep on messing with my family?" I said grinding my teeth.

"Messing? I accepted you in Jake's life, but now…I'm not so sure he made the right choice anymore. You're pushy, vindictive, ungrateful, jealous…you can't seem to be able to put the past behind. Jake deserves better and so do the kids."

That was good enough for me. Now I had the perfect motive to attack her. It was only fair that I could defend myself, right?

I launched myself at her. I slapped her as hard as I could but I didn't cause any damages to her perfect white and cold face. I was going to punch her again but Bella grabbed my wrist mid-air.

"You always resort to violence, don't you?" She hissed.

"You started it, leech."

I pulled my hand back but she kept her iron grip.

"You'll never change Leah. That's why you keep hurting Jake, that's why you can never have a marriage like mine, that's why you'll always be scared to be replaced by other women. Sometimes I even feel sorry for Jake…you might be a good mother and a good wife but your damn pride and stubbornness will never let you and Jake be happy."

Bella let my hand go and I immediately grabbed her neck. I knew that leeches didn't need to breathe but it made me feel good to have both my hands around her neck and to hold the power to break a few of her limbs as I pleased. Who the hell did this girl think she was?

I really didn't know why there was no one trying to stop me from killing Bella, but I guess I thought that too soon because I suddenly felt more relaxed. The emotion's controller was doing his magic to prevent me to kill his lovely sister.

"Leah…calm down." Jasper said in a soft tone.

I tried to resist to his power because I really wanted to hurt Bella.

"You have no idea how much I want to kill you, Bella." I hissed. My heart rate had increased and I started to feel the tremors. I could phase any minute and then things would get ugly.

"Then do it." She encouraged me. "What are you waiting for? Show us the real Leah Clearwater."

Without hesitation I phased. Bella's body was pushed into the wall and she fell on the floor along with the furniture and a few objects. I put one of my paws on her chest wrinkling and ruining her red blouse and I stayed there growling, my teeth dangerously close to her head.

I hated Bella. I hated her when she was just Bella Swan and I hated her now that she was Bella Cullen. I hated her because she was the reason why the leeches had stayed in La Push, I hated her because she was partially guilty that I was a freak of nature, I hated her because she had made an army of vampires come to Forks and Jacob almost got killed, I hated her because Jacob had loved her with all his heart and she had chosen to hurt him by marrying Edward, I hated her because she always had what she wanted and because she thought she was better than me. Bella was selfish and stupid but yet she was loved.

People felt sorry for her when Edward left her behind. People thought she was the damsel in distress because she was a clumsy girl with a broken heart. But she was nothing like that. Maybe she had suffered along the way, but her selfishness was completely outstanding. She had decided to leave her parents on her own. Renée had a husband but she clearly loved Bella more than anyone else. I had seen in Jacob's thoughts a long time ago how Bella had to take care of her immature mother while living in Arizona. They had a pretty close relationship as mother and daughter. And Bella threw that out of the window without a second thought. How could she be so selfish?

As for poor Charlie Swan, if it wasn't for my mother and his good friends he would be all alone by now. Just when he thought his daughter was staying for good, he lost her. And why? Because she was in love with a leech. Because she wanted to be a bloodsucker and be a part of the "freak's world". Because she was too idiot to see she was lucky enough to have both of her parents alive, friends, a decent life and an opportunity to live it as she pleased. Even Edward had told her that. But she was just a stupid bimbo.

A pathetic and useless bimbo. Everyone had to save Bella. Edward and the Cullens saved her many times, Sam found her in the middle of the forest once, Jacob saved her sanity, the pack had saved her from Laurent and from the newborns, Seth and I had saved her from Irina. She had hurt so many people for the sake of being with her immortal love and she was still convinced that she could keep Jacob on the side, like a puppy.

I wasn't perfect. I had known that for all of my life, but one thing I knew for sure: Bella fucking Cullen had no right to tell me that I wasn't good enough for Jacob. I had been through a lot to keep my family together, a family that I never thought I could have and I was going to fight for what was mine.

So, yes I wouldn't have minded if Bella had drowned when she threw herself from that cliff and I wouldn't have minded if the Volturi had taken her and the others to Italy to live with them but I wasn't a murderer. If I killed Bella now, I would be the bad guy, the vindictive bitch she had accused me of being. Jacob would probably never forgive me.

If she died by my hands, she wouldn't learn her lesson and she would never see how wrong she was. I would make her see that Jacob and I not only deserved each other but also that we were meant to be together. I would make her see that I was not the old Leah Clearwater, I was Leah Black.

I backed off from her and the rest of her family went to stand by her side while she got up. Seth was debating either to apologise for me or not. At that point I didn't care anymore. Friends or not, Bella had deserved it.

'Let's go outside, Leah.'

I hadn't realised that Jacob had phased too.

'Why?'

'We need to put some clothes on and I don't want you to wander around naked in front of Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle.'

'Please…as if they hadn't seen me naked before.'

'Maybe they have but you're still my wife.'

'Did I break the treaty with the Cullens?'

'I don't think so. You didn't do anything wrong.'

'Really? Are you shitting me? I almost ripped Bella's head off.'

I followed him outside not looking back.

'That wouldn't kill her.'

'What the hell. Are you sure you're feeling alright?'

I never thought he would act like that after seeing me attack and almost kill his best friend.

'Next time, just try not to destroy Esme's furniture. We can't afford to pay for the damages.'

'You're not angry at me?'

'She deserved it besides I told her before…I chose you for a reason. I am her friend but she can't be compared to you. You're the one I love.'

I was stunned with his words but I felt really proud of us as a couple.

We phased back in the garden and he gave me a large t-shirt. It was Seth's, I could tell by the scent of it.

"Am I going to have to apologise?" I asked when he grabbed my hand and took me inside the house again.

"Only if you want to."

We found Esme, Seth and Rosalie trying to clean the mess I had made. I really should apologise to some of them anyways.

"I'm sorry about this…" I said facing Esme. "I'll pay for the broken things."

"It's ok. I wanted to replace this a long time ago." She smiled.

"Where are the others?" I asked Alice who was sitting down with Jasper next to her.

"Carlisle went to his office to make a few calls. Emmett is outside and Bella is changing clothes."

"Maybe we should return to our searching locations?" I suggested. "Harry's still out there."

"In a minute. I still have something to tell you." She stated with a worried look. "Jaz…can you go and call Emmett and Carlisle, please?"

Jasper disappeared immediately and then I saw Bella coming down the stairs. She was now wearing a purple sweater and blue jeans.

"I shouldn't have said those things." Bella said. "I'm sorry."

"Let's not talk about this now. Alice wants to tell us something." I moved across the room, to stay away from her and I sat down on the couch in front of the pixie.

In the meantime Emmett, Carlisle and Jasper joined us.

"We are racing against time for two reasons. First, in my vision I saw Edward speaking only to Aro which means that Marcus and Caius aren't in Volterra and that's awesome news for us. Without Caius and Marcus, William will be safer because Caius really doesn't like wolves." Alice announced. "We have to act before they go back to Volterra."

"And the other reason?" Seth asked.

"Well…we need to get them out of there before Aro realises what William is and that he has a power but this is going to be really hard."

"You said Aro will read Edward's mind and find out anyways." Jacob said.

"Just like Bella said, Edward will try to keep focused and not reveal to Aro everything that has been going on. Even if Aro realises that William is a wolf, Edward will definitely try to hide the fact that he has a power because that can change everything." Alice clarified.

"And that's why we need to go to Volterra." Jasper said. "Carlisle already booked us a flight. We're leaving tomorrow at dawn."

"You're leaving?" I asked.

"Rose, Emmett and Esme are going to stay to help you but the rest of us are going to Italy. Edward and William need us." Carlisle informed.

"I'm going too." Jacob said firmly and I just looked at him feeling completely astonished.

"What?" I managed to say.

"I'm going to get William." He said.

"You can't just leave me…what about Harry?"

"What about William?" He retorted.

"Jacob…I need you here. They're going to Volterra…That place is infested with damn leeches."

"You won't be alone and I'm sure you'll be able to find Harry. I trust you."

I got up and left without another word.

"Where are you going Leah?" Jacob asked coming after me.

"To find my son."

"Leah…Wait…We need to talk."

"No, we don't. Go with Bella and leave me alone."

"Leah." He warned. "Don't start with this shit."

"That's why you didn't get angry with me for kicking her ass…you were just waiting for the right moment to leave with her."

I was being unfair.

"I'm not leaving with Bella. I'm going to get our son back."

"You're going to leave me here."

"Leah! Can you please stop, so we can talk properly?"

"No."

I ran towards the forest and phased mid-air. He did the same. I had forgotten how stubborn Jacob Black could be.

'How can you feel jealous in a time like this? Can't you see I'm…'

Jacob's thoughts were interrupted because when he read my mind he realised I wasn't jealous. I couldn't care less if Bella was going to Italy or not. I was just terrified to be left alone. What if I ended up not only losing my children but also my husband? What if the Volturi killed Jacob? I couldn't live without him.

'Leah, I'm not going to die.'

'How do you know? Do you see the future?'

'I'll be well protected. We have Bella, Jasper and Alice besides, Carlisle knows the Volturi really well and I won't be in any danger.'

'You should stay with me. I don't want to lose you too.'

'You're not going to lose me but I can't just let the Cullens go alone. It's our son we're talking about.'

'What about Harry?'

'I'm not giving up on him. It's just that Will needs me right now and I trust you to find Harry and bring him home.'

'What if I can't?'

'You're his mother. I'm sure you can. Besides there's two packs looking out for him.'

We kept running, trying to find Harry's scent among the trees, trying to do something useful before we had to go back to rest a couple of hours, trying to hold on into each other's memories of all those times we had tucked Harry and William in their beds, all the times we had helped them with their homework, all the times we had scolded them for not eating their veggies or for trying to blame David or James for breaking an expensive toy.

I missed them so much and I could tell that Jacob was feeling the same. Both of us felt guilty and that feeling would never disappear.

'I didn't spend enough time with them.' Jacob thought. 'I spent three damn years studying…I only saw you and the kids on weekends and holidays. I should've been at home.'

'You provided them everything they needed.'

'No, that was you. You found a job and you held on the fort until I came back and again I ruined everything by…'

'This is not your fault, Jacob.'

'I really wasn't ready to be a father.'

'I know.'

'But I always loved them and I always will. That's why I'm going to Italy, I'm going to kick some asses and William will be home soon. I promise.'

'Just promise me you'll be back too.'

'I promise.'

I believed him with all my heart but I didn't know if things would be that easy.

A/Note 3: More drama to follow…I told you Bella would be slapped again and this time Leah even phased.

Blackwater101: Leah is the only female wolf and because of that she is also the alpha female. There's a reason why the members of both packs, namely Sam, Jake, Embry, Paul and Jared had boys (Sam's the only exception but Ella doesn't have the wolf gene, so Leah is still the only female wolf in History). Because I'm still writing the story I don't know if someone will die. All I can tell you is that Jacob's life will be in danger, especially after arriving in Italy. The Volturi will also try to get the Cullens to join them soon, just like you said. About the kids phasing, they will phase sooner because they're around vampires constantly, but not just yet. Thanks for your words. Take care

Karisan