Chapter 8
Now I'm Going To Get It!

Author's Note: Again, the site kinda hates italics, so that is why stuff was run together in the previous chapter.

(Jacob's PoV)

It took a little while to get out of La Push, even though I was on my motorcycle. I didn't want Sam or one of my other pack-mates to realize I was about to cross the treaty line, so I had to drive extremely slow away from the reservation.

When I was sure I was safe, I hit the acceleration and made my way toward the Cullen's house.

The small voice in the back of my mind was telling me to turn back. It told me that I had no more business with Bella anymore, and that I should stick to my own pack. I ignored the voice, knowing I had to do something. If I didn't at least try to convince the Cullens that they shouldn't go through with it, I would never forgive myself. I knew how much they loved Bella, so there was maybe a chance they would go through with it. Especially if I reminded them about the treaty and the imminent results if they had broken it.

I made my way through Forks and toward the Cullens house in a little under half an hour. When I arrived, the blonde doctor was standing on the porch. He was looking at me. The expression on his face was a mix of wonder and confusion.

"Hello, Jacob," Carlisle said, "We were expecting you."

I raised an eyebrow, but before I could reply, Carlisle answered my question.

"Alice's visions went dark," he said, with a smile that was probably only for my benefit, "You and your pack are the only beings on this earth, as far as we know, capable of doing such a thing. You're the only one who seems brave enough to come close, so we expected it was you. I suspect you are looking for Bella? She and Edward haven't returned from their honeymoon yet, but we believe they'll be back soon."

"I actually wanted to talk to you about Bella," I said. "May I come inside?"

"I believe that would be okay," Carlisle said, "Just don't expect the same welcoming attitude from everyone."

Most of the time, I probably would have taken that as a threat. But I knew Carlisle was only talking about one particular person. I was ready for her.

I parked my motorcycle in the driveway and walked up to the door. Carlisle let me inside. I had never been inside the Cullen's house before. Before now, I was avoiding it. It wasn't as dark and gloomy as I expected. It was actually quite open to the elements. I could imagine a nice sunny day in this place. Everyone glittering and shining like a diamond mine... or a schoolgirl's slumber party.

Everyone was in the living room when I arrived.

"We have a guest," Carlisle announced to everyone.

Esme, of course, was the one to greet me first.

"Jacob," she said in her excessively sweet voice, "It's been a while. Welcome."

I nodded, so I wouldn't seem rude.

"Take a seat if you want," Carlisle said, "I believe you wanted to talk to us about something?"

I nodded again and walked over to the empty recliner. As I took a glance at the others, I noticed Alice was rubbing her forehead.

"Headache?" I asked her.

"It's nothing," Alice said, a brief smile crossing her lips.

I looked at the blonde female. She looked as if she was trying to hold her breath.

"Nice to see you too," I said, grinning.

"Mutt," Rosalie muttered, though it was loud enough for me to hear.

"I'd be careful about holding your breath," I said to her, "I've read that blondes lose braincells every second they do that."

Emmett laughed and Rosalie glared at him.

"So what did you want to talk to us about?" Carlisle asked.

"Huh?" I asked.

I had temporarily forgotten about why I was here. Then I suddenly remembered.

"Oh, right," I said. "Now don't take this as a threat. Because, you know....I come in peace."

Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"I came because my pack-mates are getting a little tense over on the reservation," I said, "Especially Sam. You're not exactly in his good books."

"May I ask why?" Carlisle asked.

"Well," I said, "First of all, the pack has a couple new recruits. They are both under the age of thirteen."

"That is so young," Esme said, "How come they phased so early?"

"I thought it would be obvious," I said. "The Quileutes don't transform unless there is a growing threat of vampires."

"The wedding," Jasper said.

"Bingo!" I said with a scoff, "More vampires came into the area, and an outbreak happened in La Push."

"But they were only temporary guests," Alice said. "They weren't here for long."

"I am guessing their curse doesn't work like that," Jasper said.

"Oh, so it is a curse now, huh?" I asked.

"Wrong choice of words, Jacob," Jasper said, "My apologies."

"Anyway," I continued, before my temper could rise, "As you can probably guess, it isn't easy having a couple of preteens in our pack. Their mothers know nothing about their transformation, and Sam's gotten complaints from the Elders because the mothers are starting to notice something is wrong."

"Oh, the poor dears," Esme said, "I can imagine their suffering."

I tried my best not to roll my eyes. The thought of a vampire feeling sorry for us was almost disgusting. I trudged on, hoping I could get everything out.

"Then there is the reason I really came here," I said slowly.

That voice in the back of my mind was telling me to stop. That it was dangerous enough without going this far. I ignored the voice, and turned my attention to the doctor.

"I wonder how much you remember about the treaty you made with my grandfather." I said.

"I have not forgotten any part of the treaty, Jacob," Carlisle said, "It's been on my mind a lot lately."

"Then you remember the key point of the treaty?" I asked.

"I do," Carlisle said, "As much as it upsets me."

Carlisle looked at his family.

"Most of you will remember the treaty in question," he said.

Emmett, Rosalie and Esme nodded.

"They key point Jacob refers to," Carlisle said, "Is the fact that we cannot harm a human. As you can understand, Jacob, it was never our wish to cross that treaty."

"Wait a second," Alice said, "I know what you're getting at, Jacob. This is about Bella, isn't it?"

I wanted to yell out "Very good, Captain Obvious!", but I refrained from doing so. I only nodded.

"But the treaty shouldn't have anything to do with Bella!" Alice said, "It's her decision to become one of us."

"Unfortunately, that part was ignored at the time of the treaty," Emmett said.

"So," Alice said, "What Jacob is saying..."

"If Bella is turned," Carlisle said, "It will break the treaty wide open."

"You can't do anything about this, Jacob?" Esme asked.

"Sam has tried," I said, shaking my head. "The Elders have forbid that he ever speak of it."

"They are firm believers in the treaty," Carlisle said.

"So... where does that leave us?" Jasper asked.

"I believe it is Sam's intention to carry out the punishment when the treaty is broken," I said. "That is the reason I came here today."

"To warn us?" Jasper asked.

"We can take care of ourselves," Emmett said.

"There is only one foreseeable outcome," I said, shaking my head. "Is there anyway you could try and get Bella to change her mind?"

Everyone went silent at the same time. Well, everyone except for blonde female.

"I'm up for that!" Rosalie said.

"Rose," Carlisle warned.

"Oh, come now!" Rosalie said, "I can't be the only one thinking about this. It would solve our problem right there!"

"It is not our decision in the end," Carlisle said, "And you know that. It is only Bella's decision."

"So it is her decision if the treaty gets broken?" Rosalie asked, "Well, that's just perfect."

"She's part of our family now," Carlisle said, "And we will support her decision."

Rosalie scoffed.

"There is no other way you can see out of this, Jacob?" Esme asked.

"Nothing I can think of at the moment," I said, shaking my head.

Well, that wasn't the complete truth. There was something my father had in mind, but he had never gotten around to telling me. It would probably be nothing anyway.

"When it comes to the treaty," I continued, "Usually the Alpha of the tribe has the final say. Sam is the Alpha, of course. But the Elders continue to override Sam's decisions."

"So this is only going to end up in bloodshed?" Alice asked.

I nodded grimly. Alice rubbed her forehead again.

"Why do you do that?" I asked.

"Her visions give her headaches," Jasper said. "And I think you're making it worse."

"Because she can't see around me or my pack?" I asked.

"If she tries hard enough, she can," Jasper said, "Massaging her forehead makes it easier for her to see."

Without warning, Alice put her hands down and looked straight ahead. Her eyes were the only thing that were moving.

"What's wrong now?" I asked.

Jasper put one hand up to silence me and cupped Alice's hands with his other. The room was completely silent for about half a minute, as everyone stared at her. She suddenly blinked twice and looked up.

"What is it?" Jasper asked, "What did you see?"

"It was blurry in parts," Alice said.

"Did you see anything?" Jasper asked.

"Yes," Alice said, nodding. "The Volturi. Aro asked Jane to come to Forks. He's asked her to bring her brother and some guards with her. Demetri and Felix will come too."

"They want to know If Bella's a vampire yet," Carlisle said.

Alice nodded.

"Did you see when they would come?" Jasper asked.

"No," Alice said, shaking her head, "That part was blurry."

"Great," Rosalie said. "This is just perfect. So it is a lose-lose situation we've been put in. If Bella doesn't isn't a vampire by the time Jane's arrived, we're in trouble. If she does change, the mutts will come after us."

"Rosalie is right," Esme said.

"And it is ultimately Bella's decision, isn't it?" I asked.

"Yes," Carlisle said, "I will not force her to make a decision to suit our needs."

I sighed.

"There is only one thing I can do, then," I said, standing up, "I have to go back to my reservation and try to convince my pack not to go through with the treaty."

"Will it work?" Jasper asked.

"Honestly?" I replied, "Probably not."

"Then I wish you luck," Carlisle said.

I nodded.

"When Bella arrives, tell her I said hi," I said.

"We'll do one better," Carlisle said, "We'll ask her to call you when she gets back... on your request, of course."

"Thanks," I said.

I started toward the door, then turned around once again.

"Is there any chance she's already... you know, one of you?" I asked.

"She isn't," Alice said. "For one, I would have seen that decision. And two, Edward would never change her without any of us present."

I nodded, and headed for the door. So I still had time. Now I had to find a way to make good use of it.

The drive back to the reservation was a lot quicker than the one to the Cullen's house. I knew there would be repercussions for crossing the treaty line, and that I was going to have to explain myself.

About a half-a-mile from my house, Leah was waiting in the middle of the road, in her human form. I stopped feet from her.

"Were you waiting for me?" I asked.

"I had to warn you," she said.

"Warn me?" I asked with a scoff, "I thought you'd be happy to see me get a mouthful from Sam."

"He's pretty angry, Jake," Leah said.

"Well, of course he is," I said.

"He's talking to your father right now," Leah said. "I don't know what it is about, but I think it is pretty serious."

"Did you hear any bit of it?" I asked.

"No," Leah said, shaking her head, "Sam wouldn't let me get close. He used his Alpha command on me and the rest of the pack. In his fury, he forgot to tell me not to warn you."

"He used his Alpha command on you?" I asked, surprised.

I couldn't believe it. Sam had never given Leah an Alpha command. Even though Sam didn't love Leah anymore, he respected her too much to make her do anything she didn't want to do.

"It must be pretty serious then," I said.

"Some of the pack thinks Sam's going to exile you," Leah said.

"Exile?" I asked. "Why?"

"It's just what they think, Jake," Leah said. "You've done so much recently, and its getting to the edge of endangering the pack."

"Is that what Embry says?" I asked, with a scoff.

"Hey! That's not nice!" Leah said, "Embry supports you. You do still have friends around here, Jacob."

"Are you one of them?" I asked.

"I came to warn you, didn't I?" Leah retorted.

I sighed.

"I'm sorry," I said, "Well, I guess I better go face the executioner, then."

"That's not funny, Jake," Leah said.

I rolled my eyes and revved the engine.

"Good luck," Leah said.

I nodded and took off down the road.

When I turned into my driveway, Sam and Billy were waiting on the porch. They seemed to be deep in conversation, but stopped abruptly when they heard me arrive. Sam stood up from his chair and met he halfway between the driveway and the house.

"What in the hell do you think you were doing?" Sam growled.

"I had to go," I said. "I had to do something! It isn't like you were going to do anything about it!"

"I wanted to do something, Jacob!" Sam said, "But you know the Elders forbid it."

"They forbid you to go," I growled. "I heard nothing about me."

I knew Sam was about to retort, but he suddenly went silent. Meanwhile Billy had wheeled out over to us.

"This is happening too early, Billy!" Sam growled.

"What is happening too early?" I asked.

Okay, I was really confused now. Because of Leah's conversation, I thought I had a one-way ticket out of the reservation. Now I didn't know what was planned for me.

"Jacob," Billy said, "I think we need to talk."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because Sam isn't the true Alpha of the tribe," Billy said, and he suddenly had a proud grin across his face. "You are. It was always meant to be you."

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Cliffhanger! I loved this chapter to much. My favorite bit was probably Jake and Leah's discussion. More is going to happen between them in the future.

You'll have to wait for the next Jacob PoV. Next is Bella's. Bella and Edward return home!

Hope you liked the chapter! Feedback would be great!