A/N--As you can see I changed the title of my story. I kind of hated the title Blue Moon, and so I thought about it and came up with Black Dawn. Don't mind the pun. LOL.
Sorry it's taken me awhile to update, but I've been reading a great series called Night World and I bought the latest copy. If you haven't read the series you should. Great books.
I also want to say that I know I said that I'd switch POV's, but I'm not so sure at this time. I know I'll be doing some Renesmee point of views, but I'm not sure about any others besides hers and Jacob's. I guess we'll see.
Also, I haven't been getting many reviews. Please review. Tell me what you want to see happen, tell me if the story sucks or it's good or whatever. I love reviews and I'm starting to think that my story is bad. Please review! Tell me anything!
Disclaimer: I own nothing, though I wouldn't mind a Jacob Black. ;)
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Black Dawn
Chapter 9--Home Sweet Home. Yeah, Right.
Jacob's POV
"Alice?" I tentatively asked. "Can I talk to you alone?"
I was at The White House and it was the day before we left for New Hampshire. It had been a pretty busy day of packing and preparing. The moving trucks had arrived this morning as soon as the sun came up and the cars had been shipped yesterday and rentals replaced them. Now it was night and everyone was chillin' in what was left of the house, which was almost everything. The only things missing were some electronics, a little bit of clothes, personal items, art, and books.
"Sure," Alice chimed, bouncing up off the couch.
Leading the way out of The White House and to about a quarter mile down the drive, I finally stopped and faced the pixie.
"Alice, have you had any visions lately?" I inquired, staring intently down at her.
"About what?"
I sighed. "Have you seen anything to do with the Volturi?"
Her eyebrows furrowed and she let out a low hiss. "Not particularly," she answered. "They've been plotting, no doubt about it, and there's whispers, but no immediate threat."
"So they're not planning on coming back to Forks?" I confirmed.
She shook her head. "No, but if they make any plans for another visit we'll come home. I'll know ahead of time." She tapped her head knowingly, and then gazed up at me questioningly. "Why do you ask?"
Taking a deep breath, I pulled my hand through my shaggy hair. "I'm just having second thoughts with leaving my pack, is all. I know Sam is up for the job and he's a great leader, but what if something happens when people get wind that the Cullen's are gone from Forks? What if the Volturi finds out and sends an army to La Push?" I was getting worked up and babbling. I even began to shake.
"You shouldn't worry, Jacob. I'll know if trouble comes."
Huffing, I said, "But what if the Italian leeches find a way around your visions like that red-headed bloodsucker?"
"Jacob, I don't think they can evade me. There's just too many of them and I think Victoria had a gift for evasion."
I nodded. "I guess you're right about that," I agreed, and then fiercely added, "But I know that goddamn Aro will come back someday! Edward said that he was a collector and he also said that he was very interested in acquiring us wolves."
"That's very true," she concurred. "He does want the wolves. He's never seen anything like you and I'm sure he'd love to experiment on you guys and he's very interested in the idea of guard dogs."
Groaning, I said, "This is very frustrating! I don't want to leave, but I have to because of Nessie." My shoulders slumped.
"Jacob, it's going to be okay," she said, firmly before wrapping her tiny arms around my waist in comfort.
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Arriving back at the house a half hour later, we found Nessie, Edward, Bella, Emmett and Jasper watching a movie. They all seemed very involved in it. Blondie was at the computer, Esme was at the table with Carlisle looking over blue prints.
Taking a seat next to Nessie and Bella, I asked, "What are you guys watching?"
Nessie was the one that answered, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
I chuckled. "Did you pick this out?"
She nodded eagerly.
"Well, at least you got over your unrequited love phase," I added.
She laughed.
Watching the movie, I groaned when it got to the place where Harry was telling Cedric about the dragons. "Jeez," I replied, "This Cedric Diggory guy is such a douche bag!"
Nessie glared at me and Edward gave me a reproachful look.
"Who plays him anyway?" I asked.
Bella half-shrugged, still watching the movie. "Some guy name Robert Pattinson."
I scoffed. "Well, this Rob Pattinson is a douche bag, too!"
Bella thoughtfully nodded and Edward hissed.
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I was being shaken awake. Grumbling, I opened my eyes to see Nessie smiling at me.
"What?" I asked, groggily. "We already there?"
"No," Nessie giggled, "People are complaining about the snoring."
Scowling, I leaned over the seats and glared at the people in the compartment. Once seeing my fierce face the people nervously looked away and busied themselves.
Bella looked over our seats. "Really, Jake, you should have Carlisle give you something for your snoring. It's not healthy."
I growled and rubbed my eyes. They burned from lack of sleep. Nessie patted my arm consolingly.
"Your snoring doesn't bother me," she sincerely said.
"Sure, sure." I smiled down at her.
We were all in first class on a plane heading to Boston and from Boston to Hanover, New Hampshire.
And when I say 'we were all' I meant literally. I really hadn't expected Blondie and Emmett joining us, but they were going to stay at the new house in Hanover for a few days to help us settle and then they'll be heading off to their Asian adventure.
Another thing changed in the plans, also. Bella and Edward decided to live with us instead of settling in the other house Edward bought. I knew Bella had her reasons, too. I had a feeling that Bella couldn't handle parting with Nessie for any period of time. We all knew that Nessie would be spending half her time at Esme's and this time their house wouldn't be across the river, but across town and then some. Either way, Esme assured them that there would be more then enough room for everyone.
Looking at the watch that Alice had bought me for Christmas, I saw that we'd be landing soon.
I yawned and rubbed my eyes again.
The only sleep I had gotten for the past thirty-six hours had been on this plane.
After watching that Harry Potter movie last night and tucking Nessie in for bed, I had gone for a last run with my pack, omitting Leah, before they went back to Sam. We had stayed out all night, talking and running.
I had had no time to go home and get some sleep.
Right after our run I had to go see Sam about some last minute details and then back home to retrieve the small amount of luggage I was bringing on the plane and to say good-bye to Billy and Rachel.
Rachel had made me a good-bye breakfast, but I had to admit it was all so awkward. While eating, the talk was minimal at best. I had already said good-bye to Rachel the day before in private so I could give her an envelope of money to help out Billy.
However, my good-bye to Billy after breakfast was surprisingly hard. It was the first time ever that I had officially said good-bye to him. When I had run off before, feeling sorry for myself, all I did was run out of the house and didn't come back for a couple of months. The second time I had planned to leave, I didn't tell him, but he guessed. However, as you know, I didn't leave the second tie. But this was different, really different. I honestly didn't have a choice in staying in La Push. Well, I guess I did but imprinting was too strong. I could stay here while Nessie went to Hanover, but I'd only be half a man. Alive, but dead.
So this was very different.
I had to keep reminding myself that I'd be coming back to visit this summer if not sooner. I'd at least be seeing him and everyone else this summer during Charlie and Sue's wedding. Even when I reminded myself of these things it was still different.
It was also terrifying and I didn't get scared easily. Even when we stared down the Italian leeches I wasn't scared, I was mostly angry. It was nonsensical that I was scared now, but in an odd way it did make some sense. I was leaving everything familiar behind to go someplace totally unfamiliar.
I was moving to a larger place with unfamiliar people. Would the people act different? Would they accept me? I'm more then sure that the people in Hanover probably didn't see many Native American's walking around. Would I be faced with racial animosity? Trust me, I looked at the ratio of ethnicities. There may be some Natives, but I doubt they were full blooded and walking at six foot seven inches.
I mean, I didn't care about making new friends in this new place, but I couldn't get angry when I'd be stressed enough.
Even with living in an area populated with Quileutes, Makahs, and Hohs, you still hear a whisper of animosity against us.
Like I said, it was going to be difficult with the changing.
When I left Billy he had tears in his eyes.
Plane landing, we walked off of it into the airport. Grabbing our bags from the luggage carousel, we left the airport and climbed into the cars we had rented.
On our way to the house in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nessie and I looked out the windows, assessing the area. I had to admit it was very different from Fork's, Washington.
For one thing, we were in a huge city. Nessie's eyes looked about ready to pop out of her head as she studied the sky scrapers and she got really excited whoever she saw a museum. It made me sad that she's never seen a city, but it also made me excited that I was sharing this with her. I could just imagine all of the things we could do together here.
The other thing that was different was the scenery. It wasn't green here, except for the occasional pine tree. Instead it was barren with a foot of dirty snow. I had to admit that it was pretty ugly.
I already missed the vivid greens.
Finally, after about an hour and a half, we turned down a narrow, curving dirt road in the middle of nowhere. The road was nearly two miles long.
Parking, we climbed out of the vehicles. Looking up at the house, I let out a low whistle. The house was fricken' huge!
From the front it looked to be two stories, but the house was very wide with a huge garage attached off to the left. The house was inlaid with stone. There was a small porch in the front and two balconies on the second floor. The double front doors were painted a pale blue.
The house had to be about two, maybe three times bigger then The White House.
Esme led us into the house with an excited smile. Once we were in the house she led us on a grand tour.
The front doors led to a spacious living room with hardwood floors. The furniture looked big and comfortable and the house was actually decorated with color. Off to the right was a huge sweeping circular marble grand staircase. The backside of the house, I saw was made out of pure glass.
The first floor was consisted of a huge kitchen with stainless steel fridge and stove, granite countertops and island. The floor looked to be inlaid stone, but instead was a expensive tile. The dinning room had a huge oak table and the walls were painted a rich crimson. The family room was decorated in rich colors rather then the pale of the living room and the furniture looked even more comfortable. A huge stone fireplace was on the far wall. Other then that the first floor consisted of an office for Jasper, two bathrooms, and a huge bedroom that Alice claimed was hers, so I could just imagine what laid behind those doors.
Next, Esme led us down a set of hidden stairs to the basement, and I saw that it mostly wasn't a real basement. In all actuality, since the house lay on a little hill it was only concealed from the front, but the glass windows were here as well. The 'basement' consisted of a rec room with a huge flat screen Plasma TV, every video game console you could think of, video games, thousands of DVD's, at least three Mac computers along the walls, furniture, pool table, dart boards, and a huge pile of board games. The whole room looked like it took up most of the floor space in the basement. Other then the rec room, the basement had two bedrooms and three bathrooms.
When Emmett saw this basement he had declared to Rosalie that when they got back from Asia they would not move anywhere else but here. All Blondie did was shake her head and sigh.
Outside the basement windows, I saw a huge pool, but of course there was a tarp over it seeing as it was winter. Other then that I could see a basketball court and tennis courts.
Next, we went to the second floor. Esme showed us where Edward and Bella's room was, and where her and Carlisle's was. Apparently in order to get to Carlisle's library you had to go through their bedroom. Nessie's room was right next to Bella and Edward's room and her room was huge. It was decorated with lots of purple and hundreds of stuffed animals were stuffed in it. She also had a absolutely huge closet stuffed full of new clothes, courtesy of Alice. She also had a very nice and large bathroom.
Now across the hall from Nessie's room was what was supposed to be my room. I was actually afraid to look in it. What would have Esme done? But I pulled myself together and opened the double wide doors. (At this point everyone else left to explore the house some more, so I was left alone) The room was very large. A huge four poster bed that fit my frame perfectly sat against the wall on the right side of the room. Looking to my left I saw a reasonable sized desk with a laptop on it. Moving towards the desk, I saw that it was reasonably stocked with notebooks, pens, pencils, highlighters and anything you could find at a Staples. Across from the bed also had built-in shelves that covered almost the whole wall stocked with books--from classics to fantasy novels to car manuals on maintenance--and it was also stocked with tons of CD's from my favorite bands. There was also a big flat screen TV on the wall with a game console and there was an expensive looking stereo system. Across from me were two French doors leading out to a balcony. The room also had two other doors. One led to a big bathroom with all the amenities, and the other door led to a huge closet full of clothes that I knew were from Alice. Walking back into the bedroom, I stared at the midnight blue walls and the black expensive looking bed set. Walking to the bed I sat down and slumped, a bit dazed.
I definitely had not expected this. This room had everything and it was a bit too much. I felt overwhelmed, and I couldn't help the tears that pricked at the corners of my eyes. And it wasn't just the room that made me overwhelmed it was the whole house and how it was designed. While walking through I noticed little things. Like how the rooms were all spacious and the doorways and hallways were wide enough and tall enough to fit my frame--both human and wolf--even the ceilings were high so I didn't have to duck down. I knew this wasn't just a accident. Esme designed these things on purpose with me in mind.
I really didn't expect this at all. The most I hoped for was just a bedroom with a big bed. I didn't want anything else. I live a Spartan lifestyle. I can live pretty much off of nothing. Just hand me a pair a sweats and give me food and I'm fine, I'm happy, but this?
What have I gotten myself into?
This wasn't who I was. I wasn't a Cullen I was a Black, for crying out loud! But a little voice in my head reminded me that despite what I thought, I was a Cullen now and I'd be one for the rest of eternity because of Renesmee.
For the first time ever, I really let that fact sink down into me. And embarrassingly enough tears escaped my eyes. My life was forever going to change, to be different.
What made a Cullen a Cullen besides the obvious reason? I can tell you. Nice clothes, fantastic cars, fancy gadgets, money to just throw away if you want.
For the first time, it really hit me that my life was about to change forever and I honestly didn't like it.
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*Sigh* It's really hit Jacob on the consequences of his decision to follow Renesmee across the country. He's finally a Cullen and he doesn't like it. He doesn't like having things handed to him as if he's charity and that's how he feels right now. He could handle the car at first and the money, but he didn't like it. Obviously, since he never used the money. Let's see how this plays out and what else will he be handed and his reaction? He's pretty much at his breaking point right now.
The next chapter will be about Jacob's first day of school at Hanover High School. How will people react to his size and good looks? Haha. ;) But don't worry, he won't be alone in this, because *drum roll* Alice and Jasper will be there with him! Shock. Also this next chapter will probably be the end of part one of Black Dawn, and then we will skip ahead a few months. And my next chapter might be a tad longer then most, seeing as it will be the last in part one. I should get the next chapter up some time tomorrow, because I won't be able to post for the weekend, because one of my good friends is visiting this weekend and I haven't seen her since November! Yay! So I will probably stay up all night writing it for you guys.
By the way, did you like the Robert Pattinson reference? I thought it made good comic relief to such a sad chapter. And I have no qualms about Rob, I love him. But I can just picture Jacob making a comment about it.
Stay tuned for part two of Black Dawn. It should be getting better and better, especially as Nessie grows. I have such plans for this story that I'm so excited! New creatures--ones you never expected--and old enemies. Fear, suspense, mystery, romance, angst and all that jazz to come!
I'd also like to say that this story will probably be very long, so don't be shocked if it reaches more then fifty chapters. This is one story I will be completing even if it takes me years to do!
Please review. Tell me what you think! Thank You!