Summary: What if the Twilight Saga was re-written with Jacob as the Protagonist? What if instead of Bella being the new girl in Forks High it was Jacob? What would happen when the wolf warrior and the cold one parts crossed and their destiny was already written? Would the two of them be able to co-exist in peace? Or will they be torn apart.
Pairings: Jacob/Edward
Disclaimer: So I just got to thinking what if instead of the whole Twilight Saga being surrounded around Bella and Edward it was Jacob and Edward. To me it would be so much more drama. Vampire/Werewolf much more interesting that Vampire/Human. I take no credit for this work. It's all Stephenie Meyer ... I just decided to twist it. I own nothing.
Notes: This story was started on a profile Slash is the Way by my friend and it got nowhere. He said he was never going to finish and gave up on it completely it so he gave it to me. So I'm re-writing it and hopefully I will finish it. However, I am respecting his wishes to keep the plot as close to the book as possible. If it was me I would change it but a friend's a friend. So, there will be a lot of differences but as requested it will stick as close to the original Twilight plot as possible.
If I had to wait on my Beta this story would never get published so all errors are mine.
I hope it doesn't suck.
Thank you to all those who commented for me to update. It inspired me to actually find time to write this chapter (Blame work). Although it's not really what I want it to be I don't want to lapse any longer than I have (Again).
Chapter X
First Panic ... Stop ... Then Panic ... Stop ... and Panic Some More
They emerged one by one from the forest edge, ranging a dozen meters apart. The first male into the clearing fell back immediately, allowing the other male to take the front, orienting himself around the tall, dark-haired man in a manner that clearly displayed who led the pack. The third was a woman; from this distance, all I could see of her was that her hair was a startling shade of red.
They closed ranks before they continued cautiously toward Edward's family, exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind.
As they approached, I could see how different they were from the Cullens. Their walk was catlike, a gait that seemed constantly on the edge of shifting into a crouch. They dressed in the ordinary gear of backpackers: jeans and casual button-down shirts in heavy, weatherproof fabrics. The clothes were frayed, though, with wear, and they were barefoot. Both men had cropped hair, but the woman's brilliant orange hair was filled with leaves and debris from the woods.
Their sharp eyes carefully took in the more polished, urbane stance of Carlisle, who, flanked by Emmett and Jasper, stepped guardedly forward to meet them. Without any seeming communication between them, they each straightened into a more casual, erect bearing.
The man in front had olive-toned skin beneath the typical pallor, his hair a glossy black. He was of a medium build, hard-muscled, of course, but nothing next to Emmett's brawn. He smiled an easy smile, exposing a flash of gleaming white teeth.
The woman was wilder, her eyes shifting restlessly between the men facing her, and the loose grouping around me, her chaotic hair quivering in the slight breeze. Her posture was distinctly feline. The second male hovered unobtrusively behind them, slighter than the leader, his light brown hair and regular features both nondescript. His eyes, though completely still, somehow seemed the most vigilant.
Their eyes were different, too. Not the gold or black but a deep burgundy color that was disturbing and sinister. I guess feeding on humans could do that to you
The dark-haired man, still smiling, stepped toward Carlisle.
"We thought we heard a game," he said in a relaxed voice with the slightest of French accents. "I'm Laurent, these are Victoria and James." He gestured to the vampires beside him.
"I'm Carlisle. This is my family, Emmett and Jasper, Rosalie, Esme and Alice, Edward and Jacob."
"Do you have room for a few more players?" Laurent asked sociably.
Carlisle matched Laurent's friendly tone. "Actually, we were just finishing up. But we'd certainly be interested another time. Are you planning to stay in the area for long?"
"We're headed north, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighborhood. We haven't run into any company in a long time."
"No, this region is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves."
The tense atmosphere had slowly subsided into a casual conversation; I guessed that Jasper was using his peculiar gift to control the situation.
"What's your hunting range?" Laurent casually inquired.
Carlisle ignored the assumption behind the inquiry. "The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There's another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali."
Laurent rocked back on his heels slightly.
"Permanent? How do you manage that?" There was honest curiosity in his voice.
"Why don't you come back to our home with us and we can talk comfortably?" Carlisle invited. "It's a rather long story."
James and Victoria exchanged a surprised look at the mention of the word "home," but Laurent controlled his expression better.
"That sounds very interesting, and welcome." His smile was genial. "We've been on the hunt all the way down from Ontario, and we haven't had the chance to clean up in a while." His eyes moved appreciatively over Carlisle's refined appearance.
"Please don't take offense, but we'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from hunting in this immediate area. We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand," Carlisle explained.
"Of course." Laurent nodded. "We certainly won't encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway," he laughed. The anger I felt over his nonchalance was surprising.
"We'll show you the way if you'd like to run with us - Emmett and Alice, you can go with Edward and Jacob to get the car," he casually added.
Three things seemed to happen simultaneously while Carlisle was speaking. My hair ruffled with the light breeze, Edward stiffened, and the second male, James, suddenly whipped his head around, scrutinizing me, his nostrils flaring.
A swift rigidity fell on all of them as James lurched one step forward into a crouch. Edward bared his teeth, crouching in defense, a feral snarl unlike anything I'd ever heard before ripping from his throat.
"What's this?" Laurent exclaimed in open surprise. Neither James nor Edward relaxed their aggressive poses. James feinted slightly to the side, and Edward shifted in response.
"He's with us." Carlisle's firm rebuff was directed toward James. Laurent seemed to catch my scent less powerfully than James, but awareness now dawned on his face.
"You fraternizing with the enemy?" he asked, his expression incredulous as he took an involuntary step forward. "You know I did wonder how come he was so … tan."
Edward snarled even more ferociously, harshly, his lip curling high above his glistening, bared teeth. Laurent stepped back again.
"I said he's with us," Carlisle corrected in a hard voice.
"But he's a shifter and yet he's not reacting so I have to wonder …," Laurent protested trailing off. The words were not at all aggressive, merely astounded.
Emmett was very much in evidence at Carlisle's side, his eyes on James. James slowly straightened out of his crouch, but his eyes never left me, his nostrils still wide. Edward stayed tensed like a lion in front of me.
When Laurent spoke, his tone was soothing - trying to defuse the sudden hostility. "It appears we have a lot to learn about each other."
"Indeed." Carlisle's voice was still cool.
"But we'd like to accept your invitation." His eyes flicked toward me and back to Carlisle. "And, of course, we will not harm the shifter."
I hated that they spoke of me as though I wasn't standing right there. It took everything in me not to tell Laurent where to shove it but I didn't think that would bode over well and it was best to let Carlisle take the lead.
James glanced in disbelief and aggravation at Laurent and exchanged another brief look with Victoria, whose eyes still flickered edgily from face to face.
Carlisle measured Laurent's open expression for a moment before he spoke. "We'll show you the way. Jasper, Rosalie, Esme?" he called. They gathered together, blocking me from view as they converged. Alice was instantly at my side, and Emmett fell back slowly, his eyes locked on James as he backed toward us.
"Let's go." Edward's voice was low and bleak.
Once we were into the trees, Edward slung me over his back without breaking stride the others close on his heels. For some reason the trip felt longer this time. I kept my head down.
We reached the Volvo and Edward barely stopped before the door of the car was opened and I was ushered in.
The others were already in the car, and Edward was starting the engine. It roared to life and we swerved backward, spinning around to face the winding road.
Edward was growling something too fast for me to understand, but it sounded a lot like a string of profanities.
We hit the main road, and though our speed increased, I could see much better where we were going. And we were headed south, away from Forks.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
No one answered. No one even looked at me.
"Dammit, Edward! You wanna share what the fuck is going on with the class? Where are you taking me?"
"We have to get you away from here - far away - now." He didn't look back, his eyes on the road. The speedometer read a hundred and five miles an hour.
"That's all well and great." I said speaking slowly as though I was talking to an idiot "Want to clue me in on as to why."
No one answered.
"Edward!" I insisted.
"Jacob, just please be quiet right now."
"Oh hell no! Someone better start explaining to me what the hell is going on right now."
"Calm down, Jacob." His voice was cold. "I'm trying to save your life."
"Save my life!" I yelled "I'm not your fucking damsel in distress Edward."
I was seething and I felt like I could explode at any moment.
"Edward, pull over." Emmett spoke for the first time.
He flashed him a hard look, and then sped up.
"Edward, if you don't pull this car over we all going to die cause Jake looks like he's about to shift."
"You don't understand," he roared in frustration. I'd never heard his voice so loud. The speedometer neared one hundred and fifteen. "He's a tracker Emmett! Alice, did you see that? He's a tracker!"
I felt Emmett stiffen next to me, and I wondered at his reaction to the word. It meant something more to the three of them than it did to me; I wanted to understand, but the fucking dickhead refused to explain.
"Pull over, Edward." Alice's tone was reasonable, but there was a ring of authority in it I'd never heard before.
The speedometer inched passed one-twenty.
"It's not going to matter if he tracks us if Jacob shifts first and you know it. We don't know if Jake would be able to control it." She reasoned.
"Listen to me, Alice. I saw his mind. Tracking is his passion, his obsession - and he wants him, Alice - him, specifically. He begins the hunt tonight."
"He doesn't know where -" Emmett started.
Edward interrupted him. "How long do you think it will take him to find the reservation. Forks is not that big of a place and the Quileutes aren't very subtle. And he won't care about a treaty and you know it. His plan was already set before the words were out of Laurent's mouth."
I froze with a sudden realization. "We have to go to the rez. We have to warn the others."
"They can take care of themselves" Edward spat.
"They could do it better if they had a bit of warning." I countered
"He's right," Emmett said.
The car slowed slightly "No" he growled and it sped up again
"Let's just look at our options for a minute," Alice coaxed.
"There are no options," Edward hissed.
"I am not asking!" I screamed, only it came out more like a growl.
"These are the people that have lied to you and kept you in the dark."
"That does not matter! They need to be warned!"
"They are shifters! They can take care of their fucking selves."
"I highly doubt that every single person on the rez is a shifter. What about those who aren't? You what? Just don't care? Because they're Quileute. Well news flash I am one of them!"
"You and your fucking identity crisis. One minute it's 'oh they lie to me I'm not one of them' and the next is 'these are my people'. I call bullshit."
I had never felt anger like this before "EDWARD STOP THE FUCKING CAR!"
We screeched to a sudden stop on the shoulder of the highway.
"You of all people 'Mr. Mood Swings' do not get to tell me about identity crisis! Now turn this fucking car around before I rip you to bits and BURN THE PIECES." I all but growled.
He ignored me completely.
"We have to take him back," Emmett said.
"No." Edward was absolute.
"James' no match for us, Edward. He won't be able to touch Jake."
"He'll wait."
Emmett smiled. "I can wait, too."
"You guys do understand that I'm sitting right here." I said. Emmett smiled and nudged my shoulder while Edward continued ignoring me.
"You didn't see - you don't understand. Once he commits to a hunt, he's unshakable. We'd have to kill him." Edward said
Emmett didn't seem upset by the idea. "That's an option."
"Dude! Violence!" I said to Emmett and he smiled and nudged me again.
"And the female. She's with him. If it turns into a fight, the leader will go with them, too." Edward went on
"There are enough of us."
"There's another option," Alice said quietly.
Edward turned on her in fury, his voice a blistering snarl. "There - is - no - other - option!"
Emmett and I both stared at him in shock, but Alice seemed unsurprised. I felt my hand start to shake. I didn't understand what it meant before but I knew now it was my body trying to shift and it looked like this time being around Edward might not be able to stop it.
"Does anyone want to hear my plan?" I said trying to will my hand to stop shaking
"No," Edward growled. Alice glared at him, finally provoked.
"Listen," I demanded leaving no room for argument. "You take me back."
"No," he interrupted.
I glared at him and continued. "You take me back so I can pack my bags. We wait till this tracker is watching, and then we run. He'll follow us and leave the Rez alone. I'll talk to Sam and my dad let them know that I'm leaving the Rez to stay with you and this is my decision. That'll ensure the guys don't come after you and we'd only have this tracker dude to deal with."
"It's not a bad idea, really." Emmett said. I was really starting to like this dude.
"It might work - and we simply can't leave the entire Reservation to fend for themselves without warning. Logically I know you know that," Alice said.
Everyone looked at Edward.
"It's too dangerous - I don't want James within a hundred miles of Jacob."
"I'm still right here." I said
At the same time Emmett was supremely confident. "Edward, he's not getting through us."
Alice thought for a minute. "I don't see him attacking. He'll try to wait for us to leave Jake alone."
"It won't take long for him to realize that's not going to happen."
"I demand that you take me home." I said
Edward pressed his fingers to his temples and squeezed his eyes shut.
"Dude either you turn this car around or I'll walk the entire way to the rez" I said
"I'd like to see you try." He scoffed.
"Fucking asshole" I spat throwing the door of the Volvo open and begin walking in the direction of the Rez.
Before I could get very far Edward was in front of me and Alice and Emmett were at the side staying out of it but ready to intervene if necessary.
"Get back in the car Jake. I'm trying to protect you."
"You're not hearing me Edward. I am not a damsel in distress. I can take care of myself."
"Not against Vampires."
"And who the fuck fault is that. I wouldn't have vampires after me if it wasn't for you. Wait no that's not true. Being a shifter I probably would have but I would've been able to protect my self. The only reason I haven't shifted is because of you and you know it" I accused "Look, I would've been drawn into the lovely world of shifters and vampires anyway but you need to get it through you head that I am not your responsibility and you do not get to tell me what to do."
"You're being a child." He spat
"I AM a child. You seem to forget that old man. Young or not I can make my own decisions and I say we go to the rez" I moved to step around him.
He grabbed my hand to stop me and before I could even think about what I was doing I spun around and head butted him snarling. He fell back to the floor with a thud, face cracking where I hit him and immediately healing. He looked up at me and I could see the fear in his eyes but I didn't care. All I could think about was how much I wanted to rip him apart. Every bone in my body hurt and felt like it was expanding. My teeth got sharper …
"Fuck." I heard and it registered just enough for me to recognize it was Alice.
"Jake …" Emmett said drawing my attention from Edward to him "Buddy … I know we don't know each other that long but I need you to listen to me okay."
I growled and took a warning step forward.
Emmett held his hands in front of him to show he meant no harm "Jacob!" he tried again "I know Edward's being an ass right now but he loves you and because of that he's not thinking straight. And neither are you. You don't want to kill him. You don't. That's the wolf in you and whereas I understand that one day you're going to need to turn now is really not a good time. So try to control it."
I tried to focus on what he was saying concentrating on calming down. Everything stopped hurting but I was still shaking and I felt an anger I couldn't control try to burst free.
"We're going to the Rez." I repeated to Edward as I walked over to him and held out my hand to help him up.
"I'm sorry" He said grabbing it and pulling himself up. When he spoke, his voice sounded worn.
"You're still an ass" I responded.
"Here Here" Alice said walking to the back seat of the Volvo. Emmett laughed and followed her.
When we were all back in the car and on our way to the Rez I turned to Emmett "Thanks for that by the way."
"No problem buddy." He said with his booming laugh. Emmett was so laid back it was unreal "How you feeling? Still want to kill us all."
"Oh yeah. I laughed showing him my shaking hand "But I got it under control."
"Pack the first things your hands touch talk to whoever you need to and get out. I don't care what they say to you. You have fifteen minutes. Do you hear me? Fifteen minutes from the time you cross the border." Edward said interrupting ignoring the conversation we were having.
"Yes sir! What every you say sir!" I said sarcastically giving him a half hearted salute that made Alice snicker.
"Look, I'm just trying to …" he started
"Protect me." I interrupted. "I know. You're just going about it the wrong way."
The needle on the speedometer started to race up the dial but Edward stayed quiet.
We pulled up at the reservation in record time and we were all out of the car before Edward could properly stop.
"Let's go" he said not looking at me.
"You can't cross the border. The treaty states …" I said
"James won't care about a treaty!" he countered cutting me off.
"I'm not letting you any where near the people of the Rez right now since you were so hell bent on leaving them to their own devices."
"I'm not letting you go by yourself."
I nodded "Fair enough. Emmett let's go."
"Jake … " Edward started
"No! Emmett's coming with me. I'll grab my shit talk to the guys and come back and hopefully by then Alice would've helped you pull your head from out of your ass." I said walking away but not before throwing a wink at Alice and receiving a smile in return.
"Fifteen minutes." Was his response
"Bite me" was mine as I crossed over into the Rez Emmett by my side.
"He means well" Emmett said with a smile.
"I know" I said with a small laugh. "Does he always get like this in a stressful situation?"
"Only when he cares." Emmett smiled.
I shook my head "Here we are. Casa de Black" I said running up the few steps to unlock the door.
"This is where you live?" Emmett questioned and I nodded "Rosalie has bigger closets." Be there was no malice in his words.
I laughed "Well not all of us can be old and rich like you guys."
"GET OFF OUR LAND BLOODSUCKER!" I heard Sam yell before I saw him.
"Here we go." Emmett whispered.
"Last door on your left." I said to Emmett "Just grab a bunch of my clothes and the pictures I have on my dresser of my mom. I handle this."
Without a word Emmett moved inside and I walked down to meet Sam. Embry, Quil, Paul, Jared and even Seth was there as well.
"That was quick." I said to Sam.
"He's not allowed on our land!" Sam said.
"I know." I said nodding.
"You don't know why man" Embry said
"Actually I do. He's a vampire." I saw all of them look shocked "All the Cullens are. And you guys are shifters. It's the worse kept secret."
"If you know then you know that it is not safe to be around them. They are the enemy."
"Look, I don't have time for this right now. It's not important." Sam moved to talk so I continued quickly "What is important is there's a vamp called James and he's tracking me. He might come here so you guys need to be prepared."
"What do you mean tracking you?" Quil asked.
"I mean he's after me."
"I got your shit, let's go" Emmett said bounding out of the house with two duffel bags over his shoulder.
"If there's a vamp after you, you should stay on the rez." Sam said eyes on Emmett "It will be harder to get you here.
"If I stay on the rez it'll guarantee he'll come here. If I'm not there's a chance that he wouldn't even bother with here."
"So you're choosing the vamps over us." Paul said.
"Oh there's an us?" I sighed "I do not have time for this. Look, just take care of yourselves and the rez. I'll see you when I see you. And don't worry. This …" I said pointing to Emmett "Was a onetime thing. The Cullens will stay off the land."
And with that I turned my back on the Reservation for who know how long.
Notes: Chapter 10 everyone. Two chapters ... two days. It's a miracle. Merry early Christmas :) It's not as good as I would like it to be but I didn't want to take any longer than I already did to update and if I really waited until I found it was perfect who knows how long it would take.
As I said before, and I will continue to say I'm trying to keep it as close as the book as possible but yet different. Jacob isn't Bella. He isn't as shy or reserved or as dumb. He's also a werewolf, which he now knows - though he hasn't shifted yet. Poor boy doesn't even know the legends. Well he knows part.
Chapter 11 is on it's way. Hopefully it won't take me as long as before.
Thanks a lot to all of you who are reading and those of you who favored and followed this story. Love to all my wonderful reviewers and those who are patiently waiting for updates. I hope it doesn't suck.
I was aiming to update weekly but obviously that hasn't been happening and I apologize for that. So as soon as possible chapter 11 will be up.
Also if anyone has an idea they would like to see in this story that was not in the plot of the original Twilight feel free to leave a comment or message. :)