A/N: ***IMPORTANT!*** Okay I am very sorry but I'm going to have to put this story on hold. My other story Against All Odds is taking way to long to finish and is becoming a thorn on my side. I have been writing that story on and off again for too long and it is time to actually finish it. I will still be working on this story but strictly outlining chapters and only spending about an hour to two a week.
This chapter isn't finished but I'll post it for you guys anyway. I should be posting new chapters again for this story sometime later this year.
Chapter 5
After nearly spending two months with vampires and learning more about werewolves and shape-shapers that I would ever want, the family then came to a stand off. The amount of research we did was piled up but it seemed what really needed was to find the La Push connection that Edward was sure existed. Personal items were often buried with the dead, which could tell us a lot about them and maybe even find a journal if were lucky. Or maybe even a skeleton of a werewolf, which Carlisle assures, would have identifiable skeletal abnormalities depending on the 'type' of werewolf. Yeah there is more than one kind.
I wasn't sure but it seemed that these shape-shifters, or at least one, was more than willing to supply information to help but many lacked essential details and sounded more overheard rumors than anything else. I tried to stick my nose out of it but it seemed that there was as much internal turmoil with in the La Push pack as the Cullen clan.
Edward was more than ready to leave but always insisted that Nessie come along with the rest of the clan for protection. Even those who left to gather intel were joined up with other vampires willing to help as a form of protection from the ever stalking werewolves. She refused, time and time again. Most was really avoidance but the mystery caller seemed just as eager to have her and Bella come over. I would frown at each call thinking that this guy must some kind of pushy bastard. No wonder Nessie didn't want to go?
And that is when I started to actually sympathize with her. During the entire time she never received calls expect from the mystery caller. Her family followed her every move and catering to her every whim. As much of a spoiled brat she was she didn't have any friends, none to talk to. Now with the werewolf fiasco, she couldn't even leave the house.
My sympathy then turned to anger. No wonder she was such a weirdo, she has no life and no one to talk to because of the werewolves. They were stealing her life and the harassment from I-don't-know-when-to-take-a-hint caller didn't help.
On a dark sullen day most of the other Cullens were running around doing who knows what. They talked a lot about security but spared me many details about what was actually going on, probably to prevent a melt down that always seemed to be lurking in the corner of my mind. The phone rang in Nessie's room. I peaked in seeing her bite at her nails cringing at each ring but not daring to either move away or forward. I didn't like this. She was just a little girl, a crazy freaky mutant girl, but a young girl none the less. I strode in, anger dwelling in my chest. I just couldn't seem to keep it together.
"Hello?" Nessie stared at me in shock as I answered the phone.
"Who is this?" The man's voice was harsh and clearly upset.
"I'm sure that was supposed to be my line."
"Give Nessie the phone." Her eyes went wide and cringed as she reluctantly held out her hand to the phone but I turned away and faced my back to her.
"No."
"What?" He demanded in disbelief.
"No, N-O, no. Does that clear things up?"
"Why the hell not!?"
"Well, for one I have no idea who you are and two there is no way I'm going to let a girl talk to some random, rude, and demanding man. It goes against my feminist ways."
"Who the hell are you? Tell me."
"No, I don't give my name out." I sounded confident but I thought it should have been obvious who I was but I bit back the sarcasm.
"And why is that?"
"Haven't you ever heard of stranger danger?"
The man paused, then answered slowly, "Jacob, my name is Jacob Black."
"Well, Jacob My Name Is Jacob Black, my name is Kathrin. Nessie is busy at the moment can I leave a message?"
"Ah, so you're that girl. Please give her the phone; I need to talk to her."
"She's busy."
"Busy huh?
"Yup."
"Is she ok?" His voice dropped and sounded sincere.
"You should know, you call several times a day, every damn day."
"You don't sound like the scaredy cat that they make you out to be or is it just because you're talking to me through a phone."
"Was that am attempt to threaten or scare me? I'm definitely not giving the phone to Nessie now."
"Why?"
"Because you're an ass hole." With that I hung up the phone. I turned around to see Nessie stunned and Rose grinning evilly at me by the doorway.
"Well I have to say that was pretty good. I didn't think you had it in you." Rose stood up slowly crossing her hands. "You did good, doesn't look like I need to deal with it this time but he will call back just to let you know." Rose walked out giving an evil laugh.
"Thank you." Nessie's voice was small.
"Is this guy trying to intimidate you? I swear if he is –"
"No! Of course not. Jacob would never hurt me."
"Right."
"I mean it, it's just …"
I waited but she didn't answer. This was another one of many things that the vampire clan kept from me. Instead the phone rang again. I swear even the ringing sounded angry.
"Good evening, how can I help you?"
"You again?" Jacob growled through the phone.
"Yes me again, Mr. Black."
"Fine! Look you and Edward think that there is a chance that you can find out why this is happening right?"
"Edward and I do believe that there is a reasonable probability that a previous La Push pack had encounters with werewolves considering that other tribes, father away however, have similar stories of shape shifters and 'cursed' wolves that sound similar to werewolves."
"How can this help?"
"Honestly, … I don't know?"
"Great, just fucking great. Then what the fuck is all this running around and research is for?"
"If we know why then maybe we can stop this."
"It sounds really fucking hopeful if you ask me."
"Oh, it is."
"Then what do we do? Why even bother researching at all?" He sounded hopeless and hurt. I began to feel bad for being so mean.
"Well … if they want her as breeding purposes to start a war." Jacob growled through the phone. "Then we can involve other vampires … maybe. Since, well, it does involve them so they would want to kill them off before they became a threat. Carlisle told me that one of the Voltori members led a genocide against werewolves."
"Well he didn't do a very good job since this is happening." Jacob snapped angrily threw the phone.
"But if it's the werewolves that see Nessie as a threat … well maybe we can get them convicted that the Voltori will not tolerate another hybrid." I huffed in frustration. "Oh, I don't know I've just found out about all this crap two months ago!" I held the phone slightly away as I yelled. I heard a ruffle of noises in the back ground and the phone was handed over to a new voice.
"Hi, my names Quil. I'm sorry you're involved Katharine." Quil's voice was very different compared to Jacob's. "You don't deserve this, no one does. But-" His soft understanding voice stopped as he let out a long sigh. "Look Sam, his pack, and most of the elders are really upset that they got you involved and are putting you at risk. They … want to make sure you're okay, to …. Give you … well … Fuck, look I'm being kept out of loop a lot now but they just want to give you a way out and –"
"I don't want to be a vampire." I blurted it out with out thinking but was the truth.
"Oh! Great! That helps a lot, Jacob you hear that? Hey Katharine, don't worry they just want to make sure that the vamps don't bite humans anymore, especially you now. But since you're not going to push the issue this works out great. Okay … well now we just need Nessie here. Do you think you can convince her to come with you guys? Ya know since this is all about her and all." Quil was so very different with his upbeat tone.
I looked over at Nessie as she clasped her hands together in front of her and stared down at the floor. Right now, she looked more like a 7 year old kid caught being bad than a 16–ish year old girl. "I think I can pull it off. But!"
"But?" Quil's voice was suddenly wary.
"Mr. I-don't-know-when-to-take-a-hint will have to develop some manners and learn not to be such a pushy bastard or we'll be asking other vampire covens to help instead. Maybe even the Voltori, I know for sure that one of them wouldn't need much convincing to step in." I could hear Jacob fighting Quil for the phone.
"Any other terms?" Quil's voice faltered as he was obviously hit.
"Jacob will not be allowed at or near the Cullen's house with out permission and nor is he allowed to bully or manipulate anyone under any circumstance to get said permission." There was more fighting and angry growls in the background.
"No deal! You have no right to keep me from my-" Jacob had stolen the phone back and practically growling the words.
"Sorry we couldn't come to an agreement." I quickly hung up the phone before he could finish. I heard a thump behind me and I turned around to see Rosalie packing Nessies' things.
"Good job, now go pack. I'll deal with the next round of negotiations; I'm defiantly not letting you get all the fun out of this." Rose's face was bright in excitement.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who has reviews, alerted, and fav'ed this story. It really does mean so much to me! So here are some of my personal fav Twi stories here on FF for you to read while I get me crap in order. WARNING! Most are rated M and contain very mature and often dark themes.
Two Winters and a Summer (I like this story but it is VERY dark and deals a lot with abuse and contains rape)
Author: EssaTheTwerp
Shannon was completely in love with Embry, one of the three who chose his own path. When he brings her to meet the pack, Collin imprints and she is forced into an imprint's life - that of a prisoner. Her desperation to escape leads to his own madness.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Angst/Drama - Collin & Embry - Chapters: 10 - Words: 21,436
Fix Me
Author: NobleAndAncientLineBlack
Ever since her best friend started dating Embry Call, Erin always seems to find herself in awkward situations with Jacob Black. He keeps staring at her as if she's the most amazing girl around. That should creep her out, right? So why does she like it?
Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Humor - Jacob - Chapters: 88 - Words: 232,601
Call of Love (Read it's companion fan fic from Quil's POV The Other Beta)
Author: LaPushWolf
They thought Paul was bad, well Embry can't even touch a girl without phasing, and its a big inconvience since he's falling in love with Anna. Quil and Seth vow to help him, but just make things more complicated. Mature/Language/Lemons
Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Humor - Embry & Quil Jr. - Chapters: 6 - Words: 18,558
The Girl with Hearts
Author: LaPushWolf
Embry finally meets his imprint, but manages to screw up his chance with her within the first few moments. Can he possibly recover from a one night stand gone wrong?
Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Humor - Embry & Jacob - Chapters: 8 - Words: 24,207
The Anticlimactic Non Imprintment of Embry Call
Author: Guns and Drums
"I'd accepted the fact that I was going to imprint just like my other brothers had. I'd been pretty much been waiting for it. Then one day, Sam goes and blows my mind: I might not imprint. So, I have to find a girlfriend all by myself? This sucks…" This is the piece that will attempt to combat many of the major issues I have with Twilight. Nothing is sacred. AU.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance - Embry - Chapters: 26 - Words: 288,226
Mirrors
Author: Cassy-Kay
Ariana moves back to La Push and meets Embry, the imprint doesn't always take to their wolf right away...will Embry be able to win her over? And what happens when Ari starts acting strange? Embry & OC imprint story. Rated M for themes...no lemons.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Humor/Romance - Embry - Chapters: 22 - Words: 88,606
Howl
Author: 96
A secret world uncovered by the eyes of an innocent. A friendship, that should have lasted eternity...broken. Be careful of the curse which falls on young lovers. Starts so soft, so sweet; yet, turns them into hunters. The path which her life must take, may lead her into the light...or the dark. But the final choice, lays in her hands. -Currently in New Moon segment
Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Drama - Jacob - Chapters: 22 - Words: 87,524
2 is Better
Author: Cassy-Kay
What happens when two twins switch places? Nikita is doing her best pretend to be Natalie and doesn't need a overly happy werewolf confusing things. Second story in my Perfection series, don't have to read Mirrors to read! Seth/OC imprint story.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Humor - Seth - Chapters: 12 - Words: 51,081
Jokes of fate
Author: imaginary-shadow
It is true what they say that you can't control imprinting no matter how strong of a wolf you are. This time one imprinting would destroy three lives. A girl fell in love with Seth Clearwater but he imprinted on her own mother.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Seth - Chapters: 20 - Words: 48,532
Love will tear us apart
Author: draiochta
Sonia is imprinted upon by a certain Jacob Black. What should have been love turns into hate as Jacob fights the imprint for Bella.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Drama/Romance - Jacob - Chapters: 54 - Words: 150,463
Dealing with the myth (I LOVE this fic, it is a must read!)
Author: Yaro85
Jan was pretty sure Paul had become a pod person. Or he was an alien in disguise. There were no other explanation to why he was suddenly being somewhat nice to her. Because Paul "I hate him" Lahote did not do nice.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance - Paul - Chapters: 69 - Words: 155,044 - Reviews: 385
The Magic of Forgiveness
Author: TheSecretWriter-1234
Neoma Blackfeather was tortured by Paul Lahote, her bully from hell, every day of her life. Until she moves away after a suicide comes back three years later to La push to visit her caring&spiritual grandparents. But lots have changed about her hate for Paul conflict with the fact Paul had imprinted on her? Can she forgive the boy that ruined her life?
Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance - Paul - Chapters: 7 - Words: 27,036