~Chapter 2~

Through the Looking Glass

So while you're outside looking in, describing what you see. Remember what you're staring at is me. - Stone Sour "Through Glass"

Jacob's eyes opened. He thought it was later at night then it seemed. Was it morning now? He sat up and looked around, no it was night. He felt something in his hand. He looked down and froze. His hand was pale, it looked like a crystal almost. He was wearing sleeves, "No." He said, realizing his voice wasn't his own. He scrabbled to his feet and he turned to look and he saw himself laying on the ground. He pocketed the pendant and bent down.

He shook himself and his eyes opened. Edward jumped a little as he looked up into his own features. He scrambled back. Both of them spent a few moments processing. Jacob was overcome by his senses and how everything felt so distant from him. He was as still as a statue, not breathing as often as a human should. Edward felt warm for the first time in ninety years. "How is this possible?" Edward asked. Native magic. Has to be. He's trying to steal Bella.

"Shut up." Jake replied, not realizing that he wasn't speaking aloud. "I didn't do this."

"You heard me." Edward said. He reached his own mind trying to hear anything but nothing came. It's not possible, he took my talent.

"I didn't take anything." Jacob said, turning to look at him. "And of course I heard you, I have ears."

Edward stared right at him, drawing a deliberate breath in so Jacob could see that he wasn't speaking. You can hear people's thoughts.

It had slowly been creeping in, but the game on the TV had been loud enough for him to hear. He'd heard another voice, almost what he thought was a commentator, speaking over it. He listened to it, It's too bad those Quilute boys don't play football. Maybe I should talk to Billy about that. Jake could get a scholarship to the U easily enough. Maybe I could even get Bells to consider it unless that Cullen kid has plans of Ivy League still going through his brain. Jacob shook his head, trying to shut it off, but another voice joined, and then another and his hands went over his ears.

Edward was a little smug as Jacob seemed so in pain in his body. Serves you right. He thought before another overly cocky thought pressed into his mind. Don't play with the big boy's toys. He blinked. Where had that come from? He wasn't cocky, but now.

"It's the testosterone." Jake said, forcing himself up. A scent hit his nose and his eyes scanned for the source of it.

Edward knew what it was and he moved to Jacob, "Look me in the eyes. That's the thirst. You can't kill people. You'll need to go hunting to control it."

Jacob grit his jaw, "I'm not drinking blood. I'm not a leech."

He held his hand out with the pendant. "It had to be this. Touch it and give me my body back."

Edward did but nothing happened. He heaved a breath, "You said it'd work!" He snapped.

Jacob's lips curled in a grin that didn't suit Edward's face. "Feeling a little riled up there?" He stopped rubbing it in, "No… calm down." He said. "You shift and you'll join the pack mind. You'll kill me and they'll kill you for what happened. You have to relax. Deep breaths. Think of something calming."

"I'm a calm person!" Edward snapped, Jacob's russet skin rippling just a little.

"Think of Bella… of laying with her. Focus and relax." Jacob pressed in a calm voice.

Edward forced himself to draw breaths, relax. It was harder than he thought. Why ever did I allow Bella to visit them? They're more volatile than I thought.

"Eat me Cullen." Jake said. "I can control it." He licked his lips a little. "What is that scent?"

"It's Bella's neighbor. A kid. They smell particularly delicious. Not as much as Bella though. She's the strongest I've ever smelled. It's not safe to be around her." Edward said.

Jacob's eyes moved upstairs to Bella's room and he smirked darkly.

Edward moved over. "Jake, you go up there and she's either dead or if you stop she's like me. You don't want that do you?"

Jacob looked to him, forcing himself to focus. "So what do we do?"

Edward took a deep breath. "I'll take your car and you'll take mine and we'll go to my parents and speak with Carlisle."

Jacob didn't like the idea of going there but he could tell that Edward liked it less but it was the only idea he had. "Fine. I'll follow." He moved over to Edward's car and got in while Edward moved to his Rabbit. He was grumbling the entire time internally. Jacob smirked and saw Edward's cell. He picked it up and dialed Bella's number.

She finally picked up, "Edward, I asked for time."

"Bella. I need you to understand. I'm Jacob. Something happened. We switched bodies or something. Neither of us are safe now… but I miss you. I miss your friendship."

"Edward this isn't funny."

"When has he ever been funny?" Jacob asked. "It's me. It's Jake. I'm stuck in this leech's body."

"Jake?" She still sounded skeptical.

"Bella. Edward's in my body. I… I feel so thirsty and I can feel his anger. We're not safe. Shifting is what would make it easier for him, but he'd kill me and Sam and the other's would pick him out as not being me and they'd kill him. So… we'll figure this out, it'll take time. But please… please think about the kiss and how much I love you Bella."

She didn't speak for a minute. "This isn't possible."

He smiled a little. "I know. But it happened. We'll get this figured out. We're going to go to the Cullen's. I need you to go to the Rez. Tell Sam what happened. Him alone. Please Bella."

It didn't make sense to her why Edward would do this to her, why he would say this unless it was true. She swallowed, her mind reeling. "I'll tell him. You just be safe okay? Tell Edward that too."

"I will." He said. He hung up and followed after Edward who didn't look happy to be in his Rabbit.

The Volvo was an extremely powerful machine compared to his volkswagen. Maybe it was Jacob that felt powerful, he could see much further, hear more, his strength also felt different now. It was more contained. As a wolf, Jacob felt like he was bursting at the seams at all times but now he more felt coiled- like he could snap at any second but it was very tightly bound.

Edward on the other hand felt completely overrun by everything. Nothing seemed to be going for him and everything seemed to make him mad. Especially the godforsaken car he was forced to endure. It didn't go as fast as he wanted, the engine wasn't as quiet, it didn't respond quickly enough. Not to mention Jacob was in his car, doing god knows what to it. Just the thought that Jacob could be screwing around with the preset radio stations was making his blood boil.

He almost missed the turn to his house which was infuriating, and by the time he pulled up he was fuming. Jacob saw him get out of the car and slam the door. He jumped out quickly and moved over to him, "Breathe. You can't lose it. Both of our lives depend on it."

"Shut up!" Edward snapped. His muscles were tense and his body shaking a little.

Jacob ran to the house, "Jasper I need you now." He called, knowing that the bloodsucker who could control moods was the only hope for him.

Jasper moved outside. "Edward, what's wrong?"

"I'm not Edward." Jacob said. "He is… help him control himself."

Jasper was confused but one look at Edward was enough for him to know that he was close to erupting. He focused his energy and slowly Edward started relaxing.

"Where's your leader?" Jacob asked. "Where's Carlisle?"

"Here." Carlisle's angelic blond form said as he moved outside. "What is going on?"

"I'm Jacob, he's Edward." Jake clarified. He tossed Carlisle the pendant. "That is what we think did it?"

"Why'd you throw it, you stupid mutt? You trying to hurt him? Trying to break it?" Edward snapped, his anger boiling within him at almost an irrational level even with Jasper's influence.

Jacob sighed a little, he was utterly still other than that. "If he shifts Sam and the other wolves will find out... It won't be pretty."

"Undoubtedly." Carlisle said, his eyes on the pendant. "How did you come by this?"

"It was a gift for Bella." Jacob said.

"That you pulled off of a dead body! Victoria's dead body." Edward snapped.

"Bodies you bloodsuckers left for us to clean up." Jacob said, "It caught my eye and Victoria wasn't going to be using it."

"I'll show you a mess left to clean up." Edward said, moving towards Jacob.

Carlisle moved between them, his eyes on Edward. "Son, you have to control your anger. We will figure this out, but anger will not help."

Edward drew a breath, his stomach rumbled like thunder. "Fine."

"You should eat." Jacob said.

"Eat…" the idea hit Edward and he was almost surprised he hadn't thought of it before. But why would he? He hadn't eaten in years. His lips split in a grin and he moved towards the house, driven by his hunger in a different way than his blood lust. He moved into the kitchen and started digging through the food left in the fridge for Bella.

"Who let the dog in?" Rosalie demanded as she caught scent of Edward.

"Rose, it's not time." Edward said as he took a bite.

She shuddered, almost like a chill was taking over her body. "You do not get to call me that you flea bitten mongrel."

Jacob leaned against the wall, smirking a little. "Why not? That's Edward."

Rosalie looked to him then her brother trapped in Jacob's body. She drew a breath then turned to leave. She passed Emmett coming down the stairs, "What's going on, babe?"

"I am so not dealing with this. Come get me when it's over." She said before moving to the room she shared with Emmett and slamming the door.

"Jasper. Will you get Alice please?" Carlisle asked softly.

Jasper moved towards the stairs but Alice was already coming down, not because she saw Carlisle's request but because of the commotion. She saw Jacob raiding the fridge and Edward leaning against the wall as if it was amusing. "Something's wrong." She said.

Carlisle nodded. "Jacob and Edward have switched bodies somehow."

"I can't see either of them." Alice said, not liking that at all.

"Can you still read thoughts?" Emmett asked Edward.

Edward was busy tasting everything in the fridge. He was chewing but he shook his head. He swallowed, "No. Jacob inherited that trait."

Jacob could hear their chatter in their heads, it was starting to drive him crazy. His posture grew more tense, the longer he stayed as Edward the more he could hear. "It's giving me a headache."

"I like it," Edward said with a grin, "I mean I like not having it."

Jacob's jaw tightened. "And this hunger… is that always there?"

"Yes." Carlisle said. "You will need to hunt."

Jacob's face twitched a little, "I want to go back to my body. I won't feed in this form."

"It might not be possible." Carlisle said. "We will have to look into it, but I don't even know where to begin."

Edward looked over. "We can't tell Bella, you can't see her."

"I already told her." Jacob said. "She's contacting Sam. If he hears it from her and comes here alone we might be able to deal with this better."

"It wasn't your place!" Edward snapped.

"Yeah well I did it cause neither of us could call him and she deserves to know." Jacob said. "Since you're not going to go see her in my body and I can't see her when I feel like this."

Edward pushed the food away and moved over to Jacob. He grabbed the mirror of himself by his shirt and shoving him against the wall, cracking the plaster behind him. "Stop interfering with me and Bella."

"Fine." Jacob said with a smile. "But the question is, can she love you if you look like me or are you the wrong kind of monster now?"