Chapter 2

The Volturi

When the boy finally woke up he told me his name was Christopher McHale. The weird thing was, when he finally ripped his eyes ways from me he seemed totally calm to see Jacob phase in front of his eyes. That revealed another stunning feature of Chris, his beautiful eyes.

His irises, they were an unnatural shade of brilliant Jade. It took me a while to break out of there trance and to realized that no human could possibly inherit that color from their family.

That was the first clue I had that he wasn't human, the second one was the speed of his heart, it beat at least 5 times a second and finally he didn't seem surprised about any of this, that he witnessed Jacob phasing or a massive A wolf sitting next to him.

But besides that he was acting perfectly human, breathing, sleeping and bleeding. After Jacob confirmed that he hadn't broken anymore bones and it was safe to move him, I carried him back to Carlisle on my back.

It didn't add up, nothing did. If he was a Vampire he wouldn't be sleeping or bleeding or breathing or smelling so good and his eyes certainly wouldn't be green. But he couldn't be a Werewolf either, Chris was alone with no scents of a pack with him and his skin wasn't hot and his leg would have healed by now.

Although there was no way he could be human.

I know its really confusing Jacob thought quietly he was probably mauled by that animal, but that should have killed him, that's if he was human.

I shuddered, I had known Chris for an hour maximum yet I already felt that I couldn't live life without him.

You're imprinted Jacob said louder I saw Renesmee and fell instantly in love, do you finally understand the situation with Sam now?

Normally talking about this topic was something I avoided although I felt a lot more comfortable talking about it now.

I would have done the same I admitted sheepishly, I knew it was true. It was impossible for me to be separated from him now, that would hurt me too much and I had already had my fair share of pain recently. We turned into the Cullen's driveway.

Wait, Jacob, I don't have any clothes I said remembering my torn pajamas.

Do you mind wearing vampire cloths? He asked more relaxed then before

I thought about this, sure I would reek of vampire but on the other hand I didn't want to run all the way back to La Push and be away form Chris.

No, I don't mind honestly I said truthfully

Im sure Bella wouldn't mind lending you something- Jacob didn't finish his sentence before the front door opened.

Bella stood there with Renesmee and Edward. The scent of vampire burned my nose. I felt Chris hold onto my fur just a little bit tighter. Obviously he could smell the vampires as well, another clear sign he wasn't human.

Jacob trotted behind a tree, phased and got dressed. It wasn't long until his arms where wound around Renesmee and kissing her on the forehead.

"Are you alright?" He asked, happy now that he was with her

Renesmee smiled and touched his cheek lightly, now he was smiling too. After that he walked over to Edward and Bella, one arm firm around Renesmee's waist. I lay down, urgent to get Chris to Carlisle.

Jacob and Renesmee helped him off my back and led him into the house. It pained me to watch his back go inside without me although it was for the best. Bella and Edward drifted towards me.

"Jacob said you needed something to wear" she said placing a pile of clothes at my front paws.

Thank you I though

"She says thanks" Edward translated.

I scooped the clothes up in my teeth and headed behind a tree.

Edward was always very serious, but even I could tell when something was bothering the bloodsucker, Bella knew this too.

That raised a thought in my mind, did Edward already know what Chris was? My mind strayed away from that idea just before I phased back into a human. When I used to phase, all my human emotions used to come rushing back, like a dam bursting, filling my head with negative thoughts and depression.

Although now there was no depression just longing and dissatisfaction. But it wasn't like the black hole I used to have inside, rotting me from the inside out taking away everything I every was, but it was more like a hunger pain. The good thing was knowing exactly what would make it stop, Chris. I knew I could have it whenever I wanted.

I heard Rudy's huge thirteen year old paws thud gently against the ground and remembered he was still in my mind. Uh! Having him in my mind disturbed me greatly.

Thanks he sneered

Why didn't you just join Sam's pack with your brother! I growled

I would rather put up with you and Seth's crap then Paul's he replied in a hard thought and by the way I was being babysat by Paul and Jacob's stupid sister last night so don't blame that damn animal attack on me!

Damn I pissed him off, as if he wasn't bad enough when he was calm. As soon as I thought that I felt him growl slightly.

I phased back angrily, and as I though, the dam didn't break, I wasn't sure if there was a dam anymore. I pulled Bella's reeking cloths on and raced inside the foul smelling house.

"Really, its fine, im used to breaking bones" I heard Chris say as Carlisle.

I walked up to the dining table where Carlisle inspected Chris's leg. The whole Cullen family and Jacob was gathered around them.

He looked up from where he sat, unnatural green eyes glittering as he recognized me immediately as if we where old friends. I didn't know if he recognized me or just felt the gravitational pull between us but either way, we had something special going on between us and it felt right.

"Leah" He said wincing when Carlisle tried to reposition his leg. My heart almost burst through my chest when he said my name and as I predicted, the hunger pains where gone. I looked at Edward. I could tell that he was searching frantically through Chris's thoughts trying to figure him out more. Suddenly a low hiss slipped through his clenched teeth, had he found something in Chris's past that disturbed him that much. Bella and Renesmee put there hands on Edwards back trying to calm him down.

I was on my guard for anymore signs from the bloodsucker, but there was one thing that Edward had just confirmed. Chris wasn't human and I had to find out more. On that idea, after Carlisle had put Chris's leg in a cast, we walked outside and sat on the small bench.

We held hands as the electricity ran through our fingers into one another.

He was wearing one of Jasper's shirts and jeans, seeing that they where the same height,

"Chris" I said pausing to collect my thoughts "what are you?"

His green eyes fell to the ground "do you trust me to keep your secret safe? You know, that you're a shape shifter?" It took me off guard when he used the phrase 'Shape Shifter' instead of 'Werewolf'

"Of course I do" I mumbled

He looked up straight into my eyes "some of the older vampires call us Children of the Moon although most people just call us werewolves"

Vaguely I remembered the phrase "Children of the Moon" being used.

It made sense now, last night was a full moon and the next day Chris shows up like he has been mauled by an animal but in truth he was the animal, probably the same animal in the papers.

"In a lot of ways we are like vampires" he continued

That made me uncomfortable although he smiled as he felt my discomfort and nudged me with his shoulder.

"Our eyes give us away, some of us have powers" he whispered, his beautiful smile faded, his eyes meeting the ground again "and we eat human flesh" he said even softer.

My eyes widened. He…ate…humans. How could this be possible, he was so kind, he wasn't tempted to eat me, was he? But telling by his ashamed expression I could tell he felt bad enough about it.

"Powers?" I replied trying to change the subject "do you have a power?"

He looked up although his expression stayed the same "I have the ability to have visions of people's memories, put false ones in other peoples heads and completely wipe it as well, that's how I can remember all the details from my human life and the way I became a werewolf, most werewolves barely remember how they where changed" he sounded impressed

"How did you change? If you don't mind" I asked, I couldn't bear to look in his perfect green eyes, afraid of what I will see. He squeezed my hand encouragingly.

"It's a little depressing and gory, sure you can take it?" his voice sounded as if he was challenging me, I was surprised that he was more concerned about me breaking down then him.

I looked back at him, smiling slightly and replied "I can take it, trust me"

He smiled again but paused as he remembered himself but then yawned "Sorry After a full moon werewolves need like 24 hours of sleep"

"Its ok" I said laughing a little at the sleepy look in his dazzling green eyes.

"It happened about 10 years ago, my sister Olympia" I felt a wince of pain in his voice as he said her name "who is 4 years older then me had just got back from college for the holidays, she had changed, she used to have chocolate eyes but now they where only a little duller then mine now and she always disappeared every fortnight and came back scraped and hurt, she kept it a secret from us that she had been changed.

"Olympia and I couldn't be in the same room without fighting, it was like locking a cat and a dog into small box just to see what happens. All our fights over nothing and resulted in me sulking off on my own.

"My family and I where returning to California after spending a week in Seattle although our plane had been delayed till 1 am. So it was 8:30 we where having a free dinner at the airport. Olympia and I where fighting again, I remember I said something about the freaky contacts she told us she was wearing, I didn't know they where her real eyes so she flicked me in the back of the head and said something like 'I wish you would get a life so you can stay out of mine.'

" 'That's it' I said getting up and walking away as usual. I walked outside to wait for the plane outside and watch some of the planes take off. That was the biggest mistake of my life. I stayed out there for about an hour just thinking about how much I really hated my sister until I spotted exactly fifteen darkly cloaked figures walking across the runways"

Darkly cloaked figures? Now why did that sound familiar?

"When I first saw them they were so far away they where only specks on the horizon and the next minute they were so close that I could see them all in clear detail. The smallest on of them, her name was Jane" he said shuddering at the memory of her.

I froze, darkly cloaked figures, Jane, the Volturi! He said ten years ago right? Ten years ago was when the Volturi came to the clearing to execute the Cullen's because of Renesmee. Then it fell into place. The Volturi must have been at the airport to return to Italy the day Chris and his family where returning to California.

"Are you alright?" he said, looking into my eyes

"Yea, im fine I just remembered something"

I wasn't positive but I thought heard him whisper "I know" although I couldn't be sure.

"So Jane froze only about 10 yards away from me.

"'Master' she said smelling the air 'he's my singer, his blood is singing to me' Jane said now staring right at me, which started to make me nervous.

"The one called Aro held up on papery hand and took a good look around to see how many people where around at this time of night. I felt the urge to run away back to my parents and Olympia but it was too late. Aro just nodded to Jane. That minute I was in agonizing pain"

The thought of Chris in pain made me feel like I was suffering the same agonizing pain that he just spoke of.

"The next minute Jane's teeth pierced through my neck, cutting through my skin like butter, and I felt the blood draining out of me. I was totally paralyzed in pain. At this point I realized she was a vampire

"'Chris, where the hell are you?' I heard Olympia calling 'stop your sulking it's been almost an hour.'

"She saw me through the window and the small girl attached to my neck. I heard Olympia's bloodcurdling scream from behind me. I couldn't turn my head because of the vampire on my neck although I did see her run outside and, right in front of my eyes, her teeth grew sharp and her green eyes flashed and suddenly she phased into a massive wolf."

Chris paused for a moment "Unlike shape shifters who can change whenever they want, real Werewolves can only change when the it's a Full Moon, when we don't have a choice, or our life or someone we care abouts life is threatened" he added

"'Werewolf!' Caius yelled pointing to Olympia the giant wolf." He continued "Jane dropped me onto the concrete, which split my head open; to go help the other fourteen vampires attack my sister."

I knew he could feel me wincing so he squeezed my hand tighter but no matter how much I tried to stop I still had to chomp down on my bottom lip to stop myself from screaming, I could now see what he meant by gory.

"From where I was, I couldn't see very much considering all the blood spilling out of me but I did smell a fire burning and a high metallic screaming plus the sound of people gathering around the windows, it turned out that my sister killed there tracker vampire Demetri. Just before I passed out from blood loss, I saw Olympia's giant wolf head close to mine; she knew there was only one thing that could save me from dyeing."

Chris looked away for a minute. Obviously this is why he was wincing before as soon as he mentioned Olympia. Although he turned back.

"My eyes went black as I felt her sharp teeth close around my shoulder; I screamed then passed out completely. But by having a vision on Jane's memory I remembered what happened next. Jane's brother Alec killed my sister by burning her with Demetri then he killed my parents to make sure they didn't come looking for us and everyone who had witnessed the attack" Another winced of pain shot across his body.

"Jane and Alec took my body and dumped it somewhere in the woods thinking I was dead while the others fled, leaving my blood all over the airport floor.

"When I woke up I was in hospital and I discovered my talent. I had a vision of 3 hikers finding me unconscious in the woods, my body soaked in my own blood. I also had vision of the whole fight and after I realized that my whole family was dead.

"That's when I caught a glimpse of myself in the television set and realized that my eyes where bright Jade. The amount of things that had changed started to freak me out and I remember having a panic attack. The doctors came in to find me conscious and once they had calmed me down they started interrogating me asking me questions like where did I come from and how I got injured.

"Before I answered them I scanned there memories and found out that when the tried to do a blood test on me the needle couldn't puncture my skin and my body couldn't digest any of the nutrients they gave me. I ruled up the conclusion that it wasn't safe for me to tell these men what had happened so I pretended to have Amnesia.

"Once they finally left me alone I grabbed my washed clothes and ran away"

I began to feel great empathy for Chris, having to watch his sister and his family die because of his talent.

I used to think that what happened between me and Sam was the most depressing thing I had ever had to face but now when I looked back on the days I spent locked up in my room sobbing over the things that had happened between me and Sam looked so pathetic compared to the life of other people, like Chris, who had it so much worse.

"Terah Kemzi the 3rd, whose name meant 'moon', had descended from the longest line of born werewolves. Born werewolves normally had more authority then changed werewolves. So the Kemzi's where almost royalty kind of like the Volturi for werewolves. Terah was imprinted on my sister"

"Wait" I interrupted "werewolves can be imprinted?"

Chris chuckled "all wolves can"

I was puzzled by his statement but I let him continue before he thought I was insane.

"Before Olympia had died they were destined to get married although there was a strict rule, especially for someone of his class, against marrying mortals. In result Terah changed Olympia into a werewolf so they could marry.

"Now Terah's talent was tracking, once he found out from his mother Senora and his father Tutunakia that I was changed and Olympia was dead he tracked me down immediately. I had been in the woods for almost two weeks and only a couple of days before my first full moon. Although Terah and his parents offered me shelter. Terah always blamed me for the death of my sister.

"Werewolves only eat once a fortnight and lose total control once struck by the full moon and by that time Terah was so furious at me he lost control and attacked me totally controlled by his rage. That was when I found out I could attack with my power by forcing them to remember painful memories. So I began to search his memory for the ones most painful to remember and used them against him. Once Terah was on the ground I fled"

His story had completely engaged me, even through the painful parts I couldn't tell him to stop or that I had had enough, after all I had know Chris for almost two hours and I felt that I already knew him inside out, so now I was desperate for him to tell me everything.

"Terah could only track me down when I was a werewolf or a couple of days before the full moon so about twice every two years he will launch and attack he would chase me down and try to seek revenge.

"After I ran away from him I ran back to my home in California. Most of my family though that we were all dead so when I turned up to the door of my Aunt's house she was pretty freaked out. After I convinced her that I hadn't come back from the dead I stayed with her for five years but once I should have been 22 and still looked 17 I knew I had to leave.

"After I left my aunt's place I met Lira, she was born a Werewolf and aged until she is 19 although I found her when she was 11, she was looking for her uncle although Terah, his parents and I are the only werewolves in America so it was impossible to find him. Lira was a born Werewolf, so for the first 5 years of her life I could never access seeing she was still developing so I never really knew where she came from.

"Although Lira and I made a good team I grew tired of living in the woods and trying to resist the temptation of eating a human although I failed every time. All I wanted to do was to quit ending innocent lives just so I could eat.

"When I caught the memories of a coven of vampires walking passed us in the woods I found out about the Carlisle and all of the Cullen's and there vegetarian way of living. When I told Lira I was leaving her she was heartbroken because, I the only family she had left. I traveled only by peoples memories for a year until finally while Edward, Bella and Renesmee where on a hunting trip, I scanned through Bella's memory and found out where the Cullen's lived"

He paused and smiled guiltily "and I found out about you"

"Wait! You can read Bella's memories?" I asked shocked, but still glad the horrific part of his story had finally come to an end.

His adorable smile fell. "Yea, I haven't met a single person who I can't read why?"

A horrible hiss came from inside the Cullen's house. Edward. He had been eavesdropping, well like he had a choice, and he heard about Bella and obviously that disturbed him. I tried to relieve Edward by letting the situation go, I was actually considering the feelings of that's filthy bloodsucker?

"Never mind, forget I said it" I said I resting my head on his shoulder closing my eyes with contentment; breathing in his sweet floral scent that over powered the vampire stench. Chris's head rested on top of mine.

"Chris, what happened to you last night?" I asked trying to move my head as little as possible.

The only response was his soft snoring and heavy breathing. He had fallen asleep again obviously exhausted from last nights events. I didn't mind, there was nothing awkward about it at all. I closed my eyes again; nobody could even begin to imagine how right this felt.