Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. She messed up the story when she made Jake imprint on Nessie. Fortunately for us there's always the world of fanfictions.

Author/Note: This is a Leah/Jacob story with all the normal pairings and the events in Breaking Dawn never happened, because just like my cousin said, Breaking Dawn shouldn't even be considered a book.

Translation to English of O Nosso Amanhecer 2. This version was subjected to a few changes from the original in Portuguese.

This translation was a request by FantasyLover74.

I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry for my grammar and spelling. Thank you for reading and thanks the people who reviewed, FantasyLover74, She-Wolf Heiress, brankel1, Chick, Piper9004, Jo Harv, JacobLeah, CallyGreen, Mariaxxx, RobertForLife and Darkmaster of the arts.

Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

7. The Enemy

I guess I wasn't as intimidating as the other wolves. I was smaller but I really didn't know why Jacob wasn't moving. I was now growling at him hoping that he would leave me alone. I didn't want to be forced to attack him just to get some peace and quiet.

"I know what you're trying to do Leah and it won't work. I'm not leaving."

I growled again. What a stubborn ass!

"And I'm not scared of you. You're not going to attack me."

Cocky little bastard. The only reason I really didn't attack him right there was because we were standing too close from my house and people could hear.

"Just stay here. I'm going to get something for you to put on. Alice is going to be really upset about the dress…it really looked well on you."

I rolled my eyes. I was just waiting for him to leave so I could run freely through the forest but then a strong smell hit us. It was definitely a vampire and it wasn't a Cullen. Could it be her? Irina?

I really didn't care. Without thinking I turned away and I ran towards the smell. Jacob phased too and managed to keep up with me.

'It's not a vegetarian leech.' I heard his thoughts. 'Which means it's not Irina.'

'Who is it then?' I asked.

'I don't know but I'm calling the others.'

'What for? We can handle it. It's two of us and only one of them.'

'Don't try to be the hero again Leah. Every time you do that I end up saving your ass.'

'It's not my fault that I'm much faster than you plus I never asked you to be the knight in the shinning armour. I don't need you.'

'We're a pack. We fight together.'

God, he was so damn righteous. I was going to catch that damn leech and kill it in a flash. Jacob snarled at my thoughts and warned me to wait for him but I ignored his order. It wasn't an alpha command so I could do whatever I wanted and right now I wanted to prove I wasn't weak.

'Damn it Leah, do not fight the leech alone! It can be a trap!'

'I'll see you around Black.'

As soon as I sprinted Jacob howled to call the others. I knew they would catch up with me in a few minutes so I hadn't much time to find the leech and kill it. I really hoped it was Irina. If I killed her we could all go back to normal and I could finally leave La Push.

'Leah! Wait for us!' Jacob was really pissed off with me right now but I didn't have time to waste. I had found the leech and I was going to fight no matter what he said. I would prove them all that I was just as strong as they were.

Indeed it wasn't Irina. It was a male with blonde hair caught in a ponytail. His clothes were dirty and his eyes were black with bloodlust. He was probably there to feed and it looked like he was a newborn. Fortunately I still remembered Jasper's lessons about how to take a newborn.

'Who the hell is he?' Quil asked.

'It's a leech. That's all we need to know.' This time I had to agree with Paul.

'Do not take him on your own. Wait for us. I'll be there in less than five minutes.' Jacob's words were muffled by my brother's howl. He was calling me, telling me to wait for them.

The vampire looked at me and didn't look surprised to see a giant wolf. He smiled and started to walk in circles. I did the same thing growling to watch his reaction. When I realised the others were close I launched myself at him but he was fast. To be a newborn had its advantages and the blonde bloodsucker was probably faster than Edward.

I couldn't read his emotions but when he realised I was a fair opponent, he showed some fear. My only chance to get him was to catch him off guard which meant I needed something to get his attention away from me or I could do the same thing Seth did while fighting with Riley. I could pretend to be hurt and let him think he could get me so I would be close enough to kill him.

I heard the pack's growls warning me that my plan was stupid and reckless but I ignored it. Seth was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and Jacob was even pondering on giving me an alpha command which made me act immediately before he could order me to stay put.

On my next attack I let the leech grab my left leg for a few seconds and I felt a sharp pain when his hand squeezed it. I knew my ankle was broken or dislocated. He threw me against a tree and I waited for him to come closer and finish the job. When he was close enough I jumped at his throat but he put an arm protectively in front of him which was completely shredded by my teeth.

The leech's screams filled the forest and I kept ignoring my pack brother's advices.

'You're hurt Leah. Retreat now!' Jacob said in a serious tone.

'Please Leah. He's not dead yet and you can't fight like that.' Seth begged.

'They're right. Just go south and meet Jacob there.' Embry suggested.

'We're coming. Hang on.' Quil stated.

I was preparing myself to continue the fight with the one-arm vampire when a large russet wolf jumped and landed on top of him. Jacob tore his body apart in less than a second and when he looked at me I really didn't know what he was feeling. I guess it was anger and relief all at once.

'Are you stupid? Didn't I tell you to wait? What the hell is your problem following orders Clearwater?'

'I had it under control.'

'Under control? You only pulled off one of his arms. I wouldn't call that under control. If I didn't show up you'd be dead!'

'Jacob is right, Leah.' Of course my brother would back up Jacob.

'You could've died.' Sam's thoughts reached me.

'As if you'd care.' I spat.

I felt everyone's thoughts retracting because I was right. Except from Seth none of them cared about me. A few seconds later several wolves appeared followed by Jasper and Edward Cullen.

Both leeches went to see the dismembered body and I saw them exchanging a look.

"Can you phase back?" Edward asked me.

The last thing I heard from Jacob was him ordering Jared, Quil, Paul and Sam to go check the perimeter around La Push and the younger ones to phase back and make a fire.

I phased back behind a tree and Edward came to give me his jacket because I didn't have any clothes with me. The stench was horrible but I couldn't appear naked in front of everyone.

"Tell me bitch, do you have some sort of a death wish or are you just stupid?" Jasper asked pointing to the body that was already burning.

I tried to walk to face the emotion's leech directly and maybe hit him or something but my left leg was hurting badly. Seth and Jacob were now on human form too wearing nothing but cut-offs and they came to check on me.

"I know you think you only did your job but this vampire could've been working with Irina." Edward explained.

"He could be trying to take you to a trap." Jasper added. "And it would be nice to talk to him and ask what he was doing here."

"Everything is fine. He was a non-vegetarian leech with black eyes and now he's dead! End of story!'– I spat furiously. What the hell was wrong with them? We're wolves, we kill leeches.

"It's not that simple, Leah. You're hurt…" Seth whispered.

"It's just a small injury. I'm fine."

"You can't keep doing this Leah. Next time try to rely more on your pack brothers, ok?" Edward suggested. "It will be better for everyone."

"Kiss my ass, leech. I'll do whatever I…"

I never finished the sentence because Edward's cell phone started ringing. Alice had a vision and she was requesting our presence to tell us what she'd seen.

"Seth, phase and tell the others to meet us back at your house. Embry take the younger ones with you." Jacob ordered.

"Leah needs to be examined by Carlisle." Edward said. "Don't let her force her leg."

The mind rapist and Jasper left immediately leaving me and Jacob behind. When the blonde leech's body was completely burned, Jacob put out the fire and then he glared at me.

"Why did you ignore my orders?" He asked me.

"I…he was alone. I could take him."

"You didn't know if he was alone and although you're fast and strong, we are a pack."

"Fine…I screwed up again. Thanks for coming to my rescue when I didn't need it. Are you happy now?" I exploded.

"No, I'm not happy. And you needed help. You're not invincible." He stated coming closer.

"Whatever…Can we go?"

"Yes." He put an arm around my waist but I shoved him away.

"What the fuck are you doing?" I inquired.

"Edward said you can't walk."

"I'm not letting you carry me back home."

"Do you think I want to carry your heavy ass?" He inquired.

"Are you calling me fat?"

He rolled his eyes and ignoring my protests he picked me up and I didn't have the courage to push him away this time because I knew I wouldn't be able to walk with my leg like that. He walked in silence the whole way. When we arrived the party was over.

We met everyone in the living room and my mother came to hug me as soon as Jacob put me on the couch.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

"I'm fine, mum."

Carlisle kneeled down to watch my injury. The leg wasn't broken but the ankle was dislocated and it would take time to heal. Carlisle's cold hands twisted my ankle to put it back in its place and I winced slightly in pain.

"Thanks to your healing abilities you'll be fine in two days." He smiled at me.

"Thanks…" I whispered. I really didn't know why it was so damn difficult to be rude to Carlisle Cullen. There was something weird about that leech and I couldn't figure out what.

In the meanwhile everyone was back and Alice got up from the chair she was sitting on. We all looked at her with expectation.

"I saw Irina here in the future. She was spying on us." She stated.

Bella flinched when she heard the pixie's words. I guess she didn't like Irina either.

"I don't know if she was working with the vampire you killed but if she was I couldn't see it because Irina knows how my power works…" Alice continued.

"So she has an advantage on us." Embry said.

"It's only a temporary advantage. Irina will make up her mind on when to attack La Push and she does Alice will be able to see it." Jasper explained.

"What do we do until then?" Seth asked.

"We patrol and I believe it will be a good idea to start training the younger ones." Edward answered.

"Ok. I want teams of four wolves patrolling every five hours and no one fights a vampire on their own." Jacob glared at me. "Understood?"

Everyone nodded.

"We'll patrol our lands more frequently as well." Carlisle assured.

"What about the younger ones?" Jared asked.

"Sam and I will figure out something as soon as Rick, Denis and Jason phase." Jacob said and Sam agreed.

"There's something I think you all should know." The mind rapist said before everyone could leave. "Irina isn't like Victoria."

By the tone of his voice I couldn't understand if he was just stating or warning us. Victoria had created an army to attack us. She didn't know the Cullens would have our help and she thought she could just come here, kill Bella and leave. By looking into Seth's memories we had all been able to see how Edward managed to kill her and protect Bella. She was a fair opponent but he could read her mind. The battle was lost from the start.

As for Irina she'd been a very hard opponent too but this time we were dealing with a vampire that knew all the Cullens well and I wasn't so sure if they would actually accept to kill her in order to save one of us. This time was different because Irina wasn't their enemy, she was our.

"We actually don't want to kill her." Edward said picking up my thoughts. "But we will if she threatens innocent lives."

"But isn't she a vegetarian?" Embry asked.

"She is and she won't feed on humans. We know Irina and her family for a long time." Carlisle told us.

"But if she creates newborns, she'll be going against the rules and we can't let that happen again." Edward stated.

"When you said she isn't like the red haired leech what did you mean?" Sam asked.

"Victoria used innocent people to do the dirty job for her. Her plan was to kill Bella because I had killed James. Irina doesn't want to be compensated like that. She'll only stop when every single one of you is dead by her hands."

"Meaning?" Paul asked impatiently.

"This means she'll die trying if she has to and if you don't work as a pack, she will kill you one by one." Edward explained.

"Ok. We got the point." Jacob announced. "Thanks for the warning."

"By the way…Whenever you find tracks of a vampire in your lands please let us know." Jasper said.

God, we were turning into their lapdogs or something. Now they even wanted to teach us how to do our job. If I were the alpha I would put the emotion's leech back on his place but Jacob just nodded like a puppy. That was really sad to watch.

"Caleb, Embry, Seth and Shane, you're on the first shift starting now." Jacob ordered. My brother and the others left immediately.

"Leah you should rest to allow your ankle to recover. Someone should take you upstairs to your room." Carlisle suggested.

I saw a hand right in front of me and I almost took it. It was Sam's. He was probably feeling guilty about what he had told me at the party and wanted to apologise in private but honestly I wasn't in the mood to forgive him. I would rather have a leech carrying me upstairs than him.

"Jacob, can you take me?" The words left my mouth before I could even think about the consequences. To ask that kind of favour to my alpha was the same as telling everyone I was a fragile little girl who needed someone to take care of me. Jacob would never let me live down to it.

"Sure." He picked me up again and took me upstairs.

"I'll make you something to eat." My mum ran into the kitchen.

When Jacob put me on my bed I asked him to turn around and wait a few seconds. I took off Edward's jacket and grabbed a blanket to cover up my body.

"Here, give it back to the mind rapist." I gave him Edward's jacket.

"Leah…"

"What?"

"You can't keep doing this."

"What are you talking about?"

"We're not your enemies. We're not Sam."

I limped towards him clenching my fists.

"We're a pack and you need to start trusting us."

"Fuck off Black. I don't need your lectures."

"You could've died today."

"I already thanked you, oh-mighty-alpha."

"I don't want you to thank me. You don't owe me anything…I just want you to promise me that you'll never try to do that again."

I didn't say a word because I knew I wouldn't be able to keep that promise.

"Leah…you're one of us, you're…"

"No, I'm not." I cut him off. "I'm a cruel bitch. I'm nothing like you or the others."

"Look although it's fucking awesome to save your ass and laugh about it later, I don't want you to get hurt. Seth and Sue would freak out if something bad happened to you."

I hated this kind of speech.

"I know you feel like you have to prove yourself but…please be careful." His brown eyes met mine for a brief second and I felt he was being honest as if he really cared about my safety, but that would be just an illusion because no one actually cared about me.

"By the way…when you're recovered you're on my team with Martin and Ethan so I'll see you soon."

He grinned and closed the door.

I hated to be paired up with the pups but this time I didn't give a damn. I just hoped my ankle would heal fast.

A/Note (2): There are possibly a lot of you wanting to know when Jacob and Leah are going to be together in the story. Eventually they will be together but only after the Volturi's departure to Italy. So far I'm focusing on making Leah moving on and Jacob accepting that Bella is a lost cause. First Leah and Jacob will be friends and only then their friendship will evolve. I'm sorry if I'm going too slow but better chapters will come.

Karisan