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, Darkmaster of the arts, BenitaxoxoCastiel, mehr03, AllieBlack16, ItsCuzOfTheFame, brezzybrez.

Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

12. Test

There was a time in my life I thought nothing was worth it. Living wasn't worth it and I was sick and tired of suffering alone. I can't deny I haven't thought about suicide but I would never do it when I had my mother and little brother to take care of. I was aware that my life would never be the same again after turning into a giant fur ball. I was right. The pain subsided for days, months, years.

I was perplexed when the morning after Sam's wedding I didn't feel suicidal. Let's face it that would be my breaking point and yet I didn't feel like I wanted to die. Could that have something to do with the person sleeping in mu couch holding me tightly?

I freed myself from Jacob's grip and I went upstairs. I had to take off that dress and have a nice shower. I knew exactly what I wanted to do to start a new chapter in my life. I wanted to change myself. Not radically, of course, just enough to make my family proud of me.

After having a shower I went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Jacob was still sleeping but I was sure that he'd be starving when he woke up. I knew that being nice and soft was going to bring up a lot of questions and Jacob would probably be the first to notice because I was indeed cooking for him. How lame was that?

Was I turning into Bella Swan? I mean she had used Jacob to cope with Edward's abandonment and then she had just kicked him in the guts and broke his heart. I knew Jacob didn't love me but I really didn't want to act like Bella. What if I ended up having feelings for him? Now that would be a fucking chaos but I was pretty sure that would never happen. Jacob was too young and we didn't even get along that well.

I just felt the need to thank him for being there for me. From now on I would try not to piss him off that much because he was a decent kid and didn't deserve to be treated like shit.

"Good morning" Jacob said walking over to the kitchen trying to fix his hair. He had taken off his tie and white shirt.

"Hi…Are you hungry?"

Stupid question. I could hear his stomach grumbling.

"Yeah. I'm starved." He sat down and waited for me to finish the eggs and toasts.

"Here, you can eat all you want."

"What about you?"

I pointed to the cup with coffee on the table.

"If I knew you'd cook me breakfast I would've slept with you a long time ago."

I slapped the back of his head and he laughed not realising I had actually felt a little embarrassed. There wasn't actually a reason to be embarrassed because nothing had happened between us and I knew perfectly well that Jacob was just fooling around and trying to piss me off but not even Sam had the privilege of sleeping in my house. My father would never allow that unless we were married.

"If you tell anyone about this I'll kill you." I threatened.

"Sure, sure."

I sighed. Jacob wasn't a pup, he didn't fear me like the younger ones did. I should work on that.

"Look…I'm really sorry about yesterday. I was clearly upset and a bit depressed…"

"It's ok." He smiled.

Was he always that beautiful when he smiled?

"Just eat and then leave. I've got things to do." I said feeling very uneasy after thinking that Jacob Black was beautiful. I needed a good night sleep.

"So…are you alright?" He asked me.

"Yes."

"That's cool. Maybe now you can…smile sometimes."

I really needed to make him stop talking.

"If you think I'm going to be all sugar from now on you're sadly mistaken."

"Well…it's not that I can't deal with your bitchiness but…"

"Shut up, Black." I warned.

He rolled his eyes and shrugged.

Then someone knocked at the door. We both knew who it was. My mother must've been really worried about me and she decided to show up before I could even call her to say I was alright.

I was wondering what would she say if she saw a half-naked Jacob having breakfast in our kitchen at eight in the morning.

"Maybe I should leave…" He started.

"…By the back door." I finished for him.

"I'll see you later." He waved.

I was surprised when my mother jumped into my arms as soon as I opened the door.

"What's with the hug?" I asked her.

"What? Can't I hug my own daughter?" She retorted.

"Of course you can."

"Look what I got you…" She gave me a small white box. My favourite cake: blueberry pie.

"Thanks, mum."

"Do I smell toasts?"

"Yes, well…I was kind of hungry and…"

"Do you have coffee?"

"Of course."

"Good…Let's have a little chat while we drink a cup of coffee and you eat your pie."

She was quite subtle this morning. If she wanted to know if I was coping well with Sam and Emily's wedding she should ask. But since she was my mother and I loved her dearly, I let her pull me into the kitchen and start 'our little chat'.

"Charlie wants to have lunch with us today." My mother said.

"Us?"

"You, me and Seth. I told him I didn't know if you were actually up to that sort of thing…" Indeed she was being very subtle.

"I'll go."

"Really?"

"Absolutely. I actually need to go to Forks and buy a few things."

"That's great. We can go shopping together and you can help me to prepare lunch."

"Ok."

"You look different…" She said.

I gave her a small smile and she took one of my hands.

"I'm really glad you're alright." She added.

"Me too."

It still hurt a bit to think about Sam and Emily in Las Vegas but honestly, I was feeling much better. This was my chance to let go all of my painful past and focus only on the good things. I wasn't expecting an easy journey but I was a fighter, right?

A few hours later, after lunch, Seth and I were summoned to another emergency meeting. This time we all gathered at the Cullen's house.

Esme and Edward came to greet us and invited us inside. Jared, Quil, Gary and Sullivan were out on patrol. As soon as we got in Bella turned the TV off and went to stay by her husband's side. Rosalie and Emmett were near the window. The blonde was absolutely disgusted about being in the same room as us.

"What did you see?" Jacob asked Alice.

"Irina is going to Volterra in three days." She answered with a serious look. By the way she was squeezing her husband's hand it was quite obvious she was worried which made me wonder if that was really the only thing she'd seen in her vision.

"Actually, it wasn't." Edward answered my thoughts.

"She'll be in Volterra in about a week until Aro and the other Elders decide to grant her a hearing." Alice said.

"So?" I asked.

"Irina knows that the Volturi don't care about personal vendettas." Carlisle explained. "If she tells them she wants revenge for the loss of her lover they'll kick her out of Volterra."

"That's good, right?" Jacob inquired.

"No. This means she'll play another card. She'll tell the Volturi all about you and our peace treaty." Edward mentioned. "Since we're involved, Aro will be tempted to come to Forks."

"We just need to know how many they'll be." Paul said.

"You don't understand…Aro never leaves Volterra and yet, this time, he will come and he will bring Caius and Markus." Carlisle announced visibly disturbed.

"Which means they'll accuse us of high treason and if we go to a trial some of us will die, including your pack." Jasper finished.

"Why?" Seth asked.

"It's forbidden to have an alliance with werewolves." Carlisle answered. "Even though you're not real werewolves, you're our enemies and that's the only thing the Volturi care about. There's no way they'll accept to spare your lives. They will spare Bella, Edward, Jasper and Alice because of their powers but everyone else is expandable."

"What are we going to do?" Jacob asked pacing around. "Did you see how many of them are coming?" He turned to Alice.

"Not yet. I'll only see that when Aro decides to come to Forks."

"It doesn't matter how many they are." Jasper announced. "It's quality we need to worry about, not quantity."

"What do you mean, leech?" Paul demanded to know.

"I told you before." Bella said. "The Volturi aren't like a group of newborns. They're lethal. They have special powers and they'll use them against us for sure."

I never liked Bella but seeing her so worried made me wonder why she was so scared.

"What powers?" Seth asked.

"Jane and Alec are the most powerful vampires I've ever seen." Carlisle said. "They're Aro's favourites because they can be used as weapons against vampires, humans or werewolves."

The younger ones started shaking.

"Jane has the ability to inflict pain…even though it's just a mental illusion the pain can be…excruciating." Edward said. I had the feeling he had felt Jane's ability before.

"And you're right." He added facing me. "It feels like we're being burned alive."

Bella looked at him with a sad expression.

"Alec is Jane's twin brother and his power is just as lethal. He can cut off our senses completely. Total sensory deprivation which allows them to take down an opponent regardless of his size." Edward continued. "The two of them are the most powerful member's of the Volturi Guard. They can easily take out an army."

That was scary. Compared to those two vampires the Cullens were fucking saints.

"Your powers sucks." Paul declared. "What the hell are we supposed to do with a mind reader, a seer, an emotion's controller and a…whatever Bella is?"

Paul was actually making sense.

"Not all the vampires have offensive powers." Jasper explained. "But we can actually use our powers to have an advantage."

"Bella is immune to Jane's powers." Edward said proudly.

Great. That idiot was the only one who could survive the upcoming battle against the Vampire's Mafia. Fucking awesome.

Edward glared at me and I ignored him. If all the Cullens would die and I could choose one to be around, it would not be Bella, that's for sure.

"Are there more of these powers?" Jacob asked.

"Yes and that's why we want to solve the situation without going to war." Carlisle announced.

"How?" Paul questioned surprised.

"There's this thing called diplomacy, but you probably don't know anything about it, mutt." Rosalie spat.

"You're mistaken Blondie. Diplomacy is actually the only thing that is keeping me from jumping at your throat, bitch." Paul retorted.

"So you think you can convince them to go back to Italy with what? Nice words?" I asked.

"We'll try to prove them that they don't have any reason to fear us or your pack." Carlisle said quietly.

"But they do." I stated.

"Yes, but they don't need to know that." He insisted. "That's the only way to save us all."

"We also have a Plan B. Jasper and I were talking earlier and we think we can actually beat the Volturi if we go to war." Alice announced.

"Since our forces consist only in eight vampires and twenty one wolves, we think we need to recruit an army. We need experienced fighters because only eight of you fought against the newborns." Jasper said.

"We can learn how to fight." Caleb said and the others backed him up.

"I'm not saying you won't learn, I'm saying it's different. Even if you learn you don't have real practice. This time we won't be fighting unorganised newborns, the Volturi Guard is an elite incredibly organised and efficient." Jasper's words were disturbing. I guess we had been underestimating our enemies.

"Who are we going to recruit? The Denali Clan?" Bella asked.

"Maybe." Jasper admitted.

"They won't fight against Irina." Bella insisted.

"Probably. But the Denali aren't the only coven we know. There are many vampires out there who hate the Volturi and don't agree with their…philosophy." Jasper informed with a half smile.

"What's the plan then?" Jacob asked. "You can't just go ask a few vampires to come to Forks and put their asses on the line for you and a pack of wolves."

Bella nodded in agreement.

"We're not going to ask them to fight for us." Edward said. "We just need them to be our witnesses. Aro will think twice if an army of witnesses is present."

"But Edward…" Bella whined.

"We know what we're doing Bella." The mind rapist said putting his arm around his wife's shoulders.

"Some of them will fight if we ask them to. We should leave as soon as possible." Jasper said. "We'll need some of you to come with us."

"How much time do we have, Alice?" Carlisle asked.

"One month max. I'll tell you more details once Irina gets there."

We spent the next hour deciding who was going with the leeches to recruit other vampires. In the end it was decided that Jared would go with Emmett and Carlisle to Canada, Alaska and Northern Europe while Jacob would go with Edward and Jasper to Mexico and South America.

Since Sam was on his honeymoon I'd be in charge. I was a bit surprised but then again I had an opportunity to show everyone that I was a good beta.

That emergency meeting sure had given us a lot to think about. I would not be surprised if some of the pups had nightmares about the twins from Hell. When we left the Cullen's mansion the silence was intimidating.

"I know you're all worried but right now we need to focus." Jacob said when we arrived near his house. "Leah will be in charge and no one disobeys her orders, understood?"

Everyone nodded.

"Now go home, do your homework and don't comment about this with your parents, alright?" he insisted.

One by one the pups started to leave. Embry, Seth and I stayed behind.

"Why can I go too?" Seth asked Jacob.

"Because I need you to be here with your sister." Jacob answered. "I'm the alpha. It's my responsibility to go."

"Actually…my brother is right. You have classes…I should go." I suggested.

"No. I really need to do this."

I didn't know what he meant by that. I mean Bella was staying behind, so why was he so eager to go with the mind rapist and the emotion's controller?

"You just want to have all the fun to yourself." Seth accused and left to the forest again, phasing when he reached the first trees.

Jacob was going to follow him when Embry stopped him.

"I don't think he wants to talk to you Jake." Embry said. "It's better if I go."

He left after my brother promising to take him back home safe and sound.

"Why are you going with the leeches Jacob?" I asked when we were alone.

"Because I need to. I just need to know if you can handle things around here."

"Of course I can."

"Even when Sam comes back?"

"Yes." I assured him.

"Good. While I'm gone, everything related to patrols or the borders, you deal with Esme. If you don't feel comfortable enough to be with her alone, take Seth. They like Seth…even Rosalie."

"What about Billy, what are you going to tell him?"

"The truth. I can't lie to my father."

We were in silence for a while.

"I don't want you anywhere near Paul." He said suddenly. "You'll kill each other…"

He was probably right.

"And if you need a hand with the pups you can count on Quil and Embry. Try not to give the pups the night shift and…"

"Jacob! I know what to do, alright?" I cut him off.

"Ok…"

"I'm not going to kill anyone not even your precious Bella."

"I'll be back in a couple of weeks."

"I know."

Actually there was a small part of me that didn't want him to go but the other part wanted to pass this test.