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.

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Alert: the characters in this story curse a lot.

Our Dawn

Part II

Leah Clearwater

13. Alpha Female

A week later I was about to go crazy. I had managed to stay away from Paul, I had managed to keep the pups safe and happy and I had even managed to accept that the next day, Sam would be back and both of us would have to work together. The only thing I hadn't been able to do was to get rid of Isabella Cullen.

The damn leech was missing her beloved husband so much that her friends would rather send her over to La Push to talk to us than to put up with her.

"You really need to go Bella." I almost begged. I'd spent an hour and a half listening to her whining about Edward being away. It was annoying.

"Seth isn't here yet." She pointed out.

"He'll be here any minute and then we're going out to patrol."

"You're so impatient. You sound just like Jake sometimes."

She was pushing the wrong buttons. I did not want to talk about Jacob Black right now, especially when I would have to patrol with my brother during at least four hours.

Jacob had been on my mind lately and I was starting to feel frustrated about it. He was just a guy, my alpha, a friend…that was all.

"Edward says Jake is acting weird. He's always in a bad mood and…"

"He's probably worried about his grades and this whole thing about the Volturi." I cut her off.

"Oh…right."

She had obviously forgotten that Jacob was a senior this year. What a friend…and to think that he still loved her. Idiot.

"Look, you really don't have to come and check on us every single day." I said trying not to sound too rude. Jacob would never forgive me.

"I know, but without Edward here I feel…misplaced. Plus I can't talk to the others."

"Why not?"

"Rosalie and Esme don't miss Emmett and Carlisle like I miss Edward."

"What about the pixie?"

"She's focusing on learning more about Irina and the Volturi."

"They haven't decided yet?"

"No, Aro is still pondering if he wants to hear Irina or not."

"That's good because we'll have more time."

"I know but…that means Edward isn't coming back so soon. You miss Jake too, right?"

"No." I tried to lie. "Why would I miss that moron?"

"Edward said you're trying to change so I thought…"

"You thought wrong." I cut her off again. "And tell your mind rapist husband to stay away from my thoughts."

Bella shrugged.

"I told him he was wrong. You'll never change."

I clenched my fists but before I could do anything Seth walked in with a smile on his face.

"Hey Bella. Any news?"

"Not yet. Edward, Jasper and Jacob are still in Venezuela, but no signs of vampires just yet."

"That's too bad. At least Carlisle recruited three already."

"Time to go Bella. Seth and I have to patrol." I announced. "If you want to forget about Edward just go throw yourself from a cliff or something. I heard you're quite good at it."

Bella frowned knowing exactly what I was talking about.

"I wasn't trying to kill myself, you know?"

I shrugged. Honestly, it would've been better if she died that day.

"I forgot…you were just having some fun." I mocked.

"Leah!" Seth complained.

"I just wanted to hear Edward's voice telling me to stop." She declared dreamingly.

"Couldn't you just call him on the phone?" I asked amused.

"He had left me, remember?"

I rolled my eyes.

"And you still chose him over Jacob." I haven't been planning on telling her that but it slipped.

"Well not all of us can actually forget about our first and true love." She retorted.

That one was low. Bella knew how hard it was for me to accept Sam's imprint. Now that I was starting to heal she was actually criticising me, accusing me of being shallow, of not loving Sam enough.

"What are you implying?" I asked furiously.

"Nothing. I'm just saying that I chose Edward because he is my true love. Sam wasn't yours because if that was the case, you would be the one trying to jump off a cliff."

"Bella!" Seth almost yelled.

"It's ok Seth…You know what? Maybe she's right I mean fate did bring Sam and Emily together. I wasn't destined to him so I guess our love wasn't meant to be."

Bella's face was priceless because she always thought I would react more violently to her words.

"You must be a fucking genius Bella. Now…can you leave?" I asked trying to remain calm.

She left without another word. Finally.

A few minutes later Seth and I phased and went to the forest.

'You would never do something like that, would you?'

By reading Seth's thoughts I knew he was referring to a suicide attempt.

'No, Seth. Of course not.'

'Do you still love him?'

'I honestly don't know. Anyways I doubt that jumping off a cliff could actually kill a werewolf.'

'Please Leah…Promise me you'll never try that.'

'But we do that all the time.'

'Please…Promise me…'

'I promise.'

'You know that I'll always need you, right?'

'Just cut the crap Seth. I told you I wouldn't do it, didn't I?'

'But I'm being honest.' He whined.

I knew that too. My brother was the most sincere guy in the whole world.

'Let's just focus on patrolling, alright?' I suggested.

We were about to turn south when the smell hit us. The stench was really strong and horrible.

'Vampire.' Our thoughts echoed in each others mind.

'It's not a Cullen, Leah. What shall we do?'

I howled to call the others. This was an emergency.

'The leech is heading to Forks.' Seth said.

The others started phasing immediately.

'Brady, go to the Cullens and bring one of them with you.'

'Do you think it's Irina?' Quil thought.

'She's in Italy, moron.' Embry said.

'What's the plan dearest beta?' Paul piped in.

I took a few seconds to think about a plan. Paul, Quil, Embry and Seth were the most experienced wolves so I could use them as the first offensive group but then again the pups would be vulnerable. That wouldn't work out.

'Let's track the leech down.' I ordered.

No one questioned my authority and I almost felt shocked.

'Listen up guys. Embry you go south and take Clayton, Sully and Rick with you. Paul you take Denis, Shane and Caleb and you go east. Quil you go north with Gary, Martin and Justin. Seth you go west and take Collin, Jason and Ethan.'

'What about you?' my brother questioned.

'Since I'm the fastest wolf, I'll be the bait. I'll catch up with the leech and I'll buy you some time to corral the fucker.'

'Don't play the hero again.' Embry whined taking his group with him.

'Jacob hates when you do that.' Quil reminded me before leaving too.

'I'm not going to attack until you get there, alright? Besides, Brady and the Cullens will be right behind me.'

'If they get there on time.' Seth added visibly worried.

'We will.' Brady assured.

It took us less than a minute to start the hunting.

I sped up and followed the horrible stench. I only noticed where the leech was when I reached the coast. Being at the cliffs made me realise this wasn't a coincidence. The leech wasn't going to Forks after all which meant this was actually part of a plan to get us.

When I stepped out of the trees the leech faced me directly. The woman standing before me was beautiful. She had long black hair and was wearing a blue dress. Her neck and ears were decorated with precious rubies. Just like her jewellery, her lips and eyes were glowing red.

I knew she wasn't a newborn by the way she moved.

'Positions?' I asked my pack brothers.

'We'll be there in a minute.' They all answered.

'There's something strange here. She's not surprised to see a giant wolf.' I warned. 'Quil, take your group to the lower cliffs in case she tries to escape through the beach.'

'Alright. Be careful.'

'Alice had a vision.' Brady announced. 'She says she saw a vampire coming here…a man with red hair.'

'That can't be right. This leech is a woman.' Seth replied.

'I know that. But right now I can't speak to Alice, can I?' Brady retorted.

'Damn it, Edward should be here, he's the only one who can translate.' Embry whined.

I knew something wrong was going on and the smile on the leech's face was enough to make me even more suspicious.

"Where are the others?" She asked in a melodic voice that made my ears hurt. "I know there are more…"

'Be careful…She knows about us.' Seth said.

'We're almost there Leah.' Embry assured me.

I growled at her but she looked amused. She wasn't scared of me but when Paul, Embry and Seth came out of the forest being followed by their respective groups, she was a bit preoccupied with her safety because she took a step back.

'Now was the perfect time to try to escape…Why isn't she moving?' Embry questioned.

No one knew the answer.

'Do you think Alice was wrong about her vision?' Seth asked.

'Of course she was.' I said.

And then Brady arrived with Bella, Alice, Esme and Rosalie right behind him. The black haired leech smiled at them. That's when I realised that she was actually buying time to meet the Cullens.

"Well…the famous vampires with yellow eyes. You're disgusting." She said.

"Who are you?" Alice demanded.

"It doesn't matter who I am."

"Where's your partner?"

"I'm alone."

"I saw him. He's here somewhere."

"I told you I work alone."

"Why are you here then?" Rosalie asked impatiently.

"Leah can you please send some of the wolves to the borders?" Esme suggested. "There's one more leech around and we need to catch him."

'Collin, Embry, Caleb and Justin go.' I ordered and they left immediately.

When I thought that the leech would keep talking to the Cullens, she clenched her fists and ran forward in Bella's direction.

Before she could touch Bella, Rosalie grabbed her left arm and threw her in our direction. Paul's teeth slashed her right hand and she screamed in agony. But in a second the hand moved and was reattached to her arm. The pups were mortified. They had never watched anything like that.

By that time Paul, Seth and Brady were already circling the leech.

"Don't kill her." Alice said suddenly.

'Is she joking?' Paul thought. 'We have to kill her now.'

'Wait just a second. Let's see what the pixie wants.' I said.

When she saw Seth, Paul and Brady backing off, the leech jumped and landed gracefully in front of Bella again. Her hands were about close around Bella's neck when I decided it was time to stop that.

This time Esme, Alice and Rosalie weren't doing anything to stop the crazy leech so we had to act.

'Paul, take her down!' I ordered. He was the one standing closer to Bella.

When Paul jumped over her, Bella managed to free herself from the leech's grip and she was immediately surrounded by Seth, Jason, Ethan and Shane. This time, even if the leech could escape Paul's teeth she wouldn't have another chance to be close to Bella.

But a few seconds later her screams ceased and her head was ripped off.

'Quil, you and your group can phase back and bring us some wood. We need to start a fire.' I said.

Slowly, I helped Paul to dismember the leech's body.

"What the hell just happened?" Bella asked a bit shaken up by the events.

Before someone could answer her we smelled another leech. Alice was right. Her vision wasn't wrong at all. There was another leech there, but he was far away.

'We're on his tail.' Embry said. 'He's heading for the beach.'

'Damn it. Quil isn't there anymore.' I cursed.

"We can't let him get away. Rose come with me." Alice said.

Bella was about to follow them when Esme stopped her.

'Paul, Brady, Seth let's follow them.' I ordered.

'What about us?' Denis asked.

'Stay there and wait for Quil.' I said.

'He's getting away. We won't reach him on time.' Embry declared with frustration.

We arrived at the beach at the same time. Embry, Justin, Collin and Caleb were coming from the north while Seth, Paul, Alice, Rosalie and I were coming from the south. The leech managed to avoid us by inches and he disappeared out in the ocean.

'Damn it!' I spat furiously. 'We were so close!'

"We need to talk. Phase back." Alice said and she turned around following Rosalie back to meet the others.

We all phased back and after putting some clothes on we gathered around the fire on the cliffs.

"What is going on pixie? How could this happen?" I demanded.

"I believe they were spies working for the Volturi." She answered calmly.

"But they weren't wearing black cloaks." Esme pointed out.

"They didn't want us to identify them." She continued.

"Why couldn't you see both of them?" I asked.

"I honestly don't know. I think Irina must've told them how my power works. They were improvising and that's why I only saw one of the attackers."

"Why did they come here?" Seth questioned.

"I think Aro wanted to know exactly what he's going to face if he comes here. That's why he hasn't decided on a date yet. He sent two spies, one to attack us and the other one to go back and tell him what he witnessed."

"We need to call Edward and tell him what just happened." Bella said.

"That's not going to make any difference now, Bella. The Volturi will know everything in a few days." Alice announced with a worried expression.

"What do you mean by everything?" I asked.

"This wasn't just a random attack. She was testing our alliance that's why she only attacked Bella. She needed to know what the pack would do in order to save a vampire." The pixie explained.

That made sense. The leech had never tried to attack a wolf. Her only goal was to see our reaction and now the Volturi would know that our alliance was strong. We had protected Bella, risking our own lives.

"The fact that you protected Bella will give Aro the excuse to charge us with treason." Alice said. "Now he has the proof he needed."

"So, they're really coming…' Bella muttered.

"Yes." Alice whispered.

"They even sacrificed one of them." Bella said watching the small fire.

"That's what they do." Alice mentioned putting and arm around Bella's shoulders. "I'm sorry we haven't protected you but I needed to know what she wanted."

Bella nodded.

"What can we do now?" I questioned.

"Now we wait. As soon as I see Aro's plans, I'll call you."

"Ok." I agreed.

We all left the cliffs and headed to La Push. The Cullens returned to their house. Things were becoming more complicated each day.

"This is going to be quite a night, guys." Paul said.

They were planning on celebrating. We had worked well and killed a leech: one of the Volturi. That was good enough to celebrate even if the other one had escaped.

"Since you actually did a good job, you're invited too." Paul glanced at me.

"Someone has to patrol." I said.

"Whatever…" He joined Quil and Embry. "Let's buy some beers."

"You did a great job today Leah." Seth said. "Jake's going to be proud."

That made me smile.

"She's exactly like an alpha female." I heard Denis comment with the other pups.

Stupid kids. I thought to myself. But on the inside I was feeling great.