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.

Disclaimer(2): The expression "mini-alpha" belongs to Anne Sullivan.

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

40. Reality

When I woke up my throat was completely dry, my vision was blurred and my arms and legs were numb. I looked around feeling a sharp pain on my neck when I turned my head to my left side.

I was in a Hospital. I tried to remember what had happened but my memories were a bit confused. I could hear people outside my room, talking or was it whispering? And then someone walked in with a cup of coffee in his hands which fell on the floor as soon as he realised I was awake.

"Leah? Are you really awake?" My brother asked. He looked like he had seen a ghost.

My voice failed to answer his question, which was probably a good thing because I wasn't going to be polite…I mean was he blind? Of course I was awake.

"I can't believe it. I'm going to call Carlisle." And with that he left me again. I stayed there watching the white ceiling and trying to remember what happened. Slowly it all started to come back to me.

"Welcome back Leah." I heard a voice saying.

Carlisle Cullen walked over to me and checked my pulse. Then he took out the IV hanging from my arm and inspected my eyes flashing me with a small light.

"Do you feel this?" He asked while squeezing my right hand.

"Yes." I said in a weak voice.

He repeated the actions on my legs and feet.

"I guess you'll be discharged soon." He smiled. "Seth, call your mother and tell her to bring Leah some clothes…and call Edward too."

Seth came to hug me and then left the room to do what Carlisle had asked him to.

"Do you remember what happened?" Carlisle questioned.

"Sort of…I remember I fought a leech."

"Yes, you did."

"I killed her. She asked me to do it."

"It's alright. The Denali don't want to start a new war against the packs. They know Irina wanted to die."

Carlisle sat down on a chair next to my bed and looked at me intensively.

"Is that all you remember?"

"I don't know…I feel a bit confused. Where's Jacob?"

"Do you remember you were pregnant when you fought against Irina?"

I gasped in horror and put my hands on my belly. It was flat. I wasn't pregnant anymore.

"Where is my baby?"

As I asked Carlisle a few flashes of memories came to my mind and I recalled being at my house. After fighting with Irina, Seth had taken me home and I had given birth to a baby boy. Jacob was there with me.

"Harry is fine…but you had twins Leah."

"Twins?" I questioned.

"I brought you to the Hospital because you were bleeding too much and you were exhausted. The second baby wasn't in the right position to come out. We had to perform a c-section."

"I told you I wanted to call him William, after Billy." I remembered it, finally.

"Yes and I kept my promise. William is safe with his brother."

I was completely dumbfounded when I realised I was a mother of two baby boys.

"Can I see them?"

"They're at home. You'll meet them soon." Carlisle assured.

"Can't you discharge me now? You're my doctor right?"

"Yes, I am."

For some reason I had the feeling that Carlisle was hiding something from me, but I could be a bit paranoid.

Then we heard someone knocking at the door and Edward and Jasper walked in.

"It's good to have you back, Leah." The mind rapist said.

"It's good to be back."

I looked at Carlisle, suddenly confused why he had called Edward and Jasper, I was expecting my mother and Jacob, of course. I wasn't expecting more leeches.

"Leah's condition is stable and I'll discharge her in a few hours. She remembers everything now." Carlisle said to his adoptive sons.

What the fuck was going on? Why were they buying time? I was feeling fine. I didn't have to be there for a couple of hours.

"We're not buying time Leah." Edward replied. "We're just taking precautions."

"Taking precautions about what? Carlisle says I'm fine."

"She's just confused." Jasper said.

"What the fuck!" I spat. They were really annoying the shit out of me. I wanted answers.

"Fine…Just calm down…or Jasper will do it for you." Edward stated with a smirk.

"Don't touch my emotions." I glared at Jasper.

"I sure missed you." He said with a grin.

"So? Who's going to start talking?" I questioned, forcing my elbows on the bed and taking a sitting position.

"Well…I know this might sound really weird and you can feel really confused but…You're in this Hospital's bed for about two months now." Edward said.

"What?" I managed to say.

"After the c-section you had lost too much blood…Your body wasn't healing properly because it had been constantly healing your womb to protect your children. You had too many damages to operate without rising suspicions and your heart stopped for a few minutes." Carlisle explained.

I was completely stunned with his words.

"Your heart stopped but your brain was always functioning. So we kept you on the ventilator to help you breathe until you were able to do it on your own. But when that happened you remained in a coma." The doctor continued. "And now you woke up."

"Ok…" I said. I was suddenly at loss for words. I couldn't say I understood the situation because quite frankly I didn't understand shit. I was still as confused as before, maybe even more confused.

"You've been in coma for two months. I guess that's what Carlisle tried to tell you." Edward informed.

"Ok…" I repeated. "So, it's really been two months?"

Edward nodded.

"And my children?"

"They're fine." Edward assured me.

"And are you sure the Denali are ok with Irina's death?"

"Yes. Tanya called us saying that Irina had returned to Alaska. She also said that Irina was acting weird and that she kept on talking about the wolves and the pack. We thought that if we took Jacob to her, she would tell us what she really wanted but when we got there she was already gone." Carlisle said.

"We never thought she would come to La Push, besides Alice believes her initial plan was to go to Volterra. That's why she didn't have a vision…Irina must have changed her mind in the last minute." Jasper declared.

"So that means everything is good, right?" I asked.

Edward nodded but he didn't look at me, so I knew something was wrong.

"There's just one more thing you need to know." Edward announced feeling visibly nervous.

"What is it?"

"Jacob's not…well." He said in a low voice.

"What do you mean he's not well?"

"He's not here in La Push right now."

"Where is he then?"

"He was desperate when Carlisle told him that you could never wake up. The first time he disappeared for a week. Then he came back to see the twins…after that he keeps disappearing from time to time and we don't hear from him for about two weeks now."

Once again I was dumbfounded. I never imagined Jacob loved me that much.

"You tend to underestimate his feelings all the time." Edward smiled. "He really loves you, probably more than he ever loved Bella."

"But he left our babies behind." I whispered.

"He's not in his right state of mind." Jasper said. "Right now he's not capable of taking care of two newborns. That's why he left."

"But so far he always came back to check on you and on them." Edward added. "Even if it was just for a few hours."

"I'm sure he's fine." Carlisle said trying to cheer me up.

"I want to go find him." I said firmly.

"Yes, but first you need to see your family." Edward stated. "As soon as your mother and brother arrive you need to take a shower and we'll be waiting for you outside, alright?"

I nodded and watched the three leeches leaving the room. I took a deep breath before lying down. I waited patiently for Seth and my mother to come. It was so good to hug them again. My mother couldn't stop crying and Seth was smiling all the time.

"The twins are beautiful, Leah. You're going to be so proud." My mother told me giving me some cleaned clothes.

"Who do they look like?" I asked with curiosity.

"I'm can't spoil you the surprise. Now go to take your shower and hurry up. I can't wait until we leave this place."

I did what she told me and a few minutes later, Carlisle Cullen was driving us back home to La Push. Nothing much had changed in the Reservation; after all it had only been two months.

I was feeling nervous by the minute. My children had been born for two months and I hadn't seen them yet. What if they didn't like me as their mother? What if they suddenly started crying and I had to give them back to someone else to calm them down?

We arrived at my place and I immediately knew what was going to happen. I could hear everyone inside, ready to surprise me.

"Surprise!" Everyone yelled when I walked pass the door.

I smiled at my friends. I had never seen my living room with so many people since that meeting with all of my pack members before the fight with the Volturi. Only now it was a bit more crowdie.

Charlie came to greet me with little Claire and Rachel close behind him. Then Quil and Embry hugged me at the same time, surprising me a little.

"Don't get all mushy on me guys…" I said smugly. "I really didn't know you loved me so much."

"I love you too…" Brady said pushing Quil and Embry away from me and hugging me tightly.

I was hugged by practically everyone standing in the room, minus Sam and the leeches. I was a bit surprised to see all of them there.

"Do they have permission to stay here again?" I asked Billy when he came to greet me.

"Yes…" I felt he was trying to hide something from me but when I was going to force the truth out of him, Rosalie came down the stairs with one of my babies in her arms.

My heart almost stopped and I didn't know what to do. Everyone was watching my reaction and I waited until Rosalie approached me.

"It's good to see you…Leah." She said. "Harry is being well taken care of."

She put the tiny baby boy in my arms and I felt my heart beating erratically. As I met his eyes I felt like I was being pulled into something really powerful. My maternal instincts were kicking out and I was absolutely captivated by this small being I was holding.

He was perfect. I couldn't believe that Jacob and I had been able to create such a beautiful child.

"Don't get too comfy…There's still another one for you to meet and I want my godson back." Rosalie grinned.

"Your godson?"

"I thought you should know." She said while taking Harry off of my arms.

Alice, who was right behind her, gave me William and I just melted. I didn't have one perfect baby, I had two.

William looked exactly like Harry and both looked like mini Jacobs. They didn't have much hair yet but I could totally see Jacob's features: chocolate brown eyes, black hair and golden skin.

"I really think they're much more beautiful than Jacob." Edward joked.

"And they smell much better even when their diapers need to be changed." Alice pointed out making everyone laugh.

The twins didn't cry and I really couldn't take my eyes off of them easily. I've found myself unable to focus on anything else but my babies. They were so beautiful, so innocent and they deserved to have their father here with them too. I had to bring Jacob back home so he could see the wonderful beings we had made.

Reluctantly I put William in Alice's arms again and she followed Rosalie upstairs because the babies needed to have some sleep.

"Aren't they perfect?" My mother asked me with a huge smile planted on her face.

"Absolutely." I said feeling immensely proud of myself.

"You don't even imagine how happy I am to have you back." She declared with tears in her eyes.

"Don't cry mum. I'm not going anywhere, but I do need something." I said raising my voice so everyone could hear me. "I need Jacob to come home."

"We don't know where he is." Seth said looking to the floor.

"He doesn't phase when we are in wolf form." Quil explained. "And we haven't been able to track him down."

"We think he just wanders around…" Jared stated, holding Kim's hand.

"We need to keep looking." I said.

"We can combine the packs and search in a wider area…and maybe the vampires could help too." Embry suggested and I smiled thankfully at him.

"We don't mind helping. We can search in Canada and Alaska while the packs go south and east." Edward agreed.

"That will be great. Thank you." I said.

"Don't do this." Sam's voice reached me.

I looked directly at him with no fear.

"We don't know if he wants to come back." He added.

Those words made my blood boil. Sam was still jealous of Jacob and he probably wished he never came back to his family.

"He will come back as soon as he knows that Leah is alright." Edward said.

"Come on Sam…Jacob was our pack brother and needs our help." Paul's words almost made my jaw drop. He was actually standing up for Jacob. That was a new one or maybe Rachel had finally put some sense into that thick skull of his.

"He's doing exactly what I said he would do. He left you and the babies. You can't rely on him, Leah."

Who the fuck did this prick think he was?

"Leah knows what's best for her and her babies. If she wants to search for Jacob, everyone should help. Jacob would do the same for you." Emily said glancing coldly at her husband. "I know you care about Leah but she chose Jacob."

I was speechless. It was true, Emily did know about Sam's feelings for me and by the looks of it she was hurting which was normal since she had married the guy and had his daughter. I couldn't believe he was doing this to her.

"Don't get this all wrong Emily, I'm just trying to say that Jacob will come home when he's ready and…"

"And what?" I cut him off. "Are you going to take me back in your pack as beta and promise to take care of my kids if Jacob doesn't come back? Because let me tell you something Samuel Uley…Jacob is my alpha, the father of my children and the man I love. With him I feel whole and complete. He's the one. Got that?"

He laughed in despise.

"Fine. Suit yourself but Jacob will only keep disappointing you."

Sam walked to the door and pulled Emily with him.

"Emily…you can stay if you like." I said to my cousin.

"It's alright Leah. I have to go…Ella needs to have some sleep." Emily said with a sad smile. I said goodbye to her and to the four months-old Ella and turned my attention to the people still in the room.

"Leah…" Jared called me. "I know that Sam got on your nerves…he thinks that Jacob was responsible for what happened to you because he should have been here to protect you and he was away."

"It wasn't Jacob's fault and don't make excuses for him, Jared." I said.

"I'm not. I'm just saying what I saw in his thoughts."

"I don't have anything to do with Sam anymore. End of story."

"I understand. I just want you to know that you can count on me and the others to help to find Jacob."

"Even if Sam disagrees?" I asked surprised.

"Yes."

I turned to the others and Brady, Collin and Paul nodded affirmatively, confirming Jared's words.

"Thanks guys." I said sincerely. "I really appreciate your help."

He nodded politely and left with Kim. Brady and Collin followed them shortly after. My welcoming party was, obviously over, especially after that sad episode with Sam.

"Thanks for not giving up on my brother." Rachel said before leaving. "And I really wanted to say that I regret leaving you that day alone on the beach."

"I insisted for you to leave. I wanted to be alone for a while."

"I should've been more persuasive and…"

"It wouldn't change anything, Rachel. Irina was there. She was probably watching us."

"I'm really glad you're back and I'm sure you'll find Jake."

"I hope so. By the way…did you tell them?"

Rachel knew I was talking about her pregnancy. It wasn't showing yet so I didn't know if she had told the good news already.

"I'm just waiting for Jake to come home."

I rolled my eyes. She should've told at least Paul by now. Typical of Rachel, she always did what she wanted.

When everyone left and the leeches were the only ones in my house besides Charlie, my mother and Seth, I crossed my arms and glared at Rosalie.

"Now, can you explain me who the hell made you Harry's godmother?"

She smiled widely at me.

"It was all thanks to my gorgeous husband here." She said running her hands through Emmett's large chest. "And by the way…Alice is William's godmother."

I was shocked.

"How the hell did this happen?" I half yelled looking from my mother to Seth. They both shrugged.

"I think it's better for you to sit down." Edward advised.

"Why?" I asked.

"You should do what he says." My mother said frowning. "We have something to tell you and you're not going to like it."

A/Note (2): I would never kill Leah, she's the main character. I know a lot of you would like to see Leah kicking Bella's ass, and I'm really considering the idea. :D By the way…I'm severely pissed off with all this uploading shit (one more reason for me to unleash my anger on Bella). I spend like eight hours trying to upload a document. Why? Damn…

Karisan