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There were little fires dotted around the meadow, lighting up the fast approaching darkness. I struggled through the battlefield towards the spot where I had seen Seth disappear. Was he alright?
No. He was not.
As I ran towards the clearing, I could see and hear the newborn slam into him. Then it began to claw at him, staining the ground with dark wet spots of his blood.
"NO!" I screamed, and threw the vampire off of him. He hit the forest floor with a muted thud and whirled to face me.
Out of nowhere, Jasper came pelting into the clearing. He grabbed the newborn and began to rip it apart. I spared him no glances. I only had eyes for Seth.
He was bleeding, and his eyes were closed. I could feel his bones distorted through the skin. It made me wince to think about it.
"Carlisle!" I screamed, coming back to the meadow with Seth.
He was there in an instant. Carlisle gathered Seth in his arms and raced back towards the house. I needed it to be all right. Yet, as I began to move, the wind changed direction and a new scent began to blow.
Vampire. Someone was still out there.
"Go!" I yelled at Jacob, and then I pelted into the woods. I followed the scent for hours, drifting farther and farther into the dense mass of trees.
Then, I finally found the source.
It was a vampire. She looked insane. Her dark hair fell around her face like a shroud, enhancing the effect.
"Veronica!"
The girl whipped her head around, stared at me with the deepest loathing, and then took off towards a mountain. Another vampire pursued her. I didn't follow. If someone had already gotten her, then I didn't need to be here. Besides, Seth was more important.
I flung myself in the direction of the Cullens' house.
When I arrived there, Carlisle was working over Seth upstairs. I tried to ask Jacob how he was but Jake didn't know. It was going to be a long night.
Blaine's POV
I saw the look in the girl's eyes. So I knew that Seth was dead as I hurtled myself at Veronica. She lightly leapt out of the way and faced me, smiling.
Rage boiled inside of me. Rage at Veronica, who was the cause of a lot of pain for Seth, both physical and mental.
"You. Will. Die," I spat at her. She pouted.
"Aw, Blaine, but we had so much fun as kids! Don't you remember?"
"I did. Back when you were still human. Now you're a monster."
"So are you, Blainey."
"I don't hunt humans anymore. I hunt animals. And you tried to kill me. I won't hold back because we're biologically related. You're nothing to me now."
It was true. Despite the fact that she was sick and twisted, I had had a love for her, my oldest sister, up until the point when she tried to kill me. Then all the love turned into hatred, and I saw whom she was.
Veronica's face twisted. Then, she growled and threw a fireball at me. I easily sidestepped it, but Veronica took the time to run away. I cursed, and followed her.
Leah's POV
Carlisle came downstairs looking tired, but satisfied.
"Carlisle, give it to me straight. How is he?" I pleaded.
Carlisle looked at me and took a deep breath before answering. "Well, most of his ribs, if not all, were shattered. His right arm and leg were also broken. He has a mild concussion, but that is pretty much gone now. He's also dehydrated, malnourished, and covered in burns. Those are pretty much healed though. Leah…" I was shocked to see Carlisle smiling. "He took a beating, but he got through it. I think that Seth is going to be fine. But it will take a while. A long while."
"When can I see him?" I demanded.
"You can go in now and wait for him to wake up. But don't disturb him. Let him rest. He has a lot of healing to do."
I nodded weakly and walked inside the room. Seth lay peacefully on the bed, snoring slightly. I pulled up a chair and waited for him to wake up.
Blaine's POV
Veronica danced through the trees. She laughed, high and insane, the sound rebounding across the forest.
I lightning bolt suddenly landed on the ground next to me, knocking me off my feet and blowing me back into a tree.
Kelly, Logan, and Cyrus stood on a large boulder. Veronica jumped up to meet them, and she gazed down at me with indifference.
I could feel my power burning in me, threatening to rage out of control. I had to let it go!
I screamed, long and loud. The explosion ripped through the earth, tearing trees up and flattening them. My siblings were thrown back into the dense array of still-standing trees.
I lay there on the ground, panting, struggling to regain my strength to force myself from the ground and follow them.
After a minute or two, I managed it. Shakily, I stood up and sniffed, tracing the scent. They had gone East. They were mine.
I raced away into the night.
Leah's POV
I didn't have to wait long. Only an hour had passed when Seth's eyelids opened sleepily.
"Leah-?"
He didn't have time to finish because without thinking, I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tightly. Seth was back. He was alive, and he was back!
Then Seth gasped in pain, and I let go immediately.
"Oops," I said, "I'm sorry!'
He patted his side. "I'm fine, but where's everyone? What happened? Tell me everything."
There wasn't much to tell, but I explained the fight and how we won and how I came to find him. Then he in turn told me the horrors he endured while being held prisoner by Maria. I wanted to cry and destroy Maria myself at the same time. It felt like he was skipping over things, editing it as to keep something out. But I didn't care. He could tell me if he wanted to.
After we were both done talking he fell back asleep. I walked quietly downstairs and dialed my mom's phone number. I still felt dazed. It hadn't really sunk in yet. I told her Seth was back, and she hung up immediately and ran over to see him herself.
I knew then everything was going to be alright.
Until Edward had to run in and ruin it.
He poked his head around the corner. "We're going out, all of us. Jacob wants you to come too. There's been an explosion, and we need to check it out."
"Get someone else to go," I snapped.
"Jacob wants you. He needs his Beta."
Grumbling audibly, I got up and left the room. Everyone was waiting for me downstairs. Without a word we set off.
The explosion was a few miles from the battlefield, Jacob said.
A newborn could easily make it there, Quil put in.
When we arrived at the explosion site, there was a huge crater in the ground, with trees ripped up and rocks strewn everywhere.
"Whoever did this must have an extra ability," Jasper said.
"The trails leads that way," Carlisle said, pointing East. Emmett took off with Edward and Jasper hot on his heels. Rosalie, Bella, Alice, Jacob, Quil, and Embry followed. Carlisle and I followed. Renesmee and Esme were still at the house to watch over Seth.
"It's curving!" Emmett roared after several minutes, "heading back-"
"To the house," Edward finished.
Seth!
I ran ahead of them all except Edward. We could never actually figure out who was faster. The house came into view ten minutes later. A billowing plume of smoke was rising from it. Someone had set the house partially ablaze.
"NO!" Bella yelled, and she attempted to dive into the flames, but Edward held her back.
"We can't catch fire!" He yelled.
I dove into the inferno myself. The heat licked at me from all over. Jacob, Quil, and Embry were right behind me.
We found Esme, Renesmee, and Seth in the hospital setup. Esme was digging a hole through the wall to the outside. We set to work to help them.
Blaine's POV
Veronica had turned around suddenly and sent a roaring stream of fire at the house, lighting it up like a Christmas tree. Temporarily diverted, I ran towards the house instead. The house was spewing smoke, and the flames were rushing at it from all sides. Vampires and werewolves alike stood outside watching it burn. I knew that these must've been the Cullens. And that was Seth's pack? Maybe.
I couldn't hear a heartbeat at all from inside the blaze, and I knew that none of the wolves outside were Seth.
He was dead.
NO. NO!
Rage bubbled in me like lava. I wanted to rip up my sister limb from limb.
VERONICA!
Out of the corner of my eye I saw one of the vampires wince as if someone had shouted directly in his ear. He turned to scan the area, looking for its source. To avoid him finding me, I ducked back into the trees and ran after my sister. But she and the others were already gone.
What could I do? I had to kill them of course. They deserved it. But…
I had to track them. That was the only way.
I raced off into the land beyond after the murderers.
Leah's POV
The roar of the fire was so loud that I could barely hear myself think as we pushed our way through the wall several seconds later. Nessie an Esme dove out of the house first, with Seth and I right behind them. Jacob, Quil and Embry came last.
"Is everyone alright?" Edward asked us urgently. Nessie nodded, and he and Bella hugged her tightly. The wolves all had burns on them, but they weren't so bad. Some were already healing.
Then Edward flinched and looked to his left. There was nothing but an empty Cliffside.
"What is it?" Bella asked.
I ignored them and loped over to Seth, who was still in human form. He gave me an awkward hug. "Thanks Leah," he whispered. I grunted.
Jacob rolled his eyes.
"Well," said Carlisle, examining the house while Emmett and Jasper proceeded to snuff out the flames, "I don't know how it got started, but we can easily rebuild."
I didn't acknowledge him like the others. All that mattered was that Seth was safe. He could heal, and things could-finally-get back to normal. Maybe.
Blaine's POV
I had only one single thought as I raced after Veronica.
When all is said and done, I will be the one.
To leave you in your misery, and hate what you've become.
The sky rapidly faded into nighttime as I ran.
You're going down.
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