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The battle loomed near and all the preparations were being made. The shifters got good rest, the Cullens fed and the young wizards awaited news from Sirius. They were anxious to find out who would be helping them. Narcissa had already warned them not to go back to London in fear that they would be seen, so she volunteered to seek out Sirius and find out what she could. That was 24 hours ago, she still hadn't returned and they were getting worried.
"We'll come back after the fight with Victoria. According to Alice's vision the death eaters were here while it was dark. We should have at least until night fall, so we'll come back and check if Narcissa and the others have arrived, if not then one of you can go look for them." Jacob suggested as he and the four wizards sat by the burning chimney drinking tea. This was their last calm moment for them. They would soon go to bed and then go camping in the mountains the next day.
"You're right, we should stop worrying. I'm sure their fine." Harry said taking a sip from his tea.
"We should go to bed. It's getting late and we need to wake up early." Hermione said standing.
The others followed in her lead without a word. Jacob led Draco up to their room while the others went to their bedroom.
Draco changed into his usual sleeping attire, black silk pants and black t-shirt and went and sat by the window bench and sat looking out into the trees of the forest.
Jacob changed into his shorts. He saw how haunted Draco looked and went to sit with him.
Draco scooted forward and allowed Jacob to sit behind him. He leaned back against his chest feeling the warmth of his body calm him. He was tense from the anticipation of the coming battle, one he wasn't so sure they would win.
Jacob wrapped his arms around Draco's stomach and rubbed soothing circles there.
"Don't worry. Everything's going to be ok."
"You've never had to fight them before. You didn't see all they are capable of doing. They're monsters without a single ounce of mercy." Draco held onto the arms around his waist afraid that Jacob would vanish if he didn't hold on. "I'm so scared." He whispered shutting his eyes.
"Don't be. I'll be right there with you and I won't let them harm you." Jacob said holding him tightly as well.
"That's not what I'm scared of." Draco turned his body until he was straddling the shifters lap. "At first, that was the reason why I was scared, because I thought I would finally die…a painful death." He looked into deep set brown eyes. "That's not why I'm scared now." He leaned down and hugged the shifter then whispered in his ear: "I'm scared I might lose you."
Jacob could feel the blond's body shaking slightly. Then he said those words, the reason for his shaking body and his fear. Jacob pulled Draco into a passionate kiss. He pushed his tongue into the blond's mouth as soon as he opened his mouth with an urgent need to explore the boy. He ran his hand down the boy's body pulling him closer. He loved the way the boy felt pressed up against him, like if they were always meant to fit so perfectly together.
Their tongues pressed against each other, massaging one another. They broke apart moments later when they needed air. Jacob immediately pulled Draco into a fierce hug.
"You won't lose me." Jacob said out of breath.
"Just know that if you die, then there's no point for me to come out of this alive." Draco said out of breath as well. He looked into Jacobs eyes intently. "You hear me? I won't live if you don't, so don't even think about doing something as stupid as to sacrifice yourself for me."
"Same for me, you die I die." Jacob chuckled a bit.
"What's so funny?"
"Sorry, I just sounded like the Titanic. They say a similar line, 'you jump I jump'."
Draco looked at him without understanding.
"You've never seen Titanic?" Jacob asked in shock. Draco shook his head. "Well that will be on our things to do list after the battle. We haven't really been able to enjoy ourselves as a couple because of the battle. That's all we've been doing is preparing."
Draco blushed at the mention of them being a couple. It still seemed a bit like a wonderful dream, except for the battle of course.
Draco yawned and suddenly was lifted along with Jacob as the shifter stood. "We should get to bed. It's getting late." Jacob walked over to the bed and got in with the blond who was still clinging to him even as they lay together. They had been practicing most of the day with the shifters and Cullen's and they were tired. They fell asleep almost instantly.
The next morning they were all preparing. It was decided that Harry would take their tent and Ron and Hermione would share with Bella, since the tent was only made for three the most, Harry would share a regular muggle tent with Edward and Draco would share a muggle tent with Jacob. It worked out for everyone, except maybe Bella. They gathered everything in Hermione's bottomless purse and once everything was packed and settled they had lunch.
"Still no sign of them." Harry said looking into the unlit chimney.
"I'm sure they'll be here, mate. They were probably just delayed." Ron assured his friend.
"No sense to worry now, we have to leave." Hermione said looking at the watch on her wrist. It'll be getting dark in a few hours and we need to set up camp before then."
They grabbed Hermiones purse, went over things one last time to make sure they didn't forget something they might need and left. They got into Draco's black BMW and drove to the Cullen's home.
When they got there, they found that Alice had already gone to pick Bella up, using the excuse of a sleepover for Charlie. Bella was sitting on the couch watching TV with Jasper and Emmett. As soon as she saw Jacob and Draco together, with Jacobs arm possessively around the blonds waist, her face became hard and angered but she did well to hide it.
Jasper was shocked at the intense emotions running through Bella. He looked at her face and was even more shocked to see how well controlled her facial expressions were. Since he met her, he had always known Bella to be the explosive type; the whiney speak before you think girl, not this well controlled angry girl.
Bella thought she was angry when she saw Jacob and Draco together, but when she saw Edward walk over to the group and pull Harry, the shortest one with glasses, into a kiss, her eyes nearly bulged out of her head and she had to look away. She had guessed that Edward had fallen in love with Draco, but now she realized it was the geeky wizard he fell for. They're wizards, I'm sure they put some kind of spell on them. That's the only explanation! Bella looked up and saw the others join them on the couch. She wanted to scream and pull at her hair. She wanted to jump on top of the wizards who stole her Edward and her Jacob and claw at their faces and then slam her fist against their faces repeatedly…
Jasper felt pure hatred rolling off of Bella. Her hatred was so strong that for a moment he felt the hatred for the two wizards and even wanted to attack them. He looked up and saw Edward staring at him with shock.
Somethings not right with her Edward. She looks way too calm for what she's feeling right now. You need to keep an eye on her. I'm afraid she'll do something to get revenge on Draco and Harry. Jasper thought and Edward nodded.
Edward stood then and pulled Harry with him. He took the boy upstairs to his room and closed the door once there.
"Edward, what's wrong?" Harry asked when he saw the worried expression on his face.
"Bella." Edward said and sat on the bed. "I shouldn't have shown my affection for you in front of her. She's still upset about our break-up and…It slipped my mind. She really hates you and Draco and I'm afraid she'll do something to try and hurt you two."
Harry went and sat next to him. "It'll be ok. I can protect myself if she tries anything." Harry kissed his cheek. "I could stupefy her until the battles over, that way she really won't be able to do anything." Harry said teasing.
Edward chuckled and pulled Harry down to the bed so that they were both lying down. "How about you stupefy yourself, that way I can do whatever I please with your body." He smiled and pulled Harry close.
"No need for that..." He gasped as Edward slid his hand between his legs. "…your presence alone makes me as slow as a snail." He said just as Edward climbed on top of him and he cast a silencing charm.
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The four wizards, Bella, Edward and Jacob all left headed to the mountain about half an hour later. Bella spent most of her time talking with Hermione and Ron since she was having a hard time keeping her anger in check every time she saw the other two wizards.
They first walked to the clearing where they decided they wanted to lead the newborns using Draco and Bella's scent. Draco had a thought and cut his finger and began leaving blood drops everywhere and then reluctantly, Bella did the same.
When they got to the clearing, Hermione cast a spell over the two to disguise their scent so that it wasn't followed to their campsite. They hiked up the mountain till they were up really high and decided to set up camp. It was nearly dark when they had dinner and then they all went in to their assigned tents. Bella, Hermione and Ron stayed in the big tent and Hermione cast a warming charm after the snow storm finally hit and it got extremely cold. Harry and Draco did the same to their own tents.
Jacob held Draco in his arms, back to chest as they lay in there blankets listening to the loud storm outside. The wind whistled and howled and the tent seemed like it could fly off at any moment.
"What do you think is going to happen?" Draco asked as he slowly stroked the arm around his waist.
"We're going to win this." Jacob said firmly.
"How can you say that so sure that it will happen? I want to believe that but I can't, not when I know that right now the odds aren't in our favor."
"I believe it because I have faith. I won't let this fight defeat us. Those death eaters, don't know who they're messing with." Jacob said proudly. Draco chuckled.
"What about the vampires?"
"What about them?"
"Do you think it will go as easy as we've made it out to be?" Draco asked and turned in to Jacobs arms so that they were now chest to chest.
"Those bloodsuckers? They won't see what hit them." Jacob placed a soft kiss on the blonds soft lips. "You know I still want you to stay away from the fight tomorrow. Those bloodsuckers are wild when they're newborns."
"You know I won't, not when Victoria is after my blood. I won't let everyone else fight while I cower and hide."
"But you can help Edward protect Bella."
It had been decided that Edward would keep Bella protected there in the campsite, and Seth would also be there, mostly to keep him safe, but also to let Edward know how the battle was going.
Edward had been reluctant to let Harry go and fight with the others, but Harry was able to convince him otherwise.
"I won't change my mind, Jacob, so stop trying." Draco kissed the pouting lips. "It'll be ok." He smiled.
"Now who's telling who that everything will be ok?" Jacob joked and closed his eyes. "Let's go to sleep. It's going to be a big day tomorrow and we need all the rest we can get."
"I love you." Draco whispered and tucked his head under Jacobs chin.
"I love you too."
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The next morning, everything was white. The trees were covered in snow as was the ground all around them. It was like fresh powder, soft but freezing cold.
"Hello Seth." Draco greeted the wolf as he came bounding into their campsite early in the morning.
Seth rubbed his snout against Draco in greeting.
"We should get going now, they'll be here soon." Hermione said grabbing her wand and casting a charm on Harry, Draco, Ron and herself that would hide their scent from the vampires.
Hermione and Ron apparated to the clearing and Draco motioned Jacob to talk to Bella. She seemed upset and angered as she sat alone next to her tent watching as everyone was leaving.
Jacob walked over to her as Harry and Edward walked away to have a private moment to say goodbye. Draco walked out towards the Cliffside to watch the beautiful scenery. He loved the way the world looked in the early morning when the sun was casting a warm glow, warming everything. It was like looking at a silver lining, the beginning of something good.
He heard footsteps behind him and turned and saw Harry and Edward approaching.
"Ready to go?" Harry asked and Draco nodded.
"You go ahead, I'm waiting for Jacob. He's talking to Bella. She's been upset lately, I thought it would help if he talked to her." Draco said.
Harry nodded, gave Edward a final kiss and apparated away.
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"Bella, are you ok?" Jacob asked as he approached the girl.
"She looked up at him with cold eyes. "I'm still alive aren't I?" She said with disdain.
"Bella, what's wrong with you? You're not the same girl anymore. You've changed, and not for the better." Jacob said.
Bella stood abruptly. "Changed? Of course I've changed! Why wouldn't I have changed when those two wizard whores put a spell on you and Edward and stole you away from me?" She had angry tears coming down her cheeks.
"Don't call them that. And they didn't put any spell on us. If you don't remember, I imprinted on Draco."
"You probably just think you imprinted. It's the spell that makes you think that way! Why can't you see that?" her eyes wandered around helplessly, thinking. "Kiss me. Maybe if you kiss me the spell will be broken."
"I'm not under a spell! I won't kiss—" he was cut off as Bella grabbed his head and pulled him into a kiss.
It was in that small instant that he heard a gasp, then the familiar crackling sound made when a wizard apparates.
Jacob pushed Bella back hard enough to throw her on the snow covered ground, but he didn't care. He turned and saw only Edward standing there looked at the spot where Draco had just been in.
"Did he…?" Jacob asked Edward but couldn't finish the question. Then again, he already knew the answer.
Edward nodded.
Jacob then phased shredding his clothes, and ran to the clearing.
Sam is Draco there? He asked desperately.
Yes he's here. Sam replied and looked at Draco so Jacob could see as well. He stood with the other two wizards, head bowed a bit.
Wow Jacob, already cheating? Leah said trying to tease him.
I'm not cheating! Bella kissed me and Draco saw before I could pull away. Jacob said still running.
Jacob hurry up, they're here! Sam said just as the newborns came rushing into the clearing.
Damn it! Jacob cursed trying to run faster.
In the clearing, the Cullens attacked first, breaking their limbs off and while the newborns were distracted, the wolves attacked, surprising the vampires. The wolves jumped on and tore at the hard skinned vampires with their jaws, breaking them to pieces.
Hermione and Ron were teamed up and attacked from one side of the clearing while Harry and Draco fought on the other side of the clearing. They fought back to back, shooting spell after spell. They had to hit the vampire two times with a spell in order for it to work.
"Bombarda!" Draco cast the spell at an approaching vampire. It caused an explosion on the vampire but only managed to throw it back and crack its skin slightly.
"Confringo!" He threw the spell at the vampire, which finally destroyed it as it burned to ashes.
Jacob finally made it to the clearing and immediately joined the fight. He looked for Draco and saw that he was on the other side of the clearing. He fought his way through and reached his side. He wished he could try to explain to Draco but he couldn't talk to him in his wolf form. For now, all he could do was try and protect him.
Throughout the clearing, the sound of growling wolves, spells exploding and cracking vampire limbs was heard. They all fought in this big arena like area. It was a wonder no one down in Forks could hear all the noise.
Jacob had just bit off the head of a vampire when he saw another one running towards his imprint. He tried to attack it before it could attack Draco but was too late when another vampire stopped him from reaching the blond.
Draco realized the vampire was going to crash into him and only had enough time to raise his hand up as if to block the impact. He felt a cold, hard, rock-like vampire crash into him from his left and he was thrown back at least 50 feet. The wind was knocked out of him with the impact and he hit his head against the ground as he landed.
"Draco!" He could hear Harry yelling out his name. His vision faded to black for a few seconds and then would fade back in again. He tried to catch his breath from his winded lungs but had to just lay there as his body had gone into shock.
Draco finally sat up and saw that Jacob's wolf form was fighting off any vampire that tried attacking him while he was down and Harry was running over to him shooting spells as he went.
"Draco are you ok?" Harry asked and leaned down next to him. By now there were two other shifters along with Jacob fighting off the vampires to keep them safe.
"Fine." Draco said and began to stand. He stumbled a moment as he felt a sharp pain in his side where the vampire had crashed into him and was also a bit light-headed.
"You should go to the campsite. You can't fight like this." Harry tried to convince him.
"I said I'm fine." Draco said annoyed. He wasn't about to get kicked out of this fight just because he was pushed to the ground.
Without waiting for Harry to say anything else, Draco went back to fighting the leeches. He caught Jacob's eye and saw the worry in them but he was too upset at him at the moment and was angry at the leeches.
Alice had moved her fight closer to Draco and Harry when she was suddenly frozen in a vision, forcing the two wizards to protect her.
Draco asked as soon as she came back to herself. "What did you see?"
"It's Victoria." She said in despair. "She's caught onto Edwards Scent and has located them at the camp." Her eyes showed the worry she had.
"I'll go." Draco yelled just before he apparated away.
"Draco!" Harry yelled, too late and he follow the blond and was soon gone from the clearing.
Jacob had heard Harry call out for Draco and when he looked to where the wizards should be, he saw just as Harry apparated away. He looked around in search of his blond but couldn't find him. He looked to see if maybe he was fighting along Hermione and Ron but he wasn't there. He saw Alice as she looked at where Harry had just been and went over to her.
Alice knew what Jacob wanted to hear. "Victoria found the camp and Draco and Harry just went to help Edward." She told him and just as soon as she finished he ran to the campsite. He just hoped he could get there in time before something could happen to Draco.
Behind him the fight was beginning to quiet as the newborns were almost completely destroyed. He knew his pack could take care of the rest. Right now he had to protect Draco.
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Bella watched in fear as Victoria and 2 other vampires approached. She cowered behind Edward and clutched onto his arm.
"You've made me look like a fool. Having to chase you around and now you've destroyed my army." Victoria said while the other two vampires walked off to the side. They were circling Edward and Bella.
"Not as big a fool as you've already made yourself out to be." Edward retorted.
"Aaarrrgg…!" Victoria yelled and attacked and Edward met her half way. The other two vampires attacked as well but just before they could reach Edward, Seth intervened and got their attention. Seth was outnumbered but he fought on with everything that he had while Edward fought off Victoria and Bella still cowered nearby.
There was a crackling sound and Draco appeared next to Bella. Bella screamed from surprise.
"Are you ok?" Draco asked, putting his anger aside for the time being. He didn't like Bella much, especially after he saw her and Jacob kissing, but he wasn't about to let that cloud his judgment and allow her to get hurt.
Harry apparated a few seconds after Draco. When he saw that Bella and Draco were ok he ran over to help Seth who had just been thrown against a rock.
"I'm fine." Bella replied in anger.
"Hide in the tent." Draco ordered and then ran off to help Harry with the two vampires. Seth seemed to be out cold for the moment.
Bella felt her anger boiling over. She didn't like getting bossed around, especially from someone like Draco. She watched as Edward tried getting Victoria down from a tree and Harry and Draco shot spells towards the Vampires but they kept dodging out of the way.
She heard a loud growl and turned to see the wolf form of Jacob crashing through the forest and running to Draco and Harry. Jacob attacked the closest vampire which was the one Harry was fighting. Bella picked up a sharp rock as she saw all of this.
Bella hadn't noticed herself walking towards them until she was practically standing behind Draco. She felt her body trembling and she took in quick short breaths. Her mind wasn't processing good from bad anymore. She only thought of the betrayal she felt that her Jacob and her Edward left her for these two wizards. She couldn't help but think that they cast a spell on them and that they were out to destroy her life. They took away the future she had planned out with these magical creatures. She was supposed to be one of them…it's their fault!
Her arm lashed out and with the sharp edge of the rock, sliced Draco's right arm, causing Draco to stumble and drop his wand. Draco looked at her in shock and then turned to see the vampire taking advantage and attacked him. He was thrown against a nearby tree with a force that could have killed him had he hit his head. Instead his back hit against the trunk where the bark of the tree was protruding out, ripping through his clothes and splitting open the skin of his back. He yelled out in pain and fell to the ground, blood soaking the clothes from his back.
Bella realized what she just did and gasped in shock at her own actions. She saw that the vampire hesitated in wonder, not understanding why he couldn't smell the blonds blood. She knew it was because Draco had a spell that blocked his scent.
"Accio wand!" Draco quickly summoned. "Confringo!" he yelled and the vampire went up in flames. He looked at Bella and saw her starring back in shock, silent tears streaming down her face. She just stood there, frozen.
Jacob was fighting the leech with Harry when suddenly Victoria was beating Edward, so he went to help him. Harry then went to help Seth as another vampire had appeared and attacked the fallen wolf.
Jacob had seen the exact moment that Bella walked up behind Draco and sliced his arm open. He saw his imprint get thrown against a tree and fall to the ground. He wasn't sure if he was bleeding because he couldn't smell him, but he was almost positive that he was. He wanted to run to him but was blocked off by Victoria.
When he looked up again, he saw Draco had destroyed the vampire, but still lay limp against the tree.
Quickly with a sudden burst of power, he grabbed Victoria in his jaws, sick of her evading games, and bit down. Edward then jumped on her and twisted her neck until it broke off with a loud cracking sound.
Harry was attending to Seth's wounds, not even noticing what had happened with Draco and Bella. Edward stood from where Victoria had fallen. Bella still stood frozen, watching Draco, and Jacob phased back to human form and was running towards Draco.
There was a sudden strong gust of wind that forced Jacob to a halt in order to cover his face from the snow that was lifted with the wind. The wind stopped and suddenly all was still and silent.
Jacob saw a black mist swirling in the distance, coming fast through the trees. He saw it heading to Draco and he began to sprint to the boy but was too late.
The black mist shifted to form a woman in a black raggedy dress, with curly dark hair pulled into a mess on top of her head.
Jacob knew who she was by the description Draco had told him. This was Draco's aunt Bellatrix Lestrange.
"NO!" Jacob yelled running as fast as he could as he saw the woman grab Draco by the arm. Draco whinced in pain and looked up at Jacob, their eyes meeting just before he passed out…Bellatrix grabbed the boys wand and then used her own wand to apparate them out of there, but just before they disappeared, she tilted her head at Jacob and gave him a happy, wide-eyed smile.
Jacob landed on his knees where Draco had been just milliseconds ago, where he saw the snow covered in the boys' blood. Now that he was gone, he could smell the blood.
He trembled from the realization that Draco was taken and he might never get him back alive. He trembled from the anger that Bella attacked his imprint, at the fact that she had kissed him and Draco had seen. He trembled in fear as he recalled the look in Draco's eyes just before he passed out, sadness, defeat, and worst of all, acceptance of his fate to come.
Jacob didn't even notice or care that he was there, in the snow, on his knees, naked. All he could think about was his imprint, the love of his life, his entire world.
"DRACO!"
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AN: Well, we're near the end now, maybe just 2 or 3 more chapters left. Sorry about the cliffhanger, but I needed to end the chapter already because there's a bigger fight up ahead. Dun…Dun...Dun! What will happen next? Will Draco die, will Harry die, will Voldemort really be brought back from the dead for one final stand-off? To find out…please stay tuned. Thank you! Also, school ends for me around the 15th so don't expect a chapter before then. Maybe and just maybe I might post a chapter up on my birthday, which is June18. YAY! I'm turning 21! So maybe I'll give you all a present…but it's only a maybe.
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