"The kids." I said franticly when it hit me.
"Jacob." Bella said and pulled me away from Renesmee. The pack was standing around watching us.
"Where are they?" I growled and threw her off me.
The fact that she didn't say anything freaked me out. I just saw pain in her face. My legs crumbled underneath me and I fell down to the ground.
As I crumbled to the ground everything spun around in my head. I threw my fists into the ground to keep balance. When I looked up I saw Carlisle and Edward carrying Renesmee towards the house. Bella put her hand on my shoulder and hunched down beside me.
"Jacob..." she said with a stern voice and pulled me up again. "You HAVE to pull yourself together."
"Where are they?" I panted and tried to do what she told me to. "Where are they?"
"We have to go get them." She said and lightly shook me.
"TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE!" I shouted and got out of her grip. My body started to shake and I knew I couldn't stay this way. She sternly pointed towards the woods and it all clicked. That's why they all ran after that vampire.
"The vampires…" I mumbled and looked at her. "LET'S GO!" I shouted and phased before I could even finish my breath.
The pack, Bella and Esme quickly followed me. I don't know how it was possible but I ran faster than I ever had in my entire life. A million and one thoughts ran through my head but at the same time my body was empty.
I have no idea for how long we actually ran. I only know it felt like an eternity. But we finally ran into a strong scent of blood.
"KEEP RUNNING!" Bella yelled when we saw the small blood stain on a tree.
Seth! Leah thought in panic and she ran past me. I took in the scent as we ran past the tree and Leah was right…Seth.
Calm down, Leah! We will find them all. Embry thought.
Why can't we hear him? Leah asked in horror.
Maybe he is already in human form. Don't jump to any conclusions. Quil jumped in.
Don't be so naïve, Quil! If he was alive we would hear him! I could almost hear the desperation in Leah's thoughts.
You know how it is when we are in the moment. We don't always focus on communicating. I assured her and it seemed to work.
Let's just find them! She thought and I heard a roar to the side of me.
I shook of the thought of anyone I loved dead and we kept running. How we could ever catch up to them was a bit of a mystery but we all just hoped to find them. Nothing in this world would keep me from finding them now.
After a while when I almost felt like the hope was starting to fade I felt something. Them. I threw myself through the bushes and came out on a small open field. The others followed and stopped to a halt behind me. The sight in front of us was confusing, relieving, terrifying and calming.
Seth laid whining on the ground in wolf form as the kids sat next to him. I heard Sarah crying and quickly phased. Bella literally threw her jacket at me so I could cover up and I took it right away.
"SETH!" Leah screeched and the pack held her back. "SETH!" she cried over and over again.
"DADDY!" A.J cried out and I saw worry in his eyes. I almost threw myself down on the ground and pulled them in for a hug. Sarah dug her little fingers into my back and cried.
"Are you alright?" I asked them and kissed their cheeks as Bella and Esme hunched down next to Seth.
"Yes." A.J said and looked at Sarah.
"They hurt him!" Sarah cried. I looked behind her and saw a deep wound on his leg.
"Venom." I whispered as Bella and Esme found the wound. They both looked at each other and hesitated. I knew Bella couldn't do it again. Maybe I imagined it but her eyes seemed to have already started to turn red from Renesmee's blood.
"I got it." Esme said and petted his back. Bella nodded and walked up to Leah to calm her down.
"You have to go now!" we all heard Alice shout as she emerged from the forest. "We are taking care of… the last part." She finished and I saw a cloud of smoke deep in the forest.
"Seth!" I heard Leah cry again and she ran up to us all of the sudden. I hugged the kids tighter so they couldn't see her but she was covered up somehow.
"You should leave now." Esme said as she held Seth's leg up.
"Okay." I said and tied the coat around my waist. "Come here." I stood up and backed away so I could phase. Bella hugged the kids while I did to comfort them.
"I don't want to leave him." Sarah cried and tried to get out of Bella's hug.
"You will see him soon." Esme said. "I promise. The sooner you go home the sooner you will see him."
"Promise?" Sarah cried and Esme nodded.
"Go home to mommy." Bella said and kissed their cheeks. They both nodded and she put them on my back.
As we ran home Sarah showed me everything they had been through.
Sarah POV
As we rode away on Seth's back both Anthony and I looked back at our parents. I knew they didn't want us to go. I had heard them all day long. They wanted to be with us just as much as we wanted to be with them.
"Where are we going?" Anthony asked when we ran into the forest.
"I don't know." I admitted. Usually I knew a lot, just like my grandpa, but now I didn't.
We stayed quiet for a long long time. We only wanted to be with our family and no words could comfort us. Seth had started to slow down so I could look through the bag that grandma had given us. Inside was money, food, clothes, a key and a small linen pouch. I looked inside it and it was what grandpa had explained as ID's. They would help us get away if we had to.
All of the sudden I got a vision. One of them was an old one but still as scary.
Nate biting my mom's neck and her face looked sad.
The other one was Aro and Caius running towards the forest where we had run in. But my aunt's and uncle's quickly followed. Everything behind them was blurry but I saw the rest of my family to the left further away.
To not scare Anthony I just showed Seth everything as I saw it myself. He quickly picked up the pace and ran faster. I wrapped my arms tighter around A.J and closed my eyes.
Hold on tight, Seth thought to me and I took my own and A.J's hand and wrapped them in his fur.
With my eyes closed I did as grandpa had taught me and focused on as many talent's as I could. After a while I could hear the bad men's thoughts. I let out a muffled cry and hugged Anthony tighter.
After a while we came out on a big field and Seth slowed down. I opened my eyes when he stopped. In front of us were five vampires. Seth lifted his head to hide us more and barked at them. They all laughed and all of the sudden Aro and Caius came out from the forest behind them.
"Thought you could get away?" Aro said and slowly walked towards us. He held his hands up and the vampires behind him hunched down. In a position similar to the one my family did when they trained.
"Let's see what you got mongrel." Caius hissed to Seth and stood behind Aro.
"Get those kids off and face us yourself." Aro laughed.
Seth slightly backed away with a growl and put his ears back. He slowly laid down on the ground and told me in mind to get off and run.
Run, Sarah. I will stop them but no matter what happens DON'T stop running. To whatever you have to keep them away. He said and I started to cry as I showed Anthony what to do and we jumped down.
"Please.. Don't leave me." I whispered to him and hugged his neck.
We will see each other again. I would never leave you. He said a big tear fell down his fur. I promise you, Sarah. We WILL meet again. Now take care of your brother while I'm gone.
I nodded and stepped back with A.J's hand in mine. Seth stood up and growled at them.
"How sweet." Aro said and sounded bored. Just like I did when Emmett talked about how strong he was.
"Now get ready…" Caius said to the men behind him. "…the dog wants to play."
"NOT SO FAST!" I heard Emmett shout as they ran to our side. We happily squealed and Rose picked us up.
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF…" Caius hissed and turned around to the men. "GO!" he shouted and they ran towards us. Rose quickly held us closer and ran away. I saw Seth being attacked by Aro.
"SETH!" I cried. I wanted them all to stop. "DON'T HURT MY FAMILY!" I screamed and they all fell to the ground.
"ROSE!" Emmett shouted and she stopped to turn around. She looked at the field and then at me.
"Let go!" I demanded and she refused. Instead she slowly walked up to Emmett and he hugged us in her arms.
"They can't attack now. It's safe." He told her and she let me down.
I walked by all the bad guys who lay on the ground and rolled around and up to Seth.
"SETH!" I said happily and hugged him. He laid on the ground and breathed funny.
"We have to take care of them while they are in this state." Alice said and I didn't understand. Or didn't care.
Emmett, Jasper and Alice dragged the bad men into the forest and I looked at Seth. He seemed sad.
"What's wrong?" I asked him. "Seth?" I said when he didn't answer.
"Sarah.." Rose said and sat down beside me. "We have to go home."
"SETH!" I yelled and pulled at his fur. That would always make him wake up. "NOT FUNNY!" I cried. He was playing dead like he did when we played.
"Sarah please." Rose whispered behind me and wrapped her arm around me.
"LET GO!" I yelled again. She was being mean. "SETH WAKE UP!" I demanded and shook his paw. He pulled away and screamed.
"SARAH!" Rose said and pulled me back.
"NO! I'M SORRY!" I said and held my hand out to him. DON'T TAKE ME AWAY FROM HIM!
"Sarah we have to leave." Rosalie said again.
"I won't!" I said and hit her arm away. I hugged Seth again and he lifted his head to me. "Seth…" I cried. "You said you would never leave me."
I won't. Seth thought to me. Just do as Rosalie says.
"That means leaving you." I said and made a fist with my hand in his fur.
No. Don't be silly. Be a big girl. He thought to me. His head made a weird movement to Rosalie and she nodded.
"Come here." She said again and annoyed me even more when she pulled me into her arms.
"LET GO!" I screamed and pushed her away with my gift. "GO! I stay here." I pouted.
"Seth." She whispered to him like I couldn't hear. She was so mean sometimes. "I will be nearby." She put A.J down beside me and ran towards the forest with a bad guy dragging behind her.
"Rii." Anthony whispered and hugged me. "You sad?" he asked.
I put my face on Seth's stomach and cuddled up in his fur. Anthony quickly followed. I don't know how long we laid there. I just heard Seth's heart and it calmed me down.
Then I heard him… "Dad." I whispered to A.J when I could hear dad's thoughts.
Jacob POV
When we arrived home Sarah had finished showing me everything and it felt awful that they had went through all that. The house was in the same run down condition but the other vampires had finished off all of the other vampires. I could see the big fire in the forest.
"EDD!" Anthony shouted when he saw Edward coming out of the house. I updated him on everything real quick in mind and he took the kids off my back.
"Phase back and get dressed. Clothes are in the car over there." Edward said and looked over to it.
Take care of them, I said to him before I ran to the car. Now I felt the adrenalin was still pumping through me.
Relax, I told myself over and over again and slowly phased back. I rubbed my eyes and got my clothes on as fast as possible and when I heard Sarah cry even louder I ran towards the sound. It was deeper in the woods.
"Sarah!" I said when I saw her sitting in a car with Edward. I ran up and he handed her over. "What's wrong?"
"When will Seth be here?" she cried.
"Soon." I said and looked at Edward.
When WILL they be here? I asked him.
He shrugged his shoulders and wrapped a blanket around A.J who was already asleep in the seat next to him. These little kids had been through a lot today.
"Aren't you tired?" I asked Sarah as she cried into my neck. She shook her head and hugged me tighter. "I know you are." I chuckled to her.
"No." she pouted and looked at her hands.
"Tell you what..." I smiled and leaned our foreheads together. "...if you go to sleep I promise Seth will be here when you wake up."
"Promise?" she asked and I nodded.
"Promise." I said and kissed her nose. "Now will you sleep?"
She hesitated but couldn't say no when she let out a big yawn.
"I take that as a 'YES'" I smiled and handed her over to Edward. He carefully put her down next to A.J and they leaned against each other under the blanket.
"She is in the trailer behind us." He said and I gave him a confused look before it hit me. I ran to the trailer behind us and didn't even care when or how it got here.
Inside Renesmee laid in a bed with machines hooked up and she looked just like she did after she gave birth. All of the sudden Carlisle walked out of the bathroom and I could see he had washed blood off his hands.
"How is she?" I asked without moving but never letting my eyes leave her.
"She is stable." He said and placed his slightly moist hand on my shoulder. "She will be fine."
I nodded and he walked out. With quiet steps I walked up to her and sat down on the floor. I took her hand in mine and made sure not to touch any of the cords. Her hand was a bit cold but the special warmth that only she had was still somewhere under that beautiful milky skin.
"I'm sorry." I whispered and started to cry. I sat on the bed beside her and wrapped my arms around her. "I'm so sorry." I cried again. This is my entire fault. If I had never fallen for her, if I had just left after Bella 'died'… she might never have gone through this pain without me in her life. What if she would have gone with Nahuel instead? Could he have understood her better? Could he have given her a better life?
All I did was put her in the same danger over and over again. It pained me that it wasn't the first time I saw her like this…and it was all because of me.
"Don't do that to yourself." I heard Edward say behind me.
Stop doing that. I snarled to him in mind.
"If you stop doing that to yourself I will not sneak up on you." He said calmly and put his hand on my shoulder. "Her life without you might have been…calmer." he said and I turned around to look at him. "…but not as happy as her life with you has turned out."
I slowly sat up and just held her hand. "You mean that?" I asked without looking at him.
He lightly chuckled and gave me a pat on the back. "Yes."
I couldn't help but smile. "Thank you." I said as quietly as possible. Almost like I was hoping he wouldn't hear it for some reason. "How did you get the trailer here?" I asked to break the tension.
"We had it close by." He chuckled. "Everything prepared."
"As always." I mumbled and stroked Renesmee's cheek.
"Seth is here." Edward almost hissed and ran out. I ran right after him and out on the field the pack came carrying him. He quietly moaned in pain and Carlisle ran up to them.
"What has happened?" he asked them as they put him down on the ground.
"He got bit." Leah hissed.
"Well has someone cleaned his blood?" Carlisle asked in panic.
"I have." Esme calmly said and stroked Seth's hair.
Carlisle quickly checked his pulse and the standard stuff as we all waited. "He will be okay." He said after a while and to my surprise Leah threw her arms around Esme.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"Anytime." Esme smiled and stroked Leah's back.
"Let's get him to the other trailer." Carlisle said and the pack carried him away.
Edward walked over to Bella and hugged her. "How are you?" he asked her and caressed her neck.
"I'm okay." She murmured and nuzzled her face in his hand. "You?"
"As long as you are here." He smiled and pulled her in for a passionate kiss.
I rolled my eyes with a chuckle and turned around. All of the other vampires were now running around and fixing up the house as Alice gave everyone instructions. How that much anger and discipline could come out of that little thing I have no idea.
"You should get some rest." Bella said and hugged me from behind. I chuckled and turned around to her.
"There must be something I can do." I said.
"Yes. There is. REST." She said and pointed to the trailer with Renesmee in it.
"Fine." I sighed and walked over to it. With heavy steps I walked inside and looked at Renesmee before I got in the bed with her. I wanted to be here if she woke up.
When I woke up this morning I was sure I would have lost everything by this time of the day. Instead I had gotten to keep everything.
So now I would like everyone's oppinion about something.. What should happen?
I know what I have in mind but I also of course want you guys to have some say in the story. Should I jump ahead a few years? Should I go some chapters where they are around age 5 then after a few chapters I go on to when they are grown up? Should I keep going on this story or make a new one? (more chapters here or just move on to another one)
The way I have it in my mind is to go on for a few chapters in the time we are now (in the story) then after a few chapters I jump ahead a couple of years, write a few chapters there and then go another few years, write a few chapters there, then when they are grown up and keep going with more chapters there.
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