Chapter 6: The Alternate Earth

(Jacob's POV)

It's been a week since my last encounter with Damien. Ever since then, he has been AWOL. I told Sam about his whereabouts and how he's in La Push but he said not to worry, which is strange for him. He said that he'll show up again when he chooses too. I later on found out that Damien is staying at Emily's house with his sister. Her house of all places... Why them? She could have shown hospitality to anyone but she chose the enemy tribe members.

Aww shut up already, Jacob! We don't need you to relive your sad, miserable life in our heads too...It's starting to give me a headache! (Leah)

Yea, Jake! Knock it off... We know what's going on already so you don't need to repeat yourself every time you phase! (Paul)

Uumm, Jake... I kinda agree with them. You do go on about this stuff WAY too much. Sam's fine and they haven't pulled anything yet but you just need to trust them a little at least. Sam wouldn't have let danger into his home if he knew it would hurt Emily... They always say, 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.' Seth chuckled.

Hey now... I don't get into your heads at all if you guys are overly-thinking your brai- (Jake)

ENOUGH! They aren't the enemies here and you need to see that through your thick skulls. Now stop bickering like lost puppies and get your asses over at my house. We need to have a chat with the two Makah. Sam howled to alert the others who weren't phased.

I sauntered over towards Sam's house since it was a quarter mile away, when Leah zoomed past me, laughing. I mentally rolled my eyes at her and kept walking. By the time I got there, almost everyone was in the house. The ones who weren't there was Seth, Collin, and Brady but they were taking my flank.

We all stopped and phased, heading towards the small, yet homey dining room where everyone was waiting for the food to be served. Emily made us sit in assigned seats where Sam and Damien were at the ends of the table. Damien's sister, Collin, and Brady were on Damien's right and on his left were Paul, Quil, and Leah. On the left of Sam were Emily, Embry, and Seth. To his right was me and Jared (I didn't forget anyone; It isn't even table seatings because Emily makes the total to 13 and Jake and the others don't really know the seating chart but I put it out there if it helps with visuals :P).We were all seated and getting our plates piled with food when I noticed one of the seats were empty.

"Who sits there?" I pointed to the empty seat, looking across the table towards Emily.

"Well find out whose missing!" Em smiled cheesily back at me and continued eating. Sam laughed at her while I tried to concentrate on who was and wasn't here. Oh, Damien's sister must be sleeping or something if she was supposed to come to the "party" we were having. Everyone seemed to quiet down as soon as I figured it out but then I heard the water in the bathroom upstairs go off.

"I'll go help her get down here," Emily rushed upstairs.

"Huh, is she still hurting or something?" I asked, hoping to break the silence in the room. No such luck. If you dropped your fork on the ground, it would be the only sound in the room.

"...Really I'm fine. I don't need help at all, Emily. Actually, I'm feeling better today," a voice said, sounding like a million chiming bells.

Right when I was going to take a bite of my roast, Sam and Damien stood up, greeting the woman who stood at the foot of the stairs with Emily. She looked about 16 with a beautiful color of reddish-brown hair that was wavy and long. She had mystical hazel eyes that were clouded with sleep as she rubbed them with her long, slender, and perfect fingers. Her skin was a slight olive tone with a smooth finish, making her look like she came out of a magazine instead of reality. She was tall but not too tall and she had the perfect chest. Everything about her was perfect! Finally, I stopped my gaze on her lips. Oh, her lips! They were full and pink, wanting someone to kiss them and get lost within them. At that moment, all I wanted to do was take her in my arms and kiss her until the dawn breaks... No, better yet, until the dawn of forever.

In that second, the strings broke. All those years of having puppeteers control me and attach more stings to my millions, they all snapped of pressure. Replacing those strings were iron chains but instead of pushing me to do things for them, they pulled and pulled. They brung me to different planets. These planets were only rest stops towards the real deal. Finally, they brought me to an alternate Earth. This Earth seemed like the same one with the same people and buildings but I could feel it was different. It felt like it was where I belonged. In that instant, I knew what the future held. I could see my life in front of me, in our alternate Earth.

A/N: Ok, I know some of you are confused about the whole Earth and puppeteer thing but the Earth thing will be cleared up (I think) later on in the story of at the end. The puppet thing is just like when people tell you what to do, it impacts you and you feel bossed around a lot. For Jake in this case, that's what he's saying but for him, it's magnified because of the tribe too so he's got a lot of people telling him things to do A LOT. So when all the strings broke, it means that all those times of being bossed around didn't matter anymore. He now feels like he's in space and could take on anything EXCEPT telling her about the imprint thing and werewolves although he think she already knows because she's in the Makah tribe. Also, about the whole "Lone Wolf" thing, which I probably mentioned already but, the lone wolf WILL be cleared up later and don't forget about it because it's important! Anyway, I hope this clears some of you up and if it doesn't then reply and tell me what's up and what you're confused about...

On a lighter note, Leave a reply and answer the following question: What do you guys think the lone wolf and multiple planets are? (They aren't just planets; they do mean something!)