Destiny

~33~

Edward's silver Volvo pulled over to the side of the road. Bella and Edward emerged from the car. They saw a shirtless Jacob leaning against his red Volkswagen 30 yards down he road, waiting. The two guys exchanged a tense look.
"Doesn't he own a shirt?"
"Don't know. Why is he here?"
"He is waiting for Desti."
A plan formed in her mind.
"Well, I'm good here, you should go."
Edward pulled her closer.
"I'm not gonna be going long."
"Don't rush. You need to hunt."
Edward then surprised her with a particularly passionate kiss. Jacob didn't look interested. Edward pulled away, leaving Bella a little dizzy.
"Maybe you rush a little bit."
He smiled. She offered on of her smiles back and walked off. She waited till Edward peeled out and till the Volvo had disappeared. Then she went up to Jacob, smiling broadly. The shifter shot her a not so happy look.
"Hey Jacob. What ya doing here?"
"Waiting, but not for you."
Bella bit back a harsh comment.
"Desti? What are ya gonna do with her?"
"Taking her to a bonfire."
"Okay. Oh she told me that you should go ahead and she will be coming right after you."
Jacob gave her a skeptical look. He wasn't believing her so easily. But she looked like she was telling the truth.
"Okay... so you want to come too?"
"If it's alright with you?"
He gestured for her to get into the passenger seat and went to the driver's side himself. Bella smirked and fist-bumped the air in her mind. What she didn't know was, that a certain younger brunette heard the thoughts and bolted down the stairs. But by the time she had reached the door and ran outside, Jacob's car was already down the street and turned around a corner.

Destinee's POV

I stood there, not knowing what to do. I knew that Jacob was going to take me to a bonfire. I had seen him waiting outside through the curtains and had started to dress myself.

(Number 4 without the bag)

Then I had heard some evil thoughts and knew that those were from Bella. So I bolted down the stairs, almost stumbling and fearing that I would breaking some bones, and there I just could catch a glimpse of Jacob's retreating car.
'Maybe I'm just an excuse to be near Bella.'
Dad saw the open front door and saw me standing outside.
"Hey Desti. Didn't Jacob want to pick you up?"
"He was already here."
"He was?" he asked confused, "then why didn't you go with him?"
"I didn't have the chance to. He drove away with Bella", I mumbled, but still loud enough for him to hear.
"I will call Leah", Charlie said and went inside to call the said Quileute.
I sat down on the stairs and waited till there was a honk from a car that was pulling up in the driveway. Leah got out of said car.
"Lee!"
"I will so beat him up for this. Come on, they're waiting."
I hopped onto the passenger seat and Leah drove to La Push.
"Where will the bonfire be?" I asked her.
She scowled. That was enough for me as an answer. The bonfire was going to take place where Jacob lived. The car pulled up ten minutes later and I could see a fire and people gathered around it. Seth came running to us.
"Hey, it's about time you got here", he said, "Paul's been hoovering the grub. But, I saved you two some burgers."
"Hey newest, bestest and brightest", I greeted him.
Seth smiled. Then, a whistle came from the group. It was Sam. Seth jumped up.
"Come on. It's about to start."
He grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards the gathering. The group that was gathered around the fire was eating hot dogs and some of them were laughing. Billy sat at the natural head of the circle. Old Quil, Quil's ancient grandfather sat on one side of him, Sue Clearwater on the other, next to her her husband Harry and of course the council leaders. The whole pack was there too; Paul, Quil, Embry, Jared and Sam, with Emily at his side. Then I saw Jake and Bella sitting next to each other. Jacob looked up and saw me being pulled by Seth. Our eyes met and his eyes held confusion. Then, they glistened, as if he was happy to see me. But my eyes were trained on Bella, who was clinging to his arm. I changed my expression to disappointed. Jacob saw that and winced slightly. Seth pulled me to a log, where we then sat down with Leah.
"Hello Destinee", Harry greeted.
I beamed at him.
"Hey."
Every pair of eyes was looking at me. Jacob was burning a hole into my face with his eyes. Bella did to, but more angrily.
'This stupid bitch has destroyed my plan!'
I flinched. Leah looked at me.
"Are you okay?"
Seth caught that and turned to me too.
"Y-Yeah. But you're sure this here is okay?" I asked, suddenly unsure if it was the right choice to come here, "I don't want to be a party crasher."
"You're not a party crasher. You would be a council meeting crasher. But we all got a role to play and you're a part of this. I mean, it's the first time me, Leah and Quil are hearing them, too. But you are the first non-Quileute. Ever", Seth explained.
"Okay, I should not be here."
"You're okay. Jake thought... I mean, they thought it would be good for you to hear the histories. Since you're an imprint."
"The histories? The tribe's histories? Aren't they secret?" I asked.
"To you they won't be anymore in a few moments."
I nodded and looked at the fire, only to catch Jacob still staring at me and Bella trying to get his attention.
"You sure that you're okay?" Seth asked.
I nodded.
"I wish he would stop staring. It's making me uncomfortable", I whispered into his ear.
Just then I had to sneeze. Seth and Leah sat on each side of me and were warming me up. I snuggled closer to Seth and Leah snuggled closer to me. Jacob scowled.

"The Quileutes have been a small tribe from the beginning... But we've always had magic in our blood."
Everyone's faces and their attention was wholly on Billy when he started to tell the stories with a commanding voice.
"We were great spirit warriors... Shape shifters, that transform into the powerful wolf. This enabled us to scare off our enemies, and protect our tribe."
Destinee absorbed the story, its images alive in her mind. Jacob was glancing at her the whole time.
"One day our warriors came across a creature..."

Two Quileute warriors, all in human form, emerged from the trees, horrified to find a male vampire, who was wearing the clothing of a mid-1700s Spaniard, bent over two lifeless tribe girls. His eyes were blood red.

She shivered at the terrifying image.
"It looked like a man, but it was hard like stone, and cold as ice..."

The two warriors phased into wolves and charged at the vampire. He grabbed one of them, strangling it. The second wolf got his teeth into the Vampire's neck and teared off his head. But the strangled wolf fell dead to the ground.

"Our warriors' sharp teeth, finally tore it apart... But only fire would completely destroy it."
The horrible visuals were now completely alive in Destinee's mind. Jacob still watched her as she continued to shiver sometimes during the story. He wanted to sit next to her and pull her close.
"They lived in fear, the Cold Man was not alone. And they were right."

A beautiful female vampire, in a tattered 1700's Spanish gown, moved through the Quileute village of long houses and teepees. A trail of dead bodies behind her and screaming tribes-people everywhere.

"She took her vengeance out on the village. Our elder chief, Taha Aki, was the only spirit warrior left to save the tribe, after his son was killed."

Taha Aki, stood over his dead son. His third wife weeped inconsolably next to his body. Taha Aki spun toward the vampires and took a running lunge at her, transforming into a great wolf. They clashed. The third wife watched with horror as the female vampire quickly got the upper hand.

"Taha Aki's Third Wife could sees that he would lose..."

The third wife pulled out a knife and ran toward the female vampire who barely acknowledged the impending attack.

"The Third Wife was no magical being, no special powers, but one... Courage."

The third wife charged the female vampire, dagger raised high, but as she neared, shockingly, she plunged the knife into her own heart. Blood flowered on her chest. The female vampire caught the scent and spun toward her.

"The Third Wife's sacrifice distracted the Cold Woman, long enough for Taha Aki to destroy her. She saved the tribe."

As the Taha Aki-wolf leapt onto the Vampiress, tearing her apart, his third wife laid dying, her expression at peace.

"Over time, our enemies have disappeared. But one remains... The Cold Ones."
"Our magic awakens when they near. And we sense it now, we feel the threat in our blood. Something terrible is coming. And we must all be ready. All of us. But there's one thing that has awaken again. A magical being from the past, which we thought of extinct. Evolved from a wizard and an angel. There are gifts which are rare this magical being can bring. And one of them... is bringing back the deceased. They're as old as the time. Even the humans knew of their existence. We Quileute, have been allies till they vanished. Their race is being called Magi. They're the most powerful creatures and other supernaturals... will not rest until the last of the Magi is dead."
Harry and Billy exchanged a quick glance.
"And now, we're honored to have one of them here."
"And I would like to thank this magical being for giving me a chance to live on."
"A Magi's best friend was always the shapeshifter. There was only one time where one of us imprinted on a Magi. Until now. The affected shifter is here today as well as the Magi. One hint... embrace your imprint and don't let her go. Breaking a Magi would be a fatal mistake."