Just want to point out that things are slightly different. Leah and Seth have phased just a bit before Jacob did. And I think that's all that's really changed here. Also, this story is going to be relatively short, like five chapters long? This is more of a story to get me back into the groove of writing and shit, so no, it isn't going to be written very well, mostly for humorous purposes, but also to get me familiar with writing in general again.
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"So lemme get this straight… You want me to move to Forks because Bella, the daughter of your old friend, has turned into the living dead?" I couldn't believe what my father was saying to me. I understand he owed Charlie some favors from back in the day when he was a troublemaker, but to rope me into everything was really unfair. I only met Bella maybe once in my entire life time, and she didn't really have the much of an effect on me, plus she was a year older than me. Not to mention she was plain, dull, and just flat, like there was no will or drive behind her to move her forward. The fact she was like that bothered me, and annoyed me and here my dad was trying to get me to bring her back to life? It was complete and utter bullshit.
"Look dad, I love ya tons, but I hardly know Bella or her father and where am I going to stay? You can't just abandon the parlor like that. Frank'll never forgive you and I refuse to move to Forks on my own." I crossed my arms over my chest and made sure my displeasure with this idea was obvious. I was not going to budge from this, and there was no way my dad could possibly convince me to go. Not even all the money in the world would get me to move to Forks.
"Andy will be going with you." Unless, of course, he decided to use my older brother on me. The sick fuck. My brother was a soft spot for me, and with him being in college and me being stuck at home due to being expelled, I rarely got to see him.
"You're a prick dad." I huffed as my dad grinned through his foot-long greying beard and continued working on his client. Dickwad. "You know I love both you and Andy, but Charlie could really use the help." My dad explained and I probably would have been more willing to leave if he wasn't busy tattooing some chick's breast. "What about Andy, though? He's still in school!" I hoped that my brother would be stuck in college, which meant I didn't have to do shit and I could continue mooching off my dad until he forced me to get a job.
"Your brother is getting a transfer, actually. He's going to be an understudy for some hotshot doc named Carlisle Cullen, I think? And you and your brother will be living in a nice little home where I use to live. Kinda far out there, but Andy has directions and don't worry about packing, I did it for you." If not for his client, I probably would have slapped my dad, but instead of causing what would probably turn into a horrible lawsuit, I stomped out of my dad's tattoo parlor. How could he force his own kin to go live somewhere neither of his kids had been. Not to mention our little family secret, which I'd have to hide while trying to cheer up some teenager.
"I see dad talked to ya." I scowled as my brother in all of his stupid glory stood next to his stupid truck that had all of our shit packed into it. If he thought for even a second I was going to be going anywhere without my baby girls, he was stupid. "Yeah, yeah he did, and I am so going to scream kidnapping if you aren't gonna let me bringing my baby girls, and you're fucking stupid." I didn't even have to glare at him, he knew how much my babies meant to me and it was not going to be negotiated if I was bringing them or not. "Alright, fine. Dad wont be happy, but we got like…" My brother checked his watch and groaned. "Fifteen minutes, so let's get your babies and head out." Woah wait, hold the phone, we were leaving that soon?
"You and dad planned this, screw it, I'm not even going to bother saying goodbye, let's go." I was angry, fuming, even. They had planned this shit and they knew the issues I was facing with the family secret. They had both managed it, and it wasn't like we had any other family to go to for help for me. Our dad wouldn't tell us about the rest of our family, so instead my brother and I were left to learn from just our dad who, to put it very simply, was a better tattoo artist than a dad or teacher.
Twenty minutes later my first baby had all of her toys, food, and leashes packed up and was ready to go. My second baby was packed in the back on a trailer and we were all ready to go.
"Do you have to bring your motorcycle? I mean, bringing Fefe is one thing, but a motorcycle too? This eighteen hour trip is going to turn into a full twenty four hour trip." My brother groaned as he climbed into the driver's seat while I laid in the back with a sleepy Fefe. "Not my problem. Might wanna start driving instead of complaining, or we'll never get there." I grinned at the front of the truck as my brother snorted and started up the car. Goodbye Los Angeles, hello shitty Forks, Washington.
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The drive was excruciatingly boring and with stopping every three hours, both my brother and I were annoyed. I loved Fefe to death, and you would think with her being a goddamn husky she would be able to hold going to the bathroom, but no, almost every three hours on the dot she needed to go to the bathroom. Everything paired together, including Fefe's breaks, my brother and I's breaks, food stops, and traffic and after twenty two unlucky hours we finally pulled into Forks, Washington. Add another thirty minutes and we finally made it to our dad's old home.
To put things in the simplest of terms, the place looked like shit. It was far off from any of the other homes and it had giant claw marks across the door and quite a few broken windows, but it would have to do.
"Dad gave us a goddamn fixer upper. The prick." I snorted as I let Fefe run around the new place that would serve as my brother and I's home. "It's better than having to pay for a place." My brother offered. Was he really that big of an idiot? "Yeah, but now we have to spend money to fix this place up!" I hated how positive my brother could be, it really clashed with my negative attitude. "We'll work on it tomorrow, for now let's move everything inside. I'm going to call Charlie so he knows we made it, and after the truck is unpacked I'll head to the store to get some supplies. We can make this work, you just have to give it a chance." I was having a lot of trouble resisting the urge to slap my brother silly.
"Yeah, yeah. I get enrolled to a new school because I was expelled from my last one, and you get to become some amazing doctor and you'll save people's lives and meanwhile I have to cheer up some emo kid." Today was not my day, which was more than a little obvious. Regardless of how I felt, my brother and I ended up unpacking the car, choosing our bedrooms and making sure the water and heater/A.C. worked. By the time we were finished, the sun was setting and I really wanted to go to bed, but there was no way in hell I was sleeping on some stale mattress with dusty sheets.
"I'm sleeping in the car until we can get some actual furniture in here." I glared towards my brother who had taken to laying on an old, dusty couch that faintly smelled of blood. It made me want to gag. "Mkay. Just makesure you let Fefmmm." That… totally made sense. Not. I let out a long sigh and let Fefe into the house. Maybe she could go pee on the couch while my brother was sleeping on it. I smirked at the thought as I crawled into my brother's car and curled up in the back seat. For once I could actually be happy for my small size that allowed me to comfortably lay down in a small car.
Now, while I could comfortably lay down, I couldn't, for the life of me, fall asleep. With a frustrated groan, I reluctantly opened the car door and slammed it behind me. Screw my dad for being an unemotional asshole. Screw my brother for coming up with a smart plan to get me to come and stay here. Screw the new house that needed to be fixed up and most of all screw the family secret. The family secret, my brother, and my dad could all burn in hell for a few minutes.
I didn't mean that, but sometimes I really wished that my family could just spontaneously burst into flames for just a second or two. I looked towards the forest near our home and grinned. If dear old Andy wasn't awake, I couldn't get into trouble. I let out a gleeful (possibly sinister) laugh and opened the front door. Fefe bolted out quickly to go potty while I pulled my tank top off, along with my shorts. I walked out behind our new home and held my breath in. Bones began to grow and snap, cracking into new forms as my once 5'2" form became nothing, but giant, hulking furred muscles. This was my family secret, the newest evolution of werewolves, or so we were told. We were nothing like what people thought werewolves to be. If anything, we were like regular wolves, just a lot bigger. Dad never explained it to me, I think he explained it to Andy because he was older, but he wouldn't tell me until I was ready, apparently. The prick.
Fefe was immediately at my side, yipping happily. She had always loved it when we would go on our runs, so that's exactly what we did. I couldn't go all that fast since Fefe was an older girl, and while she might have been a husky, she was a chubby one, so while I'd love to go barreling through the forest as fast as my legs could take me, I had to tone it down so she could keep up. Sure, I never had to worry about her getting too far from me, but the idea of her getting too far from me and someone finding her, then having to bring her back to the house was annoying. Not to mention, we had just moved, so he tags were not updated at all.
Leaping through the trees with Fefe had been fun and by the time we had finished playing around, we were on a beach with no one around. Which I guess should have been expected at around one in the morning. It was actually rather nice. Fefe and I quickly dashed into the tides, splashing water and yipping happily before rolling around in the sand. However, like most things in my life, the fun was ruined by the sounds of people moving about. Fefe was quick to jump in front of me as three large guys walked along the beach. This was bad. This was badder than bad. This was straight up horrible. I had no clothes, and these guys wouldn't be able to explain away a huge wolf with a husky.
That is when their smells hit me. Strong, gross, sweaty smells with a large overtone of wolf. So either these guys owned wolves and lived like right in the forest with them as cave dwelling psychos, or, and this is a very small or, they were like my brother and I.
I wasn't about ready to find out, so instead I did the very, very rational thing of grabbing Fefe by the scruff and running as fast as my legs would take me. She was very, very unhappy with being manhandled, but this was the fastest possible way to get home. While I was all too ready to curse my brother, father, and the "family secret," I also didn't want to deal with the repercussions for breaking the rules when we hadn't been in town for more than a few hours.
I was all too glad to realize those boys hadn't followed me and that I hadn't hurt Fefe with all of the running. She was all too glad to be on her own paws and I was even happier to change into my own clothes and crawl back into the car and pretend I had been asleep since ten o'clock when really it was nearing four o'clock in the morning.
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"Chloe, come on! Get up!" When my eyes opened, I instantly regretted wandering around last night. I was fucking exhausted, and my body was sore. Not to mention it felt like I only got three hours of sleep, and knowing my brother, it was probably early in the morning already. I was all too ready to simply pass out again when the car door opened and I was yanked out by my leg.
"Fucker!" I yelped as I stood up and moved to swipe at my brother before realizing there was other people here. An old guy with brown hair and brown eyes and his daughter who…
I suddenly realized who our visitors were. It was Bella Swan and her dad and I was just acting like me around them both. I bit at the inside of my cheek and glared at my brother. He was so going to pay later on, I was going to make sure of it.
"Uhm. Sorry about that. I'm kinda grumpy when someone pulls me by my leg out of a car when I was just sleeping." I grinned at the two, but I kept my gaze on Bella. She was squirming a bit, and fidgeting, and I wouldn't be lying if I said I understood how she felt. She looked like she wanted to be somewhere far, far, far away from here.
"No problem. Your brother called and asked for a bit of help and I didn't realize how bad Jack's place was when he left. I think maybe there were some bears that caused all of that." Charlie looked at the large claw marks on my brother and I's new house. I was glad Charlie was eager to simply play it off as something natural and real, instead of something supernatural. "Yeah, well, if the bears were here, they didn't stick around. Place is mostly dusty, we just need a new door, and to fix some of the windows. I was thinking we could go to Lowes?" My brother seemed all too eager to get those claw marks off of the house, and I guess I didn't blame him. Imagine trying to get lucky, then coming back to a house like this one. It just wouldn't happen. Not to insinuate my brother would be bringing anyone back home, he was far too goal oriented to give a damn. Me, on the other hand, I'd definitely love to bring a few lucky guys here when my brother worked late.
"Yeah, I'll drive us, Bella, do you mind hanging out with Chloe?" Charlie looked to his daughter and from the exchange I could practically feel the pressure Charlie was putting on Bella. Poor girl, whatever he was motivating her with must have been working because she nodded and before I could yell at my brother, he and Charlie were in the car. Great. I was stuck with an emo kid now and that was the last thing I wanted to do, ever.
"So, Bella, right? I can't say there's a whole lot to do here, but I could set up the t.v. we got and we could play some video games?" I hoped she would say yes. I really did hope. In fact I would get on my hands and knees and beg her simply to say yes, but instead her eyes were glued to my bike. That made me grin. "Or, we could go for a ride. I mean, I got two helmets. Mind you one is my brother's, but his head isn't huge, so it isn't like it'd fall off of you. Honestly I like going without a helmet, but with your dad being an officer… Wait, he's still an officer, right? If he is, I don't feel like putting his daughter in danger and yeah…" I rambled and I hated it when I rambled. Wasn't my fault Bella was too quiet and I was nervous. I hardly knew the girl and here I was, forced to play buddy with her!
"How do you ride one?" That, I did not expect. "Oh, it's fairly easy, just give me a second." I grinned and pulled my bike from the trailer and waved her over. I slid from the seat and motioned for her to sit on it. She hesitantly slid onto the bike and grabbed its handlebar. "Alright so, the kickstand is up so you don't have to balance or anything, so don't worry about that yet. You're gonna want to pay attention to the grips. You have your throttle, which makes the bike move, your break, which obviously makes the bike stop." After another fifteen minutes of explaining the bike to Bella she seemed ready to go. Right as I was handing her the helmet she was off and… Right into the ditch across the road.
I shouldn't get angry, I should check on her. I knew these things, but she just potentially harmed by baby girl. I sprinted over to find her looking fine and dandy and rolling my bike out of the ditch. I quickly grabbed my baby and checked her for any scratches and found none. Without a word I put my baby back on the trailer and looked to Bella with narrowed eyes.
"Look, I'm not gonna yell at you or anything. Or even scream at you, just… You got to be more careful with that, okay? If you ended up getting hurt, I'd feel really fuckin' bad and I'm sure your dad would hate me forever and you probably wouldn't get out much." I sighed and shook my head. I could understand having this conversation with someone a few years younger than me, but to someone a year older than me? I felt silly. I'm not the mature one, I'm never the mature one, yet here I am, being the mature one.
"Sorry… Can I do it again?" My jaw just hit the ground, painfully. It was going to scab due to the shock this Bella Swan had just put me through. "You're serious?" I stared at her as she gave a slight nod. Was this woman crazy? Did she have a death wish? "No. Yaknow… get your own bike. I-" I stopped and I smelled something eerily familiar. Musky scent with a strong hint of wolf. That wasn't right, it couldn't be. Did those guys from the beach find me? I needed to calm down, quickly. "Sorry, just… get your own bike. Okay? If you can get your own bike, I can teach you how to ride it and shit, I just put too much work into my baby girl to let her get hurt. Not that I want you to get hurt, I'd just rather nurture your newfound love of motorcycles than right out kill you." I stared at Bella who gave the faintest start of a smile. Great, I was going to kill this girl unintentionally. Lovely. Good job Chloe, you're number fuckin' one in the best teacher awards. Your student is gonna die. Great.
"Are there any like… ice cream shops around? I'm hankering for some mint chocolate chip. I'll pay for us both and if you don't mind, I'd like to walk. Fefe has been antsy since we arrived." I looked over at Bella and realized she and I did look quite a lot alike. Only instead my eyes were blue and my hair was a few shades darker. We could still pass off as being siblings, which I guess was rather odd. "Actually, I think I'm gonna head home for now." I frowned and nodded. "Alright then, I'll be seeing you. Just, have your dad hit me up to hang out when you get your own bike, okay?" I tried to offer a smile as she nodded and headed off, and now it was just me, whoever was watching me, and Fefe.
"So like, I dunno who you are, but I know you're there and if you're gonna stalk me like that, you might as well let me see your face!" I grinned as I called out once Bella had disappeared. I honestly expected whomever it was to run off because they were found out, but instead of doing what I thought they would, they actually stepped out of the treeline.
At that moment, I swear I died and went to heaven. Three tall, muscular rust-skinned men who were really, really hot. It must be my lucky day too, because they were in nothing, but cargo shorts, which showed off their amazing abs. The drooling begins, now.
"Well shiiiit. I got three hot stalkers? Score!" I grinned at the three, who stared at me oddly. They all looked like they could be related and at that moment something clicked. They had to be from the nearby reservation. In fact, I was certain they were from the nearby reservation. Perhaps it was sucky of me to profile them based on how they looked, but they really all did look related! And being part of a tribe or a really big family seemed like the only plausible- no, you know what? I'm going to shut up before I sound extremely racist. To put it bluntly, these guys were hot and I wasn't about to not stare at them.
"Why are you here?" The biggest of the three stood forward and once I noticed his face, I was disappointed. He didn't have a cute face at all! He looked aged beyond his years, poor dude. "Just moved here with my brother. He's out with uhh… Charlie Swan to fix up our new house." I jabbed a thumb at the clawed up house and smiled.
"Don't you know what happened there?" The largest of the three seemed wary to even look at the house and it made me want to laugh. Of course I know what happened there, not that they needed to know. "No, what happened?" I stared at them and wondered what sort of rumor could have originated from my dad's old home. I just had to hear what the people from around here thought had happened.
"Well, it's been said that there were two brothers with… interesting traits and they were both interested in the same woman. One of the brothers won her over and had two kids with her, a boy and a girl. When the other brother found out, he came to the house and killed the woman and planned to take the children with him, but unluckily he'd made so much noise out here in the middle of nowhere that it attracted bears who ended up killing the man and leaving the kids to be found by their dad." I wanted to laugh, so fucking hard at that story. It was so close, but no cigar.
"The brothers, one of them is my dad. Jack Filks, the other brother was my uncle, James. As for the bear part, you could not be more wrong." I grinned as the largest of the three narrowed his eyes at me. "Kids were my brother Andy and I. Just wanted to see what story was flying around this house. As for the interesting traits, well… Not sure about that. I think we're normal enough." I smirked as the largest guy seemed ready to dispute with me, right as my brother and Charlie pulled up. When the two men were spotted they instantly ran off, leaving me simply standing there with my stupid craving for mint chocolate chip icecream. Thankfully the day only just began, which meant I could convince my brother to get me ice cream later.
"Were those boys giving you any trouble?" Charlie was all too eager to want to go after those boys and my brother was eyeing me warily. "Nah, just welcoming me. They were asking why this house of all houses, considering its condition, but that's what we're going to work on, right?" I grinned at Andy and Charlie before he noticed something off. "Where'd Bella go?" Shit, I forgot about her. Damn it. "She decided she was going to go home. Honestly I think she wanted to go bug her friends, instead of hanging with me, which I don't mind. I'm not all that fun without video games so I don't blame her." I shrugged as Charlie frowned. Poor guy, he must have had a lot to deal with considering she had been the living dead for a while now. "Don't worry, I'll try and befriend her and come by after school if you want. But let's hurry up and work on the house. Sooner it's in shape, the sooner I can sleep on a nice bed instead of in the car." Charlie still didn't lose his frown, but thankfully he didn't push it.
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It felt like it had been hours since we had started to work on the house. We had replaced all of the windows and the front door and now everything looked alright. But of course, my brother had to complain, so we were left with sweeping out the house and disinfecting everything. After checking the pipes repeatedly, and making sure everything was nice and livable, I finally got my wish for some goddamn ice cream. I had been working for way too long to give two shits about how I looked when I devoured my third bowl of icecream. It was refreshing and delicious and I was positive I could live off of the creamy delicacy known as ice cream.
"I should head on back home. If either of you need anymore help, you know who to call." Charlie smiled at Andy and I before he headed out with a tub of ice cream. The image of Bella sobbing and eating ice cream in front of the television while watching some stupid soap opera popped in my head, causing me to snort. Andy elbowed me and glared at me as I finished my ice cream and stuck out my tongue at him. He was such an asshole sometimes, but I guess I did deserve it, not that he knew what I was thinking.
"Come on Chloe, we need to finish cleaning everything up so we can actually get some furniture." Great, heavy lifting, just what I wanted to do. Not. I might have been strong, but that did not motivate me to move any faster. The idea of being able to sleep in a nice bed did motivate me, thankfully.
So a few agonizing hours later filled with cleaning the house with Charlie's borrowed supplies and we were pretty much ready for actually living in the house, minus furniture, which we would sadly be getting tomorrow, so that meant another sleepless night of pretending to sleep in the truck. Wonderful.
"I'm gonna take Fefe on a walk, alright?" I stared over at Andy. He and I both looked the same, dark hair frizzed out from all the working, dirt smeared on our faces, and blue eyes far more tired than they deserved to be at only seven o'clock in the afternoon.
"Alright. Don't forget you start school in a week, so don't fuck up your sleep schedule, please." I cringed at his warning. It was too late for that. As far as anyone was concerned, my sleep schedule was so beyond fucked that there was no possible way to fix it, ever. I was screwed. If not for the family secret, both my brother and I would've collapsed a hell of a long time ago.
"Kay. Be back in a while." I smirked as I called Fefe and headed out. After about ten minutes of walking, I noticed that scent again. But it didn't come from three sources, it came from just two, but one I couldn't recognize. Was there more people like them? Like my brother and I? The idea of it was just too cool, but I hadn't confirmed it just yet. Sure, they smelled like wolves, but that could just be because they owned wolves, which I really hoped they didn't. Wolves were meant to be wild and free, not to be some people's pets. Seriously though, how many times was I going to run into these psychos?
My damned curious mind had gotten a hold of me, and I began off towards their scents. I really have a bad habit of not thinking before I do something, so it was no wonder I was pounced on when I stepped into a clearing. My main concern was Fefe, who was barking and growling and without any reluctance I tore through my clothes and guarded Fefe. I was not about to let her get hurt because she was protecting me.
The wolf that had pounced on me quickly backed away when a much larger black wolf tore into the opening. I took that moment to sit and dragged Fefe closer to me. As gross as it seemed, I gave her a lick to the back of her head and her growling and barking quickly grew quiet. So much for keeping the family secret, though. Andy was so going to kill me when he found out.
My thoughts were interrupted when I felt something pull at my mind, then I felt a nip at my tail, causing me to yelp. Before I could really nip back at whoever the asshole that nipped at my tail, someone else's thoughts entered my head. Which felt weird. Like, really weird. My thoughts were supposed to be my own, but here there were these other thoughts.
Holy shit! You're the big guy from earlier! I felt really stupid, which wasn't a foreign feeling to me.
You're that girl from earlier? You were lying to us, then! The other thoughts invaded my head and I just simply knew this was going to get annoying, really fast.
Not lie. Just didn't say the truth. Yes, I know what happened at my old home, I was just wondering what the stories were, is all. I gave the guy a wolfish grin, which was no wonder seeing as I was a wolf, currently.
Why are you and your brother here? Ah yes, the guy was getting straight to business. He had to be an alpha, or something like that.
My brother, who is like me, is gonna become a doctor, so he's gonna be working under some Cullen person. I'm here to bring Bella out of her shell because my dad bribed me with hanging out with my brother and I'm gonna shut up before I ramble. I was being honest, at least, I just hoped this guy didn't think I was a total looney.
You're not crazy. Just, be careful of the Cullens, alright? They're vampires. Woah hold up, what?
Vampires? You shitting me? They actually exist? No fucking way. That's the most ridiculous shit I've heard. Wait… I was a girl who could transform into a rather large wolf, talking to other guys who could also transform into large wolves. Yet I was doubting vampires? I'm the smartest person I know.
Yes, and we have a treaty with them, we don't pass on their turf, they don't pass on ours. Currently the younger one, Edward, is gone. The family is in the process of moving too. Wait, that made no sense. If they were moving, why was my brother becoming an understudy of the doctor? That didn't make any sense.
They're moving, but my brother was supposed to work under Carlisle Cullen, but… they're moving. I need to talk to my brother. Listen, it's been real fun doing this whole brain thing with you, but I have a dude's ass I need to kick for lying to me. And with that, I was off, along with Fefe. I was pissed. No, I was straight up fuming. My brother lied to me! That jerk!
Once Fefe and I entered our backyard, I quickly changed back to my form and ran inside without any clothes on. Go me. I ran straight to my brother and tore him off the couch.
"Carlisle Cullen is moving, you've been lying. You have a lot to explain, and no I'm not putting clothes on until you fucking explain why you and dad lied to me." I scowled at my brother as he groaned and sat on the couch while glaring at me. He didn't have the right to glare at me right now. He was going to do some explaining or so help me I was going to deck him in his stupid face.