HELP!

Okay I have posted this before it's finished because I have a few questions for you about what I should/could do in this story. They're only small but, also kind of big if you understand what I mean. I can't ask until you've read to a certain point which is why I'm putting this up before it's finished.

I kind of hate having you all hanging by a string halfway through a chapter, especially as I don't update regularly. Do not expect regular updates, as my Uni work comes first. I've only done this much because I just had a week break and I was sick so I did nothing productive (this doesn't count cause it's for fun).

I'll put another HELP! when I have my questions for you all. I'm actually kind of excited to see what yours answer will be!

Chapter 1:

Alexis POV.

I slowly began to feel my body. Like I was slipping back into it or I'd been numb from head to toe. Though I could feel it, I couldn't move any part of me, like I was frozen.

Slowly my senses began to work again. First was smell. I breathed in and was so overwhelmed by all the smells that my head spun for a minute, making me feel dizzy. Eventually I was able to sift through all the scents, the first one I smiled was the familiar scent of my room, and more strongly, my blankets. Only now did I realise there was something on top of me. A familiar scent washed over me, there was no way I could not recognise that scent; it was James'.

I felt warmth on my hand and realised someone was holding it, the grip was loose and relaxed. Smelling the air some more, I found it empty. James seemed the only one within my room.

My hearing began to work again and I could hear through the house. It seemed silent. Almost as though it was empty. Were my parents out at work? James snoring easily greeted my ears, blasting through them as though someone was sounding it through a foghorn an inch from my eardrum.

I began to feel my body now, it was stiff and sore, like when you've been in the same position for too long and you need to get up for a stretch.

As the feeling in my toes, fingers, arms, legs and other limbs come to life and began to obey me, I tightened my hand around the warm one holding mine.

The weight on the side of my bed was gone and James snoring suddenly came to an abrupt halt as his fingers tightened around mine. I could hear his short hair move slightly on his scalp before he scratched his head.

I felt fingers trace around my eye and the feeling of a strand of hair moved from my cheek. I took a deep breath and tightened my hand again on James and he suddenly froze.

"Lexi!" James' voice pierced my head as his words were directed towards me, sounding louder then he needed to be. I could feel the weight on the bed shift as he leaned on the mattress and leaned over me, the slight darkness covering my eyelids.

I willed my lids to open and after a second, they did.

I could see all the dust floating in the room, the paint lines in the celling which were usually invisible. The cracked paint around the skirting boards, all in fine detail. The room was bright and the light streaming in was natural, I noticed that my window and curtains were open.

James was silent as I looked around the roof and blinked for a while, trying to get my eyes to focus. After a second I turned to look at James, his eyes held dark purple shadows under them, his forehead was crinkled with worry. Both his hands were now wrapped around mine but I pulled it out and placed it on the side of his face assuringly before I smiled at him.

Despite that he didn't seem to look reassured.

"Alexis…" James began and it felt weird for him to use my full name. "Are you alright?" I looked around and nodded. I wasn't hurt, but I wasn't sure if I was alright.

Something felt weird.

I blinked a few move times before I brought my hand up to my face, brushing over my eyes and cheek, as though trying to wake myself up and remove the strange feeling. It probably had to do with waking up after a while. If my body was so stiff then maybe I had been asleep for ages.

I turned back to James to find he was still staring at me. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion as I stared back. His eyes were wide and his mouth slightly open as he stared.

Why was he staring at me like that?

"Hey James!" We heard the door open downstairs and I heard the bare feet hit the tiles as they proceeded to the stairway.

"Hey we were wond—" Embry and Quil appeared at my doorway and froze when they saw me, my eyes landing on one and then the other.

"Lex…?" Embry didn't sound sure by the question and I looked at him confused. Who else would it be? I'm lying in my room, in my bed, in my house?

None of the boys spoke and I was staring to feel worried as I looked at them all, couldn't they just tell me what was wrong already?

"Freaky," Quil finally spoke, mumbling, my forehead creased in confusion as I looked at him.

"Freaky?" I asked. My mouth moved but the voice that spoke wasn't mine. It was a beautiful sound. Not sickly sweet like Victoria's had been and not somewhat fake like the Cullens' sounded to me, but generally beautiful. The three boys were looking at me shocked, surprised at how my voice sounded as I reached up to cover my mouth.

Silence dawned on us as I was trying to understand, that wasn't what I sounded like? My eyes darted from one face to another as I waited for someone to tell me what was wrong.

I took the silence to my advantage and slowly eased myself into a siting position. James leaned forwards and helped me. I smiled thanks at him as a few of my bones cracked. I felt a slight pain in my shoulder but it only lasted a second. The pain was different to the stiffness I felt. I reached over to feel where the pain came from, my sensitive fingers brushed over what felt like a scar, a crescent shaped scar.

At the feel of the scar I remembered what happened to me. I was bitten. A vampire bit me.

I looked up at the boys horrified. Was that why they were all looking at me like that? Were my eyes red and my skin deathly pale? I breathed again, but I couldn't smell the awful smell that the boys and vampires always complained about one another. I just smelt the scent of my room and the boys normal smells.

"What happened?" The beautiful voice sounded again and my eyes hit the mirror as I looked at everyone, I wasn't sure if I wanted to get up and look at my reflection.

"You were bitten," James managed to say after he swallowed and glanced at the two boys, both of which hadn't moved from my doorway.

"So…" I swallowed "Does that mean…" he shook his head.

"You're alright somehow your body flushed out the venom." I looked at him confused

"But… how?" I asked

"Something to do with your…" James didn't know how to say it but I knew what he meant.

"Carlisle said your body was fighting the venom like an infection." James continued

"Carlisle?" I couldn't get over the sound of my voice, what had happened? If the venom hadn't turned me why was my voice so different?

"He checked you over when James brought you to Billy's with Jake. He said you weren't changing and that your body had shut itself down in order to remove the venom." Embry finally spoke, but his eyes continued to stare.

Jake? Oh no Jake! He'd been snapped and broken!

"Jake!" I said suddenly looking around and then moving to get up. James immediately placed a hand on my shoulder and pushed to keep me there, I hardly felt the pressure and looked at him.

"He's fine." my brother managed to say "He's all healed and moving again." I stared at him as though looking for a lie before pursing my lips.

I sat back and nodded.

Then I thought about it, he was healed? After so much damage? I knew the vampire had smashed half his body… if he'd healed already then…

"How long have I been out?" I questioned. The three shared a look.

"A week." my brother admitted. I stared shocked. A whole week? I was unconscious for an entire week? No wonder I felt so sore!

"Oh," I breathed unsure how to answer to that.

"I don't understand…" Embry said and we all looked at him.

I didn't understand the reason for his statement.

"What?" I wondered

"Well… you didn't turn but…" Embry muttered glancing at James and Quil as though asking for help. What was the problem? Was there something wrong? I looked at James asking for an answer.

"Here." my brother stood up and took my hand in his. I hesitated in getting up but he helped me to my feet and steadied me despite that.

I was weary as he lead my over to my full length mirror and as I began to move in front of it I closed my eyes. I didn't want to see the gleaming red eyes looking back, but I didn't feel the need to rip or kill to satisfy my thirst. Not only that, but James' hands didn't feel blazing warm against cold skin. And they said I'd been fighting the venom, not turning.

What was I going to see in the mirror then?

James nudged me and I knew that was his way of telling me to look. I tightened my hands around his and took a deep breath. I opened my eyes.

I stood in front of the mirror on my wardrobe door and stared. I looked at it shocked. The person staring back at me, was not me. She moved when I did, wore the same singlet and shorts I did, had the same people around her as I did, but she wasn't me.

The girl in the mirror was just a little bit paler then I was, not vampire pale or even Bella's pale, just paler then I had been, sort of how my mother was. Her hair was a perfect, chocolate brown colour with with almost gold coloured highlights through it and hung in waves to her chest.

Her figure was beautiful and the curves stood out in the tight singlet. Her lips were plush and pink and her eyelashes were long, thick and black, without the touch up of makeup. But the most surprising part were her eyes. They were a gorgeous ultramarine, glittered with golden specks that shined when the light hit them.

I stared at them. My eyes were bluey grey, not ultramarine? And my eyes only held gold when they changed… My hair didn't have gold highlights? And it wasn't as chocolate as it is now? My figure wasn't that perfect, I swear my waist slimmed slightly…

That wasn't me.

I leaned closer to the mirror and blinked a few times. I waved my hand and touched my cheek before tugging on a piece of my hair and looking at it properly instead of in the mirror.

"I don't understand." I breathed as I touched my lips and brushed my cheek and tucked some hair behind my ear. "What happened?" I breathed. How did vampire venom change me but… not make me a vampire?

"We don't know." Embry said

"But…"

"Your hair started to change four days ago." James muttered and I looked at him through the mirror.

"What?" James sighed and I saw him think for a second.

"You were in a sort of comma state for the first three days, the doc said it was because your body was flushing out the venom. Then you sort of, regained some sort of consciousness. You even squeezed my hand. We thought you were going to wake up but…" he stopped

"Then we noticed your seemed to be getting paler and your hair didn't look like it used to but your heart was stronger then ever and you had signs of life unlike before." he said.

"Your mother said you were fine and you'd wake up when it was complete."

"What was complete?" I asked Embry, turning to him. He shrugged

"She didn't say anything else."

And we were silent again as I looked back at the mirror.

"I'm going to go and call mum. She'll want to know you're awake." James said and he turned and left the room, allowing me to just stare at myself, turning and swaying in front of the mirror to find all the weird differences.

Embry and Quil continued to stare at me as I paused. I heard James move to the phone and I heard him hit each button of my mother's mobile number.

Even from here I could hear her voice as she picked up.

There was silence as he told her I'd woken up and I could hear his teeth clenching. Why was James angry?

He hung up after she said she was on her way home and I stopped and turned to the door. Embry and Quil both looked at me as James climbed the stairs.

"Mum's on her way home." he said, entering my room.

"I know. I heard." I nodded and he looked slightly surprised before shaking it off. "I'm surprised they both went to work."

"They had the first few days off but couldn't get more then that." James admitted

"So, you left me here?" I wondered not really caring

"James' hasn't been on patrol since the newborn fight." Quil admitted and I paused before turning to him.

"Why?"

"I wasn't leaving you." He said obviously.

I looked at him and I noticed the bags under his eyes. He looked exhausted. I moved towards him and leant towards him.

"And you couldn't sleep as well because?" I demanded annoyed. I saw Embry and Quil share a glance from the corner of my eye as James shrugged.

"Not that bad."

"You were asleep not twenty minutes ago." I grumbled before standing straight. I knew there was no point arguing but seriously, he get's time off and doesn't catch up on the sleep he needed? That's just typical of the wolves. I bet Jacob was no better either.

Speaking of which… I wonder where he was? I was surprised he hadn't turned up with Embry and Quil.

I opened my mouth to ask before we all heard a car. Our heads turned in the direction before it got closer and eventually pulled into our driveway.

My mother left the car as quickly as she could and was in the house and running up the stairs. She stopped in the doorway where Embry and Quil had moved out of the way and her eyes landed on my easily. I watched her as she examined me before she smiled.

Why was she smiling? Embry and Quil hardly seemed to recognise me. Was she not surprised by the… I didn't want to say 'new me' but…

"Oh Lex." she walked forwards and pulled me into a hug, kissing my forehead. When she released me she placed a hand on my forehead and blushed my hair slightly. I looked back at her and she gave me a small smile.

"How do you feel?" she wondered.

It was a good question… how did I feel? Something was strange, everything was strange, but it wasn't really wrong. I glanced towards the mirror at the thought. It wasn't just the outside that had changed but… it was like something had changed on the inside as well but… what was it?

I knew I looked confused as I thought and she suddenly started nodding.

"Don't worry." she assured, as though she knew exactly what I was thinking, how was that possible?

James was watching her with scrutiny, as well as confusion. Had something happened? Why was he so… unhappy to see her?

"You're not at all surprised?" I asked confused and she rose a confused eyebrow herself. "Well I'm not exactly…" I paused as I glanced down at myself "The same." I settled with. She simply smiled again.

"Don't worry." she assured me again. "Everything's fine."

"Fine? Mum have you looked at me?" I wondered and she patted my head, the smile never leaving her face. It was like she was excited by my change?

"Come on, let's get you something to eat. I'm sure after a week you'll be hungry." Mum smiled but said nothing to answer my questions. I just stared at her as she moved from the room to the door.

"Boys, let's let her get dressed." and she stood there looking stern, making all three boys move and leave.

I stared at her as James glanced at me, a stern look on his face as he seemed to understand my confusion. My mother was acting strange, like she knew exactly what had happened. She wasn't surprised whether about my new appearance or my survival of a vampire bite.

Wait… could she know about me? She probably knew what happened and that I'd been in the fight… great that meant a lecture later.

I turned back to the mirror and actually tapped it. I opened the closest door as though looking for some sort of distortion or trick, but nothing was different. I closed the door and looked back at myself… was that really me?

It took me a while but I was able to move away from the mirror and get dressed. I found however that my jeans were a little snug over my hips and a little loose over my waist, not drastically so but still noticeable at least to myself.

When I was dressed I glanced at myself in the mirror again before taking a few steps backwards and moving from the room. I quickly ducked into the bathroom to see if that mirror showed myself again but even there the ultramarine girl looked back. I frowned slightly before moving down the stairs.

I could hear the whispers as I remembered four other people were in this house. James sounded angry, what had happened between him and my parents?

"You know what's happened to her!?" James hissed "How can you sit there as though nothing's wrong!"

"It's alright James, she's fine." my mother's voice was strong but closed off. As though she was trying to keep herself steady and sure.

"Have you looked at her?" James questioned

"The venom couldn't have done this could it?" Embry questioned, breaking the argument between my brother and mother that threatened to break out.

"It caused a reaction." my mother sighed

"A reaction?" I questioned as I entered the kitchen and everyone turned to me, the boys included. Had they not heard me coming down the stairs?

"My body reacted to the venom?" And changed? And how did she know this anyway?

My mother sighed and moved her gaze to avoid mine before she walked forwards, took my hand and lead me over to the couch.

We sat and Embry, Quil and James stayed at the counter as they watched confused. James eventually moved to listen in, leaning on the wall but the boys stayed, not saying a word.

"James told us sweetie, about what's been happening to you." Mum began. My eyes flickered to James and he frowned slightly. I couldn't blame him, thinking about it of course they would find out. What else would everyone had done when I was infected with vampire venom.

I then saw the muscles in his jaw tighten, the strain in his skin. Was I supposed to be able to notice his veins in his hands and arms as his fists balled, his arms crossed over his chest?

"He told us about that day, your speed, strength, regenerative healing, the tree climbing." she listed, giving me a raised eyebrow look at the last one. I smiled ever so slightly, guiltily but said nothing.

"And about the newborn fight." she concluded. I flinched slightly and pursed my lips

"He also told us why you didn't tell us about it." my mother continued. "Alexis, don't ever think you need to hide something from us again, we —" she paused and thought "— I, could have helped you." she corrected and I looked at her with confusion.

And then it came back, those thoughts that maybe what happened to me was a genetic thing like it was for James. He was a werewolf, a gene from my father's side, something that ran through the Quileute wolves and all through LaPush. Embry and Quil were the same, though Embry was a mystery, his mother was not Quileute and his father was unknown, but could only be one of four options, Billy Black, Quil Ateara, Andrew Westlake or Sam's father. It caused a little discomfort when mentioned but otherwise was an unspoken mystery.

I stood up at the revelation. Was she seriously telling me that I had a genetic cat mutation within me, because it ran through her bloodline?

I looked at James and his eyebrows were furrowed, well at least I wasn't the only one who was ignorant.

"Hang on…" Embry said and my mother sighed.

"Alexis," she patted the couch. I glanced at her and then to my brother, looking at two of my musketeers before I sat back beside her.

"It's a little different, but also similar to your brother and the wolves." she admitted "We don't change physically other then the changes you saw in the mirror."

"I don't understand…" I muttered. My voice was still causing surprise every time I opened my mouth and spoke.

She sighed.

"Ailuranthropy." she said "That's what it's called."

I wasn't smart enough to understand what that meant, why would I need to know a word like that? So I simply raised an eyebrow and waited.

"A form of werecat." she admitted with a sigh. Now both my eyebrows shot up.

Like you all didn't see that coming.