This is a famous prompt that I feel like putting my own spin on and I finally know how to. "What if Bella was a Wolf." Now, in this case it occurs when the wolves first begin to shift at the beginning of New Moon so Twilight went normally. Enjoy and review! -Cinderfire
The Quileutes were quite surprised when an outsider joined their ever-growing pack of shifters. At first, Sam was wary of Bella. This was the girl who, not two weeks ago, he had picked up in the middle of the forest where her vampire boyfriend left her for dead. What was she doing in his Pack? And she was a female Shifter, something that had never occurred in their history before then. Her grey and white form was a complete contrast to his pure black one, and once she finished her "I just shifted into a giant canine!" panic attack, Bella was ecstatic. Apparently she'd grown up loving fantasy stories of vampires and werewolves and that was a small part of what attracted Edward to her in the first place. The other part being that she met his family and thought they were awesome.
Sharing a headspace with Bella Swan was definitely an experience, and it gave him insight on their former supernatural neighbors. Even though he saw Edward Cullen as a foolish jerk, he had come to not mind the others as much. The doctor and his mate were the closest thing to actual parents Bella had, despite the fact that she knew Charlie was doing his best. Sam made the mistake of asking about her mother and Bella rolled her eyes.
Renée Dwyer and mother did not belong in the same sentence. Not when her eternal dizziness forced Bella into the role of caretaker at an early age. The woman wasn't anywhere near Special Needs, but sometimes Bella thought she might be…
Are you alright? Sam's voice jerked her out of her own frazzled thoughts and she nodded.
Fine. Just thinking.
Race you back to Emily's?
You're on!
She was rather cautious about liking Emily. Not because of who she was, because the scarred young woman took everything in stride and was still willing to show a bit of backbone towards her husband. Emily hated that Sam ditched what would have been a wonderful life for someone he barely knew as much as Bella did, but she succumbed to the power of imprinting just as Bella knew she would, and found nothing more to be upset about.
Imprinting sucked for the ones left behind, because there was literally no choice involved. It was one of the things she found that she despised about this new life, but as much as she hated what he did to her, Bella could only hope that she imprinted on Edward, because she didn't want to imagine being so trapped with someone she barely knew. Edward and his family were safe, at least. Familiarity would serve her well.
