SPOV
I was the new girl in town, alone. My pack had told me that moving to Forks would be a great idea, that being the most supernatural place in America, I would be safe. The drive from Seattle was a long one, occupying my mind with useless thoughts.
Will they like me?
Will I stand out too much?
What else is out here?
I had been told that this was a vampire hotspot, being the most clouded place generally in America; vampires could come out during the day without being exposed. Vampires. The word stung my brain. I didn't have a good history with them, being a shifter. That was the other supernatural species that was here.
Shape shifters, like me. In Forks are wolf shape shifters, myself included, though not from this pack. Hopefully they would accept me. We were just coming into a small village when the taxi took a sharp turn left.
I snapped out of my thoughts and fell over ungracefully in the back of the cab. "SORRY!" was yelled from the front of the taxi, I glared through the glass, hoping that he would feel my stare. He didn't even flinch. I sighed and carried on staring out the window. The setting went from a large motorway to woods in a matter of seconds, as if they had appeared out of nowhere.
I knew we were close, not only did the woods give away the fact that a pack must be near, but I could smell them. A warm smell, like a fire burning.
The cab stopped. "I'm not going any further."
I grunted, "fine, thanks." Opening the door I sprinted up to the door and gave one quick, sharp knock. They should know that it was me. I mean, how many other people would come this far into the woods and knock on a small house.
The door opened before the echo of my knock had disappeared. A tall Quileute man stood there, a shocked expression on his face; he must have known I was coming. Didn't he?
"Um…hi" I managed, he was slightly intimidating, standing 6'3" he towered over me, his brutish face and strong muscles showing regardless of what he was wearing.
"Yeah, hey Stephanie." The name shocked me; I hadn't heard it in so long, and defiantly not in its full form. He continued, noting that I was still looking dumbfounded at him. "I was told by Billy that you would be arriving soon, shame it had to be now." After my initial smile at a name I knew, the fact that the timing was awful shocked me.
What could have happened right as I turn up? Really! I just cause trouble, even in – My trail of thought was interrupted by Billy shouting through the house
"Hey Sam! Let the poor girl in, she's had a long flight! Plus, she can probably help us!" Sam's face stung at the thought of letting someone outside of the pack in to help with problems. I knew that look all too well.
"It's okay Sam, I know what it's like letting new people in," I tried to comfort him, his eyes lit slightly, though there was no real change in his expression. "Let me help, I'm a shifter too, that's why I'm here, and I would…like to join your pack." I hesitated, looking away in embarrassment, how can you just ask someone for entrance into their family?
He frowned slightly; when suddenly 3 equally large boys came jumping through the door. I laughed at his slight predicament. Sam smiled.
"Think of this as a little initiation task then."' My face lit up with excitement, I would get some action, and knowing that I'm stronger than any shifters AND bloodsuckers I had come across, this would be no problem.
"What do you need me to do?" I skipped behind him, trying to keep up with Sam's large steps, twice as long as mine.
"Suckers have come through our borders; this will be a good time to give you a small look at what is ours and what isn't." He didn't even talk about it being theirs, just not ours. Yet my brain imputed naturally.
"Cool," my normal response, "just one question," I stopped, seeing if he wanted it to be asked now. '
"Go ahead" he turned and walked backwards, still faster than I could walk forward.
"What school will I go to?" He stopped. A confused look on his face that was quickly replaced by a scowl. "Bad time?" I asked, curious about how bad this bloodsucker problem must be.
He shook his head, "nah, its fine, I thought you knew when you came." I stood confused, was he just talking about school now. It seemed that he wasn't. "Um…well, you'll be going into bloodsucker territory for school."I turned to see if he was joking. He wasn't. Dammit! After the quick introduction to my potential pack members, we set off. They were all guys, lucky me I thought. I hated shifting in front of guys; they always stared, like lost pups. They all stopped and shifted. Even in wolf form they were as tall as me, I looked over, annoyed. They sensed it and laughed. Being on 5'6" I was average, for a human. I'll show them. I started to run, shifting mid-air but never faltering.
APOV
God dammit. We had crossed the border between our territory and the Quileute's.
VISION
School next week…
My family and I turned up in our normal silver Volvo, stepping out into the dark car park. I looked around. There was a motorbike. A figure in black.
END OF VISION
My eyes unclouded just in time to see my family staring at me. "What?" I asked, not wanting to stop in any territory that wasn't ours.
"Alice, you were gone for like 3 minutes." Edward spoke, a scared look on his face. I'd never been in a vision that long.
Rosalie was the one to speak this time. "Alice, what did you see?"
"Um…someone at school, that was it." Honestly I had no idea, what had I seen?
Carlisle didn't want to wait any longer, "the sooner we are done here, the sooner we can leave. Remember why we are here." Of course. How could I forget?
FLASHBACK
Edward and Alice are sat outside the Cullen house. They look tiny compared to the enormous house behind them. The house has glass walls, and you can see into the amazing house, with extraordinary interior design. It was all white and perfect.
"How are you feeling now?" Alice asks Edward, her hair spiking in all different directions.
"Okay I guess…" Edward's face hasn't moved, but his voice is uneasy, "the smell, it came from everywhere, but it wasn't like anything I've smelt before. A hint of dog, but sweet and perfect as well. Like a mixture of both vampires and…mutts." Alice looked over to Edward in shock.
"Are you sure?" He just nodded
END OF FLASHBACK
I sighed. This just felt wrong.
SPOV
It seemed like their territory went on for ages, all wood, with no break. As we came closer to the river, Sam and Jared stopped, the rest of the pack fell in line behind them. I got called up to the front.
'This is the main boundary, across the river starts the bloodsucker's territory. This is where they would have crossed, the scent is strong. EVERYONE! Follow the scent.' Sam called out our orders. I followed a relatively new guy, hoping that we could get some action. Quil and I ran horizontal to the river, hoping to pick up a trail too, the coven had seemed to have spilt too.
'Why were they here?' I completely forgot that everyone else in the pack could hear me to. I stopped, a shocked expression on my face, if I was human at that time, I would have blushed.
'Don't worry about it' Quil stated, calming me down a little 'you'll get used to it.' We set off after the scent. After 10 minutes of hunting, but what seemed like hours, the scent split again. The suckers must have gone out alone, to cover more ground. Go left I said, turning my body towards the other scent.
'Don't get any action without me' Quil called, grinning as much as he could in wolf form, and giving a small wink. He disappeared into the distance. I started to run towards the other scent. They were close, the scent strong.
APOV
"You go with Alice" Carlisle had said to Emmett. He turned towards me, giving a huge smirk.
"If you can get any more info on the newbie, give me a poke, I'd love to know about them." He was genuinely interested; I could see it in his face. "Come on then slow poke"' he laughed and ran off, I attempted to catch up, but we were roughly the same speed, so I trailed behind him for a while. I heard a scream, it was Rosalie. "ROSE!" I heard behind me, Emmett heard the scream too. He ran off, leaving me in the dust trying to keep up.
SPOV
I came upon a clearing, just a few miles away from where I split up with Quil. He couldn't be too far away. I turned my attention to what was in front of me.
Bloodsucker. I growled, lowering myself into a crouch, like I was stalking prey. And I was. I stuck to the bushes, taking it slow, knowing that the slightest sound was going to alert them of my presence. She was blissfully unaware of me, looking around. She shut her eyes suddenly, scrunching her nose. I pounced on her, not letting my chance go to waste. Just as we collided, she turned, causing her to fall on her side. We hit the floor; I pushed off her, wanting to get myself ready for anything. She got up; dirt all in her hair, the blonde had turned to a musty grey. She screamed. I guess she hadn't come face to face with a wolf, especially not one she had seen before. Then it hit me. Of course she screamed, my eyes were red in wolf form.
APOV
We got to the clearing at the same time as everyone else, and I mean everyone. The pack was there too, and my family had heard Rosalie as well, running to see what had happened. When we got to the clearing, all I heard was gasps. "What?" I turned frustrated to Edward, who had come up behind me, and gasped as well. He just pointed. I looked towards the wolf in the clearing; they faced Rosalie, growling at the noise she had just made. They were circling each other; none of the wolves seemed to want to get involved. "I don't understand why isn't anyone getting involved?" I was starting to get annoyed and was stalking towards the centre of the clearing when someone grabbed me arm, I turned to see Esme. The least likely person I thought would stop me. I looked at her, confused with what was going on.
"Look at the wolf in the centre." No matter what Esme said, she was calm. I turned again to the centre, the wolf was coming into my view, and Rosalie had her back to me.
My mouth opened involuntarily.
Wow…
SPOV
Everyone was staring at us now, and that just made my eyes worse. My only weakness, my eyes gave away how I was feeling. I was angry. At the stupid blonde girl of screaming and for all the attention I was now getting.
'What now?' I thought aloud, wanting an answer.
'Scare her off, and if she won't go…end her.' I turned quickly to Sam, not wanting to give the girl a chance. His eyes were solid, he motioned to the bloodsucker. I gave her all my attention, not wanting to get distracted. A low rumble came from my throat; it turned into a fierce growl. I hoped to scare that sucker out of her pretty glittering skin. She jumped back a bit, eyes going wide. I had her where I wanted her. I made my move. I pounced high into the air, letting my teeth show and aimed straight for her. She couldn't move in time, and I hit her square in the chest. She fell back while I pushed off her body, giving myself some lift to start my game of chicken. That's when I noticed a small pixie blur into the setting. I didn't give her enough attention; I was too focused on the fight. The blonde one backed off, and so did the pixie.
'Finish her?' I didn't want to act without the pack behind me.
'Yes.'
I leapt again, faster, harder, hoping for it to hurt. We slammed to the floor again, she looked confused.
'Aren't we meant to be stronger?' I stepped back, shocked. Did I just hear her thoughts? She noticed I had stepped back; and stepped forward, hoping to gain herself some power in this fight. I widened my mind, letting everything in. I heard the others too.
'Have you seen her eyes!'
'Wow, she's strong.'
'Rose better not get hurt, I'm gonna crush her skull if she dares scratch her.'
Hmm, Rose hey? I knew her name, it suited her. But the butch one didn't like this fight, and I didn't want it to carry on longer.
'ENOUGH'
All eyes turned to me.
APOV
After watching Rosalie and this wolf using the term lightly I had hoped Rose would step up a bit, but she seemed tired, like she had very little energy left after this. The wolf kept the pressure up, I gasped, seeing Rose fall once more. I heard Emmett growl low, I was becoming shocked too.
'ENOUGH'
What was that? I looked around confused. Everyone had seemed to stand up straight, looking at the wolf in the clearing. The pack came and greeted the other in the middle. They seemed to be talking, about Rose I bet. Rose took her chance, and ran into Emmett's arms. Her normally immaculate beauty, turned to dust, as she stood there covered in dirt and twigs. The red eyed wolf shook their head, and almost sighed. The leader must have given them a warning. We didn't need to stay any longer, the rest of the pack chased us out, but our curiosity was gone, we found what we were looking for. A red eyed wolf, which smelt sweet.