Hello everyone, this is my first ever twilight story; which I am very excited about. took a while to think all of this over and finally start writing it out. A big thanks to lacrymosa_91 for helping me out a lot. Thanks Chicka. Anyways everyone knows I am NOT Stephanie Meyer so I do NOT own any of this. Though if I did, there might be some changes in . Anyways I hope you guys enjoy the story and please review if you like it.
Summary: Tehya has always dreamed about a white doe since a child. When she moved to LaPush two years ago, a wolf began to enter into them. What could this mean? And why is this Seth Clearwater suddenly glued to her best friend Shadi's side. Even more confusing is when she meets the hot-tempered Paul, and her whole world moves. So many questions and it seems like so little time. What she finds out will not only involve her but her entire family and her best friend.
Pairings: PaulxOc, SethxOc (More to come, but I don't wait to spoil it)
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It stayed there eating the lush grass. The white thin fur coat shining in beams off the sun. Its neck bent to the ground taking the blades by the dozen. Its ear's a lift with alert for danger. The field that surrounded it was filled with a variety of flowers and tall patches of grass. No visible sign of danger.
What about the forest? The one just behind the grazing doe. It's darkness surely hiding something just behind the thicket of trees. Something dangerous just waiting for the doe to come back in, but it didn't. It stood there calmly eating away without a care in the world. Every now and then taking a step forward to reach more grass. It was then the air started to vibrate with fear. The birds flying out of the trees. The squirrels and chipmunks heading up the trees. All other movements ceased and all that could be heard was the heavy wind.
Slowly a paw came into view, followed by another. The legs came out next, with a chest of silver showing itself. The fur of the neck could be seen. Then a head out; its muzzle shifting left and right, breathing in the scent the doe was extracting. It was a wolf of extraordinary size. It crouched low in the grass, as its nails came out fingering the dirt around it. It creped forward toward the doe. The doe lifted its long graceful neck from the ground still chomping on grass. Its head looked forward before taking a few steps forward. When it looked like it would finally run it bent down and laid on the hard ground.
The wolf peeked up, excitement gleaming from its eyes. Slowly it began its approach toward the doe, with a faster gait; but not making a single sound. Its head bent down near ground level, keeping a watchful eye on the doe. As well as checking its surroundings. It stopped only 10 feet away from the resting doe. The anxiety was clearly going through the wolf. Its heart would be pounding against its chest.
Finally the wolf bent down its body touching the ground before it leapt up into the air, propelling its body forward at the doe. The doe opened its bright blue eyes and glanced back at it before-
I woke up with a silent scream that didn't get past my throat. The sweat had formed above my eyebrow and had slowly begun to fall down the side of my face. I swung my legs off to the side of my bed and rested my head in my hands. The dream seemed so real every time I saw it. I practically felt the sun on my back as I watched the scene unfold. The wolf never got to the doe though. I never got to see as the wolf finally got its prey and devoured it. I was thankful I didn't see the end. The doe never moved in the dreams. It always lay down on the grass as if waiting for the wolf to come and…and kill it. Why would an animal that knew a predator was there just lie down and let it come to them. I could always feel the anxiety in my body as I watched the same thing happen repeatedly. Every time I tried to scream to the doe to run, or to get the wolf's attention; but I was always glued to the ground and my mouth stapled shut. I could feet a calming sensation run through my body when I would watch the doe lie down. Then just before the wolf got to it, the doe's eyes would open looking at me for a brief second before it turned to the wolf. Then I woke up. I always woke up at that moment, never a second later.
I stood up stretching my aching muscles. Letting out a relived sigh, I made my way to my dresser and started to get my things ready for the day, which was school. I grabbed the first pair of jeans on the top shelf and a shirt in the drawer above it. While I dressed I kept my mind on other things other than the dream. It had been recurring more than ever now. I can still remember being a little girl and seeing the white doe in my dreams. It was only when I moved here that the dreams began but this time a wolf would always show up. I guessed it had something to do with the landscape. The land was an Indian reserve. Indians, that believed that their men were descendants of wolves. I had never seen any wolves here, but people did keep away from the forest; always talking about the wolves that roam there. I didn't think they had seen any either. It was just the legends keeping them from going in them.
I huffed as I got my jeans past my hips and buckled them up. I looked at the mirror on the other side of the room, running my hands over my skin. It wasn't copper like my father's and brothers. It was more of my mothers. She was a Sioux and her line was supposedly the only ones that didn't have the natural copper tones skin. I also seemed to inherit her height. I was small even for my age of 17. I was at 5'2, my mother only 5'6. It was Takoda who inherited from our father. Dad was a pure Quileute. He stood at 5'11 and my brother, being only 13 heading for 14, was at 5' foot already. Their skin a nice copper and their hair pitch black-
"Tehya! Are you awake yet?" I heard the shout of my brother, Takoda, downstairs.
"Yea, I'll be down in a minute!" I shouted back tugging on my shirt quickly.
I grabbed my hairbrush and ran it through, my dark brown, hair a couple times until all the knots came out from last night. Before heading out the door, I grabbed my book bag hoisted it over my shoulder and left my room, closing the door behind me. Downstairs I could hear the sizzling of bacon on the stove, my father sipped his coffee loudly as he flipped through the newspaper. My brother as he texted away on his new phone, an early birthday gift I had gotten him; which he practically broke my ribs in his bear hug.
Once near the table I quickly put my hand on his head and started to ruffle his black shaggy hair, which caused him to let out a groan of annoyance.
"How's my baby brother this morning?" I asked going over to my mom and grabbing a plate that was now filled with bacon, eggs and toast. A glass of orange already out on the table for me.
"Fine and dandy, how are you?" He asked back sarcastically.
"Just peachy." I said back, taking a seat next to him and digging into the wonderful breakfast.
The front door, that my back was facing, was opened swiftly almost hitting the wall behind it. A girl was there, standing at 5'5, her black hair tied up in a messy bun; a few white strands hanging down from it. Her skin had the natural copper tone in it, more like russet. No one would ever deny that she was of Native American line. Her eyes a light green, which was something you saw often with her. Every time I had seen her they were bright with excitement and happiness. I don't think I had ever seen them change to anger. Well except when I first got here and a couple girls seemed to have it out for me. Then they turned a dark jade.
"Hello Chevego family!"
"Hi Shadi," Everyone answered back to my best friend.
Shadi was my best friend since I had moved here. In fact I don't think I was here longer for 10 minutes before we became friends. We had pulled up to the house; she was sitting on the steps to greet us. Her radiant smile made the whole family smile, even after the long grueling hours on the road. She explained how she was always the last person to greet the new people, this time she wanted to be the first. This got a good chuckle from all of us. She helped me unpack, the whole time we talked nonstop. There had been an instant connection that I couldn't describe. I always heard about how there were two people in the whole world meant for each other. I wonder if that was the same for best friends. Well ever since then we had become almost inseparable. She had become the sister I wanted and needed. I think she was over my house more than at her own. My family didn't seem to mind at all either. They enjoyed her company just as much as I did.
My mother passed over an already prepared plate for Shadi, and began to make one for herself. Shadi took a seat next to me, a smile on her face. I always wondered if it was permanently etched onto her face. She'd give The Joker a run for his money.
"It's Friday girls, you planning anything tonight?" My dad, Tedmund, asked pouring himself another cup of coffee.
Swallowing the bacon in my mouth I answered. "Not really."
"I was actually thinking we could go hiking into the woods today. There's finally some sun out. Maybe we could go take some pictures. It looks really beautiful out there." Shadi explained taking a sip from her orange juice. I smiled loving the sound of taking a walk in the woods and get some pictures. It's the one of the things I loved about living here. It was so beautiful. My stomach seemed to churn a bit at it too. A feeling of anxiety seemed to go through me.
"That sounds like fun!" I said looking at my father.
"I don't know…" He said looking unsure of the idea.
My mother finally decided to step in. "Well I think it's a great idea. Make sure to get some nice pictures for me. I could frame them and hang them around the house."
I saw dad shake his head while rolling his eyes. He turned back to the paper knowing there was no point in arguing. Especially when mom just said we could go. He muttered a "just be careful," before going back to his paper. I smiled and excitedly I got up and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you." I went back to my chair and grabbed my bag off the back of it. "Okay time to go."
Takoda put his cell back into his pocket and quickly finished his juice before grabbing his bag too. Shadi was already next to me ready to go.
"Okay be good." Mom said before going back to her breakfast.
We nodded before heading out. School was only a couple miles away from us. My parents always offered to drive us, but it felt nice walking to school. It was always cloudy out so we never got exhausted from the heat because of the walk.
Takoda already had his phone out and was texting. I was guessing he was talking to his friends. I had my own phone but Shadi was always with me so there was no point in texting really. I had acquaintances in school but nothing as close to as friends.
Friday's in school were always the most eventful. Everyone is full of energy, even the teachers. It was one of my favorite days of the week. Two periods so far and the teachers were being lenient and not giving us homework so far. Now we were sitting in science class listening to Mr. Teena lecture about chemical bonding. Shadi was in this class too, sitting next to me. Her attention was on the notebook in front of her as she doodle random sayings and little stick figures. Science was both are least favorite subject. The only thing that made it enjoyable was his attitude about everything. One of the few teachers in the school who always seemed to be in a good mood and made little jokes about whatever content we were working on at the time.
This day though everything seemed…off. There was that feeling in the pit of my stomach that something was going to happen. Woman's intuition maybe? I would be 18 soon so maybe it was beginning to set in for me.
The door to the science lab cut me off before I could look in on the feeling. Everyone followed to see who opened the door. Except Shadi who seemed to think Mr. Sticky was more important than who was disturbing the class.
"Yes, do you need something?" asked the group of students, seniors, standing at the door.
"Oh uh, Miss. Martina blew up the lab in our class again. She said to come here for the remainder of the class so she can clean everything up." The tallest of the group said. When I say tallest I mean tallest. This boy had to be reaching 6 foot. He was Quileute for sure. He had short black hair that matched his russet skin tone. I could see a strange tattoo on his right shoulder through his white wife beater, which I thought was not allowed in school; no one must question his style of clothing. Neither would I he looked like he could snap me in half with one hand tied behind his back and blindfolded.
Mr. Teena laughed before nodding his head. "Okay there are something empty seats at the tables. Since you took this class already I am sure you'll be silent and not disturb those who haven't."
The students began piling in, taking empty seats. Some trying to sit with their friends who were in the class. I noticed the tall one was standing a couple feet from our table and looking at what I was pretty sure was Shadi. There was a look of confusion written clearly on his face. He finally smiled and took an empty seat at our table. His gaze was still on my best friend. She seemed to not even feel his eyes on her.
"Oh that woman, that's the 3rd time this year. Always good at blowing things up." Mr. Teena went on, "Which is probably why I'm marrying her."
The class erupted into laughter; leave it to Mr. Teena to make a joke like that. If parents had known they would most likely be furious about a teacher always joking around like this. No one ever told on him though.
"Hi, I'm Seth." The boy said." Seth Clearwater."
I smiled at him politely. "Hi, I'm Tehya Chevego. This is-"
I looked at Shadi waiting for her to introduce herself only to see her still doodling. Seemingly dead to everything that was going on around her. I let out a small cough and not even a reaction. I jabbed my elbow into her side and that got her attention. She looked up glaring at me. I nodded forward.
"I'm Shadi Kee." She said before looking forward, finally giving Seth her full attention.
I could only describe the moment as love at first sight. The minute both of their eyes connected I felt like I was in there personal moment. Both looked at each other in pure awe. Seth had happiness on every inch of his face. His light chocolate eyes seemed to have gotten a shade brighter and wider, taking in every inch that was Shadi. If possible his smile has gotten wider; it was almost stretching from ear to ear. Shadi had the same expression on her face; her green eyes had gone from forest green to a bright green. I have always seen her happy but in that moment she looked breath-takingly happy. Her smile was the biggest I've ever seen, and that was saying something.
They seemed to have forgotten I was at the table with them. I turned away trying to pay attention Mr. Teena as he finally got back to the lecture. I felt like an intruder. I knew they were still staring at each other. It felt as if the air around them had changed and love was radiating off of them. As if love could radiate. Could it? I didn't know but they were living examples that it could. I heard Seth scrap his chair against the floor as he pulled it next to Shadi's. I could hear them whispering something to each other, trying not to get the attention of any one around them. I'll ask her what they were talking about later.
Once the period finished I grabbed my things and headed to my locker. I noticed Seth had grabbed Shadi's things and was going with her to her locker. The look of astonishment on her face made me giggle. In the years we've known each other neither of us had had a boyfriend or even had guy friends. Well Seth technically isn't her boyfriend, but still from the look he gave her and she returned I wouldn't doubt it. I was happy for her; she deserved to have someone in her life. We were getting older and pretty soon we would be women; she need to have a man in her life. Now I just have to find me one. I couldn't help but laugh out loud at that little thought.
I put my stuff away in my locker and went to lunch. Then I took a seat at our usual lunch table. I knew Shadi would be here eventually. I looked up when I noticed her coming in. Seth Clearwater right by her side. When she noticed me she walked over to our table, Seth following her and taking a seat right next to her.
"Okay how about your favorite movie?" I heard him ask just as they both sat down.
"Hmm that's a hard one but I think the Lord of the Rings trilogy." Shadi answered back.
"Really! I love those movies too!" Seth exclaimed excitedly.
I chuckled at them, it was cute.
"Oh, so Tehya I was thinking when we get back to the house I was thinking we could bring a couple snacks with us since we might be out for awhile." Shadi said finally facing me.
"Where are you going?" Seth asked curiously leaning toward Shadi.
"We're going for a walk in the forest today." Shadi explained.
I nodded. "It's one of the few nice days we have so it'll be nice to get out there."
"No!"
The shout nearly made me jump out of my skin, and from the looks of it; it had scared Shadi too. We looked at Seth who looked as if he was ready to have a panic attack. His face looked to be turning a dark shade. His hands were gripping the table and turning white at the knuckles. I could hear his heavy breathing across the table. Suddenly he started to shake and violently. I glanced at Shadi who looked worried at the sight of Seth shaking so badly.
"You can't it's really dangerous there." He finally spoke up, his shaking starting to cease and his short breaths becoming longer calmer ones.
Shadi looked at me once before speaking up quietly. "Dangerous?"
"If this is about the legends of wolves being up there, I think we'll be fine." I quickly added.
Seth's shaking had finally stopped and he looked at Shadi with sad eyes. "There are other wild animals there. Bears, and…really big bears. I don't think it'd be a great idea to go up there. You could get hurt by yourselves."
"I'm sure we'll be fine. If something begins to get…weird we'll run out of their screaming our heads off to get attention of others." Shadi said smiling at him; I noticed her place her hand on top of his, before quickly pulling it away. I eyed her curiously wondering what was goin on. Her eyes were filled with concern. She opened her mouth to say something when I heard Seth speak up.
"Promise?" He mumbled so low I had to strain to hear it. It almost sounded like…whimpering.
"I…WE promise." She said looking at me, she was rubbing the hand that had touched Seth's.
Something felt...wrong. Was it me or was he just a tad bit over protective for basically just meeting Shadi? I knew Shadi had been going to this school forever. So why did he JUST notice her. They must have seen each other in the halls or outside of school. This isn't exactly the biggest school or town. Maybe I was being overprotective this time, but doubt was beginning to finally set in after seeing that small show. The look they shared in science was so…mind-blowing, but that didn't mean I should instantly not be worried for my best friend in the whole frickin universe. I've seen girls who had stated that they fell head over heels in love only to have their hearts broken and their spirits. I don't think I'd be able to see Shadi get her heartbroken and watch her walk around like a zombie. Not when she is always so full of life.
Maybe he won't hurt her.
I looked around. Did someone just say something to me? Everyone around me was talking to someone else or they weren't talking at all. Shadi was still looking at Seth and trying to calm him down. Though the look of concern was still avid in his eyes. It wasn't them then. So I must have imagined it then. Right?
Lunch went pretty quick after that. Seth getting up and grabbing enough food that I think would have fed a football team and ate it himself. Shadi and I had settled for a pizza, until Seth started shoving food at Shadi; asking her if she sure she wasn't still hungry. It was quite amusing to watch. Shadi I could tell was being polite and finally taking the food he was giving her. She thanked him and I could have sworn his face was going to burst from happiness.
Thank god when the finally bell rang for students to get dismissed. It was a nice day and I wanted to get out and spend it as best as I could. Plus I was anxious about talking to Shadi about Seth. They had talked the whole time at lunch. I zoned out at one point as Seth began paying 20 questions, which had turned into basically 100 questions with only him asking the questions. I already knew just about all the answers to the questions anyways. I went to my locker and put all my books and notebooks into it. The teachers were being generous this week and not giving us homework for the weekend. It left everyone in very ecstatic moods for the carefree weekend.
I waited patiently at my locker for Takoda and Shadi. I knew it might take Takoda awhile to get here. The 8th graders really had to push to get past the higher grade kids. Shadi is usually here within seconds of the bell. She loved getting away from the school. Today was different as Takoda got to me and still no sign of Shadi. The halls were almost completely empty until I saw her and Seth making their way toward us. Just before she got to us Seth said something to her and gave her a small kiss on the cheek before running out of the school. She finally made it over to us. A small blush was tinting her cheeks. I smiled, though the feeling of doubt and fear was still in my stomach.
"Someone's got a boyfriend." I heard Takoda suddenly tease. "Look at the blush she's got on her."
Shadi rolled her eyes and smacked him upside the head. "Hey! I was just telling the truth."
"You're lucky you're younger than me." Shadi said and I couldn't help but laugh. They argued as if they were real brothers and sisters.
"Whatever." He said before walking out of the school with us following close behind him.
After a few minutes of walking and in nothing but silence, well except for Takoda typing away furiously on his phone; I finally looked at Shadi. She looked a million miles away at the moment. It was time to bring her back to earth and to hear what she and Seth had been talking about.
"So?" I asked curiously.
She looked at me confused. "So…"
"Oh come on what was going on with you and Clearwater. I could have sworn he was going to fly away from his seat whenever he looked at you." I practically shouted at her to get my point across.
"Oh well we didn't talk about much. He just kept asking questions about what I liked." She answered. "He…He invited me to come to dinner with him tonight."
I almost stopped walking. I must have looked pretty stupid enough though. My chin felt like a thousand pounds and I dropped it. Taking her to dinner? Already? They just met and he was asking her out. Wasn't that a bit of moving to fast? I have never had a boyfriend but it seemed it would take a couple more days of getting to know each other before being asked to dinner. If this boy was trying to get into her pants I swear I'd track him down and….I'll have my father castrate him.
"Dinner. So just you and him alon-"
"Oh no sorry, He invited me over to his friend's fiancé's house. I guess they always have big dinners over there and he invited me." Shadi quickly added grinning.
"Oh, okay." I said a feeling of sadness washing over me. She was going to spend the evening with his friends. Oh snap out of it and stop being so selfish she needs to find more friends than me anyways. We have spent so much time together it's time we opened are wings a bit. Right? That's what a good friend would think wasn't it. Maybe it was just the idea of Seth. I didn't know him and he was coming in and in one day taking my best friend. How did I know he wasn't just going to drive out in the middle of nowhere and start taking advantage of her? What if she tried to run and he chased her down and he…
"Tehya?"
I snapped out of my thoughts to see Shadi looking at me confused. "Hmm."
"You're okay with me going tonight right?" She asked almost cautiously, as if she was scared I would get furious at her for hanging out with someone else, which I guess a minute ago I was.
"Yeah, you go out and have fun tonight. You better tell me all about first thing tomorrow morning." I said mustering up a big smile for her, which seemed to do the trick. I wasn't lying when I said I wanted to hear ALL about it in the morning. I'm sure when she tells my dad and mom they'll be saying the same thing. Maybe even worse. She was practically part of the family.
The walk home was just me asking her questions about Seth and trying to get as much information about him as I could. Just so many questions. He was so confusing. I knew Shadi would be doing the same thing for me if our roles were reversed. We both had a very protectiveness about us. Though it was quite funny when my brother had brought over a girl, a "friend" he called her; we knew what "friends" meant. After interrogating, whoops I mean "talking" to his "friend" I know she thought twice about being more than just "friends" with him. Okay so maybe it was a big mean. She was two years older than him and there was something about her that put us both off.
As soon as we reached the house, we quickly dropped our bags off in my room and began to get dressed into something more comfortable to hike with. My mom had made some sandwiches for us to snack on when we left a long with some bottles of water. Camera's in hand and our new snack bags on her back we headed out to forest. As we walked closer to it the anxious feeling came back and I felt like my lungs were getting smaller and it was getting harder to breathe. It wasn't fear, but it was something and I couldn't quite describe it. It was too late to turn back now anyways. I really wanted to go in there and look around. It looked so beautiful just peeking in; I wanted to see what it looked like up close and inside it. Well here goes nothing.
So how was my first time?
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