Chapter 1
Oh. Shiznat.
All the voices were giving me a headache, but they wouldn't go away. I tried to convince myself I was going crazy, that back on planet earth I was locked up in a white padded room with a straight jacket. But this, this felt all too real. The speed, the hunting instinct, the feel of uncontrolled freedom, it was apart of me...the non crazy human part of me. Though I sure as hell wasn't currently human unless I had grown to the size of a giant muscular horse, got hairier, and magically sprouted an extra pair of legs.
*Seth, slow down and let us catch up.* Sam's voice sounded through my head. I didn't want to listen, I wanted to keep going, but a strange force made me stop.
A few moments later a group of several more oversized, extra hairy horses came into view. I heard the reddish-brown one make an awkward snorting sound.
*For the last time Seth, we're not horses. We're werewolves.*
*Whatever* I telekinesised him back. *Nay! I'm a pony!* I "said", enjoying this. They grey one laughed... I think.
*Paul, shut up* Sam "said" *Now go find Leah and tell her to come back. Seth, let's go.* That annoying force I wanted so badly to ignore made my feet move and follow Sam.
*Bitch* I mind grumbled. He growled, but kept on running. *Chea, that's what I 'THOUGHT', get it?* I laughed to myself, though it came out as a sort of doggy cough. This was something I'd definitely have to get use to.
*You sure do have a hell of a lot to learn.* Sam's mind told mine. I rolled my eyes and began slowing down as he did.
We were near the edge of the forest, if anyone took a few steps into it, there was a good we'd be spotted. *Now Seth,* Sam's voice interrupted my thoughts, scaring the shit out of me. *I need you to phase back.*
*Phase back? Back into what?*
*A human dipshit* Horsey Paul came into view and another wolf was behind him.
*Leah!* I called out happily in my head, though I felt like and idiot.
*Seth! You're okay!* She ran over to me and licked my face. I growled a very non-pony like growl and stepped away.
*Ewy! Don't do that!* I complained.
*SILENCE!* Same ordered. I guess Sam was some kind of leader to the pack by the way everyone went simultaneously quiet. *Now Leah and Seth, I need you to concentrate on phasing back into your human forms.*
*I can't* I whimpered.
*You must. People are starting to talk. You haven't been home for almost a month and the your mom can't play off the "You're staying with Grandma in Canada" much longer. Now again, please concentrate on phasing back.* Everyone lookrd away, probably guessing we wanted privacy, which is good because I highly doubt I phase back with clothes on.
*Don't worry* Jacob "said" *We've got ya covered.*
*Stop reading my mind dork stick* I snapped. I closed my mind and concentrated on nothing but my human form, blocking out all other sights and sounds around me.
My body began to tremble and then there was the snapping of bones as they shrank to fit my smaller form. All my extra hair and legs went somewhere I don't think I'll ever know, nor do I want to. And I was human again. This entire process only took a matter of seconds and was all surprisingly not painful.
I used both my hands to cover my manhood and turned around to see that everyone else had already phased and got dressed. What the fuuu-?
"Here" Sam called and threw some clothes to Leah who had hid behind a tree, then gave some to me. "Get dressed." I slipped on the cut off jeans.
I followed Jacob, Sam, and Paul to my house where my mom was pacing back and forth on the stairs. With my hyper sensitive hearing, I could hear the fast beatings of her heart when she lifted her head and saw us. "Seth!" she cried and through herself at me. Oh how I missed the petty humans and their talking. "Leah!" She let go of me and went over to hug my sister. "Are you two okay? Did you meet any vampires? Aren't you too cold? Oh wow, nevermind you're really hot, why are you so hot? Are you sick? Or is that a werewolf thing? Why don't-" WAIT WHAT?
"Vampires?" I asked incredulously.
"Yeah.. Wait, oh. Damn I wasn't suppose to mention those. Oh well, you'll have to meet them sometime anyway to learn about the treaty. Sorry Sam." She smiled sheepishly at him, shrugging in a "what can ya do" kinda way. He waved it off.
"It's okay Sue, he was gonna find out eventually." he said.
"I want to meet vampires!" I said eagerly "They're soooo much cooler then us horses. I mean...werewolves. They have fangs and sleep in coffins..." I rambled. Sam, Paul and Jacob all began to shake violently, but seemed to calm down after a few seconds.
"Vampires are not cool!" Sam growled. "They're our enemies, we destroy them, not befriend them, understand?"
"Pfft, whatever, I still want to meet them." I said.
"Yo! Who said something about vampires? Are we going hunting?" Came an excited voice from behind me. I turned to see Embry Call jogging up the driveway.
"No." Sam snapped. "Forget about it." Embry rolled his eyes and looked at me.
"Hey Seth, 'bout time you came back. First time's pretty crazy right? When you get more used to it, you can start doing patrol." he said.
"What's patrol?" I asked.
"What me and Quil were just doing. By the way Sam, he went to go see Claire. Anyway, we just kind of keep an eye on things, make sure no vampires come on our side of the boarder, that kind of thing." he explained.
"Hm." I said, not really wanting to know what he meant, the last thing I needed to do was start another argument about how vampire are indeed cool, and that Sam's just a douchnozzle. "Well, I'm just going to go inside, get something to eat and hit the sack. I got school tomorrow ya know!" I said and headed for the house.
"Actually," My mom's voice stopped me from opening the door. "We were all going to go to Emily's for dinner. She's making steak and potatoes. You can get to know everyone better."
"Oooh, as tempting as that sounds, I'd really rather just sleep. Didn't do much of that while I was 'visiting grandma in Canada.' But you have a good time and tell Quil, Emily, Billy and whoever else I said hi. Alright? Love you mom." I waved to everyone else and went inside before they could reply.
I through a frozen pizza in the oven and when it was done, ate the entire thing. It tasted so much better then the deer and elk I've been eating for the past month. Pizza and blood may both be red, but one actually tastes good.
I ate that then chugged down a carton of orange juice, somethign else that tasted better then animal carcass.
When I was done in the kitchen I headed upstairs to the bathroom where I showered, scrubbing every last inch of myself, glad I no longer had to lick myself and get semi-clean in dirty streams. I got out of the shower, not even bothering to wrap myself considering I was already dry due to my hotness. I slipped on some sweat pants and went to brush my gritty teeth.
As I stared at myself in the mirror I realized how much I'd changed in the past month. I was taller, a good 6' 3", a lot more muscular, hopefully girls were still attracted to big biceps and eight pacs. My black hair was also shorter, thanks to my mom cutting it just a few days before my change. Coincidence? I think not!
After finishing in the bathroom I went back to my own room that now felt too small. My bed was switched for a king sized while I was "away". I could reach up and easily touch the ceiling. I crawled in under the covers and was asleep within minutes.
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I woke up the next morning feeling well rested and ready to start my day. I got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom. I did my business, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, put on deodorant, blah blah blah and basked in the wonderful feeling of just being human again.
Rummaging through my drawers, I pulled out a pair of faded blue jeans and a light grey t-shirt that would show off my muscles.
Since I never got cold and the feelings of jeans wasn't comfortable anymore , I ripped them just below the knee. My t-shirt was also a little tighter then I remembered but again it would show off my new abs.
After four pieces of toast, a bowl of ceral and wishing my mom a wonderfulous day, me and Leah were headed off to school. I decided to grab my dad's old messenger bag to use since after several minutes of staring intensely at it, I came to the conclusion my backpack would no longer fit on my back. "Wow, you look so gay." Leah laughed when she saw me.
I stuck out my tongue. "Shut up, I'm not gay" She just rolled her eyes but didn't comment further. When I got to school I went straight to my locker, smiling and winking at whatever girl I caught checking me out, I could hear all the things they were whispering to their friends.
I got my books and headed to first period English. The teacher eyed me when I first entered, but didn't say anything.
By the time lunch rolled around I had a group of girls who followed me. They always fought to stand close to me, and were always complementing me on how I looked. When I finally got to my table I turned to face them. "Okay well here I am...at my table now...so run along so I can eat. Thanks." I flashed them a brilliant smile and they squealed before clearing out. I sat down at the table with Derek, Andrew, and Patrick. "Hey guys." I said, setting my tray down.
"Yo man, but time ya got back. How was Canada?" Patrick asked.
"Uh, cold." I shoved a mouthful of pizza in so I wouldn't have to say anymore.
"Not surprisng. I heard they all live in igloos. So, you gonna set us up with some chicks?" I snorted.
"You wish. Grow your own abs and get some." He smacked me over the head and we laughed like boys do. I really missed my friends.
"Anyway," Derek said "We're going to the football game after school, you in? Maybe you can help us pick up some sexy cheerleaders." He highfived Andrew.
"Yea sure, I'm in."
"Cool."
The rest of the day passed fast and I met up with the guys by the bleachers. We took the first row,between two girls. Lucky for me though, I was between Derek and Andrew and not some girl who would be hanging off my arm.
The cheerleaders came out first in their sexy tiny skirts, waving their pom poms around, shouting things like "Go team!"
Next was the visiting team's school. Today was the Forks Warriors. Less then half the people cheered while the rest of us booed hardcore. They went to one side of the field and began tossing a ball back and forth.
After them our team came running out and everyone cheered. I clapped and whistled as they lined up in front of us and shouted things that got lost in the mass of other people shouting. But something made me stop immediately. I stared at Brandon West.
All other sounds faded into the background, all other people disappeared. It was just him I could see. Nothing else seemed to matter, he was the only thing keeping me on the ground. Gravity's strength for keeping me from floating away was nothing compared to his. A force so much stronger then when Sam ordered me to stop running made me stand up and walk toward him against my feets will. I could barley even tell someone was pulling on my arm to stop me. I was too absorbed in everything he was doing. He walked towards one of the cheerleaders and picked her up. He spun her around and planted a kiss on her lips. I stopped walking.
I was overwhelmed by several different emotions at once. Betrayle, anger, hurt, confusion and I couldn't take it. I started shaking. I could feel it everywhere in my body, I was going to change. I did a quick scan of the bleachers to see all the other wolves starting at me in alarm. They knew I wouldn't be able to get control back.
Ignoring the concerned eyes of my friends I ran into the trees a few yards away. I only made it a couple metres in before I phased.
