Prelude

WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BE FINALLY AT PEACE AND LIVE HAPPY EVER AFTER—Then he showed up—Everything held sacred he tore apart and nothing could control him. This monster is the embodiment of chaos and brutality who was bred and created for one sole purpose. I have to warn them!

Alice suddenly snapped out of her trance like state shivering and gasping for breath like she had been fell through thin ice in a frozen lake. She was surrounded by a couple of her family members with others away on errands. She had a death grip on Edward's arm with Carlisle and Esme sitting across from them concerned. "Did you have another vision of the Volturi?" asked Carlisle.

There was a great pause before Edward interjected. "We fought them to a stalemate, but…the Collaborative played their trump card. I don't recognize whatever it was, but it destroys half of La Push from just the transformation alone"

Bella entered the room with a smartphone in her hand. "What's the Collaborative?" she asked with intrigue as she sat down beside Edward.

"Not much is known about them other than they are a group of gifted humans and supernatural beings. They formed in response to the killings from Victoria's army. There have been rumors going around that there are Children of the moon among their ranks perhaps as far as running the entire organization, but this new development is most concerning" Carlisle explained.

"Whoa, so what happened after this thing transformed?"

Alice winced to Bella's question and clenched her fists with a troubled look. "It went on a rampage and nearly killed everyone. Nothing could stop it" Alice told her.

"What if we go away for a while? Will the Collaborative still attack?"

"Bella…they are going to attack whether we are there or not. Vladimir and Stefan are the reasons why the Collaborative brought that thing into La Push in the first place" She said before she spaced out briefly. "On second thought…If we go away…the Volturi will send fewer guards. In fact, the collaborative wouldn't need their monster to transform. He's able to hold his own against Felix. Though, he's a dirty fighter" she added.

"Then it's decided…we'll go on vacation to Hobart a few weeks and come back once this has blown over" Carlisle said.

"Ooh! Tasmania! Haven't been there for a while" said Esme.

"Man, I should warn Jacob about this thing…what does it look like?" Bella asked as she started typing into her phone.

Edward grabbed her arm and shook his head at her staring into her eyes intensely. "Don't! They will try to fight it…you'll only lead them to be slaughtered! Trust me, I've seen what this thing can do. It has been tormenting Alice and my mind for weeks. It knows we can see it and…I just don't want to see anymore mangled corpses" he said with a heavy heart.

Bella stared at him realizing the gravity of the situation, and she began to delete her text. "What do you mean it knows we can see it? You mean it's intentionally going out of its way doing these horrible things just to attack you!?"

"Why haven't you told us about this?" Carlisle asked.

"My visions never went this far into the battle. It's just often times I pick up on future mental attacks from this monster. I never know when they come and what sort of twisted imagery it comes up with next. I can't tell if it's real or it's being imagined" Alice explained before Edward grimaced.

"Even though the attacks are brief, it's done it so much that they are hitting Alice nonstop. They aren't random images…they are personal. This thing makes Jane and Alec look like saints" He finished.

"Jesus, I've been wondering why you two have been having these mood swings all of the sudden" Bella muttered.

"How personal are these attacks?" Esme asked.

"A lot involve Charlie, but there are other imagery where I don't understand what they are referring to" Alice said before she pulled out a notepad from the coffee table and began to draw something. "I see this image a lot. It's like a wolf head combined with a pentagram with a circle around it" she said turning the picture towards them. Carlisle's eyes widened horrified as he took the picture staring at it.

"This is the mark of the Cult of Fenrisúlfr, The wolf of hell. I've only came across this once back when I was human. They are not the typical Children of the Moon. They do similar tactics as the Volturi when it comes to recruiting. I came across one who could summon hellhounds. Luckily for me their incantation was slow enough for me to escape. They supposedly disappeared three hundred fifty years ago" he muttered before he looked back up at them. "Drawing this mark is punishable by death. You aren't allowed to even speak of the Cult of Fenrisúlfr" He said before he started scribbling out the mark.

"So this thing is like the swastika symbol for vampires?" Bella asked.

"In all tense and purposes, yes, that's exactly what it is" Carlisle answered before he wove his fingers together and brought them up to his face. "We have to find out if the Cult of Fenrisúlfr is still around, and what their agenda is. But, it seems to me whoever it is knows or will find out about Edward and Alice's gifts and turned them into curses. I want to find strategies to face this foe, but I don't want to subject you two to any more attacks than you have to" he muttered.

"It's not going to matter…He'll find someone else to torture. Just imagine what attacks he can do to Jacob and Sam?" Edward said.

"Holy Crow! It's like he's pulling a Leah!" Bella joked.

"You think?" Edward muttered.

1. Leah's Happy Accident

In the quiet little logging town of Forks, Washington it were an unusually sunny day for being the beginning of spring. A cool unusually strong dry east wind came off the mountains all night and into the morning keeping the marine clouds well offshore. All the townsfolk were out and about utilizing the first actual nice day in a couple months. Since town was several miles away from La Push, it was very common for the residents to visit the town for shopping and other services; however, something else came in with the wind, something…different.

A strong scent akin to that of the Quileute shapeshifters wafted in the breeze; however, there were several differences, which a major one was it had faint metallic tinge to it. It piled on the minds of our young wolf pack as they rode on the bed of a black 1985 GMC pickup truck. Their original mission was to acquire supplies for a big bonfire party on the beach for later in the week; although, it were obvious to everyone that they must investigate the origin of the earthy odor.

As they pulled into the Thriftway parking lot, a well-built slightly taller than average height backpacker in his mid-twenties walked across the parking lot with his hands shoved into the pockets of his green cargo short pockets. The smell appeared to emanate from him, and he seemed more vigilant than the usual person, other than that there was nothing much of interest about him.

Leah was too busy with playing a game on her phone to pay any sort of attention until Jacob rudely interrupted her concentration. "I found him!" he said telepathically.

She slowly glanced up at him slightly irritated. "Oh really? Thanks for the update!" she muttered sarcastically. She rolled her eyes and stowed her phone into her pocket as Jacob slowly pulled into a spot.

Seth glanced over at her and with a bright cheerful smile. "Don't you wanna find out about what this guy is?"

She looked towards her brother with an intense leer causing him to retreat back into the corner of the cab in fear of his life. "Tch, if he isn't a blood sucker, I could care less" she spoke harshly before she jumped out. She popped her ear buds into her ears defiantly then she ran her playlist on her phone playing break up songs. She hoped that it would drown out the talk about her being 'increasingly bitchy since Sam's wedding'. The music could only do so much to prevent her from spontaneously shifting into her wolf form and tearing them a new rear hole.

She grumbled unintelligibly as she frightened an elderly couple while she yanked the cart with so much force sparks flew off from where it rubbed off from each other upon separation. The rest of her pack kept a lengthy distance while they continued to walk on eggs shells with her. No one in the store had a clue about the amount of danger they were in as she roamed the aisles with her wound up so tight that one touch would set of a catastrophic snap.

"Should we stop her?" Seth asked.

"Do you want to stop her?" Jacob responded.

He stared at him helplessly before he whimpered. "No, I'm good" he said meekly.

As they walked around the grocery store, they kept their eye out for the young man they spotted from earlier. Seth started to grow very curious about him recalling that the man had darker skin tone, which he leaned in close to Jacob and whispered to him, "Hey, Could other tribes have different variation of shapeshifters like us?"

"I don't know. It could be possible" Jacob whispered back.

They were both startled when the chain reaction they all feared initiated, with the sound of head-on collision of a horrific car accident, Leah's cart struck the broadside of backpacker's causing it to fling to the side violently. The backpacker amazingly kept it from flying clear into the produce section and automatically assumed he was at fault. "Oop, sorry about that!" he said modestly.

To her packs' chagrin, Leah began to stare at him transfixed for a several seconds feeling a pull and gravitation towards him. She soaked in his manly jawline and other handsome facial features. He only noticed after he checked the merchandise in his cart for damages. He looked up at her awkwardly and clearly weirded out as he took a step back awkwardly averting her stare briefly. "Uh, are you alright?" he asked.

He looked over towards her pack, which their mouths hung open while Embry slapped himself in the forehead. "Is she going to be okay?" he asked them before he got creeped out and pushed his cart away with urgency.

"You gotta be kidding me…this couldn't have waited until we knew what the hell he is first!?" Jacob muttered while rubbing his forehead vigorously.

Seth looked back at him confused. "What's the problem? He's not a vamp" he asked.

"We don't know if he's dangerous or not?"

"That poor man" Embry murmured.

Jacob glared at him before he watched the backpacker walk up to the cashier, he started loading up the conveyor with food and other goods. The cashier was eyeing him with interest. "You aren't from around here are you? Where you from?" she asked.

He looked up at her and paused a moment tapping the counter as he looked around for Leah. "Uh..." he stalled trying to think of a proper response. "Fife?" he said more as a question unsure if she would accept that as an answer.

The cashier raised an eyebrow. "Yea? What brings you out here all the way from Fife?" she asked. The man paused once more and his eye squinted watching her closely, but he could hear Leah growling nearby. "I got bored" he said. She mistook his honesty for a joke and laughed. "Are you camping?" she asked.

The man sighed in relief and nodded. "I camp all the time" he said as he began shoving his goods into his back pack, which the she looked at him oddly. He looked over at Jacob and Seth who were still staring at him, which he backed up only to bump into Leah again who seemed to be giving the death glare at the cashier. She had abandoned her cart and seemed to be ready to pick a fight with her. His eye twitched as he raised his hands up in the air defensively. "Look, I gotta go!" he said nervously as he pointed towards the door.

The man grabbed his bag and rushed out of the grocery store with a backpack fit to burst. "Hey, Wait!" Leah shouted as she took off after him. Jacob grabbed onto Seth's sleeve preventing him from chasing after sister knowing she would chase down this guy to the ends of the earth. She was the fastest of their pack after all.

"Well that could have gone worse" Embry commented taking control over her cart.

"Who knew that relationships were this guy's biggest fear?" Quil added.

"He could be luring her into a trap for all we know" Jacob suggested.

"I think Leah's going to trap him, and the she's going to put a ring on him"

"That poor man" Embry finished.

"You don't think he's going to eat her do you?" Seth asked. Embry and Quil looked at him oddly and started to snicker at him. "What!? Why's that funny?"

Meanwhile outside, the man ran on a gravel logging road that entered the forest. A raven swooped in and landed on his shoulder. "Hey! Hey! La Push is the other way! Why are you running from that woman!?" the bird shouted sounding like that of a woman's.

"Our mission is compromised! I think one of the Quileute wolves imprinted on me!"

The bird started to chuckle then burst out with an obnoxious laughter. "Heh, heh, Boy, I've never seen you run so quick in my life" she teased him.

"It's not funny!"

"It's hilarious! Just wait til mom finds out!"

"Find out about what?" Said another raven.

"Guess what! Fen's got a girlfriend!" the sister raven said.

He glared at the raven on his shoulder and growled at her. "Shut up! I don't have a girlfriend!"

"Oh yea? I bet you imprinted on her didn't you?" the sister raven said.

He growled at her "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about!" he shouted.

"Yea I do! I know you had the talk with gramps before you became of age. Don't try to hide it" She teased.

"Why don't you give it a try hun" said the mother raven as she landed onto his other shoulder. "We can use this to our advantage. Besides that…you aren't going to lose her. She's very fast" she said.

"How can this possibly benefit us?" he grumbled slowing down.

"If she has imprinted on you, then the Quileute wolves will be more likely to trust us and become our allies. Also, I think it's time you settle down and spread your roots. She'll make you a good wife" the mother raven said.

He stopped at a gate and groaned. "Well can you at least make Tami shut up about it!"

"Don't worry about Tami and just be nice to the shewolf" the mother raven said jumping off his shoulder.

"Yea, don't be an ass like usual!" Tami said following her mother into a tree. He growled lowly sensing Leah behind him knowing she probably overheard their conversation.

She watched him from afar then approached him nervously. He looked up at her awkwardly as she looked towards the ravens in the tree briefly. "You aren't following me by any chance are you?" he asked. He already knew the answer to this and closed his eyes leaning against the gate that entered the logging road.

"Who were you talking to?" She asked continuing to look up at the two ravens.

"Caw, Caw, Caw!" they both called out trying to blend in.

"I could have sworn you were talking to two women" She muttered.

"Um, no…it was probably my phone" he said dismissively before he crossed his arms over his chest. "So what's this imprinting thing your friends were hollering about back there?" he asked.

She looked back over at him and smiled while she tucked her hair behind her ear and batted her eyes at him. "Well…it's uh…something our kind experiences when we find our…soul mate" she said.

He opened his eyes and laughed to himself nervously seeing that she got within a very intimate distance from him. She did not touch him as her hands were held behind her back smiling upon him, but he could smell her pheromones. He ditched the intimidated act and his true personality came out.

"Okay, It's nice that you know whom you want to have pups with, but we just met so…" he said before he cleared his throat. "You know what, let's back up. Hi, my name is Fen. Nice to meet you, and you are?" he asked.

A red hue crept under her cheeks, but she regained her composure. "Pups huh? Interesting choice of words there, Fen" she said. He laughed nervously before she reached out to touch his arm. Their heated touch only reaffirmed their suspicions of supernatural nature of the other. "My name is Leah. I know you were talking to those crows over there"

"I was talking to my mom and sister" he corrected her.

"Oh…" She muttered before she walked around him and inspected every square inch of his body. "So…are you a wolf too? You have to be if your skin is that hot" she asked. He was startled to her question, but after he looked around, he nodded slowly. "Well that's good at least. But, you're so short. Hard to believe you're the real deal"

He feigned a cough before clearing his throat once more. "I'm a kind of wolf…Luckily for you…I just so happen to be seeking for a mate also"

She cocked her head and touched his arm again double checking his body temperature, but also the firmness and size of his muscle. "Too weird" she muttered before she looked up at him.

"Well, we're having a Bonfire Party Friday night. I would like for you to come. There will be a huge banquet"

He brought his hand to his chin to scratch at his stubble. "Hmmm…I've never said no to food before, so why start now?" he muttered.

She giggled to herself rubbing his arm. "Yea, you're definitely a wolf" she said before she trailed her finger over his chest. "So, does the Puyallup tribe have a lot of wolves like you?"

"Uh like me?" He muttered nervously as she traced his pectorals. "Well, not a lot but…" he trailed off hearing her murring with a satisfied smile.

"Wanna go for a run?"

"Can't. I got my gear weighing me down. Don't wanna ruin it either"

She giggled and bumped into him roughly. "Oh don't worry! You can ride on top of me!" She said before she started to undress herself.

He gave her a funny look as his mind was clearly still stuck in the gutter. "Um…Excuse me?" He desperately tried to clarify with her about her intentions. "But we just met! I think it's great that we're both wolves too in all, but I'd like to know a little more about a female before I ride her or she rides me"

She blushed and shook her head before she walked past him. "That was not what I meant, silly…but I might take you up on your offer and ride you sometime" she said giving him a wink while dropping her clothes to the ground before she shifted into a giant wolf.

He scratched at the back of his neck before he laughed nervously feeling guilty for his presumptions. "Honestly…what am I supposed to think when a pretty woman asks me to ride her before she undresses?" he said as he pulled out a plastic bag from his backpack and tossed her clothes into it.

He checked her out from behind finding her figure very appealing. She caught him looking, and a faint smile curled upon her muzzle. He smiled pretending not to look as he stuffed her clothes into his bag before he tied her shoes into the netting on the back. He climbed onto her back unfazed with her being a giant white wolf; although, she noticed that either he weighed a ton or he had nothing but bricks in his backpack.