AN: A young girl with a secret ability. Her life brings her to La Push where she encounters, werewolves, vampires and Seth. I suck at summaries, but I hope you like the story. Please read and review.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything except Samantha.
Samantha's POV
"Sami, Sami Montgomery" a voice called from the crowd behind me. I turned around trying to locate the source. A few minutes later I had finally located my Aunt May. I walked over to hear and soon found myself wrapped up in her arms.
"How was your flight my dear?" she asked me as I grabbed my bags and followed her to the parking garage.
"It was okay, I guess." I answered. While the flight from Virginia to Seattle had been long it had also been peaceful. There had been no crying babies and no annoying neighbors bombarding me with questions. I had actually been able to rest and reflect on the flight.
"You mother called" she began, but before she could continue I cut her off.
"She stopped being my mother when she choose him over me." I told her anger, hurt and disappointment filling my voice. My mother if you could call her that had made her feelings about me clear. That was one of the reasons I was moving in with my aunt. I stopped myself from thinking about that before I got bummed out. A bummed out Sami is not a good thing.
"I won't push you, but I wish you would give her a chance." Aunt May said as we arrived at her car. She popped the trunk and helped me put my suitcases inside. Most of my belongings had been shipped last week so I only had two suitcases and my backpack with me.
My aunt lived in La Push Washington which was a Quileute Indian reservation. She had fallen in love with a member of the tribe in college. Against the wishes of my grandparents she had run away and married him after graduating with her teaching degree. She was now the principal at the reservation high school. There were a couple weeks left before school started back up. This was why she had wanted me to move in with her. I would be a senior this year and this way I could go to school on the reservation.
"We have a two hour drive ahead of us." She explained. I knew that she was giving me a chance to think things through in my mind. I figured it could not hurt to do just that. Besides I needed to decide how much of my past I wanted to reveal to people here.
Flashback
I was walking home from the library. It was after nine, but there was still plenty of light due to the full moon. I heard a sound behind me, but when I stopped to look I did not see anyone or anything. Suddenly out of no were this woman attacked me. She threw me against a tree and with a gleam in her eye she bit me. Instantly I could feel this intense burning. A few minutes later I heard a soft female voice and felt myself being lifted up.
End Flashback
It turns out that vampires exist. I had been attacked by one. They weren't anything like the movies say they are. They don't have to give you their blood to turn you. All it takes is one bite. Something about me was strange though. I never turned into a vampire. For three days and nights I suffered the most horrible burning you could imagine, but then it was over and I was fine. Well not completely fine. Something had happened to me. When I woke up I discovered I could communicate with animals. When my mom found out she went crazy. First she accused me of lying and using drugs and then when I proved it to her she accused me of being a monster and kicked me out.
"Aunt May can we just tell people I moved in with you cause I needed a change of scenery?" I asked her. She told me we could tell people anything I wanted. I love my Aunt May. She had no idea about my ability and I never wanted her to find out. Don't get me wrong I think it is cool, but I don't want her to freak out and make me leave. At some point I must have dozed off because the next thing I knew we were pulling into the driveway at my Aunt's house.
The first thing I noticed was the extremely huge guy sitting on her front porch. Aunt May must have noticed the look on my face because she laughed and explained who he was.
"Embry I would like you to meet my niece Samantha." She said as he opened the door for her. Well at least he had manners. Apparently Embry was one of her students. During the year to make some extra money he would do odd jobs around her house. He was also part of a group of young people who worked security on the reservation. All though for the life of me I couldn't think of anything they would need to protect the reservation from.
"It's Sami." I said as I shook his hand which I noticed was unusually hot. I wondered if he was sick, but I pushed it out of my mind because he didn't act sick. Before I could get to the trunk he had grabbed my suitcases and was walking toward the house.
"Embry has helped me get your room ready. I hope you like it." My aunt said as we walked inside. Her house was small, but wonderfully cozy. There were pictures of her and my uncle everywhere as well as pictures of my mom and me.
"Embry, can you show Sami to her room?" my aunt asked as she walked towards the kitchen. Knowing her, my aunt was probably going to make lunch. I followed Embry down the hall. My room was right across from the bathroom. When I walked inside my face lit up in a huge smile. The walls were painted a light yellow with orange accents. The bedspread was covered in Sunflowers and daisies. There was even a vase of fresh daisies and sunflowers on the dresser. It was everything I could have hoped for.
"Do you like it?" Embry asked. Although from the look on his face I think he already knew the answer.
"It's perfect." I said and without thinking I hugged him. I pulled away quickly and blushed looking down at the floor. He simply laughed, but I noticed a slight blush across his cheeks as well.
"Did you and my aunt do all of this?" I asked him motioning for him to sit down on my bed. He shook his head and explained.
"Your aunt told me you liked sunflowers and daisies" he began. He explained that his friends Rachel, Emily and Kim had picked out the bed spread and sheets, he and several of his buddies worked together on the shelves, desk and dresser, and his friend Seth had picked out the paint and done all the painting.
"I guess you could say it was a group effort." He said with a smile. I was speechless. Without knowing me or anything about me these wonderful people had gotten together to do this.
"You can thank everyone tonight." My aunt said walking into the room. She told us she had made us some sandwiches and we should eat them. She needed to run a few errands and she would see me later at the cookout.
"Oh yea I forgot to mention that" Embry said smacking himself in the head. Apparently his group of friends were having a cookout on the beach to welcome me to the reservation.
"Don't your worry Sami." My aunt said. She and Embry quickly explained that I would be meeting a few of the kids I would be going to school with. There would only be a handful of people there at the most.
Embry and I ate in relative silence. After we finished he cleaned up and then he asked if I needed anything else. I told him no and he left promising to see me later. I walked back to my room and began to put everything away. By the time I was done I had just enough time to shower and get ready before my Aunt would want to head over to the cookout.
Once I showered I went to my closet to pick out something to wear. I decided to wear a red and gray corset (an: an image of the top is on my profile) with a pair of fitted jeans. I put my shoulder length black hair into pigtails and headed to the living room to meet my aunt.
The drive to the beach took less than five minutes. I had put my sketch pad and pencils in my bag which I grabbed as I got out of the car. My aunt and I walked over toward a group of women. I could see several guys including Embry playing football on the sand.
"Sami I would like you to meet Emily Young, Rachel Black, Kim Cornwaller and Sue Clearwater." She said pointing each woman out as she said their name. I shook their hands and spent the next few minutes answering their questions.
"Your right Mrs. Clearwater I will be a senior this year." I said in response to the last question.
"My son Seth is a senior as well." She said smiling. Seth Clearwater that name sounded familiar to me for some reason. Then I remembered why, he was one of the students my aunt often talked about.
Eventually the conversation changed topics and I felt it was safe to walk toward the beach. I pulled out my sketch pad and walked towards some fallen logs. I sat down and opened my pad. I had only been sketching a few minutes when I felt like I was being watched.
"Can I help you Embry?" I asked startling him. I guess he thought he was being quiet and sneaking up on me, but thanks to the chipmunk in the tree behind me I knew he was there.
"That is really amazing." Another voice said. I turned and saw that along with Embry there were five other guys surrounding me. They could have all been related based on their similarity in body type and skin color. They were also all amazing handsome.
"Jennifer I would like you to meet Jacob, Quil, Jared, Paul and Sam." Embry said. I shook hands with each of them and noticed that just like Embry they were hot to the touch.
"What's up with the water here?" I asked.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked looking concerned. I looked around and realized none of them realized I was joking.
"Well I have only met six guys since I got here and all of them were extremely built and very hot to the touch." I said in explanation. They realized I was joking and all of the chuckled.
"Time to eat everyone" Emily shouted from back by the bonfire. We headed in that direction as a group. When we got there I saw that there were several more people there already eating. I made a plate and walked over to a nearby log to eat. Embry joined me as did Quil and Jacob. Jared, Paul and Sam were sitting by the fire next to who I figured where their girlfriends.
"Hey guys" a new voice said from behind me. I put my plate down as Embry whispered that was Seth. I stood up and turned around and came face to face with perfection. He had close cropped hair, but it was still long enough to run my fingers through, his brown eyes were full of love. Wait love did I just say that. I must be going crazy.
"I'm Samantha, but everyone calls me Sami." I said holding out my hand. Instead of shaking it or saying anything he just stared at me and suddenly he took off running towards the woods.
Before I could say anything Jacob had run after him and Sue was running towards us. She looked at Embry and he simply nodded. For some strange reason Sue smiled and walked over and hugged me.
The rest of the cookout went well although Jacob and Seth never came back. My aunt and I went home. During the drive I could tell she wanted to say something.
"What's on your mind Aunt May?" I asked. She simply told me to keep an open mind in the next couple of weeks.
Right before I turned off my light she knocked on my door. I called for her to come in. She sat on the edge of my bed and said something that made no sense than. Little did I know, but one day it would make perfect sense.
"Don't let fear stop you from experiencing the greatest of life's adventures. Remember that fear is a lie and sometimes the truth is staring us right in the eye, but we don't recognize the truth because it is in a strange form.
AN: I hope you like this story. Please read and review. The next chapter will be in Seth's POV and you will also get to see Samantha use her gift more.