Authors Note:
Hi, I'm Caroline and this is my first time actually posting a story of mine. I love writing and creating a world of my own, along with reading stories on here! However, I'm not the best at writing so please excuse any errors; I tried to edit this best I could. This story includes an OC I have had in my head for quite a while, and so I finally decided to start writing about her and her family. I have quite a lot of this story already written so I should be updating pretty regularly! This story probably picks up during the New Moon time period.
Only my OCs and plot lines are mine, everything else is all Stephenie Meyer!
Enjoy and please let me know what you think!
Art of the Elements
Chapter 1
"Ren if you don't get up now you'll be late for your first day of school."
"Okay Mom, I'm getting up!" I grumbled sitting up and realizing I had silenced my alarm about three times too many. I walked over to my mirror and started to brush through the million knots in my hair and after several attempts my wavy brownish black hair was visible. Once dressed and with my school things, I walked downstairs and grabbed an apple off the counter. I gave a quick goodbye to my mother not wanting to wait around for the morning lecture on new school etiquette. Seeing as how I missed both the bus and my brothers, Caspian and Calix, driving to school, I knew I had to walk. After a search of the directions to school and seeing how Google told me it would take longer than expected to walk there, I decided a shortcut through the woods wasn't unwarranted.
A quick trip into the woods behind my house would deposit me onto the main road through La Push and leave me with only a ten minute walk. The woods themselves were dark and beautiful, dense with western hemlocks, towering sitka spruce and vibrant mosses. However the howling of wolves in the not too far distance gave me an unnatural and uneasy feeling of being watched.
I made it school with just enough time to spare. La Push High wasn't big, and neither was the student body, looking Quileute benefitted me because for once I wouldn't stand out. The main office, located directly across the main doors was practically vacant minus the secretary sitting at the front desk and the rather large person in a chair at the corner.
"Hello dear, and how can I help you?" The rather cheery secretary prodded.
"Um, I'm new here so I need my schedule." I told tentatively.
"Yes of course! What's your name?"
"Ren East." And after a few seconds of typing she headed over to a printer to grab my schedule.
"Here you go hun. First period you have Chemistry," she turned to the large person in the chair that looked too little to hold them. "Paul! Show her to first period, since you both are taking it." she said which caused this Paul to snap their head up and groggily get up.
"Whatever Nancy." The boy, Paul, said causing Nancy to scowl. He must be in the office a lot.
The walk to first period was nothing less than awkward. Paul was even bigger when he was next to me, extremely tall, with large muscles and short black hair surely made him stick out among the other students. After a brief conversation of asking if I needed to stop at my locker and my simple answer of no, we made it to first period. Not once did he even care to look at me.
"Paul…Paul," I said trying to get his attention, snapping my fingers by him, "Thanks for showing me to class," He still didn't look at me.
"Hello?" I said loudly getting impatient that I was being blatantly ignored.
"What? Sorry. I wasn't paying attention." Paul replied bluntly.
"Just… thanks for showing me to class." I repeated to him.
"Oh, ah no problem I guess." He replied looking at the ground. The only open seats at this point were in the front row so I slid in as Paul did the same besides me. The bell had just rung and already I was starting to get a feeling of dread, but before I could focus too much on it the teacher walked in. She was young and clearly not Quileute from her pale skin, but looked enthusiastic to be teaching.
"Good morning class! For those of you who do not already know me, I'm Mrs. Reilly and this is Chemistry. We also have a new student here today like most of you I'm sure already knew," And then she looked at me, along with every other set of eyes in the room, except Paul's who kept his trained on his desk, "Hello, your Ren East right?" She questioned.
"Yeah that's right." I told her, already feeling my face heat up.
"Well tell us a few things about you Ren. Clue us in on who you are."
"Let's see, I was born here but moved away when I was just a year old and my family just moved us back here from North Carolina. I also have twin brothers who are Caspian and Calix, they are currently seniors."
"Well we are glad to have you back here. You know you're sure in for a weather change here Ms. East."
"Yeah I sure am." I told her nervously laughing, hoping she would take the attention off me already, which she did and went on to teaching her introductory lesson.
By the tine lunch had come around I figured out where my classes were and found out that Paul was in all my morning classes. I mainly kept to myself but did talk to a couple girls. I knew better than to set down ties because knowing my family history, we would be moving again by the end of the school year. I headed into the lunchroom and found Caspian and Calix pretty easily, which I was thankful for. Caspian had a dark tan tone and brown medium length wavy hair which was a contrast to Calix's hair which was almost black.
"Hey Casp, Cal, can I sit with you guys today?" I asked as they were grabbing their food from the lunch room line.
"Sure Ren, you not talk to anyone?" Caspian asked sitting down with me and Cal, at an empty table after we had paid for our lunch.
"I did but didn't talk to them much." I told them truthfully, my brothers knew I was a very quiet introverted person at first.
"Really who were they?" Cal asked, questioning my answer. I looked around but only could see Paul so I pointed over to where he and his equally huge friends were sitting.
"Which one?" Cal asked through gritted teeth.
"The one in the black shirt." I told him and as I looked back over to their table, I finally caught Paul's gaze. For a minute we just stared at each other. I got lost in his dark golden brown eyes; wanting nothing more than to get to know everything I could about him and to do what I could to make those golden brown eyes shine with happiness. His mouth slightly dropped open then the loudest noise erupted in the lunch room. I quickly broke my gaze and looked back to my brothers and when I looked back at the table Paul was gone and the rest of the table was barking with laughter. I was still confused with the feelings I had just felt and the odd incident that had occurred.
"Ren have you not heard what people call their little group?" Cal asked me with a mad look on his face, breaking me from my thoughts.
"No I haven't, why?" I questioned.
"They're called the La Push Gang. They're known for possibly being on steroids. I don't want you hanging out with them Ren. Got it?" Cal told me, being the usual overprotective older brother, which I couldn't stand.
"Whatever." I told him. The odd feeling returned now in my chest, almost more like my heart. It felt as though someone I care about was upset or mad and that I needed to help them feel better. Yet I somehow didn't think it was toward Caspian or Calix. I shook my head to clear it and my chest of that feeling and with a final smile and goodbye to my brothers I threw away my lunch and headed towards my next class. Once I got there I made a beeline to the back and sunk into the seat, just ready for this day to be done.
With twenty minutes left of last period I heard the door open and then slam shut. I glanced up and saw Paul walk in and slump into the seat in front of me, I felt my heart speed up a bit.
"Mr. Lahote you're needed in the office, you can take all your stuff, no need to stay." the teacher told him obviously annoyed he walked in so late. Paul huffed and grabbed his bag slamming the door again as he closed it behind him. I wonder if he was late because of what happened at lunch. After the final bell rang I walked out to the sight of a silent downpour and parking lot void of Calix and Caspian's car. I sighed and pulled my jacket closer around me, preparing for the walk home. I only got about five minutes from school when I couldn't take the fact that I was sopping wet and freezing.
Once I wandered deep enough into the dense woods I dropped my bag, and prepared to reveal my secret to the curious gray jay that was perched on a hemlock branch.
With a quick inhale I felt oxygen enter into my human body and through a sharp exhale I felt it leave my wolf form.
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- C
