Intro

The moon hung high in the sky, shining brightly and lighting up the dense forest. I breathed in the brisk, cool night air and saw my breath puff out in front of me as I exhaled. I love running at night and I haven't gotten the chance to go out since we moved. The stillness of night helped me clear my head and think.

My family and I just moved back to the reservation. I had lived in La Push back when I was small, but after my mother died, my father moved me and my brother with him to Seattle because La Push reminded him too much of mom. I was 7 and my brother, Max, was 5.

So now we're back in La Push.

My great-grandfather died last year and he apparently left his chair as an elder on the tribe council to my father Jon. I don't remember him very well, but then again I don't really remember a lot from when I lived in La Push. So my dad decided to move back and take his place on the council. He opened up a diner on the reservation and it's become pretty popular.

I slowly crept around the back of my house to where I had left my bedroom window open. I climbed through, landing on my bed.

"Have a nice run?"

I turned around sharply to see Max sitting in my desk chair. I nodded my head yes.

"That's good. I noticed when u left and I just wanted to make sure you got back okay." He looked at me for a moment before continuing, "I just want u to be safe."

He walked over and gave me a hug, "love you."

I nuzzled my head into his chest as a response, showing that I loved him too.

He smiled and paused in my doorway, "night Brooke." He closed my door quietly behind him as to not wake up Dad.

I walked towards my bathroom to get ready for bed, but I stopped as I passed my full-length mirror. My white and gray dappled fur shone in the moonlight from my window. I sat down and swished my tail back and forth behind my head. I never really have gotten used to seeing myself in my wolf form. My green eyes sparkled back at me through the mirror. I turned over to check the clock on my nightstand and decided to get up and phase back since it was about 1:30 in the morning and my first day of high school in La Push was tomorrow.

Disclaimer: everything twilight associated besides Brooke, her family, and the plot belong to SM

hey everybody! I just added the disclaimer on the end because I didn't want to give anything away.

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~Dani and Micky