Your bridges were burned,
Now it's your turn,
To cry me a river
Justin Timberlake- Cry me a river
Separating from my pack was easier than I thought but it was probably the fact that I wasn't even in that tribe that made the separation easy. My parents were both Native American so that's why I got the wolf shape shifting gene. Now don't freak I'm not some howl at the moon, human killer wolf and I don't turn into half human half wolf. I can phase, which means change, whenever needed or I want to and I change into a full wolf but more the size of a bear. The reason I change in the first place is because of vampires, yeah the blood sucking, immortal, cold as ice dead people, their real too. Anyway both my parents were killed by vampires when I was little and I was sent to live with my grandmother who told me all about my tribe's legends and the legend of the wolf. As soon as I hit the age of seventeen, bang, I'm a wolf and don't age till I stop phasing. Currently I was running, I didn't know where I was going, maybe searching for a new beginning. All I knew was that I was somewhere near Seattle or around that area and I could smell...me. Not me exactly but another shape shifter, another wolf. Had someone followed me? I followed the scent, pacing myself when out of nowhere I was jumped. As soon as the pressure hit my back I flipped it over, seeing another wolf below me, a girl. She was growling and I tilted my head to the side, questioning her. She snapped at my leg, making me jump back only for her to tackle me again and for me to pin her on her back.
"Relax" I barked at her and she froze.
"You talk" She questioned.
"Duh, all wolves can talk, you don't have to be in a pack, you just can't see others memories, only packs can do that" I explained as I backed away from her, allowing her to get up again. "And I'd appreciate it if you stopped attacking me" I added.
"Why should I, you're in my pack's territory" She snapped, man she had a temper on her.
"One because I've pinned you twice now and I'm not even angry, two-I'm one of you, you shouldn't feel threatened" I explained and she growled.
"The first two tries were just lucky" She snapped.
"Shall we go for three" I challenged and she sighed. "Good, so I'm Halle and you are" I questioned.
"Leah" She replied and then she kind of froze. "Wait, you're a girl".
"Gee thanks for noticing, I'll take that as a compliment" I said and she shook her head.
"I've never met another girl wolf before, I'm the only one in my pack and we didn't think there were other pack's, let alone girl's" She said, amazement in her brown wolf eyes.
"Mind if we phase, easier to explain it then" I asked and she nodded before running off to phase. I phased in half the time it took her and was ready, waiting when she walked back through. She was very pretty, brown, shortly chopped hair and dark skin, she was fit and slender and those brown eyes were there too.
"You're really beautiful, I've never seen a wolf with blue eyes before" She said, looking me up and down.
"Thanks, your very beautiful too" I smiled and she gave a small smile back but then crossed her arms. "Okay so obviously your pack hasn't been outside their borders before which is good but there are heaps of other packs out there, I've met about ten other pack's but they all do things differently but all kill human killer vampires" I explained and she listened, soaking up the new information. "In my old pack there is one other girl, complete bitch but you don't get many in packs these days one in twenty maybe" I shrugged.
"Your old pack" She questioned, she really listened and picked up on things.
"Yeah, I left them, they're not my real pack and the alpha's a complete dick" I shrugged and she laughed.
"Well who's your real pack" She asked.
"I don't really know" I said and she frowned. "I know, sounds crazy but I really have no idea" I said honestly and she nodded.
"Well my shifts over, do you want to come back and meet the guys" She asked. I hesitated before she reassured me. "Their okay trust me, in fact I think they would love to meet a new wolf girl" She smiled and I nodded and she ran off and phased as I did and then we ran off, her leading me.
We arrived at a wooden house, near the edges of the woods and you could hear that a lot of activity was going on inside and the smell of food made my mouth water.
"Emily's cooking, amazing" Leah laughed as I she caught me smelling after we phased.
"Emily" I questioned.
"My wife, who are you" Came a strong male voice. I turned and looked over at a tall, dark skinned, muscley guy.
"I'm guessing this is an alpha, nice to meet you" I smiled and his eyes widened.
"Leah you told her" He barked.
"No" She began but he cut her off.
"You know humans can't know, only imprints, unless, oh god did you imprint on her" He said, a shocked look on his face.
"Seriously Sam, I know that's you guys ultimate fantasy but no, I didn't, she's a wolf" Leah said and his eyes grew wider, if that was possible.
"Well damn, Leah, whose your friend" Came another voice, this one from behind us and sounding younger. Leah snorted as I turned to look at the kid.
"Cute, and how old are you pup" I asked and he frowned.
"Twenty one, how bout you baby" He winked, really. He had short brown hair and a young face.
"You're sixteen at the least and seventeen at the most and that's including wolf and human years" I said and he frowned. "Oh and I'm seventeen wolf years, nineteen human years" I smiled and his mouth dropped open.
"Whoa, Leah who the hell is this chick" He asked.
"A wolf duh" Leah said and I smiled over at her.
"But she's a girl" He said and I narrowed my eyes.
"Is everyone I meet gunna say that" I asked and she shrugged.
"This is Sam, one of the alpha's and Brady whose usually with Colin but not" She said, looking over at Brady curiously.
"His mum has him in for dinner tonight" He shrugged and she nodded.
"Leah where did you find...I'm sorry I don't even know your name" Sam questioned.
"Halle, Halle Brooks" I said and he nodded.
"And we kind of found each other, she was chasing my scent I guess and I jumped her" Leah shrugged.
"Uh huh" He said, an eye brow raised as he studied me.
"I brought her here because she left her pack and she knows a lot of stuff about wolves and stuff" She shrugged.
"Like what" He asked, cautiously.
"Stuff we never even heard of, like there are tons of other packs out there and there's girl wolves too" Leah said, excitement easily heard in her voice.
"Why's Leah so happy" Questioned another guy voice.
"Yeah, she's never happy after patrol" Another one followed.
"Meet Quil and Embry" Leah sighed nodding at two dark haired guys who walked out of the house; they looked more around my age.
"Nice to meet you" Embry nodded at the same time Quil did.
"Back at youse" I smiled and they smiled.
"I like her, Sam can we keep her" Brady pleaded.
"Keep who" Came yet another voice.
"How many of youse are there" I asked and Leah laughed.
"That's Paul and there's still Jared, Seth, Colin and Jacob" She smiled over at me.
"Wow, that's a lot" I said and she rolled her eyes.
"Tell me about it" She groaned.
"Speaking of Jacob, you'll have to ask him that Brady" Sam said and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Jacobs' the other alpha" He explained seeing my confused look.
"Two alphas, sounds fun" I said slowly.
"It has its days" Quil shrugged.
"I'll bet" I commented. At that moment a woman walked out onto the back porch of the house, she was beautiful even with the three scars down the right side of her face. "I'm guessing you're the reason the food smells so good, Emily right" I smiled, holding out my hand to her.
"At least someone admires my cooking, yes Emily and thank you, Halle right" She smiled, shaking my hand and I nodded at her, returning the smile. "Come on inside everyone and we can talk more while we eat" She announced and everyone followed her in, she was like the mum of the pack I was guessing. I followed behind Leah and sat down next to her as she began explaining to everyone how we met and about what I told her.
"So you can leave your pack whenever you want, be a lone wolf" Jared asked. Both he and Seth had joined us and Colin had come in to greet me then left.
"Not really, like I said they weren't really my rightful pack so technically I was able to leave but I'm not sure how it goes when you're part of a real pack" I explained as they all listened intensely. After dinner we moved to the lounge room where I told them about other packs and other things wolves could do.
"So Leah's a year older than you and you could beat her easily, what's the deal with that" Seth asked curiously.
"Well honestly I could beat all of youse, maybe not the alpha's, I'd go alright I think but the rest of youse would be easy for me, the reason being is that my mother was half vampire, half wolf" I explained and everyone froze.
"So you're a quarter leech and you still kill your own kind" Sam asked, shocked.
"No my grandmother was a wolf and she got raped by a vampire and then my mum was half of each, she found my dad and they had me then they got killed by vampires when I was really little trying to protect humans and so I don't really relate myself to human killing leeches, the vegetarian ones don't really bother me" I said and they were all sitting, mouths open wide. All the elders had arrived during my other stories and welcomed me warmly. Sue, Quil Senior and Billy Black, Jacob's father.
"Sounds like you've had a hard life child" Quil Senior said, sympathetically.
"My parent's dying yeah but the rest, it's just life I guess, I like who I am" I shrugged. Billy was looking behind me at something and I turned to see who I'm guessing was the famous Jacob Black. He was tall with dark hair and brown eyes, he was good looking and currently dripping rain was falling down his muscley chest, the wolf guys all had bodies that underwear models would die for and the girls all had bodies' girl models and dancers would kill for. He had an angry and distant look on his face as he nodded at his father. He met Sam's eyes before he realised I was there and when he met mine I was hit with his anger, his pain, his curiousness.
"Looks like someone has found her rightful alpha" Billy said and everyone cheered but Jacob just stared at me.
"Jacob, meet Halle, I can't believe it, I finally have a pack sister" Leah said, excitement lighting up her pretty brown eyes.
"Hey" I said, giving him a small smile. He nodded before walking down the hall, Sam got up and followed, weird. We continued talking for a bit more before Leah threw a question out at me, completely off topic but they were all curious, I couldn't blame her.
"So Halle have you imprinted yet" Leah asked, nudging me with her elbow.
"No, I can't imprint" I said and she frowned.
"Girl wolves can't imprint" She said, disappointment thick in her voice.
"Oh you can, it's just me, and because of the vampire I'm different" I assured, shrugging as I said so and she smiled.
"Leah has been worried she wouldn't imprint for quite some time" Billy explained and I nodded.
"Doesn't it bother you or upset you, that you can't imprint I mean" Emily asked, Sam had walked in when Leah had asked the question and he had his arms around her. Jake sat in between Quil and Embry, listening in.
"I don't want any of you to take offence in this, love and soul mates would be great but not for me, I don't have time for all that lovey dovey stuff anyway, I've had boyfriends before but it's not like I could tell them anything and since I can't imprint I think love is a waste of time if it doesn't last" I shrugged.
"But you were never in love with any of those guys were you, how do you know it doesn't last, and people can fall in love without imprints" Jake said, defensively.
"I said no offence, but if I must say this, if you fall in love with someone you'll just break their hearts when you do imprint, what's the point of going through all that pain" I said and the room went quiet and I felt Leah go stiff next to me. It hit me then, it had happened to Leah, she had been hurt, why else would they react like that. "Leah I didn't know, I'm sorry" I said and she shook her head and gave me a small smile.
"It's okay, I got over it" She said, her eyes glancing towards Emily and Sam, Emily had moved away from Sam slightly. Oh my god, poor Leah.
"Hey, you'll imprint anyway, trust me" I reassured her and that caused the room to relax slightly.
"So Jake how are the Cullen's" Sue asked, changing subject and I blinked.
"Youse are the wolves that mix with the vegetarian vampires" I said and Jacob growled.
"You got a problem with that" He growled and I shook my head, trying to keep the smile off my face.
"Now way, you have no idea how many other pack's want to meet you, ask you questions and how you do it" I said and they all stared at me, confused and shocked.
"Why, aren't there others who bond with the vegetarian vampires" Sue asked.
"There are but only maybe one in every few packs, never a whole pack" I explained.
"You're one of those aren't you" Leah said and I nodded.
"Yeah, only because their vegetarians and I can stand the smell with no trouble because of...yeah" I shrugged.
"So we're popular, hell yeah" Brady smirked and I laughed along with the others.
"With most you are, other's maybe not so much, a few pack's think youse are crazy not to kill the vampires, they say were pet's to them and are a waste of wolf" I shrugged as I took a sip of the drink Emily had given me.
"But they haven't done anything wrong, it's wrong for us to kill them" Seth growled.
"I've fought for that my whole life" I said to him and Sue and Emily gasped.
"You fight with other wolves" Emily said, worry in her voice.
"Only when I have to, some wolves don't like you and think it's their job to dispose of you" I said regretfully.
"Have you killed another wolf before" Sam asked, pulling Emily closer to him. I didn't like this, they must think I'm a monster but I had to make them understand.
"Sometimes you can't control your rage, especially if the thing you're attacking kills one of your own, you strike and before you know it it's over, it was only ever one and he killed my only close brother in the pack" I said, looking at my hands which were together in my lap.
"You were defending yourself and your brother, its okay" Sam said and I nodded at him, thankful he understood. We talked a little more on happier and calmer subjects before I yawned and it surrounded the room.
"Two am, you can talk Hal, I think we should call it a night" Sam announced and I nodded, heading towards the door, past Jake and Embry who were now standing in the door way.
"Where are you going" Jake said as Embry put his arm out in front of me, blocking me from leaving. I could get past him easily but Jake was there.
"I don't know, wherever the night takes me I guess, well what's left of it" I shrugged.
"You're in my pack and we don't walk away from each other, looks like you're stuck here" He said, a small smile on his lips.
"Are you sure, I don't want to..." I began but he cut me off.
"Leah has a double bed, you can sleep with her, bright and early tomorrow your on patrol with me, I'll see you then" He said, nodding as Embry smirked and dropped his arm. The worst part was, I couldn't do anything about it, he put alpha voice in it.
"I think that's an unfair use of alpha" I said and he and Embry only smiled bigger.
"You get use to it, trust me, the amount of times me and Colin got ordered to not talk to some hot babe walking by is to many to keep track of" Brady murmured and I heard some chuckles behind me.
"Come on Hal, let's go get some sleep" Leah said, grabbing my arm and dragging me away. Leah's house was only a few houses away and before I knew it we were both out like a light.