I was so close barely inches from her red mane. We have been trying to get her for months now and I wasn't letting her go that easily. She jumped across the creek and I dug my heels into the ground and bent my knees for leverage as I leaped across as well. I heard Carlisle yelling at me but I ignored him as I gained on Victoria but was stop short when a huge black wolf blocked my path. I hissed at it before jumping over it and landing on Victoria's back. I clawed at her neck trying to get a good grip so I could pull off that nasty little head of hers, when I heard a very loud growl next to my ear. I looked over at the black wolf and in that small moment of distraction, Victoria flung me off her back and next thing I knew, I was flying through the air towards a ginormous pine tree. I felt pain erupt all through my small body as I cried out in pain and through my blurry vision I saw two wolves run after a fleeing Victoria. I heard shuffling in the bushes close by and Sam, Jacob and the other mutts, who I never bothered to learn their names, came out of the bushes dressed in their ridiculous cutoffs. I tried to move but I felt a sickening pain shoot up my spine.
"Sam!" I heard Carlisle yell for across the creek. I could hear the desperation and concern in his voice as the two other wolves returned empty handed I might add. She got away...
"What?" Sam yelled back keeping his tone mutual and calm even though I could see disgust in his black eyes.
"Can we have permission to cross? I need to check on her. I know she broke the treaty but she is seriously injured." Carlisle replied and I could see the worry on his flawless face out of my half lidded eyes.
"Why should I let you cross? You said it yourself, she broke the treaty? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill her where she lays?" He shouted back and I closed my eyes and whimpered. I could here the other pack members muttering to themselves. I heard Jacob start to protest but Sam cut him off.
"We have had this peace treaty for many years Samuel, but so help me god I will break it in a heartbeat if you don't let me tend to my daughter." I could hear the threat in Carlisle's voice and shivered. It was a rare thing for Carlisle to use such a bone chilling tone. I heard the mutts mumbling to Sam to let Carlisle cross. I had to keep my eyes close because of the pain coursing through me.
"You may cross." Sam said stiffly and I heard a 'wooosh' before feeling hands poking and prodding my injured body.
"Is she ok?" I heard one of the mutts ask. He must be young considering his voice was still a bit high.
"Winter?" Carlisle asked as he gently cupped my face in his hand and I hissed in pain.
"Daddy.." I whimpered out pitifully and I saw one of the mutts, I think Bella said his name was Quinn.. no Quill..Yeah Quill, he looked shock. He probably thought we were incapable of pain.
"I'm right here Sweetheart. Tell me where it hurts." Carlisle mumbled going into doctor mode.
"My hip...Dislocated..." I barely manage to chock out.
"On the count of three..." Carlisle said and I nodded.
"One..Two.."SNAP! I let out a yell as he snapped my hip back into place. Finally, the pain subdued, but I still couldn't sit up. I took both my hands and brought them to my broken neck and snapped it into place earning a few winces from the mutts.
"This is why people hate redheads..." I muttered lowly earning a grin from Carlisle and surprisingly a few chuckles from the wolves, including Jacob, who I knew hated me and my family with a passion. Speaking of my family. I sat up and leaned against the tree and looked over across the creek.
"I'm fine mom!" I shouted to Esme, who was close to tears. She nodded not looking very convinced. I sighed.
"Sorry Eddy, I was sure I had her..." I said disappointment evident in my voice. I saw Edward smile at me.
"We'll get her next time." He said and I nodded weakly. I could tell we were over staying our welcome considering Sam was pacing and looking immensely irritated.
"Can you walk?" Carlisle asked and I nodded.
I got up only to stumble a foot forward and I braced myself on the only thing my hands could reach.
I landed into a warm hard chest. My hands shot out to grab someone's huge biceps to brace myself further and hands shot to my my waist to make sure I didn't fall. I guess it was a reflex for the mutt, who caught me, because I was pretty damn sure he would have rather see me fall flat on my face but all the same I knew I had to thank him.
"Thanks." I muttered softly and looked up at him and froze. He was beautiful...He had chocolate brown eyes, short raven black hair and amazing cheek bones. I couldn't help but stare at him. He also was staring at me in awe. It felt like the earth had stop moving and we were the only thing that matter and then I felt Carlisle's hand on my shoulder and everything came crashing back to normal. We broke eye contact and when I looked over at Sam, he was glaring at me and the guy who had caught me.
"Jesus Christ Paul! Tell me you didn't! Not a leech!" Sam roared causing me to jump and whimper in fright. Paul sensing my fear pulled me closer to him. Paul then looked away from Sam and glared at the ground.
"We should leave." Carlisle said before pulling me from Paul's embrace and picking me up bridal style. I heard the guy named Paul growl at Carlisle only to be grabbed by Sam, who proceeded to drag him into the forest. I frowned in confusion as Carlisle jumped the creek and I was reunited with my family. They all hug me, but for some reason Edward couldn't meet me eyes and I knew he was hiding something from me.
I was just getting back from my nightly run and found Rose in the garage as usual fixing whatever car her little heart desired.
"Hey." I greeted and she rolled out from under a nice purple Pontiac GTO and smiled at me.
"Hi. Have a good run?" She asked as she wiped some oil off her beautiful face.
"Yep." I popped the 'p' and she nodded.
"You coming in or are you staying out here?" I asked.
"I'm not finish with this baby yet. I see you in bit though." She answered before diving back under her latest project.
"K." I left and headed inside and towards the living room. Edward was reading by the piano, Jazz and Em were playing video games while Alice and Esme were flipping through magazines and squealing at each other when something got their eye. I was about to make my presence known, when someone knocked on the front door.
"I'll get it." I said and Esme nodded as I walked over to the front door. I smiled when I saw it was Bella.
"Hi Bella. Edward didn't tell me you were coming over today." I said and with a 'Woooosh' Edward was next to me.
"That's cause I didn't know she was." He said and smiled at Bella,who blushed and return it.
"Did we have a date?" Edward asked as his eyes widened. Probably of fear of forgetting a date with his precious Bella. I couldn't help but giggle.
"Actually I was here to see Winter." She said and I stop giggling to frown in confusion.
"Me?" I asked a bit shock and she nodded.
"Could we go talk somewhere private." She mumbled and Edward looked a bit hurt but gave her a kiss on the cheek and left us. I nodded and we walked to her truck. I smiled at it. Rosalie and Alice hated it but I couldn't help but love it. Once we were in the truck, I notice Bella was driving to La Push.
"Umm Bells?" "Yeah?" "Why are we going to La Push? You know I'm not allowed on their land." I stated and frowned considering how much I loved the beach and ocean.
"I talked to Sam this morning. He wants you to come by so you have permission to cross the umm border." She said and my brow furrowed. Why would Sam want me, of all people, to stop by. I was about to asked but Bella put on some music and was singing lightly and I didn't want to disturb her. A few minutes later, we arrived in the middle of no where and surrounded by forest was A little white house that stood in the middle of a clearing and I couldn't help but smile at how cozy it look. Bella got out and I followed her nervously unsure of what to do.
Bella walked up and right into the house and I scowled at her.
"Isabella, it's very rude to walk into someone's home with out knocking." I said and Bella had the decencies to blush in embarrassment.
I heard a women's giggle and turned to see a beautiful woman with a scarred face coming our way.
"I'm glad to see some people still have manners. I'm Emily. Sam's must be the lovely Winter. Bella's told us so much about you." She stated and shook my hand. I couldn't help but feel off around her. There was just something that bugged me...Maybe she was just to sweet for my liking. All the same, I nodded awkwardly noticing that I was in a kitchen filled with werewolves and outnumbered. Sam came and wrapped his arms around Emily and sat her down on his lap at the table. I noticed the only female wolf winced at the action. I remembered Bella telling me how Sam left her for Emily. A real tragic story if you ask me and I felt a bit bad for Leah, who was also at the table sitting next to Jacob. Bella came up to me and smiled before pointing people out to me." Well now that you know Emily let me introduce you to the rest. That's Jared and his Imprint Kim. You got Quill, Leah and her brother Seth, Embry and of course there's Paul." She said and I noticed they were all sitting down except for Quill and Paul who were leaning against the wall. Paul was glaring at the floor for some reason. He seemed very anti social if you asked me. Bella dragged me over to take a seat at the huge table and I tensed because I was sitting between two mutts, Leah and Embry.
"So Winter tell us about herself?" Emily inquire and I frowned.I knew there was a reason I didn't like her... far to nosy, but I was a guest and I was brought up with manners.
"Umm Like what? " I asked and she smiled.
"Well for starters, how old are you?" she asked.
"323 years old Miss." I answered and Embry spat out his water he was drinking and started coughing as he looked me up and down in shock.
"You don't look it." He said after his coughing fit was over and wiggled an eyebrow. I heard a growl emit from the corner where Paul was and Embry shrank back into his seat. I just smiled.
"Thank you. Anything else you like to know." I wondered.
"How'd you hit the bucket?" Jared asked and Kim gasped before hitting him as all the other girls, even Leah, scowled at him.
"It's fine but it's kinds a long story." I replied and Quill shrugged at me.
"We've got time." He said and I sighed.
"Well I was born in...
"Well I was born in Moscow..." I was cut off.
"You're Russian?" I was startle considering it was the first thing Paul has ever said to me and I gave a quick nod and he return to glaring at the floor. I felt like huffing at his childlike behavior but refrained myself.
"Anyways I was born blind so..." I was cut off again.
"You were blind?" Seth asked and I could sense concern rolling off him in waves. I smiled at his kindness and felt a sudden protectiveness over the small child. I nodded.
"Yeah and back in the 1600 being blind met you were a demon's child. Because of our eyes they assumed that we were posses by demons." I said and I saw Leah roll her eyes and mumble 'Idiots' under her breath I couldn't help but agree.
"But my parents loved me all the same. They made sure that the church never found out about me and said that I had died during my birth. They kept me hidden in our home. My sister was my only friend and she was my rock and my eyes." I smiled at the thought of her, gaining some looks from the wolves.
"What was her name?" Leah asked gently and a few of her pack brothers gasped at her in surprise but she just glared at them.
"Geri-Anne. My father was a farmer so we had horses and when he was sure no one was around helet, Geri and I go riding. It was the only time I ever felt free when I was a human." I frowned and I saw a few of the mutts glance at me with pity.
"Anyway, when my sister turned 21, she started courting a boy named Dimitry. She had fell head over heels in love with the man. She wanted us to meet considering we both played important roles in her life, but my father was unsure if he could be trusted but after many hours of trying to convince him, he agreed. We met and I remember hearing him gasp the first time he saw me. He stayed for little over an hour before excusing himself." I mumbled dryly. I could feel that they were tense as if they already knew what was to come.
"I was dragged out of bed that night by a crying Geri as she told me that we needed to get to the barn as we made our way to the door, I felt Geri stop. I heard my dad screaming for us to run before a gun shot went off and my mom screaming my dad's name before I was dragged out of the house and towards the barn. Soon after we heard another gun shot." I whispered as tears started to cloud my eyes.
"Oh my god." I heard Kim whispered as she also had tears in her eyes.
"We made it to the barn but before we even had a chance of reaching our horses, hands shot out grabbing us by the hair and dragging us away..." I heard a growl for the corner and I saw Paul shaking like crazy. Quill walked over to him and tried to calm his shaken down, the shaken calm a bit but he looked murderous.
"What happen after that?" To my surprise, Sam asked softly and actually held my hand in support. I gave him a grateful looked before continuing.
"We were brought to a cliff... I heard Geri pleaded with Dimitry to let us go but he wouldn't have it. I couldn't see anything but I knew she had tried to attack him because the final gun fire went off." I said and Bella had wrapped an arm around me pulling me close in comfort.
"Back then to prove if you were posses or a witch they push you off a cliff. If you floated in thin air you were possessed and if you sank you were not." I said and Jared looked enrage. "That makes no sense." He roared and Kim soothed him.
"At that point I couldn't care less, my family was dead so I jumped. I woke up on the shoreline full of blood and in so much pain. I had survived the jump." I muttered dryly.
"Carlisle and Aro were arguing above me. That's what woke me up. Carlisle keep saying that I was to young to die. They must have smelt the blood and had came to see what had died but found me instead and were debating what to do. I opened my eyes and I saw Carlisle for the first time. He looked so much like my dad and my vision was blurry... I looked him straight in the eye and called him daddy." I said and I saw them all looking at me now, even Paul was staring at me like...Well, I can't even describe the look he was giving me it was so intense.
"Carlisle always tells me, that the day he found me, was the day he knew what he was destined for. He bit me and soothed me through the transformation every step of the way. After I turned, we spent some time with the Volturi before leaving. We found Edward and Esme short after. Then Rose and Em and of course Alice and Jasper found us." I said finishing my story and looked around the table.
