So I've started college and am writing only when I have time. On top of it, I'm moving tomorrow. So it may be a while until I update another story. Just wanted to update this one reall quick. 2710 words, about 6 pages on word. I'm proud of myself, lol. Hope you like it!

Also, I got a review saying I should pay attention to dates and such. I realize that in 1943 there was no tv or x-box. I wrote the story, left it on my computer for a while, then added the date in to show that Bella couldn't be just any animal... you know cuz cheetahs don't usually live 70 years. So I am sorry for that, but I believe I should be able to do better from now on.

"How could you help her?" Irina whispered, reaching down to run her fingers through the large cat's fur. The purr coming from the animal got impossibly louder and deeper, and the blonde ancient smiled, letting out her own purr after a bit.

"If she is truly a shifter or Werecat, she may be stuck in this form. Maybe she has been cursed."

Bella lifted her head and gave an unmistakable nod. Irina frowned and knelt in front of her.

"How long have you been like this?" Bella thumped her paw on the ground twice. "Two years? No… you've been with the Cullen's for at least sixty. Two numbers?" A nod and she lifted her paw and let it fall. "First number?" Another nod and she hit the floor seven times. "Seventy?" She made this little yip of sorts and hit one more time. "Seventy one years?" She nodded. Alice and Rose gasped.

"That was the night we found her. You… this happened to you that night?" The giant cheetah nodded and Emmett was at her side in an instant, hugging his mate's companion.

"We're going to figure this out, Bella-Bear. We're going to get you back, okay?"

The big cat let out a whimper and leaned against him while Carlisle strode over to Carmen. "What can we do?"

"Follow me. I believe I can find a book in my collection that can help us." Before they could leave Rose was in front of them, arms crossed and face a stony.

"I'm helping. She's my companion and she's in need. I wish to help her."

The two older vampires nodded, the petite Latino woman taking the lead into her office. Well… it could be called a study but she liked thinking of it as her office anyway. Below Irina was trying to both sort through her feelings and comfort the large cat/Werecat beside her. She felt so deeply troubled knowing that this girl had been trapped in the body of this creature. She couldn't talk, couldn't even be herself. She had to be an animal.

The Vampire's eyes snapped up to follow the trapped being as she broke from Emmett and stepped onto the couch beside Irina. She hunched down and lowered her head to rub it against the blonde's cheek. The action would have wiped away tears, had she been able to cry. Once again Irina was astonished. She had realized her pain and came to comfort her, even when she was in need. Giving into her feelings she leaned into Bella's furry chest and laid her head just under her neck. The large Werecat lifted one of her paws and rested the heavy limb on the Vampire's back, lowering her head to rest atop Irina's. Emmett smiled and chuckled at the sight of Bella "hugging" Irina. A thought came to him and he couldn't help but voice it.

"Do Werecats Imprint?"

Bella moved her head in a "kinda-sorta" gesture. He mouthed "Is Irina your mate?" and Bella nodded, returning her head to Irina's and letting out a deep rumbling purr, comforting Irina.

Upstairs Carmen, Carlisle, and Rosalie were pouring over books, desperately looking for the answer to change their furry friend back to a human, at least close. Finally it was Rosalie that jumped up, grinning.

"Got it. She normally would only have to think about what makes her feel human to shift back, but because of whatever curse she had on her she couldn't even do that. She needs to reverse the curse!"

Carmen nodded. "I think I found the curse, too. She was cursed to never return to her human form. This counter won't change her back fully, but it will be damn close."

"I don't think she's going to care. She's been stuck in her shifted form for nearly a century. Let's go." Carlisle jumped up and the girls followed, grabbing the books and heading down the stairs. The scene they found was completely adorable. Irina was cuddled into Bella, the large cat curled around the vampire, both of them laying down and curled together. Carmen stood on the steps and opened the book to the right page, muttering the spell slowly, and with determination. Carlisle and Rosalie watched as the cheetah slowly changed, the bones visibly morphing, changing to accommodate a 6'2 frame.
While the fur stayed in place, beneath it now lay a tall, thin and muscular frame of a woman. The silver mane had turned into long, flowing silver hair. Her ears were closer to the side of her head, but still looked just like they did before. Her muzzle was slightly shorter but still much longer than a human's should be. Even with Irina still pressed against her, they could all see that Bella had a seriously toned stomach, covered by a thin layer of lighter fur with black spots.

Irina realized the paws around her hand turned into clawed hands and turned to look back at Bella, who realized she was human… ish, and jumped up, looking at herself. Her tail was flicking wildly behind her and she grinned, looking around at everyone.

"Bella?" Rose muttered, watching the large humanoid's ear flick toward her and Bella turned. She opened and closed her mouth a few times before she got her voice to work.

"Rose… you… you did for me?" Her English was broken and Italian accent strong. The blonde in question shrugged.

"I helped a little but it was mostly Carmen." A grin spread over her face and she rushed forward and engulfed both women in a hug.

"Thanks much…" She whispered, letting them go and grinning, looking around. She spotted Irina and her tail lowered some, swinging lazily from side to side and brushing the ground as she slowly approached the tall woman. The Vampire watched as Bella struggled and concentrated before finally what she had wanted to say tumbled from her mouth.

"Irina," she sighed, accent even thicker, but the Vampire melted at the combination of the deep, but feminine, husk and the way her name had rolled off the Werecat's tongue.

"Is your name really Bella?"

"Isabella," she replied. "But Bella…. It is fine."

Emmett rushed forward and grabbed the woman in a bear hug, swinging her around. "You've been a shifter all along!" He boomed.

"Werecat. Shifters are… how you say… mutts? Half breeds. I pure blood." All the Vampires chuckled, as they, too, thought the shifters in la push acted greatly like mutts. Bella huffed suddenly. "My English is… no good. Perhaps a book… with the… the translates…. The… Italian to English?"

Irina flashed a grin and flitted off upstairs, returning with an Italian to English dictionary. Bella's ears perked up and she wagged her tail a little, grinning. Bella took it, thanking Irina, and sat down on the couch, opening the book and avidly reading it. Deciding to let their friend get use to her own two legs again, the group all left to hunt, though Irina seemed hesitant to leave her.

Once they all had left Bella looked up, her ears pulled back as she felt the tug on her heart, pulling her in the direction of her mate. She knew that, as much as she wanted to go with her, she must first learn to communicate better. While she was sure every single Vampire in the room knew her native tongue, she much preferred that she learn this language they spoke in. She sat cross legged, careful of the claws on her feet, wrapped her tail around her waist and opened the book, beginning to read it.

The family hunted thoroughly, but Irina couldn't fully get into it. She couldn't take her mind off of Bella. She thought about her feelings, how Bella had made her feel, even in her full cheetah form. She chewed her lip and caught up to Alice and Rose, who both had known Bella far longer than she, but had also been mated for a long time.

"Hey, can you guys help me with something?" They nodded and followed her away from the other's hearing range.

"So go ahead and ask." Alice was beaming and bouncing on the balls of her feet. Irina would have blushed if she could.

"How did you know when you found your mates?"

Rose smiled and nodded. "You feel happy. Not joy… joy is a temporary emotion. Happiness lasts." Irina thought about Bella and felt that happiness rush though her. "It's difficult at first to leave them, especially if they're vulnerable. If they're human you feel a dominance, but it's different with Vampires and other supernatural. Sometimes you have no real dominant partner."

"That's how Jazz and I are."

"Sometimes it's age. For a while I was dominant to Emmett, but now that he's out of his newborn state and has some years on him we don't always do that."

I bit my lip and Rose smiled. "Think Bells is your mate?"

"I think so… I just… I had to ask someone, to figure out my feelings."

"Well I can't think of anyone who would better take care of our little Bella."

"Well… she may be older than all of us. We only found her 71 years ago… and her shifter form is a prehistoric Giant Cheetah… what if she was alive before the first ice age?"

"She's… if that's true she's older than all of us…"

The two Cullen women heard Irina start to purr and turned to see her eyes were nearly black. They quickly took her and they hunted extensively. Realizing Bella had no clothes, Alice snuck off back to the house. They had been gone for five hours by then and she suspected the others would be another two full hours. Enough time to make the tall woman the basic clothes. When she entered, the furry was just setting down the dictionary. It was painfully clear that Bella was naked, as she was sitting cross legged and leaning back against the couch. Alice shook her head, clearing her thoughts. Sure, she was mated to her handsome, kind soldier, but Bella was all muscle and somehow the smooth fur that covered her body, save for some more… private areas, added an exotic factor.

"Alice. You are back early." While her English was perfect now, she was extremely formal and her husky, almost scratchy voice was still intact.

"I came to get you some clothes. How do you prefer to dress?"

"Pants… and no shirt. Just a chest wrap. Do you still have my necklace and sword?" Bella stood, towering over the pixie-like vampire.

"Yes, we kept them. Just in case." Alice flitted up the stairs and brought down a pair of Emmett's jeans and one of Rosalie's chest wraps. She handed Bella both and while the tall woman but them both on she ran back up and grabbed the sword and necklace, as well as the leather bands they had later found by the crater. When she came down Bella was trying to take in the waist some. While both Emmett and Bella were muscular, Bella's waist was more compact than Emmett's. Alice went back up and grabbed her husband's pants, a pair he had gotten that were a little too long. She returned and Bella switched them out, satisfied by it. She wrapped her breasts in the white band, tying and tucking it at her side. She smiled and took the necklace first from Alice, fastening it around her neck, letting it rest on the thicker tuff of fur at the top of her chest. She then positioned the leather bands, one on her left arm, the other two on her wrists. She then put her sword on her back, one loop going around her left shoulder and across her chest and stomach, hooking through a loop on the end of the sheath, and then wrapped around her lower torso several times. It was then that Alice realized this woman was a warrior.

"Thank you, Alice. I do truly appreciate it."

"No problem. So, while we wait for the others why don't we talk a bit? I know you pretty much know me… but you've been in animal form for all the time I've known you."

Bella smiled and nodded, nodding to the couch where they both sat, the sword shifting a little against Bella's back. She let her tail wrap around her waist again and ran her claws through her long, silver hair.

"What do you want to know?"

"Well…. How old are you?"

"I was born one hundred years before the last Ice Age. So… I believe I am 12,130." Though Bella had said it like it didn't matter, Alice was gaping at her and honestly shocked.

Bella had to be older than anyone else alive today. Curious Alice began asking the Werecat about her childhood and her family.

"My mother was a wonderful woman. I can't seem to completely remember how she looked, but Rose reminds me so much of her… I suppose that's why I trusted her faster than I trusted you all. Mom was a kind hearted woman, strong. She was born to shift into what you all now call a cave lion. Her shift was massive, and she was a strong leader of our pride." Alice's eye widened at the thought of a female Alpha. The fact that all the wolf shifters were male, a woman in the leader position hadn't ever crossed her mind. "She always told me the stories of our people. How shifters were the first humanoids on earth, and the great gods and goddesses thought we needed an enemy to keep our numbers even and someone to protect, so god made Vampire's and Humans. I don't agree with that. I think Vampires and Were-creatures got the wrong idea. We were trying to protect humans, and they needed a food source and we all overreacted. It may even be that someone wanted to start an all animal diet and accidently attacked a Were-creature. No one can be sure."

"If Vampires and humans were made at the same time, how is it that our venom changes humans? Is it because we can't have children?"

"Who told you that you can't have kids?" Bella's eyebrows pulled together and even with the fur you could tell her forehead was crunched together.

"You've lived in the house long enough to know that if we could we would know by now…" Alice gave a weak chuckle and Bella shook her head.

"Female vampires can get pregnant, and males can impregnate them, but they need a Were-creature's help."

"…." Alice cleared her throat and shook her head. "I… I don't think I understand."

"Okay, say Rose and Emmett had sex and came to me right after. All Were-creatures had a strong magic that allows them to do several things. We can destroy, create, and even bring life to things. So all I have to do when they come to me is use my magic to bring Rosalie's womb to life, basically. It takes it into a hyper state, locks in the sperm, produces up to three eggs, and bada-bing, Vampire baby."

"Does the child grow?"

"Yes. Slightly faster, but the baby grows and develops, maturing until it has its first drink of blood. The child can have some as early as 15, but must drink by 25."

A chocked sob sounded from the door and Bella's ears twitched as she looked up, seeing Rosalie looking close to tears and holding one hand on her stomach and the other over her mouth. "You can do that?"

"Yes. If you wish, I could do that right now." Bella stood and hugged her sobbing companion. "I realize how much you want this, and I'm sorry it had to wait for so long. Let me know when you're ready, Rose." Bella's voice was low and gentle, but everyone heard and watched as the Vampire clung desperately to the Werecat, sobbing into her shoulder. Bella rubbed her back and held her, comforting her companion as best she could.

"Bella I can't believe you're being so kind, and we haven't even gotten you back to your true form…"

Bella pulled away and tilted her head, looking confused. "This is my true form."

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Whaaaaaaat?

Trippy, right?

Does Bella remember how she got stuck in Cheetah form?

Yes. This will come up in a later chapter, causing a certain blonde to... well flips shit, tables, the house...

so yeah. You guys and your reviews just make my heart so happy... I love that you love my work ^~^