Forget to mention this: I do not own Twilight.

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"Good Morning Bella!" Her closest friend Megan waved to her as she walked pass.

"Morning" With a nod of the head she continued walking.

She was revered as she passed, many of the people staring as she continued on her pathway. The morning sun shone in her brown hair, revealing swirling patterns of red and a hint of dark orange. The sun shone on glistening wet feminine muscles in her arms and legs, proudly being shown off in her cutoff jeans and tank top.

Isabella Swan had just accepted her alpha position two weeks prior on the day of her twentieth birthday. She had just returned from college north of here, in Alaska specifically, finishing her major in literature and minor in business one year early. Alaska had been a great place to visit, with its vast wilderness where no body had been the wiser of Melodia who after much connections and transportation she had managed to bring with her. She had enjoyed much afternoon runs with her after classes, jumping through the trees of as if they were monkeys instead of great cats.

"Let's check on the training class" Bella said to Melodia as they curved passageways, travelling further deep in the forest. The cat purred next to her, her tail swooshing to and forth in excitement as they walked. They had both missed their home when away, and Bella had worked diligently so they could return early. The tall forest pines stood proudly, showing off their green high tops. Bella had just ran through them late last night, but the urge was within her again.

She grunted in aggravation.

"Make sure to keep your stomach in!"

Bella smiled as she heard her past teacher, Mrs. Johnson shout to the students, laughing a little when she used her old tree stick to tap a boy's jutting stomach.

"Still working hard I see"

The woman looked up surprised at the interruption until her bright green eyes fell on Bella.

"Oh baby child I missed you" Harmonia gushed as she rushed over to her before embracing Bella in her arms "How you been, I should spank you for not visiting me earlier."

Bella smiled sheepishly "Well you know, the ceremony's in only two days and things were hectic."

"Girl you know I only playing with you" Harmonia smiled as she started to rub Melodia's head, laughing a little when the tiger nipped her fingers.

"Just as stubborn as always I see."

The tiger grunted at her.

"The class looks larger than before" Bella observed as she turned back around to watch the students who were still holding to strike position diligently.

"Yeah, some of the wolves wanted to practice and with everything that's going on with the village, we need all the help we can get."

Bella growled at just the thought of those monsters. They had lost two people and two tigers already because of the blood sucking leeches. It would have seemed she returned just in time, the vampires' problem getting a little out of hand. Nuriko had been happy enough to relinquish the job over to her.

"It kills me not to know what they're planning" Bella growled, she and the elders, named because of their wisdom rather than their age seen that they still looked to be in their early twenties, had spent many nights up trying to understand what they were doing. The murders in Forks still continued, though on a lesser level and the minute the first person had disappeared from the village, creating a tragic cycle of causing his spirit animal, his mate and his mate's spirit animal to die all on the same day had caused alarm to travel through the village. They were so intrinsically and intimately linked, just killing ten of them would destroy half of the village.

"I'm sure we'll figure it would soon" Harmonia rubbed the younger girl's scalp affectionately, laughing a little when the so fearless alpha began to purr.

"Anyway, I need to get back to my class" the teacher said, looking back at her student's straining faces as they struggled to maintain position "You're welcome to watch."

And that's just what Bella and Melodia did, observing the fresh batch of hunters. She helped correct their position, slapping their stomach as the one wolf named Jared, continued to stick his out.

"A failed pounce is fatal in battle" she growled at him, standing over him as he continued to struggle with the position.

It was nearing lunch time did she bear her past teacher bye and travelled back to the center of the village. She was happy to note a new general store seemed to be up and running. The village had indeed expanded in her absence, new pipes having been dug to ease the flow of water travel and underground electricity duct having been grounded.

"Bewwaaaa!

Bella turned only to see Nathan, a three year old run up to her, carefully balancing a plastic container in his small hands.

"Mama swaid to give tis to you."

Bella couldn't help but giggle as the little boy rolled over his words, his grey eyes open wide.

"Thanks Nat" the boy giggled as she kissed his head and took the package from his hands.

"Oar welcome" he dashed off then, his tiger cub trailing behind him as they ran.

Bella read the note carefully and smiled. Fortis and Lucidity had sent some chicken stew for her mother Melody, seen that it had helped ease the morning sickness for Lucidity when she was going through it five years back.

Bella was happy for her adopted mother, she had been trying for ten years to conceive again and had rang up Bella two in the morning to shout the good news to her in Alaska.

Seen that she knew she was going to be up all night Bella quickly dropped off the food, hailed her sister and returned back to her house, stripping bare before dropping into the queen sized bed effortlessly. The house had the lingering odor of cinnamon in it, designed by her cinnamon scented friend Megan who authorized the construction of it while Bella was away schooling, it was a marvelous one story with a den, two bathrooms, two bedrooms and a study and kitchen. Bella had had a say in the brown chocolate color scheme and was more than pleased with the result.

She drifted off as she felt Melodia pounced into the bed, curling around her.

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"Patrol the other side" Bella instructed Melodia as they scoured the outer edgings of the village, looking for any lingering scent of the vampires that had killed one of their own a week ago. It was midnight and Bella had been surprised she had slept ten hours before Jacob had come knocking on her door.

She had missed the big lug as he lifted her up and twirled her around.

He was with her now, acting as her honorary guard dog as they scented the forest. They were only two miles from Forks and kept well hidden in the trees, listening carefully for any sign of unwanted life.

So far all Bella was getting was bark and earth, not even a sniff of vampire anywhere in the trees. The night sky shone brightly as they passed, the creatures tunneling deeper in their burrows as the two predators passed. It was a funny picture watching two oversized natural enemies working together and Bella grunted at the joke.

Jacob cocked his head looking at her before looking straight ahead when she growled at him.

Normally they would have patrolling party scouring the forest each night but Bella wanted to get a feel at what she was working with. She wanted to re- familiarize herself with every nook and cranny of her forest before being appointed alpha in two days' time. Her tail stood up in aggravation as she found nothing.

Suddenly without warning she heard Melodia scream, the big cat yowling into the night air as she caught a whiff of vampire in the breeze.

Jacob and Bella were immediately running in her direction, jumping over fallen tree logs. Her paws easily glided over the rough terrain and she surpassed Jacob in pursuit. She could fell her lungs pumping with adrenaline, her normal chocolate eyes turning hazel orange as she let her tiger take control. The animal knew better than the person the art of hunting. She took to the trees even as her tiger protested at the height, seen that at seven feet tall and six hundred pounds the cat was circumspect at going that high.

She pushed it though and soon enough she caught the scent of seven vampires.

"What the flip is seven vampires doing here?" Bella thought, her thoughts becoming dreary as she caught up to Melodia who was running on the forest floor below.

"Cut into the forest and try to cut in front of them" Bella said forcibly, watching as Melodia immediately disappeared from view into the more dense forest.

"Any idea on what in the world's chasing us!"

She was close enough to hear them now and pumped her legs faster, panting as she focused all of her energy on her hind legs, pouncing longer from tree to tree.

"Its' two of them for sure." A voice spoke out, making Bella's tiger pause for a second before she urged for it to continue. The tiger was hesitant now for some reason and Bella was getting aggravated.

"Did you hear that?"

Bella didn't realize she was growling until she closed her jaws.

She was close enough to easily spot them from the treetops.

Sadly, her guess was correct when she counted seven speeding vampires. One was specifically in the front of the others, his windblown reddish hair looking hectic. The pair behind him was the one's talking, a small pixie like vampire with a blond one. The next pair was beauty magnified, one burly large beast of a vampire and a futuristic model blond. The other pair running behind them seemed normal enough, if you wanted to count vampires as normal. One with brunette hair and the other with blond hair. It seemed that the only one in the front was running without a pair.

For some reason, her tiger purred at the idea.

Whatever was going on with her more animal side would have to wait as Melodia burst from the bush, cutting off their passageway.

"What the heck is a tiger doing in the forest!" The large one boomed, his voice echoing through the forest.

Melodia gave her just the chance she needed as the vampires paused, staring at the growling tiger with curiosity.

"It seems to be up Edward's league." The tall one boomed again "Mountain lions and tigers are all c-"

He about swallowed his tongue as Bella landed on the opposite side of them, spitting and growling as she towered over them at seven feet tall. They had never sense her bulking form in the high treetops and the pixie headed girl screamed when the tiger appeared out of now where.

"When did tigers grow so big" the blond female yelled as she took a step back.

"That's no ordinary tiger Rose" a velvet voice spoke again, once again sending Bella for a loop. What was going on with her today?

"I can't read its thoughts!"

So these vampires had gifts then?

Luckily Bella didn't have to hold them off for long. Jacob finally exploded from them the bush, looking all seven feet feral, his jaws opened as he growled. Even his russet colored furs bristled with awareness.

"Look we don't mean to cause any trouble" one of the blond ones spoke up, his hands raised in a surrender position as he addressed the two animals.

Both Bella and Jacob grunted at that and advanced on them.

"We don't kill people!"

Bella could feel Jacob vibrate with aggravation, more than ready to kill the stupid leeches but Bella stopped him, growling at him to step down. For a reason even she didn't understand.

Jake looked at her before stepping back.

"My name is Carlisle; this is my wife Esme, and our children, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Edward."

He waved to each person separately.

Bella grunted the minute her eyes fell on the one named Edward. There was something different about him, as he stood tall, examining her as she examined him. Her tiger raised its tail in appreciation. It was with great horror her tongue flopped out, as her eyes turned back to normal chocolate brown and she let out a loud purr…like a freaking house cat.

Jake looked at her for a long second as she forced it back down.

These are killers Bella. She mentally chastised herself.

She growled, turning her head to Jacob, nudging him with a large paw.

Jacob grunted, glared a little at her with a 'You owe me' look before transforming back in all his masculine glory.

"We know what you are leeches" Jacob hissed at them the minute he gained control of his tongue. Bella ordered Melodia to stand in front of him to cover his more…private parts.

Jacob whispered a brief thanks before turning back to the vampires "What do you killers want?"

"We don't drink human blood" the one named Carlisle repeated as his amber gaze focused on Jacob.

Wait, amber?

"As you can see from our hazel eyes."

Jacob paused for a moment before a look of realization came over his face.

"Wait a minute; you're the Cullen's, as in the Cullens from the treaty?"

Bella growled in aggravation, having no idea what was going on here as they all nodded their heads.

Jacob turned to her and quickly explained, about the amber eyed vampires who had made a treaty with the La Push pack in the 1800s. The ones who hunted animals instead of people.

By the time he was finished, Bella eyes were open wide, she had never heard of such a vampire in existence. And she was angrier than before; having such a secret kept to the wolves, even after so many years they had lived with them. It was sign of a betrayal.

She quickly pounced on Jacob, growling and hissing as he laid still on the floor, in submission as her once again amber glare glinted at him. He showed no pain as his back was crushed into the forest floor and his head slammed against a hard rock.

The vampires watched in amazement as the shifter laid stoic under the large tiger, his eyes focusing away from her, dare not meeting her gaze.

"What the heck is going on here?" Rosalie whispered; confused even as she smelt the fear coming from the mutt.

"I think she's his alpha!" Edward spoke incredulously as he gazed at the tiger's streamline body in amazement. For he was sure that the beautiful creature was a she despite its bulging muscles. Not to mention that beautiful floral scent. His nose twitched just smelling it.

His voice seemed to snap the tiger out of whatever mood she was in and she immediately turned to them. Jacob remained on the ground until the tiger turned to him for a moment, apparently gaining permission to get back up.

It stared at them for a moment before facing Jacob one last time before walking away, the smaller tiger eyeing them curiously before following quickly.

The wolf turned with wide eyes.

"You've been invited to the village."

A/N the wolves are in trouble! Next will be the Edward's point of view and probably Bella again at the end. Can anyone guess what is happening to Bella ha-ha!

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