As she pulled up to zeke's house she noticed there was a lot more cars then she was expecting. that's a lot of family zeke's got right now and its not even the holidays yet. What the heck is going on? She thought as she walked up the front steps to knock on the door but it opened before her fist had a chance to hit the door.
"Hey Bella nice timing" Zeke said "Henry was just telling some of the family about you."
" Oh really, Bella replied as she stepped inside to find almost the whole rez in zeke's house. "Why? Whats going on? Bella asked worriedly moving closer towards zeke
" Nothing bad" Zeke replied trying to reassure her
"These men are members of both of our cousin tribes in Washington the Quileute's and the Makah"
"so they just decided to show up and visit you for a few days before I moved up there?" wanted to make sure they knew what kind of demon beast was coming to their territory huh?" Bella snapped her canines enlarging as onyx flooded her eyes, the amount of people in such a small room and the gathering strength of the moon cycle causing her to feel more on edge and agitated.
"Peace child, peace, all is well and will be revealed soon." Henry Longshadow replied seeing bella's agitation building and coming over to stand by her holding a worn earthen mug with steam coming off of it out to her. "Drink" he said calmly "it's getting close to your time isn't it?
Bella gladly took the mug from henry and took a deep drink before sighing and answering him. "yes, this cycle feels much stronger. thank you again for making this for me, I'm sorry for snapping at you" Bella said turning towards zeke
"I forgot about your claustrophobia with large groups of people" zeke replied back " we were all talking and I thought you would be interested to note that our cousin tribes have also come in to contact with the cold ones"
"ah the himadorians, vamp wannabes bella remarked
"Vampire wannabes ?" one of the tribe members remarked "you mean there is more then just the cold ones?"
"Oh yes, many more" both bella and zeke replied
"There are those that can go in to the sunlight and those that will burn if they go in to the sunlight. The later ones are the true vampires. The ones that can go in to the sun are your cold ones or himadorians, they are the mutated attempt of a mad vampire who wanted a better version of himself and tried to combined a ice demon with that of his kin. However it didn't quite work the way the vampire planned.
The ice demon in the hybrids caused them to become completely solid which prevented the vampire side from being able to shift back and forth from its mortal guise to its demon visage and they tend to sparkle in the sun as a result of the ice demon in them and that draws unwanted attention to them. And so the vampires disregarded the cold ones as a failed experiment and the two factions split apart with neither side speaking of or even knowing who the true vampires are.
"not a lot of mortals know this or want to know about all of this as well." Zeke piped up " we only found out about all of this information because of bella helping the rez and the town in fending off attacks against both types" zeke said nodded towards bella who lowered her head and continued to drink out of her mug
"How did she come to know all of this knowledge about these supernatural creatures?" one of the elders asked "only those in our tribe have ever heard the legends of the cold ones.
"Believe me I don't want to know any of this stuff." Bella remarked with bitterness in her tone "I would have been perfectly happy not knowing anything of the supernatural world around me, however that ignorance was ripped from me many years ago.
Since then I have been on the look out for any supernatural presence here in this town so that I can protect the ignorant." Its only thanks to henry and zeke here that I have been able to retain a tenuous hold on the small part of my humanity as well as my sanity." Bella replied her mood darkening
"What happened to you, child?" one of the elders with kind but wise eyes asked her
I was attacked on a camping trip when I was 9 and changed in to what one would call a lycanthrope" Bella replied "or in more common terms, a lycan, werewolf, monster, demon, beast from hell. All described what I become.
"not when you take the wolfsbane, Zeke reminded her
"When it works, bella retorted sinking further into her foul mood
"It's stopped working? When did this happen?" henry asked interested with what she had to say
"for the most part it still does what I need it to do. Its just recently the pull of the moon has felt stronger, or when my mental emotional state is in upheaval " bella grumbled
"Ah, that would make sense, you can only cage the beast for so long before it rips through the cage. Henry replied thoughtfully
"that's kinda why I came over today" bella said turning towards henry and zeke "I'm leaving for forks in a few days and I need more wolfsbane to take with me especially with the full moon coming in four days"
"your moving to forks? A tall dark skinned young man stepped forward from the back of the room "we live there" he said gesturing towards the two older men in the back
"we have cold ones that live close to our rez however they act different then any of the other cold ones.
"oh? How so? Bella inquired her interest peeked
"yes they claim not to feed off of humans and only feed on animals and thus made a treaty with our leader many years ago, however their close proximity has caused issues in our tribe"
" what happens? bella responded
"we transform in to giant wolves" the young man responded
"do this happen to all of the men in your tribe?"
"not so far, just the boys that are descended from our leaders that made the treaty many years ago."
"what triggers the transformation?"
"it seems to be intense emotions"
"that sucks, at least i was mauled by a giant crazed beast" Bella chuckled slightly
"I would not have guessed that you were a werewolf if you didn't tell us, your smell isn't any different from the ones around you." the young man replied
"it's the wolfsbane, it mostly suppress most of the aspects of the beast and let me pretend to be human for the most part." bella responded back
"Bella, how much more wolfsbane will you need?" zeke asked popping his head out of the kitchen
"at least two months cycle" bella replied
"Bella? Is your full name Isabella? One of the older men from forks asked
"yea, but no one really calls me that" Bella replied a little startled
Is your father Charlie swan? He asked
"yes, you know him?
"he is friends with one of our village elders and has been talking about how his daughter is coming to live with him, does he know what you have become ?" the older man asked
"that partly why I am taking the wolfsbane, so that I can give my mom a break and not worry my dad too much.
He knows I was attacked in the forest when I was 9 and I was sick for quite a while and that's why I couldn't visit him for long periods. But he doesn't know I'm a lycan.
"henry mentioned your cycle is coming up, he didn't mean your female time of the month did he? Sam asked curiosity in his tone
"no, when the moon is at its fullest it's sway strengthens the beast bringing it closer to the surface and increasing its control over the transformation.
"what do you do if.. Sam started
"when" bella interrupted him
"what happens when you transform? Sam finished
"Chaos and utter destruction, I usually lock myself away so that the beast doesn't get out and wreak havoc."
"do you think having wolves around you when you are transformed could help to control the beast without having to be chained? Sam asked curiously
"I have never been around any other supernatural creatures when in the throes of a full moon cycle, it could be possible, it could also be very dangerous as well."
"we could try and help you with your transformation if you could help us to find out more about the cold ones?" part of our treaty is that there is a boundary line and the cold ones can't come over towards the rez and we can't go towards their house. If you are going to be attending forks high you might run in to them, I have heard that they try to fit in with the rest of the school." the older man spoke up
"cold ones in high school? Why would they surround themselves with humans all day? That has to be torture for them" and me bella muttered to her self "What the hell, why not, I'm interested in these different cold ones. It will make high school less boring, my cycle is going to peak around sat-sun I usually try to get as far away from everyone as possible."
"great, that sounds good" the young man replied "it will be nice to get any information at all on them"
"will this on enough?" henry asked as he walked over to bella
"lets hope it will be enough to help with the stress of this month. Bella responded starting to pace
Peace, child, peace. It will all work its self out in good time.
"Oh Henry, what am I going to do without you? Bella cried before wrapping her arms around him in a great big hug
"you can always call us" Zeke replied sullenly
"Zeke, I am going to miss you too" bella responded as she wrapped him in a hug as well
Just then bella's phone peeped "it's mom, she's done talking to phil. I got to get back so I can pack and such. Sam I'll try to look you all up when I get to forks. However if you would try and keep what's on that note a secret, it would work out best for everyone involved. People don't need to know that there is another demon moving to their town.
Bella turned towards henry and zeke "thanks again I'll try to call you when I get in to forks."
"you have my number right?" zeke asked
"yup" bella held up her phone "I'll txt you soon. "untill we meet again guys, thank you" bella said turning to head towards the door, her emotions clogging her throat "I will not cry, I will not cry" she thought to herself.
"bye bella, be safe" zeke called from the front porch as bella got in to her car.
Bella waved from behind the steering wheel and then sped off trying desperately to fight back the tears, the beast inside her clawing at her all the while, just before bella's car was out of sight zeke and henry heard a low mournful howl.