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Thanks to my one reviewer, (just one is pretty pitiful :\) jezza3000. It's great to get feedback.

Here's chapter 2.

Author's Note - I do not own any of the ideas introduced by Meyer in the Twilight series. I'm only inspired by them, as so many of us are.

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The burning that had moved through Seth's body instantly turned into a feeling that there was no description for. Her silver eyes seemed to be looking straight into the depths of his soul. All of his instincts were telling him to run but the heavy heart thumping in his chest commanded that he stay. For some reason he could not explain, Seth felt some strange connection with the female in his arms.

"Who are you?" There was no reply to Seth's question, only a look of confusion that passed over the female's face. She moved her head, wincing slightly, and looked around the clearing. The look of confusion was replaced with one of frustration. Seth felt the need to do everything within his power to put her at ease.

As he searched for words to explain the situation to her, Seth barely noticed the opening and closing of two truck doors behind him. At the realization of another presence in the clearing the female squirmed in Seth's arms, trying to get away. He tried to hold her tighter, but she was much stronger than he had anticipated. Without much effort she succeeded in pushing herself out of his arms. As she tried to stand, her attempt to escape failed as her leg buckled under her and she fell back to the ground with a yelp of pain.

Seth tried to move to help her but he found two solid hands pressing into his shoulders keeping him where he was. He looked above him to see a stony faced Sam Uley looking down at the defenseless girl. Next to Sam, stood Jacob with a look of slight amusement and wonder on his face as he took in the events that had occurred in his absence. When the female noticed the two full grown men standing above her she tried to scramble away.

"Don't let them scare you off. Their bark is worse than their bite, I promise." Seth turned to see Emily Uley step out from behind Jacob. Obviously, Jacob had suspected something of the female before he left and he and Sam were still on high alert by trying to shield Emily.

"Emily…" Sam began but Emily waved off his concern as she stepped closer to the female. She tucked her long raven black hair behind her ears as she knelt beside the female and threw a woven blanket around her. The female just stared at the stranger who was showing her compassion with a look of wonder that matched Jacob's.

"We know that you have come a long way. We are part of the Quileute tribe and want to make sure that no more harm comes to you until your body has taken time to fully recover. I am here on behave of our elders to offer you sanctuary until you feel you can return to your home. No further harm will come to you, I promise." The female's heavy breathing slowed as she absorbed what Emily had said to her. Her eyes looked away from Emily and back at the two three men towering above her. She seemed to size them up before looking back to Emily. When she opened her mouth to speak no words came out, and a look of frustration came back to her face. Questioning the words Emily had spoken the female ran her hand gently across the scars on that marked Emily's beautiful face and ran down her arm.

Emily couldn't help but smile as she pointed to Sam. "Those came with the price of love." The female looked at Sam and then back to Emily before nodding in understanding. "Now," Emily held one of her hands out to the female. "Try to take it easy this time." As Emily helped the female to a standing position, she winced and grunted in pain.

Without realizing what he was doing Seth escaped Sam's grip and stepped towards the female and placed his hands around her waist. He didn't want her to feel any pain and tried to alleviate the weight she had placed on her leg. It only took a few seconds for the others to realize what else had happened in Jacob's absence.

Jacob broke into a fit of laughter. "You… imprinted…" He managed to say between his chuckling.

Sam rolled his eyes at the child-like behavior of his Alpha. "Jake, I find nothing funny about Seth imprinting on… Well, we don't even know what it is."

"Sam, don't call her an it!" Emily hit her husbands shoulder and rolled her own eyes. "She is obviously a female!"

Jacob stopped his laughter and stepped between the two before another of their lovers' quarrels could ensue. "I don't care what she is. I just find it amusing because it's Seth, and we thought he'd never imprint. Dylan is still a pup and he imprinted days after phasing for the first time."

"Jake, don't talk bout the pack around the thing!" As an argument between Jacob and Sam broke out, in which Emily interjected defenses for the female, Seth looked down at the female he held in his arms again. She listened to and watched the argument with a look of amusement on her face. When she noticed that Seth was looking at her she looked back at him with her piercing silver eyes.

"I think you might 'wanna tell us your name before World War III breaks out. You have a name, don't you?" Seth laughed at his own question. The female looked back over at the group and her lips turned into a grin.

"Tara." She replied in a husky voice. The group instantly stopped their arguing and looked back over at Seth and the female. "My name…" she paused as her voice cracked, "is Tara."

The was a moment of silence before anyone said anything. "Okay, well that still doesn't tell us what the hell you are! I want to know–"

Seth cut Sam off without a second thought, something he would have never done before tonight. "How about we get back to the reservation, Tara can wash up and Emily can get her some clothes to wear. Then after we all get something to eat, you can interrogate her all you want." Seth didn't wait for a reply as he scooped Tara up into his arms once again and carried her towards the truck.

Seth placed Tara into the bed of the truck and hopped over the side to join her. Without a word Sam, Emily and Jacob climbed into the cab and the truck woke with a rumble. They exited the clearing as the rising sun broke through the clouds and gave everything a pink hue. Seth wrapped his arm around Tara's shoulders as they took off towards the reservation.

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Looking over my last chapter, I realized I spelled Meyer's name wrong, ooops! But I fixed it this time! =D

You won't find out exactly what Tara is for at least another chapter though, possibly next chapter. This one is pretty brief, but it was a transition.

Next chapter we get to meet back up with the whole pack, yay! And for those of you who really know your werewolves, I know Dylan is not any of the wolves mentioned in the series. But there are seven unnamed wolves at the end of Breaking Dawn and I took the liberty of naming one of them! Now, I need to decide what to name the other six. Any thoughts?

Any reviews would be great! Any more guesses at what Tara really is?

Thanks for reading!