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Note: I don't own Twilight, Stephanie Mayor does.
Chapter 3: A Living Nightmare!
Rose's POV
For the past few days I've been in bed thinking about the events that happened last month, and how I let them know that I'm not at all happy with the changes that happened to me. I know that the imprints need to see each other so that the pain won't be too hard to bear, but do I really want to do this or don't I? Some of the millions of questions that will only be answered in time. I managed to get out of bed and dressed before my dad came into my room, with that non-nonsense look about his face.
"Dad, do we really need to talk about this, I've already been lectured by Sam and the packs about not running with the them for the first few months of begin a werewolf, so I don't really need to have another lecture about that." I sighed
"No, it's not about that, it's about the imprinting business between you and Seth." My dad replied.
"Oh, if you want to talk about imprinting thingy-ma-bobby, then you'll have to do it when I'm free tonight, as I've got to go on patrol, by myself, with no interruptions at all." I replied.
"Well if you want to find an excuse then go ahead, but remember that you have to see him al least once a week, if not twice," I gave him the you're-pushing-it look. "Or not. But you still have to run with the pack, see Seth and still keep up you're grades in school." He said.
"Okay, love you dad, see you at midnight!" I said rushing out of the house, into the woods and then… I grounded to a complete stop. Right in front of me stood a huge black wolf. Sam must have heard me talking to my dad, as he had a smug look upon his face. If wolves could look smug that is! Great now the whole pack knows that I'll be patrolling until midnight with each and everyone of them. Now all of my private talks will be know by the whole pack if they keep on eavesdropping. I looked at Sam and saw that the rest of the pack was in the clearing, waiting for my to phase.
"Sam?" I asked. He was no help whatsoever as he was in his wolf form.
"Could you help me to phase, please?"
He nodded his head them disappeared into the woods. He came back a moment later, wearing only short cut jeans, with no shirt.
"You'll have to let the wolf inside you break free from the fence restraining it from doing just that." He could see that I was confessed. "In other words, think of some thing that makes you really angry."
"Okay, see you later guys!" as I disappeared behind one of the huge tree trunks and phased.
"Hey, what happened to you're clothes Rose, they aren't torn are they, 'cause then we'll have to get some from you're house." I cut Seth halfway in the sentence.
"You don't have to worry about my clothes, when I phase the fur just... I can't explain it, it's... it's like..." I was interrupted Sam.
"Rose, you can replay how you phased in you're mind so that Seth will understand how you do it, and then he won't bug all of us trying to figure it out."
I did what Sam said, replaying every thing in my mind, excluding the thought that made me mad enough to phase. When I was done I could tell everyone was amazed that I could phase without tearing my clothes.
"Guy's we better get on patrolling before..." I roared with frustration and ran into the woods running faster that Jacob, running to where Victoria crossed over from the Cullen's side of the treaty line. I found her scent and raced after her. I could feel the pack's questions in my mind but I chose to ignore them, as I was to set on destroying her, to keep La Push, Seth, my friends and family safe. The moment they heard that, they stopped following me. I could hear Sam telling Seth to leave me alone as I'm not like the other wolves, so I'm able to look after myself. Seth stopped struggling but very reluctantly stood still behind Sam and the others who were forming a werewolf wall, stopping him to run after me.
"Good luck Rose, and please be careful." He wined.
I stopped running for a second to howl my sorrow, love, and joy back to Seth, telling him not too worry over me, and that I'll always come back to him no matter what, by that time I was crying as I was howling, knowing that we won't see each other again. The whole pack was quiet, listening to my howl and its signification meaning, even Paul was quiet, and that was a first, as he usually would crack a joke about the imprints love for one another.
"May the spirits of our ancestors guide you in your journey." Sam sent me on my way to track and kill Victoria, so that La Push won't have to worry about vampires killing their loved ones. I heard Seth howl his sorrow, love and worry back to me, telling me that he loves me, and that he always will love me.
While I was running I thought of Maria Kerry's song "I Want to Know What Love Is." It made me determent to fight Victoria and survive, knowing that Seth will be waiting on my return. I stopped and sniffed the air, looking for her scent, when I couldn't find it I drank some water by the stream and saw that there was some deer nearby. I stalked and killed a very skinny doe, knowing that it was breeding season and that most of the doe's were pregnant. She was very fulfilling after my run, when I was done I found a comfortable spot to lie down and rest awhile, before I carried on tracking the leech.
I woke up to the sounds of a nightjar and saw that I was midnight, by the way the stars were in the sky. I carried on walking, looking for Victoria's scent only to find myself walking in snow! Dammit, now I'll never find her.
I decided to go back to our borders and see if I can follow her scent from there...gotta be careful not to let the others know I'm there. Just before I reached the border I caught a flash of red in the corner of my eye and I ran after it.
I caught up Victoria and pounced on her from behind. She almost got out of my grasp but I managed to hold on. We landed on a heap on the forest floor, while I proceeded to try to rip her head off.
She proceeded to claw my underbelly and threw me into a tree, which cracked under the pressure.
The last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was her red hair and her retreat.
The same thing went on for weeks. I would catch her before she'd reached the border, we would fight, I'd floor her, she'd claw me to the point of shredded fur and skin, throw me into a tree and disappear, while I'd lose consciousness, only to regain it a few hours later.
I was sick and tired of this, so I decided to ambush her then allow her to attack me first and then we'd get on with it.
But first I had to find her scent again!
A/N: What do you think? Chapter 4 is nearly completed, just need to fine tune it a little bit
Run on
Rose-Zala
