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I leaned against the wall and smirked. This was going to be fun.
"Listen. I have valuable information for you about the Cullens. There's more to the whole 'Biting Bella' thing than you know," I said. One of the few that was still in human form glared at me, his arms vibrating and ready to change.
"Why should we trust you? You might just be trying to start a war for fun or something," he snapped.
I rolled my eyes. "Abilities. Duh. Alright, which one of you can read minds?" I asked, looking at them. Surprise and confusion played out across their features.
"What are you talking about?" the humanoid guy said. He was short and thick, reminding me of a stump.
"Don't play dumb. I know all about wolves having abilities, just like vampires. Seriously, which one can read minds? It's a common enough one, out of this many wolves there's got to be at least one," I said, raising an eyebrow. They just shook their heads, keeping their puzzled looks, some of them looking surprised that I called them wolves and not any of the slangs like 'dog', 'mongrel', 'lice limo', or 'mutt' like most vampires. Being around wolves for a long time had erased most of my hatred for them They weren't as bad as I had thought. But these ones continued to act stupid. Man, they were stubborn good actors.
"We don't have abilities, idiot. Are you slow in the head?" stumpy growled. Then it dawned on me.
"Great. You haven't unlocked them yet. Well, now I just have useful information. First of all, my name is Sam, not Arrow. Ring a bell?" I asked as shock and fear was displayed on their faces. The biggest wolf stepped into the other room, and came back out, back in human form and with a pair of pants on. I recognized him to be the other Sam.
"We have been alerted of a cunning, malicious snake like you, that goes by the name of Sam. If you are really that Sam, then we ask you to leave quietly. Any information may be useful, but only if we know if you're telling the truth. And we don't have a way to discover the truth," he said, cautious and hesitant.
"Yes, I'm that Sam. And I have information that I might be able to prove as truth, as well as helping you unlock your Talents." It felt nice to be able to speak naturally, with my slight Australian accent, and to be able to use my normal words. "I have an idea of how to prove as truth. But I need a willing host first." They tensed at my choice of words, making it sound like I was parasitic.
"Okay. You can have… Embry. But if you do anything, I swear we'll rip you out and kill you." I resisted the urge to laugh at his thought. You can't grab or kill smoke. I just nodded solemnly and instructed Embry to lie down on the couch, right side of his head facing upwards. Everyone else gathered around, curious. I took a deep breath and hoped I remembered how to do this. It had been a while since I had entered someone's conciousness, but I was pretty sure that I could do it.
I slowly dissolved like sand in a blowing wind, and swirled around Embry as mere smoke and shadow. He looked alarmed for a moment, but I was already entering his ear canal, careful to not damage anything on my way to the brain. Sometimes I entered through the mouth or nose when someone breathed, but ear was easiest. Other than going in through the eye socket, but that caused damage to vision. Finally, I saw the brain. Slipping around it, I settled into the many folds of the brain, covering the gray matter. As soon as I touched the cerebellum, I was seeing through his eyes and smelling through his nose, using all of his senses. I grinned and sat up, using his hands and his feet. I opened my mouth and spoke with his mouth.
"I'm in. This is Sam. Now, how do I phase into wolf?" I asked, shuddering at the sound of his, no, my voice. It wasn't creepy, it was just weird that it was me speaking, but him actually forming the sounds and words.
"You just think hard about it, I guess. Picture yourself exploding into a wolf," the sullen, cute one said. He had a certain eagerness to his voice, like he was amazed by me, and didn't seem sullen at all now. He seemed happy, his eyes bright, and he was practically radiating happiness.
Nodding, I concentrated, like I was going to turn into smoke, but concentrated on a wolf. Suddenly, I was vibrating, and then I exploded.
I was a wolf, and I could hear the other wolf's thoughts. The other Sam changed quickly, and I felt him search my mind enthusiastically. He kept away from the memories of my years. 4,266 years, to be exact. ((A/N- I changed her age. She helped build the pyramids, and I had to change it cause I love Egypt! That's what I get for reading a book about Cleopatra ;) lol)) He only searched my plans of now and the future. After about five minutes, he seemed satisfied and pulled out. Shuddering again, I felt my way back to my real smoky body inside his head and pulled back from contact. It was harder to get out when he was a wolf, but I got there in the end. Changing back into human, I smiled again.
"Here is my information; Edward doesn't have a choice weather to bite Bella or not. The royal vampire family that rules the vampires, mostly called the Volturi, met her last year when Bella ran off to Rome to keep Edward from killing himself. Long story, don't need to detail that. But the Volturi have rules. One of them is that humans can't know about vampires. Bella broke that rule, so she either has to be killed or changed into a vampire.
"My second bit of information is that changing into wolves isn't the only thing you can do. You also each have a special Talent that you have to unlock. But unlocking it is painful and very difficult. You have to experience shock. Literally, you have to get a certain amount of voltage running through your human bodies to access it. Once you use it once, when you're charged with electricity, then you can use it without having to zap yourself. I think the voltage is somewhere between five hundred and six hundred volts. The easiest way to do this is to use defibrillators. When you have your powers, then you can use them to maybe help save Bella. But there's another catch- some of you won't have Talents. It's just the same as with the vampires- what you were good at when you were normal humans affects what your Talent will be. One Talent that is already opened that didn't need to be electrified into your body is the alpha male rule. I assume that you are the leader, Sam, so your talent is already out- you can command things, and they have to obey. The rest of you will have to get shocked. So I suggest you 'borrow' some defibrillators and get started. The sooner you get it over with, the better," I said, ending my long speech. The pack stared at me, nodding and thinking hard.
"Okay, we'll get the defibrillators. You can go, and come back at… one o' clock the day after tomorrow. We'll have them by then. But do you want the Cullens to know about you? Edward can just read our minds and find out, if he hasn't already read yours," Sam said. I paused, then grinned again.
"Great idea. Just command everyone to not think about me when Edward Cullen is around. Your command will help them, so when ever Edward is around, weather they know it or not, they'll forget about me. And for you, I think I can lock that knowledge into your head," I put in hesitantly. I had only locked in knowledge once, and I wasn't sure if I could do it. It wasn't instinctive like entering a body, it was very difficult.
"What would you like the opening and closing words to be?" I asked.
"How about… 'lupus rector'? It's latin for wolf leader."
"Okay. But now I'm going to have to go into your head."
Sam paused, and looked to Embry. "Did it hurt?" he asked him. Embry hesitated.
"A little. When she took control, it hurt for a second, like I had fire in my head, but it was only for a minute. And it was kind of creepy how my arms and legs were moving them, but I wasn't the one moving. The worst part was knowing I couldn't do anything about it," he muttered. Sam nodded, then took Embry's place on the couch.
I quickly entered his brain, careful as always. But when I got there, I didn't wrap myself around it. I just touched all of the main information centers and dove in.
I ignored all of his memories, just like he had done to me, and grabbed all information about me. Carefully, I tied it in a knot, using the words he had requested. That probably makes no sense to you, but you'd need a masters degree in neuroscience and psychology. To make a long story short, I gave the information passwords. When he said the word 'Lupus', then he would forget about me. When he said the words 'lupus rector,' he would remember me. End of story.
I pulled out just as quickly as I had entered, and stood in front of him.
"Say 'lupus'," I told him. He obeyed, and then a look of confusion passed over his face. He looked right through me at stumpy, who was standing behind me.
"So what are we going to do about the Bella accident? It's either the Volturi or Edward," he said, continuing his earlier conversation. I grinned.
"Say 'lupus rector'," I said. He quickly said them, then looked at me, this time seeing me. He grinned.
"Now we're getting somewhere."