So I'm Gonna Fly

Chapter 3

MIA

" I never had a dream come true till the day I found you, you'll always be my baby

I never found the words to say you're the one I think about each day."

The walk to Billy's wasn't nearly long enough. Embry knocked on the wooden door and pushed it open.

"Hey! Billy!" he called, pulling Tatiana behind him gently. Billy Wheeled himself around the corner and smiled.

"Hey Embry, is this the beautiful young lady you were talking about?" he asked, but eyeing the bruise on her face his face dropped from a smile. Tatiana's hand immediately covered her cheek and she looked away "Embry did you - "

"Of course not." said Embry a little irritated. "I beat the shit out of the guy who did though." he said grabbing Tatiana's hand from her face and holding it tight.

"Good. Well if you're looking for Jake he just went out for a run he'll be back soon." said Billy turning his chair.

"No, we're not here for Jake."

"Mr Black, I'm Tatiana Volterre my mother passed away a few days ago and she left me a home in her will. I couldn't get away to get the key or anything, and I'd like to finally go home after all these years." she said quietly staring at the floor.

"Volterre." said Billy thinking. "Yes, yes I remember, give me a minute." Billy wheeled his chair out of the room. Embry turned to face her.

"Are you okay?" he asked using his free hand to tilt her chin up to look at him. Her blue eyes looked up at him. He could see the sorrow written in them. "I guess you're as okay as you can be." he continued pulling her into a tight hug. It didn't last long for they were interrupted.

"Hem, hem." Billy cleared his throat. Embry slowly let go of Tatiana, who's face was turning slightly pink. "Well Miss Volterre, I have the keys and the ownership papers." He wheeled over to Tatiana and smiled, passing the keys and a brown envelope. Tatiana smiled and put the keys in her pocket.

"Thank you. Mr. black." said Tatiana softly, clutching the papers to her chest. The only thing she had to her name besides the clothes on her back.

"Please, call me Billy." said Billy chuckling ans rolling away. "I have to finish making dinner now so you kids be on your way, I'll tell Sam where you are Quil.

"Thanks Billy." said Embry steering Tatiana out of the house.

"Bye!" she called, she didn't wait for a response when four gigantic men appeared on the other side of the wooden door. Tatiana jumped. The first person she thought of was Jason, what if theses were his friends coming after Embry, she wouldn't let them hurt him. Anger flared in her. Suddenly she felt sick. She began to hurt. Everywhere. It was like someone set her bones on fire.

"Tatiana?" asked Embry as he felt her weight being suddenly put on him. She had collapsed into his side. "Tatiana!" She didn't respond, her eyes were closed. She clenched her fist around a hadful of material of Embry's shirt. The pain faded.

"I, I'm sorry, I have to go." she said softly. Pushing off of Embry. "My stomache hurts, I need some sleep." the door opened and the four guys came rushing it. Tatiana pushed passed all of them and took off at a run. She ran down the driveway and onot the road, heading down the opposite way she came. The group of wolves watched after her.

"Is she alright?" asked Jake, thie first one to break the silence.

"Shes been through a lot." said Embry. "I guess it's finally catching up to her." his voice lathered in hurt, hurt that she didn't want him to be around. Not right now anyways.

***

Tatiana kept running, her heart pounded in her ears as she turned down the long driveway to her new home, anger from earlier still coursed through her veins. She dropped the papers on the deck. She didn't even look up to her gorgeous home. She dug for her keys and stuffed them in the emvelope leaving it under one of the steps. She fell to her knees and cried out. It was just too painful

She was on fire.

Every bone in her body was being torn though, and something in her chest was moving, growing? She brought herself to her feet and ran into the dense forest. She ran and she didn't stop. She could hear her hearbeat four times its natural heartbeat. The whiish of her own breath. She could hear every footstep around her every movement. The beating of another human heart. She stopped running as she almost ran into someone.

"What the hell? Where did you come from?" It was a hiker. "Who - Who are you?" he suddenly became scared. Why was he scared? Did she look that hideous? Was she that scary? That was it. Something snapped.

She felt her body being ripped apart, but it wasn't entirely painful, not as much as the burning bones, that was still going on. She felt her hand touch him. she looked down, it wasn't a hand. It was a gigantic vile claw. She looked at the man. He was bleeding from the gashed that ran down his entire body. He coughed up some blood, and became limp. He was dead.

She just killed someone.

This innocent man was dead.

Because of her.

***

"I smell blood." said Jared standing up on Jake's porch. Followed by the rest of the pack.

"I do too." said Sam. "Lets go." he said simply. The entire pack took off running towards the forest. Once they hit tree cover they stripped and phased. Not running as a pack of gigantic wolves.

***

Tatiana backed away and ran. She couldn't head home, they'd find her there. She ran towards the ocean. There her scent would be gone. She found a small river first. She stopped and looked down at her appearance. She was a monster, with claws and wings. She became saddened, but if this was who she was she'd have to live with it. She stared down at her reflection and began to flap her wings, lifting off the ground easily. She dropped to the ground and turned around running into the forest, than begant o flap her sinwg, they'd never catch her scent now.

***

"What the hell?" thought Jacob, being the first one to come across the body sniffing it heavily.

"What could've done this." said Paul sniffing the area.

"This wasn't a vampire." thought Embry, worrying about Tatiana. "Whatever this new monster is, we have to get rid of it."

"Agreed." said Sam, "I found a trail."

***

Tatiana flapped her sings so she was high in the trees. It started to rain. She sighed and closed her eyes, consumed in fear, she didn't even notice her body shrink. She opened her eyes again, everything was still as sharp and defined as before, she could still hear everything, but she felt smaller. She looked at ther hands, they were hands again. She sighed and relaxed. She lost balance and toppled down fron the branch.

She landed on the ground, but ti didn't hurt. Not as much as it should. In the distance she could hear footsteps. She jumped down for the tree. She realized that she was completely naked. She squealed and ran for the steps grabbing the papers and the key hastily and opening the glass door. She locked it behind her and ran for the nearest set of staris than maybe headed to a bedroom. Instead she tripped on the stairs and didn't move from where she fell.