Sorry it took so long for this chapter. I was out of town for a week and couldn't write. I only got back at 3:30 this morning. So i've been working to finish this all day. Anyway hope you like it and please review.

Chris closed his eyes and concentrated, as he started to shake, he beant over like Seth had and seconds later he phased into a huge dark brown wolf. He wasn't as big as Seth but still looked powerful. Seth barked, then turned to me and motioned for me to come. I stood up and pulled the elastic from my rist, pulling my hair back. I hurried to him, grabbing hand fulls of his fur an pulling myself up, throwing my leg over. The whole way up, Chris's eyes fallowed me, curiously. I smiled at him and he looked away quickly. Seth bumped his shoulder to Chris's and laughed

Chapter 3

Shay's POV

After I left Seth and Chris at Sam's, I decided that I wanted to see Nessie. She hadn't been at Sam's the night before and I hadn't seen her since the boys saved us from the revengeful vampires a few months ago. I guess I never went back to the Cullen's because Maddy was there now. She was one of those vampires but Seth said she changed. The wolves always kept an eye on her just in case but nothing strange happened with her. She even changed her eating habits and apologized to everyone but still, after what I've seen her do, you can't blame me for not being a little paranoid. I drove a half hour to the Cullen residence and was greeted with a smiling Nessie and Bella. "SHAY!" Nessie yelled, pulling me into a tight hug. I laughed as she pulled away and beamed at me. "I was wondering when you were going to come see me. I was starting to get worried." She said taking my hand and pulling me into the house.

"Nessie, calm down before you pull her arm off." Bella warned but a smile was placed comfortably on her face. "Welcome back Shay. It's nice to see again. How are you?"

"I'm doing good. I just wish my boyfriend was around." I said and she nodded knowingly.

"Yes, I heard about the new wolf. Jake told us about him." She said.

"What's he like?" Nessie asked, plopping herself onto the couch.

I shrugged. "He's having a hard time excepting every ting." I said siting down beside Nessie.

"He and Seth had a bit of a show-down this morning."

Bella frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Well, when we got to his house to pick him up to go to Sam's, his mother told us he locked himself in his room and well Seth didn't like that. He went up stairs and tried to talk him out of the room but when Chris didn't listen, Seth knocked the door down and forced him out. I know that sounds mean but trust me, it had to be done. Seth pushed him downstairs and into the kitchen. Chris freaked out a bit and grabbed a knife and stabbed Seth in the arm."

"Oh my. Is he okay?" Bella asked and I nodded.

"He's fine, the wound healed almost right after he took the knife out of his arm. Well then, Chris realized what he did and didn't object when Seth told him get outside." I explained and they both nodded.

"Then, what happened?" Nessie asked.

"We talked to him and he calmed down enough to agree to go to Sam's with us." I replied.

"I feel bad for him." Bella said, sitting on the floor in front of Nessie and I and crossed her legs. "No one should ever be forced into this kind of life. It's really not for everyone. Jake had trouble with it for a long time."

I nodded. "Yeah Seth told me a little about that. I'm just glad everything turned out. All that needs to be fixed now is Chris."

Bella smiled. "I'm sure everything will be fine in the end."

"Hope so. I think we all had enough drama in our lives." I said and they both nodded in agreement.

We fell silent for a few moments. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence. Everyone was just thinking. Then suddenly Nessie perked up again. "Oh Shay, I'm planing a game day for us for next weekend. Can you help me plan?" She asked, her usual happy self showing through, chocolate brown eyes sparkling.

"Sure, what do you have so far?" I asked, smiling at the idea.

She turned on the couch so she was facing me full on, a huge smile on her face. "For one thing, I want to make a race. I know Leah and dad is supposedly the fastest but I'm going to make it a little more difficult to make it more far. There's going to be a bunch of obstacles and only my family will know about them so the wolves won't have a clue. They have to fallow our scent so they know where to go and we'll be following them so they don't try to cheat too much because you know they will." We laughed. "They'll have to jump over rocks and push through trees. It's going to be brutal but I know they like it that way."

I nodded. "I like it." I said, thinking. "What about a game, like soccer or football? Losing team has to do whatever the girls say for a whole day, no matter what it is. Whether it's serving us, pampering us. It doesn't matter. They have to do whatever we tell them to do."

Bella and Nessie smirked, thinking. "I like that idea. No matter what huh. It will defiantly get them motivated. It would be an interesting game. The problem is, how to be make sure the ball doesn't break every five minutes?"

"True." I whispered, biting my lip as I thought. "You could just get one specially made so it was only rubber and not hollow."

"That's what we'd have to do." Nessie agreed. "Even at that, we'd have to get a few of them."

Shay's POV

A week went by. Things started to become normal again. Chris got a little better so Seth or anyone else didn't need to fight with him anymore. He started doing patrols with the park and actually ran to his school in forks instead of getting driven like before. Seth told me, he was having a hard time keeping the secret from his friends and he thought that they thought something weird was going on with him. However, even with all the drama the boys were excited for the game day that Nessie was planning. She told me the night before that everything was set and ready to go (including the special ball that she had to get made).

Seth said the night before it that he was so excited to see how it turned out. He said he didn't remember the last time he got to really get down and compete with his brothers. He could barely sleep that night in my room.

Then that morning, he was already up and had toast and eggs ready for us when I came down the stairs. He smiled my favorite smile and served me my breakfast and nearly inhaled his.

Then around ten, we ran to the Cullen's and met everyone there. The house was packed with humans, wolves and vampires. It almost reminded me of a few months ago when everyone met here when we were trying to get away from the evil vampires. However, this time everyone was smiling and could barely stay still. We hung around the house for about a half hour while everyone gathered and Nessie explained the rules. She said that the Cullen's were going to be lined up all along the track so that there was no cheating going on and also to help make the track harder. They also had to follow her scent to know where the track was. Almost every guy in the room were bouncing in their seats, eager to get started.

Maddy was there too. I wouldn't have noticed her though if Seth hadn't pointed her out. She was sitting under the stairs watching us, laughing and having a good time. Her face was blank but her eyes were filled with envy and regret.

Then about twenty minutes later the guys were all phased and lined up in front of the start line. The already known fast wolves were in the back to make it as equal as possible so only the best would come out first. I noticed Seth was in the middle and Leah, Jake and Sam in the back. Collin and Brady was right in front of Seth and behind the younger wolves from

Sam's pack.

Then I saw Chris standing on the side lines and I frowned. "Aren't you going to be in the race?" I asked, walking over to him.

He looked down at me and shook his head. "No, I'm obviously not going to win. There's no point." He said sadly, looking at the others with envy in his eyes.

"The point isn't to win Chris. It's have fun. Seth told me this morning that he only wanted to have a chance to wrestle and have fun with his brothers."

He hesitated so I continued. "And you never know. You might do better then you think." I said, giving him encouraging smile.

"I'm the new kid. How great can I be. Everyone else has been doing this longer." He mumbled, watching the others figit and fight with each other, all having fun.

I frowned. "Chris, just because your new doesn't make you any less better then any of them.

It means that you haven't had time to find your strengths yet and this is a good way to find

them. It's also a good way to have fun and I'm sure they'd all be happy to have you with

them. Whether you like it or not, you a part of this now and so might as well make the best of it."

"I don't know." he murmured to himself.

I nudged him. "Go on. You have nothing to lose."

He hesitated for a moment but finally agreed with a smile.

Seth's POV

I couldn't stand still while we waited for Nessie to say we could go. The vampires needed to get into place. While I waited, I saw Shay convince Chris to participate in the race and smiled.

She looked at me and I winked her. She smiled back before walking back to where the other girls stood, ready to watch us take off.

My head was filled with excited voices, all cheering and yelling. The wolves around me couldn't stand still either as we waited. Chris joined us and took a place near the front of the line. Then finally Nessie walked in front of us and smiled her brilliant smile.

"Okay boys." She said and a loud, angry bark came from Leah, behind me. "Sorry and girl.

Behave." She warned.

"Yeah. Everyone. Behave and no cheating." Jake said.

"That includes you Jake." I said and we all snickered when he frowned and growled at me.

"Alright. Ready. Set. GO." She yelled and jumped out of the way when we all snapped forward.

I ran hard and so did everyone else. However, I easily past most of the ones in front of me, it was the others that was the real race. They all ran as fast as they could, scenting the air around us for the track. The terain was farely easy at first but it got a lot hard, like Nessie had promised.

We jumped over logs and rock, dodging trees and eachother. We ran very tightly, nipping at eachothers legs and shoving eachother aside. Jake, Sam and Leah, who had been in the back ran almost neck to neck. They were such a close match, like Brady, Collin and I were. I dug my claws into the ground, propelling myself as fast as my legs would carry me. I shoved Brady out of my way and laughed when he swore at me. Leah came up beside me and I saw her eyes watch me, waiting for the right moment to hit me. I hid my thoughts from her and hit her first, sending her on her side. She growled, falling far behind as we raced forward. "You are so dead, little brother. " She yelled at me

I snicked. "Only if you can catch me, big sister." I said back and she growled annoyed.

"Nice one." Embry laughed, right beside me.

Just then out of nowhere, a eight foot wooden wall fell onto the track the last second and

Embry, not paying attention ran into it, snapping it into pieces. I laughed and wished I could

laugh longer but I slowed down when I laughed. I forced air in and out of my lungs and

pushed my legs to go faster, Embry's swears behind me.

Then again, another one of those wooden walls dropped into my path, right between two

large trees so I couldn't go around. I bent down and propelled myself into the air. I flew over

it and landing neatly on the ground on the other side. Although some others were not so lucky.

Jake and Sam were racing a little ways in front of me, snapping and growling at each other playfully. They were so close. I saw through Jake's mind, him slow just slightly so he could kick Sam's back leg, making Sam stumble a little and slow down enough so Jake could be in the lead. Quil, who had been right behind Sam, ran into him and fell behind. I cheered happily in my head. It was me and Jake in front now. "Bring it on." Jake yelled, hearing my thoughts.

"I intend to." I yelled back, pushing myself even faster.

One of those wooden walls fell in front of us again and we both dodged it, running on different sides of it. Then Edward and Alice appeared from the trees and ran beside us, throwing water balloons at our head. "What the heck, Edward." I yelled at him, dodging one but being hit by another.

Edward laughed. "Sorry, Seth. It was Nessie's idea." He called to me as he stopped and though more at the other wolves. I shook my head, shaking the water away and getting it out of my eyes.

We followed Nessie's scent as it made a sharp turn left, sending off track a little but helping me catch up with Jake a bit. "Damn." Jake swore.

I wasn't as fast or as strong as Jake but I was better at maneuvering through the trees then he was. I could fit into smaller places and it helped me out a lot with this race.

The others were finally starting to catch up with us and I hard to fight harder and harder to stay at the pace I was going. Jared came up behind me and the thing was that I couldn't see into his mind to see what he was planning. I was on high alert and dodged when he jumped at me, trying to make me stumble. I ran around a tree away from him. He growled just as Sam caught up too. He was a black mass of power, running at top speed toward Jake, his biggest threat (so he thought.) I came up behind him and since he couldn't see into my mind, he didn't see what I was doing. I bit into his leg and pulled it out from under him. He fell behind again and before Jared could react, I shoved him into a tree.

Behind me, Embry and Quil were fighting to be before each other and Brady kicked Paul in the face. It was all very violent but it was very fun. Nobody actually got hurt, which was a good thing. I huffed and dodged some trees as the woods got thicker and harder to move in. Jake ran into a smaller tree, causing it to snap in half.

By then, we were near the Olympic mountains and the terrain was getting steeper and rockier. We had to jump from rock to rock to stay on the track. It cause Jake slow down a little but it also slowed me down. My eyes scanned the entire space, waiting for the perfect moment to jump at him and hopeful slow him down enough to get in front. I also tried my best to hide my thoughts from Jake but he was doing it too. The problem was that he was better at it then I was.

A wall fell in front of Jake and he didn't even try to jump it. He ran head first into it, broke it in half and then kept running. Then the track made a hard turn right this time and he skidded a little on the rock and dirt to get back on track. Me, who got a heads up, turned a little early and ended up right beside him. He growled at me but didn't react. I was set on winning this that I just ran faster, jumping and dodging everything.

The thing was neither of us were paying attention enough of things other then each other and the terrain in front of us that we didn't notice the dark brown wolf coming right behind us until he was nearly on us.

Chris caught up with us and ran right beside us. I swore and laughed. "Nice going kid." I said and he smiled happily inside our heads.

We ran side by side, Jake was inching closer to the front. The track turned again and went down the side of the mountain. It sent Jake back again but he caught up with us easily and I saw in his mind that he was pushing himself harder and harder. He ran in front of us soon enough.

More obstacles came, the track made more and more zig-zaging motions and we were having a hard time staying on the track. Me and Chris right beside each other. It seem that if one would get ahead just a little bit, the other would push harder to fill the space between us. Then the track turned again and caught Chris off guard. I took the chance rushed by him.

He swore and I mentally stuck my tongue out at him. I dug my claws in the ground and forced myself to go faster. It was exhilarating. Soon the finish line came into view, not far in front of Jake. Adrenaline rushed through me and I ran harder. It felt like my paws were barely touching the ground. I was right behind Jake when he crossed the line, with Chris not far behind us. We zoomed past the girls, cheering and skidded though the dirt, trying to stop. Chris crashed into me and we tumbled onto the ground and rolled over each other a few times. We were going so fast that we ran into Jake too and we all rolled into the trees on the other side of the clearing, knocking down a few smaller trees in the process but laughing and having fun no less.

Shay's POV

We were waiting by the finish line when out of no where, three huge balls of fur appeared out of the trees. they were moving so fast that I almost couldn't tell where one started and ended.

They zoomed past, tumbling into each other as they tried to stop and ran into the woods on the other side of the clearing. They stayed there for a few moments before they walked out, human and laughing. They all had huge smiles on their faces and were talking. Seth turned to Chris, wrapped his arm around his neck and ruffled his hair. I heard him congratulate him and Chris smiled and pushed him away. They moved toward us just as three more balls of fur flew by. A small grey one ran straight for Seth.

Seth smiled, arms wide, welcoming her as she made a jump for him and landing right on top of him, growling. He laughed and kicked her off. "You had it coming. Next time hid your thoughs better." He said wesling with her. She snapped at him before getting up and mumbling her way into the trees to phase.

Seth and Jake both laughed as Seth stood up and brushed himself off. His eyes scanned the ground for a second before finding me and running over. "Congrats."I smiled and his grin grew wider.

"Thanks." He said, picking me up and spining me around in circles. He set me down and hugged me close. I wrapped my arms around his waist. He was still breathing hard.

More wolves came and in minutes everyone had gotten back.

First place was obviously Jake and then Seth, Chris, Leah, Sam, Jared, Embry, Paul, Quil, and then the younger wolves. Everyone was surprised by the out come. Especially Chris being in third place. Chris's smile was so wide that it looked like it shouldn't have fit his face. I smiled and at him and he mouthed a thanks to me. I winked before going to stand beside Seth.

Not long after, once everyone caught their breath, the guys and vampires divided into two teams. Seth, Jake, Embry, Quil, Brady, Chris and Collin on one team and Sam, Jared, Leah, Paul, Jackson,

Shay's POV

"Hey Chris!" Seth called, motioning to Chris from the other side of the clearing. Chris looked up and saw us. He hurried over, curiously. "We're going to the beach. You want to come?" Seth asked when he got close enough. I smiled when I saw his face brighten.

He smiled and nodded. "Yeah."

"Good." Brady said and hit his back playfully. Chris's smile widened and I was happy for him. He just needed some encouragement and to feel wanted.

"Okay then. Let's go before the other guys find out where we're going." Seth said before, he, Collin, Brady and Chris disappear in the trees to phase, leaving me, Kendra, Bree and Jez waiting.

Seth's POV

We changed quickly and returned to the girls in a few moments. They were chatting to each other easily, all smiling and laughing. My eyes ran up and down Shay. She was laughing and I enjoyed the sound of it. She glanced up at me when we came back into view. I saw her blush and glance at her feet for a second but her smile never faltered. I smiled too and she laughed.

"Do me a favor man and never imprint. I don't think I could handle any more of this crap in my head." Brady said to Chris.

I rolled my eyes at Brady and saw Shay glance between the two of us, curiously. I shook my head at her. She nodded before walking to my side, grabbing handfulls of my fur and pulled herself up onto my back. "Don't listen to him Chris. Like I said before. He's just mad that he hasn't imprinted yet and we have."

"He tries to hid it but it doesn't work." Collin said, bending down so Kendra could clim on his back.

"Would you two shut up." Brady snapped, walking over to Bree and letting her on.

"He doesn't want to admit it but he actually dreams about having his own imprint." I laughed and Brady growled at me.

Chris laughed at us, then went a little bit more serious. "I guess, I'm carrying Jez?" He asked.

I laughed and shook my head. "Nope." I said, laying on my stomach so Jez could climb on my back with Shay.

"Jez is freakishly scared of riding on one of us." Brady said, glad to change the subject.

"She absolutely hates it." Collin says.

"She won't ride unless someone else is on with her." I laughed, rolling my eyes and getting up. We started walking toward the trees.

"Also, she's getting on Seth because he's the smoothest out of the four of us. "Brady said and I smirked inwardly, causing Brady roll his eyes.

"And he's the only one of us that's big enough that two people can fit comfortably." Collin said.

"He's not that much bigger then me." Brady objected.

"You keep thinking that Brady." I said, kicking his leg with my right hid paw.

He stumbled a little and growled at me and made a grab for my tail but I jumped forward, out of his way. We heard a squeaked from Jez and laughed. "Would you please stop you three." Jez snapped at us. "And god, I wish you guys could talk. It be nice to know what you guys are talking about."

We laughed for a moment before taking on at a light run. I felt Jez's legs tighten around me and Shay telling her to not hold onto her so hard.

We came close to the beach in a matter of minutes. We let the girls climb off our backs and went to phase. We came back and walked onto the beach together. Summer was a week away and the weather was pretty nice for La Push. It was cloudy and was threatening to rain but it wasn't cold. The girls only needed a t- shirt and jeans. Shay even pulled her long black hair up into a ponytail so it was off her neck. Us guys wore only shorts, not really caring at the moment if anyone saw us. It had been cold last week but it was warm enough now that we didn't too strange. There were only a few other people on the beach anyway. A group of teenagers about the same age as us. Three guys and two girls.

We settled down just out of hearing distance of them (their hearing distance that is, not ours.). We pulled up some drift wood so we can sit down and talk. The girls sat while we piled more wood in the middle and we built a fire. I felt the groups eyes on us the whole time but I ignored them. I knew from experience that, that was best thing to do. I saw Chris glaring at them and his hands shacking slightly at his sides and put my hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me. "Just ignore them." I said and sat down beside Shay.

He nodded and sat down on my other side. I heard them talking about us. "They're such freaks. I heard they do drugs in the woods." One of the guys said.

"Everyone knows that dude. It's so obvious. Just look how big they are." A second guy said.

"It has to be steroids. I heard that, that Seth kid lifted a guy completely off his feet without even breaking a sweat just because he was talking to his girlfriend." The third guy said, joining in on the conversation.

I felt Chris's eyes glance my way at the last comment but I shook my head.

"And they're not even the weirdest ones of the group. Have you seen Jacob black and Sam Uley lately. They have to be over seven feet tall now." The first said.

"And remember when Jacob was so against them and now he's the biggest freak of them all." The third said.

"What are they saying?" Bree asked me.

I didn't answer. I was too distracted by the fact that Chris was shacking. "Do you want to move or can you pull yourself together?" I asked me but he shook his head.

"I'm fine." he growled through clenched teeth.

"You sure. We're fine with moving if it helps you any." Brady asked and we all nodded in agreement.

Chris shook his head again. "I'm fine." He repeated. He forced himself to breath and his shacking slowed a little.

"Remember when this all started. Sam disappeared for two weeks and then suddenly appeared again and all this happened." The seocnd guys recalled.

"You got to wonder what happened to change him like that." One of the girls said.

"No, you got to wonder what happened to all of them to join him."

"And why those girl actually want to be with them." The girl said.

"Maybe they force them." The first guy suggested.

"No, they're to devoted to them. Have you seen how they look at each other."

"Yeah, it's kinda creepy."

"And look at that Shay girl. She had been here two days before Clearwater got to her. We you there to see that scene where his two followers dragged him out of the cafeteria? It looked like they were dragging him to his death or something." The second guy said.

"Yeah I remember that. That was crazy." The third guy said.

"It was no better for that new kid over there. He just got here a few weeks ago and he doesn't even go to school on the rez and they already have him under their control."

"Would you guys quit it. Your being so mean." the second girl, who had barely said anything yet finally spoke.

"How are we being mean. You know full well that there's something wrong with them." The first guy said.

"No I don't and neither do you. None of us know for sure what they actually do in the woods." The girl defended us.

"No matter what they actually do, they're still freaks. There's still something seriously wrong with them." The guy sneered with sure confidence and arrogance that his words even got to me. I had to force myself not to react.

It wasn't the same for Chris though. You could practically see something snap inside him. Again It was a wonder how he didn't phase right there and then.

To fast for any of us to stop him, he ran over to the group, grabbed the first guy but his shirt collar, picked him up and threw him to the ground. The guy looked up in horror at the sixteen year old tower over him, eyes wide and mouth open. "CHRIS DON'T." I yelled after him but he didn't listen.

"You have something to say about me and my friends then why don't you say it to our faces." He yelled and made to lunge at the poor kid again but Collin, Brady and I grabbed him before he could do any damage. I put myself in front of him and shoved him back. He stumbled backwards and Collin and Brady both took an arm. "AAHH. NOO." He yelled at us.

"Chris they're not worth it." I said, moving to block his view of the frozen teenagers behind me.

He bared his teeth at me. "They deserve what I have in mind for them." He spat.

I shook my head. "No." I whispered so only he and the other two werewolves could hear. "They don't know anything. They don't know what we are or what we do and trust me. It's better that way."

He growled. "You can't tell me you've never wanted to give idiots like them what they deserve." He spoke loud enough for everyone to hear.

I glanced behind me and saw all five of them cowering together. I turned back to Chris. "Of course but I know better. Now either calm down or get you sorry ass in those woods." I growled.

He wasn't listening. He was what we'd call in between. He was mad enough to phase at any moment but could still calm down if he wanted to. he clearly didn't want to.

He pulled against Collin and Brady. "Let GO." He yelled.

"Then have it your way." I growled. I nodded to the Brady and Collin and together we dragged him into the woods.

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