Chapter 3: The Pups
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"Dude's out cold."
"Not for long."
"He's gonna flip."
Seth could hear the numerous voices in his head. He jerked his head up and his ears raised. He tried to focus on the voices and make out who was talking but he didn't know any of them. "That's because we just turned into beasts. The best beasts of them all." One higher pitched voice laughed a bit.
Seth's wolf ears perked up and he slowly fluttered his eyes open, when he did he was nearly nose to nose with a much smaller black wolf than himself. He growled and jumped away, running backwards into the tree behind him in the process. "Shit dude, calm down big guy." The kid laughed, cocking a challenging look toward Seth.
Seth growled again and took a step forward causing the kid to take a step back. He glanced quickly toward the small home where his imprint and son were still asleep. He then motioned his head toward the woods with a stern countenance.
The kid gulped slightly and ran in the direction he was told. "What's your name?" Seth asked gruffly as they ran, he sounded much more like a man in the presence of a child than he did when he was with Sam or Jacob.
He could briefly hear the echo of the other boys, but he decided to tune them out. "Kyler." The boy smiled cockily. Seth wanted to kill him already. Too much like Paul for his own good.
"Why are you out running? Did Jake put you up to this?"
"He said you would teach us! He also told me to be the one to wake you, he said I act just like you."
Seth raised an eyebrow in wolf form. To most it would've been quite amusing to see a wolf appear so human. "I seriously doubt that." Seth thought before he could stop it. Kyler looked at his new idol hurt before glancing away quickly. His big wolf ears fell back and he whined. Seth sighed, feeling bad. "Sorry kid I just didn't get enough sleep. I swear I'm not usually an asshole."
Kyler's eyes lit up and he laughed. "S'okay."
Kyler led the way until they met up with 3 other wolves. They were all small. One of them however looked bigger than the rest, stronger. Seth looked them all over for a second before cocking his head to the side. As soon as he was about to talk Jacob's voice invaded his head. "I'm going to patrol with Embry, I've taught them some but you can finish up beta. The other two already are caught up since they phased a month ago. Their names are Mike and Sarah."
Seth's ears perked up, "Sarah?"
"Yep. Now we have 3 shewolfs," he about said the last ones names but a fierce growl cut him off. The smallest of the group. A pure white wolf, with big brown eyes was baring their teeth. Seth chuckled slightly, well hello to you too.
The girl turned and growled harder at Seth. Seth narrowed his eyes and growled back in warning. "You better watch yourself." Jacob's voice echoed in their heads. "Callie. Don't growl at people unless you want to start something."
"Who said I didn't want to start something?"
Jacob's sigh echoed around in their minds. "Callie. Shut up. I'm getting tired of this shit. Just shut up." The authority in his voice was thick and while it sent a chill down Seth's spine it didn't have the same effect it did on the pups. Their noses were nearly to the ground.
Seth smirked, "Alright if we're gonna do this. Let's do it human. This is weird as crap trying to hold a conversation in wolf form. You guys are looking at me like I'm Jesus or something." Seth noted that the last the one with the longest hair dragging the ground hung back and slightly rolled his eyes. Attitude problem? Or more mature? Guess we'll find out.
When they all phased back and changed they looked completely different. In wolf form they all appeared pretty much the same: 4 paws, 2 eyes, 1 tail. But in human form they all had their own hair styles, jaws, eye colors, even sizes... And in Callie's case, genders.
Seth noticed the bright green eyes first, "Kyler?" He asked. The boy grinned at him with his pearly whites. His hair was shaggy, but not too long like two of the boys. It fell about to his neck, it oddly reminded him of Matt. He was a bit smaller than the other two boys, but still way bigger than Callie. He even looked more baby like in the face.
"Yep." Kyler nodded rapidly.
His eyes then fell on the only girl of the group. She was teeny tiny. His eyes nearly fell out of his head when he took in her height. Surely this little thing would grow more. She couldn't be more then about 5'3.. Which is completely and utterly Unfathomable for a wolf. "Whatchu starin at?" She mumbled hotly. His eyes fell on her again, he also noticed her age. Like Kyler she had a major baby face but hers was even more noticeable. She was a child. Not a teenager. A baby. A kid. She didn't even have the girl parts yet, well boobs kind of but more like a little girl just now growing into her body where it's at that awkward stage where her legs are her whole body, "How old are you?"
"12."
Seth's jaw dropped, he glanced around at the rest of them. "How old are all of you?"
Kyler spoke first, "13. I'm in 8th grade. Callie is in 7th." Callie nodded.
"14," the biggest boy said. He wasn't even big. In comparison to Seth he was short. Little even. They all had muscles sure, but nothing like Seth had when he first turned. This confused him. How are they wolves if they're tiny and why does Jake have children out here? Then again he wasn't much older than him when he turned. Maybe that's why Jake was having him teach them.
"12." The last boy nodded.
He looked at the biggest one. "What's your name?"
"Zac." He smiled.
Seth nodded
"And you?"
The boy with the longest hair frowned. He didn't look excited like all the others... Well Seth wouldn't exactly call Callie excited but, he knew it was all an act. He could see the hunger in her eyes. "Jase." The kid mumbled then looked away.
Seth looked at all 4 of them. They looked way too young to be in this position. He couldn't help but feel bad for them. They didn't ask for this. And who the hell knows why they all turned. Seth's blood boiled a little but he pushed that thought in the back of his mind and focused on helping the kids learn.
Seth was glad he wasn't in wolf form, because as he taught and lectured he couldn't help but think about how he broke pack code and how easily he could've killed Sam. He would quickly push those thoughts away but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't stop thinking about it. Eventually the sun started setting and Jacob strolled up watching them. They were just messing around then, Kyler and Zac were wrestling while Callie was rolling her eyes at them and Jase was off by himself watching the ocean.
"How did it go?" Jake asked, standing beside Seth with his arms crossed.
Seth shrugged, "fine." He said tersely.
Jacob's head turned toward Seth and he raised an eyebrow, nudging him in the shoulder. "Problem?" He said a little tightly.
Seth narrowed his eyes in the face of his alpha. "Hell yes there's a problem Jake. Why do you a have them out here? They're babies."
Jake sighed. "You think I don't know that Seth? Paul and Jared both told me they are retiring too."
Seth's eyes fell open as he stared at Jacob. "What?"
"Yep. Maybe this is why all the young ones are turning the pack is starting to die off. La push still needs protecting?"
"Jacob," Seth frowned. "There were years where there wasn't even a pack. If that was the case why? There hasn't been a vampire through the area since the Cullens left. That doesn't even make since."
Jacob's eyes hardened and his voice strained. "I never thought about that, shit Seth. I don't know." He paused and yelled for Zac and Kyler to knock it off before looking at Seth again. "But it's something. I can FEEL it in every bone in my body. I could feel it in Alaska but now it's even worse since the pack expanded. Something bad is about to happen. I feel like this is the spirits warning me to get ready. So that's what I'm doing and if that means using the pups then I guess I have to. I don't want to but I don't really have a choice."
Seth nodded his understand, "I hear you man." He glanced off in the direction of Jase. "You got it here? I'm gonna go talk to Jase."
Jacob nodded. "Yep, and Seth?" Seth turned around and faced Jacob. "He prefers Jay."
Seth smiled in appreciation and nodded at his long best friend before jogging off to the secluded 12 year old. God 12 year old, Seth thought to himself, this is so freaken messed up. Seth slowly approached the boy so he wouldn't scare him. His hair fell to nearly his shoulder blades, yep someone needs a haircut. When Jay turned to face Seth, Seth nearly flinched the look he gave him clearly said get the hell away from me. "Hey buddy," He said softly, ignoring the look. Seth sat hesitantly beside him, Jay looked at him another minute before glancing back toward the ocean. "Don't like to talk?"
Jay glanced at him sideways, "I seriously doubt anything we talk about it going to be interesting to me. I don't wanna talk about vampires, I don't wanna talk about being a wolf, and I sure as hell don't want to talk about being your so called brother."
Seth whistled low, "You have a lot of anger in your little body." He was grinning but Jay wasn't returning the look. "Well okay let's not talk about that lets talk about your life."
Jay's head snapped to Seth, his eyes were wide and he looked left to right quickly. He was very obviously panicking. Seth raised an eyebrow and gently touched his arm, "Hey you okay?"
Jay flinched under his touch and quickly got up from the log. He walked quickly away from Seth before turning around again when Seth yelled out to him, "Look I don't want to talk. Just leave me alone!"
"Jay, it's okay."
"Why did you even come over here?"
Seth's eyes softened, "Because whether you want to hear it or not we are brothers now and I care about your well being."
Jay laughed bitterly, "Until a week ago when I became a wolf you didn't give a crap what I did, how my life or family was, or who I even was. So do us both a favor, stay away from me. I'll do your little training sessions and kill your vampires but I'm not doing this chick-flick stuff." Then he stormed off. He seemed entirely more mature than 12 and something about that bothered Seth. It might have had to do with the fact that the kid was only TWELVE years old. His own kid was barely 9, that's only a 3 year difference and the thought of Matthew turning in only 3 short years made Seth want to throw up.
Seth watched as Jay asked Jake to leave and Jake nodded then he phased and ran off. When Seth wandered back over to the little group he stood shoulder to shoulder with Jacob again, "So what do you know about Jay?"
Jacob looked at Seth surprised, "You noticed something off too huh?"
"Yeah." Seth frowned.
"I'm not sure all I know is that he is super good at hiding his thoughts and I don't just mean hide them by thinking of other things, I swear sometimes it's like he just shuts off his thoughts completely. I've been trying to research but haven't really gotten anywhere."
Seth hadn't noticed that before but then again his thoughts were more focused on Kyler than the rest of them. "Will you take Kyler and Zac home?"
Seth looked at Jacob surprised, "Why? They are wolves they can run home."
Jacob chuckled, "Seth they are also only 13 and 14 years old. I have to go get them from their house and let their parents know where they are."
Seth laughed without humor and shook his head. "Man this shit is weird. When did we become a daycare?"
Jacob snorted, "I don't know man."
Seth nodded, "So you said just them what about Callie? And why did you just let Jay run off?"
Jacob pursed his lips, "Well Callie lives down the road from me. But Jay is something different all together, I have never even seen his house. He always just shows up to where I'm at. I had to convince the others parents to let me council them and things but I have never even met Jay's parents."
"And that didn't send warning bells off to you?" Seth raised as eyebrow.
Jacob glared, "Well I've only been here a few days Seth, besides I told you I'm researching."
Seth frowned and didn't say anything back, "Zac, Kyler! Let's go. My jeep is in the woods by Livy's house. I'm taking you home."
Both boys ran in Seth's direction and phased on command they ran the short distance to the house. Seth noticed that Olivia's car still wasn't back yet. It was probably in a shop somewhere that probably wasn't a fun bill to pay. Seth frowned and phased back, watching as the other boys did the same. When they changed both kids went behind trees and got dressed. Seth couldn't help but laugh over the years he had just grown accustomed to changing in front of the guys. He probably saw more dicks than a gay guy, he thought to himself.
"So, what do y'all know about Jase?" When he asked the question and glanced at the boys in the rear-view mirror he noticed both of them staring at one another nervously. "Well?" Seth pushed.
Finally Zac shrugged, "He's younger than us. All we know is he acts pretty damn emo."
Seth narrowed his eyes and growled slightly, "I think the kid just has it rough. You guys need to be nicer to him at least. And good god please don't tell him you think he's emo."
Zac shrugged loosely and nodded all at the same time, he didn't see the big deal about Jase or his attitude, that much was obvious to Seth.
"Just do me a favor and make him feel more welcome, okay?"
Both boys nodded, "You know it's pretty early on for you to be requesting things in the relationship Seth."
Seth squinted at Kyler, "What are we dating now?"
"We've been together since I laid eyes on you handsome." Kyler smirked. Seth's eyes widened and he shook his head while Zac just burst out into s fit of laughter, amused by his friend.
After he dropped the boys off and on his way back to the woods Seth furrowed his eyebrows in annoyance. What the hell was he doing? Sleeping in the woods like a damn coward. Pouting from the rest of the world. He needed to stop hiding from the rest of his pack. He wasn't mad at anyone really, besides Sam, his own family, and the council. But the other guys didn't deserve his shit.
Seth drove the short distance to Embry and Quil's house deciding he would start there. When he knocked on the door and Embry answered he tackled Seth in a hug, "Man I've been wondering where you have been you idiot! Couldn't even come see your own brother." He was smiling as he said the words, gently squeezing Seth's neck.
"Yeah sorry Emb, you just know all this shit."
Embry's smile fell, "Yeah about that Seth I didn't mean too…"
Seth held up a hand to stop him from talking. "Dude I know, it's not your fault."
"I still wish-"
"I know," Seth cut him off, smiling at Embry to let him know it was truly fine and hugged him back. "So catch me up on life, how is that?"
Embry grinned, "It's great. I've been seeing a girl."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Embry smiled shyly. "She's amazing." He looked at Seth intensely and Seth raised an eyebrow
"Do I know this chick?"
Emrby swallowed, "Uh, yeah but y'all haven't talking in a long time. Maybe I'll introduce you to her soon… as my girlfriend."
Seth nodded, "Yeah man I'd like that."
Emrby and Seth ended up playing the Xbox until Claire and Quil came in. Seth's jaw dropped open when he saw Claire he hadn't saw her since she was like 9 and she definitely wasn't 9 anymore she was very pretty. Of course to Seth she had nothing on Olivia, but still a pretty girl. "SETH! Stop staring at my girl and get your ass over here!"
Seth blushed and walked to quil getting crushed into a manly hug. Claire hugged him as well, she looked a bit uncomfortable. Seth watched as Quil brought his lips to her knuckles and kissed them while they were talking and she relaxed more. Seth wondered if he could be that settling to Livy one day.
After they had sat on the couch and been talking awhile Claire finally spoke to Seth, she had been looking at him nervously since she walked in the door and Seth was getting a little anxious because of it.
"How's Matty?" Claire eventually asked.
Seth frowned, "He's fine." He said a little confused and short with her.
Claire glanced over at Seth, looking at him from behind her hair. Almost as a way to hide. "Me and Livy are pretty good friends… or I mean were."
"Were?" The tension in the room was thick.
"She thinks I knew you were alive but I didn't. They kept it from me because they knew if I knew I would tell her." She said tightly, when she said the words she dropped Quil's hand and moved away from him a bit, he was hurt by the action, "I think she doesn't believe me because I'm still with him. I'm very angry but there's nothing I can do about it. I love Quil with everything I am, and it isn't his fault. He was alpha ordered not to tell me." Seth could hear the hesitance in her voice though, for someone not in the pack it's hard to understand an alpha order. Quil flinched at her words, he looked like he could cry at her confession. This was obvious a huge obstacle in their relationship too.
Damn Sam, you not only screwed up Seth's life but a lot of other people's too.
Seth frowned, "I'm sorry Claire. If I was in better with her I would try to talk to you but I think she's pissed off at the entire pack right now. She will come around." He said the words, but he didn't believe them even for a second. "Sorry to run guys, but I gotta go." Seth mumbled ending the silence in the room after his last words.
"Where?" Embry asked.
Seth grinned at all of them, "Got to put in some work on my place."
"Place?"
"Yep I've decided I'm going to fix up my old house, live in it" Seth nodded, as if finally deciding this was what he truly wanted.
"Seth you sure you wanna do that man I mean you dad…"
Seth smiled, "My dad made that house from the brick up and I sure as hell am not letting it rot away, if he were here he would kick my ass…. Literally. It's my home. Besides, what other way to convince everyone I'm here for good?"
Quil smiled like a Cheshire cat at Seth, wrapping his arm around Claire's shoulder. "Everyone? Or Olivia?"
Seth gave Quil a crooked smile, but didn't answer he yelled bye to them and walked out to his jeep with his renovation processes in mind. He wasn't hiding away anymore.
No way is the stubborn Seth Clearwater choosing to be a little pissy coward anymore, it's time to put in work.
So you probably feel like I'm just constantly throwing in more characters and random people and plot lines and just... a mess.. well if you do I'm sorru! just trying to introduce everyones character and role they play within my little world.
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