A Tale of Two Wolves
Written by AndiCullen104
A/N- Thanks for reading and reviewing the last chapter! I hope you enjoy this one. Big thanks to madmamabear for beta-ing this chapter! She is awesome and go check out her stories!
What the fuck? A stranger's voice sounded in Bella's mind. She kept trying to scream, but only howls pierced the air.
Shut the hell up! Damn it! The male stranger yelled at her. Bella's thoughts were all over the place.
Why should I shut up? Who are you? What right do you have to talk to me like that?
How did she end up in this body? What kind of body was this? Why was she hearing this man's voice in her head? So many questions whirled in her mind. She could see into his mind too and felt the anger pulse from him to her flowing like a river between them. Bella could see through his eyes that he was also in the forest, but she instinctively knew he was much farther away from her.
Who are you? She asked again, more demanding this time.
Better question who the fuck are you?! His thoughts were full of venom.
Bella. Bella Swan.
Oh just fan-fucking-tastic, the fucking leech lover. How the hell did this happen? Better get Sam to deal with this shit. The stranger howled leaving her question unanswered. Bella felt her anger boil within her at this stranger who instead of answering her question was insulting her. She looked behind her at the school and saw Angela come out of the cafeteria door and look around, scanning the parking lot.
Run! Don't let her fucking see you! The man commanded. Bella felt her hackles rise at his rudeness, but she listened to him. She began to sprint deeper into the forest and felt the wind whip around her. She looked down...there were paws, not sneakered feet! And there were four of them! She was accustomed to two, even if she wasn't very talented with them.
Bella easily dodged the trees and boy was she fast! She couldn't believe the speed at which she was traveling. In the next moment there was another voice in her mind causing Bella to halt her movements, skidding to a dead stop in the leaf mould and the moss.
Paul, what's going on? The new stranger asked. Bella recognized his voice, but she couldn't place where she had heard it.
Ask the leech lover, Paul grumbled.
My name is BELLA! She thought loudly, she was sick of being called the leech lover.
Bella? Sam was shocked at this news. She saw a memory of him finding her in the woods. It was weird to see herself from another prospective. Bella shuddered at the scene in his head and felt the hole in her chest ripple in pain. She let out a whimper.
What is so important that I had to leave school right now? Kim is going to be upset that I won't be in class with her! A new voice shouted through their mental link. Bella felt like she was going crazy. For crying out loud she was hearing other people's thoughts! Maybe she was going insane…maybe him leaving caused her to simply go mad.
Whoa new person. Wow! She's a girl! The new voice declared the obvious. Bella was too lost in her thoughts of her being insane to really pay attention to them.
Bella you're not going insane. You're a shape shifter. I don't know why, but that's what you are. Sam explained. Bella could tell he was the leader.
A shape shifter? What's that? How?
You're able to transform into the form of a wolf, a spirit warrior. I don't know how. I must speak to the elders about that. First we're going to need to get you taken care of. Sam sent his thoughts to her and he began running toward where Bella was. Paul go back to Emily's and give her a heads up. Jared come with me to help her.
Bella could feel the authority in his voice and she knew that the others had no choice but to obey.
Bella became distracted from her fear when she noticed how her senses had sharpened. She could see farther than she thought was possible. It was so clear and precise! No fuzziness at all! Her sensitive ears picked up on the sounds that she never had hoped to be able to hear. Not to mention the scents she was picking up! This was amazing!
Wow, she thought. Sam, why am I a wolf? I don't understand.
I know Bella. It's confusing. I'm not sure what's happening with you. We'll find out. Try not to worry.
Yeah it's a lot to get use to, Jared told her. Bella shook out her fur and then sat back on her haunches waiting for the others to get to her. Moments later she saw two large wolves coming toward her. Bella was able to see herself for the first time through their eyes and she was tall yet still smaller than the other wolves. The color of her fur had different shades of brown with white mixed in. Her eyes were a startling shade of yellow.
Bella follow us, we're going to take you to my house. Sam said and turned in the direction of his house and they began running again. Bella could have easily outrun them, but she chose to run on the left of Sam, but a little behind him. It was like she instinctively knew he was top dog, in charge and it was her way of respecting his position.
I'll go get some of Emily's clothes so you can wear them, Sam said as he moved away from them so he was hidden from their view. She felt the shimmer as Sam phased out which left Bella with a question for Jared.
What happened to my clothes?
Well you know that ripping sound you heard when you phased…?
Yeah. But Bella didn't know where he was going with this. However, after a second it clicked. Her clothes shredded when she turned into a wolf.
Does it happen every time you "change?"
Yeah, so that's why you take off your clothes before you phase, he paused. Oh and about Emily, don't stare at her face, it bugs Sam. An image of the woman with three red scars covering half her face came to his mind and Bella saw exactly why she shouldn't stare.
Wow, is she okay? What happened?
Jared gave her a wolfy grimace. It was the best he could do. It was an accident, he replied.
Jared and Bella turned to the back door as they heard it open, and Sam stepped out toward them. In his hands he held Emily's clothing. He didn't approach them, instead he went to where he had phased out and he placed the clothes behind a tree. Sam came back to stand in front of the two wolves and began to try to explain to Bella how to change back into a human.
"First, you're going to have to be calm." Bella huffed at what he said. Of course she was already calm, compared to when she was talking to Paul. She growled at the thought of the temperamental boy.
"See? That's what is going to keep you a wolf," Sam stated knowingly.
Yeah Bella, just focus, Jared encouraged telepathically. You might want to go behind that tree 'cause well, you know, you'll be, uh,….. naked, he told her uncomfortably, and tried to banish the image of her being naked from his mind. Bella caught where his line of thoughts was going, but he quickly switched gears and thought of a girl named Kim. She would have blushed if she could have and tried not to let her embarrassment color her thoughts. With as much dignity as Bella could muster, she trotted to where Sam had placed the clothes while at the same time, making sure she was completely hidden from their view.
"Okay Bella, try thinking about being human," Sam advised. Bella thought of wanting to stand on two feet. She took deep even breaths as she focused, and shut out all other noises to keep them from distracting her.
Bella felt a shimmer run through her, and suddenly she found herself looking down at her bare feet.
She did it! Quickly, she pulled on the shirt and shorts that she was borrowing. They didn't fit her well, but it was better than running around naked.
"I'm good," Bella said, as she came out from behind the tree and saw Jared in his human form.
Sam looked over at Bella and noticed the differences in her from the time he had found her when she was missing in the forest. He saw that her face was angular now, erasing all childish looks from her countenance making her appear older. Her arms and legs were toned and muscular as she was given the body of an athlete since becoming a wolf.
Sam had no idea how she even became a wolf in the first place. He wondered what the Elders knew about this.
She must be from Quileute descent, but which family did she get the gene from? That must mean Chief Swan isn't her father, so who is? He wondered.
Now that she wasn't in her wolf form, she could feel the stinging anguish she felt from being abandoned by him. It hurt so bad, but she bit her lip hard to keep from breaking down in front of these strangers.
Sam beckoned them to follow him and they moved quickly into his house. The back door led them into a hallway with pale yellow walls and pictures of La Push, Sam and Emily, and what Bella assumed to be their families. They soon came upon the kitchen, where Emily was pulling fresh baked muffins from the oven. Paul was seated at the table plowing his way through the first batch.
Bella watched as Sam moved across the little kitchen and wrapped his muscular arms around Emily. He turned her to face him, and began placing feather light kisses across her marred face. Their love saturated the room and their happiness seem to brightened the space. Bella's arms came around to hold her midsection, as the pain of heartbreak tried to suffocate her into its dark depths. She turned away from their display of affection, and focused on the others in the room.
"Damn it Paul! Stop eating them all," Jared yelled, as he snatched a muffin away from the aforementioned wolf-boy. Paul growled low in his chest, and Bella wondered if she were able to do that. Not that she wanted to, since it sounded very menacing and also she didn't want to be anything
like Paul.
"Hi Bella, it's nice to meet you," Emily greeted when she came up for air from Sam's embrace.
"Nice to meet you too," Bella looked at the unmarked side of Emily's face, and then quickly stared at something else.
"Are you hungry?" At the same moment, Bella's stomach growled loudly and embarrassingly. Her blush was tomato red, while everyone else chuckled. Emily handed her a muffin and Bella took a bite out of it. She almost moaned at the taste, and quickly scarfed it down, only to grab a second one.
"Why am I so hungry?" Bella asked to no one in particular, after she finished her second muffin. She debated about having another one, and that really surprised her since she didn't normally eat that much.
"It's the life of being a werewolf. You should think of it as a positive!" Jared laughed.
"We burn off a lot of energy as wolves. With all of the constant running we do, we have to refuel," Sam explained. "I want to have a meeting tonight at midnight, so we can explain everything to Bella and figure out patrol schedules," he continued.
"Patrol?" Bella asked confused.
"Yeah, we'll talk more tonight," Sam answered.
"But what about my classes? What about Charlie?"
"Can't do anything about all that right now. We'll talk more tonight."
Bella narrowed her eyes on the tall, dark-skinned, dark-haired man. This wasn't acceptable. Not acceptable at all.
A/N- I would love to hear to your thoughts on this chapter, it makes my muse very happy. :)
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