Chapter 4

Okay guys, I know it's going slow, but I will get it rolling soon. I'm just trying to get through the "Twilight" portion. And then I swear it will get better. Enjoy!


Jake walked into the store for me to get the rest of the ingredients. I sat in the car and played on my phone, waiting on him. I got a quick text from Sam saying I had to go home now. I started the car and drove out of the parking lot in a sort of hurry
to get home. I drove down the road, and saw my phone light up. I answered it. "Hey, sorry. Sam told me to come home. I don't really know why." "That's fine. I need to check on my dad anyways. Maybe I'll drop by later?" Jake asked. "Maybe. Depends
on what's going on." "Okay. Be safe, and text me when you get home please. Just so I know your safe." "I will. I'll talk to you later though. Kind of driving." "Alright. See you later. Bye." I hung up the phone and set it in the cup holder.

I pull into my drive way to see a cop and Sam standing out front talking. That's the same cop from the other day...maybe that's Charlie, Bella's dad. I thought. I pull into the driveway and get out, and walk up to them. "Sam, you needed
me?" "Actually, this is Chief Of Police, Charlie Swan. He needed you." Sam said, introducing us. "Kierra Smith?" The policeman asked. "Yes? Why?" "I'm afraid I have some bad news. Your folks...well. They were in a car crash." "What? Are they okay?"
I said, freaking out. A girl came out of the house and stood next to me, making it to where I was between her and Sam. "Emily," Sam said, nodding at me, "catch her." "They didn't make it Kierra. I'm sorry for your loss." My knee's gave out beneath
me and I just sobbed. I didn't like my mom a whole lot, but that doesn't mean that I wanted to loose my parents both. Emily rested her chin against my head, and ran her hand down my hair trying to sooth me. I couldn't control the sobbing at all. I
closed my eyes and leaned against Emily for support, hoping that she wouldn't fall.

I kept my eyes closed for the longest time, then the Chief spoke. "We will need someone of the family to identify the bodies however. Is their anyone we could call?" I just shook my head. "I have family here, but I never met them." I sobbed. Sam looked
at the Chief, "Claire was my aunt. Kierra and I are cousins. I can identify them if needed." He looked at me and just nodded to me, as the sobs came out worse. Emily looked up at Sam and mouthed something, then suddenly I was up in his arms, being
carried into my house. Or the house that my parents had. I wasn't sure of whether or not I got to keep the house. I look up at Sam, "Did..did...did they completely buy the house?" I said between sobs. He nodded, "Yes, they did. But now it's yours.
They bought it from us." All I could manage was a nod and more sobs.

Sam sat me on the couch with my feet towards the end, but I pulled them up to my chest. I sobbed into my knee's, and kept my eyes closed. I felt the couch move and looked to see Sam sitting at the other end of the couch texting someone on his phone. I
just closed my eyes and the sobbing decreased, and I slowly fell asleep.

I later woke up on the couch, still, but no one was there. I rolled over, and looked around the living room into the kitchen, and still no one. I called out, "Hello?" There was no response. Then I remembered what happened, and just started sobbing again.
The front door opened, shut, and then in comes Jake. "Hey, hey, hey. Don't do that. Please. I don't want to see you cry." He said, picking me up and set me in his lap with my arms around me. I laid my head on his chest, closed my eyes, and sobbed.
"I'm trying Jake. They are just, gone. I have no parents and I'm seventeen. What am I going to do?" "Hey, I'll be here for you. I'm not going anywhere." "Oh, and then, come to find out, I'm cousins with Sam." Jake just stopped and stared at me. "No."
was all he said. "Yeah, I am. That's just, weird. I didn't know, and yet, here I am. I own this house now, and I own a few million dollars that my parent left me and a lot of things. I just, I don't know." I sobbed out. I just closed my eyes and leaned
against him as he kept his arms around me. Jake was mumbling something into my hair as I drifted back to sleep.

I woke up hours later listening to Jake's soft snores and my head on his chest. I was in my room this time, snuggled up next to Jake. I tried to move, but Jake tightened his arm around me, mumbling about not letting me go. I just sort of smiled, and kept
my head on his chest. I just laid there, but my phone started vibrating in my pocket. I grab it and answer it quietly, "Hello?" "Kierra, it's Emily. Is Jacob still there?" "Yeah, he is." I said, looking towards him. "I need to speak with you." I quietly
got up as Jake rolled over, loosing his grip on me, "I'll be over in a few minutes." I said, walking into the bathroom, and making sure my hair wasn't a mess. "Okay." Emily said, hanging up the phone. I walk down the stairs and out the front door.
Emily met me on the front porch with a shirtless Sam. "Uhm," I said, about to turn around. "I can come back later." "No. You need to come inside. We need to talk. There's things you need to know." Sam said, walking inside, Emily following behind.
I walk inside to the foyer, and stop. "In here." Sam called. I follow his voice into the living room, and saw Sam and Em sitting on the couch. "Come sit." Emily said, patting the chair next to her and Sam.

I sat down in the chair, as Sam and Emily put on serious faces. "Has your mother ever told you about our ancestors?" Emily asked. I just shook my head no, sort of intrigued. "Well, legend goes, the Quileute's, our people, are supposedly descended from
wolves. Yes, like real wolves. The legend also goes, Taha Aki, was one of the last Great Spirit Warriors. It says that he was well know for his wisdom and for being the man of peace. He was the first shape-shifter of the tribe, and has passed the
genes on to three families, the Black's, the Uley's, and the Ateara's. You have the gene Kierra. Sam, he has already shifted, and can sense that you are close to shifting too. We just warn you, be cautious around others. Watch your emotions, and try
to control your anger. If you feel like something is wrong, call either me or Sam. We will help you." I just stared at them in disbelief, "You guys, are nuts." I said, getting up and heading outside. "Kierra." Sam said, grabbing my arm and stopping
me. "Let me go." I said through my teeth. "Sam." Emily said. "No. She needs to know about them." Sam said, pulling me inside the living room. "There's more?" I questioned. "There's plenty more. But I am just giving you the basics." Sam said, sitting
back on the couch. "What else could I possibly know?" "You've hear of vampires, right?" "Who hasn't? Wait, don't tell me they are real too." I looked from Sam to Emily as the look changed on their faces as to say, "Yeah, they are real." "I don't believe
this." I said, sitting down, "My mom talked about things like this, but she never told me the story. Nothing. None of this. Was my mom, you know?" Sam looked at me and just nodded his head. "Did my dad know?" Another nod. "And they didn't tell me,
their only child. How nice." I said, sort of getting pissed off that they felt the need to keep this from their only child.

I started to shake the more I thought about what my parents had done. I mean, I know they probably did it to protect me, but I think that is something you should tell your children. You don't hide shit like that from them. "Sam, take her out back. Now.
Jacob will see her, so take her into the forest." Emily said, standing up next to Sam. Sam picked me up as I fought and struggled against him. He took me out the back door and into the forest where no one could see me. This isn't happening. This can't be. Is this what Sam and Emily were telling me about?

I closed my eyes as pain rippled through my body, causing my muscles to spasm and twitch. I fell forward onto my hands and knees. I closed my eyes as the pain coursed through my body again, and then I heard me howl.

I heard Sam's voice in my head, and then it was joined by two others.

Kierra, are you okay? - Sam

What is going on? How can I hear you? What is this? - Me

Hey, cool. Finally. A girl wolf. Way to join the pack little one. - Unknown #1

What? We have another new one? - Unknown #2

Jared, Paul. Cool your horses. Let's get her settled into these things first. You can hear us because it's a wolf thing. You will always be able to hear us in wolf form, only if we are in wolf form though. It helps us communicate during battle. - Sam

Hey, I'm Jared. The first voice spoke up. I didn't know what to do, so I just nodded.

I'm Paul. I think your Sam's cousin, right? Another nod. I tried to speak for the first time, but it just came out in a howl. What in the actual hell guys? I have no clue what I am doing, let alone, what just happened to me. Help. Please. Sam, I really don't know who is who. A
black wold stepped forward. I am the black one Kierra. Sam's voice said inside my head. The medium-brown wolf stepped forward next, It's me, Jared. A silvery greyish wolf stepped forward next. Paul. The wolf nodded. Hi, I'm Kierra. I really don't know what to do. I
said, looking towards each of them. Let's try running. Sam suggested. He took off at a slow pace for me to try to keep up. I ran alongside him, but felt like I had more power than that. I can go faster. Sam said, seeing if that is what
I wished. I just nodded in response. He pushed it to his limit, but I still felt like I had more power to run. So I pushed it to my limit. Well, Sam, now we know who the fastest of us is. Jared said, and looked to be smiling. I felt free as
I ran, with Sam, Jared, and Paul all trying to keep up. I saw a creek and went to jump over it, but something held me back. Kierra, you don't want to do that. Sam said. I went to try to jump over it again, ignoring what Sam had to say. God dammit! Why can I not seem to jump over there?! I
screamed in my head. Alpha's orders. Jared said, laying down on the ground. What the hell do you mean 'Alpha's Orders?'" I turned and stared at him. It means, you can pretty much do as you please, just as long as they don't go against what Sam says. Paul
spoke in my mind. I just turned and stared at Sam. Why? I asked him. Look, I don't make the rules. So I don't know why or how. But I do know that you do get to follow them. Sam said, turning back towards where we ran from. I let them
get a head start as I hung back, so that I could run again.

Jared turned back towards me, Are you coming? I looked at him and nodded, Yes, I just want to run again. He did what seemed like a chuckle. When they got about fifty feet in front of me I took off at lightning speed. Wow. She is fast. Paul
said, laughing in his mind. I ran the fastest that I could, until I reached the edge of the forest around Emily's house. Stay there. Sam said towards me, Paul, Jared, go inside and tell Em that we need food and fast. And will one of you go check and see if Jake's up. I would like to speak to him. Jared
and Paul phased quickly, hopping into their shorts and running into the house. You are going to have to learn how to phase back. Sam said. How do I do that? I said, sitting on the ground. Just think about phasing back. It's just like snapping back, but phasing. It's hard to explain. You will get used to this. After the first time, it doesn't hurt anymore, and one more thing. You can't tell anyone about this, only those who know will you be able to talk to about this. I
just nodded, trying to phase back. Emily must have gone into my house and gotten me some clothes because they were laying in a near by tree. I quickly grabbed them and put them on as Sam went behind the treeline to phase back as well.

I walked into the house to be greeted by the real Paul and Jared, and to be embraced by Emily. "Isn't this much better now that you know?" She asked, keeping a smile on her face. I just nodded, smiling at her. "Your appetitewill increase, a lot.
But, don't worry. I make enough food for the boys, so you will have enough too." At the front door there was a knock. "Kierra, you should go get that. It's probably Jacob." Sam said, coming into the back door. I walked to the front door and answered
it. Sam was right, it was Jake. "Kierra! Where have you been?" He said, pulling me into a hug. "Jake, calm down. It's only been a few minutes." "If you call about three hours of you gone, just a few minutes." He said, pulling me outside and shutting
the door, and walking me back over to the house. "What do you mean? I've just been gone a few minutes. I promise." I said, pulling my phone out of my pocket and checking it. Crap. Emily called me three hours ago. "Yeah. Three hours. See."
He said, pointing it out. "Sorry, I, uh, I was hanging out with Sam, Jared, and Paul. They are a pretty great bunch." I said, walking into the kitchen. Evidently Emily was right. My hunger had increased and I was starving. "Jake, did you get the rest
of the ingredients?" "Yeah, and I even put them into your fridge." He said, taking out the recipe and handing it to me. I start pulling out all the ingredients, even more than it called for just so I had something to snack on. I start to make the
recipe, with Jake helping. I was happy with Jake around I guess. I was still heart broken over my parents, but now that I found something I could use to cope with, I could start to repair my life.

We finish the preparation, and set it in the oven to make. "Thank you Kierra. You didn't have to do this, even after, well, you know." "Yes, Jake. I know. I just needed food, and I promised you I would make this. So, this was me keeping that promise."
I said, smiling at him. I pulled out my phone to play some music and saw that it was dieing. "I'll be right back. I need to charge my phone." "Okay." I walked upstairs and into my empty bedroom, well except for my bed and charger. I unplugged the
charger from the wall and plugged it into the bathroom wall and plugged my phone in. I grab the bags sitting in the hall full of paint and the floor covering and duck tape. I start to put the tape around the trim and covered the plug ins. I pull out
the paint can of purple and pull out a paint brush and the paint tray. I grab my docking station and put my phone. I find the song The Reason by Hoobastank. I start playing it and put it on repeat. It was now my parents song, so I danced to it while
painting and sand along with it.

I guess I had the music to loud because Jake spoke behind me and it scared me. "Food's ready." "Holy crap Jake! You cannot do that to me!" I said, spinning around and getting pain on his shirt. "Oh no. I am so sorry. I'll get that out." I said, trying
to hold in my laughter. "Oh, you think this is funny?" he said, bending down the paint can and swiping his finger in it. He lifted his finger up to my nose and wiped the paint on it. I scrunched up my nose and took a step back as I swung the paint
brush against his cheek. He laughed and pulled it away from me and brushed it against my face, leaving a purple streak. I smiled up at him and stepped forward to where I was in his face. I took the paint brush and wiped it on my hand and put my hand
against his face. He took his hand and wrapped his fingers around my wrist and smiled. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against my cheek and smiled. I just stood there as he walked away. I watched after him, even after he left. I didn't know
how long it was, but my feet were hurting, and so I just turned around and finished painting my room. I'll finish with the black paint and the shelves tomorrow. I walked out of my room and got into the shower. I washed my hair and the paint
of my face and then I got out wrapping a towel around me. It was about 9:37 at night, so nobody should be at my house.

I just had the towel on me as I was walking down the stairs. I head into the kitchen, and straight to the fridge to find food. I opened it and started rummaging through it. "Oh, don't mind me." Said a familiar voice. I jumped out of my skin and hit my
head on the fridge. "Jared! What the hell are you doing in my house?" Jared had his hand over his face, and held it there, "Well, Sam told me to watch over you for the night. You were in the shower when I came in, so I was going to wait until you
were done to tell you." I started walking up the stairs, "Well you should have told me before I came down the stairs." He just chuckled and went back to eating whatever food he had found. I quickly put on my favorite sweats and tank top, then went
back down stairs and to the fridge. "Just because I am one of you now," I said, chucking a peach out of the fridge at him, "doesn't mean you guys get to raid my house for food either." "Oh, sorry. I was just hungry. Did you cook this?" he said, pointing
towards the food Jake and I made earlier. "Yeah, why?" "Jake's mom made this for us kids and him when we were little." "He is the one who gave me the recipe." "Well, you made it exactly. I'll bet he thanked you pretty well." "He didn't actually."
"Did you know that he is passed out in your living room?" "No, I didn't." I said, walking out into the living room and squatting by the couch. "Jake." I said, trying to shake him awake. "Jake!" I said, shaking him even harder. He awoke briefly to
look at me then closed his eyes again. "Jake, look at me." He opened his eyes but tried to close them. "I need you to keep looking at me. I need you to get up and go get in the car so I can drive you home." He just nodded, and stayed put, "I'm serious
Jacob Black." "You haven't called me that. You've only called me Jake." "I'm trying to get you to move so that I can take you home so you can sleep in your bed." "I'm staying here for you. You need someone to stay here for you." "Jared's here. I will
be fine." He opened his eyes wide, "Then I am definitely not leaving you here alone. I'll sleep on your bed with you again." "Fine, but you will shower first. I won't have paint in my bed." He just nodded and sat up, heading up stairs. "Towels are
in the cabinet in the bathroom." I called after him.

I walked into the kitchen as Jared sat down with another bowl of food. "How many bowls does that make?" I asked him, grabbing a bowl myself. "Don't be mad?" He asked. "Why would I be?" "This makes seven bowls so far, and I am still hungry. I'm just trying
to save some for Jake in there." He said, nodding towards the living room. "Actually, he is upstairs, taking a shower. He isn't going to leave. Says he won't leave me alone after I mentioned your name." "Huh. Wonder why." He said, eying me. "Why are
you giving me that look?" "Have you ever heard of "Imprinting"?" "Jared, I knew nothing about any of this until today. So, no. I haven't." "Imprinting is like, when he see's "the one", nothing else matters. Nothing can change who HE loves. He'll do
anything, be anything for her, whether it be a brother, a friend, or a lover. No matter what, he will try and do it." "Sounds like you know the feeling." I said, taking a bite of food. "No, just lived it through Sam's thoughts." "Oh." "Yeah." "Do
you have someone special?" "You'll see at school whether I do or not." He said, leaving suspicion. Jake came into the kitchen and ruffled my hair. "Thank you for having me take a shower. It woke me up and felt great." He said, grabbing a bowl from
the cupboard and getting a bowl of the food we made, "And thank you for this food. It tastes just like how my mom used to make it. It's absolutely wonderful. I couldn't of found anyone better to make it." He put it in the microwave to heat up and
we sat in silence for a few moments. "So, Jared. Why are you here?" Jake asked, crossing his arms over his chest and leaned again the counter. "Sam asked me to watch over his cousin for the night. Make sure she's safe and all." "Well, you see she's
safe. Besides, I'm here. What could possibly harm anyone when I'm here?" "A lot." Jared said, laughing. "Oh, so you think I'd let people get harmed?" "Jake, that isn't what he meant." "Kierra, just. Don't." Jake said, standing up. "Uh, no. Jacob,
I will do what I want in this house, seeing as how it is mine now." I said, standing up out of my chair. "Kierra, be careful." Jared warned. "Be careful of what Jared?" Jake asked. "Jake, stop." I said, putting my hand out as he stepped forward towards
Jared. "No. If he has something to say then he better say it." "Jacob. Out. I will not tolerate people fighting in my house." I said, getting upset. Jake just pushed my arm away and stepped forwards again, closer to Jared. He knocked me out of the
way on accident, but it kept getting me upset, and I didn't know what to do. I wasn't going to have two boys fight it out in the middle of my house, especially when one is a wolf. Well, two I guess. Three, if you count the gene in Jake, but he hasn't
turned so. I stepped forwards until I was face to face with Jacob.

"I said get out. I will not have you guys fighting in my house." I put my hand on Jake, trying to push him back. He just pushed my hand away, and with a little to much force, as it knocked me to the ground. I started my shaking again, and could head Jared
yell for Sam, who came running in through the back door, telling me to calm down. Jared picked me up and ran out the back door, telling me the whole time to calm down, as he ran me into the forest. He put me to the ground a shifted into his wolf,
waiting for me. I then to shifted, growling and snarling all the way.


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