The Outcast She Wolves by Maddyson Ruby

Characters: Leah and OC

Rating: T (Language warning)

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profit. All recognisable characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.

AN: I would like to say thank you to those who have reviewed this story. It means a lot to me. Sorry if Carlisle seems OOC or if this is bashing him a bit... It's a bit of a filler chapter because in chapter six I plan on bringing in some special italians. (wink... wink...)

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OVER HALF WAY! (... I think...)

EDITED 20/8/12: This is the correct version of the chapter - sorry, my computer malfunctioned.

Chapter 4

Leah's POV

"Carlisle Cullen?" Maci asked in shock. She knew of Ashlynn and I's history. She knew who he was.

"Yes. I am so very glad to have been able to contact you Madam. I am calling first to inquire whether you know the wherabouts of one Leah Clearwater and one Ashlynn Banks?" I heard Carlisle ask in his oh so superior tone. Ashlynn and I couldn't help but be shocked by his bluntness and the idea that he had the authority to ask such a question.

"Um, I'm not sure. Why are you looking for these girls?" Maci asked, fishing for information.

"We love them so dearly as only family can and they have been taken recently from their homes and we were wondering if you had heard anything on them?" he asked, lying viciously. Ash and I were in shock at the lies he was spreading about us. We'd been gone from Washington for well over a year! How dare he say this!

Just as I was about to grab the phone from Maci I was aprehended from behind. By the scent I knew it was Skye - resistance was futile as I succumbed to her motherly embrace. She soothed me whilst Maci carried on.

"What are they?" Maci asked feigning indifference, though her eyes betrayed her true feelings on the matter.

"Pardon me?" he asked sounding somewhat scandalised for one reason or another.

"What are they?" Maci repeated slowly as though questioning his intelligence. I wouldn't blame her if she did, he sounded like a nutcase. "Human? Vampire? Wolf?"

"Oh... they are both vampires."

It was silent for all but a moment until the shock settled in leaving us all gaping into space.

Thankfully Maci managed to recover her ability to speak about then, "Vampires you say? Who's taken them and why do you think I would have any knowledge of their location?"

"I am not trying to accuse you madam. We suspect they were taken from their homes by the Volturi and you never know where they might turn up." he carried on, trying to sound worried for our well being.

"I am sorrry then that I do not know of their whereabouts." Maci finished. Just as she was about to hang up he opened up his great big mouth, once more spewing shit.

"If you could please offer assistance on the matter at hand I would be most grateful. See you in two weeks." With that he hung up.

We all sat in silence, thinking over the crap he'd just spouted.

"We're not going to go are we?" Skye asked, clearly thinking of her not so little anymore baby Kelly.

"Of course we aren't! Didn't you hear the crap he was saying?" Vivian cried indignantly.

"We will be going." Maci announced quietly though somehow we all heard her.

A chorus of "What?" and "Why?" could be heard around the room folllowing her statement. Maci raised a hand, silencing us all.

I took a moment to calm myself before speaking, "Why, Maci? Why should we go help them when they are so clearly lying?" Shouts of "Yeah!" followed my question as Maci and I locked eyes.

"Why ever not? They are so obviously lying that don't you think it would be fun to prove them to be fools?" Maci asked with a satisfied smile. Because, I couldn't help but agree with her.

"So, we're going to Forks?" Ashlynn asked uncertainly.

"We're definately going to Forks." Maci crowed happily.

"What if it's a trap?" drawled Lily with a raised brow; the picture of utter indifference.

"We're good fighters, all of us, and Danielle can smell dishonesty at two hundred and fifty metres. We'll be fine, don't worry." Anna pointed out, trying to bluff courage. It was hard not to see through her.

"I need all of your input on this," Maci declared, "Do we go to Forks and risk ourselves with the threat of the unknown? Or, do we stay here and hope they don't know our location? Because we can bet that if we don't show up and they know our location, they'll come here."

Her words stunned us into silence as we considered this. None of us could risk them coming to our little sanctuary. We had Sasha, Kelly and Rose to think of, too! They were all too young with Kelly not even being a year old yet.

We had to go if for no other reason than to find out if they knew were we were stationed. Otherwise the risk was too great. This made me consider a new factor that we most definately hadn't even considered.

"How did they get that number?"

I didn't even realise I had spoken until everyone turned to face me with a thoughtful look on their face.

"Has anybody given out that number?" Skye asked rationally in the face of our joint confusion and worry. If they had got it, what was to stop people like the Volturi from getting it?

"Nope.", "No." and "Never." echoed around the impromtu meeting room.

Danielle looked surprised as she heard Ashlynn and I's negative answers, "Really? You haven't told anyone that number?"

"Are you seriously doubting us?" Ashlynn asked with a glare on her face. "My family are all dead apart from the people in this room; do the math." She then seemed to resolve herself to glaring at the floor in her anger. I couldn't help but feel that she was at least entitled to that temper tantrum. I almost felt like throwing one, too.

"My family abandoned me," I stated, staring Danielle and anyone that looked ready to interrupt down. "Do you really think I'd give them a way to contact me?" That rhetorical question seemed to solidify their belief in my innocence before they turned to Maci for her input on the matter at hand.

"I believe you when you say none of you gave out that number but that is beside the point," Maci said, logic enforcing her tone. "Carlisle Cullen obviously knows that number which means either we have a 'leak' in our house or the Cullens have managed to use the Seer to discover this information."

There was a long pause before Imogen piped up, unafraid of the fallout, "From what Leah and Ashlynn have told us of the Seer Bitch, she can't see shapeshifters like us, so I'm much more inclined to believe we have a 'leak'."

"We will go to Forks," Maci finally decided, "We can't risk them coming here because of the younger ones and I fear it will be necessary to uncover our security breach."

With that somber sentence left to hang in the air we all split and went to our individual rooms to pack up for the walk to Forks. It would be long but we coulkd do it. Sky wouldn't be going becaus of baby Kelly and neither would Rose or Sasha because of their young ages. It would be horrible to be parted from family but, though I hate to admit it, Ashlynn and I need the closure of saying goodbye to Forks once and for all.

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Sorry this is so short, but it just made no sense to drag it out, the last chapter was also particularly long. Let me know what you all think! I got 2 reviews last chapter, can I have some more?