007. fun filled training

Jacob was taking me to meet the pack and get in tune with their fighting style. However, as I watched him from the passenger seat of the small Rabbit in which he seemed to be too large for, his face appeared to posses a sorrowful expression. I started to ask what was bothering him, but bit my tongue to hold back my words. He would talk to me about it when he was ready, but in the mean time I would get to know the Quileute and hope that Jacob's mood would brighten in the process.

Jake parked the car in front of a small wooden cabin and climbed out of the car. I did the same and followed his lead pass the house, metal makeshift garage, and through the woods until we were at a small beach. Others as tall and large, maybe even bigger than Jake, stood on the shore talking excitedly to one another. Although some didn't seem quite as enthused. Their heads picked up when they heard our approach - or my approach since Jacob's footsteps could not be heard - and some smiled, others did not. The tallest, who seemed to be the leader of the pack, nodded his head toward Jake before resting his gaze on me.

"Welcome Danielle, I am Sam."

Sam I am, I thought to myself, I don't like green eggs and ham. Jake nudged my shoulder lightly with his elbow, most likely knowing what I was thinking since that all knowing smirk graced his perfectly full lips. I glared up at him, realizing that this Sam character had just said my whole first name. Jacob was going to be in for it later, there would be no make out sessions or touching of any kind going on later. His smirk faulted causing me to gain one of my own. I smiled at the pack's Alpha and nodded my head once in response. "Its nice to meet you. I look forward to fighting along side all of you."

"Jacob has told you how dangerous this is?"

"Yes Sir."

"That you could get killed or worse?" Worse being turned into a blood sucking fiend? I'd kill myself before I would let that happen.

"Yes Sir."

Sam glanced at Jacob quickly, but I knew he wasn't looking back. I could feel his eyes one me, watching every muscle move, every strand of hair wisp in the wind, looking for any sign that I was afraid, any weakness that would .give him a chance to talk me out of fighting in this war, but I would not give him any chance, I would show no sign.

"What can you do exactly?" Sam asked, not as stern now, but careful and authoritative. The others were interested as well now. Listening intently to our conversation, their eyes were only on us.

"I can influence the weather, but not control it, communicate with animals so that when you phase I can still understand you and follow orders, show the enemy what I want them to see, and other things that I learned from my great grandmother." The boys were in disbelief. I could sense their doubt from where I stood, especially the girl's.

"Make her show us Sam!" One of the boys yelled.

"Yeah I wanna see some Voodoo!" Another added.

My fist clinched at my side and Jacob growled making them all shut their idiotic mouths.

"It's not Voodoo. Just like we can Phase her ancestors had things of their own to protect themselves," I took Jake's hand in mine, thanking him for saying what I couldn't. If I wanted to fight with them, I didn't want to offend them, even if they offended me. This was for Jacob, I couldn't forget that so I took a deep breath and readied myself.

"What do you want to see?" I asked.

"The weather," Sam ordered.

I felt out the air, for a cold day the winds were light and the clouds where thick and dark, possible rain clouds. hat was good. It gave me a lot to work with.

"More specific, I don't want there to be any reason to doubt that I'm doing it."

"Make it rain."

And so I did and it pelted us all, drenching us to the point that our clothes were clinging to our flesh. I would have been freezing if Jake hadn't pulled me into his chest to keep me warm.

"God, turn it off! Turn it off!" The only girl besides myself screeched annoyingly. It wasn't like the rain would kill her, but maybe it would melt her like the Wicked Witch of the West that she portrayed.

"Oh stop being a wimp, Leah!" The youngest boy replied happily, enjoying the rain that fell onto his copper toned face. I could have sworn that I saw steam rising up from their overly heated bodies so I did as she said and "turned it off".

"I can vouch for her being able to understand animals. When we met I was phased and she understood everything I said. She also sent that wolf after me."

"The one covered in blood?" Quil asked and Jacob nodded in reply.

"And what is a little rain going to do against the Leeches?" Leah protested. "She can't drown them to death because they can't breathe!" I may be here for Jake, but I would not be patronized by some random girl that thought she was better than me. I stepped toward her, Jake grabbed my arm but I shook him off.

"You want to have a go with me wolfy?" she chuckled, her tongue pressed against the inside of her cheek.

"I don't want Jacob whining about me hurting you." I let out a laugh of my own that held no humor, I could make her squirm. I could make her cry as she lie at my feet begging me to stop. My fists were balled at my sides, my body trembling, but not hardly as violently as the wolves did when they were angry. Thunder rumbled the air, lightening cracked through the sky, and the beach water violently pounded the rocks as I stared at the girl before me.

"Calm down, don't pay any attention to Leah," Jacob's warm breath whispered in my ear causing everything to slow to a stop as I calmed myself down.

"Good going, Leah," Seth muttered to his older sister as she glared pass me at Jacob, who I knew without looking was glaring daggers right back at her. This wasn't going to be as fun as I thought it would be.