Revelations

Leah POV

Did the leech just say what I think she said? I asked. Because I am pretty sure she just said that the reddish black wolf is a girl.

You heard the same thing I did, Leah. My brother, Seth replied. I guess you're not the only female wolf anymore. Why do you think we can't hear them though? Do you think that they'll get to choose their pack or are they going to be relegated to Sam's?

I don't know Seth. I will offer them the choice. Maybe Alee will be able to shed some light on all of this. Clearly their mother is not a Quileute. Jacob responded.

Didn't their mom say something about a fertility clinic? Does that mean that one of our dads went to a fertility clinic? Quil asked.

I don't know any more than you guys do. We'll just have to wait and hear their side of the story. Embry, is Ness alright? Jake asked.

She's fine. She keeps showing me you though.

Well until we know whether or not we can trust these new visitors, she'll have to stay back there with you.

Alee POV

After Alice brought me some clothes, I grabbed them and went into the trees to change. I had no idea how I was going to explain. I didn't even know what they wanted to hear. They had wolves with them so maybe they could explain this whole thing better than I could. They were all looking at me expectantly, like I was going to reveal the answer to some big conspiracy.

"I don't know what you want me to say. My siblings and I have only been wolves for a few weeks."

"They want to know how old you are," The bronze haired vampire asked.

"What are you a mind reader or something?" I asked. I knew my parents had gifts, but I thought that they were unique.

"That's exactly what I am. Our coven is very talented. My brother, Jasper, can influence emotions. My sister, Alice can see the future. And of course my wife, Bella, is the most talented of all. She is a shield."

"A shield?" I asked. "What do you mean?"

"I can stop any kind of mental attack." Bella spoke up.

"Mental attack?"

"For example Edward can't read my mind, but Alice can see my future because that has to do with my physical well-being."

"Ok. That kind of makes sense." I said. "Alright, so my siblings and I were fighting one day. What do you expect? We're sixteen, for crying out loud. I can't even remember what we were fighting about. It was probably some trivial thing that doesn't even matter. Mom used to say we inherited her anger issues." I said with a slight smile. "The only thing I remember is that we were arguing and then Nick went to his room, slamming the door, and Tess went to the attic. I went outside to the woods. They were part of our backyard. I tried calming myself down but I couldn't. The next thing I knew I was a giant wolf. I freaked. I had no clue what was going on or if I was even awake. I tried pinching myself but when I realized I had claws instead of fingers I realized I couldn't be dreaming. Then I looked in Nick's window and saw that he was a wolf as well. His fur was a beautiful shade of black. He put his paws on his windowsill and looked at me as if to say, 'What just happened?' I thought I was just interpreting his looks really well until I realized that I could actually hear his thoughts and he could hear mine. I remember looking up at the attic window wondering if the same thing had happened to Tess and when I saw her snout I knew it had."

"Wait, you mean to say that one of these wolves is your sister?" Edward asked.

"That is exactly what I am saying. Is that a problem?"

Edward glanced at the wolves. The huge russet brown wolf looked back at him and shook its head no. That is if you can say a giant wolf can shake its head no at all. If these other wolves were anything like us then I knew they could.

"So you have explained when you became wolves, but you still haven't explained how you are wolves." Bella said.

"Well that is because that is our part of the story," my mom interjected, indicating my dad as well. "The day our children transformed Alex and I were hunting. When we got home I walked into the living room and our children were nowhere to be seen. I thought that was kind of odd but because of the woods in the back I didn't think much of it."

"And then I walked in and smelled the worst stench I had ever smelled in my entire life." My dad said with a slight smile. "Elyse and I had no clue what it was so we decided to investigate. I walked toward Nick's room while she walked up to the attic. As I got closer to Nick's room the smell got stronger. As I got even closer this feeling of dread came over me and I started imagining the worst. I was trying to prepare myself for Nick being dead on the floor. Or missing with enough blood loss to know he wouldn't last long. What I wasn't prepared for was walking into my son's room and finding a cowering black wolf with white socks. It took me a little bit but I finally realized that the stench was the wolf. I had no idea how it had gotten in our house. I didn't even know that wolves could get that big. The only sign of Nick I could find was his shredded clothes. As I followed the trail of clothes I saw that they led right to the wolf. 'Are you Nick?' I asked. Then I laughed at myself for even thinking that the wolf could understand me. It was only when it looked right at me and moved its head in what appeared to be a nod that I realized two things. One this wolf could indeed understand me, and two, this wolf was my son. I had Nick follow me to the living room where I found Elyse and a white wolf who I was told was Tessa. Alee was at the door outside. She had come up when she heard us come in."

"Once the kids changed back, and we got them some clothes we tried to piece together what happened. Apparently they were arguing and when they went their separate ways too cool off, they couldn't. They just kept getting angrier and angrier. And then they became wolves. The best Alex and I can figure is that their biological dad was a werewolf and my kids got stuck with the gene. I guess I should have figured that if vampires were real then werewolves had to be. You can't really have one without the other. That would be like having yin but no yang."

Edward looked at the russet wolf again. He must have been reading his mind. I wonder if he could read my mind.

"Yes I can," he said. "And yes I was reading Jacob's mind. He wants to know when you and your siblings change."

"We are working on getting better control of it but we almost always change when we get angry."

Edward nodded, as did the rest of the vampires. I was confused. They clearly knew more about this than me and I was the werewolf for crying out loud!

"Elyse, your kids are not werewolves," Edward said to my mom.

My parents blinked.

"Pretty sure we are," I said.

"No, you are not. You are shape-shifters."

"What is that?" my mom asked.

"Until two years ago, the distinction didn't matter. I still think it doesn't. But that all depends on who you are talking to. A shape-shifter is someone that belongs to the Quileute tribe. They are descended from the original shape shifter. If the werewolf gene becomes active, they will change. This is called phasing. While they are still phasing they are immortal. Usually there are only three wolves at a time. Currently however, there are twenty including you three. They are split into two packs. Jacob here is the Alpha of the Black Pack, so named because his last name is Black. And the Alpha of the other is…"

"Me."

Everyone turned toward the voice of the newcomer.