hey heres another chapter, hope you like it... by the way, ive decided who the other prophesy girl is going to be, but she wont be getting her powers for a while... but leah and emily will both be very important to bella anyway... thanks for your opinions though they really helped my writers block :D x x

disclaimer: i dont own twilight unfortunately

Chapter 7

it took the damn truck half an hour to get to la push, whereas it would take any normal car about 15 minutes. I cursed most of the ay there while Paul laughed his ass of in the passenger seat, and Jake grumbled under his breath in the truck bed. It had started to rain half way there so Jake was soaked to the bone. He jumped out of the truck as soon as we entered la push and sped off in the direction of his house, shouting over his shoulder about crazy-assed girls and their antique trucks. I had a sneaky suspicion that Jake was going to sabotage my truck so that he wouldn't have to ride in it again. I didn't mind. It would give me an excuse to buy a new car. I had money saved up so I was good, I just needed this old thing to croak so that charlie wouldn't get suspicious. He thought I still loved my truck.

We finally arrived at Emily's and I was irritated to see that Jake had beat us there, and managed to change his clothes on the way. I climbed out of the tin can and slammed the door shut forcefully, causing the rusty hinges to snap and the door to fall to the ground with a thud. Paul froze where he was, climbing out of the truck, and the rest of the pack and Emily all looked shocked at the door.

I just stared at the piece of metal, as if hoping it would fix itself.

I felt my anger building up and full-blown flames erupted from my hands, hitting the floor and setting alight some dried leaved. I jumped back in shock, watching as the fire burnt out quickly and left a pile of ash where the leaves used to be. I glanced up at the guy faces, full of awe.

"seriously bells, that is cool" Embry exclaimed gleefully. I snorted and looked towards Sam. He didn't look angry, just concerned.

"You calm now Bella?" he asked carefully. I assessed my mood and nodded. I understood his concern. He didn't want Emily to get hurt, and neither did I. The wolves could heal fast, and probably without any scars. Emily couldn't and the last thing she needed was more hurt. The scars on her face were pink, showing that it hadn't been all that long since she had had her first 'accident'. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I caused more injury to her.

After Sam had watched me for a few moments to make sure I really was calm, we stepped inside the little cottage and the guys immediately went to the kitchen table, which was laden with breakfast foods. I grabbed a muffin and leaned against the counter.

"So whats the plan for today?" Embry asked, mouth full of bacon. Emily hit him on the back of the head for talking with his mouth full, while Jared and Sam laughed at him. Paul and Jake were too busy eating to notice anything.

"Well its Paul and Jared on patrol today."Sam started, going into alpha mode. "Bella, Jake and I will be trying to figure out Bella's powers" he gave Jake and a curt nod before turning back to Embry.

"You, Embry, are helping Emily shop for furniture for Bella's new apartment." he grinned. I stared blankly at him.

"you guys found me an apartment already?" I asked weakly. Emily smirked.

"yep, Jared's parents own the apartment above their shop and its empty at the moment. It will be great for when your working too." Emily chirped.

"You guys don't have to buy me furniture, I can get that myself" I said, feeling a little spoilt. They were already doing so much for me. Sam chuckled.

"We arn't buying you the furniture Bella. The council is." he smiled. I frowned at him.

"Why would the council be paying for stuff for me?" I was getting a little confused.

"Well technically you are a protector of the tribe now, so that means your on the same pay as the rest of us, and the council will pay for your expenses if it has to do with you protecting the tribe. Technically we need you down here so that means the council will pay for your new home to be furnished. You start getting paid next week." I was dumbstruck. I never knew the council paid the wolves. I thought it was their duty.

"Don't get me wrong Bella," Sam said seeing my face. "we would protect our tribe anyway, but the council just want to make our lives a little easier, seeing as we cant really have steady jobs."

I smiled weakly at him.

"So do I get to see the new place?" I asked, letting a little excitement fill my tone. Sam opened his mouth to speak but Emily cut him off.

"No you cant see it until we have it decorated. It should be ready by the time you and Sam finish training. That's if Embry hurries up and finishes his breakfast." she glared at Embry and he started shoveling his food into his mouth a little faster, swallowing a painful looking amount in one gulp. I held back a laugh as he he gasped for air.

"Cant someone else go shopping with Emily? I did it last time." Embry complained, after he had started breathing again.

"No, you'll go with Emily and make sure shes okay." Sam said firmly.

"She doesn't need protecting, she just want someone to carry her bags" Embry grumbled.

"You're going with Emily and That's final" Sam fumed, using his alpha voice on Embry. I had to give Sam some credit, I wouldn't be able to put up with being the leader of a bunch of moaning teenage werewolves either. I would end up setting them on fire. I'm sure werewolf doesn't smell very good when its burning.

Emily was smirking smugly at a resigned Embry as they headed for the door. A couple of minutes later, Paul kissed my cheek as he and Jared headed out too. I turned to Sam.

"Okay, Sammy-boy, what are we going to do?" I asked eagerly. Sam grumbled a little at the nickname I had given him, while Jake snickered next to me.

"First were going to race. Ill be in wolf form whilst Jake will be in his human form. Well see if you can beat either of us." Sam said in his alpha voice again. I knew that he wasn't my alpha, but I also knew that I still had to listen to him. He was right most of the time, and as much as I hated to admit it, I didn't have a clue what I was doing.

After a couple of minutes listening to Jake and Sam discuss the best route to take, we all walked out into the back yard, facing the forest.

"Okay bells, were going to run to the meadow we found you in yesterday. Do you know the way from here?" Jake asked worriedly. I grinned at him. Of course I knew the way. My fabulous new super powers came with a SatNav built into my brain. I knew how to get anywhere I wanted. It was kind of cool that I'm not geographically challenged anymore.

"Okay, on three... one... two... three!" Sam yelled. I took off like a bat out of hell. Sam and Jake were still faster though, Sam phasing in midair as he jumped over a fallen tree at the edge of the woods.

I weaved in and out of the trees, jumping over the roots, never tripping at all. It was exhilarating to be moving at this speed. It wasn't at all like the times I had rode on Edwards back as he ran. Those times had made me feel ill. Now it was a huge rush. It was amazing.

Before I knew it we had arrived at the meadow. A three hour hike took no more than 10 minutes. Sam obviously won, but Jake only beat me by a few seconds, which I was immensely proud of. I was thrilled I could keep up with the wolves. Jake, and the now human Sam, were standing grinning at me.

"Good job Bella" Sam complimented. I gave him a cheeky smile before getting back to business.

"whats next on the agenda Sammy?" I asked brightly.

"Now were going to test out your fire power. I want to see how far you can take it" stated Sam, with a curious glint in his eye.

"Sam tone it down." Jake griped "you look like a scientist watching his lab rats to see how they react to something"

I stared wide-eyed at Jacob.

"Black! Are you seriously comparing me to a lab rat?" I growled, sparks coming out of my fingers. Jacob backed away slowly, putting his hands in the air.

"Easy bells, I was just kidding, and I didn't even mean it like that!" he pleaded. I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest. Sam chuckled.

"Okay bells, now get yourself angry and well see how far you can take the flames. Try not to set the forest on fire, though" he laughed.

It was pretty easy to get angry. I looked at Jacob and Sam's smirking faces and the anger came immediately, though instead of trying to get a handle on it I let it all out, this time.

The flames engulfed my hands first, but didn't seem to go any further than my wrists. I needed to be angrier.

I thought of all the promises the Cullen's had made to me, each and every one of them had promised me something or other at one point, all except Rosalie. But Rosalie had made me mad anyway, the way she treated me as if I were beneath her.

The flames traveled up my arms, and new flames erupted at my feet.

I thought of Edward and everything he had told me, all of the lies he had spun about loving me and wanting to be together forever.

The flames traveled up my legs and over my torso, meeting the flames that were wrapped around my arms.

With one final thought, I remembered the words Edward had told me when he left me.

Your not good for me.

It sent me over the edge and made my anger reach it peak. I closed my eyes as the heat reached my face. Opening my eyes I saw red. Every thing was red in color. I looked at Sam and Jake, worried that they would be scared of me.

They were both looking at me in wonder and concern. Jake was the first to speak.

"Jeez Bells, please tell me that it wasn't me that made you that angry" he whispered with a weak laugh. I let out my own laugh and was surprised by the sound of it. It was like a crackle, like the sound fire makes when it burns something.

"Bells, I think That's good enough for today, I'm not sure how your power works but I'm guessing that the flames will be draining your energy. D o you think you could... power down or something?" Sam asked. I glared at him.

"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" I asked. Sam smirked at me.

"Well I don't know Bella, but the fire has burnt all your clothes so if you don't get rid of the fire you will be naked for a really long time." I looked down at my body and let out a shriek, the flames instantly disappearing in my embarrassment.

I shrieked again now that the flames weren't hiding anything and ran behind the nearest tree, Jake and Sam were laughing there asses off all the while.

"Don't worry bells, we were bound to see it all eventually." Jake chuckled as he handed me an oversized t-shirt, with his eyes shut. I growled at him and pulled the t-shirt over my head.

"And just how is that black?" I snarled, walking out from behind the tree, with the t-shirt in place. Jake and Sam smirked at me.

"Well when you and Paul get down and dirty, well get a sneak peak of that through the pack mind" Jake said, grinning like a Cheshire cat. I frowned at him. I had forgotten about the damn pack mind.

"Whatever, lets go back, I'm hungry" I grumbled. At the mention of hunger the boys both phased and sped off ahead of me. They all thought with their damn stomachs.

We arrived back at Emily's to find Embry in the kitchen wearing Emily's pink apron, and reading the instructions on the back of a tin of soup.

"Wheres Emily?" Sam grumbled as he fell into a seat at the table. Embry didn't take his eyes off the tin, frowning.

"Shes at Bella's apartment, doing some last minute stuff. She got tired off my whining and sent me to make dinner." he murmured. I snorted, causing him to look up.

"Your planning on feeding the whole pack with a tin of chicken soup? It wouldn't even fill one of you." I laughed. Embry frowned at me.

"Well I cant cook anything else." he said. I raised an eyebrow at him and pushed him into one of the chairs, taking the tin off him and putting it back in the cupboard.

Twenty minutes later I placed a huge pan of beef stew on the table. Paul and Jared had come in while I had been busy cooking and they all immediately dived for the pan, trying to fill their bowls up to the brim.

"hem-hem" I pretended to cough, and they all looked at me, muttering their thanks. Paul grabbed my hand and kissed it briefly before dropping it in favor of the food.

When they eventually finished off the pan I took it away and began cleaning up. Emily came in while I was doing the dishes. She looked a little worn out but had a huge grin on her face.

"Hey Bella. Your new home is ready" she grinned. My eyes grew wide and I bounced over to her and gave her a hug.

"You shouldn't have put yourself out Emily, you look exhausted, but thank you." I blushed a little as Paul came behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"It was no problem Bella. I'm happy to help out in the little ways I can" Emily smiled warmly. I kissed her cheek in thanks, wondering if she would be so eager to help out if she was the other element girl. I knew she would do it, of course, but I wondered if shed be happy about it.

After Emily had taken a shower she insisted on taking me round to see the apartment, so naturally the whole pack came, except Embry who insisted he had seen enough of the place to last him a long time.

Paul held my hand as Emily gave me the key to open the door. We stepped inside and I immediately loved it.

The hallway and stairs were painted a bright red, with a dark red carpet. The skirting boards and door frames were gold, as was the ceiling.

The living room was white with one black wall. It had framed paintings on three walls and a huge mirror over a fire place on the black wall. The fire itself was a proper coal one and it looked really cozy. The floor was wooden and their was a black and silver rug in front of the fire. Against the back wall their was a leather sofa and two leather chairs sat either side of the fire. A TV was placed in the corner next to a bookshelf, with a CD player on top.

I followed Emily into the bedroom, surprised to find that it was painted a pale yellow. I had expected to find it done out in a bold color like the living room and hall way, but I liked it this way. It gave off a peaceful vibe. The king size bed was white metal and had a yellow duvet cover on with a white furry throw. There was a white wardrobe in one corner and a chest of drawers in the other. There was also a window seat with yellow cushions on it, and a space next to it where I could put my old rocking chair.

There was a small spare room that I'm sure the pack would take advantage of from time to time. It was decorated in a pale green. The bed was pine, and though it was a single bed, I'm sure it looked slightly longer than normal, which probably meant that Emily had the same idea about having the pack stop over occasionally. The chest of drawers in the corner even had post it notes on the drawers. There were sixteen drawers in all. The first two had Emily's and Sam wrote on, the second two had Jared and Kim, and the next two were labeled Embry and Jake. I laughed at this and the pack laughed along with me.

The bathroom was painted blue and the kitchen was done in a forest green.

I turned to Emily and the pack who were all watching me with bated breath. I grinned at them.

"I love it! Thank you for doing this for me." I beamed. Emily positively glowed.

"I'm glad you like it. I painted your room yellow because its supposed to be a calmer color, and I figured it can help control your temper." she admitted. I was so amazed that I didn't even get irritated when she mentioned my temper.

"How did you even manage to do this in less than a day?" I asked. Emily giggled a little as I turned to stare at her.

"Well, to be truthful, Sam and I were already renting this place so that the pack wouldn't always be around our place, so it was already painted, and the furniture was east to sort out with Embry to help, though it took a couple of trips to get it all back here from Port Angeles. Its not finished though. You need to move your things in, and you need to get little things like cutlery and plates. It shouldn't take too long for you to settle in though."

I stared at Emily in amazement.

"Em, I think you've turned into wonder woman" I said in fake seriousness. The pack laughed as Paul kissed me on the cheek.

"I'm going to enjoy having you so close to me. I think you'll end up sharing your new place with me if I have anything to do with it." he murmured in my ear.

"i was counting on it" I whispered back, as i turned and kissed him passionately on the lips as the other guys made stupid kissing noises. We ignored them as we pulled back and smiled at each other, trying to convey what we felt without words.

It was at that moment I realized that this was where I belonged. My place was supposed to be right here in Paul's arms, with our werewolf family surrounding us. For the first time in a long time I felt truly happy, happier than id ever been.

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