Thank you to FanFicCrazy95 who motivated me to get this finished. I apologise sincerely for the wait for this chapter. Good news is im updating Semper Fidelis today too! It's been a long time coming I know.


WILLIAM BLACK

June 2033

We arrived at the cabins and Sarah assigned us all to one each. Sophia, Holly, Lauren and I were in one and Zac, Tony, Leah, Ben and Sarah were in the other. We separated to unpack and pick rooms. Ours was only a 2 bedroomed cabin and the other was 3. Sophia and I took the smallest so the other two could have the room with 2 double beds in. In Sarah's cabin I was surprised she wasn't sharing a room with Ben. I hadn't really noticed how far they had gone with their relationship but it was clear from the separate rooms they hadn't slept together yet. Sarah shared a room with Leah, Zac and Tony shared another and Ben got his own room. The fact we were out here alone was exciting and we all felt the buzz of being away from our parents. We decided to barbeque some ribs and burgers for dinner, which I did with the help of Sarah.

"Reckon we'll get to go hunting?" she asked me. I shrugged as I turned over some burgers.

"Providing you can keep your boyfriend in the dark" I told her.

"Yeah about that, I was thinking of telling him" she told me. I dropped the prongs that were in my hand and turned to her in shock.

"What tell him that you're a human vampire hybrid, that your brothers are werewolves and you're descended from a powerful clan of vampires?" I asked dramatically, my voice rising a bit higher than should be possible. She nodded slowly as she looked up at me.

"Well… I was going to say it in a way that is easier to digest" she said

"Yeah good luck with that." I told her looking back at the burgers. "Don't you think you should talk to mom or dad first? Or even Carlisle." I asked.

"Yeah I guess I should have" she sighed.

"Well…." I began then turned to look at her. "He could always find out by accident" I suggested.

"That's not right. He can't just walk up on me draining an animal dry. It would terrify him" she said.

"Yep. 'Your girlfriend is a blood sucking demon monster sorry'" I teased as if I was talking to Ben.

"Stop it" she nudged me. "So is yours." she told me and I nudged her back.

"Oh I know" I laughed. "But so is mom so I hardly had a leg to stand on with the whole pretending to be disgusted thing"

"That and you turn into a huge wolf whenever you want" she laughed with me.

"That too" I smiled at her. I flipped the burgers then turned to face my little sister. "If you honestly want to tell him and you think you can say it in a way that won't scare him off go for it. I honestly think, if this guy is worth it, he deserves to know who you are. Who we all are." I told her. She sighed and nodded.

"Thanks" she replied.

"Of course" I smiled and pulled her into my side for a quick hug before letting her go and continuing with the barbeque.

I really liked Ben. He seemed to be good for Sarah and treated her well, which is all I can ask for when it came to boyfriends for my sisters. Ben was a very outdoor person, it was his idea in the first place to invite Sarah camping, after she ensured him there was no way in hell our parents would let her come alone she said if they invited her siblings and cousins she could probably get away with it. She brought me in on the idea and we started planning. The scariest part was telling our parents. We knew that Eddie and Chloe would let us but it was Chanti and my mom that was gunna be the hardest bit. They were actually easier than I expected and when Zac realised that I'd have Sophia and Sarah would have Ben, he wanted Leah to come too. This actually made it easier to persuade our parents since they all saw her as an adult. After all she was technically older than all our parents. That was so weird when I thought about what she and Zac would become but then we can't help who we imprint on… I should know.

I never intended to imprint on my supposed 'cousin' but I did. I remember feeling so embarrassed by it. But at the same time glad that it was over with. I could now be happy with someone without worrying if id imprint and break someone's heart. I felt awful when it turned out Sophia was my imprint. I knew my aunt's view on the subject and I knew she'd hate me for it. I thought deep down shed be happy for us but I was wrong. She really did hate that Sophia and I were tied together like that and at first I was angry at my aunt for being so judgmental over something I couldn't control, I now understand her perspective. Imprinting is something no one can truly understand unless they are involved in one themselves. That's why I took such comfort in my father when I imprinted and why I let any comments slip by from my family that don't like it. That includes my little sister Lauren. One day I hoped shed understand but only time can tell.

"Hey" I heard Sophia's voice. I smiled as she reached me, her arms wound around my waist and she hugged my back as I continued to cook. She began kissing my back and my neck after a while so I turned round to hold her properly. I leant down for a kiss and she came up onto her tip toes to meet me. I smiled against our lips, she was so small. Compared to me anyway, she was actually much taller than my mom which made our height difference not as extreme as my parents but I was still coming up to 6 foot 5. She hummed as we pulled away then hugging my chest. I held her against me as I looked out at the forest surrounding the camp we were in.

"Im so excited" she giggled.

"Why?" I laughed and stroked her blonde hair from her face.

"Because we get to sleep in the same bed for more than 1 night and we can do whatever we want" she said looking up at me with her eyebrow raised.

"Why Miss Cullen do you plan on seducing me?" I laughed at her.

"Maybe" she smiled at me.

"When is it bed time?" I asked her with a smile and wink in return.

"Not yet sadly" she sighed and stepped away from me just as Lauren walked out.

"Hello brother. Hello Sophia" she greeted with a smile.

"Hey" I replied as I turned back to the barbeque.

"So Sarah is planning for us to go hiking tomorrow. And to lose Ben so she can go hunt" she laughed and sat down on the bench opposite us. I raised my eyebrow.

"I'll believe that when I see it. If Sarah wants to go hunting that bad I'll keep Ben company while she sneaks out. It's no big deal" I said and started serving the food.

"FOOD!" I yelled back into the house. Everyone started filing out and we ate.

When it started going dark we all congregated into the big cabin's living room. We talked into the night, mostly about anything and everything but not families, we tried to keep away from talking about our family in front of Ben. I didn't know when Sarah was going to tell him but if he turned out to be ok with it, I couldn't wait to be able to talk normally around him and not have to be careful about what I said. It started getting late so we all started heading to bed. I took Sophia's hand and we went into our room. I closed the door so we could get ready for bed, I turned out the light as we climbed into the unfamiliar bed, I was a little bit too tall for it but I lay diagonally across to Sophia's side, she was only small anyway so she barely reached the end.

"So I think my mom is pregnant" she told me in the dark.

"What?" I asked shocked. Chantelle pregnant?

"Shes been acting really weird. She says shes ill but shes been sick every day and shes been eating loads and she hasn't been drinking any alcohol. My grandfather offered her some the other day and she was about to take it but changed her mind. They're all pregnancy signs right?" she asked me.

"Yeah they can be but she might just be feeling ill" I said with a frown. I never expecting Chantelle to have any more kids, and Sophia had often told me she thought her mom was pregnant when she wasn't. Sophia wanted a sibling so much that I think sometimes her mind plays tricks on her.

"I don't think she is ill" she said with a sigh.

"Would you be happy if you got a sibling?" I asked carefully.

"Are you kidding? Of course I would be" she said with a wistful sigh. I definitely needed to see this for myself if I was going to believe her. She tended to look into things way too far and then her hopes would be crushed when she was wrong.

I pulled her to my chest as we settled under the covers. It was way too late to do anything tonight. We had been up until 2am talking to our family, as much as I wanted to make the most of being able to stay with Sophia, I was really tired. So was Sophia, she was barely awake long enough for me to tell her goodnight.

Sophia didn't mention her mom for the rest of the camping trip. Sarah did manage to sneak away to hunt like she wanted. It was just her and Holly that went. When they came back I saw the familiar red tint in Holly's eyes that set her apart from every other bloodsucking creature out there that wasn't her father, sister, Lidiya or Esther. It was always bewildering to me. The moon pool children, or so we found out much later the official name for the moon pool children was the Luna Bambini. Luna was the word for moon in Italian and bambini was the word for children. Esther had allowed Eddie and the rest of the Cullen's to read the journals that the witches wrote in when they created Esther. They were Italian and had caught the sight of Esther's parents as they travelled through Rome. They used a spell to incapacitate them and brought them to the moon pool on the south coast of Italy. In that moon pool they tested their spells and medieval potions on Esther's parents then left them trapped in the pool with no memory of the witches or how they got there. It wasn't long before Esther's mother fell pregnant as a vampire and the witches knew they had succeeded in creating the Luna Bambini. Esther's parents understood what had happened and whilst at first they were actually grateful for the witches helping the creation of Esther they soon realised that Esther wasn't born to be their child. She was born as an experiment and had to watch the witches tie her up as a baby, then as a toddler to torture her and find out what she was and what she could do. They murdered Esther's parents whilst Esther was sleeping because they were fighting to try and protect Esther; they had failed to create another child from the vampire couple so they saw no use in them. When Esther woke the witches told her that her parents had left her with them to take care of her. She was only a small child and didn't understand at the time, not properly. When she was physically 7 years old Esther escaped from a year of being prisoner. She fled to the forests surrounding Volterra, where she lived off the blood of animals until she was fully grown. She stayed hidden, hoping to live out the witches so they couldn't find her. After a hundred years she went back to the moon pool and found 3 skeletons with candles burnt out, books, papers, potions and herbs scattered everywhere. She picked up the books and ran. The now, adult Esther charmed an architect into making her a house, which she stayed for the rest of her life, she went into Volterra every day and even had friends there. She was a normal girl, or as close to normal as she could be. When the Volturi came into power she knew she wouldn't be able to go into Volterra every day in case she got caught by Aro and so she was confined to her castle like mansion for two thousand years. Only leaving to hunt. It wasn't until my family and a new born army wiped out the Volturi that Esther was finally free to explore the world again with her new found ability of being able to copy anyone's ability she met.

Ive heard Esther's story many times as I grew but it always seemed like some sort of fairy tale. Avia, my uncle Eddie and aunt Chloe's youngest daughter, called Esther, Princess Esther because her story seemed like it was that out of a Disney movie. I often tried to persuade her to sell it to Disney and they could make a blockbuster out of it but she always thought I was joking.

The moon pool children, (as most of us called them because Luna Bambini was too much of a mouthful when you couldn't speak Italian), were extremely rare. My uncle Eddie and Esther were the only 2 of their kind left in the world but with them being here aided the possible creation of more. There were also the children of the Luna Bambini which was Holly, Avia and Lidiya. They all had a moon pool father and a vampire mother; though Lidiya's parents were dead she was tied to Holly and Avia as if they were her own siblings. They were very much like their fathers. Holly and Avia had Eddie's brown eyes with the tint of red after they hunted, whereas Lidiya actually had a much lighter eye colour it was a dark green but had a small hint of red when she was full on blood. Other than the fact they were immortal and drank blood they were actually very human like. They all slept, more so than Eddie and Esther and they aged at an almost human pace.

I knew as I grew up I was different to Holly, Holly was always there as long as I can remember but she changed a lot faster than I did but not as fast as Sarah. Sarah was always my little sister, despite the fact she went through a time period of being physically older than me. It didn't matter though because I still protected her when I could.

I remember when I was about 13 years old physically, I was actually only about 11 but my wolf genes had kicked in and I was growing like a weed. I was out with Sarah, just hiking in the woods, we always did this together, even when I was a kid and she was an adult it was a way to bond with her, we all had little things we did with certain siblings. It was a way of getting to know each other better.

Sarah and I had been only a few miles out of Forks and into the Olympia when Sarah had caught onto a scent that was unfamiliar to her. She told me to climb a tree and so I did quickly. She followed me up and put her finger on her lips to signal for me to be quiet. I couldn't help my heart beginning to race at the thought of danger. I saw them before I even heard them, 2 people walking towards the tree. They were moving fast though and were under us in seconds. The two people with blood red eyes were staring up at us with smiles on their faces.

"Why what do we have here?" the male asked.

"Leave them be, they are only children" the female said.

"But the girl, shes different" the male said focusing on my sister.

"Leave her alone!" I shouted before i could help it.

"Shhh" Sarah told me.

"Is that your girlfriend?" the male vampire asked me.

"No, shes my little sister" I told him in return.

"William shut up" Sarah scowled at me.

"Little?" the male asked. "Oh my my my, I know who we have here. I told you it wouldn't take long before we ran into one of them" the male mused turning to the female.

"You're assuming. Just because the girl is a hybrid it does not mean they are from the Cullen clan" the woman told the man. I tried to remain calm at the mention of my family's surname.

"But look the girl looks like Nessie, maybe it's her daughter, Sarah was it? And she called him William" the man said, he was getting excited.

"How do you know about the Cullen's?" Sarah asked carefully.

"Why they're famous" the male smiled at the sound of Sarah's voice. "I love learning, and the Cullen's have been a fascination of mine for years, I love history and finding out how our world has changed over the years. Of course your family changed the future of our kind the day they wiped out the Volturi."

"It wasn't our family, it was mostly the new born army" I told them.

"William!" Sarah scolded me and I realised I had said 'our family', confirming we were both Cullen's; or descendants at least. We still had Cullen blood in us. Our parents and Grandparents always told us that were we ever to meet nomads either in the woods or in the city that we were not to reveal our surname or that we were from the Cullen line. Being a Cullen could either save us or kill us, there were a few that hated the Cullen's but most loved them. We just had to be careful who we ran into.

"Children why don't you come down from that tree?" the male nomad asked. Sarah looked to me for my input and I looked back. "We promise not to hurt you. As I said, I love your family and I would die for anyone connected to that blood line. You're royalty; I came to see your great grandparents." He assured us. I looked to Sarah and shrugged. If they were gunna kill us they'd have done it by now. She placed in my head and I nodded towards her. She was right.

"We'll take you to Carlisle" I said as we climbed down.

"Oh that would be wonderful!" the male beamed and Sarah and I lead the two non-veggie vamps back home. The entire way home I stayed in between Sarah and the nomads. It was protective because the male seemed to keep looking at Sarah and I was getting a bit freaked out by it.

"Ive never met a hybrid before, im excited to meet your mother" he smiled at her and I instantly felt the need to protect my mom too. I just had no idea why, as it turns out I wasn't long from phasing so my protective side was kicking into overdrive.

"Er I think this goes without saying but don't eat anyone" I told them as we reached the town and the male laughed before nodding. "I tried your diet but it's still proving to be difficult. Im working on it though" he said in such a relaxed way I was kinda freaked out by it.

When we reached the Cullen house our grandparents took us home, leaving the nomads with Carlisle and the rest of the 'original' Cullen's.

That wasn't the only time I had seen nomad vampires but it was the only time I had met them without a member of my vampire family with me or my dad. We were pretty safe in La Push, since my dad always had wolves patrolling the town. I used to think when I was a kid that I couldn't wait to be a wolf and be there to protect the town but after a year of doing it, it proved very boring and tiring too. Luckily my mom didn't let me stay out too long so I was never patrolling all night. Some of the other wolves didn't like it but being the Alpha's son gave me special treatment, it also meant that if my dad ever decides to give up his duties, I would become alpha. I knew he'd never stop phasing because that meant he got to be with my mom forever but I had a feeling he wouldn't stay alpha forever.

After Holly and Sarah came back from their hunt we were mostly all in the living room. It was a rare moment when Ben wasn't so we could talk about what we wanted.

"So we went pretty far out, just to make sure we didn't run into any humans" Holly informed me and I nodded.

"Good, find anything nice?" I laughed.

"Mountain lion" Sarah grinned. "There are so many around here, no wonder they're grandpa's favourite"

"I can't say they're appealing" I scrunched up my nose. The vampires in the room laughed and Sophia just smiled adoringly at me. She was lying across my lap.

"Well your werewolf taste buds can't appreciate it" Sarah laughed.

"What did you just say?" Ben asked from the door a few seconds later.

Oh shit.

"What did you hear?" Sarah asked carefully sitting up.

"You called William a werewolf" he said sceptically.

"Yes I did" she said and my eyes widened. She was doing this now?

"Are you serious?" he asked with a scoff. Sarah shrugged.

"Do you believe me?" she asked.

"No" he laughed and most of the people in the room relaxed. "But your family is weird. Ive noticed that, I just let it pass because I love you and you can't pick your family" he told her with a small smile. I smiled a little when he said I love you to her. I hoped that wasn't the first time but by her reaction I realised it wasn't.

"Well what if I told you now. The reason my family are so weird is because the monsters in fairy tales are actually real?" she asked carefully and stood up to face him. He looked at her sceptically then over to us in the room. I could see him working it out in his mind, assessing whether this was a practical joke or not but by the look on his face he soon realised it wasn't.

"So your brother is a werewolf?" he asked her.

"You want to see?" she said with a small smile. He looked over to me then and Sophia sat up from my lap to give me room to stand up. I didn't though I just kept hold of her hand.

"It's not a full moon. Its day time" he said with a frown.

"Well…" my sister began. "My brothers aren't actual werewolves. They're shapeshifters; werewolves are the children of the moon, which are not to be confused with children of the moon pool." Sarah explained.

"Brothers? As in plural? All your brothers are wolves?" he asked then looking at the twins on the floor.

"Yep, and Leah" Zac grinned up at Ben. Leah slapped the back of Zac's head and he moaned before rubbing it. I couldn't help the smile escape from my lips. The two were gunna be hilarious when Zac was older. Of course he was already older; I just didn't know for sure what their relationship was up to yet.

"Leah?" Ben asked. I could see he was getting a bit overwhelmed. "So are you one too?" he asked Sarah.

"No im not a wolf, im-" she began but I cut her off by standing up.

"Ok that's enough information for now. You want to see the proof?" I asked him as I strode over. He looked at me slightly taken back that I had walked over so quickly. He nodded and I started walking out the house, he followed me with nearly everyone else.

"And what are moon pools?" he asked Sarah.

"Well… forget I said that, let's try and keep this as simple as possible for now. All will be explained. Im so happy you know. Or you know at least some of my secret" she said to him. I turned back to see him smile but it wasn't a happy smile. I didn't think he was very happy that Sarah had kept this from him for so long.

"Wait here" I ordered everyone and walked behind the tree line. I stripped down and brought up the heat, phasing into my wolf. I trotted out towards the house and walked straight up to Ben. He was shocked, his eyes were wide and he was frozen in his place. Sarah stroked his hand, comforting him. I took another step towards him and dipped my head but he stumbled backwards.

"He won't hurt you. It's still William, he's letting you know you can pet him" Sophia said and just to prove that she was right her hand wound into my fur. I suppressed the purr that wanted to escape my lips at her touch. Lauren was next and she came to my other side to kiss my face. I turned and licked her cheek and both Lauren and Sophia giggled. Lauren then climbed up onto my back and hugged me with her arms around my neck.

"This is my brother, the big friendly wolf" she grinned at Ben. Ben looked from Lauren at my back to Sophia who still had her hands entwined in my fur and then to Sarah. Sarah nodded encouragingly and his hand reached out. I dipped my head and he touched in between my ears. He then stroked my fur before pulling away. I lifted my head to see him smiling.

"That's kinda cool and you're still you right? You still think like you do when you're human?" he asked me and I nodded.

"He can't talk in his wolf form but other wolves can talk to him in their heads. They have their own telepathy" Sarah explained to him.

"Really?" he asked. "Mind reading?" he said and was now sceptical again. Sarah laughed before nodding. I nudged Sophia to step away from me and did a little jump to jostle Lauren. She climbed off and I walked back over to the forest to phase back. I came back out and Ben was sitting on the edge of the patio trying to understand everything.

"Why don't we go for a walk" I said to him and he looked up at me. "I promise I won't bite" I grinned and he thought for a moment before standing up. At least he wasn't scared of me, that was a plus.

Don't tell him what I am. Sarah placed in my head. I turned to look at her and shook my head as if to say im not going to.

I didn't take Ben far into the forest, you could still see the cabins and we remained on the path. I found a fallen down tree and signalled for him to sit.

"I know what you feel like, Sarah's kept this from you forever and there are other things too, that im sure she'll tell you soon enough but you have to realise that this is a huge secret. If people knew people like me existed id be imprisoned and experimented on for the rest of my life. I'd be a freak show and the world would go insane and start looking for other fairy tale creatures. Sarah had to keep this from you to protect me and the others like me." I told him carefully.

"I understand that, I just don't know why she didn't trust me to tell me sooner though" he said in a glum tone.

"It's our parents. They told us all when we were kids we weren't allowed to tell humans about us and you've met Sarah. She never breaks any rules" I laughed and I saw him smile slightly.

"Is she going to be in trouble for this?" he asked.

"Probably. But that girl has never been in trouble her entire life. My parents will get over it" I smiled and he smiled back more genuine.

"You just have to promise you'll never tell anyone" I added.

"Of course not. Apart from the fact I don't think anyone will believe me, I wouldn't do that to Sarah or your family" he said. I reached around to pat him on the back.

"Thanks" I said then stood up. "I just want you to keep an open mind when Sarah tells you the rest of our secret ok? She couldn't tell you before now. You overhearing is a loophole shes been searching for for years. Shes was protecting not only our family but you as well. You knowing this can be dangerous. Maybe not as dangerous as it used to be but the more humans know about us the less there are that don't know. If you get what I mean" I said and he nodded before standing up. "Oh and don't judge her on what she tells you. You know her as a person; you know how amazing she is. Keep that in mind, shes still exactly the same person you knew" I said to him as we made our way back.

"So Sarah isn't human either?" he asked then and I just shook my head as we reached the cabin patio. Sarah was standing on it looking nervous.

"She still loves you" I said then and stopped in my steps to let Ben reach her without me. I followed Ben and Sarah into the house but not on their heels. They walked into Sarah's room and I just stood there for a bit.

"That was a very nice thing you just did" I heard Sophia say as she wrapped her arms around my waist from behind. I turned so I could see her and she was now hugging my waist from the front.

"Well im a very nice guy" I grinned at her and she smiled in return.

"Yes you are" she said as she rose on her tip toes to kiss me quickly before she dropped back down again. "I love the things you do for your siblings. You really are the best big brother you know that right?" she asked me and I shrugged.

"I had a good teacher" I said referring to my uncle Eddie. I loved spending time with him and my dad growing up. My uncle was so cool growing up, him and uncle Zac were the best uncles ever; of course Jasper and Emmett weren't far behind. When I really think about it, I couldn't pick a favourite uncle. They were all pretty awesome when it came to uncles. Eddie just taught me a lot about being a brother.

"Come on let's leave them to work things out" she said and stepped away from me to grab my hand. She took me to the back and started tugging me into the tree line.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Hunting" she grinned at me as she picked up her speed. I was managing to keep up with her but I'd have to phase if she began running faster.

"Why didn't you go with Sarah and Holly earlier?" I asked her.

"Because I'd much rather hunt with my favourite wolf" she smiled at me before stopping. She began lifting my shirt over my head and even though my head knew she was helping me strip so I could phase I couldn't help my body stepping towards her. I crushed my lips against hers and she giggled as she stepped away.

"Im not taking your clothes off for that" she told me and I just grinned.

"Oh I know" I replied and finished stripping before kissing her one more time then moving a good distance away from her. I phased and saw she was folding up my clothes and putting them on a rock. I frowned. Wasn't she going to bring them with us?

"They'll be here when we get back. I can't be bothered carrying them" she laughed and began running.

They better be. I thought as I chased after her. Her laugh bounced off the trees and I couldn't help but smile. Her laugh was one of the reasons I loved her so much and every time I heard it I struggled to get my head around the idea that someone as perfect as her was mine.