~~Chapter 7~~
I wake up the next morning with a slight headache so I take a scalding hot shower and get dressed for the day. Walking out of my room, I check on the boys to see Gabe and Seth were sleeping like logs and Colin and Brady were gone.
They probably had late patrol.
I walk into the kitchen to see that it was spotless, grinning I pull out eggs, bacon and pancake mix, starting a hearty breakfast for my boys.
Knock knock
I wipe my hands on the towel and open the door to see Charlie and Sue standing in my doorway.
"Can I help you? Your wedding is planned and is a week away." I know I was being short, but after last night I was tired of everyone telling me that they wanted things different.
"We just came to see your temporary house, and to say that we're shocked that you're staying in Forks. We're happy you are, but we wanted to ask why?" I step away from the door and let them in, directing them to the dining table.
"I'm staying because of the pups. Three of the four don't have a good parental figure and the fourth's mother is getting married. They need a stable place to stay where they'll get the attention and love they need to become good adults." My back was to them, but I could tell that Sue was getting annoyed.
"What does it matter that I'm getting married? Seth knows that I love him." I sigh and turn to face her.
"That isn't what I'm saying Sue. Did you think about how Seth would feel if he saw you with someone who wasn't his father? I get it, it's my dad, but you two need your own time and Seth shouldn't have to see you two together. It'll hurt him because Charlie isn't Harry." I watch as she goes from being annoyed to understanding.
"What are you going to do about work, the war, and Sam?" Charlie asks me as I turn back to the food, putting the bacon on a towel to drain the grease off and start on the eggs.
"I put in my transfer to Forks General late last night, it was approved early this morning, I'll head in after breakfast. I can't do anything about the war until after I figure out the rest of my powers. I'm not doing anything about Sam." My responses are getting shorter, I feel as if they are only here to prod at me.
"Oh. Okay." They sound disappointed, but I don't care.
"If that's all, would you mind leaving so my family and I can eat?" I turn back to them, motioning for them to leave.
"Why are you being so rude, Isabella?" Sue asks stepping towards me, her voice filled with irritation.
"Because I have other things to do besides entertain two gossip hens. If you want to know anything else about me, be around to see it." She steps towards me again and I raise an eyebrow.
"Get out of my house, Sue Clearwater. I don't want to hurt you because you don't respect what I'm asking you."
"You won't do anything, I'm on the council and can kick you out of this tribe if I see fit." Her voice is mocking and I roll my eyes.
"Sue, what has gotten into you? We came here to tell Bella that we're happy she's home, not make her angry." Charlie says placing his hand on her shoulder.
"She's trying to take Sam from Emily." I look into her eyes to see that her eyes are slightly clouded. I wish Gola told me how to reverse what ever Emily did.
"Lord. I'll take her to see Old Quill, have a good day Bella." Charlie says as he leads Sue out of the house and I close the door and make plates for the boys before leaving them a note and heading to Forks General.
~~Thirty minutes later~~
"Hello Bella. I hope you're here for something besides another injury?" Nurse Rhonda says smiling at me softly.
"Yes ma'am. I'm here to talk to doctor Gerandy." I say as I lean against the counter. Rhonda nods, her curly blonde hair pulled back into a high ponytail, her green eyes seem to sparkle as she calls Doctor Gerandy.
"He'll see you in his office Bella. I hope to see you on the floor later this week." I smile at her and head up to the fifth floor and walk to his door. Doctor Gerandy is an older doctor that usually has three or four nurses to help him specifically since he is one of the best surgeons in the state, besides Carlisle.
"Ms. Swan, won't you come in?" I look up from my shoes to see him standing over me. He stands at least six feet tall, short salt and pepper hair, soft brown eyes.
"Yes,s-sir, sorry." I follow him into his office and sit in one of the arm chairs.
"So you worked as a nurse at Virginia Beach Medical for a year and a half in the emergency room. You have many great recommendations. Hmm..I'll put you to the test in our emergency room and if you do well, you'll become one of my nurses and help me in surgery. Does that work for you?" I watch as he looks through my files and looks back up at me.
"That's perfect with me. Thank you for this opportunity." We both stand and I shake his hand.
"Its no problem. I'll give you a call next week, after Charlie's wedding." I nod and head back to Paul's place to pick up Apollo.
"Apollo! Come here boy. " I yell as I pull into his driveway, listening for Apollo's tell tail howl that he heard me. I wait a few moments before I hop out after not hearing him.
"Apollo!" I walk around the house before I knock on the door. Paul opens it pissed off.
"People are trying to sleep Isabella."
"Piss off. Where is Apollo?" I push past him and go to the guest room where Leah and I stayed.
"I don't know. He took off the other night."
"You let my dog run off? Seriously Paul?" I turn to him, my mood now matching his.
"Wasn't my dog. Why should I have watched him?" He taunts.
I walk back out the door and get back in my truck and drive towards Billy's.
"Have you seen Apollo?" I ask as I get out. "No, I haven't."
"Let me know if you do." He nods and I go out to Jake's old garage.
Apollo is able to take care of himself, but he is still my baby.
Looking around I growl and get back into the truck, driving around town to see if anyone else had seen him. After an hour and a half and no sign of him, I head to Sam and Emily's as a last resort. When I get there most of the pack are already there, surrounding something in the edge of the woods.
"What's going on?" I ask as I timidly step out.
"Bella.." Embry murmurs walking over to me, wrapping his arms around me.
"What is going on Embry?" He gently guides me to where the others were standing. My knees buckle, I'm only standing because of Embry's arms are around me.
Apollo lay stretched out on his side, slit open from throat to belly. Blood stained the ground where he struggled to get up.
"Apollo.." I whisper, growing cold even though I'm wrapped in scalding hot arms.
"My baby boy.." I look around at the rest of the Pack, they all watched me, upset as well.
"Who did this? I know someone did, the cut is too smooth to have been animal claws." They look behind Jared, to where Emily stands watching us
"Finally, you came to get the beast off my property. He tried to attack me, so I killed him." I turned towards her, struggling to get out of Embry's arms.
"Apollo wouldn't hurt anyone! All he'd ever do is bark if someone tried to attack me. You killed him for sport you fucking whore!" I instantly went frigid, I was so cold Embry dropped me. Sprinting, I was in her face in less than five seconds, she backed into the wall, my hands on either side of her head, frosting over the wall.
"You killed my dog, my baby. All because you want me to feel pain, haven't you realized yet, all I fucking feel is pain. Every day of my life I have felt nothing but agony." My breath was a cloud in between us, I looked into her eyes to see she was scared. "You deserve the pain. You're the one who took Sam from me, manipulated his mind, making him think that he was Soul Bonded with you. But remember Bella, I am the one he comes home to, I'm the one that he fucks into oblivion when he's had a bad day. I'm the one carrying his child." Her voice shakes as she tries to upset me.
I look from her to my hands, watching the frost crawl up my arms.
"The loss of your dear companion was needed, Kineks." Gola's voice resonates around me, causing me to step away from Emily, pick up Apollo's body, put him in the back of the truck and drive back towards the cabin. After getting out I lift his body, placing it under a tree.
"I'm so sorry baby boy." I whisper as I create a large flame in my palm, pressing it to his skin. I watch him burn for a few hours before I walk to Old Quill's cabin.
"I need the herbal tea to send me on my spirit walk." The words are out of my mouth before he can even get the door open completely. He nods motioning for me to lean against the wall beside the fireplace.
"Here." He hands me a small bowl filled with black liquid smelling strongly of herbs and decay. Making a face I swallow the contents, lean against the wall and close my eyes, realizing I'm still numbingly cold from my powers.
~~~Spirit Walk~~
Once I open my eyes again I am back in Old Quill's hut, everything still the same.
"It didn't work." I groan, standing.
"Yes it did." I look to my left to see Gola resting beside me.
"Gola." My voice sounds weird, it takes me a moment before I realize that I'm speaking Quileute not English.
"Hello young one. We,hadn't finished our conversation. Come." She offers her hand, slipping mine into hers, she leads me outside into bright sunlight.
"Now, Goga had met with a cold one a few weeks before Bemidii and I were to be married, she was extremely jealous that I had a shifter as a Soul Bond, so she met with the cold one to create a potion that could help her manipulate whoever she wanted." I looked from Gola to see that we had walked from the hut to deep into the forest, it takes,me a second to see that we are standing where Jacob's makeshift garage will be.
"Look." Gola whispers and I blink.
Goga is walking along the path, not even trying to hide that she is where,she shouldn't be.
"Hello, young one. Do you have what I need?" A shadow figure asks stepping from behind a large willow.
Goga gasps, "Y-yes. Do you have the potion?"
The shadowy figure moves the cloak so only their mouth is shown, simply to grin evilly at her.
"Of course. " It opens it's palm and Goga places a piece of cloth in it. It takes a moment for me to realize that it's one of Gola's wedding braid ties. Her sister have their enemy something that had her sister's scent on it!
The vampire pulls back its hood and stands to its full height. The male has short brown hair, a sickly pale olive skin tone and a deep scar going from below his jaw to underneath his clothes. He hand Goga a medium sized vial filled with lavender colored liquid.
"One drop in a drink or food and whomever takes this potion will be under your spell for a moon cycle or so. Once the vial is empty they should stay under the spell from then till you or they die."
"Is there a way to reverse the potion, in case the wrong person takes it?" Goga questions and even I can tell that the vampire is ready to head back to his so called kings
"To reverse the potion, the person needs to drink someone's blood to get the potion to deactivate and not work." With that, the vampire disappears and Goga returns back to the village and the scene before me begins to blur.
I blink, clearing my eyes to see that I have been transported to the cliffs. Looking around, I see that Gola has gone.
"What are you looking for, Daughter?" His rumbling voice is all around me as I try to decipher where he actually is.
"I-I don't know. I was just transported here. Do you know why I'm here?" I feel a large overly warm hand on my shoulder and I turn to see Taha Aki wrapped in ceremonial skins.
"You are here to receive the rest if your powers." He places both hands on my shoulders and presses his lips to my brow. "With this blessing I give our Makawee the ability to communicate with all shifters." As he speaks my senses are flooded with different sights and sounds as I realize its sight from whomever is shifted right now. Taha Aki removes his hands, I blink and see there are three people behind him. An elderly man comes to me first.
"Makawee, welcome. We've waited for you for generations. I am Ki, the very first Chief of the Quileute tribe." He places his hands on my shoulders and presses his forehead to mine. "With this blessing I give our Makawee the ability to control the very air." A large gust of wind wraps around me, bringing the scent of salt and fire to my nose, someone is having a bonfire. He steps away and a pair of teenaged twins walk up to me.
"We were the first Makawee that didn't come from this tribe, we were killed at four years old because our parents thought we were demons. In spite of our death and your rebirth, we give you the power of water and earth. Use it to protect those you truly care about." They kiss my cheeks and I'm filled with the refreshed feeling of being cleansed, and one with the earth. They step back and the old man, Taha Aki and the twins take up hands and begin to speak at once.
"As the spirits of Makawee and Tribe we give the new Makawee full blessings. She shall control the elements, create weapons with her abilities, and communicate with all shifters so they can keep one another protected. Let her return filled with her power and knowledge." As they spoke I slowly lost consciousness and closed my eyes to the soothing powers pulling me down.
Real World~~
Blinking, I look around dazedly trying to figure out where I am.
"Ah, finally back?" Looking up I see Old Quill in his leather recliner mixing herbs in a pestle.
"Yes." I say before I fall back asleep. When I wake again I am back in the cabin, in my bed. How did I get here? I wonder as I get up and walk into the living room.
"What the fuck?" The entire living room is filled with Pack. They were all passed out everywhere. Leah and Embry are cuddled up on the couch, Quill is rolled up in a ball on the loveseat, Jake is stretched out in the recliner. Jared, Paul and the pups were piled in the floor on the boys mattresses.
"They sensed you were troubled, daughter." Taha Aki rumbles in my ear, swatting him away I pick my way across the huge puppy pile, trying to get to the kitchen to make breakfast, when a scalding hot hand grabs each limb. Looking down, Jake has my left wrist, Leah my right. Jared my left ankle and Seth my right.
"Bella." They all sigh, relaxing instantly. They hold me for another moment before they let me go.
"Good morning guys."
