Scared of Blood? by Maddyson Ruby

Pairing: Seth/OC

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profit from this. All characters you recognise belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Whoa! Some new reviewers! So thrilled about that. I don't write for the reviews but if you don't get some feedback then you can't help but assume that nobody really likes it. Thanks everyone! By the way, overall I was thinking ten chapters for this story, so it should end on Friday. Yay!

Sorry it's later today, been a bit busy.

Chapter 8

Adanne POV

Bella was training outside once again. I felt awful for the tremendous pressure being put upon her. Only just over three months old and she was responsable for the well-being of around forty beings, including her daughter, mate and family. I felt the pressure too. My power was apparently formidable in battle. I didn't see it that way.

My gift was just something I could do; a talent one might say. Some people could paint, I could render a being unconscious, paralysed or an amnesiac in milli-seconds.
That was a lot of responsability for a six year old.

Granted I was a very, very mature six year old, but still. In terms of life experience, I had very little. Everyone but me seemed to think that I was wise beyond my years. Seth and I were kindred spirits in that sense. People claimed us to be more mature than we should be but we didn't see that in ourselves; in each other, yes, but not in ourselves.

Bella was trying to shield Edward and to say she was failing miserably was an understatement of truly epic proportions.

"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" Bella cried as she once again tried to shield him from Kate's zapping. So far we had had a handful of successes among the bajillion fails. Not too promising, really.

"Edward!" I called, drawing attention to myself. "Take a break being guinea pig, let me try to help" I offered. Seth's growl was immediate and loud. "No, Seth!" I ordered, barely even sparing him a glance. He continued to whine uneasily as I made my way into the set 'training area'.

"No, Adanne! You'll get hurt!" Bella argued as Edward made his way out of the ring offering me a small smile of thanks.

"Bella, she could help! You need motivation!" Kate argued defiantly.

"What does your shield feel like?" I asked curiously. She looked contemplative and thoughtful for a moment before answering truthfully.

"Like an invisible rubber band that randomnly changes tangibility" she offered.

"Hmm... My gift feels more like reaching out with your mind to locate the minds and systems of others" I responded. "Your body will cling to your gift as a defense; regardless of how much force you put into it, I have to be connected to it but I can search over bigger distances now, that is where I struggle" i said with a small nonchalant shrug. "I can easily do a three hundred metre radius from where I am but moving further is much more difficult. It's a case of getting a solid hold of your gift and working it out like a muscle - muscles that aren't used will atrophy, your gift has never properly been stretched or used so is like an atrophied muscle" I explained. She nodded in understanding as I assumed the position of doom.

"Okay, ready" Bella indicated. I nodded before steeling myself for the zap. At Kate's touch nothing happened.

"You did it!" I cried with a grin.

"Nothing?" Kate asked checking.

"Nope, nothing at al-" I was cut off by a painful shock down my arm. I reacted defensively on instinct; finding the source of my pain and knocking it unconscious as I caught my breath. That was when I realised what I had done and rolled over to check on Kate again.

"You okay?" Bella demanded as people rushed over.

Garrett checked on Kate worriedly. Poking and prodding did nothing to her so Garrett turned to me.

"What happened? Is she alright?" he asked, gazing down at Kate.

"She will be fine" I assured him, reaching out mentally for Kate's nervous system before tweaking it slightly and waking her up. She leapt up hissing and growling. She was one pissed off kitty. I couldn't help but chuckle drawing her feral glare to myself.

She launched herself at me as I reacted defensively. We tumbled for a moment, exchanging blows before she was ripped off by a very pissed Seth. His wolf form was trully amazing to behold. It was also kind of scary but I wasn't about to tell him that. Kate, unfortunately caught Seth's front paw - breaking it with an audible crack. He whined before snapping at her. That was a clear order to back off. Kate heeded with the assistance of Garrett's chokehold. Carlisle patched up Seth whilst I numbed his pain for him. It was the least I could do considering this was kind of my fault.

When Kate was finally under control again and not runnnin off of baser instincts she was okay and very apologetic. She immediately said sorry to both Seth and I for her reaction. I told her not to worry about it; I actually understood. Seth wasn't as forgiving seeing as I was involved in this little dilemma but his good nature got the best of him making his give his grudging acceptance of her heartfelt apology.

To Garrett she thanked him for wrangling her back under control and helping her snap out of whatever her episode was. He managed to weasel in a promise of vegetarian hunting from her. That should be fun. I know Garrett was always up for a challenge but he might just take it too far one of these days.

As Seth and I sat on the sofa together I realised that I was very lucky to be accepted into this family. Diverse and dysfunctional though they were - they were a family. Nothing more, nothing less. They protected their own; this massice show of witness for Renesmee was proof enough. The pack was also dedicated and welcoming once you got past their naturally rough exterior. Paul was also a bit brash and loud but he seemed to be and okay guy. As I looked on at Renesmee being swung about by Jake, and the adoring smiles of those looking on, I realised how precious family is and how easily it can be taken for granted. I was thankful, very thankful.

All in all, they were a family and I was honoured to be a part of it.

"I love you, Seth"

"I love you too, Dani"