A/N: Here's the next chapter just like I promised. I really appreciate all of the responses that I got over the past week; it has really blown me away. I never anticipated you would all like my writing so much. Anyway, finally reached chapter ten! This one's a big action packed, emotionally traumatizing chapter; be prepared! I don't own Twilight.

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Sam's POV:

I felt like the world was right, like somehow before there had been something seriously wrong with it, but now that the tension between me an my little sister had been resolved, it felt like the world was beginning to heal. The morning seemed a little crisper, the sun a little brighter, the world as I knew it to be was better. I breathed in the fresh misty morning air, filling my body with its goodness. It felt as if I was cleaning my lungs; as if before I could barely breath, but now I could fill myself with life-giving air. The scent of the ever-present pine trees stung its way up my nose, but I loved it. It smelt like home. This was a place and a time that I would never stop loving.

My eyes pealed open to observe the slightly soggy morning dew still clinging to the branches of a forest that was as old as the legends of our tribes. White clouds seemed to mask the sky, and the sun that fought through it came out as a pearly white light. It felt like heaven was directly above us. Some might say that it was an omen; that goodness was soon to leave this world and enter the one above. Of course I didn't believe in that sort of nonsense. That was just one of the less believable stories our ancestors had come up with.

I smiled and reached down to touch my toes. I felt the stretch in all of my muscles, especially in my legs. Pulling up, I began to stretch out the muscles in my arms. It was relaxing to stretch before a jog. Some might say that that was a bad thing to do, but I knew from experience that pulling a muscle a couple miles from home just isn't worth it. Mentally checking off groups of muscles from my list, I made sure I was well prepared before I set off in a light jog.

It took a while to get into my stride, but after a while I was running at a steady pace on a well-worn trail through my home forest. I absorbed myself in the scenery around me. The trees looked all fairly similar to one another, but as I did when I was a child, I made shapes out of the way the branches intertwined with one another. It was a fun occupation. After about fifteen minutes into my run, I reached the cliffs that looked off into the sea. The gentle crashing of waves against the rocks some twenty or thirty feet below was a soothing sound. I took my time in blinking, focusing all my energy on just listening to the sounds of the world around me.

I was so preoccupied with the noises that calmed me and kept my heart rate down, I didn't hear the sounds of a wolf rather noisily scrambling through the forest until Jared in his wolf form was running right beside me. He gave me a wolfish bark, motioned with his head to a clump of trees, and ran over there. I followed behind him steadily, one eyebrow arched. This better not be about Kim. He needs to learn how to deal with his own girl problems.

I heard Jared shift, before the familiar rustling of trousers being pulled up, and then spoke. "What is it? I was kind of in a good mood this morning." I said rather pessimistically. I noted the expression on his face, an unusual one, he looked rather annoyed and flabbergasted. "It's Avery, Sam." He said, still panting evidently from his mad dash to reach me. Any news of Aves' whereabouts and doings was new to me. "What about her? If this is just about some senseless bickering-" he cut me off, only irking me further.

"It's not that. I saw her, kissing, Seth Clearwater. Not only that, but he had broken the treaty. He crossed the line, literally. This can't go unpunished. Sam, we need to act now. What he's done is a declaration of war!" Jared just kept rambling on. I was still stuck on the second sentence. Avery. My little sister. Kissing a boy. In love with a boy. It should be impossible. How? I grew lost in my thoughts. Nothing like this had ever happened before. We had never anticipated this. Never expected it would happen.

"Sam!" Jared yelled in my face, "We need to act now! We need to fight them! No doubt they'll have the backing of the Cullens. Filthy bloodsuckers!" I simply looked at him, a blank expression on my face. "All the more reason not to fight. We can't afford to create a war that we'll undoubtedly lose." I said, cold, hard logic coming though. "What? And let is injustice go unpunished? I thought you were made of stronger stuff Sam. Guess not." Jared said, clearly still angry. This broke my calm exterior. "This is my sister we're talking about! Remember that! I've said it once, and I'll say it again! We shall not go to war!" I yelled in his face, making him cringe again.

He faced me with a look of disgust. "Maybe you won't, but I will." He said, spitting in my face before running off. He shifted a few meters into his dash. "Jared, wait!" I screamed after him. This could not be happening. He was about to ruin everything. Avery only has one shot at love, and he's too self-centered to not see that he's ruining it. I clocked my watch, 8:11 am. It wouldn't take him long to reach the border from where we were. What he'd do when we got there, I had no idea. There was no point in chasing after him. I needed to get the rest of the pack together. I shifted in a second. Racing back towards the forest outside my house, I let out a howl. If ever I needed to run so fast I was flying, now was it.

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Seth's POV:

I felt happy. Jogging in my sandy fur covered mask, beside my silver sister, I felt like life would never again be this good. Twice I had crossed the border in three days, and no action had been taken to prevent a third crossing. I had to hide my thoughts from my sister, but I easily masked them behind a mental wall, and chose to tease her instead. 'I'm not kidding, when you glare at people, it makes us melt inside. It's like your secret power, you know, like how Ed can read minds and Alice can see the future.' I thought to her. 'Stop it Seth. You're thinking nonsense again.' She thought, but I knew she thought it jokingly, as she stuck her tongue out at me.

We were running so fast, we had nearly reached the border. I never knew I could treasure a place as much as I did the borderline that separated Avery and me. I felt like I always left a bit of my heart there with her. I was only whole when we were together. Today though, even though the sun shone higher and brighter in the sky, the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach just wouldn't fade. Something bad was about to happen. I just knew it. Something very bad.

I heard it before Leah did. Ironic considering she wasn't even his target. She wasn't supposed to be hurt. It all happened before I could react. A dark wolf that I recognized as Jared tumbled out of the forest, surprising Leah. She fell down, and Jared wasted no time in tearing out her throat. Her blood sprayed out onto the forest, a fair bit landing on my. My sandy fur covered mask was no longer a dark tan, but blood red, the color of a murderer. The color that should of painted the wolf that stood smugly before me. My sister whimpered faintly underneath his proud gaze.

I ignored Jared, and bent down to nuzzle my sisters' head. I couldn't help but let out the whimper of pain and sorrow that tore through my chest. 'Leah, no.' I sobbed to her through my mind. 'I'm fine, really. It's just a scratch.' She thought back in an effort to comfort me. I could no longer hold back the grief that raged through me like a merciless fire. A single tear, dripped innocently from my left eye onto her face. I watched the life, so fiery and bright just moments before fade out of her eyes forever. I watched my sister die.

Jared growled above me. I turned my head up to him, and brought my eyes so we were face to face. The grief was gone. Anger was all I knew. Before Leah was killed, I had never hated anyone. Now hate was all I had. You vile, sick bastard! I yelled at him through my mind even though I knew he could not hear it. My venomous growl spoke enough words to let me know that he got the message. I launched myself at him. I wanted to watch him hurt. I wanted to watch him die. I wanted to kill him.

I tore Jared to pieces. He ripped up shreds of fur and tissue, but I never felt any pain. I delivered the final blow, snapping his neck so it crunched satisfyingly. I let his body drop to the ground, and spat out his fur from my mouth. I had done Leah justice. It took me a while before I realized that I was covered in wounds and two peoples blood. I'm a murderer. No better than Jared for killing Leah. I don't deserve to live. I thought, fear welling up inside of me. What will they think of me?

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A/N: Slight cliffhanger at the end. At least this chapter is longer than the previous one. Hope you enjoyed it. I listened to like an hour an ten minutes of really dramatic music in order to write this. Question time: Was this chapter what you expected? What do you think will happen next? Please leave your answers in reviews that I love receiving (I really do take them into account when writing) Thank you guys for being awesome readers so far! CL