AN: Hello guys! This is not a new chapter. I replaced last chapter with this one because I just felt that this one fits better with the flow of the story and my writing style (not as depressing) next chapter will be up by Friday. No worries! Thanks for sticking with me and for your kind and encouraging reviews! Keep them up! PLEASE?!
Disclaimer: Twilight characters don't belong to me, I just took them for a ride in my magical world of Bellice. ;)
Struck by lightning
I took a deep breath, letting my lungs expand slowly and my brain to register every scent in the room, I could smell the trees and wet soil from outside which was clear indication that it rained during the night, I could also smell leather with a hint of tobacco which I have also come to relate with Charlie, but the scent that invaded my senses despite being the weakest one was the scent of vanilla with a hint of cinnamon, I don't really know how but I immediately knew that it belonged to Alice. As I let myself be immersed in the beauty and comfort of Alice's scent I let my mind wake up without opening my eyes.
As I let my ears take in everything around me I realized that I must have been alone in the house because the only thing that I could hear were the gentle rustle of the leaves outside and the soft platter of raindrops hitting the ground, because even though now I know that Charlie is a god there is no way that he would be able to not make a noise while moving around in this old wooden house. With that said I suddenly jolted awake because if Charlie was gone that meant that school had already started, and that meant that my possible time with Alice was being cut short, so I rushed to get ready. I took a Spartan shower, aka three minute shower in which the only thought that crossed my mind was "I'm going to kill Charlie for not waking me up!", put on some regular blue cotton panties with a matching sports bra, some jeans, a blue long sleeved shirt, and a pair of "white" vans, they were too dirty to be considered white anymore... I ran out of my room and basically jumped the whole set of stairs without injury, which I was extremely proud of, and ran to the kitchen in the hopes of finding something that could pass as breakfast, but when I went to open the fridge in search of cheese sticks I noticed a note on the fridge with Charlie's clear handwriting, so I stopped my Oh-shit-I'm-super-late mini freak out and looked over the note that said:
"If you are reading this then you are probably freaking out about being late to school. DON'T! First of all I DID try to wake you up but you were dead to the world, so don't blame it on me! "I guess I won't be killing Charlie after all... How do you even kill a god? CAN you even kill a god?" Second of all I called the school and excused you for the day so take a breather and relax. "Says the one who doesn't have to do any catching up..." And last but not least I know you want to see Alice and everything but you seem to forget that your bike is still at the Cullen's and I obviously can't give you a ride now (again NOT my fault) "Shit... Totally forgot about that..." so unless you want to run to school here are the options that I can think of:
1. Call the Cullens and ask them if they can drop off you bike or pick you up so you can get your bike. "Yeah right... Cuz that conversation won't be awkward at all... Yeah I know all the shit that my dad and I put you through but could you drop off my bike at my house?... Yeah I don't think so..."
2. Take a hike to their house and pick up your bike. "Aaarghh they live in the middle of the woods!"
3. Same as option 2 but instead of hiking you can shift into your tiger form. "And how the fuck am I supposed to do that? It's not like I knew what I was doing the first time it happened!"
If you ask me I'd go with option number three. You need to start practicing your shifting and it's easier than hiking there.
In case that you chose option number three read the note on the kitchen door leading to the woods"
With a weary sigh I went towards the kitchen door that led to the woods, because really it seemed like the only plausible and less awkward option to me right now... Yeah the option where I turn into a giant tiger is the most plausible option! Don't judge me... There I found another blank piece of paper... "Is this a joke?! Because it's not fucking funny..." But as I stood there basking in my anger I realized that the piece of paper started shimmering and words began to appear as if someone was writing them.
"Well, if you are reading this is because you have the guts to do this and I'm very proud of you Bella. Now onto the exciting part... You should probably go outside because as much as I don't cook I don't want the kitchen destroyed by your size. "Did he just call me fat?!" No I didn't mean that you are fat… "What the fuck?!" I can still read your mind. I'll explain later. "Weird..." Don't worry about it. Concentrate!"'Whatever...' I thought before I went outside and followed his instructions "Okay now that you are outside grab the para cord and the small bag that I left for you outside. Now tie the bag to the cord and then to your ankle. "Okay..." Your clothes will get ripped when you shift so I put some shorts and a tank top in the bag. Don't tie it too tight around our ankle because you'll grow and you'll snap the cord if that happens.'Whaaaaat?! I thought that my clothes would stay!?' I helped you out with the clothes when you shifted back last time. That's the next thing you'll learn about shifting. 'Huh... Makes sense that I had those weird clothes last time...' Those were traditional... Uuuughhh you know what? We'll talk about it later. Okay now relax your body and think of the ocean. Think of the waves coming in and out of shore. Think of the way the currents move. How they are always changing. Now close your eyes and feel those same currents moving in your body. Feel them change" I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe letting it out slowly. I imagined the currents inside me slowly moving and gaining momentum until I could feel a huge wave build up inside me and crash against the shore, or in this case my human body. When I opened my eyes I was taller than I remembered being and when I looked down I could see my white fur and my shredded clothes all around me. 'Daaaamn even my shoes were torn apart. Thanks for the heads up dad!' One of my paws was on top of the magic paper with the instructions and I moved it aside so that I could read how to change back. "Good! To change back you only have to think about what makes you human, about what makes you want to be human." 'Sounds simple enough...' Was my last thought before I caught a whiff of that delicious vanilla/cinnamon scent and instantly bolted after it not caring for anything else that my dad had to say. I just couldn't spend another second just standing around while I could be with my soulmate. The trees became a blur as I sped through the forest focused only in the scent that made my heart beat faster than humanly possible... But then again I wasn't exactly human... It didn't take long before other scents joined the one that I was after, and while they held some of the qualities of the one that I was obsessing over they were also incredibly sweet, not to the point of it being unbearable but to the point where they weren't alluring. Not long after I registered the other scents the Cullen mansion came into view. I stopped before I reached their driveway and took a couple of steps back behind some heavy foliage so I could change without having to worry about someone seeing me naked. I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe, thinking of things that made me human, like my hands, my feet, and any and every other part of anatomy that I could remember, and when I opened my eyes I was disappointingly still very much a tiger. With a frustrated huff I closed my eyes again and concentrated on why I wanted to be human, and the only thing, or person rather, that I could think about was of Alice, and how I wanted to hold her hand with mine, to run my fingers through her hair, to hold her body close to mine with my arms around her waist, to kiss her perfect lips with mine and how it would feel like. A tingling sensation started from my lips to the ends my hair and the tips of my toes and when I opened my eyes I was very much human... and very much naked, so I leaned down to grab the bag with my clothes only to find that said bag was to longer attached to my ankle nor was the rope attached to it, apparently I had lost it somewhere on my way to the Cullen's and in my haste didn't even notice that I was missing it. Before I could think of something to do I heard the Cullen's door open and Alice appeared in all her glory looking into the woods where I was standing, and my first reaction was to turn into a giant fur ball again. This time instead of feeling the current swell inside me it was more like I already had a wave ready to crash against the shore and I just let it go.
Luckily, or not, depends on who you ask, Alice went back into her house with one last glance in the direction where I was standing. It almost seemed like she knew I was there but why would she go back to her house if she knew I was standing outside her house like a total creep? I would at least expect her to yell at me to go away or something to acknowledge my presence, not just leave me standing here.
I was about to turn around and look for my clothes when another scent hit me. It was almost what the trash outside my house smelt like one day that a skunk decided to mark it as his territory. Soon after the smell hit my nose I could hear the heavy pounding of paws on the ground, and by its staccato rhythm I would say that whatever it was making the noise it was fast approaching and definitely not alone. Not five seconds after I heard whatever it was approaching all of the Cullens came out of the house and stood on a triangle formation with Carlisle at the front, Jasper and Emmett at either side and slightly behind him, and Edward, Rosalie, Esme and Alice taking up the back row in crouched positions.
Suddenly five massive wolfs came out of the tree line about twenty feet away from me and growled loudly at the Cullens. My body immediately tensed because it looked obvious that whatever those wolves wanted wasn't necessarily a friendly chat, and if any of those overgrown dogs tried to even approach Alice I would make sure they felt the whole brunt of my force. As I looked more closely at the dogs I realized that they were in a similar formation as the Cullens. A reddish-brown wolf, that I recognized as Jacob was at the front, with two grey wolves at either side of him, one looked leaner and smaller than the rest of them, almost as if it was built for speed instead of brute force, while the other looked stockier and had almost a dirty looking coat compared to the other one that looked almost like liquid silver. The two wolves taking up the back were smaller than Jacob and the dirty grey one but still bigger than the silver one, although I got the feeling that they weren't really a threat; the one on the right of Jacob was a light brown chocolate color, while the one on the left was more sandy colored.
"Hello. I don't believe we've been properly introduced. I'm Carlisle, and this is my family." Carlisle said in a calm controlled voice that showed no animosity whatsoever.
The wolves obviously did not appreciate his cool and calm demeanor and growled lowly while crouching down.
"The leader over there says that if we give him Alice that the rest of us will be spared a painful death" Edward said with a slight chuckle while looking at the wolves through amused eyes, and if I wasn't completely focused on the wolves, and more precisely on Jacob, as the target for my fury I'm sure I would have liked to smack Edward around for looking so amused at the fact that those pups wanted to hurt my Alice.
"Now why don't we all calm down for a second, I'm sure that you wouldn't want to break the treaty because of a misunderstanding" Carlisle said before I could take a step and show those pups who they were really messing with.
"He says that Alice took his mate and turned her against him and that her life belongs to him a Quileute law.
"She didn't take shit from you, you stupid mutt. Now go back to whatever trash can you rolled around in before you do something even more stupid than this." Rosalie said with so much disdain that I almost felt bad for the Jacob… no, not really.
"Rosalie!" Esme chastised gently although she seemed to agree with Rosalie by the way her face was slightly scrunched up in disgust.
"If you have some way that you could prove this then I would be more understanding of your demands," Carlisle said, "however, you have no way to prove this, and the fact that you are here like this leads me to believe that your elders and your alpha are unaware of your… predicament. Even if your accusations were correct, which I seriously doubt, I would not be able to forfeit my daughter's life without a fight, so unless you have the outmost confidence that you would come out victorious and without any fatalities on your side even though you are clearly outnumbered then I suggest you go back to your territory"
With a roar Jacob stood taller and took a step towards the Cullens.
"He says that he no longer answers no Sam. He was born to be an alpha and will not bow to some fake leader. He also thinks that he can take us out and is willing to risk the lives of his pack in order to do so." Edward said with a disgusted look on his face before he crouched down and let out a snarl. "He has made the rest of his pack his puppets, and unless one of them also proves to be an alpha then they are all doomed to follow his commands." And just when I thought Jacob couldn't be any more revolting he proves me wrong.
Jacob turned to look at his 'pack' and let out a low warning growl, almost as if to let them know to not even try.
"Well if that is the case then I'm afraid you leave us no choice" said Carlisle sadly before crouching down when Jacob turned his attention back to the Cullens now all crouching and looking ready for a fight, even if some of them like Esme, Carlisle, and Alice didn't look particularly happy about it unlike Emmett and Rosalie who looked perfectly happy about kicking some major dog butt, while Jasper and Edward seemed more focused and determined about it.
Before I could even decide on how to approach the situation Jacob took off towards the Cullens with his pack close behind him, in a blur of movement the Cullens were also moving and soon they collided with a resounding crash. For a moment I just stood there like a complete moron looking at the fight unfold in front of me… and then I saw the dirty grey one lunge at Alice from the back, while she was just finishing throwing the light brown wolf to the side and into the woods. The wolf crashed into her sending her sprawling to the ground before grabbing her with its disgusting mouth and throwing her into the air, I was confused for a second as to why he would throw her instead of ripping into her but a look in the direction he threw her gave me the answer, lowering himself preparing to jump and catch her was no other than Jacob… and that's when I snapped out of whatever stupid daze I was in and into action. Running at a speed I still wasn't used to displaying I left the safety of the trees' cover and into the Cullen's lawn and jumped into the air just in time to tackle Jacob's bulky form a few inches from Alice's body. We came crashing to the ground in a tumble of limbs and snapping teeth. I managed to dig my claws into Jacob's lower belly and my teeth into his shoulder before he kicked me off of him. I quickly got my feet under me again and growled loudly at Jacob's slouched form before doing a quick survey of the 'battlefield'. The Cullens seemed to have neutralized the rest of the wolves and were standing over them in a way that said that if they dared move that it would be the last thing they did. Alice was slowly getting to her feet, and I couldn't help but notice the changes in her from the last time that I saw her. Her skin, while still being unnaturally pale, had a slight pink tinge in it, her hair seemed slightly longer if still in her mussed up style, and her eyes were an ocean green color. When we locked eyes I felt such a sense of belonging that I almost forgot what was happening around me… until I heard a growl from behind me. I turned sharply to where the growl came from only to find an angry looking Jacob crouched down with his teeth bared at me. I let out a warning hiss, basically telling him to back the fuck off before I beat his ass into next week, because even though I wouldn't feel completely guilty for shredding him to pieces with my shiny new claws I felt that because of our past friendship, I mean we did use to make mud pies together, that I should give him a chance to leave whole instead of little pieces. Instead of heeding my warning like a good little boy he seemed to get offended and angrier before he tried to launch for my throat.
"Bella!" Alice's scream rang clearly in my ears before I launched to meet Jacob head on.
He tried to bite my shoulder but I was faster than he was and managed to dodge his snapping jaws and slashing his face leaving three distinct claw marks with blood dripping from them. He seemed shocked that I actually did that and stood there like a moron with blood dripping from his face and staring at me wide eyed, then he looked angry, then he went back to being shocked, and then ended up looking worried and slightly afraid.
"He is not healing from the gashes on his face" I heard Edward's voice to my left followed by some gasps, whines, and a few chuckles.
"Serves him right" Rosalie's voice came from my left sounding slightly smug, "Son of a bitch would sacrifice his own pack for some misguided belief that Bella is his mate." She finished with a scoff… and I lost it.
I felt blinding rage before I let out a roar and the whole backyard was illuminated in a flash of white before a zapping noise crackled through the air. When the blinding light faded almost as fast as it came everything in the clearing seemed to be the same except for the fact that Jacob was lying on the ground in his very much, very naked human self, twitching every few seconds. Soon the rest of the wolves were also in their human forms, seemingly careless in their state of undress, and ran towards Jacob looking worried. Now that they were actually people I could recognize from the rez Leah, Seth, Embry, and Paul.
Paul was the first to get to Jacob and when he leaned down to touch him he didn't get to do anything because as soon as he touched Jacob's skin he was electrocuted, and it must have been pretty intense because he fell to the ground, passed out, and started twitching like Jacob. The rest of the wolves back off immediately.
"Son of a bitch didn't believe me when I told them she could electrocute a vamp. Serves him right." Leah said with a scoff, before turning around to look at me. When Leah's eyes met mine I saw something shift within her before she fell to the ground with a grunt and promptly exploded into a wolf once again. I easily recognized her silvery coat as the one that belonged to the leaner wolf except that she looked bigger and more muscled while still looking lean, she looked as tall if not taller than Jacob. The rest of the conscious wolves, looked at her with wide eyes before also shifting and lowering their heads and tails while Leah stood tall above them.
Before I could witness anything else equally as weird as what just happened I did what I do best… pass out… and I could just think… 'Not again…'
AN2: Well... that's it for today. See you on Friday! Leave me a review to let me know what you thought of me changing the chapter? Love you guys!