Her mind took over and the memories of that morning flashed in her head, and Sam saw everything.

"You…" Sam was in complete shock at what he had just found out.

"Sam I…"

"NO! You did do it on purpose, and then you lied to me about it… He almost died Mason! Do you even understand how serious this is?"

"I didn't kill him, he was a horrible person. You know that you just saw it for yourself!" Mason tried.

Sam shook his head, "but why?"

Mason was caught off guard as another memory slipped out.

CHAPTER 11

By LolaWorld

Mason shook her head and tried to think of anything else she could.

"Rainbows, flowers, ohhh look at that ladybug; it's red, yes red with black dots, legs, and how many legs? One, two, three…."

"Mason!" Sam snapped, "What was that image I saw of you and some guy?"

"What? Oh must have been some TV show and an actress that looked like me. Oooo, look at that caterpillar, so fuzzy."

Sam stood even closer to Mason and as large of a wolf that Mason was, Sam still easily towered over her.

"Was it Kevin? Was that your step-brother?"

"Noooo, ugh, stop!"

Mason yelled at herself as she tried as hard as she could to stop the memories from flooding in. She couldn't get control of them and before the images were too detailed Mason did the only thing she could; she turned back into her human form. She sat there between the trees in the forest and simply cried. Sam was upset for a moment that she had transitioned back; but, the very moment he saw and heard the heart breaking sobbing his temper mellowed and he turned back into human form as well. He took the clothes that he had brought with them; he threw on a pair of jeans then guided Mason by slipping a dress over her head and helping her arms through. Once her dress was on, Sam sat on the ground and took his crying little sister into his arms.

TTS

Selena, Seth, Paul, Jacob and Quill walked their usual path home from school when they stumbled upon Sam and Mason. Selena and Paul ran over first.

"Is everything okay?" Selena asked with concern.

Paul took one of Mason's hands into his and stroked her soft skin with his thumb for comfort. She acknowledged him then looked over at Selena to answer.

"No, my father is a real ass."

"Language Mason," said Sam sternly but without too much bite behind his tone.

"Well, he is," she sniffled, "I ran away and everything and he is STILL in denial that anything was ever wrong. He still thinks his stupid wife and his fucking jerk step-son are perfect."

SMACK! SMACK! Sam landed two solid smacks on the back of Mason's upper thigh as he had easy access due to how she rested on his lap with her knees pulled up a bit. Selena and Seth both jumped slightly as they know the feel and sting from Sam's hand a bit too well for their own liking. Paul instinctively held tighter onto Mason's hand.

"OW! Sammmmy," Mason said softly with a pout as she took her hand back from Paul and rubbed her thigh.

"Sorry baby girl; but, I did warn you. It's okay to be upset but there is no reason to swear, especially that word, got it?"

"Yes sir," Mason answered as she continued to rub the sting left behind from Sam's big strong hand.

Paul adjusted himself closer, "Mason, how about we all go for a run, as a pack? I know it always makes me feel a lot better," he smiled sweetly.

"I agree," said Selena.

The others nodded in agreement along with Paul and Selena. Mason looked at them and thought for a moment. She wiped a few of her tears away.

"Okay, I'll try it but only if you each promise me that you won't ask me about my day or my past. Please. I promise I'll fill you all in but I want to do it like this, in human form; and not bombarded with a lot of images I rather not expose until you know everything first."

"Fair enough," Sam answered before he looked at Selena and Seth, "you two BETTER not even ask Mason how she likes her coffee. Anything could trigger right now and our goal here is to show Mason that she can trust each of explicitly, is that understood?"

"How about tea then?" Selena asked innocently.

"Selena!" Jacob snapped, "I could just take you home now and let you start your homework while sitting on a hard surface."

"A hard surface? What difference would that make?"

"It makes all the difference in the world if you were just given a good spanking," Jacob answered with the most serious look.

Selena looked wide eyed suddenly then answered, "I promise, ZERO questions."

TTS

The pack was running perfectly in sync, and Mason has started to feel better emotionally. They were doing great until Leah joined up. Before anything she went right over to Mason.

"What in the hell were you doing in town?" She spat.

An image suddenly appeared into Mason's thoughts. It was of the man from the bar and he was attacking her. Mason shook her head to try and clear her thoughts. Another image appeared and it was of Mason standing above the man as he lied on the ground beaten and bloody. Mason shook her head again and started to focus simply on the bark of a tree.

"What in the hell was that?" Leah asked harshly, "what happened? You attacked someone! How stupid are you?"

"ENOUGH LEAH! NO MORE QUESTIONS!"

Leah backed down but it was too late. Her last question in particular triggered the last memory Mason had with her step mother and brother. He was holding her down while she spanked her repeatedly with a belt. Once she finished, she left Mason alone with her step-brother, Kevin. Mason panicked; she just couldn't let them see what he did to her. She ran as fast as she could back home while singing the alphabet song. Sam ran after her.

"STOP THIS VERY INSTANT!"

Mason froze, "Damn it! So not fair," she thought to herself.

Sam caught up to her, "Mason, I'm sorry about Leah; but running away isn't the solution."

"Sam, I can't, I don't..I don't want anyone seeing, please, please may I just go home? I promise I won't go anywhere. At least until you get home. Please."

Sam was hesitant but took into account the handful of images he witnessed from Mason.

"Alright, go straight home. We'll be back in before dinner, let Emily know."

"I will thanks."

Mason nuzzled her head against Sam before she ran home and he watched her leave with

TTS

The entire pack headed to Sam's house and went in; Emily was just finished with fixing dinner. The first thing Sam asked was where Mason was.

"She's been up in her room since she got home. She should have been starving but she hasn't eaten anything since breakfast, I'm really concerned Sam."

"I'll go and talk to her and get her down for dinner."

Sam kissed Emily then ran upstairs to check on his little sister. He knocked on Mason's bedroom door.

"Come in," she answered softly.

Sam opened the door and found his sister on her bed putting away her school books. He walked in and sat on the bed.

"How are you doing?"

"Fine, I just finished my homework," she answered with a small smile.

"It could have waited until tomorrow; you know, considering the kind of day you had."

"It's okay; I didn't want to give you another reason not to like me."

Sam sat closer to his sister and took her hand in his.

"Listen, I may not be at all thrilled about you putting yourself in a dangerous situation, JUST to claim you were justified for doing what you did; but, no matter what, I love you; and, by the way, I am proud of you also."

"Proud of me? How?"

"You promised me you wouldn't transition without me and you kept that promise. That must have been extremely difficult to do under your circumstances. As angry as you were and the damage you put upon that man; it would have been 100 times worse if you were in your wolf form as everything is heightened until you learn how to control it."

Mason took a deep breath, "so, am I in a lot of trouble?"

"For putting yourself in danger and for hurting that man the way you did, yes, I'm afraid I do have to punish you for that."

"But he is a bad man Sammy."

"I know and Carlisle is going to make sure the chief takes care of that. Once he is healed then he will be arrested."

Mason hung her head down for a minute then looked back up and gave her brother her sad eyes.

"I know I'm in trouble; but, maybe since I didn't transition into my wolf, I can be given a grace period and not have to face my punishment until everyone has gone home?"

Sam smiled and moved some hair off her face and tucked it behind her ear.

"Fair enough, now let's go eat."

TTS

Dinner was over and everyone was more than satisfied with the meal.

"Selena why don't you help Emily with the dishes?" Sam asked.

Selena batted her eyelashes at Seth, "help Emily with the dishes?"

Seth smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Sure."

Selena grinned but Jacob glared at her. She tried to ignore him by looking away only to find that Sam wore the same stern look.

"What?" She asked innocently as she looked between them, "Oh come on, he practically volunteered. Besides you know I despise dishes, and it's not like I compelled him or anything."

Sam's eyes widened, "What did you say?"

Selena looked at him confused.

Sam continued to question her, "How long have you known?"

"Known what?" Selena asked, and the others turned to Sam and looked just as confused.

"About the compulsion, how do you know about that when I just found out today?" Sam asked.

Selena pondered his words for a second, and then looked at him with excitement, "Dude no way! Are you saying the Cullen's can compel people? That's so freaking sweet!"

Sam put his hand up to stop her, "Wait, you didn't know, then how do you know about compulsion?"

Selena laughed, "The Vampire Diaries, duh."

"You actually watch that?" Paul asked laughing.

"It's a good show. I watch it too," Mason added softly.

"Hey, I watched it before I turned, and they have werewolves in it too… I like it," she answered adamantly before throwing a nod of approval toward Mason.

Paul laughed, "I can't belief Jacob let you watch that."

Jacob's face darkened, "I didn't."

"I wonder if the Cullen's can teach me how to compel people, that would be so awesome!"

"I thought only vampires could compel people?" Paul asked.

"You don't know that, maybe we can learn it too, this is real life not that. Besides you didn't even know compulsion actually exists." Selena argued.

"Neither did you until about twenty seconds ago," he said.

"Enough!" Sam yelled.

They both flinched and stepped back. Sam looked at Paul, "You know better than to add fuel to her fire," he turned to Selena and the others, "Even if you could learn it, which I highly doubt, I would never allow such a thing."

Selena pouted and Seth and Emily had just finished the dished.

Seth smiled and wrapped his arms around Selena's shoulders, "Well it doesn't matter anyways, because I will always do almost everything you ask, compulsion or not, and the dishes are already done."

Selena smiled and kissed his cheek, "thank you."

"Any time," Seth replied.

"No, the next time Sam tells you to do something YOU do it," Jacob said, "Not Seth. Now say goodbye it's time to go home."

Selena glared at her brother but obeyed. She hugged Leah and Seth, and then Emily and Sam and finally Mason whispering a "Good Luck" in her ear.

Selena looked at Jacob questioningly. He smiled and turned around so she could jump on his back. He caught her and spun around with her holding on. She giggled and gave one last wave.

"Bye Paul, bye everybody," she said as before Jacob took off.

TTS

Everyone had left and Mason had just finished helping Emily clean the rest of the kitchen when Sam walked in.

"Alright Mason, head up to your room and get ready for bed. I'll be up there shortly."

"Aww Sammy, it's only eight o'clock, do I have to go to bed early too?" She asked followed up with her infamous pouty lips.

"Yes, it's part of your punishment now march, march, march."

Emily waited until she heard Mason shut her bedroom door.

"Why are you punishing her?" Asked Emily, "She was the one attacked!"

"Em, she also put herself in that situation deliberately. She got in the car with a stranger and to top it he was a stranger that was clearly drinking. Do you really think she shouldn't be punished for that?"

"I," she paused, "I don't know, why can't the fact that he attacked her be punishment enough? I'm sure she has learned her lesson."

"Well, I'm not so sure about that. You don't know the entire story like I do. You are going to just have to trust me that I know what I'm doing."

"But…."

"Emily," Sam interrupted, "do you trust me?"

"Yes, of course I do."

"Then just trust me and let me do what I need to do."

Emily wasn't crazy about the idea but she did trust Sam and she knew when it came to the pack it was something she would not fully understand. She sighed a deep sigh.

"Okay, I'll be down here when you're finished. Give Mason a kiss for me okay."

"I will."

With that said Sam made his way upstairs and knocked on Mason's door with a hairbrush in hand.

TTS

Sam had waited until Mason stopped crying before he left her room but it didn't last long. He made it down two steps before he heard her crying again. His heart broke for her but he knew he did the right thing. He put the brush back in his bathroom and made his way into Emily's supportive arms.

TTS

It was three thirty in the morning and Emily had awakened with a dry mouth. She walked down to the kitchen for a glass of water. She turned around and found a note from Mason. Once Emily finished reading it she ran upstairs crying.

"Sam! Sam, wake up!"

"I'm up, I'm up, what's wrong!?"

Emily handed the note to Sam, "It's Mason, and she's run away!"

Sam took the note after he rubbed his eyes and he read it.

Hi everyone:

I wanted to write a personal note to each of you but I don't have a lot of time. Let me start by writing that me leaving had nothing to do with me getting punished; so, Sam, wipe that thought away right now okay. I've done a lot of things I am not proud of. I have used my body too many times to get what I want and I truly hate myself for it.

Paul: for the record, I do love you; but, you deserve someone much better than me. Imprinted or not, I'm not worthy of you.

Selena: you are literally my first TRUE girlfriend. Thank you for not judging me and for being such a great friend.

Emily: You are more than just my brother's fiancé. You're just the right combination of being like my big sister and my mom; thank you.

Sam: you are the greatest big brother in the world. Please remember that.

Without giving too many details, Kevin, my step brother, was allowed to carry out all well most of all my punishments that my step mother felt I needed; while dear old dad was passed out drunk on the couch. Most of the time if Kevin was beating me, he finished up by having his way with me. I really don't want to tell you much more. I just wanted all of you to realize I am not worthy of your love and kindness. I'll send you a post card from wherever I end up.

Love,

Mason

Sam was stunned for a moment then threw the letter down.

"Has she lost her damn mind!? It doesn't matter what her past was, what matters is now! Damn it, once I get my hands on her she is not going to sit right for a week!"

Sam ran out and turned into his wolf and called out to the pack to wake and join him quickly for a search.

TTS

It was four in the morning, Mason was on the road hitchhiking. A car pulled over and Mason ran over. She gasped when she saw who it was.

"Mr. Clearwater! Chief Swan! Umm, what are you two doing out here this early?" Mason tried to ask casually.

"Oh you know, we were going to do some fishing," Harry Clearwater answered.

"Were?"

"Yes, were," said Chief Charlie Swan, now we are going to take you back home."

"What? Ohh, it's okay, Sam knows I'm here."

"Young lady, get in this car if you know what is good for you," Harry said sternly.

Mason's instincts were again to run; but, then her instincts also told her if she ran it would just land her in a lot more trouble than she was already in. She hesitated but got in the truck. Harry made a U-turn and headed back to La Push.