The Other Bella Swan

"Jake. What are you doing?" I asked in confusion.

"As of now, you are late for a sleepover at Emily's. Start driving, I'm calling the pack."

Three days after the vampire incident, the pack has gone back up on alert. At least one keeps watch at my house at night and another when Charlie is there. Jake spends as much time as he can with me, but now there are constant patrols.

It is Friday night again, and I decided to pay a visit to Emily's. I walked out of the house, grateful Charlie was having a poker night with some of the fishermen in town.

As I step down the stairs, I turned to the woods. I waited patiently until a large deep gray wolf appeared from the shadows. His intense black eyes read mine and stalked over to the side of the road. I nodded, understanding that Paul wanted to stay in wolf form to keep his eyes more open.

I knew when I passed the line into La Push when Paul's fur disappeared into the brush. I wasn't even down Emily's driveway when a familiar boy stood off the side. I grinned and Jake smiled back. I pulled to a stop, but Jake motioned me to just keep driving down. I did as I was told, seeing as I past him he jumped right onto the back with ease.

The sunset was beautiful when I parked in front of the naturally earthy house. Sam was sitting on the porch swing, his arms around Emily with Sue and Seth in wooden chairs. They turned to me as I stepped out onto the soft dirt.

Jake jumped down from my truck's hood, grabbing me around the middle. I squealed in surprised and giggled as he swung me around.

"Jeez, Bells, I never see you!" he laughed as he set me down.

"I talked to you this morning on the phone," I said as I pulled loose strains of my hair out of my eyes.

"Yeah, but that's talking not seeing," he smirked. I laughed letting him hug me around the waist with one arm. We weren't even on the porch yet when Seth hurried to us.

"Hey, guys! Jake, did you come back from patrol just now?" he talked in a rush of excitement and Jake just laughed at him.

"Seth, I'm not phasing for you again. I showed you two hours ago!"

"Yeah, but it is still cool! Please!"

"Maybe later, kid," said Jake as he released me to walk over to Sam. "Embry and Paul are out and Leah and Jared will do the eight to two shift."

Sam nodded. "I doubt that leech will come around again. From what Bella told us she got what she wanted."

They were whispering something else, but Seth grabbed me.

"Bella, can you stay for dinner? Emily made nachos!"

"Ok ok ok!" I yelled as he shook me. When he released I took a better look at him. "Seth, you are taller!"

He grinned proudly. "I'm almost six feet, growing every minute. I'm getting taller then Leah!"

I glanced at the others. Sam and Jake stared at him with sadden eyes, Emily turned her head down, and Sue just closed her eyes as if she would shatter apart.

"Why don't we go inside and eat? I'm sure none of you had anything to eat?" asked Emily to change the atmosphere. Sue nodded in agreement and followed Emily into the house. I went to follow, but a crash of forest branches rang in my ears.

I turned in panic for the vampire woman, but instead Embry broke through the trees. He wore, like the other wolves, a pair of black shorts without footwear.

"Sam! The red head is back! Paul is already trying to catch her with Jared!" called out Embry without bothering to come closer. His posture faced him halfway back the way he came.

I felt my body shake.

Victoria.

"She won't stop," I whispered as I slide down to the floor. Jake charged past Sam to me.

"Bella, are you ok?" his voice was full of worry.

"She won't stop," I repeated. My eyes were lost in a vision of Victoria racing to me, me, who is covered by a line of wolves. But when she comes, she breaks their necks one by one. Jared, Embry, Paul, Sam, Jacob…

"Bella!"

I twitched, not realizing I lost myself.

"We are going to get her." Assured Jake with anger. He started to shake. "I'll rip her body to pieces, so many pieces, that you wouldn't even know if her marble bits were under you." He was shaking so much. I quickly turned to Sam for help, but Seth was already there with his hands on Jake's shoulders.

"Man, get out of here! You are hurting her!" he tugged hard, but Jake didn't move. His eyes were all for me.

"I'll take her face, and smash it in…" he wasn't staring at me. He was staring into a mental image.

"Jake! Let go!" Seth called out. Jake snapped his arm up and shoved Seth. Hard.

"Stay away, Seth!" Sam growled as he went to restrain Jake.

"Sam, the leech!" yelled Embry as he turned to phase.

"Jake, go!" I ordered shakily.

"Why'd you do that!" yelled Seth as he stood. Emily and Sue came running out.

Jake struggled to let me go, but suddenly his gaze turned to Seth. "Stay back, Kid!" he rumbled. He was shaking harder.

But he now wasn't alone. Because Seth was quivering too.

"Stop calling me that!" he hollered back. I never saw the boy so enraged. Sue went to lay her hand on his shoulder, but Emily pulled him back. "I'm not a kid! I'm freakin' younger then you by one year!" he was vibrating on the spot.

"Seth…" ordered Sam. He released his hold on Jake who had stopped his shaking at once.

"DON'T YOU-" his words were cut off when he fell forward. His scream curled my toes and burned my ears.

"SETH!" cried out Sam as he lunged to him.

Everything happened in a flash like a lightening bolt. But I saw and heard it as if someone pressed the slow mode button.

Seth was twisting his body in pain as he stood, but the higher he went the more different he became. Fur was breaking through his skin and clothes, his body mass growing larger. Emily pulled Sue with great force into the house and down to the floor. Sam stepped back from Seth's dangerous paws, trying to holler over the noise. Jake grabbed my arms and jumped the side of the porch into a bush.

"SETH! CALM DOWN! HE DIDN'T MEAN IT—"

Seth's sandy head was shaking back and forth with great speed. He was so…wild. His control was gone, much more then I expected from him.

"EMBRY! SETH, GET AWAY FROM HERE, NOW!" Sam was shaking now too, but control was covering his face. Within moments, the large black wolf had burst onto the porch. The wood creaked under the two werewolves' feet.

Embry had phased, but instead of helping Sam, he turn tailed towards the woods. I was completely shocked. Why would he run off like that? I turned to Jacob for questions, but he was already shrugging his shorts off; he was only wearing a pair of gray boxers.

"Keep your head down," Jake whispered to me, but I wasn't sure if he meant for me to stay away from Seth or to hide my eyes from his private areas. Either way, I turned my gaze to the earth, not wanting to hear the yelps of pain, the thud of a wolf tumbling down stairs, nor the sobs that escaped Sue's crouched form.