Lightning streaked across the sky and thunder followed, crackeling in the distance. Harry could feel static in the very air itself. Recalling a conversation he overheard at school about La Push beach Harry quivered in anticipation. He loved being out in storms. That episode with the dementors excluded of course. The problem was that La Lush was located on the reservation. Well, that was an easy fix. Harry shifted.
A good half hour later he arrived, it would have been a lot quicker to take the roads but he figured the local populous wouldn't take to kindly to a coyote. Thoroughly soaked, Harry padded across the smooth sand to the cliffs edge. Taking in the crashing waves as he breathed in the salty air. Lightning once again momentarily painted the clouds stark white. Just as Harry settled down he realized he wasn't alone. Crouching down and peering over the ridge he saw a group of teenagers. They could have been mistaken for siblings to the casual eye, what with them all being tall, muscled, tattooed, and short haired. Two he recognized as shapeshifters. The rest probably were as well. Swishing his tail back an forth once as he dug his claws in the ground Harry compared the potential spying opportunity with the chances of being discovered. It wasn't much of an argument, he was too vulnerable in this form. Slinking away only to freeze in place, caught. Cursing the fates, he decided to pull a Sirius and pretend to be some lost pet.
Tilting his head to the side Harry wagged his tail and bounded forward. "Gently" nipping Paul's calf, he ran a few places away made a little shuffling sidestep and changed his stance in a clear invitation to play.
All in all it didn't take much convincing. Harry supposed that being wolves and having fast healing accounted for them being less wary of potentially wild animals. Not really smart in this case, a normal animal wouldn't just walk up to such obvious predators. But, it did make this easier.
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Harry drew the line when Seth tried to get him to play fetch. All he received was a turned back and a tail swatting his face.
Trotting over to Leah, whose name he had heard another shifter call earlier, and laying down at her feet Harry gave a sigh of contentment.
As he watched, the boys tried to build a fire. By now the rain had stoped but the wood was still wet. With a some lighter fluid and determined branch hunting the bark eventually caught fire. Looking up to see Leah staring down at him he snuffled her fingers. She smiled faintly. Sitting down at his side she scratched one of his ears.
Not long later, the pack had several pounds of meat cooking on a spit. Over the sparking fire they started telling horror stories. Most of which involved vampires. How predictable. When matters turned to the Cullens Harry was surprised to find that they new about Edward's mind reading and Alice's visions. What truly shocked him though was Jasper's influencing emotions. Betrayed, Harry rose to leave ignoring the others calls, he took of running.
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Charging through the forest Harry hardly noticed the startled face of a deer as he took a flying leap over it.
Finding his door partially open he nosed by it cautiously only to be delighted to find Luna on the other side.
"Hello Harry," and airy voice flowed over him.
Nodding back, he headed towards his room to change.