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Chapter 12

Renesmee

"There's got to be something in here", I muttered to myself as I thumbed through the Book of Shadows. For the last couple of days, Billie has been helping me more and more with my meditation. I expected to see my parents and find out more about my family, but mostly all I've seen is wolves. Huge, horse sized wolves. All different colors, as if they all have their own personality, but yet they're connected. One pack.

Lily was sitting on the old sofa, trying to help me research.

"You said they seemed kind of human, right?" she asked.

"Yeah", I answered. "They're defiantly more than just wolves."

"Well what about werewolves? Kind of fits the description."

"Can't be", I responded. "Werewolves are more monster-like. Plus they only change on the full moon and they don't remember who they are when they change. The wolves I'm seeing look like real wolves, just big ones. And they clearly know what's going on around them."

"Since when did you become a werewolf expert?" she asked with a laugh.

"I read up on them yesterday because that was my first theory as well."

These wolves have been plaguing not just my meditation, but my dreams to. Trying to get me to follow them, to tell me something. The one that was always in my head however, was the russet colored one. He looked at me like he was begging me to find something. To understand him.

"Ugh", I groaned as I closed the book. "There's nothing in here about magical wolves."

"That just means no Halliwell has ever come across anything like this, not that there's no information on them anywhere", she reminded me.

Just then, my cell phone started ringing.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, can you come to the school? I think Dad and I may have found something!" said Melinda.

"Yeah, we're in the attic", I told her as I hung up. A second later she was in front of me.

Lily and I both walked over to her and we each took a hand, and I felt the familiar tug of orbs take us away.

"So what did you guys find?" I asked her as we walked through the halls to Leo's office.

"Something on the wolves", she answered as she opened the door to his office.

As we walked in I saw my father at his desk with about ten books open in front of him. Ever since I told Piper about finding my birth family, my whole family started to pitch in. Leo, Lily, and Melinda have been on wolf duty, while both my brothers and Paige have been trying to find out more about vampires. Billie and I have been working more on finding out what I remember in my subconscious, and Piper and Phoebe have been helping us.

"Find something Dad?" I asked while I walked over to him to look at the books.

"Maybe. Now tell me again about what you've seen", he told me.

"Mostly it's the russet colored wolf in different places, sometimes other wolves are with him."

"What places?"

"Usually somewhere in the forest. Sometimes in the mountains. Once on a beach."

"What did the beach look like?"

"Nothing like a California beach. It was cold, and murky. The sand was dark. There were some cliffs around it that the waves hit."

"Anything else?'

"The only thing else I can think of are those weird tribal markings I saw once."

"Markings like these?" he asked as he held up an open book for me to look at.

I took the book and examined the page. The circular symbol that I had been seeing in my subconscious was identical to this one.

"Exactly. What book is this? "

"It's one of my American history books", Melinda answered.

"Wait, what? It's not a magical book?" Lily questioned.

Mel shook her head. "It's a book of Native American tribes and culture. That symbol represents the Quileute Tribe."

"Why would I see the symbol of a Native tribe?" I wondered aloud.

"I think I know the answer to that", Leo responded. "You see, some magic in the world is old and ancient magic. Different Native tribes have always possessed great magic to protect themselves. I think what you're seeing are shapeshifters."

"Shapeshifters?" Lily and I questioned at the same time.

"Yes", he continued. "Old tribes, that date back to before Spain came to the new world, can sometimes have tribal magic granted to them from their ancestors. Magic to help them protect their people. Now from what I can tell, I think the Quileute Tribe can shapeshift into giant wolves, and that's who you've been seeing."

"Wait a minute", Lily interrupted. "I thought that Renesmee was part vampire, why would she be seeing wolves? Are you saying she might come from them as well?"

"No", I said before Leo could answer. "I'm not one of them, that's not what it is. I'm just connected to them somehow. I can't explain it."

"Well I found a book on magical Native Tribes and I believe the Quileute tribe is in it. I have classes but you three keep looking and let me know", Leo told us. He then gave me a reassuring smile and left the room.

I picked up the book and started to flip through it until I got to the chapter about the Quileute's. I started to read aloud.

"The Quileute people are believed to have descended from Spirit Warriors. Spirit Warriors had a type of Asteral Projection power that could allow their spirits to leave their physical bodies to influence things like the wind and animals. One of their great chiefs, Taha Aki, found a way to share a body with a wolf, after his own body was hijacked by a former warrior's spirit. Taha Aki found that with enough rage, he could transform from a wolf to a human version of his Spirit Warrior self. In this body he had the power of a wolf and could defeat any enemy. As Taha Aki grew older, he had many sons that found they too could transform into a wolf when they came upon maturity. The Warriors protected the tribe, but their biggest enemy and threat were the Cold Ones. The Warriors found that their sharp teeth could tear the creatures apart, but that only fire would completely destroy them. Over time, the sons of Taha Aki stopped turning into wolves upon maturity. Their magic returned however whenever a great threat was near and the tribe was in danger."

After I finished the last sentence I looked up at my sisters' slightly confused faces.

"Cold Ones?" questioned Mel.

"Vampires", I answered her.

"Vampires are cold? But you're body temperature is a lot hotter than the rest of ours?"

"That must be something about her human side mixing with her vampire side", Lily told her. "Wyatt said that from what he and Chris have found out, vampires are cold and hard-skinned with no heartbeat or other working organs. They're bodies are more or less dead. They are also extremely strong and fast, and are usually very beautiful to the human eye. It is said that no human can resist them."

"The perfect predators", I added.

"Well no wonder the Quileute people had to turn into giant wolves to fight them off", Mel commented.

At that comment I had a thought.

"Wait", I started. "These wolves kill vampires. Do you guys think I've been seeing them because…because they killed my family?"