My blood was boiling and rolling, pounding in my veins. I was racing through sleet and snow so thick even I couldn't see my hand infront of my face. I had to put up a shield infront of my or I could have been pouring blood from lacerations of ice. Bella was beside me, struggling to keep up. I used my mind to fumble the ground below. Rocks, trees.... CAVE! I dropped downward, Bella sliding down too. I landed and pounded into the darkness, dropping my shield. Bella and I sat alone in the cold for a moment. Then I gathered dry wood and put it in a pile, using my powers to coax the fire into the dry sticks.
"Keep it going," I ordered. "I'll be back in an hour, tops. If not, wait till the storm is over and fly back to Edward."
"Not to Edward. I want him to burn," I heard the hurt in her voice. I would KILL the vampire stupid enough to hurt my sister! I sprinted out and turned back to a great black wolf. I was running and running. 5 minutes later I arrived where the bodies were. They were covered in snow. I padded silently over to a rock outcropping, where I assumed the flock had taken shelter. I peered inside, my muzzle nearly catchign alight on the fire they had at the entrance. I yelped and leaped backwards. I focussed hard on Angel making sure she knew it was me.
Follow me. Get on my back, I can take you one by one. Tell Max that I mean you no harm, but don't tell her exactly who I am. I have a better cave not too far away. You will ride on my back, it's too hard to fly in this weather. I told her. She nodded slowly.
"Max, sh - it (AN: ha ha... sh-it... ha. That was totally unintentional) wants us to follow it," Angel said, almost giving away she knew more than she was saying by naming my gender.
"Isn't that the one who pounded those nasties into a fine pulp?" she asked skeptically.
"Yeah, but she doesn't wanna hurt us.... she's found a safer spot," Angel gave away my gender realizing Max recognized my wolfish self.
"I figured. No other wolf is the size of a horse. But we can't FLY in this weather," Max sighed.
"She wants us to ride on her back," Angel explained. Max nodded slowly. Iggy was looking in my general direction, as was everyone else. I was careful not to look them in the eye. They might recognise my eyes. Those didn't change.
"OK. Fine. 2 at a time," Max said.
"She was thinking one, but I guess that could work...?" Angel asked me. I nodded slowly.
"OK. Iggy, you and Gazzy go first. Angel will keep an eye from here, to make sure the wolf is trustworthy," Max said. Iggy nodded, and Gazzy lead him over to me. I lay down so they could get on easier. Once they were on, I stood.
"Hold on," I barked gruffly. They were shocked, but soon I felt hands tight on my fur. I leapt out of the cave, sliding sleakly and silently over the snow, the blizzard only getting worse. I had to hurry. They were still mostly human, an couldn't deal with this weather like me...
It took me only 3 minutes to get them back. I had to dig away some snow from the cave so I could get in, but it wasn't in any danger of closing over. climbed off, and Bella greeted them. I then sniffled over to my pack. I couldn't turn back, but I could show them where food was to cook.... I picked the pack up in my teeth and dropped it by Bella's feet. She opened the right pack, and found the cans of meat. Mmmm.... meat. Yum. But now to get back to the others.... I sprinted. Openly sprinted. I threw Angel and Nudge on my back, then decided I could go ahead and take Fang. But, then would I want to make one more trip for one person? No. I grabbed Max's collar in my teeth. Standing my full height, her feet would still be 2 feet off the ground.
I made it back. But I wanted to eat, so I'd have to turn back. I turned and trotted out of the cave, disappearing. I turned back, then walked into the cave.
Lemme tell you. Being a Moon Blood can come in handy. You see, I kept my clothes when I changed. I didn't shred them, partially because of my bird DNA (go, 4% bird DNA!! Whoop WHOOP!) and also because I was a half blood wolf. As in, it skipped a generation, so my wolf DNA was somewhat mutilated. So I didn't have as much control over my transformation and stuff. I walked back into the cave, and sat down by the fire.
"Alex, you're back!" Bella said happily. "Where's you go? You just kinda disappeared..." I shot her a look and she shut up.
"Yeah! You were gone and we were attacked by the ugliest things on earth!" Nudge squealed. Angel and I exchanged a knowing look.
"Lemme guess. Ugly, yellow skin, bloodshot eyes, completely messed up face, fruit ears?" I summarized briefly. They nodded. I fake cursed, so they wouldn't think I already knew.... "I thought they were exterminated!" I groaned. Infact, I had, until I had to save the flock secretly from them minutes before.
"Wha'? You've heard of them before? See 'em? What ARE they?!" Gazzy screached.
"Yes, I've seen them. I've fought them, too. They are these ugly, nasty brutes with horns made of Fallen Star, a metal found inside some commets. If some of this in liquid form is injected into a human, it does weird things man....." I said. I fingered my knuckles, right above where the metal blades lay in my skin. "They're called lelike dinge, which translates from Afrikaans to ugly things. They are ugly, don't you agree?"
"Lelike Dinge is an odd name, but OK. Whatever works. How do you fight them?" Max asked. I smiled sadly, and slid the blades out through my skin.
"Either you're really lucky and get to their weak point in the back, or you have to have silver alloy mixed with Fallen Star. It's the only thing hard and sharp enough to cut Fallen Star alone. I just so happen to have some...." I touched my blades, mot even wincing when the unsharpened edge cut me, like always. The flat of the thick blade was even sharp. I put my finger in my mouth and slowly took in the blood. The salty sweet warmth slid down my throat.
"Lelike Dinge. Cool," Iggy said. I looked at him, and had to force the cloud from the corner of my mind. No. I wouldn't let it in. I would NOT let myself imprint. No. Not Iggy. No.... no. If I did, then he'd have to find out. No.
I will NOT imprint on Iggy. I sighed and coaxed fire into my fingertips, sliding the blades back in. The warmth of the fire warmed me. The negative fire was quite different; black fire makes everything cold. But my good, clear white fire is always something to enjoy. I slid a piece of canned beef down my throat, and curled up, letting the fire dance over my body. Mmm... warmth.
"Let's just sleep, OK? We'll never make it back to Charlie in time in this weather. Good night," I said. I let myself slide then into darkness.