Hey, everyone! I was so surprised by the amount of activity I got from the last chapter. I'm really happy you guys are enjoying this. I am so sorry it is taking so long to update, I honestly am, but I've had some things going on and some friends that are having serious issues that have required a good chunk of my focus. I am also writing a story with my best friend that isn't fanfiction, so that's been a little distracting as well. Shout-out to ShadowBest, Blackrose3107, aquosbrawl16, and Aeroza for favoriting and/or following my story! I tried looking up legends about werewolves/shapeshifters to fit what I am going to write in this story, but I couldn't find anything, so most of this is going to be made up unless it is the legend about how the wolf pack came to be. I used Google Translate to translate those words into Latin, so apologies if they're wrong! Anyway, on with the story!

Legend: Speaking in thoughts purposely aimed at Edward

Thinking

Emphasis on a thought/word

**** swear words

"Comm"

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Transformers or Twilight or Superman, all I own is Katherine, students that were hurt/died in the attack, and the plot.

Legends can't be real, right?

I woke up early enough to go for a run, so I threw on some black sweats and a Superman tank. I tied my hair into a ponytail and tied on my running shoes before quietly slipping out of the house with my taser, gun, phone, and wallet in my motorcycle satchel that I was wearing. I was doing a odd cross of jogging and walking when my phone went off, which surprised me. Not recognizing the number, I was cautious when I answered, "Hello?"

"Hey, Kat, it's Jake, Bella gave me your number the other night. Why are you breathing so hard," I rolled my eyes and slowed to a fast walk as I huffed and puffed.

I took a deep breath to try and steady my heart beat, "I'm running. I need to build up my stamina, endurance, and strength before I go back home. My dad and I go out every morning and I have kind of slacked off since I was injured. What's up?" He took forever to respond and I slowed down until I was stopped because I was a little worried with how long it was taking, "Jake? What's wrong?"

He finally sighed, "The elders know something and they found a legend. We're going to have a meeting tonight at the beach. Want me to swing by and pick you up?" I tensed a little and started to walk again while I thought about my reply. I wanted to take Chromia with me, but I didn't want her to know anything and report it to my father and the Bots.

Finally, I figured out a solution that would get me there and not let Chromia know what was really going on, "Actually, Bella is going over to Edward's tonight, so I'll have them drop me off at the border and you can meet me there. Sound good?" He agreed before hanging up, so I built back up to the awkward jogging/limping I was doing before the call had come.

I got back before Bella was up, as usual, and I painfully pulled myself up to the bathroom and took a shower. I was only wrapped in a towel because I had forgotten to grab a change of clothes before going into the bathroom. I walked through the door to my bedroom and had gotten to the top of the steps that led to the main level of my room when my leg spasmed and I crashed to the ground. I yelled in pain when I tumbled down the stairs and I lied there groaning in pain. Within seconds, I felt a cold hand turning me over as I heard footsteps come running. I opened my eyes to stare up at Edward with Bella and my uncle soon appearing as well, "What did you do, Cullen?"

I spoke through gritted teeth, "He did nothing, Uncle Charlie. He was just the first over when he heard me fall."

Edward gently pulled my leg out and I groaned in pain as tears filled my eyes at the flare of agony around where I had been shot, "I was coming to ask if she wanted anything for breakfast, sir. I was just about to knock when I heard her fall. I'm going to call my father and have him come look at her leg."

Edward left and Uncle Charlie carried me to my bed before leaving as Bella helped me get dressed in hunting camouflage running shorts and a gray tank-top that had a picture of a Snorlax on it from Pokemon. My uncle and Edward came back around the same time and my uncle gently set an ice pack on my leg, but I still tensed in pain and grimaced, "Carlisle is going to be here soon, Kat. He was on his way to work, so he wasn't too far."

It was maybe two minutes later when the doorbell rang and Edward left to lead Carlisle up here, even though the older vampire knows how to get to my room. He gave me a smile as he walked in, "Hello again, Katherine. What happened?"

He began examining my leg as I hissed and growled out my response, "I went for a run before Bella got up and it was bugging me a little, so I didn't go far. I came back and took a shower before coming up to get dressed cause I forgot my clothes. I barely made it up the stairs when my leg had a spasm and I fell back down the steps." He hummed in thought as he continued to look at my leg and he paused when he gently put pressure on my scar because I had tensed and gritted my teeth to hold back a yelp of pain.

He slowly began again and Edward let me squeeze his hand since there was no chance of me breaking his hand, unlike if I held my uncle's or cousin's hands. I would have broken a human's hand with the amount of strength as I squeezed because Carlisle just moved my leg, "Good news is that you didn't break your leg. Bad news is that you've been doing too much on your leg and it decided to tell you to take a break. I don't want you moving unless it is to the bathroom or something similar for a few days. Take some anti-inflammatory every few hours and ice it as well. Understand?" I nodded before remembering the call from Jake, but I didn't bring it up because I knew vampires and werewolves didn't get along.

However, Edward read my thoughts and I noticed him tense, which would have gone unnoticed by anyone that wasn't a vampire if they weren't watching for it, Don't you dare tell anyone, Edward. I could tell he wanted to argue with me, but he kept his mouth shut. At least, I think he kept his mouth shut. I wouldn't know if he told Carlisle until later if the doctor made a comment about it.

Carlisle left with Uncle Charlie as Bella carefully sat on my bed and I rolled my eyes, "I'm not glass, Isa. I'm not going to break if you barely touch me."

Her cheeks flamed red and she stuck her tongue out at me, "Shut up, I'm just being careful. I know it hurts."

I stopped her before she could continue, "Don't you dare start apologizing. This wasn't your fault and neither was the attack. Don't you dare go blaming yourself. What I did that day and what led to today's injury are all my choices. I could have run during the attack and I could have not been running to aggravate my leg. It's all on me, not you. Got it?"

She nodded before hugging me tightly and I let her because I knew she was still going to blame herself. Edward let us have our moment before quietly speaking up, "Are you coming to school today, Bella?"

I could see my cousin was really torn between going and staying with me, so I gave her a friendly nudge with my shoulder, "Go, girl. I'll be fine here. I can always call Esme, Rose, or Emmett if I need anything, right, Edward?"

The vampire nodded and gently pulled Bella to her feet, "She'll be fine, Bella. Esme is coming over around lunch to check on her and she can always come sooner if she needs to." I waved as they both walked out of my room and they shut my bedroom door on their way out. I waited until I heard the front door shut and I sighed before pulling out my phone.

It took a few seconds before a husky voice answered, "Hey, Jake, it's Kat. I've had a bit of an injury, so I'm on bed rest for a couple days with minimal moving. Can you come by and pick me up later?"

He was definitely more awake now, "Yeah, what happened? Are you okay? Do you need me to come help you?"

I could barely keep myself from laughing at how fast he was firing off questions, but you could hear the amusement in my voice, "I'm fine. I just aggravated my leg and it decided to tell me to take a break for a while."

I could hear the reluctance in his voice at not coming to help me, "If you say so, I'll come by at a little before sunset. That should give us enough time to get there. Will you need anything tonight?"

I shook my head before remembering that he couldn't see me, "Nah, I only really need help walking in the sand since I'll be on crutches."

He scoffed and I could practically feel his arrogance, "You don't need crutches. I'll just carry you." I tried to protest, but he hung up before I could and I was left glaring at my phone and grumbling about werewolves. I found myself eyeing my instruments and I carefully looked before starting to get out of bed when my phone buzzed with a text from Alice telling me to stay in bed. I glowered at my phone once again and laid back again as I shot Chromia a message to tell her to form her holoform in my room, so that I could have someone to talk to. It was long before I heard the recognizable static noise and it disappeared as the holoform was completed in the middle of my room, "Kat, when are you going to take care of yourself better," I shrugged and she frowned, "Fine, I'm calling your father, uncles, Prime, and my sister."

She opened my laptop and sent the Skype call through, which was answered as I lunged up to stop her. However, I ended up groaning in pain as I fell off the bed and onto my leg, "**** you, Mia."

I went to stand and get back in my bed, but my leg collapsed and sent me straight back onto the ground, "Kat! What happened?"

Chromia easily lifted me back into bed and she sat next to me while situating the laptop on her lap in order for us both to be seen. I gave a wan smile to my family, "Hi, guys. Hey, dad. I just aggravated my leg a little bit. Carlisle put me on bed rest for a couple of days with strict instructions on not moving unless necessary and I have to ice it and take lots of anti-inflammatory. Mia is making a big deal out of nothing."

The woman beside me glared at me before blabbing to my dad, Epps, Hide, Optimus, and Elita, "She's been running every day in order to get back up to her old stats, so that she can join back up with you, Will, and all of the N.E.S.T. personnel. All of us here have tried getting her to take it easy, but she refuses to listen and just pushes herself harder. She feels like she needs to prove herself to everyone, but especially her father."

I looked away from the camera in the dead silence that followed Mia's rant and I could feel the tears pricking my eyes, "Is this true, angel?" I glanced up to meet my dad's eyes before giving a short nod and turning away from the camera again while ignoring the slight intakes of air from my confirmation.

I refused to look at the camera as they all processed what I said and I was forced to turn my head when Mia grabbed my chin and moved my head. She disappeared as everyone, but my dad, left the screen to give us some privacy, "Katherine, sweetheart, why?"

I shrugged and looked at my lap, "I felt like you guys were all disappointed in me cause I got shot when trying to stop the shooting and I felt like I let you down when mom died cause I wasn't there to help her. I feel like it is all my fault and that you guys blame me and I need to prove myself to all of you. I just want to be strong like you."

My lip wobbled at the sadness in his tone, "Oh, angel." It took all of my self-control not to start crying when I glanced up to look at his face and saw the guilt and sadness.

He was quiet for a minute before finally speaking, "Katherine, you are the single most important person to me in all of the universes. I love you more than anything and I would never, ever blame you for anything like I that and I would never be disappointed in you. I don't care if you decide to become a lunch lady for the rest of your life. I just want you to be safe and happy, no matter what I have to do. I've failed you on both of those, but I won't do it again. I promise. Tell me what you need. Do you want Elita to come stay with you? Do you want to come home? Just tell me, angel."

My hands were shaking as I answered in slight disbelief that he honestly thought he had failed me, "You didn't fail me, daddy. You couldn't have done anything. Could Elita come stay for a little bit? If she wants to, I just...I need someone to be here when I wake up at night. Someone that can hold me and calm me down. I'm so scared, daddy. I dream about it and I wake up in panic and nobody is here and I can't do it anymore! The kids at school all seem to have gotten over it, except me! I'm the weak one and I can't even eat in the cafeteria without freaking out."

My dad held his hand against the screen and I placed mine against his hand, "I know you're scared and you have every right to be. Those kids didn't go through exactly what you did. They didn't face the gunman and get shot like you did. They may seem better, but that's because they didn't experience what you did. You are the strongest person I know and I love you so much, baby girl."

Chromia materialized in my room again as the others joined my dad, "No more pushing yourself past your limits, got it, angel," I nodded, "Good. Elita, Optimus, is there any chance Elita could go out and stay as her holoform with Kat?"

The two sparkmates glanced at each other before they both nodded, "I would love to come out. We just need to talk to Charlie and I can be out there by the end of the week." I grinned and spent the rest of the time chatting with them to relax a little bit and remind myself that I am loved and they none blame me for the shooting.

We ended the call as it got closer to noon and Chromia disappeared when she sensed Esme coming. I grinned at the mother vampire when she climbed into my bedroom, "Hey, Esme!"

She smiled warmly at me, "Hello, Kat. How are you doing?"

I shrugged with a sheepish grin, "Been better, but I got to talk to my family back home, so not too bad. How about you?"

Her smile seemed to warm even more when I said I got to talk to family, "I am doing fine. I brought you some pasta for lunch and some Mountain Dew." Grinning, I eagerly sat up to accept the caffeine and the pasta, which was some kind of chicken alfredo.

She finally left and it was a few hours before Jake eventually picked me up. I had heard knocking, so I had grabbed my crutches and slowly walked to the front door. I opened it up and grinned at the werewolf, "Hiya, Jakey! Long time no see."

He rolled his eyes at the nickname, but he still smiled at me, "Hi, Katie. Ready to go?" I nodded and wrote a quick note to Bella and my uncle before hobbling after Jake to his car. We caught up with each other on the way to the beach and he wasted no time in picking me up to carry me across the sand. He gently set me down on a log beside Seth and grabbed me some food before sitting down on my left on the log.

I glanced around at all of the werewolves gathered with the people I am assuming are the elders. I recognized Billy Black and Sue Clearwater, but I didn't recognize the other man. Billy spoke after everyone had eaten and had calmed down, "Hello, Katherine. It's been a long time. I know you are all eager for an explanation, but Katherine needs to understand our story." I listened in rapt silence as he told me the tale of their history and the Cold One. I could almost see it happening in my mind and it seemed as if I was there with it happening.

He wrapped up that story and started explaining why we were all here, "There is one more legend that is not known as commonly as our history. It is the tale of the Lupus Sororis, or wolf's sister. She is always there in the stories, off to the side. She was there to guide them, to protect them, to listen. She did not turn into a wolf herself, but she was a wolf in heart, mind, and spirit. The feeling you all felt was you finding your pack's Lupus Sororis. She would have felt an instant kinship with all of you. With all that she does for you, your task is to do that same for her and guard her. It is your duty to protect her because, if the Cold Ones ever find out who she is, she will be in grave danger."

Everyone was staring at me by this point and I pulled a move that would make my boyfriend proud. I freaked, "Oh no! I am not some wolf guide thingy! I'm just me. Just a normal person that can't do any of those things." I shoved Jake's shoulder, "Take me back, Jakey."

He picked me up with great reluctance, but paused when his dad called out my name, "You can't run or hide from your destiny, child. It will catch you. Better you accept it now before it is too late." I turned away and remained silent the entire way back to the Swan residence. Bella tried to get me to talk, but I lied and told her I was just tired. I crawled into bed and sat there thinking about everything Billy had told me. I didn't want to admit it, but I believed him somewhat.

I grabbed my phone and dialed a familiar number, "Katherine, what's wrong?"

I bit my lip in worry and answered the baritone voice, "I need some advice, O.P. When you learned of your destiny as a Prime, did you fight it?"

I could sense I had his undivided attention, more so than I already did, "I will admit that I did fight it. However, my indecision and stubbornness led to many more deaths than there would have been if I had accepted my destiny in the beginning. I have learned many things in my long life, Katherine, and one of them is that destiny and fate may not call on us when we would choose. It is how we deal with that calling that shows who we are. May I ask what brought these questions on?"

I just sighed, "I can't tell you yet, Optimus. One day, I will. I swear to you that I will. But not today. Thanks for the advice, it is more helpful than you know. Good night. Love you."

His voice was soft and tender as he responded, "Good night, youngling, I love you as well."

I hung up and stared at my ceiling for a couple minutes before dialing Jake's number, "Tell your dad I am sorry about how I reacted and tell Sam I need to speak with him later." I hung up before he could respond and curled up to fall asleep as wolves and vampires danced in my dreams.