Here's the long awaited chapter!
3th person P.O.V
"We need to tell them right away! I'll call Jacob!" Nessie says, worriedly and takes out her phone.
Carlisle stops Nessie before she calls Jacob.
"Wait, we don't know when they're coming. Alice do you know when they're coming?"
"Tomorrow at noon." Alice replies.
"It's too late now, they must all be sleeping." Carlisle says.
"How many are they?" Jasper asks.
"7 vampires." Alice answered.
"Do you know why they are targeting her?" Edward asked.
Alice shakes her head.
"Well 7 vampires aren't that much there's what? 15 mutts? They can handle that." Rosalie says sassily.
"11" Edward corrected.
"That's still a lot of vampires! We need to help them out!" Nessie exclaims, fretfully.
"We will call them tomorrow morning. If they ask for our help, we'll aid them but we cannot pass the treaty line." Carlisle declared and Nessie bites her lip and looks down.
Next Day
Stella's POV
I awake with my blanket over me in my bed.
Weird… I don't remember falling asleep.
Then the memories flash back to me, and I can't help but smile.
He must have laid me in bed, how sweet!
I then hear my phone vibrate and see a text from Seth.
Seth 3:
Good morning Stellz!
Stella:
Good morning Seth!
Having him send me good morning texts always puts a smile on my face.
It makes me happy to be in a relationship with my Imprint.
To love, cherish, be truthfu-
I suddenly remember the fact that I'm not being truthful.
Guilt grips my heart as I look down.
There must be no secrets in a relationship…
Yet I'm hiding something really big from him.
I was being stubborn and wanted him to make the first move by telling me the secret but I can do it as well!
He already told me his feelings and asked me to be his girlfriend.
I should be the one to tell him this time.
Before I can think of how to tell him I get another text.
Seth 3:
I was wondering if you wanted to take a walk?
I smile and quickly reply.
Stella:
Is this a date?
Seth:
Every moment I spend with you can be considered a date :)
I giggle and agree with the date.
Seth 3:
Okay, I'll pick you up in 10 minutes.
Stella:
Okay!
I then widen my eyes.
10 minutes?!
I get up in a flash and strip from my pajamas and run to my closet and rummage quickly for some clothes.
I grab a light brown shirt, jeans and sandals.
I brush my hair and put light makeup to look presentable.
I smile and nod at my appearance.
I hear a knock come from downstairs and quickly head down.
I open the door and see the handsome face of Seth.
"Hey."
"Hi to you too." I smile to him.
"So ready to take a walk?" Seth asks as he grabs my hand.
"Not planning on having breakfast?" I hear a familiar, sweet voice behind me.
Karen!
Shoot I forgot to tell her I was going out.
"Ah I'm going to take a walk with Seth." I inform her.
"And well I'm not really hung-" I was adding but my stomach grumbling interrupted me.
Karen giggles and I look down embarrassed.
"Why don't you two kids have some breakfast before you head out for your date?"
"Thanks Karen." Seth smiles.
"Thank you." I smile, bashfully.
We sit down and Karen gives us omelettes which we happily devour while chatting.
We say goodbye to Karen and head out to the forest.
We are walking in the forest hand in hand.
I am going to do it, me and Seth have been dating for five days and I can't keep the secret to myself anymore.
I'm glad he invited me to a stroll in the forest, I'm happy he remembered how much I love nature.
We have been walking in comfortable silence but I noticed he has a serious expression.
After walking in silence for awhile, he turned to me.
"Stella, there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time but I haven't had the guts to-"
I was listening intently to Seth as I knew he was finally going to tell me but I stopped listening to him when I hear a familiar voice.
No...
I can't make out the words because he's still too far away but it's definitely him.
That deep, melodic voice that haunted me for years.
It's impossible... My dad killed him... at least that's what he told me...
"I just hope that what I'm going to tell you won't change the way you see me and-" Seth was telling me but I held tightly to his hands and dragged him with me.
"Woooaah!" Seth exclaimed by my strength as I dragged him away "Where are you taking me, Stellz? I need to tell you something important." he said, baffled and trained his feet in the ground making me unable to drag him further.
"S-seth we need to go n-now!" I said my voice growing shaky.
"What are you talki-" he was saying but stopped and looked at the direction HE was coming at.
"Shit!" He muttered loudly before grabbing my hand tightly and running towards Emily's place.
"I'll explain later, just stick with me and don't separate from me."
I simply nod, my voice not reaching me.
Using my enhanced hearing, I can hear him getting closer, making me tremble in fear.
How is this possible..?! Dad said he killed him.
I can hear my heart beating out of my chest from fear but not just fear for me but also for Seth.
I don't know how I could survive if he was killed.
As much as we ran, my worst nightmare became a reality when he appeared in front of us.
Tall with dark hair, pale skin, crimson eyes and a devious smirk that chilled me to the bone.
Not a moment after he appeared, Seth pulled me behind him.
Seth glared at the man, the man's smirk only widened at Seth's glare.
"I see you have another guard dog with you, why am I not surprised." the dark haired man says tauntingly.
My eyes widen and darkened at what his comment meant, the bitter memory coming to my mind.
(A/N: This is the continuation of her flashback in chapter 6: the tribe legends so you might want to quickly revisit that chapter and read the flashback)
My Dad and I hear a loud "WAIT!" as we were running we turn to the voice, fearful that it might be a blood sucker.
But instead it was the familiar sight of a tanned guy with messy brown hair and hazel eyes.
"Nate?!" I yell happy but confused to see my childhood best friend running towards us.
"Aaron please don't let Stella go alone, can I go with her?" Nate asked my dad, worry clear in his eyes.
I then take the appearance of Nate, his hair was messier and dirtier than usual and he was shirtless and had multiple scars and bruises across his abdomen.
Tears threatened to spill as sadness enveloped me from seeing my brother-like figure so hurt and bruised and he's still worried about me.
"Oh Nate thanks so much, I know she will be fine in your care." my Dad smiled for the first time in a long time as relief filled him.
My Dad always saw Nathan as his son and liked him for always being with me when he couldn't.
Dad puts me down and hands Nathan one of my bags.
"There's money in one of the bags, hurry to an airport they won't follow you when its filled with humans and flee to America, there's a pack in Washington who will welcome you both." Dad instructed Nate.
"Roger!" With that Nate grabbed one of my hands as the other one had my bag and we ran fast.
I kept up with him and look back at my Dad watch us with a bittersweet expression before phasing and hurrying back to the fight.
We ran and ran, I was scared out my mind, million of thoughts filling my brain.
Nate squeezed my hand in support whenever he saw I was about to cry.
I saw that we were close to a busy town when I heard soft padding behind us.
"Nate!" I managed to yell out and Nate let go off my hand and quickly turned back and a female brunette vampire appeared kicking him, Nate was able to block the attack with his arms, but I'm sure it still hurt.
Damn it! If I wasn't thinking of so many things I would have heard that the vampire was closer before.
I have the best hearing and nose in my pack it's this kind of thing that they need me for.
And I can't even do this much...
Nate quickly recovered and went for a punch but the brunette vampire took her hand out and shot lasers out of her hand, thankfully Nate narrowly dodged the lasers.
"Shit!" Nate hissed.
Special powers! That's what Dad meant.
"Stella go! This is gonna take awhile, I'll look for you when I'm done here." Nate says and throws me the bag he was holding.
No! I'm scared out of my skin, but I will not leave my older brother alone!
"No Nate I-!" I was saying but he interrupted me.
He dodged another laser coming at him and said "C'mon twinkle, I promise I will look for you!"
Tears came out of my eyes as he used my childhood nickname and with a heavy heart I grabbed both of my bags and ran far away.
"No matter how long it takes me!" He yelled out before I hear clothes ripping out and a loud growl replacing his voice.
As I ran I heard the female vampire grunt out, "No! I can't let the girl go!"
I heard Nate snarl back.
Okay Stella calm down, focus!
Using my superior hearing and nose, I scanned the area for a vampire near me.
Thankfully there wasn't any of them and I went directly to the airport, looking paranoidly behind me all the time.
It wasn't until I was inside the airplane that I broke down, tears flooding out as the realization of being away from my family and loved ones, not knowing if they are okay.
Blinking the tears out, I growl out, "How did you know?! Where's Nate?!"
"I don't know after all I was too busy dealing with your father and the others that day." he replies with shrug.
My heart sinked.
"What did you do to my dad?! Y-your supposed to be dead!" I exclaim.
"More like undead little girl though you aren't that little anymore, you're as beautiful as your Mother." he sneered at me.
"Y-you disgusting leech." I said disgusted at his tone and gaze.
I felt Seth shake as he glared at the man.
The man laughs darkly "That I may be but you're coming with me whether you like it or not."
Not a moment after uttering that he runs towards me but Seth phases into his beautiful sandy wolf and pushes him back, growling.
"Don't interfere mongrel! This is between the girl and me." the dark haired man yells.
"Don't call him that!" I yell out, shaking in anger.
He suspiciously looks at us both before his face twisted into a dark scowl.
"Don't tell me you're Imprints..." he said darkly, saying the last word with immense disgust and hatred.
His tone made me freeze and I simply glared, Seth joining me by growling.
He stares at us silently and then he grimaced.
"Again...? Fate really is cruel with me..."
What in the world is he talking about?
Again?
But I don't have more time to wonder as Seth launches himself to the man and they begin fighting.
Seth snarls and tries to bite his head off but the man holds him back and even manages to hit him hard in the snout.
I feel myself shake from seeing Seth flinch from the punch.
Seth comes back strong and head butts him making the man fly back.
"I'm sick of you damn Imprints always wrecking my plans!" The man yells out and heads straight to Seth, hatred seething from his expression.
"NO!" I yell out and run towards him, I feel Seth's fearful gaze on me and as I run, I feel myself growing bigger, I hear the sound of my clothes ripping and I run towards the man.
Because his eyes were trained on Seth he didn't see me coming and I knocked him out of course into a tree.
In an instant I heard many thoughts of confusion and amazement that were not my own thoughts.
Stella is a shapeshifter?!
How?!
Who the hell is that vampire guy?
She looks beautiful as a wolf!
I felt warm from his compliment, but then I saw the man getting up from crashing in the tree and I focus back on the problem.
"Seth!"
"W-what?! Stella..?" I hear him back.
"Yeah it's me, listen that man is dangerous. He's the one who killed my mom."
"It's him?!"
"Yeah, he's also a mind reader so guard your thoughts."
"Okay!"
The man ran at an inhuman speed towards us.
We both launch to him, Seth snarls and bites him, the man yells in pain and manages to kick Seth back.
Meanwhile I aim for his neck, but he quickly avoids me.
He whistles loudly.
"The heck he did that for?" I hear Seth think.
I wonder the same...
Soon 6 vampires jumped towards us.
"Shit...!" We both thought in sink.
Before any of them could get close, the pack came from the opposite side, growling and snarling as they do.
"Awesome! Took you guys long enough!" I hear Seth tell them.
The wolves quickly begin fighting the vampires, Seth and I joining too.
I noticed some of them looking curiously and suspiciously at me, specially a silver-gray colored wolf.
Only 3 of those vampires had special powers not including the man but we with joined power we were able to take them.
Together with the pack we teared the vampires into shreds, only the dark haired man remaining.
I stalk closer to him, while telling Seth to tell the others to not attack him.
"Were you behind the attack 6 months ago?!" I growl at him.
The man stays where he is, not moving.
Smart move after all he is surrounded by 12 wolves.
"I sure was, and I gotta tell you finding so many vampires with gifts was not easy." he says with a nonchalant grin, reading my thoughts.
"But that just shows how far I'd go for you, Diane." he sneered.
"Don't you dare say my mother's name you disgusting creature!" I growl, my body shaking in anger.
I notice the pack see me growl and shake and they glare at the man, ready to pounce on the man, specially Seth.
"I am aware you aren't Diane, unfortunately my comrade was stupid enough to poison her." the man says, his smile falling.
"You gave the finishing blow though! I saw you!" I yelled.
"I did it by instinct I assure you, my target was never your mother...it was your father." he said the word with as much hate and disgust as he had with Imprints.
"My Dad?!" I say astonished.
"He was an obstacle, he was in my way."
What the hell is he talking about?! This man is crazy!
The man chuckles "How rude of me, I haven't even introduced myself after all the time we've known each other, my name is Raymond but you can call me Ray." He says the last flirtatiously.
Seth growls at my side.
"Your Dad was as much as an nuisance as that mutt." Raymond says narrowing his eyes at Seth.
I growl loudly and put myself in front of Seth.
Everyone glares intensifies some even growling as well.
"But it doesn't matter anymore, I was too late as you too found you're Imprint." Raymond says his eyes lowering in what seems like sadness.
"Why have you chased after me?! And why do you keep mentioning my Mom?!" I question him.
"Isn't it obvious? I was in love with her." he admits.
I feel my eyes widen and my mouth drop.
"I met her when she was your age, I gotta say the resemblance is uncanny."
No way… Is this my Mom's vampire friend? The one who she kept from my Dad?
P-please don't tell me my Mom was in a relationship with this madman.
"Oh no I wish, she only had eyes for your Dad." the madman says, answering my thoughts.
Thank god my parents met young.
"After I discovered she already loved someone, I left hoping to find someone else but after some years my search was fruitless it only made me miss Diane more so I seeked her."
My heart aches having a bad feeling of how his story is going.
"To my surprise she was already married with her Imprint and had grown into a beautiful woman only making me fall harder for her."
I felt sick in the stomach of hearing this despicable man talk about my mom.
He was obsessed with her...
"My jealousy intensified and I tried to kill her Imprint so your Mom would have no ties with anyone and leave with me."
Is he mad?! A shifter will bear unbelievable sadness and loneliness without their Imprint... I saw it first hand with my Dad.
"While battling I noticed he wasn't her only tie, you existed as well."
I felt a shiver from the empty smile he is giving me.
"After I accidentally killed her, I wanted to die as well but you gave me hope."
I felt goosebumps from his words.
"You weren't her, but were the most similar to her so I decided to wait a few years for you to mature before I came to whisk you away."
Oh my god, oh my god... that day 6 months ago...
"That's right, 6 months ago I decided it was time and gathered a horde of gifted vampires to distract your pack while I came for you." Raymond admits.
Distract?! He killed many of my pack mates!
I felt my eyes water from the memory.
"Me and my comrade went after you and your friend unfortunately the Alpha's daughter along with your father pounced on me and began attacking me." Raymond says, scowling at the memory.
Jade and Dad?! They attacked him?!
"My comrade was supposed to capture you but your friend was more of a pest than I imagined and managed to defeat my comrade and let you go." Raymond says angrily.
Oh thank god Nate defeated her!
"And so I have been searching for you for so long...only to find you with your Imprint as well." His voice sounding sad, almost pitifully.
"But I won't make the same mistake twice, this time I won't leave instead I will kill your Imprint!" He said, his crimson eyes full of bloodlust.
Everyone bared their canines and took out their claws ready to pounce but I was faster.
Running like never before, I opened my mouth and bit hard on his neck and went as far to claw his body destroying it completely.
After seeing only ceramic pieces, I let out heavy breaths and sinked to the floor, tired physically and emotionally.
I...have avenged you, Mama...
The adrenaline and stress slowly leaving my body.
I feel a warm and furry body besides mine, emitting warm and electrifying feelings inside of me.
I tilt my head to the side to look at him.
Seth...
"It's alright Stella, I'm here for you." I hear his voice say to me.
He uses his head to lift me up.
"Everything's gonna be alright..."
He nuzzles me and I nuzzle back.
Yeah...he's right, everything will be alright.
As long as he's here with me.
Everything's gonna be alright.
Well here's the big reveal everyone was waiting for!
Though I doubt you expected the reveal to be this way. Hopefully this ties everything together. :D
The next chapter might take awhile but please do be patient.