Hey hey hey, sorry this is so late-I'm feeling a little under the weather today, so yeah.
I also should wars you that the fifteen chapter long block of filler chapters is coming up in two chapters, and we'll be starting off with Embry!
The next chapter is also going to be a lot of... Oops, I almost spoiled it!
Anyway, the original chapter 34 is now up on JBNP, so check it out if you want to, so yeah.
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Call of the Forest 36 Bound for Life (LPOV)
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As soon as I took Seth's spot at our stall, the best smell that I've ever smelt came to my nose-a smell of earth mixed with sugar and a touch of some spice that Bella probably has tucked away somewhere in the kitchen cupboards.
When it was time for the pack to meet up, mom took over for me. I ran to the end of the 'boardwalk', where everyone except for Nix and Dustin were waiting. We caught both of their scents before we saw Dustin push his way from the crowd, bringing the good scent with him.
"Where's Nix?" Jacob asked as soon as Dustin was within a normal person's earshot.
"He's coming. He just had to give our cousins a few things." Dustin responded. Dustin's adjusted to this life very well, he's a long ways away from letting his wolf take control of him like he did the night he heard the legends for the first time. In fact, he heard his wolf for the first time a few days ago-he was so ecstatic that he almost missed his patrol…hell, he practically missed half of his patrol. None of us understand his excitement at hearing his wolf for the first time-most of us can't even sustain a conversation with our wolves for more than ten seconds without being driven to the hills, Quil, Nix and my brother excluded.
When Nix finally pushed his way out of the crowd, two people emerged almost immediately after Nix. They took a few steps towards us, before I met a pair of deep green eyes. Everything around me started to fade, as my entire center of gravity shifted to that person-I knew that I could, and would do anything for him, be anything for him…
I don't know how long I was lost in those forest orbs, when someone snapped me out of my trance.
"Leah?"
I blinked twice, and everything was back around me "Hm?"
"You imprinted, didn't you?" Sam whispered as Nix continued his approach, trying not to show that he knew something happened.
I nodded, unable to form a coherent sentence.
"Who are they Nix?" The girl asked, motioning to about half the pack, the boy staring at all the boys in awe.
"I'll just reintroduce everyone… Danny, pay attention!"
The boy looked up at Nix and nodded.
"This is the rest of the pack-Sam, Paul, Jared, Jake, Bella, Seth, Embry, Quil and Leah." Nix motioned to each of us in turn.
"You look beautiful." The boy told me.
A few of the others snickered as I blushed. They were met with an irritated growl.
He took a step back, as did the girl, who looked like she was having a really bad headache.
"So who are they?" Bella asked, even though we all knew who they were-Nix's cousins. For some reason though, Nix never mentioned their names…
"Danny and Liza." Nix responded.
"Well, come on-I have to help my grandpa again in a few hours." Quil whined.
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After a very big lunch-and I mean a big lunch; the last food we ordered came a half hour after we ordered, and we ordered from like five different stalls!
"So what do you want to do now?" Sam asked us as a few of us were still munching on the remains of what once was a pile easily five feet high of hamburgers.
"Why don't we show Danny and Liza our wolves…?" Paul started to suggest.
"NO." I vetoed before Paul had even finished his sentence.
"But…"
"No."
"Fine."
"Why don't you guys go play some sport on the beach?" Danny suggested, attracting the gazes of eleven wolves.
"That's actually a good idea." Jacob commented.
"Yeah, those of us who aren't going to be on patrol can blow off some steam, since we won't be able to phase until after midnight tonight…"
"Does that mean I won't be able to talk to my wolf until midnight?" Dustin whined. It's funny seeing someone who looks as old as Dustin act like a kid.
"You probably won't be able to hear him when you're not in your wolf form for about another month Dustin."
"Why?"
"He still hasn't calmed down enough for you to hear him-he's still a savage that mainly reacts on instinct alone. It's actually amazing that you could hear him this soon. The only ones of us who could hear their wolves this early were Jake, Seth and Nix." Sam explained.
"Why are Nix and Seth always the ones who are the exceptions to the general trend when it comes to their wolves?"
"That's because they're naturally calmer than the rest of us, and because of that their wolves were much calmer than the rest of ours."
"So when are we going to get a ball?" Quil questioned.
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As we were walking down to the beach, Liza was a lot tenser than she usually was. Wondering what had her so tightly strung I slowed my pace to fall in step next to her.
"What's up?"
"What?"
"You're tense, relax-this is a festival!"
"But Nix, There are just so many double presences…"
"How many?"
"Um…" Liza closed her eyes for a moment, before opening them again "Thirteen. I sense thirteen double presences... I think, there's just too many-they're all jumbling together…"
"Anyone we know?"
"Um… Danny I think?"
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fanfic reader, I don't mind gettng anonymous reviews, but if you're trying to tell me how to write my story, then I can't say this any nicer-fuck off. I don't appreciate people who are too lazy to leave a signed review like that, thusly forcing me to go on a rant at the end of a chapter about what you said that I could discuss with you in a PM. If you actually read the next chapter, I describe Bella's fur color as being "somewhere between gold and russet". If you actually think about everything else the term 'golden' could refer to, then I wouldn't be on this rant right now. When I say gold I don't mean the stereotypical 'shiny yellow expensive' gold-you're right, that would be absolutely ridiculous, but I wasn't referring to that type of gold. I was instead referring to the actual coloring of the element-the deep yellow color, mixed with a russet color, or as a golden brown. As for your suggestions, do you know how many wolves are brown in this fic? Seven. Seven wolves: Jared, Nix, Quil, Dustin, and three others that can't be introduced yet, not to mention a few of the 'insignificant others' that are going to be included in the breaking Dawn arc. Now for white, why would a wolf living in a lush, green forest have white fur? Answer me that. Not only is there absolutely no camouflage, but there would be no sneaking up on anything! Wolves generally have white fur in the artic, where the snow allows them to be camouflaged. Now, think about it-Bella got her gene from Seth, Embry and Jake, whose genes all combined to make Bella's. Gray-black fur, sandy fur and russet fur. How could you pull white out of that? Now while I appreciate your feedback, I do not appreciate your comment on how I should color my wolves. I'm the author, so I have last say, even over my BETA. The only say you have is in what I asked through the chapters, such as the names of the other wolves, the salutatorian, and your opinions on the filler chapters. Quite frankly, it isn't what you said that set me off, but how you said it. You come off as a whinny kid who doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut. I find things I dislike in fics all the time, heck in Ice by 2cool4school2.0 (that I BETAed) I noticed somethings that I didn't like, and I gave her friendly sugestions on how to change it, and she thought that a few of them were good, and included them. For example the whole going to the ice rink the day after Christmas thing was all my idea. Now, if you want to have some small say in my fics, then you should be my BETA. Granted, your chances are very slim now that I'll accept you, but that's the only way that you will have some small semblance of a say in my fics.
Phew, noe that that rant's over, I would like to remind everyone that the position for my BETA is still open! Please PM me if you're interested!
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