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Characters based on Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer.

(Tanya POV)

I half-hoped that I could go out there and lend a hand to the pack. I could be of more use out there than be stuck inside the house. I looked beside me and Lana was trying to crane her neck and see what was going on. I had to block the window from her view because from time to time, some of the pack ran up and down the front. Lana knew that Embry was a werewolf, but I didn't think she knew how many werewolves in total existed in La Push, and I didn't want her to see that there were at least four other than Embry.

I tried to keep a look out. I could hear the movements through the woods but keeping an eye out and keeping an eye on Lana was not an easy task. I focused my eyes out there. I gasped and Lana held on to my hand. "What is it?" she asked. "I didn't hear anything."

"Nothing for you to be concerned about, Lana," I answered her but focused my eyes on the forest. I have never him before and I wondered who he was. He was moving so fast, almost as fast as Edward. No wonder the werewolves were having a hard time pinning him down. I blinked and lost him. I got mad at myself. I tugged Lana's hand closer to me. I only saw one and he was extremely fast. He was not the familiar scent.

Not too long after I spotted the new vampire and vanished, I saw another figure appeared. Felix. Quil stood in front of the house and growled at Felix. Felix simply chuckled and ran at Quil's direction. Collin and Brady were nearby but would not reach to help Quil in time since Felix moved in vampire speed. My instinct kicked in and opened the door and ran up to meet Felix, barely making it there before he sunk his teeth on Quil. With all my strength, I pushed him and he ended up on the forest. The others ran after him. Before anything registered, I saw a movement of someone coming inside the house.

"No!" I screamed as I ran to the house. The unknown vampire was standing over Lana. He bit her leg; she must have tried to fight him off and kicked him. I heard the back door crashed and Embry was standing there in his wolf form. His size pretty much occupied the living room and with my help, we threw the vampire out the window.

We were both about to go out there and finish him off when Lana started screaming. "It burns! Make it stop!"

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(Embry POV)

Everything happened so fast. I saw through Collin's eyes that they were running after the familiar vampire. It was only one; the other must still be around.

Paul, follow Collin and Brady. Jared, check on Qu…

Before I finished my instructions, I heard Tanya scream, "No!" I was at the back and I couldn't see what she saw. I ran through the kitchen door and Tanya tried to fight off the unknown vampire. My mom was on the floor and I didn't know what happened. My focus was zoned in to Tanya trying to fight off this other vampire. I helped her and we managed to throw him off the window.

Jared, quick. My team already went around the front and helped Jared and his team with Quil to finish off this vampire. I was about to join them when my mom started screaming. I looked at her and her leg had vampire bite. I whimpered.

Phase back, Embry, we got this. Help your mom, Quil shouted in my mind. I knew well enough that they got everything covered. There were only two vampires and the others can handle them by themselves. I crashed my bedroom door and phased back, quickly grabbed a pair of shorts and went back to the living room.

"What happened?" I asked. My mom hadn't stopped screaming and I was feeling her pain.

"I didn't see him right away. I was so focused on Felix attacking Quil so I jumped to cut Felix off but I didn't notice the other one," she sobbed while she held my mom's leg.

"You have to help her," I panicked. I might be in love with a vampire, but I couldn't live knowing that someone would be turned into one in my watch. "You have to suck the venom out." She looked at me like a deer in front of the headlights. "Tanya, please, you're the only one who can do this," I pleaded.

"I can't; what if I can't stop myself?" she asked with worried looked on her face.

"Please, Tanya, this is my mother," I said to her and I felt tears falling from my eyes.

"Keep asking her if the burning stops. As soon as she does, make sure I stop. If I don't, call the others to pry me off," she said defeated.

"That won't happen," I told her.

"Promise me!" she shouted.

"Okay, I promise." Tanya closed her eyes and sucked at my mom's bite. Her face was scrunched up and in concentration. I looked at my mom; she hadn't stopped screaming. "Mom, is it fading? Is the burning going away?" My mom shook her head vigorously before screaming once more. I held on to my mother's face. "Shhh, mom, it's going to be fine."

"It's starting to go away," my mom started to whisper.

"Tell me when it's totally gone," I held her hand and looked at Tanya. She looked like in pain.

"It's gone," my mom said and weakly smiled. She closed her eyes and her breathing stabilized. Before I could say anything, Tanya got up and ran. I didn't know where to, but she rushed out of the house. I was about to follow her when I saw the pack outside the house. They already all phased back to human form. I lifted my mom from the floor and placed her on the sofa and headed out to talk to the pack.

"We lost him, Embry. I'm sorry," Collin said.

"You did your best. Everybody alright?" I looked around and everyone was accounted for and unscratched. "We have to burn that one," I pointed to the remains of the other vampire.

"What happened to Lana?" Kyle asked.

"That thing bit her, but Tanya sucked the venom out," I said and noticed the surprised look among the pack. "Mom's fine now. She's resting. I need to find Tanya. She ran after my mom passed out. We'll meet at Sam's house. We need to meet with the Elders," I said. "Keep a lookout for Felix. We'll double up the patrol tonight. My team will go with Jared's tonight."

The pack started the fire and I stood by the house. We would need to fix the house after this event. I looked at my mom to make sure she was okay. She was sleeping peacefully. I looked at the direction where Tanya went. "We got this covered. Go and find her," Paul said and I nodded.

"Thanks. Just howl when you need me," I told him and started walking to the forest. When I got a bit farther, I took off my shorts and phased. I followed her scent and started my search. Not long after, I knew the direction where the scent went. The clearing.

"I got scared," she said when I saw her image. She must have heard me coming. I didn't phase back; I just continued walking to her side. "How is she?" she asked and I whimpered. "I know you wouldn't be here if she's not well," she said. "Sorry for leaving abruptly like that. I haven't tasted human blood for so long and it's really appetizing and I hated myself for thinking that. I'm so ashamed of myself," she sobbed on her hands. I pushed my nose through her hands and pried it open. "I know, I'm not a monster, but I couldn't help feeling it, you know." She wrapped her arms around my neck. "But a part of me was glad that I'm a vampire or else, who knows what could have happened to Lana." I nodded; I couldn't agree more.

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We brought my mom to Sam's house. She was still fast asleep. The bite and the blood sucked out of her must have drained her body. She was breathing steadily and she was not sweating at all so we figured that she should wake up fine.

When I said that Tanya should come to our pack meeting with the Elders, no one complained or protested. Instead, the Elders thanked her. "If you were not there to save Lana, who knew what would have happened," Sue said and patted Tanya's hand.

"It was the Volturi," I said. All heads looked at me. We recognized Felix from the last time that we met the Volturi. "Why are they here?"

"Should we tell the Cullens about this?" Quil asked.

Billy shook his head. "The vampires attacked the pack without them here. If the Volturi are all knowing about the vampires, and especially the Cullens, they knew that they wouldn't be here. I think La Push is really their target." Everyone started whispering amongst each other. Billy raised his hand.

Old Quil spoke when everyone fell silent. "We will need to keep a close lookout on everyone. Since one escaped, they might come back with more." He turned to Billy, "I'm afraid I will have to disagree with you about not telling the Cullens. We would need as much help as we could." Billy nodded and so did Sam and Sue. I knew that none of the Elders wanted to depend on the Cullens, especially because they were supposed to be our enemy. But if it came down to protecting the tribe, they would not think twice about asking for help.

"How is Ethan?" I asked. Harry arrived a few minutes before the meeting started.

"Not very good. He was still shaking when I left. I wanted to bring him here but my mom thought it was stupid for me to even think that he can go out with his fever and all. Dad convinced my mom to let me go," he answered.

"Too bad we didn't get any information from that other vampire," Jared said.

"It's not worth the risk," I said.

"Embry, what is your plan right now?" Sue asked.

"We will double up the patrol," I answered.

"I'll patrol, too," Tanya said and everyone looked at her. She continued, "I don't sleep and I don't get tired. I think I can be of better use running the borders than sitting at home." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Lana can stay here while Embry runs the patrol," Sam said. I couldn't believe that not only would they let my mom stay in Sam's house to be with other people, but I was surprised that none of them protested when Tanya volunteered to patrol.

"I don't think it's a good idea for Tanya to come with us," I voiced out my opinion. It was my turn to be looked at. "My mom would get suspicious if we kept bringing her here every other night while I ran patrol."

"She knows," Tanya said. I didn't quite understand what she meant so I asked her through my eyes. "She knows you're a werewolf. I didn't tell her; she told me. She knows the legend and when you started acting different and your temperature seemed to be always hot, she figured it out herself."

"How about you? Does she know?" Sam asked Tanya. I was still in disbelief to say anything.

"No, she doesn't. I don't know if she still hasn't figured it out after tonight's incident," she answered. My mom was screaming for the burning feeling. It was me and Tanya beside her when the burning went away, but we couldn't tell if she knew what was going on around her.

"Embry," Emily called out. "Lana's awake. She's looking for you," she said to me and turned to Tanya, "and you." Everybody got up and went to the gate to leave. The Elders stayed behind and watched me and Tanya as we went inside the house.

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A/N: Question? Do you want Lana to know that Tanya's a vampire, or just leave that info within the Elders and the pack? I'm not very keen on letting more people know about the vampires; the imprints don't know about the vampires, so should Lana be an exception? Let me know!