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Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Journey

Ellie's POV

I woke up to the feeling of a cold wet nose pressing against my body ever so slightly. Nudging me. I kept my eyes closed. Determined to fall back asleep. Then I felt one of the little ones move inside of me. Then another and another. The stranger was ever so persistent as well.

So eventually I gave up on the idea of sleeping. I opened one eye first and was shocked to see a familiar gray wolf. Then I saw several more familiar wolf faces. I thought I had managed to sneak away last night. I'd walked miles alone before giving up for the night now here they all were.

"You really thought you could sneak away that easily?" The gray wolf, Ethan, asked. I looked and saw that everyone was here. Ethan, Mitch, Mason, Mia, Eric. The whole pack. I'd guess it had been stupid to think that I would be able to get away. They'd find out eventually. Especially with all of our minds being linked together and all.

"I couldn't stay anymore," I said. "Not without blowing our secret. If my unnaturally fast pregnancy didn't draw attention unexpectedly popping out a litter of babies would,"

He couldn't argue with that. None of them could. My pregnancy was progressing at a rate that was considered normal for dogs and wolves but completely abnormal for humans. My parents were certainly going to notice. Baggy shirts could only hide a growing belly for so long. Also I found that it was much easier to handle my pregnancy as a wolf. A wolf's body was designed to handle multiple puppies but a human's body was designed to handle only one or two at max. Although I didn't know how many I was carrying I knew it was a hell of a lot more than two.

I looked at each member of my pack. Except for Ethan and I I we'd all only known each other for a few months. There were only two things we all had in common. First is that we were all adopted. Second is that we all suddenly and mysteriously started turning into horse sized wolves only a few months ago. It was through this experience that we all bonded and became more than friends or family even. We had become a pack.

Nothing could explain what was happening to us. It was all one huge, terrifying mystery. In the months leading up to my first transformation I went through a lot of other changes. Getting taller. Gaining muscle. Rising body temperature. Then there were the fits of anger. The littlest things would set me off and I would fly into a rage.

It was during one of those episodes that I got into a massive argument with my English teacher over incorrect grammar usage. I was so angry that my body literally shook from the rage I was feeling. In one swift movement I knocked all the papers, books, and computer off of his desk. I stormed out before he could say anythingm i had just made it to a more secluded area when I exploded. I landed on all fours growling and snarling.

I shuddered at the memory. I had never felt so terrified before. Then I heard Ethan's voice in my head. He found me pretty quickly and explained what happened as best as be could. I was the third person it happened t . First it had been Ethan and then Mitch. The others joined us soon after and we helped them transition as best as we could.

We were a pack. Just like a real pack we also had a pack leader. An alpha wolf. That was Ethan. Since he was the first of us he just assumed the position of alpha wolf.

"Come on Ellie. Get up," he ordered and I obeyed. The alpha's orders always got obeyed whether we wanted to obey or not.

"I'm not going back,"

"I'm not saying you should go back. But we are going with you. Wherever you're going,"

"I can handle myself," I countered. "It's bad enough I'm leaving my family behind. You guys shouldn't leave your families behind because of me,"

Ethan growled at me. "You're crazy if you think I'm going to let you go off all alone in your current condition. I'm not going to let you endanger yourself or our pups like that,"

Our pups. The way he said that made me smile. Up until now he hadn't acknowledged that the pups were his even though he was their biological father. The news had been a huge shock to both of us. We had made the stupid mistake of having sex without any protection whatsoever but since I hadn't had a period since before the whole wolf thing I didn't think it would be an issue. Ethan and I had been best friends since we really little. Then when we became teenagers our feelings had grown stronger. He loved me and I loved him. We would work this out together somehow.

"But why is everyone else here?"

"Because we were worried about you," Mitch, the black wolf, spoke.

"Duh," added Mia, the sandy colored wolf.

Mason and Eric just nodded in agreement

I gues I couldn't get rid of them if I tried. How I thought I'd make it from New Orleans all the way to Washington without them finding me was stupid.

"I can't believe you even want to make a journey like this," Ethan said. "In your current state,"

"My current state?" I questioned with a raisee eyebrow. "Jesus Christ I'm not dying of cancer I just have a litter of pups inside of me,"

"Yes and the rate they're growing you might be ready to give birth very soon. I want to be there to take care of you," he licked my face and nudged my swollen belly. I briefly wondered what our pups would like. Would they inherit their father's light gray coat or my reddish brown one?

"So why are you going to Washington exactly? Mason, the chocolate brown wolf, asked.

"Yeah why?" added Eric. He shook some dirt out of his dark silver coat.

"Because I was doing some research and I might have found something. There's a Native American tribe up there. The Quileute tribe. They have legends about people who can turn into wolves. Maybe they'll know something about what's happening to us,"

"Or they will think we're crazy," Mason said.

"We won't tell them what we are. We can just ask questions and then we will leave," I said.

"and then what?" Ethan asked.

"Then I don't know," I said.

My puppies started squirming around like crazy inside of me. Was I scared to be a mother? Yes. Did I love these little guys and girls already? Most definitely.

Together with the pack, and my unborn puppies, we set off on the adventure of a lifetime.

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A/N

Here is a list of how these kids relate to the original pack.

Ellie = Renesmee and Jacob's daughter

Ethan = Leah's son

Mia = Seth's daughter

Eric = Paul and Rachel's son

Mitch = Sam and Emily's son

Mason = Jared and Kim's son