Chapter Two : Birthday party .
I do not own the characters, the plot or twilight , etc all belong to Stephanie Myers. I merely put my own version out there she has all the credit.
Sam
I shifted back to my human skin, naked as the day I was born. Moonlight glimmered against my russet skin, the only light visible in the dark secluded forest as I prowled towards the unfamiliar wolf.
I knew they were afraid and lost, I understood the feeling well, I took the last step that separated the wolf from me and once I did so his large eyes snapped towards me, his teeth curled up into a snarl, and a growl emitted from him, the meaning was clear, back off.
I locked eyes with him, and growled back, my meaning was clear too, it was a warning.
He didn't take it.
I knew he would smell me, he could smell that I was a wolf too, could smell that I was an alpha , and he didn't like that. Too bad.
His eyes were now gleaming yellow locked on me, his large form raised from the ground and towered over me. Saliva trailed down his muzzle as he continued to growl at me, sharp canines snapping at me, mocking me.
" Stand down, now pup."
Last warning. He chortled at me, as if I were joking. He was about to find out just who he was challenging.
The grey wolf fought against the order, feral eyes glared at me, and that's when I knew what I had to do.
I shifted.
Two wolves fought for dominance, one a shimmering silver and the other with a coat as dark as coal. The sound of canines snapping at one another and the sound of feral growls and snarls could be heard.
There was blood and there was pain, but there was also a bond formed. A bond formed between these two shifters that day, that day they became brothers.
After a long battle of dominance the bigger, darker wolf won. His large eyes stared into the other shifters yellow orbs, sharp teeth hovered right above the silver wolf's jugular but, didn't penetrate the skin.
The look was clear, submit or die.
The younger wolf was intelligent, and knew when to back down, though this rarely ever occurred.
He bared his neck to the Alpha, and lowered his eyes in a show of submission.
A pack was formed.
The silver wolf started to blur, vibrating and then four feet become two. Thick grey fur disappeared and was replaced with shaggy cropped hair surrounding a handsome, if not a bit cocky face.
" Who the hell are you?" The boy sneered,
He was confused by the bond that had been formed and anger at the fact that whatever that fight was over, he didn't win.
From my vague memory of Paul I knew he couldn't have been older than seventeen as he was a senior still. Not that anyone else could tell, his body had to grow to its full potential before the shift so that he could handle it, not that it helped much.
I stepped forward, chest to chest to assert my dominance and looked into his now human eyes.
" I'm Sam Uley, former lone wolf, protector of La Push and now your Alpha, brother, and pack." I concluded, formally and respectfully.
He clenched his fists tightly and was vibrating with rage and confusion. " Protector?" He snorted " Yeah, right what are you-". He raised his hands up and moves his two fingers up and down in a mock quotation "protecting them from?"
I knew Paul was just lashing out in fear but, the wolf wouldn't take any disrespect especially from another shifter, rising to the surface he demanded respect and order.
"Silence pup, you think this is a joke?" The wolf snarled at the younger quiluete. Mid shift, the alpha was a scary sight.
Yellow eyes glowed with barely suppressed feral rage and teeth began to sharpen into canines. The man understood the boy, and knew the anger was misplaced, the wolf however didn't care.
" Who you calling pup? The name is Paul, learn it" he growled back, challenging me once more.
We leaned forward grabbing his neck and forcing it down, in submission. " I do not want to hurt you, I can sense that you've had enough of that but, if you continue to defy me I will, hurt you, for as long as it takes for you to get it into your head that you are not in charge and to learn that I am your alpha."
Now, close your fucking mouth and listen for once and your life. That's an order." I clipped out, irritated. His mouth snapped shut, compelled to listen yet another thing to add to the list of wolf traits.
Alphas word is law.
"I will answer your questions. Follow me" I barked out curtly and stalked off deeper into the forest towards my very own cabin in the woods. We had spent enough time out here, down in the dirt.
At the end of the forest, sat my tiny house it was once a beautiful grey, it now had faded into a bluish tint.
There was only one narrow window within the whole house and it was right next to my weathered blue door. We walked into my front room which was much like Billy's house, mostly kitchen.
"Come in."
I stepped inside and sat down at the kitchen counter. Paul followed kicking his feet back and forth with each step. I took a seat at the counter, motioning for him to sit as well.
He did so reluctantly, the chair made a creaking sound as he did.
" What am I? What the fuck are you? And what's an alpha?" he demanded, confusing was swirling in his eyes and his biceps were still trembling.
Another thing I noted, to add to the growing list of potential wolf traits.
" I'm sure you know of the legends, Paul well, you know of most of them."
He nodded back at me, tense and fidgety.
" I'm going to tell you one of the stories you don't know, the tale of The cold ones and after I do you'll understand". I promised him.
"Our tribe, The Quileute's are descended from wolves-" I began. Paul snorted at this finding it obvious no doubt, I glared at him.
" Are you done?". He smirked " Yeah, yeah I'm done." he replied.
"Like I was saying, The Quileute's are descended from wolves and that's was just a legend of our tribe now it's not.
The Cullen's are the cold ones, the enemy. But, the last alpha Ephraim Black, the chief found them hunting on our land. But they claimed to be something different- vegetarians if you can imagine and We made a treaty with them.
If they promised to stay off Quileute lands, than we wouldn't expose what they were really are to the pale faces."
" I thought they just moved here" Paul managed to mumble and was still processing turning into a giant animal probably, he's taking this better than I did I noticed.
" Or just moved back" I answered back.
" Okay lets say they did just move back, what were they hunting and what are they! if we're fucking shapeshifting wolves?!" he asked me incredulously.
I laughed loudly, the sound rumbled out of my chest.
" I'm getting there Paul , You see the cold ones are the natural enemy of the wolf, well not really just the wolf but the man too, our natural enemy.
You've heard people call us werewolves but we're actually " Shifters" technically. There's always a risk for humans to be around the cold ones, even if they claim they are able to prey on animals.
You never know when they might get too hungry to resist. The cold ones, The Cullen's have more of them now, a new female and a new male, but the rest are the same."
"In my great grandfathers time the leader already knew them, Carlisle. " I snarled the name out as the very sound of it caused by wolf to rise to the surface.
" The cold ones are blood drinkers, you might know of them as Vampires." I finished.
" That's a lot to take in man." He said, after minutes of staring at me quiet and shocked.
" I believe you though, I can feel that you're telling the truth with every fiber of my being plus something inside of me started to rise up in anger as you spoke of them."
I nodded surprised by how well he was taking this, " That's your wolf, he's your guide and your instincts."
"Don't try to fight it. I warned, my gaze holding his.
" Trust me, I know I tried to and it nearly killed me. Your instincts will guide you and any information you know about wolf packs."
" Alright," he swallowed " What's next?"
I smirked and was proud of how well he was taking this.
" Now we survive, kick vampire ass and sleep" I replied and was trying not to crack a smile.
He smile widened and I lost it, we both laughed, laughed at the situation, at our lives being taken away, and most of all at the truth that monsters that go bump in the night were real and we were one of them now.
I looked him in the eye and grabbed him by his shoulders and hugged him.
" I got you Brother, I got you."
He pressed closer to me, hugging me tight, breathing raggedly and raw I knew he was crying and I didn't care, at all. My Pack needed me.
" Thanks man" he replied, voice raw from crying.
He moved back first, awkwardly and wiped his face with his t-shirt, knowing Paul he'd prefer if we pretended this moment of weakness never happened so I would.
" Welcome Beta, do you accept? "
He cleared his throat and looked at me with determination in his eyes.
"Yes, Alpha"
both man and wolf replied.
...
Bella
It all happened very quickly then.
"NO" Edward Roared.
He threw himself at me, icy cold hands pushed against my ribs with a loud crack, and then I was flung across the room and right into a table.
It fell, as I did, scattering cake and the presents, the flowers and the plates. I landed in the mess of shattered crystal.
Jasper slammed into Edward, and the sound was like the crash of boulders in a rock slide. I was in shock blood was oozing down my arm and I had possible cracked ribs.
There was another noise, a grisly snarling that seemed to be coming from deep in Jasper's chest.
Jasper tried to shove past Edward, snapping his teeth just mere inches from Edwards perfect marble face.
Emmett jumped in and grabbed Jasper from behind in the next second, locking him into his steel grip, but Jasper struggled on, his wild, empty eyes focused only on me.
Beyond the shock, there was also pain. I'd tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively from all of the clumsy years, to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass.
Only now did I feel the searing, stinging pain all over my body, my back all cut up, my cracked ribs, and the pain from the cut that ran from my wrist to the crease inside of my elbow.
Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arms
- into the fevered eyes of six suddenly ravenous vampires.
Carlisle was the only one who stayed calm. Centuries of experience in the emergency room were evident in his quiet, authoritative voice.
" Emmett, Rose get Jasper outside. Unsmiling for once, Emmett nodded. " Come on. Jasper."
Jasper struggled against Emmett's grasp, twisting around, teeth bared and eyes pasted reason.
Edward's face was whiter than bone as he crouched over me, taking a defensive position. a low growl slid from his clenched teeth I could tell he wasn't breathing and that strangely disgusted me.
Rosalie, her divine face smug, stepped in front of Jasper and helped Emmett wrestle him through glass door that Esme held open, one hand pressed over her mouth and nose probably to keep herself from sinking her teeth into my flesh and I've never been more terrified.
Esme's heart shaped face was so ashamed
" I'm so sorry Bella" She cried through her still covered mouth as she followed the others into the yard.
" Let me by, Edward" Carlisle murmured.
Edward hesitated for a second then nodding to himself stepped back. Carlisle knelt by me and leaned closer to examine my arm.
I meanwhile could still feel the shock frozen on my face and I tried to compose it.
" Here Carlisle" Alice handed him a towel, he shook his head
" too much glass in the wounds." and he was right, I could feel pieces of glass stuck into my body and I could feel the blood, hot and burning running down my back and ruining my t shirt in the process.
He reached over and ripped a long, thin scrap from the bottom of the white tablecloth. He twisted it around my arm above the elbow. The shock was wearing off, allowing the metallic smell of blood to penetrate my nose, it made me feel dizzy.
My ears were ringing.
" Bella," Carlisle said softly.
"Do you want me to drive you to the hospital, or would you rather me take care of it?"
" Hospital please, I think my ribs are cracked" I whispered, monotoned.
On the inside, I was about to have a panic attack, the walls were closing in. I needed to get out of this house, full of vampires and me the one little human, bleeding.
I looked towards Edward then.
" I'm fine." My voice reasonably steady which surprised me. Edward's face was stone.
" Just go, Edward" I sighed.
" I can handle it" he insisted but his eyes burned with the intensity of the thirst he fought, and I shivered in fear, I shouldn't fear my boyfriend.
" Get some fresh air, I'll be fine I have Charlie." I said and I winced at the pain in my ribs when I took a deep breath.
" No, I'll stay with you" He declared, doesn't he realize that I don't want him near me right now? Doesn't he realize that I don't want his teeth to sink into my flesh ever again?
" I need a human moment"
I told him and for the first time admitting that this was too much.
He looked down at me with eyes full of anguish and betrayal.
I knew, for the first time I've rejected Edward and this choice would change everything.
Author note!
Why didn't Paul know the legends of cold ones?
The council members knew the legends but, choose to keep that one from the public to protect the packs from being discovered. Yes, I know they're not supposed to tell outsiders but look what Jacob did? So that's why they don't even tell their tribe.
Why did Paul cry?
Paul was crying because not only did his father leave him, although abusive still his father but now he's a wolf and Vampires are real. But when Sam reaches out to him , hugs him and offers him Beta it gains Paul's loyalty and trust. Paul has always been alone has always wanted a brother and now he has one.
What did Bella mean by " Human moment"?
She used to tell Edward this when she needed to change or go to the bathroom bc you know humans do that lol. But this time when she says this what she means is " I need to get away from vampires and that includes you" lol.
Sam knows the elders aren't telling him everything and he is determined to find out everything!
Bye!