I wrote this for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2014. It's a slow work in progress, but I am getting there. I am currently making changes to it. I posted this first chapter to see what you all think. You will not see another chapter until the whole story is completely written. After that I will post it. I hope you enjoy.

–Jenna Tee

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Chapter 1 - Learning The Truth

"Dad, why are we going to Old Quil's?" Bella asked her Dad.

They were currently in Bella's new truck. Charlie was driving. The old truck had broken down and without Jacob to fix it, there was nothing they could do. The mechanic in town told Bella and Charlie that it wouldn't be worth it to fix the old truck. It would be cheaper to buy a new one so that's what Charlie did.

"Because he needs to speak with you," Charlie replied.

"Yeah, probably to tell me how stupid I was for getting involved with the Cullen's. I've heard it enough. I'm not interested in hearing it anymore." Bella scoffed.

"He's not going to do that, Bella. Please just trust me." Charlie pleaded with his daughter.

"Ok, fine. Quil didn't judge me. At least not at first. Now, though, he refuses to talk to me. Maybe his grandfather won't judge me." Bella said.

Charlie smiled a little. He knew what Old Quil wanted to talk to her about. It was time she knew a secret.

By now, Charlie knew about the wolves, the cold ones, and the Cullen's. Bella had to tell him parts of her story.

Charlie knew every detail of what she had tried to hide from him, she knew that. All of the wolves had phased by now, only Quil hadn't judged her but Sam had alpha ordered all of the wolves to have no contact with her. She didn't know about the alpha order, only that everyone had stopped having anything to do with her including the imprints. None of the pack could understand why but Bella seemed to have an allurement about her. Even the imprinted wolves were tempted by her. That was part of the reason Sam didn't want her around, why the alpha ordered all of the wolves to stay away from her and have no contact but they went as far as being mean to her before the alpha order was in place. None of them liked that she got into their heads and senses. The only wolf that didn't have this problem was Quil. They didn't understand why he was the exception but Sam also didn't like that she dated their enemy. He thought she was trouble waiting to happen.

With the loss of her friends, she had fallen back into a depression, but she was not catatonic like before. Charlie knew it was time to tell her their secret and put the pack in its place.

They pulled up in front of the Ateara house and got out of the truck. Quil was just coming outside, he didn't even look in Bella's direction but greeted Charlie.

Quil could hear Bella sniffle and knew it hurt her to have everyone treating her this way. He also knew that no one had even bothered to ask her for her side of the story with the Cullen's. He had planned to ask her but then Sam put that alpha order on everyone so Quil couldn't ask her.

He felt horrible for treating her this way and angry at Sam for acting the way he was. He stomped his way over to Emily's, ignoring everyone in that house as they had a pack meeting. They all tried to talk to him, but he just refused to answer.

Meanwhile, at Quil's house, Bella and Charlie made themselves comfortable on the couch, while Old Quil sat across from them.

"Bella, what we have to tell you, will be a lot to take. We planned on telling you when you first moved here but things changed…" Old Quil started.

Bella went to interrupt, thinking he was going to judge her on the Cullen thing, only to have him quiet her. "I do not judge you, Isabella. I do not know your side of the story. I am simply saying that the plans to tell you changed."

She looked at him sheepishly and nodded for him to go on.

"Now, you may not believe us at first but if you want proof, we will give it to you." Old Quil continued.

"Ok…" Bella looked at him. Now she was curious.

Old Quil nodded for Charlie to explain.

"Bells, you will always be my daughter in my heart but I am not your biological father. Renee had a one-night stand with Quil's father. Quil Ateara IV is your biological father. Making Old Quil your Grandfather. And young Quil your half-brother…" Charlie told her.

"Charlie has also told me that you are showing signs of having gifts. We believe that you are a shaman. A true shaman. While I am considered the Tribe's shaman. I do not possess the gifts."

Bella sat there staring at him in shock. Trying to wrap her head around what she was just told.

"So, you're telling me that my mom, who never wanted me in the first place and has disowned me at this point, got knocked up by Quil's father. Quil who is my brother refuses to talk to me or even look at me and I'm a shaman…Fucking fantastic…" Bella yelled.

Quil, Embry, Jacob, and Sam who had been walking Quil back to his house had heard Bella yell and all looked at each other with wide eyes at what they just heard.

"Jacob, Embry, Go home. We'll meet up at my house later and discuss it after I find out what is going on." Sam said walking up to Quil's house with Quil following him.

They walked into the room and Quil still unable to look at Bella or acknowledge her, looked at his grandfather. Sam scanned the people in the room. His hard glare landed on Bella. Both wolf and man were lusting after her again. He didn't truly want her. It was the allurement Bella seems to have. He hated it. At this point, Bella didn't care about Sam. She was furious and confused, so she leveled him with her glare.

"Is that true?" Quil asked his grandfather.

"Yes, Quil. It's true. Isabella is your half-sister." Old Quil replied, looking at him.

Bella whipped her phone out and dialed, putting it on speakerphone.

"What the hell do you want?" Renee barked into the phone when she picked up, not even bothering to say hello.

"Is it fucking true? Did you get knocked up by Quil IV, not Charlie? Am I Quil IV's daughter?" Bella growled.

"So, they told you. Yeah, it's true. Why do you think I never wanted you to begin with. You were only a mistake. I should've aborted you." Renee said, then hung up.

Bella stared at the phone with tears in her eyes. Her anger was getting the best of her. You could see it in her eyes. The house started to shake as she snarled. Everything was getting to her. Her mother disowning her, the Cullen's leaving her, the pack turning their backs on her, not being able to talk to her brother, and Charlie not being her real father.

Bella's hair whipped around her face as the house shook, almost like an earthquake. Everything in the house was floating around them. Her allurement was stronger than usual. They could hear lightning outside. Her powers were getting out of control.

"Take the alpha order off of Quil, now Sam." Old Quil barked at Sam, as he watched Bella's powers and anger taking control of her.

"Old Quil, we can't trust her. She was with them." Sam protested.

"Quil is her blood family boy. Right now, I think he's the only one who can calm her down and I will NOT allow you to keep her away from her family. NOW. TAKE. IT. OFF." Old Quil growled out at Sam.

"Quil, I remove the no contact alpha order off of you. You may talk to Bella." Sam said in his alpha tone. Trying hard not to look at Bella.

Quil sighed in relief.

"Approach her slowly son. Talk softly." Old Quil advised.

Quil nodded and walked slowly up to Bella.

"Bella, come on. Calm down, honey. I know you are angry. I know this is a lot to take but I'll help you get through this. Grandpa will help you get through this and you still have Charlie. Regardless of whose sperm made you, Charlie will always be your father. You will always be my sister. While I'm not thrilled that my Dad cheated on my Mom, I couldn't ask for a better person to be my sister. I love that you're my sister. Please calm down." Quil spoke softly.

He was now standing in front of her. He gently grabbed her arms and pulled her to him, hugging her tiny body to his.

The shaking stopped. The house settled back down. The objects around the house all dropped to the floor. Her allurement went down a lot. It was never fully gone but it wasn't as strong now. Her anger deflated, and she sagged in his arms, burying her face into his chest, crying softly.

Quil glared over at Sam."I won't be going back to your house tonight for the discussion. You can let everyone know what's going on. I'm spending the evening with my sister." Quil told him.

Sam glared at Bella and went to order Quil back over to his house, only to shut his mouth before the words could come out as Old Quil growled at him.

"My Grandson will be with his sister tonight and you WILL lift the alpha order on your whole pack. First, you never bothered to ask her for her side of the story regarding the Cullen's. Second, she is the Tribe's new shaman, which means the pack's shaman and I will be training her. Third, as a shaman, she has a natural allurement. That is why all of the wolves are so tempted by her. Once one of your wolves imprints on her, the allurement will not affect the wolves anymore. The reason it doesn't affect Quil is that he shares DNA with her." Old Quil told Sam, narrowing his eyes at the Alpha. Old Quil knew the reasons Sam had put the order on the pack.

Sam growled under his breath but nodded and left the house.

"Bells, there's more," Charlie said softly, sitting back down.

"Wonderful," Bella mumbled, sitting back down next to Charlie and pulling Quil to sit next to her. She needed his comfort right now. He took her hand and squeezed it lightly.

"Now, with your connections to the tribe and the fact that you're new to your powers, you need to move in here with the Ateara's," Charlie said.

Bella stared straight ahead. Was Charlie disowning her too?

"Bells, this doesn't mean I don't love you. You ARE my daughter. I am not walking out of your life. We're doing this to help you." Charlie told her. Knowing what was going through his daughter's mind.

Bella sighed and nodded. "Ok, but you WILL come over one or two nights a week for dinner."

Charlie, Quil, and Old Quil chuckled. "I think that can be arranged. What do you think Old man?" Charlie asked Old Quil.

"Yes, we can do that." Old Quil said.

"What about school?" Bella asked.

"Take this week off. You have enough credits to do it anyway. We can discuss what to do about school during this week." Charlie told her.

While Old Quil wanted her to transfer to La Push High, he understood that she only had half a year left of high school. So, it may not be worth transferring at this point.

She nodded.

"So, when do we move my stuff?" Bella asked.

"We can go get your stuff now if you want," Charlie replied.

"I'll come help," Quil said.

"You weren't kidding about not going to Sam's tonight?" Bella asked Quil.

"No, I'm pissed at him anyway. He never bothered to talk to you about the Cullen's to get your side or tried to figure out why they were all so tempted by you." Quil said.

"Will you tell us your side of the Cullen story, Bella?" Old Quil asked her with kind eyes. He was genuinely curious.

Quil, Charlie, and Old Quil all looked at her.

Bella looked down at her hands. Quil still holding one of them. He gave it a light squeeze in reassurance.

"It started my first day at Forks High School. I saw them at lunch and was merely curious. They were odd-looking. Jessica filled me in on what she knew about them, but I had no intention of getting to know them. Edward was in my Biology class after lunch. I didn't know what they were at the time but when I walked into the room, I walked by the fan and it blew my scent to him. He stiffened, covered his mouth and his nose then glared at me with pitch-black eyes. He looked like he was going to leap across the room and kill me. He wanted to that day…" Bella started.

Quil was already shaking and growling loudly. Bella squeezed his hand, using her other hand to rub his arm softly. He calmed down a little and nodded at her to go on.

"When the bell rang, he jumped out of his seat and bolted out the door. After school, I had to go back to the office to hand them some paperwork and he was in there trying to switch his Biology class. When they wouldn't, he got pissed and stormed out. I had planned to confront him the next day, then leave them be. I wanted nothing to do with a family that acted like that. He didn't show up at school for the next week. I found out later that he had gone to Alaska for the week to get control of himself. When he got back he started being nice to me. Kind of…" Bella continued.

"Kind of?" asked Old Quil.

"This is where it gets interesting…It also gives the wolves a little tidbit about vampires." Bella told him with a small smile.

"Ok, you all know that vampires have gifts. But EVERY vampire has this thing, it's like a glamour or a pheromone. It draws a human in, makes that human a puppet, literally. That human will do whatever the vampire wants without much thought. It makes the human think they are in love with the vampire. He would be nice to me one day, then not so nice the next, telling me I should stay away from him. I didn't know it at the time but he was slowly giving me this pheromone. Enticing me. Making me want more of him. Then Tyler's van almost crushed me and Edward saved me. I knew something was weird. He wasn't normal, none of his family were. He shouldn't have been able to get to me that fast or move the van away from me but he did. Then one day, I was at the beach with some friends. The Cullen's weren't there for obvious reasons and I was able to get Jacob to share one of the legends with me. He thought they were just scary stories at the time but that's how I found out what the Cullen's were but by then, I was in too deep and so hooked on the pheromone, I couldn't get away. Edward and I started dating. Edward and Alice changed everything about me using the pheromone. Edward told me I looked better in blue while sending me little spurts of the pheromone. Alice bought me blue tops and sweaters while doing the same thing. Then my music changed, my friends weren't good enough, and I didn't eat the right foods. They made my every decision using their pheromone along with Alice's visions. She's a seer but her visions are decisions based and she knows how to manipulate a person with them. In spring, the accident in Phoenix was a cover-up. The Cullen's had taken me to a clearing so I could watch them play baseball when three nomadic vampires came upon us. Their names were James, Laurent, and Victoria. When Edward protected me, James took that as a challenge. He was a tracker who loved to play games and Edward turned me into the best game ever. Jasper and Alice took me up to Phoenix to hide, while the others protected Charlie and tried to lead James away to kill him but he caught on and came to Phoenix. He was able to lure me to him, to a ballet studio by making me think he had Renee. He beat me up and bit me. Edward sucked the venom out but I will always have a scar. Jasper and Emmett killed James." She said while rolling up her sleeve to show them the bite mark. They took turns looking at it closely and touching it. It was cold to the touch.

Quil had a constant growl in his chest. He was furious but holding in his phase well. "Do we need to take a break so you can calm down?" Bella asked Quil, quietly.

"No sis, it's ok. Keep going." He said. She nodded.

"After that, everything was ok for a while. I mean, I was still under their influence and still completely dependent on them, so obviously I wasn't ok but I thought I was. Then came my birthday. I didn't want a party. Alice insisted on it. It didn't matter what I wanted. They threw a party. I was opening a gift when I got a paper cut. A paper cut in a house full of vampires." Bella laughed humorlessly.

"Jasper lunged for me. He's an empath, he can feel the emotions around him and control them too. He felt the bloodlust of all of the other vampires in the room that night. My blood calling to Edward like it was his own personal brand of heroin made it worse. Jasper lost it. Edward tried to push me back away from Jasper but he pushed me too hard, sending me flying into a table full of glassware. All of the vampires except Carlisle fled from the house after that. He patched me up and Edward brought me home. He wasn't in school for the next three days. Then on the third day, I came home from school and he asked me to take a walk with him. He led me into the woods where told me he and his family were leaving. That I was just a toy, a distraction until they moved on, that he never loved me. I was just a stupid little human and I would forget him. Then he left me there. I couldn't find my way out of the woods." Bella said, staring straight forward.

All three men just sat there in shock, taking in everything she told them. Quil's whole body was vibrating but he knew Charlie had a few questions so he waited and held in his phase. Bella constantly rubbing his arm helped. It let him know that his little sister was here and alive. He may be just a little younger than her but she was smaller than him. So in his eyes, she was his little sister.

"The Catatonic state wasn't just because of the break-up or them leaving was it. It was a blow to your self-esteem but it didn't make you catatonic, did it?" Charlie asked.

"No, I had a lot of time to think after they left. I think it was a mix of two things that left me that way. One was because I was so dependent on their decisions, I couldn't function without their say so. The other part was I think withdrawals from the pheromone." Bella answered.

"What happened to the other two nomads?" asked Old Quil.

"The pack killed Laurent. The black vampire and according to Laurent, Victoria is around. Waiting for the moment to get to me. A mate for a mate." Bella answered him.

"But you're not Edward's mate," Charlie said.

"It won't matter to her," Bella told him.

"What does Victoria look like?" Quil growled out.

Charlie looked at him but he could tell he wasn't mad at Bella. He was just angry at what she went through.

"She has fiery red hair. Innocent face until you piss her off." Bella said.

"Shit. We've been chasing her off for months. We didn't know what she wanted." Quil growled loudly at the thought of someone coming after his sister.

"She wants me but not just to kill me. She'd torture me first." Bella told him.

"If you need to go let the pack know. It's ok. Charlie and I can go back to my house and pack." Bella said.

"No. Just give me a few minutes to let them know in wolf form. Can I show them your side of the story?" Quil asked her.

"Sure," Bella said.

Quil jumped up and stormed out the door, phasing and howling. He was pacing, still furious at the situation.

After a minute, he felt the whole pack phase-in.

What's up? Did the little leech lover piss you off already? – Jared snickered.

Just shut up and watch! – Quil growled loudly

He let the whole story Bella told him to run through his head. Showing them everything. Including what his Grandfather said about the allurement that Bella has.

Holy shit…That girl went through hell. – Leah gasped

Quil could see most of the pack felt like shit for treating Bella so bad.

We didn't know any of this. – Jared, shocked.

No one bothered to ask her! I was going to but Sam alpha ordered me to stay away from her and not contact her before I could! – Quil yelled. The pack could tell he was pissed. At the pack and the Cullen's. At how Bella was treated by both.

The red-headed leech is after her. We have to keep her protected at all times. We will change the patrol schedule. Quil what happens now that it's out that she's your sister? Is she still going to be in Forks? – Sam

She is moving in with me, Grandpa, and mom but we are discussing her schooling this week. I know Grandpa wants her to transfer to our school but she only has six months left before she graduates. We will figure that out this week but she is taking this week off of school to get settled in the house and figure out school. – Quil

Ok...Jake, get your Dad to try to get Charlie down to the res as often as possible until we kill this bitch. I want a wolf on Bella at all times. I know she'll fight it but Quil get her to be ok with it. – Sam

Ok, as soon as I get back inside, Charlie, Bella, and I are going to get her stuff from her house. Does anyone want to volunteer to stay in wolf form outside of Charlie's house while we do this since I'll be inside helping her? – Quil

I'll do it. – Paul

The whole pack was shocked at that.

Look, I know I've been downright cruel to her about the Cullen thing but like Quil said, none of us bothered to ask her about it. It wasn't her fault. Neither was the allurement thing. She didn't even know she was doing that. I'm going to make this up to her. – Paul

Grandpa is going to start training her to be a shaman. Once one of you imprints on her the allurement on the wolves will stop too.– Quil

Except for a little while ago though she seems to have her anger in control so I won't worry about her being around the pack for now. But if I see a problem… - Sam

I understand Sam. She will too. – Quil

We'll do a bonfire this Friday too. Bring her. – Sam

I'll try but you all have a lot of kissing ass to do. – Quil

I know it. – Sam sighed.

Alright, I'm heading back in. I'll let you know about the bonfire. – Quil said before he phased out.

Quil walked back into his house and looked at Charlie and Bella.

"Ok, that's done. I'll explain what's going on, on the way to your house. Are you guys ready?" he said.

They both nodded and stood up. Old Quil got up from his seat, walked over, and hugged Bella, kissing her on the top of her head.

"It will get better, little one. I know it." He told her, softly.

They all knew she was still reeling from everything.

She smiled softly at him and kissed his cheek, before following Charlie and Quil out to the truck.

Charlie got into the driver's seat. Bella was in the middle, with Quil in the passenger seat. Quil wrapped his arm around her shoulder, knowing that she needed comfort right now.

"Charlie, stop by my family's store first. We have a ton of empty boxes we can use to pack her stuff." Quil told him.

Charlie nodded and started driving.

It was silent on the way to the Ateara's store but not uncomfortable. They all need time to think.

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