Twilight Fan fiction

Transitionals

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Chapter 9

Despite my better judgment, I couldn't stay away from the Cullens. I continued to park beside their car, and we'd all walk to my first period. I was uncomfortable walking with all of them, and they soon realized I didn't want to be seen with all of them at one time for too long. They didn't understand why but they did respect my wishes.

While I still only sat with Edward at lunch, I did get to spend time with each of them between classes. Every class I had one of them walking me to. I couldn't help thinking they had started that to keep an eye on me, but I slowly was getting used to it. It was interesting walking to class with each of them.

Emmett, whose size made him frightening turned out to be a fun loving teddy bear. I enjoyed talking with Jasper, he was surprisingly easy to talk to. Every once in a while though he'd give me a frustrated look and glare at the ring on my finger. I of course then would become frustrated trying to figure out his power. A part of me wanted to take off the ring just to see if I could figure it out. That wouldn't be a good idea though.

Rosalie was the only one who would stick with the story when we walked. Telling us how excited Esme was to this weekend. Rosalie and I had set the time we were supposedly to meet her mom to discuss babysitting.

I was a little frightened of Alice. She'd be waiting outside Biology to walk me to gym and would talk about taking me shopping and fixing my less than fashionable closet. Edward would give me a sympathetic glance before heading off to his next class. Of course Anna was all for more shopping and happily talked with Alice about clothes. But besides her shopping habits I couldn't help seeing myself becoming Alice's friend. With her attitude it was hard to be anything but happy. Yep, I could see her and me becoming best friends.

Edward and I still didn't talk in the hallway, going to lunch, or coming from. Lunch was an entirely different story though.

We'd sit across from each other and spent most of lunch playing different games, including twenty questions and who can trick the other into revealing information. Sadly neither of us was having much success with the latter game.

We would ask each other basic questions to learn about each other. What types of book do you read, music do you listen too, movies do you watch? What were some of our favorite things?

I was grateful that he didn't ask about my family, or my life in Phoenix. We'd keep our questions up, making sure to not get too personal, until the bell announcing the start of class would ring.

I had been right of course about people talking about us hanging out. The day after I had started talking to the Cullens again, Jessica had grabbed me in trig demanding answers.

She hadn't even waited until I had sat down to ask her first question. "So you're hanging out with the Cullens now?"

I grabbed my stuff for class, using the time to organize my thoughts, remembering our story. "Their mom is going to babysit the girls once Anna is comfortable being without me."

"That's nice of her." Jessica supplied, though I don't think she really cared. She was looking for a story she could pass along to the other students. "Why were you sitting with Edward yesterday? You could have sat with us still even though the girls were with the Cullens.

I was prepared for this question. "There's certain information that needed to be discussed that their mom needs to be prepared for. He offered to listen and pass on the information so she'd be ready when we meet this weekend."

"So you're meeting Mrs. Cullen this weekend?" This news excited her.

"I've already met her, we're meeting to discuss what needs to be done before she can watch Anna and Cissy." I rolled my eyes mentally.

Jessica was by far the most difficult person when it came to gossip, but she definitely wasn't the only person who asked about my interactions with the curious Cullen family. Sadly none of the Cullens were ever approached and asked why they were hanging out with me. By the end of the week though the student body had heard the story and were finally going back to paying more attention to their own lives.
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Charlie hoped that by spending time with the Cullens, I'd finally decide to tell them; but I was still undecided. He was right though, I would have to make up my mind soon, this balancing game, as he called it was wearing me out. What Charlie and I didn't know, was the pivotal point that would make the decision for me was coming.

Saturday morning I got the girls ready while Charlie made the only food he knew how to cook; fried eggs and bacon. The four of us had been invited down to La push by Charlie's friend Billy Black.

I didn't really remember Billy very well, since the only time I saw him was right before he and my dad would go fishing, when I was kid. He had two girls who were a year older than me, so the three of us would be pushed together as reluctant acquaintances. He also had a son but I couldn't remember him.

We took my car, but Charlie insisted on driving. The need to be behind the wheel was something we shared.

Anna was excited to get to go to the beach. She wanted to play in the water, something I didn't want to deal with. The cold doesn't bother me, and because of that I have a hard time determining her temperature. Letting her play in the water could easily lead to a cold.

We pulled up to the Black family home and Billy rolled down a ramp in his wheel chair to meet us. His son who I vaguely remembered was named Jacob followed him.

Charlie clasped hands with Billy before getting the stroller out of the trunk. He then got the girls out of the car while I was reacquainted with Billy and Jacob.

Billy smiled kindly up at me. "Morning Bella, I bet you don't remember me."

I couldn't help smiling as I shook my head.

"Well, I'm Billy and this is my son Jacob."

I nodded towards both of them.

Jacob raised his hand in a wave before letting it drop back to his side.

Charlie pushed the stroller up to us and he introduced the girls to Billy and Jacob.

Billy turned his chair so he was facing his son. "Okay Jacob, make sure Bella and the little girls don't get bored. Take them down to the beach, I'm sure little Belle would enjoy that."

Jacob nodded. "Okay."

"You could meet up with Seth and Leah," Charlie suggested. He and Billy were going to meet up with Harry Clearwater, Seth and Leah's dad. The three were going to go fishing. Charlie had asked Anna if she wanted to go, and while she had seemed intrigued with the idea she decided she wanted to stay with me. I had had enough fishing trips in my life, and I was fine with just hanging out with Jacob, someone who was pretty much a stranger.

"Okay, you guys better leave before Harry thinks you stood him up." Jacob urged them to leave, a hint of desperation in his voice.

Anna and I laughed and watched as Charlie pushed Billy's chair away from the house. They headed down the path leading to the heart of the town, where they were supposed to meet Harry.

Anna stopped laughing suddenly, which made me stop laughing. Her little face was scrunched up in concentration.

I knelt in front of the stroller and placed my hands on either side of Anna's face. "What is it?" I asked as a sensation neither of us were used to, filled us. The feeling was weak, it was hardly even there. The fact that it was enough to worry Anna though made me nervous.

Any sensation Anna didn't recognize, Toby had told her to treat it as dangerous, until proven otherwise.

Jacob knelt beside us. "Is something wrong with Belle?"

The sensation intensified. Heat built inside of me and I felt myself shaking, though my body didn't even tremble.

"I'm okay," Anna answered. She glanced at Jacob then gave me a worried glance. Whatever the sensation was, Jacob caused it. Jacob Black wasn't normal, but whatever he was Anna and I hadn't come across it before.

Jacob glanced between the two of us but decided to ignore our strange behavior. Maybe he would just chalk it up to being girls. "So, would you two like to go to the beach? I doubt Cissy really cares." He eyed the baby and smiled.

Anna nodded excitedly, while I moved to the front of the stroller. I knew Anna would monitor Jacob's strange sensation and if it turned dangerous she would tell me.

"So how are you liking Forks?" Jacob glanced back at me while he led the way to the beach.

I shrugged.

"Bored out of your mind?" He guessed.

Yeah, I wasn't bored in Forks, not with how a group of vampires were trying to be my friends while I was dodging the Hunters. No boredom sadly was not my problem.

"It's just different than what I'm used to."

He nodded in understanding.

The beach was nice, although it didn't have much sand. It had thin border of sand at the water's edge but then there were just stones. It looked like a path of grey stones but when we got closer we were able to see the stones were in an array of colors.

A little ways down the beach a group of kids who I guessed were from the reservation, had a fire going. Jacob recognized them and called out.

The group all stood and waited for us to join them. The three guys stood and clasped hands before thumping the other on the back in a man hug. After greeting the guys Jacob slung his arm around the girl who allowed the touch but didn't return it.

"Everybody this is Bella Swan, Chief Charlie's daughter." Jacob introduced me. They all laughed at some sort of inside joke that I really didn't get, then Jacob introduced Anna and Cissy.

I took Cissy from the stroller so they could see her.

"Bella, little Belle, these are my friends, Embry, Quil, Leah and Seth." Jacob turned from us to his friends waiting for all of us to exchange greetings.

Leah who at first sight had seemed upset softened a bit after seeing Cissy. "May I hold her?" She asked once we were all sitting around their small fire.

"Sure." I passed Cissy to her and watched as joy lifted her face. The change of expression was remarkable. She now had a glow to her and her smile could have easily brightened a dark room.

Jacob talked with the guys while Leah and I played with the little girls. After a little while Anna subtly pressed her cheek against mine. The unknown sensation was multiplied now. Instead of one, there was five. Anna gave me a nervous look at the five people we were with. There was something strange in La Push definitely, since we had five of the same strange sensations. The only problem was the sensations weren't very strong. Anna couldn't amplify the feeling, to allow us to break it down in an attempt to figure out what it was.

"Everything okay Bella?" Leah asked. She stared at me curiously, no doubt noting my sudden change. Before I could come up with a good excuse Leah's eyes widened and she looked away from me.

I heard footsteps behind me and turned around to see who was coming up.

A young man walked up to the group. He smiled at us but it vanished suddenly when he turned to me.

Anna's hand pressed against my cheek and the strange sensation intensified greatly. The heat blistered inside of me and the shaking that was confined inside of me could have knocked me of the piece of drift wood I was sitting on.

Whoever this person was and whatever he was, he was stronger than the others.

"Who are you?" The man asked me. He tried to keep his voice even but I could hear the anger in it.

Anna's hand once again pressed against my cheek and I was flooded with the feelings of danger, and disaster. We were in trouble.

"Sam this is Bella Swan. Charlie's daughter." Jacob stood up, he and his friends must have heard the anger in Sam's voice too, because they were worried.

Sam clutched his fists at his side and he trembled slightly. "Nice to meet you Bella." He managed to make his voice sound calm this time.

I nodded politely. "It's nice to meet you too Sam."

"Um I was just with your dad and Billy and Harry. Charlie needs a word with you." Sam ignored the others curious looks. His gaze bore into mine, and I knew he wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"Oh, um you'll have to lead the way." I got up and buckled Anna into the stroller. I took Cissy from Leah and buckled her in.

"It was nice to meet you all." I nodded towards each one and smiled.

"Come back anytime," Embry grinned in my direction and I laughed.

"We'll see." I had a funny feeling that I wasn't going to come back to La Push.

Sam walked ahead of us, leading us out of eyesight of the others. Once he was sure they couldn't see us he led the way into the woods, stopping in a clearing.

Why is it everyone has to talk to me in the woods?

Sam crossed his arms over his chest and glared at me. "I know what you are bloodsucker."

Bloodsucker, a common insult to a vampire. I laughed. "You don't know anything."

Sam's fists clenched and he snarled. "Don't try to lie, I can smell the vampire stench on you."

My eyebrows rose in surprise. He had a strong nose, especially since the Cullens hadn't been able to smell the very subtle smell of vampire on me.

"How are you concealing what you really are? You look human enough, and you have a heartbeat."

I rolled my eyes and he growled. "I know what I smell, it's not strong, but it is definitely your scent. The stench is wrapped around the rest of your scent. Start explaining." He demanded.

Yeah, I wasn't going to tell him anything. "I don't have to explain anything to you."

He started shaking, his arms dropped to his side and he closed his eyes, he seemed to be struggling with himself.

"Auntie Bella!" Anna cried nervously and I hurried to her side.

I took her hand. The sense of danger had grown incredibly. Sam was becoming extremely dangerous. Surprisingly though the danger sense slowly started shrinking away. I glanced towards Sam and found him in the same position he had been, but now he was noticeably calmer.

"Telling me what I want to know is in your best interest." Each word was spoken through his clenched teeth.

I struggled to contain my own anger. "It really isn't. In fact it would be so much better for you not to know."

His eyes narrowed, and I was surprised to find he actually believed me. "I need to protect my people, it's my job. So tell me this, are you a threat to my people."

Great one of those, if I tell him the truth he'll kill me, and if I lie he'll kill me, scenarios.

"Well," he growled when I didn't answer.

"I mean your people no harm," He realized I was dodging his question.

"Fine, come on." He turned and walked back out of the woods. He didn't wait for me.

Once I was back on the dirt path, where it was easier to push a stroller, I hurried to catch up to him. "Where are we going?"

His voice was harsh when he answered. "We're going to Billy, we need to get this sorted out. Now," he added under his breath, just loud enough for me to hear.

We found Billy with my dad and Harry at what was apparently one of their top three favorite fishing spots. The three of them glanced up when they heard our approach. Billy and Harry shared a worried glance after taking in Sam's angry features. They turned to me curiously while Charlie stared nervously between Sam and me.

"What's going on Sam?" Billy asked, authority ringing in his voice.

Sam didn't waste any time. "She's a bloodsucker."

Charlie's face darkened at the insult.

Billy and Harry's eyes widened in doubtful looks, before realizing that they were giving away the fact they knew about vampires. They glanced at Charlie and me, relaxing with the knowledge that we knew too.

"Sam, she doesn't look like how our legends describe the cold ones." Billy tried to reason with him. I didn't recognize the term 'cold one' but I had to admit it was quite fitting.

"She has a heartbeat," Harry added.

"The stench is wrapped around her scent, it belongs to her. It's not something that simply rubbed off on her skin or clothes."

Charlie's glare darkened even more with Sam's words. I was going to have to step in before Charlie decked him. I wasn't positive but I had a feeling Charlie would only hurt himself if he tried to punch Sam.

Sam didn't seem to realize the rage he was building in Charlie. "I know it doesn't make sense, but you were the one who said to trust my instincts. I know what I'm smelling." He turned and glared at me. "It's the sickly sweet smell of vampire."

Billy turned to Charlie looking for an explanation. "Charlie?"

Charlie forced himself to calm down.

"We don't have to tell you anything," I said before Charlie could.

Sam jerked his hand towards me. "She refuses to tell us anything. And when I asked if she was a danger to our people she side stepped the question."

"Bella would never hurt a human." Charlie's voice was dripping with acid all pointed at Sam.

Harry glanced at his friend. "So you admit your daughter isn't human?"

I glared at Harry. "I am human."

"Not completely human," Sam barked. "There's some part vampire in you."

'Thirty nine point eight percent to be precise.' I'd be lucky if my percentage stayed there after this encounter. "It doesn't matter,"

Sam interrupted me. "It does to matter. We don't let vampires on our land. Any caught here, are killed; unless their part of the treaty."

"Sam," Billy warned him. He then turned to Charlie then me. "We need to get this settled."

I crossed my arms over my chest. I wasn't going to tell them anything, I had no reason to.

"How about we trade secrets," Harry suggested. "We'll tell you are legends and Sam can prove them."

"There are some secrets that should remain a secret." I tried to reason with them. "I mean you no harm, but I have enemies that are dangerous. The more you know, the more danger you would be putting you and your people in."

Sam shook his head. "No, it's better to know everything so we can be prepared. We already know something and that is already dangerous. Now we need to know the rest so we can protect ourselves and our people."

"Bella I thank you for trying to protect us from whatever troubles you have, but Sam is right. We know that you aren't entirely human, that information alone is dangerous, isn't it?" Billy's eyes pleaded for me to understand. "If that one piece of information puts us in danger we won't know who or what to watch out for. But if you told us the rest, we'd know who or what to look out for."

Charlie nodded encouragingly for me to tell them.

Harry cleared his throat, and started telling us the Quileute's legends. He didn't tell us all of the legends I'm sure, that would have taken a while. But he did tell us how some members of the tribe turned into giant wolves. Once he had finished he turned to Sam who nodded and left, disappearing behind the trees.

"Don't worry," Billy said, watching us carefully. I didn't understand why he had said that, but then Anna grabbed hold of my hand, squishing my fingers in the tightest hold she had. The strange sensation was even stronger.

Out from behind the trees walked out a horse sized wolf with dark black fur. Anna grabbed Charlie's hand so he could feel the sensation too. "That's Sam," she finally told us.

I silently studied the sensation and realized she was right. The giant wolf in front of us was Sam. And now we knew what the sensation was; horse sized wolf shape shifters.

The wolf trudged back behind the trees and Sam returned in his human form. "Now will you tell us your story?"

Charlie gave me a pleading look. Sam and Billy's comment about already being in danger for what they know, had him worried. He wanted to make sure his friends could take care of themselves, and to do that they did need to know what could possibly come after them. "You can tell them what to look out for." He encouraged.

Anna nodded once and I sighed. "Like I said, I have enemies. One group wants to get rid of people like me. It's there purpose in life, they're hunters."

"What type of mythical creatures are these hunters?" Sam asked, his tone already proving he didn't like them.

I laughed. "That's the thing, hunters aren't mythical creatures. They are one hundred percent human. The Hunters though have tools and abilities that make them dangerous to even the most powerful of mythical beings."

"So how do we know if they're on our land?" Billy's voice was slightly nervous. He should be nervous.

I glanced at Charlie, he was the person who could answer that question.

He clasped his hand and met his friends' worried eyes. "Hunters are extremely focused on their task. They can't be deterred, once they commit to their task. Recognizing the little signs in the facial expression is one of the best way to tell a hunter apart from any other human. The determination will be easy to spot in his eyes. It will sit there in the eye, always present. The easiest and also the hardest way to tell who is a hunter is looking for their sign."

Harry turned to Charlie with a raised eyebrow. "Sign."

Charlie held up his hand showing them a shape of a box about two inches by two inches in size. "The sign is the device they use to track their prey. Most clamp the device to their belt like an officer would his radio. The more dangerous ones though keep theirs out of sight until they need it. It's unlikely that the Hunters would come here, unless of course Bella was here," he unfortunately had to add.

Sam glared at me. Yep, I wasn't allowed back in La Push. "But there are others who would possibly come here even if Bella wasn't here?"

Charlie nodded, and I explained. "The other group is called the Undermining. They want my power. I'm the ultimate defense. I can shield the body and the mind."

Billy, Harry, and Sam, seemed to understand how dangerous my powers could be in the wrong hands. "Are the Undermining humans too?" Billy asked trying to compose his face, hiding his worry.

I shook my head. "The Undermining aren't human, but they're not mythical either. They belong to the third world that makes up our little planet. They're immortal but just like humans they can die, and by human situations. They have powers, gifts, special abilities that make them a force to be reckoned with."

"And how do we know who are the people of the Undermining?" Sam asked thoughtfully.

"You'll know the Undermining when you see them, trust me on that." I forced a laugh passed my lips, a bit of a stress relief. "But the people of the Undermining have a mark on their lower right arm. It's a birthmark that is shared among their people."

Charlie stood. "That's all the information you need, to keep your people safe."

Billy gave Charlie a regretful look. "I'm sorry Charlie, It's nothing personal, I just have to keep my people safe."

Charlie nodded stiffly. "I understand, you'll just have to come to our neck of the woods from now on."

Billy and Harry both promised to visit soon.

Billy rolled up to my side and took my hand. "We will keep your secret, and so you know, you have allies in us. If we're able, we will come to your aid when you need it."

Sam surprised me by stepping up to my other side. "Our first responsibility is to our people, but I agree with Billy. Do not hesitate to ask for our help."

I nodded, not really sure how I felt about that; people I don't really know offering to help.

"We'll be going now," Charlie's words pulled me out of my thoughts, which had slowly turned to the Cullens.

We walked to the car in silence. We were almost home when Charlie spoke up. "It's time to end this balancing game Bells. I want to thank you for telling Billy and them, what they needed to know for their own safety." He parked the car outside of our house and turned to me. "Now it's time to tell the Cullens everything. You don't have to deal with this on your own."

I glanced down at my hands and thought about what Charlie was saying.

He sighed after a little while of silence. "If you're not going to tell them everything, you should at least tell them what you told Billy."

Billy's words about needing to know enough to keep them safe whirled in my mind. Charlie was right, I at least needed to tell them what I told Billy.

I sighed and got out of the car. Once I had the girls inside and content being in the living under Charlie's watchful eye, I went upstairs to my room. I grabbed my cellphone and the post it note with Rosalie's number on it.

It rang three times before Rosalie answered. "Hello?"

I took a deep breath and plunged forward, off the end of the knife. "Rosalie, It's Bella. I'm ready to talk."

Author's Note

Well this chapter just had hints here and hints there. Though it did answer some of your questions. Don't worry next chapter even more of your questions will be answered.

But before I answer your questions, here are some more questions from me.

So this is the final time I can ask what you guys think a Transitional is before I tell you in the next chapter. So any ideas what exactly a Transitional is?

What did you guys think about the encounter with Sam, Billy and Harry? Do you think they're in any danger? Do you think they'd be able to handle a fight with the Hunters? With the Undermining?

When do you guys think Jacob and his friends will change into wolves?

Any ideas how the conversation with the Cullens is going to go? Any guesses about some of the questions they will ask Bella?

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this chapter, and what you think will happen in the next. The next chapter will be a fun one, and no doubt a long one, so be prepared for information overload.

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