A/N: As promised, here is another chapter of Destined to Be. For those of you following me, you got a double treat as I added a super goofy chapter to The Prankster. If not, go check out my other stories as I am working on updating them all. This chapter will give you a bit more insight into what's going on with Bella and why she ended up with Johnny. Enjoy…

"You are a beautiful arctic wolf." Johnny smiled. "Based on our legends, which Annie will tell you later, you are to be opposite in color to your mate. You, Igido, have a beautiful snow-white coat. At first, I didn't understand the additional colorations, but your story explains that. And based on those colors, I believe you have already met your mate. That would explain the pain you felt as you left the pack behind."

"No, there's no way. You must be mistaking me for someone else. I'm not a part of any legends and there is no way that I am mated to anyone in that pack." I felt the pain start in my chest again and couldn't stop myself from lightly rubbing over the pain. Just the thought that I could be mated to someone from the pack hurt knowing that it was just one more person that I had caused pain. I could only hope that they didn't suffer. I didn't notice that I was shaking until Annie stood up and backed away from me.

"Igido, you need to calm down." Johnny was trying to make eye contact with me and I could feel him about to Alpha order me to calm down. It didn't happen.

I felt the shaking increase and I panicked. Johnny was still kneeling in front of me and I didn't want to hurt him like Jacob hurt me. I flung myself backwards just as I felt myself explode. Looking around me, I whimpered as I backed myself into a corner. I was less likely to hurt either of them if I stayed far enough away from them.

Johnny rose from his kneeling position and slowly walked towards me, hands out to his sides palms up showing me he meant no harm. "Igido, I understand your frustrations as well as your pain. Neither of us are going to judge you for your past or what others perceived of you. I promise that you are safe here with our tribe."

I huffed as he stopped in front of me. Johnny was not a short man, he had to be close to 6'8 and yet I was almost able to rest my chin on his shoulder. Instead I nudged him with my muzzle.

Smiling at me, he ran his fingers through my fur before nodding at Annie.

"Aylen, would you like to see yourself?"

I looked up at Johnny and he nodded. I turned to Annie to see that she had moved to a hallway that I hadn't seen before, motioning me to follow her. I moved to follow her, Johnny close behind me and only stopped as she pointed into a room to her left. I passed her and jerked to a stop when I saw the mirror, more like when I saw my reflection. Johnny was right, I was a snow-white wolf and I watched as my muscles rippled as I moved to look at the side of my body. I was lean, meant to be swift and agile. I looked back at my reflection and noticed the foreign color. The color seemed to line up perfectly with my scars and I only knew one wolf that color. The shock caused me to phase back with a gasp.

"Here." Annie handed me another set of clothes which I quickly got into. "I take it you know who that color belongs too?"

I could only nod as I followed Johnny back out to sit in our chairs from earlier. "I don't understand."

"I know, and I can only explain what I know. The rest is bottled up in the legends and for that, Annie will have to explain." Johnny took a moment to collect his thoughts before he explained. "There is an accepted thought that a shifter can heal the ones they love. Not in any really dramatic way and I only understand how a few of the tribes could possibly do it. It is believed, that while a shifter is in their animal form, they can heal wounds by licking them. Again, this was a belief until you. After you were attacked, you mentioned that you remembered feeling like you were being licked. That was the wolf healing your wounds. It is believed that it can only do so much before the rest of the healing has to progress naturally. Your wolf, a black one by your added colors, seems to have put that theory to the test and it worked."

"So, you are telling me, that because I was licked, I now have the ability to go all furry and that this same wolf is my mate due to the colors?" I looked between the two of them like they were crazy. "I know I'm good with weird but come on. Don't you think that is pushing the boundaries just a tad too far?"

Annie reached over and took my hand. "I understand how you are feeling my dear, but I can only answer with what the legends tell us. You have heard the legends of your tribe I presume? You already know of the shifters, so I would imagine the answer is yes. You know that the legends are true, so why is it so hard to believe that these legends are as well? I haven't even explained them to you yet."

I shook my head as I could hear Annie huffing in annoyance. She reminded me of Charlie in a way, well, maybe if he had been more open and talkative. "I'm sorry, this has just been a lot to take in in one day."

"I understand." Annie looked to Johnny. "How about we continue this tomorrow. We could all do with some rest and tomorrow is a new day. I will go over the legends and then you can start going over your part. Sound good?"

At this point, I would agree to anything just to get some rest. I nodded and was relieved when Johnny told me he would see us in the morning. I followed Annie back to her house and sighed as the door shut behind us. We shared a light meal, well, it was light for her, but now I understood how the pack always seemed to eat everything in sight. I helped her clean up before I bid her good night.

Once I was back in the room I had started calling mine, I sat by the window and thought over everything that had happened in the past few months. So much had happened in such a little time and I never really took the time to just accept it. I fought with my feelings and tucked away the memories. Now with everything that had happened since I woke up here, I couldn't hide anymore. It seemed that the supernatural world was not done with me rather that it had a lot more craziness in store for my life. I finally crawled into the bed and sighed as I closed my eyes. I fell asleep to thoughts of warm chocolate eyes staring out of a face covered in black fur.

The next morning, Annie had breakfast ready for me as soon as I opened my eyes. I knew it was going to be a long day due to the lack of sleep I got the previous night. I kept being woken up thinking I was hearing the howl of a wolf and yet the night outside was always quiet. I almost gave up even trying to sleep, but I was pulled under again and that time I slept straight through till morning.

Annie bustled around the kitchen getting everything ready for the day. She prepared a meal to take with us back to the building Johnny took me to last night so that we could have lunch while she taught me all of the legends. It was a good thing she did as it turned out to be an all-day affair. I couldn't believe how many legends they had and yet only two appeared to deal with me or, so Annie claimed. I finally understood why she kept calling me Aylen as I was somehow meant to bring the shifter tribes together against an enemy and by doing so, I would bring happiness to all shifter tribes. Well, she explained it in more words than that, but that was the gist of it. The other legend was just a tale about my life story. It told of how the Aylen, or me rather, would be brought into the supernatural world and explained how I would find my tribe and mate.

There was one part that really caught my interest though. "Annie, so in part of being this Aylen person, I am not bound to just one form? Is that true?"

"That is correct, Igido."

I turned to look at Johnny as he joined us. "Alright, before you explain that, could you please tell me why you keep calling me Igido? Is that my name translated into your language?"

He chuckled as he stole one of the sandwiches off of my plate. "No. Igido means sister. You will learn as you spend more time with shifters and those you love, that you will feel a pull to those that are special to you. When Annie was born, I felt a pull to her and I only understood it when she matured. She was raised on our legends and knowing they were true, she managed to find her way into interacting with the bears here on a regular basis. Annie became such a constant with caring for us and making sure that we were all taken care of, that she in turn became the mother to all our bear shifters. Every one of my bears will tell you that they are linked to her in a familial way, she truly is the mother to our shifters.

"Now as for you, I was raised on these legends. Some would tell you that I was alive when they were created, but I'm not quite that old, but close. I knew that in my life, I would meet the Aylen and only she would be my equal. I am the Alpha of all tribes as well as the chieftain of all chiefs. As soon as I saw you being carried here I knew who you were. I felt a connection to you as your brother. We as bears do not imprint, but we do find our mates. I have not yet found mine and until that day, you will have my protection as your older brother and that of my shifters."

I was floored. Never did I imagine that anything like this could happen. There was nothing to question, he was so sure of what he was saying that I believed him. "Alright, brother, how will I control what animal I shift into?"

"That will have a lot to do with just practice. I have a few ideas, but as we only have one form I am unsure of the correct method. I will make sure that you are able to control your phasing as well as the animal into which you shift before you leave here."

And that's just what he did. He set up a schedule for me to spend the mornings with Annie going over the legends and understanding how I fit in as well as learning the language of my tribe. It was a little weird to learn the Quileute language from the Denali tribe, but I never turned down knowledge. After my time with Annie, I would then spend the afternoon with Johnny or one of his shifters, learning the ropes so to speak. I was made aware of the ins and outs of how the packs are organized as well as what the roles of each shifter was.

I spent so much time learning and phasing that I lost track of time. That was until Annie told me that it was almost Thanksgiving that I realized how long I had been there. I had learned a lot in my time with the Denali tribe and they had even managed to find my truck. Sadly, it wasn't salvageable, but they did bring back my belongings. Not like it made a difference, since I phased my old clothes didn't fit me anymore. I was grateful that I had my photos back. Around my room sat photos with my parents and me in them as well as a few of me and the pack. I knew the day was nearing that I would have to go home, but I felt so at home here that I didn't want to leave.

"Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, Igido."

"That it is, Shilah."

He chuckled. "It's good to see you are picking up the language quickly."

"Well, when your teacher decides to speak nothing but, you tend to learn faster than expected."

"Annie is always up to something." Johnny walked over to me and turned me to look at him. "You will need to go home to your tribe soon. As much as I enjoy having you here, you cannot be separated from your mate much longer and you will need to start preparing for the upcoming battle."

I dropped my head, yet again hiding behind my hair. I felt like a petulant child. "But I don't want to."

"Oh, and she pouts. Are you going to turn those puppy dog eyes on me too?"

I couldn't help myself as I looked up at him, full on pout evident on my face. There was no way for me to hold it though as I started laughing at the look on his face. "Don't ever have daughters, big brother. They would have you wrapped around their fingers in a heartbeat."

"Too true, but only if they have their aunt to teach them I suppose."

"Well, since you are sending me home, there isn't much danger of that happening."

Johnny started tickling me. "I have to have a mate first, little wolf, and I have yet to find her."

I pushed him away finally and took a breath. "Well, when you do, give me a call. I'll need to make sure that she is good enough for you, brother bear."

"Doesn't this warm my old heart. To see you too bickering back and forth like true siblings." Annie sighed as she shook her head at the both of us. "I should never have let you force me to watch that movie, Aylen. It took us way too long to figure out that you found a way to shift into a smaller bear so to appear as a cub. I'm not sure that all of the shifters believe that it was you all along."

Johnny laughed as he gave me a high five. "What can I say, Annie, being here has allowed me to find the child that I never was growing up. I understand the responsibilities that I have as well as Johnny, but I also understand that its ok to let out your inner child from time to time. Especially when you have such an uptight big brother than needs to be unwound at times."

"Oh, I'll show you uptight you little brat."

Annie could only shake her head again as he started chasing me around the room. I knew she was used to this as we did this at least once a day. One afternoon she had pulled me aside and thanked me for allowing Johnny to be free again. With his roles he carried the weight of all shifter tribes on his massive shoulders and he never allowed himself to have fun. It was always business. That is until I came along. He was right, the more I learned to control my phasing the more I felt my bonds. He truly was the big brother I always wanted.

We eventually wound down and I returned to helping prepare for the festivities the next day. It was with a sense of bittersweet longing that I fell asleep that night, dreaming of my home and yet longing to stay with my new family.

A/N: Now y'all have a little more insight into what's going on…in a way. I know everyone likes to portray Johnny H as the stoic leader at all times, but with his stress I decided he needed a little fun and I hope y'all enjoyed it. It also speaks to the bonds that Bella is forging. I managed to keep to my weekly post so if the muses keep working with me, I hope to have a new chapter to post, regardless of the story, each week. TTFN my lovelies!

Translations: (These will be at the end of each chapter and will contain all words used in this fic)

Aylen means happiness

Nuka means younger sibling

Misun means little brother

Tanis means daughter

Nizhoni means beautiful

Igido means sister

Shilah means brother

Hoquat means white man