I ran through the woods, feeling the wind play with my furry ears. I slowed to a trot and approached the water's edge. I was alone right now, my mind was only mine for the moment. I looked down in the water and saw my reflection. My silver fur shined in the rising sun and my green eyes glowed bright. I phased back to my human body, watching myself in the water the whole time. When I was done, I could feel the breeze on my naked, bare skin, but I wasn't cold. I was never cold anymore.

School was starting in a few days and Jacob said I'd gained enough self-control to go back to my normal life. It wasn't easy though. Most of the summer was very hard and I was constantly edgy and moody. It was like a never ending PMS, (did I mention since my body was so messed up right now, that I don't have periods anymore? It rocks!) but I got over it. I'd been training with Jacob nonstop, just to go back to school. I learned how to control my anger and how to hunt and track and stuff like that.

I also learned the truth about Jacob. He wasn't really my cousin, he was my great-grandfather. He had stayed behind to train the next generation of werewolves after his pack had moved on. He said the leader of his pack's tranformation had been hard since no one knew much about the werewolves. He had decided to keep it from happening again.

The transformation is an interesting process. When it happens, you have a major growth spurt and your body matures to your mid-twenties and you stay there. You can age, or stay how you are depending on how much control you have over your body. For guys, they grow taller, and way buff. Girls though, we get thinner, really fit (strong and muscular, but not showoff-y like boys) and we get curvier! It's like the perfect body if we didn't turn into mutant wolves!

Two other guys joined our pack over the summer: Parker Altera and Shane Clearwater. They haven't gotten enough training yet so they weren't coming to school yet, but Jacob was. We were going to Forks High School, the school I went to for the past few years, but Jacob just complained. He said the reservation used to have it's own high school.

I looked up and down the beach, it was completely deserted. The sun was slowly climbing. I was about eight miles away from the reservation. I decided to head back now, Mom wanted to go shopping for new clothes with me later today. I phased back into my silvery wolf and immediately, Parker was in my head.

Good morning, he said. Even though I've only known Parker and Shane for about a couple of months, I felt really close to them because we were always in each other's head. I started running again, South towards the reservation. A couple minutes later, a familiar smell hit my nose. I stopped and pressed my big black nose closer to the ground. There was no misplacing that sickly sweet smell that was burning my sinus. This was unmistakably the scent of vampires. What's this one's name?Parker asked.

Jacob said this one's name is Rosalie. Pretty name, I thought

Any more in that area? he questioned.

I lifted my nose and sniffed the air. I caught a different scent and trotted over to where it laid. Yeah, but it's one of the new ones Jake doesn't know. And with that, I started running again. There were three vampire scents that Jacob didn't recognize, he said they must be new. They were most always with the Cullen scents, so Jake was sure they're with them.

Tonight, Jacob was taking us to meet them. He explained that they were our allys now. They were the same group from his stories that didn't drink human blood and wanted to blend in as humans. They had fought with us in this war type thing against other vampires, and now they wouldn't be a threat to the reservation.

I reached the edge of the reservation and padded over to where I left my clothes. See ya later, I said to Parker and phased back and put my clothes back on. I walked out of the trees and headed up the front porch. Before I went inside, I checked the driveway. Jacobs truck was there, but Mom's car was missing.

I walked inside and almost immediately, the phone rang. I picked it up. "Hello?"

"Hey Sweetie!" Mom said. "I'm sorry 'bout this but they were having an Early-bird sale at the Port Angles Mall. When I got up to leave, you had already gone for your run."

"That's okay Mom."

"Anyways, I know to get you lots of tank-tops and shorts. Your a couple sizes smaller now, right?"

"Yeah."

"Okay! There's lots of breakfast stuff for you and Jake. I know you need to eat a lot so I recently stocked up on everything!"

I smiled. "Thanks Mom."

"No problem Sweetie. I love you. Bye!" and I hung up the phone.Two weeks ago, Jacob told Mom what was going on. He had been debating about it and realized we needed support. He also told Shane's and Parker's parents. All were understanding and helpful.

I looked around the kitchen but oddly realized I wasn't hungry. So I went to go see if Jacob was up and wanted to do something, but like normal, he was still asleep. I don't know how I'm gonna be able to wake him up for school. He usually patrols the grounds and didn't get up until one or two in the afternoon. I mostly go with him, and I'm able to get up at five in the morning for a quick run. I watched him sleep for a few moments, and it was funny. He snored so loudly and even though it was a queen size bed, he looked like a giant.

I tried to watch TV, but nothing good was on. I got so bored, so with nothing else to do...

I fell asleep.