Hey everyone - sorry it took so long getting this posted. I kept reading it, and reading it, and reading it some more and finding things I didn't like.
I would really like to thank
xxAlicexBrandonxCullenxx for beta'ing this bad boy for me. Thanks again hun.
I noticed that some of you guys wanted a longer chapter, so I really tried and made this as long as I could. Okay, that's a lie, I could have gone longer but yeah... I hope yall enjoy!

[Disclaimer: S. Meyers owns all except my ideas ;P]


[SPOV]

I ran after her for hours that soon turned to days. I followed her scent through many kinds of country sides, ignoring the aching pain in my stomach from hunger. Sometimes, it seemed like her scent and presence disappeared completely. I tried to hold in my panic, hoping that she would pop up again. Only after a couple desperate howls would she start moving again.

We followed that routine through many states, praying that she would just give in. Yet, here I was running before her like a lost pup.

I could feel other wolves in a couple of the other states and somehow got her to go around their territory. However our luck had come to an end when I sensed a large pack ahead of us. Being an Alpha gave me special communication skills, and I could feel the other Alpha trying to talk to me.

'You are unwelcomed. Leave now or pay the price. You chose.' The dark deep voice informed me.

'Sir, I'm trying to gather my friend and go home. I don't want any trouble with you or your pack.' I tried replying calmly while silently praying Bella would stop.

'You are in control of your so called friend so gather them and leave already.' I could his anger growing in his thoughts.

'It's complicated… she can't hear me due to a mind block. Just let us pass please.' I asked yet again and soon could feel wolves surrounding myself and Bella up ahead of me.

'Not my problem, friend.' He replied almost smugly. I could hear Bella growling up ahead of me. All of the sudden, I heard her whimper rather loudly as someone or something collided with her.

'Leave her out of this! Fight me Alpha to Alpha – don't take it out on her!' I practically screamed while sliding to stop. We stopped in the middle of a freshly harvested field. The wolves that were around me slowly come out of the forest with teeth bore giving me plenty of warning. Soon, I saw a slightly larger wolf than me. This was clearly the Alpha I've been dealing with.

'Your little female friend is quite feisty! She left before we could give her a proper welcome.' He showed me what his pack and he had planned to do with my Bella. I growled low in my chest as I continued to watch the visions pass through my mind. My growling soon ended up in a snarl, warning a very toothy grin from him.

'She's not important to you… is she?' he asked me with a laughing tint.

'Leave her out of this. You and me - now.'

I crouched down low to the ground waiting for him to make a move. He launched himself at me, wanting to take me by surprise. Before his body met mine in a loud collision, a white wolf ran into his side, successfully throwing him across our clearing. With a snarling growl, the white wolf crouched down beside me, watching the Alpha with hate filled eyes.

The leader quieted his growling and snapping pack behind turning back to us with a slight limp.

'That's so cute! Sending in your girlfriend to save your ass… sucks for her though. I'm not against taking out a female in place of a male.' He told me while looking her over and circling us.

'Let us leave in peace. I got what I came for now let us go.' I tried to sound as furious as I could.

'Not so fast now. I want to have a little fun first. You see, you're not the only one with a female wolf. I want to compare a little – skill wise that is.' I sensed a smaller wolf finding her way through the pack before going to him and touching muzzles.

'She's the fastest in my pack. If your white wolf beats my girl, you are free to leave. If she loses, I get her.' He smiled at me before stepping back clearly giving this woman more room.

I looked over to Bella who was completely focused on the other female wolf.

'Bella?' I had to try… 'Bella…?' – No answer. Just fucking peachy. She had no idea what she was getting herself into. I gave a final whimper, which she ignored, before backing up so I was behind her.

The tawny female wolf who I found out was named Mairi, started walking forward taking in my Bella's size before giving a warning snarl. Bella being larger in size snorted quietly to herself before lowering her body in a defensive position waiting.

Then out of nowhere, I heard it. The beautiful voice I've been waiting for.

'Bring it bitch.'

Bella! My Bella was talking through the pack mind. I was so excited I didn't see Mairi launch herself at my love. Bella, of course, saw and jumped to the side, biting deeply into her opponent's shoulder muscle. Tawny fur littered the ground below while Bella belted out a barking laugh.

'That's all you got sweetie?!' She laughed and started lazily loping around the wounded wolf.

When Mairi started to stand, Bella rammed into her, knocking her back down. She stood above the tawny wolf watching her – waiting for her next move. The other pack members growled and yelped, begging their friend to get up and fight. However, it looked as if Bella and Mairi were having a silent conversation with each other before my girl backed up with a smile lacing her wolf lips.

Mairi stood up shaking on her weakened leg and growled deeply to Bella, challenging her. Both started dancing – circling each other looking for weak spots and to see who was going to start the fight.

Bella jumped to Mairi bumping rather hard into her unhealed shoulder. Bella's throat came inches from Mairi's teeth, and she snapped at her spine, bringing a loud yelp from Mairi's body. They were being watched as one of their own was being brought down by a very new untrained wolf. They started looking to their leader with wide pleading eyes.

Bella kept biting along Mairi's spine. When she took the sixth bite, the Alpha stepped back up to the girls, so I came forward to aid Bella.

'Leave – stop hurting her and leave.' His rough voice was completely different; it was almost as if he was crying or in pain also. I soon realized that Mairi was his mate and any pain that she was feeling, he was feeling the same.

I reached out to push Bella away with my head, but she turned around and bared her teeth in warning. I tried again and this time she growled along with the teeth bearing. The wolf had come out in my Bella and the female below her was her kill and no one else's.

'Please tell her to back off. I need to check the damage she's done.' The Alpha pleaded while trying to push Bella away by his presence. He came about a foot away from her, and she started moving towards him defensively. I had to do something since her mind was blocked yet again.

'Don't move! She's blacked her thoughts again.' I told him as I started thinking about everything calming I could. Soon I stood butt naked slowly moving towards Bella.

"Bella?" Her ear slightly twitched. "Bella, you need to stop away from her. He needs to check her damage from the fight hun." She turned her body towards me looking at me before shaking her head and walking over to me.

"We're leaving now – I hope all is well with you and your pack." I bowed my head before phasing mid-turn. I push Bella in my direction of home before started a brisk run. Before long, she came up beside me matching my strides.

'What am I?' I heard her whisper while glancing my way.

'You're a werewolf - A protector of our people.' I heard her snort in disgust as she dodged a few trees. 'You are actually one of the only wolves from the rez and the first wolf girl in our area.'

'Oh that's just great. Not only am I a freak but the only freak with tits. That's just wonderful.' She mumbled sarcastically.

We ran in silence for a couple hours, neither of us feeling up to talking about this week's events. Bella's mind was blocked once again, so I allowed myself to think about the beautiful white wolf running next to me. I followed her lead, just wanting to spend more time with her.

Soon, I found us inside the Canadian border. I could start hearing whispering thoughts through my mind as she started opening herself. I was filled with the faces of her family as they took in her new toned body. Most of the faces were showing the shock of the change in her. The last thing I saw was Billy Black.

'What am I going to do?' I kept quiet, allowing her to continue. 'I have no home and possibly no family. I'm truly alone now, Sam.'

She stopped us in British Columbia along the Columbia River. It had to be next to the source since we were high in the Rocky Mountains. We both took a couple mouths full of the cool, fresh mountain water before finding a sunny spot to lie in.

'Bella – I really don't think Charlie would just make you leave, and I'm pretty sure Billy would let you stay with him.' I mentioned as I watched her gracefully lay down on a patch of green grass. She stretched her legs out while playfully rolling on her back. My stomach growled loudly which made her laugh lightly. Even though I've never heard that laugh before, I didn't want it to end.

'I take it you're hungry?' she asked with playful eyes.

'Would it bother you if we found something to eat?'

'Not at all… my stomach has been on the empty side too after all the excitement.' She hopped up and started towards the river. 'Fish okay or do you want something bigger?'

'Fish is good but I've never caught one in wolf form.' I admitted shyly. She looked over to me and smirked. God, that was sexy.

'Well then allow me.' She reached her paw into the water watching for any movement. All the sudden, she pulled her paw back with a couple splashes tagged along with a beautiful salmon. Being the gentleman my mother raised me to be, I quietly waited until she pulled seven more out in hopes of filling our bellies.

Even though she was in her wolf form, Bella carried herself like a lady. She would quickly bite off the heads of the fish before starting to eat anything. I on the other hand, was starving so I didn't waste any time in eating everything whole. The look of disgust on her face was priceless as she watched me consume my meal.

'Did you even taste them?!'

'Well, I do have this fishy after taste in my mouth. Does that count?' I offered her as I lapped up some river water.

'Fucking men…' she mumbled quietly right before spitting a fishtail at the back of my head.

'Oh yeah and that was real lady-like Princess.' That earned me an eye roll.

'So why did you chase me across the country anyways? Did it ever occur to you that maybe I would like some time to think?' She barely even blinked when she started firing questions left and right. 'I can multitask, ya know…' – Shit, she heard me.

'To answer your question, I wanted to make sure you were okay. Plus, I wanted to be the one to tell you about the pack and all.' I ended up whispering the last part to her hoping she couldn't pick out my emotions from it.

[BPOV]

I closed my mind so I would be able to think without interruption. I watched him move next to me and lay down with a thud. I had one more question I needed answered before I let myself rest a little.

'Sam…' he snapped his head in my direction and I took it as a green light to ask. 'You thought earlier about imprinting – what is that?' his eyes got wide before he took a couple calming deep breaths.

'Umm, imprinting is a wolf thing, Bella. It's when a wolf finds their soul mate… their one true love. When a wolf imprints, it bonds them for life. Neither will ever be complete without the other.' He looked off in the distance with sad eyes.

'Did you want to stay here tonight and rest Bella?'

'We need to keep going. My thoughts are just going to grow worse with time, and I want to get this shit taken care of.'

'As you wish, Bella.' And with that being said, we took off following the river down into Washington.

As we ran across the border of Washington, I couldn't help but wonder what he was talking about when he mentioned imprinting. I slowly opened my mind and was surprised that he didn't notice it. I watched his beautiful mind going through maps of the area, almost like he was trying to divert my attention or something. Maybe he did notice me coming back, yet he didn't say anything at all.

'Sam…?' I drawled out. His head turned my direction before looking straight ahead again.

'Yeah Bells?' he said cautiously.

'Have you imprinted?' Be straight forward, Bella.

He chuckled at my thought before taking a deep breath. 'Yes, I have.'

Those three works took my breath away, and I could have sworn my heart stopped beating. Why was I acting like this? He's not mine or anything even though my body light on fire whenever he's near me. Before I could ever think about it, my body pushed itself faster, trying to get away from this man.

I felt him getting closer – catching up to me even though I was the fastest between the two of us.

'Bella?! What's wrong?' his thoughts were almost frantic as I could feel his mind trying to thread into my thoughts.

'Nothing Sam! I'm just trying to get you home to your precious imprint.' I said more acidly as I intended.

I heard him sigh heavily before taking the lead. 'If only you knew Bells…' he whispered, and then I shut my mind down so I could think in private or at least undisturbed.

We ran along the coast line trying to avoid any major towns before we started heading towards Forks and La Push. We reached Forks watching for people before heading to Charlie's house. The cruiser was gone which lead me to believe he was at work hopefully. We ran to the back door and Sam returned to the woods to allow me to phase. This was the only real home I ever had and now I had to leave it too.

When I phased back to human, it felt oddly natural to be naked like this out in the open. I heard Sam gasp behind me as he looked at my bare backside. That made me move to open the door faster. I quickly found the spare key and entered it into the lock. It opened with a slight creak that I never noticed before. As soon as I was in the house, I took off towards the stairs, taking them two at a time. My bedroom door was closed and I could tell Charlie had to replace it from when I phased and ran. The memories started flooding through my mind.

I was lying in bed covered in sweat as I listened to my mom and Charlie start whispering. How I could hear them was beyond me, but I was able to hear their entire conversation word for word. I could sense that there was someone else in the room with me but was quickly forgotten when the whispering voices started getting harsher.

"How could you do this to her?" I heard Charlie ask.

"You weren't around Charlie and Billy was always there for me to lean on. He just happened to be there when I felt somewhat sexual." Renee said, and I could feel my body starting to pulse with anger. My blood was boiling through my veins, and I could feel the bed start to tremble under me. How could she do this to him?

I could hear Charlie moving around the living room probably pacing. "Does Billy even know he has a daughter – let alone that Bella is his?!"

"No – no he doesn't." As soon as those words fell from her lips, my body starting shaking uncontrollably. I head the other person in the room mumble something before trying to hold my shoulders down. I could barely make out this person saying that I should let go and just let it out. Before I could even think about asking him what he meant, a huge roll of pain ripped through my body making me double over and fall over the side of the bed.

When my body hit the floor with a loud thud, I couldn't contain myself any longer and screamed as loud as I could. Tidal wave after tidal wave of pain ran through my bones as my screams continued. I could hear my so called parents running up the stairs before Renee started to yell in panic trying to get past the unknown man. The bones started to break all over my pain ridden body. At the point, my voice was gone so I couldn't say or scream anything. My skin grew tight almost to the point of snapping. Why wasn't anyone helping me? I looked over at the doorway and there before this tanned-skin man stood Renee and Charlie staring at me. A new found anger flowed through me as I looked at Charlie who had a very sunken face. The other man caught my eye and simply nodded.

Another roll of pain ran deep in me and I opened my mouth only to have very animalistic howl roar out. My "parents" gasped while the man just smiled wider.

My tight skin finally gave easing all the pain yet my bones still felt like they were moving around in my body. Everything around was suddenly clearer. I could see all the dust particles moving around my room along with the pounding of three heartbeats. One of the rhythms was steady almost like it was there to calm me while the other two were racing out of control.

"Beautiful…" I heard the stranger whisper right before Renee screamed at the top of her lungs making me cower down in pain. I growled at her trying to get her to stop but that only seemed to make her scream louder, if possible. Charlie came over to me, putting his hands out hoping I wouldn't attack or something. He ran his fingers through my fur on my head and neck before shaking his head and leaving me. I whimpered at him to stop and stay but he kept walking towards the door and grasped Renee by the arm to lead her down the hall.

I could hear the man talking to me, but I couldn't hear him due to my mind still seeing the look of hurt and possibly disappointment in Charlie's eyes. Without thinking, I turned to the window and jumped. I couldn't really feel it, but I could tell I damaged the house…

A soft howl and whimper outside brought me back to the presence, and I could hear the sound of Charlie's tires crushing the gravel in the driveway.

After a few choice words, I was in my old room digging through my old drawers looking for my exercise clothes. As I heard the key in the lock, I pulled out a couple tank tops and boy shorts. I quietly opened the window, knowing there should be a creak and then realized that the window was also new.

I jumped out to the closest tree branch that somehow made it through my transformation and slowly shut the window. I let myself fall from the tree and landed on the balls of my feet with a gentle thud. I got dressed as fast I could, knowing that anyone could see me right now. I grabbed the other clothes and ran into the forest. Same was waiting for me with lust filled eyes.

"I really don't want to phase in front of you…" I said quietly, hoping he would understand what I was getting at.

He nodded his large black head at me and then knowingly lowered himself to the ground. Even with him lying down, his shoulder blades came to my waist. He looked back at me and then motioned with his deep brown eyes for me to climb up. I couldn't help but smile a little at him before running my hand through the fur on his neck and along his spine. His eyes closed and a quiet rumble ran throughout his body.

"Are you purring Sam?" I had to make sure I smiled since my voice wasn't really all that friendly to him yet.

He looked at me and I could tell that underneath all that fur, he was blushing. I think at that point I was actually falling for this man and that scared the living shit out of me. So, I did the only thing I could think of and placed the walls up again. I was not going to be hurt again.

I squared my shoulders and jumped up on his back and grabbed a couple handfuls of fur along his muscular neck.

"Can you take me to Billy's please?" I think he could tell something had changed and tensed under me before leaping up and running. As much as I love running in wolf form, feeling the wind dance across my skin was heaven. Even with the wind rushing past my ears, I could still hear the other two wolves join us at Sam's side. They both looked at Sam like they were having a conversation and then looked back to me. All the sudden, I heard and felt Sam growl before sliding to a stop before a field which I recognized as Jacob's house. Sam lied back on the ground so I could get off. The other wolves came over and head bumped me lightly before moving back to the blackness of the forest.

Sam came up to me tapping his forehead against mine taking a deep breath before stepping away. As he started towards the forest, he looked back over his shoulder at me. His eyes were so full of sadness and longing. I had to turn away. I heard him lope off though the trees, and then a strange pulling feeling in my chest grew. I finally felt me feet start moving towards the little red house.

As soon as I stepped on to the front porch, it was like the sky suddenly opened and rain started pelting the earth. I brought my hand up to the door and rapped lightly hoping they would hear me. The door whipped open, showing a very large Jacob in the doorway.

"Jake? Is that really you?"


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