Chapter 5, hooray! I'm so proud tht I got it up!

In this chapter you get to know a lot of things about Sara's old tribe and what happened to her.

Please, R&R!

One crouch and it was mine, the Shynx was securely in my hand, and I was facing each and every one of my new enemies. I glance from each confused face until I stop on one full of fear and apprehension. Bella was staring at me wide eyed, looking more like a defenseless dear than a grown eighteen year old. I desperately wanted to believe that she knew nothing about this group of people- who I now knew weren't human- and what was so off about them, but in all truth, Bella knows too much for her own good. She knew about the vampires, she knew a little too much about me, and now… I was sure she knew about this group.

It pained me to map out each of their weaknesses and prepare for a fight. I only had one objective in mind when it came to fighting: protect the humans and myself. But I couldn't prevent the curiosity that lingered in my head, trying desperately to categorize them in some kind of race or group, but they came close to nothing that I knew of.

They were out in the sun and their skin was hot, not cold, so putting them as vampires was a diffident no. They were too tall and their eyes were too dark to be werewolves. Those were my specialty, I would know without a doubt if these people were werewolves. I frantically searched through my head for some explanation, but nothing really came to mind besides a half-breed.

Possible, but these people weren't like the half-breeds I had met.

I had to know. I needed to know what they were.

"You have one minute to explain what the hell is going on here! What are you? Some weird half-breed with natural adoptions to fitting in or are you… well explain!" I held the weapon protectively out in front of me, hoping none of them would charge or try to take my only protection from me. I could distract them with my bare hands, but I don't think I would be able to… end it.

"Please, Sara, you don't understand. Put it down. Please, Sara!" Bella frantically tried to get me to stop, but I was far beyond the point of giving in.

"No, you don't get it. This is my job. Maybe I didn't prove myself well enough with Jasper, but I will make sure I damage him badly if he ever tries to snack on me again. I rid of the leeches." I couldn't help the acid in my tone as I turned to Paul.

He looked genuinely surprised when I first looked at him. "You know about The Cold One's?"

I nodded. "I know all about the vampires. That's what my old tribe called them, The Cold One's. Now answer the question!" I raised my blade a bit to scare him, but they didn't understand that the Shynx was a real danger.

"Really? And how do you know about them? Did your tribe teach you?" Paul asked.

"Of course. They're the ones that trained me to kill them. That's what I do. I kill the sparkly bastards. Well, the ones that kill humans for food, that is." I admired my weapon slightly. "I kill them with this."

The group laughed, just like the Cullens, thinking that I was relying on the old "wood hurts vampires" myth. I smiled as they snickered to each other.

"Sorry to say this, but that wood won't help you in killing vampires. You need these." Seth pointed to his teeth with a wicked smile. "I should know. We all should know."

They tossed their glances at each other, sharing the inside joke.

"Correct, wood won't do any good in a fight with one. That's why my Shynx is made from the bone of a rather… unlucky werewolf. My guardian killed him when the monster was feeding on his wife in the dead of night. He was going to do me next, had me set aside for the feast, but Kaun knows how to kill." I knew that there was a weird glint in my eyes.

"What?! You're lying! Werewolves don't feed on humans!" Paul was repulsed and frightened at the same time.

"Oh, yes they do. They're immortal much like vampires; they need blood just as much too." I said in a matter-of-fact tone. "I would know. I've been to one of their layers before. I've been fed on by one. His name is Rudi, which means head wolf in Turkish, and their native tongue. He's next in line for the… throne to the Macctash Empire."

I was in battle of the knowledge mode, prepared to prove anything they said wrong. "The Macctash Empire is the head of all of the werewolves. Basically the Voltori for werewolves, but their empire has less freedom. Everything is controlled by the Macctash. Even food."

The group stared at me like I was a nut. I knew all of this personally; I was there to experience it. These people just didn't know enough about it.

"She's making things up! We don't drink blood!" Seth said the words like they were curses. "And we don't have any maca… mara… we don't have it!" Poor kid couldn't even pronounce Macctash.

"Seth, enough! She's talking about the real werewolves, not us. You remember the tales. There are the real night walkers and then there is us." He turned square towards me. "How exactly do you know all of this?"

"You can't kill an opponent when you know nothing about them; it's suicide. The elders taught me everything about the races that they knew. You have to know a combatant like the back of your hand. You have to be able to identify any weak spots and know how to take advantage of it." It was the truth, but there was more reason to why I knew so much…

"What tribe were you apart of? Sara… are you human?" Leah asked, almost in awe.

The question startled me, thinking that they knew my secret, but when I thought about it, I could see why they'd ask that. No need for the truth when you can avoid it.

"Of course! Don't be stupid. The question is, are you?" I turned pointedly toward her, body ready to strike.

"Sara," The voice was cracked and muffled. I could hear the pain behind it; it set something off inside me that made me want to run over there and comfort him.

When I turned to Jake, the expression on his face almost killed me. He looked terrorized, hurt, confused… longing. I wanted so much to wrap my arms around him, or comfort him in some way, but I pushed those thoughts away. There was no reason to think them. My hold on the Shynx faltered and I pointed the blade at the ground.

"What's going on? Why are you pointing the blade at us, I thought you were are friend?" His face almost sent tears down my cheeks. I had no idea why I felt this way, but I didn't want it to get in the way.

"I don't know Jake, what is going on?" I waited for an answer, but he couldn't seem to work his lips. "That's what I thought."

Pulling the weapon tightly in my hands and faced the crowd, completely ready for the fight, but not wanting to fight it.

"Your minute is up." The words seemed to ring through the beach and crash up against the shore like the waves. I wanted so much for this to end right now, but I had a duty to fulfill, and they hadn't given me any evidence that said they were not a threat.

"Wait! Please Sara! Let them explain! Please?" At that point Bella was running up to me, trying to get me to drop the weapon.

Not having time to deal with her, I pushed her behind me so I was in a protective stance. How could the Cullens leave her here when they knew about the monsters she was with? They had to know that Jake and the rest of them weren't human. Bella knew, surely she would tell the Cullens or Edward would hear her thinking it.

"They don't kill! Listen to me! They're like you! They kill vampires!" Bella frantically said, trying to get out from behind me.

That interested me, but I doubted it was true. "Go on, explain yourselves then."

No one seemed to want to speak up. I had yet to look at Emily and Kim, but I wouldn't have been able to anyway if I had tried to look. Jared was protectively in front of Kim, while Sam was standing fiercely next to Emily, one arm wrapped around her in a way that would put her out of danger if there was a fight. I had to save them too, they were human.

"I said, explain yourself!" I screamed, ready for a fight.

Leah stepped up, in front of everybody else, and stared at me menacingly; she was far beyond ready for this fight. Her eyes were too close to black for me to feel any pity for what I was about to do. Anyone else I would have trouble hurting, but her… she disserved it. No matter how hard you have it, you always show respect to your tribe or family, and she didn't even try to do that. She needed to be taught a lesson.

Leah's body began to shake in ferocious tremors, her eyes locked on me like missile launchers. She wanted the fight just as much as me, but she didn't know what she had coming. I could kill the strongest of predators and not break a sweat. My unique ability kicked in and the fight played out in my head, but it was the weirdest thing I had ever seen.

I wasn't fighting Leah, but this large wolf-like creature about my height and the size of a large hoarse. It didn't matter right now, I had always relied on this sixth sense; it had never let me down before. I would fight as I saw it in my head, and later- at night as I usually did- recollect the incident, trying to understand it. But right now, distractions like thinking weren't good things. You had to be focused, and that is what I was. I had Zashin; I had complete focus.

"I knew there was something off about you. I'm going to enjoy ripping your beautiful face to shreds!" Leah said before letting out what sounded like a growl from deep within her throat.

Deeper than that; her diaphragm. It was a sound of pure animal.

I only had seconds to ready for the attack before I was completely caught off guard. This was not something I was expecting what so ever. It had never been mentioned in any tribe stories, never in any of the old records, never in any of the elders' experience, and never in my experience. It was something unheard of, and something only my sixth sense was prepared for. All my questions were answered at that moment, but with that thousands of other questions filled their place.

Leah toke two strides to reach me, but in the other few steps her body started to transform in front of my own eyes-that were now widening in horror. She became the animal that my sixth sense was warning me of; the animal that I had no explanation for.

As she landed on her… paws, she let out a growl louder than anything I could think an animal could make. Her coat was thick and grey, shimmering in the sun slightly. Her eyes… were still her eyes, but they had too much instinct in them. Her teeth stretched over her teeth in a vicious. The teeth looked strong enough to puncture even vampire flesh or rip apart my small body without much trouble.

I didn't falter at all with the grip on my blade this time. I pushed it away and stored it to be shocked about later. Now, I had work to do.

Leah balanced on her front two paws and got ready to pounce on me. With one push she was air-born and ready to land on me in another few feet, but a blurred figure crashed against her. The move was almost too fast for my eyes to catch, but I got it. Watching with difficulty I saw the grey wolf stumble to the side and look around dazed. In the next second the object that had crashed into the wolf Leah was standing in front of Bella and me almost protectively.

The object was yet another wolf, but this one looked completely different than Leah's. It was larger and had more bulk that the small, grey wolf. This one also had russet brown fur; shorter and more shaggy than the grey's. I could tell that it was male, but it had come from almost nowhere. I had barely even heard the ripping of clothing that I had when Leah had pounced. He was in comparison, taller than the grey by about five inches or so and stronger. He towered over me like Jake and the others had.

Jake…

I spun in the direction where Jake had last been standing only to see that there was no one there any longer. When I looked at the ground, scraps of cloth to a pair of jean shorts were scattered around. They looked as if they were ripped open from the inside-out. And imprinted deeply in the sand were a pair of identical paw prints, matching the size of the wolf in front of us.

A light went off in my head, but the most disturbing part of making the connection between Jake and the monstrous figure in front of me was my reaction to it. I could literally feel the ground fall from beneath me, but I remained standing. I wanted to cry right now, more than I had ever wanted to cry before. There was some part of me that was pained to see that he was… this thing standing in front of me. I had no idea why I felt that, but I couldn't help it.

The larger wolf was Jake. I couldn't deny it.

Jake was still staring daggers at Leah, daring her to try and attack me one more time. Leah growled with rage before I heard it.

Leah! Back down! Don't make me attack, you know I'll win!

A voice like Jakes went on in my head. It came from the back of my head, like I could read minds.

How could you choose her over your own pack? We're practically family!

Leah's voice was full of venom, but like Jakes, I could only hear it in the back of my head.

You know why! Leah, she's my imprint! I'm not going to let you hurt her! (Jake)

What? You've known her for about three hours and you're already in love with her! You didn't even know what she was! She kills people, Jake! (Leah)

We kill the same people. They're not even people, they're leeches. You know how the imprint works: One look and you're hooked. Now back down! (Jake)

Leah roared again before slowly backing away, giving up.

Were they really talking in their heads to each other? What's an imprint? What did Jake mean by "One look and you're hooked"? Did I really just hear that? Did anyone else hear it?

From the looks of the rest of the group, I didn't think they heard a word of it. I decided that I should keep that to myself in case it was something important. It may help me in battle later on.

Leah turned suddenly and ran to the forest, not even looking back once. The last thing I could hear was very strange. It was like a mental sob, filled with rage and sorrow. It came from Leah's voice in the back of my head.

All of this was slowly starting to get to me, but I pushed it away. I had to keep Zashin or my fighting would be sloppy and unorganized. I had to maintain myself.

Jake's wolf turned to us- more of me- and gave a pained look. That's when I made the mistake of making eye contact again.

The deep connection of knowing and some other unknown emotion rose to the surface, filling me with warmth and happiness erupted once the same light brown eyes that Jake had met mine. I felt the hollow pain in my chest that was filled with the tingling sensation boil over and engulf me in a wave of awe and… and…

I couldn't place the other word that described what I was feeling for Jake at that moment. It was something I had never felt before; something that was too familiar, but I still hadn't experienced it before in my life. It was something deeper than I just wanted him. I needed him; every part of my body craved for him. Every inch of skin yearned for his touch; to have his warm hand back in mine. My mine screamed for him, yelled for me to get closer. I physically needed him, but I didn't know why.

Never before had I come even relatively close to feeling this for another being; never before did I need something to this level. I needed him more than air, more than life. I couldn't live without him even though I had only knew him for such a short time. I felt like I knew him deeper already than anyone had ever known him. He was my own personal sun, and while I was around him I could feel my day brighten and my worries slip away.

The feelings frightened me; they were something unknown and unwanted. I tried desperately to will myself to pull away from the gaze, but I was locked in. New emotions and sensations started to bloom from deep within me, all Zashin I had before was broken and everything that had happened today came crashing down on me. I felt the need to get all of the answers to my questions, and the worries that this predicament was bringing me. I felt genuinely scared to stand there in front of this large group of people who had a high chance of killing me.

I knew nothing about them; nothing about what techniques they used or what they're week points were. They were completely unheard of. I could lose this fight.

But strangely, that wasn't what was raging in my mind at that point. I was barely thinking about what my chances of living were. My mind was focused on Jake and what I was feeling for him at that moment.

I was on the verge of discovering what that unknown emotion was; the emotion that went deeper than blood and mind, the emotion that filled me with warmth and acceptance every time I thought about Jake, the emotion that sent my heart fluttering when I heard his voice… Every sensation that I had never felt before now.

Things ran through my mind that I barely had any recollection of. Rayel- my best friend back when I was still a part of the tribe- holding hands with her soon-to-be husband. Her nonstop chatter of what she felt for him. Her constantly telling him she loved him…

Rudi and me back when we were friends; back when he was human. The way he could make me happy on the worst of days. The way he used to stare at me…

And then… the night before today when I had found Jake on my porch, ringing my doorbell. I remembered it like it was happening before my eyes. Quill explaining their reason of being there, Jake introducing them, our eyes meeting for the first time…

"One look and you're hooked…"

That sentence ran through my head, echoing off of the walls of my skull in a loud booming voice just like Jakes. Hearing it over and over and over… then just the important words.

One look one look one look one look…

The words were almost haunting as they got louder and louder, impossible to block out.

My mask of strength and control broke as my face fell into a mixture of horror. My hands fell to my sides and the Shynx nearly slipped from my hand, but I caught it before my grip loosened. My stance went from strong and controlled to pour and weak. I couldn't maintain Zashin when I was shocked like this.

I was wet wearing only my bathing suit, which was small and wouldn't provide any protection, with my hair pulled back in a tight pony tail. My eyes were wild, still pumped with adrenalin I looked ready to fight.

I remember every detail as I finally discovered what the emotion I was feeling for Jake was called.

I was still the same girl I had been for years and years when I figured out I was in… love.

Everything clicked into place like the puzzle I lived in. The strange feeling that made me feel incomplete when I wasn't with Jake, and when I was with him that feeling was replaced with something amazing and wonderful. I felt whole around him. I felt something that I've never felt before in my life.

I felt whole around him. I felt something that I've never felt before in my life. It was something deeper than love; more pure and raw, but it was love.

It was also horrifying. It was something completely new to me. I had no idea what to do.

The emotions were too strong for me to avoid, I couldn't just push them aside. It wasn't just a mental thing either. I physically needed to be with him in more than just being near him. I needed to touch him, and to talk to him. I couldn't just kill him and forget about it, I wouldn't even think about doing that.

There was only one other thing I could think to do.

When you can't fight, run. I had enough common sense and knowledge to know that running was always the best thing to do when you couldn't deal with something.

And that's what I did.

I ripped my eyes away from his in a painful movement, turned away in the opposite direction, and ran faster than I had run in the day time ever before. Forgetting my bag and everything else, I gripped my weapon tightly and ran. The trees were in easy reach, after a few seconds I was hidden by greens and rough ground. My bear feet pounded lightly on the preserved earth making almost no noise at all. My breathing was steady and even like I wasn't running at all; like I was sleeping. The last thing I could hear before completely surrounded by unknown land and unmarked paths was a loud roar of pain.

The sound bounced from tree to tree as I got deeper into the forest.

When I knew I was alone, that no one would be following me I picked up the pace and ran harder and faster. Going at speeds that no human could reach I weaved effortlessly through the trunks of the tall Forks fir's. When I saw and opening in the trees I took it without hesitation, and stepped onto the road. I had made it out, but now everything was starting to catch up with me again.

None of the… pack would be able to find me here. I was too far out.

As I walked on the side of the road towards my house painful sobs started to break out of my chest and take me over. I had the Shynx held tightly to my chest, almost cradling it. It was the only thing that kept me the same person I was back when I still lived with the tribe. Back before I became this… monster. Back when I killed the creatures of the night for the safety of my tribe.

Back before Rudi had changed me into a werewolf…

I remember the tribe like I was still living there at that very moment, but it seemed so distant. I was the warrior of the tribe, taking the watch shifts like the men had. I was only seventeen when Rudi came to me, telling me that he had plans for me.

The night was cold; too cold for a summer night in Turkey. The trees were laced with dark shadows that danced on the trees like the Tlbian- the demons in the shadows. I was on watch in the elders housing. Wearing nothing other than the cloths that Kaun had made for me out of dear skin and cattle hide. My dark brown hair was cut short to the nape of my neck. My face was still beautiful, but still not the one I had now. I would be the prettiest woman on our lands if it weren't for the three vertical scars that ran down my face, from my forehead to my chin.

The fighters saw it as marks of glory, the reward from the many fights I had won. I was invincible to almost everyone, but I knew how easy it would be for a monster to kill me. If I weren't smart and fast thinking I would be dead.

I walk graciously through the small huts, my brown eyes scanning the area around me. Nothing was really happening, but I knew that I had to be on guard at all times or I could lose a life. Some of the huts were occupied with the light candles while others were dark. That's how we showed if we were awake or not.

I heard a strange pair of foot prints behind me, but before I ran up to attack a light whisper sounded from behind me.

"Des trile menx feniel."

I breathed a sigh of relief andwhispered back: "Des trile menx feniel."

"Sister, are you alone?" Rudi asked in an unfamiliar voice, but I knew it was him.

"Of course. Brother, what of a fool are you to leave the lands for a whole fort night with no protection? I thought you were amongst the deseeded. I thought you had joined Safyn!" I was furious.

Rudi had mysteriously left the tribal lands leaving behind everything that would help him in a fight. I had thought he was dead, I thought he had joined the other world.

"Not a fool for what it was worth. Sarafine Belldove, what am I to do with you? You worry too much over me." Rudi chuckled moving in closer.

"You're all I have left, I must worry. You're the closest thing to family I have. Please, I beg you not to do that again." I waited for an answer, but got nothing.

I couldn't see Rudi in the poor lighting, but I could make out his figure.

"Why would you leave the day before your pexafyn? You were to be eighteen of last Friday, but you weren't there. You are a man, but still tainted with the blood of a boy. Come, we must get elder Grex to clean you of your innocence. You are to be a full warrior!" I giggled a bit, but Rudi did not return it like he should have.

"Sara, what if this isn't the way to live? Killing like this? What if there's another way to live?" He waited for me to answer, but I had nothing to say. "What if I can show you the real way to live?"

"I would tell you that you're a fool of another kind. Now stop that talking, you must sleep. Tomorrow you will be untainted and choose your mate. I heard that Prown is searching, she's a pretty girl." I moved closer to push him to his hut.

Rudi reached out and grabbed my arms with his hands. He was stronger than I remembered.

"Don't be naive. I've already chosen a mate and I don't need to sleep. You have to listen to me, forget about the elders. They're a bunch of withered bags, saying that they're superior because their years are greater than ours. You have to listen to me." Rudi seemed frantic, but I couldn't see why.

"Don't talk of them that way! I can't stand by and watch you get a lashing." I scolded trying to free myself of his hands.

"I am a man, I don't get lashings any longer. Now, you come with me." He started to pull me, but I refused to move.

"I have my shift right now. Who have you picked for your mate? I'd like to be the first one to know."

"Listen Sarafine, we don't have time for this. I'll tell you later, but now we have to go somewhere." Rudi was in such a hurry.

"Fine, but I have to get someone to take my watch-" Rudi, pulled a hand over my mouth and started to pull me away against my struggles.

He was strong. Very strong.

When he finally released me we were outside of the tribal lands in the woods. The light of the moon shone lightly through some of the holes in the trees, but not enough for me to see Rudi.

"What is this about? I have to get back!" I hissed, starting toward the huts again.

Rudi grabbed me again and pulled me against the tree trunk, restraining me.

"Listen, we have to talk. We've been looking at all of this in the wrong way. We weren't made to kill at all. You weren't made to kill the creatures of the night. You were made to lead them. Just like me. We were bred for it."

"What evils are you talking of? Will you let me go? Do you know how much trouble I'm in if the elders find me with a marked man?" I asked while wiggling free of his grasp.

"You're not going to get in trouble! Not when you're a marked women! Now stop that and let me finish!" He hissed in my ear.

I stopped still, replaying his words.

"No, Rudi… you can't mean that you… you want…" I couldn't get a complete sentence out.

"Yes, I do. I want to mate you. You have no choice anyway."

"You know that we can't. You know that. Warriors can't mate, it's too much of a risk. You would protect me before you protected the rest of the tribe. Same me with you. And I do have a choice. I get to pick my mate like all the other warriors." My voice was snide, but restrained.

"No, you don't. We're not mating under their rules. Listen, I'm going to change you. I'm going to bring you into the real world. Just relax and lay back. This will be quick and painless." His breath was hot against my cheek.

"Wait, what are you trying-" I tried to say, but my breath was forced out in a frightened yowl.

I felt the sharp piercing of teeth into my neck as Rudi bent his mouth down to me neck. He had bit me, but he wasn't drinking the blood like I would have thought. That is what all of my other opponents had tried to do. He pulled back after the blood started to well and pour down my neck. He brought his wrist to his mouth and cut it with his teeth before holding it up to my wound on my neck. The blood started to mix, my neck starting to burn slightly when I finally realized what he was doing.

I started to scream and kick, but he held me down firmly. I couldn't escape.

"What are you doing?! Stop! Please, Rudi!" I had never been in a position like this, I had no idea what to do and even if I were free I couldn't hurt Rudi.

I felt my mind start to go fuzzy at the corners, but I kept a firm grasp on reality.

"Why would you do this to me? Why?! I trusted you!" Tears streamed down my face and I went up in sobs. "What have you become? I don't want it! I don't want your blood! I'd rather die!"

"You'll thank me later on, you will. You won't regret this, and neither will I. There's so much you need to see." His voice was soothing, but I kept on screaming.

I called upon the spirits to curse him, but he didn't move away. My control was slowly slipping away, my grasp on reality fading…

"I love you Sarafine Belldove…

The day was still bright and sunny, but my body felt cold as it had that very nice. I was going into that between state again, the point where my past was my reality. The road was still deserted as it had been when I had begun to walk. I was only a few minutes away from home, but it felt like hours.

When I was finally there, I collapsed on my couch and cried hard, reliving all of my memories.

"You were wrong! I will regret what you did too me forever!" I screamed to nothing.

And that was only the beginning of the unbelievably long night.

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Chapter 6 is going to be even bigger than this one, full of secrets coming to surface. You'll learn a lo about Sara and even more about Rudi...

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