A/N: Don't really know what to put here um… Congratulations for putting up with me and my stupid ideas? Anyway from this point on the story will focus more on the Cullens and Leah.
Chapter Nine
Monica slammed Raymundo through the wall, then to the stairs. Furry was on her face, it was a half moon and waning. Her enhanced senses only at half and weakening. So was all the werewolves, even Nicole… Who is currently at the Cullens, a house full of vampires. And if her tattoo gets scratched again she'll be near human. Again.
"You idiot!!" Monica screamed, fist colliding into the wooden banisher, shredding it apart. "You let the weakest member of the family live with vampires!!"
"For the weakest member she could go head to head with the strongest…" Alexia muttered, hands wrapped around her chain. "Nicole knows what she's doing."
"We are at our weakest during the waning phase!" Monica screamed again. She turned to Alexia but stopped at the vampires. "You!! I thought you guys are suppose to be protecting the mages!!"
"They are the Olympic Coven, second largest and strongest to the Volturi."
"What?!"
"You shouldn't have started with that…" Abigail whispered to Raven. Monica was almost foaming at the mouth, her face to red it looked like a bomb. "Calm down-"
"How the fuck do I calm down!!" Monica screamed. Her hands dug into her hair, pulling out roots and chunks. So much Abigail and Raven could smell blood. "Nicole-"
"I've heard of the Olympic Coven in our short time with the Volturi Guard-"
"Don't interrupt me!!"
"They are the vegetarians coven we've been looking for." At this Monica calmed slightly. She still huffed and puff like she was trying to blow the house down but slowly the blood drained from her face. "We didn't tell you guys yesterday because everyone was mad. You guys tend to over think the situation."
"Caution never killed anyone."
"No but a caution sign can." Abigail smirked. "From Aro's notes he said Carlisle was extremely kind. He also noted that in a conflict 70 years ago the wolves allied themselves with the coven. So if Nicole plays this right we'll be able to gain two allies."
"Besides they can't kill Nicole. It would be suspicious to have a student suddenly disappeared." Raven shrugged. Monica tilted her head, thinking about the situation. Her face was completely drained of excise blood and her breath evened. "You guys over think the situation."
"We didn't have enough information." Monica snarled, turning and walking up the stairs. "I need to talk to Olivier."
Nicole stared at Leah, laughing cross from her. She definitely liked how her face was not glaring at her and how it wasn't loud and sore like Emmett and Rosalie. The others looked rather horrified Nicole asked. Renesmee in particular looked sick. Rahne… She didn't really look at Rahne for that long.
"Nicole…" Esme eased softly. She never heard a voice so motherly before. Her own mother treated her like an adult at the age of 5. "It rude to ask about other's sex life."
"I am not asking about her sex life." Nicole frowned, eyes narrowed and focusing on Esme. "If you can convince me why Bella shouldn't answer then I'll leave it alone."
"It's…" Esme glanced at both Edward and Bella. Bella had a pleading look, Edward was mad, glaring into Nicole's face. "Such things are private."
"Not convinced." Nicole scoffed. That was just a polite way of saying no. "I'm asking again later." She said, studying both Bella and Edward. She finally noticed how mad Edward was. Nicole scoffed, looking at the window and answered Carlisle's question. "I am both. Mage and werewolf for the past six years –And your going to ask me how."
"If you would like to answer." Carlisle added, along with a polite smile.
"A werewolf must bite a human during the Full moon, when they are in wolf form." Nicole said. Her eyes stared at Carlisle and she wondered what information Olivier would give. Caution never killed anyone. "Werewolf poison only works on a select few, like the genies in shapeshifters. That's the main reason why there are such little werewolves."
"Liar." Rosalie accused. "I just remembered the time in the locker room where Alexia said she was 18 and you were 17." The incident quickly replayed in Nicole's mind, Bella was rather… entertaining when she saw the tattoos and noticed they were naked.
"We didn't say 'years old'." Nicole stated. She smirked, arrogant eyes on Rosalie who was just seething. "We just said numbers, you assumed they were for our age."
"That's the same as lying!"
"No! Lying is giving false information, we just give half the true information!"
"She's lying!" Rosalie screamed again. "I don't trust her!!"
"You don't have too." Nicole scoffed. Her body was tense and ready to attack, as was Rosalie. They stared at each other until Nicole looked back at Carlisle. Any longer and she'll rip Rosalie's face off. "My family came here for help. We are looking for a vegetarian coven, that'll be you guys." Carlisle nodded.
"And the shapeshifters. The Volturi has taken great interest in them and is trying to recruit the wolves as guard dogs. Raven and Abigail said they've been sending vampires to spy on them but they've never returned."
Leah suddenly perked up, eyes wide as her back straighten suddenly. Her body was shaking slightly. Nicole studied that, it wasn't shivering. Her muscles was actually rippling as in shifting. That would explain why her fist actually hurt when she punched her. But then a large portion of her tattoo was cut, if she punched a wall she would have broken her hand too.
Her fist was already bruised and near broken when she was beating on Emmett yesterday. Nicole glanced down at her hand. It healed over night with her magic but it was still bruised. Not to mention sore.
"I suspect you guys are part of the wolf pack." Nicole said looking at Leah then Jacob. Reluctantly she looked at Rahne. It would explain why she would suddenly move away and said nothing. It made things a lot easier, almost making it hurt less.
"Yes." Leah growled. Her body shaking even more. Blood rushed into her face as she grew even madder. "You guys trespassed onto our land!! Do you know how much trouble you are causing!?"
"Oh that…" Nicole scowled, glancing away. Her mind played what happen during the Full Moon a week ago, but she only remember the grey-red wolf, specifically rolling around in the grass. That was fun, Nicole smiled. But that smile immediately faded. She needed to be serious. "We would like to apologize for that and for threatening one of the wolves. It was instinct to protect Alexia."
"You don't remember me!?" Renesmee yelled. She had a pout on her face, arms crossed. Nicole shook her head and Nessie's disappointment grew.
"We may be in full control but it's rather hard to remember what happens during the Full Moon."
"Ugh! That was me!!" Renesmee pointed to herself. A large smile on her pale face. "I was the vampire remember!" Nicole's jaw dropped. Her heart latterly skipped a beat.
"What?!" Nicole screamed. The suppressing weight on her chest was suddenly lifted with a deep sigh. "You scared us! We thought it was one of the Volturi spy –We were going to tear your head off and interrogate you!" Nicole fell back to the couch with another sigh. "Thank the Goddess, we were so scared!"
"Why were you scared?" Emmett asked. "I mean you guys are w –mages! Can't you like… summon a dragon or something?" Nicole's mind officially derailed. She stared at Emmett in utter confusion. "Aren't you the strongest member because your both werewolf and mage?"
"Oh!" Nicole gasped, eyes wide. She glanced on the floor, they thought she was the strongest? That was flattering but wrong… not completely. "Um… Abigail and Nicolas are the strongest."
"What about you?" Emmett asked.
"I tend to… fluctuate a lot-"
"You're the weakest!" Emmett's voice boomed through his large grin. His eyes were large and so amused. Nicole's pride hurt, she wasn't was only the weakest because it's so easy get a giant tattoo scratch. "Seriously?! I thought that would be Alexia!!" Nicole's heart sank even lower.
"We measure strength as strategic wise." Nicole explained, "Both Nicolas and Olivier." Olivier… She would go berserk if Nicole were to say their ranking system. She and Monica would kill her, tear an arm or leg off and let it regenerate on the next Full Moon. "I shouldn't be saying this!" Her pounding heart quickly calmed down. "Next topic. Why we need your help and if you do agree what we'd like to ask of you." Nicole paused for any objections. Emmett only smirked but no one spoke up.
"We want you to report any werewolf sightings to us or a group of werewolves in Germany. They are called the Breg Pack. We would like to study the shapeshifters find similarities between them and werewolves and why werewolves are connected to the moon."
"What do you mean by study?" Leah asked. Her voice was suspicious and angry. Always is.
"Well…" Nicole thought about it, then about the report Olivier had them write before the end of each Full Moon. Nicole recorded that the sent was similar to ours, and their forms were purely that of a wolf. "We would take blood samples and compare them to werewolves and Olivier and mine." Olivier was a shapeshifter, and because of that able to transform anytime she wanted –that goes under the DO NOT TELL folder. So the mages thought it might be in the DNA.
"You guys also look purely wolf." Nicole looked at Renesmee, she seemed to remember the incident quite well. "Renesmee, you remember how we looked like right?"
"Kind of human?" Nessie asked, her face confused. "You guys could stand up and had arms and legs. You guys could definitely talk! That was so amazing!"
"We want to know why our physically different." Nicole explained. "Also the fur coloring is interested. Did that red-gray wolf dye her hair?" She asked looking at Leah. Leah was suddenly tensed, her eyes wide again. "Our fur depends on the current color of our hair. The Breg Pack dye their hair white during the winter…" Nicole drifted off, eyes on the tensed wolf girls. Leah and Rahne were suddenly vibrating again.
"I'm going for a run." Leah growled. Her jaw was tensed and her eyes bore into Nicole with complete hate. That was annoying and she has the right to know why. Nicole stood up following Leah when Rahne stopped her.
"We need to talk." Nicole immediately calmed down into a cold state. She huffed a chilling air, turning around and walking to her room.
"And I need to unpack."
"Then I'll help." Rahne said following Nicole. Nicole grit her teeth but took a deep breath. This was the second reason she did this. The first thing Nicole did was unpack her iPod and an iHome, plugging it in and play a song.
"Hey miss Sobriety! Do you remember me, or how to say my name? Do you remember when we were friends, all the way back then?" Such an appropriate song, Nicole had to smile at the chance. "You crushed our confidence, but you never taught it how to stay. And if I learnt one thing, it's that you always have a price to pay! I've learnt one mans trash is another mans treasure!"
Nicole laughed. She rechecked her energy and the energy around her. Rahne's aura quickly shifted from nervous to angry. Her own was built up and restless.
"I'm sorry. I didn't do that on purpose." Nicole laughed, holding her side. They were starting to hurt. Rahne only let out a growl. Nicole glanced at her face a slight frown and narrowed eyes. Rahne hit next. There was about 10 seconds of an ukulele and a soft echo of 'One day' grew louder. It was One Day by Matisyahu.
"Your doing something!!" Rahne yelled. "That can't be a coincidence!"
"I'm all the way here!!" Nicole laughed harder. "What can I do?"
"You a mage you can do anything!!"
"No, no, no." Nicole took a deep breath. Trying to calm herself. "Magic isn't a miracle. It's science." She chuckled slightly. An angry Rahne just glaring at Nicole. Rahne pressed the next button. Dirty Little Secret by The All-American rejects. Nicole laughed again, only the werewolves, the newest edition to the family, didn't know Nicole dated.
"You are definitely doing something!!" Nicole could barely hear it over her own laughter. Her sides hurt and she couldn't breath. "Bullshit! Miss Sobriety was a reference to our break up! One Day is about peace –something you've never in interested in! Something I always wanted! Now this!" Rahne pointed to the iHome.
"I'll keep you my dirty little secret! Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another reject." Nicole stopped laughing listening to the song. She kept giggling she didn't notice the song end and other one play. "She's got tattoos, and piercings! She likes Minor Threat. She likes Social Distortion! My girl's a hot girl. A hood rat who needs an attitude adjustment!" Nicole's eyes widen.
"This is your playlist! You made this when we were dating you idiot!!" Nicole yelled, but she had a large smile on her face. "Miss Sobriety, your recent break up. One Day, stop discrimination against same sex relationships. Dirty Little Secret, you had a bad reputation at school and since me and Alexia was the new kids you didn't want them to pick on us. Riot Girl, me."
"Oh…" Rahne muttered. "Sorry, I thought you-"
"I forgave you as soon I figured out you were a shapeshifter." Nicole grinned. She rolled off her bed, her chest feeling lighter than it has been since Beatrix death. "Why didn't you call? No even a good bye letter? I wanted to do a scene from those stupid romance movies." She playfully wined. Rahne rolled her eyes.
"Leah wouldn't-" Leah. Nicole's light mood was immediately brought down again, a frown on her face. Leah?
"What?"
"Leah wouldn't let me." Rahne shrugged. Nicole caught her eyes though, they were conflicted she and chewed her tongue as if to keep something in. "We can't bring in outsiders. I couldn't tell anyone I moved."
"Talk about fate." Nicole growled sitting back on the bed as Rahne open her only luggage. She watched her, putting shirts and pants in separate drawers.
"You have no idea." Rahne sighed. She bit her lip, chewing it. "So… how's the others?"
"Nicolas remarried." Rahne's eyes widen, turning back to Nicole. Nicole smirked, "No I didn't wear the stupid dress. I wore the tux."
"If I stayed and took you to Senior Ball would you were the dress?"
"Maybe…"
"Ugh! I should have stayed!" Rahne shook her heard. "The only girly thing you were are halter tops when we go clubbing!"
"And a bikini top and bras." Nicole added. Boxers and tights over panties and thongs. She frowned, her mind going back to Leah. If Leah was a werewolf was Melody and Jolene wolves too? What about Vanessa. "Do you know why Leah hates me?"
"Leah… She's going through a tough time. You guys did cause a lot of trouble." Rahne said, Rahne glanced at Nicole's eyes before looking back at the cloths. "Just give her sometime. She isn't like normal people."
"That's why I like her." Nicole stated. The way Rahne suddenly jerked up at her caused Nicole to frown. "You know I don't mean like as in romantic interest… right?"
"Yes. Yes, idiot." Rahne rolled her eyes. Body relaxing as she continued to unpack Nicole's clothes. "You prefer in the moment crap. What was it?" Nicole smirked, hearing the playful tone in Rahne's voice. "You prefer to fall in love than find it right? I forgot what a romantic you were!" Rahne laughed. "Such a tomboy like you!"
"I'm not a romantic." Nicole rolled her eyes. "It's just true. Look for love and you'll find it false. Fall in love and you'll never stop falling…"
"And when do you realize your in love?"
"I didn't notice until I kissed you." Nicole shrugged. She paused for a second, wondering and asking. "Isn't this a weird conversation to have with a person you broke up with?"
"We aren't exactly normal to begin with." Rahne smiled. She finished un packing and stood up. "Done!" She jumped onto the bed her smile slowly turning into a frown. "You only had one luggage?"
"You wanted to help."
"And because I love you so much." Rahne rolled her eyes, flinching slightly as Nicole playfully punched her side. That hurt a bit. "I'll talk to Leah for you."
"Not now I hope." Nicole smirked, "We still need to catch up."
Rahne scowled. She crossed her arms and snarled at Leah. Leah is so damn stubborn! Such a bitch, no pun intended.
"Why not!?" Rahne demanded standing front of Leah. It was dark, it was night. Tomorrow she had school so Rahne couldn't beat up Leah. "Nicole is a good women."
"You don't need a reason to love, so why not hate?" Leah asked. Rahne sighed, those words instantly reminded her of Nicole.
"You guys are a lot of alike." Rahne muttered. Leah straighten her back, and snarled loudly. Luckily the houses in the reservation was so spread out. Especially the wolves home, that would have scared the neighbors to death.
"She's right." Vanessa nodded from the couch. "You guys are rather playful and friendly, just not with each other."
"I'm not asking you to love her!" Rahne yelled. "I'm asking you to give her a chance. It hasn't been easy on her too you know."
"Oh yeah!?" Leah screamed. Rahne took a step back, fury was on Leah's face. "My life hasn't been easy too!? Do you know how it feels to kill your shifted in front of him? Or watching everyone die –Your friends, your family! They all fell in love and died! How about the responsibility an entire pack! Does she know how all of that feels!?"
"Yes!!" Rahne screamed. She noticed her throat tightening before she realized she was crying. Leah's surprised face blur with her tears. Nicole was utterly devastated when her mother died because of the 'mugging'. "Nicole's mother died in front of her eyes. The Volturi wanted her because she's a mage. Her mother defended her and died in front of her!" Rahne shook her head.
Nicole just told her before she left. Rahne nearly forgot, opening the door and suddenly being knocked down by a crying Nicole. She was wet from the lightning storm but the blood didn't wash away from her sea green hair.
"She could have protected her mother if she wasn't so terrified of lightning." Rahne hissed, looking away. "She was saved by Raven and Abigail who came a second late. She even persuaded her father to date Raven! It hurts her to see her father with another women, but she wants Nicolas to be happy."
"She blames herself for Raymundo and Xander's transformation, three years ago." Nicole's face was so guilty then. Her voice so regretful and shaky while her own was cracking and loud as Rahne screamed. "She let a vampire escape during a hunt. It went after the couple. Monica was forced to turn them to save their life." Rahne's mind then flew to the last ting Nicole said. "Another family member just died a month ago! Beatrix." Rahne wiped her eyes. She glared up at Leah, who looked a bit sober.
"Let's not to mention she's trying to save the werewolf race! A LOSING WAR!!" She took a deep breath. Trying to calm her self down to at least loosen her throat. "Nicole has her fair share of shit, Leah." Rahne scowled. They stared at each other, not quite glaring but far to intensely. "The only difference is that she's understanding and open to new things unlike your fucking stubborn ass!!"