A/N: Sorry it took so long. Procrastination finally caught up to me and yesterday (2/27/10) Hawaii had a Tsunami warning because of the earthquake in Chile. I'm so glad nothing bad happened. Back to buisness...

I changed the titles of the chapters in the chapter box thingy. I decided to put the day numbers instead of the chapter numbers. Don't know if it helps or confuse you but it gave me a new perceptive. I didn't realize how close the events were until I skimmed the chapters and re-titled them. Let me know what you guys think about that.

Chapter Twelve

Victoria frowned. Her dull yellow eyes glaring onto the screen, at Olivier stone serious face.

"Six years. It's been six years and all you got to tell me is one of the vampires-"

"Abigail."

"-got drunk and cut your arm off!! One of the mages-"

"Nicole."

"-is living with vampires! Who also attend the same school and haven't notice the entire time!!" Victoria took a deep breath through grinding teeth. "What. Is. Wrong with YOU!! You even let them inside your home!?"

"I have been told there are a lot of things wrong with me." Olivier said like she was giving orders. She rubbed her temples and shook her head. "It takes about 10 years to train pups. They are used to with Raven and Abigail's vampire sent. It's all over Nicole and Alexia. They couldn't tell the different and the only vampires here to hunt is our allies." She shook her head. "The mage's pet vampires had to tell them. They know the Olympic Coven from the Volturi's records."

"This is suppose to help us, Olivier. Instead this operation is causing more problems."

"I consider this an annoyance. Not a problem. Nicole …"

"Not under your control." Victoria leaned back in her chair. Her voice lowered as she snarled, "Not even hearing your advise!"

"Abigail reassure me the Olympic coven aren't with the Volturi. They threaten to kill a member of theirs 70 years ago." Olivier brows narrowed, The next words came out slow and with a face of disgust. "She also says I am over thinking the situation and paranoid."

Victoria crossed her arms, eyebrow raised at Olivier. "Yes. Your fucking stupid arrogant, paranoid bitch. You even live with former Volturi Guards! I'd trust the vampires that were attacked by the Volturi than vampires that left the Volturi!"

"Very well." Olivier growled, face hardening in defeat. That face quickly relaxed as her eyes shifted away for a moment. "Also… Alexia would… like to have kids."

Victoria's eyes widen. Her mouth just staying open for several seconds. Her mind trying to just picture Olivier with kids. "What? But your both-"

"She planes to use Nicolas' or Xander's sperm…" Slowly Olivier's face grew from blank to slightly confused and disgusted.

"Um… " Victoria looked around the room, scratching the back of her head. "Are you asking me for advice?"

"Only because everyone else is to busy laughing." Olivier barked harshly. "Xander is busy. Once he returns I will ask of his opinion."

"Okay then…" Victoria took a deep breath, "Do you even want the kids." Olivier didn't answer. "Do you even know how artificial insemination works?"

"Artificial what?"

Leah frowned. Of course the others would want to meet Nicole. She is Leah's imprint, one of the werewolves. Leah growled under her breath, her mind just replaying the meeting. How arrogant Samus was when he ordered her to bring Nicole. Then hands sunk into his face, curling in his eyes and pulling it out. Ripping his head off and -

"Leah calm down." Nicole asked. Leah blinked. She didn't even noticed that she walked into the Cullen's house and was standing at Nicole's doorway. She looked at Nicole sitting on her bed. Eyes closed and in a meditation position. "I'm trying to meditate and your angry aura isn't helping."

"You usually meditate before you go to bed." Leah stated, glancing at the books. She was usually found surrounded in books and writing some French or Arabic notes. Leah spotted something round and gray, the Lunar Calendar near the books. Tonight is a quarter moon, 4 days until the new moon. 20 days until a Full Moon and until the meeting. No way a pack of wolves will wait until then.

"Ugh!" Nicole groaned and Leah heard the mage throw herself onto the bed. "That's because I have nothing else to do. I never knew how much time I spent studying before."

"Such a dork." The she-wolf muttered with a roll of her eyes. When she heard a high pitch buzzing Leah glanced over her shoulder. Alice's lips moved in fast blurs as she yelled at Raven. They wouldn't notice if Leah snuck Nicole out to meet the other alpha's until it was to late. "Want to go for a run?"

"Not in werewolf form. My ribs aren't fully healed and if I shift I could break them." Leah filed that information for later.

"Then a walk."

"Sure." Nicole shrugged, rolling off her bed and walking out of the house. Leah glanced at the book they were arguing about. On the cover was 'Renee's Journal. DO NOT READ!! That means you Emmet'. She shook her head with a sigh, leading Nicole into the forest.

"Where's Rahne?"

"She's at a meeting." Leah answered. She glanced at Nicole and took a deep breath. That ocean sent washing over her, same sent Leah breathed in the first time she met Nicole in the café and the same sent she used to track her. Was it Nicole's sent that calmed her or did she stopped herself?

She shook the thought away and silence fell between them again. Leah made sure to be a few steps ahead of Nicole, slowly leading her to the meeting spot.

"Leah." Again there was that odd tone. Soft and decisive. Leah usually heard it when Nicole was tired or just woke up. This time Nicole was fully awake and studying Leah with intense eyes. "What did I tell you so far?"

Leah glanced at the ground as she thought back. After a few minutes of thinking she answered, "Your sight. You spend a lot of time studying and not living." Leah smirked Nicole glaring at her on that statement. "Why your able to shift without the moon. You control water and something about your tattoos."

"I don't remember mentioning the tattoos…" Nicole's eyes drifted forward in thought. She shook her hand and asked another question. "So I didn't tell you about the moon yet?"

Leah slowed her pace and glanced at Nicole. The mage was glancing up at the sky, trying to see the moon through the thick leaves and even thicker gray clouds. After a moment her face fell into a soft scowl and looked back at Leah.

"All I know about the moon is that werewolves transform on the Full Moon."

"I'll keep this short. The moon gives us power, regenerative abilities and heighten our senses." Nicole's face and voice became harder with each word. "We are true immortals on the full moon. We are truly mortal on the new moon –On that day, certain wounds become permanent." She scowled, hands lingering on her chest. "Or rather they never fully heal."

"Your so fucking fragile." Leah taunted. She gave Nicole a smirk but her steps faltered slightly. She didn't like what Nicole was saying.

"For us werewolves, our muscles rip and bones shatter when we shift. Without that regenerative ability it'll be suicide to shift past quarter moon."

Leah's face turned into a snarl. Her voice growling at her luck as she asked, "So right now you can't defend yourself?"

"I'm a mage." Nicole stated with an insulted voice.

"A few spells and you knocked out for the entire day and was dead tired the next." Leah grunted, eyes narrowing. Her mind jumped from one thought to the next. Nicole is weak. She won't last in a fight. A fight would be bad for both sides. Nicole is weak but still with her... "So you trust me?"

"Professionally, yes." Nicole stated with a shrug. Leah expected the answer but it shouldn't have hurt as much as it did. "It's the same reason why you saved me from drowning, because it would be bad for the people you care about not because you care about me." She glanced at Leah, eyes asking if she was wrong.

"So then you don't mind meeting with the pack Alphas."

Nicole's eyes widen, her steps faltering for a moment. With a huff her steps became more of a march, eyes glaring at Leah. "If I die I'm haunting you." She only got a snort from the werewolf ahead of her. Leah's eyes narrowed at the women beside her. She expected a violent outburst or getting hit plus a bitchy remark, not a half threat.

"Why aren't you overacting violently? Isn't that a werewolf thing?"

"Noticed that every 'werewolf thing' depends on the moon." Nicole said, her voice a higher octave but sarcastic. "I wonder why we're called Moon Child and Children of the Moon- Woah!!" Nicole gasped, flying several yards and landing on thick bushes. "Ow... It looks like it doesn't hurt in the movies."

"Says the girl that jumps from three story buildings." Nicole looked behind her, Rahne giving a tired smile as she help her off the bush. "Don't do anything stupid."

"Oui." Nicole agreed in French. She brushed leave off her cloths. She looked up when she heard Rahne walking away. Several other wolves stood in the clearing, Rahne walking behind the tallest and bulkiest male. Vanessa looked tired and worried, the familiar faces of her old pack giving Leah worried glances. In the last pack representatives Melody and Jolene gave worried looks behind their Alpha's back.

"So this is the female werewolf you imprinted on." Samus scowled, eyes glaring at Nicole. Leah growled, eyes glancing at Nicole who looked confused. "I can't believe a girl like you caused so much trouble!"

"What trouble did I cause?" Nicole asked, her confusion turning into annoyance. "I didn't do anything to you wolves."

"Leah imprinted on you!" Samus yelled. His voice continued to echo in the quite forest. Nicole seemed to wince, sifting backwards slightly. "That changes everything!"

"Imprint?" Nicole asked. "What's an imprint?"

"Soul mate." Samus growled. "We wolves instantly know who we're destined with when we look at that person-"

"That's false –Bullshit." Nicole interrupted, voice just as serious as Samus's. Rahne and the other female wolves stared at Nicole with disbelieve. Jaws open and eyes wide as the male wolves snarled, especially from Samus and his beta. "Besides we were at each other's throats at first glance! I'm pretty sure you wolves go for their groin."

"It's not like that." Leah whispered to Nicole. She was making things worse. Samus and his beta looked ready to kill, and seeing the bodies shake slightly, they wanted to.

"You little bitch!!" Samus's beta howled taking several steps forward until Rahne pulled him back. "Imprinting is so much more than that! It's how we find our true love –our Soul Mate!" With each breath his body vibrated faster and faster, ready to shift and tear Nicole apart. Leah shifted a little closer to the mage.

"Generally, yes." Melody said much more calmly but loud enough to hear over the snarls. "But we wolves become whatever our imprint needs. Lovers, friends..."

"And maybe rivals." Jolene finished, eyes glancing between Nicole and Leah.

Nicole shook her head, denying it even more. "No soul complete bends to the will of another. Such relationships are false! Their love, friendship, rivalry. All of it is false!"

Leah grabbed Nicole's shoulder, pulling her close as she whispered, "Shut up. Your getting them mad."

"What they say is against my religion!" Nicole hitting Leah's elbow and forcing it to bend away from her shoulder. "No soul can dictate another without consequence! It's wrong!"

"Imprinting is not wrong!!" Samus yelled. He snarled, marching forward so hard that the ground sunk in several inches. Leah felt faint cold chills run down her body, she glanced at Nicole who shook slightly, eyes defiant and fighting her fear.

Leah stood in front of Samus, glaring up at him. "You know the rules. No attacking another's imprint." Samus stopped. His face growing even angrier as he stared at the former 'true' alpha.

"They say nothing about the imprinter!"

Next thing Leah new, Nicole's cold body was in her arms. Samus's fist where her body was. A shocked noise came from Nicole before Vanessa charged at the alpha.

"Samus!" Vanessa screamed tackling the bigger alpha to the ground. Her teeth sunk into his back and her hands ripped the skin on his back. She quickly stomped his head into the ground as she moved to stand by Leah. "What are you doing attacking another wolf!"

"Back off!!" Samus's beta howled charging at Vanessa. The two rolled over the grass, both bodies vibrating and exploding in a second. Leah pushed Nicole back as their large bodies took up most of the small clearing. Their claws and paws digging feet of dirt and grass up as their faces tried to bite each other's face and legs.

Rahne bolted forward. "Rahne! Stop!" And at her alpha's order Rahne stopped. Her body bolted to the ground as Vanessa was shoved off balance and bitten at her front paw. "Stand down!" His beta growled, jaws tightening on Vanessa flesh. He even shook his head threatening to tear her paw off. "I said STAND DOWN!" Samus ordered again. This time his beta immediately let go, taking a few steps backwards as Vanessa whimpered.

"That was too much!" Rahne growled at Samus.

Samus ignored her, marching past. "We're leaving." Rahne growled, her eyes on Vanessa's whimpering form before she reluctantly turned around and followed the two large males.

"Vanessa!" The alpha's packmates called out, finally running to her as her body shifted back. Their faces winced at the sight of her hand torn to shreads and broken at the wrist. Her bone even splintered out of the flesh and blood was falling from the wounds like a waterfall. "I can't believe they actually did something like that!"

"The elders spoiled Samass. He thinks he can do whatever he wants just because Sam Uley is his-"

"Enough." Daniel barked. Immediately Vanessa's beta stopped talking. "I'll have a word with him and the elders. Right now we need fix her hand." He then looked at Leah and Nicole. "You guys should leave."

"Right." Leah nodded, leading Nicole out of the clearing. The mage followed, eyes still wide and breath still shaking. When that didn't stop for a few minutes Leah spoke up. "What's wrong?"

"I'm still scared." Nicole admitted. She stopped and Leah turned around to find Nicole with her forehead pressed to a tree. "I forgot what it's like to have beast fighting mere feet before you. It reminded me of mother's death."

"You got over that, you'll get over this." Leah huffed. "Just do it faster so the other's don't find out."

"So supportive." Nicole grumbled before pushing off the tree and following Leah back down the path. With her last shaky breath Nicole calmed down. "I… what just happened? Why did Rahne stop?"

"She was commanded to stop and not help Vanessa." Leah explained. "Edward calls it 'Alpha Voice'. Whatever the alpha commands is law."

"To dictate a soul without consequence and so freely… That's wrong." Nicole frowned. She took another deep breath and shook her head. "Why didn't you tell me any of this!"

Leah smirked, her eyes glancing at Nicole out of the corner of her eye. "You didn't ask." Nicole huffed rolling her eyes and shaking her head.

"You shouldn't play my game. I'm the better player." She challenged weakly. The smirk pulled into a small smile. "Thanks."

"For mocking you?"

"Tch! Your playing my game now!" Nicole smirked, leaping forward and walking backwards. Even if the smile and tone was still slightly scared Nicole continued. "First rule, you need to be sly, cunning and subtle to get what you want. Second rule, everything is for grabs but sex. Third rule, mages always win."

"What?" Leah frowned. "What's the point of the game? How do you even keep points?" Nicole only turned around, walking forward as the smile never fade from her face.