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Okay so I'm stepping outside cannon here for this chapter, I think we can agree that cannon ended long ago but I hope you like this, so have at it and see me at the bottom.
Again I don't own it, SM does, I just own the O'Quinns! I also do my own editing so excuse any mistakes.
Chapter 18- Stubborn Mutts
"Edward, you need to hunt son" I heard someone say softly and another voice growl. The voices were muffled and I could feel someone tighten their arms around me and then I heard someone sigh and a door being closed.
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times, the room was dark but there was some soft light coming in from the bathroom and I could tell I was in Edward's room and in his bed or at least on top of it. I sighed and then I felt Edward snuggle into my neck and he said "You okay?" I just nodded and rolled over and pulled myself as close to him as I could get.
"You scared me" he whispered
"I'm sorry, what happened?" I asked groggily.
"What do you remember?" he asked and I tried to think. I remembered talking to Irina and then it was like I was plugged into an electric light show and then I don't remember much else. "Oh god!" I gasped "I should go talk to your cousins"
"They're gone love" he told me and I was mortified. "What happened?" I asked again.
"Well you had this vision I guess, sorta of like what happened back in Ireland at your aunts with the fountain and I imagine what you saw with Jake and Leah. It showed the sisters their mates and then you passed out. Carlisle recognized the one Irina was with as his old friend Alistair and she took off to find him once Carlisle told her where he might be hiding. Apparently he isn't the most friendly person so he's about to get knocked on his ass. Tanya and Kate stuck around to make sure you were okay but got impatient and decided to follow Irina once Alice mentioned that she was going to be making a stop in Paris, shopping" he said and I was confused.
"How long was I out?" couldn't have been no more than a couple of hours.
"Just about 48 hours" he said and my jaw dropped. "WHAT!" I yelled "Relax love, it's fine. You needed it, you've been working non-stop on the wedding and training, and your body obviously needed it" he explained and then I noticed how dark his eyes were.
"Fine, but you need to take care too, go hunt Edward" he looked at me and shook his head" Edward, you need to hunt, I'll be fine. I may just rest here a little longer and get something to eat and then head back to my dad's" I said and he sighed and agreed to go. He kissed me goodbye and then jumped out the window and I fell back asleep.
"Isa!" my aunt yelled as she glided across the floor. I was at the Cullen's and just about fell over laughing when the ball of light appeared and most of the Cullens flew across the room in fright.
"Aunt Dora" I screamed and I flew into her arms. "I missed you" I said and inhaled her scent of pine and fresh linen.
"I missed ya too lassie" she said softly "By Danu, you are certainly growin into one hell of a witch. Ye could best yer ma and me I say" she laughed while I shook my head.
"Pandora" I looked up and saw Carlisle standing there and he bowed slightly while Esme stood behind him as did the rest of the Cullens. All of them were stalk still but Alice and Edward who just came over and hugged my aunt.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Carlisle Cullen. Good to see ya boyo" she said and shook his hand. "And who is this beautiful lass?" she asked pointing to Esme and I could see that if Esme could blush she would.
"Oh forgive me my lady" Carlisle said and my aunt frowned at the title and told him to stop that right then. He gulped, nodded and said "This is my lovely wife Esme, our son Emmett, his wife Rose and Alice's mate Jasper" he said "And you know Alice and Edward"
"Aye, I told you years ago Carlisle that you would have a bright future didn't I?" she said shaking her finger at him and he chuckled.
"Right, well I hate to cut this meetin short, but I'm afraid I have to take Izzy away for a wee bit" she said and I immediately tensed.
"What's wrong?" I asked
"Nothing too much wee one but I do need ya to come along while yer ma and I see to a situation in Romania" she said. "Actually, Edward, maybe you could come along too. The group that we are tending to need to meet the future king and queen" she suggested and I saw my family gasp.
"What, he's Izzy's soon to be husband, she's gonna be queen and if he wishes, he will be king" my aunt said like it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"I'd be honored" Edward bowed slightly.
"King Eddie" Emmett shouted and Edward shot him a glare. "What? It's gotta a nice ring to it don't ya think" he bellowed and the rest of the family snickered.
"Yeah it does, but if you think that we're gonna start bowing down and getting on our knees to kiss your pasty ass then you got another thing comin" Rose growled and I howled in laughter.
My aunt said it was time to go and Edward grabbed my hand as we left in a ball of light again.
"There's my girl" my mother screamed, her accent thick. We were outside a quaint little cabin, it was surrounded by hills and snow covered the ground and it was quite chilly.
"Mom, how the heck are you hiding that Irish brogue from Phil?" I asked as we made our way towards this cabin that was nestled in between some huge trees.
"Bah, I've been keeping this accent under wraps for far too long. I told Phil that I was spending way too much time talkin to yer aunt and the accent just kinda stuck. He loves it" she whispered the last part and I tried not to gag, gross.
"So where are we?" Edward asked as he looked around and I could see that he was trying to listen to things that weren't supposed to be there and see things that we might miss.
"Romania, high up in the Carpathian mountains" my aunt said while I shouldn't have been all that surprised, I was still shocked.
"So what are we here for exactly?" Edward asked and he had that look, the one where he's trying to hear what people are thinking. Would it work on my aunt and mother?
"Get outta our heads laddie, it won't work" my aunt scolded and Edward hung his head and I chuckled.
"Werewolves" my mom said in a low voice and I snorted. Been there, done that.
"Bella, I don't think your mom is talking about wolves like Jake and the pack" Edward said and my mom and aunt shook their heads while I looked at them confused.
"Edward is right lass, here in Romania, werewolves are real. I'm talking about the type that turn at the sight of the full moon. Children of the moon they are called. They are wild, blood thirsty creatures and completely out of control. A small groups has been terrorizing the towns here in the mountains and it's drawing attention. Caius had them all but wiped out centuries ago but some have survived and I fear a war if it's not under control. I'm hoping that me, you and yer mom can keep em under control. Show em who's boss while young Edward here talks to em and lets us know what they're thinkin. The stubborn arses won't speak to us when they're human and I don't speak dog" my aunt huffed and I nodded.
I felt Edward tense and his head immediately whipped towards the front of the cabin and I could hear a slight growl coming from him.
"Easy boyo" my mom cooed as she and my aunt put on some cloaks that were hanging by the fire and left out the door. Edward bundled me up in my own cloak that was heavier than the others and more regal. It was mixture of gold and purples. I shrugged it on quick and grabbed Edward's hand as we left to catch up to my mom and aunt.
We stood there at the edge of the wood in a triangle formation. My aunt was at the front, my mother just slightly to her side and back and then Edward was right behind her and I was being shielded from whatever was in the woods.
That's when the ground shook, the trees shuddered and branches were heard breaking all over. I could hear snarling and growling and Edward was so tense that it was ridiculous. I on the other hand had my hands flaring all over and my aunt and mother were there with their hands up.
That's when I saw it; coming out of the wood was the biggest thing I had ever seen. It was on two legs, its nose was elongated with huge drooling fangs protruding from its mouth and claws that shone in the moonlight, razor sharp and scary as hell as it practically punched through the thick trees. They were terrifying, truly what nightmares were made out and definitely not like the pack.
There were four of them and they charged us and my aunt and mother threw their hands forward and the beasts brought up solid. They began snarling and growling again, one even tried punching whatever wall was put up and the other two started to circle us.
"Who are you?" my aunt commanded and the wolves just snarled.
"He refuses to speak to you. He will not speak to humans" Edward said and the wolves lost it. I heard hissing and more snarling and I swore one of them hissed something about vampires. I looked on in fright at my family and thinking that I would rather the Volturi.
"Oh would you look at that, the big bad wolfy knows it's biology" my mother cooed sarcastically and I held back a chuckle, never really seeing this side of my mother before.
"Ren, behave yerself" my aunt spat and my mother snorted.
"Yer right boys, there is a vampire here and we're not human. You've been doing some terrible things lads. Ye need to stop before the real vampires come and try to wipe you out. There's isn't many of ya left, why run the risk of extinction?" my aunt reasoned and the one in front hissed.
"He says let them come. That they will destroy them and us" Edward translated and they all just growled again.
The reasoning just kept going and we were getting nowhere. I was done with this and when the smallest one tried to take a leap at me I let loose. Just like back in Volterra, the light and flames flew from my fingers and I pinned each mangy mutt to trees with the material from my cloak. It flowed from me like rope and the damn dogs were restrained so tightly that they actually whimpered. The wind blew with a gale force like you've never seen, the snow flying off the ground and around us in one big circle. I shook off the cloak and watched as it wrapped around the snouts of the dogs only leaving the leader free to "talk" as it were.
"Now me bucko, my aunt asked you a question and I suggest you start talking or else fleas will be the least of yer worries. Now answer her questions before I shave ya, and I won't be using a razor" I said as a lightning bolt hit the ground next to us.
I looked to my aunt and mother and nodded for my aunt to go ahead "Now who are ya?" my aunt asked again, with more force than before.
"He refuses to speak, he is certain that they can overcome you and the vampires" Edward said
"You're a fool" my aunt dismissed and the wolf before me snarled and struggled against his bonds. I shocked the wolf for being disobedient but he growled loudly and tried to break free of his bonds. I shook my head and wagged my finger at him.
It was then that I saw it, what to do with these nuisances. I walked closer to the head wolf and I could hear Edward asking me to stop. I glared at him so he let me go on, only asking for me to be careful.
I let the bonds go and as predicted, the sniveling beast made a snap and a lunge for me but I was quicker and levitated him up in the air while the rest of his pack looked on in fright.
"Do you like being a wolf?" I asked him as I spun him around. He snarled and swiped his big heavy paw at me.
"Bad doggy" I yelled and threw my hand out towards the ground below him where a fire started. I had no intention of killing him but he needed to learn that I meant business.
I was pleased to see that the damn mongrel at least had the common sense to look frightened. He kept growling but he no longer snarled or tried to swipe, especially as his tail got too close to the flames and he howled as it singed his fur.
"Now laddie, I'm gonna ask ya one more time who you are and if ya don't answer me I'll turn ya back into a human. Got it?" I spat but the damn thing just snarled again and howled.
"He doesn't think you have that power love. He thinks that if you did they would have been turned back ages ago" Edward told me and the wolf actually made a swipe at him, his drool hitting my shoes.
"OH HELL NO!" I shouted and wrenched my arms forward, extinguishing the flames and rising the mangy mutt higher into the air as the mini snowstorm raged around us. I caught sight of my mother looking on in complete shock, my aunt looked smug and Edward was there with his jaw wide open.
I threw my arms straight up into the air so it raised above my head and I watched as the clouds overhead vanished, the moon grew brighter and it was like I could hold it in my hands and then I threw my arms forward and watched as what looked like laser beams or it could have been pure light from the moon, engulfed the beast before me. I watched in amazement as it completely consumed the wolf, I never heard any howls so I didn't think it was hurt. The beams of light rose and fell, curled and uncurled, it was like they moved every time I did, it was fascinating and terrifying all at the same time.
And then just as quick as it started, it stopped. The light beams withdrew from the wolf and I watched in complete awe as it travelled back through my hands and back to the sky. Once the light was gone and the wind had died down I looked to see the skinniest guy known to man curled on the ground. He was as naked as the day he was born and my Mother immediately took her cloak and put over him.
He got into a sitting position and for a second I felt bad as he started to shiver and then he glanced up at me, the first thing I noticed was how bloody skinny he was, it was like he hadn't eaten in days. He had shaggy dark hair and his eyes were a bright blue but he looked like he had a rough life which made sense if he spent Danu knows how long as a foul beast.
"Now laddie, what's yer name?" I asked once more, my patience was hanging by a thread. If he didn't answer this time I was going to take him and his pack and sling em before the council and let them decide what to do.
"So...Sorin" he stammered as his teeth chattered
"Wanna explain to me why the hell you and your furry friends over there are terrorizing the towns?" I asked again and because I wasn't cruel I made it so some clothes appeared before him. He scrambled to put some clothes on and then my mother brought over what appeared to be a sandwich. He ate quietly and I let him eat since it looked like he hadn't eaten in days or weeks.
Once he was done he told us his tale. "I wasn't always like this, most legends say you have to be bitten by a wolf to become a werewolf. That's how most of my boys over there got this way but it's my fault. I was born into this and my father never told me. I thought when he would disappear it was because he was hunting but it was because he was a wolf. When I turned eighteen, my boys and I drank way too much ale and the next morning I woke up in the woods, naked and covered in blood. I couldn't remember what happened and my friends said I got really sick halfway through the celebrations and I left. I snuck home, got cleaned up and went to bed. This happened again over several nights and again my dad was gone. I couldn't tell anyone and then one night I was out in the woods and the moon was full and then it just became clear as a terrible pain struck me and I looked in the lake and saw what I had become. I remember being so angry because I didn't know how it happened and I tore through the woods and over the course of a five year period I made my boys over there. My dad died several years later from a gunshot and told me his terrible secret. I was so angry that I grabbed the boys and didn't look back.
We stuck to the woods and didn't go near society, I tried to stay under the Volturi radar after hearing how most of our kind had been wiped out and we did well but about a hundred and fifty years ago I met a beautiful woman here in one of these mountain towns. She was a stunning beauty and we fell in love. The blonde headed bastard Caius heard about our existence and burned the town to the ground to find us and I watched in horror as he killed the woman I loved and I vowed to kill all vampires and destroy the towns here that didn't come to our aid"
"I remember that. Aro sent some of his best of the time and Caius killed way too many people including a warlock from our own council who couldn't stop them because he was too afraid to reveal himself. Yer lass wouldn't want you to cause so much misery for the people here and the Volturi were dealt with for that I assure you. Now laddie, what do you say, do you think that you and your boys can stop with all this nonsense?" My aunt asked and he nodded.
"He's lying Pandora, he's thinking that as soon as he gets changed back and we leave then he can continue what he started" Edward snorted and the damn idiot snarled at him.
"For god's sake, it's like the LaPush pack all over again. Is every supernatural mutt stubborn or it it just something that happens over time?" I asked as I spun the little twirp in the air.
"Please, I beg you, put me down" he whined and I stopped but I didn't put him down. I glanced at his boys still tied to the trees and they were all slumped down and whining as their leader was tossed around like a rag doll.
"Not just yet. Here's what's gonna happen okay laddie; I'm gonna put ya down, yer gonna agree to behave as well as yer puppies over there and then we'll all go our separate ways. If I get one word that you or yer lads have stepped a toe out of line then I'm gonna use all of you to pull my sled. Got it!" I sneered.
He huffed and nodded and I looked to Edward to see if he was telling the truth. Edward let me know that he was and I untied the rest of the pack. I was ready for an ambush but they all shrank to their bellies and crawled to their leader. I was actually kinda amazed at the show of concern.
"You will turn me back right?" he asked fearfully and I wasn't sure what to do. I figured I could do it but I didn't feel like it was my call. I looked to my aunt and my mother and my aunt came over and took me by the hand and said "Izzy, lassie, I brought ya here to test out my theories on yer development. Yer amazing sweetheart! Yer ma and I can't do the stuff you've done and I think it's high time you make yer first decision as queen"
I sighed and looked at poor Sorin, so small, so heartbroken and I felt for him. Here he was without his mate and the only thing that made him feel strong was the beast within him. I could understand that since magic made me feel normal again but I don't what I would do without the man I love beside me. He had left but I at least knew he was alive.
"Sorin, I will turn ya back but ye better keep yer promise. I have the overwhelming need to ride through the north pole and I will make ye my dogsled team if breaks yer promise" I stated and they all gasped.
"I would take that to the bank boys, she's quite vicious when she wants to be" Edward said as he took his place by my side and I elbowed in the ribs with some spark to it and I was quite pleased to hear him groan.
"We promise" Sorin sighed and Edward told me softly that it was true. I took one deep breath and raised my arms again and this time I watched as the moon got closer as the wind picked up once more, except this time the snow blew a bit softer as it twirled around us and I giggled a little as the skinny man squealed as his body lifted in the air and twirled. Then just like before the light and flames flew from my hands and engulfed him and then once they faded, in his place was a huge wolf.
I looked on in shock as the light also changed his pack and standing before me were not super scary wolves that looked like something out of a horror movie but majestic regal beasts that rivaled Jake and the pack. They were definitely bigger than my LaPush boys but now instead of shaggy, almost anorexic dogs, were wolves with shiny, full coats. It was like night and day and as the wolves looked at each other, it was clear that they too were quite surprised.
"What did you do love?" Edward asked me
"I have no idea" I gasped and then watched in amazement as the one named Sorin trotted over proudly and nudged his big snout into my hand and then stood up on two legs and held his paw out for me to shake. I stood up straighter and like a good queen I shook his hand and bowed and was quite surprised when Sorin and his pack bowed as well.
Then they took off into the forest and I fell back against Edward's chest. "Bella!" he yelled
"I'm fine, that was just way too much in a short amount of time" I huffed.
"Aye lass but ya did a mighty fine job. Izzy, yer so much more powerful than yer mom and I could have ever had hoped" my aunt gushed while my mother grabbed me from Edward and hugged me so tight I thought I would pass out.
"Oh Bella, baby, yer absolutely perfect. I dunna know why I ever thought you wouldn't be able to do this. I shouldn't have kept ya from it, you're gonna be amazin" my mom squealed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can't we git outta here? I'm starvin, and in desperate need of wee little nap. Oh and that robe is gonna need some bleach or to be burnt, those damn mutts stank worse than garbage" I muttered and we all laughed as we made our way back to the cabin. Edward took pity on me and carried me bridal style to the cabin saying something about how his future bride and queen should not have to walk. I mumbled something about him being an ass but I was too tired and comfy so I passed out again.
What did ya think? They mentioned the children of the moon in the books and even in some fics I've read and I thought it was high time to introduce them. I hope you enjoyed it.
Okay short note for now, I'm currently working on the next chapter, I hate to say it but I think it maybe the final one or at least the second last one. I want to get this fic done before Christmas so I can work on Blood Trails while I'm visiting my family, fingers crossed the writing fairy bites me. Send me some good vibes!
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