Chapter two is up people! Enjoy
Chapter two: History lesions
"What was that?!" Bella yelled as she followed Edward into the Cullen's house, "what was what?" Edward asked casually, he knew exactly what she mint of course. Bella had been giving him the silent treatment the rest of the day and Edward was waiting for Bella to start shouting. "The look you were giving Bracken!" Bella yelled even louder this time, causing Carlisle and Esme to come and watch. Edward turned around once he was in the centre of the room "Everyone else was staring at her the same way", "I'm not going out with everyone else Edward! Bracken is my friend and I would expect you to treat her with more respect that you have today!" Bella was near hysterical now and Edward found it all funny. Alice moved to stand beside Carlisle and Esme and whispered "Bella's new friend, tell you when she's gone", Carlisle nodded "how long till she leaves?". Before Alice could answer, Bella answered for her, "I'm not spending the night with you Edward, I'm just too mad right now" Bella said as she stormed off. "Now" Alice said simply.
"So, can someone tell us what's going on?" Esme said as she rubbed her temples with her thumbs, "Bella's friends with a new kind of werewolf and she doesn't know it" Emmet said sitting on the sofa. "A Russian werewolf who smells nothing like the La Push ones" Rosalie added, Carlisle looked thoughtful "did this wolf have a pendant of any kind". Alice nodded "a pentagram with words and symbols around the edge, why?", Esme looked at Carlisle with worry "it couldn't be could it?". Edward looked at the two of them "what couldn't what be?", Carlisle looked at each of his children "sit down, this is a long story".
"The werewolves you know are what's known today as new world werewolves, but there are another kind, older than these. Known only as old world wolves, these old world wolves are much more dangerous than the new world kind. They are bigger, stronger, faster and have an unbreakable desire to overpower and wipe out all vampires" Carlisle started. He paused to gauge their reaction then carried on, "they originated in Europe and at one point were spread throughout most of the world, except this continent. Their numbers slowly dwindled and they drew back into Europe, the biggest two clans were the Richenski's of Russia and the McCance of Britain.". Emmet pointed "Bracken's surname's McCance!", Carlisle nodded and carried on. "Both were headed by particularly bloodthirsty werewolves. Vladimir Richenski, and Callum McCance. Apparently they married off two of their children to join clans and became even more powerful then they were on their own, as all other old world clans were dying out, they held onto their power and became even stronger".
Edward lent forward and stared at Carlisle "so Bracken is one of these old world werewolves, that means she's a threat to us". Carlisle shook his head "I don't know Edward, if she ran away from you then she might not be so much of a threat. She would only be a cub after all, I think it's best to wait and see how this plays out for now. Keep your distance but allow Bella to be friends with Bracken, she's not at any risk right now". Edward stood quickly "yeah right now. But what about tomorrow or next week! Carlisle you can think we should let her stay friends with that wolf!", Alice stood "Bella can make her own decisions in life, and I don't think Bracken will hurt her either". "She's a wolf Alice......A WOLF!" Edward yelled, Jasper focused on Edward but he was already too worked up to calm down. "Edward, let Bella make her own mistakes in life. Just be there to catch her when she falls down, like a good boyfriend does. And you will not tell her that Bracken is a werewolf" Esme said calmly "understand?". Edward nodded and after shooting a murderous glare at Alice, stormed off to his room, "I'm going to see if Bella is ok" Alice announced and walked out of the house.
Alice sat outside Bella's bedroom window and watched her, Bella was sat at her computer studying. Alice opened the window and climbed in silently, waiting for Bella to look up. "Sorry bout Edward Bella, he can be a real dick sometimes" Alice said as she sat on Bella's bed, Bella nodded "it's ok Alice, it's not you that's trying to stop me making a friend. I just don't understand why though? What's so bad about Bracken". Alice shrugged and looked away, she hated hiding something from her best friend but she knew she had to. Bella slumped down in her chair and played with a pen "Bracken's really nice, she's new here like I was, all I want is to be her friend", Alice nodded "I know, I don't see anything wrong with it". Bella looked up at Alice with tears in her eyes "he's just hurting me, why can't he see that?", Alice moved over to kneel next to Bella, she put her arms around Bella and held her tightly. And for the next few minutes that's exactly where they stayed, Bella crying and Alice holding her. "Well it'll only be Jasper, Edward and I from tomorrow. Emmett and Rosalie are off to Africa tomorrow night" Alice said trying to change the subject slightly "another honeymoon".
"Why are you supporting this Alice? Don't you know this is dangerous" Edward said as Alice walked returned home, "dangerous for who Edward?" Alice said as she walked past her brother. "This is not only dangerous for us but also for Bella, she's a magnet for danger and this is potentially life threatening" Edward replied as he followed Alice. Alice spun quickly to face Edward "for once Edward your way off, all your doing is hurting Bella. She doesn't understand why you won't let her be friends with Bracken". Emmett sighed "I'm so glad we're leaving tomorrow night", Rosalie nodded "definitely, but seeing Edward and Bella argue like this is certainly going to be entertaining". "Edward you will not stop Bella being friends with Bracken, if they become good friends we will know how much of a threat this Bracken really is" Carlisle said, Alice smiled and walked over to stand by Jasper. Edward shot a murderous glare at Alice and stormed off to his room, "you really shouldn't wind Edward up Alice" Jasper said quietly. "I know, but its fun. He gets wound up so easy" Alice replied with a laugh, Esme sighed as she watched her daughter. Alice stood up "I'm going hunting, who wants to come?", Jasper sighed and stood to follow his girlfriend.
Bracken sighed and followed her brothers into the woods, the four wolves walked silently through the trees. The sound of her brothers thoughts running through her mind, communicating silently with her. Elk, 20 miles to the left. We're heading over there her eldest brother Sandy said to the pack, Bracken sighed to herself as she changed course. I was hoping we could hunt closer to home, I have to be up early for school Bracken asked, Sandy stopped running and pounced on his sister. His giant paw slapped across Brackens head knocking her over, Bracken yelped as Sandy beat her hard. After her beating Bracken got back up and followed several feet behind the pack as punishment. Remus looked over his shoulder at his sister and shook his head, she would often speak out at her brother and endure some severe beatings for it. He felt a twinge of sympathy for the young cub, but unfortunately he was bound by pack rules. Bracken looked Remus and nodded as they ran, signalling that she was O.K. Let's just get this hunt over with, the Elk will be gone by the time we get there Bracken said to Remus, Sandy gave the signal and they spread out in a line. Bracken kept her head down and stared straight ahead as she saw the elk her brother had picked, and injured Elk who couldn't run as fast as the rest of the heard.
Sandy and Romulus charged ahead with Remus and Bracken running further back, Bracken watched as her three brothers caught the Elk and took him down. Knowing her brothers could handle the Elk she spotted an older Elk left on his own and chased after him. Bracken kept her head down and sped after the Elk, within seconds she had him down and it proved an easy kill. Bracken sat on the floor and waited for her brothers, all of a sudden she felt a furry lump slam into her and knock her to the floor. Sandy was growling and snarling and hitting her hard on the head with his giant paws once again. Bracken yelped as he kept hitting her and it took all of her will power to not try and fight back, Romulus and Remus had changed back already and watched as Sandy carried on his attack. "Sandy, you have punished her enough. Stop we need to get the Elk's home" Romulus said calmly, Sandy moved back and changed to his human form "you insolent little whelp! I did not tell you to go after your own Elk!". "The family need two Elks Sandy, you three had that one down without my help so I went after another easy kill" Bracken replied, within seconds she realised her mistake as Sandy growled and moved towards her. "Sandy" Romulus said and halted his brother, "you're a gluten for punishment Bracken" Remus said as the other two walked off to get one of the Elk.
"Bracken what happened to you?" Anastasia asked in shock as her daughter limped in carrying one of the Elk, "nothing Mama, I'm fine" Bracken said as she carried the Elk to the kitchen. Anastasia watched her daughter cut one of the Elk up into portions and sighed "did Sandy do this to you again?", Bracken sighed "It's nothing Mama, I spoke out of turn and failed to follow orders. Sandy was keeping me in line". Anastasia stormed out of the kitchen and into the study "How dare you attack Bracken like that Sandy, she was thinking about the needs of the family and you punished her!", Sandy looked at his mother calmly knowing that his father would speak for him. "Sandy was commanding the pack like a good alpha male would, Bracken should have asked for permission before she went after her own kill" Callum said to his mate. "Have you seen your daughter Callum? She is covered in bruises and cuts. That is not the behaviour of the Alpha male" Anastasia argued back, "If Bracken insists on acting like a male then she will be treat like a male. No leave, we will be eating in a moment" Callum said as he waved his mate away.
"You should get some rest Bracken, and no school for you tomorrow" Anastasia said as she fed with her two youngest cubs, "Mama I'll be fine, school is the best place for me. Please let me go to school" Bracken pleaded. Bracken really didn't want to stay at home, she wanted to be as far away from her aggressive older brother as possible and school was the only excuse she had for being out of the house. Anastasia thought about it and sighed "fine, but you must take it easy and no gym class. Not get yourself and your brother cleaned up and get into bed". The two cubs kissed their mother good night and walked off. "Will I get beaten up when I get older?" Cubby asked as they cleaned the blood off themselves, Bracken shook her head " no, Sandy just hates me". Cubby nodded and hugged his sister "well I love you Brackie", Bracken smiled "love you too Cubbie, now let's get to bed. I got to be up early for school".
A/N: ok so I don't own any of the characters, but I do own Bracken and her family. This is the last chapter I might be posting for about 2 weeks or so, I'm off to Spain with my girlfriend and her parents. But I'll be posting as soon as I can, I want to get chapters up as soon as can. And if anyone have any suggestions or any requests, anything you want to see happen in the story then please let me know. Either review or e-mail me direct, I love constructive advice and love to make my readers happy. The plan with this story is that I'm just gonna run with it and see where it takes me. I don't know everything that's gonna happen so anything can happen, but I do know it's gonna be good.