The rest of the week passed uneventfully. Sue did a good job of acting normal. I was amused by her antics with Charlie. It was clear that they were more then just friends. But they were older and set in their ways. Change didn't happen easily to older people, at least that was what I'd found.

I had soon realized that the one store in La Push didn't have any tofu or vegetarian options. I had asked Sue and she told me that the only other store in the area was Forks Outfitters.

It was Saturday when I finally went. As I drove out of La Push, I felt a release. But I was nowhere closer to finding out who the hell my father was. I couldn't tell anyone about me, they'd either lock me up in an asylum or give me up for medical testing. More likely the asylum.

I enjoyed the shopping in a mind numbing way. I was able to find a fairly good brand of tofu and the rice milk was for a very reasonable price.

I headed back to La Push. I had taken to haunting the beach, sitting on the rocks. So automatically I drove towards the beach instead of heading back to Sue's.

It would never really be my house, my home. It would always be Sue's. I wondered if I would ever belong anywhere.

I parked and walked down to the rocks nearest the surf. I sat there for a long time meditating. I thought about a number of things, why the hospital might smell, why the young man, Quill, was so possessive of Claire, and most of all I thought of who my father might be.

Finally I remembered that the tofu should get into a fridge soon. I left the place where earth, water, and sky met and headed back up to my car.

When I got back to Sue's I heard voices inside. Shrugging, I opened the door. I saw the company that Sue had. Five young men, one older man in a wheelchair and a young woman with extensive scarring sat in the living room with Sue.

I smiled and headed to the kitchen with my groceries. No one spoke as I put the food away in my allotted space. When I started up the stairs, Sue stopped me.

"Anne this is Billy Black," she pointed to the older man, "Sam Uley," I froze at the last name, she continued, "His wife Emily, and Jared, Paul, Collin and Brady."

I nodded, trying not to show the affect Sam's last name had on me. "It's a pleasure to meet you," I said, trying not to stare at Sam. I headed up the stairs before I could give anything away. The air had reeked of the scents that I had smelled before.

I sat on my bed for a few minutes, my mind in a whirl. Sam was too young to be my father, that much was clear. Did he have the same father? Was it a coincidence? We had the same scent, was that normal? Was it possible?

A knock on my door distracted me. I went over and opened it. Sue stood outside.

"Yes?"

Sue looked at me nervously. "Would you come down and talk with us for a minute? We need to ask you something."

I nodded, confused and followed her down. Sue gestured to a seat near Sam and Emily.

Billy began, "Do you know any Quiluete legends?"

I shook my head, "No, I'm Abenaki. I don't know any of your legends."

"Our legends tell us that the Quiluete tribe is descended from wolves. Our warriors turned into wolves to fight their enemies."

I tensed. Was this the answer I was looking for? They looked at me intently.

I took a deep breath. "Interesting. Why did you want to tell me this?"

Sam spoke, "Who are your parents?"

I shook my head, "My mother is Barbara Simon. She was pure Abenaki."

"Was?"

I winced, "She died a year ago."

"I'm sorry," Sam said, "And your father?"

"I don't know who my father is. He left before I was born." I answered. I raised my chin, glaring at Sam. "Why all these questions?"

Sam and the others looked at Billy. It was like a bad cop show.

Billy looked at me seriously. "What was your father?"

My hands began to shake; I could feel the heat coursing through my body. My mouth went dry.

"I don't know what you mean."

"Was he Quiluete?" Billy asked, leaning forward.

Tears started to form. How could they know? I could see that there was no escape. They wouldn't let me leave until I answered.

"Yes."

Billy leaned back, a strange look in his eyes. "What was your father's name?"

A tear trickled down my cheek. "Uley." I glared at Sam.

Billy sighed and looked at Sam. "Great. Now we need to track down your father and see how many children he produced."

Sam looked at me. Furious tears streaked down my face.

"I think we owe you an explanation. Billy, Sue and I are elders of tribe. I, along with Jared, Paul, Collin and Brady are protectors of the tribe. We inherited the gene from our fathers. There are others like us, Jacob, Leah, Seth, Quill, and Embry. You are like us. You can turn into a wolf."

I froze. Sam continued. "Your father is my father. He was a no good bastard who left my mother. You inherited the wolf." Sam shook his head, "Why did you come here?"

I looked down, "My mother didn't just die, she committed suicide. She never got over him. She died on my sixteenth birthday. I was a year away from getting my Nursing Degree, so I continued with my studies. I came here because I knew that my father was Quiluete. I wanted to find out more about my heritage. Maybe here I would get some answers. Also I couldn't stay in Vermont for another second. Grandmother understood, she said it was something I had to do. She helped me get here."

I closed my eyes.

Emily came over and gave me a hug. "I'm sorry."

Billy straightened. "I think Jacob needs to know."

Sam scowled at him. "She's my sister, she should stay with me."

Billy gave him a look. Sam sighed and told his friends, "Come on." He kissed Emily and told her, "Be right back."

Jared, Paul, Collin and Brady filed out. Sam looked at me. "Coming?"

I glanced at him warily, "Where?"

Sam smiled grimly. "To go see the other pack. Also to see how well you phase."

I nodded, "I want more explanations on the way."

When we were outside I stepped behind a tree and stripped. I pulled the heat from the center of my body and fell forward as a wolf. I trotted out to meet the others.

Sam was huge. His fur was black, unlike my silvery gray. I stood still as they surrounded me, examining.

Well, Sam thought, Nice. Okay, you can phase.

I stood still, shocked. How can I hear you?

The others laughed. I bristled, showing my teeth. Knock it off, Sam said, the laughter stopped immediately. We know how it felt for the first time.

Sorry, Anne. Said one of the others, I thought it was Jared. I can't imagine how it must have been by yourself, at least we had Sam.

I sat down. All right. I want explanations. How do I do this? Why do I do this and do you have any idea why the hospital smells?

Sam sat down. We are the protectors of the tribe; He explained again, we keep the tribe safe from vampires.

Vampires? I asked

Vampires. Sam said. You work at the hospital right?

I'm a nurse.

So you've noticed how it smells? Sam asked.

Yes, I had a sneezing attack. It was especially bad around Dr. Cullen, I said.

Sam and the others nodded their understanding. That's because he's a vampire. We can smell them. Dr. Cullen isn't as bad as he could be though. Sam sighed. Jacob! He called.

What? Came a voice. It was muted as if from a distance.

It looks like we've got a new werewolf. My sister just showed up. She saved Claire. She's a nurse.

There was a pause; We'll meet you at the border in five minutes. Another pause. Edward and Carlisle want to come too.

Fine, growled Sam. To me he said, We'll explain on the way.

It was an amazing feeling to run with others. I had never had anybody to run with. I had run with coyotes before, but it wasn't the same. I still wasn't quite sure what was going on, but I had a general idea. What's more, I felt accepted.

I ran next to Sam; Jared was on his other side. I had brought my clothes with me. I had to admit that tying them to my back leg was a good idea.

Sam and the others had explained the history behind the two packs and the Cullens. I felt sympathetic towards Bella. I also had the feeling that Sam was biased.

I was shocked to learn that because I wasn't a part of either pack yet, they could only hear what I wanted to say. It sounded like they could hear all of each other's thoughts. Sam warned me that Edward; one of the "bloodsuckers" could hear thoughts too. I found their names for vampires amusing. I had made the mistake of laughing out loud. They had stared at me strangely after that.

Finally we reached the border. There was an unspoken agreement that we would phase. I quickly dressed. I had the feeling that Sam would kill anyone that looked at me twice. He was a little over-protective. But it was nice to finally have more family then just Grandmother.

I kept my face carefully blank as we approached. The wolves caught my attention first. In front was who I assumed to be Jacob. Behind him was a girl that had to be Leah. Then there was Embry and Quill. Quill smiled at me. Sam had explained that Claire was the girl that Quill had imprinted on. I wasn't entirely sure what 'imprinting' was, but it sounded like it would be bad if Claire had died.

Dr. Cullen and another person stood a little apart from the wolves. I took in Edward. He had the same amber eyes as Dr. Cullen. I glanced between him and Jacob. All the trouble that Sam had told me about was because of them? I tried not to roll my eyes. This is a strange place.

Edward smiled when he heard my thoughts. I ignored him.

"Sam, this is your sister?" Jacob asked.

Before Sam could reply another person ran up. I was distracted. He had the same russet skin as all of the wolves, but his seemed to be like living silk. His black eyes were riveted to mine.

The universe shifted. Suddenly it wasn't gravity, but him that held me here. Life had changed forever.

As if I was in a trance, I walked toward him. His longer legs crossed the distance more quickly. Everyone else was forgotten. There was just the two of us. Hesitantly he raised his hand to my cheek.

"Anne, can I introduce you to Seth?" Jacob asked. Seth didn't look away from me as he gave Jacob the finger.

I looked down and blushed.

"Well this makes things more complicated." Sam said. I resisted the urge to flip him off too. "I guess I know which pack she'll belong to."

Leah stalked up to Seth. "You didn't!" she snarled. "My baby brother imprinted before I did!"

Seth groaned and glared at her. "Go away, Leah!"

I tried to concentrate. It was amazingly hard when Seth was standing so close to me. "Would someone like to explain what just happened?"

Jacob laughed. "You just imprinted on Seth and Seth imprinted on you."

"Stop confusing her!" Seth reprimanded Jacob, to me he said, "We're soul-mates. It's as simple as that."

I sighed. "Why me? All I wanted was to get away from Vermont and find out what the hell I am."

I looked around. Sam was glaring at me. "What's your problem?" I asked.

Edward answered. "He doesn't want Jacob's pack getting any bigger and he feels that since you're his sister, that you should stay with him."

Sam glared at Edward. He turned and melted away into the trees. His pack followed him.

"That's going to be a problem." Leah muttered. She glared at me. Seth turned his body so that I was behind him.

Carlisle smiled at me. "You're still not sure what's going on, are you?"

I shook my head.

"Why don't we go back to the house?" Embry suggested.

"Come on, we'll tell you the story along the way." Jacob said.

Seth put his arm around me. It felt nice in a strange way. Edward smiled again. That was going to get old fast. Jacob began his version of what happened. Finally he finished, "So the Volturri ran off, and we've been here ever since."

"I had the feeling that Sam was biased when he told me." I said, thinking back. Edward growled.

Jacob looked at him, "That bad?"

Edward nodded once.

"I like to look at both sides of the argument before I decide which side I'll choose." I said.

Carlisle nodded approvingly. It was strange having him here. I had known that he wasn't normal, but to have him, who was basically one of my bosses, here was very weird.

As we approached the house, I was blinded by another sneezing attack. I remembered to breathe through my mouth.

"You'll get used to the smell," Seth assured me.

"Just think about how it is for us." Edward said. "You don't smell like a pile of roses yourself."

I fought the urge to stick my tongue out at him. He caught the thought anyway and rolled his eyes.

A small child came running out of the house and leapt into Jacob's arms. She had brown ringlets down to her waist. Her skin was pale, with two rosy cheeks. She was the most beautiful child I had ever seen. I smiled as she looked at me curiously. This had to be Renesmee, the child that Sam told me about. She didn't look like the spawn of Satan that Sam described her as being.

She touched her hand to Jacob's cheek. He laughed.

"That's Anne. Seth imprinted on her and she imprinted on Seth." Renessmee touched him again. "Yes, she's like us." Another touch. "Yes she's like Auntie Leah."

Leah growled. Jacob laughed. Renessmee touched him again and he looked at Edward. A silent communication happened between them. Edward called out "Bella."

"Coming!" came a call.

A young woman came from behind the house. She had brown hair and deep reddish amber eyes. She had the same perfect features as Dr. Cullen and Edward.

"Who's this?" she asked as she took me in.

"This is Anne." Edward explained. "Apparently Sam's father settled down with an Abenaki woman. Anne is their daughter. Seth just imprinted on her."

Jacob turned to Leah, "This should give you hope. You were wrong, stop moping."

"Nessie wants to know if she can talk to Anne." Edward told Bella.

"I don't see any reason why not. If Seth imprinted on her she must be safe," Bella said.

"My thoughts exactly." Jacob said as he handed Renesmee to me. Edward snorted.

She was a sturdy little thing. Her face dimpled as she reached to touch my face.

I gasped as an image grew in my mind. Sam had explained what it was, but that didn't make it any less shocking.

I watched from Renesmee's point of view, perched in Bella's arms, as they ran with Jacob's pack. They were running for the joy of it. That looks like fun, I thought.

The image changed to that of a meal around a table. The wolves ate while Edward and Bella sat with them. A cup of blood approached the 'camera'. Eww.

The image faded and I opened my eyes. Renessmee smiled at me. "You are a remarkable child." I told her. I looked at the others.

"Welcome to the pack," Jacob told me. All of us went inside, me toting along Renesmee.