I own nothing but Erin

"I don't want to go!" I said, pleadingly.

Seth rolled his eyes, "I love you, Erin, and I'll do anything for you, but come on! You'd choose spending the night with your witch mom, over going to the bonfire and seeing Sam for the first time since you found out he's your brother?"

"Half-brother." I hissed, glaring. "And yeah, I guess so."

"Emily'll be there," He added, eyebrows raised. "And Kim. I think Bella Swan's even coming."

"Bella?" I hadn't really talked to her in months. She'd once been a pretty good friend of mine. I'd spent many afternoons in the garage, watching Bella and Jacob banter and work on their motorcycles. Plus, I grew up with her and I knew she'd be graduating soon and I'd heard that meant she wouldn't be human much longer. I huffed and got up off the porch step, getting in Sue's minivan and slamming the door.

Seth laughed and shook his head, getting in. He started the van and leaned over, kissing my cheek, "Thank you, I love you."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I grumbled and swatted him away, unable to stop my little smile.

"You don't have to tell Emmie you're going?" Seth asked, pulling out.

I gave him a look, "Billy's my legal guardian, remember? Emmie is just some person who happens to share half of my genetic code with me."

"Right," Seth nodded and sighed, "It's just weird for me. I mean, I guess I've always thought of you as Billy and Sarah's daughter. You look a bit like Billy and you're as nice as Sarah, most of the time. Then Emmie comes to town for the first time since we were six."

"So?" I asked, looking over at him, "Sarah and Billy will always be more like my parents then Emmie and Joshua."

Seth nodded, "I know that, it's just, seeing Emmie is weird. You do have the same hair and laugh; you both cross your arms over your chests and roll your eyes the same way, it's just weird. Not to mention, that I suddenly see all these similarities between you, Sam, and Embry, which is even weirder."

I huffed, "It's always nice when your boyfriend basically calls you a freak show."

"Erin, don't do that," Seth complained, pulling up to the beach.

"Do what?" I snapped, looking over at him.

Seth sighed, "You know that's not what I was saying. You ask for honesty, but it kind of seems like you only like it when it's what you want to hear."

I gaped, "That is not true! I can't believe you just said that."

Getting out of the car, I slammed the door hard while glaring. Seth was next to me in a second. "See? I guess honesty isn't the best policy after all."

"You want some honesty, Seth?" Stopping, I crossed my arms over my chest, voice rising, "Fine, okay, I'll be honest! You're a coward and if you hadn't imprinted on me, we never would have gotten together. I'm too stubborn and you're too scared." I yelled, shoving past him.

Glowering at the ground, Seth followed after me, scuffing his shoes in the sand. We were silent as we walked up to the fire and I took a deep breath, going over to Kim. She gave me a sympathetic smile and held her arms out. I hugged her and smiled a little. Glancing around I found Seth; he was sitting on a log next to his sister, glaring at the fire.

I frowned, my chest tightening. I really didn't like this fighting stuff. Guilt turned the taste in my mouth bitter as I remembered my words moments before, said just to purposely hurt the boy I loved. I should feel guilty and ashamed. It was our first actual fight as a couple and to be unable to go over and hug him made my chest ache. Shaking my head, I went to find Emily over by the food table. "Hey, Em."

Emily turned around and smiled at me kindly, "Hey, Erin. You okay?"

"I just realized, a little too late, I don't like fighting with Seth. So that kind of sucks." I shrugged and kicked the sand under my converse, absentmindedly.

Emily nodded, "Yeah, I'm proud of him though. He's angry, but he hasn't run off to phase yet. That's very impressive for such a young wolf. Then again, he is Seth."

"Yeah," I glanced at him across the flames, understanding Emily's meaning completely. There was no one quite like Seth Clearwater, he was in a class all his own. "He is. So, where's Sam? I have to get this 'we're siblings' thing out of the way."

"They're down by the water. They were waiting for you." The Pack Mother nodded and I saw two dark figures by the waves.

"They?" I asked, already knowing what her answer would be.

"Sam and Embry." Emily confirmed. I sighed and nodded, waving to her before I trotted reluctantly down to the water.

Embry looked up at my approach and grinned, "Do I have to kick Clearwater's ass or are you okay?"

"I'm fine." I said, honestly. Seth and I would make up, probably before Bella and Jake even showed up.

"Good," Sam entered the conversation. I looked at him and swallowed, nodding a little. "So, how do you guys want to handle this?"

"Embry and I have handled it. Blood doesn't change anything. You're my half brothers, I've got your backs, and I figure you both have mine." I said, shrugging.

Embry nodded and Sam said, "Of course, you're the closest thing I've had to siblings. It's weird, being an only child for 20-"

"16-" Embry.

"15-" Me.

"Years and now we have half siblings." Sam ended.

I nodded, "I get that."

"Same here." Embry said.

"Well, I think Jacob just got here, so we better go back." Sam said. I nodded and turned to Embry.

"Piggyback ride?" I asked and he rolled his eyes, smiling at me teasingly. I laughed when he crouched and let me climb on. Embry had always given me piggyback rides when I asked, mostly just when we're little but oh well. I laughed and jump off him once we reached the bonfire, running over to Seth. "I'm sorry."

Seth looked up at me and reached for my hands, frowning, "Me too. What I said was just stupid things."

"I said worse." I countered, sitting next to him. Seth leaned over and kissed my forehead.

"I'm pretty tough, I think I can take it." Seth said, wrapping an arm around me and drawing me close to his warm body. I smiled at him and kissed his cheek.

I saw Bella and Jacob coming over and jumped up, "Bella!"

Embry got up too, "Hey, vampire girl!"

Quil jumped up and high fived her, kissing her cheek.

She looked away from Jacob and smiled, walking over to me, "Hey, Erin. It's been a while."

I nodded, "Little too long. How's Edward?" I asked politely. Bella blushed and smiled.

"Good, thank you. And Jacob told me about you and Seth. I kind of saw that one coming." She muttered. I nodded and turned to my boyfriend, grabbing his hand and pulling him up.

"Nice to see you, Bella. Jake never shuts up about you." Seth shook Bella's hand. He turned to me, becoming adorably whiney. "They put the food out."

I rolled my eyes, "Go." He pecked my lips and ran over to the other boys who were crowding the table. I laughed and turned back to Bella. "You look great."

She had always been so pretty. She skin was pale but not in an eerie way, similar to porcelain actually. Her lips were even and fit her face well, her chocolate brown eyes were cold though, distant. There had been many days I'd wished I looked a little something like Isabella Swan. "That's nice, but you're the one who looks all grown up."

I rolled my eyes; she was always really nice too. "You should meet Kim. She's another imprint and she's really nice."

"Imprint." Bella said the word like she was trying to adjust to it, unsurely testing its weight on her tongue.

"Yeah, Jake explained, right?" I asked, walking slowly towards Kim on her log.

Bella nodded, "Yeah, Emily and Sam, Kim and Jared, you and Seth, I heard about that."

"Good. Kimmy! This is Bella Swan." I pulled my friend up and turned to Bella.

"Nice to meet you." Bella said, smiling.

"Likewise." Kim said, quietly before sitting again.

"She's shy." I explained, walking to the food table with Bella. We grabbed a hotdog apiece and got to hell out of the whirlwind of boys and bickering. We sat next to Emily and Sam. Bella said hello to them and sat back. We roasted our food and Seth came over to sit next to me, Jacob leaning against Bella's legs.

Paul cracked some more jokes about Bella and bantered with Jacob over food but soon everyone got more and more quiet. I glanced over to see Kim almost asleep against Jared, and I snuggled up closer to Seth, warming my body with his supernatural heat.

I heard Bella mutter, "It's getting late."

Jacob whispered back, loudly, "Don't start that yet. The best part is coming."

"What's the best part? You swallowing an entire cow whole?" Bella asked, making me smile. Jacob had eaten about sixteen hot dogs by himself.

Jake chuckled, "No. That's the finale. We didn't meet just to eat through a week's worth of food. This is technically a council meeting. It's Quil's first time, and he hasn't heard the stories yet. Well, he's heard them, but this will be the first time he knows they're true. That tends to make a guy pay closer attention. Kim, Erin, Seth, and Leah are all first-timers, too."

"Stories?" Bella asked, uncertainly.

Jacob moved closer to her, whispering so I could barely hear, "The histories we always thought were legends, the stories of how we came to be. The first is the story of the spirit warriors."

As if on cue, Paul and Embry sat up straighter and Jared shook Kim ever so gently, sitting her up. Emily pulled a notebook and pen out, posed to begin scribbling. Sam turned to face the fire with his fellow elders. Leah closed her eyes and Seth leaned forward, looking like an eager kid in a candy store.

My uncle cleared his throat and began.

Now, read the legends part in Eclipse because I will not be typing up that whole thing. Considered it to be nice and then totally bailed.