Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Twilight characters. I only own Sarafina. Also I'm sorry if the timing of the story is confusing everyone. I know I switch through years and such quickly and it might not always make sense, so I apologize. If it helps, this chapter is during New Moon, perhaps the ending. Though also keep in mind that I'm not doing the New Moon story just the time is being taken place there.
Also I know that much of these chapters are mostly Sara. In perhaps the next chapter or so I will bring back Edward and some other surprises. Please excuse any other vampire mistakes that I have made and probably will keep making because sometimes I forget that I'm writing Sara as a vampire. I think only about a couple more chapters and this should be done. I'm going to try to make the chapters longer ;P
Chapter 16
The monstrous animal's wet nose took a big whiff of my forearm that had been covering my ashamed and frightened face. After feeling the wet sensation leave my skin, I peeked through my arms and saw the wolf just dead straight staring at me. I gulped and furrowed my eyebrows in disapproval.
"If you're going to eat me just do it now!" I sassed at the beast. The wolf like creature let out a low growl and seemed to have made a sneezing sound. I dropped my arms to my side and sighed. Things weren't going how I thought they were; this animal seems pretty harmless. I stood up cautiously, eyeing the brute with every step I took.
The sand colored wolf took a few steps back as I straightened myself up and looked at me with his farfetched eyes that seemed to be glowing with penance. Suddenly I heard the sound of pattering feet from afar and it was coming closer. I inhaled deeply out of habit and side stepped to leave, as I did so, the wolf seemed to take a step forward and placed himself in a crouching position. I took another step to the side and he took another step forward. I was already in a bad mood and this fiend of an animal was deciding to stalk me!
I narrowed my eyes and he did the same. I turned my back towards him and started walking away but when I heard his footsteps behind me I swerved around and let out a seething hiss. Suddenly before I could register everything another huge beast pounced upon me and pinned me to the ground. It was another identical wolf but with russet colored fur. I looked up at the wolf; his teeth bared out and a rumbling noise was coming from his chest. I noticed some sort of navy blue fabric attached to his right front leg tied around by a string. I sighed unhappily and contemplated on whether or not to toss this creature off of me. I didn't think long and hard about it, but just as I was raising my head, a boy's voice echoed behind us.
"Jacob, get off of her!" the voice cried.
The russet furred wolf's head swiftly turned towards the voice and let out a rumbling growl. The animal turned back to look down at me and then slowly repressed his pressure on my body and hopped off. I sat up hurriedly and looked to see where the voice came from. Instead of the sandy colored wolf that was following me, a short tanned skinned boy, who was shirtless and wore a pair of jean shorts that reached below his knees, was gaping at me. I didn't make any motion or sound as I shifted my glance from the boy to the russet wolf, who was now standing beside the adolescent.
I slowly got on my knees and then rose myself from the dry leaves pile that had I been pushed onto. I dusted the remaining leaves that had gotten stuck on my shirt and then turned to look at the duo, who had their eyes locked on me. I cleared my throat and scratched my head awkwardly, having a half naked boy and a huge wolf watching my every move wasn't so comforting.
"Uhm, well, thank…you?" It came out sounding more like a question than a response. I did owe thanks to the young boy for restraining the beast but I didn't have a doubt in my mind that I wouldn't have lost in a fight between him. I was a vampire and that creature was just a mere wolf on steroids; it wouldn't be hard to rip his head off. I sneered to myself thinking the cynical thought.
The young boy opened his mouth to talk but suddenly the russet furred wolf snapped his head towards the boy and snarled unpleasantly at him. The boy did flinch but then he straightened up and restored his serious posture.
"She didn't seem harmful. She was backing into a tree for crying out loud!" the boy shouted at the wolf. The gigantic beast growled and seemed to shake his head violently in disapproval.
"Just so you know I'm not scared of you two" I piped up from behind them. Both of their eyes instantly turned my way; a sudden breeze blew past me and I felt the uncomfortable situation again. Suddenly the russet colored wolf scowled back towards the boy and jolted into the trees. The boy's head had followed the wolf's move and then swung back towards me.
"So what was that abo—" I exclaimed but I got interrupted by a sudden stir behind the boy. Slowly came out another tanned, yet more muscular and taller, boy with a pair of navy blue shorts on and no shirt, with a grimace expression plastered on his face. I let out a huff through my nose, not impressed by his sudden arrival, and placed my hands on my hips.
"What are you doing on Quileute land?" the older boy snapped at me.
"On who-da-whatta-land?" I titled my head to the side and raised an eyebrow. The boy who had asked me the question narrowed his eyes and if it was possible, steam would be blowing out of his ears.
"It's our tribe territory" The younger teen replied first.
I turned my gaze on him. The younger, less muscular boy seemed more docile. He was indeed built but not compared to the one standing next to him. The smaller boy had light brown shaggy hair and big doe like eyes. I smiled warmly at him, feeling less pressure from him. Once realizing that I was actually shoving a nice emotion to either one of the two, I blinked and crossed my arms.
"Well I—I didn't know" I stuttered, shaking my head. The older boy didn't seem happy with my response and crossed his arms, looking unsure about my being on their 'territory'.
"You should've let me kill her. She's a vampire and on our land! She could've hurt you." The older boy grumbled at his younger counterpart. I sighed internally thinking how little they knew about me. I let out a chuckle thinking how cocky I sounded. I blinked back towards the two, who were watching me with suspicious eyes. I cleared my throat awkwardly and swung my arms behind my back, waiting for them to lower their guard so I could escape.
"I'm not a little kid! I could've handled it by myself. Either way, I don't want to kill her. She might be a vampire but she hasn't hurt anyone." The younger boy raised his tone with every word he spoke. I felt a weird feeling inside of me, a bit of warmth. I felt kind of special having this youngster defending me, not even knowing who I am.
"Hey—Hey" I stuttered in a low voice, "I want some answers too. Like where did those wolves go and why you guys are shirtless?" I thought about what I just said and felt a bit on the dumb side for asking why they had no shirt on but I didn't bother to regain my dignity.
The two boys looked at each other and then back towards me. The younger boy seemed to be holding back a laugh while the older one underhandedly rolled his eyes. I narrowed my eyes and suddenly something started to click in my head. My mind raced back to when the russet colored wolf had me pinned and I spotted a navy blue fabric tied around his leg, and then I stared at the taller boy with the navy blue shorts on.
"What gives? Either the wolf handed you his pair of shorts or you are—" I babbled out but got interrupted by the younger boy's round of chuckles.
"We are the wolves" The smaller boy breathed as he took a breath from his laughter. I raised my eyebrows and looked at the taller boy who seemed to have an irritable expression on his face.
"I don't know if it was smart to tell her that" The taller boy whispered nonchalantly to his younger partner as if I couldn't hear him.
"I assumed so anyway. It's no big deal" I said, taking a few steps forward. I didn't realize what I was doing until the two boys stiffened and narrowed their visions on me. I raised my hands in front of my chest and sniggered, this was becoming fun. I let out a soft sigh, thinking how I came here dreading and hating everything to laughing and acting all confident.
"Leave then. Blood-suckers aren't wanted here" The older boy growled.
I placed my hand to my un-beating heart and faked a hurt expression, "Ouch wolfy. That stung. It stung right here" I said tapping at my chest, where my heart was placed.
"I thought you guys just had black bottomless pits replacing your hearts?" The older boy shot back a sarcastic comeback. I let out a chuckle and shook my head in disbelief, he despised me already and I didn't even annoy him with my shadow technique yet.
"Good one" I nodded, "But at least I don't smell like garbage that's been laid out in the sun for too long"
"Your scent is so sweet, it's sickening!" The older boy glowered.
"Guys! Guys!" The smaller boy came in between us and looked us both in the eyes. "Stop being childish" he exclaimed, mainly staring at his friend. I snickered and nodded in agreement.
"You're right. Tell Hulk over there to play nice" I smirked.
"With a blood-sucker? Ha! Never in a million years!" The older boy scoffed.
"I have plenty of time to wait" I stuck out my tongue playfully. The older boy scornfully shook his head and just stared at the ground.
"Seth, if you want to be friends with this…thing, then that's your problem. But she can't stay here" The older boy said facing the younger boy. He gave me one more repulsive glance and then turned his back towards us and started walking away.
The younger boy watched his friend walk away and then quickly turned back to me. He sighed and bit his bottom lip; he seemed like he was thinking of what to say to me. Poor kid, I didn't mean to make things weird for him.
"Seth, is it?" I interrupted his pensive thoughts. The younger boy nodded slowly, he closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. "My name's Sara" I tried to get catch his gaze but his eyes were still closed. I extended my arm as a nice gesture despite his eyes being shut and waited for him to notice me. In a second he blinked them open and half heartedly smiled at me. He hesitated at first but then raised his arm and shook my hand. At first, when he touched the palm of my hand, his fingers recoiled, but slowly he relaxed and took a firm grip of my hand.
"Nice to meet you" His voice was low and came out hoarse. I stretched my smile and dropped my arm to my side.
"Your friend" I nodded towards where the older boy had left. "What a charmer"
Seth chuckled and stretched his arms above his head, "Jacob really is a nice guy. He's just not very fond of vampires. Well neither is the rest of our tribe…" Seth lowered his head slightly and looked up at me with apologizing eyes.
"But you are?" I replied, sounding a bit unbelieving.
"Well I don't mind them. We have a couple up north from here. I'm not sure if you met them yet. The Cullens? Every Quileute hates them, it's like a legend." Seth explained, "Because of them, we turn into werewolves"
"Interesting" I breathed, "I know the Cullens quite well" I nodded while staring into space and getting sidetracked, "Say, do you know if the mother, Esme Cullen has gotten better?" I asked inquisitively, hoping maybe this kid would know about Esme's catatonic state and if she had snapped out of it.
"No, sorry I don't really know any of them other then Dr. Cullen" Seth replied.
I didn't respond to Seth, I merely nodded and sighed. "Where are you off to now?" Seth asked, probably to end the awkward silence.
"I…don't know" I responded honestly. "I was, let's say, running away from home"
"That sucks" Seth exclaimed, "Hey, if you want, I can see if you can crash at my place" Seth's face brightened and then it became a bit grim after thinking hard about his offer.
"I'm sure from what you said about your people that they wouldn't want me around" I smiled at Seth for being thoughtful, "No, really I'll just keep running until I find somewhere to stay" I thought about staying at the Cullens, which I know wouldn't be a problem, but right now I wasn't in the mood to deal with vampires. I felt a sudden calming aura coming from this werewolf, how bad can the rest be?
"At least stop by" Seth suggested, "We never had a…friendly vampire before" He seemed to have doubts on the word 'friendly' since he sort of narrowed his eyes as he said it. "Heck, I don't think we ever had a vampire stop by, other then the Cullens but technically they haven't really came on Quileute land."
"Uhm well if your tribe is as nice as you, I guess it wouldn't be any harm to stop by" I tried to smile but something about Quileute suddenly became not so comforting and got me a bit nervous.
"Sweet. I'll show you the way" Seth put on a widened smile and started to walk where the older boy, Jacob, had gone. Seth walked a few paces in front of me as I staggered behind, deciding whether this was a good idea or not. "I thought vampires were supposed to be fast?" Seth teased.
I narrowed my eyes and smirked. I pushed him lightly and quickened my pace so that I was walking along side of him. Eventually, we reached Seth's neighborhood where houses were spread far apart from each other. Once walking passed the poorly maintained houses, Seth had led me to a beach. The wind was kicked up a notch and my hair was fluttering passed my face.
"C'mon" Seth encouraged as he stepped in the sand and motioned me to keep on following. I slowly dipped my feet in the sand as if it was cold water and tip toed to keep up with the somewhat eager teen. Once reaching the shoreline, Seth plopped to the ground and laid on his back.
"You seem as relaxed as ever" I chuckled, taking a seat next to him.
"Why wouldn't I be? Life is good now" Seth grinned as he brought up his arms and placed them under his head like a pillow. "I thought I spotted something unwanted and it ended up me becoming friends with it" Seth turned his face towards me and smiled.
At first my expression was blank. I wasn't prepared when Seth had just called me his friend. I let out a breath and smiled back at him. I haven't met someone as nice as him in a long time.
Suddenly I began to hear grunts and murmurs coming our way. I looked around our surroundings, but I hadn't spotted anything yet. In a matter of seconds a group of equally tanned and muscular boys were headed our way. I hurriedly turned to look down at Seth, who had his eyes closed and a smile plastered on his naive face.
"Uhm Seth" I said, shaking his torso.
"Yeah?" he replied, his eyes still shut.
"I think some of your buddies are coming over" I exclaimed, straining the word 'buddies'.
Seth eye's suddenly flashed open and he shot up from the ground and stood up straight. I followed his lead and got up as well, standing beside him yet holding my own ground.
"Seth!" One of the older ones barked.
Seth gulped and took a step forward so that he was slightly in front of me. I let out a small smile, thinking how sweet he was being, taking precautions to protect me just in case.
"Hey guys" Seth gave a nod. His expression was stern as he looked at each of the boys. Once they were close enough I got a better view of them. Jacob wasn't one of the three that had showed up, which made me feel a little bit uneasy, seeing that I had already met Jacob somewhat before. It was only three of them, yet they looked like clones of each other if you quickly glanced at them. The one standing in front of the other two seemed to be the leader and more built.
"What is she doing here?" One of the ones behind the leader growled.
"She—" Seth hesitated and then straightened himself out, "She's my friend" he said confidently. I silently 'Pfft-ed' him, thinking how childish it was to think that we were actual friends.
"Are you being serious, Seth? Are you not using your head?" The other lackey piped up.
"She's one of them!" The one from before scowled.
Seth looked up pleadingly at the leader and gulped, "Trust me" he mouthed. The leader quickly turned his gaze on me and narrowed his eyes in suspicion. I stared back at him, doe eyed and a bit taken back. He was bit big, almost as big as Jacob but not quite. But his expression seemed more cold and distant then any of the others. Just before the leader was about to say something to me a sudden snarl came from in the forest area of the reservation.
Suddenly the trio all looked at each other and bolted for the trees. I turned back to Seth who was already running behind the others. I stood dumbfounded for a nanosecond and then followed Seth. I watched in awe as he magically transformed into the husky huge sandy colored wolf.
"That's sick" I smiled at Seth as I ran along side of him. The wolf seemed to form a smile as he looked at me and then faced front and ran straight ahead. We ran for another few minutes and suddenly we came to a halt. Seth and I were watching the huge russet colored wolf, evidently Jacob, circling a tree. Suddenly from above a branch, hopped down a male shirtless, blonde haired, vampire.
I gasped softly and looked at Seth who was now joining his fellow wolves in surrounding the vampire. I watched carefully as to what the vampire was doing. He seemed to take the wolves enclosing him as a joke. Suddenly Jacob lashed forward and took a huge snap towards the vampires head but was too slow. The vampire ran around and hopped on Jacob's back like a horse and grabbed onto his fur. Jacob wheeled around spastically and rolled to the ground. A dark brown looking wolf pounced towards the vampire but the vampire had pushed him away in mid stride. The vampire jumped on a branch from above their heads and then pounced on Jacob again, who seemed to be his main target. Seth then charged forward cunningly and took a bite out of the vampire's leg. The vampire lifted his arm in the air and with a swish of his arm flew Seth towards a tree.
I watched scornfully as the creature knocked Seth into the tree behind me. Suddenly my eyes widened and I felt like something was lodged in my throat. "Creature? What am I saying? I am just like him" I looked down and clutched my hands to balled fists. I took in a deep breath and raised my head and targeted the vampire. The wolves seem to be having no trouble keeping up with the male vampire but in my eyes the vampire just seemed to be playing cat and mouse with them.
I turned my gaze back to Seth who ran back towards the fighting scene. I sighed and looked forward. I narrowed my eyes and then sprinted towards the vampire and body slammed him into the tree. The tree, sadly had been knocked down along with the vampire and I.
I got up hastily and turned towards the others who were watching me with widened eyes. I shrugged and turned back to look at the vampire rival but before I could act on it, he had pulled his arm back and punched me in the face. I flew backwards but luckily landed on something soft. I looked to my side and saw sandy fur all around; I found Seth's face and smiled. I stood up once again and locked eyes with the vampire.
"You're defending them?" he hissed at me. I got a better look at this guy. He had pale white skin as any other vampire did and shaggy blonde hair that he tied in a small ponytail. He was indeed shirtless and wore brown trousers. It took me awhile to register what he had said.
I loosened my stiff posture and lowered my head slightly, pondering for an answer. I turned back to look at him and nodded. The male vampire shook his head in disgust and then pounced at me. Suddenly a blur of color rushed in front of me, but once I got a better look I saw the russet colored wolf stride through the air, slamming into the vampire who ricocheted and hit the ground. I looked intently at the wolf, realizing it was Jacob and nodded.
The vampire growled and crouched on the ground. I exhaled roughly and then saw something that got the wheel in my head spinning faster and faster. The vampire's shadow laid on right below him. I smirked and relaxed a bit. The vampire saw this as an open attack and quickly darted towards me. I took my chance and dived for his shadow. He suddenly stopped moving and his face strained with anger. I stood up and stepped firmly on his shadow and then looked towards the wolves.
"What are you waiting for? Get him!" I shouted. And just like a speeding stampede of bulls, the wolves all dashed for the frozen vampire and took their share of parts and ripped him to shreds. I gulped thinking how utterly repulsive it was to have to watch them tear the vampire limb from limb but I dealt through it.
After the frenzy was over the wolves began to head back towards the reservation. I watched as Jacob slowly walked towards the direction of the running wolves and turned around and looked at me. I stared back, not making a move, waiting to watch him turn back around and jet back with the others. Jacob continued to stare at me and then he seemed to give me a nod of acknowledgement. I smiled and let out a breath that came out as a chuckle. He turned around and ran back. I looked around and found Seth sitting patiently for me to run with him. I grinned and then darted back towards the beach, and he followed right behind.
*****
As me and Seth got back to the beach I was surprised to not see the other wolves near by. I stepped into the sand and swerved around since I hadn't heard Seth. Then from behind a tree he had sauntered back towards me with his jean shorts back on. The grin on his face was a comforting sight and I felt a bit taken back by this.
"You wouldn't believe what the guys just told me!" He said excitingly.
"You were talking to them as you were fighting?" I chuckled, "Do your barks and growls count as talking?" I asked as we continued walking down the beach.
"Yes, but we can also talk through our minds" He looked back at me to see what my expression was.
I nodded my head, "Cool"
"Yeah, so anyway, like I was saying before I was rudely sidetracked" Seth joked, "They think you're all right!"
"Oh happy day…" I stated sarcastically.
"Believe me, they are total tough asses. I had my doubts after Sam and the others met us here at the beach but now I'm pretty sure that they don't mind you here. I mean after you helped us and all" Seth said gleefully. I half heartedly smiled, not truly happy that I took part in killing one of my own kind. I stared at the sand as we continued walking forward and think about what had just happened.
"I wonder what he wants" Seth exclaimed. I picked my head up and saw Jacob, waiting it seemed, a few yards away. Seth and I picked up our pace and reached Jacob.
"What's up, Jake?" Seth asked Jacob curiously. I hadn't taken my gaze off of Jacob since we had spotted him from afar. Jacob nodded at Seth but didn't say a word, then he turned towards me.
"Can we talk for a second?" Jacob asked me, then he glanced back at Seth, "Privately" he finalized.
Seth turned to me, 'I'll be fine" I reassure him and then walked up to Jacob. He looked at me with every move I took. Once I got to his side he turned and we continued walking down the beach shore.
It was quiet at first. Jacob and I just kept staring straight ahead. I was becoming bored of this private walk and was tempted to just turn around and head back to Seth but Jacob had built up sine air to talk. "So I wanted to thank you for helping us out today"
I nodded, "No sweat"
"I'm sure it must've been hard for you to do that. Since…he was one of you" Jacob exclaimed. I shrugged my shoulders and began kicking a shell. "Well I just wanted to say…thanks, is all. Me and the pack appreciated it….even though we could've taken him on without your help." He said smugly.
I rolled my eyes, "And you were being so good at being nice" I didn't turn my head from the straight direction but I couldn't help but peer up at him. His lips twitched upward from my response and I got a strange funny feeling. I turned me head up at him and smiled, "Now see, I knew you had a happy personality somewhere in you"
Jacob looked down at me and elbowed me lightly. I let out a soft sigh and continued walking forward. This may be the start of a weird beautiful friendship.
Okay, so I hope this wasn't a huge disappointment to anyone. I was always thinking about introducing the werewolves in this fic so I hope shoving them in this chapter was all right. Also if anyone realized, the vampire they killed was indeed James. I didn't want to just bring in a random vampire and since he technically didn't die since I had said that Bella hadn't gone to Forks, I thought it would be all right to choose him for the kill. I tried to describe him as best as I could!
Also I know many must be thinking, it's basically impossible for a vampire and a werewolf to coexist but it's also impossible for vampires and werewolves to exist period =P So anyway also please excuse Sara's many talents. I just realized I had given her too many... -.- Also for the whole "ButterFly Effect"moments...I know vampires can't have hemorrhages but hey, it came out pretty good, didn't it? ;P
Okay so I hoped people liked this one. Thanks to the consistent reviewers! You guys are my motivation! And thanks to my friend Marrabelle who always gave me good feedback and inspiration. If you like Alice&Carlisle stories be sure to check out her page!!
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