A/N Only one person answered my question in the last chapter so I'll ask it again. Should Leah imprint with Jacob, Paul, Embry, or a random guy? Your choice. Thanks for all the reviews and keep it up XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, SM does, but I get to toy with her characters XD

Previously

"Well, if you didn't imprint on her, why were you looking at her like that?"

Paul's eyes lightened up with a happiness that Sam had never seen before.

"Because she's my sister."

Jacob and even Sam's mouth dropped open and they both said at the same time-

"WHAT?!"

Chapter Eight: Showdown in the Woods

Paul sighed heavily and explained to both of them how he had put the pieces together, starting with his flashback. They readily believed him, since it made perfect sense. No one really knew who Paul's father was; just that he had run out on Paul and his mother. Paul had a pretty good idea who it was but wasn't ready to reveal it yet. They had enough drama to deal with at the moment.

Paul saw Sam's shoulders slump slightly and he felt bad. He knew that Sam always wanted a little brother or sister and was hoping Bella was his sister.

Jacob broke the silence.

"We should go find Bella now. She's probably still pretty confused about the whole werewolf thing. It was a lot to spring on her, huh?"

They all nodded and were just about to leave when a breathless Embry ran through the door. He looked back in surprise as he saw the broken door on the ground.

"Oh great, Charlie's gonna kill me…"

Sam spoke up impatiently. "Never mind the door. What's your hurry?"

Embry sighed. "Well, I was following Seth until he got to his house and then I went home. I found out from my mom that Harry had died from a heart attack. So I rushed back here as soon as I could because I knew you guys had gone to check on Bella-"

Paul jumped up. "Oh shit! Poor Sue and Seth…oh wait…Seth!!"

Everyone's eyes shot to him, Sam giving him a questioning look. "What's wrong?"

Paul sighed. "Think about it. If you just found out your father died, how would you feel? Especially if you were from La Push?"

It took everyone a while to get what he was saying but then it clicked.

Sam began to issue orders immediately. "All right, Embry and Paul, you look for Seth and me and Jacob will go find Bella."

Paul narrowed his eyes. "Why does Jacob get to go with you? She's my sister."

Jacob snarled at him. "Well, last time I checked, Paul, Bella doesn't like you too much right now. So it would be best if we went to go find her."

Paul growled under his breath and tremors began to run down his spine.

"She obviously doesn't like you too much either since she won't return your feelings."

Sam's patience had run out. "ENOUGH!!! YOU TWO WILL STOP THIS RIGHT NOW AND FOLLOW ORDERS!!!"

Jacob and Paul bent down under the alpha's orders, barely able to stand. They knew that Sam must be extremely angry since the alpha command was supposed to be much weaker when they were human. Sam was breathing heavily and walked out of the door, immediately phasing as soon as he was in the cover of the woods. Jacob followed him with a last glare at Paul.

Embry took a deep breath and nudged Paul. "Come on man, let's go find Seth."

Paul nodded and straightened up, as they too walked out and phased.

They searched for any tracks of Seth or Bella in silence and were soon joined by Jared as they continued to look for any signs of them.

A/N Paul italics, Embry bold italics, Sam underlined italics, Jacob bold underlined, Jared bold underlined italics.

It's no use. He probably went to Canada in his anger, or maybe he didn't phase it all. We could be jumping to conclusions.

Wait…I think I found something.

Embry began to follow a trail of broken twigs and bent trees.

Hah, looks like he panicked at first.

Sam chuckled, seemingly much calmer. Says the one who continued to repeat 'Oh my God' in his head until I used the alpha command to get him to calm down.

Sam! You promised you wouldn't tell. Now what am I gonna tell my future imprint?

Paul sighed. That you panicked and acted like a little girl. 'Oh my God'?! Dude, seriously?

Everyone was silent until Jared spoke up.

I found some of Bella's tracks; it looks like she heard Seth and followed his tracks.

Jacob groaned. Typical Bella. Goes towards the danger instead of calling for backup. I knew I should have followed her.

Paul growled and began to push himself faster. If he hurt my sister, I am going to wring his neck…

Embry was the closest to Seth so Sam decided to send him ahead to confront the new werewolf before the rest of the pack came. Jacob caught up to him first and heard the end of their conversation. Something about how Jacob was going to kill Seth once he found out something. Jacob figured that this was a good time to intervene and phased back.

"When Jacob finds out what?"

Sam, Paul and Jared materialized from the trees behind him with confused expressions on their faces.

Seth exchanged a look with Bella and spoke up warily.

"Me and Bella imprinted on each other."

Jacob was frozen in place as his brain tried to comprehend how this could be. He was the one who was supposed to be with Bella. They were perfect for each other, he was the natural path her life should take. Jacob was sure of it. He was the one who put her heart back together once that leech had destroyed her. Not Seth. Seth just phased and he thinks he has some sort of wolfy claim over her?! He doesn't even know anything about Bella, how is he her soul mate?!

Jacob could control his temper no longer and began to shake uncontrollably. He heard Sam in the background half-heartedly trying to calm him down but to no avail. Jacob phased and immediately lunged for Seth. The rest of the pack knew to stay out of this…this was something between him and Seth.

Seth tried to remain calm and understand what Jacob was going through, but his instincts screamed for him to protect his mate. He too phased, his lips pulled back over his sharp fangs as he snarled ferociously at the wolf who he considered a threat.

Jacob and Seth circled each other waiting for the other to make the first move. Jacob did, of course, blinded by his hurt and fury. They lunged at each other, rolling around and viciously biting any part of the other that they could reach. They both leaped apart, circling each other again, with calculating looks in their eyes.

In the background, they could hear Bella screaming at them to stop fighting but they were in too deep.

Snarls resounded throughout the woods as Seth and Jacob continued to circle each other. Jared and Embry had already placed bets on who would win. Embry was for Jacob and Jared for Seth. Paul wanted to jump in and fight with Jacob but Sam was holding him back.

"What the hell is going on here?"

Everyone froze, cursing themselves mentally for forgetting. As the boys turned to confront Leah, their attention no longer on the fight, Bella made her move. A flash of determination entered her eyes and she ran in between the fighting wolves, just when Jacob decided to lunge once more at Seth.

Jacob crashed into her and Bella flew into a tree. An audible snap was heard as she hit the tree and her body slumped over, unmoving.

Everyone was silent once more, frozen again in shock.

A heart wrenching howl arose from Seth and he immediately ran over to Bella, his nose gently nudging her still form. He growled as he saw Jacob inching towards them with obvious pain in his eyes.

A/N Yes…it's a cliffhanger. Is Bella dead? Review to find out. What happened to Leah next chapter.