AN: I know, I know, must be hating me, huh? I hate myself too for NOT UPDATING ALL THIS LONG but you know, I was in trouble with my wi-fi! It took them more than a week to fix it. I was damn dying without it! Anyway, enjoy and yeah, don't forget to tell me how you think of this in REVIEWS! You have to support or I'll turn to nothing! I wanna be a writer when I grow up, maybe u people can help me?

RETURN OF THE BLUEBIRD

Today, it had been one whole month since Valerie Bluebird was missing and one whole day since mum and dad had left. Although I didn't care much about it but I was thinking about it only as it was written in school newspaper that I was reading with Megan. (Well, not my parents going back to Santa Paula news) what? Thunderstruck? Everyone was but why? I still don't get it. Sharing my newspaper with her won't kill any of us.

"Cassie, Megan, are both of you alright?" Cole asked.

"Why?" we both asked in unison.

"Nothing." Brady replied.

"You guys are crazy." I said.

"Anyway, what about if we guys have a race across the woods?" Nathan said.

"Or better, let's get to see Cassie's powers. I want to know if I try anything what she can do in defense." Ethan said.

"What do you mean by 'anything'?" Sonny shot.

"Baby, I mean if I run after her." Ethan clarified.

"Better." Brady said. I burst out laughing.

"What time?" Hayley asked.

"Hayley, that doesn't concern you." Seth said.

"Oh please!" she said. I put earphones in my ear and turned on the song –Take a Hint by Victoria Justice and Elizabeth Gillies. That actually matches what Ethan just said. I laughed. Brady pulled one ear plug from my ear and put it in his ear. I scowled at him.

"Nice song you're listening." He said.

"I know. Quite matches the situation." I said.

"GUYS! You both are busy listening to songs and here we have a topic to discuss." Hayley shouted on both our ears after taking out earphones.

"Yeah, right." I said pulling at my ear.

"What was the topic?" Brady asked.

"We're gonna go racing. Girls are gonna watch." Rodrick said.

"Excuse me." Megan said. "I'm a shape shifter too and I too have my rights to racing."

"Except Megan." Cole said.

"We Girls can't actually run with you, idiots." I said. "Or maybe I can."

"No way, you're not trying anything before we start your training." Brady said.

"OKAY." I said. "All set then. Let's have bets."

"We will. Once we analyze who is actually something to bet upon." Ashley said.

"Hey, that's so not fair, Ashley. You still don't trust me with speed." Nathan protested.

"What's there to trust you upon if someone sees your speed of eating?" Rodrick muttered eating his food.

"What did you just say?" Nathan shouted.

"Nothing, curly burly, sit down." Ashley said and Brady and I exchanged glances of what-was-that?

"The recess is going to end in some minutes. Anything else to discuss about?" Seth asked.

"What's your problem, sunny bunny? Why are you in haste today?" Hayley said to Seth.

Brady and I looked at them, actually stared at them while no one else's responses were like us. How crazy was this? What idiotic nicknames were these? And I now wondered that after Ashley and Hayley, was Sonny going to expose Ethan's cheesy nickname. I looked at Brady and he looked at me. We usually talk with eyes and right now he was saying:

(Bold- Brady, italics- Cassie)

I bet you're never gonna nickname me something like this.

Only if you want but let me tell you it will take me time.

For god's sake, please don't.

You think I would?

Only if I want you to.

I smiled back.

"So, eddy teddy, you have history, right?" Sonny said. Now, neither Brady nor I could help laughing.

"Why are you laughing?" Sonny asked.

"Nothing. Just a mind joke." I said.

When we reached back home to Emily's, Eva was trying to hold a bunch of keys while playing, waiting for Rodrick. Aw! It was so cute when she beamed when she saw Rodrick. He picked her up.

"Rod, your patrol." Quil called from outside.

"I'm really sorry, kiddo. I've gotta go for a patrol." He gave Eva over to me.

"What are the boundaries?" Brady asked as he picked up a muffin from the table. Man, what she makes is huge but she has to make it for some teenage boys who turn into huge wolves.

"Yo Cassie!" Aaron flowed in through my side.

"Aaron, can you see that I have a baby with me?" I asked. "Why do you want someone to kill you?"

Three days earlier too, he had bumped into Claire which Quil could, of course, not tolerate and there it happened – Quil behind Aaron, Aaron in front of Quil, Sam trying to control Quil and Jake trying to help Aaron run away from Quil.

"R5 is good, no?" Ashley asked me.

"I like them too. 'Louder' was awesome." Megan said.

"You just like them because Ross Lynch is there in it." I muttered.

"How do you know that?" Megan asked. I had guessed that because I knew her very well. She liked the 'Ross Lynch' sort of guys.

"Just… just a guess." I said. I should really forget what she likes. We are not best friends anymore, right?

"Yeah, whatever." She said. Brady and the others too went away and it was just Megan, Eva, Emily and me left.

"I'm out of vegetables." Emily said when I was playing with Eva. "Cassie, will you stay with Megan and take care of Eva?"

"I can do that myself. She can go." Megan said.

"Meg, you remember what happened last time? Cassie, will help you. She's good with kids." Emily said.

"Alright, I'll be here." I said. Emily went out and straight away. I knew she would be out for at least two hours because she always needs a lot of vegetables. Megan was playing with Eva right now and I again had my ear phones in my ears. I was listening to the songs I had downloaded yesterday. Brady had sent me the links. As always, his choice is good. Just then I heard Eva screaming and crying at the top of her voice. I pulled out my ear phones. Megan was checking her diaper and shaking her playfully but Eva wasn't getting quiet.

"She wants milk, I guess." I said.

"Emily isn't at home." She replied.

"Seriously, are you at house anytime? I was talking about cow's milk." I said. "Kids can drink that."

"I thought… let it go. I'll get it." she said. Wow, she hadn't ever talked to me this well since last month. I guess she's following the alpha orders.

EMILY IS BACK

When we heard Emily come back, Eva was sleeping soundly, much to our fortune.

"I'm late. This isn't good, I didn't even get to warm up." Megan said to Emily taunting her indirectly.

"I'm sorry, sweetie." Emily said.

"Alright, Eva is my niece." Megan said. I mean c'mon, she just wanted her to say a sorry? That's somewhat like Cole. She really suits him and Brady's pairing logic is perfectly true. They are a perfect pair of drama king and queen.

"Cassie, you can go with her now." Emily said. "Thanks both of you." Does she have to thank us for that?

"Welcome and now may we go?" Megan asked her happily.

"Yeah, go." She replied.

"Bye, Emily." I said and we got out of the door. Wow, I had to walk with her. What a day today is! I mean the sarcastic way.

"Where are those guys?" I asked to start a conversation. Maybe I was too trying to follow the alpha orders. How crazy!

"They are in the middle of the woods. I guess you'll have to walk a long way." She said. "Got your cell?"

"Why?" I asked.

"If you faint in the middle of the woods while walking, I'll have to call up Brady." She said.

"Never underestimate the power of a normal human." I said.

We kept walking in silence for a long time. Well, if we were guys then it's normal but as you know when two girls are together then they shouldn't be quiet. It's out of the girl world law. Even if they are enemies, they must be fighting but here was no sign of it. We were actually trying to avoid saying anything so that it doesn't end up becoming a fight and she ends up killing me before Brady comes to my rescue or the other aftermath is I end up in hospital if she is really kind. If she is that kind, even then I will have a whole life long impact. Whatever, it's not happening and I'm not thinking of it any longer.

"Um, it's weird, right?" she started the conversation.

"What is?" I asked.

"We both are girls and none of us has uttered even a single one since we left my house." she said. "Okay, let me ask this directly, why did you give my gift to Aria?"

"What gift was yours? Wait, Aria had it?" I shouted. I trusted the wrong person when I was going to give Megan's b'day gift. I understand it now!

"You gave Aria the bracelet you made for me. I don't care about gifts but the thing was that you cheated. You said you'll give it to your best friend and all that time you called me your best friend. I called at your home but someone picked up and said that you don't want to talk to Me." she said.

"When did you exactly call?" I asked.

"That same evening when I saw the bracelet in her hand. I called up at your place." She said.

"The date was 10th July, right?" I asked.

"Yeah, you have to remember It." she said.

"Megan, it wasn't me. Listen, if you have heard it from Brady, then you may know my father wants me and my psycho cousin who I don't know about, wants to kill me were in the city and mom was fleeing with me. It must have been one of them 'cause after that, I didn't return to that house." I said in a flow. She was left speechless and one word was that she uttered.

"What?" she asked.

"It's true. Mom told me about this when she was here." I said.

"And this is why Aria left staying with me when she found Catania's company. I get it. She was breaking apart the best friends companies who were famous in school. You bet I wanna kill her." she said.

"And I wanna kill the psychotic who told you that I don't want to talk to you." I said.

"I'm sorry." She said. I was just about to say something when I heard I hard push in my chest that threw me on a large tree. What was this?

"You wanted to kill me, Cassie?" I had heard this voice many a times. This was somewhat like…. VALERIE BLUEBIRD! It hurt now. My chest felt like burning. What the hell is going on?

"Am I right or am I right, Cassidy?" she asked while giving me time to stand up. I looked up to her. Her skin was perfectly paper white and her eyes were CRIMSON!

"You're my psycho cousin?" I asked giving her full doses of irritation. I am good at this. I looked at Megan. She had turned into her wolf form. She pounced upon Valerie but Valerie pushed her away so badly on another tree that she also took some time to gather herself properly. I have taken a bad risk, right?

"Why do you want to kill me?" I asked, trying to get up.

"It's nothing that personal. It's just that I want my position in the tribe." She said. I felt another push. This time it was even harder. This was scaring me now. I took some time to open my eyes again. I coughed and my throat hurt like anything this time.

"Anyway, c'mon fight. Dude, I sound like a professional wrestler." She said. Wow, what a time to make fun of me. I need help. C'mon, I'm a baby in the tribe. How would I ever take someone's position? I huffed and puffed to get up again.

"Megan, you alright?" I asked.

"Actually you should first think to have yourself alright if I leave you to live." She said. It's not a damn sick movie that she is doing these dialogs. I can feel the pain really badly. It hurts really bad that I'm almost dead. I needed to try this. I know I haven't even started trying my element yet but still I need to do this. I have to save myself and Megan from her. I tried my best to summon every inch cube of power I had in me, the belief I had in myself and then the seventh second, I knew I threw a large fireball at her. The second thing after the third push that I heard was Megan howling and then some more howls in the reply. I somehow couldn't do it this time. I couldn't gather it now. I knew I was going to lose but the only thing I wanted was all of them to stay away from this witch but they had come. The first one was Paul as what I could say. I heard howls but now, my senses had almost gone. Sometime later, I saw Valerie run; maybe the same speed as a vampire and almost half of them ran after her. Brady was too after her but he ran past the area I was. So maybe he didn't see me. I didn't know what was happening with me. I felt totally numb but then; I had a sensation as if thousands of were walking on me.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" I shouted and fell on my knees. I saw all of them coming towards me in their wolf forms. It was Jake, Sam, Embry, Jared and Kyle. There was another round of howls till I finally felt a breakdown in my skull. I shrieked again. What else could I do? Then, I felt a strong gush coming through my throat. It tasted blood – the same iron-like taste, and then it was all out. It was all I felt after I lost my senses.

(BRADY'S POV)

As soon as we heard a howl, all of us phased. It was Megan as what I could tell. We all smelt a vampire. Damn, they stink a lot.

Who's it? - Me.

I don't know. It's Valerie, the school bully. She smells a vamp – Megan.

What the f…ish? - Paul.

Don't worry buddy. Rachel isn't here. You can curse. – Cole.

I need all of you here. I can't control her….she's running towards south. Get her. – Megan.

Where's Cassie? She was with you? – Me.

All of us were running after her. Half of us stayed at the clearing where Megan.

Oh my god, is she okay? – Megan to Sam.

Guys, all of us can hear you. Where's Cassie? – Me.

She is the one whom we are discussing, Mr. intelligent. – Megan to me.

Where's she? – Me.

Idiot, be here in a second. – Megan.

Paul and I rushed to the clearing while Cole, Rodrick, Ethan, Nathan, Quil and the others ran after her. I think we led the wrong people after her but I should be with my imprintee than running after her 'psycho cousin' who is a vampire plus an elemental, I guess. This is a mess, true mess. I turned to the woods first.

We need to go to the clearing. – Paul said rage was dripping down his voice. I was scared too. The main thing was I needed her to be okay.

I'm just wearing something. I don't want to scare her out of her wits. – Me.

I phased back and took out my bag from the trunk hollow. Well, this was Megan's idea for all of us to mark down a tree and keep our clothes in the hollow safe in a bag, so that we don't scare anyone.

Paul and I ran to the clearing. Cassie was lying near a tree and there was a small puddle of blood where her face was.

"What happened guys?" I asked. Megan and Jake were in human forms. I guess they had left the others with her to get some clothes. I bent down to Cassie and checked her pulse. It was almost steady. Keyword was ALMOST because I was telling myself she is going to be okay but HER PULSE WAS DAMN FLUCTUATING! Okay, Brady, get yourself on hold. She needs you at the time.

"Cass, open your eyes." I said, rubbing her hands. Her eyes twitched. Wait, was she going to open them?

"Dad, I promise I'll be a good girl. Don't push me from here. I'll die. MOMMA SAVE ME!" she cried.

"Cassie, it's me." I said.

"SAVE ME SOMEONE!" she shouted. "IT HURTS!"

"Did she bite her?" Jake asked.

"No, she didn't. She was about ten meters away from her." Megan said.

"Did she try to hurt her?" I asked.

"Of course she did. That's why Cassie is like this." she replied.

"She's dead." I said. I clenched my fists. I was feeling warmer and shaking but then, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Brady, not now. Cassie needs you right now." Jake said. I had to obey the alpha orders, if not for the pack but for my Cassie. Urgh! I need to control. I lifted her in my arms. I knew I could control as long as she is with me.

"Where now?" I asked, trying my best to fight my emotions. If I don't control myself now, I may hurt her myself.

"I think I'll call Carlisle." Jake replied.

We were running to get out of the woods. Paul calls himself her brother. But where the hell is he when she needs him? I heard a honk and we stopped. It was Paul and Jared in Jared's SUV.

"Get in the car, right now!" Paul said. I climbed on the middle seat placing her first while Embry held her.

"She's turning cold." Embry said.

"Give her to me." I pulled her gently to my chest.

"Don't kill me… please daddy." She murmured.

"What do we do?" I asked.

"I'm sure she did something with her super natural gifts 'cause she didn't even touch her, although she threw her at the tree two or three times… without touching her." Megan said from the back seat. I kept holding her frozen hand. She coughed and I noticed blood stains on my chest. This was exactly my first time being near her without a shirt.

"Jared, do you have some paper napkins?" I asked.

"Yeah, why?" he asked and handed it over to me. "Dude, you're crying?"

"Shut up, moron. She's coughing." I said. Is the only time he has to have fun when everyone's serious?

"What about the treaty?" Embry asked.

"Fuck it. I don't fucking care about it!" I shouted. If she would been conscious, she would have started getting mad on me.

"Brady, she'll be okay." Megan said.

"Oh shut up Megan! Only if you had called us earlier, she could've been okay." I yelled. "You actually wanted her to die, didn't you?"

"Brady she's my best friend, alright? Yes, we had issues but this doesn't mean I did nothing to save her. And you'll be really sad to know that we ended up those issues." She burst out crying.

"Megan, I'm sorry." I said a little later when I realized that I had actually been the one to make her cry.

"It's okay." She said.

When I laid her on the stretcher, I noticed that her top was almost red with blood. She kept murmuring about her father. This was pulling out my curb of control. How do I control myself?

"Carlisle, what do you think it is?" Paul asked.

"I think we need to do something fast." Carlisle said. Is he really a doctor? I mean even if there's something really fishy, doctors are the ones to give us hope, right?

"What's she saying about?" Carlisle asked Paul.

"I guess it's about her father, the one who tried to kill her or whatever it was." I said.

"I don't get it. I think I'd better call Edward. Maybe he could help." He replied.

"But she's blurting out blood. D' you think he'll be able to control himself?" Jake asked.

"Yes, he'll do it. He went on his hunt last night." He said.

"Sure?" Paul asked.

"Yeah, sure." Carlisle said.

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We all kept sitting for a really long time. Paul and I decided not to tell their parents any of this because we both of us knew that her mother will freak out by the power of 100. Square-jaw, I mean Edward (I'm not calling him square jaw until and unless I am in the hospital. I should behave nice to him) told us that Valerie's gift is somewhat like that blondie Jane. She gives pain but Valerie does that plus she reminds you of the worst time you ever had in your life. I was really worried about what Cassie was seeing right now. I needed to be with her right now but I couldn't. This was one of the worst feelings I had ever had. Rachel and Megan were the ones who weren't going back. Seeing them crying, it turned even worse. Then, the inner I, from my heart, spoke:

Brady, control.

Oh shut up! Whenever I listen to you, I get messed up!

But if you don't listen to me this time, you'll mess up.

So, what do you want me to do?

Go to her, right now.

What?

You know if you stay away from her, you'll feel worse. Go to her, she'll feel better.

Sure?

100 and 10 percent.

I think you're right.

I'm always right, idiot. It's you who doesn't want to listen.

Oh please.

Don't 'oh please' me and stop listening to your brain for a while. You should do this once in a while.

I don't know how my brain and heart mess up with each other but it's usual, no need to worry. I wonder that is why I am so messed up.

(CASSIE'S POV)

I knew what place was this but I couldn't recognize the voices around me. This place was just near the cliff where I had my family shots. No, not the sea, please! I was watching the sea.

It was my real father! I need to run. I need someone to save me! But what was this jerk?

"Carlisle let me go to her!" I had heard this warm voice. This was the voice that makes my name sound even beautiful. Where did doc Fang come from? Why was he stopping Brady to come to me? Why was my head paining like it had almost burst? Why was there fire all on me? Why was I seeing the little me? Why was Theo running after me? Why was he going to push me? I had seen everything! It was when I was small.

"Carlisle, don't stop him. He'll burst." Someone else said.

"But you know I can't let him go to her." the third voice said. I guess it was Carlisle. I felt like screaming. C'mon, save me someone. IT HURTS! It hurts like anything! I'm almost dead! Please…

But I was too weak to say anything. I need to talk to Brady, please. Oh c'mon, who am I talking to?

Valerie was standing in front of me. She had her sinister smile plastered on her face. It was all dark and the woods looked even scarier than ever. The fog out here was behind her. I needed someone to save me! She had pinned me to a tree with her yellow colored lasers, as what you see in a science fiction film. It felt like I was burning all over my body.

"BRADY!" I yelled. I again felt weak for some seconds but then I felt my hand in someone's warm hand. Someone's fingers went through my hair.

"Cassie, it's me. Don't worry." He said. YES! IT WAS BRADY. I tried my best to open my eyes. C'mon! I need some inspiration, some hope. I am just around the corner. I could see dim lights under the shutters of my eyes! I'm just there!

"Cass, c'mon, open your eyes." Brady said.

"Brady?" I said with my voice, a dead beat creak.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Valerie." I said.

"She won't even try to come near you now." He said, bent down and kissed my forehead. This was something so cute. "I shouldn't really ask you how you are feeling, should I?"

C'mon, I know I hate being asked how I am but whatever Brady speaks to me about, I'll never feel anything but cuteness in it. I plastered a weak smile on my face. No, if he asks that, I'll love it. I nodded my head weakly. Damn, it still hurts like anything.

"How're you feeling?" he asked and he had the biggest grin I had ever seen, on his face. I loved it. It soothed my eyes really much and I felt a 'fit' of happiness.

"You ain't going to speak?" He asked. I hit of a method. I moved my index finger on his palm to reply.

I-W-I-L-L

"You don't need to." He said.

"Mom and…?" I asked. I knew that Mr. Lahote is my…father but I was too scared to say the word out loud after I saw all these hallucinations or whatever you might call.

"Paul didn't tell anything to them about you. Don't worry." He said. Brady knows my parents very well now. I bet Paul and he would've thought that mom will freak out by the power of 10, at least.