This chapter introduces Kira's POV to the story. I'm also gonna start bring Seth into the picture. I love Seth. He's just such a likable character. This was a fun chapter to write. Hope you enjoy. I don't own etc.

Kira POV

It was damn near midnight by the time I finally made it to my family's house in Forks. I had never visited this home, even though it was one of their favorites. It had been a very long drive from Nevada, but worth it, since I would be reunited with my loved ones. I hadn't seen them for almost a year and I missed them terribly. It got lonely being on your own sometimes.

I got out of my car, noticing all the lights were on in the house. It was a beautiful house, full of windows. It would have to be amazing on a sunny day, with all the light coming in. It fit my family. I could tell why Esme always spoke so fondly of it. This was the kind of house they could relax in and not worry about being anything other than what they were. I walked in, half expecting to find at least someone inside waiting for me, since no doubt they heard me come in. Actually, I was surprised I didn't have someone meet me at the door. After further inspection, however, I discovered no one was home. I dropped my bags off just inside the door and followed their scent out the back door, to the edge of the forest. They had all left together, almost. Edward had ran off in the opposite direction. Interesting.

"Oh Well." I said to myself as I shifted into my white tiger form, stretched, and sprinted off after the scent. They wouldn't be hard to find...

Sam POV

The pack arrived at the clearing shortly after midnight. It was a clear, cool night. The moon was only a sliver, so the light was limited, but there was a large camping lamp on in the clearing. The Cullen family was already there, standing around in small groups talking. Bella was there also, which explained the need for the lamp. I didn't realize they would allow her to be part of this, but I guess the whole situation effected her directly, so it shouldn't have surprised me. She huddled next to Edward as he spoke quietly with Alice. (I knew most of the Cullens due to Jacob's closeness to Bella, but there were still a couple of them I did not know the name of) One thing I did note was there were 7 vampires in total. There were only 4 when the treaty was made. It made me wonder if they had made any of the others, but I stopped the line of thinking immediately. Now was not the time to nit pick about possible treaty violations.

The entire pack was present, spread out along one side of the clearing. The Cullens stopped talking and the Doc and Edward walked towards me. I guessed Edward knew which wolf was me by my thoughts. I stepped forward and addressed Edward.

"We will remain phased and we will listen and observe, if you will serve as a translator?"

Edward nodded, then told the Doc my thoughts.

"Excellent." The Doc stated, looked towards me. "Thank you for coming out. My son, Jasper..." He gestured to the blond vampire he had brought with him to our first meeting. "...has had a great deal of experience fighting newborn vampires in his life before he joined our family. He will instruct us on the best fighting technique when facing a newborn."

As if scripted, Jasper approached, half facing his family, half facing us. It was obvious he didn't want to show us his back. That won him some points in my book. You never turn your back to an enemy. He spoke to us as if he were addressing soldiers. He had to have some kind of military command training in this past. It showed in the way he moved and how he spoke.

Over the next 5-10 minutes, Jasper explained why newborn vamps were different than the ones we had dispatched before. Apparently, they were stronger, crazier, more bloodthirsty and fought with brute force, not with their brains. If we organized the pack into side and back attacks and kept moving this would be easy. We just had to make sure none of the vamps got a grip on us or they could crush bones.

Jasper then called over one of the vampires I didn't know. He was a big guy, bigger than most of the pack.

"Now Emmett here is the closest in fighting style as the newborns." Jasper began, getting an evil eyed look from the big guy. "Come at me like a newborn would. Just in your face, totally depending on your strength and nothing else."

"You asked for it, Jazz." Emmett declared, before charging.

What happened next could only be described as a dance. It was almost beautiful. Emmett charged Jasper at such a speed I almost missed it. I was pretty sure Bella had. Jasper darted out of his reach, turning and coming at Emmett from the side. They did this for a few seconds, neither getting the upper hand in the super fast exchange. Suddenly, Jasper was on the big guy's back, teeth near his throat.

"Got ya. You're dead."

Emmett huffed, pushing the smaller vampire off his back.

"Next time, Jazz, next time." Emmett warned, taking his place next to the very attractive blond vampire.

That was impressive and I wasn't the only pack member thinking it.

"The newborns will have little to no strategy. With so many, Victoria would not have had the time to organize the attack and train the newborns to fight properly. She'll be trying to overwhelming us with numbers, not technique." Jasper then looked over to Bella. "I know you have concerns about Alice in a fight. I'm about to show you why there is nothing to worry about."

Alice got up and approached Jasper. Was it me, or was she dancing? Before they could begin, a figure walked out of the tree line on the far end of the clearing and walked towards us. As the figure got closer, I could see it was a young woman, probably in her early 20's. She walked smoothly, gracefully, almost cat like. Her hair was red, reaching just a few inches below her shoulders, and her skin was light. Not the sickly pale of the vampires, but not a beach bunny tan, either. She was dressed in bluejeans and a Las Vegas T-shirt, but wore no shoes.

Everyone turned to look at the mystery woman, but Jasper was the one to react. He dashed over to her. For a moment I was concerned he was going to attack her, but then the two embraced. The kind of embrace you would give someone you knew dearly, but rarely saw. Family.

"You made it." Jasper said to the newcomer. Thanks to werewolf hearing, I could hear what was being said.

"Of course I made it. Made good time too, but apparently not good enough, since you started without me." The woman kissed Jasper's cheek and they began to join the others. I noticed all the vampires seemed to have a look of fondness towards the woman.

"Oh, by the way..." she began, as she joined the vampires. "...you guys are really slacking on your population control of the predators in this area. I circled around the clearing before I came in and there is like 11 wolves watching you right now. Big suckers too. I was surprised you hadn't made them lunch yet."

She had circled us! I didn't hear her and neither did any of the pack! What was she?

The female vampire standing next to the Doc stepped up to the woman, hugging her. "Those are the La Push werewolf pack, dear. They are going to assist us with dealing with the newborns."

The young woman blushed slightly, then looked over to us. "Oops, sorry about that." She yelled. "Not offense." She waved, then turned to look over in Edward and Bella's direction. At the moment when she was talking to the pack, I got a good look at her. The one thing that stood out above all else was her eyes. They were pale blue, almost white, like you'd find on a Siberian husky. They gave her an intense, almost dangerous look. They didn't seem to fit quite right in her face and it made a chill run down my spine. I also got a good whiff of her. She wasn't a vampire, but she didn't smell totally human either. Her eyes just confirmed it.

"And you must be Bella." The woman approached Bella and Edward, stopping right in front of Bella. "I'm Kira. Alice has told me so much about you." The woman, Kira, pulled Bella into a hug before Bella could speak. "Welcome to the family. You are just as Alice has described. You are beautiful and I must say, you smell terrific..."

"Kira..." Carlisle said, clearing this throat, but Kira didn't seem to noticed and continued talking to Bella. Bella had a look on her face I couldn't quite place...kind of a mixture of curiosity and confusion.

"Not in a 'I want to eat your spleen' kind of way of course. More of a 'you smell pleasant and not offending' kind of way."

"Kira..." Carlisle said again, slightly louder, but to no avail.

"I just totally freaked you out didn't I? I'm sorry about that. I don't always have the best way with words. I was born without that filter most people have that tells them what's appropriate to say and when. I can't help it, but..."

"KIRA!" Carlisle shouted, finally catching her attention.

"Yes?" She asked, turning slowly to the Doc.

"How many cups of coffee have you had?"

Kira smiled sheepishly. "Only 1 or 2, or 8...I also had one of those energy drinks and about a half a bottle of those Jet awake pill things. It's a long drive from Nevada to here and I didn't have time for a good nights rest before I left." She turned back to Bella. "Those pills are great, by the way. I totally recommend them. I'd recommend them to these guys, but then there is the issue of them never sleeping, so I guess they don't need them..."

"Kira, sweetie?" Jasper whispered to her, touching her arm. She looked over to him. "We are in the middle of training here."

"Oh right, sorry dad." Kira said quickly. "I got it, game face time. I'll just park it right here next to Bella." She took 2 deep, slow breaths and suddenly Kira shifted into the biggest white tiger I had ever seen! She was a shapeshifter! I couldn't believe it. The cat before us was at least twice the size of any of the tigers I had ever seen in a zoo. She was bigger than me when I was phased. Her stripes weren't the usual black, though. They shown silver in the dim light of the camping lamp. Her eyes were the same eerie pale blue, but they looked appropriate when fixed in this monstrous cat form. The entire pack shuffled a bit. This was a surprise. So much so, I almost missed the part where she called Jasper dad. The vamp had a kid? A shapeshifter kid? I hadn't fully recovered from my shock before the training continued. It was hard to pull my attention away from Kira, but this training was important. I would figure out Kira later...

To be continued...