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Last time in Pack Protection
A frown appeared on her face as she sat down on her bed. The last time Bella had spoken to Charlie he had told her Billy was in a wheel chair paralyzed waist down so how could he drive a truck? Bella's frown deepened and as she went over the truck leaving in her head. Maybe she had not looked properly and had misjudged how many people were in the truck. Ye, that was probably it or was it?
Running across hot desserts under the glare of the scorching sun was hard. Make the temperature of your body 108 degrees to that mix as well as a body full of fur then you wouldn't survive. The heat would be too much but if you were supernatural it would seem a bit different. Wolves were rarely found in a dessert but six wolves ran over the dry land leaving no trace they were ever there.
The wolf at the front led the way to wherever they were going. Its black fur covered in rainbow leopard print shone as it pushed its legs harder trying to speed up. The wolf next to it seemed to keep up with the rainbow printed wolf easily. It's tongued lolled out just enjoying the run with its white fur blowing in the wind and golden paws hitting the ground. A black furred wolf with a red stripe down the middle was keeping its pace even and at match with a black wolf with a yellow belly. Behind them was a wolf with brown fur and green paws and tail that kept looking behind at the wolf at the back that couldn't quiet keep up with the rest. Its fur orange with blues ears and a blue tipped tail.
The brown wolf barked up front telling its alpha that not everyone was keeping up. They all slowed down to a stop and the orange wolf seemed to be glad it could have a rest. The rainbow coloured wolf nudged the youngest wolf with its head telling it they needed to keep going otherwise something could happen when they weren't there that they needed to prevent. Starting again they kept a slower pace not knowing what lay ahead.
The closer they got the more the landscape changed. The trees were welcomed as they kept the sun of the wolves back and soon they were running through a forest. Coming towards a lake they stopped for a quick drink then carried on. Keeping their ears pricked up ready for any danger they didn't know what to expect but as they went deeper into the forest and closer to their destination the rainbow wolf slowed down stopping the other wolves in their tracks. The smell of shape shifter reached their noses.
Suddenly three wolves appeared in front of the pack growling. They growled back. The rainbow wolf, the pack's alpha, assessed the three threats. The one in the middle was the largest with dark black fur all over. It seemed deadly but the size was what made it more intimating. The wolf to the right had silver fur and was probably half an inch smaller than the black one and seemed inching for a fight. The wolf to the left had dark grey fur and looked swifter than the other two and was baring its teeth at them.
Then three more wolves came all taller than the rainbow wolf's pack. A russet brown came to stand by the silver wolf and a grey wolf with dark spots on its back came to stand by the dark grey one. Finally a chocolate brown furred wolf that had a lighter brown on its face stood next to the russet coloured one. The twelve wolves all stood glaring and growling with teeth bared and ears back against their heads when the black wolf backed off only to come back as a man with russet coloured skin and short black hair.
"Why are you here?" He questioned. The five other wolves stood close to him. The russet brown wolf sniffed the air then backed off behind the trees only to come back as a man similar to the other man with the russet coloured skin and short black hair as well as a tattoo.
"My name is Jacob Black, who the hell are you?" Jacob said his back straight and his eyes narrowed.
"Jacob what are you doing?" The other man hissed.
"I know these scents. They were on the ninja stars Bella had." Jacob explained. The rainbow wolf and the rest of its pack perked up at hearing Bella's name.
"You know Bella don't you?" Jacob asked coming a bit closer.
The rainbow wolf sighed and phased. A girl stood in its place wearing jeans and a top. Looking no older than fourteen she had black hair down to the middle of her back with a steak of rainbow colours. Her eyes were dark blue like the ocean and her face was cocked to the side confused as to how Jacob knew Bella.
"Yes I do know Bella." The girl agreed. The five wolves stood right beside her not wanting the other wolves to hurt their alpha.
"What's your name?" The other man questioned looking curious.
"Why should I tell you when you haven't told me yours since I was taught not to trust strangers?" The girl replied leaning into the white and golden wolf.
The man glowered at her but then smirked. "My name is Sam Uley. This is my pack."
The girl nodded but didn't tell him her name. Why should she? She didn't even know him?
"Everyone phase back." Sam ordered and the rest of the wolves by them went behind the bushes and came back in their human form. They all had the same russet skin, some darker than others, and the same tattoo on their arms with black hair differing in length but none going past their ears.
The girl tilted her head wandering why he ordered them to phase back. It was probably to make them look less intimidating. The guy that was the silver wolf was still glaring and looked like he wanted to kill. 'He probably hasn't killed a vampire in a while' the girl thought.
"As I said this is my pack." Sam continued. "This is Embry, Jared, Paul and Quil."
The girl looked to the wolf she was leaning on and questioned it silently with her eyes if it would phase for her since it was her Beta. The wolf nodded closing its eyes. The white wolf disappeared and another girl appeared. Shorter then the first one and possibly younger with brown hair going down her back and chocolate brown eyes.
"My name is Lila and this is my pack." The first girl, Lila, said. Nodding to her left she told them. "This is my Beta, Leah."
Some of the boys snickered but shut up when Sam glared at them. Leah narrowed her eyes and asked. "What do you find so funny?"
Quil answered. "We have a girl in our pack called Leah."
"Well you can call me Lowe then so we don't get mixed up." Leah told them. "It is my wolf name."
Lila took over. "How do you know Bella?"
Jacob answered before anyone else could say anything. "We used to hang out as kids and play together until she was took away by that witch."
Lila nodded in understanding about what he called Renee. She had never met the deceiving tramp but had heard lots of things about her. Enough to know she shouldn't be called a mother and was glad Bella was living with Charlie now but that meant vampires.
"How old are you?" Sam asked taking charge again.
"I am fourteen." Lila answered with a grin at their shocked faces, even Paul wasn't glaring anymore. "Some others are thirteen and others twelve."
"Why don't we take this to the Rez where the elders can speak about it?" Jacob said looking at Sam waiting to see what he would say.
"We can't." Lila said before anyone could say anything.
"Why not?" Sam questioned staring at her.
"We are needed in Forks." Lila didn't want to tell them everything so decided to keep answers short. Her sisters were getting impatient and wanted to go see Bella and make sure she was keeping out of trouble.
"Why?" Paul asked. This was the first time he talked and it held a bit of venom at the pack. The four that were still in wolf form growled and Leah glared. Lila stood there wandering what to tell them.
"We are here to protect a friend." Lila answered as truthful as she could.
"Bella." Jacob whispered. Everyone heard him with their extra strengthened senses.
No one said anything waiting for Lila to say something. She didn't agree or disagree knowing she had already said too much. Sighing she nodded and began to walk away, her pack following but not taking their eyes of the guys.
"We have to make sure she isn't injured by any…." Lila debated what to say. "Blood suckers."
With that Lila and Leah phased back to their wolf forms and they began their last few miles to Forks leaving the Quileute pack standing there.
"Do you think they really are here to protect Bella?" Quil asked scratching the back of his neck.
"Possibly." Sam answered still staring where the girls and wolves had left. "There seems to be more going on than they were letting on."
Standing outside Bella's house they kept to the shadows of the forest so they won't be caught. The six wolves could hear Bella up in her room flipping over the pages of a book. She sighed every once in a while but she wasn't moving around. The alpha told them all to phase back and six girls left the forest dressed casually in jeans, trainers, tops, jumpers and jackets.
Lila led the way like any alpha would keeping her senses open in case there was any danger around. Leah was next to leave the forest still wearing the same clothes as before. Amie left next her black hair up in a ponytail and amber eyes darting everywhere looking for any sign of danger. Jess came out with Alex right behind her. Elena came out last her ginger hair going down her back.
They all walked towards the door of the white two story house. A police car was parked in the driveway as well as a red cherry truck. Lila knocked on the door and they all waited patiently for someone to answer the door. They could hear him moving around inside and they finally heard the key slip into the keyhole and a click signalling the door was unlocked.
A man with brown hair and a brown moustache opened the door. He had wrinkles by his eyes and Lila recognised him from the photos Bella had shown them. Charlie Swan, Bella's father.
"Can I help you?" He asked in a gruff voice.
"Yes were here to see Bella." Lila answered
"Why?" Charlie's eyes had narrowed suspiciously and Lila could see his hand itching for the gun he kept by the door.
"We're friends from Phoenix, Arizona. We heard Bella moved here so we came to say hello." Alex answered, coming up with a good excuse.
Charlie nodded but his eyes stayed narrowed. He shouted up for Bella to come down and walked away from the door when she got to the bottom of the stairs.
Bella was confused why Charlie had called her down but when he pointed towards the door she grinned when she found her six sisters standing there. Before anything could be said they were all jumping up and down in a group hug on the porch. They probably looked like maniacs jumping up and down and her squealing in delight but she didn't care right now. Her sisters had travelled all the way from Phoenix to come her even though it hadn't been twenty four hours yet.
"Why are you guys here?" Bella asked looking at each of them in turn. How did they get here so fast?
"Can't we just appear randomly to see our big sis?" Leah questioned grinning.
"Well, yes, I guess." Bella said still smiling silly. Then she remembered they were still on the porch. "Come on in guys. I'll introduce you to my Dad."
Leading the way Bella led the girls into the living where Charlie sat with a beer in his hand watching the t.v.
"Dad." Bella said getting his attention. He turned to look at her and then at the six girls that he just saw at the door. "These are Phil's kids." Charlie looked surprised not knowing his ex-wife husband had kids. "This is Lila, Leah, Amie, Jessica, Alex and Elena."
"It's nice to meet you properly sir." Lila said trying to soften him up.
"Why am I always introduced last?" Elena mumbled but was ignored.
"I didn't know Phil had any kids." Charlie said looking them all over. It was really starting to feel uncomfortable in the room with Charlie scrutinizing them like that. "Does Renee know?"
"No." Amie answered.
"Why not?" Charlie answered the cop in him wanted to know all the facts.
"Phil didn't want her to worry about us and Bella at once." Leah lied. Charlie didn't know about how Renee treated Bella. The real reason why Phil never wanted Renee to know about them was because he didn't want them being treated like Bella was. Phil had been debating taking custody of Bella but he remembered Charlie and how Bella wanted to go back to him.
"So why are you guys here?" Bella asked. "Shouldn't you still be with Phil?" The girls looked at each other. What were they going to say? Why hadn't they planned this?
Will the pack end up on the Rez? Why did the Quileutes want them to go with them? What will the pack tell Bella and Charlie? Will Bella ever find out what's going on? Only time will tell.
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