Authors Note:

It's been a while... I've been sitting down and working out a plan of action. I completely wrote a plan up until the season 3a finale which was fabulous by the way. I almost died when (SPOILERS)... Jennifer snapped the twins necks, but all was well. I've got a great story planned out for Sam and Avery, don't fret, they'll be running into a certain ex-alpha soon! *COUGHS* Derek. So enjoy this chapter, it's a little bit short :P

Chapter Seven: Part of Your World

It seemed all they had done recently, was run. Run after and away from people. But for once, they didn't have to. They'd managed to catch up to Kali's pack on the border of Nevada, although it hadn't been on the friendliest of terms.

Her pack was all with her, there was seven of them in total. They were circling the brother and sister duo, ready to tear their throats out.

"You think that I wanted to kill the love of my life?" Sam shouted as Kali growled.

"Not at all. Your sister on the other hand I don't trust." Kali had her bare feet brushing the dusty ground, sharpened toenails exposed.

"She has no blame in this. You on the other hand have thrust this curse on me. Your my Alpha." he shouted back.

"You want to join my pack?" Kali looked taken back.

"Yes. That's why we went in search of you." Avery piped up.

"What makes you think that I'll want you?" Kali crossed her arms, challenging them to prove their case.

"You knew, deep down, that they were going to kill her. I think instinctively you bit me because you needed a replacement."

"I bit you as my revenge against your parents." she corrected him.

"Either way, I need your help to learn to control it." Sam moved away from his sister and honestly faced Kali. As much as he hated asking for her help in all of this, she was invaluable to their cause. He doubted that Avery would be able to do more than chain him up on the night of the full moon, and maybe jab him with a few electrical shocks. If he broke free, he would undoubtedly kill his sister. He already lost one important girl in his life and he wasn't ready to lose another.

"First off, it's not like a light switch. You can't just turn it on and off as you please. If I teach you to gain control over the wolf, every full moon you'll still be in excruciating pain. You'll just be able to hide it better and not threaten to kill anyone in your sight."

"I'm accustom to pain." Sam shrugged.

"I think we should vote." piped up the Beta called Jarred.

"This is not a democracy Jarred." Kali moved her gaze away from Sam.

"Well it should be." Jarred moved forwards, chest forward defensively, "For all we know they completely set up Ilena's death. He could have faked his tears. Now they've come back on their parents orders to finish the rest of us off."

"I doubt that." Kali pushed the Beta to the ground. He scowled back at her, his eyes glowing gold.

"They would have offed him by now. Especially their family." Kali stared back at the Venators, "Actually how are you still alive. Isn't their some kind of code?"

"There is, we're just choosing to ignore it." Avery moved to her brother side and clasped his hand in support, "I'm not giving up on him yet."

"Forgive me if I don't trust your word on it." Kali helped Jarred to his feet, he rudely brushed her off and returned to his spot in the circle.

"I wouldn't expect you to. What we're asking is a long stretch. Especially with our families past. But I'm hoping you can see past that and be the better wolf." Avery spoke. Kali stared past them for a moment, like she was looking at a ghost.

"Do what Ilena would have done." Sam said softly. That seemed to satisfy Kali, who nodded and signaled for her pack to start setting up camp.

"We're camping here for the night. It's gonna get chilly so you better have some blankets." she started to set up her own tent, "We're on our way to meet a friend in a week. Be up at six am sharp or we'll leave you behind."

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A campfire was crackling in between them, they were separate to the rest of Kali's pack. Off to the side, with only each others company to pass the time.

"You know. I think she likes me." Sam smiled, pulling his sister closer. He already was much warmer than what he had been as a human. His skin was toasty to the touch. Avery almost didn't need a blanket until the cold change came through.

"Who? Kali?" Avery frowned, as if her brother was crazy.

"Yeah. I feel like we have great sarcastic banter at times." he nudged her, clearly joking. He had her worried for a second.

"I think we've done well, all things considered." he continued as the fire proceeded to lick the air. It was enchanting to watch.

"Don't get to ahead of yourself." Avery stared at the fire too.

"I'm not. I'm just..." he paused and looked down. "I'm just glad that it's you by my side. I couldn't think of things any other way."

Avery smiled and dug herself further into his arms, he responded by holding her tighter. In front of their little fire, away from the rest of the pack, things indeed looked brighter.

Neither of them would ever admit it, but they were both terrified of the future. It held mysteries that they wished they already had answers too. Whether they had good or bad luck on their side, hindsight was the greatest gift anyone could give them at this time. When a finger tapped them both on the shoulder, though, they almost jumped out of their skin.

"Sorry." said a woman's voice as the light caught her face. She smiled and held out a bowl of food for each of them, "I thought you might be hungry."

"Thanks." Sam smiled and happily took the food form her. She hadn't been one of Kali's pack, she must have only just arrived. The lady nodded and went to leave.

"Wait. Stay." Avery asked her, already with a mouthful of soup. The girl looked uncertain, like she really should be getting back.

"We don't bite. The bitting's all Kali." Sam joked. The girl nodded and sat down across from them.

"What's your name?" Avery questioned.

"Julia."

"I had a lizard named Julia once!" Avery beamed, "Although it escaped from it's tank and I never saw it again."

"Not that you look like a lizard." Sam corrected his sister, hoping Julia didn't think that they were rude.

"Oh no! Not at all. You're very human looking." Avert nodded.

"Thanks." Julia smiled softly, she found these two very odd.

"So... are you a wolf too?" Avery put her bowl on the ground, licking the spoon. She had been starving!

"No. I'm the pack's emissary." she said, quite proudly.

"Did you know Ilena?" Sam jumped in. Julia lowered her gaze to the fire and nodded.

"She was a good friend. A great ally." she stated. Sam breathed heavily.

"How long did you know her?"

"Since I took on the role of emissary, ten years ago. We were teenagers."

"She was great, wasn't she." Sam said rhetorically, copying Julia and staring into the fire. Julia nodded, she had known what this guy had done to her friends life, she didn't hate him, but she somewhat blamed him.

"Well..." Avery yawned, noticing the tension, "I need to sleep."

"I should be off too. Kali needed to speak to me." Julia got to her feet. Before they could stop her she was already off.

"See you tomorrow Julia." Avery called out into the night. There was no response, "She seems nice."

"I had a lizard named Julia once?" Sam looked at her instantly, annoyed, "Of all the conversation starters you went with that one?"

"My brain froze." Avery winced.

"Well unfreeze it, we're already skating on thin ice as it is. You don't want to piss off their emissary in case she advises them to boot us or worse."

"She didn't look like the kind of person that would hold a vendetta against likening her to a lizard." Avery argued. Sam frowned and let go of her, she shivered in the cold.

"You're going to punish me?" she scoffed, "What am I, like five?"

"No..." Sam was trying hard to appear angry, he really wasn't. "You're just going to need to have a lot of blankets tonight."

"I'll freeze to death." She whined, mouth open wide.

"Fine." Sam sighed. He got down onto the ground and laid out, holding out his arm for his sister. Avery mocked him by getting up childishly and plonking herself down beside him. He breathed a little laugh and hugged her tightly. Her eyes shut and within minutes she was out. Sam was still wide awake, staring out at the stars. He had tried to count them all, often forgetting what number he had been up to, as his mind drifted to other thoughts.

Something was wrong and he could feel it. In his gut he knew that this safety they had tonight wouldn't last. It couldn't. But it wasn't Kali's pack or the thought of their parents coming after them that worried him, there was a deeper sense of unease at heart. He had never experienced anything like this transition, but he had learnt enough to know what abilities werewolves had. He already had inklings of heightened hearing, strength and healing. He even felt his body temperature rise, obviously with Avery wanting to use him as a human blanket. But there was one thing he knew was wrong. Being with Kali, he should have started to feel some kind of familial bond to the pack, a sense of trust and friendship. Wolf packs have a mystical unspoken bond with one another. Deep down he didn't feel that connection, he didn't feel that allegiance. He thought it best to brush away that thought. In time he would probably build the relationship up, but for now, the only person he felt a connection with was his sister. She was the only one he could trust. The only one to help him control this monster within.