Hey all fans! I am so, super sorry I haven't updated in like, ages! The truth - and I know you hear this from a lot of Fan Fiction authors- is that I have been really busy with school work since my last update. And I also had humongous writer's block. But the good news is the block has passed, therefore I will be updating this story a little more often. Probably every week or so, that is, if you WANT me to. I'm not sure if this story is any good anyway, but I'm going to keep writing as long as I have some readers. Lol. Hope you'll enjoy this little tidbit. Please review if you have any comments, ideas, and questions, blah, blah, and blah….LOL. :)

A Cinderella of Sorts

Jared POV

It's been two days since my Kimmy wheedled me into letting her meet with the leech doctor, so she could learn more about her powers. I still didn't want her anywhere near their kind, veggie vamp or not, but I decided if it makes her happy, I'll go along with it. Doesn't mean I won't get overly protective of her though; kind of how I am right now.

We are at the boundary line, between our land and theirs, where Dr. Bloodsucker is instructing my Kim on how to coax her subconscious into allowing her powers out. It seems she can only use them when she is asleep or unconscious, which is making him visibly frustrated at her.

I am on the sidelines, not fifteen feet from her, in my wolf form, while the rest of the pack is behind me. When Dr. Bloodsucker snaps at her in frustration (AN: That's very OoC of Carlisle I know, but it works for this story. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Carlisle and I mean no disrespect towards his kind nature.) I snarl and leap between them albeit carefully, so as not to harm my angel, and glower at the leech who dared get mad at my Kim for something she can't help.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Jared calm down. I didn't mean to snap at her. I'm sorry," Carlisle said, apologetically holding up his hands in surrender, and backing away slowly.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see the rest of his family who are waiting on their side of the treaty line, about twenty feet back, tense in anxiety. I can feel the rest of my pack also responding. I am suddenly aware of the voices screaming in my mind.

'Jared man, calm down!'

'I don't like it either man, but back off.'

'What are you doing, Dude? You'll break the treaty!'

'Jared, stand down,' that was Sam, and he used his alpha voice, thus I must obey.

Reluctantly, I sidle backwards not taking my eyes off the leech, while gently nudging Kim with my shoulder so she will follow me. She hasn't spoken since I jumped in front of her. I was starting to worry I had hurt her when her angelic voice rang in my ears.

"Jared," she spoke serenely, "it's Okay. Please let me continue with the lesson. You can stand closer if you like, honey."

Stunned and elated that she called me an endearment, I snorted an agreement and stopped moving backwards, letting her step forward. Before she went back over to Dr. Leech, she leaned up on her tippy toes and pecked my rough-haired cheek softly.

"Thank you," she breathed into my ear.

I grumbled the wolf version of a purr, and nuzzled her neck with my muzzle. She giggled and turned back to the leech.

"Sorry about that, Carlisle. He gets overprotective sometimes."

"I completely understand, and you have nothing to apologize for. It's just that my family and I are in a tough spot right now. I'm sorry I lost my patience with you. I know you can't help it," Carlisle said calmly, back in control.

"So, let's pick up where we left off, shall we?" Kim suggested.

Dr. Leech nods and smiles at her. I stifle a snarl when he steps closer to her to demonstrate something.

"You have to let go of your inhibitions. They are not conscious. Your body has special defences for itself, which are purely instinctual. You must try to let go of them and bare your powers," he said, "clear your mind. Breathe…in…out…in…"

Kim POV

"Breathe…in…out…in…" Dr. Carlisle coached.

He said something else but I was already gone, floating in a sea of darkness. I wasn't scared though. It was more of a placid darkness. Opening my eyes I stared into the oblivion. At first I didn't see anything, and then as my eyes slowly adjusted I saw a tiny green dot in the distance. I couldn't distinguish much more than the color from this distance though. The only other thing I could discern about it was it seemed sinister just glinting there, surrounded by a sea of pitch black. And then almost as if I had willed it with my thoughts, it started getting closer and closer.

I was suddenly struck by how very queer it looked. Craning my neck in a futile attempt to see it better, I was growing increasingly curious. When it was maybe fifty feet from me, it halted in its movements.

After a moment of stillness it seemed to grow in size, and it started morphing its shape; into what, I had no idea. And then in a flash of blinding white light it exploded silently. When I opened my eyes I was lying on the ground and Jared was hovering over me with a worried expression. His mouth was moving, but nothing was coming out of it. After a moment of confusion I realized he was speaking only I couldn't hear him.

"Are you okay? Kim? Can you hear me?" He mouthed.

I tried to reply, no I'm not Okay, but my mouth is numb and I can feel the words slurring together. Against my wishes, my eyes loll back into my head and I slump in Jared's arms, blacking out again. Except this time it's just black. The green orb of light is gone. And again, I'm floating; just listening to the soothing thump-thump of what I assumed was my heart beating in my chest. Thump-thump... thump-thump…thump-thump…

Jared POV

Beep-beep…beep-beep…beep-beep…beep…

I just sat there listening to her heartbeat on the monitor. I am at the leech's house, sitting beside my soul mate's hospital bed, in the doctor's makeshift hospital room.

After Kim blacked out the doctor said he wanted to bring her here to keep an eye on her, and see what was wrong. I protested loudly, but in the end I conceded because there wasn't a doctor better than Dr. Leech. Suddenly I was pulled out of my thoughts by Kim's heart monitor.

'Beep-beep-beep! Beeeep! Beep-beep!' was the irregular, rapid rhythm.

Alarmed I yell for Carlisle as I watch horrified, yet oddly mesmerized, as Kim levitates off the bed by a couple a feet. She is glowing turquoise, green in color, and it's pulsating out in waves from her chest. She levitates for a moment or two and then her body starts twitching. At first the tremors are infinitesimal, but then they began to get more and more violent as the seconds ticked by. I leap up from my perch on the edge of the chair beside her bed, and try to grab her to stop the shaking and the levitating. I don't get very far seeing as the second my skin touches hers I am shocked intensely.

"Don't touch her! You'll only make it worse!" I heard Carlisle yell from behind me.

What the hell took him so long? I think irritated.

"What the hell took you so long?" I yelled exactly what I was thinking at the leech.

"I was out hunting. It took a moment for Edward to reach me. I'm sorry." He apologizes, coming to stand beside me.

I didn't even flinch at the sickly, sweet smell the vamps carried around anymore. Instead I just interrogated him on what to do about my Kim.

"What do you mean I can't touch her? What the hell is happening to her? How do we make it stop!"

He just put a hand on my chest and nudged me gently away from Kim. Of course a vampire's idea of gentle and mine differ copiously, and as a result, instead of taking a step back I took several. Before I could growl, he apologized. I let it go.

"She's in what you would call an 'orthrobic state.' It's a state of her mind where she is unconscious, yet her powers are subconsciously manifesting themselves. If you touch her you will interfere with the process. The whole reason her mind is doing this is because it is senses that danger is near. So, it is trying to help her build up her power, in order to fight back whatever tries to harm her." He continued.

"What danger?" I probed, further agitated at the thought of someone or something coming to hurt my Kim.

"As of right now, I do not know. But what I do know is that we must leave her be. If you try to intervene you will only succeed in harming yourself and her."

I still didn't fully understand what was happening to her, but I sort of got the gist of things, and I would leave her alone.

"I am going to go inform my Alpha of the new developments. Please take care of her while I am gone," I whispered that last part, threading an air of gratitude into the request.

Dr. Leech nodded and I left the Cullen house to report to my leader.

'Hey Jared, what's up? How did it go?' Sam was the first thing I heard after I phased.

I replayed the whole conversation in my head, going over the details for Sam's benefit.

'Sam, what do I do? This danger that is coming, what if we can't stop it? What if I can't stop it?' I whimper nervously.

'Jared, it will be okay. Whatever this danger is, it won't get through to Kim without a fight. She is part of this pack now. Just as much as Emily is, Okay? We protect our own.' Sam assured me.

The rest of the members of the pack chimed in their agreement with Sam. Up until they spoke I was unaware of their presence.

'Thanks, guys.' I think with an edge of appreciation.

With my fears curbed I bid goodbye to Sam and the others and phase back. Sam is allowing me time off patrolling to stay by Kim's side. Just as I am buttoning up my cargo shorts I hear a blood-curdling scream coming from the Cullen house.

Kim!

I sprint into the house and up the stairs at an inhumanly fast pace. I bust the door off its hinges as I run into Kim's room. I expect Carlisle to be attacking Kim or something like that, but instead I find him staring at her with a horrified expression on his face. I follow his gaze to see Kim, still levitating and lightly twitching while emitting that glow, just like I left her. But what chills my blood; makes me freeze, and stare, just as horrified as the leech, is the fact that at the crease of her left elbow a thick, viscous, scarlet colored, trail of blood is gushing out. I break out of my trance looking to see if the leech is losing control so close to the scent of blood, but he is fine. Suddenly, Kim screams again, piercing the still quiet.

"Carlisle! Do something!" I yell at him.

As if snapped out of daze, Dr. Leech leaps into action. He grabs a bundle of medical materials and appears at Kim's side in an instant. I walk over quickly but keep a small distance to allow the doc room to work, even though everything in me wants desperately to push him aside and take her in my arms. He grabs a pad of thick gauze and presses it to her hand. Well, he tries to anyway. But just like me he is shocked as soon as he touches her. But shouldn't he be able to withstand a little shock? He's a vampire for crying out loud!

"The shock is too strong! Even for a vampire. It's amazing," Carlisle murmurs stunned.

"Then what the hell are we supposed to do?" I growl frustrated and worried.

"For once in my long existence…I don't know," he admits defeated.

My eyes widen in fear at the realization that even an ancient vampire doctor can't help her. So who can?

"Jared!" Kim screeches; voice full of agony.

I whimper and reach out to her. To my surprise, I am not shocked when I touch her skin. Snatching at the opportunity, I take the chance to place the gauze onto her still bleeding elbow, and apply pressure. Then I proceed to tie an elastic band around her elbow tightly to keep it in place. Immediately after that I try pushing her down onto the bed, all the while whispering soothing words in her ear.

"Shh, baby, I've got you. I'm right here."

Slowly but surely, I can see her glow fading and her levitation ceases, as well as her twitching; in two minutes flat she is peacefully lying on the mattress, sleeping serenely.

"How did you do that?" Carlisle questions me quietly so as not to wake Kim.

"I don't know." I reply back, just as quietly.

Before he could say anything else Kim started stirring. After a second she opened her eyes slowly.

"Jared," Kim breathed.

My heart stuttered like I am a prepubescent boy whose crush just smiled at him. I really am losing my manliness. And I don't care, she is so worth it.

"I'm here."

"Jared, it's Elaine," she whimpers, tears pooling in her beautiful chocolate eyes.

She's far too pretty to be crying, I think.

And then it hits me what she said.

"What?" I asked, anger and fear creeping into my voice.

"She's out there, and she's coming for me."

My heart stopped.

I hope you liked it! Again, sorry for the delay; I love all ya'll reviewers! And if you review within the next two days I will even update again in the same week. REVIEW= UPDATE!