"Normal Talking" "[Whispered Talking]"

"Thought-Speak" {Sign Language}

Winter year is 400 days = 1.1 Years

60 Winters X 1.1 = 66 Years

D/C: I do not own or wish to claim ownership of the characters from Stephenie Meyer's books. I'm just writing this story for fun, my characters and plot are mine, there may be some elements from other Fanfic stories I have read but no direct copying.

Chapter 22: Ice and a Lycan

~Red~

"Bella it's ok, you are not hurt that is what matters not the superficial damage to the Acura." I said as we all watched Chanler's F250 getting pulled onto a tow truck. While my Acura was parked next to my Silverado.

I could hear the police sirens and turned to look at Bella who was still clutching onto Edward after she slipped on some ice. "Chanler, if you need my insurance policy number and other information just come find me, I'm heading to class now.

I walk away as Chief Swan's 2002 Ford Crown Victoria Police car pulls into the school lot with its lights going. Out of the corner of my left eye, I see Bella's face get flushed with red and she removes her arm from around Edward.

I make sure to be careful when I open the door to my first class, to not rip the thumb-style door handle off again.

After 10 minutes of sitting in my Biology class, Chief Swan came into the classroom. I already knew he was on his way to see me from the questions he was asking the students and teachers outside.

As he approached my desk, I was relieved to scent that he did not have the alluring scent his daughter had. He walked right over to my desk, pulled a chair from another desk, and sat in front of me.

Sliding my Biology book to the side, I look up at him. He just stared at me, so I spoke first. "Can I do something for you Chief Swan?"

"Yes, What is your relationship with my daughter?" looking into his eyes I spoke clearly and in a normal tone. "I would say we are friends nothing more."

I could see the doubt on his face and hear it in his tone. "I don't believe you, you let her drive your car while you work on her truck. What is really going on between you?"

I did not want to play twenty questions with Bella's father. "I'm Bella's friend. Her truck had some problems and I offered to help with them. Lending her my truck or car is no big deal, my insurance will take care of the accident. Why not ask Bella who she is dating?"

Chief Swan looks shocked as he asks. "What, who is it? Is he hear, tell me?"

He was leaning over the desk to glare at me. I make sure to look nervous and look away. Acting like an Alpha Wolf now would not defuse the tension. I just had to wait for the sound of Bella's uneven footsteps to come into the classroom.

It took a little longer than any other human would before Bella opened the door. "DAD. What are you doing?"

I looked past Chief Swan's right shoulder to see Bella step into the room and proceed to stumble over the slight dip in the floor.

She manages to catch herself on one of the tables. Storming over to her dad she grabbed his right arm and pulled him out of the chair. "Bella?"

"No, Dad we need to talk." she pulls him to the door causing him to struggle to keep up with her. I went back to my Biology book but kept my ears open for their talk outside the building.

I heard Bella's voice first. "[What was that dad? You can't just stalk off and interrogate one of my friends. Now ask, what do you want to know?]"

"[Ok, I will ask. Are you and that boy dating? I do not mind if you are, just that you are being careful.]"

I could hear the annoyance in Bella's tone. "[We talked about this I'm not going out with Jason.]"

"[Then who?]" Even without being able to see Bella, I could hear the nervousness and slight disappointment in her tone. "[I'm not going out with anyone.]"

After that, their voices became drowned out by the murmuring of the students in the class and the loud rumblings of two trucks outside.

I stood outside Mr. Varner's Trigonometry before my Study Period. Jessica and Bella came out of the building together and I spoke. "Bella."

Jessica stopped talking to look at me before smiling and pushing Bella toward me. "I'll see you in Spanish."

"Um, I'm sorry about my dad. He is just…" I wave my hand to stop her. "It's fine Bella, I came to tell you I will drop your truck off tonight and pick up my car. I wanted you to know just in case I do not see you later today."

"Oh, ok thanks."

"No problem, you should head to class, or you will be late." I watched Bella head off to her class at the same time I heard footsteps and the lack of a heartbeat heading for Bella. I picked up Edward's scent before I headed across the lot to the Acura.

After school, I sat in the passenger seat of my Silverado as Fairwind drove me home. Getting out of the truck Jenn moved to the front seat and I waved to them as Fairwind drove away.

Opening the garage door I stared at Bella's truck with its hood open and its engine partially disassembled. I put my right hand over one of the holes with the seized-up spark plugs I sprayed this morning.

Using my power to manipulate liquids I spun the spark plug out of the hole while making the lubricant clean the carbon from the pistons. I floated the black glob in the air over to the oil drain pan.

I did this for all 6 cylinders before installing new spark plugs and wiring harnesses. When that was done, I removed the old, crusted fuel filter and added a fuel processor. It would bump the 1963 Chevrolet Truck's 4-Miles per gallon to a 15Mpg average. Now that the truck did not have a clogged exhaust and is running on all 6 cylinders, not 4.

With the hood still open I carefully turn the key in the ignition, trying not to snap it with my Lycan strength. The truck *roars* to life before settling down to a low *rumble* very similar to my 2006 Chevy Silverado's noise.

Giving it gas I could hear the engine running properly, with a slight squeak from the alternator. Shutting down the Truck I adjusted the belt a few times before it sounded just right.

Looking at my watch I see it's 6:18 pm as I head into the house. The only one inside the house is Angel who is lying on the couch watching a movie. "Hey Angel, where did your siblings go?"

"Max went to talk with Mia about staying at one of their lodges, to not force you to take care of us. I think she is just self-conscious about you hearing what she and Fang do in bed. Nudge and Iggy went shopping in Port Angeles. Mara, Gazzy, and Leah said they were going for a walk in the forest."

"Well good for them. I am getting changed and then taking Bella's truck back to her, do you need anything while I am out."

She turned to look at me. Her face got red, her heart rate increased, and her scent turned sweet. "I was wondering when are you going to teach the others to shapeshift?"

"Angel." she interrupted me. "I know you said Dark may not be able to shapeshift, but he has never had the incentive to do so. That you did not shapeshift until you were 87 Winters and did not get the hang of it til you were 116 Winters old. That you did not do it sooner because you were not motivated to do it till then."

"I will be available to start their training Friday night. Alpha Dark, if he can shapeshift should pick it up quicker than the younger Wolfs."

Angel just nods and then turns back to the TV with her face still red. I walk down the hall to my room thinking that this 15 Winters old teenager wants more than to just have her mate's arms around her.

That would have to wait since Wolfweres were much stronger than the type of Avian Angel and her family are. Without training a Wolfwere could crush his or her mate to death by accident.

After getting changed I was heading out the front door when Angel spoke. "Hey, Red could you get some takeout from that noodle place?"

"I can, how much should I get? Is your family coming back tonight?"

"Gazzy and Mara said they would be sleeping here like normal."

"Ok, I'll run over there after I drop off Bella's truck." Exiting the house, I pulled Bella's truck out of the garage and went back to close the overhead door.

The truck drove way better than the first time, and much better now that it was running on all 6 cylinders. It was not a drag truck or anything, but it would do for someone like Bella.

Pulling into her driveway I parked behind my Acura and shut off the truck. It was raining buckets, and it was cold.

I do not feel the cold even in this human form but getting soaked will make me shiver. Walking past the police cruiser to the front door I used my ability to repel some of the freezing water from landing on me.

I carefully knocked on the door loud enough to be heard and not hard enough to put a hole in the wood. Bella's voice came from inside the house along with her footsteps. "I'll get it, Dad."

The door opens to reveal Bella in light grey pajama pants and a loose t-shirt that told me she was not wearing anything underneath it.

I do not know if she caught my quick glance over her before I looked down into her brown eyes. "Hey Jason, come in."

She waves me inside and closed the door behind me, mumbling that it was freezing. I ignored Chief Swan's glare and his murmuring. "Do you, um need anything? We just put dinner away and with your help, with my truck."

I interrupted her before she could continue the babbling. "No thanks Bella, I have plans tonight and need to get going."

"Yes of course here Jason." Bella hands me the key fob to the Acura as I drop her the keys to her truck, trying not to touch her with my hot hands. "By Bella, be careful out there. By Chief Swan." I waved to him as I carefully opened the front door.

I hear the door close behind me as I make it to the Acura. Backing out of the driveway I pulled over to the side of the road. With the Acura TLX still running I walk around to the front of it. "I'm going to pick up food at the Noodle Place in Seattle. Meaning I'm going to shadow travel there, please head back to the Wolf-House."

I turn and head into the forest hearing the *click, click* as the slate silver Acura TLX puts itself into gear and heads off for the Wolf-House.

I did not bother to shift just entered a big enough shadow, coming out in an abandoned parking garage in Seattle Washington a mile from the Noodle Place.

The moment I walked into the Noodle Place the teenage girl who works the evening shift saw me. I heard her heart rate increase, and her face became flushed.

She looked awestruck as I approached the counter and took a deep calming breath before turning back with a forced professional expression.

"Welcome hot customer, how may I serve you? I mean what can I do with you?" I ignored her flustering and began my large order that could feed twenty humans and perhaps two really hungry Wolfs.

After 45 minutes of waiting and the teenager staring at me, my order was ready. Taking all the bags that weighed nothing to me, I left the restaurant. Stepping around the building I listened for anybody around before stepping through a shadow.

On the other side of the shadow, I appeared at the edge of the Wolf-House's clearing where the barrier ends.

Angel, Gazzy, Mara, Leah, and I took care of the food quickly. After throwing away the empty containers I went to bed.

The next morning the rain had turned into ice. Dressing to pretend the cold bothered me I head out the door. Opening the door to the Acura, I got in and opened the glove box. Pulling down a panel in the top of it, I put the Acura key fob into a tray.

Closing the tray, I said. "Projection overlay, please." Through the windshield, the hood along with the rest of the Acura went from Slate Silver to Ice Silver, and the Acura badge on the steering wheel changed to a Subaru one but the rest of the interior stayed the same. "Please search DMV records and find a plate to match this overlay with Hurts Rental." The tray popped open to reveal a Subaru key fob.

The ice traction mode makes the drive to school super easy. After me, the next person to arrive was Edythe in her 2008 Chevy Impala, which I found out was an LTZ but had a V8 engine that Rose tuned up to get 435 horsepower and 345 foot-pounds of torque.

She parks in her usual spot and 56 minutes later her Brother's tuned 2006 Volvo S60R which is also silver parks next to her.

I waited in my car for a few more minutes before I heard the low *rumble* of Bella's Chevrolet truck's new exhaust system and the sound of snow chains.

Instead of parking next to me like normal, Bella parked closer to her first-class building in one of the few parallel parking spots.

From my spot three lanes, one of them a drive lane, I could see the glint of the diamond-shaped snow chains on her tires. Those were not on her truck last night.

Stepping out of my car I closed its door and saw that the 2015 Acura TLX was now an Ice Silver 2015 Subaru Legacy Limited, with emblems and badges to match.

Opening the back driver door, I grabbed Bella's bag she forgot, close the door, and walk across the lot to her truck. I make it to her truck just as she shuts off the engine and opens her door.

Stepping out of her truck she slips on some ice. I moved her bag to my right arm a bit too quickly to be human she seemed to not notice. She did notice my left arm suddenly around her waist as I prevented her from falling.

She let out a gasp as I pulled her into my hot chest. "Wow, thanks um." I could see her face getting redder and I unwrapped my arm from her waist, "You are welcome. Here I found your bag in the back of my car."

I easily slipped the bag off my right shoulder onto her left one. Bella tilted her head up a bit to look at me. She was just staring at me so I decided to bring it up. "Bella, did you see they just put up the poster for the Spring Dance?"

"Yes, it said it was girl's choice, right?" I tilted my head lower to her ear and I could hear her heart rate increase and she mumbled. "[No Edward I'm into Edward.]" She spoke louder "I.."

Before she could say more, I spoke over her in a low tone only she would be able to hear. "[Do you think I can get Edythe to ask me?]"

"Wait, didn't you guys break up?" I put a sad and disappointed expression on my face. "We did, sort of. That is not an answer to my question and are you going to ask Edward?"

Her face gets even redder which I thought was not possible and the delicious scent of hers got stronger. My dinner last night was filling but she was the dessert you had to get before it was gone,

I took a slight step back from her as she sputters. "Well, my truck sounds better." I rolled my dull Indigo eyes at her. "Changing the topic are we now?"

She tried to put on a confident expression, but her flushed face gave her away as she said. "Yes." I gave her a devilish grin and said. "I guess, I will go see what the single siblings say about a double date this Friday."

I turn and head for the Cullens and Hales still standing by their cars. Bella's voice sounded flustered, and her heart was beating fast as she said. "This Friday, double date?"

I made it 40 feet from Bella when I heard Alice *gasp* and Edward mutter too low for a human to hear but not me. "[NO.]"

I was still heading toward them when Alice locked her eyes on me and said in a voice loud enough for Vampires or any other Supernatural beings to hear. "[Red, save Bella.]"

I did not care she used my Wolf name. I whipped my head around to see Bella standing by the bed of her steel-bodied truck 60 feet from me.

Switching my eyes to Indigo with the back glow of Dark Violet and swirls Violet around the iris. All the humans I can see and scenes around me slow down to a near stop, like from the Smallville TV show.

The blue van going in this icy parking lot was not standing still. It was moving slowly and spinning sideways toward Bella, whose face was, to me, slowly turning into horror.

I crossed the 60-feet as Bella's pupils were blowing wide and I caught the scent of her fear. I could not just grab Bella and dart out of the way, the quick movement could put too many Gs on her fragile human body.

Only one thing to do and it was going to hurt, I wrapped my left arm around Bella's waist as red fur covered my face and my bones instantly snapped to fully expanded.

My normal shift takes 10 seconds, a quick shift is about 5.4 seconds. I did not have that amount of time. I explode into my full 8' Lycan form in 0.2 seconds. It is not something I like doing, my whole body felt like I got run over by a freight train.

I barely register my clothes and boots ripping to shreds as I shot my right-fully clawed hand out to sink into the blue van's driver-side B-pillar. My claws slice through the van's steel body before the palm of my Lycan hand slams into the van.

With my feet planted, the kinetic energy and weight of the van travels through my right arm to my left leg.

*Crack* The concrete of the school parking lot cracks under my 514 lbs plus the weight of a tipping utility van. My right-hand sinks to the wrist as the van's thin skin buckles and folds around my forearm.

When my claws sink into the structure of the cabin of the van, the driver's window glass pops, exploding into thousands of bits of sharp glass that are still traveling at 25 mph toward Bella's face.

I did not have time to turn to shield her before Edward rushed around me, blocking the glass with his back. After the glass popped, the van lost all its momentum and I gave it a shove.

The van rocks back, slamming down onto its passenger side tires, which explode on impact with the ground.

I pull my uninjured arm out of the side of the van's twisted folded steel body and turn to Bella. My left arm was still wrapped around her waist. Her face was super pale, and I was worried for a second that I had squeezed her too tightly.

Edward spoke. "Bella, are you ok? Red let her go." Her voice was a little shaky. "You were over there, by your car. How did you?"

She was looking at Edward, but I caught her right eye flicking to me. "Bella, I was walking towards you. I was five feet from you and was about to pull you out of the way."

I felt her try to move as she frowned at Edward. She glared at me and spoke. "Let me go."

I removed my left arm from around her waist. *Aww* Bella let out a hiss of pain. I quickly looked over Bella, to see four of my claw marks through her coat to reveal red abrasions on her skin. It was not deep enough to make her bleed, but it would sting.

Edward glared at me. "What did you do?" He moves to Bella a bit faster than he should and puts his cold hands around her waist. I could hear her heart jump a few beets and her quick exhalation of breath.

I crouch down to not have my ears and head sticking over the van as I hear the shouting and screaming of the humans around. They were all yelling Bella's name, seeming to have totally forgotten about me.

Putting my right hand on the side of the faded blue van I was pulled into a vision. In my growling voice. "Bella do not worry about Kent right now; he needs to protect you."

"What?" She asked as we heard the *rumble* of a Mustang and the *squealing* of its tires.

*Crunch Boom* The van slid to crush us as the Mustang smashed into the passenger side of the van. "Dam teenage drivers." I said as the van slammed into my back. The driver-side cargo section of the van crumples and buckles around my back.

Once the van stopped for the second time, I looked into the van's future. Stepping out of the side of the van I spoke. "I need to go. You can handle this, super boy."

Edward spoke. "Hey, what do you mean go, you need to help with…." He cut off as I gritted my teeth and shifted.

My bones were still on fire, but I forged past the pain to shift to my 3' Wolf form. I quickly grabbed the larger pieces of my clothes and boots in my teeth, then slipped under Bella's truck into its shadow.

Coming out of a tree's shadow a mile from the school I heard the wine of emergency vehicles heading toward the school. Dropping my clothes from my mouth I sat and closed my eyes as the fire in my bones slowly eased.

With my eyes closed I heard the hard beet of somebody running through the trees, I could tell it was a biped and they did not have a heartbeat and were not breathing heavily.

Her voice carried to me. "Red, where are you? Talk, I don't know where you shadow jumped to."

Turning my head toward where Edythe's voice came from, with my eyes still closed I quietly *howl*. Her footsteps change direction, and she stops in front of me. Her scent fills my nose and I relax as I sense her crouch in front of me and feel her cold smooth gentle arms wrap around me.

With my eyes still closed I could hear her breathing and the hitch in her voice, "You scared me. I thought you were going to die. Why did you not tell me you were Jason too? I suspected but. It still had my dead heart-stopping."

I rest my head on her shoulder and my jaw on her left cheek. "(Red) Edythe, please don't cry. It hurts and I am sorry."

I let her see all my emotions as I thought-spoke and breathed in her scent. She pressed a kiss to my neck and murmured. "[Red show me the real you?]"

Pulling my head off her shoulder I nodded yes. She started to stand but I shifted my forepaws into thick muscular Lycan arms and completely wrapped them around her stomach.

She *gasped* as I pulled her to me, and I fell on my back to the forest floor. Edythe was in my arms lying on my chest. I pulled her tighter to me feeling her breast press into me.'

"Edythe this is my true form, I told you I was born a Lycan. I have not shown you my true Lycan form till now, but this is what I am."

Her eyes were wide, and she remained silent. I loosened my hold on her and let her see my emotions. "You can't accept what I am?"

She actually blinked and I thought I saw shock on her face before she put both her hands to either side of my Lycan jaw and said. "No Red, I love you. I have since you first shifted in my lap and kissed me, like this."

She carefully scoots up my chest to press her cold lips to my hot ones. Her lips and tongue were ice mixed with fire, I struggled to keep my arms from tightening around her.

She sat up and grips my shoulder tightly as she got rough with the kissing. Squeezing my shoulders, fiery pain shoots through me. I bulk, my body begins to shake, and I pull my mouth from hers to grit my teeth in pain.

Edythe is off me and 5 feet away in a second. "Red, I am sorry. I…" her voice hitched, and she turned to run away.

I'm off the ground and ignoring the pain in my arms, I pull her back into my stomach. "No Edythe you did nothing wrong, it's my fault."

"How can you blame yourself; I was too rough. I caused you pain."

I leaned down to her ear as I spoke, "Yes you caused me pain, but I hurt myself when I shifted too fast to stop the van. My bones will be on fire for another hour. You just strained them a bit, normally that would be nothing. Come on turn and look at me."

She turned in my arms and since I was in my 8' Lycan form I had to lean down to continue our kiss.

20 minutes later I was lying back on the ground and Edythe was on top of me running her hands through my fur. Her bronze hair was a mess along with her clothes, she had spots of white bare skin all along her collarbone where I licked off her tan.

I was kissing at the top of her right breast when her cell phone began to ring. Pulling it out of her jeans she glances at the screen. Edythe's voice is breathy from my attention. "It's my Dad, Carlisle. I need to…" *Hhhh* She gasps as I nuzzle into her shirt to lick her left bud.

"Red, wait please." I stop my attention on her breast as she answers the phone. Her voice was still slightly breathy. "Yes, Dad?"

"Is Red with you?"

"Yes, why?"

"Can he tell me what he did to Bella Swan?" Edythe was careful when she propped herself up on my chest and held out her phone."

"I'm here Carlisle, can you first tell me what is wrong with Bella, and can anyone hear us?"

"It's just Edward and me. You can say whatever you need to. Bella is running a temperature of 112 Fahrenheit, she has been constantly drinking water since she arrived here."

"Did you inject her with anything when she got to the hospital or put an ivy in her?"

"Yes, we gave her a pain killer, it was a pill. She is hooked up to an ivy drip but it's just saline."

"Ok, do not worry about the temperature if she is not feeling ill. You need to remove the ivy and make sure nobody sees and destroy the evidence, including blood samples. Have somebody call Fairwind so he can look at Bella. Tell him the Wolf Guardian will pay for his service."

Edward's voice came through the phone. "Ok but what did you do to her, mut?"

I saw Edythe was about to yell at her brother, so I spoke quickly. "I do not know Edward. That is why I said to call Fairwind. He should be able to answer your questions. If you are worried, she may be turning into one of my kind, I will say it's not possible. She was barely scratched and that is not how we turn humans. Is that all Doctor?"

"Yes, I will call if anything else comes up."

The phone went dead and I looked at Edythe as she lay back down. "Now where was I?" I asked her. Edythe actually *giggles* like a teenage girl and tore off her shirt leaving just her black bra.

We spent the whole morning rolling around in the dirt kissing and touching each other. It was still too soon for either of us to attempt more. Either one of us losing control could seriously injure the other.

It was 2 in the afternoon when Carlisle called again, to tell us he would like to see both of us at his house after school.

Right when we heard Forks High School's final bell, Edythe received a text. 'Can't see all just that I'm driving your Impala home without you.'

"Shoot where are my keys?" Edythe said as her phone beeped. 'I have your spare.'

"I'm not even surprised. What about your keys." I held up the Subaru keyfob. "I have them, we better wait for the lot to empty. I do not wish to have to kill a kid who gets a look at you."

"What do you mean?" Edythe smiled up at me as I looked over her bare chest and black panties.

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We waited for the lot to empty before we attempted to get to my car without being seen. Her hands were shaking as she held our torn clothes, we made it to the Subaru Legacy, and I opened the front passenger door for her.

I shifted to my 6' Lycan form before getting into the driver's seat. Looking at Edythe I pressed a button that had all the windows tinting to nearly black.

My heart pounded as I drove down the road in the direction of Edythe's house. "Where are we going?"

I glance at Edythe and quickly back at the road. "I'm taking you home to get new clothes. I'm very distracted by you right now."

"Ok um just let me out at the end of the driveway. I will dodge my brothers and sister to get into my room."

"Don't you mean sisters?" Edythe laughed. "Me, try to dodge Alice's all-seeing-looking glass. She has probably already seen me trying to sneak into my room like this." *Beep, Beep* looking at her phone she said. "Yep, she just texted me the Mission Impossible route to get into my own room."

I chuckle "At least she is helping. Does it say anything about me?" I can hear the laughter in her tone. "Yes, it says, don't show Red he will screw everything up, and not just you. What do you think that means?"

I glanced at her to see she was not joking about her question. "It means the great prophetess of the Olympic is using her power for its intended purpose."

"What's that?"

"Spying on her sibling's love life." I saw Edythe rolling her eyes.

I stopped the car in front of the driveway to the Cullen's house. "See you soon." Edythe said as she got out of the car and disappeared into the trees. I continued down the driveway.

Parking in front of one of the garage doors, I shut off the car and headed for the front door. I was still in my 6' Lycan form as I rang the doorbell. The door swung open before the first *bing* finished. Edythe threw her arms around me. She was dressed in a light green T-shirt and black shorts.

I could hear the joy in her voice as she said. "I missed you so much."

"I did too. [Those four minutes were torcher.]" She *giggles* reminding me of what happened the last time she did that as she pulled me into the house and closed the door.

Edythe wraps her arms around my waist from behind and puts her head on my left shoulder. She was warm, smelling of soap without the burn of the tan spray she likes to wear. Looking down at her arms I see they are pale white as I slide my hands over hers.

Carlisle's voice came from in front of me. "Red it's nice to finally meet the real you."

Looking up I see Carlisle with his right hand outstretched for me to shake it. Giving him a smile, I stick out my large Lycan hand, retracting my claws as much as I can as I take his hand.

I gave it a week squeeze as I say. "Sorry Carlisle, this is not my true form. This is a balance of my Wolf and Lycan forms, my aspect form." I let go of his hand and put my hand back on Edythe's hand.

"How interesting, could you show me the difference between your true form and this aspect form." Giving him a smile, I said. "One day perhaps, I would feel bad about damaging something else in your house,"

I heard her footsteps and her scent wafted to me so I was not shocked when Esme came to a stop next to her mate. Her voice is calm and sweet as she spoke. "I said before not to worry about the window Red. you make my daughter happy and saved me from death to find my own happiness."

Esme stepped away from her mate and bowed slightly as she said. "Thank you Hargonis Matheis Red, son of Fenris and Lira, for saving me."

Esme moved in front of me to wrap her cold arms around my stomach in a motherly way. I carefully pushed her away from me. Her skin is icy cold, and she does not give off the comforting scent Edythe does. "You are welcome, Esme, and just call me Red. I have not used my full birth name in over 400 Winters."

The front door behind me swung open so quickly the air pushed the vampire's scent all around me. I move to the left and turn snaking my right arm around Edythe. I am across the room standing behind the kitchen counter next to the fridge in less than a second.

My left muscular red fur-covered arm with my claws fully extended toward Edward standing at the front door, and my left arm had Edythe pinned to my side behind me.

Edythe spoke with a snarl in her tone. "Why did you do that Edward?"

Edward glared at me until his mother stepped in front of him and did something. I could not see her face, but he looked down at her and fidgeted.

Taking a breath, I scent Alice and Jasper to my left as I retract my claws. Loosening my hold on Edythe, she moves in front of me to put her arms around my neck. "Red why are you so jumpy around my family."

Leaning in I whispered knowing they could all hear me anyway. "[I'm cautious around them. I do not wish to hurt them when it would hurt you. I can take all of them down easily except your warrior brother and I could never hurt you.]" Right as I finish my words, I kiss her in front of her family.

Emmett's voice comes from behind me. "At least he sees one of us as a threat." Rose's voice came from over by the stare behind me. "Emm, he meant Jasper, not you. Did you forget what happened last time?"

I heard the slight woosh of Emmett's hand as he went to slap me on the left shoulder. Alice spoke quickly. "Jasper duck."

My fur was still wet from rolling around in the forest with Edythe. I forced the water out of my fur to create a small barrier surrounding the spot where Emmett was going to hit me.

His hand stops as he smacks the solidified water and I control it to snake around his arm to slam into his chest at the same force he would have hit me with. Emmitt is lifted off the ground, and thrown back over the counter into Rose who moved to catch him.

Getting to his feet, Emmett has a Lycan fist-sized hole in his shirt, his hard Vampire skin is smooth and undamaged. "What was that?" Emmett asks looking at the hole in his shirt.

Rose started fretting over her mate, so I said. "He is fine. I just hit him with the force he was going to hit me with. Rose, it's better I hit him than what Edythe would have done."

We all looked at Edythe to see the fury in her eyes while she clung to me. She opened her mouth to say something when Esme spoke up. "Kids living room couch now." The Vampire children all except Edythe move to sit on the couch with all their expressions statue-like.

Carlisle said nothing as he followed his mate to the center of the living room. Esme spoke in a calm but stern tone. "Red is our guest, he is trying to accept us. If you have forgotten the first time, he was here he said Vampires slaughtered his family." She turns to Jasper. "Jasper, can you pick up how he feels around us?"

"Yes, his emotions are hard to read most of the time, but he has not been blocking me since he arrived. I can say for certain that if Edythe was not holding him, he would have bolted already or fought Edward to get out the door. Emmett's stunt has put Red more on edge."

Edward spoke. "Do you think he can take us or injure one of us?" Jasper replied quickly. "Absolutely, I do not know all his abilities, but I can sense his warrior nature. You would know, being able to read Edythe's mind to find out information on Red."

Carlisle spoke then. "Red, would you mind showing my family why you are known to the Volturi as the Red Shadow?"

I did not move from my spot in the kitchen with Edythe. "Seeing is believing but I'm not demonstrating that, it is a bloody mess."

Emmett opened his mouth and said excitedly. "I would like to see?" Edward, Edythe, Alice, and Carlisle all said. "NO, absolutely not."

Still holding Edythe, I looked into her future.

The rest of them looked confused, so I sighed and said. "Ok, outside and I'm using a deer."

It only took 5 minutes for me to fetch a deer and bring it to a clearing miles away from the Cullen's house. They were all standing in front of me watching. "Ok watch."

Stepping into a shadow I came out of another one a few feet away with the deer still struggling. "I can safely shadow travel with two people or one dragon in their true form. Now I'm going to shove the deer into the shadow without me."

Dropping the deer into the shadow it came out the other side as a crushed mix of bloody goo and fur. "This will turn a vampire into dust that will float in the wind." I ran up to Edythe and reached out to her, but she flinched away.

~End Vison~

Back in the kitchen with Edythe in my arms and her family looking at me I said. "No Carlisle I'm not showing her that. Could you tell me why you wish to see me?"

"Oh right, it's about Bella Swan. When I removed the ivy, the polymer needle was degrading. Her blood was breaking down anything that it encountered. The claw abrasion on her waist disappeared within 10 minutes of me removing the ivy from her arm."

He stopped talking so I asked. "What about her temperature and what did Fairwind say?"

"When I sent her home, her temperature was staying at 110 Fahrenheit and Fairwind said that your claws triggered her more dormant Fae traits. He said she should go back to normal in a day or two. Edward went over to see her."

Edward spoke. "I did not get to see her. The large white and gold striped Wolf would not let me approach the house."

I turn to Edward, "I will talk with Snow Crystal. If you can get Bella to introduce you to her, she may let you see Bella anytime you want."

"I'm not sure if I should talk to Bella, she saw me move across the parking lot and shield her from the flying glass. What if she finds out what we are?"

"She already knows what I am. Are you afraid she will be afraid of you or the Volturi getting involved? For the latter, the Volturi would have a literal uproar from the Dragons, Fae, and Wolfs. Bella's DNA confirms she is Fae and is included in the secrecy of Supernatural beings. They cannot touch her."

Carlisle spoke. "That is good to hear. Now what about you Red, did anybody see you change?"

I turned my head to look at Edythe and then over at Edward, who shook his head. "No, I did not catch any human thoughts about seeing you shift or stopping the van the first or the second time."

I could not help my low *rumble* as Edythe ran her left hand down my back to my tail and whispered in my right ear. "[Red, I want you to myself before you are called away.]"

~Bella~

Getting home from the hospital I went straight to my room and grabbed clothes to take a shower. Standing in front of the bathroom mirror I removed my shirt. As I was taking off my dark green bra, I noticed a blue glow surrounding the wing pendant Jenn gave me.

In the mirror there was no glow, just when I looked at it directly. Deciding it was nothing I stripped down. Looking at the spot the man-wolf scratched me, I saw only a light reddening on my pail skin.

Turning the hot and cold shower knobs to my usual setting, I waited a minute for the water to change. Putting my hand under the water it was too hot and it was still a little too hot after I turned the hot water off completely.

Getting in I scrubbed and washed my hair quickly and got out. With the water feeling hot my skin was not red from the shower. Drying off I put the pendant back on and dressed in a large thin T-shirt and short pajama bottoms.

In my room, I lay on the bed and thought about Edward suddenly appearing to block that flying glass. He did not even seem hurt by it and Jason the wolf-man called him Kent, like Clark Kent the Superman.

Tossing and turning on my bed I thought it was crazy, Wolfman and Superman hiding in Forks of all places and choosing to save her. That was ridiculous, she knew the Wolf-man was the Lord of Wolfs. That his name was Red or Alpha Red, that is what Snow Crystal called him.

I tossed and turned on top of my covers, it was too hot to use them. The doctor said nothing was wrong with me but according to the room temperature, it was 65 degrees Fahrenheit which should feel freezing to me.

I was still awake tossing and turning when the howling started near the back of the house. Charlie's voice came from outside my door as I was jumping out of bed. "Bella your white Wolf is here."

Rushing down the slightly warped wooden step, I surprisingly do not lose my footing. My feet hit every step without me trying as I ran to the back door.

Flinging the door open I step outside to see Snow Crystal in her massive 6-foot tall and 8-foot-long form. I have only seen her in this form a few times, the packs don't wish to scare the humans too much, is what Snow Crystal conveyed to me.

Just as I was about to step onto the single step off the back porch to the ground something in me urged me to jump over the step, so I did.

Running up to her I wrap my arms around her neck. "I missed you, where have you been? You will not believe my day, right how was your day Snow?" I said all this in a rush, not caring if she understood all of it.

A male voice spoke from the dark trees. "You were right love; I do like her. She is funny, especially coming out in this weather dressed like that."

I frantically tried to see the speaker of the voice, but it was too dark. That is when I realized I was in a thin breezy T-shirt and very short shorts outside in the cold, barefoot too, and I'm not feeling the cold. Something was definitely wrong with me.

I took a step back to look up at Snow Crystal with my hand still in her soft white fur. Her ears, mouth, and tail were showing me excitement. Her right ear flicks the sign {come, mate}

"Mate." I said aloud looking behind her as a tall slim guy with Ocean-blue eyes and short blonde hair came from the trees to stand to Snow Crystal's right.

He places his left hand on her back and reaches out his right hand to me. "Hello Bella, my name is Gazzy, Crystal has told me so much about you."

I gave him a smile as I shook his hand and said in a teasing tone. "Nice to meet you she has not mentioned you at all. How did you meet?"

He chuckles. "Well, I sort of fell out of the sky into her lap." I could hear the rumbling *purr* from Snow Crystal as Gazzy ran his hand through her fur. "So, are you a Shifter like Alpha Red?"

Smiling, Gazzy shrugged his shoulder and said. "No." as large white bird-like wings spread from behind his back.'

My mouth fell open as I looked from Snow Crystal the Wolf to Gazzy the Angel. "Holy, I mean fallen, um wow. Heavens and…"

I could not get my mouth to work right. I could not believe Snow Crystal found her mate and he was an Angel of all things. That Angels even existed and that they came to earth to court a Wolf.

Chuckling Gazzy said. "I know I have heard it before but I'm not an Angel of heaven. I was born here in the mortal plains. I never met my parents just that they gave my sister and me up after we were born."

"So you are not a Shifter, then…" I glance at Snow Crystal who gave me a disapproving stare and signed. {leve it} which meant don't ask because I'm not telling.

Gazzy did not understand her sign so he said. "Well, my younger sister found out she could Shapeshift into any land or sea mammal a few years ago. I have never tried, and Alpha Red is going to teach Crystal how to Shapeshift."

After an hour of telling Snow Crystal and Gazzy about my day, I hugged them both good night. Heading back into the house I got the feeling again not to use the first step up to the house. I looked down to see a slick sheen of ice on the step. If I had stepped onto it, I would have fallen to the dirt.

Getting into the house I closed and locked the back door. I was heading to my room when I realized I was not cold from being outside in short shorts and a thin T-shirt. Thinking back, I also realized that Gazzy felt slightly cold but Snow Crystal was not super warm just felt normal.

I was too tired to think about it and if I still felt strange on Monday I would talk to Doctor Cullen or ask Snow Crystal to get in touch with the Wolf Lord.

Falling on top of my covers I fell straight to sleep.