"Normal Talking" "[Whispered Talking]"
"Thought-Speak"
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 7: Tale of Red Hood
The Cullens were all in the living room, Carlisle and Esme were the only ones standing near the kitchen counter. The rest were sitting on sofas and chairs. The news was on the tv with the volume set very low. I could hear it just fine, guessing so can the rest of them.
It was talking about the disappearance of three hikers, their truck and camping supplies were found but not them. They have been missing now for three weeks. Most likely eaten by a wild animal.
I stopped walking standing next to the counter close to the stairs. That is when Carlisle started talking. " I talked to the head of another coven, her name is Tanya. She has heard of another area of land in Tennessee that has a Vampire hunting restriction in place. Tanya also mentioned that Vampires who hunted in this area are not seen after. Can you tell me who or what lives there?"
"(Red) Yes, I can tell you what lives there. The Nantahala National Forest mountains is the territory of the Dragon Heirs. Before you ask, I do not know the current rules they have in place. The Dragon Guardian doesn't live there and he has not told me if they changed any rules."
"Ok, Tanya also mentioned that the Olympic National Park was a restricted zone from 1203 to 1692 then reinstated in 1861. Why is this and do you know the rules there?"
I spoke so everyone could hear me except Edward. "(Red) Dr. Cullen, first the area with the restriction is not just the forest. In 1200 the territory covered this whole area, if you draw a line from Olympia to Westport, and fill everything North of that until the Canadian borderline was made the restricted hunting zone. Humans did not start living out here until much later."
The Vampires were all shocked that the territory was that large. "Why was the restriction removed?" This time it was Esme who asked. I thought for a moment then decided to tell them the truth with some information left out. it did not matter that she was long gone and would not return.
I turned to Edythe and spoke only to her. "(Red) Edythe, would you go back to your room and grab the Little Red Riding Hood book? I knocked off your dresser." She gave me a confused look, then disappeared up the stairs, before her family could ask she was back with the book.
"(Red) have you all read this store or other version of it?" most of the family nodded but Esme shook her head. "(Red) Edythe, would you hand the book to your mother so she can look at it."
Again speaking only to Edythe "(Red) Don't tell anyone what I truly am, just let them believe I'm a Werewolf." Edythe nodded her head and she handed the book to her mother, then stood next to me to start petting me. Esme looked at the book cover and then skimmed through it.
"(Red) That story about, little red riding hood is twisted around. The little Ms. Hood was not a young girl, she was a wolf like me." "What?" all the Vampires were utterly shocked "You know her?" Edythe asked
"(Red) Yes, I first met Ms. Hood in 1204 she was sixty-two winters old at the time. She was being attacked by a Vampire named Jane. I was not yet made the Wolf Guardian, her 3x great Grandmother was the Wolf Guardian at the time. After I saved her, she offered me sanctuary with her Grandmother in a vast forest near the ocean."
Esme interrupted me. "You're telling us that little red riding Hood was the wolf and owns this large secession of land."
"(Red) well not exactly she inherited it and owned it from 1461 to 1692. That book was written five winters after the tragedy, even though it is twisted."
Edythe spoke up this time I guess since it is her book. "She killed the boy in the story, not the other way around. Men would never expect a little girl to kill a man."
"(Red) No Edythe, the human huntsmen killed the human boy, he was only fourteen winters old. It drove Ms. Hood mad when she found him dead."
I could not continue the story. It was an awful thing for any living creature to do such a thing. Then spread the store around like the boy was the big bad wolf.
"Why would she go mad with the death of a human boy?" It was Jasper Who asked this.
I still could not speak. I looked at Edythe, sad tears trickled down my face. I should not have tried to tell this story. But Edythe got it, she crouched down and wrapped her hand around my neck.
She then spoke up so her family could hear the answer. "He was her soulmate."
"(Red) Yes, she was going to change him in three winters. She was two hundred and sixty-six winters. She only got four moon cycles with him before he was killed."
"Your math doesn't add up. Isn't winter the same as a year? Dr. Cullen asked.
"(Red) No, humans keep changing how many days in one year every century. Like this year, it is 366 days and in other years it's 365 days. A winter year is always 400 days long."
"(Red) Back to Mrs. Cullen's Question the restriction was removed when Ms. Hood left this area, and humans began cutting down the forest. Mia Hood, one of Ms. Hood's younger cousins, received ownership of this land in 1860 and put up restrictions on human building and hunting. She still owns it and was able to set up the National Park area. She did not want to be the Wolf Guardian, so I took on the responsibility. I enforce the rules here and live in the same place the previous Wolf Guardian lived."
"If you're the enforcer here what are the rules?" Dr. Cullen asked.
"(Red) well hunting for blood is not banned here and Vampires can travel through here without invitation, unlike La Push. you all must understand that the decree, the Valtur sighted made it so we do not have to follow the rule of absolute secrecy here.
You're under our protection and so are all the humans who live and are within our border. So the rule is a Vampire can drink blood from a human but can not cause injury or death to the human.
You have been watching the news and noticed a group of Vampires are breaking this rule. I have spent the last few weeks tracking them down. Most of the time nomads just pass through, but these are sticking around, probably thinking it ok to kill here because of the human's ability to blame a wild animal."
"We could help you in tracking down these nomads" Dr. Cullen offered his help and the rest of the coven began to argue about letting me kill one of their kind.
Edythe was now frowning at me like she did not like me out there hunting dangerous Vampires alone.
"(Red) if you all go out there looking your scent will make it harder to track the other ones and the chance that you will run into a young wolf looking to prove themselves against one Vampire. So no, you are all staying here until I can sort out the young wolf problem and get a sense of what area the nomads are hiding in."
on most of the last part, I was looking at Edythe, for she is the one I saw attacked by the young wolf
Alice spoke up this time. "When are you leaving to deal with this young wolf problem?" all heads looked at me waiting for my response.
Edythe tightened her hold around me. She whispered in my ear. "[ I want to go with you Red]"
I Spoke back to her only "(Red) You can not cross the border. The agreement your father made with Ephraim Black is still holding and I can not overrule it. You would need permission from Jacob Black but he has not changed yet. Which means he does not have Alpha authority to grant you permission to enter La Push safely."
I then addressed everyone, of course leaving out Edward and his ability to get more information than he should.
"(Red) I'm leaving tomorrow morning to speak with Mr. Black about this. He will be able to tell me if one of the young has disappeared and where I should start my tracking. If you call him and ask about this he will most likely yell at you and hang up." I said as Dr. Cullen reached for the phone on the kitchen wall.
Turning back "You're probably right. It just would be easier to be able to call him."
"(Red) Calling one of the tribe elders and his enemy telling him that one of his young wolves will break the treaty you have, sometime in the future. So you all know I could not tell when this will happen, it could be tonight or in the next two weeks.
"Is there any way you could find out when this event will take place?" Alice Asked me.
"(Red) Yes, if the person I'm seeing the future of, was wearing a watch that told the Day, Date, and Time down to the tenth of a second. Would help a lot, with our speed a tenth of a second is a lot of time."
Thinking to myself the time watch I wear in my human form counts to the hundredth of a second. Alice ran past me and up the stairs most likely to her room.
About a minute later, longer than I thought it would take Alice came back down with a small box. "Sorry, it took me longer to find one with all the time features you needed."
Alice opened the box and pulled out a stainless steel, I could tell from the smell, squared body digital watch.
"It has a tough casing and can be submerged in up to thirty meters of water. It shows Day, Date, and time down to the hundredth of a second. I'll set the time" She pulled out her phone and perfectly matched the watch to the satellite time on the phone. Alice then handed it to Edythe.
Edythe strapped the square watch to her left wrist. "Now you will be able to see when she gets attacked," Esme asked. I shook my head. I was about to explain when Alice started.
"It doesn't work like that. When Red told us about Edythe being attacked by the young wolf alone in the forests, we all decided not to let her go out alone or at all. This changed the future, the event may never happen. This change could also be caused by Red going to the Blacks tomorrow. I gave her the watch just in case the future has not shifted."
I was starting to get tired, spending Monday through Thursday awake and getting up today for school was catching up to me. I yawned and leaned into Edythe, closing my eyes.
"(Red) Do you have any more questions for me tonight?" I asked.
Carlisle and Esme looked at each other and started whispering too low for me to hear. Then Esme spoke "No, we do not have any more questions for now. You should go get some sleep. We do not have an open room for you. You could sleep in the library or here." Esme was saying when Edythe spoke up.
"He is sleeping with me." her family all started staring at us wide eyed and completely shocked. I saw Emmett open his mouth for a comment when Rose stepped on his foot, he closed it and stared at his mate. Alice had her hands over her mouth and was quietly giggling.
Edythe either figured out what she said or used her powers to figure it out. She started to do this fidgeting embarrassment thing since she could not blush. "You know, I meant he will be sleeping in my room." It looked like Emmett, Jasper, Rose, and Carlisle believed this. Alice and Esme did not. Edward started to glare at me and I felt the pressure of his mental powers.
"Why are you blocking my sisters from me wolf?" Edward aggressively said. "I can sense a block on Edythe and Alice. You also have not spoken to me directly. I can only hear your response from the others."
Just to make him more annoyed I spoke only to Edythe so he could not read my response to him through someone else.
"(Red) Edythe, implying that we are going up to your room to sleep together was great. To answer Edward's Question, Alice and you asked me to block him from his snooping, as for why I will not talk directly to him is, if I open my mind to speak to him he can get more information than I would like to share."
Edythe glared at Edward "you're too nosey brother." She turned and headed up the stairs. I just stood there looking around at the Cullen family. "Come on Red," no one said anything so I followed Edythe up to her room.
Inside the room, Edythe closed the door behind me and locked it quietly. That little lock would not stop anything in the house from coming in or out.
She moves in front of the love seat and faces me sitting by the door. "[What are you waiting for?]" I tilted my head to the side, in a confused manner.
"[Shift into your man wolf, so we can.] She fidgeted and reached down, grabbed the bottom of her tight green shirt, and began to lift it.
I quickly shifted into my 6′ Lycan form and quietly stepped across the room. I grabbed her hands to stop her, this time she gave me a confused look.
"[Edythe, this is a bad idea your family will hear and we just met. I do need to sleep so I can confront the young wolf in the morning.]"
She snaked her arms around my chest and pulled me towards the love seat. Standing with the seat against the back of her legs she tried to sit and drag me down on top of her.
Instead, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her into my chest, Edythe tried to pull harder but with my strength as a Lycan that would be difficult.
"[How strong are you?]" she huffed out from the effort to move me.
"[Strong enough to do this.]" As I said this I leaned forward and kissed her on the mouth, she stopped trying to pull me down and just deeply kissed me back.
Edythe began to run her hands up my side on my hot skin and through my fur. I in turn slid my hot hand up her shirt along her cold skin.
I leaned back slightly so we were not pressed too tightly together, she tried to close the distance again but with a gap, I was able to move my hot hands to her bra and find the clip.
I was struggling to get it unclipped without breaking it. "[Red, just rip it off, I do not care.]" she moaned. "[ok]" I said, napping the clip easily, and pulling the white bra out from under the shirt the tag said 34B, I tossed it onto the seat.
Sliding my hand back under her shirt and over the top of her breast. Edythe stopped kissing me and put her lips on my collar bone, started moaning.
"[Edythe, you need to be quiet, we do not want your family to hear us.]"
"[i'll try, can we lay down on the love seat now. I want you on top of me]" she begged
"[It would be better on the floor, that thing is too small for this and if we got more carried away it will break.]" I said in response to her pleading.
We moved away from the small seat and Edythe began to lay down onto the rug between the seat and her dresser. I followed carefully laying over her, not making a sound or just dropping on top of her. Positioning over her, I slid my hot hands back under her shirt and started kissing her lips.
I woke up still in my Lycan form on top of Edythe. My left hand was in her right, my muzzle was in the crook of her neck and my right hand was on the inside of her thigh touching the waistband of her underwear.
She still had her green shirt on but managed to lose her pants. Her legs were long pail and naked all the way down.
I moved my right hand to the floor and pushed myself off Edythe. Standing up I stepped away as she got up off the floor.
Her hair was a mess, so was the shirt it was trashed with tear marks in several spots. I saw her pants were ripped to shreds next to the dresser.
"[Did I get you with my claws?]" I ask, gesturing to the jeans and her shirt.
"[No, See.]" With that statement she pulled off her shirt, now standing there in only a pair of maroon slip panties. She spun in a slow circle so I could see her completely.
"[thanks for showing me you are not hurt.]" I was still transfixed by her display, then she reached down to slip off her panties, I closed my eyes.
I clenched my hands and my heart was beating so loud, eyes still closed, I spoke. "[Edythe, I have to go soon and if I see you completely naked I will not be able to. Plus your family probably heard me get up and are waiting downstairs for us.]"
I kept my eyes closed as I felt her walk up to me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and quickly kissed me.
"[Ok, keep your eyes closed I'll let you know when I'm dressed.]"
"[You can open your eyes now.]" She whispered into my ear.
Opening my eyes, she was wearing a slim fitting black short sleeve shirt, a new pair of dark denim jeans, and the silver watch on her left wrist. Her hair was still a mess and her eyes were still golden.
She was also barefooted. Edythe stood in arm's reach and spun in a circle. "[what do you think?]" The close fighting outfit showed off her curves.
Smiling, I placed my hand on her waist and pulled her in. "[My outfit doesn't compare to how breathtaking you are, even with your bronze hair all over.]" Before she could respond I was kissing her and she pushed into a deeper kiss.
I pulled away when I heard the sound of someone walking out in the hall. "[Someone is coming down the hall.]" as I finished saying 'hall', the bedroom door rattled as that someone tried to open it.
A *Crack* sounded as the door's wood frame bowed. "HEY, DO NOT BREAK MY DOOR." Edythe shouted as she moved over to unlock it.
Quickly I shifted into my 6′ wolf form knocking an entered shelf of books onto the floor with my tail. With a *Crash* of the books, the door *Creaked* loudly as it was forced open, completely tearing its frame like what happened to the front door.
"You could have knocked instead of barging in and breaking my door." Edythe said to Edward and Alice standing behind him.
"Why was your door locked?" Edward accused, staring at me like I could lock the door with paws. "I can lock my own door Edward." she shot back.
Edward tried to walk into the room but I growled at him like I was just a wolf. He took a step back into the hall. "What is that for?" he asked.
I spoke only to Edythe "(Red) If he comes in here he will see your torn closing and underwear on the floor. It doesn't take a mind reader to figure out what we were doing last night, Alice knows so let her come in."
"Edward go, Alice stay." Edythe said. Edward grumbles something about girls, then heads off.
As soon as Alice entered the room I Shielded her from Edward.
"DAM DOG" he shouted from down the hall. I loudly gave a barking laugh so the whole house could hear.
"What did you do?" Alice asked. Edythe was trying to close the broken door with no luck. She just slid her dresser in front of it to stop it from swinging open.
Speaking to both girls. "(Red) as Soon as Alice entered the room I shielded her from Edward's snooping. He was probably hoping to find out what that crash was before he barged in."
"What was it then?" Alice asked, looking around the room her eyes scanned over the books on the floor and up at the mess on the shelf.
"(Red) I hear something at the door when I turn I swiped my tail across the shelf."
"Alice, was there something you needed to tell us?" Edythe asked. She was trying to distract her sister from noting the rest of the room.
"I came up to get you both, Esme would like to cook you breakfast, but I told her you probably do not eat normal human food. Carlisle would like to talk with you privately in his office" Alice said all this looking up at me. "If you're this big, where did you sleep?"
I ignored her Questions and walked over to the door. Edythe followed my lead, moved the dresser, and let the door swing open, all three of us left the room.
I walked into Dr. Cullens; office Edythe followed me in but Carlisle shooed her out. Alone in the office, he spoke.
"I wanted to know what you are going to do with the young black wolf that is going to attack my daughter."
"(Red) Dr. Cullen, I'm going to try and reason with him. Remind him that he can not break Ephraim Black and your treaty without reason.
He can not attack another Supernatural being without reason either. I also do not believe that Edythe would go into their territory. Most likely he was across the border when he jumped her. If this is the case I can use my Alpha authority to ban him from this area. Meaning he can not enter or shift into his wolf form in this area."
"Please call me Carlisle, that sounds like a good plan. I care about Edythe, I just do not want to have to kill a young werewolf."
"(Red) is that all you wanted?"
"No, my mate looked into that tail of the little red riding hood and the big bad wolf. Lots of tales say Ms. Hood was stalked by a wolf. None of them said she was the wolf"
"(Red) Carlisle, when Ms. Hood found her mate dead, she walked up to them in a red hood. Then she shifted and killed them all, after any human who entered the forest was not seen after. Her Fae friend tried to help her, but she just howled and cried. Like all the races, mortal or not, losing one's soul mate destroys your own soul. I lived far away at the time but my Dragon friend told me that Ms. Hood needed my help. I spent three winters with her before she left and has not been seen since, she may have died from the grief." The big bad wolf that failed the little red riding hood was me in those three winters."
I could see my own sadness reflected on Carlisle's face. "So the story was based on you trying to help your friend, then twisted by a storyteller. The true story of Ms. Hood's loss is terrible. Why did you tell us this story."
"(Red) I wanted you to know more of what happens if someone kills our soul mate. I mentioned that the war with the Vampires started when they thought nothing of killing the other supernatural races just to erase the knowledge of their existence.
They weren't even killing for blood, just anything that knew about them, including the other Supernatural beings, their descendants, and human mates. I said that the Vampires believe they are the superior being, they are not"
"If we are not then are you saying that the Werewolfs are superior? I made a low wolf laugh cough sound.
"(Red) No, if you were to ask any Werewolf that knows of the other races or one of the others you will get the same answers. The Dragon Heirs are the most powerful race. The adult can control their magic using their thought, this is what they used to shapeshift in order to blend in, in their true form their hide is almost impossible to damage.
You saw me easily sink my claws into one of you, I can't even make a scuff mark on a Dragon. Do not ask me what can injure them, I will not tell."
"I understand, you should get going it's almost 09:00. Will you be coming back here after?
"(Red) I will let one of you know what happened, but I will not be returning here. I'll hunt and go home. If I do not see you today it may be a while before we meet again.
Carlisle, do not worry about having to leave because of the incident at school Friday morning. I asked Jason if Edythe still had a tired look in her eyes to try and get her to drink that shake he makes.
Before Carlisle could ask how I knew he was thinking about this or ask what was in the shake I turned for the door. His inner monologue was what gave him away. The door had a nickel plated push down handle. I just lifted a paw and opened the door.
Downstairs the Vampire started crowding me asking questions. With the scent and some of them having darker golf eyes my instincts were giving off warnings. I crouched down in a ready stance watching them. My claws slid out and could not help growling deeply, opened my mouth showing my teeth.
The Cullens all froze, then Rose grabbed Emmett and backed away, Jasper pulled Alice behind him, and he growled back at me showing his fangs. I could sense Carlisle rushing down the stairs, but he stayed clear of me and grabbed onto Esme.
"What happened?" Carlisle asked, looking at me, then Emmett and Jasper like they did something.
I was all tensed up when Edythe's voice came from next to me. She did not smell like the others, and her aura did not give off hostility and fear like the others. "Are you ok?" As she said this I felt something touch me. I leaped for the nearest open exit of the Vampire den, which happens to be a large vertical window next to the front door.