I looked at Alexia I’m sure there was terror in my eyes too. “what do you mean die? And who is going to come after us?” I said confusion and terror mixed in my voice. Reilly stood up with Alexia in his arms and moved her out of the room. When he came back a few minuets later he pulled up a chair to where I sat tied up on the floor. He sat in the chair and looked at me sternly “You are not supposed to know our secret” he said slowly, he paused as if thinking of a way to say thinks more clearly, in a way I would understand and hopefully not ask any more questions. “The people Lex was talking about… Well they are like the vampire police. If a coven get to big or if another war starts, they stop it. They kill vampires that reveal the secret…” Reilly trailed off looking at me but not really, like he could see through me. “We don’t have much time, It would be smart to just kill you off but that wont help Lex and me.” Reilly started to nod his head, he looked like an idiot but I was not one to judge. “We have to go to the Cullen’s for help….it’s the only way to save Alexia” I was touched by his words ‘concerned for his lover more than himself.’ Something stirred in the other room and he, like lightning, ran to the source of the sound, knocking over the chair he had been sitting on, and was back. He looked at me and closed his eyes, a dark substance snaked its way around my eyes. Some thing lifted me up and carried me to what I assume was the car. The car rumbled to life, first in protest then it settled into a quiet hum. As we drove to god who knows where I sat in the trunk for a good hour before the car finally jerked to a halt. Something howled from outside the car, I rolled onto my back and started to kick the top of the trunk with my feet. I smiled to myself when it finally opened, I heard someone mumble something and then I was lifted out of the trunk. “Is she still breathing?” I heard someone say, I hoped they didn’t think I was dead. The person that was holding me felt like they were running a fever. The black thing around my eyes began to dissolve and I was able to see more clearly. The person carrying me was a boy, a very large boy, with shaggy black hair and dark tan skin. He looked at me somewhat alarmed, “Jake, Sam she uh opened her eyes” he said as he kept looking at me. “Can you stand up?” he asked with a hint of concern in his voice. I couldn’t find the words; they seemed to be caught in my chest. Since I was unable to express myself in words I just nodded, he set me down gently and now that I could see more that his shoulders and above. I realized that he wasn’t wearing a shirt, the awkwardness continued as I reached my hand out to touch his cheek, he flinched but he let my hand brush past his face. ‘It’s burning hot’ I thought, just then two slightly older guys walked up to us. ‘They could pass for brothers’ I thought, the two older guys looked at us quizzically. One looked like he might burst out laughing; the other looked worriedly from me to the boy. “Are you okay?” asked the worried looking boy, I nodded without looking at him. “My name is Sam Uley” He said pointing to himself, I looked at him and smiled. “This is Jacob Black and Eden Mason.” He finished pointing once to the boy who was about to laugh, and then to the boy that had carried me out of the trunk. I nodded my hello “I’m Elena Thompson but call me Ellie” I said. I looked back to Eden “Thank you for helping me” I add, Jacob chuckled, but Sam looked intensely at me. “What did they want with you Ellie?” he asked, I assume he is speaking about Reilly and Alexia, ‘it’s best to play dumb’ I decide and say “I don’t know” I hope it looks convincing but I can’t tell, Sam’s face is so calmly composed it’s unreadable. Sam nods and looks at Eden “Take her to Emily’s house” Sam demands, Eden nodded “Come on” he mumbles. I silently follow him through the woods, the silence was uncomfortable, and when ever I tripped over something Eden would just stop, wait till I got up, then continued walking. I was beginning to get pissed off; I stopped walking and waited for him to realize I wasn’t following him. He finally stopped a few steps ahead of me and turned, “we need to get you to Emily’s house” he said flatly. I was getting madder “What did I do to you, to make you so cold towards me.” I demanded he looked a bit taken aback. Eden quickly composed his face and glowered at me, “I’m like this to everyone.” He said as he turned again to continue walking. I scuffed and followed silently fuming behind him.
Once we reached Emily’s house Eden explained to her what had happened to me in a hushed tone. Emily was a young girl, not as young as me, but she looked about mid twenties. She had a horrible scar one side of her face, like she was mauled by a bear or something. Eden seemed not to notice but it was hard for me not to glance at the scar every now and then. When Eden left, it was just me and Emily, in her large kitchen, “So uh do you need any help cooking?” I asked hoping I could feel a bit less useless around her. Emily looked at me and smiled ‘her face would be so much more beautiful if it weren’t for that scar.’ I thought glumly, but I smiled back at her anyway. “Well, what can you make?” Emily asked as she checked a pot of stew and flipped some hamburgers. I thought for a moment “I uh can make pancakes.” I said with a sheepish smile. Emily laughed; her laugh was happy and melodic, like wind chimes. “Well the boys haven’t had pancakes in a while so okay.” Emily said smiling. She helped me get what I needed and got me set up at one of her two stoves. Once Emily finished making her stew and the hamburgers were staying warm in the oven, she sat down at the kitchen table and watched me make pancakes. She watched me intently; before I noticed her staring I was flipping pancakes like a pro. When I started to miss, she would giggle and wave her hand dismissively as if to say ‘don’t worry the boys will eat them any way’ I had successfully made about 50 pancakes when I finally sat down to rest. I looked up at Emily who stared distantly out the window. “So what’s with those boys?” I asked, she quickly glanced at me out of the corner of her eye and smiled sadly. “You could call them a gang, but they are more than that; they are the protectors of this land.” I stared at her blankly “Protectors?” I ask “protectors from what?” Emily quickly covered her mouth with her hand and whispered “uh oh, I’ve said too much.” I cocked my head to the side and looked at her. “I’m sorry Ellie.” She said apologetically, I nodded “no, it’s fine” I say smiling, That’s when the door burst open, we both turned to look to see Sam, Jacob, Eden and a few other boys file into Emily’s living room. Sadly only four out of the six boys fit in the room so three of them had to settle for watching TV. from the next room. One of them was Sam, who obediently walked over to Emily, who was now standing and smiling one of the biggest smiles I have ever seen. Sam’s arms wrapped around Emily’s waist as they stared lovingly into each others eyes, I couldn’t help but stare enviously at the two, ‘Emmett’ I thought then blushed. Jacob’s massive hand waved in front of my face, I blinked and stared blankly at him. He chuckled and said “come on, we’re all hungry, and since Emily is trapped in Sam’s death grip I’ll help you get the food.” He smiled and I nodded, hoping he couldn’t see the huge blush on my face. When Jacob walked into the kitchen and saw the pancakes his jaw dropped and his eyes bugged out. “Pancakes!” He yelled and every one except Sam and Emily ran from the TV room to the kitchen. They all gasped when they saw the large plate of freshly made flapjacks. “Who made these?” Jacob asked Emily, Emily smiled and said “It was Ellie’s idea” Every one looked at me with anticipation. “Uh” I said nervously “what?” they all cheered, except for Eden who just looked at me, shock written on every inch of his face, I happily glared back at him. Once every one had happily had their fill and were watching TV so intently I half excepted the screen to explode. Emily walked up to me smiling “well that was a big success” I said sitting down at the table and sighing. Emily giggled “I never thought Eden would take such an interest in you” she said, I looked at her “uh what?” I asked. Emily laughed again “he doesn’t look at people, mostly at the ground” I rolled my eyes finding that somewhat obvious. I sighed again “So what’s his problem with me any way?” I asked her frustratedly. I felt someone’s eyes on my back and turned to look at whoever it was. ‘Eden’ I thought sourly, glaring back at him again, Eden sneered and looked away. Emily giggled again and shook her head “he’s a good guy once you get to know him” she said smiling. Sam’s head popped up from where he sat near the TV, “Hey, Ellie, this is Paul” he said pointing to a large muscular boy sitting on the couch next to Jacob. The boy named Paul raised his hand and waved, all without taking his eyes off the TV. Sam then pointed to another boy sitting in a chair further away from the screen but still equally as interested in it as the rest. “That’s Jared” Jared waved, “and that’s Seth.” Sam finished as he pointed to a smaller boy sitting on the floor seeming the least bit interested in the TV program. Seth smiled at me and stood up; “Hi” he said “I’m Seth Clearwater, nice to meet you Ellie” I smiled politely ‘he reminds me of a happy puppy’ I thought. I smiled back at Seth as he sat down next to us at the table. Emily stood up “I should go clean up” she smiled at us and walked towards the table. I started to stand up but Emily turned around and said “no you have done enough for the day, stay with Seth for a while” I sat down. ‘Damn now I can’t get out of talking to him’ I thought but smiled back at Seth any way. “So how long have you been hanging out with Jacob and Sam?” I asked, pathetically trying to start a conversation. Seth’s smile widened “Well I have been with the pack for a few months now.” he said happily. Suddenly Sam was standing by the door somewhat glaring at Seth, “Come Seth” he demanded. ‘It’s the same tone as when he told Eden to take me here’ I thought surprised, I watched Seth stand up, looking scared, he followed Sam out the door and before I knew it Jacob was sitting in Seth’s seat. Jacob smiled at me “don’t mind Seth like he said, he has been with us for a short time” Jacob said. I nodded but not with out glancing in the direction Seth and Sam had left in. Jacob was apparently looking at me, “Don’t worry about Seth, Sam wont hurt him, Seth just said too much.” Jacob said trying to reassure me, ‘well it’s not working’ I thought.
Later that night I was walking outside with Sam, he wanted to show me something important. Sam and I were walking in the forest; of course I was tripping and falling a lot so it was hard for me to keep up. Once we reached a clearing Sam turned to me, “stay here Ellie” he said sternly, all I could do was nod. Sam walked into the woods surrounding the clearing and disappeared, I was beginning to feel very uncomfortable when I heard growling coming from the forest. I turned around and there in the shadow of the forest was a large animal. My body shook from fear, “wo-wolf!” I screamed in fear. The wolf jumped out of the forest so I could see it clearly, this wolf was bigger than any of the ones I’ve seen in books or TV shows. On all fours it was almost as tall as Emmett’s jeep; it had grey fur and black eyes. There was a noise coming from the forest again, this time a bit further away. Another wolf appeared; this one had red-brown fur and was just as big as the first one, if not bigger. Both of the wolves looked sad, but they kept walking closer. I screamed again and the red-brown wolf flinched, a much smaller darker grey wolf walked out of the woods, he looked just as upset as the red-brown wolf. As the wolves advanced I walked backwards, there was more movement and two more wolves walked out from behind me. “I uh I won’t taste good don’t kill me!” I screamed as looked franticly for a way out of the clearing. I saw a space where I might be able to escape, I glanced around quickly and then I ran back into the woods. I could hear some thing behind me ‘it’s those monsters’ I thought franticly as I pushed branches away from my path. I kept running away but it felt like one of those dreams where you try to run away but you can’t run away fast enough. I closed my eyes and just ran; it was to dark to see anything around me so I just ran. I kept hearing bushes move and the pounding or feet besides my own. “No leave me alone!” I screamed, “Ugh” something stopped me; I felt someone’s arms around my shoulders. “No” I screamed again ‘it’s all over, I’m done for!’ I thought franticly. “Would you stop screaming!” some one yelled at me, “huh?” I opened my eyes and looked up. “Eden?” I said, I looked down and saw his arms wrapped around me. “Oh” I blushed and stepped away from him; Eden dropped his hands to his side and looked at me. “What are you yelling about?” Eden demanded, ‘those wolves’ I thought, I looked around franticly. “Well?” he demanded, I looked at him pleadingly, “there were huge wolves, they were following me, trying to eat me!” I said pointing in the direction I ran from and waving my arms like a complete idiot. Eden’s face darkened and he turned around, “come one Ellie, the road isn’t far from here. I’ll take you back to Emily’s house.” Eden said coldly, I shook my head “No I want to go home!” I yelled. Eden turned to look at me, “well I can’t help you there so it’s ether stay out here in the dark, alone, in the woods. Or come back to Emily’s house with me!” he yelled back.
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