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Fucking Hell!

I could not believe we were going to have to deal with this. Wasn't she supposed to be safe with a whole coven of Vampires as her fucking family? She was supposed to be fucking safe! I if I got my hands in this bitch...I pinched the bridge of my nose in frustration, something akin to a growl escaping my throat. Whoa! Did I just growl? Since when did i get mad enough to even huff let alone growl? Maybe I was spending too much time with the pack. Had anyone even growled around me? This whole supernatural thing was obviously not having a good effect on me. Shaking away the thought I looked up at Paul who was giving me a really strange look. He seemed to search my face for a moment before raising an eyebrow. I took a deep breath to calm myself though it barely helped.

"And why does she have a Vampire after her?" I asked between clenched teeth.

"Eddie killed her mate last year after he tried to track and kill Bella," Emmett said casually. Rosalie elbowed him hard. "What? He did!"

"Oh I see!" I bit out, eyes narrowing on Edward, "So this is your fault douchward."

"Hey!"

"Don't get me started with you, Bella!" I snapped. I was beginning to shake violently. "I will deal with you later!"

Paul put a large hand on my shoulder, drawing my attention away from my infuriating twin. He took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly giving me a meaningful look laced with just a hint of panic, that I could only assume meant I should imitate him. We did this a few more times until the shaking had died down and i was back to being level headed. I'd never lost my temper like that before. I was the level headed logical one. Laid back and chilled. At least i had been until I moved to Forks. This place just continued to change me and it scared me. Turning back to the Cullens I could see they had all taken a protective stances in front of Bella, who looked terrified. It couldn't have been that bad, could it? Taking one more big breath for good measure, I closed my eyes for a moment before speaking.

"Sorry," I mumbled, "I shouldn't have lost it like that. I came to Forks to protect Bella, not to hear that those protecting her were making it worse for her."

I gave Edward a pointed glare that made him look away from me. Good. I walked into the living room, Paul sticking close to my side, and flopped onto the couch with a huff.

"Alright let's start from the beginning. You killed a Leeches mate and now she wants revenge?"

"Vampires mate for life," Bella said softly. "Victoria wants a mate for a mate."

"And I'm just now hearing about this why?" my voice had a edge to it that I couldn't quite hide even if I wanted to.

"We didn't want to worry you," Edward replied, taking Bella's hand gently and giving her a reassuring look. I rolled my eyes.

"So what changed?"

"She was here."

I sat up immediately, glaring at them all. What the fuck? "What do you mean she was here?!"

They all exchanged glances before Edward spoke slowly. "She was in the house, probably looking for something. But she wasn't in Bella's room, she was in yours. I think she may have you confused."

Great. I looked up at Paul who nodded and without a word, disappearing up the stairs. I sat back with my arms crossed, mind swirling with every possibility and outcome of this stupid problem. What did you do with a homicidal leech who's coming after someone you love? There had to be something they could do besides play a bad game of catch with her. Edward leaned into Bella, sniffing her slightly as she nuzzled his side. I frowned, a few ideas coming to mind.

"What's your plan of action?"

"For now just keep Bella safe until we can find out how to catch her," Alice chirped.

"Edward, what does Bella smell like?" I asked suddenly.

Edward gave me a quizzical once over. "Strawberries."

"And me?"

"Freesia...with a hint of strawberries."

"Would that be enough to confuse this leach? Make her think you're trying to hide her scent but that it's still her?" I asked thoughtfully.

Everyone stared at me taken aback and Paul came back into the room and moved back to his spot next to me. I waited expectantly, making straight eye contact with Edwards weird gold ones. He nodded slowly. "Yeah actually that could work."

Bella immediately began fretting. "You can't do that for me Ivory," she whined. "You'd be in danger!"

Resisting the urge to throw the nearest object at her, I stood up slowly. "We're all in danger thanks to your boyfriend, Bella. You don't have a choice, and neither do I. I came here to protect you Bella. That's what I'm going to do!"

My hand subconsciously made its way to the scar on my wrist, memories flashing through my mind. As if on cue and almost instinctively, Bella's hand went to an almost identical one on hers. My eyes narrowed. That must have been from the attack they were talking about. I'd have to get more details about that later. Until then I was beat, emotionally and physically and honestly just wanted to go to sleep. I looked up at Paul who nodded his head in the direction of my room, a silent signal that everything was ok. I glanced at Bella who was basically quivering in her leeches arms and sighed. Sweet, innocent Bella. What had you gotten yourself into? She wasn't made for this kind of life. I was disappointed that I couldn't have gotten to her before she had met the Cullens. I took a step, Paul moving with me. Emmett cracked up, his face splitting into a huge dimpled smile.

"What?" I asked suspiciously.

"Just your wolfy bodyguard," he said motioning at Paul. "Doesn't trust us, huh?"

Paul looked angry immediately but I put a calming hand on his chest. "If it weren't for Bella, I wouldn't trust you either leech." I said cooly.

With that I walked up the stairs and into my room. Paul flopped into the armchair near the window, putting his huge feet up on the dresser a good few feet away from it. I simply collapsed into my bed exhausted. I wanted Jake to be there cuddling me, and I wanted Bella to not be hunted by something that goes bump in the night for possibly 5 minutes. Just 5 freaking minutes. Was that so much to ask for? I looked up at Paul who was staring out the window.

"Thanks for being here...and for calming me down," I said softly, still mentally shaken with how out of control my anger had become.

"You're part of the pack now, Ivory," he said simply not looking at me. "We're always gonna take care of our own."

I nodded, not bothering to initiate any other sort of communication and knocked out fast. When I woke up, I felt Jakes familiar warmth against my back and arm around my middle. I twisted to see that he was awake and watching me. Stretching nimbly in his arms I smile up at him. I was so happy to have him here. Not that I wasn't grateful to have had Paul and i was strangely really comfortable with him around, but nothing compared to the feeling of being in my wolfs arms.

"Good morning," I said cheerily, sitting up and stretching again. "How was your shift last night?"

Jake didn't say anything at first, still watching me intently. Squirming a bit under his stare I tried to keep up the bright smile, but it faltered slightly when not returned.

"Paul filled me in about last night," he said, his voice low and gruff.

"Yeah It's a lot," I said shaking my head as I walked over to my bags fishing for clothes. It was a school day and I had to find something appropriate.

"He told me that you offered to be bait."

"I mean, yeah she's my twin." I said with a shrug.

Jake growled. It was a deep, guttural sound that emanated from deep in Jacobs chest. I froze, eyes widening at Jake. He slowly got up, his face every inch the predator that he was, and stalked over to me. I gulped hard and met his gaze.

"You will not put yourself in danger!" He growled again, eyes flashing with emotion. "You are not going to be bait!"

"Are you going to be hunting the leach?" I asked quietly.

"Well...yeah."

"And you'll be putting your life in danger to do so?"

"I mean yeah but..."

"Then we have nothing to discuss," I walked out of the room headed to the bathroom so I could change. "Besides, as annoying as my sister is, we both know she would do the same for me."

After a quick shower and throwing on a simple long sleeved tee and jeans, I walked downstairs to find Jake sitting uncomfortably across from Bella and Edward. It was an odd site to behold to be sure. Jake sat twiddling his fingers, refusing to make eye contact. Edward was staring Jacob down as if he thought he'd strike any moment and had his hands possessively around Bella, and Bella was staring at Jacob with wide sad eyes. I still needed to talk to Jake about what was going on with them. Maybe later. I cleared my throat, and walked into the kitchen nonchalantly. Grabbing a few poptarts and handing a couple to Jake, popped one in my mouth, and leaned over the counter giving each one an amused look.

"Well this is super cringy. Is this your usual thing or...?"

Bella blushed and jumped to her feet. "We need to go to school!"

"You mean, you need to go to school," I retorted. "I graduated, remember? Mom homeschooled me. I'm accompanying you because you don't know what it's like not to attract something deadly."

"Whatever, lets go!"

I'd never seen Bella so light on her feet as she booked it to the front door. I smirked, and wrapped my arm around a nervous looking Jake. I was amazed at how I could feel exactly what he was feeling. Waves of panic and fear coursed through my body, but I knew it wasn't mine.

"Promise me you'll be careful," He whispered, his eyes swirling with a million different emotions at once.

"You know I will," I kissed his cheek gently. "It's only school. I can handle that."

Jake nodded, and walked with me to Bella's car. She was already inside, gripping the steering wheel so tightly that her knuckles were white. Of course she was probably freaking about something or trying to find something to be a martyr over. I rolled my eyes. Jake pulled me close to him and covered my lips with his in a heated kiss. He then quickly pulled away and practically plopped me me into the passenger seat. Dazed, I waved as Bella backed up her monstrosity of a truck out of the driveway and and started down the street. We stayed quiet for a few minutes. I didn't even know what to say. This was the first time we had been alone since I got to Forks and met the Cullens. I didn't think we'd have a moment alone again after that really weird emotionally charged night after I found out I was an imprint. Thinking about it now, my reaction seemed way over the top and like me at all. I had been acting so strange lately. I swear Forks is going to kill me.

I peaked over at Bella. She was focusing on the road, her forehead wrinkled in that way that said she was thinking too hard. I needed to get her off whatever self destructive train of thought was running through that dangerous little head of hers.

"Look Bells, I'm really sorry about the other night..." I began, but Bella waved me off.

"You don't have to." She said in her usual soft tone. "That was your night, and I ruined it. I just...I wasn't expecting Jake to imprint. Especially not on you."

"What's wrong with me?" I bristled.

"Nothing! Nothing is wrong with you Iv. It's just..." Bella paused and I could see her eyes beginning to brim with tears. "I'm selfish, ok? Jake has been my sun for so long, that losing him, especially to you...it hurt."

We sat in silence, everything she said floating through my mind. Surprisingly, I wasn't angry. I was...sad for her. Because I realized something that she didn't.

"Bella," I touched her hand gently, "Babygirl, are you...are you in love with Jacob?"

"What? NO! I love him and care about him, and when Edward left me he was there and put me back together, and he was still there for me even after Edward came back and..." Bella trailed, realization spreading across her face. A single tear escaped her eye as she turned to me in horror. "Oh my god!"

I know most people in my position would have been upset. But how could I be? She was here way before I was, they had a thing way before I came along. We pulled into the school parking lot and as soon as we were parked, I grabbed her into a tight hug. As infuriating as she was most of the time by running head first into anything even a little bit dangerous, I loved her. I gave her a reassuring smile and together we walked into her school. Renee, our mom, had decided after Bella left that I needed to be homeschooled. She believed that the universe was sending her a message and that structured school was bad for a free, wild childs mind. I was totally ok with it too. I got to go to the beach most of the time and claim it was for learning. Being able to do all my work quickly and graduating early was another huge perk. It felt like it had been forever since I'd actually walked into a school. It was huge, kids bustling around. But of course only really only takes one person to start a whisper. It didn't take long at all before every eye was on me and Bella.

I smiled at a few and sneered back at a bunch of plastics that seemed to have a stick stuck far up their ass. Always hated mean girls. After picking up my temporary schedule, Bella and I walked to her class. Inside a sweet looking girl, a bit shorter than us, with mousy brown hair and glasses came up to Bella with a big smile.

"Hey Bella! Who's your friend?" she asked politely, giving me an equally big and welcoming smile. Finally some normal human friends.

"Hey Angela, this is my twin sister Ivory," Bella said taking a seat by the window.

"Hey Angela," I greeted, giving her a wink. She blinked a few times, her smile faltering before returning twice as bright.

"You can sit with me! Bella always sits with Edward," She showed me her table a few rows down.

I gave Bella an incredulous look. Really? He came to school with her too? And from the sound of it, everyone seemed to think he was a normal human. Huh. The class flew by pretty quickly. Angela was really nice and spoke most of the time about her boyfriend and prom. I kinda forgot all about prom and was kinda sorry I'd never get to experience it. after telling her a quick goodbye I ran up the hall to where Bella and Edward had walked off to.

"So what's the plan? I'm gonna go ahead and assume we're just not going to just stay in school like we don't have a demented Vampire after us," i said stepping in line with them.

Bella jumped, starled but Edward nodded. He had obviously already heard me coming. "Right now, we keep you together. So close together it's almost impossible to tell your scents apart. Emmet and Jasper are running a perimeter with Jacob his pack mate, Alice and Rosalie are in seattle sniffing around to see what else she may be up to."

"What about tonight? If we have to stay together doesn't that mean she's got to come to the Res with me?" Edward gave me a quizzical lool. "Oh come on douchward, I'm an Imprint! My wolf lives on the Res. Plus ya know...we're having a bonfire to welcome me to the pack tonight too."

I mumbled the last part and shot Bells an apologetic smile. I wasn't sure how I was supposed to navigate this whole thing with her. She gave me a strained smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.

Edward immediately noticed our little exchange. "She can come to our house. I'm sure Alice would be very excited with a sleepover."

"Oof good luck Bells. I'd pay not to have a sleepover with that crazy pixie."

After school, as soon as I was sure Bella was tucked happily away into Edwards Volvo with him, I turned to walk to her truck to go home. Jacob had appeared out of nowhere and was leaning against it looking like a god. His head was tilted back, eyes closed, arms crossed. He looked like he posed like this regularly for GQ. As I got closer he opened one eye and both arms and I ran the rest of the way to him. It was weird how much I missed him sometimes.

"How was your day?" he asked, kissing the top of my head as he held me close.

"Not as exciting as yours, I bet. Did you find anything?" Jake nodded and i poked his chest. "Well?"

"She was around. You two definitely have her confused. She circled back at least four times before getting away. Something she rarely ever does." Jake opened the passenger seat for me to hop into and walked around getting into the drivers seat. "I still don't like you being bait though."

"Well I'm not bait yet!" I exclaimed annoyed, "We're just confusing her!"

"Whatever."

Jake huffed behind the wheel. I knew he was just worried, and I knew i was probably being impossible but I refused to back down about this. We drove in silence to La push, every now and then Jakes hand squeezing my thigh as if to see if I was still there and still ok. We parked in front of his house just as Billy came out. He gave me a huge smile as i approached.

"Hey kiddo!" He pulled me down into a hug as soon as i got close enough. "Been keeping out of trouble?"

"Course I have Billy! I'm a perfectly well behaved angel," I winked mischievously at him and Billy chuckled.

"You better keep an eye on this one, boy."

"Easier said than done," Jacob grumbled but i could see his lips twitch up in amusement.

"Why don't you kids run ahead down to the beach for the Bonfire. It outta be starting soon," Billy shooed us.

He was right. Down at the beach most of the pack had already gathered. Sam was sitting and talking to Emily who listened, completely had Kim on his lap. She was just snuggled into him, eyes closed. I could relate to that so much. Jacob was just the best to cuddle with. Leah was off to the side pouting as usual. The rest of the boys were wrestling and messing around. Across from them sat a bunch of elders, 3 of which I was familiar. I recognized Sue Clearwater, who I only assumed was Leah and Seth mom, and a younger woman sitting besides what looked like a older Quil. Well, they both looked like Quil. The woman looked at me and gave me a kind smile. I smiled back, subconsciously melting into Jacobs side. He sat us down near the pack just as Billy rolled up. Everyone seemed to settle down almost immediately.

"First of all," The older Quil began. He may have looked old but his voice was loud and demanded attention. "I would like for us all to welcome our new pack Imprint, Ivory Swan"

The boys wolf whistled and cheered. A slight blush crept up my neck as I gave a awkward wave to everyone,

"Tonight is a night that we celebrate our legends and retell our stories! A night that we, as a pack, understand the purpose that we were created for. Now as many of you may know, The Quileute tribe settled in La Push and became efficient fishermen and shipbuilders. As time passed, other peoples coveted their land and moved against them for it. The tribe was small and could not defend themselves, so they took their ships and left the land. At sea, Kaheleha used the magic in their blood to defend it. He was the first Spirit Chief in Quileute history. He and all the men left the ships in spirit only, using the original power of Quileute Astral Projection, leaving their bodies behind under the care of the women. Though they could not physically hurt the enemy, the warriors had other ways. They blew fierce winds into enemy camps; they could make great screaming in the wind and could manipulate animals to do their bidding. Animals were the only ones that could see them and help. The invading tribe had packs of thick-furred dogs to pull their sleds in the north, and which were set against them. Bats were brought out of the cliff caverns. As a result, the dogs and bats won and the survivors of the invaders scattered thinking the harbor cursed. The Quileutes released the dogs, who ran wild, and returned to their bodies victorious. The Hohs and the Makahs made treaties with the Quileutes because they wanted nothing to do with their magic."

I sat forward, completely fascinated with the story that were being told. Old Qui had a gleam in his eye as he continued to speak.

"Generations passed and the last of the great Spirit Chiefs came to be. Taha Aki was a man of peace and was known for his wisdom. However there was one man named Utlapa who believed that they should use their magic to expand their control over the Hohs and the Makahs, building an empire. When the spirit warriors left their bodies their minds were all connected with each other. Taha Aki did not like what Utlapa wanted and banned him from the tribe. Utlapa left and hid in the nearby forest.

Taha Aki was vigilant and protected his people even when there was no danger. Every so often, the Spirit Chief would leave the village to a sacred and secret place in the mountains. He would leave his body behind and searched the surrounding areas for any dangers or threats. One day, Utlapa followed Taha Aki planning to kill him, but as he waited for him to leave his body he hatched another plan. Utlapa left his body, took Taha Aki's body, and killed his own. Taha Aki knew immediately what was happening when Utlapa joined him in the spirit world. He raced back to his sacred place but was too late. He followed his body in his spirit self down to the tribe. For weeks he watched with despair as Utlapa made sure everyone believed he was Taha Aki. Then Utlapa's first edict came: no warrior was to enter the spirit world because he had a vision of danger, but in truth he was afraid of Taha Aki. Utlapa took liberties with the tribe that no one ever dreamed of. He took a second and a third wife, even though Taha Aki's wife still lived. Eventually, Taha Aki brought a great wolf down the mountains to kill Utlapa and free the tribe, but Utlapa only hid from it behind his warriors. The wolf ended up killing a young man, making Taha Aki's grief greater.

Taha Aki had been away from his body long enough to be in agony. He felt doomed of never being ever to cross the line between life and death. The great wolf followed him through the forest and Taha Aki felt jealous of the animal; at least it had a body and a life. At that moment the Spirit Chief had an idea that changed the future of the Quileutes. He asked the animal if he could share his body with him and the wolf complied. As a single being, the wolf and the man went to the village. The people feared the wolf, shouting for the warriors' help. The warriors came with spears in their hands, but they stopped in surprise of what the wolf was doing: the wolf was retreating from the warriors and trying to yelp the songs of their people. The warriors realized what it was doing and could only think that it was being influenced by a spirit.

An old warrior, Yut, disobeyed the orders of the false chief and left his body. Yut gathered the truth in an instant and welcomed Taha Aki. Almost instantly, Utlapa realized what had happened and raced towards Yut's body with his knife. The other warriors were confused. Yut went back into his body but could not fight Utlapa off before warning the others, as he was too old. Taha Aki watched as Yut's spirit left the world and he returned to the wolf's body feeling a great rage. The wolf shuddered and transformed into a man before the eyes of the warriors. The man did not look like Taha Aki's body, but like his spirit self, which the warriors recognized instantly. Utlapa tried to run but Taha Aki had the strength of the wolf and killed him. Upon realization of what had happened, everything returned to normal. The only change he kept in place was the forbidding of spirit travel. From then on he was known as the Great Wolf or the Spirit Man. He led the tribe for many years because he did not age. He fathered many sons, who in time found that they too could turn into wolves on reaching manhood. However, they were all different because the wolf form reflected the spirit of the man. Some became warriors like Taha Aki and did not age, others did not like to transform, and started to age."

I glanced over at Jake, who was watching me with slight amusement in his eyes. I gently shoved him with my shoulder and curled up closer to him. Night had fallen completely. I had been so wrapped up in the legend that I hadn't even realized! After finding a spot in Jake's arms that i found comfortable enough, I put all my attention back into Old Quil.

"After Taha Aki gave up his spirit self, trouble began in the North with the Makahs. Several young women had disappeared and they believed the neighboring wolves were to blame. However, all the wolves knew it was none of them because their minds were still connected with each other. Taha Aki did not want a war, especially since he could not lead his people any longer. He gave his eldest son, Taha Wi, the responsibility of finding who was to blame. Taha Wi led five wolves in search through mountains looking for evidence but they only found a strange, sweet scent. They followed it and the journey took them so far north that Taha Wi sent the two younger brothers back to inform the chief. Taha Wi and the other two never returned.

A year later, two Makah maidens were taken from their homes on the same night and the Makahs called upon the wolves. The Quileutes found the same sweet scent and went on the hunt once more. Only one of them returned. Yaha Uta, the eldest son of Taha Aki's third wife, returned carrying strange cold pieces of a corpse. He described what had happened to his brothers. One of them underestimated the strength of the creature and became a victim. Yaha Uta and his other brother were more careful but the creature matched their movements and got his hands on one of them. Yaha Uta found an opening on the creature's throat and began tearing at him desperately trying to save his brother. It was too late but he succeeded in ripping his enemy apart.

Yaha Uta laid the remains of the creature on the ground to be examined. Suddenly the corpse began to attach itself together and so the elders set fire to it. They spread the ashes far and wide, except a small bag which Taha Aki wore around his neck to be warned if the creature ever decided to get himself together again. The creature was called the Cold One and the Blood Drinker. They feared there were others like it since they only had one wolf protector left. Then came the Cold Woman, its mate. She was the most beautiful creature to be seen, though one small boy claimed the smell hurt his nose. An elder heard this and yelled for them to get away. He was the first to die at the mercy of the woman. She then proceeded to the other people until Yaha Uta arrived, followed by Taha Aki, his third wife, and the elders. When Yaha Uta was defeated, Taha Aki turned into an old gray wolf with the strength given by his anger alone. He began fighting the Cold Woman, when his third wife came to a conclusion.

She had just seen her son killed and now her husband ran a terrible danger, along with the rest of her sons and tribe. She heard every word the witnesses told the council and heard Yaha Uta's version of events the night the other one was beaten. She knew that his brother's divergence had saved him. She grabbed a knife from one of her sons, ran towards the blood drinker and stabbed herself in the heart. The Cold Woman could not turn away from the fresh blood and gave in to the thirst. Taha Aki bit her throat and finished her off along with two of his sons who felt such rage at seeing their mother dead that they turned into wolves. After that, Taha Aki never returned to his human self, staying to protect his wife's body and leaving to the forest never to return to the tribe."

I could feel myself drifting off to sleep in Jacobs arms. I tried to fight it so i could hear the rest of the legends, but it was no use. I was warm and happy and drifted off hearing one last thing from old Quil:

"Taha Aki's descendants no longer turned to wolves when they reached manhood. Only when a cold one was near would they return."

I frowned as i felt myself go. Only when the cold ones were near would they return.

Hey y'all so this chapter is waaaaaay longer then anything I've written so far! I wanted to try and keep it the same length as the others but i really wanted to incorporate the legends since they will be making an appearance later on in the story. I hope you guys like it and as always remember to review and let me know what you're thinking!