Disclaimer: I don't own anything recognizable from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight universe. But I do own my OCs and the plot.

This is the sequel to Wolf's Den – Roasted Squirrels. If you've read it, skip this first chapter and just start reading Sunny Side Up. If you haven't, you have two choices now:

1. Read Roasted Squirrels to know exactly what Seth went through and come back here afterwards.

2. Read the following introduction to the Wolf's Den universe and a summary of what happened to Seth.

Wolf's Den universe

It's been fifteen years since Bella married Edward. One and a half years after the encounter with the Volturi, the Cullens left Forks and Jake went with them. The two packs were reunited under Sam, but he soon decided to stop phasing in order to grow old with Emily. They have a son, Adrian (11), a daughter, Emma (8), and a few months ago they adopted Autumn (16), Embry's imprint. Jared stopped phasing when Sam did. Kim is now a doctor at Forks hospital. They have two sons, Tate (7) and Ray (5).

Paul and Leah stopped phasing two years later, because they had more trouble to get the phasing that much under control. Paul and Rachel moved to Seattle. Leah didn't stop phasing because of an imprint, but because she simply didn't want to be a wolf anymore. Her menstruation came back, she fell in love with a Makah fishermen, married and had three children with him: twin girls June and Janelle (9) and a boy, Jayden (2). This seemingly happy ending brought back the friendly Leah who still had a temper but wasn't bitter and not as bitchy as before anymore. However, her husband became a drunkard and Leah got angrier with him every day until one year ago she found out that he'd been cheating on her. She snapped and phased right in front of him. She threatened him not to spill the secret, divorced and rejoined the pack. When the Cullens left, they presented Seth and Leah with a restaurant in La Push, the Wolf's Den. It has become the pack's meeting point and a place of employment for some imprints.

When Sam retired, no wolf was left who had the Alpha in his blood like Jake or in his build and personality like Sam. Jake became the Alpha again, but you can't really lead a pack from the distance. Embry was elected to be Jake's deputy Alpha, at first only responsible for decisions that needed to be made instantly. Today he's more or less leading the pack alone, with Jake only taking over when he's visiting La Push for a few days. One year ago he imprinted on Autumn. Her mother had died and her father abused her, resulting in her not speaking a single word to anyone anymore. Embry rescued her from her father, gained her trust and made her talk again.

Quil stopped phasing two years ago and is dating Claire.

Collin imprinted on Janelle. At first Leah had been furious that he dared to imprint on her daughter, but she accepted it a long time ago and now that she's a single mother she is actually glad to have his help.

Brady imprinted, too, but two years ago his imprint was killed by a vampire. Of course he was devastated. He's been living in the wilderness of Canada since then, staying in his wolf form. He just came back once last year to help defeat a large coven.

The seven wolves that joined the pack shortly before the encounter with the Volturi are Lennie, Cory, Aaron, Chad, Zack, Sky and Simon. Lennie imprinted on Ava (18), a girl from Forks, and stopped phasing to age with her. Cory imprinted on Olivia (16), a Quileute girl, and has also stopped phasing. Aaron and Sky are brothers. While Aaron is a quite high-ranked wolf, Sky is lowest ranked of all. Chad is a police officer at Forks police station. Zack is Paul's cousin and has the same Lahote hot temper. He has caused Embry a lot of trouble in the past because he likes to disobey, ditch patrols and argue over orders. Simon imprinted on Ruby (12).

Last year, when the large coven was close, Zack's much younger brother Dave (17) phased for the first time. Despite his rebellious personality nature assigned him to be a low-ranked wolf. He imprinted on Willow (14).

When Sue married Charlie and Leah moved into a flat above the restaurant, Embry and Quil moved in with Seth.

One year ago, a large coven settled in Seattle and Port Angeles and soon had its first encounter with the shape-shifters, who killed some of them. Embry called the Cullens for help, but apart from Jake, Nessie, Rosalie and Emmett they were all in Italy and not able to come soon. Jake, Nessie, Emmett and Rose immediately headed for La Push. They dropped off Rose in Seattle to search for Paul who had gone missing.

The enemy coven was planning to dispossess the Volturi of the power over the American vampires and they wanted the wolves to side with them and work for them as guard dogs. Of course they refused, but at that time they didn't know about the vampires' ominous talents yet. One was able to knock them all out. When they awoke, Seth, Dave and the vampires were gone.

The vampires wanted to force Seth, Dave and Paul, who they had stumbled upon in Seattle, into serving them as guard dogs. However, Paul wasn't even able to phase anymore and even their torture couldn't make him angry enough to resume his wolf self. In the end, a vampire tried his venom on him to see what it did to shape-shifters. A healthy shape-shifter's body would have easily fought it off, but torture and starvation had weakened Paul. The venom killed him slowly and painfully. Rachel was devastated and moved to Hawaii, close to her sister's, with her two children, pregnant with a third.

Dave, young, inexperienced and scared out of his mind, gave in to the vampires immediately. He wasn't able to control the phasing yet and when he phased involuntarily, they punished him with torture.

Seth didn't give in at first. He tried to protect both Dave and Paul. One of the leeches, Cora, was able to project feelings and she especially liked to project pain. But she also tortured him with electric shocks and a red-hot poker. Or she tortured Dave to affect his protective side. Eventually he gave in, but she kept torturing him every hour to remind him to stay submissive. When she went even further with her torture and raped him, she shattered the last remainders of pride and dignity that were left inside of Seth.

On the third day of their captivity, Bella and Edward finally arrived in Seattle. The others hadn't been able to free their brothers any earlier because they depended on Bella's shield to defeat this large and powerful coven. Jane, Alec, Felix and Demetri came with them to punish the coven that questioned the Volturi's power. They granted two vampires pardon, because they wanted their talents for the Volturi guard. One of them was able to erase the memory of his opponent. He made Dave forget the captivity and he tried the same with Seth. However, for the first time ever his talent failed. The damage on Seth's soul went too deep.