Chapter 1 – This Is Going To Be Fun To Explain

Bella's POV

I watched on in horror as Edward and the man Victoria had called Riley, traded blows. The other vampire was beginning to grow desperate and suddenly pulled his arm back to slap Edward once, causing him to fly backwards. This hit seemed different from the others but I could not tell exactly how. It was slower, more deliberate, and it seemed to affect Edward more somehow, he didn't get up from this one, he just lay there in shock where he had landed. I cried out in fear but as he jumped at my fallen boyfriend, Seth launched forward to intercept him.

Riled once again pulled back his arm in that more deliberate way and prepared to strike the wolf before him. But before he could, Seth ducked and kicked him into the flames in which the red-headed vampire had perished.

The threat now passed, I turned back to Edward to see if he was okay. He sat there crouched almost into a ball with his back to me. Something about him seemed off, but I couldn't quite work out what. "Edward?" I asked as I slowly approaching him. His face was hidden from me by his hair, wait... His hair was never that long.

He held up a hand to stop my approach. "Ri-" His voice cracked as he spoke, it sounded more highly pitched and I instantly worried if he was hurt. "Riley had a power," He explained speaking slowly and deliberately. "He could... Alter people." Edward did not elaborate further but merely stated, "Seth you should go phase back now."

The light brown wolf bounded away to find somewhere to change and dress himself.

When he returned we both just stared at Edward who remained unmoving and I was beginning to panic.

Slowly, he began to stand and turn to face us both. My eyes widened in shock and I truly believed I was imagining things.

Seth's POV

I stood up, clearing the daze from my mind, I had taken a rather nasty blow to the head.

Seth, are you alright? I heard Sam, my Alpha enquire.

Yeah I'm fine. I thought back.

You better damn well be fine. My sister ordered. I'll kill you if you're not.

I tuned out the thoughts of my pack in the fight with the rest of the Cullen's and looked back to the fight I was in to see Edward flying backwards and when he landed instead of getting to his feet he just lay there. I saw the other vampire guy jump towards him and I didn't hesitate a second before bounding forward to wrap my teeth around his waist and throw him across the snow.

God these things taste awful. I thought as I spat the vampires blood from my mouth.

He closed his eyes in concentration and pulled his arm back slowly and deliberately to hit me. How stupid can he be? I thought noting his slow movements as I kicked him in the chest and his hand barely made contact with my nose as I sent him flying backwards. I felt as though my skin was being torn off and I had an almost uncontrollable urge to phase, almost. The pain passed as I resisted phasing and watched Riley's body burn.

Once both the vampires had been defeated I turned to Edward who was crouched almost into a ball with his copper hair shielding his face.

"Edward?" I heard Bella ask, the sound was accompanied by her soft footsteps.

He held up a hand to stop her and spoke. "Ri-" His voice cracked as he spoke, how hard did that guy hit him? I thought at his odd reactions. "Riley had a power," He explained speaking slowly and deliberately. "He could... Alter people." What did he mean, alter people? Edward ignored my mental question and instead responded said. "Seth you should go phase back now."

And so I turned to find somewhere more private.

What has happened Seth? My pack began to question me as their fight also drew to a close.

I'm not sure; I think Edward has been hurt. I replied as I found a sufficient place to phase.

Who cares about the bloody leach? I heard Jacob think as I phased and the voices of my brothers and sister where cut off.

When I returned Bella and I just stood there and watched Edward who hadn't moved since I had left, which was rather worrying.

Slowly, he began to stand and turn to face us both. I really did hit my head. I thought as I raked my eyes over my hallucination of Edward, knowing what I saw could not be true.

Riley's POV

I can't win this. I thought as he hit me again. He is always dodging my hit's and he's too strong. But what if he wasn't? I couldn't help but think as I managed to dodge his fist. If he was weaker then it wouldn't take me so long to recover. My mind continued running through all the advantages. And if his body where a different shape he would not be used to it and would have trouble dodging me, even if he knew the hits were coming. Not to mention it would disorient him, giving me the upper hand. The idea could work, but there was one problem, it didn't always work.

I can't make him too much smaller though, I cautioned myself. He would be harder to hit.

I managed to jump away from him but I really didn't have much time to think about it. Besides the more I thought about it, the more he knew about it. How do I make him weaker without making him smaller?

My thinking was cut off as he threw himself forward at me and I knew I would not survive this attack. In my last desperate attempt to get through this I pulled my arm back and focussed desperately on making him weaker. Even closing my eyes to concentrate harder, sight didn't matter, I couldn't miss this. I caught him right in the jaw, sending him flying backwards.

I knew it had worked as he lay there in shock, his body changing before my eyes. I didn't have time to waste, he was distracted, now was my chance to kill him. I jumped forward, poised for attack, when I felt the wolf's teeth bury themselves into my torso as he threw me back.

Pain shot trough me but I quickly ignored it and stood to face my attacker. I can't fight them both. They might let me go if they knew that I was their only hope to get him back to normal, but the mutt doesn't know what I've done to him. Would he even care about a vampire? Well he might care if he were in the same predicament. My mind was working a mile a minute as I calculated my next move. Would it even work on a dog? Well I can't fight in this much pain and it's worth a shot. I repeated my attack, focusing all my might on my strike. Just as I hit him I felt a paw smack into the centre of my chest and I was thrown backwards once again.

I felt fire. I felt heat. I felt pain. I felt nothing...

Edward's POV

He may have gotten in the odd hit here and there, but in the end I would definitely beat him, and we both knew it.

I can't win this. I heard him think as I hit him again. He is always dodging my hit's and he's too strong. But what if he wasn't? I didn't pay too much attention to his thoughts as I continued to attack him. I paid no more attention than it took to see his movements. If he was weaker then it wouldn't take me so long to recover.

Is he planning to wound me? I thought as he went over some strange idea in his head.

And if his body where a different shape he would not be used to it and would have trouble dodging me, even if he knew the hits were coming. Not to mention it would disorient him, giving me the upper hand. But it doesn't always work is the problem. He continued to go over the idea. And from what I could tell, he was considering using his power. I think that is what he is considering anyway. Not that it matters, I will defeat him, power or no.

I can't make him too much smaller though, he cautioned himself, confusing me all the more. He would be harder to hit.

Riley jump away from me and continued to debate with himself whether or not to use his power, whatever it was, as I prepared to attack him again. I really don't have much time to think about this. Besides the more I think about it, the more he knows about it. How do I make him weaker without making him smaller?

I threw myself forward rip his head off but in a last desperate attempt to survive my attack, Riley closed his eyes in concentration and pulled back his arm. He clenched his fingers, preparing to strike.

I heard Seth's brief conversation with his pack and knew he would soon be back in the fight

I was already in the air so I had no way of blocking the hit, and we both knew it. He caught me right in the jaw, sending me flying backwards.

It wasn't the force of the blow that kept me from getting up but the odd burning sensation of my whole body shifting, changing. My hair felt like someone was pulling it out through my skull as it grew, my skin felt as though it were being stretched across a canvas, and those were just the most prominent changes.

I was aware of the fight nearby, aware but not able to pay attention, or help Seth take on Riley. I was too busy focusing on the feeling of my body change and the realisation of what it was changing into. As the fight drew to a close and Riley's last thoughts rang trough my head, I knew eyes would soon be on me so I quickly moved my position to hide the changes my body had gone through.

"Edward?" I heard Bella ask, the sound of her concerned voice was accompanied by her soft footsteps.

I held up a hand to stop her, not wanting her to see what he had done to me. "Ri-" My voice cracked as he spoke and I realised just how high pitched it was.

How hard did that guy hit him? I heard Seth think.

Once I had managed to accept the fact that my voice would sound different I continued to excuse my behaviour, attempting to sound as much like myself as possible. "Riley had a power," I explained speaking slowly and deliberately so as not to surprise myself at the sound. "He could..." What could I say? "Alter people."

What did he mean, alter people. I ignored Seth's mental question, not wanting the entire pack to know about my predicament just yet. "Seth you should go phase back now." I told him. I could show Seth and Bella, but not while his whole family could see it in his mind. I would have to explain it to my family and the pack would find out eventually, but I was still in shock and I didn't want to have to admit it to anyone just yet.

I vaguely noticed Seth leaving and I was careful to note what he told his family about me.

I waited until after Seth returned to reluctantly stand up and reveal myself to them. I didn't want to show them, or anyone. But I had heard from Riley's thoughts before he died that this was permanent, and I would have to show everyone eventually. Far sooner than I would have liked, but then again I would have liked never. And of all the people that I could reveal myself to first, Bella and Seth were not the worst people. If I was being honest, the worst people to show what Riley did to me were without a doubt Jacob and Emmett, so I guess in a way I was lucky. Either that or I am searching to desperately for a silver lining here.

I could not look at their eyes although I heard Bella gasp and Seth was convinced he was hallucinating. Well this is going to be fun to explain...

Authors Note: This is an idea I had a while ago after reading LIONESS X50, a story written by LaneWar511. I advise you guys go check that story out though, it is rather funny.

I will wait to see the reactions from people before adding more, if people like this story, I will continue to put up more. Sorry this chapter is so repetitive, the other's will be better. Most of you will probably have guessed what happened to Edward, but for anyone who hasn't, you will just have to wait until the next chapter is put up.

~SophieAngel69