A not so quiet afternoon

[Celestial]

Ebony picked up the bag, ignoring the pack leader for the moment as she turned around and headed into the forest. It took a moment for her to remember how to change back, but soon, she was standing in her human skin. It felt odd, standing on two legs, slow and clumsy, and her senses were deluded.

She walked out of the trees, clothes fitting perfectly as she walked into the sun. She was extremely beautiful, as her race usually was, but she was always more attractive then her siblings. She walked before the wolves, her legs flowing together elegantly with her cat-like grace. She stopped a few feet in front of them and crossed her arms.

Her eyes were a vibrant yellow, with a hint of green inside. Her dark brown hair, almost black, fell over her ears in a bed headed fashion. Her short cropped hair blew in the wind as she narrowed her eyes at the wolves, exposing one single scar painted across the bridge of her nose.

"Alright," she said, her words velvety and smooth. "Your turn now," she said, staring at the black wolf.

[Kerrigan]

Kerrigan laughed at Ted, shaking her head. "Good thing, too, because I wasn't about to jump in and save you," she said, rolling her eyes. She looked over his shoulder to see a woman walk out of the trees, fully clothed.

She was amazing, beautiful in every way. She had a perfect body, and symmetrical features. She made Kerrigan's self esteem drop a few notches just by looking at her. And then she spoke, and it reminded her of the vampire girl in the woods. Dangerous, but gorgeous.

[spider]

Quill and Embry glanced up when the girl walked out of the trees and the caught themselves staring, glancing back at each other.

Sam nodded his head and trotted into the woods, coming back in his shorts. Came back in his muscular grace and smiled at the girl. "I'm Sam, the pack leader. That's Quil, Embry, and Ted. All part of my pack. Welcome to La Push." He said slowly.

Ted grinned at Kerrigan. "I'm glad you didn't." He told her, his eyes following hers over his shoulder at the girl, he admitted to himself she did look attractive, but he shrugged it off. Some part of him thought it was weird for him to be attracted to another shape shifter.

[Celestial]

As the leader, or Sam, so he said, came out of the woods, Ebony looked at the others as he said theirs names, and then back to him. He welcomed her to La Push, and she was surprised, but her face didn't show it.

"I'm in Washington already? I guess time flies when you don't pay attention," she mumbled to herself. "My name is Ebony. I am a shape shifter of the Jeaga." she said, standing up straighter as she spoke the name, pride radiating from every limb. And then her face hardened, as she remembered why she was here. "And may I ask why you fail to rid your land of volatile vermin? One that I had happened to have found feeding on two humans by the high school a few hundred miles west of here?" she said, her eyes flashing with anger. "You obviously have plenty of help, and I'm sure that this isn't your whole pack, considering the amount of vampiric scent trails I have come across in my short time here, so you have no excuse for overlooking so many vampires." She didn't yell, but her tone was heavy with concentrated anger and authority, dripping with disgust. "I just assumed that this was a hot spot for them, but now I can see that there is a tribe protecting them. Failing if I had to say so."

[Kerrigan]

Kerrigan kept her gaze on the panther, watching as she introduced herself. Ebony, she thought. Kind of ironic to have a name that means black, and to have the ability to turn into a panther.

"What's a Jeaga?" Kerrigan whispered to Ted. She didn't know why she was whispering, they could all probably hear her.

"...One that I had happened to have found feeding on two humans by the high school a few hundred miles west of here..." That sentence made her go rigid. She was human, so that meant that she was in danger of being attacked. She stole a quick look behind her, into the trees. She knew she wouldn't be fast enough if there were more vampires, but she couldn't help but feel as if she were being watched. The thought sent chills up her spine.

[spider]

"This isn't the most heavily populated area here, but we all have family's. Human lives he have to keep up with as well." Sam told her, his chest rising slightly. "We stay strictly on the peninsula. There is a permanent settlement of vampires here, one family who were are now bound with." He continued to explain. "We know there are other vampires and we do rid them when they get out of hand like that one." He waved at the fire, "But do not think for a second we fail at our job. We have battled with a bunch of newborns, and we have nearly done battle with the entire vampire world. We do what we can, Ebony. It may be different from where you are from, but here there are vampires--the Cullen's--that we can trust." Sam told her, his body language and tone emanating authority.

Ted gave Kerrigan's hand a light squeeze, seeing her unease. He wished she wasn't hearing this. It wasn't something she should be hearing. "Probably a tribe like ours." Ted whispered back to her.

[Celestial]

Ebony wrinkled her nose at the wolf, her face showing her disgust. "Vampires cannot be trusted, no matter what they claim to be." she said, not at all believing that vampires could co-exist with humans.

She looked to the side at the human and....Ted. Hearing their conversation. "Correct, wolf. The Jeaga was a tribe in the rainforests of Florida."

[Kerrigan]

Kerrigan narrowed her eyes at Ebony. The tribe was being kind to her, but in return she was sour and disrespectful. But she let out a breath, remembering that she was just like that, or used to be. So far she thought she was doing pretty well.

[spider]

"A pack member is Imprinted with their daughter. Even if we do not completely trust them, we live with them. They do not feast on humans and have helped us before." Sam continued, not really liking her attitude. "There is a treaty in place that has been for almost one hundred years."

"Rain forest? In Florida?" Ted asked, in a slightly smug tone, "You mean the swamps?" He was being rude, he knew it, but he didn't like her attitude after he had just jumped in and saved her from more injuries.

[Celestial]

Ebony narrowed her eyes. "Vampires do not have fledglings." she said, staring at the pack leader. "They are not able to reproduce."

She clenched her teeth, and the hair on the back of her neck stood on end as she turned to Ted, her frame shacking with anger and a feral hiss escaped her mouth. "I would hold your tongue, pup, before it gets ripped out of your flea infested muzzle!" she spat and a growl rumbled in her throat.

[Kerrigan]

Kerrigan glared at Ebony, balling her fists and involuntarily squeezing Ted's hand, grateful that he probably didn't feel it. "Dog's aren't the only ones with fleas." Kerrigan mumbled, shooting the panther a death stare.

[spider]

"Vampires cannot have fledgings with each other." He said through his teeth. "I would not lie about something so insubstantial."

Ted puffed up his chest proudly. "Says the woman with broken arm and collar bone." He replied smuggly, once again. He looked down at the hand Kerrigan squeeze and he grinned at what she muttered. Bless her heart. "And it was this flea infested muzzle that saved your life."

"Enough Theodore." Sam told him, and Ted winced at the usage of his full name. It made him sound so...elegant.

[Celestial]

Ebony ignored the pack leader and kept her gaze on Ted and the human. At her comment, she sent a hiss her way, that hiss turning into a snarl as she heard Ted. "My arm is fine!" she spat, "Or maybe your slow dog-like mind has taken over the human side of you." she said, glaring as she tried to control her anger, and her panther form from exploding out of her. "And my life was in no danger, I would have been fine by myself, considering the fact that I have already taken care of three other newborns in this area. It seems that under your watchful gaze, a vampire has been creating them and letting them loose." she said, turning and directing that last part to the leader. It wass probably something he needed to know.

"Yes, Theodore." she said, glaring, but lsightly smug. "Listen to your alpha."

[Kerrigan]

((Pass, I've got nothin'.))

[spider]

Sam clenched his jaw. "I can assure you, that the changeing hasn't been occuring in our area. We cannot hope to cover the western seaboard. We keep to the peninsula, and like I said. We have that undercontrol. AS much as I'd like to have my brothers and sisters protecting humans from the vile filth all the time, everywhere, we simply cannot do that. And I would have you not use that tone whilst in the middle of my territory. I've been gracious enough. Don't push anymore of my buttons." Sam warned her, looking down his nose at her.

Ted narrowed his eyes at her, bending forward slightly. "You sure do talk a lot for a mangy cat." He growled. Sam shot him a long and pointed glare.