Muddy Water

Chapter 11 Leah

After looking at about a zillion magazines with Alice, who said she was just trying to get my sense of style outside of jeans and t-shirts, we got back sooner than expected. Leah was not back yet so I decided to head out anyway. I changed into a long shirt that went to my knees; I had gotten like 50 of them to wear for changing. I grabbed my bag and stuck extra cloths in it, I wasn't wearing a t-shirt and shorts tied to my ankle.

"Melinda I am heading out for a run."

"Ok, see you when you get back, have fun."

"Oh I will."

I walked out into the woods until I found a small clearing. I didn't have to worry about getting lost again; I could always find home, north was as easy to find as a spoon in a drawer.

I set my bag down and took off my sandals and put them in the bag. I could feel eyes on me, but I wasn't going to let that mess up my concentration. I set my intentions and pulled the fire of the change from inside my body to out I could feel my body quivering and the burn on my skin, I walked forward 3 steps and bent over onto all fours. Before my hands could touch the ground they were paws and I was a full wolf. My body may have changed but my mind was still the same, human. I picked up my shirt and put it in the open bag.

"So coooolll!" I heard Seth say

"What the hell!" Paul shouted

Leah came trotting over, "Damn girl, you make that look sexy and elegant. Those are two words I would have never put with this damn wolf thing."

"Leah I can hear all three of you and I am not part of the pack. It is like we are having a normal conversation; it is only what you are thinking right now."

She tipped her head to the right and sat down. "I can hear you as well, it's the same normal conversation like we are human, I cannot hear all your thoughts and it is a nice change."

I looked at the others; I can hear you guys also so shut-up! I am running with just Leah so you two can tell Sam not to bother."

Leah turned towards Paul, "You didn't need to call him here this has nothing to do with him."

She looked like she was going to bite his head off. I grabbed my bag and looked at Leah, "Let's go." We started running east; I set my bag next to a tree in some ferns, grabbed my shirt and caught up to Leah. At first we just ran, no conversation just the feel of the ground under our paws and the wind in our fur. I couldn't' hear anything she was thinking, it was a nice break from the days consent babble.

We stopped in northern Idaho by a lake. It was clear water and you could see the bottom of it. I looked around and there was no one around, so I stood and pulled the fire and shook myself. I was human again. I pulled on my shirt that I had been carrying. I hadn't planned ongoing this far but Paul calling Sam over pissed me off. Leah changed back and slipped her clothes on, I knew the instant she was human because I could hear her thoughts again.

I was talking before she got by me, I knew she could hear me. "I like it better as a wolf, I can't hear everyone and every thought around me, and it's nice."

She sat down next to me, "That does get irritating, like when I am a wolf I hear everything the guys think and I can't stand it. I use to never be this angry but now I can't help it. It is the only way I have to deal with all this."

I looked at Leah, "I was angry when I found out I was suppose to bow down to a guy. Don't get me wrong I like guys; I am not a man hater I just didn't want one lording over me. I have been a witch since I was born and for 18 years that is all I knew, now I am a wolf also and I am not ready to be all territorial with some vampires that are my friends. I know they smell to you and your instinct is to kill them, but that is not how it is to me."

Leah looked out at the water she looked sad. "I would change all this in a heartbeat, the guys love it, they love the way all this feels and the power it gives them, but not me, I am afraid I can't have kids, That I won't have choices, or die when I was supposed to. All I wanted was a normal life with the man I loved and it has all been taken from me by some stupid vampires and my genetics."

I looked at my sister, she didn't look angry, all I could see was sadness. She loved Sam and didn't know how to stop. She knew he didn't have a choice and he never meant to hurt her, but he had and now all she knows is pain, hers, his and the pity of the guys. All of it had turned her hard and she hated it. She continued....

"If there was a way I would change the way I feel about the wolf and the Vampires I would. I don't even have the choose to hate them; it was all taken from me. I would do anything to get back to being me."

I looked at the lake, "If I ever find anything to help you I will make sure you have access to it." Melinda is looking into why I am different and my genes and how they mixed. Maybe the answer is there."

"Thanks, it is nice having a sister."

We sat there for a while longer, talking and thinking it was 2 am before we headed home.