The Huntress of Forks

Chapter 7- The Hunt

Hope snarled as once again herself and the pack was having issues with Victoria. "They're crossing the river. She's going to get away.", and Hope rolled her eyes, "No she's not.", her eyes flashed purple and Victoria was slammed down by Jasper and the blonde went flying backwards as the redhead ran again. "Did I ever mention how much I hate this bitch?", the wolves chuckled and the redhead kept jumping between the treaty lines. Hope grew frustrated and jumped into a tree, running through the branches with an arrow notched, the arrowhead blue in color. She let the arrow fly and it hit a tree by Victoria and exploded, throwing the vampire to the ground, Paul leapt into the air and Victoria smirked as she rolled, Emmett slamming into the wolf and the two fighting as Victoria ran. A purple shockwave hit the grizzly like vampire and threw him backwards as Hope landed in front of Paul's wolf form. Her eyes and hands glowing. "Enough!", the vampires looked at the huntress as she had her daggers out, "You will not harm him unless you wish for me to remove your head from your body.", Carlisle and Jasper looked at the brunette and frowned. "Hope, it was an accident. We don't want to harm him.", she snarled, "Bullshit. Control your child before I do it for you.", Rosalie frowned, "Ho-", and a knife hit Rosalie in the shoulder. "Hey!", Alice looked at the girl. "This isn't you.", Hope looked at them, "Has far has I'm concerned, you and your family are a danger to Bella. And you always have been. Because of you, she has almost died three times now, she's being hunted by a human killing leech, and your royal vampires are after her. If I didn't need your help to kill the redhead, I'd kill you all myself.", Jasper frowned, "Hope, we didn't know what Edward was going to do.", she looked at him. Her friend, her eyes fading to brown, "Maybe you didn't, but Alice did.", and the family sighed. Of course she had seen what Edward did to Bella. "This all could have been avoided if you wouldn't have let him know about her or forced her to celebrate. As far as I'm concerned, she's just as guilty as Edward is. If not for my love for Jasper, Carlisle, and Rosalie. You'd all be dead. Do not make me defend my family from you. We have a common enemy and a common goal. The treaty is null as of this moment. Understood.", the wolves and the vampires nodded, Hope sighed. "Good. Let's go our separate ways for the night. Some of us have to work tomorrow and actually need sleep.", her eyes landed on Sam, Paul, Jared, and Jacob. They huffed and the pack left, Hope following them. Rosalie hitting Alice, "You're as dumb as Edward! She almost killed us!", Hope smirked and Sam chuckled, the two sharing a look. She got her point across. She was a threat and she demanded to be heard and respected as such.

Sam watched as Hope seemed to float around the kitchen the next morning, the house smelling of coffee, bacon, homemade biscuits, and other foods. He walked over to the huntress and wrapped his arms around her, humming and swaying as she cooked. "Sam, I'm gonna burn the eggs.", he shrugged and spun her around, the two dancing around the kitchen. The huntress smiled up at the alpha, "Good morning.", and she received a beautiful smile back, "Good morning.", followed by a soft kiss. They smiled into the kiss as they heard the pack running up the stairs, the door opening, and "Ew. Not in the kitchen.", making the girl pull away from her soulmate. "Good morning, Seth.", and go back to cooking. Sam giving a playful glare to the youngest wolf. Leah was the next to enter the house and she raised an eyebrow. "Hello, Leah. Did those shorts fit?", Leah nodded, "Thank you, Hope.", she smiled, "Of course.", Paul, Jared, Embry, and Jacob were fighting to come in next when Quil snuck by them and they glared before running in. They all took a look around the kitchen that was filled with bacon, sausage, ham, eggs, biscuits, toast, pancakes, muffins, coffee, and orange juice. Enough to feed an army. They grinned and quickly began to make plates when Paul walked over to Hope, "Paul!", and she hugged her best friend. Sam rolling his eyes and Leah snorting. "Hello, little huntress.", she smiled, dimples on show, "Hello, wolfie.", and the group quickly fell into merriment as they started their day.

The pack was sitting around Sam's house, remains of breakfast on the counter when a truck was heard approaching. "It's Charlie and Bella.", Hope farrowed her eyebrows and walked outside to the porch, Sam and Paul following. The brunette tilted her head as Charlie parked Bella's truck. The two getting out of the vehicle. "Good morning! There's fresh coffee and some breakfast left.", Charlie looked at his daughter. "You've not been home in a week, Hope.", she frowned, "Why are you concerned? You know where to find me.", Bella chuckled, "He misses you cooking for us.", Charlie looked at his youngest, "No, I mean yes. But Hope. You can't just not come home.", she raised an eyebrow, "Dad, we talked about this. I was ready to move out. I'm moving to the reservation. I'm just waiting on the house to finish.", that wasn't a lie, she was moving to the reservation, but she was waiting on final approval from Sue, Billy, and Old Quil. She was the Huntress and the Alpha's imprint, she was approved. They were honestly just waiting on the paperwork that allowed her to stay on the reservation from the higher council. "Hope! You are not moving here.", Sam clenched his jaw. "She's perfectly safe here, Chief.", Paul nodded as Bella sighed, "Dad. You said you wouldn't do this.", he clenched his jaw. "I mean, you meet this guy and suddenly you're moving away and don't think to discuss it with me or having some sort of formal sit down with me and him? He was meant to be married, Hope!", she frowned, "I know that. Everyone knows that!", her eyebrows farrowed, "Sam has nothing to do with this decision dad. Okay, maybe he has a lot to do with it. But I love him!", Sam looked at her and softly smiled at her, not that the brunette noticed. "I never belonged in Forks, dad. I never fit in. I belong here. This is my home. I'm here with Billy and Jacob, Sue and her kids, with Paul. Dad, almost every person I care about and love is here. I belong with them, with Sam. I can't explain it. I really can't. But I feel whole when I'm here, when I'm with Sam. He is the love of my life. And maybe I am only 19 years old, but Dad. You have to trust me on this. Over the last 18 years, I have done everything you have asked, been the perfect student and daughter, this decision is mine and mine alone.", Charlie looked at his daughter and smiled, "Good, now. I'll take the breakfast.", and Bella shook her head before looking between her sister and her father. Two peas in a pod. Charlie didn't trust Bella with Edward, but here he was willing to let Hope do whatever she pleased with Sam. And maybe it's because Bella was so hurt by Edward and Charlie would never trust him with her again, but even Bella could see that to Sam, Hope was the most precious thing. And it was clearly the same for her sister. She looked at Sam like he hung the moon and the planets, and all the stars. Maybe that's what it was like to be a bonded pair. Bella frowned. Were her and Edward truly bonded? Or was it her obsession to know everything and how her blood smelt that was holding them together? Hope looked at her sister, "Bells, you okay?", Bella nodded, "Well, come on.", and the group walked into the house, Sam grabbing Hope's hand. "I love you too.", and she smiled, "I know.", and Charlie was swarmed by the pack.

Bella and Charlie drove home in silence, Bella knew her father had questions. "Ask.", he sighed, "When did they meet?", Bella softly smiled, "When she took all the food to them after finding me. They started out as friends, not as close as her and Paul, I think they may actually be like twins or something. It's not normal for two people to be so similar but so different at the same time without being related.", Charlie laughed but nodded. Sometimes he thought Paul was dating Hope from all the interactions he had seen between the pair, but after today he knew. They were bonded, but not like Hope and Sam. He saw it today. "What happened to Emily?", Bella sighed, "She called off the wedding about 2 months after Hope met Sam. But not because of her. Turns out Emily had been lying. She had a son in California and was trying to get Sam to move out to the reservation out there but he told her he couldn't abandon his family. Emily realized he would never leave, so she did. Come to find out she had been bullying Leah and Seth for the last three years. She wasn't a good person, I think Sam dodged a bullet.", Charlie nodded, "And why are the others always there?", Bella softly smiled, "Because they're family. Sam, Paul, and Jared are best friends. They got close to Embry and Jacob during the bonfires and playing football and listening to the legends. With them came Quil, and after Henry passed away, Hope took care of Sue, Leah, and Seth, and they got put into the little family. Sam and Hope, they're like the guardians of the group. Sam making sure everyone is okay and if they need help, Hope helping make sure everyone is fed, healthy, and doing well in school and even work. Dad, I promise you. One day, maybe I'll leave Edward. But Hope, she will never leave Sam.", Charlie nodded, "Wait, you'd leave Edward? Why?", Bella sighed, "Seeing Hope with Sam today, I don't think what I feel for Edward is even a fourth of what Hope feels for Sam. And if that's true love, then I don't know it.", Charlie sighed, "I'm going to be honest, Bella. I don't think I've even felt for someone the way she feels for Sam. But, I knew I loved her mom, and when I found out she was sick and wasn't going to survive, it crushed me. Then when Hope was almost one, I met your mom. And sure, it started out because we were drunk and lonely, but those nights gave me you, and I learned to love your mom in some degree. But not the way I see him look at her and care for her, and vise versa. Maybe we shouldn't compare our love to theirs. Because they're bonded on an almost supernatural level. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a pair so in sync as those two.", Bella chuckled, "Maybe. But. I want to feel that. Even if it's only momentarily.", Charlie nodded, "Me too, Bella.", and the rest of the ride was silent, until the howl of a wolf filled the air, making Bella softly smile. The Huntress and the pack were hunting, and she felt safe.