Carter Hunter's Story

Carter yawned as she dashed through the green pine's in the early morning. Light mist reflected the light that shone through the tree's making light shining sun spot's. She paused for a minute and stood in a small sun spot, bathing in its warmth escaping the chilly morning. The sun warmed her fur and she purred slightly in joy, the joy soon disappeared though when the scent of smoke waffed in her nostril's and she choked.
'Disjusting' she growled, she could hear faint voices and being her she needed to know where they were coming from. Carter knew she was on some other pack's land but she sensed no danger. Creeping forward Carter popped her head out of a bush to see a house, a blonde girl and a dark haired woman. Alpha power poured from the dark female's skin as Carter's herself does. The blonde girl had a dog near her and Carter saw it stiffen and turn to her, it was only a pup still and Carter's tail started wagging at the idea of playing with another canine.
The dog barked at her and Carter howled back, revealing herself more slightly. Carter was to say big for a female wolf. She was pure white with a silver hue and had bright silver eye's that shone even in the dark, her frame was lean and muscular and she was 5'9ft in height thanks to her Alpha blood.
'Play?' she barked at the dog. She hadnt played since her pack was killed and the thought excited her greatly.

"Shut your stupid mouth Harley" Winni yelled to the dane who was barking at nothing. Though when Winni squinted her eyes she thought she saw a girl but the she comepletely disappeared. Blinking then rubbing her eyes she shook her heas as she started jogging down the driveway. Her mom was yelling at her to get inside, of course she was because a seventeen year old can't go out fo even a jog alone. Rolling her eyes she slowed to a walk just to annoy her mother, she was sick of being treated like shes fragile child, because she wasn't

Just as she was walking Harly stopped and started staring at a bush, then started barking. Winni tried to get the pup to move but it started growling "Harly come on moms going to blow a gasket if I dont get in-" just as she was talking a howl was heard, then a large white dog...no wolf came ut of the bushes. Harly growled more but Winni's went wide as she tried backing up but stumbled, tripping backwards before falling right down on her bump. "Harly...come on girl...lets go uh inside" she whispered as she tried to get footing just as she was trying to get Harly to come over near her.

Winni finally got herself standing, then preceeded to pull Harly to the house. Once she got to the stepps she ran up them, sliding behind her mother to get in the house with Harly "shut the door mom! that thing is so unreal and huge!" Looking towards Bryn she pointed to to door "look at that thing Bryn, I didn't even know we had wolves in Seattle." Looking back to her mother as she sat on the stairs to take off her shoes "maybe you should call animal patrol".

After finishing taking off her shoes she unhooked Harly's leash then started to head back upstairs "im going to take a shower and get dressed" she then continued to head upstairs to her room, Harly following behind her. As she went inside her room she went and flopped on her bed, she looked over to her alarm clock to see what time it was she saw a folded letter on her nightstand. Picking it up she was curious to what it was, maybe her mom put it there.

Opening it she started to read, her eyes widened at what she read, vampires...wolves...shadowhunters. It was as if something clicked in her mind, the things she was seeing lately, maybe this is what has been happening. Thinking about her family, was this why they were so overpotective, they must know all about this. As she got up she felt a bit of fury inside her as she walked out of the room and down the stairs then went to where her mother was.

Shoving the letter towards her Winni's glared "want to explain this mom? Is this why you treat me like im five, keeping this big secret from me. Are you one of them, one from this so called Shadow World. Is this some sort of sick joke because really I see nothing fun y about this" she started pacing across the floor "it explains why Ive been seeing things, taking pictures and things showing up on the photo that clearly wasn't there." She then looked into her mother's eyes. "Whow are my parents? Really I want to know because everytime I ask about them you stop talking, say they were great people but that is all. Has my whole life been a joke, a lie?"

"I want the truth Portia," her eyes gleamed tears as she looked at the women that raised her, the women that took her in and taught her everything she was suppose to know. The women that she called her mother, she has never called Portia anything but mom or mommy when she was a kid and now she was usings the women's first name. She knew she was being a little unrational but she couldn't help it, she was upset and angry and really was unsure of everything now.

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"What are you doing here Alette?" Portia growled in her face, and Fox's eye twitched slightly at the use of her full name. Only her mother used her full name. "Tell me what you're doing here. You have to leave Winni alone."

"Calm down Downworlder," she said, lying quickly, as she was so good at. "I just came to check on Winni, but she's not here, so I was just leaving. You know, you could be a little nic-"

"Shut up." Portia cut her off, and Fox watched as she sniffed the air. "She's coming back." The woman informed her, though, unknown to Portia, the vampire blood in her veins allowed her to smell it too. "Get out of here the way you came, and I swear to god, if you show up here again, I'll tear your throat out. I don't care what the Clave does to me." She said, angrily shoving her out the window.

Fox smirked haughtily and hopped up on the window sill, turning back to the woman briefly. "With the way things have been lately, they'd probably thank you." She laughed lightly and slipped on her glamour, hopping out the window and making her way around to the front of the house.

Winni's dog, Harley barked at her as she passed, causing Fox to stop and bare her teeth at the pup playfully, knowing Winni couldn't see her. However, Winni seemed to pause to and peer at her direction, a flicker of something in her eyes for a second before it was gone and she moved along.

Interested, Fox stopped and watched Winni saunter up to the house with her dog, who was now growling at a bush concealing a werewolf. She raised her spliced eyebrow, watching as the wolf stepped out of the bush, causing Winni to frantically pull her dog and herself back inside.

Alette met eyes with Portia who's brown gaze seemed to be begging her to take care of the werewolf while she calmed down her daughter, but Fox just popped out a cigarette, lit it, and blinked, causing the woman to close the door angrily behind her.

Silent for a moment, Alette puffed her cigarette and watched the white wolf. "You should know better than cross on pack territory that isn't yours." She said to the creature.

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Portia's eyes landed on Fox for a moment, noticing that she'd stopped in her tracks, and she hissed slightly under her breath. That girl was nothing but trouble. Why couldn't she just leave? She had to come in here, jepordize her whole family, and find every way she possibly could to irritate Portia while doing it.

Portia was so engrossed in her hatred of Alette that she didn't notice the scent of a wolf she didn't know until Winni's dog was barking at it.

Her eyes widened as the creature stepped boldly out of the bush, and Portia's eyes filled with rage. If Winni wasn't standing right there, she would have shifted and taught the female a lesson about crossing onto another pack's territory without permission. Especially her own yard!

However, because of Winni, there was nothing she could do about it at the moment, so she glanced briefly at Alette, hating the fact that she had to ask the arrogant Shadowhunter for help, but needing it all the same. Rudely, the girl ignored her as though she couldn't read the look in her eyes and Portia slammed the door angrily, going back to her task of making pancakes, beating the batter a little too harshly.

"Want to explain this mom?" Portia heard Winni's voice from behind her and instinctively froze. She'd been waiting to hear that question for fifteen years now. She didn't even turn around, just let her continue while she flipped a pancake. Maybe it was something simple. Like the fact that she'd accidentally shrunk one of Winni's shirts in the wash. "Is this why you treat me like I'm five, keeping this big secret from me. Are you one of them, one from this so called Shadow World. Is this some sort of sick joke because really I see nothing funny about this."

So it wasn't something simple. The day had come. The day she'd been dreading since the very first day the Clave had dropped a little shell-shocked girl on young, nineteen year-old Portia. She flicked off the stove and turned to face her daughter, eyes instantly dropping to the letter in her hand. Following it with her eyes as she followed her daughter's pacing movements.

"I'll kill that girl." She muttered under her breath, realizing now why Alette had come over and why she'd gone so easily. She should have known. Should have checked Winni's room.

Winni then stopped and looked right into her eyes. "Who are my parents? Really I want to know because everytime I ask about them you stop talking, say they were great people but that is all. Has my whole life been a joke, a lie?" Portia held the girl's gaze firmly.

"I want the truth Portia." She said, and Portia had to take a deep breath. There were few things in the world that could shake her, and this was one of them. Her adoptive daughter Winni calling her by her real name rather than mom. As though she was a traitor. As though she hadn't raised her.

"Don't call me that." She snapped back angrily before realizing that, if anyone had a right to be angry here, it was Winni, not her.

"We were protecting you honey." Portia tried again in a softer tone. "Yes, the Shadow World is real, and there's... A lot to explain," she proceeded slowly. "Your real parents were Jason and Annamarie Bellefleur. Two very famous Shadow Hunters. They protected a lot of people. Killed a lot of demons, but they were killed when you were young, by a demon who wanted your parents, and also you. You lived, and another famous Shadowhunter named Scarlet Nightshade, a woman still alive in Seattle today, had your sight taken from you by a warlock so that you couldn't see what we see. Scarlet wanted to keep you as her own, but she was struggling through some heartache of her own, and so, the Clave, our government, brought you to me to protect. We're all werewolves here. Your father and I are the alphas."

Portia stepped forward, placing a hand on Winni's arm, holding her gaze. "But honey, your life was never a joke. We never intended to hurt you, only protect you. And it most certainly wasn't a lie. I raised you, your father raised you, your sister grew up with you, we are your family. We love you. We never lied about that."

Brynn was about to follow her nose into the kitchen when a howl rang through the morning. Bristling she made her way to the door to spot the silvery wolf that had crossed into her parents territory, her territory and a growl rose in her throat, what was worse, Alette was still here, and so close to Winni. After her sister and the mutt got back into the house and the door was closed she tried to settle herself. She wasn't the alpha, but being she was next in line this young female unnerved her almost as much as she did her mother, it meant competition, one thing she didn't need. When Winni pointed to the door in utter fear and bewilderment, Brynn calmed the wolf enough to be able to make sense of the reality that was happening around her.



Brynn didn't know how to answer that one, being that she was told the lies she should tell her sister about questions about the strange things Winni might have seen by her parents. All of the wolves at the compound knew better than to show themselves so close to Winni, so of course the girl had never seen a wolf in person. Unknowingly she let the question hang in the air as she pondered what Winni would do if she ever saw her wolf form.

As her mother retreated to make pancakes, Brynn sat on the couch, bristling as she watched the strange wolf in her front yard, well at least until Winni tore down the stares, anger pouring off of the girl as she stomped into the kitchen. Brynn silently followed her in, curiosity of what had changed Winni into a rabid beast in a matter of moments, she listened as Winni tore into the alpha like she had teeth as sharp as a wolf, and rightfully so, technically, she was a daughter of the alphas as well. Brynn leaned against the door frame and watched the exchange in unnerved silence.

'I scared her?' was the first thing Carter thought as the girl ran into the house. The alpha female glared at Carter but she didnt care she was Pure Alpha Blood she didnt back down. But she did feel bad about scaring the girl. Carter's ear twitched then she saw a shadow hunter and Carter nodded her head at the girls statement. She knew she wasnt suppose to be here but she had no where else to go and the vampire bussiness seemed close to here.
So this is where she would stay until the vampire's who destroyed her pack were dead. Then she would return home and rebuild her pack.

Angry shouting was heard from inside and before Carter knew it she had shifted in her human. She quickly took her close out of the back pack she had around her ankle and threw them on which consisted of a pair of under garmet's, jean shorts an a white t-shirt. She through the backpack over her shoulder then rushed over to the door and knocked.

"Hello?" she called out

"Why?" Felix asked quietly, on his knees, his hands bound in duct tape. A beautiful flame haired man reached down and began to caress the hair of a blank eyed girl who seemed to stare into nothing.

"Why? Why not? It's what I do, its what we as a species do. You are cattle that can occasionally be bred to be guard dogs. You were one of the lucky ones Felix. You were to be a pure bred, I could have shown you and Rebecca off to my friends. I guess you're adamant about remaining cattle......and I had such high hopes for you."

The man leaned down and whispered something into the girls ear. He then simply smiled at Felix and walked away.

The girl produced a knife and slowly walked towards Felix with purpose. He began to cry.

"Rebecca......Rebecca..." The knife was raised high poised to strike. "REBECCAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Felix leaped out of bed and was on the floor with a wicked looking curved dagger, sweating bullets. He realized he was poised to strike his "Star Wars A New Hope" poster. He quickly dropped his knife and fell onto his ass, putting his face into his hands. He was trying to steady his breathing. Felix hadn't had that dream in a long time. He thought he had repressed that memory. Some things stay with you, he guessed.

He heard hard padding footsteps and a mountain of fur approached. Mouse, Felix's half Mastiff half wooly mammoth, trodded his way over to him and gave him a very sympathetic look. Mouse was very intelligent for a dog, a little too intelligent. Felix patted his head. "It's alright boy, I'll be fine."

Felix stood up and looked around his room. His room was actually a side space in the Institutes garage, as he was there driver. Now, he was supposed to be working today, but he really didn't care. He was meeting Winni today for another day of sitting around trying to figure out what to do and end up indulging the first whim that came to mind.

After he got dressed in a black shirt that states "Hunt Naked" with jeans and black hi-tops, he hopped in his Jeep and reved the engine. Mouse hoped in the front seat and soon they were off.

As he drove down the many different streets to Winni's house in his aviator sunglasses, Felix thought about how cool it was that Winni was on summer vacation so they could hang out a lot more. No one at the institute really wanted to ever hang with him, seeing as he was "Mundane" and none of the human kids at his school ever really understood him. Felix honestly dreaded the day Winni found out who she was. He was afraid she would turn into one of them and see him as just "Mundane" and stop caring about him. He wouldn't be sure what to do with himself after that.

Felix shook his head and turned on the radio. That day was probably a long ways off, he would cross that bridge when he came to it.
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When approaching Winni's house, he heard Mouse let off a low bubbling growl from his throat. When he pulled over and looked up, he saw a naked girl getting clothes on. His face immediately went red and he nearly got whiplash from how fast he turned his head away. He was incredibly confused at what was transpiring and more than a little curious.

When he finally ventured another peek, the girl was dressed and approaching Winni's door. He swore he heard yelling coming from inside.

As he got out with Mouse and approached the house, he spotted Fox standing just off the property. He scowled and approached her. "Fox, what the hell are you doing here? You know your forbidden to approach Winni while she's under the wolves care. You could screw everything......wait. Whats.....whats going on in there?"

Winni

Winni stared into her mother's eyes, she has never felt this angry before and she felt like she was going to explode. "Don't call me that." Portia snapped at her for calling her by her first name, Winni didn't feel the need to say anything about it. The women before her that she called mom has been hiding something really big and she just could not forgive her, everything about her life was a lie.

"We were protecting you honey." Her mother started talking, Winni wanted to call out the bullshit but kept quiet, juet staring as her mother went on "Yes, the Shadow World is real, and there's... A lot to explain. Your real parents were Jason and Annamarie Bellefleur. Two very famous Shadow Hunters. They protected a lot of people. Killed a lot of demons, but they were killed when you were young, by a demon who wanted your parents, and also you. You lived, and another famous Shadowhunter named Scarlet Nightshade, a woman still alive in Seattle today, had your sight taken from you by a warlock so that you couldn't see what we see. Scarlet wanted to keep you as her own, but she was struggling through some heartache of her own, and so, the Clave, our government, brought you to me to protect. We're all werewolves here. Your father and I are the alphas."

As Portia stepped closer to her, putting a hand on her shoulder Winni shrugged it off and stepped back "I can't fuckin' believe this, don't touch me". "But honey, your life was never a joke. We never intended to hurt you, only protect you. And it most certainly wasn't a lie. I raised you, your father raised you, your sister grew up with you, we are your family. We love you. We never lied about that."

"So everyone knew who I was but me, everyone knew. Uncle Ardy was in it also too huh? I don't even know what to say." staring into Portia's eyes she felt tears rolling down her cheek "how could you? Ive always been truthful to you, I looked up to you...I can't believe it". Turning around she went to leave but she saw Brynn standing there, her angered flared as she went closer to her adoptive sister, her voice raising "you knew! you knew this whole time and didn't tell me! You were suppose to be my sister! We told each other everything...well at least thats what I thought!" She was screaming, running upstairs she grabbed her camera, phone, and canvas bag, she didn't know where she was going but she needed to get away.

Running down the stairs she stopped back in the kitchen to say one more thing "you know you should take a look in my black room, take a look at my pictures. Don't follow me" she said before she walked out the door, calling for Harley to follow her. As she opened the front door she saw a blonde at the door she didn't say anything as she walked by the girl and down the path to her jeep. Her face was beat red and her hands were clenched tight. She saw Felix in the yard talking to....nothing. But as she focused she thought she saw a girl, shaking her head she took a deep breath as she opened the door to her jeep and let Harley jumping in before she climbed in herself.

Who could she trust? She thought as she pulled out of the driveway and sped down the road "how could I not know?" She asked herself, pulling out her phone as she drove. Her mother was always telling her not to use her phone while driving, she never really listened. There was one guy she knew she could call and talk to, she pulled up the guys phine number and pushed call as she sped down the road into town. When she heard a voice answer she let out a small sigh "Thomas, its Winni...i need someone...to talk to someone" her voice was a whisper as she tried hard not to cry and also pay attention to the road.

Ardyon

Ardyon was relaxing in his chair smoking a cigar as he waited for the news to come. He knew the clave was meeting this morning and it would only be a matter of time till he would receive a letter. "Things are definately going to be interesting Ferosia" he looked down at his white cat as he spoke. The cat just purred and went back to licking its paws.

A few minutes later a black crow came flying through the window and landed on his shoulder handing him a letter. "What do we have here Des" he asked the bird before taking the letter and reading it over. A few minutes later a laugh escaped his throat "interesting, very very interesting. Venetia will be happy" he said to no one in particular.

Taking out a piece of parchment paper and a pen and quickly wrote the lovely Queen a letter, being very vague with his words just in case someone else was to read the letter.

My Darling Venetia,
Just received some interesting news. Believe we need to meet, id rather not write this on paper. Meet at the old paper mill in an hour, Ill tell you everything that I just found out. You will be very happy I think.
Ardyon

He rolled up the letter then tied a string around it before giving it to Des "take this to Venetia". The crow flew out the window and went to bring the letter to the Queen Vampire. Ardy proceeded to get up and get himself together, putting on a pair of black slacks and a button down black shirt. Brushing out his hair before he put on his black trenchcoat and walked out his door. He wasn't one to ride in cars, he wasn't particulary fond of them so he walked his way to the old mill.

Brynn stood in a state of shock as she watched her adopted sister tear into her mother, and she just stood there and took it. Nobody talked to an alpha that way without punishment in the pack, not even her, their own blood. Winni was always different though and so well protected, Brynn learned not to get jealous of Winni's treatment at a young age, the two girls were very different, right down to the breed. Brynn never understood what Winni was meant for because she was never allowed to know, she wondered if the alphas even knew, but one thing she did know was it was her job to protect her sister and do her best to make sure she lived a normal life, which, until now, she had succeeded at.

Brynn was snapped out of her daze when she found her sister screaming in her face...

"You knew! You knew this whole time and didn't tell me! You were suppose to be my sister! We told each other everything...well at least thats what I thought!"

Brynn didn't even flinch as her sister stormed passed her, then she heard her say something about looking through her pictures and not to follow her, but she didn't need to. Brynn had been in there countless times with Winni, trying to explain away the glimpses of the shadow world that the camera had stolen. "Uncle Ardy" had taken her sister's sight, but he couldn't do a thing about the camera. Each picture Winni took brought her closer and closer to the truth, and Brynn loved that about the hobby of hers. She could be exposed to it, learning little by little, and there was nothing the warlock could do to stop it.

Brynn hated that Ardyon had taken something so special from Winni, made the world she belonged to a secret, but Brynn could'nt disobey pack orders and reveal what was hers to begin with......she just wished Winni hadn't found out like this.....now the person Brynn was closest to hated her, and there was nothing she could do about it. Brynn was becoming more like her parents than she had thought. Her head was raging to tell Winni that it wasn't her fault, that she had wanted to tell her all that she knew......she wanted to break down and cry, like her mother was now.....but instead, she stood there, blank faced and hard as stone.....she wanted a cigarette.

She stayed silent as her mother collapsed into the table and groaned, smelled her salty tears and anguish as her head met with her hands, and heard the gravel in her voice as she spoke her name. After a moment, the alpha commanded, and the mother asked, for the protection of one of her daughters from another.

Without a word spoken, Brynn obeyed. She made her way through the living room and opened the door to find the strange girl she recognized as the wolf from earlier, rivalry and anger finally crested over her lips as she let out a warning growl to the rogue who was too close for comfort. There were more important things to take care of now. "This is not the time........" Closing the door she bristled and stepped into the driveway, picking out her sisters scent, she set off after her.

Carter watched warily as the girls passed her. She didnt come here for a fight so she didnt know what the one meant by this is not the time......and her growled didnt scare her off as worry filled her chest for the blonde girl.....Winni, she thinks is her name from what she heard.
Not caring about the other wolf Carter rushed to the highway where she had left her car. The ran through the tree's, branches scrapped her pale skin and she ran like lightning through the bush. The scent of pavement waffed into her nose and she bursted through the under brush and spotted her blue chevy 1969 camaro. She fished the keys from her shorts pocket and opened the door and hoped in. She started the engine and it purred. She knew it wasnt her business but something about that girl reminded her of herself so she decided to follow Winni's scent. The tire's squeaked and the engine revved as she took off.