Sorry it's taken me so long to update... I've had a lot going on. I hope this chapter satisfies everyone. I promise I'll update sooner this time!

It’s been three days since my epiphany, and so far nothing has changed

It’s been three days since my epiphany, and so far nothing has changed. I have no plan, and no one has been jumping up and down with an idea. I think that it’s time I went for a long, silent walk with my new partner in crime.

“Spencer!” I yelled, knowing he could hear me even if I whispered. In seconds though, he was standing at the foot of the stairs, staring at me expectantly. “I’m going for a walk to try to come up with a plan. Want to come along and help?”

I waited for a total of .25 seconds before I got an excited “yes” from Spencer. I already knew that he would come of course, but at least I gave him the option. We walked silently out of the house, and into the surrounding forest. Hopefully the serenity of the woods would give me some space to think. More than anything I wanted to just break down and cry. The emotional stress of this situation was only starting to creep up on me, and I didn’t think I was ready for it.

Spencer seemed to get the fact that I wanted to be alone in my thoughts, because he stayed quiet until I was done thinking. We walked for a good twenty minutes before I finally broke the silence. “We need to think of something!” I whined. Like I said, the stress was catching up. I looked up into Spencer’s eyes, and immediately looked down. His eyes were full of so much emotion I couldn’t even begin to comprehend.

The only few emotions that really stood out to me were pity, for the situation that we were all in… and probably pity for me having to deal with being the bearer of bad news, adoration, which surprised me. I knew that Spencer was close to me, and that I might be starting to care for him, but I never thought that maybe he could return my feelings. And the last was determination. He was determined to make things better with his family, determined to do as much as he could to help defeat Tanya and her evil ways.

After a few seconds, he responded to my whining. “I know we need to think of something… but why don’t we find a quiet place to sit down and think first. We can’t go much farther this way, the La Push boundary line isn’t too far up ahead.”

I nodded in understanding. The Cullens weren’t allowed to set foot on the tribe’s land, and quite frankly, neither was I. I had run into some of the kids down there once before. They made it clear that if I was with the Cullens, I wasn’t welcome past the boundary line. Edward never would explain to me why they weren’t allowed there though. I suppose I’ll be left wondering until the time comes for me to find out.

Spencer and I walked for a few more minutes, and then sat down on a fallen log, covered in soft green moss. It looked just like the rest of this forest, green. There was no brown… just oceans of moss color green. It was kind of depressing, really. Anyway, we sat down, and waited for someone to break the silence. Although, neither of us knew that another mythical creature would be the one to break the silence.

(A/N: I thought about just leaving it there…. But I want to know what happens next too, so I’ll keep going.)

I felt Spencer tense beside me, and watched as he moved protectively in front of me. I thought I heard him growl too, although I couldn’t be sure. I saw a flash of grey, and then watched curiously as a young, Native American girl stepped out from behind the trees.

She was fairly short, near Bella’s height, I suppose, and had long wavy black hair that fell just bellow her waist. Her eyes were an earthy brown, and her expression…. was deadly. This confused me. How could such a beautiful girl just step out of the woods and hate us, before even saying so much as hello? Spencer didn’t seem surprised though, so I figured it was something to do with us not being allowed on La Push Territory.

Cautiously, I stepped around to the side of Spencer, so that I was in full view of the girl. I wanted more than anything to give this child a piece of my mind. Unfortunately for me, that only made her gaze colder. Unfortunately for her, it only made me want to give her a piece of my mind even more.

I squared my shoulders, and took a step forward. Spencer tried to grab me to hold me back, but I quickly discovered another helpful new power. Just as Spencer was about to grab hold of my arm, everything but his neck and head froze. I almost burst out laughing at the sight of him looking around trying to see how he had managed to freeze in such an awkward position… but then I remembered that I wanted to talk to the strange girl that was now in front of me.

I took a deep breath, and stated clearly, and politely… well, sort of, “Who are you?” Mystery girl smirked at me, and then sat carefully on the log behind Spencer. I applauded her skills at annoying him, if nothing else. Sensing no danger, I walked around and sat across from her. Before long I could hear Spencer trying to get me to come around so that he could at least see me, but I was too curious about this stranger to pay any attention.

“My name is Sarah Uley. May I ask you the same?” she asked quietly. I stared; puzzled as to why she was so polite all of the sudden, but pushed that thought aside.

She asked for my name, so I would give it to her. There seemed to be no harm in letting her simply know who I was. “I’m Samantha Bristialli, but I go by Sam. And this is my friend Spencer…”

“Cullen,” she spat, “I know who he is.” I stared wide-eyed at her sudden display. It didn’t make sense that she could be kind and polite one second, and then so cruel the next.

“Just out of curiosity,” I started, my temper starting to take over, “What do you have against Spencer here? He didn’t do anything to you.” At least I didn’t think he did anything to Sarah. But then again… I hadn’t known him very long.

“He may not have done anything to me, but his kind are not trusted here,” she sneered. It was so confusing… yet so painfully obvious. She was one of the kids from La Push. She didn’t like us—or more specifically Spencer—being so close to the border. This realization only brought on a whole new round of questions.

I would start with the one that had been bothering me since I found out about the Cullen’s secret so many years ago. “Why do you hate the Cullens so much? And more importantly, what do you mean by ‘their kind’? The Cullens may not be considered normal, but they’re people just like the rest of us.”

I could almost hear Spencer rolling his eyes. “She knows what we are Sam… she’s not human either,” he sighed.

Oh. Well that changed things now didn’t it. If this girl was not human, I will find out as much as I can about her before Spencer and I leave.

Curiosity killed the cat, you know…

So? did it satisfy everyone? Will Sarah help or hurt the situation? It's up to you... I need help deciding!! I could do a lot with the story either way.

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