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Everyone froze in alarm; the silence lasted about a second.

That second was all it took for a large furry form, the size of a horse, to knock me to the side, and effectively block my view of everything else in the clearing.

I landed on my backside with a "thump". No doubt there would be a bruise there tomorrow. As I landed I also managed to twist my ankle in an awkward angle, effectively spraining it.

The sound of feet softly running closer caught me unaware; made me want to find out what was going on. I knew that wasn't the best of ideas; the slightest movement could make the huge beast in front of me turn on me, and identify me as the weakest prey.

A shriek filled the clearing, at the same time as a metallic ripping could be heard. "No! You bastard creature! I will get you for that!"

The monstrous creature in front of me flew forwards, revealing not just one, but four other horse-sized wolves.

A dark grey wolf with black spots, and a chocolate brown wolf where tearing up a pale headless body between them; a light brown haired head lay on the ground, detached from the body. Meanwhile the wild redhead, Victoria, was trying to get to the man - I now presumed to be her mate, who was currently being ripped to pieces. Blocking her way were Edward and Emmett; Victoria was at a bit of a disadvantage – because Edward could hear her every thought, and block her battle moves – before she had begun them.

As the wind shifted, my Human scent reached Victoria's heightened nostrils. With the other two Vampires – she had not gotten far – correction, she had not managed anything. But, being a murderous untamed creature of the night – she was thirsty for revenge, as well as blood. Her inhuman mind worked quickly, as she figured out what was making the Cullen's fight her so vigorously: me. She smiled a twisted smile, and leapt right at me.

The movement was blocked by Edward. Emmett tried creeping up behind her while she battled Edward, but to no avail. Surprising a wild Vampire like her was difficult. She moved about three meters away from Edward, and swung herself up into a tree, moving so quickly it was almost a blur to my eyes. Edward and Emmett raced after her.

I glanced up as Jasper appeared to my left – carrying a lighter. Carlisle had allowed the younger Vampires to finish off the visitors without him, and helped his family by collecting wood into a pile assisted by Esme. Jasper knelt down and set the wood alight. Alice was nowhere to be seen.

Laurent had been pursued by a black wolf for quite some time, running in circles half-heartedly, hardly expecting to win, or lose. With force and movement that I had hardly expected – The Vampire turned sharply to face the wolf – throwing it into the nearest three. The tree neatly broke in half, and the wolf crumpled to the ground.

A whimper of pain from their fallen pack-mate, caused the russet brown wolf that had been stood in front of me to race forward, working with a silver coloured wolf to pin the vampire to the ground, before tousling its head off with its huge canine teeth, throwing it in the air. In the meantime the black wolf seemed to have revived and pealed it's self slowly off the ground.

The head of Laurent much to my horror fell right at my feet; its blood red eyes staring right into my own.

A blood curdling scream filled the air, it took a minute for me to realise it was mine. It was just as well I was already on the grass ground; otherwise I sure would be now.

It was a distraction that made Victoria stop and look at me, which was all it took for the others to get the advantage. Alice came up behind her the second she turned, having probably foreseen it. With a blink of the eye she was decapitated.

The russet wolf trotted over to me, looking me over, head to toe, before meeting my eyes. I met the dark brown, almost black eyes of the wolf. They held certain humanness about them, they were intelligent eyes. Ones that drew me in and made me never want to look away.

After breaking eye contact, the wolf shook its head as if to gain back its thoughts, making its tongue roll out. A giggle escaped my mouth at such a monstrous creature looking so disarming.

He eyed my giggling form and made it so its pink slobbery tongue lolled out the side of its mouth, instead of the front of it. I fell into peals of laughter seeing the sight before me; the russet wolfs bushy russet tail wagging furiously behind it.

A sharp bark came from the black wolf, making the wolf in front of me drop its gaze to the floor. With its tail between its legs he bent down, and reluctantly picked up the head by my foot. With a quick glance at me he turned away, tossing the appendage into the fire before helping the others to gather the other body parts.

When I turned my head, I saw that Edward was slowly approaching, with his hands up, as if he was trying to tame a wild animal. I looked around, expecting to see another blood thirsty Vampire – but, I only saw the other Cullen's. I assumed he meant it as a calming gesture towards me.

I knew I could have whispered – and Edward could have heard me clearly from across the field, but I waited until he was only two feet from me before I spoke.

"What… was that?"

"We had to dispatch them. Seeing inside James's mind, I could see that once he realised you were human, he wouldn't leave you alone until he'd got you. He was a tracker, who liked to play games." He said, obviously trying not to upset me.

I tried to get up from where I still lay on the floor, but as soon as I put pressure on my ankle there was a flare of pain that shot up my leg. With a little help, leaning on Edward, I managed to get up. I hugged myself to him, keeping my balance on my one leg.

"Love, you okay?" He murmured into my head, bringing me into his chest.

I gave a slight nod, not meaning it.

The rest of the Cullen's accumulated around me and Edward, in a sort of line.

The wolves seemed to have moved into a formation of sorts; the black wolf at the lead, the rest behind it forming a V-shape. This I realised was showing the packs rank.

"What are they?" I whispered in Edwards's ear.

"Shape-shifters, love. Dangerous creatures don't get to close to them." A low growl filled the air from one or two of the wolves. "My point proven."

Edward looking upwards glared at the russet wolf, "at least we can control ourselves."

"Thank you for the help. You're welcome to join in the game if you please." Carlisle said, gaining everyone's attention.

How are wolves supposed to play baseball?

I thought I was seeing things, before my very eyes the black wolf, the alpha, started shaking all over. The next thing I knew a native man was standing in its place. A very naked native man stood in front of us, who quickly hurried to put on a pair of cut-off jeans. Edward covered my eyes with a cold hand, maintaining my minds innocence.

He had tanned skin – all over, with short black hair. He stood at 6"6 at least, and had a big build with hard, well defined muscles. In total he screamed alpha male.

A deep, authoritive voice said, "we would like to accept your invitation. Thank you."

All the wolves, except the russet brown one, disappeared behind the trees, before returning as copper skinned, native men, who looked to be in there mid-twenties.

"Time to show the leeches how to play ball," said the fiercest looking man agreed with the rest of his pack.

The Cullens left me to go and set up the new game of baseball – Edward leaving me without anything to lean on. I made a move to follow them, hopping. After a couple of steps I managed to catch my foot on the ground – effectively tripping me over.

Before I could touch the ground a soft, furry wall appeared in front of me. Leaning on to the russet fur coat - which was surprisingly soft - I managed to right myself. Once standing up I attempted to get to my destination to the side of the baseball field, which I managed with the wolf to lean on.

The most lanky shape shifter, with floppy short black hair, made his way over to us. Looking me over, he gave a simple, "hey, what are you doing here? You're not a leech."

I ignored the last comment. "Watching baseball. I'm Bella by the way."

"Embry, happy to meet you, although you need to rethink the company you have. I suppose you're wondering who we are – we're the Quileute protectors. That's Sam," pointing towards the leader. "Paul," the fierce one, "Jared," the relaxed one, "and Ja-" A low growl cut him off.

The wolf that was called Jay seemed to protest.

"Come on man, why don't you want me to tell her?" Embry asked glaring at the wolf. His only reply was the shaking of the head. "Let's play ball then, go phase."

Jay sat down on his hind quarters, shaking his head furiously at Embry; objecting to playing baseball. I sat down next to him, as he lowered himself to the ground - effectively making him my backrest.

Watching the game I was surprised to see how evenly matched they where. It was a game of luck, depending on how quickly the fielders got to the ball.

I was slowly becoming less aware of the game going on, instead on how cold out it had got. I snuggled into Jays' warmth to keep me from freezing. Sensing what I was doing he curled his body around me, in a soft cocoon.