His Butterfly

xlv. loyalty

Pushing away a stray branch before it hits her face, Mariposa continues to walk with Jacob and the newly turned members of Sam's pack deep in the forest. Matei and Emilia had tagged along with her, trugging along beside her with their hands in their pockets. Mariposa has decided to help Jacob with taming and controlling the wolves with their new found ability; partly because of her experience with helping Sam with his pack beforehand. Ever since those eighteen vampires stepped foot in Forks, more Quileutes turned. Their nature compelling to join the pack. Though she hasn't spoken to any of the other members of Sam's pack and the man himself after attacking him, she still decided to put in a helping hand, not wanting to be completely useless, and thinking that maybe once the new shapeshifters see what happens when they lose control of their anger, they'll understand why she and Jacob are helping.

Elliot appears suddenly, her pink and brunette hair in a messy high ponytail with strands framing her face. She grins at everyone cheerily. "Hey guys. Whatcha doing?" She asks as she falls into step with Jacob. Her alpha sends her a sigh but a smile tugs on his lips.

"Working." He answers shortly. "I don't understand how and why you're so happy and cheery, it's not okay. Where are Leah and Seth?" He continues speaking, stepping over a large fallen tree branch.

Elliot shrugs off his previous sentence, linking arms with Mariposa as the two share amused smiles. "Leah's home sleeping, and Seth is–"

"Right here." The youngest of the Black pack appears from behind a tree, smiling at everyone.

"Now you guys can do some serious damage. Which is why you'll need to control your phasing." Jacob tells them as they all walk down a small hill after greeting Seth, leaves crunching underneath their shoes. "Exhibit A; Mariposa." He gestures to the brunette beside him, and she pulls her sweater off, showing the boys her scarred arm, to which they all gulped at. "I did that to her when I first phased, wasn't pretty. If your mom pisses you off, you don't want to tear her head off, or do what I did to Mari." He continues.

Suddenly they all stop, a foreign scent hitting their sensitive noses. They snap their heads to the sound of fast running footsteps, and they're immediately angry. "Whoever's coming, wasn't invited." Jacob says before leaping in the air, phasing as he does, running towards the sound. Elliot and Seth follow his lead as well, phasing into their wolf forms.

"Oh thank you for pointing out the obvious, idiot." Mariposa remarks, rolling her honey brown eyes. She, Matei, and Emilia all take off after him, following him swiftly and steadily. The three new shapeshifters follow their lead afterwards, their growls meeting their ears as they stumble around, shoving and pushing each other.

Soon they can see two Strigoi vampires, grinning and laughing as the three dhampirs and four wolves chase after them, thinking it's a game they're playing. Emilia and Jacob are head to head as they're close behind the vampires, the girl's stake in her hands. Mariposa and Matei are behind the two, also holding their weapons in their grips. Just as the three launch their stakes at the vampires, and Jacob almost grabbing one of them, the two Strigoi leap high into the air and jump from tree to tree. The dhampirs follow them, weapon less, fire leaving their hands as they try to get them or mildly hurt them, but they are clever and slick as they dodge the blazes. Eventually the two vampires push the three off the trees, and into Jacob, Elliot, and Seth, all of them rolling around in the dirt after the new shapeshifters ran into them unintentionally.