Dark Moon.

Chapter One: A Prelude To Avoidance.

I groaned as I felt someone poking me continuously whilst calling my name. Was it so much to ask to be allowed a nap between the end of the classes and dinner time? The poking soon turned to hitting and so reluctantly I opened one eye to stare at my poor excuse for a sister as well as room-mate.

"What is it Leanne?"

I mumbled although my exasperation was clear in my tone. Clearly she was so used to me being cranky when being woken up since she didn't even bat an eyelid. My annoyance peaked at the sight of her perfect blonde ringlets, sparkling cobalt blue eyes, and trim figure which I was sure had a bigger bust size then I did. Sometimes (okay most of the time) I was sure she got the better genes out of us two siblings.

"Guess what?! We have new students!"

She said excitedly, even clapping her hands to go along with her insanely cheery bouncing. If any male had been here they would have been glued to said bust bouncing up and down in her thin strap top. As it was it was just me and I could only roll my eyes in annoyance as I flipped over on top of my bed to give her a view of my back.

"And? Thats exciting why?"

I growled, the wolf in me slipping through as it too began to get annoyed at this interruption of a nap whilst the sun flooded in through the window just above the long side of my double bed.

"They're wolves!"

She squealed, and for once her words had me bolting up right in a sitting position as I blinked away my sleepiness. She couldn't be serious?!

"In our territory? How?! Our parents would have warned us if they had gained permission to be here."

I told her, concern and a little bit of fear as well as a smidgen of curiosity seeping into my voice.

"I don't know," She scoffed, "but they're mega hot!"

I face-palmed, rubbing my face in annoyance as my sister yet again spoke a phrase the idiots she hung around had been saying. I swear just being in this college and making those friends had decreased her intelligence every day.

"So?"

I asked, although I had a feeling I knew what she wanted.

"We have to see them! Or, well, you have to seem them. What if they're the one?"

She said, her voice getting dreamy towards the end. Unfortunately my sister was not the only romantic in the family. I was too but unlike my sister I was a bit more realistic.

Whilst she had always been trim and athletic, I had not. Even my second puberty, in which I became a wolf, had not made me as trim as my sister. Sure, I had lost a fair bit of the puppy fat I had gained over the years before then (at least that was what I called it) and was now a UK size 14 but it wasn't thin. Not to mention in our family, us girls had large child-birthing hips with bottoms to match in size. Also, in our family everyone but me had a generous bust size too which was another annoyance. Still, I supposed I wasn't without charm. I had a very cute 'English Rose' type look about my face with the same cobalt blue eyes of my sister (as well as my parents) and soft hair that actually had streaks of blonde as well as firey red in a chocolate brown base. It was just thanks to the media I was not what 'sexy' or 'attractive' was which I had been told a lot with a fair amount of cruelty especially when I was younger so I had stuck to studying.

Even now I had never dated nor kissed a man, and honestly I wasn't all that ashamed about it. I was happy. I finally liked myself, and to be honest why the hell should I care if no one else did? At the end of the day its only my opinion that matters, and as long as I am happy with myself as well as my life then I don't need anything else. Sure friends, a romantic partner, and piles of money would be nice but it wasn't an absolute dire necessity for me. I firmly believed this was the key to happiness, and was rather proud I had learned that a lot sooner then most people do. Hell, some never realise it.

"Leanne even if one of them does imprint on one of us how would we even know? We don't imprint, we just find our mate through blind luck and he imprints on us when he first sees us. Whose to say that if one does imprint on one of us that a distraction wouldn't pull our gaze away and so we don't see that 'blind man sees the sun for the first time' expression?"

I told her, trying in vain to get her to give up on taking me to see them. As clueless as she could act sometimes she was still very intelligent and also believed it was her mission in life to find the love of my life hence why I knew even now I would be dragged to see them within moments regardless of what I said.

Leanne gave me a fierce look which I could only sigh at before reluctantly getting off my still made, if slightly crumpled, bed.

"Fine, lets go see these major hotties."

I spoke, putting on a fake cheerleader tone on the last two words. After a glare from my sister I was promptly dragged out of our dorm room within the college and down the stairs. She of course didn't hesitate to tell me that I should have dressed better (apparently black, well loved jeggings with I was pretty sure was cat hair on it from my last visit to our parents and a plain v-neck t-shirt with elbow length sleeves in a red colour as well as a pair of black Uggs was not good enough to wear) especially when meeting what could be my imprinter.

To appease her I took my hair out of the rough bun, which had become untidy anyway thanks to my nap, and ran my fingers through my hair before putting it up in a simple ponytail. My fringe would have to stay untidy looking and flicking out at the edges in the wrong direction as there were no straighteners in my back pocket.

I was then dragged out of the girl dorm room building and across to the main College building whilst Leanne searched various corridors as well as a multitude of classrooms, the great hall, and then the cafeteria for the wolves she had mentioned seeing. In the end once I was sure we were thoroughly lost, after all not one person ever really used every inch of the college facilities, we spotted them turning a corner into the corridor we were in. Unfortunately Leanne was right when she mentioned how attractive they were. They were seriously ripped with a beautiful colour of skin that I was sure was Native American or something similar, and they were definitely working the whole tall, dark, and handsome look which was supported by the corridor full of girls that were either swooning or eying them with lustful looks. It almost made me feel sorry for those human girls that would probably never get a chance with them except as a one night stand. After all, every male's mission was to find their imprint. At least it was for my Pack and the few others we occasionally interacted with.

"Come on, lets go."

I told her, grabbing her arm as I did my best not to look any of them in the eye. I could already feel my anxiety starting to build and although I wished it would go away I also found a security blanket within it. After all, so far the only males I had ever interacted with that wasn't my family had never been interested in me. Most of them bullied me and the few that didn't always put me in the 'friend zone' upon first meeting. It never changed nor improved. It didn't help that with attractive men I was extremely shy, tended to get tongue tied (either in being quiet, saying things the wrong way, or talking far too much then I should have), and tended to blush at almost everything. It also didn't help I couldn't look them in the eye (although for wolves that was for an entirely different reason, as should be obvious).

"You can't be serious?"

She asked, a disbelieving look on her flawless face. Narrowing my eyes at her I responded,

"Deadly. We don't even know who the fuck they are! We have to call mum and dad to make sure they haven't just invaded."

She narrowed her own eyes at that as a slow smirk spread on her face. I never liked that look.

"Thats your excuse?"

When she gave me that look it never ended well for me, and with those words I knew this was going to get very embarrassing very quickly.

"Its not an excuse."

I protested although I knew it would land on deaf ears.

"Yes it is!"

I found myself having to hold back a growl at her disobedience. As beautiful as she was, out of the two of us we both knew I was the more dominant one.

"They can hear us! Knock it off and lets go."

I snapped at her, tugging at her arm as I turned to go. I swear she got more impossible the older she got.

"So?"

She questioned, at which I couldn't help but turn around to face her. However as I did I saw them out of the corner of my eye. More importantly I saw who I just knew was the Alpha. I found myself looking away very quickly.

"Shit! We have to go. Now."

I told her, not able to keep all the desperation out of my face. I think it was only my sister's curiosity that had her following me as I pretty much bolted from the corridor and back to our dorm room in the other building. It was only once I was sat back on my bed that Leanne began questioning me.

"So? What is it?"

Sighing, I rubbed a hand over my face before dropping it back to my side.

"I've seen that Alpha before. God, where was it..."

I began, trying to remember where I had seen him before. Unfortunately I didn't have the best memory. Fortunately though it didn't take long to remember when.

"OH! You know that time we went to Seattle to see that ballet thing as a Christmas treat for us 'girls' with mum? When I went to get that tiger loaf from the shop near to our hotel I saw him then. Didn't look at him long and he was on the other side of the street but he was unforgettable. I mean, even with the crowd and me looking away because of my shyness and stuff he was just... Well, you saw him. I got the wierdest feeling after seeing him... I can't say if it was a good feeling or bad, it was just wierd and I had the feeling I should not stop to find out what it was."

I explained as I reached for the landline we had in our dorm room. I had to find out if my parents knew this Pack was here.

"Thats it?"

Leanne asked, scoffing a little. My gaze snapped back to her with disbelief.

"Thats it?! He scared me Leanne. Did you see how big he was? Seriously, his arms are like tree trunks."

The reaction I got was not what I wanted. Leanne flopped down onto my bed on her back and sighed dreamily.

"But he could be the one! An Alpha too! He looked like a powerful one as well. Do you know awesome that would be? We aren't even betas in our Pack. We're just in the middle. Mated to an Alpha... we'd have a better standing after that. Besides, he's the hottest eye candy I've ever seen. Plus, despite how powerful his presence felt he seemed rather approachable. Thats rare to find in an Alpha."

Leanne explained completely with large gestures that included hand waving. Suddenly the fact my parents never told me a new pack was coming and Leanne's excitement about me meeting the new Pack rang alarm bells in my head. With a frown I slowly turned to Leanne, hoping to god my suspicions were unfounded.

"Leanne, please tell me you aren't part of a conspiracy to get me with that Alpha."

I pleaded, but the way she looked away from me as she shrugged confirmed my worst fears.

"Damn it Leanne! Its highly unlikely he'd ever imprint on me - besides I met him before, remember?! If he didn't imprint then its impossible now."

I growled at her, feeling myself starting to shake ever so slightly.

"Don't worry, he already said he had!"

Leanne explained as she sat up which didn't help to cool my anger.

"You've met with him?!"

She had the decency to look slightly guilty as she nodded.

"When he met with our Alpha, our parents and I came along since it was about you. He said he had imprinted on you, he'd been tracking you down for months, and that he had come to court you."

I could only raise an eyebrow at her as my shaking stopped due to my own disbelief.

"Was that seriously what he said word for word?"

I highly doubted a man like that said 'courted'. Only Leanne and I really said it due to the romance books we read - most from historical eras in our past like Pride & Prejudice.

"Well, no, but its the general gist of it."

Suddenly everything became far too clear for my liking.

"So you were sent to encourage me into meeting him so he could seduce me? They didn't tell me because they wanted me to believe it was all just one big coincidence, and if that isn't bad enough our parents as well as our Alpha must have pulled a lot of strings to not only get the Alpha of that new Pack but his entire Pack places in our College. Is that right?"

Leanne gave a wary nod, knowing how I got when I felt backed into a corner. Although shy and a go-with-the-flow type of girl when I felt backed into a corner a whole new firey side came out. It was rather funny how when I got like that I could actually talk to an attractive guy. Go figure.

"His name is Jacob Ephraim Black."

Leanne offered, no doubt trying to fix the situation so I'd still meet with the guy.

"Well you can go tell Mr Black I shall not be seduced, I know his game, and he can go back where he came from."

I told with a firm tone before I locked myself in the en-suite. I waited until I was sure Leanne had left before coming out, taking out a white chocolate & milk chocolate cheesecake from our mini fridge before putting on one of my favourite DVDs of Morecambe and Wise.

Unfortunately that did not save me from dinner that night or a certain Alpha named Jacob Ephraim Black.

Author's Note: Okay, so I didn't expect to start another story until two of my older ones (Probably Dawn To Dusk & Primal Instinct) were complete. Unfortunately, I had a dream last night which pretty much is what I have written down here so blame my very vivid movie-like dreams because it just wouldn't leave me alone all day. So I apologise but it just had to be put down. I hope others may actually be interested in this and its not just me. XD So yes, review and tell me what you think please.