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A/N

Hey everyone! This is my first time writing ff so I hope you enjoy!

Tanya, Kate and Irina were out hunting when they picked up two unusual animals scents. They decided to follow the scent trail in hopes to feed their hunger and curiosity.

When the Denali's stealthily arrive at the clearing they are shocked by what they see. A large gray wolf growling and pacing the base of a tree. What shocks them even more is the large black panther lounging on a branch above hoarding what appears to be a moose carcass. The wind sharply changes directions, forcing two sets of eyes on the vampires.

Three things happen at once; the wolf lunges and meets Irina halfway with growls and teeth bared, Tanya and Kate's cold hearts swell with warmth that they haven't felt in over a thousand years, and the panther falls out of the tree with the grace of a drunk.

'Bella, get the hell down here!' Leah yelled for the umpteenth time. With a chuckle Bella casually replied 'I'm good up here but thanks for the offer.' No words were actually spoken thanks to their telepathic link, courtesy of being in a pack together. This was Bella's new game, hoarding the food just out of Leah's reach and laughing at the hungry wolf's fits. Of course Bella always gave in... eventually. A hungry wolf is reckless, 'and an idiot' Bella thought to herself. She immediately cringed though, realizing her thoughts easily slipped through the telepathic link. She really needed to work on that. "What did you just say? I'll show you a reckless idiot wolf if you don't come down here with our dinner!"

Leah and Bella continued to go back and forth like this until the change of breeze brought along three unfamiliar scents causing the hair on the backs of their necks to rise. Time seemed to slow down as their eyes snapped to the other side of the clearing and met with three blonde vampires standing like statues. Time began to speed up again for Leah as she raced forward and lunged at what she knew to be the closest vampire to her. They met with an impact that shattered the sound barrier and shook the earth, immediately going for each other's necks.

Bella only partially realized Leah and one of the vampires moving as she stumbled and fell out of the tree. It wasn't from the shock but the need to run over to the two golden eye blondes and 'and well what Bella? Smile like an idiot and just stare?' She huffed as she landed in the snow and lifted her head to where the two women were and panicked. 'Where are they oh my god where did they go were they even there to begin with did I hit my head?!' was Bella's string of thoughts.

The sounds of the fight all came at once as Bella whipped her head around and saw Leah being pulled off a vampire by a vampire while the vampire Leah was fighting was being pulled back by a vampire. 'Wait, vampires?' as Bella shook her head, in a complete daze now by the confusing mess she saw before her.

'What the hell are you doing, Bella?! These are leeches! Get over here and help me!' Leah shouted in Bella's head. Within a split second Bella was pouncing on the vampire holding Leah as Leah raced again and lunged at the other two intruders. Instead of hitting her targets though, she was on the ground in a heap yelping in pain from the electric shocked she just received from an outstretched hand.

"Don't touch the dog" Kate spoke barely above a whisper as she let go of Irina with her other hand and eagerly yet slowly walked towards Tanya who was still pinned by the big cat in the snow. The crunch of snow forced Bella to tear her eyes away from the golden ones beneath her up to meet the golden ones standing above her. Her heart was racing and she was suddenly feeling far too hot to have that much fur on but her gaze never wavered. That is of course only to look back down to the other set of golden eyes beneath her again, and then back up.

"My mate is a cat."

"Our mate is a shifter, Kate." Tanya said in a quiet breathless whisper.

"Okay our mate is a big cat." Kate said in awe as Tanya and Bella began to stand up.

"You have got to be kidding me." Irina said has she rolled her eyes and looked away from her sisters. She shook off her jacket, tossing it onto the now nude and very human wolf shifter still laying on the ground who was groaning and swearing. "For the record, I would have kicked your ass." and with that Irina turned and began running back to her coven's house confused by the strange turn her day took but also feeling a sense of joy.

"Where's Kate and Tanya? What happened? Are you okay?" Carmen asked quickly with slight worry in her voice. The sisters never returned home separately from a hunt. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." This seemed to make Carmen worry more. Eleazar, who had overheard the small exchanged rushed downstairs to his wife's side and quickly asked Irina "Has something gone wrong?" The small smirk that worked it's way onto Irina's face confused the couple but they quickly moved outside once they heard the arrival of Tanya and Kate. "Is everything alright?" Carmen asked the blondes, quickly scanning them to look for any damage but coming up short.

"Everything is fine."

"More than fine."

"Perfect really."

"Yeah totally perfect."

"We'll explain everything inside" Tanya spoke and quickly moved into the house with Kate by her side. The small group sat down in the den waiting patiently for Kate or Tanya to begin speaking yet they seemed content to sit there beaming at each other. Irina became impatient when clearing her throat didn't grab her sister's attention 'seriously, you would think they'd get tired of staring like lovesick puppies after a thousand years'. Her thoughts dragged on as she turned to look at Carmen and Eleazar who seemed just as impatient as she was. With a dramatic sigh Irina stated "Our love birds have found their mate." Carmen gasped and Eleazar smiled broadly. "That's fantastic news!" and "Congratulations!" were shouted in unison as they jumped from their seats to hug the other couple.

Irina stood back as she watched the celebratory hugs. She was genuinely happy for her sisters. She thought back to over a thousand years ago when they were all changed by their 'mother' Sasha. Irina was jealous of her sisters in her early years. She didn't understand their immediate bond and even wished once upon a time that she could be the missing link they spoke of. Later she even wished they'd stop speaking about their missing mate, being jealous that they had each other already while she was alone. That changed though when they decided they would actively search for their mate which also gave Irina the opportunity to find her own. Of course the tales of succubi are legendary but for Irina and her sisters it was an ugly red smudge in their past. They became ravenous and more bloodthirsty than they thought possible during these times. Eventually they stopped their hunting, realizing they felt more hollow than before. They turned to a 'vegetarian' diet inspired by an old friend of theirs, "a sick joke" Kate would always say.

Carmen and Eleazar were intrigued by this new diet and opted to stay with the Denali's creating the second largest coven if you weren't counting the Volturi. They truly bonded too, Carmen and Eleazar were the stability and friendship the sisters needed coming out of their dark times. They became a close-knit family unit and a force to be reckoned with. The Volturi avoided them and the majority of the Cullen's were clearly jealous whenever they visited. This thought made Irina chuckle and brought her back to the present. She began laughing as she pushed herself in between Kate and Tanya wrapping her arms around them. "Rosalie is going to die when I tell her you two are mated to a werecat!" Question's began flying out of Carmen's mouth but Tanya silenced the room as Kate reached over and rested her hand on Tanya's knee.

"Her name is Bella and she's not a werecat. She's a," "Black panther" Kate cut in excitedly. "Shifter." Tanya finished. Eleazar's eyes lit up. "Panther shifters are extremely rare, even more so than the animal itself. In fact I've never heard of a panther shifter in North America." Eleazar continued to mutter to himself about the rarity as Carmen warmly smiled and said "When do we get to meet her?" "Soon" Kate began, "we found each other while she was shifted and well…" Kate threw a sly smile to Tanya and continued "shifters don't shift back into clothes." Tanya laughed and added "Bella said she was going to grab some clothes and meet us here. Oh don't look at me like that Carmen. We didn't lose our mate, she feels the same pull we do." Eleazar hummed in recognition "Yes the imprinting bond. It's said shifter's imprint on their mate at first site. It's the equivalent of a mating bond for vampires." The coven continued talking for a few moments before they headed outside to wait for Bella to arrive.

"You forgot to mention the dog" Irina commented with disdain in her voice. "Dog?" Carmen questioned. "Yeah, seems my sister's new kitten is running with a puppy." "Irina" Kate warned with a chuckle, not wanting to upset Tanya. "Leah is Bella's pack. She's a wolf shifter and is welcome here just as Bella is. So everyone play nice" Tanya said in her coven leader voice, raising a brow at each of her coven members including Kate who didn't take to kindly to having Irina attacked. Before Irina could comment back two figures appeared at the tree line.

Bella was nervous. She was over the moon excited but very nervous. She never thought she would find her imprint let alone find two! Her whole life she felt like an outcast being a cat shifter in a dog shifters world and never living up to expectations. Yet there were two beautiful women waiting for her. They wanted her and that was a feeling Bella never felt before. She understood they were vampire's 'Leah has made a bloodsucker or leech comment every five seconds since we left to change' but that didn't bother her. She grew up with a wolf pack who's sole purpose was to fight vampires but that never meant anything to Bella. She never felt the same hatred they did seeing as both species were supernatural and should work together instead of tearing each other apart. Of course that opinion never went over well with the pack and she was eventually shunned for not following orders. She knew that they were just waiting for a reason to get rid of her. When she did leave Leah abandoned the pack to join Bella, not liking being the only female left surrounded by angry, smelly, teenage boys. Bella knew Leah's position on vampires but Leah felt Bella's imprint through their link and knew she couldn't argue with it. Either Leah could lose her only friend and pack member or accept the crazy turn her life just took. She wouldn't abandoned Bella but she didn't have to be nice.

That leaves them where they are now: standing at the tree line staring at a group of vampires. Vampires who could easily kill them as Leah kept muttering but Bella knew that wouldn't happen. Two of those vampires were her mates and deep down she knew they would never let anything bad happen to her and Bella promised she would never let anything bad happen to Leah. 'Well except that time like an hour ago when she was attacked by a vampire' but Bella shrugged. Only good things came out of that situation.

Bella took a deep breath and looked up to meet her mates eyes and she suddenly felt calm, warm and no longer nervous. She belonged with them. She must not have realized how long she was staring because Leah brushed passed her with a huff and bumped her shoulder roughly while muttering something about "stupid imprints". The move got Bella into motion and she began to confidently stride forward, eyes only for the two stunning blondes waiting for her.

"Fuck" Kate muttered. Carmen's head shook slightly as she quickly shared a look with her husband. 'This should be interesting' she thought. Bella was striding forward having already passed Leah with the grace and hunger only a feline could manage. She decided to wear her dark blue skinny jeans with a pair of boots, a white tee with a red plaid button down. She opted to roll her sleeves up to her elbows and keep the plaid unbuttoned. In her opinion she looked hot. She asked Leah's opinion and received an eyeroll but from the way her mates golden eyes were roaming over her she knew she made the right decision.

Within moments Bella stood in front of Tanya and Kate with Leah trailing behind her. Before Bella could blink she was enveloped in her mates embraces and in that moment she decided she never wanted to let go. Bella instinctively pressed her face into Kate's neck and breathed in and let out a gentle purr. She then turned and gently held Tanya's cool face in her hands before resting their foreheads together. While the new mates had their intimate moment Carmen spoke.

"You must be Leah, Bella's friend?"

"And you must be a leech."

"Look, we're going to be seeing a lot more of each other so you better watch your mouth mutt" Irina cut in quickly.

"Or what? You'll eat me? I know your type. You think hunting animals makes you above other leeches but you're all the same."

"Think what you want but don't turn something my sister's have been waiting for over a thousand years into a bitch fest."

"Fine but keep your fangs to yourself."

"Deal."

"Well then" Carmen began, "My name is Carmen and this is my husband Eleazar. I'm assuming you've already met Irina, Kate and Tanya."

Leah's only reply was to cross her arms and turn her head away.

By then Bella was being led over to the rest of the Denalis to be introduced.

"Carmen, Eleazar, this is Bella" said Tanya who was holding Bella's hand.

"It's wonderful to meet you Bella" Eleazar greeted with a warm smile. His hand was holding his wife's hip, more so holding his wife back from pulling Bella into a hug. The last thing he wanted was to upset Bella, Tanya or Kate in anyway who clearly did not want to let go of each other. Bella smiled at the couple, "It's good to meet you."

Kate, who had slipped her hand under Bella's arm to hold her bicep turned them slightly towards her other sister. "This is Irina, our sister." Bella got the feeling Irina was sizing her up 'probably a sibling thing right?' she asked herself. Before Bella could greet Irina the woman before her gave a curt nod and simply said "Welcome to the family." "Thank you" was Bella's only reply.

Before silence could encase the group Carmen clapped her hands together "If you girls are hungry we can start lunch?" "I'm down" was Leah's quick reply and began following Carmen, Eleazar and Irina into the large house. With shared smiles the new couple trailed behind, too enamored to notice the bickering beginning between Leah and Irina.