Hey y'all! So, if any of you have read my other story (Our Dancing Days) you will know that I am away on hol. However, I got a train today, and it was delayed (as in I got on the train and it made the whole journey less than half the speed it usually does) and sat there thinking about what I could do, when I realised, why not write something. I'd already started on chapter 4 of our dancing days, but it was at home on my computer, so I couldn't do that, so. I decided to come up with a oneshot. So this was intended to be a one off, but I decided not to complete the story, as this may end up as a collection of oneshots (who knows?). So yeah. That's it really. Hope you enjoy!

Midnight Whispers

Emma and Daniel Smith hadn't received a single text or call from their daughter all evening, and they were starting to get worried. It was a cold December night, and snow had just started to fall, covering the valleys with wide stretches of white blankets. The Sun had set, leaving beautiful darkness, sequinned with silver dots. There was also a pearly white almost complete circle hanging above the house; a reminder of what was to come the following night. As they pulled into the driveway at around midnight, they glanced at eachother, taking in the scene before them. Not one light in the house was lit up, which was strange since both Maddy, their daughter, and Rhydian, her boyfriend, were both almost eighteen year old teenagers.

They locked the car up and unlocked the front door, slowly pushing it open. "Maddy?" Emma stage whispered into the darkness. After no reply came, the couple walked right into the house and removed their coats. "Where do you think they are?"

"I don't know," Daniel replied, a hint of concern in his voice. They dropped their coats in a pile on the sofa, before padding their way upstairs. "Maddy? Rhydian?" Daniel called out, as he neared the middle of the stairway, but still no reply came. However, when Emma and Daniel reached the upstairs hallway, they heard a low murmur coming from Maddy's room. Immediately they knew it was the two cubs, as Emma still insisted they be called, but the question was why had they not replied?

Emma walked right up to the door, and held her breath. She could make out some words, but they weren't too clear. "Maddy...we...about...parents." She placed her hand on the cool brass doorknob and slowly turned it, opening the door with a slight squeak, but only loud enough for someone up close and wide awake to hear. She then walked very slowly into the room. The temperature had seemed to drop when she entered the room, but when she saw Rhydian and Maddy, her heart warmed.

Maddy was tucked right up in Rhydian's embrace; her head resting on his cheek and an arm, his other arm protectively thrown over her. The shine of the moon fell through the wispy glass of the window, surrounding the two teenagers in a peaceful atmosphere. Daniel came up behind Emma and was almost going to say something before Emma silenced him with her finger and then nodded towards the bed. Even Daniel could not hide his smile.

Just when they thought everything was completely fine, not to mention calm, the voice came again, and this time Emma and Daniel could pick out every word. "Maddy? What are we going to do about your parents?" Rhydian asked in a husky, deep tone. Emma and Daniel frowned.

"What?" Maddy replied, her own voice raspy. She shifted a bit and took a few seconds to work out what he had said. "Oh, I don't know."

"We can't just ignore it," Rhydian stated back, astonishingly quickly for someone who was on the verge of being completely asleep. Emma's frown deepened, confusion and desperation written all over her expression.

"Rhydian, please. Can we talk about this tomorrow?" Maddy said, her own voice laced with desperation. She relaxed deeper into his cocoon, hinting to drop the conversation, but Rhydian wasn't finished.

"This is serious Mads! Normal people don't just hear eachothers thoughts, even Wolfbloods don't!" Rhydian explained out loud, blissfully unaware of the two other people in the room. Suddenly, at that moment, Emma and Daniel were filled with a sensation which could only be described as shock, but then another feeling came to them: happiness. They'd known for sure, for almost a year now, that Rhydian and Maddy were mates, but until now they'd never realised how strong their connection was. They'd heard rumours and stories about these sorts of things occurring, but up until now they thought it was just myths, but now, they realised it was the truth. All Wolfblood mates were like soul mates, but there were only a few that possessed such abilities, and these were always the strongest soul mates of them all, and here they were, two cubs they'd cared for, bound together as such.

Just at that moment, Rhydian's eyes shot open. Emma and Daniel froze, stiff to the bone, but it was already too late. Rhydian had seen them. Yet his reaction was surprising, for he simply grinned and looked down at Maddy, before back up again to his girlfriend's parents. "Fine," he said to Maddy, whom still had no idea that her parents were just a couple of metres away from her, "We'll talk to your parents tomorrow."

"Good," Maddy firmly said back. Daniel and Emma could only smile, especially at Rhydian, who was grinning along with them. He made a small nod to Maddy's parents, before closing his eyes. Daniel and Emma took this as a signal to leave and they turned towards the door and took a couple of steps, when they heard their daughter mumble something else. "I love you." Emma and Daniel looked at their daughter, still curled up against Rhydian.

"I love you too," Rhydian added, and with that Emma and Daniel left the room, holding hands, and shutting the door quietly on their way back to their own room. They would be having a deep conversation with the two teenagers in the morning.

Unfortunately, this time Maddy heard the door lock snap into place and she shot up, knocking Rhydian's arm away in the process. She stared right at the door, eyes big and scared, while Rhydian looked to her with a baffled expression, but the realisation was starting to hit him.

"What was that?" Maddy said, almost whispered, to Rhydian, eyes still locked on the door. Rhydian smiled smugly.

"Oh nothing," he began to explain, "Just your Mam and Dad sneaking up on us and listening to our entire conversation." Maddy turned to meet Rhydian.

"WHAT?!"