A/N: I apologize for all of my stories I've yet to finish (aka all of them). I don't own Twilight's characters but I do own my OC characters. I want to dedicate this story to MadtotheBone1. You're awesome, you're my strength!

Nikki Ann PoV:

Tweet! Tweet! I smiled as I stroked the blue feathers of the bird. What type was it? I had no clue. It had just come up and flown onto my finger, like I was Snow fucking White. Yay for me, right? I get pretty animals! That ought to make hunting season a whole shitload easier. Joking; I hate hunting and I'm a vegetarian so that does not happen to work. Who's this person? What's she doing here? She's really pretty! A voice echoed into my mind. I smiled down at the bird. "My name is Nikki," I whispered to the bird. Nikki, huh? If she tries to kill me I'll peck her eyes out! I giggled at that thought and shook my head. "I'm not going to try and kill you." I giggled. Whoa; how does she understand that? I shrugged and sighed. "I can hear your thoughts," I whispered. Anybody who'd heard that would send me straight to the nuthouse and make sure I got a room with a view just to inspire my insane mind. Ain't I fantastic?

The bird let out another tweet and fluttered from my finger to my shoulder. If you can read my mind then what am I thinking right now? Apple pie! I giggled at that and shook my head. "Apple pie isn't particularly my favorite but to each his own, right?" I giggled as I leaned back against the tree behind me. I brought one knee up to my chest and closed my eyes against the trees. Then it got worse. The thoughts began to buzz into my head at frantic speeds and overflow my mind. Believe it or not, this would happen anywhere. It only happened with animals and only some people. It was still in development. At the age of fifteen I could hear animals' thoughts and was limited to the people I focus really hard on. I guess I'm not the most normal girl, huh?

I sighed and felt my eyelids droop even more despite the fact that they were closed. "Jeez," I muttered. But this was my new town; I could fall asleep in the forests, couldn't I?

Brendan PoV:

"Why don't you stop for some McDonalds on your way home if you're so hungry?" Collin thought to me. Oh, yeah; you read right. He thought to me. He didn't say it to me. He thought it to me. You want to know why? Because we were furry. "Are you fucking kidding me, Col? The nearest McDonalds is all the way in Port Angeles! No fucking way. I think I'll stick to mama's old school cooking. She won't get too upset if I actually eat some of it." I thought back. Now back to our furriness; Collin and I are wolves. We're shape-shifters (technically seeing as we don't need the moon to phase into a wolf). Simple and clean! It wasn't so complicated once you get over the amazing growth-spurt, the awful painful phasing stage, the never-aging thing, the listening-to-your-Pack-Alpha (aka Sammy boy) and then the side order of falling-in-love-at-first-sight-with-your-soul-mate thing (which I haven't done yet, by the way). Oh, and then there was the whole Pack Plural thing! That meant we could read each other's minds when in wolf form. Yep; isn't it great that we don't get one ounce of privacy? We had a bunch of wolves separated into two packs then put back into one (it's an on/off type thing between the two alphas); Jacob (alpha #2, imprinted on Nessie, his girlfriend/half vampire), Sam (Sammy boy/alpha#1, imprinted on Emily, his wife), Quil (imprinted on Claire, a four year old girl).

Then there's my buddies, Embry (he's single, ladies!), Jared (imprinted on his girlfriend, Kim), Leah (imprinted on her boyfriend, Tom and is the only female wolf so far), Brady (single), Collin (previously mentioned, single), Paul (imprinted on Jacob's sister, Rachel), Seth (again, single and funny, ladies! He's quite the catch *wink*), me (Brendan, 16 and single babies!), then there's my brother Danny (imprinted on his sweetheart, Trisha). I'm so happy for myself. Yeah, I'm bitter; deal with it.

I let out a wolfy sigh at my thoughts and exhaust before I headed to the perimeter of the forest. "Ha, ha!" I cried out once in human form. I met up with Collin halfway. He was jogging in human form but he had company. There was…

I blinked at the human girl who lay in his arms. Dear Jesus. "Dude…" Collin said, trailing off. But I didn't look up at him. I couldn't take my eyes off this…Goddess! I mean, she had thick black hair that was cut to her chin and slight bangs that were partially tucked behind her right ear and partially hanging over her right eye. It shone slightly a tint of blue and her beautiful face showed slight features that were like that of a young girl. It's not like she looked Asian (sorry, not to sound racist; just describing her) but she definitely looked….pale. She had dark circles under her eyes but her beauty outdone those. Her small petite body was one that could probably only go up to my shoulders, maybe an inch more. But she was sickly thin. Still her curves were pronounced on her body showing she was a girl around my age at least. She seemed to give off this…aura. It just made me shiver but in a good way!

I instantly felt the strength of a million chains force me to be near her. But it wasn't like I had an issue with that. It was like how the guys described it; our souls were linked. The girl was wearing a pair of faded jeans with holes in the knees and small rips at the thighs and calves of the jeans but they seemed to be old tears and she wore a black V-neck sweater with the sleeves pulled up to the elbows along with a pair of black and white high tops. She wore a thick black velvet choker around her neck that seemed worn thin and had a rather large silver bell hanging off of it. I smiled; she definitely gave off cat-like features. I guess that's what I get; a cat for a dog. I blinked up at Collin and was nearly breathless at her features. "You carry her if she's your goddamned imprint," Collin laughed and tossed the girl to me. I couldn't stop the growl the elicited from my throat when Collin threw her into the air. The bell jangled noisily and she stirred in her rest. "What happened?" I asked, looking down at the girl. I brushed away a strand of hair. It was so goddamned soft.

"I don't know; I found her asleep and tried to wake her up. It was really weird though; there were a bunch of animals around her. I got kind of worried since all the animals were around her and the Cullens hunt animals and might mix her up." Collin chuckled. I growled again at him and shot him a look. "Whatever; let's just take her to Em's. Maybe they'll know what to do with her." Collin said. What was this girl doing in the forest in the middle of the night? Collin reached over and fiddled with the bell a bit before giving a satisfied smile. "I just wanted to do that," He muttered with a chuckle as we began to walk away. She stirred constantly but never woke. "What could make this girl so exhausted?" I murmured to myself. Collin raised a matter-of-fact finger and was about to say something but I shot him a glare that shut him up.

The girl stirred again in her sleep and actually cuddled up to me. I got to admit; imprinting is pretty sweet. But it's also a train wreck! For instance when Collin nearly made me drop her on purpose just to test it. I growled at him and boy was he in for it as soon as I dropped her off at Emily's! But then again, I didn't want to just drop her off at Emily's. I wanted to actually stay by her side. "Never thought you'd go soft," Collin chuckled as we finally made it to Emily's. Everyone was there, per usual. Everyone was waiting to switch off patrols.

"Stray imprint! Come get your stray imprint!" Collin cried out to the house as we walked in through the door. "I'm going to kill you, Col; you just wait," I growled at him. Everyone was already in the kitchen to greet us. Jake, Brady and Embry were all laughing their asses off at Collin's comments. "Where'd you find her?" Sam asked us immediately and took her from my arms. Cold…my arms felt cold when she left them. "I found her in the middle of the forest, completely conked out," Collin laughed. Sam blinked at him then sighed and took her to the living room where he set her down on the couch. "And when I brought her back to Bren for show and tell I didn't think he'd like her that much." Collin added. Embry chuckled and shook his head. "One less single ladies' man," He chuckled and sat down in the recliner beside the couch. I rolled my eyes and sat down on top of him. "I'm getting a little too comfy," Embry chuckled and I instantly jumped off him. Even if he was just joking, that was just sick. I shoved him off the recliner and sat down.

"Anyone know her name?" Sam asked. I shook my head along with Collin and I went back to staring at her. She was gorgeous. She looked so peaceful in her sleep and looked so innocent at the same time. She curled into a small ball on the couch and yawned in her sleep. "She's adorable," Collin cooed. I growled at him and he chuckled. "Back off, Collin; he will kill you." Jake warned him. Collin rolled his eyes but stopped harassing me all the same. I gave a thankful smile to Jake and then turned back to the girl. What were we going to do when she woke up? "You want to know the oddest thing about her too?" Collin asked the group. Everyone's eyes turned to him in interest but I couldn't take my eyes off her. She was my imprint; she was mine.

"She was surrounded by animals." Collin announced as if it were some big punch line. "What do you mean?" Sam asked. "Like, there was a fucking bird on her shoulder and there were squirrels and hell, there was even a fucking mountain lion near her!" Collin announced. I turned to him now. Mountain lions were dangerous… "But they were just sitting around her, just waiting for something." Collin said and sat down on the armrest of the couch. "That's creepy," Brady muttered and turned back to the girl. What was so special about her other than the fact that I loved her?

Nikki Ann PoV:

I yawned awake, sounding like a kitten even to my own ears. It was a wonder what I sounded like to the people surrounding me. There was one person hovering over me with a woman. The woman had thick, shiny black hair and scars running all down the right side of her face. "That's creepy," I heard someone say and I turned to them. It was one hell of a large dude. "You people are new," I muttered and blinked at them. Everyone turned to me and I rolled my shoulders because they were stiff. I sat up and shook out my hair. It was a habit; I did it every time I woke up. My bell jangled noisily and I held it between my middle finger and my thumb to silence it. I looked around the room. Damn, there were a lot of buff, tan people! I felt small and pale compared to them. Hell, I was. But there was one guy. He was cute. He had short cropped hair that was spiky and the reason he stuck out from all the others was because instead of brown eyes he had green eyes. They were really bright, lime green eyes. They were impeccably entrancing.

He was only wearing a pair of denim cut-offs and a black T-shirt along with a pair of dog-tags and a Nike wristband. He was leaning forward so his elbows leaned against his knees and his head was slightly ducked. He was buff and incredibly beautiful.

He was also staring at me with a weird dazzling smile. While he was smiling I counted the people in the room. There were eleven guys other than him that all looked identical. They all had tan skin, buff, were tall and had brown eyes and black short hair. But their facial features were different so they weren't all identical…okay, not putting a –let at the end of the number eleven. Eleven-lets? Anyways, they were all impeccably perfect with bright white teeth and their brilliant looks. Not to mention that none of them wore shirts so I knew exactly what they'd be hiding. The only one wearing a shirt was green-eyes. Then my eyes went back to the woman and I smiled at her. "Hi, I'm Nikki," I said and held my hand out to her. "I'm Emily," The woman said, obviously confused as to what to say.

Then I got a glimpse of my surroundings. Okay; I was in a forest when I fell asleep…and now I'm in a house. They obviously found me and were worried! But wouldn't they be suspicious because of the animals? Not to mention I sleep a lot when I'm surrounded by animals. No wonder I didn't wake up! "Okay, Emily," I started and rubbed my hands mischievously. "Can you tell me where exactly I am? My parents are worried, no doubt," I said. Wrong; my parents didn't know I was out. They had their hands full with my new baby sib, Nick. "Oh, that's right! But my friends found you and had no clue who you were so they brought you here." Emily said. I giggled. "Anyways, you're on, um, Maple drive?" Emily offered. I smiled and nodded before standing up. More than one person tried to tend to me when I got a bit of a head-rush when I stood up. "Okay, nope! I'm close enough to home," I announced and smiled at Emily. Green-eyes was at my side from having offered his help. "At least stay for the night; we can't have you leaving at this time of night. And besides, you need food," Emily said. I looked at the ceiling absently in thought. If I went out now I could catch a ride on a Mountain lion or something without them knowing but if I hitch a ride in the morning, I can spend some time with green eyes and this new chick, Emily. Okey-doke! "Okay," I said, smiling at her. She smiled back, relieved I wasn't going to rush out of here.

"I don't think I've seen you in town," Emily observed as she led me into the kitchen. I shrugged as I skipped after her. "I'm new in town," I said and looked around the kitchen. "You've got a pretty house," I observed. Emily smiled and nodded. "Thank you," She said. "Are you allergic to anything so that I don't accidentally give you an allergic reaction?" Emily laughed. "Nope, nothing," I said, shaking my head. "You got a last name, Nikki?" Emily asked. "Nicola Ann Sawyer," I said proudly with my chin held high. "But I like to be called Nikki or Nikki Ann. It's much easier than 'Nicola'," I said and stuck my tongue out in distaste. Emily giggled as she and I talked while she made some food. By the time she was done I had three ham and cheese sandwiches. "Yum!" I cried out and dug into my first one. I was full by the time that I finished my third sandwich. Emily raised her eyebrow in question. "Well, I'm a hungry person. I have a fast metabolism." I said with a shrug. "Who's Green Eyes?" I asked and pointed at Green Eyes in the living room. "That is Brendan Hardy," Emily said proudly. "He's single," She whispered. I giggled. "Yeah, well, my mom says that guys are only after one thing." I said. Emily chuckled to herself as she went to making more sandwiches. "Truthfully, I think that one thing is chocolate," I stage whispered to her. "And every girl's got to protect her chocolate," I said, nodding in approval at my statement. Emily laughed out loud at that.

"My friend, Collin, said that there were a bunch of animals around you when you were asleep. Do you know why?" Emily asked as she made the sandwiches, trying to pass it off as a second-rate topic even though I knew I had her full-attention. "That's frightening; what if one animal bit me and now I'm going to grow fur?" I said and looked down at myself, making my bell jingle. "I should work on my growl," I said and made a slight growl.

"But somehow whenever I growl, I sound like a Chihuahua," I rambled on as I watched her make sandwiches. "Chihuahuas are not very frightening. What am I gonna do when my furry boyfriend eats all my food or pisses me off?" I cried out. That was a very serious subject. Emily full out laughed while I just shrugged. "I guess I'll have to bite him." I said as I twirled around on the stool. "You do know you're very random, right?" Emily giggled. I smiled. "I'm starting to wonder if they make a profession for random people." I said absently. "Maybe I should go into book writing! There is no real job description for that other than you require an actual book that you actually wrote." I said. "Do you have ADD, by any chance?" Emily asked. "I have no clue! I never paid attention long enough to listen," I joked. Emily laughed again and shook her head in disbelief. I heard a couple of chuckles from the living room and I began to know that they heard us.

Then Green Eyes (sorry; Brendan) walked into the kitchen, giving a shy smile. He really was adorable. "Hi," He said shyly to me. I smiled up at him. I had completely expected this; he'd been staring at me and I'll bet that he believes in love at first sight just as much as me! "Do you like monkeys?" I asked to save him the trouble of starting a conversation. He looked at me oddly. "Sure," He said. "Good 'cause I like monkeys. They're like double-jointed midgets with fur." I said. "And the tails don't appear on midgets all that often either," I rambled on. Brendan laughed at this and nodded. "But they seem to be pleased with throwing their own waste at people. That's gross. If I had a pet monkey, I'd scold him for throwing poop at people. It's really a disgusting habit of theirs." I said. "Then there's the whole matter of bananas! You know, the prices for bananas would really go up if everyone owned a pet monkey." I mused. "We'd have to deal with second for oranges!" I cried out enthusiastically, flinging my arms in the air in exasperation. "I mean, have you ever seen a monkey eating an orange before?" I asked Brendan. He laughed and shook his head. "No, I've got to say I've never seen a monkey eating an orange." Brendan said and sat down on the stool next to me. I smiled at him. "That's because monkeys don't like round fruits." I pointed out.

Brendan raised his eyebrows at me and supported his chin on the palm of his hand on the counter. "And most fruits are round! Have you ever noticed that?" I asked him. He shook his head, seeming completely content with his lack of conversation. Good; we were perfect for each other. "I mean, oranges, grapes, apples and pineapples are oval which is close enough!" I cried out. My bell jingled loudly and I reached up to silence it. "But that'd be pretty hilarious to see a monkey eating a pineapple." I giggled at the thought of it. And that's how I met Brendan Hardy, Emily Young, Sam Uley, Collin (don't know his last name), Brady (last name N/A), Danny Hardy, Jacob Black, Embry Call, Quil Ateara Jr., Seth Clearwater, Leah Clearwater and Jared (again, last name N/A).

A/N: I hope you like it, peoples! I'm keeping on going!