This first chapter is short. An introduction to the main character if you will. The main story will begin soon, tell me what you thought if you have the time, thank you for reading Xx

The lilting wind brushed against the muzzle of the youngest wolf of the la push pack gently, guiding a scent to his nose. The smell of wildflowers floated past him, and he dashed after it, his huge paws digging into the soft damp earth as he took off into the forest.

'Seth, I hope you aren't getting too off track again' Leah cautioned in his mind, her own thoughts swirling somewhere in between the track she was running and the time left on their shift.

'I'm going in the general direction of the perimeter?' Seth answered as he barrelled from tree to tree, his fur whipping about in the mild wind as he chased the smell that was enhanced by the rain.

'Seth…' Leah started, Seth rolled his eyes and pictured her face, soft and tired as she chastised him. He knew that the relationship between Sam and Emily had taken a toll on her, but the death of their father and their subsequent changes had hammered it home. There wasn't a part of their life that seemed normal anymore.

'Don't worry Lee, I won't be long, I'll cut through the forest and meet you at the edge of the treaty line, shifts almost up and you can go home and get some rest. I'll wait for the shift switch' Seth offered gently, feeling Leah's mind relax. While she wasn't the biggest fan of anyone being in her head, her brother was the only one that made it easy on her. She gave the mental equivalent of a nod back and continued running.

Seth finally made it to the clearing he had been scenting for so long. The flowers grew thick and wild, untamed along with the acres of wild tumbling grass. The greenery was damp and lush, dewy with the fine mist that always hungover Forks and lit by the weak rays of sun poking from the clouds.

As Seth trekked through the long grass he almost stepped on the girl lying in the middle of it.

"Oh hello there," The girl said, if Seth could describe her as a girl. Her long hair was knotted with the greenery she lay in, it had become tangled at the very scalp of her head, flowers poking out from long graceful curls. Her face was ageless and smooth, and her eyes were so wide and innocent she almost seemed childlike.

'Hello' Seth automatically mentally responded, before shaking his head, this girl wouldn't hear him like that. In fact, he should leave right now, the strange girl should be terrified of him and yet as she smiled he froze. Who wasn't scared of a wolf?

"Its very nice to meet you, my name is Aurelia, and yours is?" She asked politely, shifting slightly to tuck her bare feet under herself, straightening out her gauzy dress and stretching her wings out behind her.

'Seth' He answered again, not being able to control his thoughts. But as he clocked her wings, he began to back away, nothing new was ever good as he had come to learn in his life of the supernatural.

"Seth its okay I promise! I won't hurt you, you are a child of the forest like me! I just… Wanted to be with people again." Aurelia mumbled, her flowered hair falling over her shoulder as she reached a hand towards his snout.

'Leah, I need you to come here right now, the clearing in the middle of the forest.' Seth thought urgently, whatever Aurelia was, it wasn't human or werewolf. And while she didn't smell of anything in particular let alone the stench of vampire there was no way to know for sure.

"Oh, Leah? Okay I guess that's your pack mate huh? Not many female wolves, not usually anyway, I'll stay really still till she comes okay? Then it will be two on one so maybe you guys will feel safer?" Aurelia tried cautiously, withdrawing her hand as she realized that it was unlikely that Seth would allow her to touch him.

He nodded, and she slowly sank back into the grass and wildflowers, rolling onto her stomach and spreading her wings out like a gossamer blanket as they soaked up the sun.

'Seth?! What is it, what's happening?!' Leah's frantic mind rushed in reply to her brothers call, he could feel her tired body racing to meet him as she began yelling in her mind for backup in case someone had phased.

'I'm not sure Lee, this girl, Aurelia…' Seth trailed off, showing her what had just happened, their brief seconds of conversation, and her laying in front of him with her alien wings.

Leah plowed into the field, her eyes blazing as she packed forwards. She saw Seth, but it took till she almost stepped on Aurelia for her to see her. She barked loudly at the girl, who lazily propped her head up and vlinked at the huge she wolf in front of her.

"Hello Leah," She said, reaching out with one hand to pluck a flower from the earth. She ran a delicate finger over the petals, her fingernails where short and had plenty of dirt under them. "I'm Aurelia. I've just been talking to Seth about wanting to meet some new people. The forest gets lonely even for us."

'What are you?' Leach demanded, her eyes hardened. She was subtly moving to be in front of Seth, blocking his smaller body from the innocent looking girl who was still prone in the wet grass.

"Don't you know?" Aurelia asked, confused. She furrowed her brow and looked into the sky. "The elders should have passed down that knowledge, It wasn't too long ago we went to sleep was it?"

Leah just looked at her. The girl seemed to realise that the question still needed answering and stood, her height was unimpressive to say the least, the top of her head only just broke five foot. She twitched her wings and shook them out, water gliding from their shiny surface.

"I am a Fae, Fairy, Pixie, whatever you wish to name me. Spirit of the forest and guardian of the natural order." She said calmly, reaching a hand out to Leah, who growled and snapped.

A simple smile formed on Aurelia's face as she ignored the snapps and slid the flower she had been caressing behind Leah's ear.

'Why are you here. How can we trust you?' Leah asked, her mental voice becoming unsure. She was too tired to comprehend the creature in front of her, nothing had ever trained her for this.

"I'm here to help, the land woke me from my sleep, magic is afoot. If you need to trust me, let me walk ahead of you. I will find one of the old wolves to vouch for me and you can get some rest Leah." Aurelia said kindly, beginning a skipping walk, her feet barely brushing the ground.

Leah and Seth paced behind her, unwillingly following the light footsteps of the girl who claimed to be a Fae. She never looked back at the prowling wolves, trusting them to not make a move against her. The pair began to notice the heavy blooms of wildflowers springing from the places her feet touched the ground.

"You can call me Eli for short if you like," She said, spinning on one foot and reaching her hand up absently to stroke a squirrel that had frozen seeing the pair of wolves.

'I'll think about it,' relented Leah as she followed the gossamer wings of Eli. Seth looked at her, his brown eyes wet and wondering.