A/N: Hey everyone, this is my first Twilight fanfiction. I'm a hardcore La Push girl, wolf at heart. I figured Jacob still isn't over Bella so let's give Embry a girl. I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM STEPHENIE'S BRILLIANT MIND. I do own Len, Nila, Tally, and all my other original creations. Okay let me know what you think and if I should continue!

La Push was just like I remembered it: beautiful in all its dreariness. The sun had come out today, unusual for this part of Washington. I hadn't been back in years, but as I began crossing into the town, I felt my heart start to heal again…as much as it could.

This time last week I was sitting in my boarding school in California, waiting to get a call from my father. He was a freelance photographer and he took a job in Thailand. I did get a call, but not from my father. They said the plane went down into the water and that everyone died on impact. I stopped listening after I heard that my father wouldn't be returning, and he'd be gone forever. He's not the first person to leave me, but he, like my Grandmother, is one of the people to physically leave this earth. God I missed him.

I guess tears are a come and go thing. One minute you're fine, then someone could say spaghetti and I'd burst out in tears. My dad loved spaghetti. I was learning to cope, I mean he wasn't around much anyway, but he loved me with everything he had, which is more than I could say about my mother.

She left me with my dad when I was two. She said that "it wasn't me, but she needed time to find herself." She was only 20 at the time so I couldn't blame her…or could I? Anyway, here I am moving back to La Push to move in with my father's father: Grandpa Len Hollis. One of my favorite people in the world, he's one of the elders in the Quileute tribe. Most of my family still lives here or near La Push. I'm 100 Quileute and ready to start over again.

I drove my car towards a nice sized home. As I pulled into the driveway, a tall man with gray hair to his shoulders walked outside. He was beaming and I couldn't help but smile. I parked the car and ran into his arms.

"I missed you so much Grandpa." I said into his shoulder.

"I've missed you too. So much my Jaci." My grandpa said to me as he tightened his hug. Jaci (Ja-c) was the nickname he gave me the day I was born. It means moon and he tells me that since the day I was born I became the moon in his pitch black sky.

"So, let me take a look at you." He pulled back from his hold on me and smiled. "You're tall like your father. And you've got my sapphire blue eyes. Your grandmother's smile. You're absolutely stunning Jaci. I bet you'll have all the boys wanting you this summer."

"Grandpa!"

If my skin wasn't the beautiful copper color of my tribe, I'd probably be as red as a rose right now. I mean, I'm not ugly, but I didn't think I was stunning. My dark hair was cut into long layers that fell midway down my back, I was at least five foot eight and my eyes were a deep blue like sapphires. I guess I wasn't much for opinions and didn't care how others saw me. I was me.

"Come on Nila, let's get you settled." My grandpa helped me get all my bags out of the car as we made our way towards our house.

"So, we're going over to Sam Uley and his fiancée Emily's house for dinner. We're gonna have a big barbeque and everyone's going to be there." My grandpa told me as he put the finishing touches on his huge bowl potato salad.

"Awesome! I haven't seen everyone in a long time. Is Tally going?" Tally Sneaux is my cousin and also my best friend.

"Yes, young Chula will be there." Grandpa calls Tally Chula because it means fox, and like a fox she's stealthy and sneaky.

We headed out to the car and made pleasant conversation on our way to Sam's. I was happy that I was living with my grandfather, he probably knew me better than I knew myself.

As we made our way up to the front door, you could hear boys fooling around. I smiled brightly as I waited in anticipation to see all my old friends.

"We're here!" Grandpa Len cried out. People came running towards the door shouting and hollering.

A beautiful woman came and took the bowl from my grandfather giving him a peck on the cheek. She was absolutely stunning, she had scars on her face that looked like she had been scratched by a cat, and it made me sad to think that someone so beautiful was corrupted but such horrors. Still, she was stunning in all her imperfectness.

"This looks delicious as usual Len," she said and turned to face me. "Hello Nila! I'm Emily, Sam's fiancée. We've all heard so much about you, and we're so happy to have you back in La Push."

I smiled, she was so genuine. "I'm happy to be here. I finally feel like my heart is starting to heal again."

Emily gave me a knowing smile and led me towards the backyard where all the people my age were hanging out. I made my hellos to some of the older people, Mrs. Clearwater, Mr. Black, and Sam.

"NILA!" I head my cousin Tally scream as she ran over and gave me a huge hug. "How are you? Oh my God you're gorgeous! Wow! I'm so sorry about everything but I'm so glad you're here!" She gave me a suffocating hug once again.

What could I say about Tally except for she's a big ball of fire. She's naturally high on caffeine and what she lacks in relaxation, makes up for in looks. Tally was shorter than I was, she was only five foot five, but had beautiful curly black hair and hazel eyes that looked cat like. Her copper skin was as smooth as a baby's bottom, and her smile could light up the entire northern sky.

"I'm good, a little tired from the drive, but good! And me, what about you? You're skin is like a baby's ass!" She laughed at that and hugged me again.

"Come on, I want to reintroduce you to everyone. Okay this is Jacob, Jared, Kim, Leah, Seth, and Paul." When she said the name Paul I immediately looked up at her. The way she said his name made me realize that this was her Paul, her man. And Paul was looking at her the way Jared was looking at Kim, like she was his whole world.

"Hey everyone!" I smiled and giggled a bit as I noticed Seth playing a little prank on Leah.

Tally turned to face me. "This is sort of everyone, Quil and Embry should be here soon."

"Yea," Jacob started to say "Quil wanted to buy a birthday present for Claire but his car was in the shop so he made Embry take him."

I smiled to myself. "Oh I remember Quil! He and I used to search for fairies down at First Beach." Everyone started to crack up. Quil and I had been good friends before my dad and I decided to move.

"And Embry, oh gosh I can't stand him." Some people gave me quizzical looks, but Tally started laughing. "I used to be scared of the ocean, and he pushed me into it and held my head under the water. His idea of a practical joke." I started to get a little angry but decided that it wasn't worth it, I just wouldn't waste my time talking to Embry.

Everyone started laughing again and began to tell stories about things Embry and Quil had done together. I especially liked the one where Quil dared Embry to dress up like a woman and go into town to buy tampons.

"We're here!" I heard a husky, playful voice yell. I turned around to see a much older and muscular Quil heading towards us. He saw me and his eyes lit up.

"Nila! Is that you?" I nodded and gave him a huge hug.

"How have you been Quil-pen?" He chuckled at his old nickname.

"I've been good, doing good. How about you Niles?"

I smiled. "Well, you know everything that's happened with my dad I assume, but other than that I'm doing okay, trying to get by."

"Yea, I feel ya."

Quil and I turned to talk to everyone else again. We were all chatting and laughing.

"So Quil, I was wondering if maybe later you and I can go fairy hunting down by First Beach." Jared said, and everyone began laughing their butts off.

"Who told you about…..NILA!"

"I'm sorry it just kind of slipped!"

"What slipped?" Said a gorgeous deep husky voice.

"Oh I just told everyone about the time Quil and I went fairy hunting down at First Beach." I replied to the voice.

I turned to see who it was and I found myself staring into the most amazing chocolate brown eyes I have ever seen. I felt like suddenly I had awakened, and the past years of my life were all just a passage of time before this moment. There was a fire burning in my soul and a new electricity running through my heart. I felt like I was being drawn to him, if somehow by gravity.

I didn't know how long we had been staring into each others eyes nor did I know who he was, just that I need to be near him, in his arms forever.

"Nila. Nila! NILA!" I finally snapped out of it and turned my head to see everyone staring at me.

"What?"

"I've been calling your name for the past two minutes." Tally said with a smirk on her face. She was wrapped tightly in Paul's arms and he was smirking at the person next to me.

"Looks like Embry's imprinted." Jared said as he turned his attention to Kim as he gave her a huge passionate kiss.

"Embry?" I asked as I turned my attention to the guy next to me. Low and behold, it was Embry Call in all of his glory. He was stunning to say the least. He stood almost a foot taller than me, and you could easily see the outline of his muscles in his tight white shirt that looked extremely sexy against his copper skin. His hair was cut short and he was staring at me in a familiar way. The same way Paul had looked at Tally, the same was Jared had looked at Kim.

"Nila?" He asked me. I stood frozen unable to answer. I couldn't get my thoughts together. This couldn't be the evil Embry that pushed me into the ocean or played mean tricks on me when we were younger. It just couldn't be…but in my heart I knew it was. And for some reason I was willing to throw everything aside just to be in his arms. I mean people do change, and Embry certainly has changed.

"Yes?" I asked, not realizing I had been staring at him for quite some time.

"You have no idea how ecstatic I am to have you back where you belong." Embry said as he stepped forward and drew me into his arms.

I put my head against his chest as I hugged him back. This moment felt so right, and yet I couldn't help but feel odd hugging this boy who just increased my fear of the ocean. I was confused, but most of all, I had feelings for Embry Call.