And the WOLF says...
We were on patrol again. Yes, patrol! Well, isn't that exciting? Not. Not when you just have to prance around the forest, sniffing everything out. Not when you get more and more bored every second.
Hey man. You sound like you want something to happen. I heard Embry's voice in my head.
Yes that's exact—What? No! I didn't mean it that way! It's just…boring, is all.
But as I finished my sentence, I smelled something rather odd. It was…
We're on our way kiddo, stay right where you are. Don't do anything stupid.
Jacob. Jacob was our pack leader now. Since…well, since the Volturi thing.
I know! I thought, frustrated.
As I was wallowing in how they treat me, I caught a glimpse of blonde hair. It wasn't Rosalie, clearly. She…she has a different smell. Not of a vampire. Not of a werewolf either. It was more of sea breeze, lavenders and apples. I was about to run to her when I remembered what our alpha ordered me. Damn.
I saw brown fur in my peripheral vision, so, I took that as a sign that I could approach the blonde…girl.
As I was only about a few wolf-steps away from her, her body stiffened. She quickly turned around. She wasn't looking at us but I can tell she was pretty terrified.
I saw Jacob again, this time he had Leah with him, but now he was in his non-wolf form. He doesn't seem to be in his friendly form either. I bet he was looking forward to seeing Nessie when this happened.
You got that right.On my other side, I saw Embry and Quil. He wanted to go home.
That makes two of us. I exclaimed, rolling my eyes but a whimper from the girl in front of us brought me back to reality.
I took a good look at her and noticed that she was wearing a blue dress that reaches her mid-thighs and did not have any footwear. She also had these pastel coloured shells that were intertwined with sea weeds and made into a band that encircled her forehead. How…strange.
"O—Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't know there were wolves here. I—I shall take my leave now. I am terribly sorry that I have bothered you." She murmured with her bell-like voice.
"No, wait. I haven't seen you before…" I heard someone say. "Who are you?"
There was a long pause so I took this opportunity to phase back.
As I was walking back, I saw her look at me with her terrified, multicolored—wait, are they heterochromia iridum! Like in our biology class? Hers are blue and green—eyes and then…OH DEAR GOD, NO.
At that moment the world—my world, to be exact—seemed to change. Oh god, no! Don't tell me I…
We didn't exactly share thoughts when we're human…so…I can think whatever I want right now and you know what I think?
You reaaaaally want to know?
Okay, I'll tell you.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
No one seemed to notice how tense I was since they continued staring at the petite girl—since we're just freakishlytall, I think she's…small…fine, about five foot six inches—in front of us. "Who are you?" Jake asked, impatient.
She jumped at the sound of Jacob's voice but answered, "I—I'm a…you probably wouldn't believe me…" she trailed off but this seemed to interest Jacob more as he demanded information on whom she was.
She sighed and again looked at me, but now with curiosity. "I—I'm an undine."
Leah gasped. She was the more…educated one so she clearly understood. "A—An undine…She's an undine! An elemental!"
No, duh, miss repeat-what-she-said. I said to myself, chuckling.
They all looked at Leah, except for me. I've read about undines before. Something about water.
"She's a type of water nymph. A nymph is a female minor nature deity typically related with a particular place or landform. They're different from gods. Nymphs are normally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually described as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing. The undines are water elementals, immortal spirits of rivers, lakes, oceans…and stuff like that, bodies of water. They have sophisticated appearances, detailing a mixture of marine and fairy like features. They don't need to eat or drink, but they have the ability to do so if they ever need to 'blend in'. An Undine's clear blood is one the secrets to their immortality." Leah explained all in three breathe-ins.
The girl brought her hands to her mouth and giggled at how Leah was behaving. Oh dear gods, even her giggles make me melt.
Quil and Embry raised their eyebrows at Leah and Jacob sighed, "Where do you read those things, Leah? Seriously. English please?"
My sister merely rolled her eyes at him and folded her arms, irritated that they—we—didn't understand anything after all that she said. "I read it for our English class when I was younger, thank you very much. She's like those pretty—no, gorgeous— sea fairies of ancient Greece."
There was a chorus of 'oh's and 'I see's and then the attention was back on the girl that we were supposed to question. In an instant, she could've dashed away since we weren't paying attention…for a brief moment. And yet, there she was humming a soft lullaby, looking around.
"I read on the internet that undines can't live on land. Like, they can't separate from their home or something like that…" Leah questioned, doubt in her voice. I'm pretty sure she didn't believe the girl. Oh, only about twenty percent.
"Oh that's just one of those beliefs that clearly aren't real, silly-willy wolf. See? I'm here. My…family does live near a body of water though." She crinkled her nose and smiled at Leah.
I'll have to ask her where she lives…just in case.I thought, lying to myself in the process.
"How can we be sure that you aren't lying?" questioned Quil. Seriously? I mean…
"You guys are wolves right? And I'm pretty sure there are vampires not too far from here. I can smell them. So, you're technically not supposed to exist either. How can I be so sure you wouldn't hurt me?" She made it sound like a statement rather than a question then took a deep breath and held it in for a while. "Yup. I can smell them from here. Vampires. Their sticky-sweet smell. Like the medicine in Peter Pan!"
I chuckled at her childish sense of comparison. Not that I was any better than her.
"Prove it to us." Embry dared. Why did everyone doubt her?
"Technically…you guys aren't supposed to see this. I am going to show you, only for a brief while. I haven't mastered…controlling the camouflage skill, yet. I am sure you can see this clearly since you are wolves and you can probably see through my camouflage skill if I wanted you to. But…is this proof enough for you?" she asked, sighing.
She stepped out of the trees' shadows and then we saw what she really looked like. Her dress was a blue halter tie neck and empire wasted—don't ask me how I know these stuff, Leah talks about it with Kim all the time—had different layers and covered only until her mid thighs.
But that wasn't what actually bothered me. What bothered me was that she had these fins on her back that are placed along the centre of her spine, taking the form of fairy-like wings, and a similar style can be seen on the fins behind her ears. The colours of her fins were green, purple and blue. There were also tiger-like markings on her cheeks and arms with the same colour of her fins.
Her hair was blonde. White-ish blonde. The lightest shade I have ever seen. Not that I've seen a lot of blonde people in my life.
But that wasn't the end of the uniqueness of her hair. Her white blonde curls were mixed with shades of blue, purple and green. Just like the colour of her fins and marks.
Embry quickly nodded. And I don't like how they're looking at her. She's like an experiment in a scientist's laboratory, like they're studying her. She was looking at her feet now, clearly uncomfortable.
I growled and they all snapped back to reality. She exhaled and everything went back to normal, her fins were not there anymore. But there were still the shades in her hair and tiger-like makings on her face and arms.
Well, that makes it easier for me to find her in a huge crowd. Doesn't it? I'll use that to my advantage then.
"How are you able to do that?" Quil asked, eye widening. "Why aren't your fins visible anymore?"
"That is another story for another time. Maybe…" she trailed off.
"She...there...what? There's going to be a next time?" my eyes lit up hopefully. I willsee her again, right?
The undine looked at me, delight written all over her eyes, and smiled. "What are your names?"
Jacob and Leah were the first to introduce themselves. Then Quil and Embry.
"I'm Seth." I breathed, grinning. "And you are?"
"My name is Selénia. But I usually go by the name Selena. Huh. Who cares?" she laughed. I do. Your name is wonderful. Why change it?
"It is so pleasant to meet new people but I really must get going. Sam might be worried now." She brushed some strands of hair away from her face.
I got envious with the mention of someone else's name. Who isthis Sam person? Clearly, it isn't Sam Uley since he didn't even know…Selénia's kind. Or if he did, he never told us.
"Alright then, will we see you around?" Leah sounded hopeful, interested it might seem.
"Yeah, sure. Maybe…" she winked at me and sprinted into the trees in a fit of giggles.
I stared at the direction where she ran. "What's wrong Seth? Cat got your tongue?" teased Leah.
Oh you've got no idea...
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A/N: So what do you guys think? Selénia and Seth! Oh and FYI, the bold italic ones are the thoughts of Seth. And sometimes the pack's combined minds. Okay?
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THIS STORY IS EDITED (11-28-11) :)
NERINE's name was replaced with Selénia. Pronounced as Seleniya
Oh and FYI, this isn't a crossover with Marked, 'kay?
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